6th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A First World War Casualty Group, awarded to 4554 PTE. (Lance Corporal) J.(JOSEPH) ISMAY, L.N.LAN.R., comprising 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Memorial Plaque in cardboard envelope of issue with Buckingham Palace award slip.
Footnote:- 4554 Lance Corporal Joseph Stoddart Ismay of WO 329 Company, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was born 30th November 1882, the son of Thomas and Agnes Nancy Ismay, of 127, Grey Rock Street, Liverpool.
He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme at Guillemont on 18th August 1916 aged 33 years, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Picardie, France. He is believed to have been related to the family of the White Star Shipping Line.
Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £180
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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