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23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Painted Photograph 1858 by A. Claudet Subsequently Painted Over by Edmund Parris the Welsh R.A. the picture shows a newly commissioned ensign in the 23rd wearing his 1856 pattern tunic and holding his 1855 pattern shako (17 x 14 cms) contained within a plaster and wood gilt frame (damaged) and in turn contained in a rosewood and velvet lined outer frame. The reverse is inscribed ‘Photograph’d by A. Claudet, Painted by E.F. Parris 6/58’, good overall condition for...
Hammer Price: £400
23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Battle of Salamanca a Watercolour by Richard Simkin, a very fine depiction showing the 23rd advancing upon French infantry with the town of Salamanca in the background, 37 x 24.5 cms, contained in a modern glazed wooden frame, very good condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £800
Edouard Detaille Two Very Fine Pen and Ink Military Pictures, the first entitled ‘Tambour Infanterie Anglaise’ is dated 1879 and shows a bugler wearing the new blue cloth helmet, tunic, breeches and boots, holding a pair of drum sticks and with a side drum on the ground beside him. This picture is heightened in places with white and measures 25 x 19.5 cms now contained in a good quality gilt wood glazed frame; the second shows a mounted standard bearer of a French Imperial Hussar regiment (2...
Hammer Price: £440
Orlando Norie Small Watercolour of a Trooper of the Household Cavalry, the trooper is shown adjusting his horse’s saddlery and is wearing a round undress cap, scarlet shell jacket, pouch and belt, breeches and knee boots, 10 x 13.5 cms, signed in the right hand corner ‘O.Norie’ now contained in a modern wooden and glazed frame, good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £160
24th (2nd Royal Warwickshire Regiment) a Watercolour by Richard Simkin, the picture depicts a band corporal, a drummer and a bandsman c. 1845, the corporal is shown wearing a white coatee with green facings and worsted epaulettes, he wears the 1829 pattern shako complete with the 1839 pattern shako plate, he carries a wind instrument in his right hand and is equipped with what is seemingly an officer’s 1822 pattern sword; the bandsman is wearing a white shell jacket with green facings and rou...
Hammer Price: £100
Harry Payne a Semi-Comical Pen and Ink Drawing of Cavalry Troopers Undergoing Foot Drill, the pictures displays four rather bemused troopers dressed in round forage caps, shell jackets and overalls wearing pouch belts and carrying their sabres being shouted at by a sergeant, he is again wearing a forage cap, shell jacket and overalls and has his sabre drawn, in the background is a typical cavalry barracks scene showing troopers going about their daily domestic duties, 25 x 20.5 cms now contai...
Harry Payne a Watercolour Drawing of a Dismounted Trooper of the Royal Horse Guards with his Charger c. 1740, the trooper is shown attending to the horse’s facial harness, he wears a tricorne hat, coatee, cross belts and basket hilted sword and knee boots. His charger with full saddlery including ornamental shabraque and holster covers, 11 x 11 cms, initialled ‘H.P.’ contained in a glazed modern wooden frame, good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £60
Harry Payne a Watercolour Drawing of a 23rd Royal Welsh Fusilier Dated 1878, the full length figure is depicted looking to his right and seemingly having just discharged his Martini-Henry rifle, he is wearing the fur cap introduced in 1866, scarlet tunic with cross belts, pouch and haversack, knapsack, water bottle, bayonet and dark coloured breeches. In the background three other fusiliers are advancing, 20 x 12.5 cms, signed ‘Harry Payne ‘78’ now contained in a modern glazed frame, very sli...
Junior Infantry Officer c. 1840 - 1855 a Watercolour Drawing ‘After Thorosin’, the bust length picture shows a handsome young man wearing his scarlet coatee with gilt buttons in pairs and box epaulettes of a Battalion Company officer, 24.5 x 32 cms now contained within an ornate plaster frame, annotated in the bottom right hand corner ‘after Thorosin’, within the top of the frame a pinned white metal badge depicting the Sphinx over XX1V, on the reverse the remains of a hand written label ‘Th...
26th Cameronian Regiment c. 1879 a Watercolour by Charles Stadden, depicting the Drum Major in full dress wearing scarlet tunic with yellow facings, the 1878 pattern helmet, he wears a scarlet sash, ornamental belt, he is carrying his special pattern stave and sword. Alongside is a youthful drummer boy in scarlet tunic with yellow facings again wearing the 1878 pattern helmet and is shown with his side drum, initialled C.C.S., 16 x 22 cms now contained in a glazed modern frame, very good cond...
Hammer Price: £50
35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment Watercolour Drawing by Charles Stadden, the large (28 x 36 cm) picture displays various coatees, an officer of the Light Company 1809, the Drum Major of the same period and an officer’s shoulder belt plate, extremely fine detail overall and annotated in red biro by Charles Stadden whose signature appears at the bottom, the card unmounted and unframed, very good condition £150-250
Hammer Price: £170
Three Military Watercolour Drawings, comprising two single figure pictures by ‘Neary’ dated 1974 and 1976, the first a full length picture of a private 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers c. 1854, the second a private probably of the 24th (2nd Royal Warwickshire) Regiment in India c. 1857, both are 14 x 21 cms, the second with severe foxing. The third depicts a seated trooper of a French Imperial Dragoon regiment wearing his crested helmet, coatee, breeches and knee length boots and is signed ‘T. Wari...
Hammer Price: £30
Imperial French Watercolour Drawings by L. Rousselot, the first depicts an officer led patrol of the 5th Hussards c. 1806 (35 x 26 cms), the mounted officer leads his six man patrol who appear to be escorting three prisoners one of whom is wounded; the second depicts a five man patrol of mounted Chasseurs au Cheval reconnoitering at the edge of a wood (23 x 15 cms), a pencil note on the reverse ‘Painted 1964’, both contained in glazed modern frames the first with some damage, the pictures in...
Hammer Price: £260
Imperial French Watercolour Drawings by L. Rousselot, the first is detailed on the reverse ‘Trompette des Dragons de la Garde 1806 - 1808’ and depicts a dismounted trumpeter in full dress standing alongside his grey charger, he wears a crested helmet with leopard skin turban and pale blue feather plume, pale blue coatee with white facings, white breeches and knee length boots, his trumpet slung from a cord and heavy cavalry sabre, his charger is complete with pale blue and orange coloured sha...
Hammer Price: £320
The South Wales Borderers 4th Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Green Cloth Helmet c. 1883 - 1902, the green cloth skull complete with all plated fittings, the chin chain of ribbed rifles pattern, the QVC star patterned helmet plate with dragon and laurel centre and double unit title below, internally complete with original sweat band and lining and retailer’s label ‘Hobson & Sons, London’, evidence that this is possibly the second helmet plate to have been used, the base of the spike finial with...
Hammer Price: £480
Militia Artillery Welsh Division Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1890 - 1902, the blue cloth skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the helmet plate of Royal Arms pattern with laurel scroll above the cannon and ‘Welsh Division’ below, internally complete with original leather sweat band and silk lining and retailer ‘Hobson & Sons, London’, no evidence that any other plate was fitted to this helmet, the ball pattern finial lacks the bottom element, the gilt rubbed on the front peak trim,...
Blue Cloth Helmets Other Ranks 1st Volunteer Battalion the Welsh Regiment & Officer’s the South Wales Borderers Late 19th Century, the first complete with all white metal fittings, the QVC star pattern plate with central unit badge and title ‘The Welsh 1st Volr. Battn.’ complete with leather sweat band, the front peak area damaged, some moth damage and the skull partially crushed; the second complete with gilt metal fittings, the multi-part frontal plate severely damaged, internally complete...
The Welsh Regiment Militia or Volunteer Battalions Officer’s Forage Cap 1881 - 1897, the 1880 pattern drooping peak forage cap complete with bullion embroidered cap badge being Prince of Wales’s plumes and motto, the latter on a ground of pale blue silk, the front peak enhanced with silver bullion lace (tarnished), internally complete with original sweat band and quilted silk lining, lacking narrow leather chin strap, slight moth damage to the bottom edge in two or three places otherwise good...
Hammer Price: £300
Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteers Other Ranks Seal Skin Busby c. 1878, the black fur skull complete with sewn in corded cap lines and sunken green cloth crown, white metal dragon badge with corded boss above this with small plated strung bugle horn, horse hair plume of black over red, remains of internal trade label ‘Hobson & Sons, London’ complete with black leather sweat band and black cloth lining, black corded cap lines, wicker skull shaped stand, some fur loss on one top edge and slight dam...
Hammer Price: £200
Two Military Head Dress, comprising a modern copy of an officer’s bearskin to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers complete with reproduction grenade badge, Guards pattern brass chin chain, black leather sweat band; the second a khaki canvas covered tropical helmet with buff cotton pagri cloth and glued on period flash being a fused grenade over R.W.F. in white on scarlet ground, complete with sweat band and details ‘Waterproof Tropical Helmet Made in England’, good condition (2) £60-100
Hammer Price: £150
Brecknockshire Battalion WWI Period Tropical Helmet, a very rare example retailed by ‘E. Day, St. Albans, 1918’ complete with quilted buff coloured cotton pagri and sewn in pagri Div. sign being green with central white stripe (the green now faded), to the front the Brecknockshire Battalion cap badge in die stamped gilding metal, internally complete with original leather sweat band and green canvas lining to the peaks, War Office internal stamping ‘162/Wbroad arrowD/O’, leather chin strap mo...
Royal Radnorshire Rifles Militia Senior NCO’s Epaulettes c. 1852 - 1855, an exceedingly fine and rare pair, the velvet dark green straps embellished with gold lace and bearing coiled bugle horns within the ‘crescents’, the fixed short bullions lined with green cloth, gilt finial buttons depict the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto and initials ‘RRM’, the gold lace dull otherwise very good condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £120
Welsh Military Insignia, comprising a very scarce die stamped white metal other ranks helmet plate to the ‘Bearer Company Welsh Border Brigade’, crowned QVC pattern plate with central fretted cross and title ‘Welsh Border Brigade Bearer Comy’ complete with three loop fasteners; an extremely rare die stamped gilding metal cap badge to the Welsh Hospital showing the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto over title scroll, original loop fasteners removed and replaced with a crudely soldered slider;...
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry Insignia, comprising an officer’s rectangular waist belt clasp in silver plate with gilt mounts being the dragon over MYC lacking outer D section; an officer’s harness ornament in die cast brass of oval outline, the strap inscribed ‘Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry’ and enclosing the dragon upon a torse, two screw post fasteners; an other ranks two part white metal helmet plate being an eight pointed star with oval mount displaying the dragon within a strap ‘M...
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry Insignia, comprising two officers’ cap badges displaying the dragon over MYC, one in die cast silver coloured metal with two loop fasteners, the other in die cast bronze complete with two narrow blade fasteners; two small size tunic buttons white and gilding metal; a brass shoulder title ‘Y/Montgomery’, good condition (5) £120-160
Hammer Price: £140
The Welsh Regiment 7th (Cyclist) Battalion Officer’s Pouch Belt Plate and Pouch Badge c. 1908 - 14, the first in multi-part silver plate shows the KC over a cross this bearing a circle ‘The Welsh Regt. 7th (Cyclist) Battn’, in the centre on a cycle wheel the Welsh dragon, three screw post fasteners; the second of circular outline with unit title as above and central bicycle wheel, two lug fasteners, very good condition (2) £300-400
Hammer Price: £380
1st Brigade Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers Other Ranks Fur Cap Plume Holder c. 1860 - 1878, a very scarce example in die stamped white metal, being a fused grenade the ball of which bears the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto over a cannon with encircling legends ‘1st Brigade Glamorgan Artillery Volrs’ and motto ‘Ready Aye Ready’ complete with long slider fastener, small die fault crack near the neck of the grenade otherwise very good condition £200-4300
1st Monmouthshire Artillery Volunteers Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp c. 1860 - 1901, the rectangular plated back plate with plated mount being a crowned strap ‘1st Monmouthshire Artillery Vols.’ enclosing the Royal Arms of Great Britain encircled by Union sprays and with scroll below ‘Ubique’, lacking the loose D end, good overall condition £100-150
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Pouch Belt Plate c. 1883 - 1908, a very fine example in die cast silver plate depicting a Guelphic crown over Union sprays and enclosing the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto, an applied scroll at the base ‘2nd V.B.Royal Welsh Fusiliers’, complete with shaped backing plate, three screw post fasteners, very good condition £200-300
Welsh Regimental Volunteer Battalion Cap Badges c. 1898 - 1908, comprising an officer’s most rare cap badge to the Volunteer/Territorial Battalions Royal Welsh Fusiliers in die cast silver plate with gilt overlay and bottom scroll ‘South Africa 1900-02’, lug and blade fasteners (the lug missing); an other ranks die stamped bronze cap badge to the 1st VB Royal Welch Fusiliers, two lug fasteners; an other ranks white metal cap badge to the 3rd VB Royal Welsh Fusiliers, two blade fasteners; an o...
Hammer Price: £180
3rd Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers (Swansea) Other Ranks Waist Belt Clasp c. 1860 - 1881, of standard 1855 pattern other ranks format, in the centre the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto with title in surround ‘3rd Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers’, very good condition £100-150
1st Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers Officer’s and Other Ranks Waist Belt Clasps c. 1860 - 1901, the officer’s of 1855 pattern infantry style in gilded silver plate depicting a central St. Edward’s crown with unit title in surround ‘1st Glamorgan Artillery Volrs’, the other ranks of 1855 pattern infantry style in white metal with central Royal crest and unit title ‘1st Glamorgan Artillery Volrs’, the first with slight distortion otherwise good overall condition (2) £300-400
Montgomeryshire Rifle Volunteers Insignia c. 1861 - 1872/76, comprising an officer’s fine quality shako badge in die stamped silver coloured metal to the 2nd Montgomeryshire Rifles (Welshpool), depicting a crowned circle ‘Montgomeryshire Rifles’, in the centre crossed leeks over ‘2’, at the bottom a scroll ‘Volunteers’, two loop fasteners; 1st Montgomeryshire RVs (Newtown) an officer’s shako badge in die stamped bronzed brass with central plated mount, this being the Welsh dragon within uni...
1st Glamorgan Engineer Volunteers Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp c. 1860, a most rare example of special pattern in silver plate, the side panels of acanthus scrolls and leaves, in the centre a goat’s head cabossed, in the surrounding circle ‘FIRM’ and two leeks, very fine condition £180-220
The Order of St. John Priory for Wales Insignia, comprising a white metal waist belt clasp, in the centre the Welsh dragon over the cross of the Order of St. John with enclosing laurel sprays, around the centre ‘Order of St. John Priory for Wales’; a cap badge in die cast silver plate with similar details to the above but with the addition of crossed leeks at the base, very fine condition (2) £40-60
Hammer Price: £20
Welsh Military Shoulder Titles, a good selection of brass examples comprising T/RFA/Monmouthshire, T/4/grenade/RWF, T/5/grenade/RWF, T/RE/Welsh, T/4/Welsh, T/7/Welsh, R.Anglesey, MIY, 1/Y/Montgomery, grenade/R.W.Fus, T/5/Welsh (in two parts); in white metal 1/V/SWB; in white on khaki cloth WWI period ‘Welsh’, good overall condition (13) £300-400
Hammer Price: £340
Guards Machine Gun Regiment Cap Badges c. 1918-20, a very fine and rare example in die stamped gilding metal (KK 922) complete with original slider fastener and a good quality white metal example (KK 923) complete with slider fastener, very good condition (2) £200-250
Welsh Military Head Dress Badges, comprising two very rare other ranks cap badges of the Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry, the first in die stamped white metal complete with original slider, the second in die stamped gilding metal complete with original slider; a rare cap badge to the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry in die stamped gilding metal complete with original slider; a helmet plate centre with pagri slider to the South Wales Borderers; two cap badges to the Welsh Regiment, the first in blac...
24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1840 - 1855, a very fine example, the burnished gilt rectangular back plate with gilt and silver mounts complete with two hook and two stud fasteners (Parkyn 217), very good condition £800-1000
Hammer Price: £600
24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1878 - 1881, a very fine and extremely rare example, crowned star pattern backplate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black leather the Sphinx/XXIV, complete with all three loop fasteners, some crazing to the leather background and the gilt requires some gentle cleaning otherwise very good condition £600-800
Hammer Price: £350
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