WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 17 MAY TO 7 JUNE 2024

140 Militaria 365 William IV parcel gilt officer’s gorget. With crown over WIVR, floral decorations including rose, thistle and shamrock of England, Scotland and Ireland. Rare. 5.25 by 5.25 by 2.50in. (13.3 by 13.3 by 6.4cm) Condition: Fine. Estimate €1,500-€2,000 (approx £1,280-£1,710) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 365 366 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards officer’s helmet plate. 1847-1871 pattern silver and gilt 7 by 6in. (17.8 by 15.2cm) Condition: Fine. Estimate €800-€1,200 (approx £680-£1,030) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 366 367 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) officer’s helmet plate. 6.50 by 6in. (16.5 by 15.2cm) Condition: Fine The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1685 as the Lord Lumley’s Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as His Majesty’s 1st Regiment of Carabiniers in 1740, the 3rd Regiment of Horse in 1756 and the 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards in 1788. In August 1914, it deployed to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force. It served throughout the First WorldWar (1914-18) on the Western Front, fighting in many engagements in both a mounted and infantry role. These included Mons (1914), the Marne (1914), the first two battles of Ypres (1914 and 1915), the Somme (1916), Arras (1917), Cambrai (1917) and Amiens (1918). The regiment spent the post-war years stationed at the Curragh during the Irish War of Independence (1919-21), before returning home to Aldershot. In 1922, it was merged with the 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales’s) to form the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards. But the carabiniers title lived on, after the new unit was renamed the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards) in 1928. Estimate €300-€400 (approx £260-£340) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 367