Queen's Own Dorset IY (Imperial Yeomanry) Officer's Silver Plated Large Pattern Button
Circa 24mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked Firmin & Sons Ld, London. Slight wear to silver plate on the highpoints otherwise in very good condition. King's Crown so circa 1901 - 1908 only. Scarce.
Ripley & Darmanin "Yeomanry Buttons 1830 - 2000" Fig 45 (pp13-14) refers.
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20.00 GBP
QVC Victorian Lincolnshire Rifles Volunteers Officer's Silver Plated Large Pattern Button
Circa 24mm in diameter, fixed shank and maker marked Firmin & Sons Ld, London. Minor wear to silver plate on highpoints and some slight / minor casting flaws to bottom edge of outer circle otherwise very good condition.
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20.00 GBP
2nd Administrative / 2nd Corps North York Volunteers Large Pattern White Metal Button
Circa 23mm in diameter, fixed shank and maker marked J& B Pearse & Co, London. North Riding of Yorkshire interest. In very good condition.
Ripley & Darmanin No 312 refers.
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30.00 GBP
1st North York Rifle Volunteers Large Pattern White Metal Button
Circa 24mm in diameter, fixed shank and maker marked J& B Pearse & Co, London. North Riding of Yorkshire interest. In good condition to front, stained and grubby to reverse. Scarce.
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Indian Army - Bangalore Rifle Volunteers Matched andd Facing Pair of White Metal Collar Badges
A facing matched pair of original King 's Crown Collar Badges of the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers of India (circa 1902-1947).They are made from white metal and are in good condition with holding lugs undamaged and intact.
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WW2 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders tartan formation sign regimental flash designation
A triangle of 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders MacKenzie tartan as worn when part of the 5th Yorkshire Division (see my item 61558 for it being worn as part of a battledress combination). In good overall condition.
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10.00 GBP
Post WW2 Denmark Danish Brigade Group Cloth Formation Sign with Denmark Shoulder Title
A woven cloth formation sign removed from uniform with some damage to top edge otherwise in good overall condition and with its matching "Danmark" Shoulder title. Post WW2 issues. See also my item 58859.
Cole "Badges on Battledress" p160 refers.
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45.00 GBP
WW2 Scottish Command North Highland District Embroidered Formation Sign
In very good unissued condition. Still retaining most of its black paper backing.
Cole p104 refers
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14.00 GBP
'Essex / 20' 'PVC Blown' Shoulder Title - Post WW2 2nd Phase Home Guard
In good unissued condition. T shaped with the usual rubberized mesh backing. Worn below a generic home guard shoulder title.
Similar to No 4136 in BoBD (Jon Mills), who describes these as being made from PVC (poly-vinyl chloride) using a process of 'blowing-on' the white letters to a special background.
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18.00 GBP
56th London Armoured Division Embroidered 2nd Pattern Formation Sign
As worn by this post war Territorial Army Division from 1950 onwards. In embroidered felt with an extra layer of black backing material. In very good condition.
During the Second World War, 56th (London) Division adopted a black silhouette of Dick Whittington's cat on a red ground as its formation sign, leading to its nickname of the 'Black Cats'.
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