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LOT 2428
American Civil War and Other Re-enactment Pewter Button Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 in. (561 grams total, 15-24 mm).
Including American Loyalist Butler's Rangers [40 pieces], British Royal Artillery [10 pieces], and others plain [15 pieces]. [32, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
FootnotesButler's Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit of the American Revolutionary War, raised by John Butler.
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LOT 2428
American Civil War and Other Re-enactment Pewter Button Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Anglo-Zulu War Artefacts from the Battle of Khambula
Circa 29th March 1879 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A collection of twelve Boxer .450 brass cartridge bullet cases, used in Martini-Henry rifles during the battle between British forces and the main Zulu army. 110 grams total, 17-60 mm
Found by local Zulu people living at Khambula, South Africa, 1990s-early 2000s. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
The battle resulted in a heavy defeat for the Zulus, who had been full of confidence from their earlier victories against the British at Isandlwana and Hlobane. -
US Air Force WWII Aircrew Silk Escape Map
1943 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
AAF Cloth Map No. 30, South Burma with No.31, printed in colour on silk. 27.32 grams, 52x65 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex militaria collector. -
Curtiss Helldiver Wooden RAF WWII Aeroplane Identification Training Model
1939-1945 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Green-painted model of an aircraft used as a naval scout plane and a dive bomber with identifying markers. 62.5 grams, 21.3 cm wide
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex militaria collector.
