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The Leinster Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881-1901, a good quality example of special pattern, the side panels decorated with maple leaves, on the central disc in silver a crowned title strap laurel and maple leaves, the honour ‘Central India’ and central Prince of Wales’s crest and motto, matching bench marks (Ryan 237), little gilt remains otherwise good condition £160-220
Hammer Price: £280
88th, 94th, 109th Glengarry Badges c. 1874-1881, three good quality die stamped brass examples (KK 559, 569, 587) all complete with loop fasteners, very good condition (3) £120-160
8th Union Volunteer Regiment (Irish Rifles) NSW Hat Badge 1899-1903, a fine quality die stamped brass example featuring a QVC, proteus plant wreath ‘8’ over a shamrock over a Gaelic scroll, complete with both loop fasteners, very good condition £100-160
Queen’s Own Royal Dublin City Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge and a Pair of Collar Badges c. 1874-1881, all items in good quality die stamped white metal (KK 1278) for the glengarry, the collar badges feature the three flaming castles a QVC and shamrock sprays, all complete with original fasteners, very good condition (3) £260-360
North Irish Division of Militia Artillery Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1891-1901, a very fine example in copper gilt featuring the Royal Arms, double wheel cannon and bottom scroll ‘North Irish Division’, complete with three lug fasteners, very good condition £200-300
Part Waist Belt Clasps, female sections for the Connaught Rangers, Army Service Corps and a Control Department, male sections mainly of standard Royal Crest pattern but including one mounted with a silver crowned Harp and Maid, two white metal mounts one for the Engineer Militia, sundry other loose buckles, good overall condition (parcel) £40-80
A 1796 Pattern Officer’s Gilt Gorget, of standard pattern with engraved crown over GR with attendant laurel sprays, the gilt requires careful cleaning otherwise very good condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £300
Waist Belt Clasps of Irish Interest, the first of other ranks 1855 pattern with crowned VR centre and ‘Militia’ in stylised script plus Union sprays; the second of officers’ 1855 pattern style but with laurels on the centre and a plain harp in the centre; the third in brass with a plain harp centre and ‘National Volunteers’ on the circle; slight wear to the cypher on the first item otherwise good condition (3) £100-160
Irish Militia Buttons, comprising ten rare examples, officers’ large size silver plated tunic Royal Tyrone (VR centre), Cavan, Kilkenny (2), Clare, Kerry, Royal Meath, Fermanagh Light Infantry, Galway, Royal Limerick County, complete with original shanks, very good condition (10) £400-600
Irish Militia Buttons, ten good quality examples comprising a large silver plated coatee to the 102nd Donegal Regiment (rubbed), large silver plated tunic examples to the Royal Meath, Wexford Regiment, Wexford Militia and Armagh Regiment, small silver plated tunics to the Armagh Light Infantry, the Kilkenny Regiment, a large white metal tunic to the 109th County of Dublin and a large pewter tunic to the Armagh Regiment, complete with original shanks, good condition (10) £400-600
Irish Militia Buttons, ten rare silver plated examples, large coatees to the Limerick Artillery, the 107th Kerry, the Royal Meath and the 102nd Donegal Regiments, a small coatee to the 114th Westmeath Regiment, large tunic examples to the 109th County of Dublin, Roscommon and Queen’s Own Royal Regiment (Dublin), two small tunic examples both to the Roscommon Regiment, complete with original shanks, very good condition (10) £400-600
The Royal Irish Rifles Officer’s Pouch Belt Plate, Whistle Guard, Chains and Whistle c. 1881-1901, the first in die stamped silver plate of very good quality of standard pattern, QVC, shamrock sprays Maid and Harp, a Sphinx/Egypt, strung bugle horn, motto and unit title, complete with backing plate and four screw post fasteners, whistle guard with shamrock and motto mount, triple chain and regimental pattern whistle, very good overall condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £320
Various Grenade Pattern Head Dress Badges, comprising an officer’s silver plated with silver mounts busby grenade for the Volunteer Artillery (now with pin back fastener); an other ranks brass busby grenade to the Royal Artillery (QVC); an officer’s glengarry badge to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1881-1897 gilt with silver mount (gilt rubbed, one fastener replaced); an other ranks fur cap grenade to the Royal Irish Fusiliers (Eagle only on ball), good overall condition apart from where...
Miscellaneous Military Insignia, including an officer’s chin chain for a rifle regiment, various ball top and spike helmet finials, two other ranks reproduction cross belt plates 18th and 27th of Foot, various other broken items and an assortment of solid lead casting strikes, parcel, sold as viewed not subject to return £60-100
Irish Militia Buttons, ten fine quality rare examples comprising large silver plated coatees to the 80th Royal Tyrone and the 102nd Donegal, large silver plated tunics to the 109th County of Dublin, the Royal South Down, Fermanagh Light Infantry, Royal Meath and Monaghan Regiments, small plated tunics to the Roscommon and Cavan Regiments, complete with original shanks, very good condition (10) £400-600
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
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
The Royal Irish Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1881 Pattern, a fine quality example, the crowned star pattern back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of red velvet a post 1902 crowned Harp and shamrock sprays, at the bottom a silver scroll ‘The Royal Irish’, complete with three loop fasteners, one shamrock missing from the right hand spray otherwise very good condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £340
The Royal Munster Fusiliers Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881-1901, of special oak leaf panel pattern with central gilt disc mounted with silver laurels, battle honours and unit title enclosing a gilt fused grenade this with silver Tiger, the smaller section only with a bench mark (Ryan 238), minute dent to the ball of the grenade otherwise very fine condition £200-300
Royal Irish Fusiliers Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881-1901, a magnificent example of special pattern, the panels with shamrock, Harp and Maid decoration, unit title and central fused grenade with eagle mount, matching bench marks (Ryan 233), excellent condition £200-300
3rd Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps, 1st Middlesex R.V.C. Victorias, 2nd Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers Helmet Plates, Tower Hamlet Rifles Pouch Belt Plate, the first other ranks in blackened brass featuring unit title and numeral; the second similar with full unit title and original green cloth backing; the third in die stamped silver plate featuring full unit title and central White Tower of London; the fourth in heavy die cast silver plate with unit title and central White Tower, this with...
The Leinster Regiment 3rd Militia Battalion Officer’s Mess Menu Holder, a very fine example based on the officer’s forage cap badge of the period, displaying the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto with a further scroll across the base ‘3rd Leinster’, the whole on a torse, of unmarked silver coloured metal and gilt hollow back construction, the easel stand for the front with maker’s mark ‘BN’, very fine condition £60-100
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
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...
London Irish Rifle Volunteers (16th Middlesex) Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1878-1901, an extremely fine example in die stamped blackened silver plate being a crowned Bath style star, in the centre on the circle ‘London Irish Rifle Vols’, in the voided centre a crowned Harp, complete with three loop fasteners, excellent condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £360
North Tipperary Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, an extremely fine and rare example in die stamped white metal being a crowned strung bugle horn with the Maid and Harp applied to the centre of the bugle horn, at the bottom a floreate scroll ‘Tipperary’, complete with original lug fasteners, very good condition £200-300
Prince of Wales’s Own Royal Regiment of Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry Officer’s Shako Plate 1861-1875, a very fine example in die stamped silver plate being a crowned cross patee with central circular mount ‘Prince of Wales’s Royal Regiment’, in the centre on a domed ground the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto, complete with both loop fasteners, very good condition £120-160
Hammer Price: £380
The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1881-1901, a fine quality example of standard crowned star pattern back plate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of red velvet (faded) the Prince of Wales’s crest, motto, maple leaves and honour scroll ‘Central India’, below a silver scroll ‘Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment’, the gilt sound under some surface grime very good condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £400
Royal Tyrone Fusiliers Militia Other Ranks Fur Cap Grenade c. 1866-1881, an extremely rare example in die stamped white metal being a fused grenade with central circular strap ‘Royal Tyrone Fusiliers’, in the centre the VR cypher, complete with both original soldered lug fasteners, very good condition £300-400
5th Royal Irish Lancers Senior NCOs Full Dress Lance Cap Plate and Similar Trooper’s Example c. 1870-1885, the first extremely fine and rare in die stamped copper gilt featuring the Royal Arms, the Harp and Maid, Unit Title and the restored honours of the 5th Royal Irish Dragoons, complete with two screw post fasteners; the second of identical pattern in gilding metal, complete with two screw post fasteners, very fine condition (2) £400-600
88th Connaught Rangers Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1855-1881, a fine quality example of standard 1855 pattern (Ryan 130), matching bench marks, slight verdigris accretions otherwise very good condition £200-300
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Militia Battalions Officer’s Helmet Plate, The Civil Service Rifle Volunteer Corps Helmet Plate, the first in good quality die stamped blackened silver plate features a crowned Bath star style cross with title circle ‘The King’s Royal Rifle Corps’ and strung bugle horn centre; the second of similar format in die stamped white metal with title circle ‘Civil Service Rifle Volunteer Corps’ and Prince of Wales’s crest and motto, both complete with...
Irish Militia Buttons, a carded display of ten rare examples, officers’ large coatees in silver plate to the 102nd Donegal, the 114th Westmeath and the North Tipperary Regiments, officers’ large silver plated tunic examples to the 109th County of Dublin, the Queen’s Own Royal Dublin and the 102nd Donegal Regiments, officers; small silver plated tunics to the Roscommon Regiment and the 109th County of Dublin, two other ranks large white metal tunics to the Fermanagh Light Infantry and...
Irish Militia Buttons, ten very rare examples comprising an officer’s large gilt coatee with open back to the 22nd Sligo Regiment, large silver plated coatees to the Galway, 102nd Donegal and North Tipperary Regiments, an officer’s small plated coatee to the Limerick Artillery Militia, officers’ large silver plated tunics to the Monaghan, 109th County of Dublin and 102nd Donegal Regiments, officers’ small silver plated tunics to the Roscommon and Galway Regiments, all complete with...
Irish Militia Buttons, ten silver plated examples comprising two small coatee to the 93rd Roscommon and the North Tipperary Regiments, two large coatee to the 121st Monaghan and the 102nd Donegal Regiments, large silver plated tunic examples to the 102nd Donegal, Roscommon, 109th County of Dublin and Londonderry Regiments and one small tunic to the Roscommon Regiment, complete with original shanks, very good condition (10) £400-600
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
North Irish Division Part Finished Other Ranks Helmet Plate & ‘Waterfords’ (sic) Artillery Officer’s Sabretache Badge c.1890-1901, the first item in die stamped white metal with laurel spray top scroll, cannon and pinned through gilt bottom scroll ‘North Irish Division’; the second item in die stamped silver plate of Royal Arms pattern, an applied top scroll ‘Waterfords’, cannon and bottom scroll ‘Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt’, complete with three screw post fasteners, good...
Hammer Price: £420
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
Cavan Militia Officer’s Helmet Plate 1878-1881, a very fine and extremely rare example in silver plate, the back plate of crowned star pattern with laurel overlays, these enclose a circle ‘Cavan Militia’ and in the centre the Maid and Harp on a ground of brown velvet (?) (congealed), complete with three loop fasteners, one ray tip with a slight buckle otherwise very good condition £500-700
Hammer Price: £480
Wexford Militia Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1878-1881, an extremely fine example in silver plate of crowned star pattern back plate with laurel overlays, in the centre a circle ‘Wexford Militia XCIX’ enclosing the Harp and Maid on a ground of black velvet, complete with three loop fasteners, very fine condition £500-700
Hammer Price: £500
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