WW1 - ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HLDRS BRONZE COLLAR BADGE PAIR

Mint unissued pair of Officers bronze collars as worn on the Service Dress.
Retaining all original bark bronze finish.
Circa the Great War.
Matching pair.
Estate fresh.
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Code: 60536

WW2 SCOTTISH ( SEAFORTHS ) HIGHLAND RGTS. SNCO'S - PUTTEES

A pair of rare light green wool Senior Ranks puttees as used by Highland Regiments in WW2.
White tapes.
Contemporary photos show these favoured by the Seaforths but it's likely they were also worn by other Regiments ?
Not the regular khaki ones , these are a very distinct light green with white tie tapes.
Condition is good and they came in many years ago and I kept t...  read more

Code: 60537

93RD OF FOOT (ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND) OFFICERS WAIST BELT PLATE

Circa the Thin Red Line period.
1844.
Officers WBC.
Beautiful One Look original ,( these have been copied ).
Burnished curved back plate.
Fine detail silver centre with QVC, outer thistle spray enclosing an inner oval with " Sutherland Highlanders " with St. Andrew at the bottom.
Inner seeded centre with " XCIII ".
From my personal Argylls collec...  read more

Code: 60538

WW1 - 7TH ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HLDRS. - SILVER WRIST I.D. DISC - GEORGE V COIN

Nice unique piece.
Often soldiers in the Great War wore I.D. discs on their wrist . usually on a leather strap.
This one has been fashioned from a silver coin.
Kings head to one side and the soldiers details to the other.
Rare.
7th A & S.H. ( Based at Stirling )
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Code: 60540

ARGYLLSHIRE (ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HLDRS. ) OFFICERS SILVER COLLAR BADGE

Rare and important officers silver / gilt Boar’s Head collar dog for the Argyllshire Hldrs. ( Later A & S.H. ).
Quality , 2 piece construction.
Unmarked cast silver.
Gilded Boars Head nicely rivetted on .
Silver lugs.
This is not half an Argylls collar , this has been made like this.
Very nice fine detail .
Likely the inspiration for the later Ca...  read more

Code: 60542

93RD HLDRS. ( ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HLDRS. ) PIPERS SPORRAN / PAGRI BADGE

Extremely hard to come by , 93rd of Foot pipers sporran badge.
Period converted to pin back with correct overlong pin and brass hinge and hook .
I suspect this has been worn as pagri / sun helmet badge.
Cast nickel silver.
Thistle sprays with St. Andrew to centre.
Roman numerals " XC111 " to bottom.
Rare piece.  read more

Code: 60544

WW1 - ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HLDRS. SILVER & TORTOISE SHELL SWEETHEART BADGE

Beautiful and scarce silver hallmarked Tortoiseshell sweetheart brooch.
London h/m's for 1916.
These were hand made by silversmiths.
Particularly well made example.
No issues and from my personal collection of Argylls items.
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Code: 60545

WW1 BLACK WATCH OFFICER FRAMED PHOTO

Nice depiction of a WW1 Black Watch officer in Service Dress.
Original period frame as it came to me from his widows house in Ayrshire over 20 years ago.
Some staining to the card surround but not photo.
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Code: 59902

BRITISH MARK 1 COMPASS IN BOX - 1941 - T & G

First introduced in 1941.
Bakelite casing.
Luminescent needle.
All the markings are in white, as are the sight reference lines on the housing.
Maker mkd on base for T & G.
W.D. arrow.
Original card box of issue.
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Code: 59696

WW2 - LOVAT SCOUTS OFFICERS BALMORAL / SCOUT BONNET - NAMED - ATTRIBUTED

Cracking " Been There " Balmoral bonnet to the Lovat Scouts.
Named inside to a member of the family who founded the Regiment ( Fraser of Lovat ) .
This I bought recently direct out the home with other items named and attributed to members of this famous military family.
Bonnet has service wear and crude field repairs to the lower edge.
White/ black dicing.
Han...  read more

Code: 60401