6th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
A First World War 1846 Pattern Naval Officer's Sword, the 79cm single edge fullered steel blade etched with crowned GvR cypher and fouled anchor, with PROVED poincon, the brass gothic hilt with hinged guard engraved with the officer's name J.McD. HODGSON, with wire bound fishskin grip, lion head pommel with long mane, and with brass mounted leather scabbard, 95cm
Footnote:- J. McD. Hodgson is believed to have fought at the Battle of Jutland
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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