18th Sep, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Turkish Crimea Medal 1855, British Issue, privately named to John Mainwaring Lindsey. Depy. Assist. Commy. Genl..
Footnote: - Assistant Commissary General John Mainwaring Lindsey is recorded in the London Gazette, January 4, 1876, and was listed as living at 10, Braidwood Terrace, Plymouth in Kelly's Directory of Devonshire for June 1889.
Sold for £70
Estimated at £70 - £80
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 18th Sep, 2024
Highlights of the Militaria section include an interesting collection of items relating to Colonel Alwyn de Blaquiere Valentine Paget, a Gentleman at Arms (bodyguard) to King Edward VII, a Second World War RAF Sector Clock, used in operations' rooms to aid track and intercept enemy aircraft over Britain and two collections of badges, buttons and insignia. A good offering of Ethnographica in the sale is lead by a 19th Century Australian Aboriginal Parrying Shield, from the Lower Murray River Region.
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