Royal Hampshire Pewter Rare vintage, Military SPG proto type
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Some History The 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton [ was a self-propelled artillery vehicle of World War II, based on an American tank hull design, built by Canada for the British Army, and associated Commonwealth forces, and some of the other Allies. It was developed to give the British Army a mobile artillery gun using their Ordnance QF 25 pounder gun-howitzer. From 1943 it replaced the US built M7 Priest (US 105 mm guns on a M3 Lee tank chassis); these had replaced the British Bishop (25 pdr on Valentine tank chassis) which had been improvised in 1942. In the finnest of detail. SPG Sexton with British soldiers age is around 30 years old I have sold approx 23 Tanks etc Royal Hampshire pewter to collectors all over the world. This is the very last one of two to be sold then there will be no more they are all extremely rare, The other one I have listed is a Special forces truck with soldiers WW2 LRDG Truck with special forces soldiers in action, ( Sorry the LRDG Truck has just been sold ) beleived to be a Proto type made for Royal Hampshre pewter. SPG Sexton 25 PDR Pewter model in a class of its own. I believe this military WW2 SPG with its armed combat soldiers I am about to sell could well be the first proto-type of its kind, but failed to go into full production for what ever reason I don't know. although we know, The Royal Hampshire
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