Victorian 1854 India General Service Medal.

1854-95 India General Service Medal correctly named to 1504 Peter. Murray of Her Majesty’s 1st battalion 6th regiment of foot, (Royal Warwickshire).
Before any further description, I must point out that this in an original 1854 IGSM with a wrong replacement suspender, the medal itself has marks where it was made into a brooch and these fittings have been poorly removed.
Private Pe...  read more

Code: 30274

WW2 Tripolitania District Cloth Patch.

A scarce WW2 era screen printed cloth patch for the Tripolitania or Tripoli district. This area saw fierce fighting between British and German armoured forces in 1942 and it is situated on the coast of Libya North Africa, hence the ship. Only used for a short time and discarded as the army went on to Italy & European campaigns. In good used42 condition. 2 x 2.5 inches.  read more

Code: 30272

WW2 India General H Q Cloth Patch.

A single WW2b General Head Quarters India formation cloth patch. Embroidered gold star on a woollen felt red and black backing. In good used condition, 2.75 x 2.25 inches.  read more

Code: 30271

Scarce North Devon Imperial Yeomanry Slouch Hat Badge.

The Boer War era solid brass slouch hat badge worn by the North Devon Imperial Yeomanry. Only used for a short time as of 1901 it became the Royal North Devon Yeomanry.
This badge is in excellent used condition and measures 1.25 inches x 1.25 inches.
Ref. D55  read more

Code: 30270

Rare National Scouts Slouch Hat Badge.

Boer war era heavy gauge solid brass slouch hat badge of the National Scouts. This was a unit raise in south Africa during the war from
former Boer Orange Free State, South African Republic militia and Afrikaner prisoners and defectors, and were commonly known as ‘Hensoppers’ meaning Hand-Uppers in Afrikaans. Many of their fellow citizens despised them as traitors so that the label of Na...  read more

Code: 30269

Rare West Sommerset Imperial Yeomanry Slouch Hat Badge.

The rare Boer war era solid brass slouch hat badge for the West Sommerset Imperial Yeomanry. Heavy gauge brass with lugs on the back and in comes in very good used condition. It measures 2 inches wide.
Ref. D52  read more

Code: 30267

Victorian Devonshire Regiment Slouch Hat Badge.

With the lack of slouch hat and Puggaree badges during the Boer war, helmet plate centres were used with a long slider fitted to the back, this one is in superb condition, still showing a lot of its original gilt finish and only very slight wear to the high points.
Ref. D51  read more

Code: 30266

Lovely Victorian Framed Oil on Paper Clipper Ship Swallow

This decorative small framed and glazed oil painting is of the American clipper ship White Swallow, it was painted by an artist W. Eaton in 1887, I have been unable to trace this artist as there is a modern 1970’s artist called William Eaton who was a prolific artist and his work is everywhere, the White Swallow had quite a history and some of this is detailed below but I would encourage the ne...  read more

Code: 30263

United States Navy Vietnam War Era Sub Mariner Badge

As used during the Vietnam war conflict this silver coloured sub mariners badge is marked on the back with 1/20 STL. FLD and H24N which I am taking to be a silver plate, it depicts two dolphin type creatures with a ship in between, it comes in very good condition and measures 2.75 inches long.  read more

Code: 30262

Welsh Guards Cap Badge.

A nice old brass badge worn by OR’s of the Welsh Guards from 1915. This one a good used example.
Ref. D50  read more

Code: 30260