Auction 2 2020 Summer Auction - Militaria
Aug 9, 2020
USA
 PO Box 13020 Des Moines, IA 50310
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LOT 13:

Imperial Russian Trophy from Siege of Sebastopol 1855

Start price:
$ 50
Estimated price:
$2,200 - $2,500
Auction house commission: 24%
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Imperial Russian Trophy from Siege of Sebastopol 1855
Crimean War (1854-56) veteran brought back captured Imperial Russian insignia from the Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855). Board in the form of a wooden shield upholstered in red cloth on which are mounted two triple grenades on the cartridges of infantry tsarist Russia, one single grenade from the Jager troops pouch, in the middle a Imperial Russian Shako Helmet Plate 1828 pattern, and a smoking pipe. Below an engraved brass plaque "Sebastopol 9th Sept. 1855 ". The table was made by the British soldier as a souvenir trophy from the Crimean War.
Condition: Good condition as in photographs