WW2 Home Front - 20th (Darlington) Battalion Durham (DLI) Home Guard Printed Shoulder Titles / Insignia

A set of three original items removed from uniform. A white on khaki printed home guard shoulder title with black on khaki printed DHM and attached the number 20 below. HQ Darlington. They wore a DLI cap badge.

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Code: 63107

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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Code: 66954

WW1 Home Front - British Red Cross / Order of St. John War Worker's Badge

A die cast bronze cap / breast badge with original brooch pin fitting to the reverse. The Geneva Cross and the Order of St. John to the centre of an oval bearing the title. Worn by uniformed members working in hospitals behind the front lines. In superb condition for age.

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Code: 66957

WW1 - Home Front 1916 On War Service Women's Munition Workers Brass Triangle Pin Badge - Wylie & Co

A scarce original First World War official issue 1916 women's Munition Workers brass triangular pin badge bearing George V Crown to voided centre with 1916 below, the reverse impressed with maker's details 'Wylie & Co. London' and official issue number '137479'. In good overall condition, complete with original substantial heavy duty pin fittings. Circa 39mm tall.

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Code: 67475

WW1 On War Service 1915 munition workers bronzed lapel badge - Woolley & Co

A scarce original First World War official 'On War Service 1915 munition workers badge', unusual bronzed finish, the centre bearing the 'Board of Ordnance' shield, the reverse impressed with maker's details 'Woolley & Co (Birm) Ltf. and official issue number '35460'. In good condition, complete with original buttonhole fitting (slightly squashed over), otherwise in good overall condition. Sc...  read more

Code: 67484

WW2 Ulster Savings Committee collectors fundraising badge Northern Ireland

A very scarce original wartime period Ulster Savings Committee collectors fundraising pin badge, lightly silver plated (much still intact and not worn back to the brass as I have noted in other examples). In the form of the map of the province, inlaid with blue enamel and displaying the red hand of Ulster within the initials 'USC' with 'War Savings' below; the reverse impressed with maker's de...  read more

Code: 67549

WW2 Home Front - BRCC British Red Cross Society & Order of St John CHSS hospital badge

A good original wartime issue British Red Cross & Order of St John 'CENTRAL HOSPITAL SUPPLY SERVICE badge'; silver plated enamel shield depicting the emblems of the joint war organisation, with additional initials 'C.H.S.S.'; the reverse inpressed with maker's details 'J.R.Gaunt London'. Good condition, complete with original pin fittings, slight evidence of service wear but no stress or damage...  read more

Code: 68246

Pre WW1 Durham County National Reserve Gilt and Enamel Mufti Lapel Buttonhole Badge

Enamel almost perfect, small ding below the 'U' in 'Durham'. Gilt bright, original horseshoe fitting and maker marked. Scarce.

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Code: 68927

WW1 The Guards Sunderland (Durham) 1914 volunteer training corps VTC badge

A very rare original First World War period 'The Guards Sunderland 1914 badge'; large gilded brass shield inlaid with patriotic red, white and blue enamel around a central recessed disc with the arms of Sunderland: an embossed brass lighthouse, the top tip depicting a sextant within a heraldic shield, surmounted by a ball on torse and horseshoe scroll below bearing the Latin motto 'Nil Desperan...  read more

Code: 68929

WW2 Home Front - Territorial Army (TA) 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

Code: 68939