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LOT 1886
FAB Hardy's Sheffield Coal Miner's Set
CIRCA 1960S A.D.
10 5/8 - 31 1/2 in. (2.25 kg total, 27-80 cm).
The group comprising: a 1960s FAB Hardy's Sheffield coal miners pickaxe with an ash wood shaft; a 1950s/1960s Patent pulp Thetford helmet fitted with a late 19th/ early 20th century Premier Acetylene brass miners helmet lamp, together with copies of the birth and death certificates of the lamp's former owner. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired from Colonial Soldier, UK, and elsewhere.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Accompanied by copies of birth and death certificates for the lamp owner and a listing for the pick.
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WWI Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph Album
Early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Including thirty-two annotated half-plate size original aerial photographs, most dated 1917-1918, of the WWI German front line trenches and other war zone areas, together with twenty-two photographs taken on the ground of various, mostly WWI military, subject matters; a German Mortar Company 'sold book', together with a number of other early 20th century pamphlets loosely inserted. 1.5 kg, 38 x 32 cm
The Kusmirek Collection, UK. -
German WWII Winter Over Boots
Circa 1940s A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £47
The uppers of thick leather and a thick green-grey wool felt, leather mounts and hemming, iron buckles, wooden soles. 3.25 kg total, 31.5 cm high
Acquired from Czerny's Auctions, Italy, 2019, lot 79563. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the Czerny's invoice and listing.
A type worn by German troops, mostly on the Russian front during the ferocious winter conditions experienced by the German army during the retreat from Stalingrad. -
FAB Hardy's Sheffield Coal Miner's Set
Circa 1960s A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
The group comprising: a 1960s FAB Hardy's Sheffield coal miners pickaxe with an ash wood shaft; a 1950s/1960s Patent pulp Thetford helmet fitted with a late 19th/ early 20th century Premier Acetylene brass miners helmet lamp, together with copies of the birth and death certificates of the lamp's former owner. 2.25 kg total, 27-80 cm
Acquired from Colonial Soldier, UK, and elsewhere. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by copies of birth and death certificates for the lamp owner and a listing for the pick.
