Auction Catalogue

7 December 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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

Lot

№ 1599 x

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7 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£95

Italian Headdress Badges WWII Period, nine variable thin brass sheet badges including badges to the 1st 15th 5th (V) 252nd regiments plus artillery medical units, a WWI French infantry helmet badge (grenade RF) and a rococo shaped brass helmet plate for a Continental Fire Service; a pair of collar patches and one shoulder board low grade silver lace on green; nine various bronze medals and medallions mainly concerning Italian actions from WWI to the invasions of Africa, two pressed white metal badges concerning the invasion of Ethiopia and featuring Victor Emmanuel III and Mussolini and one further bronze medallion bearing a railway engine and the crowned head of an African king, mount missing from one badge otherwise good condition (26) £80-100