21st Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
2366
A Small Kukri, the 23cm curved steel blade with chiselled decoration to the back edge, the horn grip with silver bolster, foliate stamped collar and pommel cap, in a leather scabbard with similarly mounted sharpening knives; a Nepalese Kukri, each side of the 31cm blade with incised line and half moon decoration to the back edge, the wood hilt with steel bolster and inset with white metal studding, with leather scabbard; an Indian Kukri, each side of the 31.5cm curved steel blade with narrow double fuller to the back edge, the horn grip with brass bolster and pommel cap, the leather scabbard set with two sharpening knives (3)
Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150
All with grey patching to the blades and scuffing to the leather scabbards.
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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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