Military associations were sure sellers in the Victorian and Edwardian age and retain their commercial attractions today.
This silver and enamel cigarette case and vesta case with the iconic Boer War image of A Gentleman in Kharki took £1100 at the Hansons sale reported in greater detail on page 26.
Topping a 1500-strong collection of vesta cases at Lawrences of Crewkerne (see main story left), this 1892 silver and enamel example portraying a hussar made £1550.