Whyte's History, Literature & Collectibles 9 March 2014 - page 69

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473
20th Century: Collection of Irish regiments cap and collar badges
A collection of assorted Irish regiments badges including Royal Munster
Fusiliers fur cap grenade badge, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons horse furniture
badge, 5th (Irish) Lancers collar badges, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
shoulder title etc. Includes some modern reproductions (40 items)
120-
150 (£100-£130 approx)
474
20th Century: Collection of assorted military badges and buttons
Collection of badges including Royal Dragoons, Royal Army Pay Corps,
Royal Engineers, Merchant Navy, ARP. Also RAF and Royal Engineers
sweetheart brooches, 1915 and 1916 war service badges and other
assorted buttons. (30 items)
60-
80 (£50-£70 approx)
475
20th Century: Royal Irish Fusiliers waist belt clasp
A Royal Irish Fusiliers waist belt clasp by Potter of Aldershot. Also with a
Royal Irish Rangers tercentenary 1989 commemorative plate, produced by
the well known porcelain sculptor Michael Sutty and limited to an edition
of 150.
80-
120 (£70-£100 approx)
476
circa 1900: Doulton Lambeth 5th Royal Irish Lancers jug
5th Royal Irish Lancers souvenir jug impressed with Doulton Lambeth
marks and stamped OP3121 (Ellen Palmer)
100-
150 (£80-£130 approx)
477
1900-1922: Royal Dublin Fusiliers badge collection including other
ranks busby badge
Royal Dublin Fusiliers other ranks racoon skin cap busby badge, two
Dublin Fusiliers cap badges, shoulder title, collar badge and button. (6
items)
150-
200 (£130-£170 approx)
478
circa 1900: Royal Irish Rifles officers pouch belt badge
A good Queen’s Crown Victorian example with four screw posts to
reverse.
100-
150 (£80-£130 approx)
479
circa 1910: 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards officers forage cap
An extremely scarce and fine 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards officers
forage cap complete with silvered and gilt cap badge and peak with gold
braid. Marked internally with makers mark of W. Carter & Co. 56 Pall
Mall, London and owners initials ‘R.H.’. Complete with japanned tin case
with owner’s details “Major R. Hutchinson 4th Dragoon Guards’ and
original white cap cover.
300-
500 (£250-£420 approx)
480
1910: 1st Regiment Royal Dublin Volunteers presentation badge
An extremely interesting and unusual yellow metal and enamel badge.
The obverse decorated with the name of the Royal Dublin Volunteers,
regimental flags and drums surmounted by Maid of Erin harp and crown.
The reverse with a pin and inscribed “Presented to Compn. W. M.
Whitaker M.E.K. 1910” An intriguing piece worthy of further research.
300-
500 (£250-£420 approx)
481
circa 1910: Royal Army Medical Corps Dublin made home service
pattern helmet
Royal Army Medical Corps home service pattern cloth helmet by Phillips
of Dame Street, Dublin. Complete with original fittings including king’s
crown helmet plate. Contained in original case. Also with an other rank’s
scarlet tunic with general service buttons, Royal Army Medical Corps
shoulder and collar badges. (2 items)
400-
600 (£330-£500 approx)
482
Irish Free State captain’s shoulder bars, mess uniform.
Scarce pattern only in use 1929-32. (2)
80-
120 (£70-£100 approx)
483
1914-1918: WW1 period Connaught Rangers and Royal Irish Rifles cap
badges
George V period Royal Irish Rifles and Connaught Rangers cap badges.
40-
60 (£30-£50 approx)
484
1914-1918: George Drummond Fish watercolour of the Royal Dublin
Fusiliers at Gallipoli
Framed watercolour painting showing soldiers in trenches at Gallipoli
signed ‘G. Drummond Fish, R. Irish Rifles’ lower right. With a modern
handwritten title on the reverse “Dublin Fusiliers in the trenches. Kavakal
Dagh Gallipoli August 1915”. Captain George Drummond-Fish was a
prolific landscape artist who painted many scenes of the Gallipoli
campaign retrospectively, a number of examples of which appear in Henry
Hanna’s book ‘The Pals at Suvla Bay’. Also with a British War Medal
officially named to 21065 Private S. Smith Royal Dublin Fusiliers. (2 items)
9½ x 12in. (23 x 30cm)
400-
600 (£330-£500 approx)
485
1914-1918: Imperial German Baden Pickelhaube
First World War period Imperial German Pickelhaube or spiked helmet
with Baden helmet plate.
150-
250 (£130-£210 approx)
486
circa 1920: 4th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles barracks flag
An extremely large cotton barracks or camp flag of the Royal Irish Rifles
in green with the crest of the regiment. Unique.
200-
400 (£170-£330 approx)
487
1939-45: Nazi M40 helmet with original dust goggles
German World War II M40 helmet complete with liner and chin strap.
Also with a set of accompanying set of dust goggles.
100-
150 (£80-£130 approx)
488
1939-45: N.S.D.A.P. Nazi armband and badges
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or Nazi Party armband,
enamel pin back member’s badge with Reichszeugmeisterei mark to
reverse and a small Nazi Party supporters tinnie badge. (3 items)
150-
250 (£130-£210 approx)
489
1939-45: Collection of original Nazi photographs and books including
Waffen SS interest
A collection of 10 original WW2 era Nazi photographs including Waffen
SS members, Hitler Youth, parades and events. Also with a number of
related books including Deutsche Jungens, Frankreick auf der Flucht etc.
All retrieved in 2010 from the house of a former Romanian member of
the Waffen SS. (15 items).
200-
300 (£170-£250 approx)
490
1982: Falklands War Royal Marines presentation figure, Argentinean
helmet and book
Royal Marine figure with attached plate engraved “PO 21474 L Mne
Urand J. W. Yomp Butch Yomp June ‘82” Together with an associated
Argentinean Helmet and ‘Falklands Armoury’ book. (3 items)
100-
150 (£80-£130 approx)
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