3rd Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A First World War Casualty Pair, awarded to 267636 PTE.W.(William) L.(Lodge) BOWER, W.RID.R., comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, with photocopies of Attestation, Medal Index Card, Record of Commemoration stating he was killed in action 12th April 1918 aged 30, and War Diary or Intelligence Summary for April 1918; two First World War Pairs, each comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, awarded to:- L-45108 SJT.C.(Charles) W.MOTT, R.A., with photocopy of Medal Index Card and identity bracelet, and 57197 PTE.J.S.SMITH, (8th) W.YORK.R., with a Buckingham Palace letter welcoming him home as a P.O.W.; two Single First World War Medals:- British War Medal to 202353 PTE.W.(William) RUDDY, W.RID.R., and Victory Medal to 107847 GNR.F.(Fred) RAWNSLEY, each with a Victory medallion "A Token of Gratitude From Brighouse 1914-1918" and research Material; a Mercantile Marine War Medal, to (Fireman) WILLIAM ROBINSON, with printed Commonwealth War Graves Commission sheet stating he served on S.S. Ovid (London) and died 25th November 1917 aged 39, from Brisbane, Australia (11)
Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £180
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 3rd Dec, 2021
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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