Lot 5090

Description

British Warrant Officer Class I, rank badges (4, two in metal (KC) with backing plates and two embroidered (QC)); Warrant Officer Class II rank badges in metal (2, one with wreath and one without, both KC); The Royal Highlanders Black Watch hat badge (KC); Australian Rising Sun hat badges (4, Commonwealth Forces (KC), Military Forces (KC) [2], proposed new issue with star in centre [Cossum RS148]); Rising Sun collar badges (3, Commonwealth Military Forces (KC), Military Forces (KC) [2]); Australia metal title; Australian Military Forces buttons (all KC), large (4, three gilt, one blackened bronze), medium (gilt KC) (3), small (3, two gilt, one blackened bronze); R.A.N.R. enamel lapel badge by Denham Neal & Treloar, Sydney; colour patches (3) and Australia cloth shoulder slider; various Command patches, noted Australian Army HQ (2), Northern Command, Southern Command (2), Eastern Command (2), Central Command (S.A.), Western Australia Command; Tasmania Command; also USA, 106th 'Golden Lion Division' patch. The Highlander badge with a few bumps, otherwise fine, the rest mostly very fine - extremely fine. (44)

Ex Ken Maxwell Lyon Collection.



With foolscap page of handwritten history of the badge of Warrant Officer Class I from 1700 - 1918.