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The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Militia Battalions Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1903 - 08, a good quality example, the blue cloth skull complete with all plated fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of crimson velvet the White Horse of Hanover with scroll above ‘Nec Aspera Terrent’, a scroll at the bottom ‘The King’s Regt’, the plate is original to the helmet, white leather sweat band with ivory silk...
Hammer Price: £400
The King’s Liverpool Regiment, 5th (Irish) Volunteer Battalion Officer’s 1878 Pattern Home Service Helmet & a Hall Marked Silver Presentation Cheroot Case to the Same Officer, the black cloth helmet complete with all blackened silver fittings comprising crowned eight pointed star helmet plate, this overlaid with laurel sprays and a circle ‘5th (Irish) Vol Battn. L’pool Regt.’ ribbed rifles pattern chin chain standard rosette side ornaments spike and quadrant, original leather sweat...
Hammer Price: £1,200
Leicestershire Rifle Volunteers Officer’s Green Cloth Helmet c. 1878 - 1883, a very fine and scarce example with rounded front peak and complete with all plated fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel overlays enclosing a title circle ‘Leicestershire Rifle Volunteers’, in the centre on a ground of black patent leather a plated strung bugle horn, the plate is original to the helmet and supplied by ‘Hobson & Sons, London’, buff leather sweat band, the helmet...
Hammer Price: £950
The Royal Irish Regiment Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1881-1901, a good quality example, the skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of red velvet a crowned Harp with attendant shamrock sprays in silver, title scroll below ‘The Royal Irish’, red moroccan sweat band with attached silk lining, supplier’s trade label for Maxsted, Regent St., London, contemporary ink inscription...
Hammer Price: £700
Royal Wiltshire Militia Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet 1878-81, a good quality example, the skull with all silver plated fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel overlay and a circle ‘Royal Wiltshire Militia’, in the centre on a ground of black velvet the ‘VR’ cypher, across the bottom of the laurels the honour scroll ‘Mediterranean’, buff leather sweat band with crimson silk lining, the plate not original to the helmet, very good overall condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £380
13th County of London Battalion Officer’s Grey Cloth Helmet c. 1903 - 14, the grey cloth skull complete with all silver plated fittings, the frontal plate of small crowned star and laurel pattern, a circular title scroll ‘13th County of London, Kensington’ enclosing on a ground of dark crimson velvet the arms and motto of the Borough, a gilt scroll at the bottom ‘South Africa 1900-02’ (KK 1837), buff leather sweat band with crimson silk lining, the plate though not strictly to the...
Hammer Price: £360
Cambridge University Officer Cadet’s Grey Cloth Helmet c. 1878-1908, the skull complete with all plated fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern mounted with the arms of the university with script ‘CUR’ above and a scroll below ‘Universitas Cantabrigiensis’, brown leather sweatband and part only silk lining, retailed by ‘Samuel Brothers, London’, the plate not original to the helmet; together with a metal carrying tin by Hobson & Sons, London and brass plaque...
Hammer Price: £320
2nd Royal Surrey Militia Officer’s 1861-68 Pattern Shako, a good quality example later adapted to conform with the 1869 pattern regulations as silver braid lace has been applied, the frontal plate of 1855 pattern in silver plate with a gilt pierced Garter Proper centre, the cross also in gilt on a domed silver ground, buff leather sweatband with crimson silk lining (part detached), red silk quilted skull and body lining, complete with silver plated 1869 pattern side ornaments and chin...
Hammer Price: £550
The 2nd Somerset Light Infantry Militia Officer’s 1869 Pattern Green Cloth Shako, the skull complete with silver braid decoration, plated chin chain and side ornaments and silver frontal plate this being a crowned multi-rayed beaded star overlaid with oak sprays enclosing a strap ‘Second Somerset’, in the voided centre a strung bugle horn, a looped scroll at the bottom ‘Defendemus’, buff leather sweatband with purple silk lining throughout (part detached and perished), the plate...
Hammer Price: £340
The Leicestershire Militia Officer’s 1869 Pattern Officer’s Shako, a fine quality example, the blue cloth body complete with all silver plated fittings and silver braid trimming, the very fine frontal plate of 1855 pattern, officially shortened to fit the shako of crowned star pattern with central circle ‘Leicestershire Militia’ in the centre on a domed ground a large VR cypher, buff leather sweatband, dark brown silk lining throughout, supplied by ‘Cater & Co., Pall Mall,...
Hammer Price: £800
36th Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteers Officer’s 1861 Pattern Shako Later Adapted to Conform with the 1869 Pattern, the blue cloth body with quilted finish now trimmed with silver braiding and plated chin chain and side ornaments, the frontal plate in white metal of crowned laurels and Garter pattern with stencilled numerals ‘36’, the plume of dark green or black wool (no holder), buff leather sweatband and silk lining gold blocked ‘Improved Cork Body Webb & Bonella, 23, Old Bond St.,...
Hammer Price: £180
58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment Junior Officer’s 1855 Pattern Shako, an extremely fine and rare example, the black beaver covered body with sunken patent leather top bracing band front and rear peaks and chin strap, the very fine frontal plate of gilt crowned star pattern with pierced Garter overlay this with ‘mirror back’ gilt slip and central gilt numerals ‘58’ on a black patent leather ground, the buff leather sweatband with attached crimson silk lining, the plate is original to...
Hammer Price: £600
The 82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment Lieut. Colonel’s 1855 Pattern Shako, an extremely fine and rare example, the black beaver covered body with sunken patent leather top similar bottom bracing band and front and rear peaks, two broad gold lace rank bands around the top of the body, the exceptionally fine frontal plate of crowned star pattern with pierced gilt Garter mount this with a gilt ‘mirror back’ slip, in the centre on a patent leather ground ‘82’, buff leather...
The Hertfordshire Militia Officer’s 1855-61 Pattern Shako with Correct Pattern Carrying Tin, a good quality example, the black beaver body with sunken patent leather top, patent leather front and back peaks and bottom bracing band, the frontal plate in silver plate of crowned star pattern with two mounts a circle ‘Hertford Militia’ and ‘VR’ centre on a domed ground, buff leather sweat band and crimson silk lining, black patent leather chin strap of correct pattern, red over white...
Hammer Price: £750
3rd Royal Jersey Militia Officer’s 1844 - 1855 Pattern Shako, a good quality ‘untouched’ example, the black beaver body with flush black leather top bound front and rear peaks complete with the very fine gilt and silver shako plate, this a crowned eight pointed star overlaid with laurels, a roped strap ‘Jersey Royal Militia’ enclosing ‘3’. Correct pattern ribbed and graded chin chain with rosette side supports all white ball pattern plume (lacking holder). Internally complete...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Lieutenant Colonel’s 1869 Pattern Militia or Rifle Volunteer Shako, an extensively rebuilt example, the blue cloth body with double broad silver lace bands at the top and narrow silver lace elsewhere, black leather bound front peak, plated chin chain (no lining), rose side ornaments and frontal plate of 1861 universal Militia pattern, buff leather sweatband and mauve quilted silk overall lining, white over red wool ball plume (no holder), very good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £190
8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars Officer’s Full Dress Busby c. 1880-1914, a fine quality brown sable example complete with scarlet cloth bag this with gold gimp and circular knop, correct pattern Hussar gilt chin chain on red moroccan, sewn in gold cord cap lines and corded frontal boss, white leather sweatband with attached crimson silk lining, retailed by ‘Caters, 88 St. James’s St., London’, 44 cm white over red plume with correct pattern gilt plume holder, together with an...
Hammer Price: £850
The Earl of Chester’s Cheshire Yeomanry Officer’s Busby c. 1870 - 1914, a rare example of this very special pattern, the brown sable body based on the shape of an 1869 pattern infantry shako complete with white cloth bag, special pattern silver plated graduated chin scales and similar special pattern sewn in silver cord cap lines, buff leather sweat band, purple and crimson silk linings with supplier’s details ‘Hawkes & Co., 14, Piccadilly, London’, complete with silver corded ball...
Hammer Price: £300
South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Hussars) Officer’s Busby and Named Tin c. 1890-1914, a fine quality brown sable busby complete with red cloth bag this with gold gimp decoration and sewn in gold cord caplines, gold cord boss, correct pattern chin chain on red moroccan with velvet lining, original lining and supplier’s details ‘Hawkes & Co., London’, white over white egret and feather plume with correct pattern gilt metal holder, with its original Hawkes & Co., carrying tin this with...
3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps Officer’s Full Dress Racoon Fur Busby c. 1861-1908, an exceptionally rare example being constructed of the brown and white ringed tail fur of racoons, complete with plain scarlet cloth bag, silver plated plume holder this of fused grenade pattern the ball mounted with the Royal Arms a cannon and motto ‘Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt’, the white over red plume is a replacement, buff leather patterned sweatband and quilted silk lining, correct pattern...
A Rifles Pattern Other Ranks Sealskin Head Dress, a good quality example supplied by Messrs. Hobson & Sons, Army Contractors, Golden Square, London, sewn in black corded cap lines similar corded boss dark green sunken top complete with black over red push in plume original leather sweat band, original linen carrying bag and case for plume, lacking leather chin strap and the carrying bag with some age wear otherwise very good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £120
12th (Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers Decorative Dress Sabretache; Sudan Defence Force Hall Marked Silver Head Dress Badge, the first item 26.5 x 27 cms has a red cloth face with bullion thread and silk decoration comprising the crown, crossed lances, Prince of Wales’s crest and motto, Sphinx/Egypt with gold lace border, the reverse with a soft leather bag in red moroccan, three carrying straps with D rings, probably made for a page boy or similar. The Sudan Defence Force badge of...
Hammer Price: £240
3rd Royal Surrey Militia Officer’s Shako Plate c. 1844-55, an extremely fine example in silver plate being a crowned eight pointed star backplate overlaid with a multi-rayed beaded silver star and in turn with oak sprays enclosing a pierced strap ‘3rd Royal Surrey Regt.’ this on a blue enamel ground, in the centre the VR cypher on a domed disc, the reverse complete with wire and loop fasteners, extremely fine condition £400-500
The Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1881-1901, a superb example, the crowned star backplate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet in gilt and silver the Princess’s coronet and Dannebrog with date 1875, silver scroll at the bottom ‘The Yorkshire Regiment’, three loop fasteners, mint condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £440
The Border Regiment, Militia Battalions Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1884-1901, a fine quality example, the gilt crowned star backplate with gilt laurel overlays, in the centre a silver Bath style cross resting on laurel sprays, in the centre the Garter Proper enclosing a white and red enamelled disc, a silver dragon appears within the red enamel, below the cross a scroll ‘The Border Regt.’ complete with three loop fasteners, a minute chip to the white enamel otherwise very fine overall...
The West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington’s) Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1881-1901, crowned star pattern backplate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of (incorrect) red cloth the crest of the Wellesley family, a silver scroll at the bottom ‘The West Riding Regiment’, complete with three loop fasteners, the plate has been regilded £40-60
Wiltshire Militia Officer’s Shako Plate c. 1844-55, a fine quality example being a crowned eight pointed star backplate with gilt overlays comprising the Garter Proper with a scroll below ‘Wiltshire’, in the centre of the Garter on a domed silver ground the red enamel cross of St. George, the reverse complete with both sets of wire fasteners behind the crown and two loop fasteners, very good condition £300-400
The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1881-1901, a fine quality example, the crowned star backplate with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet the Prince of Wales’s badge and motto this in silver with a gilt coronet, below two maple leaves and a double scroll ‘Central India’, the maple leaves in gilt and the scrolls in silver, a silver scroll at the bottom ‘Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment’,...
The King’s Own Royal Bucks Militia Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1878-81, a fine quality example being a silver plated crowned backplate overlaid with a beaded multi-rayed silver star, this in turn overlaid with a gilt circular strap ‘The King’s Own Militia’, below a floreated strap ‘Royal Bucks’, in the centre on a domed silver ground the Lion of England upon a torse, complete with three loop fasteners, the lion’s tail is somewhat distorted otherwise very fine overall condition ...
Hammer Price: £420
10th or Prince of Wales’s Own Light Dragoons Cartouche or Harness Badge c. 1783 - 1800, an exceptionally rare item of oval outline, 6 x 4.7 cms in cast brass with an engraved design set at a right angle to the oval shape and comprising the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto over ‘XLD’, the reverse with four original tapered tangs, very good condition £300-500
Gunner Drivers Cartouche Badge, Royal Artillery Cartouche Badge c. 1790 - 1815 (Excavated), the first in cast brass with engraved design shows the Arms of Ordnance above the title ‘Gunner Drivers’ (Parkyn Fig. 50) complete with two integral pierced fasteners; the second is a cast brass shield displaying the Arms of Ordnance lacking fasteners, good condition for age (2) £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
3rd Foot Guards Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1820 - 1825, an extremely fine example, the oval gilt back plate with raised silver rim thereon a silver star overlaid with a gilt oval ‘Nemo me impune lacessit’ enclosing a double leafed thistle spray, the whole of the central section on a ground of dark green vitreous enamel, complete with double hook and double stud fasteners and original leather liner, in very fine condition but the central design following a cleaning has been...
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Hall Marked Silver Pouch Belt Plate. Volunteer Artillery an Officer’s Hall Marked Silver Pouch Badge, Both Items Birmingham 1902, the first item of three part construction displays the Imperial crown over laurel sprays enclosing the Paschal Lamb with ‘Queen’s’ plinth below, below the laurels a scroll ‘Second Volunteer Battn’, both the laurels and the back plate are hall marked by F & S (Firmin & Sons),...
49th (or The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s or Hertfordshire) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1820 - 1842, a very fine and rare example,a rectangular gilt back plate with silver overlays comprising crowned title strap enclosing the numerals ‘49’ and a Union spray, three battle honours below and to the sides of the title strap (Parkyn 387), complete with original leather liner this with trade label ‘C.Smith late Smith and Trimnell, 12, Piccadilly, Gold Laceman to Their...
Hammer Price: £1,300
49th (or The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s or Hertfordshire) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1842 - 1855, a very fine all gilt example, the engine turned rectangular back plate with burnished rim, crowned title circle with attendant laurel wreaths these embellished with battle honours at the base the dragon of China (Parkyn 388), complete with original leather liner, very fine overall condition £600-900
71st Highland Light Infantry Officer’s Hall Marked Silver Plaid Brooch, a very fine example hall marked Birmingham 1886 by J & Co., the quoit with engraved outer rim, the inner then mounted with a circle of thistle sprays, these embellished with battle honours from Mysore to Egypt 1882 and Tel El Kebir, mounted in the centre in silver and gilt is the Star of the Order of the Thistle bearing a coiled bugle horn with HLI monogram, an Imperial crown, the honour Assaye over the Elephant, the...
Hammer Price: £900
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s Officer’s Hall Marked Silver Plaid Brooch, a fine quality example hall marked Edinburgh 1903, retailed by Kirkwood’s of Edinburgh, the solid quoit of standard pattern thistle sprays embellished with battle honours from Maida to Afghanistan, the voided centre mounted with a Royal Ducal Coronet over ‘L’ over a stag’s head cabossed, the reverse is crudely scratched with the initials PWK, stout pin fastener, very good...
Gordon Highlanders Post 1881 Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate, an Embroidered Royal Naval Victorian Period Oval Panel, Head Dress Badge to the 3rd Volunteer Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers, the first of standard pattern for the regular battalions, rectangular gilt back plate with silver overlays comprising unit title and badge the Tiger over a plinth India and Sphinx/Egypt. The second in silver wire embroidery shows St. Edward’s crown over a fouled anchor within a double border 16 x 14...
90th (Perthshire Volunteers) (Light Infantry) Officer’s Gilt and Silver Shoulder Belt Plate Mount Worn By Henry Ashmore Evatt c. 1838 - 1845 Contained in a Glazed Wooden Frame, the badge comprises a strung bugle horn 6.8 x 6.4 cms with central section being a domed silver plate mounted with engine turned numerals ‘90’, the badge is mounted on a pink cloth ground this with gold thread battle honours ‘Martinique’, ‘Guadaloupe’, and ‘Perthshire Volunteers’, the early period...
West Kent Yeomanry Badges, comprising an officer’s die stamped silver plate hat badge of the West Kent Imperial Yeomanry, an undress pouch badge of the West Kent Yeomanry c. 1840 and an undress sabretache badge or early helmet badge of the West Kent Yeomanry c. 1820 - 1840, together with two small St. Edward’s crown badges, the sabretache badge is damaged a section of the ‘Invicta’ scroll is missing and one of the forelegs is broken and the other is contorted, one of the small St....
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