Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) Black Other Ranks Large Pattern Button, King's Crown

Fix shank, blank reverse. Circa 22mm in diameter. Good condition. King's crown, worn circa 1911 - 1952.

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Code: 54320

Light Infantry Regiments Anodised Aluminum AA Silver Coloured Large Pattern Button

Anodised aluminum silver coloured button, circa 26mm in diameter. Floating shank. Backmarked Buttons Limited, Birmingham. Worn circa 1946 - 1959 by the regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade, which included the Durham Light Infantry ( DLI ), King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ( KOYLI ), King's Shropshire L.I., and the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry. Signs of minor service wear.
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Code: 54311

The Light Infantry Anodised Aluminum AA Large Pattern Gilt Coloured Button

Anodised aluminium button, circa 26mm in diameter. Backmarked Smith & Wright, Birmingham. Worn circa 1959 onwards. This is a light gilt colour.

Ripley No 315 refers.  read more

Code: 54310

Federation of Malay States Volunteer Force ( FMSVF ) Medium Brass Button

Fixed shank, back-marked Wm Dowler & Sons Ltd, Birm ( Birmingham ). 19mm in diameter. In very good condition. Post 1920. Coll.
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Code: 54281

4th Egyptian Infantry Headdress Brass Cap Badge

See Volume 2 of the highly recommended "British Colonial Badges Volume II" by Barry Renfrew et al, as item no 2294. Two original fixing posts to the reverse which have rusted. Circa 2.9cm tall. Missing its black square backing cloth. Circa 1890. May also have been worn by 4th Sudanese Infantry.

This pattern, but with different fixings was worn in brass by 4th KAR.
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Code: 54279

Special Forces Long Range Desert Group LRDG Tinnie Badge

Probably some kind of comic collectable from the 1960s or 1970s, has considerable foxing to front and some wear to the surface finish. Original pin and fixing. Circa 32mm in diameter. A post war souvenir, but not something you come across every day. More information welcome.  read more

Code: 54273

Radnor Home Guard ( HG ) Brass Cap Badge, QEII crown, post WW2

A good stiff brass badge with original slider. Queens crown denotes post 1952. Welsh Home Guard unit, 2nd phase, 1951 to 1957.

In December 1951, the Home Guard, disbanded in 1945, was again raised, to be finally stood down in July 1957. Some units had badges produced at their own expense, and this included the Radnor Home Guard. The county was in the South Wales Border...  read more

Code: 54270

Air Raid Precautions ARP Hallmarked Silver Lady's Issue Pin Badge - Date letter D for 1939

A good early war example, reverse with London silver hallmarks for 1939 and with makers mark "J.C.". In very good condition, original pin and 'c' clasp fittings.
Height 38mm.

Will post to a UK address and the Channel Islands only (in respect of the latter put UK as country at check out).

In very good condition.  read more

Code: 54260

The Rifle Brigade ( Prince Consort's Own ) Other Rank's White Metal Cap Badge, post 1956

Guelphic crown, white metal with original slider. This pattern was worn from 1956, and replaced by an anodised badge of the same pattern. Very good condition.

K&K, Vol 2, No 2020 refers.


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Code: 54258

British Copy of the German 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania Iron Medal

This iron medallion measures circa 55 mm in diameter and is circa 3mm thick. Regrettably it is missing its box.

It is one of some 300,000 British copies made on the instructions of Captain Reginald Hall, RN, Director of Naval Intelligence as an item of anti-German propaganda. The original German medallion was made in August 1915 by Karl Goetz, a Munich based medallist, ...  read more

Code: 54242