24th Apr, 2018 10:00

The Professor Charles Thomas Collection

 
Lot 10
 

10

Insignia of Rhodesia

Insignia of Rhodesia A card with items of Northern Rhodesia colonial military and police items, including metal and embroidered badges of the NR Rifles and NR Regiment, anodised badges of the Northern Rhodesia Police and Police Reserve, a waist-belt plate of the NR Police and 7 triangular cloth badges of the NR Cadet Corps; a card bearing insignia of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953 - 63, including cap and collar badges of the Staff Corps, Selous Scouts, infantry and other corps, mainly anodised but including a bronze cap of the R Rhodesia Regt, a fine gilt collar badge of the R&N Engineers, and an officer's embroidered cap of the RRAF c.1956;a card displaying Southern Rhodesia colonial military and Air Force insignia including officers' and ORs' metal cap badges of Medical and Transport Corps and Military Police; together with a cap-badge c. 1942 of the Southern Rhodesian Air Force, with aircrew 'wings' in worsted embroidery and national shoulder titles; another card of Southern Rhodesia military and police cap and collar-badges, shoulder-titles in cloth and metal, mainly pre-1952, of the British South African Police, Rhodesia Staff Corps, Volunteers, Rhodesia Regiment, Rhodesian African Rifles, the Southern Rhodesia Armoured Car regiment, Artillery and Engineers, the majority of items in metal, a few anodised; a card of Rhodesian insignia 1964 - 80, containing anodised and cloth badges of the Rhodesian Army, a metal beret-badge of the Selous Scouts, and cloth items of the Rhodesian Air Force; a card bearing Tanganyika colonial military and Police insignia, mainly pre-1952 metal cap and collar-badges of 6th (Tanganyika) Bn KAR (including an officer's QEC gilt cap), together with badges of the Police and Prison Service; and another card, showing Nyasaland colonial military and Police items, mainly post-1952 cap-badges of the 1st and 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalions of the KAR, the majority AA but including an officer's good metal collar-badge. Shoulder-titles of the KAR, NVR, NDF and NCF, and a badge and buttons of the Nyasaland Police. (7 Cards, 163 items)

Sold for £800


 
Insignia of Rhodesia A card with items of Northern Rhodesia colonial military and police items, including metal and embroidered badges of the NR Rifles and NR Regiment, anodised badges of the Northern Rhodesia Police and Police Reserve, a waist-belt plate of the NR Police and 7 triangular cloth badges of the NR Cadet Corps; a card bearing insignia of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1953 - 63, including cap and collar badges of the Staff Corps, Selous Scouts, infantry and other corps, mainly anodised but including a bronze cap of the R Rhodesia Regt, a fine gilt collar badge of the R&N Engineers, and an officer's embroidered cap of the RRAF c.1956;a card displaying Southern Rhodesia colonial military and Air Force insignia including officers' and ORs' metal cap badges of Medical and Transport Corps and Military Police; together with a cap-badge c. 1942 of the Southern Rhodesian Air Force, with aircrew 'wings' in worsted embroidery and national shoulder titles; another card of Southern Rhodesia military and police cap and collar-badges, shoulder-titles in cloth and metal, mainly pre-1952, of the British South African Police, Rhodesia Staff Corps, Volunteers, Rhodesia Regiment, Rhodesian African Rifles, the Southern Rhodesia Armoured Car regiment, Artillery and Engineers, the majority of items in metal, a few anodised; a card of Rhodesian insignia 1964 - 80, containing anodised and cloth badges of the Rhodesian Army, a metal beret-badge of the Selous Scouts, and cloth items of the Rhodesian Air Force; a card bearing Tanganyika colonial military and Police insignia, mainly pre-1952 metal cap and collar-badges of 6th (Tanganyika) Bn KAR (including an officer's QEC gilt cap), together with badges of the Police and Prison Service; and another card, showing Nyasaland colonial military and Police items, mainly post-1952 cap-badges of the 1st and 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalions of the KAR, the majority AA but including an officer's good metal collar-badge. Shoulder-titles of the KAR, NVR, NDF and NCF, and a badge and buttons of the Nyasaland Police. (7 Cards, 163 items)