21st Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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Major General Michael Trenchard Tennant, CB:- a Part Uniform, comprising a No.1 blues tunic with staybrite buttons, bullion thread embroidered scarlet gorgets, paratrooper arm insignia and medal ribbon bars for CB and General Service Medal, a No.2 service khaki tunic with similar buttons and insignia and gilt metal rank badges, a pair of no.2 service dress khaki trousers, a tropical service dress tunic and trousers, a greatcoat with leather football buttons, also an RAF peaked cap with bullion thread embroidered and gilt metal QEII crown cap badge with black mohair cap band and patent leather chinstrap (7)
Footnote:- Michael Trenchard Tennant was director of the Royal Artillery Charitable Fund from 1991 to 1994. He was the nephew of Major General Philip Thomas Tower, CB, DSO, MBE, GOC
Estimated at £300 - £400
The uniforms are:- No.1 service dress tunic 42" chest; No.2 service dress tunic 44" chest and trousers 36" waist; Tropical service dress jacket 42" chest and trousers 36"; greatcoat 44" chest; peaked cap 56.5cm.
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 21st Sep, 2022
The Militaria & Ethnographica offers over 450 lots.
Highlights include a rare 1943 US edition of the French 1939 Michelin Guide used during the D-Day landings, a Second World War RAF, RAAF and ROC Group of Nine Medals to Wing Commander William Anderson Beaumont, who survived four days and nights without food in the jungle and the uniform of POW Major General Philip Thomas Tower including his khaki greatcoat which became his escape outfit. Also included is a pair of 18th Century Percussion Duelling/Target Pistols by Twigg & Bass, London, circa 1780-83, a French 1830 Revolution Model Shako to d'Officer de Chasseur de La Garde Nationale and a Birmingham City Police Rose Top Helmet and an Isle of Man Police Force Ball Top Helmet.
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