11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A First World War Casualty Group, awarded to 13171 PTE.J.(JOHN) WARNER, W.YORK:R., comprising 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Memorial Plaque, with printed research material.
Footnote :- John Warner was born in Leeds, and served with the 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 26th September 1915 at Loos. He is Remembered with Honour at Loos Memorial, France.
Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £150
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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