February 24-26th 2017 Premier Firearms
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/24/2017
Includes a late Victorian British military tunic, altered to fit a child of scarlet superfine wool body with dark blue standing collar and cuffs, each embroidered with silver thistle and leaf patterning and with white piping to edges. Nine silvered buttons bearing crown within wreath on face and backmarked: “L. W. JONES & CO. GOLDEN SQUARE, LONDON”. A theatrical copy of a French 17th century Royal Musketeers habit of sky blue wool with white edging, bearing a central device on front and back consisting of a silver tinsel lace cross on red cloth ground, faded and worn. A reproduction pennant bearing stenciled skull and crossbones device in black on white cotton drilling ground and stenciled “Leibhusaren” on hoist. A swallowtail pennant of white/black recto and Prussian eagle machine-embroidered on white ground on verso with stainless steel mounting grommets on hoist.