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28 June 2000
Perth Highland Volunteers, a very fine and scarce three part officer’s cast silver plated pouch belt plate, a QVC over the Star of the Thistle, upon this a circular title strap enclosing a thistle spray, four screw fasteners, c1873-1881, one central mount fixing wire broken otherwise excellent condition £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
The Black Watch, 5th Volunteer Battalion, a very scarce other ranks white metal glengarry badge c1887-1901, a QVC crowned strap bearing unit title and thistle spray within, excellent condition £50-70
The Black Watch, 5th Volunteer Battalion, a fine and scarce senior NCO’s silver plated white metal two part pouch belt plate c1887-1901, a QVC over the Star of the Thistle, upon this a circular title strap with thistle spray within, three screw fasteners, excellent condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £120
73rd Perthshire Regiment, two other ranks brass glengarry badges (KK537/538), the former with good original loops N&S, the second with loops E&W and possibly a Fox re-strike; to-gether with the silver mount from an officer’s shoulder belt plate (no numerals) to the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, c1820-1845 (Parkyn 343) (3), very good overall condition but the silver mount with two holes in the laurel wreath beneath St Andrew £50-70
Hammer Price: £110
1st (Dunfermline) Fifeshire Rifle Volunteers, a very fine and rare officer’s die-stamped silver plated shako badge, c1860-1878, a three towered church, from the Seal of the Town, over script capitals ‘FVR’ with the motto, ‘VIGILANDO MUNIO’ on a scroll at the base; similar to the pouch badge but with lug fasteners, mint condition £150-200
Hammer Price: £270
2nd (Cupar) Fifeshire Rifle Volunteers, a very fine and scarce officer’s silver plated pouch belt plate, c1860-1880, centrally the Seal of the town complete with the motto, ‘UNITAS’ below, full unit title in surround, complete with circular backing plate, two bolt fasteners, excellent condition £150-200
Hammer Price: £330
Dundee Highland Rifle Volunteers, an extremely fine officer’s cast silver plate glengarry badge c1868-1887, St Andrew and Cross within circular title strap, stout pin back(Bloomer Bk I No 141), very slight edge knock at top left, otherwise excellent condition £150-200
Hammer Price: £310
The Dundee Highlanders, 10th Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers, a rare other ranks white metal glengarry badge c1882-1887, outline as for a Black Watch QVC glengarry badge but top scroll reads, ‘THE DUNDEE’, bottom, ‘HIGHLANDERS’, two loop fasteners, excellent condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £240
The Black Watch, 6th (Fifeshire) Volunteer Battalion, two other ranks white metal glengarry badges, c1887-1908, the Thane of Fife with motto in surround, ‘VIRTUTE ET OPERA’, one of plain circular format, the other of strap and buckle type (2) (Bloomer p67/68), excellent condition £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Royal Highlanders, Black Watch, a very fine Victorian officer’s badge based on the glengarry/ bonnet badge format, c1881-1901, gilt with all gilt overlays, the badge originally fitted with four stout single copper wire fasteners of which two remain, excellent condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £95
Cameron Highlanders, an other ranks white metal glengarry badge (no Cameron scroll) to-gether with a small white metal KC Black Watch sporran badge and a small gilt St Andrew and Cross being a mount from an officer’s dirk (3), very good overall condition £20-30
Hammer Price: £15
2nd Administrative Battalion, The Forfar or Angus Rifle Volunteers, two other ranks white metal badges, the first as per (Bloomer Bk I No135), a lion sejant on a crown with ‘IN DEFENCE’ on circular surround all upon the Star of the Thistle, two replacement loop fasteners; the second being a small circular strap inscribed, ‘IN DEFENCE’, and in the centre a lion rampant upon a shield double tressure flory, two loop fasteners (2), good condition £40-70
73rd (Perthshire) Regiment /90th (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry), an extremely fine and rare officer’s copper gilt glengarry badge c1873-1881, being the full Arms and Motto of the City of Perth, mint state £200-300
The Black Watch, 4th (Perthshire) Volunteer Battalion, a very fine officer’s silver plated pouch belt plate in die-stamped silver plate, of circular outline and featuring the Arms and Motto of Perth in high relief upon a dimpled background and within a burnished rim, three screw fasteners; to-gether with the other ranks white metal glengarry badge, Perth Arms and Motto (2), excellent condition £80-100
Perth Highland Rifle Volunteers/Perthshire Volunteers, a white metal other ranks glengarry badge c1873-1887, being a QVC over circular title strap with thistle spray centre; to-gether with an other ranks headdress badge to the Perthshire VTC being a mullet within a circular title strap, ‘PERTHSHIRE VOLUNTEERS 1916’, two lug fasteners to each item (2), excellent condition £50-70
42nd Royal Highland Regiment, heavy brass conjoined numerals ‘42’ being the other ranks ‘pork-pie’ or forage cap badge c1840-1870, two loop fasteners, badge has been lacquered but is a fine example £40-60
42nd (Royal Highland, Black Watch), two good quality officers’ glengarry badges 1868-1881, silver plated star with gilt and silver overlays (2) (Bloomer p67/68), the gilt section good on one badge and rubbed on the other, otherwise very good condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £190
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), a very fine officer’s glengarry badge c1881-1901, solid silver star (not HM) with silver and gilt overlays, retailed by Kirkwoods of Edinburgh (Bloomer p67/68); together with a similar badge to a Senior NCO, white metal star with all-gilt overlays except St Andrew which is white metal (2), one of the four long silver loop fasteners missing on the first item, and the gilt sections rubbed on the second item, otherwise excellent overall condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £140
The Black Watch, 1st (City of Dundee) Volunteer Battalion, a very scarce officer’s die-stamped KC bronze ‘cheese-cutter’ hat badge c1902-1908, small star with ‘1st VB’ ovoid tablet at the base, two long loop fasteners (Bloomer p73/74), excellent condition £60-80
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), an other ranks white metal QVC glengarry badge c1881-1901, and a similar QVC white metal type with gilt overlays (no scrolls), St Andrew in white metal (2), the gilt section worn on the second item otherwise good overall condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £80
The Black Watch, Highland Cyclist Battalion TF, an extremely fine and scarce officer’s die-stamped bronze small KC hat badge, c1908-1918, top scroll ‘HIGHLAND CYCLIST’, bottom scroll, ‘BATTALION TF’, original slider fastener, excellent condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £160
The Black Watch, 1st (City of Dundee) Volunteer Battalion, a scarce other ranks white metal QVC glengarry badge c1889-1901 (Bloomer p73/74), mint condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £150
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), an extremely scarce officer’s heavy bronze glengarry or other headdress badge, WWI period (?) die-cast star with riveted and pinned bronze overlays, usual title scrolls etc., two long blade fasteners, excellent condition £80-120
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), a good quality officer’s glengarry/bonnet badge post 1902 heavy silver plated star with silver scroll overlays, gilt KC thistle and motto overlay with silver St Andrew in the centre; together with the corresponding white metal other ranks glengarry badge(2), gilt section rubbed on the first item otherwise very fine condition overall £50-70
Hammer Price: £55
The Black Watch, 2nd (Angus) Volunteer Battalion, a very fine and scarce officer’s glengarry/bonnet badge c1887-1901, heavy silver plated star with rivetted and pinned silver and gilt overlays, format as per (Bloomer p73/74), excellent condition £150-200
The Black Watch, 2nd (Angus) Volunteer Battalion, two very scarce other ranks white metal glengarry badges QVC and KC, c1887-1901 and 1902-1908 respectively (Bloomer p73/74 for the QVC) (2), mint condition £100-130
The Black Watch, Highland Cyclist Battalion TF, an extremely fine and rare officer’s glengarry badge c1908-1918, silver plated star with brazed on scrolls and further pinned through gilt and central silver overlays; together with the corresponding other ranks white metal glengarry badge (KK1863), some very slight rubbing to the gilt section on the first items otherwise excellent overall condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £300
42nd Royal Highland (The Black Watch), a very fine and early officer’s bonnet badge being a die-cast copper gilt Sphinx/Egypt badge, very fine reeded mantling and asp diadem head band, c1840(?), the badge retains some 80% of the fine fire gilding, crudely soldered replacement copper lugs £100-150
Hammer Price: £260
42nd Royal Highland (The Black Watch), two very fine officers’ copper gilt bonnet badges, again of the Sphinx/Egypt format, the first die-stamped with two long loop fasteners, the second die-cast and slightly smaller (2), the first item in mint condition, the second with two crudely soldered replacement lugs (originally three), gilt face still excellent £80-100
42nd Regiment and Black Watch, a group of four items comprising a Senior NCO’s (?) Sphinx/Egypt bonnet badge in die-stamped brass, three loop fasteners; two officers’ sporran badges being a small, collar badge size gilt St Andrew & Cross, and a larger silver plated version; and a modern cloth divisional sign for the Highland Division (4), the first item with some wear and a small ‘v’ nick to the bottom turned back edge otherwise good overall condition £30-40
Hammer Price: £50
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), an extremely fine quality officer’s KC glengarry/ bonnet badge, 1902-1937, heavy silver plated star with silver and gilt rivetted and pinned overlays (Bloomer p67/68), mint condition £100-150
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), a very fine and scarce officer’s KC glengarry/bonnet badge 1902-1937, heavy silver plated star with rivetted and pinned plated and gilt overlays, the title scrolls being of tri-part form the KC and the Sphinx lying over the blank centre sections, mint condition £100-150
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), a fine and very rare officer’s glengarry/bonnet badge 1902-1937, the silver back star Hall Marked Birmingham 1921 maker’s mark ‘TBW’, silver title scroll overlays and further overlays in gilt brass and silver, retailed by William Anderson & Sons Ltd Edinburgh (Bloomer p67/68), some rubbing to the gilt Sphinx otherwise excellent condition £150-200
Hammer Price: £280
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), a scarce and fine quality Sergeant’s ‘bi-metal’ KC glengarry badge c1902-1926, the star and overlay sections die-struck in one piece, the title scrolls and other overlays with a gilded finish, the central silver plated ‘42’ applied to a small gilded metal plate, the plate then being brazed on to the rear of the star, extremely fine quality with slight rubbing only to the gilded high points £80-120
Hammer Price: £90
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), a post 1937 low grade silver plated and brass gilt NCO’s glengarry/bonnet badge, no scrolls, the brass gilt mount applied via nut and bolt fastener; together with the other ranks white metal KC glengarry badge post 1937 (2), very good condition £30-40
Hammer Price: £40
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), three items comprising the officer’s silver plated and gilt glengarry/bonnet badge 1953-1959, subsequently re-introduced in1969 upon the abolition of the Brigade system, silver plated star with gilt overlay of QEC, Thistle Motto and wreath and Sphinx, plated St Andrew & Cross in the centre, complete with black backing and scarlet hackle; together with two white metal other ranks glengarry badges, KC 1902-1937 (3), excellent overall condition £30-40
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), a group of three badges comprising a senior NCO’s KC bi-metal glengarry/bonnet badge 1937-1952, white metal star with a brass and white metal pinned through overlay; an All Brass 1916 Economy issue other ranks KC glengarry badge; a fine and scarce other ranks white metal glengarry badge to the 4th-7th Territorial Battalions 1908-1920 (KK1736) (3), excellent condition overall £100-120
The Black Watch, 3rd (Dundee Highland) Volunteer Battalion, two very fine and scarce other ranks QVC white metal glengarry badges c1887-1901, variable crown shapes and title scroll sizes (2), mint condition £120-150
1st (Perth) Perthshire Rifle Volunteers, a very scarce officer’s two part pouch belt plate c1860, a QVC atop a strung bugle horn and separate script capitals ‘PVR’, both items in blackened brass and each with two screw fasteners, excellent condition; together with a reproduction other ranks All Brass glengarry badge to the Highland Cyclist Battalion TF (3) £50-80
75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment, an other ranks glengarry in brass (KK540), lugs E&W, Fox restrike, and another similar now silver plated, lugs (split) N&S, possibly a later restrike (2) £30-40
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