Seaforth Highlanders (Ross Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albanys) Other Ranks Gilding Metal Collar Badge F Cypher
A single Seaforth Highlanders gilding metal collar badge scroll inscribed " Caber Feidh ". With all three copper lugs present, . Worn from 1881 onwards. This needs a brass elephant to be added to it to be complete.
Churchill No 1679 refers.
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Seaforth Highlanders (Ross Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albanys) Officers Gilt Collar Badge F Cypher
Gilt bright with three original lugs to the reverse. In very good condition with only minor service wear - please add an elephant! Circa 2.1cm tall and 4cm wide. Note on the officers version the F stands on a small plinth.
Churchill No 1683 refers.
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Victorian Suffolk Regiment Brass Metal Side Cap Badge, Regular Battalions
This, together with the item listed below, is a real oddity. It appears to be an Other Ranks HPC device die struck in white metal with two original lugs to the reverse. It is not a collar badge as far as I can determine (not listed in Churchill) so I can only presume they are NCO issue for wear in the side or forage cap. It shows no sign of having been removed from the Helmet Plate Centre; the... read more
Victorian Suffolk Regiment White Metal Side Cap Badge Militia Battalions
This, together with the item listed above, is a real oddity. It appears to be an Other Ranks HPC device die struck in white metal with two original lugs to the reverse. It is not a collar badge as far as I can determine (not listed in Churchill) so I can only presume they are NCO issue for wear in the side or forage cap. It shows no sign of having been removed from the Helmet Plate Centre; the... read more
NATO - Allied Naval Forces - Southern Europe Gilt & Enamel Breast Shield Pin Badge
Gilt and enamel with original and fully functional pin. In excellent condition.
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Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Embroidered Yellow / Gold on Rifle Green Felt Cloth Shoulder Title
Original shoulder title in unissued condition.
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Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry DCLI (Territorials) White Metal Collar Badge
Die cast in white metal with two original loops to the reverse. In very good condition. Bugle to right. Worn 1951 - 1956 (Sealed pattern 25th April 1951 and replaced in by a silver anodised version, sealed 10th October 1956). Scarce.
Churchill No 913 refers.
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WW2 Royal Air Force (RAF) 43 Fighter Squadron Enamel and Brass Lapel Badge Sweetheart Brooch - The Fighting Cocks
A small and attractive enamel badge with original pin fittings and with no damage to the enamel. Circa 3.2cm tall. No maker marks. Kings crown.
43 Squadron were equipped with Hurricanes and covered the withdrawal of the BEF from Dunkirk and were then heavily involved in the Battle of Britain. They later moved to North Africa in 1942 and were re-equipped with Spitfires.
WW2 Original Official Press Communication Memorandum from Ministry of Aircraft Production - Spitfire
Spitfires 'Forward Nine' and 'Forward Ten'
Original and in excellent condition, no damage or repairs. Circa 7inches by 4.5 inches.
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WW2 Home Front - York City Enamel Crest Mounted on a Gilding Metal Spitfire Fighter Pin Badge Brooch
An attractive and unusual find, with the enamel crest added. In good condition with original pin but C clasp is bent otherwise in good condition with some small scratches to enamel, but enamel intact. Wing span circa 4cm.
A scarce original wartime example for the "City of York", sold to raise funds to buy Royal Air Force fighter plane during Second World War.
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