Lot 318:
Sold for: £32
Description
A large collection of military and scouting memorabilia comprising cloth insignia, metal badges, and uniform buttons. The group includes two olive green cloth shoulder slides embroidered with four silver-tone pips and the text FUSILIERS, alongside a variety of brass-tone military-style buttons featuring crowns and regimental crests. Notable cloth items include a large blazer-style patch for STUART S.C. BOWLING CLUB with a central castle and owl motif, and a brown cloth sash featuring a series of embroidered patches with text including FOOTPATH BROWNIE GUIDES, BROWNIE GUIDES, and GIRL GUIDES with associated symbols such as a tea cup, key, book, and spider web.
A quantity of enamel and metal pin badges is present, featuring a Guide Bronze Award, a RANGERS bar, a star-shaped badge for DEVON GUIDES, and a commemorative pin for TOP OF EUROPE JUNGFRAUJOCH. The lot also contains a cast metal plaque depicting a traditional scene with the Dutch inscription HET OUDE AMBACHT DE WAGENMAKER, and a silver-tone crest inscribed COURAGEOUS featuring a hand grasping a snake. Further items include several small keys, a Canadian flag pin, and a blue velvet-lined presentation box. A small orange booklet is partially visible, bearing the handwritten inscription Pre [illegible] B. J.
Condition report:
The collection is in varied vintage condition. Metal badges and buttons show surface oxidation, tarnishing, and minor scratches consistent with age, visible across all photos. Cloth patches and the Brownie sash exhibit minor fraying to edges and slight fading to the embroidery (photo 1). The metal plaque shows some surface pitting and darkening of the metal (photo 4). The orange paper booklet has visible creasing at the corners and light surface staining (photo 1).
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