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LOT 1410

Reproduction Button Collection

20TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 - 1 in. (561 grams total, 15-24 mm).

Including reproductions of British Royal Artillery [10 pieces], 8th (The King's) Regiment Foot [7 pieces], Butler's Rangers [40 pieces] and others plain [15 pieces]. [32, No Reserve]

Provenance

From 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.

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LOT 1410

Reproduction Button Collection

Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)

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