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10 & 11 May 2017
British Military Buttons Scarcer Corps and Department, twenty examples including large Victorian period gilt tunics to the Barrack Master, Commissariat Staff, Control Department, Military Store Staff, Military Store, Military Purveyor, Ordnance, Army Pay Department, a large silver full ball pattern with engraved design ‘Commissariat’, two small examples - one officer’s, one other ranks to the Military Train etc., complete with original shanks, very good overall condition (20) £200-300
Hammer Price: £340
British Military Coatee Buttons c. 1840-1855, comprising nineteen large examples, twenty small and one shell jacket to the 88th Regiment, the large include 17th, 28th, 66th, 68th, 88th (7), 99th, 41st (7), smalls to the 65th, 14th, 17th, 24th, 50th, 58th, 66th, 85th, 99th, 41st, 80th (ten), complete with all original shanks, no gilt remains on the small 80th examples and on three of the large 88th otherwise good overall condition (40) £200-300
Hammer Price: £240
British Military Pewter Coatee Buttons, eight large size examples comprising three to the 27th Regiment, two to the 87th (c. 1811-20), one 88th (worn), one 94th and a relic 18th, original shanks apart from the 18th otherwise good condition (8) £60-100
Hammer Price: £140
British Military Buttons Corps and Department Mainly Late Victorian, seven large open back gilts to the Hospital Staff c. 1820 (very dirty), a variable selection of large and small to the Royal Engineers, Control Department, Militia Artillery, Army Service Corps, Royal Artillery, Submarine Miners, Medical Staff, etc., etc., complete with shanks, good general overall condition (60+) £60-100
Hammer Price: £150
British Military Cap Badges Mainly Irish of the Victorian & Edwardian Periods, two carded displays of good quality examples including Royal Irish Regiment (QVC & KC), Inniskilling Fusiliers (3), Royal Irish Fusiliers including two of the large pattern, Connaught Rangers (KC), Leinster (2), Royal Dublin Fusiliers (5), Royal Munster Fusiliers (2,) Royal Malta Artillery QVC (2), 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (2), 8th Hussars (3 all KC), 5th Royal Irish Lancers, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (2),...
Hammer Price: £1,100
British Military Collar Badges c. 1874-1920, a carded display of good quality examples, pairs include 83rd Regiment of Foot plus two odds, 18th Hussars (bi-metal 1902-09), 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars three KC singles, Royal Irish Regiment two pairs of other ranks plus three odds, one only officer’s silver plate, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers & Royal Dublin Fusiliers, singles of the large gilt metal with silver mount pattern, Connaught Rangers single officer’s bullion Elephant...
Hammer Price: £500
British Military Shoulder Titles to Irish Regiments c. 1890-1922, a carded display of good quality examples including singles, 4/DG, 4DG, 5L, 6D, 8H, V111, WW1 slip-on white on khaki 5L, pairs include the scarce Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Westlake 1007 o/rs) two pairs, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Westlake 1431 o/rs), ‘Connaught’ (1.5 pairs), Conn. Rangers single, Leinster RC pair, various singles to DF, RDF, MF, RMF, MgrenadeF (two sizes) DgrenadeF (large), ‘RI’ (two variable), a...
Hammer Price: £650
British Army Officers’ Headdress Badges, four fine quality examples, Royal Dublin Fusiliers forage cap badge 1881-97, bullion with silver mounts (repaired and now mounted on a card backing), Connaught Rangers unmarked white metal QVC cap badge with pin fastener, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards service dress cap badge c. 1915-35 (bronze star with silver centre), 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards service dress cap badge c. 1902-28, all blade fasteners present on the last two items, very good...
British Army Officers’ Tunic Buttons 1856-81 All Large Size, 67 good quality examples all with original shanks, the following regiments are represented: 2nd, 8th, 11th, 50th, 86th, 87th, 89th, 100th, 15th, 16th, 21st, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 28th, 38th, 44th, 56th, 64th, 67th, 77th, 80th, 93rd, 101st, 103rd, 104th, 108th, there is considerable duplication, mostly in good condition when clean some are rubbed, (67 sold as viewed not subject to return) £400-600
Hammer Price: £460
Indian Army Buttons c. 1840-1901, a carded display of 39 examples including large issues to the Bengal Staff Corps (10), Madras Staff Corps (3), small examples to both units, a few pre-Mutiny examples large and small, good overall condition (39) £60-100
Hammer Price: £170
British Army Officers’ Tunic Buttons 1856-81 All Large Size, 70 good quality examples all with original shanks, the regiments represented are: 2nd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 16th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 28th, 33rd, 48th, 55th, 62nd, 66th, 70th, 79th, 85th, 97th, 102nd, 104th, 105th, 109th, 50th, 86th, 87th, 89th, 100th, considerable duplication, good overall condition when clean but some are rubbed (70), sold as viewed not subject to return £400-600
Hammer Price: £400
British Army Mess Waiters’ Buttons, Officers’ Mess Dress Buttons, the former include single examples to 3rd Battalion The Royal Irish, 1st and 2nd Battalions Royal Irish, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 41st, 77th, 82nd, 100th, 104th (3), 20th (14), Army Service Corps, Royal Artillery (VR) (5), Mess Dress examples include Royal Irish, 90th, Queen’s Bays, Middlesex, South Staffordshire, Royal Dragoons; together with a small card of earlier items including two large gilts to the Kinvarra...
British Army Officers’ Tunic Buttons 1856-81 Small Size, 50 good quality examples, forty seven with original shanks, two with screw post fasteners, one with shank missing, regiments represented include: 14th, 38th, 87th, 89th, 50th, 11th, 109th, 102nd, 103rd, 97th, 44th, 86th, 107th, 67th, 16th, 108th, twelve examples are rubbed the rest in very good condition, sold as viewed not subject to return (50) £140-200
Hammer Price: £220
Buttons of Irish Interest, an interesting selection including examples to The Royal Irish Constabulary (QVC and KC), the ‘1782’ Political Club, a George IV’s Visit to Ireland commemorative, 48th Thomas Davis Association, Bank of Ireland, Dublin Waterworks, King & Queen’s College of Physicians, the Kildare Street Club, Dublin Police, Queen Victoria’s Visit to Ireland (possibly the 1839 visit), ‘Fear God Honour the King’ (large and small), a Dublin Fire Brigade, a Viceroy of...
British Army Other Ranks Tunic Buttons 1856-71, 100+ good quality examples all with original shanks, regiments represented include: 1st, 2nd, 88th, 72nd, 102nd, 75th, 8th, 11th, 5th, 48th, 87th, 9th, 6th, 108th, 107th, 37th, 67th, 93rd, 78th, 38th, 62nd, 42nd, 16th, 82nd, 81st, 75th, 80th, etc., considerable duplication particularly among the Irish regiments, good condition (parcel, sold as viewed not subject to return) £100-160
Hammer Price: £320
British Army Other Ranks Tunic Buttons 1856-71 Large Size, 51 good quality examples complete with original shanks, regiments represented include: 4th, 14th, 27th, 74th, 107th, 27th, 5th, 26th, 67th, 71st, 43rd, 91st, 10th, 25th, 36th, 9th, 3rd, 84th, 1st, 37th, 13th, 88th, 92nd, 103rd, 52nd, 73rd, 78th, 57th, some duplication, good overall condition (51) sold as viewed not subject to return £140-200
Post 1881 British Army Tunic Buttons Officers and Other Ranks, large quantity, the majority are other ranks Royal Irish Rifles post 1902 and standard crowned bugle horn pattern also post 1902, the better items include officers’ large tunics to the Royal Irish, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (first pattern), Royal Munster Fusiliers, the Leinster Regiment, Royal Dragoons, 4th RIDG, Royal Irish Fusiliers etc., good overall condition (150+) £100-160
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