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26 & 27 September 2018

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Lot

№ 580

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26 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£750

Northumberland Fusiliers Officer’s Full Dress Bearskin c. 1881-1914 Together with an Associated Carrying Tin, a fine quality dark sable example complete with all gilt metal fused grenade frontal badge, the ball of the grenade mounted with the motto ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ enclosing St. George Slaying the Dragon, correct pattern cut feather hackle red over white, gilt metal graduated leather lined chin chain, black leather sweat band and white canvas lining, spuriously marked ‘Carlile’; together with a correct pattern japanned carrying tin this with brass plaque ‘T.J. Carlile 2nd V.B. Northumberland Fusls.’, the loose end of the chin strap part fractured otherwise very fine overall condition £500-700