Prior to 1767 buttons in the British Army bore no regimental designs or identifications. The infantry and cavalry were , in 1751, numbered in order of precedence, the infantry from 1 to 70 and the cavalry, excluding the household cavalry and dragoon guards from 1st to 13th Dragoons. The infantry after 1751 became know as regiments of foot i.e. 10th Regiment of Foot

The end of a quarter-century of war with the French brought the usual post-war army cuts even though Britain had acquired a vastly larger empire. Some of these reductions proved premature, and the 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, and 99th Regiments of Foot were added to the British Army in 1823-24.

Victorian brooch - male in military uniform signed Mc Donald

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918)

THE ESSEX REGIMENT Formed in 1881 from The 44th. (East Essex) Regiment of Foot (1st Battalion) & The 56th. (West Essex) Regiment of Foot. (2nd Battalion). Nicknames:- "The Two Fours", "The Little Fighting Fours", "The Pompadours" & "Saucy Pompeys.

Military badge

Domine dirige nos

Lord, direct us —motto of the City of London

Superb WWII find

Maginot line unit insignia, in use between 1936 and 1940

"They shall not pass" (French: "Ils ne passeront pas/On ne passe pas";

It was most famously used during the Battle of Verdun in World War I by French General Robert Nivelle (although some have attributed it to his commander, Philippe Pétain). It appears on propaganda posters, such as that by Maurice Neumont after the Second Battle of the Marne, which was later adopted on uniform badges by units manning the Maginot Line.

Essex Regiment cap badge

THE ESSEX REGIMENT Formed in 1881 from The 44th. (East Essex) Regiment of Foot (1st Battalion) & The 56th. (West Essex) Regiment of Foot. (2nd Battalion). Nicknames:- "The Two Fours", "The Little Fighting Fours", "The Pompadours" & "Saucy Pompeys.

Prt of a two piece fusiliers shoulder title (Could be Lancashire, Royal, Scots, Irish, Munster Dublin, Northumberland

Part of an WW1 8th Btn Territorial shoulder title (regiment missing, but the 8th Btn Essex were a cyclist btn).

May be part of loyal suffolk hussars (yeomanry) or post 1922 royal inniskilling fusiliers

WW 1 Boys Life Brigade belt buckle

British WWI Imperial Service badge

WWI 156th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF

The Battalion was raised in Leeds and Grenville Counties of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Brockville under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S.S. Northland on October 18, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel T.C.D. Bedeil with a strength of 28 officers and 778 other ranks, arriving on the 28th. Once in England, the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 2nd, 21st and 38th Infantry Battalions, the P.O.C.O.I. and the 6th Reserve Battalion. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920.

WWI Army lapel badge

Royal 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry

Hello,
I am metal detectorist from Czech Republic. I am also a big fan of your web sites and noticed that you have wrong inclusion of your artifact. In the middle of this page http://www.colchestertreasurehunting...essmounts.htm# you have harness with two tale lion"19th century harness decoration" but this is completely wrong. Is it a kind of cap badge from czechoslovakian army from period of the first republic (1918-1938) also used by czechoslovakian troops in foreign during WW2 https://panenske-brezany.muzeumbrand...jenska-vystroj .

Yours faithfully


Viktor Vrkoč

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918)

Army regiment badge

HONI SOIT QUI MAN Y PENSE

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

WWI Essex federation enamelled badge

Army badge -Yorkshire Light Infantry ?

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

Army badge -Yorkshire Light Infantry ?

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

NZASC badge

WWII New Zealand Army service corp

WWII Womans land Army badge

With the country at war and all able-bodied men needed to fight, there was a shortage of labour to work on farms and in other jobs on the land. At the same time it was becoming increasingly difficult to get food imported from abroad, so more land needed to be farmed to provide homegrown food. The Women's Land Army provided much of the labour force to work this land.

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918)

Army regiment badge

HONI SOIT QUI MAN Y PENSE

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

1937 Ardleigh British legion badge - Birmingham assay office

Jeffery Colchester

Maker W.H.H

Original Queens Own Dorset Yeomanry Regiment Cap Badge - FIRMIN LONDON

1908 WWII Essex Yeomanry cap badge

King Crown

1908 WWII Essex Yeomanry cap badge

King's Crown

WW1 badge

The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It came into existence in England in 1689, as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot

WWII Queen Mary Regiment badge

Surry Yeomanry

Merchant Navy Seaman's MN On War Service Lapel Badge British Naval

King George V bestowed the title of "Merchant Navy" on the British merchant shipping fleets following their service in the First World War; a number of other nations have since adopted the title.

Merchant Navy Seaman's MN On War Service Lapel Badge British Naval

King George V bestowed the title of "Merchant Navy" on the British merchant shipping fleets following their service in the First World War; a number of other nations have since adopted the title.

Great find - Royal Army Ordnance plated belt buckle complete