7th Dec, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A South Africa Medal 1834-1853, awarded to W.ROBERTS. 45TH REGT.
Footnote:- William Roberts served with the 45th Regiment of Foot (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters), in the Eighth Xhosa War. This was a war between the British Empire and Xhosa (known in the 19th century as the Kaffirs) as well as Khoikhoi forces, between 1850 and 1853. It was the eighth of nine Xhosa Wars.
Estimated at £600 - £700
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 7th Dec, 2022
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.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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