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14 December 2011
Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Pouch Belt Plate. An extremely fine example in silver plate being a QVC over a Bath style cross, in the centre the White Horse of Kent on an ‘Invicta’ scroll with unit title in surround, three screw post fasteners, near mint state £160-220
Hammer Price: £120
9th Kent Rifle Volunteers (Chatham) Officer’s Shako Badge 1859 - 72. A very rare item in die stamped silver plate being a crowned coiled bugle horn, in the centre ‘9’ and scroll above ‘Kent’, two loop fasteners, very good condition £150-250
West Kent Rifles Officer’s Pouch Belt Plate. A very fine example in silver plate being the QVC over a Bath style cross, this with title circle ‘West Kent Rifles’ enclosing the White Horse of Kent on an ‘Invicta’ scroll on a silver ground, three screw fasteners, very good condition £160-220
6th (1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment) & The Royal Warwickshire Regiment. An o/r brass glengarry badge (KK 426 lugs replaced), an o/r 1861 - 68 shako plate (lugs crudely replaced), an officer’s small tunic button and an o/r ranks large tunic button (worn); post 1881 items include two pairs of osd collar badges and one cap badge (blades replaced), various o/r cap and collar badges and basic s/titles; an officer’s large plated tunic button to the Warwick Militia and two large bronze tunic...
Kent Shoulder Titles and Buttons. Comprising a pair of brass T/5/Buffs, and similar T/4/Buffs (one lacking fasteners), one only 4/Buffs, and a single solid brass E.K.V.F./Cinque Ports; buttons comprise two o/r large blackened brass, 37 Kent Rifle Volunteers, a small blackened brass to the 29th Kent Volunteer Rifles, a large blackened brass to the Cinque Port Volunteers Hythe Company, two large and two small blackened brass to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion East Kent Regiment and a single large...
Hammer Price: £130
West Yorkshire Militia and Rifle Volunteer Buttons. Comprising two officers’ large and one small plated tunic buttons to the 4th West York Militia, two similar large plated buttons to the 2nd West York Militia and one large plated coatee button to the same unit, a black horn coatee button to the 1st West York Rifles Militia, an o/r large w/metal ‘Second West York’ Militia, a large w/metal tunic button to the 3rd West Riding York R.V.C. and similar to the York Volunteer Rifles; together...
Gloucestershire Regimental Insignia. An interesting selection including a good o/r glengarry badge to the 28th Foot (KK466), a pair of brass collars to the 28th (C766/767), an o/r’s brass shako back badge, two officers’ large gilt coatee buttons and one small, an officer’s large gilt tunic button (rubbed) and three o/r’s large brass tunic buttons, an officer’s large gilt tunic button to the 61st (rubbed) and a small in mint state, a Mess Waiter’s large gilt button to the ‘North...
East and West Kent Regimental Insignia. Comprising glengarries to the 50th Regiment (lugs missing) and 97th Regiment. An ‘East Kent’ h.p.c., a pair of s/titles T/5/RWKent, singles to T/4/RWKent and 4/Kent, QVC and KC collars to the Royal West Kents, o.s.d. KC collar RWKent. Sundry collars to The Buffs, basic caps to both regiments (many lacking fasteners), one pair WWI Pioneer Battalion pick/rifle collar badges, good overall condition (51) £80-120
Hammer Price: £140
The Hampshire Regiment Insignia. A good selection of mainly post 1881 items including officers’ post 1902 cap badges one in silver gilt and enamels (damaged), one osd, a QEC Royal Hampshire example in silver plate gilt and enamels; o/r issues include the small field service cap badge 1891 - 98, standard bi-metal and WWII bakelite issues, sundry officers’ collar badges and buttons, basic issue s/titles. Pre 1881 items comprise a single brass collar badge to the 37th regiment, two...
Military Buttons. Comprising officer’s large gilt coatee to the 34th Cumberland Regiment and a corresponding small one c. 1830 - 55, two officer’s large gilt tunic buttons to the 55th Westmorland Regiment, six officer’s large plated coatee buttons to the Royal Cumberland Militia c. 1837-55 and one o/r w/metal tunic button 1855 - 81, six officer’s large silver plated tunic buttons to the Royal Westmoreland Militia, a similar small tunic button and a large gilt example to the same...
45th and 95th Regiment Glengarry Badges, Robin Hood Rifles Waist Belt Clasp. Two good quality die stamped brass examples both with brass loops E & W (KK 501/570); a very fine bronze special pattern waist belt clasp, the centre featuring a shield powder horn bow and arrow suspended from an oak spray and on a ground of florets title circle reads ‘Robin Hood Rifles Nottingham’, the side panels with grounds of oak sprays read ‘Evocatus Paratus’ and four roundels making up the date 1859,...
Hammer Price: £150
Scottish Military Insignia. Including o/r w/metal glengarry badges to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, two bi-metal glengarries to the Royal Scots, together with related collars, s/titles and buttons; Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteers a pair of o/r w/metal collar badges and one only officer’s in poor quality cast silver plate and gilt, one officer’s large plated and three o/r w/metal tunic buttons; 91st Argyllshire Regiment one officer’s large gilt tunic button and one o/r brass;...
Army Ordnance Corps/Royal Army Ordnance Corps Insignia. Including an officer’s QVC helmet plate 1896 - 1901 (no gilt remains), a good selection of caps, collars, s/titles and buttons KC - QEC, three officer’s large gilt tunic buttons to the Control Department and a similar marked ‘Ordnance’ plus many of the ensuing patterns, good overall condition (parcel) £150-250
Colonel Arthur Ralph Pemberton, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) Staff Rank Cocked Hat and Tin and a Cocked Hat Tin Labelled to HRH The Prince of Wales KG as Probably Used on His Visit to India in 1875. The first item in near mint condition is of standard stiffened format, black plush bound with oak leaf braiding, a black silk cockade adorned with a loop of 4 cm gold lace and netted gold purl head, the tassels of 6 gold bullions with 5 crimson bullions under them, internally...
Colonel Charles Gisborne Brittan, R.M.L.I. Cocked Hat and Tin. A very fine example in black plush with black oak leaf lacing, black silk cockade and a four bar gold loop the inner two twisted terminating in a gold purl knop, the ends with six gold bullions over crimson, the white leather sweat band with slight worm damage, a crimson silk lining part shot, complete with its screw in correct pattern white over red cock’s feather plume; the japanned metal carrying tin with brass plate Col. C....
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Officer’s 1881 Pattern Helmet Plate. A worn example being a crowned eight pointed star with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a black velvet ground a silver Dragon on a torse, a silver scroll below ‘The East Kent Regiment’ and a silver scroll below the crown ‘The Buffs’, two out of three loop fasteners, no gilt remains, star rays buckled and orb and crown crushed £150-250
Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion Officer’s 1855 Pattern Waist Belt Clasp. A very fine example in silver plate, central badge of the Royal Crest (QVC) and unit title in surround, no benchmarks, near mint state £200-300
Coastguard, Customs, Trinity House, Shipping and Yacht Club Buttons. Two carded displays mixed large and small, mainly where relevant KC and QEC issues, a very interesting selection, good overall condition (120+) £80-120
101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers Other Ranks Waist Belt Clasp. A good quality solid brass 1861 - 1881 pattern, in the centre on a lined ground the raised numerals ‘101’ with unit title in surround, very good condition £160-220
Hammer Price: £160
Cameron Highlanders and the Essex Regiment Insignia. The former comprises four post 1892 glengarry badges, Piper’s sporran badge and sundry basic issue buttons and s/titles; 79th Cameron Highlanders two officers’ large gilt tunic buttons and two o/r large brass tunic, two officers’ plated tunic buttons to the Invernessshire Rifle Vols. and two originally blackened w/metal coat buttons to the 79th Canadian Militia. The Essex Regiment comprises four post 1902 o/r cap badges including...
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment Senior NCOs Helmet Plate 1878 - 1881. A very rare example being a die stamped copper gilt crowned back plate with central Garter motto and ‘slip over’ numerals ‘69’ on a ground of black enamelled leather, two loop fasteners, the gilt with slight oxidation on the high points, otherwise very good condition £200-300
British and Overseas Police Buttons, Army Cyclist Corps Insignia, Modern Gurkha Badges. The buttons being mainly KC and later issues, the Army Cyclist Corps basic issue caps, buttons and s/titles, good overall condition (parcel) £80-120
Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp c. 1881 - 1882. An extremely rare example of special pattern, the gilt centre mounted with a similar fused grenade the ball of which is a silver eagle (heavily worn), in the surround ‘Royal Irish Fusiliers’ and shamrock sprays, the side panels feature the Harp and Maid and shamrock sprays, matching benchmarks (Ryan 233), good condition apart from the defect mentioned £200-300
Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Officer’s Glengarry Badge c. 1881 - 1900. A very fine example being a gilt fused grenade the ball of which bears the silver eagle of the French 8th Regiment, the reverse now with crudely soldered lugs but with clear evidence of a former pin fastener, the gilt requires a little cleaning otherwise very good condition £250-350
Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Other Ranks Fur Cap Grenade and Glengarry Badges. Three very fine die stamped gilding metal examples featuring fused grenades with the eagle on the ball, KK 954, 969 & 970, complete with all fasteners, mint state (3) £150-250
Highland Light Infantry Insignia. An interesting selection including a near pair of o/r brass collar badges to the 74th (Churchill 1631 and 1633); post 1881 items include an officer’s fine quality pair of Victorian collar badges in silver and gilt, two pairs o.s.d. KC collars, two o/r scarce w/metal KC collars to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, sundry glengarries/bonnet badges to the Glasgow Highlanders, a good quality w/metal KC glengarry badge to the HLI with South Africa scroll and sundry...
The Dorsetshire Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881 - 1901. An extremely fine example in gilt and silver plate, in the centre a castle and scroll for Gibraltar over the Sphinx/Marabout with ‘Dorsetshire Regiment’, on the title circle matching benchmarks (Ryan 206), very good condition £160-220
Royal Army Ordnance Corps an Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet. A very fine standard pattern example complete with all gilt fittings, the frontal plate of post 1920 pattern being a crowned star pattern back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet in silver plate a KC over the Garter enclosing a shield bearing the arms of Ordnance, at the base a scroll ‘Royal Army Ordnance Corps’, the plate original to the helmet and the helmet internally in mint...
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Officers’ Cap Badges. Comprising a fine quality example in H/M silver (Birmingham 1943), a die cast plated example and a die stamped plated example (with slider), a die cast osd example and a die stamped bronze example with slider, very good overall condition (5) £150-250
The East Kent Regiment of Militia Officer’s 1844 Pattern Shako Plate. A part composite example being a crowned eight pointed star in gilt overlaid with a circular gilt disc, this in turn mounted in silver with the White Horse of Kent oak sprays and two scrolls ‘East Kent’ and ‘Invicta’, the crown is a replacement being an 1878 pattern, the buckled star ray finials being reinforced in five places and the ‘3 o’clock’ finial lacking, three loop fasteners £200-300
East Kent Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion Pouch Belt Plates. An officer’s fine quality Victorian example in silver plate, being a crowned eight pointed star back plate overlaid with a circle ‘East Kent Regt. 2nd Volr. Battn.’, in the centre on a domed ground the White Horse/Invicta scroll, three screw post fasteners; an o/r example in blackened brass and w/metal being a crowned circle bearing the unit title, in the centre the White Horse/Invicta scroll, three screw post fasteners, the...
37th Kent Rifle Volunteers (Cranbrook) Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp/Other Ranks Shako or Glengarry Badge. The first item in fine quality silver plate and of 1855 pattern but slightly smaller overall, in the centre the White Horse/Invicta with title surround ‘37 Kent Rifle Volunteers’, matching bench marks; the second item in die stamped blackened brass, on the solid centre a pinned through White Horse/Invicta and on the circle as before ‘37 Kent Rifle Volunteers’, two loop...
Kent Rifle Volunteers Insignia. Comprising three pouch badges of identical outline featuring a central White Horse/Invicta set within a multi rayed double star outline, one in heavy cast silver plate, the second in die stamped silver plate and the third in die stamped w/metal, all with two screw post fasteners; two o/r shako plates of similar format, the first being a crowned coiled bugle horn with attendant oak sprays, in the centre a White Horse on a gauze backing, the second item in die...
West Kent Light Infantry Militia Officer’s 1855 Pattern Waist Belt Clasp. A superb example in silver plate, central strung bugle horn enclosing the White Horse of Kent on ‘Invicta’ scroll with full title circle in surround, matching benchmarks, mint state £200-300
13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert’s Regiment of Light Infantry) Insignia. Comprising an o/r brass 1861 - 68 pattern shako plate (one lug incorrectly replaced), an o/r brass 1869 - 78 pattern shako plate, an officer’s silver central ornament from the 1861 - 68 shako plate (no fasteners), an o/r good quality brass glengarry badge (KK 438), two officer’s large coatee buttons c. 1842 - 55, one officer’s small tunic button, a near pair of o/r brass collar badges (Churchill 407/408)....
WWI Helmet Plates to the Wurtemburg State and the Austrian Dragoons, British Cloth Insignia. A good die stamped example for both units, the cloth insignia comprises mixed civilian and military mainly of the WWII period, good overall condition (parcel) £80-120
Hammer Price: £170
Army Ordnance Corps an Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet. Standard pattern complete with all gilt fittings and bearing the post 1902 plate being a crowned star with laurel and Garter overlays enclosing on a ground of black enamel a silver shield bearing the arms of Ordnance, the plate not original to the helmet, no gilt remains on one side ornament otherwise good overall condition £300-500
First Lancashire Engineer Volunteers an Officer’s Composite Blue Cloth Helmet. Standard pattern complete with all plated fittings, the spike from a tropical helmet, the plate of o/r quality features the QVC Royal Arms and titles in full ‘First Lancashire Engineer Volunteers’, the front peak trim crudely repaired, the canvas linings to both peaks are perished and the chin chain leather part detached £150-250
7th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet. A standard example complete with all plated fittings, the front bearing a QVC plate (a sabretache plate) featuring QVC Royal Arms, a cannon and the title ‘7th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers’, the plate not original to the helmet, complete with white leather sweatband and white silk lining, one small moth hole otherwise in good sound overall condition £250-350
5th Weald of Kent Rifle Volunteers Other Ranks Helmet Plate and 5th Administrative Battalion Kent Rifle Volunteers Glengarry/Shako Badge. Two good quality examples, the first showing a QVC over a Bath style cross and bearing a circle ‘5th Weald of Kent Rifle Volunteers’ and in the centre the White Horse/Invicta scroll, all in gilding metal; the second item shows a circular strap ‘5th Ade Battn Kent Rifle Volrs’ enclosing the White Horse/Invicta, complete with a separate QVC, all in...
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