8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 374:
Collection of Badges – Corps and Units in the British Army
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Start price:
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700
Buyer's Premium: 23%
VAT: 17%
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Collection of Badges – Corps and Units in the British Army
Approximately 80 badges of corps and units in the British army that served in Palestine.
The collection includes, among others, pins and buttons of: • Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S., women's auxiliary force). • Royal Engineers. • The Cheshire Regiment. • King's Regiment. • Royal Army Medical Corps. • Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). • Royal Army Ordnance Corps. • Royal Scots Greys. • The King's African Rifles (a British regiment which was recruited in the British colonies in East Africa). • Other units in the British Army.
The collection also includes a pin of the British Red Cross Society, "Red Cross Worker" pin, a number of Australian Army badges, two military ranks of the British Army, and more.
Total of approx. 80 items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
