23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3045
A First World War Trio, awarded to 18-1655 CPL.S.(Samuel) B.(Balmforth) WOOD, W.YORK:R., comprising 1914-15 Star (PTE.), British War Medal and Victory Medal, loosely mounted on a card display with cap and collar badges, shoulder title and Bandsman trade badge, together with portrait postcards, further trade badges, related ephemera, a short biography and sheet music in a small suitcase stamped S.H.W.
Footnote:- Samuel Barmforth Wood (1896-1977) was born in Pudsey, West Yorkshire. His father John was a professional musician and from whom he inherited a talent for music. He was taught to play the trumpet at 5 years old and at the age of 10 years he performed at the Theatre Royal in Leeds and was a King's Trumpeter. He served as a stretcher bearer in the First World War and joined the 2nd Bradford Pals band as solo cornet. On the eve of his 21st birthday he became the youngest bandmaster in the British Army. After the War he went on to study music and obtained a degree of Bachelor of Music. He composed over 2,000 pieces of music, including forty signature tunes, the most famous being the march "West Riding", which was written for the Brighouse and Rastrick Band.
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Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 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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