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Lot 712
Rifle Brigade Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate A good example, on a silver round plate within a laurel wreath with battle honours, surmounted by a Guelphic Crown resting on a blank tablet, a Maltese cross, ball finials to the points, lions between the arms. To the centre, within a circlet inscribed ‘Rifle Brigade’, a crowned strung bugle. Mounted on the base of the wreath, a scroll inscribed ‘The Prince Consort’s Own’, with four silver screw posts and nuts to reverse, complete with backing plate, with hallmarks ‘J & Co, Birmingham, 1916’ on both front and back plates, excellent condition £140-£180
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Lot 931
Victorian 1857 Pattern 1st Middlesex Engineer Volunteers Officers Presentation Sword, by FIRMIN & SONS LIMITED 153 STRAND LONDON, signed blade 83.5cms etched with crowned VR, grenade and ‘PRESENTED TO SERGEANT BUGLER GLANVILLE 1ST MIDDx ENGINEER VOLs BY THE BANDMASTER & BUGLE BAND AS A MARK OF ESTEEM ON HIS PROMOTION TO THAT RANK DECEMBER 8th 1883’ all within banners on a ground of scrolling foliage and retaining most original polish, regulation pierced brass hilt, wire bound fish skin covered grip with buckskin dress knot, in its steel scabbard. Good condition.
Lot 192
Victorian 3rd Volunteer Battalion Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment Field Service Cap Badge, fine example with two lug fittings to the reverse; 2nd Volunteer Battalion West Yorkshire regiment other rank glengarry badge with two lug fittings; general pattern Rifle Vols horn bugle badge and a white metal strung bugle badge. (4 items)
Lot 933
1827 Pattern Rifle Officers Sword of the Kent Rifle Volunteers by Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London No10887, signed regulation blade 83cms etched with crowned VR and strung bugle amidst scrolling foliage with owner’s crest, initials A.W., regulation iron guard (pitted and cleaned) wire bound fish skin covered grip, in steel scabbard (heavily cleaned). Good condition. Vendors research note states ‘Anthony Whitford commissioned 7/5/1860 , 26th Kent Rifle Volunteers, 37th Corps (at Cranbrook), 5th Admin Battalion. Ex Peter White collection
Lot 160
Rare Victorian 2nd Royal Guernsey Militia Officers Home Service Helmet Plate, gilt metal officers universal pattern helmet plate with the additional scrolls and centre with coat of arms and strung bugle below with number ‘2’ to the centre. Three part regimental scroll to the lower section. Two of the three lug fittings to the reverse of the plate. Late Rod Flood collection.
Lot 163
Regimentally Important Isle of Wight Rifles Forage Cap Badge and Collar Badges 1902-08 on Retailers Card Belonging to Colonel Hobart, First Commanding Officer of the Regiment, fine officers bronze Broderick / Forage cap badge in bronze with blade fittings to the reverse, accompanied by a pair of bronze collar badges and a small silvered strung bugle emblem insignia. All mounted onto a Samuel Brothers Ltd, London, retailers card. Part of the estate of Colonel Hobart, the first commander of the 8th Territorial Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles. In December 1906, Major Hobart retired from the Regular Army, and was placed on the Reserve of Officers; but in 1908, on the inauguration of the Territorial Force, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles (8th Battalion The Hampshire Regiment), which he raised and reorganized from a small volunteer nucleus and commanded till 1913, when he retired. He again acted as Gold Staff Officer at a Coronation—that of King George V and Queen Mary, in 1911. On the European War breaking out in 1914, Lieutenant Colonel Hobart, after serving for short periods on the Embarkation Staff at Southampton and the Military Landing Staff at Havre, was sent to the front in Flanders as a Railhead Commandant, being subsequently appointed Administrative Commandant of the railheads of an army. He was mentioned in Despatches in 1916 and 1918, and received the 1914 Star. Lieutenant Colonel C V C Hobart married, on 10 December 1900, at St Peter's, Eaton Square, London, Violet Verve, second daughter of John Wylie, of West Cliff Hall, Hants, and they had one son, Robert Hampden, born 7 May 1915.This badge grouping was purchased by Rod Flood at auction many years ago along with a number of other items including his full uniform which we sold in February 2023. We believe that the items had been sold by family descent at that time. Late Rod Flood collection.
Lot 488
Post 1908 Isle of Wight Rifles Astrakhan Busby, fine example of an Astrakhan busby for Rifles regiment with knotted cord boss having blackened crowned strung bugle, with brush plume. Green felt cloth top. Interior with leather sweatband and thin chinstrap. Hobson & Sons paper label to the interior dated 1912. Shows some wear but generally a good example.
Lot 285
Indian Army Hallmarked Silver Royal Garhwal Rifles Headdress Badge, fine example of the small headdress badge in form of crowned Maltese cross with regimental details in circle to centre and strung bugle. Two lug fittings to the reverse. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1938 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd.
Lot 955
British Victorian 1827 Pattern Rifles Officers Sword, regulation pattern with hilt having crowned strung bugle, shagreen grip with wire binding. Blackened leather sword portepee fitted to the hilt. Housed in its original brown leather field service scabbard with plated lower chape. Blade etched with decoration, Victorian strung bugle and retailers details of ‘Manton & Co, Calcutta’. Blade 82cms.
Lot 222
Rare Victorian 1st Royal Guernsey Militia Officers Home Service Helmet Plate, gilt metal officers universal pattern helmet plate with the additional scrolls and centre with coat of arms and strung bugle below with number ‘1’ to the centre. Three part regimental scroll to the lower section. Three lug fittings to the reverse of the plate.
Lot 963
British 1827 Pattern Rifle Officers Sword, regulation pattern officers sword with Victorian crowned bugle incorporated into the guard. Shagreen covered grip with wire binding, loose in parts. Housed in brown leather field service scabbard. Blade by Hawkes & Co, with much of the etched decoration remaining. Blade with surface spotting and surface rusting to the exterior fittings. Blade 82 ½ cms, overall 102cms.
Lot 487
Officers Full Dress Astrakhan Busby of the Isle of Wight Rifles, excellent example of an officers dress busby with black astrakhan wool body and green top, the top with knotted cord decoration, plaited dark green cords to the front, supported by blackened strung bugles to the side. Green cord boss with blackened crown and horn bugle underneath. Black feather brush plume. Interior retains the original leather sweatband and artificial silk lining, Hawkes & Co, London, gold leaf tailors details to the interior. Original patent leather chinstrap still attached. Very fine example.
Lot 1291
An 1827 pattern Victorian Rifle Officer’s sword, the blade etched with crowned VR and bugle, regulation hilt and scabbard, blade 82.5cm. Condition - poor * Due to new safety regulations and legal restrictions with ParcelForce and Royal Mail, we are unable to pack or send swords and bladed items through postal service. Collection in person or courier service is recommended *
Lot 2048
A Pair of Victorian Silver Ceremonial Trumpets, by Henry Potter, London, 1885 each of typical form, the tapering end chased with military trophies among foliage and flowers and on a matted ground, with vacant cartouche, the top tube with central rose, thistle and shamrock chased knop, the tubing with spiral-fluting and foliage stamped sections, each engraved with an inscription below a coat-of-arms, each with ceremonial tasseled cord, in fitted oak case with applied plaque engraved with a namethe trumpets each 70.5cm high, the case 76cm wide, total weight 63oz 17dwt, 1,675gr (2)The inscription on each trumpet reads 'Henry P Banks High Sheriff of Cumberland 1868 [sic] A Birthday Gift from his brother Edwin'. The coat-of-arms are those of Banks, as borne by Henry Pearson Banks (1844-1891). The inscription on the cover reads 'Henry P Banks Highmoor'.Henry Potter is first recorded in 1841 at 27 Marsham Street, in Westminster, and by 1852 was known as a military musical instrument maker, producing a wide variety of instruments in silver, brass and copper. Silver examples are obviously rarer than examples in brass and copper but a silver bugle engraved with the badge of the Royal Fusiliers has appeared recently on the market (Bonhams, 14 February 2024, lot 755). In line with the military tradition of Henry Potter the present trumpets are very much in the form typical of examples made through the 19th century by various makers and mostly intended for military or ceremonial purposes. Perhaps their form and decoration can be traced back to the famous instrument maker William Bull who produced at least two examples in silver, one now at the Ashmolean in Oxford (museum number WA1947.191.154) and the other owned by the Warwickshire County Museum Service. Each of these examples show very similar decoration with foliage and flower garland, spiral-fluting and with a central foliage knop. The same decoration is a feature of known 19th century examples such as one of 1813 now in the collection of the Rijksmuseum (object number NG-NM-561). This example is attributed to William Sandbach, a trumpet maker, and William Troby, a London silversmith. It was presented by William I of the Netherlands to his Life Guards.Two other examples worth nothing are both of a more similar vintage to the present pair of natural trumpets. One was made by Henry Keat and Sons which is now in the collection of the Royal Armouries (object number XVIII.90) and another in the collection of the Museum of the King’s Royal Hussars.This present pair of examples, though of the typical military form, down to the chased garland of military trophies, was originally presented as a birthday gift to Henry Pearson Banks (1844-1891) by his brother Edwin Hodge Banks (1847-1917), as recorded on the engraved inscription which appears below the engraved representation of the Banks family coat-of-arms. The gift of the trumpets was also meant to commemorate the elder brother’s year as High Sheriff of Cumberland, though the engraver transposed the date from 1886 to 1868. The event of Banks being invested as High Sheriff is recorded by the London Gazette of 9 March 1886 noting the presence of The Queen’s most Excellent Majesty in Council as well as all the Sheriffs appointed for the year 1886.Henry Pearson Banks was trained to be a lawyer, and though he kept chambers at the Temple in London, there is little evidence of his practicing law. His being appointed to various posts, such as High Sheriff of Cumberland suggests he maintained a strong connection to Cumberland, the county of his birth. He came from a family with much success through the 19th century, starting at the beginning of the century when the family were weavers in Keswick. Other members of the extended family were to establish businesses such as a pencil manufacturers, exporters and linen manufactures. By the end of the century Edwin Hodge Banks had been made bankrupt and the family estate, Highmoor House in Wigton, had been sold.The original house at Highmoor was built for Joseph Hodge, who was to marry into the Banks family. As he had no children the house was inherited by William Banks. The house was originally a five-bay stuccoed pedimented villa on which construction commenced around 1817. The Banks family variously extended and improved the house through the century, first in around 1870, when it was extended to the west and had a belvedere added. Later, in 1885, the belvedere was extended in height and turned into a bell tower, complete with carillion.Fully marked on tapering trumpet end. Further part marked on trumpet rim and on various section of the tubing, including on the detachable mouth pieces. Further stamped with the maker's name. There is some minor wear to the marks but each is generally legible. There is some minor overall surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. The wear is noticeable as a minor softening to the high points and the engraving. There are some bruises overall, mostly minor The tube has become detached from the trumpet end on one of the trumpets. Please see additional image. There are marks, scuffs and scratches to the case overall. The case has a central section which presumably was designed to hold a banner which is now lacking.
Lot 413
A COLLECTION OF WWI AND WWII BRASS TRENCH ART SHELLS AND BRASS BUGLE, the shells include a pair of 1941 dated 37mm/M16 shells, a 1940 12 pounder, a 1939, 37mm Howitzer shell and a 1917 dated 18 pounder with handles on it, the bugle has a Royal Artillery cap badge on it and is complete with its mouth piece, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request
Lot 1137
Britains Hand Painted Models to include 7035 US Marine Corps Set with Drum Major, 7301 US Marine Corps, 7249 Queens Colour Party Scots Guards, 7210 Scots Guards Drum and Bugle Set, 7242 Gordon Highlanders, 7237 Black Watch Officer Piper and Four Men and 7239 Gordon Highlander Office Piper and 5 Men, each boxed. (7)
Lot 15
25 x Brass Infantry Shoulder Titles including RIF with grenade ... Oxf & Bucks with bugle ... RWF with grenade ... HLI with bugle ... Yorkshire with bugle ... Somerset with bugle ... T28 County Of London ... QO Highlanders ... DW ... White metal Durham with bugle. 25 items. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER
Lot 187
Officer's Rifle Field Service Cap green crown, body and lower curtain. Black composite, QC Rifles buttons. Black cord boss badge with silvered, strung bugle centre. Together with a post war, Royal Marines Officer green beret. Darkened, two piece, QC RM badge. 2 items. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER
Lot 750
A 9ct gold charm bracelet, with a 1911 full gold sovereign in 9ct pendant mount, nineteen 9ct charms to include a skull, Georg Jensen St. Christopher, drum with hidden bugle player, three 14k charms the largest approx 5.9gms, and two yellow metal charms total weight all together 64.8gms Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 239
81.5cm levee blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VRI cypher and a strung bugle horn, maker's panel for HAWKES & CO., regulation pierced steel gothic hilt incorporating a crowned strung bugle horn, the inside of the hilt with traces of plated finish and engraved with the owner's name C.K. CHANNER 3RD GURKHAS, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its black leather field service scabbard. General George Channer received his Victoria Cross while serving with the 1st Gurkha Rifles in Malay on the 20th od December 1875.
Lot 190
79.25cm curved clipped back blade etched in a panel with a crowned strung bugle horn surmounting a laurel wreath with 52 centered and with a further panel on the other side containing a crowned Royal Arms, regulation steel hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, stepped elongated pommel, riveted fishskin grip set with a white metal strung bugle horn to either side, complete with silk and bullion knot, contained in its steel scabbard with assorted knocks and dings. The 52nd regiment participated in most of the major Peninsula War battles and formed part of the Light Brigade at Waterloo where they routed the French Imperial Guard in the final charge.
Lot 204
81cm fullered blade by Pillin, etched with scrolling foliage, crowned 38MR, strung bugle horn, ARTISTS surmounting the regimental badge and the presentation inscription PRESENTED TO CAPTN A.C. WHITE BY THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSION OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 38TH MIDDLESEX (ARTISTS) RIFLE VOILUNTEER CORPS TO MARK THEIR APPRECIATION OF THE ZEAL AND ABILITY SHOWN BY HIM DURING HIS COMMAND JULY 1878, pierced hallmarked silver hilt decorated with scrolling foliage, crowned strung bugle horn and the regimental badge and motto within a laurel wreath, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its plated steel scabbard.
Lot 537
the blue cloth covered skull with white metal mounts, the crowned rayed star helmet plate surmounted by a laurel wreath, central regimental title garter with centred white metal bugle horn on a black velvet ground, fluted spike finial with quatrefoil base, rosette bosses, velvet backed chin chain, the interior with leather and red silk liner.
Lot 55
A 19th Century 1827 Pattern British Rifle Officers sword. Steel gothic style hilt with a strung bugle, rolled quillon and rayskin grip. Fullered blade housed in a leather bound scabbard with dress knot. Measures approx 105cm. If this lot is required to be posted please see sale notes regarding age verification.
Lot 846
King’s County Rifles Officer’s sword, 1827 pattern. A good Victorian example with an 84 cm slightly curved steel blade by ‘J.B. Johnstone & Co, Sackville Street, London & Dublin’, etched with crowned V.R. cypher, the opposite side with ‘King’s County Rifles’ and strung bugle amongst scrolls, steel three bar guard pierced with crowned strung bugle, wire bound fish skin grip (some loss), stepped domed pommel, overall length 98.5 cm, in it steel scabbard, generally good condition, scarce £160-£200 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Lot 845
Rifle Brigade Officer’s sword. A refurbished Victorian example with an 82.5 cm straight steel blade sword by ‘R. Sexton & Sons, 51 Dawson Street, Dublin’ etched with crowned V.R. cypher, the opposite side with a crowned strung bugle amongst scrolls, plated three bar hilt pierced with crowned strung bugle, wire bound fish skin grip, chequered back strap, stepped domed pommel, overall length 99. 5 cm long, in its Sam Browne scabbard stamped ‘Wilkinson Sword Company London’, generally good condition £100-£140 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Lot 52
A superb ‘Borneo operations’ M.M. group of three awarded to Rifleman (Local Lance-Corporal) Jagatbahadur Limbu, 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles, for his gallantry near the Sarawak border on 5 March 1966 - ‘running at the enemy firing his general purpose machine gun from the hip, it was largely thanks to his courage and aggressive spirit that at least 28 enemy troops were killed in a highly successful riverboat ambush’ Military Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (21148768 L/L/Cpl. Jagatbahadur Limbu. 10 GR.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (21148768 Rfn. Jagatbahadur Limbu. 10th. G.R.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (21148768 Rfn. Jagatbahadur Limbu. 1/10 GR.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruising and polishing to high relief, very fine (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- 1 of 35 M.M.’s awarded for the Borneo campaign. M.M. London Gazette 13 December 1966. The original recommendation states: ‘On 5th March 1966, Lance Corporal Jagatbahadur Limbu was the general purpose machine gun gunner in 11 Platoon, D Company, 1st Battalion 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles and played a prominent part in a highly successful ambush near the Sarawak border following an incursion by regular Indonesian troops. Lance Corporal Jagatbahadur with his general purpose machine gun was placed on the left flank of his platoon ambush position and it was from the left that an enemy party, some 35 strong, approached. The leading group, bunched and unsuspecting, passed him and at a range of twenty yards he opened fire devastatingly, enfilading them and causing many casualties. Reloading, he then moved round behind the troops on his right into the centre of the position and raked the ambush area again, this time from some ten to fifteen yards range. As the enemy now tried to move out of the ambush area, he again ran down the position towards the right flank in full view of the enemy to engage them, firing his machine gun from the hip into a group at point blank range until there were no targets in sight. Lance Corporal Jagatbahadur fired some 400 rounds from his machine gun, of a total of not less than 28 enemy killed in the ambush there is little doubt that he was personally responsible for killing more than 50 percent. The enemy from a nearby position now opened fire on our troops in ambush using automatics and mortars, and 11 Platoon was ordered to move back to their rendezvous. Lance Corporal Jagatbahadur remained with his platoon commander giving covering fire until the last of our men were clear of the area. During the action, lasting ten minutes, Lance Corporal Jagatbahadur displayed complete disregard for his own safety in his determination to get to grips with the enemy. The success of the operation was due in large measure to his courage and aggressive spirit.’ Jagatbahadur Limbu was decorated for gallantry by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace in March 1967. A firsthand account of the action was later given by company commander Major C. J. Pike, D.S.O., in Volume II of Bugle & Kukri: The Story of the 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles: ‘On 27 February D Company, carrying 10 days’ rations, were lifted by helicopter to LZ 1693 from where I sent patrols hastening south to recce a suitable night base on which the company closed by late afternoon. Further patrols went south and SW to check the route for the following day’s move to a second firm base, on 28 February. Five four-man patrols then went further south, one of which observed a 16-man enemy patrol on a track near the Sungei Koemba and clearly heard motor boat engines from the river. By 1300 hrs on 1 March, we had established a third firm base 1000 yards from the junction of the Koemba and Separan Rivers and for the next three days, set about detailed reconnaissance of the area, no easy task due to swamp, jungle and thick lalang (secondary jungle), the proximity of the enemy patrols, and civilian noise and movement in the area. Civilians were often seen, but skilfully avoided. By 4 March, I and Captain Templer, the FOO, had recced, and found empty, the old enemy base on the north bank of the Koemba/Separan junction, and located, by ear at least, an enemy base under construction on the south bank of the Koemba. From first light on 4 March, 11 Platoon watched the Koemba for every movement. The remainder of the company moved through swamp (to avoid leaving tracks) and clipped our way out onto some dry ground 300 yards from the river junction. Here the undergrowth was at times less than head height, so we tunnelled out a firm base beneath the fern. The noise of people shouting and singing could at times be heard clearly from the south bank. During the afternoon, 11 Platoon reported ten enemy in two small boats on the river and at 1030 hrs on 5 March saw a large diesel engined boat carrying stores and a few soldiers. We seemed in luck. All three platoons were finally in ambush positions by 1200 hrs that morning. At 1300 hrs a landing craft type vessel carrying 35 enemy moved downstream towards 11 Platoon, who engaged it at 10-15 yards range with two GPMGs, 94 grenades, and all platoon small arms. The result was devastating. Lance Corporal Jagatbahadur Rai [sic], the GPMG gunner, fired a 200 round belt down into the midst of the troops sitting in the boat, reloaded and ran along the bank firing from the hip as he went. The 94 grenades registered two hits at point-blank range. As the boat passed out of the ambush it canted over to port, the engine stopped, and it slewed into the bank 30 yards downstream. Complete silence reigned, not a scream nor groan was heard... Lance Corporal Jagatbahadur Rai [sic] was awarded the Military Medal for his aggressive action in this ambush operation.’ Sold with copied research - Major Pike having clearly made an error recalling the recipient’s surname, all other details correctly tally to the event.
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