11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Second World War Polish Group of Seven Medals, awarded to 29349 Plut (Sjt) Sergiusz Matus, 4th Armoured Regiment, comprising Polish Cross of Valour, Polish War Medal, Monte Cassino Cross numbered 29349, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence and War Medal, court mounted.
Footnote :- No supporting paperwork but recipients details are confirmed on the War Relics forum.
Matus married Sarah Wilson Davidoff in Pancras in June 1951. He was naturalised 23rd March 1957, and resided in Wallesey, Cheshire.
Sold for £250
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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