20th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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Artillery Regiments of the British Empire: - a Display, comprising a white metal pre-1872 pattern cavalry helmet plate surmounted by a lion head and set with a copper star and oval panel embossed with two field guns and farsi script, and surrounded by twenty seven shoulder titles, thirty two cap and collar badges in bronze, brass and white metal to Australian Field Artillery, Canada Artillery, New Zealand Field Artillery, South Africa Heavy Artillery, etc., and a Victorian Madras Horse Artillery brass harness mount, all loosely mounted on a blue card display in a glazed frame.
Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 20th Sep, 2023
The sale will offer a range of good medals, including a rare silver medal struck to commemorate the death of Captain James Cook, and a Second World War MM Group of Eight Medals, awarded to Corporal Frank Shepherd of the 1st-5th Battalion the Queen’s Royal Regiment.
Amongst a good offering of militaria in the sale is a Victorian 1847 Pattern Gilt Brass Helmet to an Officer 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, a First World War Cameron Highlander’s Kilt and Sash which belonged to Private George Potts Brown, and an Early 19th Century Naval Officer’s Dirk.
A rare 19th Century Percussion Single Barrel Big Game Rifle by William Powell & Son of Birmingham leads a selection of fine guns in the sale, also of note are a Pair of 19th Century 40 Bore Side-by-Side Double Barrel Percussion Travelling Pistols.
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Tuesday 19 September 10am-5pm and the morning of sale from 8am
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