Militaria & Ethnographica
Lots: 458
The Militaria and Ethnographica Sale at Tennants Auctioneers on 18th March is set to include over eighty lots of medals, such as a Second World War D.S.C. Group of Medals, awarded to Lieutenant Commander James Ian Curickshank R.N.V.R, and a Private Collection of Army Temperance Badges. A Private Collection of Cap and Headdress Badges and Accoutrements, which includes over eighty lots with examples from the Indian and South African Armies.
Interesting lots of Militaria include Four Early 19th Century Mosaic Roundels, which were once set into the floor of the Guards Chapel in Wellington Barracks, London and a Pair of Second World War German Kriegsmarine 10x80 Deck Binoculars from the S-Boat Tender Ship ‘Tsingtau’. Amongst the helmets and uniforms in the sale are a Second World War German Luftwaffe Paratrooper’s (Fallschirmjäger) M38 Single Decal Helmet and a Post-1902 Full Dress Uniform to a Trooper 16th Lancers.
Moving onto weapons, there is an interesting 19th Century French Romantic Dagger decorated with a medieval huntsman mounted on a rearing horse and fighting a wildcat, a good Pair of Early 19th Century Scottish All-Steel Flintlock Belt Pistols by Daniel Ross of Edinburgh, a 19th Century 4 Bore Percussion Wildfowling Gun, and a Private Collection of 19th Century Powder Flasks.
Ethnographic and Tribal Art from across the world includes three rare Late 18th/Early 19th Century Pre-Contact Australian Aboriginal Boomerangs, an Early 19th Century Australian Aboriginal Sword Club, and two good Early 19th Century Fijian Ulas or Throwing Clubs.
