Military, Medals & Maritime Auction October 2019
Saturday 5th October 2019 | 10:00 Military, Medals & Maritime Auction October 2019
Lot 506 Description Estimate Edwardian officers waist belt plate, Imperial crown over Royal cypher and £20.00 - £30.00 motto within an oak wreath
Lot 35 Description Estimate First World War pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal ( 203900. A- £30.00 - £50.00 CPL. J. THOMAS. NORTH'N. R.) together with a medal ribbon bar for War and Victory Medals, a silver plated cigarette case engraved ' Skewen & Neath Abbey. The War. Presented to Cpl. J. Thomas 1914-18', an enamel Cardiff City Special Constabulary lapel badge and the top part of a white metal territorial Force shoulder title, 'T/16', records show Acting Corporal James Thomas of the Northamtonshire Regiment ( later 90445 Labour Corps) entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal (Qty)
Lot 36 Description Estimate First World War trio, 1915-15 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal ( £30.00 - £50.00 2272 PTE. F. UNWIN. CAMB. R. ) Lot 37 Description Estimate First World War pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal ( 891356 GNR. £30.00 - £50.00 H. GREEN. R.A. ) together with an Elizabeth II Imperial Service Medal ( HARRY GREEN) a headed letter from the Central Chancery at St James Palace conferring the award of the I.S.M. to Harry Green dated 23/8/55, original photograph of Gunner Green in the uniform of the Territorial Royal Field Artillery, another of him in civilian clothes, an envelope containing Isle of Ely Constabulary buttons and collar numerals marked ' Harry Greens Isle of Ely Constabulary uniform buttons', an envelope containing London & North Eastern Railway and British Rail buttons, a white metal plaque engraved, ' Presented to Mr H.Green on the occasion of his marriage, from his colleagues at the March Post Office', and a photograph of Mr Green in postmans uniform astride a motorcycle, Qty)
Lot 38 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( £20.00 - £30.00 22423 PTE.E.E. MALT LINC. R. ) records show Ernest Edwin Malt of the Lincolnshire Regiment enlisted age 27, wounded in action twice 20/9/1916 and 16/4/1918, transferred to Labour Corps, 409th Agriculture Company, with number 648004, entitled to the 1914-18 British War Medal and Victory medal
Lot 39 Description Estimate First World War pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal ( M2- 264108 £20.00 - £30.00 PTE. P.J. MACKAY A.S.C. ) together with medal ribbon bar for same medals,
Lot 40 Description Estimate First World War 1914 Star with clasp '5th Aug.-22nd Nov.1914' and British £40.00 - £60.00 War Medal (5534 PTE.H.W. BAYLISS. 2/ NORTH'N R.) mounted on bar, Victory Medal missing from ribbon
Lot 41 Description Estimate First World War British War Medal ( PTE. A. GRACE. A.S.C.) mounted on £20.00 - £30.00 a bar with a Victory Medal ( PTE. A.C. DUKE R. FUS. ) Private Arthur Grace shown on records as being entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal, Private Arthur C. Duke is shown as entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal and also served in the Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment under the Regimental number L- 13317 Lot 42 Description Estimate First World War pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal ( 1482 PTE. J. £50.00 - £70.00 LOVE. NORF. R.) together with a Territorial Force Efficiency Medal ( 240046 PTE. J. LOVE. 5/ NORF. R.), records show Private John Love of 1/5 Battalion, Norfolk Regiment entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal
Lot 43 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( £100.00 - £200.00 ASST. NURSE. G.I. WHITE), together with a silver State Registration Badge of the General Nursing Council of England and Wales,Birmingham 1930,maker Thomas Fattorini, engraved to the reverse, 'G.I. White R.F.N. (Registered Fever Nurse) 621, 18.5.23, Regd. No. 700947', records show Assistant Nurse Gladys Irene White, born 1899 in Warwickshire, of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal, copies of medal record, census records, and Register of nurses included, (3)
Lot 44 Description Estimate First World War grouping to the Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ) pair of £100.00 - £150.00 medals, 1914-1918 British War Medal, Victory Medal ( 33517 PTE. R.W. HALL. SCO. RIF. ) together with a two ribbon bar, a cast cap badge to the Cameronians with two loops to the reverse, 1916 scratched to the bottom, with black backing ribbon for the Glengarry, a Scottish Rifles shoulder title in gilding metal, hexagonal loops to reverse, an alloy identity bracelet plate engraved, ' Rfn. A. Hall, 33717, A Coy, 5/6 S.R., France', Soldiers Demobilization Account Form, Unit Register Card, Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve, Certificate of Employment in the War, Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity, post card ' to you dear husband from your loving Wife and Daughter', silk embroidered ' Forget me not' post card, Bill from undertakers dated 1946 to the executors of Richard Hall, records show Private Richard Hall entitled to the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal, Lot 65 Description Estimate Family grouping of medals and ephemera, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with £80.00 - £120.00 North Africa 1942-43 clasp, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 British War Medal, to Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Basil Edgar Castree ,together with The Defence medal and 1939-1945 British War Medal to Leading Aircraftwoman Dora Castree in official Air Ministry stamped postage box, LAC Castree's R.A.F. Service and Release book, call up papers from April 1941 and leave pass with the stamp of 179 Squadron (this was a Maritime patrol and Anti Submarine Warfare Squadron based at St. Eval in Cornwall), LACW Castree's R.A.F. Airman's Service and Pay Book,Certificate of Enrolment in the W.A.A.F. dated 26th August 1942, Certificate of Discharge dated 25th October 1945, and War Gratuity Form, two R.A.F. tunic buttons with a silver and enamel R.A.F. sweetheart brooch,and a photograph of LAC Castree and LACW Castree together in uniform dated May 24th 1945,also included in this lot is a First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( 97 PTE.E.J. CASTREE. R.A.M.C. ) Silver War Badge serial number B56212, a pocket 'Active Service Testament 1914-1915', a cased Royal Horticultural Society bronze medal dated 1897 awarded to Geo. Shaw Esq. and E.J. Castree, a Royal Artillery sweetheart badge in gilt and enamel, a Victorian silver 1897 half crown with another well rubbed example, two 1977 Silver Jubilee coins, a National Registration Identity Card in the name of James Hamilton, a Medical Card dated 21st April 1923 in the same name, a post war Bomber Command commemorative medal, and a hand sewn pillow case reputedly made by a British prisoner of war,( Qty)
Lot 67 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Navy grouping, 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, £150.00 - £200.00 Burma Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 British War Medal, and large amount of ephemera to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant W.L.T. ISBISTER, R.N.V.R., C.O. of Motor Launch 1173, including Master at Arms Rough Report Book of M.L. 1173, Naval Armament Store Ledger for M.L.1173 from May 1943, Pay Voucher Book for M.L.1173,Accounts record book and many other items of ephemera to M.L.1173 which seems to have spent some time in the United States and the West Indies
Lot 211 Description Estimate Swinburn & Son 1860 32 bore double barrelled Jacob rifle, the right bore £3,000.00 - smoothed, the left with rifling, the folding sight graduated to 2000 yards, £5,000.00 the hammer plates stamped "Swinburn & Son 1860", the patch box lid engraved "Jacobs Rifles", barrels 61cm, overall 101.5cm long Lot 212 Description Estimate 19th Century Masonic powder horn, with a Crown above 33 I AD, a £180.00 - £220.00 flowering urn below with Masonic symbols surround, 36cm long
Lot 213 Description Estimate Gun tools, to include turn screws, barrel wrench, gun nipple wrench, £70.00 - £90.00 powder measures, Bore measure, etc (qty)
Lot 214 Description Estimate Colt's Caps tin boxes, together with a F.Joyce example and Navy Arms Co, £20.00 - £30.00 (4)
Lot 215 Description Estimate Interesting collection of pistol parts, to incude flint lock hammers, powder £100.00 - £150.00 flask spouts, percussion cap hammer, leather pistol bag, trigger guard, etc, (qty)
Lot 216 Description Estimate Fine 19th Century ivory and steel turn screw, with a turned handle and £40.00 - £60.00 tapering steel shaft, 12.5cm long
Lot 217 Description Estimate Late 18th Century Turkish pistol holster, with a leather body, strung script £200.00 - £300.00 and arrow border, 29cm high
Lot 218 Description Estimate 19th Century copper pistol powder flask, of plain design with a brass fitting £30.00 - £50.00 and nozzle, 12cm long
Lot 219 Description Estimate 19th Century copper pistol powder flask, a gadrooned design with a brass £30.00 - £50.00 fitting and nozzle, 12cm long
Lot 220 Description Estimate 19th Century shot gun oak case, Henry Bond Diss label to the interior of £40.00 - £60.00 the lid Lot 221 Description Estimate 19th Century copper pistol powder flask, scroll and bead design with a £30.00 - £50.00 brass fitting and nozzle, 11.5cm long
Lot 222 Description Estimate Army & Navy shotgun case, outer canvas covered case with label to the £30.00 - £50.00 interior, also with a cleaning rod
Lot 223 Description Estimate Two Victorian powder flasks, a leather covered pear shaped shot flask with £30.00 - £50.00 brass charger and embossed with hunting dogs and a smaller leather covered flask, the larger 21cm overall, (2)
Lot 224 Description Estimate 19th Century horn powder horn, named John Wood, Horn, with a pair of £200.00 - £300.00 figures standing by a path with cottages to the lane and a dog to the side, 32cm long
Lot 225 Description Estimate Maynard's Patent Victorian lock action, Crown over VR, Mass Arms, £50.00 - £70.00 Ohiooper Falls, USA 1856
Lot 226 Description Estimate 19th Century Middle Eastern crescent shape powder flask, the brass flask £70.00 - £90.00 decorated in coloured enamels with a sprung stopper, 9cm long
Lot 227 Description Estimate Collection of bullet moulds, two with handles the third without, together £50.00 - £70.00 with three steel examples, (6)
Lot 228 Description Estimate George III horn flask, in the form of a bird with brass studs to the body and £120.00 - £180.00 swivel top, 11 cm high Lot 229 Description Estimate Leather shotgun case, rectangular form with a fitted interior, 83cm long £30.00 - £50.00
Lot 244 Description Estimate Full set of eighteen editions of the circa 1930's magazine 'Hitler's Mein £30.00 - £50.00 Kampf', published with royalties to ' The British Red Cross Society', Hutchison & Co., Publishers (in Association with Hurst & Blackett Ltd.), printed by The Anchor Press, Tiptree, Essex
Lot 245 Description Estimate Princess Mary's Gift Fund 1914 box, brass box with hinged lid which is £20.00 - £30.00 decorated with embossed detail, in the center Princess Mary's head in profile surrounded by a wreath and with 'M' each side, in each corner and to the sides, the name of an ally, in center; along bottom edge a plaque bearing 'CHRISTMAS 1914', the Gift Fund was inaugurated by Princess Mary in October 1914 to provide a gift to every serviceman at the front or at sea for the first Christmas of the War
Lot 318 Description Estimate A home made Irish Republican Army flag,an Irish tricolour with the letters £150.00 - £200.00 I.R.A. painted above a green shamrock, taken from a flag pole by a soldier while on active service in Northern Ireland in 1972, housed in a box frame, flag size approx. 87 cm x 45 cm
Lot 319 Description Estimate Second World War wood propeller pattern, used by Shorts of Belfast to £30.00 - £50.00 cast propeller blades for Landing Craft (Assault) the most common British and Commonwealth landing craft of the war, beautifully made from mahogany, the pattern is stamped with a broad arrow '6B, LCA', and 'SH 1942', 29 cm in length
Lot 320 Description Estimate Second World War British Air Raid Precautions (ARP) wooden gas rattle, £20.00 - £30.00 based on the bird-scarer / football rattle model, marked in ink to the top, 'ARP 1941' Lot 321 Description Estimate After Giovanni Castiglioni (1884-1971), a bronze portrait plaque bearing £150.00 - £250.00 the profile of Benito Mussilini with banners in the background, and, ' A CHI L'ITALIA? A NOI', ( 'Are you with us and Italy') in text below,, 29.5 cm x 22 cm
Lot 322 Description Estimate A framed collection of post Second World War Canadian forces badges, £25.00 - £40.00 including The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Guards, Nova Scotia Highlanders, Regina Rifles, Queens Own Rifles, Royal Canadian Artillery, etc
Lot 324 Description Estimate The Sound of Our Times, boxed set of LP's by Oriole Records, originally £10.00 - £20.00 released in 1949 on 78 RPM discs, telling the story of the events between 1934 & 1949,featuring selections of spoken word taken from BBC Radio Recordings including Churchill, King George VI, Attlee, Montgomery, Nehru, Bevin, Hitler, HG Wells, Nehru, Mussolini, Truman, De Gaulle, William Joyce ( Lord Haw Haw), etc
Lot 325 Description Estimate Military Training Pamphlet, No. 52, Forest, Bush, and Jungle warfare £20.00 - £30.00 against a modern enemy, 1942, The War Office, interesting publication detailing the training of troops, including Attack, Defence, The Counter Attack, Withdrawal, Minor Tactics, Supply, etc.
Lot 326 Description Estimate A quantity of brass shell cases of various calibres, including, 1941 dated 25 £40.00 - £60.00 pdr, 1943 dated 6 pdr, 1942 dated 75mm M18, 1958 dated 40 mm, 1910 dated German 75 mm, 1928 dated 3 pdr, 1917 dated German 77 mm, 1911 dated German 77mm, 1940 dated 12 pdr, etc, (Qty)
Lot 327 Description Estimate British wooden ammunition box for 7.62 mm ball ammunition containing £30.00 - £50.00 a quantity of brass shell cases of various calibres, including French 37 mm, British LIIA2, German 37mm, etc, ( Qty) Lot 329 Description Estimate First World War German M16 steel helmet with remains of original three £400.00 - £500.00 paint camouflage pattern, liner and chin strap absent
Lot 332 Description Estimate 19th Century Brown Bess socket bayonet, unmarked £20.00 - £30.00
Lot 389 Description Estimate Late 18th Century/ Early 19th Century British Army socket bayonet, £30.00 - £50.00 possibly for an artillery or cavalry carbine, ground dug, overall length approx. 496 mm, blade length approx. 380 mm
Lot 434 Description Estimate French Model 1825/1830 Curassier helmet, believed for an officer, silver £500.00 - £700.00 plated copper/tombac skull with brass 'Medusa' crest, horsehair attached, red horsehair hackle in tulip mount to front, plume holder to left side containing red (replacement) horsehair plume, brass interlocking chain on leather chin strap, liner absent
Lot 435 Description Estimate Second World War Home Front interest, a Zuckerman Civilian Protective £25.00 - £40.00 Helmet used by the Fire Guard, part of the Civil Defence organisation, dated 8/41 and stencilled with the letters, ' F.G.' , together with a printed cotton ' SFP ' armband for use by Supplementary Fire Parties as issued from August 1940, and a later ' Fire Guard ' armlet, printed on rubberised cotton,issued when both Supplementary and Street Fire Parties were reorganised into the Fire Guard in 1941, for economy reasons, a printed overlay was issued for stitching over the original SFP armband, (3)
Lot 436 Description Estimate First World War British army Short & Mason Mk V prismatic marching £40.00 - £60.00 compass, stamped on the bottom with the broad arrow,'Short & Mason Ltd, London', serial number 1385, and the date 1906, stamped on the cover 'Prismatic Compass Mark V', with the broad arrow, traditional mother of pearl dial for low light viewing, the name ' C. DEAKIN' is engraved on the bottom of the compass and is also stamped on the fitted leather case together with a broad arrow Lot 437 Description Estimate Withdrawn £0.00 - £0.00
Lot 438 Description Estimate Military style bugle in copper and brass , white metal badge to the Argyll £20.00 - £30.00 and Sutherland Highlanders affixed to the bell
Lot 439 Description Estimate World War One aircraft data plate/tension diagram, "VERSPANNUNGS- £20.00 - £30.00 SCHEMA. Ru CIV. MIT GEHOBENEN FLACHENDEN....RUMPLER- WERKE G.m.b.H. Berlin-Johannisthal", 20.5cm x 10.5cm
Lot 440 Description Estimate Collection of British Army General Service and General Service Corps tunic £10.00 - £20.00 buttons,including a Victorian officers gilt mounted button, an Edwardian officers gilt button, Victorian volunteers white metal button, World War II plastic economy buttons, etc, (14)
Lot 441 Description Estimate World War I Model 1915 Prussian infantry Pickelhaube with grey oxidised £450.00 - £500.00 steel fittings, Gammersbach Reisdorf makers mark with date of 1916 or 18 and size 66 stamped to interior
Lot 442 Description Estimate 20th Century British Metropolitan Police Custodian helmet, made by £20.00 - £30.00 Compton Webb, size 59, un-issued condition, together with a Derbyshire Constabulary Custodian helmet, size 58, worn condition, (2) Lot 443 Description Estimate Second World War British Home Guard Battledress Blouse, printed Home £400.00 - £500.00 Guard shoulder titles and formation badges to the 8th Suffolk Battalion whose Headquarters were at Saxmundham, size No.8, made by S.Schneiders & Sons Ltd, maker label to interior, stamped with broad arrow and date letter 'O' for 1942, together with a pair of Battledress trousers, stamped to the interior with broad arrow and date letter 'Z' for 1945, in the pocket of the Battledress was found two documents to Private C. Spall of 'A' Company 8th Suffolk Battalion, Home Guard, one is a 'Stand Down and Disbandment of Home Guard' memorandum, the other is a list of equipment to be handed in, these are included with the Battledress uniform
Lot 448 Description Estimate Document dated 8th August 1810 to an officer in the Royal Navy Impress £30.00 - £50.00 Service, the hand written document with wax seal to the bottom, confers the Freedom of the Corporation to Captain Samuel Mottley for his seven years service as Regulating Officer in the Impress Service from the Corporation of Gravesend and Milton, ' for his exemplary zeal...... inflexible integrity..... (in) the duty of an office, naturally and unavoidably arduous, inhicate (?), and in some degree unpopular...... ', at the time of the Napoleonic Wars the organisation at the ports charged with obtaining seamen was known as The Impress Service, it was supposedly limited to seizing men who were seamen, a word given a broad interpretation, with an age limit set at 18 to 55 years of age, frequently these limits were ignored, a man paid the Kings shilling to enlist became an 'imprest' or 'prest' man, an interesting historical document to a much hated branch of the Royal Navy
Lot 453 Description Estimate First World War Imperial German M1898/05 'Butcher blade' bayonet by £40.00 - £60.00 the maker Alex Coppel, Solingen, maker mark to ricasso, date '18 on spine, housed in steel scabbard, together with another example, maker unreadable, missing scabbard, (2)
Lot 468 Description Estimate First World War Canadian military 1910 pattern rifle bayonet, the pommel £30.00 - £50.00 marked for ' Ross Rifle Co. Quebec, patented 1907 ' unfullered single edged broad blade, wooden grips, overall length approx. 37 cm Lot 490 Description Estimate World War II 1940 pattern Battledress blouse belonging to Lieutenant J.L. £40.00 - £60.00 Hubbard of the 3rd Leicestershire ( West Leicester) Battalion The Home Guard, size No.11, Home Guard and 3rd Leicestershire titles to each sleeve, World War I medal ribbon bar for 1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal together with a pair of battledress trousers and an officers Field Service cap stamped Colletts Ltd 1940, marked with the initials J.L.H. and bearing an officers bronze cap badge to the Leicestershire Regiment
Lot 492 Description Estimate Four scissor type bullet moulds two brass, two steel, with a Middleton £60.00 - £80.00 Ideal 575 213 scissor bullet mould with wooden grips for a .58 Minie bullet, and a bullet mould lead pouring ladle with wooden handle, (6)
Lot 495 Description Estimate A framed collection of , ' Bullets that shaped American History', cast in the £25.00 - £40.00 original moulds, the lead bullets include, .577 Wilkinson Rifle from 1850, .32 bore Brunswick Rifle from 1837, .30 bore Kentucky Rifle from 1770, .44 Colt Army Revolver from 1860, .577 Enfield Rifle from 1835, .450 Martini Henry Rifle from 1870, etc
Lot 498 Description Estimate A framed First World War British 'Victory' poster, text at top of poster £50.00 - £70.00 reads, ' Victory, Germany signs the Armistice, Alsace-Lorraine restored to France, Occupation of the Rhine Lands, Navy to be Handed Over', followed by paragraphs outlining the details of the Armistice, at the bottom it states, 'Reprinted from the Glasgow Herald of November 12th, 1918', poster size 40 cm x 76 cm
Lot 500 Description Estimate Collection of sixteen Elizabeth II Police cap badges, including, Essex and £30.00 - £50.00 Southend Constabulary, Lancashire Constabulary, Hertfordshire Constabulary, York and North East Yorkshire Police, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, Staffordshire County Police, Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary, Mid Anglia Constabulary, Hull City Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Teeside Constabulary, (16)
Lot 507 Description Estimate Set of nine tunic buttons to the Cambridgeshire Regiment in anodised £10.00 - £20.00 aluminium, (9) Lot 508 Description Estimate Set of ten tunic buttons to the Suffolk Regiment in anodised aluminium, £10.00 - £20.00 maker Buttons Limited, Birmingham, (10)
Lot 509 Description Estimate O\R's cap badge to the Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers) slider to the £10.00 - £20.00 reverse, K&K 1440
Lot 512 Description Estimate Two cloth badges, to include Royal Artillery and a Durham Light Infantry £10.00 - £20.00 badge, (2)
Lot 513 Description Estimate Pair of British, H.Q. Middle East Land Forces formation signs, £10.00 - £20.00 embroidered facing pair, removed from uniform, (2)
Lot 471 Description Estimate Large quantity of embroidered British military rank chevrons, black on £30.00 - £50.00 green, with some 'U.S. Army' chest insignia and 'Ruptured Duck' discharge badges, all individually packed in plastic bags, ( Qty)
Lot 472 Description Estimate Copper dish commemorating H.M.S. Foudroyant, Nelson's flagship as £10.00 - £20.00 Rear Admiral from June 1799 to July 1800, copper plaque to centre with embossed ship and legend 'Foudroyant Nelson's flagship, Commenced 1789, Launched 1798, Wrecked Blackpool 1897, 10 cm in diameter
Lot 474 Description Estimate Second World War British x6 Air Ministry binoculars made by Wray of £30.00 - £50.00 London, case stamped 6E/293 with crown over 'AM',dated 1944 with serial number 15935, housed in fitted leather case stamped to the lid with the makers name, Air Ministry crown and initials, and stores number 6E/293 Lot 476 Description Estimate French Model 1882 World War one era cuirassier cavalry regiment helmet £750.00 - £800.00 by Helbronner & Franck Paris, the white metal helmet with brass peak, grenade decorated centre and Medusa head terminal, wreath decorated strap, red feather plume and horse hair mane
Lot 478 Description Estimate Austrian M1871/84 knife bayonet made by Steyr, maker mark OE over WG £50.00 - £70.00 to one side of ricasso, German Third Reich symbol of eagle and swastika in white metal embedded in wooden grip, housed in steel scabbard, together with an Austrian M1888 bayonet, also by Steyr, maker mark to one side of ricasso, Austrian Imperial eagle stamped to the other, scabbard absent, and an Austrian Feldmesser 78 bayonet with serrated edge, for use with the .556 Steyr AUG, 'Made in Austria' with Glock maker mark and 81 stamped on ricasso, scabbard absent, (3)
Lot 479 Description Estimate Boer War Queen Victoria chocolate tin, rectangular gold-painted metal tin £20.00 - £30.00 with hinged lid which is painted red, gold and blue and features the embossed portrait and royal cypher of Queen Victoria and the inscriptions �SOUTH AFRICA 1900� and �I wish you a happy new year Victoria R.I.�
Lot 481 Description Estimate First World War trench art wooden box, an interesting item, the box, £25.00 - £40.00 possibly teak, has the lid carved with a stand of arms and trophies featuring the crescent and star symbol of the Ottoman Empire surmounted by the dates 1334-1918, the only reference to the date 1334 we can find is the Battle of Adramyttion when a Christian league defeated the fleet of the Turkish Beylik of Karasi, so possibly a souvenir combining this with the Turkish defeat in 1918, 10 cm x 8 cm x 2.5 cm
Lot 482 Description Estimate Victorian Royal Naval officers commission to Commander Joseph Martin £60.00 - £80.00 Mottley, dated the 24th January 1843 in the fifth year of Queen Victoria's reign, the commission document has an embossed Admiralty seal in the top left corner and a five shilling Tax Stamp on the left edge, the commission is signed by Sir John Barrow FRS, FRGS (1764 - 1848) - Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 1804 to 1806 and from 1807 to 1845 (promoter of Arctic voyages of discovery) Lot 483 Description Estimate First World War British officers Sam Browne belt and cross belt with a £80.00 - £120.00 1908 pattern leather revolver holster and leather revolver ammunition pouch, the belt has the name ' P.R. Messum' written on it
Lot 475 Description Estimate World War Two first pattern Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, nickel plated £800.00 - £1,200.00 with 'S' shaped guard and checkered handle, 'Wilkinson Sword Co Ltd' etched to one side of the ricasso with 'The F-S Fighting Knife' etched to the other side, blade 17 cm in length, housed in dark brown leather scabbard with nickel plated chape, retaining strap with Newey popper above belt loops
Lot 497 Description Estimate A rare late 18th Century/Early 19th Century British bicorne hat to a Field £500.00 - £700.00 Grade officer of Light Dragoons, the front of the hat is adorned with a chain scale strip and black silk bands, gold bullion and red worsted tassels are suspended from a cord at each corner, the makers label of ' Furnis, No.21 Princes Street' is still present to the interior, the hat comes with its original canvas carrying case with the owners name, ' MAJR. CULTON, LT. DRGS.' written in ink to the side, this type of shaped felt hat was worn by all ranks of the British Heavy Cavalry and most Light Cavalry officers until replaced in 1812 by crested helmets and shakos respectively, officers of Light Cavalry thereafter wore them with 'undress' uniform, although the rear 'peak' has become detached from the base of the skull of the hat it still displays well
Lot 502 Description Estimate Second World War Local Defence Volunteers 'Spear point Sword', made by £30.00 - £50.00 a blacksmith, this stabbing weapon was used by the L.D.V. the forerunners of the Home Guard, chronically short of weaponry, the men resorted to making their own, sometimes resulting in the items such as shown here, desperate times called for desperate measures!, unusual piece of Home Front history
Lot 503 Description Estimate Scarce British East India Company Sapper and Miner�s sword bayonet , £300.00 - £500.00 designed to fit a British Sapper�s and Miner�s P1841 Carbine, well worn makers mark to spine, '144' stamped to ricasso Lot 504 Description Estimate Book on the Royal Armoured Corps in the Italian Campaign 3rd Sep 1943- £40.00 - £60.00 2nd May 1945, featuring sketches by the war artist Eric Manning, marked to 7387207 John Lennox, Sgt. RAMC, together with a copy of, ' The Queens Book of the Red Cross', printed 1939, ' Rommel' by Desmond Young, printed 1950, and an Army Blood Transfusion Service booklet from 1942, (4)
Lot 505 Description Estimate Second World War German Service book and documents to Heinrich £50.00 - £70.00 Munz of 5.Nachrichten Ersatz Abteilung 9 ( 5th Company Signals Replacement Detachment 9 ), together with three copies of ' Nationalsozialistche Monatshefte ' (National Socialist Monthly Bulletin ) dated September 1937, March and June 1939, and a collection of Feldpost letters, ( Qty)
Lot 510 Description Estimate Scarce British 1907 pattern bayonet with hooked quillon by Wilkinson, £450.00 - £550.00 maker and dates from 1911 to 1914 on one side of ricasso, Enfield inspection marks to the other, pommel stamped with 2 over E.X. for 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment, and rack number 241, housed in brown leather scabbard stamped with Enfield inspection mark and date '08, held in 1914 pattern brown leather bayonet frog
Lot 511 Description Estimate British 9th Battalion Tank Corps arm badge, in gilding metal, two loops to £50.00 - £70.00 the reverse, the design of the badge is that of the French 3rd Infantry Division, and permission was granted by the French for wear by the 9th Battalion for their action in support of the division during the battle of Sauvillers ( also known as the battle of Moreuil) in 1918, the badge continued in wear by the 9th Royal Tank Regiment when the Tank Corps was renamed between the wars, and this badge is believed to be a later version worn during the Second World War, still a scarce badge
Lot 22 Description Estimate George V Special Constabulary Medal ( GEORGE HALL ) £15.00 - £25.00 Lot 58 Description Estimate First and Second World War group of seven, 1914-1918 British War Medal, £80.00 - £120.00 Victory Medal ( 2 MTE. C. WEIGHTMAN. M.F.A. ) 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 British War Medal, Marine Society Reward of Merit Medal ( C. WEIGHTMAN 9. NOV 26 ) mounted as worn, together with a miniature medal bar to the same medals the Marine Society Medal of which is in silver, Birmingham 1932, maker J.R. Gaunt & Son, engraved ,' To C. Weightman, 9.11.1926'
Lot 59 Description Estimate First and Second World War medal group, 1914 Star with clasp '5th Aug- £150.00 - £250.00 22nd Nov.1914' (27038 DVR.G.H. BERRY R.F.A. ), 1914-1918 British War Medal, Victory Medal ( 27038 DVR G.H. BERRY. R.A. ) Defence Medal, together with a four ribbon bar with rosette, a Royal Horse & Royal Field Artillery Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve, a Defence Medal award slip and a government approval form for the Defence Medal to Mr G.H. Berry, records show Driver George H. Berry of the 40th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery enlisted on 10th October 1902, entitled to the 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals, also that the qualification date for the clasp to his 1914 Star was 8th August 1914
Lot 60 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Air Force grouping, including group of four £150.00 - £250.00 medals with Mention in Despatches, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 British War Medal. Oak leaf emblem (981657 SGT. W. HUGHES. R.A.F.) together with Air Council award slip, R.A.F. Service and Release book, two citations for the award of M.I.D.'s dated 14th June 1945 and 1st January 1946 with confirmatory notes from R.A.F. records office, a notebook with notes for a speech outlining Sgt Hughes R.A.F. war time service, and personal photographs
Lot 61 Description Estimate Second World War Distinguished Service Medal grouping, D.S.M. (named £300.00 - £400.00 Copy) ( LT/X E.U. C.F. HOODLESS CHIEF ENGR. R.N.R. ) 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, 1939-1945 British War Medal, with copy of London Gazette entry dated 1st January 1944. and copy merchant Navy Identity Certificate, Chief Engineeer Hoodless was serving on H.M.S. Bombardier, a Grimsby Trawler, when awarded the D.S.M. in 1944 Lot 62 Description Estimate Second World War 1939-1945 British War Medal and two Defence Medals, £15.00 - £25.00 together with a Queen Victoria 1887 Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal to The Ancient Order of Foresters, and a George VI and Queen Elizabeth commemorative medal, (5)
Lot 63 Description Estimate World War Two trio of medals, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal £30.00 - £50.00 and 1939-1945 War medal, held in original official postage box addressed to Mr. A.W. Hales of Highgate, London, with medal entitlement slip and medal ribbons
Lot 64 Description Estimate Second World War medal grouping, 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star with £30.00 - £50.00 clasp ' France and Germany', Defence Medal, 1939-1945 British War Medal, to Derek Weightman who is said to have served in both the Royal Navy and the Free French Navy, together with a bar of miniatures of the same medals
Lot 33 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( £20.00 - £30.00 146670 GNR. G.J.E. PECK. R.A. ), records show Gunner Gordon Peck of the Royal Field Artillery entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal, (2)
Lot 34 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( £25.00 - £40.00 706396 GNR. T. GREEN. R.A. ) together with a silver War Badge, number B345092, adapted as a pendant, (3) Lot 66 Description Estimate Second World War German grouping to soldiers from the same family, £180.00 - £220.00 Besitzzeugnis ( Award certificate) for the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (Wound badge in black) to Pnr. Herbert TRAMM, 3./Pi.187 ( 3rd Company Pioneer Battalion 187), dated Dec.1943, Besitzzeugnis for the Sturmabzeichen ( General Assault Badge ) to Gereiten Herbert TRAMM, 3./Pi.187,dated Jan.1945, Recommendation for the Sturmabzeichen to Herbert TRAMM with list of three combats entitling him to the award, list of Herbert TRAMM's personal effects to be sent home, Besitzzeugnis for the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz to Gefreiter Hans TRAMM, 1./Panzerjagerabteilung 134 ( 1st Company, Anti Tank Detachment 134 ) dated Oct.1943, Military Hospital proof of death certificate to Grenadier Helmut TRAMM, Grenadier Regiment 985, dated 1st April 1945, together with a Infantereisturmabzeichen ( Infantry Assault Badge ) in silver wash, hollow back with pin fitting, (Qty)
Lot 75 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Air Force Air Gunner grouping to 1629516 Flight £150.00 - £250.00 Sergeant F.C. Dowsing,consisting of, trio of three medals, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-1945 British War Medal, mounted for display, R.A.F. Air Gunners Flying Log Book with entries from 15/2/44 to 27/3/45 with two post war entries added, including one for Exercise Coronet, a major joint NATO exercise, the log book shows F/Sgt Dowsing flew in Wellington, Stirling and Lancaster bombers with 115 Squadron, 195 Squadron, 214 Squadron and served at the Central Gunnery School, Leconfield, it shows his duties as a Mid Upper Gunner on operations to, among others, Cologne, Hamm, Munich, Weisbaden, and Krefeld, one entry of note occurred on 3rd October 1944 and has 'West Kapelle, Sea Wall' under remarks, (On 3rd October 1944, the dyke to the south of town was destroyed by British bombers � an event still known in Westkapelle simply as 't Bombardement', 'the Bombardment' in support of the assault by the 4th Commando Brigade on Walcheren) there are also details of Air Gunnery courses, also included are a souvenir brochure for a course at No.1 P.A.C.T.C. Edinburgh, Mar-Sept 1943, signed by the attendees, a 1943 dated memorandum regarding Pilots Notes, aircrew selection/promotion interview form, a framed photograph of F/Sgt Dowsing, a group photograph from an R.A.F. training school, a wedding photograph with Dowsing as best man, and a photograph/post card of a bombed out church, (Qty) Lot 246 Description Estimate A collection of twenty two Sweetheart and lapel badges mounted on a £80.00 - £120.00 board, including Military Police, Royal Corps of Signals, the London Scottish, Middlesex Regiment, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Royal Navy, Royal Sussex Regiment, East Surrey Regiment, etc
Lot 247 Description Estimate Collection of leather holsters for small calibre pistols, including one £20.00 - £30.00 shoulder holster, (7)
Lot 23 Description Estimate George V Special Constabulary Medal with two bars, 'The Great War 1914- £40.00 - £60.00 18' and 'Long Service 1931' (FREDERICK L. COWELL ) together with a George VI Special Constabulary Medal ( BERTIE S. COWELL )
Lot 24 Description Estimate First World War Trio, 1914 Star ( M1-07570 PTE. F.J. FIELD. A.S.C. ) £100.00 - £150.00 1914-1918 British War Medal, Victory Medal ( M1-7570 PTE F.J. FIELD. A.S.C. ), together with a white metal medallion 'Award of Merit ' from the District Messenger & Theatre Ticket Company', and a copy of medal card, records show Private Frederick Field of the 5th Motor Ambulance Convoy, A.S.C. entitled to the 1914 Star, 1914-18 British War medal and Victory Medal
Lot 25 Description Estimate First World War Trio, 1914-15 Star ( A. DAVIS. ASST. STD. M.F.A. ) British £50.00 - £70.00 War Medal 1914-1918, Victory Medal ( A.DAVIS. STD. M.F.A.), together with a Second World War Defence Medal and a W.V.S. Civil Defence lapel badge
Lot 26 Description Estimate Withdrawn £0.00 - £0.00
Lot 27 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( M- £20.00 - £30.00 274315 A.CPL. H. MILLIGAN. A.S.C. ), comes with original box of issue and postage envelope,records show Acting Corporal Henry Milligan entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal, (2) Lot 28 Description Estimate First World War Memorial Plaque, (THOMAS LYONS) mounted onto a £40.00 - £60.00 presentation shield
Lot 29 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( B- £30.00 - £50.00 19812 SJT. C.C. MCKEAND. R.FUS.), together with a miniature medal bar for the same two medals, a George VI Special Constabulary Medal ( COLIN. C. MCKEAND. ), medal ribbon bar for the BWM, Victory Medal and Special Constabulary Medal, a silver locket, maker J.W.T. ,and a Players Cigarettes card with the insignia of the British 12th ( Eastern) Infantry Division in the First World War, box of issue for the S.C. Medal states Newcastle Upon Tyne and 'Long Service Medal awarded in 1945' , records show Colin Campbell McKeand entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal, 9th ( Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers ( City of London Regiment) served on the Western Front with the 36th Brigade of 12th Infantry Division for the duration of the war, (3)
Lot 30 Description Estimate First World War 1914-15 Star (166858 A.G.W. BAKER. A.B. R.N.) and £20.00 - £30.00 Victory Medal (166858 A.G.W. BAKER. L.S. R.N.) Alfred George William Baker was born on 20/01/1877 at West Tarring, Salvington, Sussex, records show his first draft was on H.M.S. Impregnable on 14th May 1892 and finished his service at President IV, 30th April 1919, entitled to 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, (2)
Lot 31 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( £20.00 - £30.00 M2-176247 PTE. A.E. WOODS. A.S.C. ) records show Arthur Woods entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal, (2)
Lot 32 Description Estimate First World War Trio to include 1914-15 Star ( 5206, GNR. C. HOWE, £40.00 - £60.00 R.G.A.) British War Medal and Victory Medal ( SR-5206. GNR. C. HOWE. R.A.), together with R.A.F. cap badge buttons and rank crowns in anodised aluminium contained in an old cocoa tin
Lot 45 Description Estimate First World War trio, to include 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory £40.00 - £60.00 Medal, (98850. PNR. S.P. WOOD. R.E.) Lot 68 Description Estimate Second World War group of four, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence £30.00 - £50.00 Medal, 1939-1945 British War Medal, together with a three medal sew on ribbon bar, and a Malta 1942 Commemorative Medal issued in 1992
Lot 76 Description Estimate Second World War group of three medals, 1939- 1945 Star, France and £50.00 - £70.00 Germany Star, 1939-1945 British War Medal, mounted with a Royal Mint Normandy Campaign commemorative medal, together with a First World War British War Medal ( 28793 PTE.R. ECCLES. S. LAN. R. ), a Black Watch cap badge, a French D-Day commemorative medal, a five years distinguished service A.C.C. medal ( Association of Conservative Clubs) engraved to J.A. Heaton 1913, a seven years service National Savings medal, and a silver sweetheart ring , Birmingham, 1982, maker D&W, Robert Eccles was born in Southport, Lancashire, son of John and Ellen Eccles, formerly 36060 of the Liverpool Regiment he was killed in action on 22/11/16 in Mesopotamia while serving with the 6th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal (Qty)
Lot 248 Description Estimate Second World War British Zuckerman Civil Defence helmet with liner £40.00 - £60.00 dated 1941, FW ( Fire Watch) painted to the front, together with three other Zuckerman helmets, with and without liners, a British Mk II helmet, no liner, a British Mk III helmet, part liner, a British Dispatch Riders helmet, poor liner, a post war German firemans helmet with aluminium crest added, with liner, another German Fire Service helmet without crest, part liner, and a Swiss combat helmet, with liner (Qty)
Lot 333 Description Estimate First World War Turkish 1890 pattern bayonet by the German maker £40.00 - £60.00 Simson & Cie, Suhl, dated 1896, ricasso stamped with the maker and date in Osmanli markings, Sultans tugra mark of Abdulhamid II (1876-1909) stamped on pommel, housed in black leather scabbard with steel fittings Lot 393 Description Estimate Mercury military bicycle, Green painted frame, front lamp with broad £250.00 - £300.00 arrow stamp, Mercury trade stickers to front and rear, bell, red reflectors, Dunlop seat, Mercury military bicycles were not used during the Second World War (Mercury Industries was formed in 1947), but are the same specification as the BSA Mk V and officially known as �Bicycle, Trade Pattern, Heavy Duty.�
Lot 446 Description Estimate A Second World War German Wehrmacht Tornister ( Rucksack ) with £50.00 - £70.00 pony fur cover, stamped with RBNr. 0/0350/0227, shoulder straps missing, together with a Luftwaffe canvas rucksack dated 1940, two wartime period German leather belts (without buckles ) a quantity of leather Boys Brigade belts, and waterproofed bags, (Qty)
Lot 55 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( £30.00 - £50.00 3224. PTE. J.G. WILKINS. R. IR. R.) together with a 1914-1918 British War Medal (disc only) ( K-6606, G. HADLEY. SIG 1. R.N. ), records show John George Wilkins born 1876, 7th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, entitled to the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal, George Hadley is shown on Naval Medal and Awards Roll as being entitled also to the 1914 Star, rank recorded as Sto.1 (Stoker 1st Class), also shown as being issued with the clasp to the 1914 Star on 4th April 1919 on the records of the Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division
Lot 57 Description Estimate First World War Trio, 1914-15 Star ( 20978 SPR. W. BANKS. R.E. ), 1914- £40.00 - £60.00 1918 British War Medal, Victory Medal (20978 CPL. W. BANKS. R.E. ) together with a silver War Badge number 306623, records show Corporal Walter Banks enlisted on 13/01/1911 and entered France on 26th January 1915, entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory medals, discharged due to sickness on 18/01/1918,issued with Silver War Badge No. 306623, ref. RE/1468
Lot 429 Description Estimate First World War French 1915 Adrian pattern helmet, it has a second £100.00 - £150.00 pattern black leather six tongue liner with corrugated metal banding and a brown leather adjustable chinstrap with metal buckle, a flaming grenade badge is fixed to the front. Lot 431 Description Estimate Brass memorial plaque to a British soldier killed in action during the Boer £100.00 - £150.00 War, the large plaque is engraved, ' In memory of Walter James Stock of this Parish, who served with the Gordon Highlanders at Dargai and Ladysmith and was killed in action at Rooi Koppies, South Africa, on July 24: 1900- aged 25 years', the lettering on the plaque was picked out in red and black and the remains of the paint can be seen, it has holes on each corner for mounting, approx 76 cm x 25.5 cm, Walter James Stock was born in 1875 in Newport, Essex, the son of Francis Stock, a farm bailiff and his wife Mary, the family lived in a tied cottage on Parsonage Farm, Newport, 4893 Private W.J. Stock was killed in action when the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders attacked a large Boer Commando on a low ridge at Rooi Koppies which is near Amerafoort in the Transvaal, South Africa
Lot 432 Description Estimate British Army issue suitcase containing, No.2 Dress uniform badged to the £40.00 - £60.00 Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers and dated 1963, black Compton & Webb beret with R.E.M.E. cap badge, United Nations blue beret, green woolen pullover, barrack trousers, British Army Arctic cap, R.E.M.E. and Royal Engineers stable belts, Queens crown Royal Engineers anodised aluminium cap badge, and part of a No.88 Wireless Set Type 'A', (Qty)
Lot 433 Description Estimate World War Two collection of Ministry of Air Production aircraft £15.00 - £25.00 identification cards showing the silhouettes of various aircraft from different angles including, P38 Lightning, Me 410, Stirling, Junkers 188, Spitfire IX, Junkers 52, etc, (qty)
Lot 444 Description Estimate Collection of British military photographs, mainly Second World War £40.00 - £60.00 vintage with some from the 1920's and a few post war, British soldiers in barracks, working on vehicles, in the Middle East, etc
Lot 334 Description Estimate World War Two U.S.Navy Mk 1 jungle machete, can just make out U.S.N. £30.00 - £50.00 and parts of crown and hammer maker mark for Legitimus Collins & Co on blade near handle, black cellulite grips secured by four rivets, blade 64.5 cm in length, held in canvas scabbard with 'U.S.N. MK1' just visible at throat Lot 335 Description Estimate French Model 1866 Chassepot bayonet made at the Saint Etienne arsenal, £40.00 - £60.00 maker mark to the spine with the date May 1873, number '5' stamped to one side of ricasso, inspection marks to the other, serial number F 15752 on crossguard, housed in black painted steel scabbard, together with another example made at the Chatellerault arsenal, maker mark to the spine with the date May 1871,inspection marks on one side of ricasso, serial number 63947 stamped on crossguard, (2)
Lot 336 Description Estimate British army Hussars/ Royal Horse Artillery busby line for other ranks, £20.00 - £30.00 comprising a single yellow braided cord doubled over, the two ends terminating in woven conical terminals, just below these the two halves of the cord are stitched together to form a small loop within which a single fixed Turk's Head knot, two more similar running knots are spaced along the length of the doubled cords, in the bend of the cord is a gilding metal "dog lead" snap fastener,as well as being decorative the lines serve the more practical purpose of preventing the busby from being lost if knocked from the head, the conical terminal end of the line is attached to the tunic the snap fastener to the busby
Lot 338 Description Estimate British post war commando knife made by William Rodgers, Sheffield, £30.00 - £50.00 blued blade, makers name stamped on cross guard with 'Sheffield England', black painted handle, scabbard missing
Lot 339 Description Estimate Pattern 1876 Martini-Henry Rifle Bayonet socket bayonet, triangular blade £60.00 - £90.00 with R705 Arrow mark above crown 27, with scabbard
Lot 340 Description Estimate French First World War bayonet, with the original scabbard and shaped £30.00 - £50.00 grip
Lot 341 Description Estimate British Enfield bayonet, with a tapering bald and fitted end, marks to the £20.00 - £30.00 angle, 54cm long Lot 337 Description Estimate Group of items to Sapper Alexander Handyside of the Royal Engineers, the £60.00 - £80.00 grouping, held in a small metal tin, includes a pair of scarce shoulder titles T/RE/NORTHUMBRIAN in gilding metal, three loops to the reverse with backing plates, an aluminium identity bracelet engraved ' Spr A. Handyside, C of E, 459687, Royal Engineers', a Royal Engineers George V cap badge in gilding metal with slider to the reverse, some general service buttons, 'Tynemouth' and 'R.G.A.' shoulder titles in gilding metal, both with hexagonal lugs to the reverse and possibly together as the Tynemouth Territorial Royal Garrison Artillery,a small silver charm, Birmingham 1926, maker William Oakley Davies, and finally, an identity disc for 'Vic' of 154 Holystone, High Heaton', Alexander Handyside, a bricklayer, was married with three children and living at 27 Graham Street, Byker, he enlisted in the Northumbrian Division Royal Engineers on the 23rd March 1916 aged 34, after training he was sent overseas to Salonika on the Macedonian front where he was attached first to the 287th Army Troops Company R.E. and then the 33rd Base Park Company R.E., he was discharged from the army in 1919, records show him issued with the 1914- 18 British War Medal and Victory Medal,(Qty)
Lot 458 Description Estimate British 1856 pattern artillery bayonet, made in Germany under contract by £80.00 - £120.00 the maker WKC ( Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie, Solingen, the bayonet has the makers trademark stamped to one side of the ricasso and Solingen inspection mark on the other, the number '89' stamped on cross guard
Lot 459 Description Estimate First World War propaganda map handkerchief. It's a Long, Long way to £80.00 - £120.00 Tipperary - My Heart's right there, circa 1915, colour printed cotton handkerchief, showing a British Tommy waving to his wife and child with waving figures from Scotland and Ireland, 33cm x 32cm framed
Lot 460 Description Estimate Second World War British Airborne Recognition Scarf, fluorescent yellow £80.00 - £120.00 silk scarf with taped edge and ties, stamped March 1941, these items were issued to both British and American Airborne troops, laid out by their positions or worn over the back pack, they were used as an aid in identifying friendly forces and preventing attack by Allied aircraft Lot 462 Description Estimate First World War sweet heart brooch, George V Royal Engineers, together £20.00 - £30.00 with a Women's Voluntary Service badge, (2)
Lot 464 Description Estimate First World War U.S. 1917 Remington bayonet, marked on one side of the £30.00 - £50.00 ricasso with the makers mark and on the other with U.S. Army Ordnance marks
Lot 467 Description Estimate First World War Machine Gun Corps sweetheart badge in gilding metal £20.00 - £30.00 and enamel, pin back in working order
Lot 46 Description Estimate First World War medal, War medal, (39225 PTE. T.LOCKHART CHES P) £10.00 - £20.00
Lot 47 Description Estimate First World War medal, War medal, (134948 GNR E. PRIOR R.A.) £10.00 - £20.00
Lot 48 Description Estimate British War Medal 1914-1918 (831 PTE. T.J. PRIOR. RIF. BRIG.) medal £10.00 - £20.00 card ref. WO 72/16/93029
Lot 49 Description Estimate First World War Military Medal grouping, George V Military Medal £400.00 - £500.00 (124057 CPL.F.W. ADAMS. 204/SGE BY. R.G.A. ) 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( 124057 SJT.F.W. ADAMS. R.A. ) , together with schedule for the presentation of the M.M. to units of the Heavy Artillery dated 8th April 1918, newspaper cutting for the award of the M.M. to NCO's and men , including Cpl. Adams, copy of medal card
Lot 50 Description Estimate First World War pair, (74748 PTE. J.D. NICHOLLS. L.POOL R) (2) £20.00 - £30.00 Lot 51 Description Estimate First World War memorial plaque (JOSEPH PATRICK DONOVAN), the £50.00 - £70.00 plaque is held in its original protective card folder envelope which in turn is held in the original postage envelope with return addresses for the Memorial Plaque Factory, in the converted laundry in Acton,and Plaque Section, Royal Arsenal, there is also a Buckingham Palace headed letter of tribute with facsimile signature of King George V and form from the Record Office for the entitlement of a 1914-15 Star to 17580 Pte. J.P. Donovan of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, together with a memorial scroll to Private Donovan in its original cardboard postage tube with a further letter of tribute, Pte. Joseph Patrick Donovan was born in Middlesex and joined 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, records show he went overseas to the Balkans on the 13th May 1915 and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 7th August 1915, entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal,and Victory Medal, he is remembered on the Memorial at Helles, Gallipoli
Lot 52 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( £40.00 - £60.00 2953 PTE. F. PRITCHARD. R. BERKS. R. ) Frederick Pritchard enlisted on 14th September 1914 in the 4th Battalion the Berkshire Regiment, he was wounded and discharged to the 'A' reserve 13th June 1917, also has a Regimental number of 200754, entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal
Lot 53 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( £30.00 - £50.00 51974 PTE. 1. C.F. CHATER. R.A.F. ) records show Clifford Frederick Chater, born 30th July 1887, grocer by trade, married 25th June 1914 to Elsie May Smith, enlisted in R.A.F. 13/12/1916, Private 1 ( Motor Cyclist), had previously served three years in the Bedfordshire Regiment. Lot 54 Description Estimate First World War casualty pair of medals, 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal (15- £30.00 - £50.00 732 PTE.A.M. POWER. W. YORK. R) records show Alan Maynard Power, born in Willesden, London, enlisted in Leeds, 15th Battalion Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment, first went overseas to Egypt 22nd December 1915, and was killed in action in the Western European Theatre ( France and Flanders) on 28th April 1916, also entitled to the 1914-1918 British War Medal, these medals are in a glazed frame together with a 1939-1945 British War Medal, a Pope Leo XIII Commemorative Medal, an Oudh Chapter No.241, Lucknow, Masonic Medal, a Steward, Royal Masonic Institution for Boys silver medal, London 1927, maker H.T. Lamb & Co, and a 1935 King George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee medal
Lot 56 Description Estimate First World War Trio, 1914-15 Star, 1914-1918 British War Medal and £40.00 - £60.00 Victory Medal (20904 PTE. W. ROBERTS. R.W.FUS. )
Lot 141 Description Estimate 19th Century multi blade pocket knife, with various tools and blades £20.00 - £30.00
Lot 249 Description Estimate World War One British 1 Pounder shell used on the 37mm 'Pom Pom' £10.00 - £20.00 cannon, marked on the underside of the projectile 'V' and on the side 'VSM' for Vickers, Sons & Maxim, held in a U.S. 37mm shell casing marked on the underside U.M.C.CO for Union Metallic Cartridge Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, L5 and dated 5-15,together with a similar shell and casing with the same markings apart from the underside being stamped L4, (2)
Lot 250 Description Estimate German K.98 bayonet by the maker E.u.F. Horster, Solingen, ricasso £30.00 - £50.00 stamped '42asw' to one side, 3187 over 'u' to the other, in steel scabbard, together with what appears to be a bad copy of a Third Reich Police bayonet with stylized Police emblem stamped on blade, another similar bayonet with swastikas and the word ' Bolangning' on the scabbard fittings, an SLR bayonet in relic condition, a post war German Hitler Youth type knife in similar condition, a British 1907 bayonet frog with frog stud missing, and a U.S. M1 Garand bayonet scabbard ( repaired), (Qty) Lot 251 Description Estimate A British No.9 knife bayonet for use with the Lee Enfield No.4 rifle, £30.00 - £50.00 together with two Russian/Chinese SKS bayonets, (3)
Lot 252 Description Estimate First World War British Mills bomb converted into a money box, slot cut to £50.00 - £70.00 the front, still has pin and safety lever, inert
Lot 253 Description Estimate British 1940 pattern Battledress Blouse, size No.9, by the maker Prices £180.00 - £220.00 Tailors Ltd, ' Proprietors of the Fifty Shilling Tailors', makers label to interior, together with a pair of Battledress Trousers, stamped to the interior with a broad arrow and the date letter 'O' for 1942, (2)
Lot 73 Description Estimate Second World War grouping, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, £180.00 - £220.00 Africa Star, 1939-1945 British War Medal, Territorial Army Medal dated 1943 to reverse, a George V Territorial Army officers commission document to 2nd Lieutenant Phillip Edward Wood, dated 9th January 1931, medal ribbon bar for the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, France and Germany Star, an official postage box containing a Defence Medal addressed to Mrs. B. L. Wood, framed photo of Lieutenant Wood and another of him with his wife, a letter to Captain P.E. Wood thanking him for his service,also included are two Identity bracelets, one silver, one in white metal engraved, A.W.Wood, 24068 R.E.', a group photograph of Territorial Army Royal Engineers officers, a menu for a Royal Engineers Armistice Dinner 11th November 1941, (Qty)
Lot 142 Description Estimate Large 19th Century cleaver/chopper, with a ring turned handle, 42.5cm £60.00 - £80.00 long, together with another cleaver/chopper with steel blade and handle, 41cm long, (2)
Lot 143 Description Estimate 18th Century Indian Bichwa, the twin curved blades with arched guard, £40.00 - £60.00 29cm long Lot 144 Description Estimate 19th Century horn handled multi bladed pocket knife, with various steel £30.00 - £50.00 blades and tools
Lot 145 Description Estimate Underwood folding knife, the steel folding blade with makers name to the £60.00 - £90.00 base, chequer grip and push release button together with the original scabbard, the knife when close 21cm long
Lot 146 Description Estimate Three daggers, to include an unusual African take of a Fairbairn Sykes £40.00 - £60.00 fighting knife, a sheathed knife and a Middle Eastern knife, (3)
Lot 147 Description Estimate 19th Century bone handled multi blade knife, with various steel blades £30.00 - £50.00
Lot 148 Description Estimate 20th Century Kukri, fullered blade, wooden handle with brass handle ring £20.00 - £30.00 and butt cap, leather bound wooden scabbard with two skinning knives , blade length 32 cm
Lot 149 Description Estimate Early 20th Century Bowie knife, with a steel blade and antler grip and the £30.00 - £50.00 original leather scabbard, 29cm long
Lot 150 Description Estimate 19th Century cutlery handle Bowie style knife, makers name to the steel £70.00 - £90.00 blade R. Lingard Pea Croft, Sheffield, together with the scabbard, 28cm long
Lot 151 Description Estimate Victorian cutlery handle Bowie style knife, with a stiletto blade and pewter £40.00 - £60.00 handle, together with scabbard, 21cm long Lot 152 Description Estimate Collection of five penknives, to include a bone handled example, horn £30.00 - £50.00 handled two steel and a cased example, (5)
Lot 153 Description Estimate Multi blade pocket knife, together with three others, (4) £30.00 - £50.00
Lot 154 Description Estimate Bowie Knife, by J Nowill & Sons, Sheffield, the steel blade above the guard £40.00 - £60.00 and bands of wood with a central stag grip, together with the scabbard, new old stock
Lot 155 Description Estimate Stiletto Knife, by J Nowill & Sons, Sheffield, the steel stiletto blade above £30.00 - £50.00 the guard and bands of wood with a central stag grip, together with the scabbard, new old stock
Lot 156 Description Estimate 19th Century Bowie style fighting knife, possible New York, with a curved £30.00 - £50.00 steel blade and arched ribbed handle and sunburst end, 30.5cm long
Lot 157 Description Estimate Victorian cutlery handle Bowie style knife, with a stiletto blade and maker £40.00 - £60.00 Manson Sheffield above the cutlery handle, 23cm long
Lot 158 Description Estimate Victorian Bowie style knife, the steel stiletto blade with maker Henry £70.00 - £90.00 Hobson & Son attached to the mother of pearl inlaid handle, 21cm long
Lot 159 Description Estimate Joseph Rogers Hunting knife, with a signed steel blade and chequer handle £40.00 - £60.00 with curved end, with leather scabbard, 21cm long Lot 160 Description Estimate 19th Century Spanish Navaja Folding Knife, the steel folding blade and £20.00 - £30.00 horn handle, 17.5cm long when closed
Lot 69 Description Estimate Second World War group of medals, 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, 1939-1945 £20.00 - £30.00 British War Medal, in official postage box addressed to , ' A. Freathy, 69, Granham Rd, Romford, Essex', together with an identical set of medals in an identical box with address, it seems Mr Freathy was sent his medal entitlement twice, ( Qty)
Lot 70 Description Estimate Second World War group of four, 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Burma Star £150.00 - £200.00 with Pacific clasp, 1939-1945 British War Medal ( 228194 Captain D. HUGHES R.A.) together with ephemera and photographs, Captain Hughes was a member of the 6th Regiment Maritime Royal Artillery and served on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (D.E.M.S.) including T.S.M.V. Suffolk, the grouping includes photos of soldiers from the regiment with attached sailors and Royal Marines, some soldiers can be seen wearing Naval gunnery rating and D.E.M.S. badges on the sleeves of their battledress, there is also a small album of photos showing the city of Manila in the Philippines in June 1945 after the battle there, included are notebooks detailing training exercises, the voyage report and track chart of T.S.M.V. Suffolk to the Far East, Certificate of Service in the 6th Maritime Regiment, armament plan of T.S.M.V. Suffolk showing the layout of all the gun positions on the ship, etc,a very interesting group of items for anyone with a historical interest in the Maritime Royal Artillery and their role in World War Two, (Qty)
Lot 71 Description Estimate Second World War R.A.F. Navigators, Air Bombers & Air Gunners Flying £300.00 - £400.00 Log Book to 1816613 Sergeant Sidney Stone of 626 Squadron, who was killed in action on operations over France on 1st July 1944, first entry in log book dated 15th Sept. 1943, last entry dated 30th June 1944 and simply reads, ' Ops, a/c did not return', it was Sgt. Stones seventh operational mission, together with group of medals, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-1945 British War Medal Lot 72 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Navy grouping, 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star and £60.00 - £80.00 1939-1945 British War Medal, together with a Royal Navy Service Certificate to JX 306627 Herbert Hobson who enlisted 31st December 1941, photographs of sailors and ships including one of anti aircraft gunnery practice, and Volumes I and II of the Manual of Seamanship 1937, (Qty)
Lot 74 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Air Force grouping, 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, £70.00 - £90.00 Defence Medal, 1939-1945 British War Medal, together with a medal entitlement slip, R.A.F. Airman's Service and Pay Book to 1184902 AC/1 Charles Thomas Williamson, pair id Identity tags in the same name, pair of Leading Aircraftman rank badges and a VR ( Volunteer Reserve) patch, set of four passport type photos, and a Dyer,Meakin Breweries, Solan & Ramkhet India Pale Ale bottle label, (Qty)
Lot 161 Description Estimate US knife, together with a folding knife with ivorine handle, (2) £20.00 - £30.00
Lot 254 Description Estimate First World War British Mills bomb, base plug marked with broad arrow £80.00 - £120.00 and date 9/15, No 5 , and maker G & Co for Garland & Co, Manchester, striker lever and pin present, inert
Lot 342 Description Estimate Newcastle Upon Tyne Police helmet badge, two loops to the reverse, worn £30.00 - £50.00 between 1902-1935, together with a grouping of First and Second World War badges and buttons including, Royal Air Force cap badges (2), Royal Artillery Cap badge, Northumberland Fusiliers collar badge, Rifles pattern buttons, machine gunners qualification badge, WW2 printed overseas service stripes, etc, ( Qty) Lot 87 Description Estimate Silver Masonic Medal, Birmingham 1897, maker Spencer & Co, £40.00 - £60.00 commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, bust of the queen inside a lozenge edged by clear paste stones and flanked by the dates 1837- 1897, accompanied by a hand written note to a gentleman in Australia explaining that the Masonic Grand Master had approved a 'jewel' to commemorate the event of the Diamond Jubilee for all Masons on the rolls of an English Lodge and that one had therefore been sent out to him, interesting piece of Masonic history
Lot 255 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Navy casualty grouping to PK-64340 Leading £300.00 - £400.00 Stoker Herbert James Gates who was lost on 1st January 1942 when His Majesty's Submarine 'Triumph' was lost on 1st January 1942 off the Greek Island of Hydra, possibly by enemy mine, the grouping includes a framed Memorial Scroll and Commendation for brave conduct to L/S Gates, framed group of medals, 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, 1939- 1945 British War Medal with bronze oak leaf M.I.D. emblem, research documentation on Herbert Gates and the history of H.M.S. Triumph
Lot 256 Description Estimate Collection of seventy seven photographs, German Third Reich Propaganda £50.00 - £70.00 , Nazi Party personalities, mainly Hitler, held in folder Lot 257 Description Estimate Grouping to a soldier of the 13th Hussars and Machine Gun Corps ( £100.00 - £150.00 Cavalry), the grouping consists of a pre World War One full dress tunic to the 13th Hussars with cream facing colour to the collar, Volumes I and II of 'History of the XIII Hussars' by C.R.B. Barrett, Discharge Certificate, Certificate of Employment in the War, and Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve all in the name of 56853 Shoeing Smith Percy Smith of the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), Percy Smith was born in 1892 and joined the Army in the 13th Hussars on 3rd July 1911 with the service number 7037, he went to France with his regiment on 15/12/14 and served with them until he transferred to the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) on 6/9/16, records show him entitled to the 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, and British War Medal, his Certificate of discharge also shows him entitled to one red and four blue overseas chevrons and that he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal on 15/10/18, he was discharged from the army and transferred to the 'B' Reserve on 14th June 1919 in consequence of 'being surplus to military requirement having suffered impairment since entry into the service', also included are two blazer badges, one of which is a bullion badge to the 9th/12th Lancers, all items have come direct from Mr Smith's family, (Qty)
Lot 258 Description Estimate First World War British Royal Engineers survey maps, two marked to 'J.A. £50.00 - £70.00 Dartnell R.E.' , headed,' France, sheet 36C' , 'France, Lens 11 ', ' France. Soissons 22', 'France, Carency, 36B', (4)
Lot 162 Description Estimate Miniature officer sword, with basket hilt and scabbard, 26cm long £30.00 - £50.00
Lot 163 Description Estimate Early 20th Century American mechanics knife, with blades and tools £20.00 - £30.00
Lot 164 Description Estimate Collection of pocket knives, to include a multi bladed stag antler handle, £30.00 - £50.00 another stag handle example, a horn handle and two wood handle, (5) Lot 165 Description Estimate Collection of pocket knives, to include a 19th Century ivory handled £30.00 - £50.00 example and two horn examples, (3)
Lot 166 Description Estimate Military issue Warriss of Sheffield pocket knife, 1953 with broad arrow, Oil £20.00 - £30.00 the Joints, together with a horn handled pocket knife, (2)
Lot 167 Description Estimate Nowill Knife, by J Nowill & Sons, Sheffield, the steel blade above the guard £20.00 - £30.00 and bands of wood grip, together with the scabbard, new old stock
Lot 168 Description Estimate 19th Century Green River Knife, the steel blade with makers name £30.00 - £50.00 Johnathan Crookes Sheffield England, with a lignum vitae handle, 22.5cm long
Lot 169 Description Estimate Nowill Knife, by J Nowill & Sons, Sheffield, the steel blade above the guard £20.00 - £30.00 and bands of wood grip and central stag antler, together with the scabbard, new old stock
Lot 170 Description Estimate 19th Century Belgian made nickel plated pin fire pocket revolver, £180.00 - £220.00 hexagonal shaped barrel
Lot 171 Description Estimate 19th Century percussion rifle, with a chequer grip and numbered stock £100.00 - £150.00 1454, single hammer, ram rod below barrel, total length 122cm
Lot 172 Description Estimate Pair of silver miniature novelty flintlock pistols, London 1976, 40mm long £50.00 - £70.00 Lot 173 Description Estimate 19th Century Belgian made, six cylinder, pin fire pocket revolver, Liege £200.00 - £300.00 proof mark to cylinder, housed in brown leather holster
Lot 174 Description Estimate Late 18th Century Flintlock box lock turn off cannon barrel pistol, Wilson £400.00 - £600.00 London, the grip inlaid with white metal wire and white metal pommel depicting C scrolls and lances, signed to the barrel Wilson London, 18cm long, housed within an associated case with turn off barrel tool, bullet mould and flints
Lot 175 Description Estimate Pair of late 18th Century Turkish flintlock holster pistols, with side £600.00 - £900.00 hammer inlaid with gilt metal swag decoration, conforming decoration to the side and scrolls to the barrel, lion mask terminal and mask butt end on a walnut stock, 44cm long, (2)
Lot 176 Description Estimate 19th Century round frame box lock pocket percussion pistol by Hugh £300.00 - £400.00 Granger of Preston, inspection marks on barrel
Lot 177 Description Estimate 19th Century 16 Bore percussion holster pistol for the East India £400.00 - £500.00 Government, the lock is stamped with a Crown above E I G and Birmingham 1867, fitted with swivel ramrod and lanyard ring
Lot 77 Description Estimate Second World War group of five, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, £100.00 - £150.00 Defence Medal, 1939-1945 British War Medal ( JX 356040 CODER EDWARD FRANCIS GALLAGHER R.N.) together with Mr Gallagher's Royal Navy Certificate of Service, his Order for Release from Naval Service Certificate, his War Gratuity Certificate, his Coder's History Sheet, post war Nottinghamshire County Council employment documents, Edward Gallagher enlisted in the Royal Navy on 24th March 1942, he was sent to the Royal Naval Signal School H.M.S. Cabbala where he was taught coding, discharged 3rd May 1946, (Qty) Lot 78 Description Estimate 1914 Iron Cross second class, marked on the ribbon suspension ring 'Fr.' £30.00 - £50.00 for the maker Friedlander, Berlin
Lot 79 Description Estimate 1914 Iron Cross second class, marked on the suspension ring' WILM' for £20.00 - £30.00 the maker H.R. Wilm, Berlin
Lot 79A Description Estimate Third Reich 1813-1939 Iron Cross, indistinct mark to the loop, silver edge £40.00 - £60.00
Lot 80 Description Estimate German Third Reich 25 year Faithful Service award (Treuedienst- £40.00 - £60.00 Ehrenzeichen) , together with a War Service Medal (Kriegsverdienstmedaille 1939), a 'Tag der Arbeit' day badge, maker Paul Schulze & Co, Lubeck, a '1. Mai 1936' day badge, maker Karl Hensler, Pforzheim, and a 'Kreistag' day badge, (5)
Lot 81 Description Estimate German Third Reich medal Winterschlacht im Osten, sometimes known as £20.00 - £40.00 the winter war medal, unmarked, for service on the Russian front 1941-42
Lot 82 Description Estimate German Third Reich War Merit Cross 2nd class, together with a War Merit £40.00 - £60.00 Medal and possibly repro Luftschutze Medal, (3)
Lot 83 Description Estimate German War Merit Cross first class with swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz £120.00 - £150.00 1939 1. Klasse mit Schwertern im Etui), late war example in zinc with silver wash, stamped on the reverse with the Lieferant makers number '3', for Wilhelm Deumer, L�denscheid, housed in presentation case with print of medal to domed lid Lot 84 Description Estimate German Third Reich Mothers Cross in Gold (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen £60.00 - £90.00 Mutter in Gold) , in fitted case, by the maker Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid, in gilt coated tombac with blue, white and black enamel, engraved with the date 16.Dezember 1938 to the reverse, housed in a fitted blue leatherette case with an outline of the award embossed to the lid, white silk and flock interior embossed with makers name, The Honour Cross of the German Mother was awarded to mothers for exceptional merit to the German nation, who conceived and raised eight or more children and exhibited exemplary motherhood.
Lot 85 Description Estimate Second World War German extensive grouping to merchant seaman £200.00 - £250.00 Rudolf KOHLER who served on blockade running ships, including Deutsches Reich Seefahrtsbuch ( Seafarers Book ) last entry 19/6/1942 at Rotterdam, ships served on were 'Freiheit', ' Edelgard', and 'Dessau', headed memorandum from the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen Company dated 18/5/1943 for the award of the Blockadebrecherabzeichen ( Blockade Breakers badge ) to Kohler for service on the 'Dessau', birth certificate, confirmation of rank memo, ships muster station list, record of instrument, personal and Feldpost letters, sketches in ink of a sailing ship and warship, etc, together with copies of the Blockade Breaker Badge and miniature, (Qty)
Lot 86 Description Estimate Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes group of four medals, including one £20.00 - £30.00 in silver/gilt, Birmingham 1984, together with a lodge sash, and two clay pipes (7)
Lot 491 Description Estimate Set of Amy Johnson commemorative playing cards by the Russell Playing £25.00 - £40.00 Card Co, New York, U.S.A. Lot 89 Description Estimate First World War group of medals to Miss Annie McIntosh, C.B.E., R.R.C., £600.00 - £1,000.00 Matron of St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1910-1927, to include, Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( C.B.E. ) (Civil),engraved to the reverse,' A Mc I , 3rd June 1917, St. B.H.' housed in case of issue, Royal Red Cross 1st Class ( R.R.C.) engraved to the reverse,' A Mc I, March 1917, St. B. H.', housed in case of issue, Territorial Army Nursing Service silver tippet badge, marked 'Sterling' to the reverse, housed in jewellers presentation case, French Medal of Honour for Public Assistance in silver, engraved to the reverse,' Miss McIntosh ( Annie) 1914', stamped to the rim '1Argent', housed in fitted case of issue which unfortunately has some damage to the front, also included with the group is a Member of the Order of the British Empire Medal, ( M.B.E.) this is not engraved and has silver marks for London, 1936 and a jubilee mark, maker Garrard & Co Ltd, housed in case of issue with a miniature example of the medal,although it came in with the grouping we can't find any record of Miss McIntosh receiving this award and is believed to be an anomaly, Miss Annie McIntosh trained as a nurse at the London Hospital and worked her way up to Matrons Assistant prior to moving to St. Bartholomew's Hospital as Matron and Superintendent of Nursing in 1910, at the declaration of war in 1914 the East Wing of the hospital was given over to the nursing of soldiers, in July 1914 Miss McIntosh was decorated by the French Ministry of the Interior and was awarded the Royal Red cross in February 1917, later receiving the C.B.E. from King George V for her outstanding services to the hospital during the war, in the period between the world wars Miss McIntosh became Principal Matron of the 1st London General Territorial Hospital of the Territorial Army Nursing Service, the duties of which added to her considerable work load, on retirement in 1927 Miss McIntosh travelled to India before settling in Guildford and later, London, during the Second World War her experience was utilised in the interviewing of candidates for auxiliary nursing, she also spent her time packing parcels for Allied prisoners of war, a fine grouping to a remarkable lady
Lot 259 Description Estimate Victorian soldiers discharge certificate on parchment to 2282 PTE, Jesse £50.00 - £70.00 Malyon of the 57th Regiment ( Kings Own Light Infantry), together with his soldiers account book and his diary, written on ink on sheets of paper, of active service in India in 1877, including action under fire, and a Demobilization Account sheet to 276265 A/L/CPL H.W. MALYON of the Labour Corps, dated 27/3/1919 Lot 461 Description Estimate French 1874 pattern Gras Bayonet, made at the Saint �tienne arsenal, £30.00 - £50.00 maker and date April 1877 engraved on spine, number 1333 stamped on quillon, mismatched scabbard with number 26464, inspection marks stamped on blade and quillon
Lot 465 Description Estimate French Model 1866 Chassepot bayonet, made at the Sainte Etienne £30.00 - £50.00 Arsenal, maker mark and date August 1872 engraved on spine, serial number P 15297 stamped on cross guard, housed in steel scabbard stamped with matching number P 15297
Lot 230 Description Estimate Type written A4 sized journal entitled, 'A Personal Diary of the Events £80.00 - £120.00 During the Last Voyage of S.S. Huntsman Including Battle of the River Plate. December 13th 1939', the journal is written by a passenger on board the British cargo steamer S.S. Huntsman, initials 'J.H.B.', who was returning home to the U.K. from Calcutta, India, when the ship was captured by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the South Atlantic on 10th October 1939, he, and others of the crew were held on board the German Oil Tanker and supply vessel the 'Altmark' ( later boarded by H.M.S. Cossack in a famous incident in Norwegian waters ) which had been disguised as the Norwegian vessel 'Sogne', the crew of the Huntsman and other captured/destroyed merchant ships were later transferred to the Graf Spee spending sixty five days in captivity culminating in the battle of the River Plate and the scuttling of the the German battleship, it is a fascinating piece of naval history documenting the writers experiences and gives an insight into the methods used by the German Navy in stopping and boarding merchant ships, the daily life in captivity on board ship, and finally, the nerve wracking experience of being held below decks while British shells were hitting the Graf Spee during her final engagement on 13th December 1939
Lot 450 Description Estimate French Model 1842 Yataghan sword bayonet, no markings on spine, the £20.00 - £30.00 date 1852 engraved on one side of ricasso, what appears to be the letters 'MS' in a square on the other side, '429' stamped on crossguard Lot 451 Description Estimate Royal Observer Corps cap badge, shoulder titles and buttons, together with £15.00 - £25.00 lapel badges for the Civil Defence Corps, Observer Corps, British Legion and East Suffolk Police Reserve, two medals to the Worshipful Company of Saddlers, one engraved ' Robert Hughes Humphreys, Prime Warden 1912- 1913', and a small box containing a quantity of animal themed buttons, a yellow metal chain, and an antique key, (Qty)
Lot 452 Description Estimate Russian cavalry Shashka and bayonet, fullered blade, one side of ricasso £150.00 - £250.00 stamped R259, with wooden grip and curved white metal pommel pierced to take sword knot, leather covered wooden scabbard with white metal fittings to take Mosin Nagant 1891/30 bayonet stamped with serial number CD0812 and 02 ( Hungarian Warsaw Pact factory code), scabbard throat stamped 747
Lot 455 Description Estimate U.S. 1917 pattern Remington bayonet, stamped with U.S. Ordnance marks £40.00 - £60.00 on one side of the ricasso, and the Remington maker mark on the other, held in second pattern leather scabbard stamped 'GF', 1917 pattern bayonets were issued to the British Home Guard during the second World War and this item came with the Home Guard 1903 pattern belt also in this auction
Lot 394 Description Estimate Cap badge to the Sussex Yeomanry (Dragoons), slider to the reverse, K&K £10.00 - £20.00 1479
Lot 395 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the East Surrey Regiment, in £30.00 - £50.00 light bronze, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2231
Lot 396 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to The Royal Welch Fusiliers, £25.00 - £40.00 in light bronze, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2225 Lot 397 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Cheshire Regiment, in £25.00 - £40.00 light bronze, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2224
Lot 398 Description Estimate WW2 plastic economy cap badge to the Lancashire Fusiliers, in light £50.00 - £70.00 bronze, two blades to the reverse, marked F & G, K&K 2223
Lot 399 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Green Howards £30.00 - £50.00 (Alexandra Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment) in silver grey, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2222
Lot 400 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the East Yorkshire £25.00 - £40.00 Regiment, in light bronze, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2219
Lot 401 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Bedfordshire and £25.00 - £40.00 Hertfordshire Regiment, in silver grey, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2220
Lot 402 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to The Buffs (Royal East Kent £30.00 - £50.00 Regiment), in light bronze, two blades to the reverse, maker A.Stanley & Sons, Walsall, marked 1 - A, K&K 2210
Lot 403 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Border Regiment, in £50.00 - £70.00 silver grey, two blades to the reverse, marked 1 - A and A. Stanley & Sons, Walsall, K&K 2234
Lot 404 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Wiltshire Regiment, in £25.00 - £40.00 light bronze, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2252 Lot 405 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the West Yorkshire £40.00 - £60.00 Regiment, in light bronze, two blades to the reverse, maker F&G, K&K 2218
Lot 406 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Hampshire Regiment, in £20.00 - £30.00 light bronze, two blades to the reverse, marked 1 - A and A. Stanley & Sons, Walsall, K&K 2236
Lot 407 Description Estimate World War One cap badge to the Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, £60.00 - £80.00 two loops to the reverse, maker J.R. Gaunt, London, K&K 1165
Lot 408 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Manchester Regiment, £30.00 - £50.00 in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2253
Lot 409 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Lincolnshire Regiment, £25.00 - £40.00 in light bronze, two blades to reverse, K&K 2215
Lot 410 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Queens Royal Regiment £20.00 - £30.00 (West Surrey), in light bronze, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2209
Lot 343 Description Estimate Victorian British 1888 pattern Mk1 type 2 bayonet identified by the two £40.00 - £60.00 brass rivets each side of the grips and a clearing hole through the wooden grips just above the top rivet, stamped on one side of the ricasso 'Sanderson Sheffield' with the date 3 '99, and on the other side with a broad arrow and Solingen inspection mark, '283' stamped on one side of pommel, housed in steel mounted leather scabbard, together with an ornamental Kukri made in India, (2) Lot 344 Description Estimate Cap badges to The 13th/18th Hussars, The 3rd Carabiniers, The £15.00 - £25.00 Bedfordshire Yeomanry, and the Cambridgeshire Regiment, (4)
Lot 345 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Army Catering Corps, in £10.00 - £20.00 chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker A.J. Stanley & Sons, Walsall, K&K 2277
Lot 346 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Electrical and £10.00 - £20.00 Mechanical Engineers, in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker MMMC, K&K 2271
Lot 347 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Corps of Signals, £10.00 - £20.00 in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker A.Stanley & Sons, Walsall, K&K 2205
Lot 348 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the General Service Corps, £10.00 - £20.00 in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker A.Stanley & Sons, Walsall, marked 1-A, K&K 2278
Lot 349 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Army Service £10.00 - £20.00 Corps, in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker A.Stanley & Sons, Walsall, K&K 2268
Lot 350 Description Estimate O\R's cap badge to the Queens Own Worcestershire Yeomanry, slider to £10.00 - £20.00 the reverse, K7K 1458
Lot 351 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badges to The Middlesex Regiment, £20.00 - £30.00 The Royal West Kent Regiment, and the Suffolk Regiment, all missing the blades from the reverse, (3) Lot 352 Description Estimate Edward VII Royal Engineers O/R's cap badge, slider to reverse, K&K 852 £10.00 - £20.00
Lot 353 Description Estimate Cap badge to the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry ( Royal Bucks Hussars) two £10.00 - £20.00 loops to the reverse, K&K 1441
Lot 354 Description Estimate Pair of First World War shoulder titles to The Duke of Wellingtons ( West £10.00 - £20.00 Riding Regiment) loops to the reverse,with backing plates, (2)
Lot 355 Description Estimate Cap badges to The Leicestershire Yeomanry, The 16th Lancers, The 12th £20.00 - £30.00 Lancers and the Guernsey Light Infantry, (4)
Lot 356 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Army Medical £10.00 - £20.00 Corps, in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker A.Stanley & Sons, Walsall, marked 118 119, K&K 2269
Lot 88 Description Estimate First World War pair, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal ( £100.00 - £150.00 W.L. ELIN. V.A.D. ) records show a Winifred Laura Elin of the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal, service from 10/09/1914 to 05/01/1919, served as a nurse ( no pay) at Lady Inchapes Hospital for Officers, London, and Bas Hospital, Bolougne, another record shows the following service, France J.C. 15-8-18 - 5-1-19. Wimereux Rest Station 15.8.18, transfer Terlingtham Rest Station 9.9.18, transfer F.A.U. Hospital Dunkirk 22.10.18, transfer No 1. Anglo Belge Hospital 20.12.18 - 5.1.19 Lot 90 Description Estimate First World War Royal Red Cross 2nd Class awarded to a Mrs Attfield, £200.00 - £250.00 with accompanying letter from the War Office in London Dated 29th September 1922 informing her that the R.R.C. 'awarded by His Majesty the King in recognition of her valuable services is being forwarded by registered post.', it is believed Mrs. Attfield was a Red Cross Nurse serving at the Voluntary Aid Detachment Auxiliary Hospital at Ampton Hall, Suffolk, the medal is housed in a fitted case by Garrard & Co Ltd, London, together with a CDV and two portrait photographs believed to be Mrs. Attfield, a quantity of postcards showing nurses and wounded soldiers , many at the V.A.D. Hospital. Ampton Hall, a Red Cross Nurse rank epaulette, a National Hospital Service Reserve sleeve badge, and a silver lapel badge in the form of a cross pattee suspended from a bar, London, 1905, maker Bladon & Humphries, engraved, ' Met Hospital 1905', to the front, and intitials, ' L.F. ' to the reverse, (Qty)
Lot 91 Description Estimate Red Cross Voluntary Medical Service Medal for 15 years service ( £10.00 - £20.00 HERBERT J. COAN. ) together with a medal ribbon bar for the same award, and a Second World War British Defence Medal
Lot 92 Description Estimate First World War scarce Women's Volunteer Reserve bronze cap badge, two £80.00 - £120.00 loops and maker, J.R.Gaunt, London to the reverse, together with a W.V.R. bronze shoulder title, two loops to the reverse, no maker, and a Kent W.V.R. shoulder title two loops to the reverse, no maker, the badges are held on a small wooden shield on the reverse of which is written in pencil, 'These were worn by my mother, Mrs. K.E. Dicking during her 1914-18 war service in the Women's Volunteer Reserve at Dover, Kent', followed by an illegible signature with Nee Dicking in brackets, all in good condition with a small amount of verdigris to the reverse,the Women's Volunteer Reserve organisation developed from a very early one, the Women�s Emergency Corps, which came into existence in August 1914, it was the initiative of Decima Moore and the Hon. Evelina Haverfield, a militant suffragette,who seized the opportunity provided by the war to organise a role for women Lot 93 Description Estimate Second World War British Women's Land Army arm band denoting £100.00 - £150.00 eighteen months service, this has a name tag with 'Frances W Robertson' sewn to the reverse, together with another W.L.A. arm band denoting three and a half years service with a W.L.A. lapel badge pinned on, and another with four diamonds denoting four years service, all these armbands are believed to have been owned by Miss Robertson
Lot 94 Description Estimate Second World War British scarce plastic economy cap badge to the £80.00 - £120.00 Women's Timber Corps, two blades to the reverse, maker A. Stanley & Sons, Walsall
Lot 231 Description Estimate A German Second World War photograph album with the name Mathilde £20.00 - £30.00 Palatin and the date 1940 to the inside front, containing photos of family, soldiers, and Luftwaffe personnel, together with a smaller album inscribed inside with 'Weinachten 1946, Dein Freund Sepp', containing photos of family and German soldiers, (2)
Lot 232 Description Estimate Second World War publications, 'The Men Who Fly' by Hector Hawton £10.00 - £20.00 (1944), 'The Royal Air Force in the World War'by Captain Norman Macmillan (1942), Air Ministry Pamphlet 156, 'Battle of Britain' (1943), 'Atlantic Bridge' (1945), Air Ministry account of 'The Battle of Britain' x 2 (1941), and 'Roof Over Britain' an official account of the U.K.'s Anti Aircraft defences (1943), (7)
Lot 233 Description Estimate Official Royal Air Force Association commemorative items for the 75th £20.00 - £30.00 Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, cased coin with fragment of a Hawker Hurricane fighter and certificate of provenance, silver plated 75th Anniversary medal with certificate of provenance, and a booklet entitled 'Battle of Britain, Their Finest Hour'
Lot 234 Description Estimate Russian 122 mm shell projectile, copper driving band to the bottom, with £100.00 - £150.00 wooden screw in dummy fuse, projectile body painted blue, possibly for practice, Cyrillic letters ' PSGO ' painted on side, inert Lot 235 Description Estimate Second World War British 25 pdr shell case, dated 1940, with painted resin £40.00 - £60.00 projectile and fuse for a High Explosive round, inert
Lot 236 Description Estimate German Third Reich Army, Navy and Air Force 1936 review book, entitled, £15.00 - £25.00 �Heer, Flotte und Luftwaffe� it details the German Armed Forces and its military policy, published by Vaterl�ndische Literatur, Berlin,in 1936
Lot 237 Description Estimate 20th century copy of an 18th Century Persian Khula Khud helmet, bowl £80.00 - £120.00 shaped helmet with spearhead shaped finial to the top, plume holders either side of the skull flanking the nose guard, chain mail aventail fitted to the bottom rim of the helmet, velvet interior
Lot 238 Description Estimate Part set of seventeen editions of the circa 1930's magazine 'Hitler's Mein £20.00 - £30.00 Kampf', published with royalties to ' The British Red Cross Society', Hutchison & Co., Publishers (in Association with Hurst & Blackett Ltd.), printed by The Anchor Press, Tiptree, Essex, part 15 missing
Lot 239 Description Estimate Second World War British 25 pdr smoke shell with green painted projectile £40.00 - £60.00 and resin fuse, base of shell case dated 1942, inert
Lot 240 Description Estimate First World War 13 pdr shell with projectile and fuse, for the 13 pdr Quick £50.00 - £70.00 Firing Gun used by the Royal Horse Artillery, base of the shell case dated 1918, inert
Lot 241 Description Estimate First World War photograph album relating to 21899 AM2 G.S. Little of £70.00 - £90.00 the Royal Flying Corps, family photographs but also a quantity showing R.F.C. other ranks in 'maternity' style tunics with R.F.C. shoulder titles and side caps, also a small quantity of postcards from France, ' Passed by Censor', one of which is addressed to Little at, ' C Flight, 25th Squadron, B.E.F., France', Lot 242 Description Estimate A Second World War Air Raid Precautions whistle stamped, ' A.R.P. J £10.00 - £20.00 Hudson & Co. Barr St. Hockley Birmingham'
Lot 243 Description Estimate Second World War U.S. aircrew radio receiver earphones ANB-H-1, with £30.00 - £50.00 an HB-7 leather covered, spring steel headband, wiring looks to be replaced
Lot 463 Description Estimate French 1874 pattern Gras bayonet, made at the Chatellerault arsenal, £30.00 - £50.00 maker and date October 1879 engraved on spine, number 25185 stamped on quillon, mismatched scabbard with number 83642, the number '4' stamped on one side of blade, inspection marks stamped on the other side
Lot 470 Description Estimate Mixed lot of equipment including, cover for a British Mk 7 Anti Tank mine, £25.00 - £40.00 dated 1956, seven British 1937 pattern water bottles some with khaki material covers in various condition and one with '37 pattern webbing carrier, aluminium plate, mess tins, and various other water bottles, (Qty)
Lot 473 Description Estimate 1908 pattern Webley revolver holster, dated 1916 and stamped H.G.R. for £80.00 - £120.00 the maker Hepburn, Gale and Ross Ltd, London, R.F.C.(Royal Flying Corps) stamped to the reverse of the holster, together with an unknown leather pouch from the same period, possibly for revolver ammunition, (2)
Lot 477 Description Estimate Royal Air Force Type P10 aircraft compass, stamped to the rim No. £30.00 - £50.00 48583/B/51, and to the side GB/1671 below a broad arrow,an updated version of the P4 compass it was used in larger aircraft such as the Avro Lancaster Lot 485 Description Estimate Grouping to a World War Two Parachute Regiment soldier,Graham Young, £150.00 - £250.00 the grouping consists of a post war set of replacement campaign medals, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-45 British War Medal held in official postage box addressed to the holder, a Parachute Regiment tie, a silver Parachute Regiment lapel pin/brooch,Mr Young's birth certificate, a well used copy of the Ministry of Information booklet, 'By Air to Battle', three copies of wartime photographs showing British paratroopers jumping and on the landing site, two original photographs of Mr Young, one of which is in a group at the 48th Infantry Training Centre, Albany Barracks, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, dated April 1942 ( Albany Barracks later became No.1 Parachute Regiment Training Centre) and a maroon beret, unfortunately the centre of the liner where the maker and date would be is missing but the beret has all the characteristics of a World War Two Kangol made piece, the diamond shaped stitching is correct for this maker as are the two ventilation eyelets which have a rectangular piece of leather hand stitched over them to the liner, there is a loose tacked thread running around the inner edge attaching the liner to the hessian stiffener, on top of the beret can be seen weave spirals emanating out from the centre, the leather trim where the ribbon would have been tied has been stitched up by the soldier, damping down the liner reveals the start and finish of the Kangol Wear Limited maker stamp and the size number 7, next to the rectangle of leather on the inside of the beret can be seen a 'W' and broad arrow below which are the numbers 77, the last number can't be made out and the date of issue letter would have been on the leather directly over an eyelet, the beret is adorned with a Kings crown Parachute Regiment cap badge with two loops and has clearly been in situ for a long time, the items come direct from Mr Young's family who believe the beret to be his wartime issue but because it cannot be confirmed by date stamps etc, the grouping is priced accordingly
Lot 487 Description Estimate Collection of large military photographs from the Victorian era up to the £25.00 - £40.00 1950's, including official U.S. press photos annotated in Turkish, from Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945, Bologna, Italy, April 1945, leading political figures such as Truman and Hoover, and an interesting series of group photographs from Sandwich Grammar School in the early 1900's including the Officer Training Corps in a smart uniform that includes, grey or khaki five button tunics with black ' rifles' buttons, a slouch hat turned up on the left, ammunition bandoliers, carrying Martini Henry carbines, (Qty) Lot 488 Description Estimate World War One British WD brass and leather micro adjustable coastal £400.00 - £600.00 artillery telescope by Broadhurst, Clarkson & Co Ltd. London, with brass lens cover, retailed by Charles Franks of Glasgow, on a folding wooden tripod with spiked end caps and brass mounts, 99cm long, 116.5cm long fully extended, 145cm high
Lot 489 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Air Force R1132A Radio Receiver, Air Ministry £80.00 - £120.00 marked with a serial number of 17504 this type of receiver was used in R.A.F. control towers during WWII together with the R1392.
Lot 95 Description Estimate Second World War trio of medals, Defence Medal. 1939-1945 British War £30.00 - £50.00 Medal, Service Medal of the Order of St. John with V.A.D. brooch bar and three bars ( 76919 A/SLS. V.M.A. BOWEN. NO.10 DIS. S.J.A.B. 1942.) together with a three medal ribbon bar for the same awards, the Service Medal of the Order of St. John was awarded for 12 years long and conspicuous service, with a bar awarded for each subsequent five years, from 1932 until after the Second World War, the V.A.D. suspender brooch bar was awarded to recipients who served with the Voluntary Aid Detachments Lot 306 Description Estimate First World War regimental pattern Sgian Dubh to the Seaforth £150.00 - £250.00 Highlanders, the knife belonged to 2nd Lieutenant John 'Jack' Aitken M.C. , Seaforth Highlanders, who was awarded the Military Cross by George V on the 5th of April 1919 for his gallantry in saving a wounded soldier under fire on 28th August 1918, while engaged in the assault on the Drocourt- Queant Line while attached to the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, part of 10th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division during the 2nd Battle of Arras, entry in the Edinburgh edition of the London Gazette reads, ' T/2nd Lieut. John Aitken, attd. Sea. Highrs. (2nd Bn.) , For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty east of Arras from 28th August to 4th September. He commanded first a platoon and later a company which had lost all its officers. After a night attack, finding his platoon enfiladed by machine gun fire, he reorganised them in a less exposed position, he then went out to bring in the wounded, fetching one officer from within fifteen yards of the machine gun. His courage and cheerfulness were a great encouragement to all ranks.', a native of Edinburgh, Jack Aitken was born in 1897 and passed away in 1959, the Sgian Dubh has a carved bog oak grip with early type Seaforth pattern St Andrews badge on star shaped etching, foiled citrine to top enclosed in thistle mount, it is housed in a pebbled leather covered wood scabbard with plain brass mounts, the blade has unfortunately suffered some rust damage and staining but is still a fine memento of a very gallant soldier
Lot 357 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Pioneer Corps, in £10.00 - £20.00 chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker A.Stanley & Sons, Walsall, marked 112 111, K&K 2274
Lot 411 Description Estimate Two British 4 inch Naval gun shell cases, stamped to the base with, Lot 3, £40.00 - £60.00 4IN Mks 16 GUNS, broad arrow above a triangle containing VL, E.C.C., and the date 1967 below N, 73 cm in height, 10.5 cm diameter at top, 15 cm diameter at base, (2)
Lot 447 Description Estimate Short version British 1907 pattern bayonet manufactured to fit the Short £30.00 - £50.00 Magazine Lee Enfield No1 Infantry Rifle used during the Second World War, stamped NWR on the ricasso for the North West Railways, India Lot 449 Description Estimate Second World War plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Army Service £15.00 - £25.00 Corps, two blades to the reverse , maker, A. Stanley & Sons, Walsall, together with two other examples in gilding metal, and a printed R.A.S.C. yellow on black printed shoulder title, (4)
Lot 456 Description Estimate World War One British propaganda medal commemorating the sinking of £20.00 - £30.00 the Cunard Line ship R.M.S Lusitania , housed in original box with pamphlet
Lot 206 Description Estimate A .36 Model 1851 Colt, six cylinder, single action percussion Navy revolver, £1,000.00 - £1,500.00 serial number 14126, octagonal sighted barrel with one line 'ADDRESS SAML. COLT. NEW YORK CITY' frame stamped ' COLTS PATENT' varnished walnut grips, matching numbers throughout, barrel 19 cm, housed in Colt fitted wooden case with loading and cleaning instructions to lid
Lot 207 Description Estimate Fine cased pair of French percussion duelling pistols, Unsigned, mid 19th £2,500.00 - Century, with blue finish barrels, the ebony stock carved with scrolls, the £3,500.00 breeches decorated with silver pellets and numbered in gold 1 and 2, the trigger guard with a Crown above a shield, 40cm long, housed within the contemporary case, lined in green velvet and complete with tools, the ebonised case with a conforming crest of a Crown and Shield inset to the lid, the case 48cm long
Lot 210 Description Estimate 18th Century flintlock sidelock pistol, Circa 1720, with brass octagonal £400.00 - £600.00 tapering to cannon barrel, the brass butt cap in the form of an eagle, the lock plate engraved with SOLDIER? A LORIENT, overall length 23cm
Lot 358 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Army Ordnance £10.00 - £20.00 Corps, in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker MMMC, K&K 2270 Lot 359 Description Estimate First World War Austro-Hungarian Rohr Stick Grenade, original metal £50.00 - £70.00 head with belt mount, replacement cardboard body with label
Lot 360 Description Estimate First World War British Apparatus Observation of Fire Slide Rule Mark VI £150.00 - £200.00 in white metal, stamped with broad arrow, 'APP OBS OF FIRE SLIDE RULE MK. VI' and maker 'Aston & Mander Ltd, London, dated 1915, housed in long rectangular leather case stamped, ' W.S. Alexander, London 1916', used by the Royal Artillery in calculating the elevation of a gun, together with a Rule Sight in wood and metal, by W.H. Harling, London, dated 1916, in a rectangular leather case stamped, ' A.J.& Co Ltd, 1917 ', used with a plane table in field sketching, (2)
Lot 361 Description Estimate First World War British poster, published by the Parliamentary War £40.00 - £60.00 Savings Committee as Poster No. 20, it features the cypher of King George V below which is the text, ' Do you think my 5/- won't help the war loan, Do you realize thousands may be thinking the same, Do you Know if each of us saved 5/- a week we should save nearly �600,000,000 a year, Invest your 5/- today, Apply at the nearest Post Office', printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Limited, London, the poster is framed and appears to have formed part of a display or exhibition with an empty space for a description card at bottom centre, poster size approx. 50 cm x 76 cm
Lot 362 Description Estimate First World War British poster, published by the Parliamentary War £40.00 - £60.00 Savings Committee as Poster No. 15, it features a suited gentleman reaching into his pocket with the text ,' Back them up, My duty, Invest in the War Loan', dated 7/15 and printed by Hill, Sifken & Co, Grafton Works, London, ,the poster is framed and appears to have formed part of a display or exhibition with an empty space for a description card at bottom centre, poster size approx. 50 cm x 75 cm
Lot 412 Description Estimate World War Two British No.4 mark III respirator dated 1941, held in £20.00 - £30.00 general service haversack also dated 1941 and marked J.L.Hubbard, Kirby Muxloe, this item belonged to the same officer as the Home Guard uniform listed. Lot 413 Description Estimate Antique Suffolk Regiment fabric 'Minden roses', each year on 1st of August £15.00 - £25.00 the descendent regiments of those that fought at the battle of Minden in 1759 wear artificial roses in their headdress to commemorate the battle against the French during the Seven Years War, six British Regiments advanced through rose gardens to the battlefield and plucked roses as they marched and placed them in their tricorn hats and grenadier caps as the emblem of England, the six Regiments were, The Suffolk Regiment, The Lancashire Fusiliers, The Royal Welch Fusiliers, The Kings Own Scottish Borderers, The Royal Hampshire Regiment and The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, they famously broke through three lines of French cavalry and routed them and the battle is commemorated to this day
Lot 414 Description Estimate World War Two British Airborne Forces maroon beret badged to the £500.00 - £700.00 Devonshire Regiment by the maker Beret Industries Limited, the beret is of typical construction for this maker with three lines of stitching holding the leather band and liner to the hessian stiffener, it also has a fourth line of machine stitching above these rather than the loose tacking found on other makers berets, there is a hand stitched rectangle of leather over the eyelets, the liner has smaller diamond stitching than found on other makers and is stamped with the size 6 3/8, Beret Industries Ltd, the date 1944, and below that the broad arrow, next to the cap badge is the War Department date of issue stamp 'M' for 1944, the bi metal Devonshire Regiment cap badge has a brass back plate and the soldier has made a neatly stitched incision in the liner to take the end of the slider, the top of the beret is 11 inches in diameter at the widest and has the spiral weave emanating out from the central bump, the 12th Battalion Devonshire Regiment formed part of the 6th Airlanding Brigade of the 6th Airborne Division
Lot 415 Description Estimate A collection of Second World War official Royal Navy and U.S. Navy £30.00 - £50.00 photos, many annotated with descriptions in Turkish on the reverse, including the battleship King George V in the far east 1945, Admiral Sommerville November 1944, landing supplies at the Normandy beachhead, July 1944, Turkish Military Mission with Western Mediterranean Fleet , U.S. 3rd Fleet at anchor in Sagani bay , August 1945, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham 1944, British Naval bombardment in support of 5th Army at Garigliano, etc, together with other press photographs, personal, group, and portrait photos, all naval related, (Qty) Lot 416 Description Estimate A collection of Second World War U.S. Army embroidered officers collar £15.00 - £25.00 insignia , including Medical Corps, Military Police, Signal Corps, Corps of Engineers, Infantry, etc, ( Qty)
Lot 96 Description Estimate Second World War British Women's Land Army embroidered slip on £10.00 - £20.00 shoulder title, together with four red and green six months service half diamonds , (5)
Lot 97 Description Estimate Second World War Women's Transport Service, F.A.N.Y. ( First Aid £10.00 - £20.00 Nursing Yeomanry ) embroidered shoulder title, this all women unit, affiliated to the Territorial Army, formed as the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and was active in both nursing and intelligence work during the First and Second World Wars, the original role was to ride horseback, hence 'yeomanry', to rescue wounded soldiers and provide first aid, at the start of WW2 they formed the Women's Transport Service and this later became the cover for women who volunteered for espionage work for the Special Operations Executive
Lot 98 Description Estimate Second World War trio of medals, the Defence Medal, British Red Cross £40.00 - £60.00 Service Medal with one bar, British Red Cross Medal for Proficiency with Anti Gas Training bar (DR. LILLIAN ANNIE EASTWOOD), together with a L.A.R.P. Civil Defence Instructor badge, silver A.R.P. badge and British Red Cross Society Honorary Life Member badge,
Lot 99 Description Estimate Early 20th Century Italian officers sword by the German maker F. Horster, £100.00 - £150.00 Solingen,, straight painted blade with maker mark to the ricasso, basket hilt with composite grip, held in steel, painted scabbard with two suspension rings and remains of leather sword hanger
Lot 100 Description Estimate What is believed to be a British army practice sword, straight blade £20.00 - £30.00 missing last few inches, pierced basket hilt with wooden checkered grips, housed in a black painted steel scabbard Lot 101 Description Estimate British 1899 pattern Cavalry Troopers Sword, stamped on one side of the £400.00 - £500.00 ricasso with the date '01, on the other with a broad arrow over EFD for Enfield Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield inspection mark, and bend mark, EFD and broad arrow also stamped on guard, housed in steel scabbard,
Lot 102 Description Estimate 1822 pattern Victorian Officers sword, with a steel blade and gilt metal £150.00 - £250.00 basket guard and hinged side section, with a the leather and gilt metal scabbard, 99cm long
Lot 103 Description Estimate Unusual transitional small sword, with a named rapier blade and wirework £80.00 - £120.00 grip, 88cm long
Lot 104 Description Estimate Victorian 1827 pattern Volunteer Rifle Officers Sword etched to the XVIII £200.00 - £250.00 Lincolnshire Rifle Volunteers, makers trade mark on one side of ricasso, proof mark to the other,steel Gothic hilt with a cartouche containing a crowned strung bugle horn, steel scabbard with two carrying rings
Lot 105 Description Estimate Imperial German Army Sword (Infanterie-Degen M1889) , straight, double £100.00 - £150.00 fullered blade and gilt brass half basket hilt which has a canted pommel and folding guard, shagreen grip bears the Cypher of Kaiser Wilhelm II, housed in a steel scabbard with two suspension rings
Lot 106 Description Estimate 18th Century Small sword, the textured grip with oval pommel and pierced £80.00 - £120.00 dish form guard, to a blued and gilt decorated trefoil blade
Lot 107 Description Estimate Naval Cutlass bayonet, longer and heavier than the 1871 pattern Martini £250.00 - £300.00 Henry cutlass bayonet, this bayonet has no discernible markings and is believed to be an Enfield 1859 pattern, scabbard absent, overall length 82 cm, blade length 68 cm, weight 2.19 lb Lot 108 Description Estimate 16th Century style steel left handed dagger, with a wire grip, the blade £60.00 - £90.00 etched with floral design, length 44cm Lot 261 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Air Force Coastal Command grouping to a £400.00 - £600.00 member of the Caterpillar Club, Squadron Leader Richard Pennock Burton, born in 1920, Richard Burton attended Aldershot County High School, he joined the Territorial Army in June 1938 as a Gunner in 318 Battery Royal Artillery and was mobilised when war broke out in 1939, in June 1941 he transferred to the Royal Air Force and trained as a pilot in Canada and the United States, during a training flight at the United States Naval Air Station Pensacola his aircraft caught fire and he was forced to make an emergency parachute jump with his instructor, writing to the Irving Air Chute Co. to inform them of his jump and to claim his Caterpillar Club badge he was informed that due to war time conditions the Caterpillar pins were no longer being issued but were replaced by membership cards, on completion of training Burton was posted 246 Squadron at Bowmore then 423 R.C.A.F. Squadron at Archdale and on to 204 Squadron at Jui in West Africa, a Coastal Command Squadron flying Sunderland Flying Boats, after the war he was posted to various R.A.F. training establishments including No.3 Flying Training School, Feltwell, as an instructor, ending his career flying jet aircraft such as the Meteor and Vampire, the grouping includes a scarce Coastal Command Irving sheepskin lined flying jacket with its integral high visibility yellow hood still intact, zip body and puller missing from the front with AM zips to the sleeve, no sign of a label ever being present, together with a pair of Irving Flying suit thermally insulated trousers, Air Ministry label with contract No. B24376/39/C.1.(750), size 5, dated 1940, braces fitted, Leslie Irving, an American, first manufactured the classic flying jacket, in 1926 he set up a manufacturing company in the U.K. and became the main supplier to the R.A.F. in WW2, also included is Sqn Ldr. Burton's R.C.A.F. Pilots Flying Log Book, first entry June 1942, last entry July 1960, a letter explaining in detail his emergency parachute jump while under training, letters from the Irving Air Chute Company admitting him to the Caterpillar club and promising to send a pin should one become available, ephemera from his time in West Africa including poignant letters from the mother and wife of an airman killed in an accident, autographed Officers mess opening souvenir booklet, Victory Thanksgiving Service booklet and hymn sheet,an arrest and charge sheet for flying to low over a beach, and slips informing him of his close arrest and release from arrest, pilots graduation booklet from No.3 F.T.S. Felltwell where he trained as an instructor, ephemera from the U.S.N.A.S.Pensacola, Soldiers Service and Pay Book ( Gunner Burton), Transfer to R.A.F. form,Field Service Pocket Book, medal ribbon bar for the Atlantic Star, Defence Medal 1939-1945 British War Medal with M.I.D. emblem and Territorial Army Efficiency Medal,cap badges to the Royal Artillery and West Yorkshire Regiment ( believed to be his fathers), photographs in training at Pensacola, and later group photographs,(Qty) Lot 363 Description Estimate Officers cap badge, collar badges and rank stars to the Royal West Kent £25.00 - £40.00 Regiment, displayed in a box frame, together with a similar frame containing O/R's badges to the same regiment, (2)
Lot 260 Description Estimate Post Second World War Royal Navy Submarine Engineers Note Book with £40.00 - £60.00 Diagrams,Course Instructional notes, hand written notes, mainly on Porpoise Class diesel-electric Attack Submarines, marked to P/O 69897 A.B. SANDY
Lot 262 Description Estimate First World War British flechette dart with screw tail fin, designed to be £100.00 - £150.00 dropped from aircraft
Lot 263 Description Estimate First World War King George V chocolate tin, made at the Rowntree's £50.00 - £70.00 Factory in York, the tin has a good enamel profile of the king to the centre surrounded by flags of the Empire,it still contains two original slabs of wrapped chocolate, and in the bottom compartment, some cigarettes, the bottom of the tin has an integral striker for matches,
Lot 264 Description Estimate Second World War German Naval binoculars by the maker Ernst Leitz, £450.00 - £500.00 GmbH, Wetzlar, marked '7 x 50 beh' with serial number 459405 on eye piece plate, both of which identify them as wartime vintage, rubber eye piece protectors fitted
Lot 265 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Leicestershire Regiment, £25.00 - £30.00 in light bronze, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2221
Lot 266 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Army Air Corps, in light £80.00 - £120.00 bronze,, two blades to the reverse, maker A.J.Stanley & Sons, Walsall, K&K Lot 267 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Ulster Rifles, in £70.00 - £90.00 silver grey, two blades to the reverse, K&K
Lot 268 Description Estimate World War Two pair of plastic economy collar badges to the Royal £10.00 - £20.00 Marines, in dark blue, two blades to the reverse, maker A.J. Stanley & Sons, Walsall, K&K
Lot 269 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Air Force, in £10.00 - £20.00 chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse
Lot 270 Description Estimate Plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Engineers, in chocolate brown, two £10.00 - £20.00 blades to the reverse, maker A.J.Stanley, Walsall, marked 122 E 123, K&K , together with a pair of plastic economy collar dogs, (3)
Lot 271 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Devonshire Regiment, in £30.00 - £50.00 light bronze, two blades to reverse, marked A Stanley & Sons Walsall
Lot 272 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the South Staffordshire £40.00 - £60.00 Regiment, in light bronze, two blades to the reverse, K&K
Lot 273 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Armoured Corps, £30.00 - £50.00 in light bronze, two blades to the reverse, maker A.J. Stanley & Sons, Walsall, K&K
Lot 274 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Home Guard, in light £30.00 - £50.00 bronze, pin fitting to the reverse, maker, A.J. Stanley & Sons, Walsall, marked 1-A, and Prov. Pat. Lot 275 Description Estimate Victorian British 16th the Queen's Lancers officer's lance cap/chapka, with £3,000.00 - silvered Queen's crown plate, pre Boer war battle honours bullion rosette £4,000.00 and black cockerel tail feather plume, the chinstrap with lion mask bosses
Lot 276 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Reconnaissance Corps, £80.00 - £120.00 in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker A.J. Stanley & Sons, Walsall, marked 1-A, K&K
Lot 277 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Durham Light Infantry, £30.00 - £50.00 in silver grey, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2256
Lot 445 Description Estimate German Third Reich photograph album, features photographs from before £80.00 - £120.00 and during the Second World War, Luftwaffe personnel and aircraft including an airship,'Graf Zeppelin'?, army and RAD personnel training and at leisure, military funeral with firing party, parades, etc Lot 454 Description Estimate A Second World War Royal Air Force cap badge in gilding metal, buttons, £30.00 - £50.00 R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve lapel pin numbered 7353 to the reverse, a Flight Sergeants rank crown, and spent bullet belonging to Sergeant Pilot David Denchfield with a newspaper clipping reporting that his parents had been informed that he was a prisoner of war, together with items belonging to his father Herbert, a First World War veteran, including a white metal identity bracelet engraved, ' 42390 Pte. Denchfield, 2nd R. Innis. Fus.', a bi metal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers cap badge and 1916 economy issue example, both with sliders removed, a Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers shoulder title in gilding metal, two hexagonal lugs to reverse, two General Service buttons, two items of trench art, a bullet case with General Service button to the base, and a brass disc with scalloped edge and tunic button for the Kings Royal Lancaster Regiment fixed to the centre, a pre First World War pamphlet to The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers giving the history and distinctions of the Regiment up to the Boer War, and a quantity of family photos and post cards, records show Private Herbert Denchfield of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers entitled to the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal, he also served in the Army Service Corps with the regimental number 367505, Herbert David Denchfield was born 2/11/19 at Eckington near Stavely, he worked as a clerk after finishing his education at Hemel Hempstead Grammer School, he joined the R.A.F.V.R. in May 1939 and was called to full time service on 1st September 1939, after pilot training he joined 610 (Spitfire) at Acklington, on a Blenheim bomber escort to St.Omer on 5/2/1941 the squadron was attacked by a force of Me 109's and Denchfield's Spitfire was hit, he baled out and was captured by the Germans, a nice father and son group of items, (Qty)
Lot 457 Description Estimate Embroidered panel decorated with cigarette silks depicting flags and £30.00 - £50.00 regimental crests, embroidered "Greetings from India" and with the emblems of the Buffs, Wireless Signal Squadron, Army Service Corps and the Royal Navy, housed in a dark stained frame Lot 466 Description Estimate German Third Reich wound badge in silver, maker marked on reverse £30.00 - £50.00 above catch '28' for Eugen Schmiedhausler, Pforzheim,pin appears to have been replaced, together with a Third Reich day badge for Gau Thing Kolenz Trier, 22-23 Juni 1935, maker marked to reverse 'Entw. R. Kaster, Robinson', another day badge for the day of national work '1.Mai 1936', maker marked to reverse 'Fr.Neuner Cruessen Obfr.', and a sports medal with 'Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler' to the front and engraved to the reverse, ' Dem Sieger Einer Faltboot Olympia Ausscheidung 4.u.5 juli 1936', and a quantity of ground dug German rank stars, (5)
Lot 469 Description Estimate Royal Air Force World War Two uniform, four medals and three log books £500.00 - £700.00 to Pilot Officer Clifford Osbourne Burton, the medals to include 1939-1945 star, Burma star, Defence medal and war medal, two Air Forces India pilot's flying log books and a Royal Air Force pilot's flying log book, Royal Air Force service and release book, time-distance computer housed in a grey painted box with military broad arrow and painted 6B/472 (qty)
Lot 109 Description Estimate Imperial German Army Non Commissioned Officer's sword, straight £100.00 - £150.00 double fullered blade, brass hilt with doves head pommel, black composite grip, housed in a painted steel scabbard with single suspension ring
Lot 278 Description Estimate First World War grouping of items to the 5th ( Rifle) Battalion The Kings ( £30.00 - £50.00 Liverpool) Regiment, a T/5/KINGS shoulder title in gilding metal, three loops to the reverse, remains of black paint in places, two Kings Regiment bi metal cap badge, sliders to the reverse, four 'Rifles' pattern black tunic buttons, a 55th Division embroidered formation sign with Kings Regiment collar badge attached, a 5th Kings Regimental Association lapel badge, a 55th Division lapel badge, together with a silver Royal Artillery pendant, a Gurkha Rifles lapel badge, a Scottish Clan badge to the Clan Cameron, a Lancastrian rose pendant, and a further lapel badge copper pendant and Civil Defence button, (Qty) Lot 364 Description Estimate Second World War Duffel Coat, popularized by the British military during £30.00 - £50.00 the war and worn by such figures as Field Marshal Montgomery and David Stirling,the long box cut coat is made from a camel coloured coarse woolen material, secured to the front by four hemp rope and wooden toggle closures , pull up hood, lower waist open top pockets, cuffs with tightening straps, label missing
Lot 365 Description Estimate British army ammunition box containing 7.62 mm link drill rounds for £15.00 - £25.00 training with the General Purpose Machine Gun, used for loading and unloading drills, together with a quantity of .556 link drill rounds for training with the Minimi Light Machine Gun, and a strip of 7.62 linked cartridge cases, (Qty)
Lot 366 Description Estimate Second World War electric firing button for the battery of Browning .303 £30.00 - £50.00 machine guns fitted to a De Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber, removed from the control column of an aircraft of 627 Squadron flying out of R.A.F. Oakington in Cambridgeshire, as well as normal bombing missions 627 Squadron carried out pathfinder duties and was involved in raids on Berlin
Lot 367 Description Estimate Two L86A1 rifle grenade practice rounds, light blue in colour with a brown £20.00 - £40.00 ring painted round the stem, grenade head stencilled in white with, 'GREN RFL PRAC WITH BOOSTER L86A1 I.M.I 10-96-02', this type of grenade is for use with the British Army's SA80 rifle, (2)
Lot 368 Description Estimate Officers tin uniform trunk, named to ' Maj. A.C. Martyr, Scots Greys', £30.00 - £50.00 'Moss Bros & Co Ltd, Covent Gdn, London, to interior, approx. 91 cm x 43 cm x 32 cm, containing a mixed lot of military items, including, a Second World War British army leather jerkin with blanket lining, British military gas mask in canvas carrier dated 1941, three WW2 British civilian gas masks and European gas masks in various conditions, naval signalling flag, two British army large packs, etc, (Qty) Lot 110 Description Estimate Early 19th Century Officers/NCO'S sword, straight, part fullered blade, £100.00 - £150.00 single bar knuckle guard with 'clamshell' figure of eight type lopes, checkered leather grip with lions head pommel
Lot 111 Description Estimate 19th Century sword, with a steel blade and ribbed grip, 80cm long £40.00 - £60.00
Lot 112 Description Estimate German Third Reich Army Officers dress sword by the maker Weyersberg, £100.00 - £150.00 Kirschbaum & Cie, Solingen, fullered blade with one side of ricasso marked with 'WKC' and company's knights head emblem, Dove head handle, Army eagle clutching a swastika on one side of crossguard, black celluloid wire wrapped grip, held in black painted steel scabbard with suspension ring
Lot 113 Description Estimate French Napoleonic,1st Empire, Model AN XIII Heavy Cavalry ( Cuirassier £200.00 - £250.00 )Trooper's sword by the German maker Klingenthal, double fullered single edged blade stamped with the letter 'L' near the hilt,, spine of the blade engraved 'Klingenthal, Janvier 1814'. the brass three bar swept hilt with stamped arsenal inspection marks and rack number ' 369 ', wooden grip which shows signs of repair, has leather covering and wire binding missing, scabbard absent,blade 94cm in length
Lot 114 Description Estimate Possibly a Victorian copy of a 16th Century rapier, straight, part fullered £300.00 - £400.00 blade, scroll hilt with leather grip bound with wire
Lot 115 Description Estimate Imperial German Army Sword (Infanterie-Degen M1889) , straight, double £100.00 - £150.00 fullered blade and gilt brass half basket hilt which has a canted pommel and folding guard, shagreen wire bound grip missing cypher, housed in a steel scabbard with two suspension rings
Lot 116 Description Estimate Late Victorian sword cane, wooden cane with carved horn pommel on the £40.00 - £60.00 handle in the form of a dog's head, concealed inside the cane is a squared needle tip blade 44 cm in length, overall length of cane 99 cm Lot 117 Description Estimate World War One British George V 1895/1897 pattern presentation Infantry £600.00 - £800.00 Officer's Sword, the blade with etched and blued panels to Air Vice- Marshal C.T. Maclean, Royal Fusiliers, RFC, the scabbard with Sam Browne pattern frog, the sword with wire bound fish skin grip, blade 83cm long, sword 98cm long, together with photocopy of the officers 1915 Royal Aero Club Aviators certificate
Lot 118 Description Estimate Victorian General Officers Mameluke sword, F & S Firmin & Co, with a gilt £500.00 - £700.00 brass scabbard, steel blade with gilt metal guard and ivory grip, 92cm long
Lot 119 Description Estimate 1896 pattern Mountain Artillery type sword, curved unfullered blade £120.00 - £150.00 stamped 'Wilkinson Pall Mall', wooden handle with brass guard
Lot 120 Description Estimate George V Naval officer's dirk acid etched blade, with acorn quillons and £150.00 - £250.00 anchor within reef, GVR cypher retailed by Walton & Co Ld, Ordnance Row, The Head, Portsmouth, leather scabbard with gilded mounts engraved with J H A Anderson RN, length 60cm
Lot 121 Description Estimate George V British army officers sword by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, £300.00 - £400.00 London, believed to be to the Royal Army Medical Corps, maker engraved to one side of the ricasso, proof mark to the other, blade etched with the Royal Cypher and coat of arms, hilt in checkered brass with sharkskin grip and wire binding, housed in wood and leather field service scabbard and complete with private purchase leather sword bag with remains of owners initials embossed
Lot 122 Description Estimate 19th Century French General Officers Mameluke sword, steel pipe back £500.00 - £700.00 blade with gilt metal guard and ivory grip, 33cm long Lot 15 Description Estimate Queens South Africa Medal with three clasps, ' Cape Colony', ' South Africa £70.00 - £90.00 1901', 'South Africa 1902', ( 2/LIEUT. C.L. CORRY. R. GARR. R. ), together with a 1914-1918 British War Medal ( LIEUT. C.L. CORRY ), together with a miniature medal bar of same two medals, two pairs of Lieutenants shoulder rank stars, Officers Training Corps certificates to Noel Beaumont Field Corry (son?) from the 1930's, and a group photograph of soldiers in battledress uniform, records show Claude Lindsay Corry of the Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers (Militia) transferring to the 46th Field Company Royal Engineers in South Africa, then to the Royal Garrison Regiment, interestingly he is not shown as being entitled to the Cape Colony clasp, he is shown on the First World War Medal roll as entering France in 1915 in the Royal Field Artillery, applying for his medals on 18th September 1921 but while entitled to the British War Medal was ineligible for the 1915 Star and Victory Medal, an intriguing pair of medals worthy of further research, copies of medal records included
Lot 18 Description Estimate Pair of City of London Police medals, Edward VII 1902 Coronation medal, £30.00 - £50.00 together with George V 1911 Coronation medal (P.C. A. SANDERS) and a George VI 1937 Coronation lapel badge, (3)
Lot 19 Description Estimate Victorian/ First World War Royal Navy grouping to 125764 Chief Officer £400.00 - £500.00 Charles Henry Berry, to include a Victorian 1827 pattern Naval Officers sword for the rank of Warrant Officer and below, blade etched with foliage and Victorian crown over fouled anchor, maker Gould & Sons, Devonport, to one side of ricasso, proof mark to the other, solid brass hilt with Victorian crown above fouled anchor, black fishskin grip with wire binding, sword knot attached, leather scabbard with brass fittings, a photo of Charles Berry in uniform, with sword, documents including Service Certificates, Certificate for Wounds and Hurts, granted ' for injury sustained by falling from aloft whilst at drill' while still a boy, and various certificates of appointment in rank, a brass plate engraved, ' Mr C. Berry R.N.', also included is a 1914-1918 British War Medal ( CH. OFFR. C.H. BERRY. R.N. ) Charles Berry was born in 1868 and after working as a paper hanger joined the Royal Navy in 1883, he served on various ships eventually becoming Chief Officer of H.M.S President on Coastguard duties, an interesting grouping worthy of more research, ( Qty) Lot 123 Description Estimate British Royal Navy officers sword, with a shagreen grip and lion mask £60.00 - £90.00 pommel, Crown and anchor to the basket hilt, unsigned steel blade, the blade 72cm long
Lot 369 Description Estimate Mixed lot of items including, R.A.F. P11 Compass, 7x50 binoculars, £30.00 - £50.00 Russian vehicle radio, shotgun shell reloader, dummy PNG's, weapon stocks, mess tins, rifle trigger and pistol grip assembly, etc, (Qty)
Lot 417 Description Estimate Two First World War Royal Flying Corps Cap badges, two loops to the £20.00 - £30.00 reverse on each, crudely mounted on the back of a Victorian portrait photograph with a 1915 list of the Eton Society and a 1915 list for Field Choices which is believed to refer to the Eton Field Game, a form of football; the lists while now glued, appear to have originally been pinned up, the board is believed to be a memorial to A.P.F. Rhys-Davids who features on both lists, a Kings Scholar who joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and went on to become a fighter ' Ace ' in No.56 Squadron along with Albert Ball and James McCudden, being awarded the D.S.O., M.C. and bar, Rhys Davids was killed in action on 27/10/17, included is a full write up on Lieutenant Arthur Percival Foley Rhys Davids
Lot 1 Description Estimate Victorian Baltic Medal, unnamed as issued £170.00 - £200.00
Lot 2 Description Estimate Victorian Afghanistan 1878-79-80 Medal, no clasp (1779 PTE. A £200.00 - £250.00 STEWART. 78TH FOOT) together with copy of medal roll, Private Allen Stewart of the 78th Highlanders ( Rosshire Buffs, later the Seaforth Highlanders) served in the 2nd Afghan War
Lot 3 Description Estimate Afghanistan medal (1878-1880) (828 PTE J.DAVEY. 2/11th Regt) together £150.00 - £250.00 with a Khedive star 1882 unnamed as issued Lot 4 Description Estimate Victorian 2nd Afghan War pair, Afghanistan Medal with three clasps, £400.00 - £600.00 'Charasia', 'Kabul', 'Kandahar', and Kabul to Kandahar Star ( 1598 PTE. W. MCLELLAND. 92ND HIGHRS. ) records show Private William McLelland of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders entitled to the Afghanistan Medal with clasps Charasia,Kabul and Kandahar
Lot 5 Description Estimate India General Service Medal, bar Burma 1885-7, (48091 Gunner J Samuel? £70.00 - £90.00 No 873.... RN) together with a Burma 1887-89 bar (6)
Lot 6 Description Estimate India General Service Medal (5031 7 J A. H Bayliss 1st Bn K K R) (rubbed) £70.00 - £90.00 with SAMANA 1891 and HAZARA 1891 bars
Lot 7 Description Estimate Victorian India General Service Medal with clasp, ' Punjab Frontier 1897- £180.00 - £220.00 98 ' (3498 PTE. H. BURCHELL. SOM. LT INFRY.) with full set of copy service papers
Lot 8 Description Estimate India General Service Medal, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 bar (5120 Pte G £80.00 - £120.00 Chiffins 1st Bn Royal W Surrey regt.) Proceedings on Discharge 5120 Lance Corporal George Chiffins Queens Royal West Surrey Regt 1st Battalion 1st May 1901 Portsmouth aged 23 years 9 months 5ft 6 ins tattoe �Alice� on left arm, mole on neck. occupation labourer. Discharge having been found unfit for further service having served 4 years 245 days
Lot 9 Description Estimate Victorian British army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal ( 28 £80.00 - £120.00 COLLARMAKR. MAJR. JOHN MORRIS DEPOT R.A. ), John Morris, Regimental number 28 of the Royal Regiment of Artillery recorded as being a pensioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Lot 10 Description Estimate Victorian Egypt 1882 Khedive Star, unnamed as issued, missing £20.00 - £30.00 suspension bar Lot 11 Description Estimate Victorian Anglo Egyptian War pair, Egypt Medal with clasp ' Tel-El-Kebir', £200.00 - £300.00 Khedive Star ( 1864 PTE. S. name illegible. 3/ K. R. RIF. C.), Khedive Star un-named as issued, (2)
Lot 11A Description Estimate Egypt Medal, (111 Sergeant C.H. Rawlings R.A.) £60.00 - £90.00
Lot 12 Description Estimate Victorian Egypt Medal ( 6768 PTE. J. PAYNE. 2/GREN ) together with an £150.00 - £200.00 1882 Khedive Star ( possibly copy) and copies of service papers and medal rolls
Lot 13 Description Estimate Khedive's Sudan Medal, Khartoum bar (Pte M T PAYNE GREN GDS.) £80.00 - £120.00 (Mark Taylor Payne) Born 1874 Thrapstone Northamptonshire Regt number 3424 Attestation 4th Jan 1892 aged 18years 6 months source Chelsea Pensioner Army service records WO 97 5664 101 occupation Labourer, already a volunteer in 1st Bn Bristol Engineer.
Lot 14 Description Estimate Queens South Africa Medal, no clasp ( 30088 PTE. J. ROUARD. RAND £100.00 - £150.00 RIFLES ) with copy of medal roll
Lot 14A Description Estimate Queen South African Medal, bars South Africa 1901, Orange Free State, £80.00 - £120.00 Cape Colony, (5982 PT H. POLLARD RL. LANC REGT)
Lot 16 Description Estimate Queen South Africa medal, (2717 Pte F J GALLAGHER MANCH REGT) £70.00 - £90.00 with Relief of Ladysmith bar, service 1899-1902 1st Battalion Manchester.
Lot 17 Description Estimate Pair of City of London Police medals, Edward VII 1902 Coronation medal, £30.00 - £50.00 together with George V 1911 Coronation medal (P.C. A.J. GREENOP) Lot 20 Description Estimate 1911 George V Police Coronation Medal ( SUPT. J.S. McKEAND. £20.00 - £30.00 LANCASHIRE)
Lot 21 Description Estimate George V Military Medal, unnamed, possibly erased £120.00 - £150.00
Lot 418 Description Estimate Second World War British Royal Air Force Type 93 aircraft radio £100.00 - £150.00 mast/antenna, tapered aerodynamic shape, original transfers to the sides stating ' Suitable for 450 MPH or 550 MPH dive' and 'Type 93, 10BB/879, 10BB/878,' with broad arrow, bakelite base marked '10BB/521' with length of 2 ply cotton covered electric cable attached
Lot 419 Description Estimate Second World War R.A.F. Mk VIII Flying Goggles, blue-painted metal- £40.00 - £60.00 framed goggles fitted with split-angled glass eye-pieces set in a leather padded cushion, introduced officially in October 1943, they were not supplied to aircrew until the earlier stocks were exhausted
Lot 420 Description Estimate First World War steel flechette dart, designed to be dropped from aircraft £40.00 - £60.00
Lot 421 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Air Force Other Ranks Service Dress Tunic, size £100.00 - £150.00 No.4, dated 1940, R.A.F. eagle insignia and rank badges for Leading Aircraftman on each sleeve, medal ribbon bar for 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star and Defence Medal, together with O/R's side cap with cap badge, (2)
Lot 422 Description Estimate Brass Naval ships clock, signed on the dial,' Smith, 8 day', reputed to have £100.00 - £150.00 been removed from a minesweeper from Lowestoft, complete with key Lot 423 Description Estimate Second World War scarce British escape compass for R.A.F Aircrew / £60.00 - £80.00 Airborne Forces, in the form of a moulded tunic or battle dress button, these had a tiny magnetised piece of iron, fitted to the underside of the button,allowing them to indicate north when suspended on a piece of cotton or hair
Lot 424 Description Estimate World War Two pair of British parachutists knee pads, made by Belmont £100.00 - £150.00 and dated 1943, label marked with broad arrow, a rare piece of equipment, the pads are made from a expandable material fitted with a khaki cloth edging at its two sides,they have a leather boot lace quick release device and the front of the pad is stuffed with kapok, used by British Airborne troops and S.O.E. agents
Lot 425 Description Estimate A Boer War Queen Victoria chocolate tin with fragments of original £200.00 - £250.00 chocolate, together with a bakelite paper knife surmounted by the figure of a wounded soldier, a cased military clinometer by Short & Mason Ltd, and dated 1902, serial number 1379, and a trench whistle stamped with a broad arrow and the date 1901 by J. Hudson & Co, Birmingham, (4)
Lot 426 Description Estimate Second World War pair of 7 x 50 Naval Binoculars by Barr & Stroud, serial £50.00 - £70.00 number 53271, housed in fitted leather case
Lot 427 Description Estimate German Third Reich mixed lot,' Jahrbuch Der Deutschen Kriegsmarine £80.00 - £120.00 1941' (German Navy Yearbook), Book entitled, ' Nationalsozialistisches Steuerwesen ' ( National Socialist Taxation) dated 1933, a collection of photographs of German servicemen from the army and Luftwaffe in barracks, in the field, and on leave, a collection of German army Feldpost letters, from 1942-1944, and a Nazi party pennant, ( Qty) Lot 480 Description Estimate Victorian note book from the 1870's possibly to a Royal Navy officer, £20.00 - £30.00 contains detailed notes and descriptions on various subjects including a list of Royal Navy Battleships, Cruisers and sloops and their armoured protection, a price list of heavy guns manufactured in different countries, notes on the death of the French Prince Imperial in 1879, notes of what appear to be gun firing trials on H.M.S. Dreadnought in November 1878, a list of ships and their complements of the Mediterranean Fleet in February 1878, a detailed description of the War of 1812 battle between H.M.S. Shannon and U.S.S. Chesapeake, the order of battle of the British fleet at the Battle of Cape St Vincent,notes on the loss, by accident, of H.M.S. Vanguard in 1875, and a fascinating description of the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London in May 1876, all interspersed with poems
Lot 484 Description Estimate What is believed to be a late Victorian Qing Dynasty Guanmao or Chinese £150.00 - £250.00 Court Officials summer hat, woven in rattan, button or finial missing from top, the hat was reputedly brought back from China as a souvenir of the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, the vendor states ' the item was auctioned by a member of the Bartlett family from the estate of Jenny Hobbs nee Bartlett, she had a large collection of family military related items from the Hobbs and Bartlett family members, a number of Hobbs and Bartletts men served with the Militia because it was a family tradition,also a number of the men were workers for the Fortescue family on the Castle Hill Estate and it was expected, the story is that two boys who were employed to look after the estate horses went with one of the sons of the 3rd Earl Fortescue and other officers from local families to look after their horses with the British army starting in Africa and then Northern India with the Lancers, apparently they had only just arrived in India when one of them was used to help look after the horses heading to China, he told of travelling in open wagons with the horses and the problems of getting enough water for them, he was responsible for training Indian men in looking after the British officer's horses and said this was all part of the British army's part in quelling the Boxer Rebellion', as a point of interest the 1st Bengal Lancers formed part of the force sent to China with the British Army, also, one of the 3rd Earl Fortescue's sons, Major Lionel Henry Dudley Fortescue of the 17th Lancers was killed in action in Africa at Diamond Hill near Pretoria during the Boer War Lot 486 Description Estimate Well made Victorian copy of the Armet or ' Horned Helmet ' of King Henry £2,000.00 - VIII, Possibly Victorian or earlier, hinged mask lifts up and hinged cheek £3,000.00 pieces open out, the original helmet formed part of the armour of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and was made by Konrad Seusenhofer, the Emperor presented Henry with the armour, which included the bizarre helmet in 1514, it was made for use in pageants rather than combat, the brass 'spectacle frames' on this particular helmet are a later addition made approximately 50 years ago, the original helmet forms part of the Royal Armouries Collection
Lot 370 Description Estimate Second World War German MG34 or MG42 Gurttrommel , drum £30.00 - £50.00 magazine for linked 7.92 ammunition
Lot 371 Description Estimate Cecil George Charles King (1881-1942), "Getting Out Paravanes (H.M.S. £60.00 - £80.00 'Revenge' - Mediterranean 1931)", signed watercolour, unframed, the watercolour 39cm x 28.5cm
Lot 372 Description Estimate Second World War German 2 cm Flak 38 anti aircraft gun magazine, £40.00 - £60.00 waffenamt marking to the bottom
Lot 373 Description Estimate Collection of 1920's/30's Regimental collectors cards, given out with 'The £20.00 - £30.00 Rover' comic, the cards feature various British army regiments and the famous battles they were involved in, including, The Royal Scots at Quatre Bras, The Coldstream Guards on the Somme, The Black Watch at the Alma, The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry at Brandywine, The Connaught Rangers at Badajoz, The South Wales Borderers at Rorke's Drift, The Manchester Regiment at St. Quentin, etc, 25 cards in all
Lot 374 Description Estimate 40 mm shell with projectile, shell case dated 1955, together with a 40 mm £50.00 - £70.00 shell case with resin projectile, shell case dated 1942, a 40 mm shell case with projectile, and a 40 mm drill round, (4) Lot 375 Description Estimate First World War German 15 cm Howitzer, Short Shrapnel Shell projectile, £100.00 - £150.00 inert
Lot 376 Description Estimate A pre Second World War photograph album of the German North Rhine £20.00 - £30.00 town of Nideggen, the album belonged to a Miss Evelyn Hale of Hove Sussex, she sent the album in to the Admiralty in London during the war for post D-Day intelligence purposes, the album contains the official Admiralty return and reference slip, together with a quantity of loose photographs of German soldiers, including an 88mm flak battery, and German army Feldpost letters and postcards, (Qty)
Lot 377 Description Estimate Second World War British 1937 pattern water bottle and carrier, strap £20.00 - £30.00 marked B.H.G. for Barrow, Hepburn and Gale of London, faint date appears to be 1942
Lot 378 Description Estimate Inert Second World War No.36 Mills Grenade by the maker Tweedales & £40.00 - £60.00 Smalley of Lancashire, drilled out for training use,maker marked to front, base plug marked No.36 M Mk1 and U.E.C. 41, striker lever and safety pin missing, together with a L56A1 practice grenade, (2)
Lot 379 Description Estimate Full set of eighteen editions of the circa 1930's magazine 'Hitler's Mein £30.00 - £50.00 Kampf', published with royalties to ' The British Red Cross Society', Hutchison & Co., Publishers (in Association with Hurst & Blackett Ltd.), printed by The Anchor Press, Tiptree, Essex
Lot 380 Description Estimate German Third Reich sports vest eagle ( Brustadler fur das Sporthemd) for £30.00 - £50.00 the army (Heer) Lot 381 Description Estimate Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf 1939 English Translation, tan boards,the spine £30.00 - £50.00 marked in gilt, Mein Kampf, A. Hitler, book was published by Hutchinson & Co in association with Hurst and Blackett Ltd, London, and printed by The Anchor Press Ltd, Tiptree, Essex, rip to the bottom of page 205, together with a cartoon version mocking the book by Kurt Halbritter, (2)
Lot 124 Description Estimate British 1885 pattern Cavalry Troopers Sword, stamped on one side of the £200.00 - £250.00 ricasso with broad arrow over WD, Y.C. ( Yeomanry Cavalry) and 'X' bending mark, on the other with the dates '90 and 92, and Enfield inspection marks, housed in steel (Re-) painted scabbard, stamped 93, W K, 138
Lot 125 Description Estimate First World War Italian Model 1871/ 1909 Cavalry Trooper's Sword, pipe £100.00 - £150.00 back blade, steel guard, birds head pommel with chequering and plain wood grip, steel scabbard with one carrying ring
Lot 126 Description Estimate German hunting sword with curved steel blade, brass cross guard with £30.00 - £50.00 polished wooden grips, suspension ring for lanyard/sword knot on pommel, scabbard absent
Lot 127 Description Estimate Pair of 18th Century training rapiers, broad unsharpened blade with £700.00 - £900.00 rounded end, single bar knuckle bar with cup, wire bound handle, (2)
Lot 128 Description Estimate 1796 pattern officers small sword, with wirework grip and rubbed gilt £150.00 - £250.00 guard and engraved steel balde, together with the original battle scabbard, 100cm long
Lot 129 Description Estimate Mid 19th Century Constabulary/Prison Warders sword, cutlass type £140.00 - £160.00 weapon with single knuckle bar, shagreen grip missing wire binding,housed in leather scabbard with steel fitting Lot 130 Description Estimate 1796 pattern sword, with a steel blade, wire work grip and rubbed gilt £80.00 - £120.00 guard, 100cm long
Lot 131 Description Estimate Victorian General Officers Mameluke sword, C Hebbert & Co, London, £500.00 - £700.00 with a gilt brass signed scabbard, steel blade with gilt metal guard and ivory grip, 93cm long
Lot 132 Description Estimate Imperial German Army Non Commissioned Officer's sabre, curved single £100.00 - £150.00 fullered blade, steel hilt with dove head pommel, black composite grip, housed in a painted steel scabbard with single suspension ring
Lot 133 Description Estimate British 1897 pattern Henry Wilkinson London officer's presentation sword, £800.00 - £1,200.00 the etched blade engraved "Brigadier T Hart Dyke D.S.O", the reverse engraved "Given to Capt. J.E. Griffin 1959", the blade with foliate decoration, King's crown cypher and stamped number 60158, the King George Crown guard with leather strap and acorn knot, brown leather covered scabbard, blade 82.5cm long, sword 101cm long (Brigadier T Hart Dyke was awarded the D.S.O. for his actions in in \June 1944 during a battle at Fontenay near Caen while serving with the Hallamshire Battalion of the York and Lancaster regiment)
Lot 134 Description Estimate 1897 Pattern George V British Infantry Officer's Sword, blade etched on £120.00 - £150.00 one side of ricasso to Flights Ltd. of London, Aldershot and Camberley, proof mark to the other side,Flights were sword cutlers who were known to use Wilkinson sword blades, housed in steel scabbard
Lot 135 Description Estimate Victorian General Officers Mameluke sword, Henry Wilkinson, with a gilt £500.00 - £700.00 brass signed scabbard, steel blade with gilt metal guard and ivory grip, 95cm long Lot 136 Description Estimate Imperial German Army Cavalry Officer's saber, curved, fullered blade, £100.00 - £150.00 lion's head pommel with a panoply or arms on the front langet, and a blank shield on the rear langet ,the grip is black horn with a triple wire wrap, housed in a steel scabbard with single suspension ring
Lot 137 Description Estimate 19th Century Ottoman Yataghan, with a silvered and coral scabbard to the £300.00 - £500.00 walrus ivory grip and steel blade, 50cm long
Lot 138 Description Estimate William Rogers throwing knife, with a steel signed blade and chequer grip, £20.00 - £30.00 14.5cm long
Lot 139 Description Estimate Victorian cutlery handle Bowie style knife, with a stiletto blade above the £50.00 - £70.00 cutlery handle, 27cm long
Lot 140 Description Estimate Collection of pocket knives, with steel, faux tortoiseshell, mother of pearl £30.00 - £50.00 and horn handled examples, (7)
Lot 178 Description Estimate Beatley of Basingstoke improved patent .400 transitional rifle circa 1860, £1,500.00 - with swivel breach loading mechanism, octagonal rifled barrel, walnut £2,000.00 stock, action and trigger guard with foliate engraved decoration, barrel 75cm long, rifle 119cm long
Lot 385 Description Estimate First/Second World War Metal 2 pdr ammunition box containing, long £40.00 - £60.00 arm magazines including, 9mm Sten gun, .556 AR15, .556 Ruger, 7.62 H&K G3, in various conditions, small calibre pistol magazines, mills bomb casings, L2A2 training grenade casing, light machine gun ammunition feeder bag, shell fuses in relic condition, two R.A.F. aircraft gauges, a spotlamp, and assorted training area relics, (Qty) Lot 386 Description Estimate An Edward VIII (1894-1972) signed (as king) Royal Navy officers £300.00 - £500.00 commission document dated 2nd April 1935, the commission is in the name of Mr David Jasper Godden, who was ' hereby appointed Sub- Lieutenant in His Majesty's Fleet', the document has the official embossed seal of The Admiralty to the left hand side and the kings signature' Edward R I ' ( Edward, Rex Imperator, King Emperor) is in the top left hand corner, countersigned by Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (1883-1965) British Admiral, Victoria Cross winner for his actions in the Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles, June 1915; and Percy Noble (1880-1955) British Admiral in World War Two, an early document from less than six weeks into the Kings reign
Lot 387 Description Estimate British L1A3 Self Loading Rifle bayonet, stamped L1A3 and stores number £30.00 - £50.00 960-0257 B on both sides of the handle, D and broad arrow on pommel, broad arrow and 58D stamped on one side of ricasso, housed in steel scabbard
Lot 390 Description Estimate Clip of eight 30-06 dummy rounds for the U.S. M1 Garand Rifle, clip is £15.00 - £25.00 marked L&H 84 (Italian made), together with a L12A1 practice round case and two other large calibre cartridge cases, (4)
Lot 391 Description Estimate An inert dummy round for the British naval 40mm Bofors QF 40 mm £20.00 - £30.00 Mark 4 gun, painted in blue and yellow with a red band the projectile is fitted with a dummy No.259 Mk 3 fuse, marked to the base LCT 1, VAEL, and dated 1954 with a broad arrow
Lot 392 Description Estimate Large collection of United States Air Force Squadron patches, together £60.00 - £90.00 with some rank badges and miscellaneous badges, squadron patches include 78th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 301st Tactical Fighter Wing, 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 421 Tactical Fighter Squadron, etc, in excess of 150 badges, (Qty) Lot 428 Description Estimate 19th Century musicians helmet, possibly from Continental Europe or the £200.00 - £300.00 United States, the helmet has an ornate 'Roman' style brass crest running front to back and a large brass badge with a Lyre superimposed over crossed trumpets, it retains the remains of a brass chain scale chin strap, unknown if it was used by Militia or civilian bands
Lot 430 Description Estimate World War One British Edison and Swan signals galvanometer, serial £15.00 - £25.00 number 23882 and dated 1918
Lot 307 Description Estimate Victorian/Edwardian officers tin trunk, designed for the transportation £80.00 - £120.00 and storage of uniforms, the trunk retains much of its original painted decoration to the exterior, hinged lid with brass lock and sliding securing pins on which is situated the brass makers plaque to ' Rogers & Company, 8 New Burlington Street, Saville Row, London', below that is a substantial brass plaque with the name, 'E.M. Watson', also on the lid are ' Wanted on Voyage' stickers, to the front are 'Southern Railway, London Victoria to Trieste via Calais' , and 'Registered via Calais, train 1284' stickers, with ' Southampton ' stickers to both sides, steel carrying handles to the back and both sides, pristine interior with copper coloured wash, 105 cm x 38 cm x 26.5 cm approx.
Lot 308 Description Estimate First World War 37 mm shells with projectiles, French 37-85 shell for the £80.00 - £120.00 M1916 37 mm gun dated 2/16, similar shell dated 1/17, British Vickers 1 pdr shell, maker mark to projectile and case, unidentified case with Vickers 1 pdr projectile, (4)
Lot 309 Description Estimate Oak shield bearing a carved badge of the Royal Pioneer Corps, on the £20.00 - £30.00 reverse is carved the name, 'A.W. Smith, Corsham', formed in 1941 from the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, itself descended from the First World War Labour Corps, the Pioneer Corps Was given the distinction 'Royal' by King George VI in 1946 in recognition of their service in the Second World War Lot 310 Description Estimate British military issue steel ammunition hinged box marked 200 RNDS £20.00 - £30.00 7.62mm MXD LNK, the box contains a belt of spent live and blank brass cartridge cases, (Inert)
Lot 311 Description Estimate Second World War U.S. Army Air Force Cattaraugus folding survival knife £60.00 - £80.00 by Camillus , manufacturers logo stamped on side of single edged blade, these were issued as part of the B-4 emergency bailout kit, folding blade approx. 26 cm in length, composite grips, complete with issue blade guard
Lot 312 Description Estimate 37 mm shell case with projectile and resin fuse, inert £20.00 - £30.00
Lot 313 Description Estimate Unusual Boer War period cufflinks in yellow metal, oval in shape with £20.00 - £30.00 images of British Army Generals/heroes, Lord Kitchener, Lord Roberts, Sir Redvers Buller and Robert Baden-Powell, stamped on the reverse, 'Perfect' and the registration number 251500
Lot 314 Description Estimate Collection of different calibre shells with projectiles,including, 2 cm Flak, £40.00 - £60.00 20mm MGFF, 20mm MG151/20, 30mm Aden, etc, contained in blue painted ammunition box, ( Qty)
Lot 315 Description Estimate World War Two Air Ministry Binoculars, marked 6E/293, Crown, AM, £20.00 - £30.00 held in leather case, lid marked Binoculars Prismatic No.2, Case Mk 1, and OS 13687
Lot 179 Description Estimate 18th/19th century flintlock box lock pocket pistol by H Nock, London, £300.00 - £400.00 inspection marks on barrel Lot 180 Description Estimate Rare Colt 1861 .36 Calibre Navy Six Shot Single Action Percussion £1,200.00 - £1,800.00 Revolver, with fluted cylinder and signed ADDRESS COL. SAML COLT US. AMERCIA, the side COLTS PATENT, with a small brass trigger guard, brass backstrap, all parts numbered 4837, 34cm long in total, together with a powder flask with American flags, cannons and lances, also with a bullet mould Colt Caps and tool, all housed within an associated later case. The revolver comes with a letter dated 1990 from Colt's Manufacturing Company Inc with the following information, Serial Number 4837, Caliber 0.36/c, Sold to United States Government, Shipped to Lt. Col. G.D. Ramsey Washington D.C. Arsenal, February 1, 1862
Lot 181 Description Estimate 19th Century, side hammer, pocket percussion pistol with checkered £300.00 - £400.00 walnut grip
Lot 182 Description Estimate Pair of Irish percussion travelling pistols by John Neill of Belfast, the £2,000.00 - walnut stocks with chequered grips and vacant silver inset cartouches, £3,000.00 octagonal browned 10cm barrels, foliate engraved trigger guards, dolphin form hammers, action plate engraved with maker's name and game birds in flight, steel ramrods, housed in the original walnut case with brass corner caps containing accessories to include bullet mould, percussion cap tin, moulded lead balls and two wooden handled tools
Lot 183 Description Estimate Withdrawn £0.00 - £0.00
Lot 184 Description Estimate Mid 18th Century Irish flintlock Blunderbuss by Trulock of Dublin, circa £800.00 - £1,200.00 1768 with octagonal to round three-stage barrel Trulocks own mark, full- stocked in walnut with engraved brass, foliate engraved trigger guard with acorn finial and turned ramrod pipes, numbered R-1240 with name and 1768 date, overall length 85cm
Lot 185 Description Estimate 18th/19th Century flintlock Volunteer pistol with plain lock, £650.00 - £750.00 inspection/proof marks to barrel, straight metal ramrod Lot 186 Description Estimate 19th Century Belgian made, six cylinder pin fire pocket revolver, Liege £180.00 - £220.00 proof mark to the cylinder
Lot 187 Description Estimate 19th Century Belgium revolver, pin fire six shot with walnut stock £40.00 - £60.00
Lot 188 Description Estimate Fine cased pair of 19th Century Belgium pin fire revolvers, the ivory grips £2,500.00 - with C scroll decoration, the black steel retaining much original blue with £3,000.00 silver inlaid foliate scrolls stamped with a gold crown and initials EL, folding trigger, steel hammer, housed with key oak box with a marquess crown / coronet inlaid to the top
Lot 189 Description Estimate Accles/Shelv ACVoke air pistol, .177 calibre, Patent applied for, £100.00 - £150.00 Birmingham Eng
Lot 190 Description Estimate 18th Century flintlock box lock pistol , signed to the lock, ' Gourlays', with £300.00 - £400.00 screw off barrel
Lot 191 Description Estimate Fine Joseph Egg Flintlock double over and under flintlock pistol, circa £1,200.00 - £1,800.00 1790-1800, the double barrels of large smooth bore calibre, fitted ramrod, engine turned walnut grip, signed Jos EGG, scroll decorated trigger guard with two triggers, 30cm long
Lot 192 Description Estimate 19th Century Ottoman Empire matchlock musket, with an ivory inlaid star £300.00 - £500.00 and tab design, 136cm long
Lot 193 Description Estimate 18th/19th Century Tower New Land Pattern flintlock pistol with swivel £650.00 - £750.00 ramrod, stamped 'Tower' and crown over 'GR' to lock, 'F19' stamped to trigger guard Lot 279 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to The Rifle Brigade (Prince £25.00 - £40.00 Consorts Own), in silver grey, two blades to the reverse, K&K 2262
Lot 280 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, £20.00 - £30.00 in black, two blades to reverse, K&K 2251
Lot 281 Description Estimate Walking out cane to Gresham School, Norfolk, Officer Training Corps, , £25.00 - £40.00 white metal top with Norfolk regimental insignia surmounting a ribbon containing ' O.T.C. Gresham School' , white metal ferrule tip, 66 cm in length
Lot 282 Description Estimate French 1866 Chassepot bayonet, Second Empire bayonet made at the £30.00 - £50.00 Imp�riale de Chatellerault Arsenal, maker and date September 1868 engraved to spine, inspection marks stamped on ricasso mismatched steel scabbard
Lot 283 Description Estimate First World War French 1886 pattern Lebel bayonet, quillon and scabbard £30.00 - £50.00 stamped with the number 3143, alloy grip, distinctive cruciform blade, early example with long blade, quillon and raised press stud
Lot 284 Description Estimate Scarce Victorian walking out cane to the Medical Staff Corps, white metal £40.00 - £60.00 top with Corps insignia of Red Cross within the Royal garter and motto, white metal ferrule tip, 68.5 cm in length
Lot 285 Description Estimate British 1888 pattern Mark 1 Type 2 bayonet, stamped on one side of the £50.00 - £70.00 ricasso with V.R. surmounted by a crown, the issue date 5 '91 and reissue date '07, on the other side of the ricasso is stamped a broad arrow over WD and an Enfield inspection mark, on the pommel is stamped the number 245 and a sale or ' sold out of service' mark, housed in a black leather scabbard with steel fittings, scabbard stamped on the throat with the number 118 and Enfield inspection mark Lot 286 Description Estimate Walking out cane to Bromsgrove School Officer Training Corps, white £25.00 - £40.00 metal top with regimental insignia of the Worcestershire Regiment surmounting a ribbon with, ' Bromsgrove School O.T.C., white metal ferrule tip, 61 cm in length
Lot 287 Description Estimate French 1874 pattern Gras bayonet, made at the Chatellerault arsenal, £30.00 - £50.00 maker and date August 1876 engraved on spine, quillon stamped with number B 15742, mismatched steel scabbard stamped with the number 15403, the number '7' stamped to one side of blade, inspection stamps on the other side
Lot 288 Description Estimate Walking out cane to the Cambridgeshire Regiment, white metal top with £25.00 - £40.00 regimental insignia of Cambridge castle, white metal ferrule tip, 64 cm in length
Lot 289 Description Estimate George V walking out cane to the Royal Engineers, white metal top with £25.00 - £40.00 Corps insignia of Royal Cypher and motto within a wreath, white metal ferrule tip, 68.5 cm in length
Lot 290 Description Estimate Early walking out cane to the Royal Air Force, white metal ball top with £30.00 - £50.00 R.A.F. officers badge, white metal ferrule tip, 75 cm in length
Lot 291 Description Estimate Second World War German K98 Bayonet by the maker Carl Eickhorn, £60.00 - £80.00 Solingen, maker code 'cof 44' stamped to one side of ricasso, 3194 over 'm' to the other side, waffenamt acceptance marking on pommel, housed in steel scabbard, waffenamt acceptance mark on the ball end, complete with leather frog by the maker Hans Leuter, Augsberg, dated 1940, with leather retaining strap Lot 194 Description Estimate Early 19th Century stone bow or bullet shooting crossbow by Thomas £3,000.00 - Conway of Manchester, the walnut rifle type stock with steel butt plate and £5,000.00 chequered wrist and steel trigger guard, ovoid plate at the top of the action engraved �Conway Manchester�, 76.5cm wide by 74cm long, housed in a bespoke period mahogany case with inscribed plate �Henry Burgess Springfield Salford�, 80cm wide by 85cm long (Thomas Conway was an English Gunsmith with premises in Manchester at 179 Chapel Street, 3 Market Street & 43 Blackfriars Street, Deansgate between 1803-1852)
Lot 292 Description Estimate Walking out cane to the 14th Battalion the London Regiment ( The London £30.00 - £50.00 Scottish) white metal top with regimental insignia of a Lion Rampant surmounting the cross of St Andrew, white metal ferrule tip, 69.5 cm in length
Lot 382 Description Estimate A German Second World War photograph album containing family £20.00 - £30.00 photographs and those of service men from the R.A.D. (Reich Arbeitsdienst) , Army, Navy, Luftwaffe and Hitler Youth, together with a smaller German album with the date 1942 on the front containing more photos of army personnel, (2)
Lot 293 Description Estimate Yugoslavian Model 1948 Mauser bayonet, stamped on pommel 547, £30.00 - £50.00 indistinct number stamped on one side of ricasso, wooden grips, blade length 9 3/4 inches, housed in steel scabbard
Lot 294 Description Estimate German M1884/98 III knife bayonet, possibly re worked or over cleaned £40.00 - £60.00 as no markings visible, housed in steel scabbard which looks to have been re painted
Lot 295 Description Estimate First World War German S98/05 'butcher blade' bayonet by the maker £80.00 - £120.00 Weyerberg, Kirschbaum & Cie, Solingen, early 'high earred' example with vestigial muzzle ring, dated 1914, maker stamped to ricasso, date on spine, housed in steel scabbard Lot 296 Description Estimate Russian cavalry Shashka and bayonet, fullered blade, with wooden grip £150.00 - £250.00 and curved white metal pommel pierced to take sword knot, pommel stamped 22, leather covered wooden scabbard with white metal fittings to take Mosin Nagant 1891/30 bayonet stamped with serial number DG1914, 02 ( Hungarian Warsaw Pact factory code), and 'B' in a circle ( Hungarian stock)
Lot 297 Description Estimate Walking out cane to the South Lancashire Regiment ( Prince of Wales £25.00 - £40.00 Volunteers), white metal ball top with regimental insignia of Prince of Wales feathers surmounting a Sphinx, white metal ferrule tip, 65 cm in length
Lot 298 Description Estimate First World War Princess Mary Gift Tin, together with a Buckingham £50.00 - £70.00 Palace headed letter with facsimile message, ' Gift from Mary R and the women of the Empire 1914', and a copy of Princess Mary's Gift Book, (3)
Lot 299 Description Estimate First World War Verners Pattern Mark VIII military prismatic marching £80.00 - £120.00 compass, made by F.Barker & Son, London, dated 1917, serial number 95490, housed in leather carrying case, belt loop to the reverse
Lot 300 Description Estimate Air Ministry Azimuth Circle No.4 ( AM Ref. 6A/890) serial number £40.00 - £60.00 43820E, mounted on a 02B compass (AM Ref. 6A/893) serial number 62043E, broad arrow stamped on compass, the whole mounted for display on a wooden stand
Lot 301 Description Estimate Two leather shotgun ammunition belts, together with two leather and £20.00 - £30.00 canvas examples (4)
Lot 302 Description Estimate Two First World War German Model 17 Eierhandgranate ('egg grenade') , £40.00 - £60.00 one fitted with a transportation plug, the other with an ignition fuse, (2) Lot 303 Description Estimate Second World War German Patronenkasten 36 Vehicle Ammunition Box, £40.00 - £60.00 it can carry 150 rounds of linked 7.92 ammunition and was used with vehicle mounted MG34 or MG42 machine guns, stamped '181 Hashe 39' together with a post war Yugoslavian MG42/53 ammunition box, these were a copy of the German wartime Patronenkasten 34 pattern ammunition box, (2)
Lot 304 Description Estimate Second World War Air Ministry steel pulley with hook, embossed on one £20.00 - £30.00 side with crown over AM, 11 over 1940 and 1 1/2 cordage, and on the other with the maker A J Co Ltd
Lot 305 Description Estimate Second World War British Mk.3 Prismatic Compass, broad arrow marked £20.00 - £30.00 with 1944 date, this compass was re-issued in 1962 after improvements were added, housed in a 1955 dated webbing pouch
Lot 316 Description Estimate First World War British poster, published by the Parliamentary War £40.00 - £60.00 Savings Committee as Poster No.12, it features the text, ' You can help to win the war with 5/-, A safe and patriotic investment, Apply at the nearest Post Office', dated 7/15 and printed by Hill, Siffken & Co,Grafton Works, London,the poster is framed and appears to have formed part of a display or exhibition with an empty space for a description card at bottom centre, poster size approx. 48 cm x 73 cm
Lot 317 Description Estimate First World War British poster, published by the Parliamentary War £40.00 - £60.00 Savings Committee as Poster No.9 it features an image of a George V sovereign below which is the text, ' The British Sovereign Will Win, Invest in the War Loan Today, Ask for details at nearest Post Office', dated 7/15 and printed by David Allen & Sons, Harrow, Middlesex, the poster is framed and appears to have formed part of a display or exhibition with an empty space for a description card at bottom centre, poster size approx 49.5 cm x 76 cm Lot 323 Description Estimate First World War post cards,the embroidered silk postcard is a common £15.00 - £25.00 souvenir of the First World War,this small collection of six cards include birthday and Christmas greetings, a �silk pocket� effect also features in three of the cards into which a tiny pre-printed card can be found. the embroidered postcards were very popular with British soldiers who often sent them home, they were sold in thin paper envelopes but were seldom sent through the post in them, usually they were mailed with letters, for this reason, they are often unwritten, with no marks on the back, any message having been sent in an accompanying letter, one of the birthday cards has the message written on the back, `For Sonny, 5th Birthday, 14th/4/17, From Daddy', The hand-embroidery is thought to have been carried out in domestic houses as �out-work� by civilians in France and Belgium, and in the UK by Belgian refugees, (6)
Lot 328 Description Estimate Wooden Royal Mail stationary box with Royal Flying Corps insignia to top £20.00 - £30.00 of lid, flip top lid revealing compartments for letters, etc, Royal Mail label with GR Royal Cypher on underside of lid, 18 cm x 12.5 cm x 8 cm
Lot 330 Description Estimate First World War ground dug German stick grenade in renovated condition, £80.00 - £120.00 steel charge head with belt mount, hollow wooden handle stamped '5 1/2 Sek.' with metal cover cap at base , first introduced in 1915, inert
Lot 331 Description Estimate 1930's private purchase leather flying helmet made by 'S. Lewis's, 27, £70.00 - £90.00 Carburton Street, W1', adjustable buckled chinstrap press studded earflaps for use with Gosport earpieces/tubes, single rear goggle strap, fitted with a pair of chromed DH Type Earphones, connected to a set of Gosport tubes with white metal 'Y' connector
Lot 383 Description Estimate Second World War publication by the Illustrated London News entitled £10.00 - £20.00 'British Air Forces' dated 1941, the publication contains photographs and details of British and Axis aircraft from that period, together with a 75th Anniversary commemorative edition of headlines and articles from the Daily Mirror 1940, (2) Lot 384 Description Estimate First World War 18 Pdr shell case with projectile and fuse, shell case dated £50.00 - £70.00 to the base /18, fuse dated 1917, inert
Lot 388 Description Estimate World War Two Italian 1891 pattern Carcano knife bayonet, marked to the £15.00 - £25.00 cross guard 'Rocca 1942', held in a steel scabbard
Lot 493 Description Estimate Withdrawn £0.00 - £0.00
Lot 494 Description Estimate First World War Bowie knife, the leather scabbard bearing the name W. £60.00 - £80.00 Parkyn Sergt. 199-10F BDE 1917, with a steel blade and antler grip, 31cm long
Lot 496 Description Estimate Three cap badges, Gordon Highlanders, Royal Highlanders, Coldstream £40.00 - £60.00 Guards (3)
Lot 499 Description Estimate Framed German Third Reich Hitler Youth pennant, together with a £70.00 - £90.00 Deutsche Jugendfest 1934 rally attendance certificate, (2)
Lot 501 Description Estimate British Army shoulder and sleeve crown rank insignia from Queen Victoria £10.00 - £20.00 through to Elizabeth II, in gilt, white metal and gilding metal, (6)
Lot 195 Description Estimate Circa 1840 large calibre carbine rifle, with percussion sidelock, wavy brass £700.00 - £900.00 trigger guard, slide compartment to the walnut stock, unsigned 45cm long barrel with ram rod below, overall length 82cm Lot 196 Description Estimate Unusual and rare 19th Century half size double barrelled percussion £2,000.00 - sporting gun, side by side barrels with engraved lock plate and walnut £3,000.00 stock, 91cm long
Lot 197 Description Estimate 19th Century Continental flintlock military pistol £250.00 - £350.00
Lot 198 Description Estimate Fine 19th Century Joseph Manton sporting gun, side by side signed £1,500.00 - Damascus barrels, signed lock with two hammers, chequer walnut stock, £2,500.00 together with tools and flasks, housed within a mahogany case
Lot 199 Description Estimate Smith & Wesson 6 shot revolver, post Civil War production Model No. 2, £300.00 - £500.00 the barrel is mostly grey brown patina, 15cm long, Smith & Wesson Springfield Mass to the barrel top, cylinder with the text Patented April 3, 1855, July 5, 1859 & Dec. 18, 1860, total length 17cm
Lot 200 Description Estimate 19th Century R & W Aston 13 bore hammer gun, with 29 3/4 inch £300.00 - £500.00 Damascus barrel, fish form hammers, twin triggers, scroll engraved lock plate, walnut stock with blank silver roundel, no licence required to purchase this lot
Lot 201 Description Estimate 18th/19th Century flintlock box lock pocket pistol with screw off barrel, £300.00 - £400.00 signed ' Busby' to the lock
Lot 202 Description Estimate Victorian turn off boxlock percussion pocket pistol, diamond shape vacant £50.00 - £70.00 cartouche to the grip, overall length 16cm Lot 203 Description Estimate Napoleonic war period British Enfield Tower Dragoons .800 calibre £2,000.00 - flintlock carbine, with cut down India pattern steel ramrod, walnut stock £3,000.00 with brass trigger guard and butt plate, substantial military hammer with flint, various proof marks to barrel, barrel 45.5cm long, 85cm long overall
Lot 204 Description Estimate Double action five cylinder percussion revolver, believed by H. Yeomans, £500.00 - £700.00 London, spurless hammer, walnut checkered grips, engraved ' No. 1558' to one side
Lot 205 Description Estimate Fine Presentation quality target rifle, John Lyall Aberdeen, with £2,000.00 - Whitworth style barrel rifling, walnut stock and Patent hammer percussion £3,000.00 above the chequer grip, 124cm long
Lot 208 Description Estimate American Civil War period Springfield rifle, the lock plate with US £800.00 - £1,200.00 Springfield and dated 1862, impressed to the stock JB, 142cm long
Lot 209 Description Estimate B.S.A. Improved Model D, .177 under lever air rifle, serial number 58395, £40.00 - £60.00 maker name top of body,trade mark stamped on stock, BSA Patent under lever
Lot 514 Description Estimate Four Second World War publications, ' The BBC at War' , ' Civil Defence, £10.00 - £20.00 Some Things You Should Know if War Should Come', ' Unarmed Action, A Handbook for the Home Guard', and, ' Rough Stuff for Home Guards,and all Members of H.M. Armed Forces', (4)
Lot 515 Description Estimate Quantity of military badges including cap badges to the Royal Marines, £15.00 - £25.00 Military Police, Suffolk Regiment, officers shoulder stars, buttons to the R.A.F. and R.A.M.C., together with sweetheart badges to the Royal Scots and the Royal Engineers, and lapel badges to the W.V.S. and Children's League of Pity, etc, (Qty) Lot 516 Description Estimate World War Two plastic economy cap badge to the Essex Regiment, in £20.00 - £30.00 chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, marked 1 - A and A. Stanley & Sons, Walsall, with brass backing plate, K&K 2242
Lot 517 Description Estimate British 1888 pattern Mark II sword bayonet by Wilkinson, London, maker £50.00 - £70.00 mark and date, 12 '01 on one side of ricasso, Wilkinson inspection mark to the other, pommel stamped 2 DF for the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and the number 425, together with a similar bayonet , also by Wilkinson, maker mark and date 6 '02 on one side of ricasso, Wilkinson inspection mark to the other, Pommel also stamped to 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers with number 635, (2)
Lot 518 Description Estimate Scarce Royal Air Force Bible embossed on the cover with the name and £50.00 - £70.00 unit badge of R.A.F. Wattisham
Lot 519 Description Estimate Third Reich S.A. sports badge by W. Redo, 6cm x 4.5cm £20.00 - £30.00
Lot 520 Description Estimate Gordon Highlanders sash badge, the silver badge mounted on brass, £40.00 - £60.00 initialled C.M.U to reverse, 7.5cm wide, 9.5cm high
Lot 521 Description Estimate Rare percussion cap dispenser, together with a bullet mould, (2) £40.00 - £60.00 Lot 522 Description Estimate Victorian officers buttons to include, two Victorian officers gilt tunic £20.00 - £30.00 buttons to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 24 mm in diameter, together with two more of 19 mm diameter, maker Jennens & Co, London, a Victorian gilt mounted officers mufti button for Brigadiers and Colonels, 17 mm in diameter, maker Jennens & Co, London,two Victorian officers gilt tunic buttons for Brigadiers and Colonels, 22 mm in diameter, maker Gillham & Co, Military Outfitters, Sandhurst, and a similar button, 17 mm in diameter, maker Jennens & Co, London, (8)
Lot 523 Description Estimate Suffolk Regiment Old Comrades Association members card with a first £10.00 - £20.00 subscription entry of 1933 and last 1939, 5825700 Linding I. written on first page, together with a gilt and enamel Suffolk Regiment O.C.A. lapel badge numbered 1611, maker J.R. Gaunt, London, (2)
Lot 524 Description Estimate Silver Dorsetshire Regiment Davidson Medal, Regimental badge to £15.00 - £25.00 obverse, battle honours in scrolls to the reverse, silver marks well rubbed
Lot 525 Description Estimate Two Second World War Royal Air Force Leading £10.00 - £20.00 Aircraftman/Aircraftwomen rank badges, together with a telecommunications trade badge, all embroidered in light blue on dark blue Melton cloth, typical glue paste back
Lot 526 Description Estimate Pre and First World War German triangular cloth bandage, cream- £20.00 - £30.00 coloured triangular bandage developed by Professor Esmarch, printed on one side with illustrations of how the bandage might be used, each illustration is given a number from 1 to 32, there is a printed inscription in German at the top of the bandage and a manufacturer's name along the right edge, Professor Friederich Von Esmarch was a German surgeon best known for his contributions to military surgery, including his introduction of the use of the first-aid bandage on the battlefield, he saw military service in the Prussian wars against Denmark (1848 and 1864), Austria (1866) and France (1870) Lot 527 Description Estimate Full set of eighteen editions of the circa 1930's magazine 'Hitler's Mein £20.00 - £30.00 Kampf', published with royalties to ' The British Red Cross Society', Hutchison & Co., Publishers (in Association with Hurst & Blackett Ltd.), printed by The Anchor Press, Tiptree, Essex
Lot 528 Description Estimate Cap badge to the Kings Own Malta Regiment in bi metal, slider to the £15.00 - £25.00 reverse, together with a cap badge to the 15th North Auckland Regiment, two loops to the reverse, and a cap badge to the South African Engineers, Imperial crown, two loops to the reverse, (3)
Lot 529 Description Estimate First World War Belgian M1916 sword bayonet for use with the 7.65 mm, £30.00 - £50.00 M1889 Mauser rifle and carbine, 'B' stamped on one side of ricasso, housed in a painted steel scabbard, these bayonets were produced from 1916�1924 at Manufacture D'Armes de le Etat (Arms Manufacturer of the State) in Liege,
Lot 530 Description Estimate World War Two embroidered slip on shoulder title to the Essex Regiment, £15.00 - £25.00 together with a World War One economy cap badge to the Norfolk Regiment in gilding metal, slider to the reverse, three Norfolk Regiment tunic buttons, two cap badges to the Cambridgeshire Regiment, sliders to the reverse, K&K 1817, and a Cambridgeshire Regiment tunic button, maker Firmin, London, (Qty)
Lot 531 Description Estimate Second World War British 1903 pattern leather belt as issued to the Home £30.00 - £50.00 Guard, stamped with the date 1940, and 'B.H. & G.' for the maker, Barrow, Hepburn and Gale, London
Lot 532 Description Estimate First World War Bamforth 'Song Series' Postcards, these usually featured a £15.00 - £25.00 popular sentimental song or hymn and a scene depicting a soldier missing a loved one, either his sweetheart or mother, contained in a vintage Walters 'Palm' toffee tin, (36) Lot 533 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Air Force Observers and Air Gunners Flying Log £80.00 - £120.00 Book to 113221 R.Reid who served with 21 Squadron and No.5 Ferry Unit R.A.F. Middle East, first entry March 1941, last entry March 1946, together with a British Overseas Airways Corporation Memorandum slip for the Daily Bulletin for a flight from Karachi to Cairo dated 3rd May 1945, and a Sidcot flying suit liner, interior label marked 'Size 4, 22c/855'
Lot 535 Description Estimate Second World War German memorial card to Georg Hofeneder, a £10.00 - £20.00 Stabsgefreiter in an Artillery Regiment, killed in action 26th June 1944, together with a number of personal photographs, (Qty)
Lot 536 Description Estimate Second World War cartoon books by David Low, Europe Since Versailles, £10.00 - £20.00 Europe at War, and Low's War Cartoons, (3)
Lot 537 Description Estimate Second World War British airman's photograph album, wooden boards £30.00 - £50.00 with Middle Eastern scene to the front and 'Jeruslem' printed to the back, contains photos of R.A.F. personnel working and at leisure, historic sites in Jerusalem and other locations, and of local people, including what appears to be a public hanging, together with a quantity of loose photographs of First and Second World War British service men and women, and a collection of 1970's photographs of the British army Scorpion armoured reconnaissance vehicle, (Qty)
Lot 546 Description Estimate 18th Century leather and brass powder flask, with a tapering nozzle with £80.00 - £120.00 lever above the leather body and loop sides, 17cm long
Lot 547 Description Estimate First World War British Princess Mary's Gift Fund 1914 box, contains 1915 £25.00 - £40.00 Christmas card from the Princess Mary
Lot 548 Description Estimate German Third Reich Heer (Army) belt buckle by the maker JFS ( Josef £25.00 - £40.00 Feix & Sohne, Gablonz)appears to be repainted Lot 534 Description Estimate Second World War Royal Air Force Irving Flying Jacket in leather and £300.00 - £500.00 sheepskin belonging to Squadron Leader Richard Burton, original Lightning zip to the front with DOT zips on the sleeves, no sign of label ever being present,together with a pair of Irving Flying Suit thermally insulated trousers, the name , 'D.Thomas' is painted to the rear top of the trousers, braces attached, a Royal Air Force Navigational Computer MK III D Ref. 6B/180, still in original box, and a quantity of maps used for air navigation, some war time dated, Richard Burton attended Aldershot County High School, he joined the Territorial Army in June 1938 as a Gunner in 318 Battery Royal Artillery and was mobilised when war broke out in 1939, in June 1941 he transferred to the Royal Air Force and trained as a pilot in Canada and the United States, during a training flight at the United States Naval Air Station Pensacola his aircraft caught fire and he was forced to make an emergency parachute jump with his instructor, writing to the Irving Air Chute Co. to inform them of his jump and to claim his Caterpillar Club badge he was informed that due to war time conditions the Caterpillar pins were no longer being issued but were replaced by membership cards, on completion of training Burton was posted 246 Squadron at Bowmore then 423 R.C.A.F. Squadron at Archdale and on to 204 Squadron at Jui in West Africa, a Coastal Command Squadron flying Sunderland Flying Boats, after the war he was posted to various R.A.F. training establishments including No.3 Flying Training School, Feltwell, as an instructor, ending his career flying jet aircraft such as the Meteor and Vampire, these items came with the other grouping of belongings to Sqn Ldr. Burton, (Qty) Lot 538 Description Estimate Iraqi National Flag 1963-1991, with three green stars on a horizontal £40.00 - £60.00 tricolour of red, white and black, reputedly brought back after the 1991 Gulf War by a British soldier as a trophy, the flag has a rope and toggle hoist with, 'Iraq (AD) 4 YO', written in pen on the cloth, the Iraqi Ba'athist government adopted a modified version of the Arab Liberation flag as the new flag of Iraq on 31 July 1963, this horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black bands formed the basis of the flag of the United Arab Republic (UAR), though the UAR broke up in 1961, hopes for Arab unity persisted. as such, whereas the UAR flag had two green stars in the white band, signifying its two members (Egypt and Syria), the new Iraqi flag had three stars, symbolising the aspiration that Iraq would join with Egypt and Syria in a new union, in 1986 the meaning of the three stars was changed from their original geographic meaning to representations of the three tenets of the Ba'ath Party motto: wahda, hurriyah, ishtirakiyah (unity, freedom and socialism), after the Gulf War the text ' Allahu Akbar ( God is Great) in arabic, was added to flag in green between the stars, flag size approx 365 cm x 174 cm
Lot 539 Description Estimate Second World War British War Office map used for air navigation,marked £80.00 - £120.00 'A.P1234,Appendix XIV', it covers mainly Eastern and Southern England and Europe from Texel down to the Channel Islands, dated April 1940, the map has various flight plans plotted on it, some in England but others across the Channel into France and Holland, the name, ' Roderick Else' is stamped to the top, approx. 70 cm x 75 cm, mounted on a board
Lot 540 Description Estimate Second World War mosaic featuring 'SS' runes in black on a white ground £150.00 - £200.00 with the date 1938 to the top and 'Essen' to the bottom, thin black inner border with swastikas to each corner, in a black painted stout wooden frame, vendor states that this item was brought to the U.K after the war by the family of a Polish soldier who had been fighting with the British army, the SS unit in Essen in 1938 was Allgermeine SS ( General SS) Abschnitte V ( SS District 5) a Brigade size formation, part of SS Oberabschnitte West, commanded by SS Brigadefuhrer Fritz Schlessmann Lot 541 Description Estimate First World War British Naval 3 pdr shell and case, the shell is stamped on £50.00 - £70.00 the side, ' 3Pr, P over RL, LN over a broad arrow, and the date 15.7.14', on the base of the shell is stamped, ' P and 2 over 219', the base of the brass shell case is stamped, 'C.F, broad arrow above N above 12, 1 within a circle, and the date, 1.7.01', 3pdr (47mm ) guns were used by the Royal Navy as anti-torpedo boat guns on most small cruisers built prior to World War I, the British found that these small-caliber projectiles were too light to be effective and many guns were converted following World War I to sub- caliber training and saluting guns.
Lot 542 Description Estimate Japanese 1928 Showa Emperor Enthronement Commemorative Medal £20.00 - £30.00 commemorating the coronation of the Emperor Hirohito, the obverse features the Imperial throne, 'Banzai' (literally : '10000 years' ( of life to you) equivalent of God Save the King!) written below, cherry and orange blossoms comprise the surrounding wreath, on the reverse cloud shapes and the inscription 'Showa 3 (1928) November, Enthronement Commemorative Medal', top of the medal is stamped with the letter 'N' indicating it was made in January 1929 by the Japan Medal Making Corporation, housed in a fitted presentation case
Lot 543 Description Estimate Second World War British Royal Navy ratings cap with tally to H.M.S. £20.00 - £30.00 Indomitable, together with a post war U.S. Navy ratings cap and post war U.S. Army enlisted mans cap by the maker Society Brand, (3)
Lot 544 Description Estimate Item of Special Air Service Regiment interest, a well made brass machined £100.00 - £150.00 petrol lighter, it consists of an outer casing with the Special Air Service Regiment badge of a winged sword on the side, on the top of the flip lid is engraved the number 240714, and to the side,'W.O.1 P.E.', an inner casing containing the lighter mechanism has engraved on one side, ' For Peller Evans, February 27th 1991', on the other side is engraved, ' Special made by Ronald Manders for his special brother in arms', the vendor states that both men were Canadians serving with other Canadians, Australians, South Africans, and New Zealanders in 22nd S.A.S. Regiment during the 1991 1st Gulf War Lot 545 Description Estimate 18th Century publication entitled, ' A Report from the Committee £80.00 - £120.00 appointed to consider how His Majesty's Navy may be better supplied with Timber', report submitted 6th May 1771 and includes a large folding plate showing the cross section of a 74 gun Ship of the Line, together with a slightly smaller example of the same publication and another entitled, ' Report from the Committee to whom the Petitions concerning the Harbours of Rye and Dover were referred',dated 1757, this includes a large folding plate showing plans for the fortification of Milford Haven, all three publications missing covers, (3)
Lot 549 Description Estimate Reenactors British battledress uniform badged to a sergeant, with airborne £30.00 - £50.00 formation badges, Glider Pilot Regiment shoulder titles, and Glider pilot wings, Jacket is labelled large, trousers labelled medium
Lot 550 Description Estimate Princess Mary's Gift Fund 1914 box, brass box with hinged lid which is £20.00 - £30.00 decorated with embossed detail, in the center Princess Mary's head in profile surrounded by a wreath and with 'M' each side, in each corner and to the sides, the name of an ally, in center; along bottom edge a plaque bearing 'CHRISTMAS 1914', the Gift Fund was inaugurated by Princess Mary in October 1914 to provide a gift to every serviceman at the front or at sea for the first Christmas of the War
Lot 551 Description Estimate Second World War Czech Model 1929 helmet pressed into use with the £100.00 - £150.00 German Luftschutz (Civil Defence ), Luftschutze decal to the front, , 'Habenicht' written in interior
Lot 552 Description Estimate First World War trench art in the form of a German 77mm field gun shell £40.00 - £60.00 case with an engraved frieze top and bottom framing a scene of men picking fruit from trees, also scratched into the side of the case and barely legible, some parts under the later engraving, is a name and the date 1917, and further down 'Capt.' an illegible name and the initials'R.F.C'., the casing is stamped on the bottom '3 Polte Magdeburg, Dez. 1915, Sp252' for batch number three, Polte armaments factory, Magdeburg, December 1915 and the control/inspection mark/number for Patronenfabrik Polte Magdeburg