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29 June 2006
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...
Hammer Price: £260
Honourable Artillery Company, medallion of the ‘Old Gunners Club’ in fine quality bronze by ‘WJC’, complete with broad suspender and RA ribbon; HAC annual ‘Competition’, a fine fretted bronze medallion with unit title, motto, shield/crest, etc., engraved on the reverse, ‘Championship/1912/won by/Corpl/ E.Pechell’; two sections of medal ribbon for the HAC Territorial Decoration and Efficiency Medal in the racing colours of EVIIR granted in 1906; Souvenir Medal ‘Commemorating...
Hammer Price: £80
Royal Regiment of Artillery, three very fine gilt badges stated to be officers’ pagri badges c1900, the format being that of the Grenadier Guards, all with slightly varying numbers of flames, eight quite variable officers’ field service hat badges c1894 to present day, format being the fused grenade over a scroll ‘Ubique’ (one without scroll), including a very scarce WW2 period unofficial type, this being in gold wire and brown silks all on a khaki backing; an other ranks bakelite...
Hammer Price: £130
Royal Regiment of Artillery, a fine example of the famous ‘Beja Battle Badge’ ‘Designed and awarded by the C.O. Lt. Col. W. D. McN. Graham to members of the 172nd Field Battery RA for their gallantry in the battle against the German 10th Panzer Division at SIDI NSIR, TUNISIA, where 155 Battery fought to the last gun and virtually the last man on 26 February 1943, and the subsequent battle at HUNTS GAP, BEJA where 153 and 154 Batteries took just revenge for their lost comrades of 155...
Hammer Price: £280
Hants & Isle of Wight Militia Artillery, a very fine and rare officer’s gilt helmet plate c1891-1901, laurel top scroll and ‘Hants & I of Wight Artillery’ on the bottom, unicorn’s horn missing and some gilt loss, otherwise very good condition £250-300
Hammer Price: £680
Royal Regiment of Artillery, a superb officer’s shoulder belt plate c1822-34, rectangular gilt back plate with burnished edge and seeded ground mounted with the crowned Garter Proper, fretted Motto with blue enamel backing, silver and gilt centre with red enamel cross, at the base double winged thunderbolts, complete with leather liner, in near mint state £800-1000
Hammer Price: £580
Royal Regiment of Artillery, a fine and rare officer’s shoulder belt plate 1837-49, the rectangular gilt back plate with burnished edge and dimpled ground mounts comprise the Royal Arms of Great Britain post 1837 over a scroll ‘Ubique’ with a cannon and bottom scroll ‘Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt’, the leather liner with ink inscription ‘Old Artillery Bst plate changed on 19th Febry 1849 a Waist Belt having been substituted’, ‘Lt John McDougall Sept 24th 1849’, near mint state ...
Hammer Price: £600
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...
Royal Artillery Gunner Drivers, a fine and rare other ranks oval brass cartouche or valise badge c1800-20, engraved with the Board of Ordnance shield and ‘Gunner Drivers’ below, all within a decorated border, two integral pierced brass lugs to the rear, very good condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £300
Royal Artillery Swagger Sticks/Riding Crops, a very fine silver mounted black ebony senior NCO’s swagger stick, the top with badge and mottoes of the RA, a separate band engraved ‘From members of NCO’s Mess/ Sgt Jones/26 Fd Bde RA’, hallmarked Birmingham 1930, a small other ranks swagger stick with white metal top bearing double badges of the HAC (lacking base finial), three similar ones to the RA (two bulbous topped), a QEC white metal RA in simulated ebony, and two crops, one with...
Hammer Price: £45
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
Hammer Price: £210
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
Hammer Price: £230
Royal Regiment of Artillery, an officer’s shoulder belt plate c1832-37, rectangular gilt back plate with burnished rim and seeded ground, the mounts being the Royal Arms pre-1837 over ‘Ubique’ a cannon and scroll ‘Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt’, part only of the leather liner; an other ranks relic ‘bell-top’ shako plate c1832-37, in die-stamped brass; an other ranks copy brass rectangular cross belt plate of the pattern 1837-49, the first item eaten along the top edge by verdigris...
Hammer Price: £60
Volunteer Artillery Prize Medal, ‘Scotland’s Cup 1870’, a superb example in silver coloured metal and rich blue enamel, a large crowned oval strap bearing the motto of the Order of the Thistle, small panels to the sides with raised thistles, centrally upon a domed enamel ground three mounts ‘Scotland’s’ ‘Cup’ ‘1870’, the reverse engraved ‘Property of Forfar’ ‘Arty Vols’, original stout pin fastener, excellent condition £250-350
Hammer Price: £150
1st Essex Volunteer Artillery Prize Badges, a fine and scarce gold wire and multi coloured silks shield shaped sleeve badge, the central reserve in white/blue silk and ornamented with a fused grenade linstock and ordnance, the outer border in purple silk and gold thread ‘First Essex Volunteer Artillery’; a star shaped badge in gold thread and silks the raised centre in purple silk with crossed cannon barrels and initials ‘ERDA’, the border in white/blue silks ‘Essex Artillery Vol...
1st Worcestershire Artillery Volunteers, a special pattern plated white metal die-stamped sleeve (?) badge for efficiency at ‘Repository Excercises’, an Imperial Victorian crown over a roped bar depending to an oval, the border inscribed ‘First Worcestershire Artillery Volunteers’, the central reserve with a cannon over a shield bearing the arms of Worcester with Latin motto below ‘Civitas in Bello in Pace Fidelis’, four original fasteners, very good condition (1) £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness Repository Prizes, three standard pattern silver coloured metal battery prize medals for 1895, 1898 & 1899, all with original loop fasteners, the 8th Lancashire AV won those for 1895 & 1898, very good condition (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £35
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...
Hammer Price: £50
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness Queen’s Prize Awards, three fine large size standard examples in silver coloured metal ‘Position Artillery’ 1897 and 1899, ‘Garrison Artillery’ 1898, excellent condition (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £40
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness Queen’s Prize Awards, three large size standard pattern examples in silver coloured metal ‘Garrison Artillery’ 1899, ‘Position Artillery’ 1896 and 1898, excellent condition (3) £60-80
National Artillery Association Territorial King’s Prize Awards, three large size examples bearing the ‘KC’, ‘R.G.A. Coast Defence 1909’, ‘R.G.A. Heavy Batteries’ 1910, and ‘R.H.A. and R.F.A.’ 1910, one fastener missing on the second item otherwise excellent condition (3) £60-80
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness King’s Prize Awards, three large size standard pattern awards, all bearing the Imperial crown, ‘Garrison Artillery’ 1904 and 1905, ‘Heavy Artillery’ 1904, the first and third items with official raised reverse lettering ‘Presented by H.M. the late Queen Victoria and H.M. the King’, the first item further engraved ‘Corpl H. A. Williams’, excellent condition (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness King’s Prize Awards, three large size examples in silver coloured metal, all bearing the Imperial crown, ‘Garrison Artillery’ 1906, ‘Heavy Artillery’ 1907 and 1905, the latter engraved on the reverse ‘Recorder’ Br R. H. Marritt 4th By 1st Nfk R.G.A. (Vols)’, excellent condition (3) £60-80
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness King’s Prize Awards, three large size examples in silver coloured metal all bearing the Imperial crown, ‘Garrison Artillery’ 1907 and 1908, ‘Territorial R.H.A. and R.F.A.’ 1908, excellent condition (3) £60-80
National Artillery Association King’s Prize Awards, a collection of eighteen small fob size examples, covering a variety of years 1913-38, plus one only larger version with ornate border scrolls and cannon, the great majority hallmarked and one or two with extra engraving, including one to 4th Coy Hants RGA, a few with surface wear, otherwise very good condition (19) £180-220
Hammer Price: £110
1st Essex Volunteer Artillery, five very fine and scarce padded bullion and silk Stewards’ badges for the Annual Ball, four being dated 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1901, gilt metal ‘Steward’ bar, varying silk ribbons and varying design bases, excellent condition (5) £50-70
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness Repository Exercise Awards, four very large and ornate padded bullion and silk annual awards, identical save for the dates 1870, 1885, 1892, 1893, some mothing to the last item and lettering loss from ‘Shoeburyness’ on the 1885 example, otherwise good condition (4) £120-150
National Artillery Association Annual Awards, four very fine and scarce examples in padded bullion wire and silks, the first two of circular outline with central shield bearing the Board of Ordnance arms, the circle ‘National Artillery Association’ with year variances, 1865 and 1867; the other two show the crown over the Ordnance shield with horseshoe shaped title scrolls and the year at the base, 1885 and 1889, slight silk loss on the 1889 example, otherwise good overall condition (4) ...
Hammer Price: £70
Hull Volunteer Artillery Brigade Badge, a very fine and rare padded bullion wire silk and velvet sleeve badge, a crowned strap enclosing the arms of Hull above crossed carbines and the date 1871, on the strap ‘Hull Vol Art Brigade Badge’, the reverse with messrs Hobson & Son London trade label; Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, a very fine and rare padded bullion wire velvet and cloth sleeve badge, of quadrilobe outline, a vertical cannon barrel lies over crossed rammers (?) with...
Royal Artillery Sweetheart Brooches, nine very fine HM silver large ‘horseshoe’ patterns 1897, 1900 (2) one with silver gilt centre, 1903, 1906, 1910 (2), 1914, 1915, pin broken on one, otherwise good condition (9) £100-120
Hammer Price: £180
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
Royal Artillery Sweetheart Brooches, a fine 9ct gold example featuring crossed arrows and a heart plus the RA badge, an unmarked gold coloured metal example with blue enamel ‘Ubique’ scroll engraved on the reverse ‘1908’ ‘B.C from F.C.J’, four silver and tortoiseshell circular examples all with ‘cap badge’ style motif; a very fine painted porcelain oval panel depicting a standing RA officer in full dress against a landscape background, the base metal frame set with 12 paste...
Hammer Price: £120
Royal Field Artillery Sweethearts’ Brooches, six KC period rococo shield types, four in base metal with white faces and coloured designs, one smaller in Sterling Silver and enamels, and a very fine example in silver with pale green enamel face and enamelled designs; a heavy eight pointed star example in silver (lion passant only) this with mounts ‘Ubique’, the cannon and ‘80th Battery RFA’ bottom scroll, very good condition (7) £80-120
Bombardment of Hartlepool 16 December 1914, two fine and scarce commemorative items, both sold to raise funds for local hospitals, the first a bar brooch in gilt metal and enamels depicts a coastal scene with casualties being assisted away, scrolls and the border inscribed ‘Thank Offering to the Hartlepools Hospitals For Services Rendered Dec 16th 1914’; the second of medal format with narrow crimson silk ribbon in base metal and enamels ‘Ye did it to mine’ ‘Ye did it to me’...
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