King's (Liverpool) Regimental Flash Designation - maroon and blue

The 1st Battalion was in India and Burma for the duration of WW2 and became part of he Chindits so given these are most likely pagri flashes, I think that they would have been worn on the slouch hat or sun helmet. The 5th and 9th Battalions wore them as arm flashes while serving with the 55th Division, the 5th wearing them horizontally and the 9th vertically.

BoBD (Jon Mills) No ...  read more

Code: 67025

Royal Air Force (RAF) Foreign Service Helmet Pagri Flash

Non synthetic early silk ribbon woven red light blue and dark blue RAF colours foreign service helmet pagri flash. Approx 70 mm in length. Worn vertically on the left side of the drab or white Wolseley helmet or slouch hat. An earlier example harder to find these days.

Reference Imperial War Museum
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30100814

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Code: 67024

Army Education Corps (AEC) Officer's OSD Cap Badge - Blades

Good die cast example with two original east-west blades to reverse.

K&K Vol 1 No 1056 refers.

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Code: 67031

T / 24 / London (Queen's) One Piece Brass Shoulder Title

A good brass example on three original loops (north, east, west). In very good condition.

HQ at 71 New Street, Kennington Park Road, London SE.

Westlake No 1557 refers.

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Code: 67036

WW1 CEF Canadian CEF Badges Lot of 4 different badges

4th & 5th Pioneers, 11th CMRs and 29th Bn CEF cap badges. All in good condition and scarce.

Comm BoHa (370-373)

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Code: 67052

WW1 Australian Imperial Force AIF Returned from Active Service badge

A good original First World War 1914 -1919 period 'Australian Military Forces Returned from Active Service badge'; brass circlet surmounted by a Crown, the centre displaying a rising sun, central crown over tri-part scroll 'Australian Military Forces' and 'A.I.F' below on seeded ground; the reverse impressed with indistinct unusual maker's details 'ASTRAL ENGV / Co PERTH' and official late issu...  read more

Code: 66200

WW1 New Zealand - Returned Soldiers Silver Lapel Pin Badge Brooch - Attributed with Papers

In very good condition, stamped silver, with original and fully functional pin fittings and the recipient's army service number stamped to the front "65975". There is also a brass loop for the attachment of a safety chain.

The item is attributed to Sergeant Albert David Hallamore, 1st Battalion The Otago Regiment, who embarked from NZ for Scotland in 1917, served in France fro...  read more

Code: 66880

A Rare Pair of Early Royal Navy Officers Buttons pre 1774

A Royal Navy Captain's Silver Tunic Button as worn from 1757- 1774 (circa 14mm across) and a less well struck Royal Navy Lieutenant's button of the same era (circa 17mm in diameter), the latter most probably excavated. Both with original shanks. Rare.

Not often you find something of such quality surviving from the Seven Years War!

In 1774, the Royal Navy adopte...  read more

Code: 62828

WAFF West African Frontier Force Pair of Brass Shoulder Titles

An early pair of titles, as worn from 1906 - 1928. Each circa 4.8cms wide and 1.2cms tall. In good worn condition, minor bending to loops and the loops appear to be of different lengths otherwise a close match.

Renfrew et al Vol 2 No 1669 refers.

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Code: 67042

WW1 Economy - The 10th Royal Hussars ( Prince of Wales's Own) Other Ranks All Gilding Metal / Brass Cap Badge

Genuine and correctly manufactured in two parts. Original slider. Some staining to scroll otherwise in good worn condition. Scarce.

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Code: 67004