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29 June 2006
Buttons, Indian Army, a very good selection c1860-1901, 20 large and seven small numbered examples to the Madras Infantry, 7 large and 14 small numbered to the Bengal Infantry, 5 variable to Volunteer units and 20 cavalry and staff, very good condition (73) £80-120
Hammer Price: £260
Buttons, British Army, a very large selection from the Victorian period down to late KC period (no anodised), officers and other ranks, large and small, inspection imperative, very good overall condition (450) £150-250
2nd Battery Edinburgh Artillery Volunteers, an extremely fine and rare officer’s silver or silver plated forage cap badge c1860, a shield bearing the lion of Scotland beneath a princely coronet, to the sides ‘EA’ and ‘VC’, original pin back, near mint state £200-250
1st Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers, an extremely rare officer’s or plated other ranks forage cap badge c1860, a fused grenade lying within a mural crown with a scroll at the base ‘Deeds Not Words’, two loop fasteners, very fine condition £200-250
Royal Regiment of Artillery, ‘Q’ Battery 4th Brigade RA, an extremely fine and rare large size officer’s cast silver pagri badge 1882-89, a circle with ‘Royal Artillery’ around the top half, in the fretted centre ‘Q4’ over a cannon over a curved scroll ‘Ubique’, pin back; RA general pattern pagri (?) in sheet silver, a large plain circular strap, in the fretted centre the Imperial crown over ‘RAR’ reversed and interlaced on a ground of red velvet, the style of crown...
Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, a most fine and rare officer’s forage cap badge c1860, in silver bullion thread and pale blue silk, a fused grenade over an oval ‘Pro Aris et Focis’ and enclosing the arms of the Cinque Ports couched within laurel sprays, these overlaid with a scroll ‘Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers’; together with a scarce other ranks white metal KC helmet plate c1902-08, laurel top scroll and ‘Cinque Ports Artillery Vols’ on the bottom, the first item in...
The Majority of the Badges Listed Below are illustrated in Norman Litchfield’s Definitive Works on Volunteer & Militia Artillery Units. Norfolk Artillery Volunteers, the extremely rare attributed officers’ silver plated busby plume holder c1860, a die-stamped crowned oval with laurel leaf edging centrally ‘NAV’ in script initials over ‘1’, this applied to the three leaf holder, complete with slider, very good condition £300-500
Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, a fine and rare officer’s silver plated grenade plume holder, the ball with applied plated mounts being a rose over a cannon with title scroll ‘Lancashire Artillery Volunteers’; together with the other ranks white metal version, this in die-stamped white metal and of the same format but of smaller size, both with fasteners, the first item in very good condition, the second with slight wear and a small area of verdigris (2) £300-350
1st Renfrew & Dumbarton Artillery Volunteers, a very fine and scarce officer’s plated QVC helmet plate 1880-91, Royal Arms with ‘First’ top scroll and ‘Renfrew & Dumbarton Artillery’ at the bottom; together with a KC other ranks white metal example, identical top and bottom scrolls, excellent condition (2) £300-350
1st Lanarkshire Artillery Volunteers, a scarce other ranks white metal QVC helmet plate 1878-1901, Royal Arms with ‘1st’ on top scroll and ‘Lanarkshire Artillery Vols’ on the bottom; 1st Midlothian Coast Artillery Volunteers, a similar QVC white metal helmet plate 1878-88, top scroll ‘First’ bottom scroll ‘Midlothian Coast Artillery Vols’, very fine condition (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £250
23rd Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, a very rare other ranks white metal QVC helmet plate 1878-80 only, Royal Arms with ‘23rd’ top scroll and ‘Lancashire Artillery Volunteers’ at the bottom; 2nd Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, a scarce other ranks white metal QVC helmet plate 1878-1901, Royal Arms with ‘Second’ top scroll and the bottom as before, slight strengthening repair to the unicorn’s head area on the second item, otherwise very good condition (2) £260-300
Buttons, Assorted British Colonial & Indian, a very good stock selection from the late ‘VR’ period down to present day including anodised, good overall condition (800+) £70-90
10th Kent Artillery Volunteers, a very scarce other ranks white metal QVC helmet plate 1878-80 only, Royal Arms with ‘10th Kent’ on the top scroll and ‘Royal Arsenal Arty Vol Corps’ on the bottom; 12th Kent Artillery Volunteers, a similar very scarce other ranks QVC white metal helmet plate 1878-80 only, with ‘12th’ on the top scroll and ‘Kent Artillery Volunteers’ on the bottom, very good condition (2) £300-340
Buttons, Militia Artillery, Royal Cornwall & Devon Miners MA a very rare large plated officer’s tunic (Lm6); Limerick City AM very rare large and small officer’s plated tunics (Lm8), very good condition (3) £100-120
Hammer Price: £240
Royal Horse Artillery, a rare cast white metal pagri badge for ‘I’ Battery, being a KC over an oval strap ‘Royal Horse Artillery’, with central ‘I’, two plain post fasteners; a fine hand wrought cast silver pagri badge for ‘B’ Battery, being a QVC crowned strap ‘Royal Horse Artillery’ enclosing an ornate old english ‘B’ (pin back); a sheet brass other ranks pagri to ‘K’ Battery, plain brass circle with central fretted ‘K’, two lug fasteners; a very fine...
Donegal Militia Artillery, a very rare officer’s copper gilt helmet plate c1889-1900, QVC Royal Arms with cannon and scroll ‘Donegal Artillery’, three loop fasteners, no wear to the design but all gilt lacking £250-300
Royal Regiment of Artillery, a fine and rare other ranks die-stamped brass shako plate 1839-46 (KK801a), crowned narrow star with central cannon with ‘Ubique’ scroll below, two special pattern fasteners, minor holes to the crown, otherwise very good condition £400-500
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, a most rare and possibly unique other ranks die-stamped brass tarleton helmet plate for the RA Drivers c1812-16, being a crowned circular roped edge strap, this with three cannons in pale, two replacemnt loop fasteners (originally wires), the base of the buckle missing and the crown with a small hole through the diadem, otherwise in remarkably good state for such a light-weight item £400-600
1st East York Artillery Volunteers, a fine and rare officer’s plated QVC helmet plate 1878-1901, Royal Arms, plate with ‘First’ top scroll and ‘East York Artillery’ at the bottom; 2nd East York RGA Volunteers, a very rare other ranks white metal KC helmet plate, standard Royal Arms with ‘Second’ top scroll and ‘East Yorks. R.G.A. Volunteers’ at the bottom, very fine condition (2) £260-300
Buttons, Volunteer Artillery, Dumbartonshire Volunteer Artillery, London Artillery Brigade, one each large very rare white metal tunic; 1st Nairn Artillery Volunteers, a very rare small white metal tunic, slight dent in the first item otherwise very good condition (3) £70-90
Hammer Price: £230
Buttons, Assorted British, a very good stock selection including many volunteer and territorial units, ‘VR’ period down to present day including a few anodised, good overall condition (650+) £100-120
Royal Regiment of Artillery Cap and Beret Badges, a fine selection of 24 examples, KC and QEC including very fine all gilts, both crowns, and similar osd, a good run of early other ranks issues down to metal and anodised QEC, a very scarce ‘gun’ pattern WW2 bakelite issue, seven variable QEC embroidered beret size badges, variables colours and ‘grounds’, and an interesting all white metal QEC beret badge stated to have been worn by the 278th Field Regt RA (Lowland) TA c1953-67,...
Volunteer Artillery, 4th Sussex Artillery Volunteers, a very rare other ranks white metal QVC helmet plate c1878-82, ‘Fourth’ top scroll and ‘Sussex Artillery Volunteers’ on the bottom, three loop fasteners, very good condition £150-180
Forfar & Kincardine Artillery Militia, an extremely rare officers’ grenade plume holder in silver plate, the ball with applied mount, a crowned circle ‘Forfar & Kincardine Artillery’ with central cannon, circle of laurel sprays around, complete with holder and fasteners c1855-78, evidence that the grenade probably bore earlier mounts not affecting the facial appearance, otherwise very good condition £300-350
Kent Artillery Volunteers, a scarce white metal other ranks QVC helmet plate 1878-1901, Royal Arms with laurel top scroll and ‘Kent Artillery Volunteers’ at the bottom; 9th Kent Artillery (Volunteers), a rare other ranks white metal QVC helmet plate 1878-1880 only, Royal Arms with ‘Invicta’ top scroll and ‘Ninth Kent Artillery’ on the bottom, very good condition (2) £270-300
1st Battery Edinburgh Artillery Volunteers, a very fine and rare other ranks white metal forage cap badge c1860, a winged torch with the flames lying upon a star, to the lower left and right ‘EA’ and ‘VC’, two loop fasteners, very fine condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £220
Londonderry Artillery Militia, a very rare officer’s copper gilt helmet plate c1889-1900, QVC Royal Arms with cannon and scroll ‘Londonderry Artillery’, three loop fasteners, one loop reaffixed, the bottom scroll with one fracture and most gilt missing £250-300
Buttons Georgian Period, a very fine selection including officers’ examples to Nulli Secundus Club (HM 1819), Royal Engineers closed back, Royal Lanark Militia gilt open back (3), Inspectors of Yeomanry & Volunteers silver plated open back (2), General pattern Volunteers crown over ‘GR’, two large and one small gilts, one med/large silver plate, HAC a large flat silver plate c1780-1810, Loyal Nottingham Vol Infantry open back silver plate, 6th Carabineers a very large open back silver...
Hammer Price: £210
Buttons, Volunteer/Militia Artillery, Northumberland Militia Artillery, a rare large officer’s silver plated tunic; 5th Dorset Artillery Volunteers, a large white metal other ranks (shank part rotted); First Middlesex Artillery Volunteers, a rare large flat GILT example, central cannon with title in surround (hunt?), very good condition (3) £70-90
Buttons, Volunteer Artillery, Argyleshire VA, Lanarkshire AV, Banffshire VA ,one each large other ranks white metal (Lv4 5&22 ), first two items very fine the latter excavated, requires careful cleaning, also part perished on the reverse and reshanked (3) £90-120
1st West Riding of Yorkshire RGA Volunteers, a very fine and rare officer’s die-stamped silver plated cap badge 1902-08, top scroll ‘1st W.Riding’ bottom ‘Yorkshire R.G.A. Volunteers double wheel, blade and lug fasteners, excellent condition £150-200
Volunteer/Militia Artillery, ‘First Newcastle Volunteer Artillery’, a very scarce other ranks white metal QVC helmet plate ‘First’ top scroll bottom ‘Newcastle Volr Arty’, two loop fasteners; Lancashire Militia Artillery, a very fine and rare officer’s silver plated QVC helmet plate, blank top scroll and ‘Lancashire Militia’ on the bottom, a minute part of the unicorn’s horn missing on the first item, otherwise very good condition (2) £240-280
Royal Artillery Sweetheart Brooches, a very fine selection of seventeen varying items, the majority hallmarked or ‘Sterling’, some with enamels and silver-gilt faces, one very fine example in the shape of the KC helmet plate, very good overall condition (17) £200-250
Essex Volunteer Artillery, a very scarce other ranks die-stamped white metal busby grenade, the ball bearing a cannon over script capitals ‘EVA’, no provision for a plume, two long loop fasteners, very good condition £100-150
Royal Sussex Artillery Militia, a fine and rare officer’s helmet plate c1889-1900, in copper gilt, QVC Royal Arms with cannon and scroll ‘Sussex Artillery’, three loop fasteners, the unicorn’s horn missing, otherwise near mint state £300-350
2nd West York Artillery Volunteers, a scarce other ranks white metal QVC helmet plate 1878-1901, Royal Arms with ‘2nd’ top scroll and ‘West York Artillery Vols’ on the bottom; 1st North York Artillery Volunteers, a very fine silver plated die-stamped QVC helmet plate 1878-1901, Royal Arms with top scroll ‘1st N.Yorks’ and ‘Artillery Volunteers’ on the bottom, on the second item the Royal Crest is larger than standard and a replacement, very good overall condition (2) £ 260-300
Hammer Price: £200
Buttons, Mess Dress Military Hunt Blazer and Cap, 850+ items late Victorian to present day, some duplication, good overall condition (parcel) £80-120
1st Hants RGA Volunteers, a fine and rare other ranks white metal cap badge, slider fastener 1902-08 (KK846), excellent condition £100-150
Kent Artillery Militia, a very fine and scarce officer’s copper gilt helmet plate c1889-1900, QVC Royal Arms, cannon and scroll ‘Kent Artillery’, three loop fasteners, very good condition £250-300
Buttons British Army, a good selection of pre-1881 numbered tunic buttons, officers and other ranks, including a few plated senior NCO’s and a few pre-1855 pewter examples, a few shanks missing, otherwise good condition (75+) £160-180
Hammer Price: £180
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