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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 Glass Bottle Collection
Khambula, 29th March 1879 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Recovered from a British dump, comprising a rare complete green glass wine bottle, a blue poison bottle, and a smaller clear-glass ink bottle. 945 grams total, 5.7-29.9 cm
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. -
British RAF WWII Stereoscope in Original Case
1939-1945 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Two-piece optical instrument in leather-covered steel hinged case; hand-drawn monogram 'WEM' in ink to internal recess and pencilled 'WRS'. 280 grams total, case: 8 x 18.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex militaria collector. -
American Forces WWII Metal Stencil Set in Original Pouch
1939-1945 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Canvas pouch with flap and securing string; twenty-six square alphabetic stencils. 491 grams, 8.5 x 9 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex militaria collector.
