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7th Queen's Own Hussars Badge. BA 438. - BA 438
In 1689, the Scottish army raised 12 independent cavalry troops. A year later, half of these were merged into a single regiment on the English establishment for policing duties in Scotland. This new unit was named the Queen’s Own Regiment of Dragoons after Queen Mary II, who had recently seized the throne from her father, King James II. The regiment’s first 25 years included two deployments to the Low Countries and ten years on the Scottish establishment. It was disbanded for ten months between April 1714 and February 1715, before facing the Jacobite rebels at Sherrifmuir nine months after its re-formation. 1715 also saw the unit renamed ‘The Princess of Wales’s Own’ after Caroline, consort of the future King George II. However, it returned to being ‘The Queen’s Own’ in 1727, when George acceded to the throne. Measuring; 29 x 43mm with lugs intact. The price includes UK delivery. BA 438.
£85.00

*Hallmarked 9ct Gold* WWII Royal Air Force Medical Corps Inscribed 9ct Gold Collar Badge. BA 436. - BA 436
The Royal Air Force Medical Services is the branch of the Royal Air Force that provides health care at home and on deployed operations to RAF service personnel. Medical officers are the doctors of the RAF and have specialist expertise in aviation medicine to support aircrew and their protective equipment. Medical officers also carry out Aeromedical evacuations, providing vital assistance on search-and-rescue missions or emergency relief flights worldwide. Measuring; 26 x 22mm with the pin and lugs in good order. The rear is marked ‘9ct’ and has ‘A. Touch’ ‘S.S.W to M.M.N -12.5.37 – 12.5.45’ to the rear. The price includes UK delivery. BA 436.
£175.00

*Marked 9ct Gold* York & Lancaster Regimental Pin Badge. BA 435. - BA 435
The York and Lancaster Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1968. The regiment was created in the Childers Reforms of 1881 by the amalgamation of the 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot and the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot. The regiment saw service in many small conflicts and both World War I and World War II until 1968, when the regiment chose to be disbanded rather than amalgamated with another regiment, one of only two infantry regiments in the British Army to do so, with the other being the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Measuring 53 x 19mm with pin and lugs in good order. The price includes UK delivery. BA 435.
£175.00

Royal Scots Regiment Queen's Edinburgh Rifles Pin Badge. BA 434. - BA 434
Regimental brooches are generally small pin-brooches depicting miniature badges of units. Usually they were commercially manufactured and some are still manufactured today. There were eventually hundreds of commercial designs, typically smaller versions of the cap (or ships) badge, in combinations of brass, silver, gold, enamel and mother of pearl. The Queen's Edinburgh Rifles was a brigade of Rifle Volunteers raised in the City of Edinburgh in 1859. It later formed two battalions of the Royal Scots, which fought in World War I at Gallipoli, in Palestine and on the Western Front. The two battalions combined between the world wars before being converted into an air defence regiment of the Royal Artillery (RA). This served in Anti-Aircraft Command during World War II and continued in the postwar Territorial Army (TA) until 1961, when its successors were converted into Royal Engineers (RE). In very good condition with pin and lugs intact and measuring; 30 x 27mm. The price includes UK delivery. BA 434.
£95.00

*Hallmarked 9ct Gold* Australian ‘Rising Sun’ Hat Badge. BA 433. - BA 433
The so-called 'Rising Sun' badge, worn on the up-turned brim of a slouch hat, typified the Spirit of ANZAC - the camaraderie of Australian soldiers to fight for the Crown and the British Empire. This is an original Second World War period 'Anzac Forces 9ct Gold sweetheart badge', depicting a rising sun with central Crown enhanced with red enamel, tri-part title scroll below 'Australian Commonwealth Military Forces' inlaid in blue, the reverse has an impressed 9ct Gold hallmark. Measuring; 50 x 18mm, in very good condition and scarce. The price includes UK delivery. BA 433.
£175.00

The 4th (Perthshire) Volunteer Battalion (The Black Watch) Royal Highlanders Cap Badge with Lugs. BA 432. - BA 432
In 1859 and 1860 eighteen separate companies of Volunteers were raised in Perthshire, but were shortly afterwards formed into two Administrative Battalions. Of these companies, those belonging to Perth, Dunblane, Coupar angus, Crieff, Alyth, Doune, Callander, Birnam and Auchterardern were formed in 1869 into the First Perthshire Administrative Battalion. The Battalion Headquarters were established at Perth. Under the Territorial system of 1881 the Battalion was affiliated to the Country Regiment, and in 188 received the designation of the 4th (Perthshire) Volunteer Battalion (The Black Watch) Royal Highlanders. In perfect condition with lugs intact, the price includes UK delivery. BA 432.
£95.00

*Victorian Era* Dunbartonshire Rifle Volunteers Cap Badge. BA 430. - BA 430
The 1st Renfrew and Dumbarton Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery founded in Scotland in 1860. During the First World War, it served with 51st (Highland) Division at the Battle of the Somme before being broken up. In the Second World War, the regiment saw action in the Battle of France, in the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, the Greek Civil War and in North West Europe. It continued in the post-war Territorial Army until 1969. The enthusiasm for the Volunteer movement following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle and Artillery Volunteer Corps composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular British Army in time of need. The two lugs to the rear are intact and the badge is in excellent condition. The price includes UK delivery. BA 430.
£95.00

*Victorian* Mounted Infantry Officer’s Brass Martingale Badge and Leather Tab. BA 429. - BA 429
A mounted infantry were infantry who rode horses instead of marching. The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry. Mounted rifles are half cavalry, mounted infantry merely especially mobile infantry. Today, with motor vehicles having replaced horses for military transport, the motorised infantry are in some respects successors to mounted infantry. A martingale is a piece of equestrian tack designed to control a horse's head carriage and act as an additional form of control. With leather tab in excellent condition, UK delivery is included in the price. BA 429.
£95.00

72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders Regimental Cap Badge. BA 428. - BA 428
The 72nd Highlanders was a British Army Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line. Raised in 1778, it was originally numbered 78th, before being redesignated the 72nd in 1786. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment to form the 1st Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders in 1881. The regiment was raised in the Western Highlands by Kenneth Mackenzie, Earl of Seaforth as the Seaforth (Highland) Regiment in January 1778. As an act of gratitude for the restoration of the family Earldom which had been forfeited during the Jacobite rising of 1715. A corps of 1,130 men was raised of whom 900 were Highlanders and the remainder came from the Lowlands: it was established at Elgin, its first base, in May 1778. Measuring; 90 x 54mm with all pins intact. The price includes UK delivery. BA 428.
£135.00

1939 Nazi 2nd Class War Merit Cross Ribbon & Original Packet of Issue. N 137. - N 137
The War Merit Cross (German: Kriegsverdienstkreuz) was a state decoration of Nazi Germany during World War II. This award was created by Adolf Hitler in October 1939 as a successor to the non-combatant Iron Cross which was used in earlier wars (similar medal but with a different ribbon). The award was graded in the same manner as the Iron Cross: War Merit Cross Second Class, War Merit Cross First Class, and Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross. The award had two variants: with swords given to soldiers for exceptional service "not in direct connection with combat", and without swords given to civilians for meritorious service in "furtherance of the war effort". In excellent order with rare paper packet of issue, UK delivery is included in the price. N 137.
£145.00

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