6th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Second World War Escape and Evasion Kit, as issued prior to the D.Day landings to CJX391761 Lt. Cdr. John William Sherwood (b.30.01.1923, d.30.01.2020), comprising a Royal Navy button compass by Gaunt, a small escape compass, a "scratch-off" dress stud escape compass, a pencil clip compass (with a small indentation punched into the back of the arm at the centre of balance allowing it to point North), two silk escape maps of France, Germany and Europe, two French and three German bank notes.
Sold for £400
Estimated at £250 - £350
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 6th Dec, 2023
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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