a Women's Voluntary Services Home Front Badge. Chromed badge with red enamel to the lettering and post 1953 Queen Elizabeth Crown, the reverse has maker's name W.J.Dingley Ltd of 77 Warstone Lane Birmingham 18. Good used condition with some light surface scratches to the metal, original pin fittings and no damage to the enamel
original boxed item, flat pebbled reverse, maker marked J. BALME SAUMUR, issued to 2e R E I 0948, ARGENT MASSIF (French Sterling Silver hallmark). Issued to a member (0948) of the 2eme REGIMENT ETRANGER d'INFANTERIE or 2nd FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION INFANTRY REGIMENT during the 1991 Gulf War, lot more info of the French assault on Wikipedia
a coppered spelter commemoration plaque of the 1917 Russian revolution which shows the warship Aurora in Petrograd. It has some mounting holes in the back, I have no idea what it was used for, a heavy spelter cast item with some of the edges have been knocked and the copper plate has been chipped or worn away. Unknown year of manufacture but a very nice