23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
  Lot 3145
 

3145

A Lee Metford M1888 Type II Bayonet by Wilkinson, London, the blade stamped with maker's name, issue date for February 1899, bend mark, broad arrow and inspection mark, the spine with two further inspection marks, the pommel stamped 3, with steel mounted leather scabbard and crushed brown leather frog stamped ICD 2026; another Example, with issue date for October 1892, lacks scabbard; a Lee Enfield 1903 Pattern Bayonet by Chapman, Sheffield, the blade stamped with maker's name, bend mark, broad arrow, inspection mark and issue date for March 1905, the pommel stamped 80, with steel mounted leather scabbard and webbing frog (3)

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

1 - Minor pitting to blade, steel fittings on hilt and scabbard with some rust pitting, one grip scale is split, otherwise good.
2 - Pitting to blade and hilt fittings.
3 - Black patching and grease marks to blade, steel fittings on hilt and scabbard with some rust pitting, otherwise good.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022

Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.

 

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