6th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) Interest - a Composite Mess Dress Uniform to a Brigadier, comprising scarlet jacket with blue facings, later blue waistcoat and blue trousers - lacking scarlet side stripes; a Mess Dress Part Uniform to a Major, of scarlet jacket with green facings and green waistcoat with gilt ball and braid trim; a Mess Dress Part Uniform to a Corporal, comprising scarlet jacket, green waistcoat and black bow tie; also, a No.1 Dress jacket, five pairs of trousers and three pairs of overalls, all with red side stripes (17)
Estimated at £100 - £200
Composite Mess Dress Uniform to a Brigadier
Jacket - chest 100cm, length 59.5cm
Mess Dress Part Uniform to a Major
Jacket - chest 92cm, length 50.5cm
Mess Dress Part Uniform to a Corporal
Jacket - chest 102cm, length 48.5cm
5 pairs of trousers - waist 92cm, leg inseam 76cm
-waist 74cm, leg inseam 68cm
-waist 88cm, leg inseam 78cm
-waist 100cm, leg inseam 77cm
-waist 86cm, leg inseam 93cm
-waist 87cm, leg inseam 80cm
Other jacket - chest 96cm, length 75cm
Overalls - waist 88cm, leg inseam 81cm
- waist 114cm, leg inseam 90cm
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 6th Dec, 2023
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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