Scarce WW1 1st Birmingham ( Pals ) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Other Ranks Cap Badge
An excellent badge on original slider, some light polishing to highpoints, with all the attributes that those in the know look for - the goatie beard, the shaggy coat and correct method of attaching scroll to the body, with gilt coloured braising metal. Circa 5cm tall by 5.8cm wide.
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Royal Irish Fusiliers (RIF) 2 part Bi-metal Cap Badge with White Metal Coronet
A die cast bi-metal greande cap badge with original slider to the reverse (clipped) and a separate die struck white metal coronet with two original loops to the reverse. Grenade has a small sweat / braising / expansion holes to the reverse.
K&K Vol 1 No 694 refers
F11.1
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WW1 Royal West Kent White Metal Cap Badge
In good condition with original slider. Slightly tapering as found on earlier examples.
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WW1 Tyneside Scottish ( 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 29th Battalions Northumberland Fusiliers ) White Metal Glengarry 4th Pattern Cap Badge, introduced April 1915
Scarce and original die struck white metal cap badge in good condition with original brooch pin to the reverse. As worn in WW1 by 20th , 21st , 22nd , 23rd and 29th (Service) Battalions, The Northumberland Fusiliers ( Tyneside Scottish ). This pattern was introduced in 1916 and not worn in WW2.
Col . D Wood No 451 refers
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WW1 Tyneside Scottish ( 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 29th Battalions Northumberland Fusiliers ) 2nd pattern White Metal Cap Badge, introduced April 1915
Scarce and original white metal cap badge (with the more lion like looking lion) in good condition with original brooch pin to the reverse. As worn in WW1 by 20th , 21st , 22nd , 23rd and 29th (Service) Battalions, The Northumberland Fusiliers ( Tyneside Scottish ). This badge has a very high finish and looks to have been silver plated and is not the dull flat white metal normally enc... read more
WW1 9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment ( Cyclists ) Brass Cap Badge
In very good condition with original slider.
E60.1
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Royal Dublin Fusiliers ( RDF) ( 102nd & 103rd Foot) Bi-metal cap badge
WW1 era cap badge with original slider to the reverse and with four sweat / braising / expansion holes. Shows minor signs of being worn but in good condition with sharp detail. Gaylor claims there was also an all brass economy version. The regiment was disbanded in 1922.
K&K Vol 1 No 702 refers.
E60.4
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WW1 Pals - 11th Lonsdale (Service) Battalion, The Border Regiment Brass Cap Badge - Gaunt Tablet
A WWI brass cap badge with two original loops and a genuine maker's tablet (a thin one) with the details for JR Gaunt London to the reverse. Worn by the 11th (Lonsdale) Service Battalion Border Regiment which was one of the Pals Battalions of Kitchener's Army. In very good condition with no damage. Much reproduced, it is hard to find a genuine pattern of this badge. Rare.
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WW1 Chinese Labour Corps ( CLC ) Cap Badge - Blade Fixings
A thin bronzed brass die struck badge with four original tabs to the reverse. As with most blades I would not recommend opening these up as they can become brittle with age. Almost black in colour, I personally would not attempt to clean it up. Rare.
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WW1 Arabic Speaker Interpreter's Small Pattern Arm Badge - New Zealand pattern?
Scarce gilt brass die struck sleeve badge with two original thin copper wire fittings (n-s) to the reverse. The head of an Egyptian sphinx. Worn on the sleeve by British, Australian, New Zealand and French army personnel who were Arab speakers. This particular pattern of decoration on the headdress is illustrated in Oldham's Badges and Insignia of hte New Zealand Army, page 99 (item 10/... read more