28th Jun, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Boer War Northumberland Fusiliers Trench Art Swagger Stick, the pommel made from two intersecting brass bullet cases engraved "LICHTENBURG, MARCH 3RD 1901" (this is the place and date that a small unit of the Northumberland Fusiliers were besieged by Boer troops commanded by de Witt); also, two mahogany cutlery cases suitable for conversion for pistol cases and a powder horn with wood tap action charger and base plate (4).
Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 28th Jun, 2023
An interesting and varied sale including a Collection of Prussian and German Pickelhauben, and various pieces of Second World War British military headgear, cap badges, air weapons, antique firearms, and pistols. Highlights of the sale include a Rare First World War Tank Driver's Leather Helmet, a Mid-17th Century German Wheel-lock Sporting Gun, and a 19th Century Asmat "Ndambirkus" Ancestor Skull, New Guinea.
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Tuesday 27th June 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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