Militaria

Lancashire Tramways Badges, for Blackpool Corporation three circular cap badges showing title and enclosed coat of arms, two in silver plate, one in white metal (one loop missing on one item); two similar badges for The Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Company enclosing shields of arms with a tramcar above. (These include the ‘comic cuts’ shield of arms that was submitted to Charles Fox Davies for his monumental work on Civic Arms of Great Britain. Upon receipt of his scathing demolition of their so-called pretence of arms these were thankfully amended into something recognisable by the College of Heralds); Wigan Tramways, a solid brass Driver’s pendant, a galleried market hall taken from the Seal of the town, over ‘20’ over ‘Driver’; Manchester Corporation the full coat of arms and title scroll in die-struck gilding metal; Liverpool City Tramways, two very rare pairs of blackened metal cloak fasteners featuring the Liverbird within a strap “City Tramways”, a brass waist belt plate featuring the same central device and an uncut hat badge with the same device lodged within laurels, good overall condition (11)
£120-160

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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