Militaria

London Brighton and South Coast Railway Badges, a large selection of very rare items some in an unfinished state, including a complete blackened white metal headdress badge featuring oak sprays, title circle and central numerals 863, two loop fasteners (Police?); a badge of similar outline in silver plate but lacking a centre, blade and lug fasteners; a silver plated headdress badge featuring laurel sprays, company title lacking a centre and another of identical format in white metal also lacking centre, both with blade and loop fasteners (one blade lacking;, a smaller silver plated headdress badge of similar laurels and company title format lacking centre, with blade and loop fasteners; a Signalman’s headdress badge in copper and blackened centre bearing central numerals 681, two loop fasteners; a heavy brass arm badge with blackened lettering “95 Newhaven”, provision for leather strap; three very fine letter style headdress badges, one in silver plate, the other two in white metal and a smaller white metal pouch badge, this lacking one screw post fastener; three white metal die-struck uncut badges seemingly for headdress purposes, one with the Imperial Victorian crown, good overall condition (14) £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Buttons from the J.R. Gaunt and Son Pattern Book Archive.

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