A GOOD COLLECTION OF MEDALS AND PERSONAL PAPERS AWARDED TO 3714918 LIEUTENANT CORPORAL WILLIAM BIRCHHALL, to include the 1939-45 Star and ribbons (2), the Africa Star and 8th Army bar and ribbons (2), the France and Germany Star and ribbon, the Defence Medal and ribbon, and the War Medal and ribbons (2) (There are copies, as his Mother requested additional copies). Also his Soldiers Service and pay book,a Christmas card from his son in 1941, his Soldiers release book ‘Class A’, a pamphlet of advice to visiting Troops to Cape Town, a record of service, two hospital redirection papers, two cloth shoulder patches, a boxed cricket medal, various hospital documents notifying of injury, and his scrap book from Sept 1939 to 29th June 1946. (1 bag and a folder)
Estimate: £300-£500
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A SMALL COLLECTION OF CAP AND TUNIC REGIMENTAL BADGES AND BUTTONS, to include a Argyll and Sutherland badge, a King’s Liverpool and Scottish badge, a Leinster badge, a Liverpool and Scottish Cameron’s badge, a Dragoon’s badge, a Leicestershire badge, a Royal Marines badge, a Rifle Brigade badge, two Royal Flying Corps badges, a Lancashire Fusiliers badge, a Royal Engineers badge, a Worcestershire Regiment badge, a Royal Fusiliers badge, a Royal North Lancashire badge, a Suffolk Regiment badge, a Royal Medical Corps badge, a West Yorkshire badge, two Royal Artillery badges, two Guards cap badges, an Australian and Commonwealth Military Forces cap badge, and a selection of eleven buttons and ten tunic and shoulder badges.
Estimate: £80-£120
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A 1941-42 NORTH FRONT CROSS (POHJOISRINTAMA-DIE NORDFRONT), with a blue enameled cross, black enamel central background enclosed by oak leaves. The German flag of the day has the Swastika rubbed/scratched out (this was latterly done by Finnish troops). The screw-back has ‘Hopeateos’ and OY.H:KI cast on it. 3.4cm at cross diameter.
Estimate: £70-£100
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AN ITALIAN ORDER OF MERIT, BADGE OF THE ORDER, KNIGHT, gilt bronze with a white enamel central cross and gilt star surrounded by four eagle forms (both sides), with a swivel joint to a gilt metal castle with enameled green, white and red ‘jewels’.to a green ribbon with two red side bands. In original box with lapel button pin. By Cravanzola, Roma.
Estimate: £70-£100
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AN ORDER OF LEOPOLD II, (AUSTRIA), BADGE OF THE ORDER, OFFICER, double sided gilt metal with a single side central blue enameled roundel with rearing Lion and the motto ‘L’union Fait La Force * Eendracht Maakt Macht’, to a swivel joint with a pierced gilt metal Crown and ring to a blue ribbon with central black band and applied ‘rosette’. In original box with lapel button pin. By Fibru-Fisch,Brussels.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A 1902 Commemorative Coronation Medal celebrating King Edward VII’s succession to the Throne on June 26th 1902. with ribbon. A 1910 Birmingham Fetter, Forbes and Co hallmarked silver pendant medal awarded to O.A.M.C. . A 1909 Birmingham Marples and Beasley hallmarked silver pendant medal awarded to J.Smith in 1914 for the Baldock CC. Batting Average. An 1893 Birmingham Charles Edward Soloman hallmarked silver pendant medal presented to Jas Hill, Sec Poney Dick, Picnic Club, Jan 5th 1895. A 1920 Birmingham Thomas Fattorini hallmarked silver pendant medal awarded to F.Dyson for the Hooley Hill, SS. League M.B.C.C.in 1921. A London Borough of Hammersmith pendant medal awarded to the 1966 Athletics Winner. A 1902 Birmingham Alfred George Griffiths silver hallmarked pendant medal awarded to the E.F.A. for 1901-2 Old Town F.C. winners. An early 20th century Royal Air Force bronze Cricket pendant medal, and a 1914 Vaughton & Sons hallmarked silver and blue enamel pendant medal awarded to the N.H. & D.C.L. Cricket association. (9).
Estimate: £70-£100
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A GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, WITH A NORTHERN IRELAND BAR, awarded to 24093012 Lieutenant Corporal B.W.B. Stobbs, ribbon and tunic pin.
Estimate: £50-£80
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY EGYPTIAN ORDER OF THE NILE (NISHAN-AL-NIL) GRAND CORDON STAR, tunic breast star, awarded for Exceptionally Valuable Public Service to Egypt, in white metal with a white enamel star and central blue enamel inscribed central roundel, engraved ‘Lattes’ on rear roundel, made by Lattes of Cairo.
Estimate: £200-£400
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A 1940 STERLING SILVER GILT HALLMARKED MASONIC JEWEL, issued to a Provincial Grand Primo of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Taunton, presented to Bro. P.T. Hearle K.O.M. for services rendered as P.G.P. 1940. Together with a 1930 Sterling silver gilt hallmarked Masonic jewel of The Alfred Chapter No. 340, celebrating the centenary with Ouroboros and rope motif, and a 1975 Sterling silver Masonic jewel of the Sir W.J. Coates Lodge No. 1939, issued to the Treasurer Bro. T.E.M. Learoyd R.O.H. for services rendered as Treasurer (3). Engraved on reverse of Lead lot.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A 1939 STERLING SILVER GILT HALLMARKED AND BLUE GLASS MASONIC PENDANT JEWEL, presented by Con Amore L of I, No. 3633 and Lodge of Concord and Benevolence L of I, No. 7150 to W. Bro. M.F. Woods on his appointment to Assistant Grand Pursuivant 26th April 1967. Made by C. WandS. Engraved on reverse, with a Spencer and Co. jewel box.
Estimate: £60-£80
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AN EARLY 20th CENTURY, SILVER HALLMARKED POPE LE XIII MEDAL OF THE HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE CROSS, stamped .925, with ribbon.
Estimate: £50-£80
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THREE COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE “FRANCE” BRONZE MEDALLIONS, 1962, commemorating the maiden voyage on the 3rd of February 1962, medallion design by J.H. Coëffin, 5.3cm diameter. (one in a Monnaie de Paris card medal box). Also two Compagnie Générale TransAtlantique “France” pendants, 1962, also commemorating the maiden voyage 2.7cm diameter, (both in Monnaie de Paris card boxes). And three Compagnie Générale TransAtlantique “Antilles” bronze medallions, 1952, celebrating the commissioning of the Cruise Liner, built by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, medallion design by R. Delamarre, 5.3cm diameter. (One in the original card box),(8).
Estimate: £120-£180
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A 1921 GRASSI JACOANGELI BOXED LA PROVINCIA DI NAPOLI COPPER MEDAL. Two 1988 commemorative Opening of Royal Britain coins, celebrating 1000 years of history. A World Wide International Motor Cycle Club vehicle badge. An Ariel owners M.C.C. vehicle badge and a replica Bohemian seal (6).
Estimate: £40-£60
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A 1949 MAPPIN AND WEBB LTD, BIRMINGHAM HALLMARKED SILVER COMMEMORATIVE COMPLIMENTARY SPOON FOR THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY (P&O), with compliment slip and original card box, 12.8cm long. (Possibly produced for the launching of SS Himalaya). Also, a 1959 Mappin and Webb Ltd Birmingham hallmarked silver letter opener/ bookmark for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, SS Stratheden, with compliment slip and original card box, 10.9cm long. And a Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Sterling silver and enamel tie-clip in a card presentation box.(3).
Estimate: £50-£80
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A 1955 STERLING SILVER GILT HALLMARKED MASONIC BREAST PIN JEWEL, honouring the position of Grand Secretary, presented to Bro. Bl. Hawkes C.P. for services rendered as Grand Secretary 1951-1955 from the R.A.O.B. Grand Council, to the Cambridge Grand Lodge, made by Louis Simpson Ltd, London. Engraved on reverse.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF 148 ENAMEL LINER BADGES AND TIE-PINS FROM THE EARLY TO MID 20TH CENTURY AT THE HEIGHT OF INTER CONTINENTAL LINER DEVELOPMENT, to include four Canadian Pacific ship portrait painted enamel badges of the SS. Duchess of Richmond, SS. Empress of Ireland and the SS. Montrose, also three portrait painted enamel badges of RMS. Tunisian and RMS. Virginian. A blue Funnel Line enamel lapel badge. Also twenty three oval and circular iridescent Butterfly wing badges of the Canadian Pacific, SS. Empress of Scotland, two Orient Line SS. Orion and SS. Oronsay (damaged); P&O, SS. Ranchi (damaged), two SS. Strathmore, and SS. Stratheden; Union Castle, SS. Arundel Castle, two SS. Capetown Castle ( the smaller damaged), SS. Edinburgh Castle (damaged), three SS. Pendennis Castle ( one small oval slightly damaged), SS. Pretoria Castle, SS. Rhodesia Castle (damaged), SS. Sterling Castle (damaged), three SS. Winchester Castle (two small ovals damaged), two SS. Windsor Castle; two Canadian Pacific, SS. Duchess of Bedford wheels (one missing Maple Leaf), SS. Duchess of Richmond, three SS. Duchess of York, three SS. Empress of Australia, three SS. Empress of Britain, two SS. Empress of Canada, SS. Empress of France, three SS. Empress of Scotland, SS. Lake Manitoba, RMS Metacama, SS. Montcalm, three SS. Montclare, two SS, Montrose; a Hapag, SS. Victoria Luise; Orient Line, M.S. Devonia, two M.S. Dunera and SS. Dunera, two H.M.T. Huntscreen, SS. Nevasa and a SS. Nevasa dormitory prize, an SS. Orcades ti-pin and badge, two SS. Orford, a SS. Orion tie-pin and five badges, R.M.S. Orita, a SS. Oronsay tie-pin,two SS. Orontes, R.M.S. Orsova, SS. Osterley, SS. Oranto, R.M.S. Otway; a Orient Line ‘PandO Orient Lines’ badge, two M.V. Reina Del Pacifico, four P&O SS. Canberra, SS. Chusan, two SS. Himalaya, an SS. Iberia tie-pin, R.M.S. Maloja, SS. Orcades, three SS. Oriana, Royal Yacht Medina, H.M.T. Soudan, T.S.S. Strathaird, T.S.S. Strathallan, SS. Stratheden “Wishbone”, M.V. Ulster Queen, a P&O Australia route Double Flag pin; two Royal Mail Lines R.M.S. Alcantara, two M.S.P Manzora, M.S.P. Aracuaya, R.M.S. Arlanza, a R.M.S. Asturias tie-pin, R.M.L. Atlantis and SS. Atlantis, two R.M.L. Highland Patriot, nine P&O House flag pins,a House flag Committee badge, two House small ship wheels and a House tie-pin; a U.S. Line SS. Philadelphia, a Union Castle R.M.M.V. Athlone Castle, SS. Kinfauns Castle, R.M.S. Pendennis Castle, SS. Rhodesia Castle, R.M.S. Walmer Castle , eight Union Castle small ship’s wheel House flag badges, a Pacific Steam R.M.S. Orcoma flag badge a small Lines flag wheel and a key and anchor flag badge. (148).
Estimate: £600-£1,000
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A QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL, 1899-1902, awarded to 8072 Sargeant H.R. Battle of the Coldstream Guards, with five bars from Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg and Diamond Hill. Also, a cricket shield medal, 1911, D’ Company awarded to 9551, Private E. Battle of the 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment (possibly the above’s son). A boxed silver George V Faithful Service medal awarded to Herbert Richard Battle (3).
Estimate: £200-£400
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AN IRISH GUARDS PIPER’S PEAK CAP BADGE, two tunic buttons and a Military Dray horseshoe applied to shaped and inscribed black leather back.
Estimate: £30-£50
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A 1919 BRONZE MEMORIAL PLAQUE, DEDICATED TO CLEMENT JOHN VILLAR, accompanied by it’s original card holder. Acton made in 1919, designer initials to above Lion front paws, 33 to rear.
Estimate: £60-£80
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A 1900 CHINA WAR MEDAL, awarded to F. Todd Ord. HMS Arethusa. No bar or ribbon. Issued for partaking in the Boxer rebellion on board the Leander – class frigate.
Estimate: £250-£450
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A MEDAL GROUP AWARDED TO 20655 SAPPER GEORGE FRASER DAYCOCK, DCM, FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, to include the Distinguished Conduct Medal, (named), ribbon; the 1914-1918 War Medal, (named), ribbon; the 1914-1919 Victory Medal, (named), ribbon. Also included is an original Army Orders Citation list, presented by General Sir H.S. Rawlinson, Bart, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., commanding Fourth Army, dated 5th March 1919, Nº 508. And the original citation letter from the General, dated 6th March 1919. And his discharge certificate (B.2079), dated 11/10/22, with a copy of the page showing the Sapper’s entry of the ‘Citations of the Distinguished Conduct Medal in the Great War 1914-1920’by the Naval and Military Press Ltd, detailing how he won the DCM; and a synopsis detailing his service, life and citation. (8) (1 bag, 1 folder).
Estimate: £700-£1,000
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A 20th CENTURY MASONIC CHAIN COLLAR, of ‘Ye Olde Mill Lodge’ No. 4391.
Estimate: £120-£180
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A SILVER 1914-1918 WWI MEDAL AND A 1914-1919 VICTORY MEDAL, issued to 2nd Lieutenant T.J. Bond. Also a 1939-1945 WW2 medal, a 1939-1945 Defence Medal and a 1939-1945 Star (5).
Estimate: £30-£50
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A MEDAL GROUP AWARDED TO THOMAS A.E. BOWLER, to include miniatures. The 1939 -1945 Star (ribbon); The Atlantic Star (ribbon); The Africa Star and South Africa Bar 1942-43 (ribbon); The Italy Star (ribbon); and the 1939-1945 War Medal (ribbon). The miniature set includes The Pacific Star, but is not present in the full size set. Also comes with a notification certificate.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A 2003 25TH ANNIVERSARY BRONZE MEDAL, made by Loodini, celebrating the service of Pope Paul VI, with original box. And a .800 silver Pope Paul VI Medal, 4th October 1965, celebrating the Papal reformations of that year, hallmarked .800, designed by Lello Scorzelli, cast inscription “Amoris Alumna Pax” on obverse, in original box (40 grams). And a 1950 Jacqmar Jubilee scarf depicting Pope Pius XII, and an ecclesiastical wood book end in carved oak with an inlaid cross. And a small collection of seven continental silver Papal medallions/ charms from the time of Pope Pius XII and two others. (13).
Estimate: £70-£100
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A FRAMED SET OF WWII MEDALS AWARDED TO SAMUEL LORD (a Royal Navy Surgeon), to include The 1939-1945 Star (Ribbon); The Africa Star (Ribbon) and the 1939-1945 War Medal (Please not his sword, Lot 127).
Estimate: £60-£100
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A SMALL COLLECTION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS BELONGING TO LIEUTENANT CORPORAL REGINALD L. ROBINSON, No. 14548986, to include his father’s WWI medals, to G-13325 Private W.L. Robinson of the 1st East Kents (Buffs), the 1914-1918 War medal, named (Ribbon); the 1914-1919 Victory medal, named (Ribbon). An 1887 Metropolitan Police Jubilee miniature tie pin, hallmarked, Birmingham 1911, Marples and Beazley, and dated June 22nd 1911, in original box. A 1920’s brass Girl Guides badge. A 1914-1918 Victory medal awarded to 4977 Private E. Robson, Coldstream Guards. A VR oval badge (pin missing). A Parachute Regiment shoulder pip. A plastic Parachute Regiment beret badge. A boxed George I Services Rendered Tunic War Badge and secure chain and certificates. Two photographs of ‘Reg’ in uniform. Two copies of letters and a postcard, sent from L/Cpl Robinsion during his internment in Stammlager IV.
Estimate: £50-£80
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TWO WWI NAMED MEDALS AWARDED TO R.A.F. SARGEANT S.P. MORRIS, No. 24179. The 1914-1918 War Medal, named (Ribbon), and the 1914-1919 Victory Medal, named, (Ribbon). Also the miniatures, original Air Ministry envelope and Form 238 issue letter. Also, his flask, glass bound in leather at shoulder, with protective removable pewter base / cup, pewter cap with cork seal.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A 1938 WW2 Mother’s Cross, Silver, engraved on reverse, slight damage to enamel at front, worn ‘Silvering’ to obverse.
Estimate: £40-£60
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THE ITALIAN ORDER OF ST MAURICE AND ST LAZARUS, 3rd Class, double sided enamelled body with gilt edging to a gilt metal crown and neck tie band with a green ribbon necklet. And another Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus, 4th Class, double sided enamelled body with silver gilt edging and a silver gilt crown and neck tie band with a green ribbon necklet. Also, the associated breast badge in .800 hallmarked silver with enamelling, inscribed on reverse ‘S. Johnson, Milano, Roma’. (3).
Estimate: £400-£600
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AN EARLY 20th CENTURY FIFTH ROYAL IRISH LANCERS HELMET PLATE BADGE, with fixing screws and rings on reverse, 19cm wide x 10.8cm tall.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A MINIATURE 1821 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICERS SWORD AND SCABBARD, in white metal and chrome in a padded jewelers box. 13.1cm overall, 13.5cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £50-£80
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A GOOD COLLECTION OF SIXTEEN GERMAN (WEHRMACHT) WW1 AND WW11 WOUND BADGES, to include three with certificates awarded to Schulhausverwalter Konrad Günther (injured in Rheincöheim 15th June 1936; Gefreiten Enrich Umlauf (injured 24.4.1941); Paul, August, Friedrich Reichfrüher 5. (injured 3rd July 1918), and thirteen others, five Gold, three Silver and eight black. (16) (4 Bags).
Estimate: £200-£400
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A 1939 GERMAN SPANISH CROSS WITH SWORDS, GILT METAL, with a central roundel with Swastika, Maltese Cross and swords with eagles holding Swastika’s; tunic pin and L56 stamped to center of obverse side. 5.8cm diameter. ( The Spanish Cross was awarded to the Condor Legion that was sent to Spain to aid Francisco Franco’s Nationalist Forces, and this award was given for great merit and achievements performed during combat).
Estimate: £200-£400
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AN ·800 SILVER 1914 IRON CROSS, 1st CLASS WITH A 1st CLASS, 2nd PATTERN CLASP ATTACHED, the cross has a tunic pin and the clasp has tunic hook. The silver assay is stamped to the base of the back of the Cross and also on the pin. *This Iron Cross was purchased in Tallinn, Estonia.*
Estimate: £700-£1,000
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A WWII NAZI DRKB ‘DEUTCHER REICHS KRIEGERBUND 25 YEAR SERVICE GORGET, Stander bearers neck collar breastplate and chain, with alternating brass gilt swastika and knight’s cross links, confirming aluminium plate, etched with ‘Kriegerkameradschaft Hamburg-Rönneburg’, with applied gilt brass banner motif and enamelled shield and year roundel, and ‘corner’ gilt brass fixing buttons with black cotton backing and ‘1’ stamped on a chain fixing hook.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A collection of dress and service belts, salupetts, two TL-122-A torches, a Service pistol canvas holster, a day tent, possibly WW2, a dark brown leather magazine belt pouch, a 1942 pattern General purpose RAF medi-kit satchel, and a cold weather issue radio pack with a fur lined external flap.
Estimate: £50-£80
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A 1950s HUTCHINSON AND CO COPY OF MEIN KAMPF. Hard back edition, illustrated.
Estimate: £30-£50
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A 1943 FRANZ EHER NACHFOLGER, GMBH, of Munich edition of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’. Hard back.
Estimate: £30-£50
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A WAR MEMOIR / PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM FROM WWII, depicting the German invasion of Holland, created by Heinze Siemen, and presented to a friend and his wife (Lisa), for the wedding, Sept’ 1946.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A COMPLETE 1936 CIGARETTE CARD ALBUM ‘DIE DEUTSCHE WEHRMACHT’ HERAUSGEGEBEN VOM CIGARETTEN BILDERDIENST DRESDEN, GERMANY. (Condition good, all cards present, soiled cover and spine, and a few minor tears to pages with slight yellowing to page edges).
Estimate: £250-£450
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A WHITE METAL CIGARETTE CASE COMMEMORATING THE BERLIN OLYMPIADE OF 1936, PRESENTED TO SS GRUPENFÜHRER REINHARD HEYDRICK, with Olympic rings (coloured enamel) and a Zeppelin and globe motif to the front, and opening to reveal an engraved inscription to the inside lid ‘Dem Sportkameraden SS-Gruppenführer R.Heydrich In dankbarer Erinnerung (an etched copy of a signature not identified) Olympiade 1936’ On the opposing side are ten Kyriazi Astra filterless cigarettes of the period. *SS Gruppenführer Reinhard Tristen Eugen Heydrick was a high ranking Nazi officer who was assassinated on the 27th of May 1942 in Prague by Czech and Slovak soldiers trained by the Special Operations Executive. Kyriazi Astra cigarettes were made in Hamburg, Germany from 1925, having been founded in Cairo, Egypt in 1873.*
Estimate: £200-£400
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A 1940-41 SIGNED BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF SIR OSWALD ERNALD MOSELEY AND HIS WIFE, DIANA MOSELEY (MITFORD) AND ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN, possibly Max, and two of their dogs, signed by Diana Moseley, dedicated “To Phoebe Richards, with love from Diana Moseley, 1940-41”. (Phoebe Wulff nee Richards went to Germany in 1936 to visit her Aunt, her Father’s Sister, who had married a German. Phoebe came home very pro- Hitler and Germany. She felt that the country was very well ordered, where she felt she could go out at night and feel perfectly safe. In 1938 a large tract of land was sold by Lord Cawdor to the Government to be used as a Tank range, Castlemain. Vallast Hill was a rented farm on the Cawdor Estate and only a short distance from the range. When war started, rumours circulated locally that lights had been seen from Vallast Hill directing the Luftwaffe to Pembroke Dock, which was highly unlikely, but in the event, Mr Richards was escorted to the Isle of Man to be interned, and Phoebe was sent to Holloway, where she met Diana Moseley. Meanwhile, the farm was run by Stuart, Phoebe’s brother, and at some point Phoebe returned and married a P.O.W. German pilot. Phoebe and Peter took over the farm. The items in this lot came to the current owner when they arrived in the area in 1963 and ran an adjoining farm, and when Phoebe gave up the tenancy of the farm, the owner took over the land at Vallast Hill, and by default, Phoebe as well! Also in the lot is a reproduction of Hitler’s 1914 watercolour of the ruins of a Cloister in Messines, and a postcard sent to Phoebe from Germany in 1939 with Hitler on the front shaking the hand of a Hitler youth member and a selection of photographs of members of Phoebe’s family. Also a brass Swastika pole emblem.
Estimate: £80-£120
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A WWII PHOTO ALBUM BY A ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE AIRMAN, showing the surrender of the Japanese Zero’s a Jacqninot in 1945, also depicting No. 5 Flying Boat Squadron at Segond Channel, Santos, The New Hebrides, also two albums from WWI, possibly depicting the early life of the Airman in the first album.
Estimate: £80-£120
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A 1914 FREDERIC AUGUST CROSS, 1st class, with ribbon suspension ring (no ribbon), and a WWI Hidenburg Cross with suspension ring (no ribbon), with R.V. PFORZHEIM cast to base on back.
Estimate: £60-£80
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TWO 1813 / 1914 TWO SIDED IRON CROSSES, with ribbon suspension rings (no ribbons) with identifying stamps, three part construction (evident at ring edge) (2).
Estimate: £80-£120
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A COLLECTION OF 102 FIRST DAY COVERS FROM THE STATE OF ISRAEL, from the 1960’s and early 1970’s. A 13th of August 1969 first day cover with a Gandi Centenary year first day cover from Edinburgh, and two pages from a passport from 1968 and 1969 bearing passport control stamps from Libya and Libyan postal stamp (1 bag).
Estimate: £80-£120
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A COLLECTION OF CORRESPONDENCE, POSTCARDS, A RATION BOOK AND A PHOTOGRAPH BELONGING TO MIROSLAW PRODAN. The post has been sent from the Warsaw ghetto to an address in Portugal. The ration book was from Lyon in the Rhône Department for sugar in May 1940. There is a Christmas card from 1940 depicting Scottish-Polish friendship. The black and white photograph is from Cheltenham in July 1941 and is of Polish Air Force Officers. A Monte Cassino postcard, and a collection of postcards from the 25th Anniversary of the Polish Air Force in the Battle of Britain (unused). Also a business card.
Estimate: £50-£70
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A WWII GERMAN (WEHRMACHT) ARMY KNIFE, FORK AND SPOON SET, with integrated bottle and can opener, with each piece engraved with the eagle and Nazi cross symbol, aluminium and steel (4 pieces), 19.2cm long.
Estimate: £50-£80
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AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, past and present, at war and in peacetime, to include personal accounts, photography books and books about the Falklands War. To include, ‘My Falkland Days’ by Rex Hunt; ‘2 Para, Falklands’ by Major-General John Frost; ‘NP 1840, The Loss of the Atlantic Conveyor’ by Charles Drought; SS Canberra, 1957-1997′ by Neil McCart; ‘The Helicopter Story of the Falklands Campaign’ by John Hamilton; ‘Unspoilt Beauty of the Falkland Islands’, The Watercolours of Algernon Asprey, and many more good editions.
Estimate: £80-£120
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FAITH WINTER, MBE, F.R.B.S. (1928-2017). A bronze bas – relief mural plaque depicting a variety of scenes of air, sea, and land images from the Falklands war of 1982, 1.23 x 3.03m, approx. 4ft x 10ft. This bronze was commissioned by the architect, Gerald Dixon, Dip. Arch., R.I.B.A., Dip. T.P., of the Liberation Memorial in Stanley, Falklands Islands. The bronze was cast originally for the memorial in Stanley, where it is proudly on display to this day, but Gerald Dixon commissioned an additional bronze for himself in 1982 from Burleighfield Arts Ltd in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Many of Faith Winters bronzes are on public display around the country, but most notably around Westminster in London. There is the Bomber Harris, Marshall of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur Harris, BT, GB, OBE, AFC, memorial on the Strand, unveiled by the Queen Mother on 31st May 1992. Also, Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, GSB, GCVO, CMG, RAF, Commander in Chief of Fighter Command from 1936-1940, on the Strand, and unveiled by the Queen Mother on 31st October 1988. And the General Wladyslaw Sikorski, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Armed Forces, and Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Portland Place outside R.I.B.A. This bronze has been on display in the private residence of Gerald Dixon and is now being sold, in part, to benefit the Falkland Islands Conservation Trust. With this lot, a cartoon / preliminary sketch of the bronze by Faith Winter will be sold along with a small selection of technical drawings and paperwork related to the bronze.
Estimate: £6,000-£10,000
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GEOFF HUNT, RSMA, “A GRAND AIRCRAFT”, A LIMITED REPRODUCTION OF 432 OF 950, signed by the artist in margin in pencil, and signed by forty Hurricane Pilots from different Squadron’s, in pencil, in margin. A list of signatories and a certificate of authenticity enclosed on reverse. Published by Brisbane Prints in 1992. Image 36 x 45cm, 45 x 53.4cm overall.
Estimate: £60-£80
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A FRAMED TELEX CONFIRMING CESSATION OF WAR IN THE FALKLANDS, and provenance / letters from Mne Needham and ‘Up the Falklands’ cartoon booklet. An original Falkland’s surrender telex received whilst on operational duty on board the Canberra in San Carlos Bay by Royal Marine Jonathan Needham. Framed with an original mixed media by Andrew Wing, ‘Tabbing with Penguins’, signed and dated 2017, 13.6cm x 21.7cm. With a narrative window to the bottom of the mount. The framed picture and telex is accompanied by an account of provenance by Marine J. Needham of how the telex came into his possession whilst on operational duty on board SS Canberra at anchor in San Carlos Bay in the Falkland Islands. Also included is a copy of a letter from Major General A.M. Keeling CB, CBE, of the SBS Association, to the artist Andrew Wing thanking him for his donation. Together with a letter from the Imperial War Museum and a glossary of abbreviations of recipients of the telex. Andrew Wing has been a life-long friend of Marine Needham, who is now serving with the Hampshire Constabulary, and is a working artist based in Gosport. There is also a copy of the cartoon booklet ‘Up the Falklands’, published by Blandford.
Estimate: £1,200-£1,800
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A BOUND CHRONICLE OF THE ‘HISTORY OF THE FIRST BATTALION- THE KING’S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY- FEBRUARY 1943 TO MAY 1945’ (THE 53rd OF FOOT, SHROPSHIRE REGIMENT), from the Maginot Line , North Africa and Italy. Also, a small collection of newspaper cuttings from 1944, and three photo’s of member’s of the Regiment at a wedding and in civilian clothes. *This lot was found in an attic in Romford, Essex during renovation work.*
Estimate: £50-£80
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRASS HANDHELD SEXTANT AND ALSO A BRASS SHIP MOUNTED SEXTANT. (2).
Estimate: £80-£120
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A GOOD COLLECTION OF WW1 EMBROIDERED SILK POSTCARDS, of Regimental Crests, Greetings and Wishes, some from various countries in Northern Europe. Also, a copy of ‘The Embroidered Silk Postcard’ by C. Radley.
Estimate: £120-£180
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RON LACKENBY, Lancaster bombers breaking cloud cover, signed, oil on canvas, 50cm x 70cm
Estimate: £300-£500
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A WWII PORTABLE WOOD BOXED NAVAL SHIP’S COMPASS (No. 2278 KS) (stamped Admiralty checked 28th November 1945, inside box lid), together with the associated bakelite boxed 1880 Pattern Azimuth Circle (No. 1849 ). Together with a ship’s bridge range sighting compass (hand or deck mounted) (3).
Estimate: £70-£100
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AFTER ANTHONY C. HAROLD, ‘Dawn over the East Coast’, signed by artist in pencil in margin, also signed by crew members and flight crew of Lancaster Bomber, R5868, a reproduction of 370 of 1000, produced by Bomber Command Association. Also, After Robert Taylor, ‘Memorial Flight’, signed in pencil in margin by the artist, and members of the Memorial Flight; published by the Military Gallery, Bath in 1984, accompanying this picture is a certificate of authenticity. (3)
Estimate: £70-£100
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MARK RICHARD MILBANKE (1875-1927), “5th Dragoon Guards, Sergeant-Major, c.1920′. Signed, watercolour, titled in margin, 34 x 20cm.
Estimate: £70-£100
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY BROWN LEATHER CASED TELESCOPE MARINE (MARK I), 63.6cm extended, 45.4cm closed.
Estimate: £70-£100
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19th CENTURY, “5th Royal Irish Lancers’, indistinctly signed, titled in margin, watercolour and body colour, 18.9 x 14.8cm (no glass).
Estimate: £50-£80
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A COLLECTION OF 113 BLACK AND WHITE SLIDES, produced and edited by the German Central Institute for teaching of the DDR (East Germany) from the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, depicting the ‘Resistance Movement in Fascism’ and ‘The Day of the Republic’ in propaganda slides showing the rise and development of East Germany post WWII. These include a painting showing ‘The End’ of Hitler in the bunker, to Russian troops in ‘The Liberation of Berlin by the Soviet Army’, the Nuremberg trials, various meetings of officials, the rise of agriculture and industry, various rallies, liberation of detainees and prominent individuals such as Petain and Goring, Chamberlain / Hitler / Daladier and Mussolini meeting, Pusckin, Surrender of the 8th May 1945, Stalin and Dimitroff, Belgian refugees, Anton Saefkow, Hans Beimler, Franik, Frieda Hockauf, Wilhelm Florin, Konrad Blenkle, Heinrich Mann, Sophie Scholl, amongst many others. These come in four wood boxes in a faux leather bag.
Estimate: £100-£150
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A COLLECTION OF EIGHT ENGRAVINGS AND REPRODUCTIONS, some hand-tinted, of Dragoons and Guard Regiments (8).
Estimate: £40-£60
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MANNER OF EDWARD JEFFREY IRVING ARDIZZONE, CBE, RA, (1900-1979). ‘Bird in Range’, “1917-1918, British Expeditionary Force. J. Battery, Anti-Aircraft”, titled on image and inscribed, watercolour and pen and ink, 28.5 x 21.5cm.
Estimate: £250-£450
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A SMALL COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO WORLDWIDE CONFLICT, to include ‘The Air Battle for Malta’ by James Douglas-Hamilton; ‘Crete’ by Antony Beevor; ‘ Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, The African Dream’; ‘Alamein’ by Jon Latimer; ‘Serving Secretly’ by John Murray; ‘The Liberation of Bangladesh ‘ by Major General Sukhwant Singh; ‘Nemesis’ by Max Hastings, and others of a similar genre. (25)
Estimate: £50-£80
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TWO UNUSUAL CARICATURE 1915 CARTOONED AND TYPED LETTERS WRITTEN FROM THE ‘CLAPTON ORIENT SUB CONTROL’. Both dated May 1915, describing reports of ‘Station’ activities in numerous detail. The first letter is two pages long and the second is six pages long. The cartoons are initialed J.P.E. or E, and the end signature is indistinct. All on Excelsior superfine paper. (8 pages in all).
Estimate: £250-£450
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A COLLECTION OF NAVAL BOOKS, to include Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War One and Two ( in two editions); ‘HMS London’ by Iain Ballantyne; ‘The Battle of the River Plate-A Grand Delusion’ by Richard Woodman; ‘Battlecruisers’ by John Roberts; ‘Dreadnought’ by Robert K Massie; ‘Castles of Steel by Robert K Massie, and many more similar editions. (31)
Estimate: £60-£80
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A SMALL COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICAN MILITARY, to include ‘B17 and B29 Superfortress at War’ by Roger A Freeman and David A Anderton; ‘Undesirable Neighbours’ The US Naval base at Guantanamo by Olga Miranda Bravo; ‘The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier’ American Military power in Britain by Duncan Campbell, and a small selection of other related titles.(10)
Estimate: £30-£50
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A GOOD SELECTION OF BOOKS, relating to Aircraft from the Second World War to the present day. (36)
Estimate: £80-£120
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A COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO WW11, to include Submarine history editions, ‘Our War’, How the British Commonwealth fought the Second World War; Fighting Ships of World Wars One and Two; ‘Fighting Merchantmen’ by Sydney Goodman; ‘Bomber Offensive’ by Sir Arthur Harris, and the authorised biography of ‘Bomber Harris’ by Dudley Saward; ‘The Second World War’ by John Keegan. (25)
Estimate: £60-£80
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A 1930s BRONZE WALL PLAQUE, bas relief, of a shoulder length profile of Mussolini, bearing the inscription ‘A Chi L’Italia? A noi’ (To Whom Italy? To Us!). Wall mount holes to each corner, 29.5cm x 22cm.
Estimate: £60-£80
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Two Edwin Law engravings on silk of Meissonier paintings of Napoleon on horseback and French Cavalry at rest. 37.5 x 27.8 cm and 36.9 x 28.9 cm. (2)
Estimate: £50-£80
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TWO BOOKS BELONGING TO TRANSLATOR, FRANK A ESTERKIN, ET 20073, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNE HELD IN BERLIN ON THE 6TH OCTOBER 1945, for the trials of Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, von Ribbentropp, Robert Lay, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Katen Brunner, Alfred Rosenburg, Hans Frank,Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk, Hjalmar Schact, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Shirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl, Martin Bormann, Franz von Papen, Artur Seyss-Inquart, Albert Speer, Constantin von Neurath and Hans Fritzsche. Signed by Esterkin on front cover in pencil in the top right hand corner, and titled by him in pen on the front label. Also a copy of the ‘Glossary of German and Administrative and Political Terminology for use by Officers and Officials of The American Forces of Occupation’, issued by the Headquarters Seventh Army Office, also signed by Esterkin in the top right hand corner in pencil, and signed again on the facing page inside the front cover. (2) (1 bag).
Estimate: £200-£400
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A LETTER SENT BY THE OFFICE OF FIELD MARSHALL HERBERT KITCHENER, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC, to the Wilkinson Sword Co Ltd, on the 8th of September 1914, stressing the importance of the Company’s employee’s towards the war effort. A facsimile signature and a copy on War Office official headed writing paper. (framed).
Estimate: £100-£150
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A SOVIET ERA, POSSIBLY 1960’s, VOSTOK WATCH MAKERS COMPANY MECHANICAL SUBMARINE WALL CLOCK, 5-CHM, with a light brown enamel painted body, chromed fixed bezel, key for lock and movement, hinged lid, white face and 12 hour numerics, Submarine painted roundel, Sdelano (hour) and B CCCP to face base, glass. 21.2cm diameter at base.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY PEWTER AND GLASS BOTTOMED PINT TANKARD, presented to Private F.W. Aste in 1894 as 2nd Prize for the Inter Company Bayonet Competition. The full inscription reads: “20 MIDx ARTISTS R.V. INTER COY BAYONET COMPETITION 1894 H. COMPANY 2ND prize PTE F.W. ASTE *The 20th Middlesex (Artists) Rifle Volunteer Corps, as re-named in 1880, was part of the founding Corps that eventually became what is today called 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve). *
Estimate: £60-£80
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A 1916 model Cruchon & Emons Military sighting compass, Verner’s pattern, Mark VII, with a patinated brass and black painted body, an offset glass view on lid with sighting line, pivoted finger ring and sighting prism, etched with maker’s name on base and numbered 16773 inside lid. Original leather pouch with belt strap (broken). And an early 20th century, English made sighting compass, with a small offset glass view on lid with a sighting line, brass and black powder coated body, two split level cards, bezel ring. No case. (2).
Estimate: £80-£120
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ARTHUR DYCE DUCKWORTH, (CAPTAIN), 1896-1973, ‘SURRENDER OF GERMAN HIGH SEA FLEET ANCHORING IN FIRTH OF FORTH, 18 NOVEMBER 1918’, signed in pencil, titled on reverse and initialed; also titled on back-board, but dated 21 November 1918, watercolour and pencil, 22.5×32.6cm at mount window. (Unframed).
Estimate: £80-£120
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ENGLISH SCHOOL LATE 19TH CENTURY, ENGLISH MOUNTED OFFICERS AND INFANTRY CLEARING A ROUTE THROUGH AN AFRICAN VILLAGE, POSSIBLY DURING THE BOER WAR, unsigned, en grissaille watercolour and partial bodycolour, 36.4×55.4cm at mount window.
Estimate: £100-£200
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OSKAR GRAF, (1873-1957), GERMAN SOLDIERS MARCHING WITH A MOUNTED OFFICER BEYOND, CIRCA 1914, signed and annotated in margin,a soft ground etching, plate 30.5x40cm, with frame 48.3×59.9cm.
Estimate: £80-£120
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HENRY GEORGE GAWTHORN (1897-1941), “ROYAL N.W. MOUNTED POLICE, 1874-85”, signed and titled in pen and ink, watercolour, pen and ink and bodycolour, 36.5 x 25.7cm. And another by the same hand, “Off to the Crimea – East Norfolk Regm’t”, signed and titled in pen and ink, watercolour , pen and ink and bodycolour, 41.1 x 26.8cm. (2).
Estimate: £200-£400
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A METAL CASED SET OF RUSSIAN MADE, CZECHOSLOVAK MILITARY PNV-57 NIGHT VISION VEHICLE BINOCULARS, complete with integrated headress, comms and power leads and transformer vehicle IR filters and connecting rings, a variety of tools, fuses and a small selection of pertinent paperwork, contents list and warning inserts inside lid. Dated 1966 on paper inserts.
Estimate: £80-£120
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HENRI TOUSSAINT GOBERT, (FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY), ‘View of the camp of Boulogne in 1804, Napoleon on horseback followed by his Marshall’s and his Generals’, signed, oil on panel,16.8 x 23.8cm, (16 5/8 x 9 3/8in). *This painting is highly likely to be Nº38 included in the 1843 exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly in the catalogue of the Napoleon Museum and Illustrated History of Europe*.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A PAIR OF DE-ACTIVATED SOVIET PTAB-2,5KO CLUSTER BOMBS. Good condition, only slight internal surface rust. (2)
Estimate: £50-£80
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A PAIR OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY CARL ZEISS, JENA TRENCH BINOCULARS, makers name etched to main body by eye piece on one branch, and the initials D.R.P. etched on the opposing side with an ebonised wood ‘tear drop’ handle, thin black leather and paper backed wrapping to both branch body, to bronze and zinc encased s, side looking prisms. With original (damaged) leather and card case. Main body 23.7cm; with handle extended 40.2cm. (one eye-piece missing, and the leather binding to the twin branches is peeling).
Estimate: £300-£500
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A CIVIL DEFENSE WWII BRODIE STEEL HELMET, possibly Air Warden or Fire Watch, with a District 34 transfer applied to helmet front; head liner insert and (broken) chin strap. *This helmet was found during in a basement in north London during house renovations*
Estimate: £50-£70
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A***E***L***, “General Arrangement of the Maxim Automatic Machine Gun, R.C.”, initialed, titled and dated 1891, pen and ink (not inspected), and watercolour, 61.4 x 119.6cm. (Framed with non-reflective glass).
Estimate: £100-£200
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A 19TH CENTURY MILITARY, POSSIBLY NAVAL, POLISHED BRASS THEODOLITE, R Nº 7 MK4/1, Nº 14687, OS 1817 GA, with operational elevation and declination knurled head adjusters and tri-base adjusters, three spirit levels, and associated graticule reading devices; tripod mounting base. Main body 21.4cm high, base diameter 9.2cm wide (not including fixing extensions).
Estimate: £80-£120
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A GEORGE III POLICE TRUNCHEON, painted, with a dark green background, painted Crown and Lion crest, George III Rex monogrammed at mid-truncheon, 147 in painted roundel and dated 1804 with the initials S.L.S. on painted band by the turned handle, 55.9cm long, main un-tapered body 3.8cm diameter.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A 1930’s Parker-Hale “Targetscope” 9x rifle sights, with front and rear mounts, and original associated brown leather lens covers and binding strap, 56.1cm, and 56.8cm overall with covers. * Optics, body, zero’s and central lock rings in excellent condition with all tightening screws functional and non-burred. This scope was last used on the Bisley ranges in Surrey. *
Estimate: £100-£150
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL POCKET PERCUSSION CAP PISTOL, with an oak stock, a chased brass decoratively shaped pommel, extending brass trigger guard, reverse scroll form trigger, chased brass side plate, chased iron action plate, with a double stop hammer, integrated sprung cone guard, non-original short ebonised ram-rod. (possibly .662 calibre). 21.2cm overall.
Estimate: £250-£450
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK (POSSIBLY KABUR) PISTOL, with a silver inlaid ebonised hardwood full length stock, with an octagonal form chased and stylised brass butt pommel, ribbed coral ‘jewels’ inlaid to the grip and back strap, brass side plate, extending brass stylised trigger guard and back scrolled trigger, a possible makers mark between the cock tumbler screw and pan on the action plate, ribbed frizzen, a decoratively cast upper barrel with a foliate and figural design with the barrel end and stock bound in brass wire. 47.8cm overall.
Estimate: £500-£800
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE SLEEVE PISTOL; a single shot fulminate firing ‘hand-cannon’, with a lever and trigger mechanism, walnut grip, brass action with a finial trigger and lever (remnants of white metal plating apparent) which is shaped to the grip and attached by a pivot at a third of the length of the bronze barrel on the upper side and the ‘firing’ pin 2.1cm from the lever pivot on the lever underside. There is an upper trigger lever pin that recesses into a hole on the lever arm 1.7cm from the firing pin. The bronze cannon barrel has three upper angled flat surfaces with a rounded lower barrel and a European style muzzle. 19.6cm overall.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A WINCHESTER ‘YELLOW BOY’ MODEL 1866 .44 CALIBRE RIMFIRE LEVER-ACTION REPEATING RIFLE, serial number 163392, manufactured in 1884, with a straight hand grip mahogany stock, with a brass crescent butt-plate and concealed chamber; a brass action body with an extended trigger plate and a lever turn nut lever stop, and serial number beyond (163392), iron lever, trigger and half cock hammer with a knurled thumb end, and a side saddle ring. Screws good and a good aged patinated body brass action body; a mahogany fore stock with a central iron strap securing a round barrel, etched with manufactures details between strap and rear sight. A muzzle end barrel strap and fore-sights. Barrel 50.6cm (19 15/16in), Overall 100.4cm (39 9/16in).
Estimate: £1,000-£2,000
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A MID-19TH CENTURY BELGIAN IVORY HANDLED MINIATURE PERCUSSION-CAP MUFF PISTOL, Liege proved, with a ivory grip and butt end, to an engraved foliate scroll-work action body with a concealed folding trigger, a knurled and engraved hammer, cross-sectioned cone and engraved bolster, oval proof mark and inspection marks by main body band, joining the threaded removable watered metal rifled barrel. Barrel 3.4cm, overall 10.2cm.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A 19TH CENTURY ARAB JAZEIL FLINTLOCK MUSKET, with an almost full length mother-of-pearl inlaid stock, brass wire twist bound shoulder stock (wire part missing), a chased extending trigger guard, (a loose but in place) action (not working but mostly complete), and a brass strap bound barrel and fore-stock with ram-rod remnant, to a foresight and flared muzzle. ( The barrel has overall surface rusting). 132.6cm overall.
Estimate: £80-£120
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A MID 19th CENTURY STYLE CAST BRASS DESKTOP CANNON, on a decorative c-form gun – carriage with front carriage wheels, 44.5cm long, 21.4cm at highest point.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A PAIR OF MINIATURE BRONZE CANNONS, stepped trunnions, bronze wheels, barrel 6″ long.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A WWII GERMAN NAZI ENSIGN, approximately 117 x 123.5cm (rather moth eaten, but otherwise the material has give). This flag was taken from re-taken territory in Europe by an allied soldier. Also, a pressed aluminium WWII Police cap badge (2).
Estimate: £60-£100
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AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS, belonging to Squadron Officer Aileen Bowen Morris ‘Mike’ (nee Clayton), to include her R.A.F peak cap, made by Scott and Co, Piccadilly, inscribed on label ‘SQ / OFF A.B. Morris with crewl work badge and brass gilt eagle. A black and white photograph of S.O. A.B. Morris with possibly her brother, Flight Sargeant George P. Morris. A paperback copy of her book ‘The Enemy is Listening’, published by Ballentine. And a collection of items including a spare cap badge, a pair of her earrings, four lapel badges, a leather ID label, a silver bracelet, a selection of buttons, coins and a brass belt buckle and a ‘rude’ trinket showing her sense of humour. (Squadron Officer Aileen Bowen Morris ‘Mike’ was in a unique position during WWII, serving in ‘Y Station’ (Intelligence), being a fluent German speaker and a woman in a pre-dominantly male organisation of the time).
Estimate: £200-£400
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A RARE COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN WWII SILK AND COTTON AVIATOR, INTELLIGENCE ESCAPE AND EVASION MAPS OF EUROPE AND THE BALKANS, fourteen unused, one dismembered, to include an Air Ministry No. 7329A (A.D.I.) maps 1:2,350,000 (miles) maps of France, with the reverse a 1:300,000 map of Northern Germany, Austria, Northern Switzerland, Poland, Northern Hungary. An SI/RI 1:200,000 map of North Eastern Greece, The Balkans, Hungary and Austria; the reverse is a 1:2,000,000 map of North Easter Greece, the Western Balkans, Southern U.S.S.R. and Southern Poland. And another similar. A 1:100,000 map of Germany, Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, Poland and North Hungary (Sheet E); and on the reverse a 1:1,000,000 West and Central Croatia, West Montenegro, West Hungary, South Slovakia, South Germany, North and Central Italy, and East Switzerland. And another similar (Sheet E), 1:000,000 of the same territories (and a cut-up edition of the same). Two 1:378,000 kilometres of Northern Italy, with an enlarged map of the Southern Swiss Frontier; the reverse showing the same scale of Southern Italy and Sicily (J4/J3). A single sided J4 map of Northern Italy and the Southern Swiss border with a Rome enlargement. A S2/S3 map, 1:750,000 of Greece, Western Turkey, Southern Bulgaria and Albania; with the reverse a 1:300,000 map of Italy, Greece, The Balkans, Hungary, Southern Austria and Western Turkey. A H2 1:2000,000 map of Mid to Southern France, Northern Spain and Western Switzerland; and on the reverse a 1:3,000,000 map of Spain, North Africa and Sardinia and Corsica, and another, the same. Two ADI (Maps) Air Ministry No. 7331 and 7332 map 1:2,250,000 miles of Northern Italy, Western Balkans, Southern Switzerland and a corner of South East France; and on the reverse, Southern Italy, Sicily and Corsica, (9.J.3./9.J.4). An S1/R1 1:2,000,000 of Northern Greece, Eastern Balkans, South Western Russia, Southern Poland and Easter Austria, and on the reverse a map of Southern Italy, Eastern Greece, Western Balkans, Hungary, South Eastern Austria. A H2, 1:3,000,000 map of Spain, and a sheet cut-up. (These maps were owned by Aileen Bowen Morris ‘Mike’ (nee Clayton). See previous lot 110.
Estimate: £100-£200
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AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA FROM WWI, which belonged to Sergeant S.P. Morris, No. 24179 R.A.F., contained in five boxes. A Princess Mary Christmas tin containing an Autoknips II camera timer, a small copy of the Holy Bible, a Royal Flying Corp peak cap badge, a brown leather sovereign carrier, a brass match container, a brass Bass ‘bottle’ cigar cutter and match holder, a Boots safety razor in original wrapper. A Nairn’s Shortbread tin (early 20th Century) containing a collection of buttons, badges and shoulder pips for R. Signals, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. A Three Nun’s Tobacco tin (early 20th Century) containing a collection of shrapnel, a rifle foresight and an etched brass plate stating the items were gathered by the 25th Canadian Infantry Battalion on the 29th August 1918. A hinged wood card box containing medal ribbon fragments, an RAF button, an enamel school badge, an enamel St. Francis badge. A card box containing a lanyard, a J.H. Hudson and Co. 1916 whistle, a Royal Corps of Signals badge, six Parachute Regiment shoulder pips (WWII), a Middlesex Regiment badge, two R Signals shoulder patches. (Contained in two bags).
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A 1939 WARDEN’S BRODIE HELMET, liner and chin-strap complete, stamped by chin strap rivet, 1939EC. Co Ltd. W painted onto front. And another Brodie helmet, liner and chin strap complete, indistinctly stamped by chin strap rivet. (2).
Estimate: £60-£80
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A PAIR OF, CIRCA WW11 ARTILLERY SHELLS, de-activated, possibly Axis Forces made, and likely to be anti-aircraft ordinance. 44.4cm hgh, round 4cm at base, casing 6.7cm at base.
Estimate: £40-£60
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TWO WW2 GERMAN ENTRENCHING TOOLS, one with a leather webbing belt holder, non-original handle, extended 70.9cm, closed with holder 53.6cm. The second has no holder, but has the original handle, extended 57.5cm, closed 38.6cm. Both locking nuts are functional. (2).
Estimate: £60-£80
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A WW2 German Dagsa gas mask, original canister and filter, good condition. A spent P1 2inch MK 2/2 Illumination round. A WW2 Lamp Electric Cycle lamp Y3/WB 1501, unused condition. A good collection of 1944 Pattern and 1958 Pattern webbing, to include a ’58 Pattern webbing belt, pouches, shoulder brace, good condition. ’44 Pattern shoulder braces, map case (1940) and strap. Two ’44 Day packs. A 1940 ammunition belt pouch. Two water bottles and an MM-70 canteen.
Estimate: £60-£80
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A MID 19TH CENTURY NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PERCUSSION CAP SHORT BARRELED RIFLE, with a three quarter length wood stock, with a flat brass plate butt end, brass button inlaid straight grip stock, bound pale leather attachments, iron trigger guard, feint engraving to weathered action plate, double cock (stiff), cross hatched fore grip with brass button inlaid, and steel end, with an earlier ‘Octagonal’ barrel terminating in a rounded cut-off end, wood ram rod (later), smooth bore. 80.2cm overall.
Estimate: £100-£200
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An early Model 2 Diana 1.77 air rifle, with a straight grip wood stock, missing butt plate, etched ‘R.J. Rowe’, full metal action body, break lever good, and breaking action good, but piston needs refurbishing, trigger loose, rear sight good, three quarter octagonal barrel, round finish, fore-sight missing, part rust pitting overall. 88.3cm long.
Estimate: £60-£100
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A WWII BRITISTH 1913 PATTERN BAYONET, with a wood and steel grip, release button identification marks to pommel, quillon and muzzle ring; proof stamps to ricasso, dated 1907, Anderson to tapering single edged blade with single fuller. The leather and steel scabbard, with locket with a frog button, inspection stamp to leather. Blade: 43.3cm, overall 55.6cm and 57.7cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £70-£100
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AN 1826 AN XI(XIII) FRENCH HEAVY CUIRASSIER SWORD TROOPER’S SWORD, with a leather and brass twistwire grip, a four-bar brass hilt, domed pommel cap,three poinçons and regimental stamps to guard main branch, curved quillon, two proof stamps on ricasso on guard side, and Nº 7 on obverse, to a single straight edged double fullered blade, with a spear point, inscription engraved to flat ricasso edge ‘Manuf”re R”ale de Klingenthal Jan 1826’, light surface ‘historic’ pitting to blade; with a Mark 3(XI) scabbard, lanyard ring bands, ‘guitar’ drag end, with three small area’s of pitting and light surface rusting. Blade 96cm, 112cm overall, 115.7cm overall with scabbard.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAVAL SMALL SWORD, MADE BY KLINGENTHAL, COULAUX, with a single form brass guard and hilt, in a twisting foliate design, D-form knuckle guard (broken at top) with a single quillon, a round segmented pommel, with a ship and maritime decorated shell guard and opposing half guard with numerical stamp (4628), Klingenthal etched to ricasso on shell guard side and Coulaux and Cie on opposing side with proof mark to an upper double fullered blade terminating in a diamond section and spear pointed end. No scabbard. 87cm overall, blade 73.1cm.
Estimate: £150-£250
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AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY FRENCH STYLE SMALLSWORD, with a copper wire twist grip, D-form knuckle guard with a cast figure mid-guard, a cast pommel with figures and ball tang button, a Lion form quillon to a pierced brass double shell guard with a foliate design, to a pierced central ricasso of bar and dot alternating design and a double edged diamond form tapering blade. With a brown leather scabbard, decoratively tooled brass locket and chape with a ball scrape. Blade 77cm long, 91.3cm overall and 92.6cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £300-£500
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ROYAL ARTILLERY OFFICER’S SWORD, with a fish skin and silvered copper wire bound grip with a cross-hatched back strap, a stepped pommel and ball tang screw end, a three bar hilt and quillon to a single straight edge, single fullered blade and a tapering diamond section end. Proof button to ricasso an acid etched blade with decorative design, Regimental insignia, motto and emblem and a panel with the initials A.J.C. by ricasso. A brown leather bound scabbard, with a chromed brass mouthpiece and belt straps. Blade 88.8cm, 104cm overall, and 108.5cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A REPRODUCTION 1822 PATTERN FRENCH LIGHT CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD, with a leather and brass wire twist grip, bell shaped pommel, proud brass tang nut, three bar brass hilt, single small sloping quillon, to a single edged shallow single fullered curved blade, terminating in a diamond profile spear point tip. Steel scabbard, double hanging rings and ‘guitar’ drag end. Blade 87.8cm, overall 103.8cm, 108cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £100-£200
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AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH SMALL SWORD BLADE WITH A LATER BRASS CAST GRIP AND D-FORM KNUCKLE GUARD, with a gilt braided flat ribbon bound grip, armorial pommel with helmeted bust, rounded tang screw, foliate raised profile cast brass D-form knuckle guard and single quillon, to an 18th century diamond sectioned tapering blade; no scabbard. Blade 76cm, 90.5cm overall.
Estimate: £120-£180
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AN 1821 PATTERN J. JONES AND CO ARMY SERVICE CORPS OFFICER’S SWORD, with a twisted copper wire and fish-skin grip, cross hatched back-strap and pommel,three bar guard and quillon, proof button and maker’s name to ricasso,’Made in England’ and numbers 14805 to blade back, to a single edged, single fullered blade with a diamond section and tapering end. No scabbard. Blade 87cm, 102.2cm overall.
Estimate: £200-£400
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A GEORGE V, WWI ROYAL NAVY OFFICER’S SWORD, with a fish-skin and gilt brass twisted wire grip, with a Lion’s mane back-strap to a Lion’s head gilt brass pommel and ball tang button, and a gilt brass Gothic style hilt with Crown and Anchor emblem and dress bullion knot (tarnished and partly fraying), scroll quillon and fold down dress guard engraved ‘ S.L. Lord R.N.’, to a single edged tapering single fullered blade with a spear point, proof button to ricasso and Gieves to obverse, acid etched half blade with Crown and Service stylised emblems and embellishments. The sword comes with a black leather and gilt brass adorned scabbard, two lanyard ring bands, secure pin to locket by mouth and on fold-down guard side, and a chased and lyre form drag end. Also, an overall associated brown leather protective cover, initialed S.L.L. to cover hood. (There is slight pitting to the blade, and some gilt brass on the hilt is worn). Blade 80.1cm, 93.8cm overall, 94.4cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A GEORGE Vth INFANTRY OFFICERS SWORD, 1897 PATTERN, with a wire twist bound black fish-skin grip, cross-hatched back-strap and domed pommel with a ball tang button, pierced basket hilt and sloping quillon, to a single fullered, single edged acid etched blade, stamped ‘proved’ to ricasso, with the Monarch’s initial monogram etched on both sides, terminating in a spear point. Also, a brown leather and wood scabbard, chromed brass mouthpiece and standard drag end. Blade 84cm, 98.5cm overall and 101.6cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £120-£180
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AN EDWARD VIIth INFANTRY OFFICERS SWORD, MADE BY HAWKES AND CO, PICCADILLY, LONDON, with a part (damaged) wire twist fish-skin grip, cross-hatched back strap, domed pommel and ball tang button, pierced basket hilt and sloping quillon, to a single fullered, acid etched single tapering spear point blade, proof button to ricasso and makers name etched on obverse with 7269 engraved to ricasso blade side with the Monarch’s initial monogram etched on both sides. Blade 82.3cm and 97.5cm overall.
Estimate: £50-£80
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AN EARLY 19th CENTURY KSF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR DRESS SWORD, possibly H.S.A., with a bronze helmet pommel, ebonised wood hilt with a stag, stars and stripes shield motif applied to the handle and cross guard with KSF emblem and cross to an acid etched blade, nominated to Ino. Rowett, with a silver plated metal scabbard and banding, holding loops and decorative moulding to sheath top and tip.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A REPRODUCTION 16TH CENTURY ‘COMB’ MARION SPANISH HELMET, four piece construction with brass button rivets interspersed along brow rim. Approximately 25cm high, and 35cm from front to rear. No liner.
Estimate: £60-£80
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A MID 20th CENTURY INDO-PERSIAN KHANJAR (DAGGER), with metal stepped grip with painted repeating pattern and floral roundels, offset pommel, shaped pierced and scrolled quillons, to a curved single edge tapering blade with a single shallow fuller, to a double edged point. With a wood and light brown leather sheath and metal shaped chape. Blade: 29.2cm, 39.7cm overall, 42.2cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A WWII SA DRESS DAGGER, made by J.R. Sauer & Sohn, Suhl, with a carved brown wood grip (non-original finish, missing eagle insert to grip), extending pommel and cap tang button, curved double quillon, with maker’s mark to ricasso and ‘Ulles fur Deutchland’ etched on obverse, on a tapering diamond section blade. Metal scabbard and lanyard ring. Blade: 22, 34.7cm overall, 37.3cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A WWII GERMAN SERVICE DRESS ISSUE DAGGER, made by Solingen with a blackened wood split grip, cross-hatched, one-piece double quillon, tang and pommel shaped in eagle head form, maker’s name to ricasso, to a single edge blade with single deep fuller and terminating in a tapering, diamond section spear point. Black steel scabbard with 315 to mouth, belt frog hook and ball chape end. Blade 19.7cm, 32.1cm overall, 35.4cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £70-£100
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A MID 20th CENTURY QATAR JAMBIYA OR KHANJAR, with a carved ‘bone’ handle (part broken) and decorative white metal and gilt metal adornments, with a shaped white metal band on the pommel leading to a handle conforming band to the ricasso band with a gilt metal band with applied filigree work, also at the central grip, and two ‘facing’ side gilt metal decorative roundel ‘coins’. The double edged tapering crescent blade has a central full length ridge of both sides. The sheath locket is gilt metal with applied filigree work and inset ‘jewels’ and bears the inscription ‘Salman Bin Hamid Al-Kalifa’ at the base. The sheath body is bound in black cotton with white metal wire twist bindings. The chape is gilt metal with repousse work and the belt is a padded cloth and white metal thread band with gilt metal attaching rings and a white metal buckle. Blade 19cm, 30.8cm overall and 33.5cm with sheath. *This Jambiya was presented to the current owner’s Father*.
Estimate: £400-£600
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AN IMPORTANT 18TH CENTURY INDIAN KHANJAR, with a grey jade Mughal hilt and inlaid gold geometric patterned Koftgari decoration with scrolled quillons, gold Koftgari worked ricasso’s to a double edged, shallow diamond section tapering watered steel swept blade. The scabbard is formed of green velvet clad wood with a pierced foliate design locket and chape in gilded white metal, and a quillon conforming mouth and a finial end. The locket has a white metal wire twist band encompassing the upper body of the scabbard and has a lanyard ‘nut’ enclosing the ends. Blade 23cm, overall 35.3cm and 39.6cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £500-£1,000
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A 17TH CENTURY INDO-PERSIAN KHANJAR, with a light coloured hard-stone carved hilt and stylised fruit pommel, turned grip and stylised pierced leaf form quillons, gilt Mughal Koftgari decorated ricasso’s, with a double shallow fullered, double edged tapering swept blade with maker’s stamp at ricasso, stating the Hijri year as 1206, (1791 in the Gregorian calendar) and the maker’s name as ‘Sawaroze’ (?), and a tear-drop (Damreh) Owner’s name mark to blade end. The scabbard is formed of red velvet (worn) clad wood and a geometric foliate design to locket and chape in gilt metal, with a quillon conforming mouth and a bead link strap to locket with a lanyard ‘nut’ offset. Blade 26.5cm, 39.4cm overall and 41.1cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A 19TH CENTURY MIDDLE EASTERN BALL AND SPIKE WEAPON, with a wood sphere bound in brass semi-circles, with an exposed wood central band and chain and brass trinket ended flays attached and a 45.7CM iron spike attached. 53.5CM overall.
Estimate: £40-£60
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A LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EAST AFRICAN, POSSIBLY MAASAI, HARDWOOD KNOBKERRIE WAR CLUB, with a slightly tapering shaft grip, intricately bound with brass wire on the lower shaft, and copper wire bound on the upper shaft, with an offset ball end with top and base dimples and five interspersed metal studs, Overall 57.8cm long.
Estimate: £80-£120
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AN 1874 MODEL GRAS RIFLE BAYONET, manufactured by François Louis Henry at Châtelleraut in 1876, wood handle and brass pommel with release button and bar, two inspection marks to hook quillon, ‘B’and’R’ and stamped R 28512; stamped ‘R’and’S’ to ricasso and ‘7’ to obverse, to a single straight edged T-section blade with spear point and ‘Mre” d’armes de Chât”?Sbre”1876’ engraved to flat ricasso side; with a metal scabbard, and engraved M76645 to clip ring band, and inspection marks ‘M’ and ‘2’ to ball finial end. Blade 52cm, 64.2cm overall and 65.2cm with scabbard. Blade slightly surface pitted and scabbard surface pitted overall.
Estimate: £60-£100
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A LEE-METFORD MK 1, TYPE 2, MODEL 1888 BAYONET, MANUFACTURED BY WILKINSON, LONDON, inspection stamped to both sides of wood grip, War Department and proof marks to ricasso, and makers name and a variety of inspection marks to obverse, to a double edged blade with a spear tip (blade slightly tarnished and surface pitted); with a black leather and steel ended scabbard, numbered 280412 and 345 at scabbard mouth with an oval frog stud. Blade 29.8cm, 41.8cm overall and 44.3cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £100-£150
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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ARGENTINIAN GAUCHO KNIFE, made by Industria Ju-Ca of Alpaca, silver plate nickel with gilt embellishments to a heavily repoussed hilt and scabbard in a stylised floral and foliate design, with the scabbard drag end having a leaf and lyre form.Makers name etched to a single edged blade and belt/ button hole catch. Blade length 14.3cm, overall 23.6cm, and with scabbard 25.5cm.
Estimate: £80-£120
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A CONTEMPORARY FRENCH ‘SPÉCIAL BÉRET ROUGE DEPOSÉ POIGNARD DE COMBAT’, STAINLESS STEEL COMBAT KNIFE, with a ribbed hard black rubber grip, brass tang screw, straight oval quillon guard, engraved ‘Inox- France’ to ricasso, and etched on the double-edged diamond section tapering blade; with a black leather scabbard, leg lanyard and belt loop, and grip band. Blade 19.1cm, overall 32.3cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £20-£40
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A SWISS 1914 MODEL PIONEER BAYONET, MADE BY ELSENER SCHWYZ, with a wood and steel grip (two tang pins), release button, ovoid straight quillons with barrel hole, one side single fullered, single edged blade and sawback to a flared spear tip end; makers name to ricasso. Blade 47.7cm, 60.7cm, 64cm overall with scabbard.
Estimate: £80-£120
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A 19TH CENTURY BURMESE DAH DAGGER, with a bone grip with a silver/ white metal tooled collar, curved single edged iron blade. With a split wood and tooled silver/ white metal bound scabbard. Blade 27.2cm long, 42.9cm overall, 44.5cm with scabbard.
Estimate: £120-£180
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A FRENCH GRAS RIFLE BAYONET, MODEL 1874, with an ebonised wood and brass pommel grip with two tang rivets, release button and spring bar to an iron cross guard with muzzle ring and curved quillon bearing proof marks (faded), to a straight single edge T-section tapering blade, inscribed indistinctly on back edge ‘Usine de Steyr 1874’. Blade length 52.1cm, overall 63.8cm. No scabbard.
Estimate: £60-£80
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AN 1874 MODEL GRAS RIFLE BAYONET, wood handle and brass pommel with release button and bar, three inspection marks to hook quillon, ‘B’and’R’ and stamped R(?) 21668, and two further inspection marks to the top part of the inside loop of the quillon by ricasso; stamped ‘M’and’G’ to ricasso, to a single straight edged T-section blade with spear point and ‘Mre d’armes de St Etienne Janvier 1877’ engraved to flat ricasso side; with a metal scabbard, and engraved B 55107 to clip ring band. Blade 51.9cm, 65.5cm overall and 65.2cm with scabbard. Blade clean and scabbard surface pitted overall.
Estimate: £60-£80
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A LATE 18TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL, POSSIBLY ITALIAN, FIGHTING KNIFE, with an ebonised hard-wood handle grip with with four on each side ribbed white metal ribbed oval inserts, and bound by a ribbed band attached to both sides by ricasso, a column base ricasso to a tapering blade terminating in a spear point, with a ribbed flat back on one side by the ricasso end, ending mid-blade, and becoming a double edged diamond section end. Blade 26.8cm, overall 39.8cm. No scabbard.
Estimate: £60-£100
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AN EARLY 20th CENTURY YEMENI JAMBIYA (ARABIAN) DAGGER, with a carved hardwood handle, brass coin roundels on the facing side with decorative indents and a shaped decorative brass band at ricasso. The tapering double edged crescent blade has a central full length ridge. The scabbard (sheath) and belt have white metal pierced decorative adornments on the ‘opposing’ buckle, floral roundels with rings and sheath body with an urn final end. Blade length: 23.5cm, overall 34.7cm and41.2cm with sheath.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY 53RD FOOT, SHROPSHIRE REGIMENT, OFFICER’S PEAK FORAGE CAP, in original metal painted carry ‘tin’ box with Regimental attached to box front and cap front, with the interior opening to reveal the original hat ‘pommel’, the cap has slight moth damage to black felt, and the polished visor has slight kinks, but otherwise in good condition, label on cap interior dates it to 1872, drawn from the Royal Military Stores, size Nº 8, Cutters Nº 41. Also contained are a dress belt and a pair of gilt braid tunic braces. The box has an original late 19th Century padlock and operational key.Box with handle 20.5cm high, 24.3cm wide at lid hinge and rim and 18cm deep. (7).
Estimate: £200-£400
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A LATE 19TH CENTURY SHOULDER STRAP BELT AND POUCH, in black leather with gilt braid bands, with a later added regimental badge of the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. (The black leather belt and pouch has slight cracking, but otherwise still subtle, and the braid is very slightly loosened in places, but otherwise overall still good).
Estimate: £60-£80
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A RARE EARLY 20th CENTURY ENGLISH ‘HANGING’ JUDGES BLACK CAP, made of black silk in an oval shape with an end cut off. It has a rear tassle with a button-hole and each ‘front’ corner has tassles. It is formed in two layers of folded pleats and a half bow at its peak. Main body 15.5cm long and 12cm at its width.
Estimate: £200-£400
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A MID 20th CENTURY LEATHER POLICE BELT AND SASH, with attached ‘The Metropolitan’ whistle, issued to R.J.W.F. French Blake, made by Peal and Co Ltd, London.
Estimate: £30-£50
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A WWI RED ENSIGN (thin cotton, but in overall good condition, bar a few small holes at flag end), approx. 68 x 106cm. This flag was owned by Sergeant Sidney Morris. See lot 28.
Estimate: £80-£120
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A PAIR OF MID 20th CENTURY ESPUELA GRANDE ‘COWBOY’ SPURS, forged steel and brass; main arms engraved, and heat treated decorative patter, with 11.2cm diameter rowels, length: 22.9cm approx.
Estimate: £80-£120
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A MID 20TH CENTURY MEDIUM SIZED FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, purchased in the U.S.A., cotton. Approximately 89cm x 169cm. Also a late 20th Century small pennant Union Jack, cotton. Approximately 34cm x 68cm. (2).
Estimate: £60-£80
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A WW2 RAF Peak cap and badge; a post War Royal Hampshire beret cap, size 7, and badge; a Hobson and Sons peak cap, visor and badge; two hallmarked silver Air Raid Precaution badges, dated 1937 and 1940, made by R.J. and J.C., also a pressed steel version, a brass RAF peak cap badge, and two RAF cuff tunic buttons. (8).
Estimate: £100-£150
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Five WW2 and later German caps, to include an M43 Field cap (slightly moth-eaten); a WW2 M38 Tank Officers sde hat, made by Maria Demm, size 57; an unused Afrika Corps 1941 cap, makers mark, date and size (57 stamped on liner, and F/W Stoppardt 8956 written on liner; a possibly later Afrika Corps cap, stamped Erel Extra, 1942 and size 58; a 1970’s German NCO’s side cap labelled inside ‘GuF Brand Gr57 30.11.75.; and a tunic Nazi armband. (6).
Estimate: £100-£200
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A possibly WW1 German metal helmet, liner complete, with chin strap and makers brand stamp to leather liner. Also a post war copy of a WW2 German metal helmet, complete liner stamped to inside skirt ‘ DIN 14940’. (2).
Estimate: £80-£120
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Two U.S. Navy Type 1 White Dixie Cup hats, sizes 58 and 60cm. Also a U.S. Navy Carrier cap, with neck skirt and U.S.N. stamped, with label inside, size 7 1/4, a little internal moth damage. (3).
Estimate: £50-£80
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A reproduction WW2 Waffen SS Visor Peak Cap (Schirmutzen), and a reproduction Luftwaffe Officers visor Peak cap. (2).
Estimate: £50-£80
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A mid-20th Century Canadian Military cold weather sheepskin hat, and a Canadian association felt peak cap. (2).
Estimate: £40-£60
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A WW2 W.A.A.F. Squadron Officer P.A. Hugill’s Dress tunic, with applied medal’s ribbon bar, a complete set of brass service buttons, and service wrist bands.
Estimate: £100-£200
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