Lot 501: An Assortment of Vintage Costume Jewellery, Military Cap Badges, and Hand Painted Fans
This lot comprises a varied collection of early-to-mid 20th-century personal accessories and military accoutrements. Military interest is represented by a Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI) white metal cap badge and a brass Royal Artillery cap badge. Uniform components include a pair of navy blue fabric shoulder boards featuring gold-tone metal Rod of Asclepius insignia and brass buttons. Textile insignia includes an embroidered Cornwall district patch with the traditional fifteen bezants and a circular Royal Life Saving Society Medallion patch. A plastic container holds a quantity of vintage brass and stay-brite service buttons, some featuring royal crests. The lot features two decorative folding hand fans with lace leaves, hand-painted floral motifs, and gilt-painted sticks. Jewellery components include a silver-tone stag brooch with three pearl-effect cabochons, a carved black butterfly brooch, a graduated faux-pearl necklace with gold-tone clasp, an opal-set stick pin, and a tusk-form pendant with a silver-coloured mount. Further items include two lady’s wristwatches on expanding metal bracelets, a United States quarter dollar coin, an ankh-shaped pendant, and an enamel Robertson’s mascot badge.
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