11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Second World War "Operation Torch" (North Africa Campaign) Group of Five Medals, awarded to 6285992 Lance Corporal William Henry Bartlett, Royal Armoured Corps, comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with clasp 1ST ARMY, Italy Star, Defence and War Medal, swing mounted as worn, together with two Regular Army Certificates of Service, Record of Service - Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 21/5/35 - 22/7/35, King's Royal Hussars 23/7/35 - 10/4/39, Royal Armoured Corps 11/4/39 - 28/4/44, and Army Catering Corps 29/4/44 - 8/3/46, a group photograph, membership card for the Army Catering Corps Regimental Association, War Office Pension award letter and his death certificate 4th January 2006
Sold for £100
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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