The Queen 's Royal ( West Surrey ) Regiment Bi-metal collar badges, c1898 - 1920
Early facing pair pattern of bi-metal colllar badges with two original lugs to the reverse with two braising / sweat holes behind the white metal scrolls. Not quite matching, one with slight shave to shoulder - should have gone to spec savers! Worn from end of Victorian era until just after WW1.
Churchill No 43 refers.
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6th Gurkha Rifles Small Pattern Black Horn Button
Circa 16mm in diameter, fixed shank, blank reverse. In very good condition. read more
Stunning Gold Coast Volunteers Officer 's Gold plated cap / Side Cap badge
Gold plated (unmarked) with original pin fitting (fully functional) and with owners initials nearly impressed on the reverse "N.J." Worn only 1902 - 1927. Somebody has scratched the reverse (to see if it is solid gold!, which it is not). I have seen this worn on the peaked cap also. Small but heavy and beautifully made - a jewellers made badge rather than mass produced. Circa 3cm tall.
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WW1 7th King 's African Rifles ( KAR ) Blackened Brass Cap Badge - Zanzibar
Cast brass badge with black finish with two original lugs to the reverse. The finish on the crown has dulled otherwise in very good condition. Circa 4.8cm tall.
The 7th KAR was formed in Zanzibar in 1917 with men from the Zanzibar Armed Constabulary and the Mafia Constabulary. Post WW1, it was reduced to a company and then merged with the 6th KAR. This is a scarce b... read more
RMFVR Royal Marines Forces Volunteer Reserve shoulder title
A good brass shoulder title worn circa 1948-1964. Two loops to the reverse. VGC.
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Rare WW1 New Zealand Veterinary Corps ( NZVC ) OSD Officer 's Bronze Cap Badge - Blades - Rare Laurel Leaf pattern
Circa 4.3cm tall, with two original blades to the reverse. In very good condition. This is the rare oak leave pattern. . According to Corbett "very few of the oak (sic) leave badges exist" (pp262-263). He actually meant laurel leaf, thanks to Phillip for pointing this out). Formed in 1907. This is an early badge. Later patterns had a fern leaf pattern.
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East African Army Scout Tracker Cloth Badge
Black "T" in red circle printed on khaki ground. In good unissued condition. Circa 6.5cm square. Worn 1953-1956.
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Victorian East India Railway Volunteer Rifles Medium White Metal Button
19mm in diameter. Fixed shank, Backmarked "J. Platt & Co, St Martin's Lane" (London). In good condition. See also item 50876 for the larger pattern button and also item 50389 for a matched pair of collars to this scarce unit. read more
28th Battalion The London Regiment - The Artist Rifles Brass Cap Badge
In gilding metal with sharp detail and with original slider to reverse. Very good condition. Circa 4.7cm tall.
This badge was designed by J.W. Wyon the famous medal designer who served as a private in the Corps. Unit raised as 38th Middlesex RV, renumbered 20th in 1880. Attached to Rifle Brigade in 1881. 1st April 1908 transferred to the new Territorial Force as 28th Coun... read more
Abyssinian War Medal to 45th Regiment of Foot ( Derbyshire Regiment ( Sherwood Foresters ))
Embossed naming to centre of reverse to 968, C. Standing, H.M. 45th Regt. Minor edge bruises contact marks and some other very minor edge nibbles. Suspender neatly re-affixed as commonly found with this medal. Replacement ribbon. GVF.
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