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LOT 2007
The Royal Navy's First Invincible Shipwreck Musket and Pistol Shot Presentation Box Group
1758 A.D.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (170 grams total, 13-17 mm).
Three card boxes, each with a musket and pistol shot and explanatory text inside lid. [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 2007
The Royal Navy's First Invincible Shipwreck Musket and Pistol Shot Presentation Box Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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