WW1 1914 Princess Marys Gift Tin with Sterling Silver Marked Bullet Pencil on Card Mount with 1915 New Year Card
This includes the original bullet pencil correctly monogramed, its original card retainer and the 1915 New Year Card. These items are all originals and not copies.
The contents varied depending on your unit and location. The contents here are exactly as given to troops located in the British Isles and is exactly how it came to me. Only those serving overseas received the c... read more
185.00 GBP
WW1 Welsh Wales Home Front - Glamorgan Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) Brass Cap Badge
A very scarce WW I bronzed-brass cap badge with two original flat connector style loops to the reverse (typical to Fattorini made cap badges but no maker's name evident). A shield bearing three chevrons to the centre of a circlet carrying the title, " Glamorgan V.T.C." Circa 4cms in diameter. Some service wear to rim and dried polish, otherwise in good condition.
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245.00 GBP
WW1 Home Front - Oxfordshire Rifle Volunteer Regiment (VTC) Cap Badge
Scarce WW I bronzed cap badge with original slider fitting maker marked twice, correct pattern of stamped naming for Thomas Fattorini, Bolton on silder and then embossed again on the reverse of the badge. Depicts an Ox crossing a Ford to the centre of a crowned circlet bearing the title, 'Oxfordshire Volunteer Regiment' above the motto scroll, Fortis Est Veritas. In very good condition.
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95.00 GBP
WW1 Derbyshire Volunteers of Home Guards Bronze Cap Badge - Maker marked Armfields
A scarce WW1 VTC Cap badge with original slider which is stamped Armfield Birm (Birmingham . Circa 3.1cm tall excluding slider. Minor staining otherwise in very good condition with sharp detail.
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85.00 GBP
WW1 West Bromwich (South Staffordshire) Volunteer Rifle Corps (VRC / VTC) White Metal Cap Badge
A die struck white metal cap badge with original slider. The design is the Stafford Knot with a King 's crown above (worn by the Staffordshire Yeomanry in gilding metal). In very good condition with sharp detail. Circa 1914 - 1915.
Westlake confirms they wore grey-green uniforms with bronze general service buttons with no shoulder titles or collar badges. The grey-green c... read more
55.00 GBP
CLNG / V (City Of London National Guard Volunteers) WW1 VTC Brass Army metal shoulder title - attributed
A good scarce brass Volunteer Training Corps shoulder title with two loops to the reverse (one reattached with solder) and maker's stamp Gaunt, London. The owner has neatly scratched his name to reverse ' Luxley'.
Westlake No 1855 refers.
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15.00 GBP
1914 Mons Star Old Contemptibles Association Patron Enamel and Hallmarked Silver Lapel Badge
A small and attractive enamel and hallmarked silver buttonhole lapel badge for a Patron of the Old Contemptibles Association. Enamel in good undamaged condition. Maker marked Toy & Co Ltd London (under the horseshoe fitting) and also T & Co to reverse and hallmarked silver stamps for London 1932 (date letter R). Circa 19mm in diameter and in very good condition. Scarce.
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40.00 GBP
WW1 Home Front France - Patriotic French Hallmarked Silver and Enamel Pin Brooch Badge - 1914
Silver dark toned, enamel intact with original and functional pin fittings and clasp. Maker marked.
An original French made patriotic pin brooch, maker marked 'Depose', and continental silver hallmark ('SM' in a traingle) and silver purity marked as 0,935. Dated 1914 to front. Flags of the allies picked out in enamel including Great Britain, France, Russia and Belgium in the r... read more
26.00 GBP
WW1 Wound Stripe - No 4 Provisional Patent
Complete with backing plate, cotter pin and two original lugs. This is exactly 2 inches in length and was authorised for wear by Army Order 249 of August 1916 and this was only issued in this size up to 1922 (discontinued for wear on uniform by Army Order 434 of 1922).
Wound stripes issued in WW2 were only 1.5 inches in length.
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25.00 GBP
WW1 Home Front - On War Service 1915 Munition Workers Home Front Badge by Gaunt
An exceptionally good condition original First World War official War Workers badge, the reverse with maker's details "J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd London" also stamped with a "K" and issue number "33847". The gilt is still bright and without signs of wear, original buttonhole fitting. Circa 43mm tall.
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