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A collection of reservist's pipes, effects, blank...

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A collection of reservist's pipes, effects, blank weapon parts etc., 19th/20th century Two long pipes made of wood and horn (without bowls). A hanging of metal threads (darkened) with two tassels. A French leather belt with brass buckle, embossed with an uncrowned eagle on a lightning bolt. A pair of epaulettes made of golden web with golden fringes and yellow silk lining (missing parts, tears). A smoothbore tercel fragment with percussion lock (defective) and walnut grip (broken). Gilded hilt parts for Hessian sabres, a gilded hilt of an officer's sabre of the Wehrmacht (denazified) and the grip of a narrow sidearm M 71. Four cutlery knives, one of them stamped "FLUV" and one "U.S.A.M.D.". An embossed sheet iron plate "Providentia Mainz" (dimensions 24 x 18 cm) and a license plate (District Administrator Alsfeld). Also a box with two gold-plated pocket watches, one marked "Tuxedo U.S.A. / 814056". Partly incomplete, damaged, signs of age. Condition: II