3rd Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Victorian Sabretache and Shoulder Belt Pouch to the Royal Horse Artillery, each with raised gold bullion thread embroidery with crimson velvet legends on a dark blue wool field with gold lace borders and with dark blue morocco protective pouches, the sabretache with three gold lace trimmed morocco suspender straps with gilded metal lion head buckles, the shoulder belt pouch with gold lace and morocco shoulder belt with gilded metal oak leaf cast buckle and slide and flaming grenade cast terminal (2)
These items belonged to Neil Douglas Findlay (1859-1914) who was the first British General to be killed in the First World War
Sold for £420
Estimated at £400 - £600
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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