The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R. E. Handley 166
SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT & THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT INSIGNIA. The former comprises a senior NCOs glengarry to the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment and a corresponding o/r brass (KK 490), a scarce single 40th Regiment collar badge (Churchill 1108), two o/r small tunic buttons and a relic shell jacket button; 82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment an officer’s large gilt and a small coatee button, an officer’s large gilt and two small tunic buttons and one o/r large brass tunic (heavily worn), two officers’ Mess Waiters’ plated buttons; post 1881 items include an o.s.d. cap badge (blades) and a Warrant Officer’s (?) all gilt cap badge with plain plinth (blades), sundry o/r cap badges and a selection of officers’ and o/r collar badges. The Northamptonshire Section includes a 58th (Rutland) Regiment o/r glengarry (KK 519), officers’ tunic buttons to the 48th and 58th and an officer’s scarce Mess Waiter’s large gilt example to the 58th; the post 1881 items include basic issue caps, collars and s/titles for the other ranks, scarce Victorian officers’ scarce collar badges in gilt, silver and enamels and in bronze and similar KC issues, a good gilding metal cap badge to the Huntingdonshire Cyclists/Home Guard; two officers’ large plated and two small coatee buttons to the 48th Northamptonshire Militia, two officers’ large plated tunic buttons to the Northamptonshire & Rutland Militia and an officer’s scarce silver plated large tunic to the 4th Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps (Ripley 249), good overall condition (parcel)
£250-350 167
LIVERY BUTTONS, TWO CARDED DISPLAYS. 200+ items mostly large size including a few peerage and including a few London Club and Bank buttons, considerable duplication, many items require cleaning, otherwise good overall condition,
£200-300 168
ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT AND CORPS OF MILITARY ACCOUNTANTS MILITARY INSIGNIA. A carded display including a Victorian officer’s waist belt clasp to the Army Pay Department, a good selection of corresponding QVC and KC officers’ buttons, ‘the slip over’ helmet plate centre for the Army Pay Corps and the corresponding brass glengarry badge and a KC cap badge, sundry later pattern KC and QEC badges to the Royal Army Pay Corps, two brass s/titles to the Corps of Military Accountants, good overall condition (parcel)
£80-120 169 170 171
BRITISH AND OVERSEAS POLICE BUTTONS, ARMY CYCLIST CORPS INSIGNIA, MODERN GURKHA BADGES. The buttons being mainly KC and later issues, the Army Cyclist Corps basic issue caps, buttons and s/titles, good overall condition (parcel)
£80-120
WOMENS’ SERVICES, DENTAL CORPS, CHAPLAINS’ DEPARTMENT, ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS, PIONEER CORPS INSIGNIA. Four carded displays of mainly basic issues KC and QEC comprising cap badges, collars, buttons and s/titles, good overall condition (parcel)
£80-120
NORTH MAYO MILITIA OTHER RANKS GLENGARRY BADGE, IRISH MILITIA BUTTONS. A fine quality die stamped w/metal example showing the phoenix arising from a mural crown with ‘North Mayo’ scroll below, two loop fasteners (KK 1290), a pair of w/metal collar badges for the Roscommon Militia (one broken) and a single brass example, two officers’ large silver plated tunic buttons to the North Mayo Militia and a similar button to the Galway Militia, two o/r small w/metal tunic buttons Roscommon and Galway Militias, good overall condition (9)
£250-350
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88TH CONNAUGHT RANGERS INSIGNIA. Comprising a good quality o/r glengarry badge (KK 559 fitted with period soldered soft iron lugs), a pair of pre 1881 brass collar badges (Churchill 1805/1806 one requires cleaning), three officers’ large size gilt coatee buttons (gilt rubbed on one), three o/r shell jacket buttons in varying stages of decay; 94th Regiment two officers’ small size gilt tunic buttons and one o/r large brass tunic button (relic); post 1881 insignia includes an officer’s fine and rare pair of full dress collar badges in silver and gold embroidery the howdah cloth in blue velvet, 1.5 pairs of officers’ plated collar badges, a pair of brass s/titles ‘Conn.Rangers’, and singles ‘Connaught’ and ‘CR’, plus a selection of mainly KC officers’ tunic buttons, good overall condition except where stated (parcel)
£200-300
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