Military & Other Services Uniform Buttons

Lot 4871    Session 17 - (11:30am Friday 3rd August)    Military & Other Services Uniform Buttons

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $160

VICTORIA, buttons for Victorian Volunteer Service, 1870-80, in silvered (22mm), marked A.G. Extra Plated (1); Victorian Volunteer Service, c1875, in white metal (22mm), by Smith & Wright, Birmingham (2), (15.5mm), marked Treble Rich Standard (2); Victorian Rifle Regiments, 1880-90, in gilt (23mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne (3), another unidentified similar button in oxidised bronze (21.5mm), no maker but engraved on reverse at the top is a swan swimming to the left and at the bottom a ribbon scroll with the motto, 'PERSTA ET PRAVALE' (possibly a Western Australian rifle regiment) (1); Victorian Military Forces, 1893-1901, in white metal (23mm), by Lincoln Stuart & Co, Melbourne (1), in brass (18mm), by Bowley & Co, Melbourne (1), by W.Moncton, Melbourne (1), (16.5mm), by Bowley & Co, Melbourne (3), 1901-03, in white metal (16.5mm), by Bowley & Co, Melbourne (2), another but with long screw fitting over maker's naming area (1); Victorian Volunteer Cadets, 1893-1901, in brass (23mm), by Lincoln Stuart & Co Ld (1), (17mm), by Bowley & Co, Melbourne (3), by Lincoln Stuart & Co, Melbourne (1), no maker's name (3), (16mm), by Green & Baker, Birmn (1), marked Extra Rich Quality (1, with long screw fitting). Fine - good very fine. (28)