Y RHA City of London Yeomanry Brass Other Rank's Shoulder Title
The large pattern version at circa 4.3cm wide and 3.5cm tall, with three original lugs to the reverse. A bit tarnished but will polish up. Scarce.
The 11th (Honourable Artillery and City of London Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, was a territorial unit formed in 1922. The HAC batteries continued to wear their old HAC titles, but the yeomanry batteries adopted this t... read more
Scarce WW1 24th New Zealand Reinforcements to the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force Bronze Collar Badge
Give the dog a bone! "Holdfast" being the motto - and don't let it go. Somebody had a good sense of humour in designing this badge. With two original hexagonal lugs (as typical of this series). Good sharp detail Circa 2.1cm tall and 2.8cm wide. Again the cap badge is a different design to this collar badge.
Corbett page 183 refers. read more
WW1 Matched Pair of Brass Pioneer Battalion Collar Badges
A good matched pair, but some misshaping from service wear. Each has its original 4 lugs to each. Slight fracture in one collar where the sling meets the pickaxe shaft, more noticeable from the reverse, otherwise in good condition. Worn by a number of territorial and service battalion formations during WW1, such as the 18th and 19th Northumberland Fusiliers to mention just two. read more
WW1 vintage postcard of Captain Fryatt interest - SS Brussels
Postally unused, this Belgian card commemorates the memorial to the capture of the civilian Captain Fryatt of the Great Eastern Railway Company shipping line who was executed by the Germans. Not encountered this one before. The word ship on pencil to the reverse.
Charles Algernon Fryatt (1872 – 1916) was a British merchant mariner who was executed by the Germans for attempting ... read more
Inns of Court Regiment Yeomanry Large Pattern Officer's Gilt Brass Button - The Devil's Own
Circa 26mm in diameter, fixed shank and back-marked Pitt & Co Ltd , London W.1. Good condition, slight traces of old polishing compound will clean off.
Ripley No 370 refers. read more
21st Lancers ( Empress of India's ) Large Pattern Officer's Gilt Brass Button
Circa 23mm in diameter, fixed shank, back-marked Pitt & Co, 31 Maddox St, London. Slight polishing to highpoints.
Ripley No 50 refers. read more
Pair of Paper Embossed Crests for the Canadian Northumberland Regiment of Ontario
One Victorian and the other post 1902, a little bit grubby on the red crest, but in good condition. Circa 2.5cm and 3.0cm tall respectively. read more
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Unique 268 ( Warwickshire ) Royal Artillery ( TA ) Gilt and Silver plate Collar Badge
Unique collar badge to the 268 ( Warwickshire ) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, circa 1950s. All ranks wore small gilt grenades with silver Ubique scrolls below as collar badges on their battledress blouses. (See Plate 59 and Fig. 314 in Norman Litchfield's book)
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A high gilt and silver plated two part construction metal collar badge with two original lugs. Embo... read more
Royal Sussex Regiment Other Rank's Bi-metal Cap Badge
With original slider, somewhat imaginatively bent to retain it in the beret, otherwise in good condition with only slight polishing to highpoints. It is circa 4.2cm tall. read more
Military Provost Staff Corps OSD Officer's Bronze Cap ( GV ) badge - Gaunt
A scarce WW1 vintage OSD die cast bronze cap badge with two original blades and back stamped JR Gaunt London. In excellent condition. Cannot have been many of these made.
K&K Vol 1 no 1054 refers. read more