The Kings ( Shropshire Light Infantry ) KSLI Officers Large Gilt Button ( 53rd & 85th Foot)

JR Gaunt & Son, London. Detail sharp with strong fixed shank. Very good condition. Circa 25mm in diameter.

Ripley No 278 refers.

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Code: 50180

The Wiltshire Regiment Large Gilt Button ( 62nd & 99th Foot)

Backmarked JR Gaunt & Son, London. Circa 26mm in diameter with strong fixed shank. In very good condition.

Ripley No 280 refers.  read more

Code: 50120

Royal Munster Fusiliers Officers large pattern gilt brass button ( 101st & 104th Foot)

JR Gaunt & Son Ltd, London, Engld, fixed shank, circa 26mm in diameter. In very good condition (one small stain to i above fusiliers) with no polishing - this tiger has his stripes!

Ripley No 296 refers.

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Code: 50038

RWAFF (Royal West African Frontier Force) All Ranks Large Pattern Brass Button

Circa 23mm in diameter, original shank and maker marked Wm Dowler & Sons Ltd, Birm. In very good condition. Please note reflections are from lighting not marks on the button.

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Code: 69261

Queen's Own Dorset IY (Imperial Yeomanry) Officer's Silver Plated Large Pattern Button

Circa 24mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked Firmin & Sons Ld, London. Slight wear to silver plate on the highpoints otherwise in very good condition. King's Crown so circa 1901 - 1908 only. Scarce.

Ripley & Darmanin "Yeomanry Buttons 1830 - 2000" Fig 45 (pp13-14) refers.

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Code: 66451

QVC King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ( KOYLI) Officers Silver Plated Large Pattern Button

Circa 25mm in diameter, fixed shank, maker marked Herbert & Co London, Button, some wear to silver plate finish on highpoints and the rest very dark toned. Slight bend to shank otherwise in lovely condition. Victorian crown, so pre-1902.

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Code: 59240

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers ( RNF ) Blazer Buttons, Large and Small Patterns

Flat gilt blazer buttons with an engraved St George and the Dragon and a Roman numeral 'V' below signifying that they were belong to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Circa 21mm in diameter and 14mm in diameter respectively, both with fixed shanks and backmarked Gaunt London.

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Code: 55605

Royal Berkshire Regiment Medium Anodised Aluminum AA Button - King's Crown

A scarce pre 1953 medium pattern button (circa 19mm in diameter). Original shank and backmarked Buttons Ltd, B'ham. Very minor surface wear.

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Code: 54412

Indian Army - 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Officers Mess Dress Button, 1922 - 1947

Two part construction silver plated device mounted on flat gilt brass button, with fixed shank. Marker marked to the reverse Gaunt London. Circa 14mm in diameter. Slightly tarnished otherwise good condition.

The regiment fought in World War II and raised 30 battalions. After the war it was allocated to the Indian Army in 1947, being renamed the Maratha Light Infantry.
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Code: 55004

Army Education Corps Officers Large Pattern Brass Button

Large pattern with fixed shank and blank reverse. Worn 1920 to 1946 (they acquired the title "Royal" in 1946). Circa 26mm in diameter. Good detail and condition, except for some verdigris to the reverse. Scarce.

Ripley No 539 refers.  read more

Code: 54177