20th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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An East African Staff, circa 1930, the figural pommel carved as an Askari (locally recruited trooper) wearing a fez, belted tunic and shorts in the style of Thoma Ona Odulate, on a tapering cylindrical haft, 127cm; an East African Headrest, circa 1920, carved from one piece of light coloured wood, with narrow dished rectangular top on outswept supports carved with bands of leaves and joined by a coiled leather carrying handle, 19.5cm high (2)
Footnote:- Both items were brought back to the UK by the family of elderly relatives who had been stationed in East Africa just after the First World War.
Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £250
Staff with tiny chips to ears of the Askari, with a fine split to the fez, one eye set with an aluminium rivet, the other is missing a rivet. Small chip to the back of his tunic.
Headrest with a chip to the corner of one support.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 20th Sep, 2023
The sale will offer a range of good medals, including a rare silver medal struck to commemorate the death of Captain James Cook, and a Second World War MM Group of Eight Medals, awarded to Corporal Frank Shepherd of the 1st-5th Battalion the Queen’s Royal Regiment.
Amongst a good offering of militaria in the sale is a Victorian 1847 Pattern Gilt Brass Helmet to an Officer 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, a First World War Cameron Highlander’s Kilt and Sash which belonged to Private George Potts Brown, and an Early 19th Century Naval Officer’s Dirk.
A rare 19th Century Percussion Single Barrel Big Game Rifle by William Powell & Son of Birmingham leads a selection of fine guns in the sale, also of note are a Pair of 19th Century 40 Bore Side-by-Side Double Barrel Percussion Travelling Pistols.
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Tuesday 19 September 10am-5pm and the morning of sale from 8am
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