7th Dec, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Comprehensive Second World War Uniform to Colonel A R B Dobson, Royal Corps of Signals, comprising a No.1 Blues Dress Tunic with brass buttons and rank badges, with Second World medal ribbon bar; a No.2 Service Dress tunic with brass buttons, rank badges and Second World War ribbon bars; a Mess Dress scarlet jacket with bullion thread embroidered rank badges and bimetal collar badges, a black waistcoat and a side cap with bullion thread embroidered badge; a No.2 Dress tunic with rank badges to a Lieutentant Colonel, bronze collar badges and brass buttons, with inner pocket label inscribed to the rank of Major and dated 12.8.40, with a pair of matching trousers; a No.2 Dress tunic with brass buttons, rank badges, bimetal collar badges and Second World medal ribbon bar, the inner pocket labelled to the rank of Major and dated 18.7.41, with a pair of matching trousers; a No.2 Dress service cap, size 57cm, with a later post 1953 bimetal cap badge; a Battledress blouse with embroidered cloth rank badges and shoulder titles, Second World medal ribbon bar and lanyard, labelled Size 12A Height 5'9" to 5'10" Breast 42" to 43" Waist 40" to 42", dated 1952; two pairs of battledress trousers, one labelled Siz 18 Height 6'1" to 6'2" Waist 38" to 39" Seat 44" to 45" Leg Seam 34 1/2", dated 1954, and one labelled Size 15 Height 5'11" to 6' Waist 37" to 38" Breech 43" to 44"; a khaki side cap with economy plastic badge; a greatcoat with brass buttons and rank badges; a pair of brown leather long boots with laced and buckle strap fastenings, size 9 with beech trees; two wooden travelling trunks, each stencilled LT.COL.A.R.B.DOBSON (39825) WHITESTOCK, NR. ULVERSTON, ENGLAND, N.LANCS., containing ties, puttees, two pairs of brown leather gaitors, a leather sword frog, a leather marching compass case, two leather Sam Brownes, various leather and webbing straps, a pair of nickel box spurs, various brass rank and other badges etc (qty)
Sold for £420
Estimated at £500 - £600
Uniforms with some moth damage.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 7th Dec, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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