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

Singapore Volunteer Corps, a good die-stamped g/m cap badge and one small button; Sylhet Mounted Rifles, a very fine die-stamped silver plated helmet badge or pouch belt plate a large strung bugle horn over script capitals ‘SMR’ c1870 (two of the four narrow fixing wires missing);Great Indian Railway Rifle Volunteer Corps one only QVC silver plate officer’s collar badge; Calcutta Light Horse a brass s/title CLH and one small silver plated KC button; Southern provonces Mtd Rifles one only w/m s/title bugle horn over SPMR; Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides one only QVC w/m collar badge and a die-stamped QVC rococo shaped hat (?) badge; Madras Vol Rifles two KC brass tunic buttons; 24th Madras Infantry a very fine large g/m paggri badge Guelphic crown elephant 24 Madras and laurels (base mount for pin missing; VII Rajput Regiment three KC g/m large size paggri badges all with pins and one g/m s/title; Bangalore Vol Rifles a small Guelphic crowned w/m collar or side hat badge; 14th Punjab Regt a pair of w/m s/titles; United Provinces Police a good quality KC die-stamped cap abdge; Indian General Staff, an officer’s 1855 pattern waist belt clasp central ‘Imperial’ QVC over ‘VRI’ laurel sprays in surround matching bench marks (no gilt remains); Local Companies, an eight pointed thin brass star hat badge with central QVC (worn); Cast Metal badges to sundry Indian cavalry regiments c1922-1947 and a few post 1947 issues, generally good overall condition (44) £220-250