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Lot 46:
Description
A collection of British and Commonwealth military and civil service items. The group includes a circular Silver and blue enamel Royal Observer Corps lapel badge, surmounted by a Tudor crown, featuring a figure with a torch on a coastal cliff and the motto FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED. A circular Silver Indian service medal is included, featuring the Lion Capital of Ashoka and Devanagari script, suspended from a red and white striped ribbon. The collection also contains a black fabric POA patch with a red border and blue saltire, a brass bar pin embossed FRONTIERSMEN, and a Silver German wound badge depicting a Stahlhelm over crossed swords within a laurel wreath. Further items include a Silver and brass Royal Corps of Signals cap badge featuring Mercury on a globe, a Silver Light Infantry horn badge, a circular white metal commemorative medal with a drilled hole, and a circular metal tin with an embossed lid reading 100 SACCHARIN TABLETS FULL STRENGTH Boots.
Diameter: 3.6 cm.
Width: 15 cm.
Condition report:
The Indian medal ribbon shows significant fraying and a loose thread at the top (photo 1). The German wound badge exhibits extensive surface wear and loss to the silver finish on the raised helmet and wreath details (photo 1). The POA fabric patch has loose threads at the edges (photo 1). The Frontiersmen pin and Signals badge show surface oxidation and patina consistent with age. The Boots tin has minor surface scratches and darkening to the metal.
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