3rd Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Second World War Part Uniform and Equipment, to Major Harry Heptinstall, REME, comprising a greatcoat, a battledress blouse and trousers, a pair of leather spats, a pair of webbing spats, a rubberised cape/groundsheet, two kit bags, a quantity of webbing belts, a stable belt, webbing bag, four shell dressings, a field cap, a beret, a Gunner's quadrant in leather case, a leather ammunition belt, a pair of spectacles, rank badges, embroidered shoulder titles and 5th Indian Division patches etc, together with a printed record of service, in a leather cabin case and a modern suitcase.
Harry Heptinstall enlisted at Leeds on 24.5.43 with the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers. He served at home until he was posted to India, where he landed on 15.11.44
Sold for £400
Estimated at £100 - £150
The battledress blouse has a label Size No.10 Height 5'9" to 5'10", Breast 36" to 37" and Waist 31" to 32", dated 1943.
The battledress trousers have a label Size No. 13 Height 5'11" to 6', Waist 33" to 32", Breech 39" to 40", dated 1942.
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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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