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Lot 44:
Description
A collection of British and Commonwealth military and civilian memorabilia spanning the 20th century. The group includes a silver Sangram Medal, featuring the State Emblem of India on the obverse with the inscriptions संग्राम मेडल and SANGRAM MEDAL, suspended from a red ribbon with three white vertical stripes. Also included is a curved brass shoulder title with raised lettering reading FRONTIERSMEN, and an enamel Royal Observer Corps lapel badge featuring an Elizabethan coast watcher with the motto FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED beneath a Tudor crown. A German WWI Black Wound Badge is present, featuring a steel helmet over crossed swords within a laurel wreath. Further insignia includes a bi-metal The Blues and Royals cap badge depicting a rearing horse, a silver bugle-shaped Light Infantry badge with a central crest, and a cloth POA shield patch with a blue saltire on a white ground. The lot is completed by a silver medallion with a coat of arms inscribed FESTAL 1910, and a circular metal tin for Boots Saccharin Tablets.
Width (Frontiersmen badge): 50 mm.
Condition report:
The Sangram Medal ribbon shows fraying and loose threads at the top (photo 1). The German Wound Badge exhibits significant surface oxidation and a darkened patina (photo 2). The saccharin tin has surface scratching and areas of oxidation to the lid (photo 3). The Royal Observer Corps badge enamel appears intact with no visible losses (photo 3).
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