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Lot 177: An Assortment of British Military and Auxiliary Service Insignia

2026-09-02T09:00:00Z

Start price: £10

An Assortment of British Military and Auxiliary Service Insignia

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Description

This collection consists of thirteen items of British military and auxiliary service insignia, primarily dating from the mid-20th century. The group includes a variety of cap badges, collar badges, and shoulder titles in various materials including gilt metal, white metal, and plastic.

The Intelligence Corps cap badge is constructed from white metal, featuring a central Tudor rose within a laurel wreath, surmounted by a crown. The scroll at the base is embossed with INTELLIGENCE CORPS.

The Royal Artillery collar badge is made of gilt metal, depicting crossed cannons surmounted by a crown.

The Royal Air Force (RAF) cap badge is in gilt metal, featuring a central laurel wreath enclosing a monogram of the characters RAF, surmounted by a crown.

The Life Guards badge is a small gilt metal piece. It features an oval circlet embossed with THE LIFE GUARDS surrounding a central monogram of the characters ER, surmounted by a crown.

The Home Counties Brigade cap badge is white metal, depicting a vertical sword surmounted by a crown. The scroll at the base is embossed with HOME COUNTIES.

The British Red Cross Society badge is enamelled gilt metal. It features a red cross on a white circular enamel ground, surrounded by a gilt circlet embossed with THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY. A scroll below is embossed with INTER ARMA CARITAS.

The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) cap badge is bi-metal, consisting of an eight-pointed star with a central monogram of the characters ER, surrounded by a circlet embossed with ROYAL CORPS OF TRANSPORT, and surmounted by a crown.

The Garrison Forces Police (GFP) shoulder title consists of three individual gilt metal characters forming the initials GFP.

The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) cap badge is a small gilt metal badge featuring the Rod of Asclepius within a laurel wreath, surmounted by a crown. A scroll at the base is embossed with ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) badge is white metal, featuring a wreath enclosing a monogram of the characters RHA, surmounted by a crown.

A small shield-shaped badge in gilt metal features heraldic charges and a crown, although specific details of the charges are not legible.

The Royal Artillery (RA) cap badge is bi-metal, featuring a field gun with a six-spoked rotating wheel. An upper scroll is embossed with UBIQUE and a larger lower scroll is embossed with QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT. A crown sits above the field gun.

The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) cap badge is a Second World War era brown plastic economy issue. It features a wreath enclosing a monogram of the characters ATS, surmounted by a crown.

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