Militaria, Medals and Awards

A collection of Royal Artillery cap badges, other badges, buttons etc, including two Victorian other ranks helmet plates, a post-1902 officer's helmet plate, a post-1902 other ranks helmet plate, two Victorian waist belt plates and various cap badges, titles, collar badges and buttons, mounted on a scarlet baize covered board, framed and glazed.

A collection of Royal Engineers, Royal Signals and other establishment cap badges, other badges, buttons etc, including three Royal Engineers helmet plates, fifteen cap badges covering the period from 1900 to post-1952, Royal Corps of Signals badges and various collar badges and buttons, mounted on two scarlet baize covered boards, framed and glazed.

A collection of Grenadier Guards badges, buttons etc, including a Victorian officer's pagri badge, a post-1902 officer's pagri badge, various cap badges, including musicians, various reigns, two officer's waist belt clasps, an arm badge and a bed plate, mounted on a scarlet baize covered board, framed and glazed.

A collection of Dorsetshire headgear badges, buttons etc, including a Victorian 54th Regiment shako plate, 39th and 54th Glengarry badges, six later cap badges, a Victorian other ranks Dorsetshire helmet plate, a post-1902 helmet plate and two officer's waist belt clasps, mounted on a scarlet baize covered board, framed and glazed.

A collection of corps badges and buttons, including Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Military Police, including Edward VIII and Second World War plastic, Army Pay Corps, Army Veterinary Corps, Chaplains' Corps, Army Service Corps, Royal Army Service Corps, including Edward VIII, and Medical Corps, mounted on two scarlet baize covered boards, framed and glazed.

A collection of cavalry badges and buttons, including First Life Guards, Second Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, Royal Armoured Corps two types, King's Dragoon Guards, 3rd Dragoon Guards, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, 5th Dragoon Guards, Royal Dragoons and Royal Scots Greys, mounted on a scarlet baize covered board, framed and glazed.

A post-1902 officer's helmet plate of the Dorsetshire Regiment (gilt rubbed).

A Victorian officer's helmet plate of the Dorsetshire Regiment (gilt slightly rubbed).

An officer's shoulder belt plate of the 39th or Dorsetshire Regiment, circa 1850, the gilded rectangular plate with central castle on a green enamelled ground within a garter surround, surmounted by crown and motto 'Primus in Indis' and with battle honours to Peninsula beneath, retaining most original gilt finish, studs, hooks and leather backing.

A scarce Guards Machine Gun Battalion silver and enamel officer's cap badge, Birmingham 1916 by H.M., a Guards Officers Training Battalion bronze and enamel cap badge and two Guards Machine Gun Regiment buttons.

A military Christmas card specimen album for Season 1914 by Swiss & Co, Military Printers & Publishers, containing twenty-six samples, mainly with regimental ribbons, together with a quantity of loose military Christmas cards.

A post-war Royal Marines white pith helmet by Hobson & Sons, size 6¾ (rear peak creased), within a large hatbox, together with a post-1952 R.M.L.I. peaked cap, waist belt, sash, various badges, buttons etc, within a fibre case.

A post-1952 Royal Marines white pith helmet by E.W. Vero & Co Ltd with brass post-1902 helmet plate and ball, together with a Royal Marines other ranks dress tunic, another tunic, a Royal Navy peaked cap, a sword belt, two pairs of tropical shorts, a pair of R.A.F. trousers, a bayonet frog, dated 1910, two buckskin belts, etc.

A Household Cavalry officer's full dress cap with gold bullion to peak and post-1937 gilded and enamelled badge, together with an officer's service dress cap with plain buttons (lacking badge).

A post-1902 bicorn hat by J. Daniels & Co Ltd with red and white feather plume, within its tin case (paint removed) with applied brass plate, engraved 'Lord D.M. Graham A.D.C.', with a handwritten note stating 'Lord Graham 1907 Easton Park Suffolk Re: submarine patents (Near Wickham Market) A.D.C. Assistant District Commissioner'.

A Second World War British steel helmet, the lining dated 1938, together with an A.R.P. first aid tin with three dressings, a bronze fire hose nozzle, a fireman's axe and a bronze beam and elevation instrument, dated 1943.

A White Ensign flag, 176cm x 360cm, a fusilier's green beret with staybright badge and red and white feather plume, an R.A.F. airman's peaked cap, a pillbox cap, a framed and glazed German newspaper, dated 1937, a further German newspaper, a paper lantern with provision for candle, decorated with swastikas, two cardboard posters, 'Is your journey really necessary?' and 'Join the Wrens and free a man for the fleet', each 57cm x 40cm (poor condition), and a small group of other items.

A German 1916 model steel helmet with later lining, repainted as a black SS helmet (defective, skull drilled, lining damaged).

An Australian B-type leather flying helmet with headphones and cable (some wear).