8th Corps Formation Sign - Embroidered 2nd Pattern
VIII Corps, circa 6cm by 5cm, white embroidered thread on scarlet felt. Original, good condition.
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Leicestershire Regiment early pattern bronze / brass collar badge, left facing
Early bronze / dark brass collar badge, also worn on the field service cap ( 1895-1902 ), 2 lugs, east-west. It looks like one of the lugs is a later replacement, otherwise in very good condition.
Sold to DB (B2)
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Pair of Royal Northumberland Fusiliers ( RNF ) Other Rank 's Facing Collar Badges
A good post WW2 die-stamped bi metal facing pair of other ranks collar badges (very close colour match, but not exact). Both converted to single square lugs to the reverse (one of these is a real Heath Robinson affair, no doubt the product of the REME workshop !)
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23rd County of London Regiment Bi-metal Collar Badge, King' s Crown
Bi metal with two original lugs and three braising holes to the reverse. Pre 1952. This variety has the "02" rather than "2" in the South Africa title circle.
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Somerset Light Infantry - pair of anodised matched facing collar badges with backing plates, pre 1966
Good condition with two original lugs to each. Some damage to frets of one of the backing plates, otherwise in very good condition. Pre 1966 pattern with two lugs. Scarce.
Churchill No 417 refers.
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Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry ( DCLI ) Officer's Pair of OSD Collar Badges
Pair of collar badges, not matching but close, with two original lugs to each and red felt backing cloths. Very good condition.
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WW1 Silver Wound Badge ( SWB ) Number 384201 to Captain Frank Waller, The 12th London Regiment
Dark toned and with original pin and clasp. Good condition. Stamped 384201. Scarce to an officer, good rank, worthy of further research. Came in small red card box and with some research. A quick check of the London Gazette for 25th September 1914 shows him being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 12th ( County of London ) Battalion, The London Regiment ( The Rangers ) on 27th A... read more
Roy Marlow M.M. - A WW2 escapers tale of daring do from a Royal Air Force ( RAF ) Air Gunner
"Beyond the Wire - An underage Air Gunner's Private War" an autobiography by Roy Marlow MM. Paperback (1997). A good clean copy in good second hand condition with stamp of previous owner's details on frontis. 158pp.
This is a highly unusual account, especially to an RAF aircrew recipient of an "escaper's " Military Medal. What is even more remarkable is that he joined the RAF... read more
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WW2 Royal Air Force ( RAF ) Officer 's Kings Crown Bullion Peak Cap Badge
In very good worn condition, removed from blue felt backing display board and some traces of this remain to the reverse. Circa 6.5cms tall and 6.3cms wide.
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WW2 era Scarce Auxiliary Air Force ( AAF ) unmarked silver official issue lapel badge - Barrage Balloon Squadrons, Anti-aircraft Balloon Defences
The Auxiliary Air Force owes its origin to Lord Trenchard's vision of an elite corps of civilians who would serve their country in flying squadrons in their spare time. Instituted by Order in Council on 9 October 1924, the first Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were formed the following year. The pilots of AAF squadrons were generally formed from the society's elite, who in contrast to tho... read more