11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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An Indian Mutiny Medal 1858, with clasp CENTRAL INDIA, possibly renamed to JOHN DONOHUE, 88TH REGT. (Connaught Rangers); a Victorian Silver Plated Water Jug and Hinged Cover, repousse with a foliate cartouche engraved 'Presented by Lieut. E.J. Leahy to the Officers Mess of the North Cork Rifles, July 1858', together with printed research material; a Copy of an Indian Mutiny Medal, with clasp LUCKNOW, later engraved to GEO.BIRKS, 53RD REGT.; a Relief of Lucknow Commemorative First Day Cover, inset with a copy of an Indian Mutiny Medal (4)
Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250
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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