11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Victorian/First World War Long Service and Casualty Group of Five Medals with Memorial Plaque, awarded to 545 William Edward Gay Royal Garrison Artillery, comprising India Medal 1896 with three clasps RELIEF OF CHITRAL 1895, TIRAH 1897-98 and PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98 named 545 Gunner W.Gay. No.8 Mtn. By., R.A., 1914-15 Star (B.S.MJR.), British War Medal and Victory Medal (W.O.CL.II), and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (SJT.), swing mounted as worn, together with typed biography and research material including Medal Rolls, photocopy of Medal Index Card, and a Commonweath War Graves booklet and photograph of his gravestone at Ypres Reservoir Cemetary, Belgium
Sold for £480
Estimated at £400 - £500
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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