British India: 2nd Punjab (Simla) Volunteer Rifle Corps (1881-1901). Helmet plate

An 'Other Ranks' die stamped 1878 pattern helmet plate, comprising brass crowned star, laurels and central circular strap, 'Punjab Rifle Volunteers' enclosing '2', with two applied scrolls, 'Simla' above and below - the units motto 'In Defence'

The badge complete with reverse loop fittings as issued

The origins of the 2nd Punjab (Simla) Volunteer Rifle Corps date...  read more

Code: 21337

British India: Lakhimpur Volunteer Rifles. Silver / Silvered. Officers cap badge (Circa 1882-1888)

The badge with word 'silver' indented on reverse, and retaining 2 x loop fittings as-issued

- Metal: Silver or Silver plated (reverse indented 'Silver')

- Height: Approx 55mm

- Width: Approx 34mm

- Weight: Approx 31g

The badge is a solid die-struck of insignia. The absence of British hall-marks (only applied on items str...  read more

Code: 21336

Free Masonry: Masonic Mark Degree Jewel. Gilt

An un-marked full-size breast jewel, of early 20th Century manufactured regalia. The jewel complete with reverse stick-pin

The translucent 'Keystone' of glass

The metal parts are not marked

Length: 88mm

Width: Across Keystone 25mm

Weight: 13g

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 21328

Belgium: Order of Leopold II (Ordre de Leopold II, / Orde van Leopold II). 5th Class 'Knight'. Bi-lingual language obverse legend (1951-)

A silvered & enamel item of insignia of the type issued post 1951, with bi-lingual French & Dutch obverse language legend

Per the pre-1951 Belgian 'Order of Precedence' the Order of Leopold II was the 5th ranked national order in the Belgian order of precedence. The decoration had been established on, 24 August 1900, by Leopold II as king of the Congo Free State and was in 1908, ...  read more

Code: 21216

Jubilee Medal 1935

The medal complete with its original issue silk riband suspended from a silvered mounting brooch bar, this latter retaining the hinged pin & clasp fittings as issued

Condition: Toned about EF  read more

Code: 21244

Sarawak: Long Service Decoration. Rajah Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke obverse. Awarded circa 1928-1946. Silver

The medal complete with original issue silk riband suspended from a white metal mounting bar. The mounting bar retaining its hinged pin & clasp fittings

Awards of the handsome hexagonal shaped 'Long Service Decoration' were made to officials & officers of the administration, local indigenous nobles, village headmen etc and was much less prolific than the circular 'Long Service Me...  read more

Code: 21226

France: War Cross for Exterior Theatres of Operation (Croix de Guerre des Theatres d'Operations Exterieurs (T.O.E.)). A foreign local strike variant, with 1 x 'Silver Star' citation emblem

This foreign locally made variant, in dark bronze is almost certainly a cast struck issue made in 'theatre' Indochina (Vietnam) in the era 1945-1954

The original silk riband fitted with;

- 1 x Silver Star = 1 x Citation at Corps level

Important: The CDG TOE was never awarded for service in the World Wars, and was never awarded to Allied Forces. The d...  read more

Code: 21171

France: War Cross for Exterior Theatres of Operation (Croix de Guerre des Theatres d'Operations Exterieurs (T.O.E.)). With 1 x 'Bronze Star' citation emblem

The original silk riband fitted with;

- 1 x Bronze Star: Indicating 1 x Citation at Regiment / Brigade level

Important: The CDG TOE was never awarded for service in the World Wars, and was never awarded to Allied Forces. The decoration was exclusively reserved for award to French and French Colonial personnel for services in many (but not all) colonial wars in the ...  read more

Code: 21170

France: Wound Medal (Medaille De Blesses Militaires). 5th Type

Note: This is a 'Type 5' model (Ref 'Identification of French Orders and Medals' (D.M. Byrne, 1996))

The medal fitted with a bright length of original silk riband

Condition: Enamel chipped VF  read more

Code: 21163

France: Medal for Dahomey 1892 (Medaille Du Dahomey 1892)

With Paris Mint 'Cornucopia' logo & marks in the reverse lower field

A most colourful - and hard fought 'West Africa' colonial campaign, not least as Colonel Dodd's force of 4,000 French troops had to defeat an enemy force at Dogba estimated to number 15,000 'Behanzin' - the enemy force including an estimated 2,000 'Amazons' - the legendary women soldiers of West African history<...  read more

Code: 21146