21st Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
  Lot 2238
 

2238

A Small Quantity of Assorted Military and Other Costume, including a horsehair trimmed leather sporran, a Forbes tartan kilt and plaid, a twee kilt, a pair of tartan trews, three pairs of No.1 blues dress trousers, a piper's green waistcoat, two berets, a glengarry cap, a khaki tam o'shanter, pair of wool stockings etc

Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £150


 

Glengarry cap size 7; Tam o'Shanter size 60; maroon beret - no size, red beret size 57; trews labelled Size 9 (Waist 34"-35", Seat 40"-41", inside leg 28"); blues trousers with white side stripes waist 33", outside leg length 37"; Life Guards trousers labelled Size 1; blues trousers with pale blue side stripes labelled Size 24 (Waist 33", inside leg 33 1/2"); waistcoat labelled S (44" chest); both kilts 38" waist.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 21st Sep, 2022

The Militaria & Ethnographica offers over 450 lots. 

Highlights include a rare 1943 US edition of the French 1939 Michelin Guide used during the D-Day landings, a Second World War RAF, RAAF and ROC Group of Nine Medals to Wing Commander William Anderson Beaumont, who survived four days and nights without food in the jungle and the uniform of POW Major General Philip Thomas Tower including his khaki greatcoat which became his escape outfit. Also included is a pair of 18th Century Percussion Duelling/Target Pistols by Twigg & Bass, London, circa 1780-83, a French 1830 Revolution Model Shako to d'Officer de Chasseur de La Garde Nationale and a Birmingham City Police Rose Top Helmet and an Isle of Man Police Force Ball Top Helmet.

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