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Collection of metal and diecast military and historical model kits to include Minifigs plus 3 x boxed Airfix plastic model figure sets featuring US Marine 1941-45 x 2 and British 8th Army

four boxed diecast models to include Dinky 672 O.S.A.2. Missile Boat, Corgi 651 Air France Concorde, Corgi 920 Beil AH-1G & 923 Sikorsky CH-54A Skycrane US Army Helicopter, diecast vg, boxes vary

Five boxed Dinky diecast model planes to include 715 Beechcraft C55 Baron, 710 Beechcraft S35 Bonanza, 730 US Navy Phantom, 725 F-4K Phantom II and 712 US Army T42A, diecast complete and vg, boxes gd overall

Seven boxed Dinky military models to include Supertoys x 2 (622 10 Ton Army Truck & 651 Centurion Tank), 674 Austin Champ, 670 Armoured Car, 673 Scout Car, 736 Hawker Hunter Fighter and 676 Armoured Personnel Carrier, diecast gd overall, boxes vary

A collection of WWII period United States Army air force medals concerned with the air war over Europe, 1942-45 to include Purple Hearts, Air medals & European African Middle Eastern Campaign medals (many with printed information cards & the recipients often killed in action) (14) (please note: medals are bought as seen - later engraved, not in original state)

Tray of assorted vintage mens and ladies pocket and wrist watches. Makers include Smiths, Ingersoll, Timex, Sekonda, Seiko and an Army Services pocket watch, etc.

Randy Couture signed The Last Round softback book. Signed on inside front page. American actor, former United States Army Sergeant, retired mixed martial artist and former collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestler. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Secret Army RAF Escaping Society cover signed by nine members of the TV series. Includes Bernard Hepton, Moniaue Duchamps, Natalie Chentrens, Ludwig Kessler, Helmut Rath, Alaine Muny, Hans Dietrich Reonhardt, G Glaister DFC & J Brason. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Victorinox - A point of sale shop window advertising display model  for Swiss army Knifes , the blades electrically powered to open and shut continuously, H58cm excluding blades

Geofrey Sneyd Garnier (British, 1889-1970), 'With all Good Wishes....', an illustration, signed l.r., pen and ink and wash, 13cm by 14cmNote: In 1913 Garnier moved to Newlyn, where he studied under Stanhope Forbes. After a brief stint in the British army, from which he was discharged on medical grounds, he married his cousin Jill Blyth, a fellow artist at Forbes' school, in 1917. They lived at Orchard Cottage, Newlyn.Condition: some spot staining

Collection of autograph letters, comprising the following: Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (1810-1873), English traveller, diplomat and author, 'I hope you told Mr Morley all I had told you about the various places where ancient manuscripts are to be found, & I hope he has sufficient Bibliographical knowledge to enable him to appreciate the value of a book when he sees it', signed and dated Genoa May 10 1846. Edward White Benson (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury, autograph letter in black ink on headed paper (Lambeth Palace), dated 29th April 1892. William Dalrymple Maclagan (1826-1910), Archbishop of York, autograph letter on headed paper (Bishopthorpe, York), addressed to Rev Austen Leigh, Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge. Charles Bowen, Baron Bowen (1835-1894), English judge, autograph letter in black ink. John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820-1894), English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician, autograph letter in black ink on headed paper (1, Sussex Square, Hyde Park), dated 18th July 1891. Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1823-1921), leading barrister and politician who served thrice as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, autograph in black ink on torn receipt dated 1892 (a/f). Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969), Queen of Spain and wife of King Alfonso XIII, autograph in black ink on scrap of paper torn from correspondence. General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), senior officer in the British Army, autograph letter on headed paper (War Office, London, S.W.), with blind-stamped crest representing 'Commander in Chief', signed and dated 16th November 1903. Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan (Nawab of Tonk from 1867-1930), autograph letter in black ink, addressed to Captain L. Impey and offering congratulations for the festival day of Christmas, dated 24th December 1896. (9)Provenance: The vendor's grandmother, a Mrs. Mordaunt, was a collector of signed letters and autographs; the letters that she amassed in her lifetime are being offered in this Library Auction.

*A Boer War Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith and Great War M.S.M. Group of 6 awarded to Colour-Sergeant Joseph Walmsley, 12th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, late 1st Battalion, comprising: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2nd type reverse, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4720 Pte J. Walmsley, Manch: Regt); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4720 Serjt: J. Walmsley. Manch: Regt); British War and Victory Medals (33306 C. Sjt. J. Walmsley. Manch. R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., type 2 (Joseph Walmsley.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (33306 C.Q.M. Sjt. - A. R. Q. M. Sjt. – J. Walmsley 12/Manch: R.); minor traces of adhesive to obverse, light contact marks and some edge bruising to first two medals, otherwise generally very fine or better (6). M.S.M.: London Gazette: 03 June 1919 (Peace Gazette) – ‘33306 Coy./ Q. M. Sjt. (A./R./Q.M. Sjt.) Walmsley, J., 12th Bn. [Manchester Regiment] (Portland). Having seen action during some of the hardest fighting of the Boer War at Elandslaagte, Ladysmith and Belfast, Joseph Walmsley continued to see service in the Great War. Initially a Home Defence battalion, the 12th Manchesters were soon needed for service on the Western Front. Arriving at Boulogne in July 1915, the battalion was soon put into action at Ypres, and in 1916 it took part in the battles of the Somme and at Delville Wood, continuing through Arras in 1917, the Spring Offensives of 1918, and until the end of the war.

*A Rare Great War ‘Senussi Campaign’ Armoured Cars M.C. Group of 7 awarded to Lieutenant John Davies Lawrence, Manchester Regiment, who commanded a Rolls Royce armoured car in action at the Dakhla Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert while on secondment to the Motor Machine Gun Corps, capturing 4 officers and 109 other ranks in the process. He later served as a ‘Bimbashi’ in the Equatorial Battalion of the Egyptian Army as part of the Turkhana Patrol in 1918, and also took part in the fighting against the Aliab Dinka during the uprising of late 1919, comprising: Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved in contemporary upright capitals (2nd Lieut. J. D. Lawrence. Manchester Regt Nov. 1915); 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. J. D. Lawrence. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, the latter with M.i.D. bronze spray of oak leaves (Lieut. J.D.Lawrence.); Africa General Service, 1902-1956, single clasp, East Africa 1918 (Lieut. J. D. Lawrence. Equatorial Bn. E.A.); Egypt, Order of the Nile, Officer’s 4th class breast badge in silver and enamels; Khedive’s Sudan, 1910-22, 2nd issue, single clasp, Aliab Dinka (Lieut. Manch. R.), with impressed naming; together with a matching set of seven individual dress miniatures, all mounted together in glass-fronted wooden case, about extremely fine, and rare  (14)   M.C.: London Gazette: 4 June 1917 - ‘Whilst repairing one of his two Armoured Cars in the desert (he) received a helio message from W.D.A. to proceed at once to operate against DAKHLA OASIS in conjunction with No. 1 L.C. patrol*. After working all day on the car he was able to start at midnight and owing to his skill in guiding the car over unknown ground was able to overtake the L.C. patrol 10 miles short of DAKHLA, having travelled all night. The Senussi main camp at AIN BARABI being found evacuated he pushed on to TENEDA taking 1 officer and 2 other ranks prisoners. Next morning pushing on quickly to BUDHKULU a party of 50 Senussi were encountered and after a short fight surrendered. Here the cars had to wait for supplies and on their arrival, he proceeded to MUT where another 50 prisoners were taken, 3 officers and 7 other ranks of whom were ex-Coastguard. Work in the Oasis itself was difficult for the Armoured Car owing to the narrow bridges.’   M.I.D.: London Gazette: 6 July 1917 (For Senussi campaign), and 18 January 1921 (For Aliab Dinka)   Egypt, Order of the Nile: London Gazette: 4 August 1922 - ‘for good services rendered during operations against the Aliab Dinkas in the Mongalla Province, Sudan, 1919-20’.   Lieutenant John ‘Jack’ Lawrence was born on 19 February 1896, in the suburb of Jeppestown, Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Henry Lakin Lawrence, a Mining Engineer, and Emma Lawrence. Educated at Horton Preparatory School, Ickwellbury, Bedfordshire, and then at Tonbridge School (1911-1913), he proved himself as a prominent sportsman, winning school colours at cricket, football and rugby. Here he also took up an interest in the military, serving as a Sergeant Cadet with the Tonbridge School Contingent, Junior Division, Officers Training Corps.   He was initially apprenticed to the Midland Railway from 1913 to August 1914, but on 9 April 1914 he received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 8th (Ardwick) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Upon the outbreak of war, Lawrence was posted to Palestine on 10 September 1914, returning to the U.K. in March 1915 having been ordered to attend the Royal Military College. While at Sandhurst, on 20 October 1915, he was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Regular Army (Manchester Regiment) and posted for employment with M.G.C.   In March 1916 he was posted to Egypt, and he was officially seconded to the Motor Machine Gun Service on 20 October 1915. In Egypt he joined the Armoured Cars of Nos. 11 & 12 Light Armoured Motor Brigade, M.G.C., Desert Column, taking part in the Senussi Campaign in the Western Desert. His unit consisted of one Rolls Royce Armoured Car (commanded by Lawrence himself) and tender; six Ford cars and 12 motor bicycles. The remaining personnel consisted of two officers and 58 other ranks, with two Vickers and two Lewis guns in support. For his service in the Senussi campaign Lawrence was mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.C.   Lawrence left the M.G.C. on 10 September 1917, being afterwards transferred to the Equatorial Battalion, part of the Egyptian Army which was serving in the Sudan. Placed in command of No. 2 Company of the Equatorial Battalion, he took part in operations against the Northern Turkhana, Marille, Donyiro in Southern Sudan , west of Lake Rudolf, between 20 April and 19 June 1918 (British Battles and Medals, refers). Known as the ‘Turkhana Patrol’ this patrol was sent out to oppose and disrupt tribal slaving and cattle raiding, and saw some heavy fighting. The campaign itself was commanded by Major Richard Finch White, Essex Regiment, and having been present, for the duration with the , Lawrence became one of just seven British Officers, serving with the Egyptian Army, to earn the Africa General Service Medal with clasp “East Africa 1918”.   At the end of October 1919 a war-party of the Aliab Dinka attacked a police-post south of Bor (now capital of the Jonglei State in South Sudan), at Menkamon on the White Nile, killing eight policemen. This outbreak of violence quickly spread and Major Chancey Stigand, Egyptian Army (and Governor of Mondalla Province) sought to stamp it out with a few companies of the Equatorial Battalion, including those under the command of Lawrence (the article ‘Chauncey Stigand, Soldier, Governor and Writer’ by Henry Keown-Boyd, refers). As explained in the same article, owing to a shortage of officers Stigand accompanied one of the patrols himself, whereupon it was twice ambushed in quick succession overnight and in the morning on 8 December, in the long grass by several hundred Aliab Dinka tribesmen. Stigand himself, the Officer Commanding Troops Kaimakam (Lieutenant-Colonel) White, Yuzbashi (Captain) Saad Osman and twenty-four other ranks and carriers were killed. The remaining four officers, Bimbashi F. C. Roberts, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., (Worcs Regt), Bimbashi W. H. Wynne-Finch, M.C. (Scots Guards), A. H. Kent–Lemon (York & Lancs) and John Davies Lawrence, M.C. (Manch. Regt) were able to rally and restore the situation despite these losses, making a fighting and reaching Tombe on 13 December 1919. Keown-Boyd writes that: ‘The four surviving British officers - all veterans of the Great War and accustomed to reacting swiftly in desperate circumstances, rallied their companies and drove off the enemy, thus averting even greater disaster.’   Lieutenant Lawrence subsequently took part in the retaliatory operations against the Aliab Dinka, Bor Dinka and Mandari tribes in early 1920, for which he was awarded the Khedives Sudan medal with clasp ‘Aliab Dinka’. He was also awarded the Order of the Nile ‘for good services rendered’ during these difficult operations. Unfortunately, it appears that Lawrence contracted Malaria during this period, as he was examined by a Medical Board on 14 October 1920, which confirmed his disability from malaria (rated at 50%). After a lengthy period of treatment (and after his third Medical Board examination, on 6 January 1921) he was discharged to return to his regiment, relinquishing his commission on the same day.  ... For further information please see the catalogue pdf on www.mortonandeden.com 

*A Boer War D.C.M. and Great War L.S.G.C. Group of 8 awarded to Quarter Master and Lieutenant S E Kennedy, Manchester Regiment, comprising: Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (2479 Clr: Serjt: S. E. Kennedy. 2nd Manch: Regt); Queen’s South Africa, 1899-1902, 2nd type reverse with ghosted dates, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2479 C. Sejt: S. E. Kennedy, 2nd Manch: Regt); King’s South African, 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2479 Clr:-Serjt: S. E. Kennedy. 2nd Manch: Regt); 1914-15 Star (Q. M. & Lieut. S. E. Kennedy. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Q. M. & Lieut. S. E. Kennedy.); Coronation 1911, silver; Army Long Service and Good Conduct, E.VII.R. (2479 C. Sjt: S. E. Kennedy. Manch: Regt); Medals swing-mounted on bar as worn, with matching set of miniatures, in original glazed, dark wood frame with name below, contact marks and hairlines from wear, very fine (8) D.C.M.: London Gazette: 27 September, 1901 M.i.D.: London Gazette: 10 September, 1901 Quarter Master and Lieutenant S. E. Kennedy, of 121, Crompton Street, Oldham, served in the Boer War as a Colour Sergeant with the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Continuing to serve with the 10th Battalion, he was promoted to Quarter Master and Lieutenant in April 1910, and saw service in the Great War. He was discharged from further service in May 1917, owing to ill health, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant.

*Army of India, 1803-1826, short-hyphen type, single clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. Jas. Manson. 8th N.I.); officially engraved in small upright capitals, attractively toned, nearly extremely fine, with some lustre Major-General James Manson (1791-1862) was born on 16 July 1791 at St. Mary’s, Lambeth, the son of Thomas Manson and Susanna Manson (née Blake). He joined the Bengal Establishment as a Cadet in 1807, being promoted to Ensign on September 14, 1808 and posted to the 8th Battalion Native Infantry in 1809. He took part in the expedition to Mauritius of 1810, and served as an Ensign with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion during the first phase of the Nepal War in 1814-15, being promoted to Lieutenant on 16 December 1814. He spent a short time with the 1st Company Pioneers in the 4th (Dinapore) Division, and did duty with Gardner’s Irregular Cavalry in 1815, before returning to the 2nd/8th N.I. in the 4th Brigade Centre Column during the Nepal War in 1816 (Hodson’s ‘Officers of the Bengal Army’, refers). He subsequently undertook a number of positions in Mirzapur and Burdwan in the years following, before serving as Assistant to the Superintendent of the Geological Survey of the Himalayas (a Captain J. D. Herbert) between 24 June 1823 and 3 October 1828. During this time he was promoted to Captain on 13 May 1825. His next major position of note was to follow on 1 November 1831, when he was appointed as the fourth and final Commissioner to the ex Peishwa Baji Rao II at Bithur (the last Peishwa of the Maratha Empire), in which capacity he would continue to serve for some 20 years, until September 1851 (after the death of Baji Rao II). He was an important figure in Bithur, and in the latter years of Baji Rao II’s life, and he witnessed a variety of court intrigues, attempted robberies and assassination attempts, all of which were unsuccessful. Captain Manson receives his own dedicated chapter in the book ‘The Last Peshwa and the English Commissioners 1818-1851’ by P. C. Gupta, in which this period is covered in great detail. He progressed during this time to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 28th N.I., in September 1947, and then Colonel in 1857 with the 44th N.I., he reached his final rank of Major-General on 15 May 1859. Returning to England, he died in London on 15 July 1862, just one day short of his 71st Birthday. Ex Sotheby’s, 25-28 November, 1995, lot 912

*An Indian Mutiny and Army L.S.G.C. Pair awarded to Sergeant Michael Scanlon, 1st Battalion, 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert’s Light Infantry) Foot, who served with the 1st Battalion, 34th (Cumberland) Foot during the Indian Mutiny, comprising: Indian Mutiny, 1857-59, single clasp, Lucknow (M. Scanlon, 34th Regt); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, V.R. swivel type (966 Sergt M. Scanlon. 1st. Bn. 13th Foot); Pair loose, heavy contact marks and reverse edge bump to first, suspension slightly bent, good fine or better, the second very fine (2) ergeant Michael Scanlon was born c.1833 at Newcastle, in Limerick, Ireland, and he attested for service with the 1st / 34th Foot at Limerick on 3 August 1852, at the age of 19. He served with this regiment in the Crimea (for which he is entitled to the Crimea Medal with Sebastopol clasp, and Turkish Crimea medal) and also during the Indian Mutiny at Lucknow. He later transferred to serve in the 1st / 13th Foot, on 1 October 1862, with whom he was later awarded his L.S.G.C. with gratuity. Offered with a copy of his discharge papers confirming the above medals and his full entitlement as described.

The Important Early Victorian Campaign Group of 4 awarded Colonel John Prior, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, late 12th Lancers, with whom he served during a great many actions in the Kaffir War of 1851-53, during the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny. By virtue of this, his group a unique entitlement to an officer in the 12th Lancers, comprising: South Africa, 1834-53 (Capt. J. D. M. M. Prior, 12th Lancers); Crimea, 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. I. de M. Prior, 12th Rl. Lancers) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny, 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Captn. I. De M, M, Prior, 12th Lancers); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with scroll suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine or better (4) Colonel John de Montmorency Murray Prior (1822-1876) was born in 1822, the second son of Lodge Morres Murry-Prior, a former army officer himself, and Anna Maria Prior (née Brownrigg). He joined the Army as an Ensign in the 36th Regiment on 31 December 1841. Soon afterwards he transferred to the 12th Lancers as Cornet in July 1843, becoming Lieutenant in 1846 and Captain in 1851. He served with the 12th Lancers throughout the Kaffir (or ‘Xhosa’) War of 1851-53 in South Africa, including the passage of, and the operations around, the River Kei. He also served during the Crimean War from 17 May 1855, seeing action at the battle of Tchernaya, during the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and also in the operations near Eupatoria under General d’Allonville. He then served during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59 with the Saugor and Nerbudda Field Force, including the action of Banda where he personally commanded the left wing of the 12th Lancers. He was also present during the actions of Jegunge and Kobrai, during the relief of Kirwee and at the storming of the heights of Punwarrie (for which he was mentioned in despatches, brevets of both Major and Lieutenant-Colonel). He transferred to the 6th Dragoons in December 1860, becoming Colonel of the regiment in 1865, and Colonel of the 65th Armagh Infantry Brigade (87th & 94th) in April 1873. Colonel Prior was in fact the only officer of the 12th Lancers to receive medals for all three of these campaigns, making this a unique entitlement. He died 18 April 1876 at Ballynahone House, Armagh, and his full obituary, published in the Belfast Weekly News of 22 April 1876, reads as follows: “FUNERAL OF COLONEL PRIOR. Last week we announced, with much regret the death of Colonel J. M. M, Prior, commanding the 65th sub-district. Colonel Prior entered the service in December, 1841, since which period he passed through a very distinguished career. in the Kaffir war of 1851-3, and for his gallant conduct there was awarded a medal; he also took part in the Crimean war and gained two medals, and subsequently passed through the terrible ordeal of the Indian mutiny. In every engagement he displayed the utmost bravery, and yet his heroism was no more characteristic than the amiability and kindness of his disposition. He was respected and beloved by his brother officers, as well as by the men under him. The same esteem which was manifested towards him in active service followed him into more peaceful times, and by none will his loss be more sadly experienced than by the citizens of Armagh, amongst whom he has resided for a length of time, and near whom he died. He was a universal favourite, and his memory will long be green in the hearts of his old comrades of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons and 12th Lancers. Though ailing for some time, Colonel Prior’s demise was unexpected. Phthisis was the malady under which he suffered, and he breathed his last on Tuesday at his residence, Ballynahone House, in the neighbourhood of Armagh. Monday was the day appointed for the interment, and the funeral was attended, not alone with military colours, but by a general indication of popular sorrow, that was the truest tribute to the deceased officer’s character. At two o’clock the solemn cortege started. The firing party consisted of 300 men of the 94th and 89th Regiments. The fife and drum band and brass band of the 94th were also present, as was the band of the Armagh Militia. The coffin was placed on a gun carriage attended by a party of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. Colonel Lord John Taylour, Major Mitchell, and a large number of officers assisted at the obsequies. Along the route taken by the procession immense numbers of people had assembled. The bands performed meanwhile alternately the impressive “Dead March in Saul.” The streets of the city also were greatly crowded during the funeral. On reaching the cathedral the coffin was borne in and placed before the chancel when the Very Rev. Dr. Reeves, Dean of Armagh, conducted the solemn service of the Church of Ireland. At its conclusion the coffin was reverently carried out and deposited in its final resting place in the adjoining graveyard. The troops fired three rounds over the grave, and then returned their respective garrisons.” (© The British Library Board) Ex Clive Nowell Collection, DNW, 24 June 2009, lot 167

*A Second China War and Army L.S.G.C. Pair awarded to Colour-Sergeant Edmond Ryan, 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Foot, comprising: Second China War, 1857-1860, single clasp, Canton 1857 (Sergt. Edmd. Ryan. 59th Regt), officially impressed; Army Long Service and Good Conduct, V.R., 2nd type (1855-1874) with silver metal bar and brooch pin (2961 Colr. Sergt. Edmond Ryan 59th Foot); Pair loose, the first cleaned about very fine with some light scratches, the second extremely fine with dark cabinet toning (2) Colour-Sergeant Edmond Ryan is confirmed on the Second China War medal roll, and is entitled to the above clasp.

The Interesting and Rare Red River 1870 and Indian Peace Medal 1874 ‘Qu’appelle Treaty’ Group of 6 awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Henry Holbech, 60th Regiment (King’s Royal Rifle Corps), who served as an Ensign during the Red River Expedition of 1870, and appears to have been connected to the 1874 Qu’appelle Treaty signed with the leaders of the Cree and Salteaux/Chippewa tribes. He later served as Captain and A.D.C. to Major-General Luard with the Canadian Militia during the campaigns in Egypt and the Sudan, comprising: Jubilee 1897, silver issue; Canada General Service, 1866-70, single clasp, Red River 1870 (Ens: W. H. Holbech, 1: 60: R. R.); Egypt and Sudan, 1882-89, dated reverse, single clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Capt: W. H. Holbech, 3rd Bn K. R. R. Corps); Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, Officer’s 4th class breast badge, in silver, gold and enamels; Khedive’s Star, 1882; With Indian Peace Medal, V.R., 1874, silver, with ring suspension, 76.5mm width, 216g, awarded for the signing of Indian Peace Treaty No.4 (or The Qu’appelle Treaty), agreed on 15 September 1874 on the shores of Lake Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, with the Cree and Salteaux; Medal group swing-mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin (the fourth now loose), all with original ribbons, Indian Peace Medal separate, also offered with similar miniature group, two shako plates (one broken), and three pouch-belt chains with whistle and lion’s head fittings (two in hallmarked silver, one in silvered base metal), one whistle with 4 notches marked beneath, medals toned, extremely fine, Indian Peace Medal with old uneven tone, minor hairlines, good extremely fine (12) Lieutenant Walter Henry Holbech (1845-1901) was born in 1845, the first son of Reverend Charles William Holbech, of Farnborough, Warwickshire [thus, the nephew of Captain Edward Holbech, see lot BEC01]. He studied at University College, Oxford, matriculating in June 1863 and graduating with a B.A. in 1868. Upon completion of his studies he joined the Colours, purchasing an Ensigency with the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Foot as Gentleman on 14 October 1868. The following year he transferred as an Ensign to the 60th Foot on 3 February 1869, and with this regiment he would remain for the rest of his military career. Shortly after joining the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Holbech joined ‘H’ Company of the 1st K.R.R.C., travelling to Canada as part of Garnet Wolseley’s Red River Expedition, of which the 1st Battalion K.R.R.C. under Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Feilden formed the core British ‘red-coat’ element. In addition, two pieces of artillery, two battalions of locally-raised Canadian riflemen joined the force in support, with two-hundred voyageurs to assist with transport. This expedition is considered to have been amongst the most arduous undertaken by the British army, and although largely forgotten by history, Wolseley’s 1,200 men covered hundreds of miles of Canadian rivers, lakes and wilderness, carrying all their own food, guns, artillery and equipment. Through constant hard work, and with the help of the tireless voyageurs, they covered the 1,200 mile distance in remarkable time (still taking just over two months), catching the enemy leader Louis Riel and the Metis completely by surprise on 24 August 1870. Riel and his forces duly fled, leaving Fort Garry to be captured without a single loss. With the collapse of the rebellion, the expedition ultimately brought about the unification of the Dominion of Canada. Approximately 502 Red River 1870 clasps were issued, including 12 officers and 115 men of the 1/60th, and 18 to other British units. Holbech appears to have remained in Canada afterwards, receiving an Indian Peace Medal for the signing of Treaty number 4 in 1874 – an agreement signed between Great Britain and the Cree and Salteaux peoples of Saskatchewan. As part of this treaty, some 75,000 square miles of territory were ceded. Holbech was appointed Instructor of Musketry on 23 January 1878, and was seconded to Cyprus for a brief period of civil service on 1 April 1879, but was recalled later that year. He briefly retired to his pension on 21 July 1880 but was then promoted to Captain on 6 August 1880. He married Mary Caroline Walrond (daughter of John Walrond, 1st Baronet) on 28 February 1881. He was promoted to Major on November 17 1882. During the war in Egypt in 1882, he took part in the engagement at Tel-el-Mahnta, in the action at Kassasin (9th September), and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir as Brigade Major to the 2nd Infantry Brigade (for which he was mentioned in despatches, with the Brevet of Major, and awarded a 4th Class Order of the Medjidie). The notes on the original medal roll for the Egypt Campaign notes that he had served as A.D.C. to Major-General Luard, Commanding the Canadian Militia (dated 9 April 1883). After this period of service he was made Adjutant of the 1st Oxfordshire (Oxford University) Volunteers in November 1883, continuing for roughly two years, and he was for a time Gentleman of Arms. He retired to half-pay as honorary Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 July, 1892, resided latterly at Chalfont Lodge, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, and died on 6 March 1901. He was buried at St Botolph’s Church, Farnborough, where sadly, his eldest son Lieutenant William Hugh Holbech, Scots Guards, was also later buried in 1914. For the Waterloo Medal to his father, Captain Edward Holbech, see lot 516.

*A Rare Sudan Campaign Officer’s ‘Bahr-El-Ghazal’ Exploration Group of 6 awarded Major Ronald Anthony Markham, Coldstream Guards. An important and largely unsung figure in the early exploration of the Bahr-el-Ghazal region, he is a rare and officially confirmed officer recipient of the Bahr-el-Ghazal clasp, serving as A.D.C. to Sirdar Sir Reginald Wingate between 1900 and late 1901. He travelled up the White Nile from Khartoum on 3 July 1901 with Pasha Von Slatin in the gunboat ‘Sheikh’ to deliver important communications from the Sirdar to local commandants in the region, and to seek news from the Austin-Bright Survey Expedition in July 1901. In the course of this journey he travelled inland, meeting and negotiating with local Sheikhs and tribal leaders. Serving later in the Great War, he was second in command of the 2nd Coldstream Guards when he received a bullet to the temple and later died of wounds on 25 October 1914 at St. Julien, comprising: 1911 Coronation; Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, Officer’s 4th class breast badge in silver, gold and enamels, reverse engraved (Capt: R. A. Markham. Coldstream Gds); Khedive’s Sudan, 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Sudan 1899, Bahr-el-Ghazal 1900-02 (Capt: R. A. Markham. Coldstream Gds), these three court-mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin; 1914 Star with loose clasp ‘5th Aug.-22nd Nov. 1914’ (Major R. A. Markham. C. Gds.), with fitted black leather case; British War and Victory Medals (Major R. A. Markham.), with original boxes of issue; Trio loose, toned, extremely fine, with some lustre (6) Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class: London Gazette: 19 April 1901 M.i.D.: London Gazette: 8 October 1914, and 14 January 1915 “Major Ronald Anthony Markham (1870-1914) was born on 15 October, 1870 at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, and was the only surviving son of the late Colonel William Thomas Markham (and Annie Markham), of Becca Hall, Yorkshire, who served in the Crimean War in the Rifle Brigade and Coldstream Guards, and grandson of Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A (‘The Bond of Sacrifice’, Volume I, refers). He was also cousin to Sir Clements Markham, who became President of the Royal Geographical Society, and was an important and ardent advocate of Polar exploration (in particular, helping to organise Scott’s ‘Discovery Expedition’ of 1901-04). Educated at Charterhouse, Ronald Markham received his first commission as Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Prince of Wales Volunteers on 16 April 1889, afterwards joining the Coldstream Guards in December 1890, becoming Lieutenant in August 1896 and Captain in December 1899.” He took part in the first advance against the Khalifa in the Nile Expedition of 1899, for which he received the Khedive’s Sudan medal and clasp, and then between August 1899 and August 1903 he served as a Bimbashi with the Egyptian Army, acting as A.D.C to Sirdar Reginald Wingate (Governor General of the Sudan) from April 1900 to December 1902. For this service he received the Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class on 19 April 1901. After the murder of Bimbashi Scott Barbour on 10 January 1902 and the subsequent punitive expedition, there was much tension and potential danger in the region. A few months later, Bimbashi Markham was sent on an expedition up the White Nile from Khartoum (with Pasha Von Slatin) in the gunboat ‘Sheikh’ with several private communications from the Sirdar to the local commandants. Leaving on 3 July 1902, his expedition took several weeks. As recorded in The Sudan Intelligence Report No.84 (1st to 31st July 1901): ‘Bimbashi Markham left Khartoum on the 3rd instant in the gunboat “Sheikh” for Sobat, Baro, and Pibor rivers to endeavour to open up communication with the Austin-Bright Survey Expedition, about which no news is as yet forthcoming. He carried letters from the Sirdar to the commandants of the Abyssinian posts at Gore and in the neighbourhood of Lake Rudolf, as well as one for Major Austin himself. Whether any of the letters will ever reach their destinations is extremely doubtful, as the tribes who will have to provide the messengers are for the most part hostile to the Abyssinians.’ His own letters written back to Sirdar Wingate, from Sobat, dated 29 July 1901, give an insight into the great variety of dangers and difficulties which he encountered: ‘My Dear General…I got to Nasser on the 20th July and next day interviewed Sheikh Luantia (of the Nuer), and after a great deal of haggling, backsheeshing, finally told him he would incur your displeasure if he didn’t provided 2 guides for 3 men I had found in Nasser, willing to take the letters, but ignorant of the way…our transport occasionally got badly bogged; sleep at nights was an impossibility, mosquitoes beat all description. On the way we had a few adventures – at one village, where apparently white men have never been…a woman came by carrying a pitcher of water – she took one look at me, dropper her pitcher – then ran round us yelling and screaming…One night our poor donkey, which was not more than three yards from me was attacked and badly bitten by a hyena which got into the long grass before I could get my gun out…’ Markham was also with Miralai Sparkes Bey, Commandant of the Bahr-El-Ghazal Expedition, when they arrived at Khartoum from Wau on 28 September 1901. Markham had joined him from Meshra er Rek, as mentioned in Sudan Intelligence Report No.86 (1st to 30th September 1901). While he is not listed amongst the 7 recipients of the Bahr-el-Ghazal Cigarette cases issued by Sparkes Bey, his presence as an officer and key figure at precisely the same time is confirmed in contemporary sources, as well as in a formal letter concerning the issue of his Bahr-El-Ghazal clasp (a copy of which is included with this group). He was promoted to Major in 1907. Serving afterwards during the Great War, he took part in much of the early fighting of 1914, and was hit with a bullet to his temple at St. Julien, France, on the 23rd October 1914, dying two days later. At the time of his death he was Second in Command of his battalion. He was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatches of the 8th October 1914, and the 14th January 1915. He was a member of the Guards’ Nulli Secundus, and the Turf Clubs; also of the M.C.C. and I Zingari. He was fond of cricket and shooting, and was a very keen and hard rider to hounds. He was born at Melton Mowbray, from which place he had hunted all his life, and is buried in Sysonby Churchyard. An early casualty of the Great War (during which the repatriation of the bodies of officers and soldiers was still possible), he is remembered with honour at the Sysonby Churchyard, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Offered with: two original M.i.D. certificates in original O.H.M.S. envelope; a formal portrait photograph taken by G. Lekegian of Cairo; a formal portrait photograph of the recipient on horseback during a hunt by Heawood’s of Leicester; a privately printed diary recording Markham’s service in 1914; a hand-typed copy of the Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Pereira’s 1914 service with an accompanying handwritten letter dated 5 November 1915; delivery letters for his Great War trio; an official copy of his last will and testament; and a quantity of related research.

*A Scarce and well-documented Hong Kong Plague and Q.S.A. Pair awarded to Private T. Jones, Shropshire Light Infantry, comprising: Hong Kong Plague, 1894, silver issue, with single privately made clasp engraved ‘China’ (Private T. Jones, S.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa, 1899-1902, 3rd type reverse, single clasp, Transvaal (4072 Pte. T. Jones. Shrops: L.I.); Pair loose, good very fine (2) Private Thomas Jones was born in February 1873 in Knighton, Radnorshire. Having previously worked as an Engine Cleaner, he attested for service with the Shropshire Light Infantry at Manchester on 14 March 1893. He served with them while stationed in Hong Kong during the Plague of 1894 (bubonic plague), where the Shropshire Light Infantry became known as the ‘Whitewash Brigade’ for their efforts in controlling the outbreak. He also served in South Africa, and was later transferred to the Army Reserve at the termination of his period of service at Shrewsbury, on 7 September 1902, aged 29 years. He was discharged from the Army Reserve on 13 August 1909. Jones re-enlisted into the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry upon the outbreak of hostilities again Germany on 30 September 1914, and served with the B.E.F. in France. Taking part in hard fighting, he was eventually discharged on 8 June 1916 as ‘no longer physically fit for war service’, owing to the effects of Neurasthenia (an outmoded term considered to be a weakness of the nerves, and often associated with what we would now call ‘shell shock’). This pair is also offered with a number of original documents including: Parchment Certificate of Character 1902; Parchment Reserve Certificate 1903; Parchment Certificate of Discharge 1905; Parchment Certificate of Discharge from the Reserve 1909; Character Certificate 1916; Certificate of Discharge 1916; Ministry of Pensions papers (3). Ex Hamilton Collection, September 1976

*A Rare Boer War, Russo-Japanese War and Great War C.M.G. Group of 11 awarded to Colonel Edward Agar, late Royal Engineers. A Pollock medal winner in 1878, he undertook Intelligence and Special Service roles both before and during the Boer War, and was soon afterwards attached to the Japanese Army in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05. During the Great War he served on the General Staff, and was later British Representative on the Dano-German Boundary Commission for Slesvig 1920-21, after which Slesvig was returned to the Danish Crown. An impressive and unusual combination of awards to an Intelligence Officer, comprising: The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s neck badge, in silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa, 1899-1902, 2nd type reverse with ghosted dates, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major E. Agar. R.E.); King’s South Africa, 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. E. Agar. R.E.); British War Medal (Col. E. Agar); France, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, in gold and enamels; Belgium, Order of Leopold I, Officer’s breast badge with swords, in silver-gilt and enamels; Japan, Russo-Japanese War Medal 1904-05; Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class neck badge, in silver-gilt and enamels; Japan, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class neck badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, later repair to uppermost red cabochon; Russia, Order of St Anne, 2nd class neck badge by Edouard, in gold and enamels; Denmark, Slesvig Medal 1920, light surface marks and scratches to last, adhesive marks to the ribbons on reverse, generally nearly extremely fine (11) C.M.G.: London Gazette: 1 January 1919 – ‘For services in connection with the war’ Legion of Honour: London Gazette: 15 April 1916. Order of St Anne: London Gazette: 24 November 1916 Order of Leopold: London Gazette: 21 September 1917. Order of the Rising Sun: London Gazette: 10 October 1918. Colonel Edward Agar was born on 30 May 1859 in Bombay, India, the son of Major Edward Walter Agar, late Bombay Infantry, and Eliza Agar (née Cordelia). Educated at Cheltenham College between August 1870-76, during which time he won numerous academic prizes. He attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, between 1876-78, where he ‘passed in’ First in order of merit, and ‘passed out’ First Engineer, having won the Pollock Gold Medal and Prizes for Mathematics and Mechanics, German, Spanish, and Italian. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1877, being promoted to Captain in 1888, Major in 1896, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1903, and Colonel in 1908. He passed staff college in 1886, qualified in German as a voluntary subject and in Russian as an extra subject, and served subsequently as Staff Captain (Intelligence), Headquarters of Army, 1891-94; Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General (Intelligence), Headquarters of Army, 1894-96. Agar served in the Boer War of 1900-02, in command of the 26th Company, Royal Engineers, and took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, and in the Transvaal (for which he was mentioned in despatches). According to the book ‘Spies in Uniform’ by Matthew S. Seligmann, Agar was apparently considered for the role of military attaché in Berlin in May 1903 (this a quite typical ‘cover’ position for an Intelligence Officer within an embassy). Unfortunately, at this stage in the early development of British Intelligence, officers were expected to be of sufficient private ‘means’ to self-fund, and to pay for their own accommodation and often quite lavish lifestyle. Despite being considered ‘a very cheery little fellow’ who had ‘quite nice manners…and the necessary tact and discretion’ for a sensitive post, in his case (and at this time) Agar was not considered to be wealthy enough, despite his merits as an individual [this would begin to change during and after WWI]. Consequently, he was chosen very soon after to serve abroad on attachment to the Japanese Army in Manchuria between July and September 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War. No doubt serving in an intelligence capacity, he was the author of a report on Russian and Japanese Field Defences (for which he received the Japanese War Medal and 3rd class Order of Sacred Treasure). This aspect of his service, in particular, is well worthy of further research. Colonel Agar retired in 1911 but was then recalled in 1914 to serve as a General Staff Officer, First Class (G.S.O.1) at the War Office between 1914 and 17. Between 1917 and 20 he was Colonel in charge of records, Royal Engineers (Transport Section), and in the years after the war, Colonel Agar served as British Representative on the Dano-German Boundary Commission 1920-21, by which the Duchy of Slesvig was returned to the Danish Crown. Colonel Agar died in France on 28 October 1930. Sold with a quantity of research including copy M.I.C. which confirms entitlement to British War Medal only (Theatre of War: Western Europe ‘A’; qualifying date, 24 September 1917), gazette entries and other related material. Ex DNW, 17 September 2009, lot 1259

A Great War Casualty Trio and Memorial Plaque awarded to Private Henry Fox, 16th Bakery Section, Army Service Corps, who died on 17 September 1918 at Taranto in Southern Italy. This city was an important logistical hub, part of the line of communication reaching across the Mediterranean, and it was also an important naval stopping point, comprising: 1914-15 Star (S2SR-03723 Pte H. Fox. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S2SR-03723 Pte. H. Fox. A.S.C.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Fox); Medals loose, offered with card-mounted memorial scroll, well-toned, extremely fine (4) Private Henry Fox was born c.1866, the son of Henry and Martha Fox, of Crowland, Lincolnshire. During the Great War he served in the 16th Bakery Section, A.S.C., and is recorded as having died on 17 September 1918. It is not clear if this was the location of his unit, or whether he had been placed into a hospital there (by a visiting ship), after which he died.

A Great War & I.G.S. Afghanistan 1919 Group of 3 awarded to Private John Lees France, 1st/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, comprising: British War and Victory Medals (GS-7883 Pte. J. L. France. R. W. Kent R.); Indian General Service, 1908-1935, single clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (G-7883 Pte. J. L. France, R. W. Kent R.); Group swing-mounted on board, the first once lacquered and cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine (3) Private John Lees France, of 52 Clifford Road, East Finchley, London, was born c. 1892, and attested for Great War service with the Army Pay Corps at London on 6 December 1914. Later transferring to serve with the 1st/5th Royal West Kents on 2 May 1917, he saw service at home and in India and Afghanistan in 1919. Offered with copied attestation papers from the ‘burnt records’, which confirm this entitlement.

An Interesting Victory Medal and Mappin & Webb ‘Tug of War’ 1919 Prize Medal Pair to Private A Sartain, C. Coy, 16th Tank Battalion, late R.A., with two other Victory Medals, comprising: Victory Medal, 1914-1919 (144693 Gnr. A. Sartain. R.A.) with original cased Mappin & Webb bronze prize medal, 45mm width, standing figure of Victory right, rev., ‘Rhine Army Athletic Championship – Pte. A. Sartain, C. Coy, 16th Tank Batt. Tug of War, 1919, Germany; with other Victory Medals (2) to (133779 Pte H. J. Windebank. M.G.C.) and (211251. 1.A.M. E. Drage. R.A.F.); good very fine to extremely fine (4)

Miscellaneous Great War Medals to the Royal Artillery and Army Service Corps, comprising: 1914 Trio to (M1-01927 Pte. G. Lewis. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Trio to (1004 Gnr. J. C. Durrant. R.A.) with 4 identity tags; British War Medal and Victory Medal Pairs (5) to (M-205842 Pte. S. R. Smith A.S.C.) and (S2-018349 Pte. F. Richardson. A.S.C.) and (T4-045382 Cpl. W. Dickenson. A.S.C.) and (178833 Gnr. J. Brambley. R.A.) and (L-40609 Dvr. B. S. Howard. R.A.); British War Medal (SS-4280 Pte. S. Knibbs. A.S.C.); Victory Medal (T4-234622 Dvr. R. A. Simmons. A.S.C.); generally very fine to extremely fine (18)

A G.S.M. Malaya and G.S.M. Borneo L.S.G.C. Pair awarded to Staff-Sergeant Durjadhan Rai, Gurkha Engineers, comprising: General Service Medal, 1918-62, G.VI.R., single clasp, Malaya (21132259 Spr. Durjadhan Rai R E Gur); General Service Medal, 1962-2007, E.II.R., single clasp, Borneo (21132259 Sgt. Durjadhan Rai. Gurkha Engrs.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, E.II.R., Regular Army type (21132259 S. Sgt. Durjadhan Rai. Gurkha Engrs.); Medals loose, suspension just slightly slack to last, minor edge bruises in places, otherwise very fine or better (3) Ex Shaw Collection pt. III, D.N.W., 19 June 2013

General Service Medal, 1962-2007, single clasp, Northern Ireland (Capt. J.B. Johnstone UDR.); with original named box of issue, once lightly polished, now toned, extremely fine Captain John Brett Johnstone, was promoted by emergency commission from Private to Lieutenant with the Indian Army on 19 December 1941, with whom he apparently saw WW2 service. On 25 April 1972, he was appointed Captain with the Ulster Defence Regiment, with seniority 26th December 1968. He appears to have served in 3rd (County Down) Battalion, U.D.R., who were based at Ballykinler, as it was from this battalion that he resigned his commission on 31 December 1975.

*The Important Sudan, Boer War, and Great War C.M.G. and D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel Charles. M.A. Wood, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Bimbashi in the Egyptian Army, and second son of Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G. He saw action in the Sudan and was mentioned in despatches for his part in the Battle of Omdurman, where he was one of just two British officers commanding the anti-Mahdist Tribal Irregulars. As a result of his success with unorthodox fighting units he was one of the first British officers called upon to help raise the Chinese Wei-Hai-Wei (or First Chinese) Regiment between 1898 and 1899. Afterwards he served as Captain and Adjutant with the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Boer War, and latterly served as Assistant Adjutant-General of the British Armies in France between 1916 and 1918, comprising: The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s neck badge, in silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., in silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. C. M. A. Wood, 1/North’d Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3rd type reverse, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. & Adjt. C. M. A. Wood, North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, the latter with bronze M.I.D. spray of oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. M. A. Wood); Coronation 1911; France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with silver mark to tie in lower wreath; Turkey, Order of Medjidie, Officer’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, the reverse privately inscribed (Lt. C. M. A. Wood, 1/North’d Fus.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (Lt. C. M. A. Wood, 1/North’d Fus.), engraved in typical upright capitals; the second with slightly recessed centre both sides and minor enamel loss to wreaths, Legion d’Honneur with slightly bent finial point and minor enamel damage, campaign medals once lacquered with light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (10) C.M.G.: London Gazette: 12 December 1919 – ‘for services rendered in connection with the War’ D.S.O.: London Gazette: 4 June 1917 (General Citation) Legion d’Honneur: London Gazette: 15 April 1916 – ‘distinguished services in connection with the War’ M.i.D.: London Gazette: 30 September 1898; 10 September 1901; and 15 May 1917. Charles Michell Aloysius Wood (1873-1936) was born on 2 April 1873, the son of Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G, then serving in the 90th Regiment. Receiving his education at Beaumont College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers on 19 November 1892. He was soon afterwards promoted to Lieutenant during a period of secondment to the 4th Battalion Egyptian Army between October 1894 and November 1895, with the rank of Bimbashi. He was then appointed A.D.C. to Sir Alfred Milner, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope, in April 1897. In 1898, Wood witnessed active service in the Sudan and was present at the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898, and the subsequent taking of Khartoum. He was one of just two officers seconded to the Egyptian Army to command the anti-Mahdist Tribal Levies. For this, he was mentioned in despatches and appointed to the Fourth Class of the Turkish Order of the Medjidie. Later that year, he also took part in the occupation of Crete. Having evidently shown his ability to instruct and command local levies, he was sent to China between 1898 and 1899 to assist with the creation of The Wei-Hai-Wei (or 1st Chinese Regiment). This force of 1,000 men, created in 1898, was raised purely from the men of Shantung Province to fight for and defend the British enclave of Wei-Hai, and it was led by British officers and Colour Sergeants only. In the book ‘Fists of Righteous Harmony: A History of the Boxer Uprising in China in 1900’ by Henry Keown Boyd, Charles Wood is mentioned as part of this unit’s early history: ‘Among the first British officers to join it was Captain Charles Wood, son of the celebrated Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood VC, a former Sirdar of the Egyptian Army. Wood Junior was no stranger to unconventional soldiering as he had fought at the Battle of Omdurman as one of only two British officers with the anti-Mahdist tribal levies.’ Although Wood left to take part in the Second Boer War after roughly one year training this regiment, it would later serve during the Boxer Rebellion with some distinction. Having then been advanced to Captain and appointed Adjutant, Wood served in South Africa, participating in operations in Orange Free State, Transvaal and Cape Colony, and he was again mentioned in despatches. Between October 1901 and December 1904, Wood served as A.D.C. to the Commander of 1 Indian Army Corps, in Southern Command, and he was advanced to Major in December 1910, upon taking up duties as a G.S.O. at the War Office until May 1911. Upon the outbreak of war in August 1914, he was serving as a Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, where he remained until his appointment as Assistant Adjutant-General to Australian H.Q., Salisbury Plain, in the summer of 1916. The appointment was short-lived, as just a month or so later he was embarked for France to serve as Assistant Adjutant-General to the British Armies in the Field, in which role he remained until early 1918. For his Great War service he was awarded the C.M.G., D.S.O. and mentioned in despatches for a final time. Wood, who was promoted to Colonel in April 1919, was placed on the Retired List in March 1929. He married Olive, daughter of Major Herbert Miles, R.A., in 1915, and died at his home in Bude, Cornwall, in April 1936. This lot is offered with a substantial folder of mainly photocopied research, but also with an original press cutting of his obituary in the Morning Post, also containing research concerning his father. Howe and Tandy setting a ‘Senior Doubles’ canoeing record, 1961. Sold by direct descent

*The Orders, Medals and Decorations awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Martin Michael Charles, Baron Charteris of Amisfield G.C.B. G.C.V.O. O.B.E. Q.S.O. P.C. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he served as an officer in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in WW2 and saw action in North Africa during which time he was temporarily paralysed by ‘Nile Rheumatism’. Returning home to convalesce in October 1940, his hospital ship S.S. Yorkshire was subsequently torpedoed and sunk, seeing him cast adrift and then rescued before recuperating in Britain. Back in action in 1941, he took command of ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, K.R.R.C., part of the 7th Motor Brigade, and fought in and around El-Alamein, Tobruk, Gazala and then in the Italy campaign. After the war he served as Head of Military Intelligence (G.S.I.) in Palestine 1945-46, and was fortunate to have not been present during the infamous King David Hotel bombing, which had targeted the offices of the senior figures of the British Administration. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was a refined, charming and well-connected individual with a keen wit and sense of humour. He was appointed Private Secretary to H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh and heiress presumptive to the British throne in 1950, and was the first to receive word from Britain of the death of King George VI during a visit to Kenya. Continuing to serve H.M. The Queen as her Assistant Private Secretary (1952-1972) under Sir Michael Adeane, and then as Private Secretary (1972-1977), the culmination of his role was his central involvement in the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebrations of 1977. Upon his retirement in 1977 he became Provost of Eton College, and was appointed permanent Lord-in-Waiting and Life Peer as Baron Charteris of Amisfield, created on 7 February 1978, comprising: Orders and Decorations: The Most Excellent Order of the Bath (Civil Division), Grand Cross set of insignia by Garrard & Co., comprising sash badge, in silver-gilt, bearing hallmarks for London dated 1940, and breast star, in silver gilt and enamels, in fitted case of issue; The Royal Victorian Order, Grand Cross set of insignia by Collingwood, comprising sash badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, both numbered ‘952’ to reverse, in fitted case of issue; France, Legion d’Honneur, Grand Officer’s set of insignia by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, comprising officer’s breast badge in gold and enamels (minor enamel loss in lower part), and breast star in silver, both bearing hallmarks, in fitted case of issue; Medal Group: Queen’s Service Order, in silver and enamels, reverse engraved (Martin Michael Charles Charteris); with original box of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officer’s breast badge, in silver; 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with clasp ‘8th Army’; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, the latter with bronze M.i.D. spray of oak leaves; General Service Medal, 1918-62, single clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Major. M.M.C. Charteris. K.R.R.C.); Coronation Medal, 1953; Jubilee Medal, 1977; Group court-mounted with brooch pin by ‘John G. Southern – Military Tailor’, with associated riband bar, and a folder of official warrants of appointment, toned, extremely fine, and a rare combination of medals and awards to an important figure in modern royal history (16).   O.B.E.: London Gazette: 13 June, 1946  M.V.O.: London Gazette: 1 June, 1953 (Coronation Honours)   C.B.: London Gazette: 12 June, 1958   K.C.V.O.: London Gazette: 2 June, 1962 (Birthday Honours)   K.C.B: London Gazette: 3 June, 1972 (Birthday Honours)   G.C.V.O.: London Gazette: 1 January, 1976 (New Year Honours)   G.C.B.: London Gazette: 11 August, 1977   Q.S.O.: London Gazette: 31 December 1977   Royal Victorian Chain: London Gazette: 7 July, 1992.  Martin Michael Charles Charteris was born on 7 September 1913 at Halkin Place, London, the second son of Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho, and Lady Violet Catherine Manners. Educated at Eton College, and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 31 August 1933, being promoted to Lieutenant on 31 August 1936, and serving in the jungle in Burma in 1937. Soon after the outbreak of war in 1939, he was left temporarily paralyzed by a tropical virus (then called ‘Nile Rheumatism’) in Egypt, and in the process of returning back to Britain from Gibraltar to convalesce in October 1939, he was playing chess on deck with his Doctor when the hospital ship Yorkshire was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. He was nearly drowned as he was dragged underwater, having only recently regained any strength at all after his paralysis. Somehow surfacing he was rescued by a life raft and eventually picked up (as recorded in his account published in the Sunday Express of 25 February 1940) by an American vessel. Being neutral at this stage in war, the American ship was carefully inspected by the U-Boat but was in the end left alone.    After his recovery, he returned to active service in North Africa in 1941, taking command of ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, K.R.R.C. – part of the 7th Motor Brigade. His battalion saw a great deal of fighting against Rommel’s famous Africa Corps in and around Tobruk, el-Alamein, and at the Battle of Gazala, with his unit fighting in direct support of British M3 Grant tanks. In one of his wartime letters, he wrote: ‘The Gazala Line was like a shield held out in front of Tobruk, El Adem, and the coastal communications; its right rested on the coast, but its left, as must always be the case in Libya, hung open and undefended in the great desert to the south. It seemed highly improbable that the enemy would sweep south of Hacheim with his armour. We went east pretty fast…It was like General Post. There were British columns and German ones, cannoning off each other like blindfolded people: you could see the lolloping Verey lights, and like a bass string accompaniment you could hear as a background to everything the grunting, coughing, mumbling of the Panzers rolling east…The battle swung to and fro and for many days hung in the balance; indeed at one time we came so near to a great victory that I can hardly bear to think of what might have been. For my own part, I swung to and fro with the battle. For several days I was around Hacheim, and was filled with admiration for the Free French. I was at El Adem, Knightsbridge, on the edge of the Cauldron, and for two wild days behind the enemy at Mteifel.’   He was promoted to Captain on 31 August 1941, and continued to serve in WW2, being mentioned in despatches on 24 June 1943, promoted to Major on 7 September 1944, to Acting Colonel on 27 January 1945, and Acting Brigadier on 27 February 1945. In his personal life at this time, he married Hon. Gay Margesson, the daughter of David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson, on 16 December 1944, at Jerusalem.   Returning to military service, it is likely his latter wartime career was spent serving in an Intelligence capacity. After a period of work as an Instructor at Haifa Staff College, he was appointed Chief of Military Intelligence (G.S.I) in Palestine between September 1945 and September 1946, which included a good deal of counter-terrorism work undertaken against the ‘Lehi’ Zionist Paramilitary Organisation (known in British circles as ‘the Stern Gang’). ....For further information please see the catalogue pdf on www.mortonandeden.com 

*The Extremely Rare Ottoman Gold Nursing Award Brooch to Miss Gertrude Veysie, awarded to her in 1856 as a token of gratitude from Sultan Abdulmejid I in honour of her services as a nurse in the Hospitals of the British Army during the Crimean War. The central piece of this brooch, now incorporated into a larger gold setting, is of precisely the same type as the example awarded to Florence Nightingale, which is held in the Florence Nightingale Museum in Lambeth, London, comprising: An elaborate badge in gold and enamels, bearing the royal star and crescent of the Ottoman Empire, set with small diamonds; this now mounted into a larger, elaborate gold brooch with reverse pin and upper suspension loop, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by H. I. M. the Sultan to Miss G. Veysie in acknowledgement of her services in the Hospitals of the British Army in the East. 1856.’ marked ‘18 ct’ below; minor chip to red enamel near crescent, very fine or better, and extremely rare . Penelope Gertrude Veysie was born 18 August 1807 at Plymtree, Devon, the daughter of Reverend Daniel Veysie, rector of Plymtree and Prebendary of Exeter, and Mrs Anne Veysie (née Arnold). Her older brother, William Veysie (1801-1883) went on to reach the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 7th Bengal Cavalry, H.E.I.C., and it may be that it was through her brother’s connections that ‘Gertrude’ (as she preferred to be known) was able to take up an active role in the British Hospitals in the Crimea. Present research is inconclusive with regard to the date of her arrival in the Crimea, but it would appear from the existence of this award that she was present as a Nurse in 1856, and probably earlier. These extremely rare brooches are mentioned in ‘Honours and Awards to Women to 1914’ by Norman Gooding, citing the earlier author J. H. Mayo ‘Medals and Decorations of the British army and Navy’: “At the close of the Crimean War the Sultan wished to show his gratitude to the lady nurses for the great services they had rendered and with this view a sum of money was forwarded to the British Government to be divided amongst them… The Government thought that the ladies would dislike the idea of being offered money and it was therefore decided that the money should be spent on a number of brooches, made in gold, after a Turkish pattern approved by the Sultan, to be presented to the lady nurses. The brooches were of gold, circular in shape, enamelled red and green with a crescent of diamonds in the centre.” How many such brooches survive today remains unknown, but one such brooch, unaltered, remains in the Florence Nightingale Museum, Lambeth, London. The embellished brooch, offered here, appears to have been enlarged outwards from the original centrepiece, with the additional engraved details to the reverse. According to genealogical research, upon the death of her sister Ann in 1857, Gertrude Veysie dedicated her remaining life to nursing the sick, living at St. John’s House on 6-8 Norfolk Street, The Strand. This was the same institution which had provided the very first 6 nurses sent out with Florence Nightingale to the Crimea in 1854. Records of correspondence between Getrude Veysie and Florence Nightingale dated 1857 are known to exist. Gertrude Veysie died 14 Jan 1891 at 14 Westover Villas, Holdenhurst, Hampshire, at the age of 83.

China, Republic, Army Service Medal, 3rd Year of the Republic (1914), in base silver, width 34.5mm, very fine, with modern ribbon

China, People’s Republic, Patriotic medals (2), 1947, in silvered bronze and enamels with central red star, ‘Combat’ and ‘Support the Army’ types, 51-56mm, about very fine (2)

A Swiss Army boxed wrist watch with paperwork and original purchase receipt.

Dinky Toys No. 712 US Army T42A Aircraft. NM to M in E Bubble Packaging.

Continental School (19th century) - Portrait miniature of a sleeping child in a garden, said to be the Prince of Wales, inscribed on an old catalogue entry from a Christie, Manson & Woods sale on the 1st May 1894, watercolour possibly on ivory, oval, 2.5" x 3.25" **Ex. Collection, Monsieur Le Roy Bristol, an officer in the French Army, who served under Charles X (ex lot 16 in the Christie's sale) **Contained within a period gilt metal chased frame with inner gilt metal spandrel

A Circa 1920s British Army Cotton Padded Pith Helmet (possibly from the British Empire in India).

WWI British Army Issue Rifle Bayonet, for a Mark I SMLE rifle. Provenance: The owner of this collection excavated Hailes Abbey in Winchcombe over many seasons, and during his years with English Heritage, was largely responsible for developing the collection of historic artillery now on display at Pendennis Castle in Cornwall.. 

An Army & Navy CSL teak and brass bound campaign chest with secrétaire and short drawers above three long drawers to bun feet, width 99cm. CONDITION REPORT: There are deep scratches and gouges to the top as well as ink stain residue, there is a large spliced repair to the front and crudely screwed together, the front of the central drawer with crude patch repair screwed together, fall front split and held in by pins and nails, drawers very tight, right side vertical split and heavy staining, left side sections broken and missing, general heavy wear, handles misshapen, split to lower drawer.

Two WWII medals, unascribed, a miniature trio and a matching ribbon bar, contained in a wooden box with Royal Army Medical Corps coat of arms to the lid and inscribed 'To Flo and Jack with love from Sid, Kashmir 1944'.

A Britains No. 145 - Royal Army Medical Corps Ambulance Wagon, appears complete and very good, however damage to one rear wheel, staining to wagon cover, boxed. Regiment on All Nations, missing inner.

Three Boxed Corgi 1:50th Scale Diecast Model Military Vehicles, #CC60004 Sdkfz 7 Krauss-Maffei semi track personnel carrier - Deutsches Afrika Korps, Tripoli, Lybya 1941, #66601 Germany Army King Tiger Heavy Tank, #CC60003 Sdkfz 7/1 Krauss-Maffei semi track, German army - Hermann Goering Panzer Corps, certificate present.

Athletics Dame Kelly Holmes 6x8 signed colour bio card. Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, 800 and 1000 metre distances. Inspired by a number of successful British middle distance runners in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Holmes began competing in middle distance events in her youth. She joined the British Army but continued to compete at the organisation's athletics events. She turned to the professional athletics circuit in the early 1990s and in 1994 she won the 1500 m at the Commonwealth Games and took silver at the European Championships. She won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1995 Gothenburg World Championships but suffered from various injuries over the following two years, failing to gain a medal at her first Olympics in Atlanta 1996. She won silver in the 1500 m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and bronze in the 800 m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; her first Olympic medal. Holmes won the 1500 m at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 800 m bronze at the Munich European Championships that year. The 2003 track season saw her take silver in the 1500 m at the World Indoor Championships and the 800 m silver medals at the World Championships and first World Athletics Final. She took part in her final major championship in 2004 - she turned in a double gold medal-winning performance at the Athens Olympics, finishing as the 800 m and 1500 m Olympic Champion. For her achievements she won numerous awards and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2005. She retired from athletics in 2005 and has since made a number of television appearances. She participated as a contestant in the 2015 series of Bear Grylls: Mission Survive and was the runner-up after the 12-day survival mission. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95

the first fifteen of regulation type, nine in their scabbards; ten further bayonets including a Canadian C1 Model rifle bayonet; together with three bayonets repurposed for a fireplace set, a United States Army pouch and a WW2 British Army Royal Engineers field saw, in its pouch

Postcards : Nice collection of postcards and photos, many army related and crashed planes etc, plus other ephemera.

Collectables : Military items incl Territorial Army medal plus badges, ephemera and stamp album, interesting items.

William Golden pair of 12 bore box lock ejector shoguns, No 35210 & 35211, the greener actions with best bouquet and foliate scroll engraving and signed William Golden with carved fences and hold open top levers, the 28 inch barrels with ribs number 1 & 2, CH ic & 1/2 and ic & 3/8 respectively. Number 1 rib engraved New Barrels by W W Greener 40 Pall Mall London Works Birmingham and number 2 engraved William Golden 12 Cross Church Street Huddersfield (black Damascus). Highly figured stocks, LOP 14 inch, in fitted brass mounted oak and leather double gun case with original Army & Navy trade label

Ten sets of cigarette cards in two ring binders including John Player 'Army Life,' 25, Wills 'Military Motors,' 50, and Gallaher's 'The Great War,' First series of 100

Hubert Cook (20th British), A pair of head-and-shoulders portrait of army officers, signed and dated 1949, charcoal on paper, 32x25cm, together with another bust portrait of a young man in uniform, signed 'A. Hunt,' pencil on paper, 23x13cm, all glazed and framed

A Geo V Army Officers sword with leather scabbard.

World War II - a Navy V Army cricket bat, signed by each team member, 1942

Britains Toy Soldiers Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment Sherwood Foresters two Kneeling on Guard figures; others including Two Standing Firing Figures and Officer figure and Standard Bearer (boxed); a Tradition Soldiers for Collectors Henry VIII's Army Arquebusiers (boxed); a W Britain Blues & Royals metl figure; another Zulu War British 24th Foot Running with Ammo Box and Rifle; two Queens Guard Standard Bearers; A Tasfigs No13 Volunteer Tasmanian Imperial Bushman, 1900; Trophy Miniatures Wales Ltd. The Napoleonic War Hand to Hand Colour Seargent, 3rd Battalion, 1st Foot Guards, French Sapeur of the Imperial Guard etc.

Cigarette Cards - five comprehensive albums containing Wills's War Pictures, Allied Army Leaders, Arms of Universities; Rugby players; qty ''TURF'' cigarette cards 50 famous dog breeds, british fish, zoo animals; John Players Speedway Riders; Tennis; Motor Cars; Cricketers 1930; Wild Animals Heads; Hohn Player cycling series, Film Stars, Aviation of the Royal Air Force, qty

Cigarette Cards - comprehensive albums containing John Player & Sons Army Corps & Divisional signs 1914-1918, The British Livestock; Player's characters from Dickens, Polar Exploration, Picturesque Bridges, Hidden Beauties; Famous Boxers; types of horses; reproduction prominent rugby players; Wills's 'Do You Know 3rd series of 50; Flowering trees and shrubs, English Cricketrs; etc, qty (4 albums)

Toys - various military vehicles including a Britains Scout Car Daimler Mk.II with figures; another similar; a Britains Beetle Lorry; a Britains Mechanical Transport and Air Force Equipment underslung lorry with searchlight; a Britains 4.7 Naval Gun no. 1264; a Dinky Foden Army Truck no.668; a Britains Land Rover SWB & Crescent & Co Ammunition Limber etc. qty

A GERMAN, THIRD REICH, ARMY DAGGER AND SHEATH WITH METAL MOUNTED BULLION THREAD HANGER AND KNOT, ETCHED ALCOSA SOLINGEN TRADE MARK

MILITARIA. A WORLD WAR ONE BRITISH ARMY ANTI-SPLINTER TANK CREW FACE MASK OF LEATHER COVERED METAL AND CHAIN MAIL, C1918

A VICTORIAN BLACK LEATHER ARMY OFFICER'S CROSS BELT POUCH, 16CM W

A pair of mounted taxidermy fox head trophies, Army & Naval C.S.L. Naturalist Department label verso.

GREAT BRITAIN Officials: Army 1896-1901 _d blue-green (SG O42), upper left corner block of 24 (6x4) on annotated album page detailing a number of minor (unlisted) overprint varieties identified by position, creasing affects right vertical row, hinged in margins but stamps u/m