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By: Status International
lot # 4161 - militaria OTHER MILITARIA
Friday Oct 18, 2019 12:00 Australia/Sydney
Last date for bids:
Aug 29, 08:00 BST
Siam: Type 62 'Smiling Tiger' bayonet. Comes with a fitted Australian-made 'Mangrovite 43' marked leather scabbard & blackened pattern 37 web frog. The type 62 is a re-badged British Pattern 1907 bayonet. Siam purchased 10,000 SMLE rifles & Pattern 1907 bayonets from British in 1919 to equip the 'Wild Tiger Corps' royal bodyguard of Vajiravudh King Rama VI (1910-25). The tiger figural on the ricasso is representative of the Wild Tiger Corps. Grip screws bit rusty o/w GC.
Estimate: A$100 - 200
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Status International from Sydney, Australia is holding 4 - 6 auctions a year of Philatelic & Numismatic items. The emphasis is on Australian and area material as well as All World stamps,... Read More
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