23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3005
A First/Second World War OBE Group of Eight Merchant Navy Medals, awarded to Captain William Hill, comprising OBE breast badge with case of issue and Grant, British War Medal, Mercantile Marine War Medal, 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star. Africa Star with MID rosette, Burma Star with MID rosette and War Medal, loosely mounted in a glazed oak display case with a silver and enamel medallion awarded by the shipping company Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd. to members of the crew of S.S. Mahseer sunk by enemy action 18th Ocotber 1941 with a typed award letter and a further medallion for S.S. Mahronda sunk 11th June 1942, together with, related paperwork and ephemera, two Continuous Certificates of Discharge, photographs, his cap badge, rank shoulder boards and cuff bands, buttons, a Merchant Navy silver matchbox holder, prints and documentation of the various ships on which he served, a single draw telescope and two books "Brocklebanks 1770-1950" by John Frederic Gibson; a First World War Pair, awarded to R4-062687 PTE.A.NURSE, A.S.C., comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal. (qty)
Sold for £450
Estimated at £400 - £500
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022
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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Tuesday 22 March 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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