Lot Essay
These items belonged to Captain A.H. Wilson, Royal Scots Greys, who served as a Sergeant at the Relief of Kimberley and was later commissioned as Quartermaster.His medals are offered in Lot 519.
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A Small Group of Badges mainly relating to the Royal Scots Greys
Including an officer's bi-metal cap-badge (lacking fixings), an officer's bronze Service Dress collar-badge (for left lapel); two Trooper's bi-metal cap-badges with tongue fastenings; two SNCO's arm-badges, one cast in silver (B'ham 1892) (broken and crudely repaired with solder), the other struck, in good white metal; two fine silver-plated Hanoverian Horse bearskin-badges; a QVC ornament for an officer's Full Dress waistbelt plate in the form of a crowned Thistle Star superimposed on the collar of the Order of the Thistle (all gilt rubbed); and a large Thistle in gold embroidery on blue cloth; together with badges and devices as follows: a good pair of brass shoulder-titles of the WEST LONDON REGT./VTC /HAMMERSMITH; a pair of white metal STs of the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles; a pair of officer's collar-badges of the Royal Signals; two pairs of Marksman's badges in gold embroidery on scarlet cloth; a four-bar chevron in gold lace on blue cloth backing; and a silver shooting-medal of the 20th Bn. CLVR (HM B'ham 1907) inscribed on the reverse WON BY CAPTAIN A.H. WILSON
Including an officer's bi-metal cap-badge (lacking fixings), an officer's bronze Service Dress collar-badge (for left lapel); two Trooper's bi-metal cap-badges with tongue fastenings; two SNCO's arm-badges, one cast in silver (B'ham 1892) (broken and crudely repaired with solder), the other struck, in good white metal; two fine silver-plated Hanoverian Horse bearskin-badges; a QVC ornament for an officer's Full Dress waistbelt plate in the form of a crowned Thistle Star superimposed on the collar of the Order of the Thistle (all gilt rubbed); and a large Thistle in gold embroidery on blue cloth; together with badges and devices as follows: a good pair of brass shoulder-titles of the WEST LONDON REGT./VTC /HAMMERSMITH; a pair of white metal STs of the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles; a pair of officer's collar-badges of the Royal Signals; two pairs of Marksman's badges in gold embroidery on scarlet cloth; a four-bar chevron in gold lace on blue cloth backing; and a silver shooting-medal of the 20th Bn. CLVR (HM B'ham 1907) inscribed on the reverse WON BY CAPTAIN A.H. WILSON