11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A First World War MM Group of Four Medals, awarded to 1385 A.CPL.H.(Henry) C.BETTS, 7-LOND.R., comprising Military Medal with erased naming, 1914-15 Star (PTE), British War Medal and Victory Medal, together with printed research material
Footnote: - Henry Betts was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on the Butte de Warlencourt on 7th October 1916, and is mentioned in the Supplement to the London Gazette 9 December 1916
Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300
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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