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Permanent pass issued to Pte Skinner 2nd Bn The Black Watch R.H.R. 12th Dec 1947. You will notice the badge depicted on the front matches the 1st...

WW1 silk card with some loss of thread. Embossed card border.

1st Bn Sergeants Mess dessert spoon. By Thomas Daniel & Thomas Arter, 'A' grade electroplate with hatched globe trademark post 1882.

Group of Officers 2nd Bn 1890s. The Bn was in Limerick 1890; Glasgow 1893; Edinburgh 1894; York 1896 and Aldershot 1898.

Territorial 2nd L/Ts OSD collar and large pips.

Scarce charity stamp issued in the 1920s for the building of the Scottish National War Memorial.

Bandsman J. Campbell has moved on to another home,additional information no longer required.

Please note the collection has been sold.

That is just as reasonable a guess as any of the others.

did anyone else find anything about Henry Forker? theres a few newspaper articles mentioning him but no photo as yet

Seems logical. Sadly, we’ll never be sure. Has anyone encountered a badge numbered in this manner??

If it were me I would be inclined to go one of two ways. Clockwise from top left making it 6843 or top left, right - bottom left, right making it...

Thanks Mike. That makes sense. Well, at least we can narrow it down to 4 likely candidates!

Assuming that the inscriptions are indeed the wearer's service number and assuming that the service number begins with one of the digits at the top...

an interesting QVC ORs badge. On the reverse, each end of the cross is struck with a number, perhaps representing a service number (?).

a silver sweetheart pin...

Tortoise shell and silver sweetheart badge hallmarked FRG Birm 1917 (Fredrick Gomm). Mounted with a hand engraved badge.