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LOT 1565
Post Medieval Cased 'Manchester Area' Militaria and Other Artefact Collection
18TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
11 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (1.1 kg, 29.5 x 35 cm).
Including cap badges, cartwheel pennies, snake-buckle, buttons and other items, mounted in a glazed wooden frame. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Manchester, UK, detectorist, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 1565
Post Medieval Cased 'Manchester Area' Militaria and Other Artefact Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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