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TIMED MILITARIA AUCTION 20th January - 7th February | |
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| The Militaria Department at Halls Auctioneers have a wealth of experience of valuing individual items of wartime memorabilia and collections of historical military items from all over the world.
Whether you are a historian, museum, institutional collector, or simply have an interest in military history, you are sure to find something of interest at our auctions.
Here are the highlights from our recent online militaria auction: | |
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| Sold for £2,900Lot 144: A pair of 18th-century Scottish Basket-hilted swords with 35" blades, hilts pierced with hearts and circles, overall lengths 102cm (covered in old rust, grips at fault/missing - sold as found) Provenance: Mallow Castle, Ireland. Purchased at Mealy's Auctioneers on 5th April 2011. | |
| | Sold for £2,650Lot 20: A large Second World War Royal Air Force Air Ministry 'scramble' bell, dated 1940, marked with crown and A.M. 1940 to one side and 'A.T.W' with War Department Arrow to the crown top suspension, with clapper and rope attached to the underside, with remnants of red paint, 34cm high | |
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| | Sold for £1,600Lot 224: A German Second World War muzzle brake for a 5cm PaK 38 anti-tank gun, 29cm high. The Panzerabwehrkanone 38 was developed in 1938, first used by German forces in April 1941 and remaining in service until the war's end. | |
| | Sold for £1,250Lot 172: A Wilkinson First Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes commando fighting knife, circa 1941 with a wavy standard 2" crossguard, the square 'tablet'-shaped ricasso etched with makers mark to one side and 'The F-S Fighting Knife' to the reverse, shaped guard and knurled grip, in first pattern leather scabbard (missing upper rear portion and belt loop), blade length 16cm, overall length 28.6cm | |
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