Malacca Volunteer Rifles Brass Collar Badge, circa 1915 - 1942
Die struck collar badge. The two scrolls beneath read Malacca Volunteer Rifles, Firm but Few. Two original copper lugs to the reverse. Circa 3.2cm tall. In good condition with sharp detail. Scarce.
Of Straits Settlements and Malay States interest, now Singapore and Malaysia. Malacca was a Malay enclave.
Renfrew et al, Vol 1, No 794 refers. read more
Scarce WW1 3rd Birmingham ( Pals ) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Other Rank's Medium Brass Button
Backmarked JR Gaunt Ld, London. Original floating shank. Dated 1914 to front. Circa 19mm in diameter. Slight polishing to high points otherwise in very good condition and scarce.
See also code 51365 for the 2nd Birmingham Pals version for sale.
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Victorian Border Regiment Pagri Sun Helmet Badge
A large die struck white metal pagri badge to the Border Regiment. With a long slider to the reverse and both tabs to hold red felt in place are present. It only has battle honours up to Inkerman in the Crimean War. This is a stunning badge, well over twice the size of a normal cap badge; 5.5cm tall excluding slider, and 6cm wide. read more
Original 52nd Regiment of Foot ( Oxfordshire Light Infantry ) Glengarry Badge, pre 1881
A brass pre-territorial glengarry badge with two original brass loops to the reverse. The number "52" to the centre of a bugle horn with strings. See item below, which contrasts this original item with a frequently encountered reproduction.
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Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry DCLI Valise Star Badge
Large, stiff and heavy die struck in gilding metal, broad slider to rear (as issued) for wear on the valise or 'large pack', the design was based on the old helmet plate. Circa 10.5cm tall and 9.5cm wide.
Worn by 2nd Battalion DCLI when on service as the Army of Occupation (Rhineland, Germany) 1922 to 1924 and also when stationed in Guernsey from 1924 to 1927. In excellen... read more
Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces, by Edgar Wallace - a large hardback book published circa 1915
188 pages. profusely illustrated with black and white photos. It has a small number of colour plates. There is no date of publication, but given it is all about the training of this army, it suggests late 1915. Circa 28cm by 21.5cm.
Condition is poor as the spine has separated from the book and a few pages are loose, but all present and correct and contents clean and undamaged. ... read more
WW2 Territorial Army Silver Mufti Lapel Badge
Sanctioned for wear in 1938, and made by Royal Mint, this badge consisted of the letters TA between two horizontal lines across the centre of a circle. Below the circle is a lion springing aggressively forward with legs outstretched, the whole being surmounted by a king's crown. Badges were of (unmarked) Sterling silver with a lapel fixing in base metal with a number being stamped into the fixi... read more
The Essex Regiment Officers Large Brass Button ( 44th & 56th Foot)
This pattern was worn from 1902-1958, gilt worn but sharp detail. Faintly marked JR Gaunt & Son, London on the reverse. Strong fixed shank. 26mm in diameter.
Ripley No 267 refers read more
Oxs and Bucks Light Infantry Large Pattern White Metal Cap badge
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Die Struck Cap Badge with original slider, which has been mechanically thinned (presumably to remove the original owner's name), otherwise very good condition. read more
6.00 GBP
Royal Berkshire Regiment Medium Anodised Aluminum AA Button - King's Crown
A scarce pre 1953 medium pattern button (circa 19mm in diameter). Original shank and backmarked Buttons Ltd, B'ham. Very minor surface wear. read more
6.00 GBP