To my dear sweetheart, the best and latest killing machine…
Wallis & Wallis, Lewes. November 23. Buyer’s premium: 15 per centSales of arms and militaria can, with their beautifully chased old flintlocks and exuberantly decorated uniforms, somehow skate over the fact that often what is on offer is, or was, associated with the darker side of humanity.
But, while there was much of the more glamorous aspect of militaria among the 770 lots offered by th…