Lot Essay
Used by Amundsen to build the 500 metre long and 12 metre wide runway on the ice for the N25 in June 1925.
Details
ROALD ENGELBREGT GRAVNING AMUNDSEN (1872-1928)
Amundsen's bayonet carried on the Lincoln-Ellsworth expedition, 1925-26, numbered on the hilt and sheath, the blade marked at the hilt, wood and steel, 13 5/8in. (34.5cm.) long
Amundsen's bayonet carried on the Lincoln-Ellsworth expedition, 1925-26, numbered on the hilt and sheath, the blade marked at the hilt, wood and steel, 13 5/8in. (34.5cm.) long
Provenance
Roald Amundsen and thence by descent to the present owner.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium