Special Collections

Sold on 29 June 2006

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The Collection of Artillery Insignia formed by the late Norman Litchfield

Norman Litchfield

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№ 1547

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£50

Harcourt Badge Shoeburyness, a very fine example in silver-gilt coloured metal, being a circular strap ‘Harcourt Badge Shoeburyness 1893’ in raised lettering with central device being the crest of Lord Harcourt, a peacock upon a ducal coronet, the badge mounted upon a padded red cloth and silver lace backing; a similar unmounted example, the strap engraved ‘Best Detachment Shoeburyness 1883’, pin back; Prince of Wales’s Prize Medium Artillery, a special pattern die-stamped white metal badge for 1921, the oval inscribed ‘1st Low (C of E) H.B.R.G.A. Winners of Prince of Wales Trophy’, central device of the Prince of Wales’s crest/motto and 1921, two loop fasteners, very good condition (3) £90-110