Auction Catalogue

17 September 2004

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1509

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£370

Madras & South Mahratta Railway Rifles, a fine and scarce KC white metal cap badge with matching white metal collar badges, seven large and five small w/m tunic buttons; Madras & South Mahratta Rifles a good quality KC g/m cap badge; Madras Volunteer Guards, a KC cast gilt pouch badge (crown over script MVG); Bombay Baroda & Central India Railway Regiment, a very scarce cast brass KC hat badge central design shows train palm tree bridge etc unit title in surround all upon crossed rifles and colours scroll at base ‘Auxiliary Force India’; Assam Valley Light Horse, a scarce officer’s cap badge being an eight pointed diamond cut silver star with gilt mounts KC over AVLH over scroll ‘Semper Paratus’, officer’s side-hat badge a cast silvered brass KC over script letters AVLH and a brass s/title ‘AVLH’, very good overall condition (21) £170-200