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The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R. E. Handley 123


ROYAL ARTILLERY INSIGNIA. Comprising two o/r QVC helmet plates (the unicorn’s horn missing on one) and a similar o/r KC example, a Victorian officer’s waist belt clasp being the double oval panelled type bearing the Royal Crest and a double headed swan’s neck fastener bearing ‘Ubique’, an officer’s gilt pouch badge (lacking fasteners), officers’ KC cap badges in gilt and bronze, a selection of grenade collar badges, two grenade WWII bakelite cap badges and a selection of buttons from c. 1840 to present day, reasonable overall condition (parcel)


£80-120


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MISCELLANEOUS CLOTH INSIGNIA. A large parcel including the coat tail pocket sections and one cuff section from an o/rs coatee to the Grenadier Guards c. 1837 - 55 (11 buttons present out of 12), a quantity of WW II Div signs, a KC RN officer’s bullion cap badge and a KC gilt and an embroidered side hat badge for an RAF Officer, a grey coloured cloth epaulette with applied grey cloth section this bearing V/Kent in white, two Japanese Naval cap tallies, two RSMs great coat badges for the Foot Guards QEC, together with a quantity of unfinished cloth embroidery, blazer badges and lanyards, sold as viewed not subject to return (parcel)


£150-250


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GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENTAL INSIGNIA. An interesting selection including a good o/r glengarry badge to the 28th Foot (KK466), a pair of brass collars to the 28th (C766/767), an o/r’s brass shako back badge, two officers’ large gilt coatee buttons and one small, an officer’s large gilt tunic button (rubbed) and three o/r’s large brass tunic buttons, an officer’s large gilt tunic button to the 61st (rubbed) and a small in mint state, a Mess Waiter’s large gilt button to the ‘North Gloucestershire’ (rubbed); post 1881 items include basic o/r cap badges w/m anodised and bakelite (one blade lacking), back badges for the o/r blue cloth helmet and forage cap, a scarce brass s/title 2/Gloster, a variety of officers’ collar badges in bronze and gilt metal, six officers’ large gilt QVC tunic buttons; two o/r tunic buttons to the 3rd Volunteer battalion w/m and brass. South Gloucestershire Militia buttons a large and a small gilt tunic, two large and one small tunics in silver plate; North Gloucestershire Militia buttons, one officer’s large silver plate coatee and a large example for the tunic, good overall condition (parcel)


£200-300


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SCOTS GUARDS/25TH KOB/KOSB INSIGNIA. The Scots Guards section comprises one o/r pewter coatee button and various later QVC issues both officers and other ranks, a WWII bakelite cap badge (distressed) and sundry other minor items; the 25th KOB section comprises two variable o/r collars (Churchill 685), two w/m diamond shaped piper’s buttons, one o/r large brass tunic button, a gilding metal glengarry badge (KK 460 a possible re-strike), and a w/m glengarry (KK 461 the Royal Crest section missing); post 1881 items include a good w/m glengarry badge 1887 - 1901, sundry collar badges and buttons; together with an o/r coppered bronze waist belt clasp to the Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteers, five large w/m buttons to the 1st Admin Battalion Dumfriesshire Rifles, an officer’s large plated tunic button to the Scottish Borderers Militia and an o/r large pewter tunic button to the Roxburgh Selkirk and Dumfries Militia, good overall condition (parcel)


£150-250


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COLDSTREAM, IRISH AND WELSH GUARDS INSIGNIA. The Coldstream section includes six o/r pewter coatee buttons, an officer’s cap badge in ‘silver’ and enamels (KK 897), three officers service dress cap badges, two in HM silver (some surface wear to one) and another in silver plate and enamels (damaged), scarce pair of o/r gilding metal collar badges Boer War period, an o/r waist belt clasp and sundry buttons and officers rank badges. The Irish Guards section comprises an o/r waist belt clasp, sundry basic issue cap badges and buttons, a scarce brass s/title IGCC. The Welsh Guards section comprises o/r cap badge, s/titles and buttons, together with an o/r w/m cap badge of the Guards Machine Gun Regiment, a s/title MGC and two o/r gilding metal badges showing the KC over GMGR, good overall condition (parcel) £250-350


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