An interesting group of militaria, including a collection of scarce British and British Indian Army badges, buttons, and titles from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mounted on three partly filled shield-shaped boards.

• Indian Army head-dress badges, pagri badges, and uniform buttons including '4th Infantry Hyderabad Contingent Infantry' (buttons x 3, cap badge, shoulder title, collar badge and a pouch belt plate with VR monogram); an unidentified caparisoned elephant badge, titles - 97th Deccan, 94th Russells badge and button, and 95th Russells, 96th Berar badge and button, 97th Deccan Infantry small badge, 98th button, etc
  
  
• British badges comprising: Victorian Royal Highlanders Black Watch, Royal Leicestershire with Hindoostan title, a further larger tiger badge, possibly from a Leicestershire Regiment pouch, Royal Irish Constabulary, King's Own Scottish Borderer's, Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars), Royal Munster Fusiliers, Royal Artillery, Yorkshire Regiment, a shako badge with royal motto, sold together with a Gallipoli Star, and other titles, including Dover College Officer's Training School, Middlesex, Royal Dublin Fusiliers; and buttons including Royal Engineers Volunteers, Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), Royal Naval Reserve etc etc
• A small quantity of loose badges including a 97th Deccan Infantry menu holder, together with a small group of banknotes
  
• A black and white regimental group portrait, framed, 31cm x 26cm overall

Provenance: Lieutenant-Colonel W.C Kirkwood, 97th Deccan Infantry (late 4th Infantry Hyderabad Contingent)