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The Connaught Rangers Officer’s Helmet Plate 1881-1901, crowned star pattern back plate with laurel and garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of green velvet the Harp over a scroll ‘Quis Separabit’, a silver scroll at the bottom ‘The Connaught Rangers’, no gilt remains otherwise sound condition £140-200
Hammer Price: £150
2nd of Foot Other Ranks 1861 Pattern Shako Plate & 88th Regiment of Foot Other Ranks 1869 Pattern Shako Plate, two good quality die stamped brass examples, the first of crowned star pattern with pierced numeral ‘2’ complete with correct soldered soft iron lugs; the second of standard crowned laurels and Garter pattern with pierced numerals ‘88’, complete with original lugs, very good condition (2) £60-100
Miscellaneous Military Items, comprising an other ranks 1871 pattern helmet plate to the 6th Dragoon Guards (lacking one fastener to the centre); a Connaught Rangers regimental pattern glengarry badge (KK 357) (some wear to the Harp); Irish Guards brass valise badge; a QVC period white metal cap badge ‘Irish Lights’; a cast silver plated Harp and Maid with shamrocks in surround; ‘94’ Balmoral hat style numerals but in white metal; ‘79’ white metal numerals smaller than for the...
Dublin County Light Infantry Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a fine quality die stamped white metal example (KK 1279), complete with original lug fasteners, very good condition £200-300
Commissariat and Transport Staff & Ordnance Store Department Waist Belt Clasps Late 19th Century, the first with oak leaf side panels and silver Royal Crest in the centre, on the circle, ‘Commissariat and Transport Staff’, matching bench marks; the second with oak leaf side panels and silver Royal Crest centre, on the circle ‘Ordnance Store Department’, no bench marks but a perfect match, very good condition (2) £100-160
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
83rd Regiment of Foot Other Ranks Shako Plate 1861 Pattern & 88th Regiment of Foot Other Ranks Shako Plate 1869 Pattern, the first of crowned star pattern with stencilled numerals ‘83’ complete with correct pattern soft iron soldered lugs; the second of crowned laurel and Garter pattern with stencilled numerals ‘88’, complete with correct lugs, in very good condition (2) £80-120
Hammer Price: £170
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
87th Royal Irish Fusiliers Other Ranks Waist Belt Clasp 1855-1871, an extremely rare and fine quality example of 1855 pattern, on the circle ‘Royal Irish Fusiliers’, in the centre on a lined ground ‘87’, very good condition £160-220
Hammer Price: £180
Royal Limerick County Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a fine quality die stamped white metal example (KK 1287) complete with original brass fasteners, very good condition £100-160
Irish Guards Officer’s Cloak Fasteners c. 1900-1914, an extremely scarce and fine quality example in die cast gilt being the stars of the Order of St. Patrick complete with chain link and all six loop fasteners, very good condition £100-160
Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp c. 1840, a fine and rare example, oval gilt side sections each mounted with a silver loggerhead double headed swan fastener, this with floral decoration to the body, very good condition £60-100
Hammer Price: £190
Royal Meath Militia Officer’s Shako Plate 1855 Pattern, a fine quality example in silver plate, crowned star pattern back plate with circular mount ‘Royal Meath Militia’, in the centre on a domed ground a large shamrock leaf decorated with shamrock sprays, complete with both loop fasteners, the bottom star point crudely shortened for use on the 1861 pattern shako otherwise very good condition £400-600
Hammer Price: £200
The Manchester Regiment & The Royal Fusiliers Officers’ Waist Belt Clasps 1881-1901, two very fine examples of standard 1855 pattern (Ryan 227 &170), both with matching benchmarks, very good condition (2) £140-200
36th Sikh Infantry & Madras Staff Corps Waist Belt Clasps, the first of standard 1855 pattern with ‘Sikh Infantry’ and laurels on the circle, in the centre in silver the crown over ‘36’, matching bench marks; the second with acanthus leaf side panels, Madras Staff Corps on the circle and central crown over VR cypher, no bench marks but a perfect match, very good condition (2) £140-200
83rd, 86th, 88th Regiments Glengarry Badges c. 1874-1881, three good quality die stamped brass examples (KK 552, 557, 559) all complete with loop fasteners, very good condition (3) £120-160
Miscellaneous Military Insignia, comprising a Royal Artillery gilt pouch badge, a gilt crowned VR cypher pouch badge, two die stamped gilding metal badges for ‘Local Companies’, a Royal Irish Regiment (?) pagri badge in gilding metal, a single broad gold wire shoulder strap for an officer in the Militia Battalions of the East Yorkshire Regiment, an other ranks possibly Foreign Service helmet plate with pinned on ‘4’, a made-up badge in the form of a fused grenade the ball mounted...
British Colonial Military Buttons, a carded display comprising four very fine and early gilt examples to the Royal African Colonial Corps (disbanded 1828), a large and a small example to the Royal Newfoundland Companies, large and small examples to the St. Helena Regiment, a large gilt example to the Chinese Regiment, seven large gilt and one small gilt examples to the 2nd West Indies Regiment, three large examples to the 1st West India Regiment (gilt rubbed), a large brass example to the...
English and Scottish Militia Regimental Buttons, including a large silver plate coatee to the 1st Devon Militia, a small coatee to the King’s Own Staffordshire Light Infantry, large plated tunic examples to the East Norfolk, 1st Devon, South Lincoln, 2nd Somerset, 1st West Suffolk, 4th West York, 5th West York (2), Royal Aberdeenshire, 1st Royal Lanark (5), large pewters to the 1st Derby and Edinburgh Regiments, complete with original shanks, generally good condition (22) £200-300
27th Inniskilling Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1856-1881, a very fine and rare example dated from the Regimental History as being 1855 to 1865 (Ryan 40), no bench marks but a perfect match, very fine condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £220
The Royal Irish Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881-1901, a superb example of standard 1855 pattern (Ryan 183), matching bench marks, excellent condition £160-220
16th Bedfordshire Regiment & 51st King’s Own Light Infantry Regiment Officers’ Waist Belt Clasps 1856-1881, both of standard 1855 pattern (Ryan 24), the second of a variable pattern bearing in the centre a strung bugle horn, the horn pointing to the viewer’s left with ‘51’ within the strings, both with matching bench marks, most gilt lacking on both items otherwise good condition (2) £140-200
86th, 88th, 94th Regiments Glengarry Badges c. 1874-1881, three good quality die stamped brass examples (KK 557, 559, 569) all complete with loop fasteners, very good condition (3) £120-160
Royal Meath Militia Other Ranks Glengarry Badge c. 1874-1881, a fine quality die stamped white metal example (KK 1294), complete with original lug fasteners, very good condition £80-140
70th Carlow Rifles Militia Officer’s Pouch Badge c. 1856-1881, an extremely fine example in die stamped silver plate being a crowned coiled bugle horn, the domed centre mounted with engine turned numerals ‘70’, complete with two screw post fasteners, very fine condition £100-160
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
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
The Royal Irish Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881-1901, an extremely fine example of standard 1855 pattern (Ryan 183), no bench marks but a perfect match, excellent condition £160-220
Hammer Price: £240
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Volunteer Battalion Officer’s White Leather Pouch Belt Complete with Plate, Whistle Guard, Chains and Whistle c. 1883-1908, a very fine example, the pouch belt plate features a Guelphic crown, Union sprays, the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto and unit title ‘3nd V.B. Royal Welsh Fusiliers’ (sic), complete with shaped backing plate and four screw post fasteners, the whistle guard of ornate lion’s mask pattern, double chain and large size whistle, very...
Fusilier Fur Cap Grenades and Glengarry Badges, all post 1881 examples, the fur cap grenades in gilding metal to the Inniskilling, Royal Irish and Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the glengarry badges to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (this with pagri slider), Royal Irish Fusiliers (full title) and Royal Munster Fusiliers, complete with all fasteners, very good condition (6) £140-200
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Officer’s Glengarry Badge c. 1881-1897, a superb example being a gilt fused grenade overlaid in silver featuring shamrocks, the arms of Dublin, the Elephant and the Royal Tiger, the honours Mysore and Plassey and the motto Spectamur Agendo, complete with two loop fasteners, excellent condition £300-500
Wicklow Militia Artillery Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1878-1901, a rare and fine quality item in die stamped copper gilt featuring the Royal Arms and applied bottom scroll ‘Wicklow Artillery’, complete with three loop fasteners, very good condition £200-260
Limerick City Militia Artillery Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1878-1901, a fine quality example in copper gilt featuring the Royal Arms, double wheel cannon and bottom scroll ‘Limerick City Artillery’, complete with three lug fasteners, very good condition £200-300
South 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 ‘South Irish Division’, complete with three lug fasteners, very fine condition £200-300
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
Royal Irish Fusiliers Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1881-1901, of special pattern, the side panels decorated with shamrocks, the Harp and Maid, unit title around the base of the centre and central fused grenade bearing the silver eagle, matching bench marks (Ryan 232), very fine condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £260
6th Inniskilling Dragoons NCOs Hall Marked Silver Arm Badge, a very fine example of hollow back construction featuring the Castle over an ornate scroll ‘Inniskilling’, the reverse and the front both hall marked for Birmingham 1902 by Firmin and Sons, complete with three loop fasteners, very fine condition £200-300
Other Ranks Two Part Helmet Plates 1881-1901, comprising two examples to the Connaught Rangers both with (KK 352) centres and two examples to the Leinster Regiment, the majority of lug fasteners are present, good overall condition (4) £120-160
18th The Royal Irish Regiment/The Royal Irish Regiment Three Head Dress Badges, comprising a fine quality 1874-1881 glengarry badge; a post 1881 Officer’s glengarry badge in silver plate being a crowned Garter Proper enclosing on a domed ground of red velvet, crowned Harp and laurel sprays complete with pin fastener; a die cast silver plated crowned strap ‘Royal Regiment of Ireland enclosing a Harp (possibly an Indian Mess Servant’s head dress badge, complete with all fasteners, in...
Hammer Price: £280
Wexford Militia Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1856-1881, of 1855 pattern and in silver plate, on the circle ‘Wexford Militia XCIX’, in the centre a crowned Harp and Maid, no bench marks but a perfect match, very good condition £200-300
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