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with another Kukris

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a WWII knife, German dagger, contained in a map case

inscribed, 'TO CELEBRATE FIFTY YEARS OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION SINCE THE YEAR 1945, WHEN HOSTILTIES BETWEEN NATIONS FINALLY HALTED WITH THE ENDING OF WORLD WAR II' and 'PEACE COMMANDS A HIGH PRICE - FREEDOM HAS NEVER BEEN FRE. TO ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT, WORKED AND SUFFERED; AND PAID WITH THEIR LIVIED TO BRING PEACE TO THE WORLD 50 YEARS AGO, AND TO ALL THOSE WHO DEFEND OUR PEACE TODAY, THIS BALDE IS GREATFULLY DEDICATED'

in a mahogany case

24cm x 17cm; and The Kings Royal Rifles Corps embroidery, framed and glazed, 21cm x 16cm (2)

circa WW I (?)

together with five clasp knives (WW2?, damaged) with another knife (clasps broken) and a brass dinks tray with engraved inscription 'The Royal Tank Regiment. Fear Not', with engraved emblem and a WWII tank badge, two various military tankers and a hip flask

WW2 (?) with another knife

108 cm long with a crocodile skin sheath, the other 101cm long with a reptile skin sheath and script along the blade. NOTE: A Cites certificate would be required for overseas purchasers.

(distressed condition)

in scabbard (some corrosion to blade)

with engraved inscription "The Royal Tank Regiment. Fear Not", with engraved emblem and a WWII tank badge, two various military tankers and a hip flask (5)

with other postcards, mostly topographical, and silk cigarette cards

The Khyber, on passage from Australia to Falmouth, was driven ashore in March 1905 near Portgwarra, a disaster famously captured by the Gibsons, whose stamp is on the back

and two photographs of Aberdeen University sports teams

including WW1 and WW2, with naval and women's army interest, with some letters, also family albums, travel, topography, social history etc

including correspondence between the president of The International Errol Flynn Society' and other parties, books, videos and other items

and ephemera including Poole Town v. Weymouth 1958,, other later programmes, speedway ephemera including 'The Falcon' and other magazines

advertising, legal, political, domestic, newspapers and magazines, souvenir brochures, stamps and letters etc

and related ephemera, including Queen's Hall Concert 1918, Actor's Orphanage Garden Party, Theatre Royal Haymarket 'The Duchess of Malfi', 'Blood is thicker than water', with Noel Coward (1929), and others, with a 1934 J. Salmon & Son Ltd Diary, 'Culture of movement' booklet, and Good Housekeeping 'Book of beauty'; all 1910s - 1930s

including Bleriot, 'Mr Fowler's water plane', Valentine's Recognition series, and others, and topographical cards including views of 'Cabaret Du Neant' Montmartre, and other places (three albums)