11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Queen's South Africa Medal, 1899, with five clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and SOUTH AFRICA 1902, awarded to 6273 PTE.B.KING, D. OF C. L.I., together with a woolwork belt hand embroidered by the recipient, and related ephemera including photocopy of medal roll, a small studio photograph of the recipient wearing his medal, his Permit to Travel, his Marriage Certificate dated 1907, the Birth Certificate of his daughter dated 1912, a postcard photograph addressed to a relative residing at Albert St., 'Joebug', Transvaal, a hand written letter regarding the renewal of his will after the death of his wife,
Sold for £150
Estimated at £150 - £200
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 11th Dec, 2024
The sale will include a large selection of Victorian, First and Second World War and Post-War medals and Civil awards, and a variety of cap and other badges, cloth insignia and helmet plates.
A good private collection offers Victorian and Edwardian military headgear and a number of scarlet tunics to local regiments including the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) and the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Edged weapons include a private collection of British Cavalry swords, alongside bayonets and fighting knives; and from a further private vendor is a good collection of antique firearms, pistols and revolvers.
The ethnographic section of the sale will see notable tribal weapons from Fiji and Australia.
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Tuesday 10th December 10am-5pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am
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