11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Second World War/Post-War RAF Long Service Group of Five Medals, awarded to R1401049 SGT. R.(Raymond) H.(Harold) SMITH RAF, comprising Defence and War Medal, General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp ARABIAN PENINSULA (CPL), General Service Medal 1962-2007 with clasp SOUTH ARABIA (CPL), court mounted, together with his RAF Certificate of Service, letter of appreciation on his retirement, staybrite cap badge and Aden Veteran's lapel badge.
Sold for £100
Estimated at £150 - £200
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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