11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
75
A Collection of Eight Japanese Medals, all in original boxes, comprising Manchuria National Foundation Merit Medal 1933; Showa Enthronement Commemorative Medal 1928; Russo-Japanese War Medal 1904-1905; Taisho Enthronement Medal 1915; Order of the Sacred Treasure 7th Class; Order of the Rising Sun 7th Class with rosette; Imperial Japan 2600th National Foundation Medal 1940; and Order of the Sacred Treasure 5th Class (8)
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £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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