7th Sep, 2016 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 237
 

237

A Second World War ";D-Day"; Denison Smock, to Captain Michael ";Mike"; Boyd Reynolds, Commander of

A Second World War "D-Day" Denison Smock, to Captain Michael "Mike" Boyd Reynolds, Commander of A Troop, 48 Royal Marines, with worn and indecipherable label and owner's embroidered name tag.
**Captain Reynolds was seriously wounded at St Aubin to the eastern end of Juno Beach on D Day

Sold for £450
Estimated at £400 - £500


 

Provenance: From a small private museum. Numerous tears and holes - some quite large. Considerable fraying to collar, cuffs and hem, numerous oil (?) stains. Generally appears rather washed out.

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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 7th Sep, 2016

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