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LOT 2568
Royal Air Force WWII Water Bottle
1939-1945 A.D.
9 7/8 in. (560 grams, 25 cm high).
Green enamel bottle with cork and green serge cover with a cradle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex militaria collector.
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American Civil War and Other Re-enactment Pewter Button Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including American Loyalist Butler's Rangers [40 pieces], British Royal Artillery [10 pieces], and others plain [15 pieces]. 561 grams total, 15-24 mm
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.
Butler's Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit of the American Revolutionary War, raised by John Butler. -
WWII IX US Air Force Zippo Lighter
1939-1945 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With heater-shield appliqué riveted to the case, five-pointed star with lateral spread wings and three crossed bars in a roundel, 'IX' above. 62.5 grams, 57.60 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex militaria collector.
Zippo lighters of the 1936-1945 type are recognisable by the rounded corners and bowed bottom. -
American WWII B17 Flying Fortress 50 Calibre Machine Gun Feed Chute
1939-1945 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A flexible aluminium conduit, designed to guide belted ammunition from storage boxes. 549 grams, 28.5 cm long
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex militaria collector.
