18th Sep, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
207
A First/Second World War Sketchbook, filled with pen and ink comic drawings and cartoons that ridicule the Germans and their allies, initialled J.E.T.(Thompson), and with dates from 1918 to 1952, with a related letter in a Marconigram envelope
Sold for £170
Estimated at £50 - £60
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 18th Sep, 2024
Highlights of the Militaria section include an interesting collection of items relating to Colonel Alwyn de Blaquiere Valentine Paget, a Gentleman at Arms (bodyguard) to King Edward VII, a Second World War RAF Sector Clock, used in operations' rooms to aid track and intercept enemy aircraft over Britain and two collections of badges, buttons and insignia. A good offering of Ethnographica in the sale is lead by a 19th Century Australian Aboriginal Parrying Shield, from the Lower Murray River Region.
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Tuesday 17th September 10am-5pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am
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