WW2 Home Front Home Guard Battledress Pair of Numbers 13 - Uncut
Pair of uncut printed shoulder title numerals as worn with county designations by a large number of different units. Some slight markes otherwise very good conditon for age and original.
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WW2 Printed Northumbrian District ( Northern Command) St Oswalds Shield Formation Sign Cloth Arm Badge
Printed, some folding but appears to have been removed from a uniform. Circa 6.3cm by 5.4cm. Unusual with white border. Also worn by Northumberland Home Guard units.
Cole p99 refers.
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Chinese Treaty Ports - Tientsin British Municipal Emergency Corps White Metal Button
Circa 20.5mm in diameter, fixed shank and maker marked Hobson & Sons Ltd, London. The coat of arms as worn on the badges of the Tientsin British Municipal Emergency Corps with a small scroll below "Tientsin 1900". In very good condition. Rare.
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Chinese Treaty Ports - Tientsin Volunteer Corps Officers Large Pattern Gilt Button, Kings Crown
Circa 26mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked Jennens POW feathers London (This manufacturer stopped making buttons in 1912). Gilt good. In very good condition and scarce.
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Chinese Treaty Ports - Hankow Municipal Police Small White Metal Button
Circa 17.5mm in diameter, fixed shank, blank reverse. In very good condition. Rare.
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SY 56 Surrey County 56th Battalion Home Guard ( HG ) Cloth Combination Shoulder Title
Removed from uniform. In good condition.
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WW2 HG Home Guard Black Embroidered on Khaki Shoulder Slip-on
A Home Guard item not that often encountered for wear on battledress tunic. In good condition with original retaining strap to the reverse.
Davis No 248 refers.
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WW2 Home Front - Lincolnshire Home Guard Printed Cloth Formation Sign
A printed example of the Lincolnshire Imp on khaki rectangular backing. Worn by 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions of the City of Lincoln Home Guard. A little bit sticky to the reverse otherwise in very good condition. Scarce.
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Ceylon Light Infantry (CLI) White Metal Collar Badge with Pagri Slider Fitting
A scarce collar badge of the CLI with an original small slider to reverse, presumably for wear in the sun helmet pagri band or field service cap - no signs of lugs ever having been fitted. Circa 2.6cm tall (excluding slider). Worn circa 1881 - 1949.
Renfrew et al Vol 2 No 2151 refers.
G55.3(2)
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Chinese China Treaty Ports - Shanghai Municipal Gaol / Jail Large Pattern Gilt Officers Button
Circa 26mm in diameter, fixed shank, and maker marked J Compton & Sons London. In stunning condition. Circa 1920s -1930s. Scarce.
Incidentally I have seen for sale elsewhere a brass cap badge for the gaolers / jailers with the same central design ( incorporating the flags of all nations in the centre) but mounted on an eight pointed star.
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