23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3117
A Second World War 1940 Pattern Greatcoat to a Lieutenant 16th West Riding Home Guard, with brass buttons and rank pips, and cloth divisional arm insignia, labelled Size No.4 (39" to40" chest); two Second World War Home Guard Battledress Blouses, one in wool serge with cloth insignia and divisional patches to 1 Buxton, labelled size 36" to 37" chest, the other in green denim, with rank pips to a Lieutenant, Home Guard armband, lanyard and First World War medal ribbon bar, labelled Size 9 (38" to 40" chest); a 1939 Pattern Greatcoat, with Home Guard shoulder titles, cloth insignia H/28 and rank chevrons to a Corporal, labelled Size No.3 (36" to 38" chest), dated 1940; a Pair of Serge Battledress Trousers, labelled Size No.13 (33" to 34" waist)dated 1941 (5)
Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £180
1 - Small areas of moth damage, otherwise good.
2 - Serge example has small areas of moth damage; denim example has soiling around the collar.
3 - Areas of moth damage, rank chevrons are a little shabby.
4 - Small darned repairs to both legs.
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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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