20th Mar, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A French Model 1874 Gras 11mm Bolt-action Rifle, the 70.5cm barrel stamped with various proof marks, the action marked Manufacture D'Armes St. Etienne Mle 1866-74, M80, with hinged ladder rear sight, the walnut full stock with three brass barrel bands secured by steel spring clips, brass trigger guard and butt plate, the fore-end set with a later steel plate and leather band with studded decoration, two sling swivels and steel clearing rod, 117cm
Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £300
Action works. Rust pitting to metalwork but no holes of dents. Later mounts to the stock which has bruise marks.
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 20th Mar, 2024
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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