County of Lancaster Rifle Association Team Large Wire Embroidered Blazer Patch Badge

Vintage, Lancaster, Lancashire Rifle Team shot wire blazer badge. VGC.  read more

Code: 741

2nd Phase c1953 Home Guard (HG) Mufti Lapel Badge

H.G. cold war period official issue lapel badge. Small white metal Crowned Order of the Garter bearing 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' motto, with embossed 'HG' initials to the centre, the reverse complete with original lapel horseshoe style fitting to be worn by a gentleman member in his civilian attire. Very good condition.

Height 26mm.

Home Guard buttonhole badge wa...  read more

Code: 494

Order of Buffaloes Sterling Silver Stick / Tie Pin Badge

Order of Buffaloes marked 'NEMO MORTALIUM OMNIBUS HORIS SAPIST' (No man is wise at all hours). Marked STERLING SILVER and Maker L. SIMPSON. Missing one of the 'glass' eyes, otherwise GC.

The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) is one of the largest fraternal movements in the United Kingdom. The order started in 1822 and has since spread throughout the former British Emp...  read more

Code: 424

Chartered Freeman of the City of Gloucester Gloucestershire Enamel Button Hole Lapel Badge

Lovely enamel Chartered Freeman of Gloucester badge. Maker 'H.W. MILLER Ltd BRANSON ST B'HAM. 18.' Comes in its vintage cardboard box. VGC.

Freeman of Gloucester Background:

A “Freeman” was a man who had certain rights and privileges within a city. In Gloucester this included:

Being able to sit on the Common Council of the City.
Preferential...  read more

Code: 369

c1952-56 West Riding of Yorkshire 35 Phase 2 Home Guard (HG) Shoulder Title Cloth Badge

Scarce hard to find, West Riding H.G. (2nd Phase) cloth 'flock' rubber backed shoulder title for Battle Dress. VGC.

New perceived threats to Britain during the ‘Cold War’ period, particularly the Berlin Blockade in 1948, added impetus to these discussions, which included the possibility of reviving the Home Guards as a defence against air landings (just as before), to help the p...  read more

Code: 332

Belgium 6th Region Army National Home Guard Pair of Collar Badges

Pr of vintage brass 6th (VI) Region Belgium / Belgique Army / Armee National Guard / Home Guard collars on lugs. Maker marked 'MCHELSEN'. VGC.  read more

Code: 287

1944 H.M. Silver WW2 18th Warwickshire (Coventry) Battalion Women's Auxiliary Home Guard (HG) Badge

Rare, 18th Warwicks Women's H.G. Aux silver badge maker marked THOMAS FATTORNI LIMITED
BIRMINGHAM and silver Hall Marks (HM) for B'ham 1944 ('U').  read more

Code: 189

c1936-39 National Defence Company (NDC) Officer's Service Dress (OSD) Cap Badge

A scarce circa 1936 to 1939 period N.D.C. Offr Pattern cap badge. Die-cast bronze crowned title circlet 'GRVI' cypher to voided centre. VGC complete with two blade fittings.

Height 39mm.

The National Defence Companies of the Territorial Army (TA) were a Voluntary Military Reserve Force of the British Army for the purpose of Home Defence in the event of war.  read more

Code: 163

cWW2 Women's Land Army (WLA) Cloth 'Unofficial' Shoulder Title Tab

Scarce piece of Home Front insignia. W.L.A. 'un-official' private-purchase shoulder title cWWII. VGC.  read more

Code: 144