20th Mar, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
60
An Abyssinia Medal 1867-68, the reverse embossed SHIPS COOK J.(John) GALE H.M.S. OCTAVIA, together with National Archives printed research material comprising Description Book of Her Majesty's Ship Octavia between 14th June 1865 and 21st July 1869, in which John Gale is numbered 16, and a List of Ships whose Crews are entitled to the Abyssinia Medal, in which he is listed.
Sold for £320
Estimated at £250 - £350
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 20th Mar, 2024
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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Tuesday 19 March 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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