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Great Britain, brass unit titles for AMB, 26TC, 29AA, 6 OCB with brass backing plate, NSY/44RTR, RAPC, Gloster, Lancashire (PWV), Northamptonshire, Oxf & Bucks, Queen's, T/RAMC/W.Lancashire. Very fine. (12)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Great Britain, The Royal Hussars hat badge; Royal Marines Portsmouth Band hat badge in gilt with affixed silver King's crown above GVR cypher; Royal Sussex Regiment officer's silvered and enamel cap badge; Royal Malta Artillery hat badge (KC); South Africa Artillery hat badge (KC) with rotating wheel. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Great Britain, Kenya Regiment T.F. hat badge in cast brass, 1937-63; West African Regt hat badge, WWI, in cast brass with slider; West African Frontier Force collar badge in brass, by Wm Dowler & Sons, Birmingham; Royal West African Frontier Force collar badge pair in oxidized bronze. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, Northamptonshire Regt helmet plate in brass (QVC); Royal Artillery officer's hat badge in bronze (KC) with turning wheel. Good very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Great Britain, Dorcestshire Regt 'Marabout' officer's sleeve badge (25x45mm), c1890, in gilt and enamel. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Great Britain, 6 Officer Cadet Battalion title in brass, separate 6 over joined OCB, with brass backing plate. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Great Britain, Infantry Glider Troops badge in brass 1942-45. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Royal Engineers, marksman badge in silver, features a Lee Metford rifle with initials RE thereon and with silver hallmark on butt, pin back. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
RNAS (Royal Navy Air Service), bronze enamelled badge (30x34mm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
French Protectorate of Morocco, military badges, includes voided metal badge with white camel standing over a gilt crescent bearing name 'SAHARA' in blue; another voided metal circular badge features a white camel within blue band with title 'PROVINCIA de SAHARA ESPANOL'. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F. Reservist ID disc in brass (55mm), pierced holed at top for wearing, uniface; Gold Coast Forces Reserve medal, undated, in bronze (44.5mm), by Phillips, Aldershot, obverse, uniformed soldier aiming a rifle to right, reverse, impala head facing. The last toned, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Italy, WWII, Carabinieri Reali (Royal Carabiners) pressed metal hat badge in gilt. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
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Italian Colonial, Libya, Heavy Artillery officer's bullion hat badge and cap badge; Artillery metal hat badge; Infantry officer's bullion hat badge; Native Infantry NCO's and OR's metal helmet plate; Alpini officer's bullion hat badge. A few with moth holes, otherwise very fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $200
Nyasaland, Police belt buckle in nickel silver, 2 piece, title 'THE NYASALAND POLICE' on outer circle, Lion above an Imperial crown on centerpiece. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Papua New Guinea, Volunteer Rifles, Command of English (spoken English) badge (E in wreath 'working knowledge grade'), in gilt bronze, by Stokes; Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (PNGVR) hat badge (QC), in gilt bronze; Pacific Islands Regiment hat badge (QC) in bronze (cleaned). Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Poland, Army hat badge (WWII); other modern day issues, in metal and another in silver bullion. The first toned, otherwise all as new, uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Rhodesia, small army hat and collar badge collection, noted Southern Rhodesia Volunteers (1898-1920) hat badge, Royal Rhodesia Regt (QC) hat badge; also Rhodesia Chief of Office badge (missing one lug), bearing applied name tag 'Chirau', and buttons for Rhodesian Customs (2) and Rhodesia and Nyasaland Customs (3). One hat badge not described has top crown missing, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
South Africa, collection of hat badges, collar badges and titles mostly for Army but includes some Air Force, Navy and Police, also a few shields, noted Victoria College Volunteers helmet plate in white metal; Prince Alfred's Guard curved near semi-circular brass title; Natal Mounted Infantry hat badge in brass (KC); Regt Botha hat badge on bronze; Regt Louw Wepener hat badge in brass; Cape Town Highlanders hat badge in white metal; Natal Carbineers collar badge in white metal; also Rhodesian African Rifles hat badge in white metal and Sudan Defence Force hat badge in white metal; many others and many WWI and WWII issues; also a few cloth badges and a button. Stored in a light brown coin album, mostly fine - extremely fine. (90)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $700
World collection, of unit shoulder patches, includes Ghana 1st Infantry Brigade, 2nd Ghana Brigade, Uganda Army, various others, also SAAF brevets for Flight Engineer and Aerial Photographer, plus Rhodesian Air Force shoulder rank cloth slides or arm patches for various ranks from Air Marshall down to LAC (13), also a large hat plume for the Rhodesian Signals Band. Fine - extremely fine. (28)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
World law enforcement badges, all in metal, Ghana, Police collar badges (2), Border Guard cap badge, Border Guard shoulder title; Mauritius Inland Revenue hat badge (KC); Sierra Leone Protectorate (N.A.M) cap badge (QC); Zambia Prisons hat badge; also includes United Nations Medals (2) one with ribbon for UNTAG (Namibia), the other for UNOSOM (Somalia). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Great Britain, Parachute Regiment metal hat badge, original painted yellow Pegasus right facing shoulder patch, cloth shoulder title; Army bullion parachute badge for wear on Patrol Blues, another for Mess Dress; Army bullion and embroidered Parachute Jump Instructor badge for Mess Dress; Army Sergeant's stripe. Extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
South Africa, parachute badges in metal and enamel, includes Basic Parachutist; Freefall Qualified Parachutist; Parachute Instructor; Freefall Parachute Instructor; also embroidered Basic Parachutist wings. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World parachute badges, Ghana Parachute Jump Instructor embroidered brevet; Malagasy, Parachute Jump Instructor metal badge; Morocco, Parachutist metal badge, 3rd Series by Drago of Paris; Zaire, Parachutist metal half wing badge, another half wing metal badge but with gilt laurel, another but full wing with gilt laurel sprays. Extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
World parachute badges, Benin, Army parachute badge in embroidered bullion; Ethiopia, Army parachute badge in embroidered bullion on diamond of red felt; Gabon, Army parachute badge in metal and enamel, by Drago, Paris; Kenya, Parachute Jump Instructor badge in embroidered cloth; Tunisia, Army parachute badge in metal, by A B, Paris. Very fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Japan, Wartime Military Association badges, including Greater Japan Air Defence League; Greater Japan Navy League (all enamelled) and four others, one in titled timber box and one in titled paper packet. Very fine and rare. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Japan, WWII, Seaman's cap tally band for Japanese Imperial Navy; Leading Seaman rank badge; Seaman's embroidered cap badge; naval embroidered rank single stripe. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Japanese symbolic hessian cloth, possibly a soldier's flag (approx 83.5X33cm), with Sun emblem between Japanese characters and with running tiger (the symbol of strength, courage and protector against bad luck) below, matted and under glass in a wooden frame (approx 108x57cm). Staining and age toning, otherwise fine.
Estimate $500
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Russia, Imperial Military Medical Academy badge with screw back, one part construction in bronze (45x60mm). Screw-on piece missing from back suspension screw, otherwise good fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
South Africa, return fob in 9 carat gold (8.64g), 'Presented By The Town of Harrogate to Shoeing Smith, Fredk.Lund R.F.A. For Loyal Service 1901-2'. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,600
South Africa, WWI Home Comforts badge in gilt and enamel (26mm), pin back. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $50
Passed in