11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Collection of Eleven British Senior Police Officer's Cap Badges, each with chromed finish with enamelled circlet, comprising two pre-1953 examples to Metropolitan Police and Lancashire Constabulary, nine post-1953 examples to Metropolitan Police x 2, Staffordshire Constabulary, East Sussex Constabulary, Hertfordshire Constabulary, Preston Borough Police, Gloucestershire Constabulary, Lancashire Constabulary, Dyfed-Powys Constabulary, and Lancashire Constabulary, each with two lug fasteners excluding the last example, all loosely mounted on a display card.
Sold for £650
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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