3rd Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
A Victorian Officer's Busby to the Royal Horse Artillery by Hawkes & Co., London, in black sable with crimson wool bag, gold cord triple cap line, black patent leather chin strap, leather and crimson silk lining with maker's gold stamped label, in black japanned tin with brass label engraved A.P.Heneage Esq., R.H.A., together with a white egret feather plume in black japanned tubular tin
Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300
There is some loss of sable with some loose patches, mostly around the underside of the back neck area. Small area of moth damage to bag. The tin is scratched, as is the plume tin which also has a dent.
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 3rd Dec, 2021
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.
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