WW2 Home Front - Royal Ordnance Factories Fire Brigade Chromed White Metal Cap Badge
A chromed white metal example, underlying brass showing through on high points from service wear and some of the chrome missing on reverse of original slider, shaped to cap, otherwise in very good condition and rare.
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WW1 1918 Zeebrugge Raid Enamel Numbered Association Buttonhole Lapel Badge
A gilt and enamel lapel badge with original horseshoe fitting which is stamped with the number '737'. The association was formed around the survivors of the
Zeebrugge Raid. The badge is in very good condition with no damage to the enamel. Some minor staining and scratching to the reverse. It is circa 2.8cms across.
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WW1 Tribute Medal Scotswood Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Scotswood Newcastle Northumberland WW1 Tribute Medal named to E. Edgar Royal Garrison Artillery ( RGA ). 100 such medals were presented in June 1919.
It depicts the old Scotswood Chain Bridge with a dove and sun burst above, which is Christian religious iconography representing the Pentecost (the Holy Spirit of Jesus, love and peace) and a laurel spray below.
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WW1 Patriotic Spelter Metal Picture Frame - The Home Front - The North Sea Theatre and the Royal Navy Celebrated
A very attractive original WW1 British Home Front / Royal Navy Tribute Frame. The frame is of heavy cast spelter metal depicting the Home Front with a map of Great Britain and its surrounding seas with major events marked such as the Battle of Jutland, the Sinking of Lusitania and the naval base of the Home Fleet, Scarpa Flow. Around the edge of the frame are the names of the key Admirals: J... read more
WW1 Home Front - YMCA Canteen Worker's Enamel Cap Badge
A scarce original First World War period troops comforts 'Young Men's Christian Association war worker cap badge'; large silver plated brass triangle inlaid with white enamel, bearing red triangle and 'YMCA' title bar across the centre on black enamel ground; the reverse of original slider impressed with maker's details 'Thomas Fattorini Bolton'. This is also repeated on the reverse of the bad... read more
WW1 Home Front Middlesex Volunteer Regiment (VTC) Bronzed Cap Badge
A scarce die struck cap badge in a bronzed gilding metal finish to the Middlesex Volunteer Regiment, (Volunteer Training Corps) which was later to become the 1st - 7th Volunteer Battalions of the Middlesex Regiment. Two original connector style loops to the reverse (typical of those used by Fattorini in WW1). Circa 51mm tall and 47 mm wide.
K&K, Vol 1, No. 1666 refers.
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WW1 Welsh Wales Home Front - Glamorgan Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) Brass Cap Badge
A very scarce WW I bronzed-brass cap badge with two original flat connector style loops to the reverse (typical to Fattorini made cap badges but no maker's name evident). A shield bearing three chevrons to the centre of a circlet carrying the title, " Glamorgan V.T.C." Circa 4cms in diameter. Some service wear to rim and dried polish, otherwise in good condition.
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295.00 GBP
WW1 Home Front - Munition Munitions Volunteer War Worker Red Enamel and Gilding Metal - Foreman's Badge?
WW1 War Munition Volunteer war workers badge
An exceptionally good original example of a Great War period official 'War Munition Volunteer workers gilt brass and enamel badge' the central shield depicting crossed cannons set into a field of red enamel, the reverse with maker's details in relief 'J.R.Gaunt & Son Ltd London' and impressed with official comparatively low issue number '3959'... read more
WW1 Home Front - National Volunteer Reserve (NVR) 1914 Gilt and Enamel Mufti Lapel Buttonhole Badge
Circa 3cms tall, original horseshoe fitting and maker marked WJ Carroll, London. Gilt bright, some firing faults in enamel, especially around the "vol" in "volunteer" otherwise in good condition and scarce.
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WW1 Peace Medallion - West Hartlepool's Commemoration of Peace 1919
Gilt Brass and Enamel with original pin fitting. Gilt bright no damage to enamel. Circa 32mm in diameter. Scarce.
A scarce original example of a 'West Hartlepools Commemoration of Peace 1919' end of war gilt and enamel lapel brooch badge depicting a peace dove, and reminding us of the attack on the town by both German battleships and Zeppelin airships. To the centre an enamel... read more