18th Sep, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A First World War German Iron Cross, first class, with fluted screw-back fastening, the reverse of the upper arm stamped U-48 1914, together with typed reserarch material and a contemporary white metal U-Boat badge, the reverse with horizontal needle pin, stamped WALTER SCHOT (2)
Footnote :- Thought to have belonged to Heinrich von Hennig, Captain of the German submarine U18 which was sunk in Scapa Flow. He was captured with his crew and interned as a Prisoner of War in North Wales.
Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 18th Sep, 2024
Highlights of the Militaria section include an interesting collection of items relating to Colonel Alwyn de Blaquiere Valentine Paget, a Gentleman at Arms (bodyguard) to King Edward VII, a Second World War RAF Sector Clock, used in operations' rooms to aid track and intercept enemy aircraft over Britain and two collections of badges, buttons and insignia. A good offering of Ethnographica in the sale is lead by a 19th Century Australian Aboriginal Parrying Shield, from the Lower Murray River Region.
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