42nd ( Lancashire ) Division ( TA ) Embroidered / Woven Formation Sign

Removed from uniform but in good condition with no damage. Circa 5cm x 4.6cm

Davis No 81 refers.

B31.7  read more

Code: 57373

Scots Guards Officers Forage Cap Star Badge

A two-part constructed cap star silver plated and gilt with green translucent enamel to centre and two long silvered copper loops (some bending) to the reverse.
More usually encountered with pin fitting. Circa 5cms across. Worn on the Glengarry and Balmoral cap. An early example of some quality and gilt is still bright. In very good condition.

Please note that on accou...  read more

Code: 68684

WW2 York and Northumberland Training Brigade Printed Cloth Formation Sign

Removed from uniform, in good overall condition.

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Code: 66293

WW2 78th Infantry Division Printed Cloth Formation Sign

Printed cloth formation sign, removed from uniform. Worn by among others the 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment in North Africa. Part of the 1st Army. Some tape to reverse otherwise in good overall condition with slightly raggy edges.

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Code: 66291

WW2 East & West Riding District (Yorkshire) Printed Cloth Formation Sign

This is a WW2 printed cloth formation sign badge to the EAST & WEST RIDING DISTRICT (Jon Mills BoBD 1178) in excellent worn condition with some traces of tape to the reverse. . This type of badge was made by “Calico Printers”.

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Code: 66289

Victorian / Edwardian 18th Hussars Officers Horse Furniture Ear Boss Ornament Badge

A scarce item still on its leather backing, with white metal XVIIIH on brass circlet. In very good condition for age. Circa 6cms in diameter. Slight tear to leather to reverse, but it is still in very good condition.

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Code: 67794

WW1 South Africa - 1 / ZAR Theatre Made Brass Shoulder Title - 1st South African Horse

A good scarce locally made hand cut sheet brass shoulder title to the 1st Zuid Afrikaans Ruiters (1st South African Horse). Made from sheet brass or fired cartridge and cleverly shaped to incorporate loops at either end, but all made from one piece. In very good condition. Worn 1915 - 1918.

Cox confirms that the ten regiments of South African Horse wore two different titles, on...  read more

Code: 67829

HMS Defiance Naval Ratings Cap Tally - Shore Establishment (Stone frigate)

Removed from cap, still tied with tidily bow, in good but worn condition but with some grubby marks.

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Code: 67374

East Africa - Tanganyika Police Frosted Silver Plated Officers Collar Badge

A scarce die cast pattern worn for a short period only, some minor twisting to original loops otherwise in good condition and scarce.

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Code: 67552

Victorian 2nd Royal Lanark Militia Officers Badge

A scarce white metal officers badge, nicely domed. The Lanark Militia were originally formed in Napoleonic times. This badge stems from around the Crimean War. The 2nd were formed in 1854. They were later amalgamated into the 4th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). The two loops (n-s) have been very neatly removed and a stout pin and clasp has been added, presumably for wear on the glenga...  read more

Code: 68785