â’¶ AN 1840 PATTERN LANCE, A NAVAL BOARDING PIKE, AND THREE FURTHER LANCES, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

of regulation type, the first with iron head, a pair of long straps, on a portion of its wooden haft, with an associated red and white pennant; the second with iron head struck with a mark, a pair of long straps, on its ash haft with iron shoe; the third, fourth and fifth with long hafts and leather grips (one head incomplete, one head and two shoes missing); the rear half of an 1868 pattern lance, with its iron shoe, seven iron shoes of 1868 type and a further iron shoe for a lance

the first 59.0 cm; 23 ¼ in head

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Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)

Part proceeds to benefit Westminster Abbey