Lot Archive

Lot

№ 677

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4 December 2001

Hammer Price:
£150

Great War Memorial Plaque (Edward St. Laurent Bonvalot); together with related Coldstream Guards cap and collar badges, both in unmarked silver; three pocket scientific instruments, comprising, barometer, compass and distance measurer?, the first of these in fitted case and with cracked crystal, condition of movements in scientific instruments unknown, the memorial plaque extremely fine (6) £80-120

Second Lieutenant Edward St. Laurent Bonvalot died of wounds in France and Flanders on 9 October 1915 whilst attached to the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards.