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LOT 2148.1
Wall Cabinet Containing an Assembly of Military and Livery Badges
52 x 26 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (23.8 kg, 132 x 68 x 14 cm).
A display of forty-six livery and military badges and metalled horse trappings, housed in a glazed wall cabinet with opening front.
Provenance
Ex Morningthorpe Manor, Norfolk, UK.
Footnotes
The parish of Morningthorpe is situated in south Norfolk, east of Long Stratton and west of Hempnall. The parish was certainly well established by the time of the Norman Conquest, its population, land ownership and productive resources being detailed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
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LOT 2148.1
Wall Cabinet Containing an Assembly of Military and Livery Badges
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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