24th Apr, 2018 10:00

The Professor Charles Thomas Collection

 
Lot 186
 

186

Insignia of the Artists' Rifles and other units of the London Regiment

Insignia of the Artists' Rifles and other units of the London Regiment A card bearing four cap-badges displaying Mars and Minerva (one in blackened metal, one in brass and two in white metal, two with "Artists" scroll, the other two with "Artists Rifles") and a collar-badge in brass. Two buttons, a cloth shoulder-title inscribed ARTISTS, and two pairs of metal STs, two T/28/COUNTY of LONDON, the other two T/28/LONDON; and a depleted board, retaining a KC white metal cap-badge and two blackened metal STs of the 8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles); two cap-badges of the 9th (County of London) Regiment (Queen Victoria's) in blackened metal on scarlet cloth, a field cap badge (St George in white metal on a red cord boss), two blackened metal STs (different patterns) and one in brass, and cloth STs in red embroidery on a black ground. (2 cards, 28 items)

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Sold for £220


 
Insignia of the Artists' Rifles and other units of the London Regiment A card bearing four cap-badges displaying Mars and Minerva (one in blackened metal, one in brass and two in white metal, two with "Artists" scroll, the other two with "Artists Rifles") and a collar-badge in brass. Two buttons, a cloth shoulder-title inscribed ARTISTS, and two pairs of metal STs, two T/28/COUNTY of LONDON, the other two T/28/LONDON; and a depleted board, retaining a KC white metal cap-badge and two blackened metal STs of the 8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles); two cap-badges of the 9th (County of London) Regiment (Queen Victoria's) in blackened metal on scarlet cloth, a field cap badge (St George in white metal on a red cord boss), two blackened metal STs (different patterns) and one in brass, and cloth STs in red embroidery on a black ground. (2 cards, 28 items)