25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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AN OFFICER’S ALBERT SHAKO OF THE INDIAN ARMY, CIRCA 1840-55
a superb item with cylindrical body covered with black velvet, with leather peak and sunk top, the front with massive gilt QVC plate bearing twelve battle honours (CONDORE, SHOLINGUR, PONDICHERRY, TERNATE, BANDA, MAHIDPORE, AVA, AMBOYNA, NUNDYDROOG, WANDEWASH, PLASSEY and ARCOT) on its rays, and a Tiger within a strap inscribed SPECTAMUR AGENDO, red pompom in a burnished gilt socket, and leather-backed chin-chain attached to lion head bosses
Sold for £8,000
a superb item with cylindrical body covered with black velvet, with leather peak and sunk top, the front with massive gilt QVC plate bearing twelve battle honours (CONDORE, SHOLINGUR, PONDICHERRY, TERNATE, BANDA, MAHIDPORE, AVA, AMBOYNA, NUNDYDROOG, WANDEWASH, PLASSEY and ARCOT) on its rays, and a Tiger within a strap inscribed SPECTAMUR AGENDO, red pompom in a burnished gilt socket, and leather-backed chin-chain attached to lion head bosses
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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