WW2 Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomb Aimer Brevet Half Aircrew Wing Sweetheart Pin Badge

A scarce wartime period striking R.A.F. Bomb Aimer (B) brevet sweetheart brooch gilt brass example. The central 'B' inlaid with blue on white enamel ground, complemented with the finely feathered wing. Hand engraved / scratched on reverse 'Olga Morgan Derry'; guessing she was his sweetheart who lived in Northern Ireland?

Very good condition, complete with pin fittings.
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Code: 328

c1936-40 French Maginot Line Fortress Troops Badge

Beautiful, 1930s-early WWII French Maginot Line Fortress Troops Badge. Insigne on ne Passe Pas (they shall not pass) Lihne Maginot Troupe De Forteresse Guerre. Depicting a French WW1 era Artillery piece in a bunker / fortress defence line. Lovely gilt metal. Pin contemporarily soldered to reverse. VGC.

The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, IPA: liɲ maʒino), named after the F...  read more

Code: 417

Dean Close Officer Training Corps (OTC) Cheltenham Glos Cloth Shoulder Title Badge Patch

Dean Close School, Gloucestershire O.T.C. or CCF cloth Battle Dress Shoulder Title. Some moth tracks, see pic. Scarce.  read more

Code: 1512

Special Boat Service (SBS) Reserve's Regimental Stable Belt

S.B.S. Reserve Unit rare pattern, large size stable belt. These were made by Firmin, but are all unmarked. VGC.

The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The SBS can trace its origins back to the Second World War when the Army Special Boat Section was formed in 1940.

After the Second World War, the Royal Navy for...  read more

Code: 1510

Special Boat Service (SBS) Regiment Stable Belt Small Sized

S.B.S. stable belt badge to locket. Small size. GC.  read more

Code: 1448

c2012 'E' Troop (Boat / Water) 2 Squadron Australian Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment Unit Patch Badge

Water / Boat E Tp part of 2 Sqn SASR Australia Special Forces Unit patch. VGC.  read more

Code: 1384

c1929-52 SS Orontes Ship Shipping Orient Line (P&O) WW2 Troopship and Cricket Australian 'Bodyline' Tour 1932 Enamel Pin Badge

Pin badge pre1952 King's Crown, Shipping Line enamel sweetheart badge. SS Orontes was a passenger ship owned by Orient Line.

The ship was built in 1929 by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, England.

Its sister ships were Orama (II), Orford, Oronsay, and Otranto (II). Orontes was the last of the "Orama" Class and great effort was taken to make the public rooms ...  read more

Code: 464

Post 2007 Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire Wiltshire Regiment (RGBW) PRI Blazer Badge

c.Post 2007, 2nd 'smaller pattern', ex-President of the Regimental Institute (P.R.I.) Regt'l shop, c2007 all ranks blazer badge patch. Gold wire embroidered sphinx. Red background representing the 'Brandy Wine Flash' of the Duke of Edinburgh Royal Regt. VGC, unissued. Nice official Regimental insignia.









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Code: 463

Pair of Presidential Unit Citation Badges Gloucestershire Regiment No1 Ceremonial Dress

All Ranks Presidential Unit Citation Blues Patrol / No1 Dress Badges to the Glosters or C Troop Independent 170th Mortar Battery or Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire Wiltshire (RGBW). VGC.

Worn on both arms of parade dress. The U.S. (President Truman) granted 8th May 1951 the award in recognition of the Glosters 'Imjin River' action in the Korean War.

The Army Uni...  read more

Code: 456

1941 Silver HM Derbyshire Yeomanry (WW2 Recce) Sweetheart Badge

Scarce and superb, Derbyshire silver and enamel Yeo sweetheart badge HM 'R' for 1941 Birmingham England.

The Derbyshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1794, which served as a cavalry regiment and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two Reconnaissance Regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated wi...  read more

Code: 9