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WW2 German Army Soldbuch, well used example of a German army Soldbuch with civilian photograph to the inside front cover. Book issued to a Karl Schepper in May 1940. Awards noted in the book for Eastern Front medal, Wound badge in black and War Service Cross 2nd class with swords. Various unit ink stamps and written, including motorised units. Some water staining.

4x Indian Army Cavalry Badges, consisting of officers silver gilt 13th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers headdress badge with four lug fittings to the reverse, two piece 13th Lancers headdress badge with four lug / loop fittings, gilt brass Poona Horse headdress badge with two lug fittings and a brass 19th King Georges Own Lancers cap badge with slider fitting. Various conditions. (4 items)

WW2 German Armed Forces Parade Bayonet by Carl Eickhorn, Solingen, standard issue parade bayonet with two piece black chequered grips, plated pommel and cross guard. Housed in the original blackened steel scabbard with leather hanging frog attached. The bayonet has an army officers dagger portepee / knot attached. Plain blade with deep struck fuller to the back edge. The blade has Carl Eickhorn, Solingen makers trade mark to the base. Blade measures 25cms, overall 40cms (not including frog). Good untouched as found example.

WW2 German Army / Waffen-SS Panzer Assault Badge in Bronze by Hermann Wernstein, Jenna, example retaining much of the bronze wash finish to the obverse and reverse of the award. Complete with the original pin fitting, catch no longer present. Makers mark to the bottom corner of the badge.

WW2 German Luftwaffe Other Ranks Belt Buckle, being a polished other ranks aluminium belt buckle with the original leather tab having unclear makers stamp. Reverse of the buckle maker marked ‘Dr F & Co’. Accompanied by a semi relic German army combat belt buckle by JFS. (2 items)

Group of 4 Attributed WW2 Medals, awarded to 7394467 Private Robert Edwin Smith, Royal Army Medical Corps, consisting of 1939-45 Star medal, Africa Star medal with clasp ‘North Africa 1942-43’, Italy Star medal and War medal 1939-45. Unnamed as issued, recent issues in plastic cases of issue accompanied by enclosure document for 4+1 medals; General Service medal 1918-62, EIIR, with clasp ‘Canal Zone’, “22203443 DVR T A COOMBS R. SIGNALS.”, laser engraved naming, medal in named cardboard box of issue.Complete with copy pages from his service record confirming that Terence Adrian Coombs enlisted in Bristol and served between 5th April 1948 and 6th June 1953. He served as a Driver and Despatch Rider with Middle Eastern Land Forces between 19th November 1948 and 2nd March 1952.

Indian Army Bombay Pioneers Pagri Badge, fine example with pin and catch fixing to the reverse. Accompanied by a brass cap badge for the Sinde Irregular Horse and an unusual badge made from a Kabul to Kandahar star medal with the centre removed and III added, two lug loop fittings placed on the reverse. (3 items)

WW1 & WW2 German Document Grouping, consisting of Imperial German Militarpass given to Bruno Beck who served in 1918 with Field Artillery regiment 56; Third Reich period linen driving license for Bruno Beck, 1930’s Deutsche Reich Reisepass for Bruno Beck and his wife; German army issue Wehrpass with civilian photograph. Various entries including WW1 service. Awards show the 1914-18 Honour Cross with swords. Wehrpass held in card slipcase.

Great War Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 Star Medal Trio to a Gallipoli First Day Lander, 1914-15 Star medal, ‘10365 PTE. G. CARTWRIGHT R. FUS.’, British War and Victory medals, ‘GS-10365 PTE. G. CARTWRIGHT R. FUS.’ 31 year old George Cartwright from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, enlisted into the Royal Fusiliers on 3rd December 1914. Serving in the 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers he arrived at Gallipoli on 15th April 1915, the first day of the landings. His service record indicates he was wounded in action 7th May 1915 but gives no other details. He later served in France but was transferred to Class P Army Reserve on 25th June 1917 and issued with a Silver War Badge (not present), he was discharged as unfit for further service due to Arterio Sclerosis. In 1920 he re-attested for the Territorial Force serving in the 5th Leicestershire Defence Force through until March 1924. 

Impressive Photograph Album of Boer War and Indian Army Delhi Durbar Interest, fine album with large print images beginning with scenery of South Africa at the time of the Boer War, good images of a Military parade in Pretoria in 1905, images of Boer prisoners, image of Boer general Christiaan de Wet, famous artillery gun ‘Long Tom’, groups of British officers, etc. Album then moves to outside of South Africa and includes good images of Royal Artillery and large format images of Indian Army officers during the Delhi Durbar 1911. Loose in the front are some pen and ink sketches of enemy positions in South Africa during the Boer War. The pages of the album have become loose but the images remain clear and most are annotated with people and locations identified.

WW2 German Army Soldbuch and War Service Cross 2nd Class Award Grouping, issued to Unteroffizier Gustav Schneider who served in a motor repair and parts depot for the Wehrmacht. Uniform photograph to the inside of the soldbuch. Well filled out including the entries for the award of the War Service Cross 2nd class with swords, this award accompanies the book, along with the original citation for the award issued in 1944. Citation with signature of Generalmajor u Kommandeur der Aussenstelle West Chef WKW/GEN D MO. Accompanied by 1st pattern Arbeitsbuch (work book) and other documents and family photographs etc. Late Colin Kluth collection

WW2 German Army Soldbuch of Schutzen Peter Michel Grenadier Kompanie Landschutz Ersatz Abteilung Battalion 1/9, loose uniform photograph to the inside, he was promoted to Unteroffizier on 1st April 1945. Various wounds / hospital entries and also the award of the Black Wound badge to the back.

WW2 German Army Afrikakorps (D.A.K) Pith Helmet, good example of a 2nd pattern tropical helmet in olive felt with a darker brown central band and olive leather covering to the brim. Complete with both metal helmet shield decals. Original olive leather chinstrap attached to the helmet. Helmet is complete with an original pair of WW2 dust goggles. Interior with green lining to the underside of the shell, tan leather sweatband and red felt interior. Underside of the sweatband with ink stampings. One small area of light damage to the peak but otherwise a very nice example.

WW2 German Army & RAD Labour Service Wehrpass and Document Grouping, all issued to Eckardt Rasch, consisting of armed forces issue Wehrpass with RAD uniform photograph to the inside. He began his military service with Infantry regiment 103 and then served in various other units until he served from 1943 in a transport training battalion. He was awarded the War Service Cross 2nd class with swords, RAD long service medal and the Eastern Front medal. Interesting it is noted that he was trained with hand grenades as well as various guns. Denazified cover to the wehrpass. Accompanied by various documents relating to his service with the RAD including his well used RAD Dienstausweis book, linen RAD personal ausweis with uniform photograph to the inside and his RAD Arbeitsdienst pass with uniform photograph. Late Colin Kluth collection

Good Japanese WW2 Army Officers Sword Katana, earlier blade, 66.9cms, mumei, 3 mekugi ana, blade cut with a single hi, blade cleaned bright over some light pitting, scratching and shallow edge chips, in shin gunto mounts dress knot in its iron scabbard with leather combat cover. Good condition.

Interesting WW2 Japanese Army Officers Sword Katana, blade 66.6cms, signed and dated on opposite sides of the nakago together with seki arsenal stamp, a further deep stamp, and 3 characters in red paint, pronounced gunome hamon, fair polish, surface with some minor wear and light pitting, in shin gunto mounts, in its wooden scabbard with leather combat cover. Good condition.

Grouping of WW2 Allied Personal Messages and Order of the Day Printed Documents of the Allied Commanders, the grouping includes the printed message given to all allied troops who were embarking for the Normandy beaches in 1944 for the D-Day invasion by Dwight D Eisenhower, his message at the end of hostilities, Field Marshal Alexanders message from April 1945 in the Mediterranean theatre, several messages from Montgomery for the 8th and 21st armies etc. All generally good condition. Accompanied by a wartime produced poster with coloured illustrations of the various divisional insignias of the British army. (14 items)

Indian Army Metal Shoulder Titles, brass and white metal examples, including 23/PIONEERS, Q.V.O. S&M, 10/LANCERS, 129/BALUCHIS, 58/RIFLES, 35/SIKHS, 3/SAPPERS & MINERS, plus others. Various conditions and periods. (13 items)

An Interesting Great War Medical Services 1914 Star Medal Group of Four Including a Greek Order of the Redeemer to an Officer who Post War, Went on to Become the Coroner of the Eastern District of London, 1914 Star medal, “W.R.H. HEDDY B.R.C.S. & O.ST.J.J.”, British War and Victory medals with M.I.D. emblem on the ribbon of the Victory medal, “CAPT. W.R.H. HEDDY”, Kingdom of Greece, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Knight’s breast badge in Pomonis, Athens fitted case of issue. Accompanied by mounted group of miniature medals consisting, 1914 star with August-November clasp, British War and Victory medals with M.I.D. emblem, Greek Order of the Redeemer and the Greek medal for the Greco-Turkish War of 1912-13.Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 10th July 1919.We have not been able to confirm the award of the Order of the Redeemer in the London Gazette, but this is not unusual. William Reginald Huleatt Heddy was born in London on 30th December 1890, his father William Senior being a surgical physician. William followed in his fathers’ footsteps attending Dover College in 1906and in 1908 he entered Middlesex Hospital to study medicine becoming an anaesthetist in 1911. In January 1914 he received his medical diploma of L.R.C.P. and a month later gained his surgical diploma of M.R.C.S.On the outbreak of war in August 1914 William served as a Medical Officer with the British Red Cross in the Lille Mobile Unit landing in France ion 25th October 1914. Commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps in July 1915 with the 1st London (City of London) Field Ambulance, he was promoted to Captain in January 1916. In 1918 he wrote an article for the journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps entitled ‘Anaesthetics in the Field’ based on his war time experiences. He resigned his Commission in July 1920 and went on to serve as a coroner. On 25th January 1934 he was appointed Assistant Deputy Coroner, in 1938 he was Deputy Coroner for St. Pancras and 2 years later he was appointed Coroner of the Eastern District of London. In this roll he was present at the autopsy of Josef Jakobs, a German spy who has the dubious honour of being the last person to be executed in the Tower of London.William retired in March 1956 and died in March 1972 in Ealing, London.It is interesting to note that his son, Brian Huleatt Heddy, born in 1916, served in the SOE during the Second World War and at one point was the Consul for the States of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.

Victorian Militia Shako Plate, being universal pattern white metal shako plate with two lug fittings to the reverse; Royal Artillery Militia post 1902 cap badge with two lug fittings; Royal Engineers Militia Edward VII bronze cap badge with lug fittings and a pair of brass Army Medical Staff Corps collar badges. Ex The Late Rod Flood Collection.

ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY the blade with etched detail but unsigned to chromed grip and wirework shagreen grip, housed in a stitched leather scabbard with pouch105cm long

ROYAL FLYING CORPS ENSIGN FLAG WWI-PERIOD flown over France 13 squadron, brought home by Liet. E. Gaddis Plum, mounted with plaque, framed and under glass, presented alongside a copy of Plum's (an American native) Service record and further detail on 13th SquadronNote: No. XIII Squadron RFC was formed at RAF Gosport, Hampshire, on 10th January 1915 and moved to France and the Western Front on 19th October 1915, initially on Army co-operation duties and subsequently on bombing raids, pioneering formation bombing. Aircraft types operated during the war included the Martinsyde G.100, the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, the Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8, the SPAD VII and SPAD XIII, and the Sopwith Dolphin fighters. The squadron disbanded on 31 December 1919.the flag 65cm x 91.5cm, 87cm x 105cm overall

A collection of DVDs to include Dad's Army, Gilbert and Sullivan box set, UXB, Ever Decreasing Circles.Location:

British Army Queens Royal Lancers Officers No1 Dress Uniform

Military accessories inc Bulgarian army boots

A quantity of mixed magazines and newspapers including 1951 Festival of Britain Guide, WWII period newspapers, HMSO Eighth Army, Royalty related and others (a lot)

Collection of WWI and WWII German ephemera, belonging to 'Alfred Wanderer', a NCO in the German Army, (Nr. 20535), to include: NS Wehrpass, NSDAP Member Book and various Medal Certificates. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Alfred Wanderer served 1941 with Pz. Rgt. 21 of the 20.Pz. Div., then active in Russia (Minsk, Smolensk, Wjasma, Moscow, Gshatsk). 1942-44 he served with Pz.Abt.129, attached till Jan. '43 to the 29. Inf. Div. (mot.) , when the Div. was destroyed at Stalingrad. He survived this disaster, as he continued to serve with the same Tank unit after the Div. was reformed march '43 and renamed 29. Pz. Gen. Div., 1943-45 active in Italy (Apulia, Sicily, Salerno, Monte Casino, Rome and Nettuno.

Victorian Royal Marines Light Infantry Officers Waist Belt Clasp, 'Royal Marines Light Infantry' within a silvered circlet, gilt centre piece with silvered Royal Crest, worn 1856-1902, the WBC was among other items belonging to Major, The Reverend, William Houghton Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment and comes direct from family, (William Houghton was born 1st June 1859 in London, he attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1879 and was commissioned 14th January 1880, into the 4th Regiment of Foot (later The Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment), he appears to have spent much of his service in India, speaking Hindustani and indeed, marrying his wife Anastasia Christina at Bombay in 1894, he also served in Hong Kong and the Straights Settlements, in 1902 he attended the Coronation of King Edward VII as part of the detachment representing the Infantry of the Line, promoted Major in 1903 he retired from the Army in 1907, he presumably returned to the Colours in on the outbreak of war in 1914 though the only record we can find of this is the award of the Silver War Badge, number 383089, it being sent to North Newton Vicarage, Nr Bridgewater, Somerset, William Houghton passed away at Taunton on 16th June 1922)

Collection of British First World War Trench Maps, the maps are attributed to Brigadier General Herbert Cecil Potter (10/10/1875-11/6/1964) Officer Commanding the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, during the Battle of the Somme and 3rd Battle of Ypres, the maps, detailed below, are of areas in which Potter served throughout the war from 1914 and include detailed information of enemy trenches marked in red on each map, some are particularly evocative, the map of Hebuterne containing the village of Serre with 'Matthew', 'Mark', 'Luke', 'John' Copses, all clearly marked and bring to mind the tragic first day of the Battle of the Somme, a map of Delville Wood is annotated in pencil with 'Delville Wood and Guillemont, 9 Bde attack 16/8/1916' , another map gives the 'German Order of Battle, Cambrai 1 Dec 1917', a map of the 'Seine, Meuse, and Rhine Basins Showing Areas of Occupation of the Allied Armies Jan 1919' is marked with the ink stamp of 'HQ 9th Infantry Brigade', the maps were given to the vendor when a young man by General Potter's son Major Cecil Potter, a family friend in Somerset, some  are heavily used and stained with the mud of the front line, many of  the annotations on the maps are believed to have been made by General Potter contemperaneously, while some, particularly on the French made maps, are believed to have been done by Major Cecil Potter post warBrigadier General Herbert Cecil Potter CB, CMG, DSO was born in Nagasaki, Japan, educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst, joined the Kings (Liverpool) Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant 29/2/1896, promoted Lieutenant, March 1899, then Captain, December 1900, seconded to a Mounted Infantry Column in South Africa 1901-02 (2nd Boer War) served in the Sudan in 1908 and the Western Front throughout the First World War, wounded through both legs in August 1914, he returned to the front line and given command of 9th Infantry Brigade in April 1916, during the Battle of the Somme General Potters recce of High Wood with two other officers, and the realisation that it was clear of Germans and could be occupied easily is detailed on Page 137/138 of 'Somme' by Lyn MacDonald, '...There was not a German to be seen. The commanders decided to look for themselves. General Potter of the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Division, with Lieutenant Colonel Elliot and Major General Watts Commander of the 7th Division were not so foolhardy as to expose themselves by walking along the track at the top of the slope but, hugging the the shelter immediatley below, clambered along to the ruined windmill, a hundred yards or so to the right.... looking across the gentlest of valleys, where the ridge on which they stood sloped down to a hollow and rose almost imperceptibly to the dark mass of High Wood itself,...Nothing stirred in the cornfields. High Wood was silent...Then they crossed the cornfield almost to the edge of High Wood. Not a shot was fired. High Wood was empty. Jubilant, excited, and anxious to push ahead, they almost ran back to the line. The troops were fresh and ready to go...', tragically, the information was not acted on in time, the Germans reoccupied the wood and High Wood was not taken until September after heavy fighting and many casualties, Potter was twice wounded at the Somme in August 1916, the second time by a 'large shell which sat down beside me and made me stone deaf for some days', Potter also served at the Battle of Arras April-May 1917, and the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) July-November 1917, as well as the Queens South Africa Medal with three clasps Potter was awarded a medal and clasp, 4th Class Osmanieh, 3rd Class Mejidieh in Sudan (1908),mentioned in depatches in WW1, decorated with the Legion of Honour by Sir Douglas Haig in November 1915, made DSO in 1917 and CMG in 1918, he retired from the army in 1927, the maps included in the lot are;Delville Wood Map, large scale, trench lines/road names marked in red (Fleet Street, High Holborn, Bond Street, Regents Street, etc) with reverse marked in pencil (believed by Major Cecil Potter) 'Delville wood and Guillemont, 9 Bde attack 16/8/1916'Trench Map - Hebuterne, Ordnance Survey 1916, scale 1:10,000 , 'Trenches corrected to 19:8:16', trench lines printed in red, additional markings in pencil (Bounderies, Pendant Alley, etc),'Matthew Copse', 'Mark Copse', 'Luke Copse', 'John Copse', which formed part of the British front line and forming up points for some of the Pals battalions are clearly marked, front of map marked 'Brigadier, Serre, Aug 1916''Seine, Meuse, and Rhine Basin  Showing Areas of Occupation of the Allied Armies Jan. 1919', 1:1,000,000 scale map, showing Belgian, British, American, and French zones outlined in red, marked in pencil 'Occupation zones of the Rhineland 1919' bears stamps of 'HQ 9th Infantry Brigade' and 'General Staff 3rd Division' dated 7th February 1919French issue map of Melun, 1:80,000 scale, bottom left corner marked 'Revisee 1888', marked in pencil 'France, 1/80,000 map of Melun area (SE of Paris) probably issued in case of further retreat by BEF in August 1914'Map of Cambrai, 1:100,000 scale, British intelligence map showing German Order of Battle, Army Groups, Armies, Corps, Divisions, down to Regiments, including rest billets, all printed in red, marked to reverse 'German Order of Battle, Cambrai, 1 Dec 1917'Trench map, Ordnance Survey 1915, sheet 36c N.W. 3 and part of 1, scale 1:10,000, shows town of Loos, trench lines in red including 'Loos Road Redoubt', marked to the front in pen '**** 1915'Trench Map, scale 1:10,000, France, La Bassee, trenches marked in red including Holenzollern Redoubt, units marked in pen (19th Bde, Kings, 2nd South Staffords), marked to the front in pencil '1915'Trench Map, France, Sheet 57c S.W., scale 1:20,000, trench lines marked in red, Bazentin, Longueville, Guillemont, High Wood, Delville Wood, Flatiron Copse, Sabot Copse, Arrow Head copse, etc all shown, mud stained, marked in pencil to front 'Bazentin/High Wood'French issue map, Provins, marked bottom left corner 'Revisee 1888', marked in pencil 'Large scale map of Provins area (SE of Paris) probably issued in case of further retreat by BEF in August 1914', (qty)

Pair of Medals to the same soldier, George VI Long Service & Good Conduct Medal with 'Regular Army' clasp (4383914 W.O. CL. 2. R.J.G. SCOTT. GREEN HOWARDS), held in original box of issue, together with a 1939-1945 British War Medal in original postage box addressed to 'R Scott, 109 Waterway Street, Meadows, Nottingham, box also contains ribbon for the Defence Medal but this is presumably lost, (2)

German M1871 Sword Bayonet by the maker Alex Coppel, Solingen, maker stamped to one side of ricasso, Imperial crown over 'Erfurt' to the other side, dated '84' to spine, crossguard is stamped '32 R. R. 152' for the 32nd (2nd Thuringian) Reserve Infantry Regiment, part of IX Army Corps, the '152' is the bayonet rack number, scabbard absent, together with a German M98/05 Bayonet , unfortunately the handle/tang broken, scabbard absent, and a British Pattern 1876 Socket Bayonet, marked with broad arrow, date 11/84, and Enfield inspection mark, scabbard absent, (3)

First World War group of items to Lieutenant F.R. Bullard 2/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry, including, Yeomanry Pocket Book marked to the front 'F.R. Bullard 2/1 Derbyshire Yeomanry', Instruction to the Machine Gun booklet dated 1915, marked inside to 'F.R. Bullard 2/1 Derbyshire Yeomanry', Army Book 136 (Notebook) marked to the inside to 'F.R. Bullard, 2nd Lt., Transport Officer, 14 D.L.I.' which contains nominal roll of members of the Transport Section and their jobs, Vet, Drivers, Breakers, Farrier, etc, assorted ephemera including list of officers chargers with names and colours of each horse, C2121 Forms (Messages & Signals) with detailed notes and diagrams written on the back regarding the placement of barbed wire obstacles including man-loaded equipment scales, note from Brigade Transport Officer, 18th Infantry Brigade to Transport Officer 14 D.L.I. regarding detailing 4 men with horses or mules for transport duties in the Loos area, notes of field punishment awarded to 'Pte Fellows, H, 14488, 14 D.L.I. A Coy', (3 days C.B for disobeying G.R.O. 1032), letter to Bullard from a fellow officer dated 21/06/1917, includes some details of a trench raid, '...our last little stunt which was a complete success - Some Batt. this! Fifty Boches were killed and eight taken prisoner. Moffitt was in charge of the party, Rothfield, Bruce and an old officer Lasalles went over. Rothfield did extremely well and captured one Boche sentry at a house who he was obliged to pop in the neck before he could get him over the parapit. You must have laughed to see him roll down to our support line, Roth running like hell! I was with the M.O. but fortunately had little to do as we had but seven wounded, mostly slightly, including Bruce, and one killed...', pair of woolen puttees attributed to Bullard, Trench Map, Sheet 62c NW, River Somme, Peronne 'Trenches correct 8/1/17', scale 1:20,000, trenches marked in red including Mannheim Trench, Johannes Trench, Brasso Redoubt, Oder Trench, Koros Alley, etc, records show Lt. Frederick Ringer Bullard of 2/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry entered France on 18th October 1916 and entitled to the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal which he applied for 25/08/1921, 2/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry was formed in 1914 and was part of 9th Mounted Brigade, 3rd Mounted Division in the U.K., in October 1916 4 Officers and 165 O/Rs from the regiment were drafted to France as reinforcements to the 14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, including presumably Lt Bullard, Private Harry Fellows entered France on 11th September 1915 and is shown as entitled to the 1914/15 Star, BWM and Victory Medal, demobilised to Class Z, vendor states he was gifted the items by Bullards niece in the late 1990s

Energa  Anti Tank Rifle Grenade (Training), used by British army with the 7.62mm Self Loading Rifle, inert

German 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class, private purchase screwback example, vaulted, reverse of cross stamped with small number '2', the reverse of the cross, back plate and screw fastener all stamped '800' for the silver content, the Iron Cross was among other items belonging to Major, The Reverend, William Houghton Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment and comes direct from family, (William Houghton was born 1st June 1859 in London, he attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1879 and was commissioned 14th January 1880, into the 4th Regiment of Foot (later The Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment), he appears to have spent much of his service in India, speaking Hindustani and indeed, marrying his wife Anastasia Christina at Bombay in 1894, he also served in Hong Kong and the Straights Settlements, in 1902 he attended the Coronation of King Edward VII as part of the detachment representing the Infantry of the Line, promoted Major in 1903 he retired from the Army in 1907, he presumably returned to the Colours in on the outbreak of war in 1914 though the only record we can find of this is the award of the Silver War Badge, number 383089, it being sent to North Newton Vicarage, Nr Bridgewater, Somerset, William Houghton passed away at Taunton on 16th June 1922)

Collection of British Indian Army tunic buttons from East India Company period to Second World War, to include, Victorian gilt 21mm pre 1861 Medical Staff, Victorian gilt 24mm Bengal Medical Service worn 1876-1901, Victorian gilt 24mm Bombay Medical Staff 1876-1901, Victorian gilt 24mm Madras Medical Staff 1876-1901, Victorian gilt 17mm Indian Medical Service 1892-1901, Edward VII gilt 24mm Indian Medical Service 1901-1910 (2), George V gilt 24mm Indian Medical Service 1911-1936, George V brass 24mm Indian Medical Service 1911-1936 (2), George V brass 19mm Indian Medical Service 1911-1936, Edward VIII gilt 24mm Indian Medical Service 1937-1947, gilt 22mm Indian Auxiliary Force Medical Corps, brass 25mm Indian Army Medical Corps WW2, gilt 12mm Kings crown Indian Army, George VI brass 25mm (4), George VI brass 14mm, George VI brass 12mm (2), Victorian gilt 22mm Madras Artillery, gilt 22mm Honourable East India Company Bombay Artillery, silver 22mm Honourable East India Company Bombay Artillery, Victorian 24mm gilt 24mm Madras Engineers, WW1/WW2 brass 23mm First Sappers & Miners, brass 25mm Indian Engineers, Victorian gilt 24mm pre 1876 Bombay Staff Corps, Victorian gilt 24mm pre 1876 Madras Staff Corps, Victorian gilt 24mm pre 1876 Bengal Staff Corps, Victorian gilt 19mm pre 1876 Bengal Staff Corps, Victorian gilt 19mm pre 1876 Bombay Staff Corps, Victorian gilt 27mm Bengal Staff Corps 1876-1890, Victorian gilt 24mm Indian Staff Corps 1890-1901 (2), Edward VII gilt 26mm Indian Staff Corps 1901-1910, Victorian gilt 21mm pre 1861 Honourable East India Company, gilt 26mm Kings Crown Indian Navy, brass 17mm Indore State, brass 19mm Mysore Infantry, Victorian white metal 24mm Mysore Lancers, post 1901 Kings Crown white metal 24mm Mysore Lancers (3), Victorian white metal 17mm Mysore Lancers, brass 23mm Bharatpur State Forces, brass 23mm Maler Kotla State Forces, brass 19mm Junagada Lancers, brass 19mm Jammu & Kashmir Artillery, brass 17mm Jammu & Kashmir Artillery, brass 16mm Jammu & Kashmir Infantry, gilt and white metal 23mm Jammu & Kashmir State Forces (2), brass 23mm Bhopal Stae Forces, brass 24mm Gwalior Transport, brass 20mm Gwalior Artillery, brass 24mm Gwalior Lancers, brass 20mm Gwalior Lancers, brass 24mm Gwalior Infantry, brass 19mm Chamba State Forces, brass 23mm Jaipur Sawai Man Guardsbrass 17mm Jaipur Sawai Man Guards, brass 25mm Jaipur Infantry, brass 17mm Dhar State Forces, brass 23mm Dhar State Forces, white metal 17mm Palanpur State Forces, together with brass 23mm Kings Crown Penang Volunteers, brass 16mm Kings Crown Malay States Volunteer Rifles, white metal 24mm Kings Crown Hong Kong Volunteer Corps (2), brass 24mm Hong Kong Volunteer Corps, the buttons are attached to boards with hand written desciptions and come from the collection of Field Marshal  Sir John Chapple (1931-1922), they were given to the vendor and his wife who were friends of the Field Marshal

British Pattern 1855 Lancaster Sword Bayonet, straight, fullered, pipe backed blade with spear point, marked to one side of the ricasso with a broad arrow and British Solingen inspection mark, to the other side with date '04 and Birmingham repair mark, brass crossguard and pommel ,stamped to the pommel with 'R.A.M.C.', 'M', '14.05', and '96', held in leather scabbard with brass mounts, originally issued to Sappers and Miners for use with the Lancaster Rifle, the bayonets were placed into store for many years until re-issued to the Royal Army Medical Corps as walking out sidearms, vendor states purchased directly from the collector and author Anthony Carter, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)

Post war British Army Air Observation Post pilots wings, embroidered in bullion with pin back, together with a smaller set in bullion with pin back for mess dress,(2)

First/Second World War U.S. Army M1915A1 Battery Commanders telescope, serial number 5352, maker 'R & L OPT. CO. 1913', held in fitted leather case

German Third Reich army officers dagger, no maker mark to steel blade, leather buffer pad present, trylon grip has been damaged and repaired at some stage, zinc alloy crossguard and pommel, held in steel pebbled scabbard with two suspension rings

Edward VII 1902 Coronation Medal in silver, the reverse engraved 'Captain W. Houghton, The Kings Own', together with a First World War Silver War Badge, number 383089, still pinned to the Certificate as issued to 'Major The Reverend W. Houghton, Royal Lancaster Regiment, the items belonged to Major, The Reverend, William Houghton Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment and comes direct from family, (William Houghton was born 1st June 1859 in London, he attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1879 and was commissioned 14th January 1880, into the 4th Regiment of Foot (later The Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment), he appears to have spent much of his service in India, speaking Hindustani and indeed, marrying his wife Anastasia Christina at Bombay in 1894, he also served in Hong Kong and the Straights Settlements, in 1902 he attended the Coronation of King Edward VII as part of the detachment representing the Infantry of the Line, promoted Major in 1903 he retired from the Army in 1907, he presumably returned to the Colours in on the outbreak of war in 1914 though the only record we can find of this is the award of the Silver War Badge, number 383089, it being sent to North Newton Vicarage, Nr Bridgewater, Somerset, William Houghton passed away at Taunton on 16th June 1922)

Bag or cushion cover with Second World War Formation Signs sewn to the front including 56th London Division, 45th Division, 11th Corps, 8th Army, 1st Anti Aircraft Division, 12th Corps, Hampshire County Division, 1st Armoured Division, North Kent and Surrey District, 6th Anti Aircraft Division, U.S. Army Service Forces, HQ Line Of Communications 21st Army Group, together with some WW2 and post war loose Formation Signs and RN rank and trade insignia including, Guards Armoured Division, 1st Army, Anti Aircraft Command, 82nd West African Division, Royal Navy Scripture Reader shoulder titles, etc, (Qty)

Presentation Axe of the type carried by British army pioneers, engraved plaque on the wooden shaft reads 'Presented to CPO Brassington by the W.O.s & Sgts Mess 12 RSME Regt Chattenden Bks Dec 1975', 12 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment was based at Chattenden Barracks in Kent, in 1975 it consisted of 17 & 18 RSME Squadrons and 24 Field Squadron

Bronze figure of a First World War Australian soldier of the Australian New Zealand Army Corps, rifle missing, 22 cm in height

* Secret Writing. Table of cypher substitutes issued by Sir Charles Hedges (1650-1714), Secretary of State for the Northern Department, [to Edmund Poley (1655-1714), diplomat, in preparation for his embassy to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg], 2 November 1703, manuscript list in the hand of Edmund Poley on laid paper bifolium with watermarks of hunting horn with ‘WR’ and ‘GTM’ motifs, the first sheet containing cypher substitutes (two columns on recto, single column to verso), numbered 2-139, 150, 200, 300, 350, 500, 1000, 1500, 1501-1504, representing persons and classes of persons, places, subjects and phrases, categories including 50 Secretary of State, 55 King of Denmark, 65 The Queen [Anne], 91 House of Commons, 123 Judges, 15 Holland, 28 The Army, 134 Very well, 135 Very ill, 136 Dangerous, 1503 Ill consequence, 1504 Great consequence, etc., integral blank leaf endorsed [by Edmund Poley], ‘A Private Cypher between me and the secretary of state Sir Charles Hedges; given me by him the 2nd November 1703’, partially browned with some tears to fold intersections affecting a few letters without loss of sense, folio (310 x 235 mm), together with 2 contemporary clerical copies of letters from Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714), Hannover, 14 July 1705 & Herenhausen, 9 September 1705, in Latin and French respectively, 2pp. each, both endorsed on blank integral leaf as 'Mr [Edmund] Poley's Recredentialls from the Electrice of Hanover', folio & 4to, plus a contemporary clerical copy in German, giving tables and lists with numbers of Allied army soldiers killed or wounded at the Battle of Blenheim, 13 August 1704, on two facing pages of a bifolium, docketed in French, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Sir Charles Hedges served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department, the overseas duties of which covered The Empire, Holland, Scandinavia, Poland and Russia, between May 1702 and May 1704.The list is arranged as a decyphering key so anyone using it to encypher has to remember the location of the desired name. A convenient encyphering arrangement (e.g. names in alphabetical order) was labour-intensive to compile and (with two copies of essentially the same information in circulation) no doubt discouraged on security grounds.The list omits the ordinary cypher elements which would be essential in any workable system: equivalents for single letters, syllables, and longer words. It is possible that members of the Northern Department may have shared the same repertoire of basic equivalents. If so, this document may most likely to have been by way of an up-to-date supplement compiled as circumstances required.This cypher was evidently constructed to accommodate the political preoccupations of the autumn of 1703: the question of the succession [86] to the English throne following the death of William III in 1702, when Princess Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg [1000] became the immediate heir; and the campaign of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough [93] against the French army in Germany [300]. In September 1703 the government in London ordered three of Marlborough's regiments to be detached from his army [28] to prepare for service in Portugal [16].The name of the career diplomat Edmund Poley (1655-1714) appears flatteringly near the top of the list at number 8. Out of favour for nearly ten years, he had previous experience in Sweden and the German states and was recalled in August 1703 to be envoy to Brunswick-Lüneburg. On 11 August he was issued with his credentials and received his instructions on 17 August, so there was no need for a cypher with his name on it any earlier than that. He is not known to have been in Hanover until 17 December 1703 (dates in D. B. Horn’s list of British diplomats). Horn’s list contains no other envoy who fits the bill, most of them having already been in post in 1702 or sent out earlier in 1703. When a Secretary of State gave an envoy a personal cypher it was an intimate gesture of trust usually delivered immediately before departure. Even on 2 November Poley would have had plenty of time to get to Hanover and report back in mid-December.Other examples of Poley’s hand can be found among the archive of William Blathwayt (1650-1717), Secretary at War, see Yale University, Beinecke Library OSB MSS 2, Series 1; Box 6 Folder 142, Edmund Poley to William Blathwayt, 11 June 1693.

* Gillray (James). Spanish Patriots attacking the French Banditti, Loyal Britons lending a lift! H. Humphrey, August 15th, 1808, etching with bright contemporary hand-colouring, small margins, one repaired closed tear affecting the printed image, some adhesion scaring to the verso, 270 x 385 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:BM Satires 11010. Spanish forces - including monks and nuns - rout a large French army, but in the foreground, a loan British soldier runs his bayonet through a French infantryman, whilst other French soldiers stand horrified behind their dying compatriot. The Peninsula War inflicted some of the first defeats for Napolean and the French army which had, up until then, been considered largely invincible.

Whistler (Rex). Flying Visit of Truth to Berlin in the form of an R. A. F. leaflet raid here fancifully depicted - but not forgetting a great many hard facts, The Illustrated Magazine, December 9th, 1939, black and white satirical map of an aerial view of Berlin, with descriptive text "What the R. A. F. sees over Berlin" on the verso, 325 x 485 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:The map commemorates the first British "nickel" (propaganda leaflet raid) over Berlin during World war II. It took place in early October 1939 and was carried out by planes of RAF10 Squadron. The raid was promoted as a sign of Germany's weak air defences and its vulnerability to attack. The R. A. F. is represented by numerous putti wearing flying helmets and goggles and being led by a warlike Britannia. In the lower right corner are caricatures of Hitler, Goebbels and Goering, shaking impotent fists at the sky whilst Von Ribbentrop cowers beneath a table. They support a 'skull and crossbones' flag with the skull wearing an SS cap. Rex Whistler joined the army in 1939 but was killed in action in 1944 in Normandy at the age of 39.

* Gillray (James). A Kick at the Broad Bottoms! - i.e. - Emancipation of "All the Talents", vide The Fate of ye Catholic Bill, H. Humphrey, March 23rd 1807, etched caricature with contemporary hand-colouring, large margins, 260 x 355 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:BM 10709. The 'Ministry of all the Talents' is routed by the King, who is half concealed by a pillar. Wielding his sceptre, the King kicks Grenville and his followers out of the royal presence and into a political wilderness. Grenville's downfall was precipitated by the King's violent opposition to the proposed Army Bill which extended Catholic Emancipation to the armed forces.

British School, late 18th century- Portrait of Merial Wilson; oil on canvas laid down on board, inscribed and dated 'MERIAL WILSON / 1769.' (lower right), bears printed label inscribed 'THE RIGHT HONOURABLE / SIR GUY FLEETWOOD WILSON, / G.C.I.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,' with hand-written inscription 'J. Jackson. R.A.' on the reverse, 49.4 x 39.2 cm., (unframed) (VAT charged on the hammer price). Provenance: Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson. Note: Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson (1850-1940) was a prominent public servant, who, among other positions, served as Finance Member of the Viceroy's Council in India, after having retired from the Home Service in 1908 as Director General of Army Finance. The identity of the sitter, Merial Wilson, is unknown, but she was probably a relative of Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson. 

British army issue black kitbag/bergen containing Royal Navy white shirts, black pants and shoes. Not available for in-house P&P

An album of late 1950s photographs, each relating to Aden in the Middle East, detailing various scene, with detailed information relating to military installations, etc., to include Army camps, explosive depots, Arab children and others, plants, various buildings, etc., all dated 1959, housed within a Souvenir Aden album.

A vintage 1970's Roneo Vickers 5ft Army issue 6 drawer filing cabinet, complete with key. With interior fixed file separators. Labelled inside with makers mark, date and war department arrow mark.

A box of assorted vintage ceramics and glass to include crested china and mid century glass items. Crested ware to include Goss, Arcadian and Gemma and includes novelty shaped items such as submarine, fish, bellows, army water bottle and clock tower.

Modern large life-size replica terracotta warrior statue. Modeled after one of the 7,000 warriors from the famous Terracotta Army found in the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor, Shi Huang.Height: 74 in x width: 24 in x depth: 24 in.Condition: Wear throughout. Structurally stable and sturdy. Throughout the statue, there are several scattered areas of finish color loss; please see the listing image. No major cracks or dents. Along the lower left of the statue, there are two areas of unstable surface. By the unstable area, there is a line of finish loss; please see the listing image. Throughout the statue, there are several areas that show color differences; however, it does not appear to be a restoration given that the areas are not fluorescent under UV light. Minute loss to the left side of the chest. Color paint loss to the left arm. An area with adhesive residue to the chin area. Wear along the underside, consistent with age and use.

A selection of military badges and buttons including King's Borders Own Scottish Regiment, Lancers, WVS, Army Ordinance etc

HEAD DRESS BADGES of the British Army, 2v; other books.

A selection of military badges including Lancashire Hussars, Army Cyclist Corps, The Queen's Lancers etc

Thirteen assorted Swiss Army type and other pocket knives (13)

Roman Imperial Coinage, Trajan Decius, Antoninianus, 250-1, rev. Genius of army of Illyrcium standing left with patera, standard behind, 4.64g (RIC 16; RSC 49); Trebonianus Gallus, Antoninianus, 252, rev. Libertas standing left with transverse sceptre and pileus, 3.56g (RIC 70; RSC 68); together with other Antoniniani (2) [4]. Very fine to extremely fine £80-£100

Small quantity of British Army regiment-related books and other ephemera, including an Army List of Charles II 1684, A General and Compleat List Military of Evert Commission-Officer of horse and foot now commanding his Majesties land-forces of England,,,, J Gain for Nathan Brooks, London, 1684 (binding defective, seemingly incomplete); Sir John French's Despatches, Official Records of the Great Battles of Mons..., The Graphic, London; a binder containing an incomplete run of The London Gazette, 1689-1693; another binder containing loose handwritten correspondence and verse; etc.

Military Diecast, including French Dinky Toys 80-D Berliet 6x6 All-Terrain Truck, 80-E Obusier ABS 155mm Gun, Dinky Toys 623 Army Wagon, 621 3 Ton Army Wagon, 670 Armoured Car, 693 7.2 Howitzer and others by Lone Star, Britains and Benbros, F-VG (14)