6th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
89
A First World War Trench Art Dinner Gong, made from a German brass shell case, the top stamped 129 POLTE MAGDEBURG JULI 1915, and later stamped SOMME, ARRAS, LONGUEVAL, HEBUTERNE, GUEDECOURT, GAVRELLE, FRICOURT, MONCHY, YPRES, CAMBRAI, PILKEM, BOURLON, LANGEMARK, FLESQUIRES, PASCHENDALE, HAVRIN COURT, 10TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS XX, set with a fuse to form the suspender, now with an oak barleytwist stand with beater, shell case 24cm diameter, 23cm high, stand 64.5cm high, 50cm wide.
Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 6th Dec, 2023
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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Tuesday 5 December 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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