Joiner & Carpenter Proficiency Gurkha Rifles Blackened Brass Trade Arm Badge
Scarce, in blackened brass with backing plate, as issued to British Army Gurkha Rifle Battalions. 3,2cm in diameter and with two original lugs.
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6.00 GBP
Northumberland Fusiliers Volunteer / Territorial Battalion Silver Plated Officers Medium Pattern Button
Circa 19mm in diameter, fix shank and back marked JR Gaunt & Son Ltd, London, Engd, silver plated, in a plain line circle. It has some staining to front and wear to plate on hight points but this pattern is a very hard button to find. Coll
Col. Denis Wood ( 2nd Edn) No 648 refers.
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10.00 GBP
Scarce 2nd Battalion ( Brunswick Star ) Manchester Regiment Bronze Collar Badge
Die cast bronze with two original lugs to the reverse. Worn by the 2nd (Regular) Battalion only. Right facing. Circa 3.2cm tall.
These unofficially worn Brunswick star collar badges were also worn on the forage and fatigue caps. Made in India or Egypt and worn circa 1902 onwards.
Churchill No 1536 refers.
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WW1 Canada - 30th Battalion CEF Shoulder Title- maker marked Tiptaff, Birmingham
Given Tiptaff made many Canadian badges, this is most probably Canadian. But it could equally serve as a stand in for a Tyneside Irish 30th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers numeral (althougth not of the correct pattern).
Two original loops to the reverse. Circa 1.9cm wide and 1.3cm tall. Back stamped Tipftaff B'Ham in very small neat letters. UK made.
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16.00 GBP
Matched Pair of South African Pioneer Battalion Bronze Collar Badges
A really nice pair of collar badges, great design. Believe this pattern was worn between 1934 and 1940. Two original lugs to the reverse. Circa 2.6cm tall. Most probably officer's issue. In excellent condition.
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Drummers Call - The Newsletter of the Corps of Drums Society, No 40, 1991
A4 sized society magazine, 18 pages of information concerning the history of and modern day news about Drum Majors and the Corps of Drums. This magazine is in good second hand condition, and has articles about the Coldstream Guards, Lord Mayor's Show, the Senior Drum Major of the Household Division, Drummer Boy Lyons (1931) of the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and other news. read more
5.00 GBP
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment Volunteer Battalion Officer /NCO silver plated collar badge
White metal silver plated single collar badge, elephant facing to the right. As worn by Volunteer Battalion officer's and NCOs. In good condition with two original lugs to the reverse. Sharp detail.
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10.00 GBP
Post WW1 Real Postcard - York & Lancaster Regiment in tropical whites playing the Battalion from Church
An interesting picture, Postally unused but identified on reverse in two separate hands. Some corner wear to three corners and a small crease in top right corner, otherwise a good colonial image of the regiment headed by the band on the march in tropical climes, which by the looks of the background is in Africa.
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5.00 GBP
Manchester Grammar School Officer Training Corps OTC Gilding Metal Cap Badge
A large and impressive badge, with two original loops to reverse (some twisting to these but still fully functional). Dark toned, possibly blackened at some point to the front only. Circa 5cms tall. The stand alone sew-on white metal owl was a school badge for sewing on the school cap rather than an OTC issue, but it has been suggested the latter was worn when the supplies of this large bras... read more
Northumberland Fusiliers (NF) Officer's Full Dress Gilt & Silver Plate Cap Badge
A stunning example of this cap badge, a grenade in gilded die cast bronze of two part construction with flames to 19 points. Mounted on silver plate on the ball is St George facing left within a title circle NORTHUMBERLAND / FUSILIERS. Circa 41mm tall and 34mm wide across the flames. Worn on both the forage and SD caps. This pattern worn circa 1897 - 1936. Maker marked JR Gaunt London to re... read more
110.00 GBP