British Regular Cavalry NCOs Arm Badge - Number of Regiments possible
Large POW feathers in unmarked silver with flat back and three original loops to the reverse. Circa 52mm tall and 55mm wide without felt cloth backing. A heavy well made item, but a variety of British Army Cavalry Regiments possible (with different or no backings): 3rd DG, 10th Hussars, 12th Lancers and their successors.
C23.1 read more
45.00 GBP
The 18th ( Queen Mary's Own ) Hussars Other Ranks White Metal Cap Badge
Die struck other rank 's cap badge comprising a circlet in white metal inscribed ' Queen Mary's Own ' surmounted by an Imperial Crown. In the centre the Roman numerals XVIII with original slider. In very good condition.
Worn from 1910 onwards when King George V and Queen Mary took to the Throne. Prior to this, they had been known as the Princess of Wales's Own and wore a large... read more
35.00 GBP
Victorian - Isle of Man Volunteers Other Ranks White Metal Glengarry Badge ( the 7th Volunteer Battalion King 's Liverpool Regiment )
A die struck white metal cap badge with two original dark toned loops to the reverse. The motto " Quocunque Jeceris Stabit " which is rather appropriate given the three legged device to the centre and translates as " whichever way you throw him he will stand ". It was also the motto adopted by the Home Guard of the island in WW2. Circa 4.7cm tall. Some evidence of service wear otherwise in ... read more
175.00 GBP
Queens Dragoon Guards Anodised Aluminium Cap Badge - Firmin
In very good condition with slider stamped Firmin London. Firmin stamp is a bit feint.
C13.29 read more
8.00 GBP
WW1 9th Battalion ( Highlanders ) The Royal Scots - Standing Orders (or how to wear your sporran!) + small photo of Royal Scots Officer
A small WW1 hard bound red pocket sized book with gilt lettering and Royal Scots badge to front, 66 pages, in total. Some staining and fading marks to front cover but internally a good clean copy. It has been annotated in ink in the front pages as the property of W. F. Radford, 2090, E Company, No 3 Section as his address as 2 James Place. Leith. His Rifle number has also been noted as No 50... read more
25.00 GBP
5th Dragoon Guards Officers OSD Facing Bronze Collar Badges
These look like a reasonable facing pair from the front, but one is die struck bronze and the other is die struck. Each with two original loops to the reverse. King's crown, worn 1902 -1922. In very good condition.
C13.20 read more
28.00 GBP
The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars ( Yeomanry ) Brass Cap Badge - Dowler
A good heavy die struck cap badge with original slider which is maker marked " Wm. Dowler. ( B'ham ) ". This is one of several naming styles used by Dowler. This pattern of naming is correct, earlier than most and not often encountered. Scarce.
This pattern was worn post 1908, the portcullis is surmounted by a ducal coronet (the arms of the Dukes of Beaufort).
T... read more
24.00 GBP
The Cheshire Regiment Officers Silver and Gilt Pair of Collar Badges
A fine pair of silver plate and gilt die cast metal collar badges of two part construction to The Cheshire Regiment. With two original loops to the reverse of each. In very good condition.
Churchill No 625 refers.
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15.00 GBP
Boer War Memorial Coloured Postcard - Carter's Ridge Memorial 1899 (Siege of Kimberley)
A postally unused postcard in very good condition from the Edwardian era (c1907) - the panel with those who fell at this action is just about legible with an eyeglass despite my photo of it.
The memorial cairn commemorates the officers and soldiers killed during the second battle of Carter's Ridge in November 1899 during the Siege of Kimberley, Cape Colony (modern South Africa)... read more
8.00 GBP
WW2 South Africa - Regiment Botha (Commando) Regiment Theatre Cast Cap Badge
Presumably a WW2 North African cast copy, theatre made, with two tomb stone style loops (one slightly damaged).
Regiment Botha was formed on 1st April 1934 at Ermelo and recruited in the then-northern and eastern Transvaal. By 1939 there were two battalions but only the second was mobilised on 19th June, 1940.
The unit was brigaded with 3 Transvaal Scottish and the... read more
15.00 GBP