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Undress Cavalry Shoulder Scales c. 1830-1855, a good quality gilt pair of standard overlapping scales and raised crescents, lined with blue cloth (mothed), blank finial buttons, considerable gilt loss otherwise sound condition £40-80
Hammer Price: £20
A Master Gunner’s Arm Badge & an Order of St. Patrick Embroidered Hat Badge or Coatee Tail Ornament, the first displays a large Victorian period St. Edward’s crown over a cannon; the second crowned strap ‘Quis Separabit’ enclosing a shamrock, the motto on a ground of pale blue velvet (worn), good condition (2) £100-140
Hammer Price: £50
Roscommon Militia Other Ranks Scroll Hat Badge c. 1850-1874, the good quality die stamped white metal example of standard pattern with ‘Roscommon’ on the scroll, complete with both lug fasteners, very good condition £80-140
Donegal Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a good quality die stamped brass example (KK 1275), complete with original lug fasteners, very good condition £100-160
Armagh Light Infantry Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a fine quality die stamped white metal example (KK 1267), complete with original lug fasteners, very good condition £80-140
Hammer Price: £55
King’s County Militia Scroll Pattern Hat Badge c. 1852-1874, of standard ornate design in die stamped blackened brass with title ‘King’s County’ complete with both fasteners, slight loss of blackening otherwise very good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £60
Commissariat Transport & Ordnance Store Department Waist Belt Clasps Late 19th Century, the first with oak leaf side panels, central Royal Crest in gilt (rubbed) and ‘Commissariat Transport’ on the circle, matching bench marks; the second with oak leaf side panels, silver Royal Crest to the centre and ‘Ordnance Store Department’ on the circle, matching bench marks by J & Co., some rubbing to the gilt on the first item otherwise very good condition (2) £100-160
Hammer Price: £70
4th Hyderabad Contingent Infantry Other Ranks Waist Belt Clasp, a very rare example in heavy gauge brass of roughly 1855 pattern, on the circle ‘Hyderabad Contingent Infantry’, in the centre ‘4’ over ‘Nagpore’ scroll, very good condition £100-160
Hammer Price: £80
6th of Foot Other Ranks 1861 Pattern Shako Plate & 88th Regiment of Foot Other Ranks 1869 Pattern Shako Plate, two good die stamped brass examples, the first of crowned star pattern with stencilled numeral ‘6’, complete with correct soft iron soldered lugs; the second of crowned laurel and Garter pattern with stencilled numerals ‘88’, complete with correct pattern lugs, very good condition (2) £60-100
Officers’ Waist Belt Clasps c. 1881-1901, comprising two infantry officers’ levee pattern examples gilt with central Royal Crest in silver; four similar but larger examples with Royal Crest centres and laurel sprays on the circle; a broken example to the Bedfordshire Regiment, good overall condition (7) £80-120
Hammer Price: £85
Kildare Rifles Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a fine quality die stamped blackened brass example (KK 1281), complete with original lug fasteners, very good condition £80-140
Hammer Price: £90
Royal Queen’s County Rifles Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a fine quality example in die stamped blackened brass (KK 1296), complete with three loop fasteners, very good condition £100-160
27th Inniskilling Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp c. 1865-1881, of standard 1855 pattern with central castle over ‘27’ (Ryan 42), non matching bench marks but a perfect match, the flag missing from the central tower and some service wear otherwise sound condition £100-140
Hammer Price: £100
102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers & 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers Other Ranks Glengarry Badges 1874-1881, two fine quality die stamped brass examples, fused grenades, pierced numerals and unit titles both complete with original lugs, very good condition (2) £200-300
101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers Other Ranks Fur Cap Grenade, 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers Other Ranks Glengarry Badges and Balmoral Hat Numerals, the first in good quality die stamped brass being a fused grenade with unit title and numerals on the ball (lacks fasteners), the second and third in die stamped brass with pierced numerals and unit titles (one with verdigris and one with flattened flames), the fourth in heavy gauge brass ‘102’ (lacking separate grenade), complete with fasteners, good...
Cheshire Rifle Volunteers & East Surrey Regiment Officers’ Waist Belt Clasps, the first of general 1855 pattern with circular laurel wreath centre enclosing a title scroll ‘Cheshire Volunteer Rifles’, in the centre a QVC over ‘36’ over a strung bugle horn, no bench marks; the second of standard 1855 pattern (Ryan 198), matching bench marks, both in very fine condition (2) £140-200
Westmeath Rifles Militia Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a good quality die stamped blackened brass example (KK 1300), complete with three original lug fasteners, the mouthpiece end of the bugle horn with slight buckling otherwise in good condition £80-140
Roscommon Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a fine quality die stamped white metal example (KK 1297), complete with original lug fasteners, very good condition £100-160
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Militia Battalions Waist Belt Plate & Royal Dublin Fusiliers Part Only Waist Belt Plate c. 1881-1901, the first of special pattern (Ryan 191), the central silver mounts, battle honours and motto officially erased, no bench marks; the second of special pattern (Ryan 240), lacking the loose section and devoid of all gilt, the first with some rubbing to the gilt otherwise good condition (2) £160-220
Commissariat Transport & Control Department Officers’ Waist Belt Clasps c. Late 19th Century, the first with oak leaf side panels, silver Royal Crest Centre and on the circle ‘Commissariat Transport’, no bench marks but a perfect match; the second with oak leaf side panels, silver Royal Crest centre and on the circle ‘Control Department’, matching bench marks, very good condition (2) £100-160
Ordnance Store Department & Commissariat Transport Waist Belt Clasps c. Late 19th Century, the first with oak leaf side panels, silver Royal Crest centre and on the circle ‘Ordnance Store Department’, no bench marks but a perfect match; the second with oak leaf side panels, silver Royal Crest Centre and on the circle ‘Commissariat Transport’, no bench marks but a perfect match, the gilt rubbed on the first item otherwise very good condition (2) £100-160
Highland Light Infantry Officer’s Waist Belt Plate 1881-1901, a very fine example, the rectangular seeded gilt back plate with silver and gilt overlays being the officer’s glengarry/shako badge, complete with an associated D end loose section, very fine condition £60-100
The Leicestershire Regiment Officer’s Forage Cap Badge 1881-1897, gilt eight pointed star with plated mounts comprising ‘Hindoostan’ the Royal Tiger the Harp and Maid and title scroll ‘Leicestershire Regiment’, the lugs lacking and some gilt loss otherwise very fine condition £60-100
Hammer Price: £110
Volunteer Artillery Officer’s Helmet Plate & Militia Artillery Other Ranks Helmet Plate c. 1878-1901, the first of fine quality in die stamped silver plate featuring the Royal Arms, a laurel spray top scroll, double wheel cannon and bottom scroll ‘Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt’, complete with three loop fasteners; the second in die stamped brass features the Royal Arms, a cannon and bottom scroll ‘Militia Artillery’, complete with two loop fasteners, very good condition (2) £80-140
Cavalry Officers’ Waist Belt Clasps Victorian Period, comprising one Heavy Cavalry general pattern example, the rectangular gilt seeded back plate with a burnished rim and silver mount being a crowned VR cypher, oak sprays and the Royal Motto, complete with loose D end section; two Light Cavalry examples, the smaller burnished gilt rectangular back plates with similar silver mounts, one with loose D end section, good overall condition (3) £80-120
Assorted Waist Belt Plates and Clasps Victorian and Edwardian Periods, the first to the Royal Navy in all gilt metal with central QVC over a fouled anchor; the second with burnished gilt rectangular back plate mounted in silver with crowned laurels pierced legend ‘Royal Engineers’ and central VR cypher; the third with an engine turned rectangular gilt back plate mounted with the Royal Arms and Union sprays; the fourth with a rectangular seeded gilt back plate with a burnished rim and mounted...
18th, 88th, 100th Regiments Glengarry Badges c. 1874-1881, three good quality die stamped brass examples (KK 450, 559, 576) complete with all lug fasteners, very good condition (3) £120-160
Hammer Price: £120
Assorted Military Badges, comprising an other ranks die stamped white metal Victorian period pouch belt plate of the London Scottish Volunteers (one screw post lacking); an other ranks die stamped white metal Militia general issue shako plate 1861 pattern; an other ranks brass shako plate to the 88th Regiment of Foot 1869 pattern; a die stamped heavy brass pouch badge to the 5th Dragoon Guards (post 1902) no fasteners, good overall condition (4) £60-100
Horse Harness Furniture, comprising three gilt brass crowned Garter Proper issues, two with VR centres and crowns, the other with Edward ‘EVIIR’ centre; two Guelphic crowned martingales for the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (one with bolt fasteners, one with five blade fasteners); a pair of brass and white metal harness slides Victorian period for the Royal Irish Regiment, good overall condition (7) £80-120
South Mayo Rifles Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a good quality die stamped white metal example (KK 1293), complete with contemporary soldered replacement lugs, very good condition £160-220
The Prince of Wales’s Royal Regiment of Longford Light Infantry Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a good quality example in die stamped blackened brass (KK 1275), complete with original lug fasteners, very good condition £140-200
The Leicestershire Regiment & The Gloucestershire Regiment Officers’ Waist Belt Clasps 1881-1901, of standard 1855 pattern (Ryan 181 & 193) both with matching bench marks, both with considerable service wear(2) £120-160
Hammer Price: £130
The West Indies Regiment & Unattached List (India) Waist Belt Clasps c. Late 19th Century, the first in all gilt and of special oak leaf side panel pattern, the central disc mounted with laurel and palm sprays enclosing an oval Garter Proper and the initials ‘WIR’, matching bench marks; the second of 1855 pattern with central silver mount being the crown over VRI, on the circle ‘Unattached’ and laurel sprays, matching bench marks, slight gilt loss to the first item otherwise very good conditi...
Irish County Sheriffs’ Waist Belt Plates & a Militia Officer’s Levee Pattern Waist Belt Clasp, the first with an engine turned rectangular back plate and burnished rim mounted with a crowned VR cypher and shamrock sprays complete with loose D end section; the second with rectangular burnished back plate and a similar mount to the first; the third in silver plate with acanthus leaf side panels, laurel sprays and central crowned VR cypher, good condition (3) £60-100
North Mayo Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a fine quality die stamped white metal example (KK 1290) complete with both original lug fasteners, very good condition £100-160
Hammer Price: £140
Carlow Rifles Militia Other Ranks Glengarry c. 1874-1881, a scarce variant being in die stamped white metal pattern as for (KK1269), replacement silver plated lugs otherwise good condition £80-120
Royal Meath Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a good quality die stamped white metal example (KK 1294), complete with original fasteners, very good condition £80-140
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
Ceylon Light Infantry Officer’s Forage Cap Badge c. 1881-1900, a very fine silver thread embroidered example displaying a QVC over leaf sprays, in the centre on a ground of blue velvet a silver plated elephant on ground complete with howdah cloth, the scroll at the base ‘Ceylon Light Infantry’ on a ground of blue velvet, slight loss to the right hand leaf sprays otherwise very good condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £150
Dublin County Militia Other Ranks Scroll Hat Badge c. 1852-1874, a very rare example in die stamped white metal being the standard scroll pattern ‘Dublin County’ complete with both fasteners, very good condition £80-120
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