Badges and Insignia
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Pre WWI Belgium Order of Leopold Medal ‘Knight Class’ Military Division. BA 400 - BA 400 When Belgium became independent of the Netherlands, there was an urgent need to create a national honour system that could serve as a diplomatic gift. The national congress provided this exclusive right to the sovereign, this military honour system was written in Article 76. The first King of the Belgians, Leopold I of Belgium, used his constitutional right in a larger way than foreseen: not only military merit, but every service in honour of the Kingdom. Two years after the independence, the young King officially founded the dynastic Order of Leopold. The king approved the colour and grades both civil and military, and the official motto L’Union fait la Force/Eendracht maakt Macht. In 1832 Felix de Merode had a design approved by the Chambers for military and civil merit. This system was adapted from other European countries. More specific, the Order of Leopold is based on the French honour tradition with 5 classes. No membership can be granted to a person before the age of 42, except in the military division. On the 11th of June 1832 the law was promulgated, and the exact colours were defined; Article 2: "Le ruban sera ponceau moiré". The devise was presented in the 3rd article: L'union fait la Force. Retaining all of its enamel and ribbon intact this is a striking piece. The price includes UK delivery. BA 400. £145.00 |
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*Original* German Sudetenland Medal with Ribbon. N 101. - N 101 The 1 October 1938 Commemorative Medal (German: Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938), commonly known as the Sudetenland Medal was a decoration of Nazi Germany awarded during the interwar period, and the second in a series of Occupation Medals. Stamped to the rear ‘Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer ‘translated; One people, one realm, one leader. Instituted on 18 October 1938, the medal was awarded to participants in the occupations of Sudetenland in October 1938 and Czechoslovakia in March 1939. The medal was awarded to all German State officials and members of the German Wehrmacht and SS who entered the Sudetenland on 18 October 1938 and to Sudeten Nazis who had worked for union with Germany. The price for this guaranteed original medal includes UK delivery. N 101. £85.00 |
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*Original/Rare* German ‘Militar Verwaltung’ Badge. N 107. - N 107 A rare Militar Verwaltung badge constructed in silvered bronze issued to civilian administration staff. The obverse features Wehrmacht eagle and swastika emblem in the centre surrounded by an oval enamelled ‘Third Reich’ national colours (red, white and black) with inscription ‘Militar Verwaltung Belgian u. N Frankreich’ (Military administration, Belgium and Northern France) in gothic lettering. The front badge shows no wear or damage with the silver plating on the eagle intact. The back of the badge includes a brooch type clutch pin stamped with the issue number ‘3634’ measuring 46.92mm wide this badge is in very good condition. The price for this guaranteed original piece includes UK delivery. N 107. £275.00 |
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Cap Badge of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry. BA 439. - BA 439 The Lanarkshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1819, which served as a dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two field artillery regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry in 1956. Its lineage was revived by B (Lanarkshire and Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Squadron, the Scottish Yeomanry in 1992 until that unit was disbanded in 1999. Measuring; 44 x 46mm in good condition with lugs intact. The price includes delivery. BA 439. £75.00 |
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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 |
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*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 |
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*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 |
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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 |
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*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 |
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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 |
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