Monday 11th May - Antiques, Jewellery, Militaria, Coins, Comics Vinyl, Toys, Ceramics, Collectables
Monday 11th May - Antiques, Jewellery, Militaria, Coins, Comics Vinyl, Toys, Ceramics, Collectables
A collection of twenty-three military cap badges, glengarry badges, and insignia representing various British and Commonwealth regiments and corps throughout the 20th century. The lot comprises a variety of construction materials including brass, bi-metal (brass and white metal), white metal, and blackened or bronzed finishes.
The collection includes:
A Royal Air Force (RAF) brass cap badge with a laurel wreath and central monogram; a Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) brass grenade badge with Tudor rose; a Royal Military Police brass badge featuring the Elizabeth II cypher; The Welch Regiment bi-metal badge with Prince of Wales feathers; a Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) brass badge with the rod of Asclepius; a Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) brass badge with RHG cypher; a Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) white metal badge featuring the Napoleonic Eagle and Waterloo plinth; and a London Rifle Brigade blackened bronze Maltese cross.
Further items include an Australian Commonwealth Military Forces bronze-toned 3rd pattern Rising Sun badge; a Royal Marines brass Globe and Laurel badge; The Queen’s Own Hussars brass badge with QOH cypher; a Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) white metal bugle horn with Jellalabad battle honour; a Suffolk Regiment bi-metal badge with central castle; a large Scots Guards white metal eight-pointed star glengarry badge; and a Royal Tank Regiment white metal badge featuring a First World War style tank.
The assortment is completed by a Lancashire Fusiliers bi-metal grenade badge with Egypt sphinx; a large Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) white metal star badge with St Andrew and the cross; a Rifle Brigade blackened Maltese cross; a small bi-metal lion rampant on crown insignia; a Durham Light Infantry (DLI) white metal bugle horn; a North Staffordshire Regiment bi-metal Stafford knot; a Royal Corps of Signals bi-metal Mercury figure; and a Dorsetshire Regiment bi-metal badge with castle and sphinx featuring Marabout and Primus in Indis scrolls.
Most items are fitted with original sliders or lug fasteners to the reverse. Several sliders bear maker marks, though these show significant wear.
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