11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Second World War and Post-War O.B.E. Group of Four Medals, awarded to Major Samuel Peter Hardy, formerly Gunner, Royal Artillery (TA), Sergeant, South Wales Borderers and 2nd Lieutenant, Indian Army, comprising O.B.E breast badge, India General Service Medal 1936-39 with clasp NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1936-37, (SGT.S.P.HARDY. S.W.B.), Defence and War Medals, together with TA Discharge Certificate, Indian Army commission, Synopsis of Service Record, letters and related ephemera, also two RAOB gilt metal and enamel breast jewels.
Sold for £150
Estimated at £180 - £250
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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