11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Memorial Plaque, to JAMES ROBERTS, in cardboard envelope, with two postcards home written in the same hand from Joe (James), and a French carved bone souvenir rosary with a Stanhope viewer set into the crucifix; a Memorial Plaque, to 79891 Gunner JOSEPH DOUGLAS LUCAS, 159th Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, with printed research material and a note stating that he died of the effects of heatstroke on 23rd July 1917 in Mesopotamia.
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 11th Dec, 2024
The sale will include a large selection of Victorian, First and Second World War and Post-War medals and Civil awards, and a variety of cap and other badges, cloth insignia and helmet plates.
A good private collection offers Victorian and Edwardian military headgear and a number of scarlet tunics to local regiments including the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) and the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Edged weapons include a private collection of British Cavalry swords, alongside bayonets and fighting knives; and from a further private vendor is a good collection of antique firearms, pistols and revolvers.
The ethnographic section of the sale will see notable tribal weapons from Fiji and Australia.
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Tuesday 10th December 10am-5pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am
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