The gallery presents an assortment of images of very varied items. Some are offered elsewhere on the website in one of our collections: these are marked “For sale” in the caption.. Others are items already sold or awaiting cataloguing. By clicking on the image a larger view will appear and you are able in most cases to see a brief caption. This is a very personal selection of items which we hope may be of some interest to visitors to the website and you are welcome to ask questions about any item by emailing batesandhindmarch@gmail.com or telephoning 01242 573767 or mobile 07966 176839. Gallery last updated 2nd July 2020
2nd Madras Light Cavalry Sowar by Yellapah of Vellore. Sold June 202022nd China War Medal 1861, disc only. For SaleDelhi Durbar 1903 - official directory. Sold March 2020Officer of the 57th Bengal NI photographed in the 1860s. For sale.. A selection of vellum bound books displayed on piece of Brussels tapestry. These and similar books are in stock and for sale.1911 Durbar cancellations on an envelope tp The Hon William Skinner. SOLD Feb 20201903 Durbar. Procession of Princes. For sale.Calcutta Scottish. Embossed regimental badge from an invitation . SOLD March 2020Royal button as worn on the Windsor uniform. ON a uniform worn by Lord ActonViscount Kitchener of Khartoum, Detail from a photograph in the Delhi Durbars catalogue. Sold July 2018Madras Staff Corps officer's large gilt button. For sale.MYSORE. Embossed arsm of the Maharaja on an invitation. For sale.Royal College Officer's Trench Boots. Sold September 2018Queen Victoria's signature on a grant of an order. 5 rupee stamp on two pages of similar stamps canclled on Ist January 1903 at the Delhi Durbar. SOLD Feb 2020Signed portrait of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, 1926 in English silvder frasme. SOLD September 2019Stamp on an envelope addressed to the Viceroy's Camp at Gwalior. Lord Elgin. For sale10th Madras NI. Early 19the century HEIC officer's button. For saleDetail of the Ensign in the last photographLord Curzon, reverse of large silver medal 1899. SOLD June 2019H H the Maharaja of Hutwa, a Johnston & Hoffmann portrait of about 1905. SOLD March 202060th Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Identified officers in a group portrait of the mid 1870s. Sold April 2018Heralds as the 1911 Coronation Durbar in Delhi. Sold January 2019Seringapatam Medal in silver gilt. SOLD October 2019Maharaja of Hutwa, circa 1905. Soon to be listed. SOLD March 2020Edward VII stamps cancelled at the Delhi Coronation Durbar of 1903. SOLD Feb 2020Edwardian RAMC officer's sword. For saleFrontispiece portrait from Lord Teignmouth's Life of Sir Willam Jones, 1804. For saleAllighur. The great fortress that was the taken by Lord Lake together with over 250 guns at the 1803 battle there during the Maratha Wars. A photogrpah from the 1860s. Sold May 2018Works by Sir John Malcolm in handsome bindings. SOLD March 2020Indian miniature of the Diwan -i-Am in the Lal Qila or Red Fort at Delhi. For saleGRI Cypher of the King Emperor George V. SOLDAn ADC to the Viceroy wearing a Mutiny Medal. SOLD March 2020Detail from a very large portrait of a Scottish lieutenant colonel. For saleBurma Railway, large 25mm white metal button. SOLD June 201936th Madras NI {Rifles} pair of epaulettes Sold 14.4.2018Wellesley's Despatches. A fine set from a nobleman's library. SOLD January 2020Lord Curzon & Ganga Singh Maharaja of Bikaner. Detail from a larger group portrait taken January 1902 on the Viceroy's Autumn Tour. detail from a photograph in the Indian Princes catalogue. Sold July 2018Lord Lytton, Viceroy, at the time of the 1877 Imperial assembly. SOLD March 2020Lord Curzon's signature on a letter to the Begum of Bhopal. SOLD November 2019embossed seal on a signed letter from Lt Col B McMahon. Military Secretary to Lord Linlithgow 1939 For saleCapt Birdwood, Probyn's Horse. A leather case. For sale6th KingEdward's Own Cavalry, a lieutenant colonel circa 1920. SOLD March 2020Maharajas Ganga Singh of Biknaner & Pratap Singhof Idar and Jodhpur in a 1911 Durbar album. SOLD Feb 2020Arms of a Rana General on a Nepal Christmas card. SOLD March 2020Royal Sussex Regiment. Cabinet card of a young subaltern. For SaleShoulder belt plate of the York Volunteers, 1790s.. Sold December 2018An Indian cavalry officer from a group photograph in Central Provinces, 1909. SOLDLord Northcote, Governor of Bombay 1899-1903 wearing the 1903 Delhi Durbar medal. SOLD Feb 2020Sir James Weir Hogg, Chairman of the East India Company, a miniature of circa 1850. SoldSignature of Edward, Prince of Wales on a souvenir programme of an entertainment at Bikaner. Sold January 2019Royal Company of Archers button. For saleJaora State armsH H Lt Col Sir Pratap Singh, KCSI, , Maharaja of Idar, circa 1897 . SOLD September 2018Agra. 19th century miniature of the Red Fort there. For sale.Bengal Irregular Cavalry Officer, SOLD June 2019Junagadh. A nobleman photograhed in 1892 by Poochee. Foir sale30th Foot, Cambridgeshire Regt. Badge on an ironstone plate. SOLD January 2020Officer's forage cap of 21st Empress of India's Lancers. SoldGen Sir Robert Napier KCB. in Viceroys Collection. For SaleOil Painting of Indian architectural interest. March 2020HRH Prince of Wales cdv. For saleJAIPUR. Gold embossed arms on a greetings card. For sale.Royal Company of Archers cdv For sale jun3Royal Order of Bhutan. For SaleDuke of Wellington's Regt, Officer's dress tunic. SOLD March 2020KSLI in Poona 1925. Lt Colonel, 2I/C, & Agjutant. FOR SALEGilt embossed royal arms on an official letter from a Viceroy of India.Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh of Bikamer, circa 1906. Sold Nov 2018Seal of Garter King Arms on an envelope which contained a grant of CSI - for sale together in Manuscripts collectionCapt W A G Burns, Coldstream Guards, ADC to the Viceroy Lord Linlithgow. SOLD August 2018HRH Prince of Wales later King Edward VIII] at Calcutta with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1921. SOLD 201918th Bengal Lancers, lt col and junior subaltern from a group portrait of the officers. SOLD Feb 20209 Ct gold Royal Artillery brooch with Elizabeth II crown. For sale.Fine 19th framed portrait of a Moghul Princess. For saleHarry Cumming-Bruce, [later Baron Thurlow] Seaforth Highlanders as ADC to Governor of Palestine. For saleGeorge III period small naive oil painting of an officer. For saleEmbossed arms on printed letter from King George VI 1947. For saleMaharawal of Pratabgarh, a large portrait. SOLD Macrh 2020Maharaja of Baroda, circa 1875-77. Sold October 2018Cherat, near Peshawar, detail from a photograph of 1890s with regimental badges carved into the rock, For sale.1903 Delhi Durbar "awaiting the arrival of the Viceroy. A group of officers chatting in the arena.Hardwar, a view of the temple with carved elephants in this holy city on the Ganges. Sold May 2018Stamps in a Directory 1911 SOLD3rd Bengal Cavalry button, supplier's label of 1879/ SOLD January 2020Corps of Guides & 45th Rattray's Sikhs from a large uniform print. FOR SALECameron Highlanders. 79th. A young ensign. For sale.Punjab Medal 1848-9. A glazed silver gilt specimen. For SaleSowar of the 2nd Madras Light Cavalry, circa 1830. 21st Empress of India's Lancers, Major's Victorian mess dress. SOLD September 2019Arms of the East India College on a certificate of 1855. For sale.Gaekwad of Baroda 1890s. Detail from a large group portrait. For sale Boulton's Medal for Trafalgar. For saleLarge silver presentation medals [52mm diameter] of Viceroys Lord Elgin and Lord Curzon. 1894 & 1899. Curzon sold June 2019. Elgin SOLD March 2020Vellum bound book with arms of Amsterdam. For sale71st Foot, Highland Light Infantry. For saleDelhi Durbar 1911. Embossed crest of the Govt of Bengal.Maharana of Udaipur. SOLDDatia state armsThe first Indian & Muslim to win a V.C. SOLD March 2019Viceroy Lord Minto with his staff, circa 1907. For SOLD March 2020Maharaja Holkar of Indore. Late 19th century portrait detail. For saleCentral India Horse, officer's button. SOLD October 2019HRH the Prince of Wales [later George V]. Detail from a phtograph in the Durbars collection. Sold July 2018Lord Curzon, Viceroy, wearing Star of India mantle and insgnia at the 1903 Delhi DurbarBharatpur. Arms of the State on a sword belt buckle. For sale.Detail from a coloured print of "nd Punjab Cavalry. SOLD September 2019Indian officers on the verso of a portrait of the Viceroy, Lord Curzon. For saleMaharaja of Patiala. a portrait in Wheeler's book on the 1903 Durbar SOLD January 2020Durbar Tour 1911 album. SOLD Feb 2020Detail from a photograph of the Umballa wedding of Captain A R Nutt in 1908. SOLD March 2020Late Victorian cavalry officer's sword belonging to the 21st Lancers officer whose uniform appears elsewhere. For saleTrotter arms from a family scrap album. For sale jun4/1Arms of the Honourable East India Company as appearing on a Covenant. Sold June 2019Rolls Royce Silver Ghost on loan to the Viceroy during WWI at Risalpur airfield. Bookplate of Sir Gore Ouseley [[1770-1844] Orientalist and diplomat. Sold January 2019MRI Cypher of the Queen Empress Mary .SOLDLord Minto arriving by motor car to view the Alwar stables 1909. SOLD MARCH 2020Guards Machine Gun Corps. For saleWedding group including the Viceroy, Lord Mayo, 1869-72. For sale A young prince just added SOLD Marchto the Indian Princes collection. An aristocratic young Indian. SOLD August 2019Pair of miniatures to Col F C Wemyss of the Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. For saleMYSORE. Embossed arms on an invitation FOR SALEA political office in Hyderabad. SOLD March 2020Mysore infantry. Embossed badge. soldNepal. Arms of the Maharaja of Nepal, 1940. For saleAm officer's tent in the Punjab dated 1857. SOLD March 2020Arms of Bahawalpur gold embossed on a menu card FOR SALELt Lord Glamis [Hon Patrick Bowes-Lyon) eldest brother of late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. SOLD March 2020Detail from a cavalry photograph, probably Hyderabad. Sold December 2018Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh of Bikaner. For SaleEast India Registers of the early 19th century. B & H reference library9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy 1894-9. A signed portrait9 SOLD March 2020 Arms of Dujana State on a card. Sold Bhopal state armsHunting tiger from elphant howdah in Cooch Behar. Detail from a part album. SOLD March 2020Cooch Behar. MAhafraja's monogram swith signature, 1902Adjutant of the Governor of Madras's Bodyguard, crca 1925, Capt Campbell Harris. SOLD May 2019Sir Robert Barclay KCB. A handsome armorial bookplate with the Assaye elephant shown in chief. SOLD March 2020East India Company's College arms on Malcolm's Central India. For saleSir Donald Mcleod, KCSI, CB, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab 1865-70 SOLD March 2020Metcalfe's House, used as a piquet during the siege of 1857, photographed shortly afterwards. SOLD March 2020RA hlemet plate on a home pattern helmet. For sale.Large silver medal given on the occasion of the Visit to India of HRH the Prince of Wales in 1875. SOLD April 20191911 Delhi Durbar, one of a group of photographs of the King Emperor & Queen Empress with their Indian royal pagesWarren Hastings Impeachment ticket. SOLD March 2020Embossed seal on a letter signed by Sir John Hubback, KCSI, For sale.Jind. Arms of the Maharaja of Jind on a greetings card. SoldColonel H H Sir Sajjan Singh, Maharaja of Ratlam, clate 1930s. SOLD March 2020Army of India official specimen medal with four scarce early clasps.For saleThe Viceroy at Calcutta 1912. SOLD Feb 2020A scarce portfolio with the full set of 32 coloured prints after Vincent Eyre. Sold 31st July 2018Arms of the Maharaja of Bikaner on a card. SOLD April 2019Maharaja of Kishengarh. For saleIndian Cavalry officer wearing 1903 Durbar medal. SOLD March 2020Detail from a large portrait of a Prince of Tripura. SOLD March 2020Dehra Dun. Tea Time for Planters in 1880. FSOLD March 2020Delhi Durbar 1911, official directory, Sold January 2019Lord Macartney, Governor of Madras 1781-85 Armorial bookplate. SOLD January 2019 Earl of Minto,unused bookplates. For sale individuallySurma Valley Light Horse, large white metal button. SOLD October 2019Maharaj Kumar Sardul Singh of Bikaner. For sale. jun25/3Lord Napier of Magdala - signed letter. For saleThe King's Indian Orderly Officers of 1932. SoldOfficer of the Seaforth Highlanders, circa 1912. SOLD March 2020Bombay Baroda & Central India Railway button. For SaleCentral India Horse, Colonel's dress tunic. SOLD Feb 2020Captain Skinner of the 31st Regt, one of the Cabul prisoners SOLD August 2018Indian Army Medical Corps. Gold and enamel brooch. SOLD 2020Cypher of King Carol I of Romania on a case for the Order of the Crown. For saleCadets at Rajkumar College. SOLD March 2020The Prince and Princess of Wales on their 1905/6 tour of India with the Maharajas of Bikamer, Alwar, and Idar. SoldUnicorn livery buttons. For saleHunting trophies in Northern India. SOLD Marh 2020HRH Edward, Prince of Wales [later Edward VII] in Grenadier Guards uniform, signed photograph. SOLD 20203rd Bengal Cavalry button 1879 SOLD January 2020Lord Mayo's Calcutta Opera Ticket. On his person whem he was assassinated in1872Madras commission, early 19th century. SOLD March 2020Unofficial gold clasp for the 1799 Seringapatam medal. SOLDGen Lord Kitchener of Khatoum, a signed portrait taken at the 1903 Delhi Durbar. SOLD Feb 2020Seringapatam Medal 1799. Silver gilt issue given to Field Officers/ For saleH H Raja of Chamba 1905 [right]. For SaleFrench Sepoys, a large lithographic print. SOLD Jan 2019Order of the Indian Empire, miniature. SOLD Feb 2020Pair of presentation portraits of King Emperor George V and Queen Mary in leather frames. Sold.21st Empress of India's Lancers - large badge from a kettle drum. SOLD September 2019Waterloo period button, Scots Guards, For saleBengal Staff Corps officer's large gilt button. For saleMaharaja Mahendra Singh of Patiala. SOLD March 2020Large collar badge on an officer's Edwardian dress tunic of the KOYLI. For saleAlwar, 1909. Detail from a view across the tank from the City Palace. SOLD March 2020Scarce enclosure ticket for the 1911 Durbar. SOLD Feb 2020Portrait of a Risaldar Major of the 7th Light Cavalry. SOLD August 2018Lord Raglan's bookplate in a biography of Lord Clyde. FOR SALEOfficial Viceregal letter and envelope. SOLD March 2020Lord Lytton, Viceroy 1876-1880. SOLD March 2020Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, detail from a fine signed portrait. SOLD March 3030Maharaja Jai Singh of Alwar at around the time of his accession in 1892.SOLD March 2020Illustration in a Durbar Souvenir. SOLD Feb 2020Judging gun dogs in Jind, Punjab. An album of 1927. SOLD By appointment to Lord Curzon on a portrait taken in Mhow. Lord Lytton in the specatacular mantle of the Grand Master of Most Exalted Order of the Star if India 1877. SOLD Feb 2020East India Company commission 1850s. For saleReverse of the 1903 Delhi Durbar Medal. For saleMaharaja of Vizianagram, a Bourne & Shepherd cdv from a small. For sale in Indian Princes collection. Shoulder board of A Military Knight of Windsor. For saleEast India Railway Volunteer Rifles button. For Sale6th Vol Bn Gordon Highlanders, For saleWarren Hastings. Trial Ticket. SOLD March 2020Arms of Maharaja of Kashmir on a letter, For saleMaharaja of Nepal, signed portrait. SOLD August 2018Embossed regimental badge, several others availabel at £4 each. For saleMalacca cane engraved in Bombay for a Sgt in the 20th Regt. For saleSigned portrait of the ruler of Kota. SOLD March 2020Arms of the Maharaja of Jodhpurs enamelled on a silver frame. SOLD September 2019Napoleon as First Consul, original aquatint of 1802.. SOLD March 2020H H the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda circa 1877. SOLD May 2019Assam Valley Light Horse, Menu holder. For sale jun25/4Lord Curzon. official directory for one of his annual Autumn Tours. SOLD March 2020General Sir Harry Lumsden, founder of The Guides. SOLDArmorial bookplate of Curzon, Barons Scarsdale. SOLD January 2019The young Maharaja of Hutwa, circa 1900. For sale.Early signed photograph of Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner. SOLDH H the Maharaja of Ratlam. SOLD March 2020Prince Aly Khan, son of Aga Khan III. SOLDEarl of Crewe's bookplate. Secretary of State for India 1910-15. SOLD Feb 202017th Cavalry 1903-22. On a greetings's card. SOLD March 2020Earl of Elgin 1894 large silver presentation medal. Sold March 2020Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde. A good cdv. FOR SALEGood photographic postcard of a member of the Viceroy's Body Guard. SOLD March 2019Maharaja of Jaipur, portrait on occasion of his Jubilee in 1947. Portrait in a greeting's card. For Sale|A Sikh Akali warrior in "The Durbar" by Menpes. SOLD August 2018East India Company FOR SALEark or chop on a surgeon's instrument box. See Indian Army Buttons for detailsGrand Tour souvenir belt buckle. For sale in the new Antiques collectionTurkish Crsimea Medal 1855, British issue. For SalePatiala. Gold embossed arms on a menu card. Unused example. For sale.Envelope from the Viceroy to an Indian Prince. SOLD March 2020Arms of Gwalior on a book about that state's part in the 1914-18 War. SOLDHenry Ward label to the back of a photdograph of a stuffed tiger 1876. For saleJunagadh, signature of HH Nawab Sir Mahahbat Khan III on an appointment document.,SOLD March 202011th Hussars, embossed badge on an invitation [for sale on our abebooks.co.uk inventory.Visit of Sir George Stanley to Parlakimedi Sold 17.4.2018Edeardian silver cigarette case with arms of Trinity College Cambridge. FOR SALEA desk set of reference books in quarter vellum, circa 1911. For sale.Lord & Lady Brabourne. Framed portraits at the time when he was Governor of Bengal in 1939. For sale.Indian Mutiny Medal, a glazed silver gilt specimen. SOLD March 2020A senior officer wearing a Waterloo medal by J E Ford/#. For sale2nd Bengal Lancers, Gardner's Horse. A good triple portrait. SOLD 12th June 201818th Bengal Lancers polo team with other photographs of their trophies . Sold march 2020Capt Frederick Makgill-Crichton-Maitland, Gordon Highlanders. A signed Edwardian portrait in dress uniform. SOLDSir Alexander Burnes, British envoy to Cabul, who was murdered there. Sold August York Volunteers. A silver gilt gorget of the 1790s. For saleLord Curzon at the time of the 1903 Delhi DurbarVictorian undress sabretache, 21st Empress of India's Lancers. SoldArmy of India Medal with 3 early clasps. Silver gilt specimen. SOLD November 2019Vith Inniskiling Dragoons, drum horse. Vintage photograph. For saleDelhi Durbar 1911, The Badshah silver medal given by the Maharaja of Patiala. Not yet for sale9th Bengal Cavalry, Hodson's Horse, porcelain disc circa 1860s. For saleA Sikh Sodhee descendant of Govind Singh. SOLD March 2019Viceroy Lord Minto with the Maharaja of Alwar taking the salute at a review in 1909. For saleViews in India 1835, coloured frontispiece/ SOLD March 2020Hallmarked silver Bramham Moor Hunt 1860/ For saleUnusual oil portait. For saleLord Curzon's signature on a formal letter from the Viceroy to H H The Begum of Bhopal. SOLD 2020Folding map of routes to India, late 19th century. sold21st Empress of India's Lancers. Major's shoulder chains, Edwardian period. SOLD September 2019Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior in mantle of Star of India. SOLD March 2020Needlework Polescreen with the arms of an officer who had served at Ghuznee in 1839. SOLD 14th June 2018Central India Horse. Menu holder hallmarked London 1905.The Prince of Wales [later King George V] returning from the military parade at Secunderabad during his 1906 visit to Hyderabad. sold July 2018The Master or Burleigh in Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders uniform. Portrait for saleOfficer of the madras Light Cavalry 1839. For sale21st Empress of India's Lancers. Military hunt waistcoat. SOLD December 2019De Luxe versions of some of the illustarted books on Royal Tours of India. Some available from time to timeMajor's dress tunic of the 21st Lancers. SOLD September 2019War Work 1915. Mary Howell. For sale1884 enamelled medal of the 2nd Life Guards. For sale.Northamptonshire Regt. Officer's badge on a blue cloth helmet 1881-1901. For saleJAIPUR Embossewds arms on a 1939 greeting's card from the Maharaja. FOR SALEThe Resident's Escort, Nepal 26mm. FOR SALE. Detail from a pencil sketch. SOLD spring 2020Northamptonshire & Rutland Militia officer's large silver plated button . Listed shortly36th Madras Infantry, HEIC. detail from an officer's epaulette. Sold 14.4.208Sikh Head Priest and group. An image in the Royal Tour of 1905-6 album by Johnston and Hoffmann. For sale.From the Durbar Tour Album of 1911 . SOLD Feb 2020Coldstream Guards officer's sword with uniform. SOLD August 2018Viceroy's Band. Medals named to a Sergeant. For SaleQueen Victoria. 80 the Birthday presentation pendant 1898 FOR SALEMenu holder engraved for the Prince of Wales's visit to Gwalior in February 1922. SOLD January 2019Arms of Patiala gold embossed on a menu card. For sale. Bharatpur, detail from a signed portrait dated 1941. For saleEarl Cornwallis. The last earl's bookplate in an 1859 book on the Punjab. SOLD March 2020Empress of India. Large silver medal. For sale.Reverse of the 1875 silver medal of HRH the Prince of Wales. SOLD April 2019Gwalior. Hand painted portrait of Maharaja Scindia on a limited edition of 12 de luxe copies of a book on the 1905 royal visit. SoldWaterloo relic. A 79th Highlanders button worn there. For saleQueen's Own Corps of Guides, and unusual button.SOLD January 2020Ashok Nath: Izzat. A very well illustrated work on the history, badges, and buttons of Indian cavalry regiments from the days of East India Conmpany to the present. Further details will appear soonMinaiture of the Golden Temple at Amritsar. SOLD January 2019Officer of Madras Light Cavalry. SOLDGeorge Jackson, commanding the 2nd Bengal Irregular Cavalry 1857/8 SOLD
