3rd Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
236
A British 1907 Pattern Bayonet by Wilkinson, the blade ricasso stamped with various inspector's marks, bend mark, maker's name and issue date for 1918, the wood grip scales with further inspection marks, with blued hilt, the pommel stamped 1S 150, with blued steel mounted leather scabbard; a US 1917 Bayonet by Remington, the ricasso stamped with eagle's head and flaming grenade, with black painted steel mounted leather scabbard, stamped M/53 W; a Japanese Arisaka Bayonet, the ricasso stamped with piled cannon balls, lacks scabbard (3)
Sold for £90
Estimated at £100 - £150
1 - Wear to bluing on hilt and scabbard mounts, minor scuffing to leather; 2 - Minor pitting to hilt, paint scrapes to scabbard mounts; 3 - Rust pitting to metalwork, with cracks and bruising to the grip scales.
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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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