December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
A pair of silver, strap-style epaulettes, each 9 inches long; the straps 6 3/4 in. L x 1 11/16 in. W, edged with silver twist wire and with crescents of silver embroidery, from which 2 1/8 in. L bullion fringe, with an under-fringe of fine, twisted silver wire the same length. The undersides with glazed, white linen lining on which is marked in iron-gall ink: "gdfr[?] 60 / [period symbol for shillings] 12 Ball" and with the fragmentary remains of an understrap for attachment to uniform, of blue cloth. PROVENANCE: Lot 136 of William Rose Collection Sale, Skinner Auctions, 25 FEB 2022. CONDITION: Overall very good, minor losses to edging on both; the remnants of embroidered 8-points stars on each, otherwise as described above.