11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A First World War Military O.B.E. Group of Four Medals, awarded to Lieutenant Geoffrey William Winsmore Hooper, Royal Navy, comprising silver gilt O.B.E. breast badge with hallmarks for London 1919, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal (renamed)and Victory Medal, together with printed research material.
Footnote :- Lieutenant Hooper served aboard the light cruiser H.M.S. Aurora for the majority of the First World War, and was involved in mine-laying operations for which he was awarded the O.B.E. He was tragically killed in an automobile accident in Hong Kong on 2nd January 1923.
Sold for £180
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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