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Arms, Armour, Militaria and Ethnographica: Friday 11 December 2009 10:30AM
Viewing: Thursday 10 December 9.00am - 5.00pm and morning of sale
 

A Pair of Kershaw Military Binoculars, Bino Prism No.2 Mk.III X 6, no.326072, dated 1945, in webbing case; an RAF Silk Handkerchief Map of Iraq; two Books - one volume of 'The Battle of the Somme, First Phase' by John Buchan and one volume 'History of the 50th Infantry Brigade 1914-1919' (4)

Guide Price: £60-80

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Two Rare Pairs of 19th Century Scrimshaw Work Ox Horns, possibly South African, each decorated with bands of soldiers some on horseback, some marching or in combat with Zulu Warriors, together with marching bands, steam driven trains, sailing ship and serpents, mounted on a pine block and shield shaped wall plaque. (Possibly showing scenes from the either the Great Trek of 1837 or the Anglo/Zulu War of 1879) Horn span 98cm and 128cm

Guide Price: £800-1200

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A First World War Military Brass Five Draw Spotting Telescope by Broadhurst Clarkson & Co. Ltd., 63 Faringdon Road, London, E.C., with 2 1/4inch lens, the first draw calibrated 30,40,50 and 60, with anti-flare hood, leather sleeve, lens covers and strap, extended length 111cm.

Guide Price: £100-150

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A Late Victorian Portrait of Sergeant Paxton of the Seaham Volunteer Artillery, in number 1 dress holding a rifle and standing in a landscape, painted over photograph, in oval, in a gilt composition frame with cartouche inscribed "1st prize won by Sergt. Paxton S.V.A., given by Stabler & Fries Sunderland"

Guide Price: £50-70

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Hugh Cassidy - Study of H.M.S. Scylla in a Mediterranean Sea Battle, signed, oil on panel, 34cm by 46cm, together with photocopies of newspaper cuttings reporting the artist's heroic exploits.
**Sub.Lieutenant Hugh Cassidy, R.A.N.V.R., of Brisbane won the D.S.M.for his work as a gunner against German torpedo bombers during a Russian Convoy in the Second World War.

Guide Price: £40-60

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A Late 19th/Early 20th Century Black Japanned Tin Military Trunk, of rectangular form, the hinged lid with applied brass plaque engraved "Viscount Carlton, 2nd Life Guards", 110cm by 43cm.

Guide Price: £60-80

View Lot No. 141

 
 

A Napoleon III (Second Empire) Officer's Brass Gorget, of typical crescent form, with incised lower edge, set with a white metal coat of arms of a Cockerel perched on crossed standards stamped LIBERTE ORDRE PUBLIC and an Orb stamped FRANCE, 14.5cm

Guide Price: £100-150

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A First World War Embroidered Silk Picture of H.M.S. Albion, a Canopus-class Pre-dreadnought battleship, worked in long stitch and couching, on a cream silk ground, within an oval with twisted cord fillet, in a glazed gilt composition frame, 48cm by 59cm.

Guide Price: £120-180

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A Rolex Military Open Faced Pocket Watch, top wind, the circular black dial with luminous arabic numerals and hands, with subsidiary seconds dial, inscribed ROLEX A.2104, in a nickel plated case, the back stamped A. 2104 G.S.Mk.II over "crow's foot"

Guide Price: £100-200

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A Cold Painted Composition Figure of an Officer to the King's Dragoon Guards, of the Waterloo Period, standing with one hand resting on his sword, on an ebonised wood socle, 60cm high.

Guide Price: £40-60

View Lot No. 145

 
 
 
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