Pre WW1 Durham County National Reserve Gilt and Enamel Mufti Lapel Buttonhole Badge
Enamel almost perfect, small ding below the 'U' in 'Durham'. Gilt bright, original horseshoe fitting and maker marked. Scarce.
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40.00 GBP
WW1 Home Front - Oxfordshire Rifle Volunteer Regiment (VTC) Cap Badge
Scarce WW I bronzed cap badge with original slider fitting maker marked twice, correct pattern of stamped naming for Thomas Fattorini, Bolton on silder and then embossed again on the reverse of the badge. Depicts an Ox crossing a Ford to the centre of a crowned circlet bearing the title, 'Oxfordshire Volunteer Regiment' above the motto scroll, Fortis Est Veritas. In very good condition.
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WW1 Officers Training Corps (OTC) Mufti Silver and Enamel Buttonhole Horseshoe Lapel Badge
A small attractive King's Crown enamelled unmarked silver lapel badge for the Officer's Training Corps (OTC). Made by J.R. Gaunt, London. In good condition complete with a lapel button-hole fixing. No damage to enamel. Registered design number 627163 to reverse, which gives this design a registration date of between 1913 and 1914.
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14.00 GBP
WW2 Era Royal Engineers Metal & Celluloid Matchbox Cover
A nice quality piece made from a metal core with a coloured celluloid covering with the badge for the Royal Engineers front and back with King George VI cypher to the middle, the spine marked Royal Engineers. Measuring just under 2.5 inches long it comes in very good condition with some mild marking to the surface. Empty matchbox which it contains is for display only.
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22.00 GBP
WW1 Home Front - Womens Legion (WL) Brooch Pin Badge
Die struck in bronze. Earlier pattern with wings on the figure of victory. Sadly C clasp is damaged and tip of pin has been truncated slightly otherwise in good condition. Circa 4.5cms tall. Condition reflected in price. No returns on this item. Sold as seen.
(A claret / maroon cloth backing would indicate a motor transport driver. However, no cloth backing present).
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35.00 GBP
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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225.00 GBP
WW1 The Guards Sunderland (Durham) 1914 volunteer training corps VTC badge
A very rare original First World War period 'The Guards Sunderland 1914 badge'; large gilded brass shield inlaid with patriotic red, white and blue enamel around a central recessed disc with the arms of Sunderland: an embossed brass lighthouse, the top tip depicting a sextant within a heraldic shield, surmounted by a ball on torse and horseshoe scroll below bearing the Latin motto 'Nil Desperan... read more
165.00 GBP
Aeronautical Inspection Directorate (AID) On HM Service Mini lapel badge - Ladies Issue
A small gilt brass and enamel lapel badge as worn by this civilian organisation involved in the quality control of the aviation manufacturing industry during WW2. Original pin fitting (fully functional) with maker details ‘Roden London’ to reverse. In very good condition with no damage to the enamel. Circa 2.2cm tall.
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22.00 GBP
WW2 Czechoslovakia V for Victory Patriotic Fund Raising Enamel - 1941
A scarce original wartime British made 'Free Czech Victory badge'; gilt brass example inlaid with red, white and blue enamel, superimposed with a 'V' for Victory and a sprig of laurel, inscribed 'CZECHOSLOVAKIA'; the reverse embossed '1941 Issued By The Czechoslovak Army'. Very good condition, complete with original stick pin fitting, some firing faults in white enamel otherwise no damage to th... read more
45.00 GBP
WW1 Home Front - Scarce Dundee Women's Suffrage Society War Relief Fund Gilt and Enamel Badge
An attractive gilt and enamel badge which shows the crest of the city of Dundee, 29mm in diameter. It is engraved with 37/2 and has the maker's details on the reverse Rattray, Dundee. It also has an extra loop mounted on it for a safety chain (the safety chain is no longer present). In good condition with only a small bit of surface damage to the surface of the enamel at about 1 o'clock.
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35.00 GBP