WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - Saturday 17 September 2016

The Eclectic Collector · 17 September 2016

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Military badges and buttons

A collection of 31 various European regimental badges, mainly Danish including, Kings Artillery, Zealand Life,

Bornholms Militia, etc. mounted on card; a collection of 21 British and Commonwealth badges, framed, a WWII

set of British tunic buttons, cap badge and ‘For Royal Service’ pin, framed; a set of eight Irish Army buttons and a

‘Coisite’ badge, framed. (4) The largest frame

10 x 13½in. (25.40 x 34.29cm)

Estimate €100-€150 £90-£130

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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Uniforms (3)

A Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers No. 1 dress uniform tunic and trousers and an officer’s battledress jacket, with single

major’s rank insignia. both by J. D. Jonstone, Molesworth Street, Dublin, named to the maker’s labels for B. H.

Butler; Together with a Royal Inniskilling Dragoons sergeant’s parade tunic. (3)

Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Beauchamp Henry Butler, DSO was killed in action in Sicily in 1943.

Estimate €200-€300 £170-£260