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
Malacca Volunteer Corps Brass Shoulder Title
In good condition with two original lugs to the reverse. Circa 4.5cm wide and 1.5 cm tall (corrected from 1cm tall post sale). Worn circa 1922 to 1942.
Of Straits Settlements and Malay States interest, now Singapore and Malaysia. Malacca was a Malay enclave.
Renfrew et al Vol 1 No 797refers. read more
Devonshire Regiment Brass Helmet Plate Centre ( HPC )
Good condition to front with some minor spotting, and with two our of four lugs remaining to reverse. read more
Scarce 1914 1st Pattern Tyneside Scottish Other Rank's Glengarry Cap Badge
The design for this badge was not fixed until late November 1914 by the Tyneside Scottish Committee, and was replaced by the more imposing 2nd pattern badge in January 1915. Many of the original cap badges were converted to pin fittings. They were issued to the original volunteers to the 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd Battalion Tyneside Scottish quartered in Alnwick, Northumberland.
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Scarce WW1 era Postcard of Airship / Zeppelin
Most images of airships, especially Zeppelins tend to be artist impressions. This is a real photograph of one seen cruising above the rooftops. The card is printed in English, so this is possibly a Zeppelin. Postally unused. Stain to reverse. Strange lines run across the image, possibly from when it was developed. Still a scarce image. read more
Fantastic Original Pre WW1 Postcard of a senior NCO of the East Riding Yeomanry (Lancers)
A simply magnificent Postally unused postcard in very good condition showing the Regimental Sergeant Major ( RSM )wearing the Fox in full cry cap badge on peaked cap, four chevrons and King's crown above, plus a row of medal ribbons, suggesting prior regular army service. Formed circa 1903, this dates the photo to before WW1 and for those this the know unit, this Mister with his waxed ... read more
Malacca Volunteer Rifles Brass Collar Badge, circa 1915 - 1942
Die struck collar badge. The two scrolls beneath read Malacca Volunteer Rifles, Firm but Few. Two original copper lugs to the reverse. Circa 3.2cm tall. In good condition with sharp detail. Scarce.
Of Straits Settlements and Malay States interest, now Singapore and Malaysia. Malacca was a Malay enclave.
Renfrew et al, Vol 1, No 794 refers. read more
Scarce WW1 3rd Birmingham ( Pals ) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Other Rank's Medium Brass Button
Backmarked JR Gaunt Ld, London. Original floating shank. Dated 1914 to front. Circa 19mm in diameter. Slight polishing to high points otherwise in very good condition and scarce.
See also code 51365 for the 2nd Birmingham Pals version for sale.
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