THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT

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Victorian Officer's 1896-1898 forage cap badge.
worn on the peaked forage "station master" cap.

SP-GILT

Good very scarce die-stamped gilt star mounted with silvered HINDOOSTAN scroll, Royal Tiger, Harp and LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT scroll.
Loops. Toned.  read more

Code: 54290

THE RIFLE BRIGADE

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WW2 ECONOMY PATTERN

PLASTIC KC

K&K 2262  read more

Code: 54389

THE ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS

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OTHER RANKS
FUR CAP POST 1922 BADGE

B

K&K 968  read more

Code: 54392

ITALIAN WW2 INFANTRY & MACHINE GU

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1934 ITALIAN CEREMONIAL
SHOULDER PLATE


During the Interwar period, the army was initially focused on border security in the Alps and on the Italian-Yugoslav border. It supported Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime because of its expansionist ideology and reversal of previous governments' defense cuts. In the 1930s, the army participated in the final subjuga...  read more

Code: 54372

POLAND: CROSS OF MERIT CIVIL BRONZE AWARD

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3RD CLASS ORDER
POLISH PEOPLES REPUBLIC
1947 to 1989
With box of issue & miniature medal

At the time of its establishment in 1923, the Cross of Merit was the highest civilian award in Poland. It was awarded to citizens who went beyond the call of duty in their work for the country and society as a whole. May be awarded twice in each grade to the sam...  read more

Code: 54376

POLAND: ORDER OF POLONIA RESTITUTA KNIGHT'S CROSS

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5TH CLASS ORDER
POLISH PEOPLES REPUBLIC
1947 to 1989
With box of issue & Two miniature medal


After World War II both the Polish government-in-exile and the Communist People's Republic of Poland, aligned with the Warsaw Pact, awarded the order, though the versions differed slightly. Despite communist control, the order's prestige remained saf...  read more

Code: 54377

POLAND: CROSS OF MERIT CIVIL GOLD AWARD .

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1st CLASS ORDER
POLISH PEOPLES REPUBLIC
1947 to 1989
With Fitted box of issue

At the time of its establishment in 1923, the Cross of Merit was the highest civilian award in Poland. It was awarded to citizens who went beyond the call of duty in their work for the country and society as a whole. May be awarded twice in each grade to the same person.  read more

Code: 54378

POLAND: MEDAL FOR THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEOPLES POLAND REPUBLIC

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(Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej)
Established on 23 May 1954

Polish civil state award established by the Council of State on 23 May 1954 to recognize services to the state.
It was created to mark the tenth anniversary of the post-World War II establishment of communist Poland,
identified with the PKWN Manifesto of 22 July 1944.
The medal was ...  read more

Code: 54393

FRANCE: MEDAILLE MILITAIR

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(MILITARY MEDAL)
3rd Republic, 1870 to 1951
In its titled card box of issue

military decoration of the French Republic for other ranks for meritorious service and acts of bravery in action against an enemy force. It is the third highest award of the French Republic, after the Legion of Honour, a civil and military order, and the Order of Liberation, a Se...  read more

Code: 54394

POLAND: MEDAL FOR THE 5OTH ANNIVERSARY OF 2OTH INFANTRY DIVISION

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INTERBELLUM PERIOD
1978 (Crowned Eagle) Award
Scarce.

20th Infantry Division (Polish: 20. Dywizja Piechoty) was an infantry division of the Polish Army during the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. It was formed in 1920 from the reorganization of the 2nd Lithuanian-Belarusian Division. Stationed in Baranavichy (Polish: Bar...  read more

Code: 54395