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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Militaria, Coins and Medals (Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Lawrences, Crewkerne | Location: | South Street, Crewkerne |
| Contact: | Telephone: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 270799 | ||
| Date: | 1st May 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Monday 28th April 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 29th April 9.00 am to 7.00 pm Wednesday 30th April 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 1st May 8.30 am to 4.30 pm Friday 2nd May 8.30 am to 10.00 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 1 | |||
MILITARIA, ARMS AND ARMOUR | |||
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| A RIFLE CASE. A canvas and leather rifle case with inset label, F Beesley Gun & Rifle Manufacturer, 2 St James Street, London SW1..Pall Mall Corner. With some cleaning tools inside, also some loss of red beize. 45.3/4" overall length. £60-90 |
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| A MILITARY COMPASS. A leather cased brass with blackened finish, American military compass. £50-70 |
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| A BOER WAR DESK SET. A Boer War scene Desk Set, consisting of an officer with binoculars and a soldier at ready. Inkwell consists of a crouching soldier behind a rock, hat off and spying out the land. W T & S also regd marks to the bases T2430. See Illustration £400-600 |
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| TWO AFRICAN SPEARS. An Assegai style spear with carved and wire bound shaft 58.5" overall length. A second hunting or throwing spear, 50" overall length. £40-50 |
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| TWO FRENCH BAYONETS. A plated (Parade) model 1874 pattern Epee bayonet, complete with matching scabbard. An 1866 Sabre Bayonet, lacking a scabbard. £40-60 |
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| A FRENCH BAYONET. A model 1892 French bayonet, complete with steel scabbard. £30-50 |
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| A PINFIRE REVOLVER. A plated Pinfire Continental revolver, with Liege proofmarks and six shot cylinder. 7.1/4" overall length. £60-80 |
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| A GT WAR BAYONET. A 1907 Pattern bayonet and leather scabbard, with swept forward quillion and various markings. 4 HLI and proof stamps etc. £30-40 |
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| AN ARMY JACK KNIFE A Gt War period Army Jack Knife with numbers stamped on handle, WD markings. |
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| A19thC IVORY HANDLED KRIS A carved ivory Garuda bird hilt, with ornate circular mount. Wavy edged watered steel blade of good quality, 15.1/4" in length. Wooden scabbard with growth and biwood markings. £100-200 |
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| A GUN CASE. A leather Leg of Mutton guncase with provision for a double barrelled shotgun of 30" barrel length. Brass oil bottle under the flap. £50-80 |
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| A SWORDSTICK. A European Swordstick with blue and gilt decorated 27" blade. Single-edged with 3/4 length fuller, foilage patterns etc. Silver bands to the hilt and wooden scabbard. £100-150 |
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| A CONCEALED KATAR DAGGER. An 18th/19thC Katar dagger of classical form, concealed inside an outer case in the form of a larger Katar dagger. Silver decoration to the guards and blade throat, 7.1/4" blade and 15.1/4" overall length. The outer case is similarly decorated, 16.1/2" overall length. £100-200 |
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| A CAVALRY RIFLE CASE Brown leather rifle Bucket or case for the bolt action carbines or short rifles, used by GB Cavalry 1900-1920's. Saddle strap and tie-down strap affixed, only marking appears to be 1.36" overall length, endcap is loose but present. £200-300 |
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| A GUNNERY OFFICERS TRENCH SET. A leather cased Gunnery Officers Clinometer by Short & Mason Ltd 1901. Also a cased Torch in leather, The Orilux by J H Steward. £80-120 |
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| A CASED MILITARY COMPASS etc. A cased 1939 dated Compass by R Watts & Son Mk III, with strap. A stopwatch with military markings to the case. (2) £60-80 |
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| TRENCH MAPS etc. Trench Map 62C NW France and Sheet 51C France, plus other maps as found. £60-80 |
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| A 1796 VARIANT LIGHT CAVALRY SWORD. Blue and Gilt 30" blade with clipped tip, Crown and GR cypher also foilage decoration. Steel stirrup hilt with rounded pommel backstrap and steel furniture to the leather scabbard. Marked on the plate as S Brunn. Sword Cutler to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. No 55 Charing Cross. London. Blade marked J J Runkel Solingen on the spine. With a blade and matching scabbard, made to order at that time See Illustration £350-500 |
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| A KATANA. An unsigned Japanese Katana in Shin Gunto mounts. 21" blade with some staining evident, in a steel saya. £300-400 |
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| A 12B SHOTGUN & CASE. A 12b boxlock non-ejector shotgun, with E M Reilly. London on the top rib. 28" barrels with traces of case hardening on the action, numbered 144939. In a webbing case with removable leather shoulder pad, cleaning equipment etc. *Rfd/sac rqd*. £150-200 |
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| A FRAMED R W FUSILIERS PRINT. A large framed RWF Centenary Parade print, 98 of 100 issue by Peter Archer. At Powis Castle 21st April 1989, 36.1/2" x 29.1/4 " approx overall size £50-70 |
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| A FIREMANS HELMET. A 19thC leather Fire Man's helmet in need of repair/renovation, contained in a Japanned tin. The peak has detached from the crested skull, due to age. £40-60 |
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| A CEREMONIAL WOODEN SPEAR. A hardwood spear carved with face and fluted decoration, 34" overall length. £60-80 |
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| A CIVILIAN KATANA. A Katana in civilian mounts with iron tsuba, matching fuchi and kashira also saya mount. Blade heavily stained and has nicks out of the edge. The handachi-koshirae is signed Hikata Tarobe-Jo Kiyonobu saku. A smith of this name is recorded as working at Osaka C1661. The blade is 66.5cm in length, the fittings have gold decoration and rusting to some areas on the mounts. £200-300 |
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| 11th BATTN 'DEVONS' BASS DRUM. A 11th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment Bass Drum with cords and painted decoration. A Royal Coat of Arms with XI in a wreath below. Battle Honours include Nivelle etc. In dark colours of green and black finish, measuring 21.25" width and 30.75" diameter. £200-300 |
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| MILITARY ITEMS. Ammunition boxes, water bottles, machine gun magazines, belts and used cartridges etc. £50-80 |
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| A JEZAIL RIFLE. An Arab Jezail rifle with a round 40" barrel, matchlock action and brass furniture. A crack is in the stock and some renovation is required. £70-100 |
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| A 19thC SIDEARM. A brass stirrup hilted Constabulary sidearm, C1850 complete with brass mounted leather scabbard. 22.5" clean curved spearpoint blade, with no visible markings. £80-120 |
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| A HEAVY MACHINE GUN ON STAND. A Vickers .303 Pattern smooth water jacket contained barrel, with heavy metal tripod and various fixings. De-Activated some years ago, the original certificate is present. 35" high by 60" long from muzzle to stand feet. Chinese character marked plate affixed to side case. £500-700 |
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| TWO FRAMED GT WAR POSTERS. A Lord Kitchener Poster saying, Men Materials & Money are the immediate necessities. Does the call of duty find no response in you etc Enlist Today! 30.1/4" by 21.3/4". The second, Your King & Country Need You...To maintain the honour and glory of The British Empire. A Scottish Soldier portrait centre by Lawson Wood. 31" x 21.1/4". Both are in colour, in black and gilt frames. £70-100 |
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| A KATANA. A Katana in civilian mounts with iron tsuba and wooden saya. Signed with a Showa stamp then, Aso-Shu/no-Ju/Fuku-Moto/Kane-Mune. The translation roughly is Made by-Kane-Mune-living at Seki-in Mino province. The smith does not appear to be recorded. Faded blue bindings with plain Fuchi and Kashira, lightly engraved leaf patterns on the tsuba. Plain black lacquer on the saya, brass habaki. 25.1/2" curved blade with some light staining in places. £500-600 |
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| A KATANA. A Japanese Katana with polished or plated blade of 67.5cm. In Showa mounts with blue/brown sword knot, the tang unsigned with two mekugi-ana. Steel scabbard with leather outer cover. £150-200 |
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| CASED BINOCULARS (Sir J C E SHELLEY) Sir John Courtown Edward Shelley-Rolls 6th Bt was a Baronet of the famous Shelley family and assumed the additional -Rolls to his surname later in life (1917). Educated at Wellington College, born 5th August 1871. Commissioned into the Scots Guards he saw action during the South African War. In the Gt War he commanded the 3rd Queens Westminster Cadet Battalion. He married Eleanor Georgina Rolls Daughter of Baron Llangattock (John Allen Rolls) of Rolls - Royce fame. C P Goerz of Berlin marked Binoculars, 12x Army Trieder DRP markings and his name. Brown leather case complete but needs some repair to stitching. £60-80 |
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| A JAMBIYA DAGGER. A Jambiya Dagger with silver mounts and horn hilt, leather and silver decoration to scabbard. Curved double-edged 5.3/4" blade with central ridge spine. See Illustration £150-200 |
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| A JAMBIYA DAGGER. A Jambiya dagger with horn hilt and silver covering, complete with scabbard of leather and silver decoration. Double-edged 6.1/4" curved blade with central spine. See Illustration £150-200 |
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| A JAMBIYA DAGGER. A Jambiya Dagger complete with scabbard, horn hilt with silver decoration, scabbard of leather with silver adornments. Double-edged curved 6.1/4" blade with central spine, red belt with silver bullion in places. £120-160 |
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| A JAMBIYA DAGGER. A Jambiya Dagger with silver decorated hilt and complet with its scabbard. 5.1/2" double-edged curved blade with central spine, wooden scabbard with leather and silver covering. Also a silver covered Kandjah daggers scabbard, to take a 7" approx blade. £80-120 |
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| A PARADE BAYONET. A German Parade Bayonet with E Pack & Sohn Solingen on the very clean plated blade. Complete with green beige slot filler and steel scabbard. £50-70 |
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| A POWDER HORN. A Powder Horn with steel trigger release and wooden endcap. WL and other markings, 13.5" overall length. £40-60 |
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| CAVALRY THIGH BOOTS AND TREES. Thigh length dark brown leather boots, large size 10-11 approx both with fitted trees. 26.5" sole to top £450-550 |
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| A CHAIN MAIL GAUNTLET. An open chain mail gauntlet, with leather cuff attached. £150-200 |
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| A FRENCH SHORTSWORD. An Ecole Du Mars French Shortsword, complete with voided scabbard. Brass fittings, double-edged 18.1/2" blade. £80-120 |
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| A CARVED HARDWOOD CLUB. Flattened design with plain grip and intricate patterns to one face only. Large tip of cylindrical form, 31" overall length. £150-250 |
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| A FUNEREAL CLOSE HELMET. Of heavy construction with flat back mount, for wall fixings. In the 16thC style with fixed visor and central comb, painted some time past with red, gold and blue finish. See Illustration £700-1000 |
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| A TARGONE SHIELD. A wodden Targone shield, used during the Pisan Bridge Tournament. 32.1/2" overall length, finished with moon and swirls patterns. Label reads Targone Shield, Gioco Del Ponte, Venise, Bridge. (Ex Col Harvey) Collection. £250-300 |
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| A LANTAKA CANNON. A bronze eastern Lantaka cannon with swivel mount. Some decoration to cannon at breech and flared muzzle etc. 48.1/4" overall length, with modern wooden mount. See Illustration £500-700 |
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| CASED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS. A pair of cased gentleman's pistols with flintlock actions, by Smith of London. Octagonal 7" barrels, with gold bands also chequered grips and fullstocks with underslung ramrods. Steel furniture with Smith on the actions with roller frizzens, London on the barrel tops. Engraved hammers and actions, some replacement tools are in the case. Label inset in the lid reads, Evans Gunmaker of Trinity Street, Cambridge. Guns and Pistols made and repaired. etc. See Illustration £3500-4500 |
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| AN EXECUTIONER'S AXE HEAD. An old Executioner's Axehead with tapered shaft mounting, broad 13.1/2" blade with various markings. Crosses and S H I . blade angled from fitting. £450-600 |
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| NATIVE AMERICAN ITEMS. Ex Museum marked ethnic American Plains Indian items. Horse or Pony tail with beadwork decoration to the mount. Necklace made of traded Hair Pipes and brass baubles in the Plains Indian style. (Souix or Cheyenne Tribes etc) £60-100 |
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| A POLEARM. A shortened Speartip Polearm with fluted head and carved short handle. 47.1/4" overall length, in the 17th/18thC style. £100-150 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Militaria, Coins and Medals (Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Lawrences, Crewkerne | Location: | South Street, Crewkerne |
| Contact: | Telephone: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 270799 | ||
| Date: | 1st May 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Monday 28th April 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 29th April 9.00 am to 7.00 pm Wednesday 30th April 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 1st May 8.30 am to 4.30 pm Friday 2nd May 8.30 am to 10.00 am |
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