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Preisdatenbank abonnierenAirfix - Britains - A collection of Army figures, vehicles and a scene base. Includes 12 x vehicles, Bren Gun Carrier, Personnel Carrier Scout Vehicle and others and a quantity of unpainted soldiers in 2 x scales. Also includes a moulded plastic scene base measuring 65 x 65 cm. The figures appear in Good condition, the vehicles need repair. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (2)
Corgi - Seven boxed diecast 1:50 scale model trucks from various Corgi ranges. Lot includes Corgi 'Building Britain' #29104 Guy Invincible Platform Lorry, Bogie Beam & Load 'Tarmac'; #55601 'Fighting Vehicles' US Army Diamond T Wrecker; #24701 Leyland Beaver Box Trailer Set 'Michelin' and similar. Some of the models show some dusty signs of display, otherwise collection appears to be in Mint condition presented within Good - Very Good boxes with some general wear. Models are unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Matchbox Regular Wheels group of Military Vehicles. (1) 49a US Army M3 Half Track - 36-tread black plastic wheels, small diameter black plastic rollers with original but perished grey rubber tracks - apart from tracks model is Excellent with rusty centre axle in Excellent to Excellent Plus type D2 box printed by Bowaters; (2) 54a Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier - unusual gloss military green (not matt) body, cast shut rear base, 30-tread black plastic wheels with rounded axles - overall Near Mint but does have some factory paint flaws in Good Plus type B5 box printed by Pembroke Abbey; (3) 61a Ferret Scout Car - cast open mudguards, tan driver, gloss black 3-line base, 30-tread black plastic wheels with rounded axles - Near Mint to Mint in Good Plus to Excellent type B5 box without "Registered US Patent Office - Made in England" text to one picture face; (4) 67a Saladin Armoured Car with 40-tread black plastic wheels - Near Mint in Good Plus to Excellent type D2 box printed by Pembroke Abbey; (5) 55a DUKW Amphibian - gloss black base, scarce 18-tread black plastic wheels - Excellent unboxed with some small paint chips; (6) 71a Austin Military Water Tanker - Excellent unboxed with rusty axles complete with Excellent "Matchbox Collector" lapel badge. (7)
Matchbox Battle Kings K106 Articulated Tank Transporter factory Pre-production colour trial - metallic emerald green tractor unit without roof air horns, turquoise green windows, chrome interior without steering wheel fitted, bare metal grille & base which has not been zinc plated with factory hand punched rear rivet, lemon yellow plastic 5th wheel coupling, Maltese Cross wheels, metallic emerald green trailer with red plastic rear ramps, silver painted base, Maltese Cross wheels - Good to Good Plus with some play wear & tractor unit rear axle loose within suspension clip complete with production issue K102 US Army M48 Tank - metallic jade green body with 5-pointed Star label, flesh tank commander, gloss black base, military green & burnt Sienna rollers with original & pliable but heavily discoloured grey rubber tracks - Good to Good Plus with considerable paint loss to base. (2)
Matchbox Battle Kings K117 Hawk US Army Self-Propelled Rocket Launcher factory Pre-production colour trial - tan & olive green camouflage body with US Army labels, dark green windows, matt black base (production versions have dark olive green base), dark green plastic rollers with original & pliable black rubber tracks, complete with 2 x red & 1 x trial yellow plastic rocket (production models were only issued with a red plastic rocket) - Excellent unboxed. Consigned by ex Lesney employee.
Collection of militaria prints, including music cover after Augustus Butler 'Who'll Fight for the Queen"? written and composed by George Linley, approx 22 x 33 cms framed; music cover The Guards Waltz by D. Godfrey approx 24 x 32 cms framed and glazed; a coloured engraving by D.J Pound of His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia 19 x 32 cms; Ackermann's Costumes of the British Army 'Cape Mounted Rifles'and the '60th Kings Royal Rifle Corps' after H. Martens, engraved by J Harris, 27 x 36 cms.
Konvolut - Ca. 45 Ostflüchtlings-Pässe 1946 mit Quittungen des Aufnahmeamts Schwäbisch Gmünd. Alle mit ehemaliger Gültigkeit und entsprechenden Eintragungen, nur wenige mit Foto. Dazu Buch "Ehrendenkmal der deutschen Armee und Marine 1871-1918", Berlin und München 1921. Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren. Buch am Einband äußerlich beschädigt| Convolute - Approx. 45 East refugee passports 1946 with receipts from the admission office in Schwäbisch Gmünd. All with former validity and corresponding entries, only a few with a photo. Also book "Memorial of Honor of the German Army and Navy 1871-1918", Berlin and Munich 1921. Signs of age and wear. The cover of the book is damaged on the outside
Württemberg - 2 x Rangliste 1903 und 1908 des XIII. Königlich Württembergischen Armeekorps mit den Dienstalters-Listen der Offiziere, Sanitätsoffiziere und Beamten des aktiven Dienst- und Beurlaubtenstandes (...). Stuttgart Metzlerscher Verlag. Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren| Württemberg - 2 x ranking list 1903 and 1908 of the XIII. Royal Württemberg Army Corps with the seniority lists of officers, medical officers and civil servants on active duty and on leave (...). Stuttgart Metzler publishing house. Signs of age and use
(Vjatka, Russia 1889 - Roma 1957)Cm 80x64 | In 31.50x25.20Oil on canvasAleksej Vladimirovic Isupov, known by the Italianized name Alessio Issupoff, was born in Vyatka (present-day Kirov) on March 10, 1889. The son of an icon carver and gilder, he learned to paint from the artisan painters who worked with his father. Wanting to give expression to his artistic creativity, young Alexis did not take up his father's trade but left Vyatka for Moscow, where he attended the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He was mentored by painter Apollinarij Michajlovic Vasnetsov, Viktor's brother, who introduced him to the Moscow art milieu and helped him find work. Studying and visiting museums, Issupoff formed his own aesthetic "taste" by modulating it to contemporary Russian and French art. In addition to Vasnetsov, he had Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin as his teachers, who educated him in genre, landscape and portrait painting. Obtaining his diploma in 1912, he took up traveling in the Ural region. Assigned to the Tashkent garrison, he avoided the raw experience of World War I. After finishing his military service, he traveled around Turkestan immersing himself in a colorful and "magical" environment that would strongly mark his painting. Indeed, many of his best-known works offer evocative visions of the remotest moors of Central Asia. Settling in Samarkand with his wife Tamara Nikolaevna, he served here as director of the local Committee for Restoration and Conservation of Works of Art and City Monuments. He then perfected himself in the technique of tempera on wooden panel, creating works that, in style, were reminiscent of traditional icon painting. His return to Moscow in 1921 marked the beginning of the most painful period of his private life. Finding himself in financial straits, Issupoff was reduced to being a "regime" artist, that is, painting portraits of senior Soviet leaders and scenes inspired by the Russian Revolution and Red Army exploits. Once again it was Vasnetsov who helped him, finding him a salaried job within one of the many Moscow Committees. Plagued by health problems, he traveled to Italy in 1926 for treatment. His life then took a radical turn. Italy was the place of his rebirth, both personal and artistic. Issupoff immediately found there a benevolent and flattering welcome. He had, since his arrival, occasion to be appreciated by critics and the public. As early as 1926 his first solo exhibition was held in Rome. Numerous other exhibitions followed in the most important cities of the Peninsula and, in 1930, the 17th Venice Biennale "consecrated" the work of the Russian painter. Enjoying esteem, affluence and freedom of expression, the artist decided not to repatriate. How painful that decision had been is shown by Issupoff's own production. Painting "from memory," he recreated the Russia he had left behind. Not the Soviet one, but the pre-revolutionary one he had known in childhood and youth. "The impressions he retains of his country return in the new pictures with greater richness of motif and breadth of unfolding: misty moors, the rivers that furrow, frosty and gloomy, the snow-white countryside, birch trees embroidering their silvery frappe amid veils of mist, and horses grazing, sledding, troika, and plow." Nostalgia, combined with failing health, exacerbated depression, which struck him in old age causing him to hole up in his own home and isolate himself from the world. In his last years, says his wife Tamara, he painted very little and was never present at the opening of exhibitions dedicated to him. He died in Rome on July 17, 1957, and was buried at Testaccio Cemetery. Nine years later, Tamara returned to Russia, taking with her the paintings she inherited from her husband. Many of these works were donated by her to the art museum in Vyatka, Issupoff's hometown.
(Milano 1819 - 1886)Cm 45x55 | In 17.72x21.65Oil on canvasThe son of Carlo, an accountant employed by Marquis Giuseppe Arconati Visconti in 1840, he graduated in law from the University of Pavia. He soon abandoned the idea of a career as a lawyer and in 1842 he presented a series of genre paintings at the Brera exhibition. Following in the footsteps of Domenico Induno, Salvatore Mazza later chose to focus on realistic painting, as opposed to the dominant Romantic current that preferred courtly and historical painting. In 1844 he presented at Brera two canvases with episodes from the Greek War of Independence and genre paintings of popular settings. He undertook long study trips to the Papal States and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, taking new insights from life in the cities and villages and filling his albums with sketches of landscapes and figures. Back in Milan he painted Funerale nella Campagna romana, Briganti calabresi, La maliarda (1845) and Predica al santuario nelle vicinanze di Sora (1847). With his father Carlo and older brother Giuseppe he distinguished himself in March 1848 during the defense of Milan from Austrian troops. Many years later he collected his memories in the autobiographical book The Five Days of Milan (1885), in which he described his experience among Carlo Cattaneo's supporters. On the same theme he painted in 1850: Scene of the Five Days in Via Santa Radegonda, Scene of the Five Days at Porta Tosa, Milanese Nocturne and Milan March 18, 1848 the beginning of the Five Days Revolution. With his brother Giuseppe he militated in the ranks of the Piedmontese army during the Campaign of 1859. A versatile artist, he devoted himself to writing historical novels, such as Il memoriale di frà Luca d'Avellino-set in 18th-century Naples and embellished with some 800 of his illustrations, including genre scenes and landscapes, done with a quick and sure touch-and Fantasie artistiche e letterarie. Between 1850 and 1854 he presented 28 paintings at Brera, including I bravi alla Malanotte, a subject from The Betrothed. Two of his mountain landscapes-A Hurricane on the Apennines and The Fall of the Sun-were published. In 1856, he was awarded the Mylius Prize with the painting A Herd at Rest. He also made medium or small canvases, with landscapes and with animals, to please the tastes of the Milanese bourgeoisie. He often painted en plein air, as he recounted in Gite d'artista e studii dal vero: descrizioni e racconti. He worked particularly on the pre-Alpine and Apennine hills, following the method favored by other Lombard landscape painters, such as Giovanni Battista Lelli and Gaetano Fasanotti (1831-1882). As a draftsman, caricaturist, and cartoonist, he collaborated on satirical newspapers, including Lo Spirito Folletto and Leone Fortis's two Milanese magazines Il Pungolo and Panorama, in which Cletto Arrighi, Ippolito Nievo, Venetian playwrights Paulo Fambri and Vittorio Salmini, and Giuseppe Rovani wrote. As an illustrator he collaborated on Franco Mistrali's I misteri del Vaticano o La Roma dei papi (1861-62), published in four volumes? a curious and anticlerical reinterpretation of Church history. His painting La stalla di un albergo was awarded a prize at the 1861 National Exhibition in Florence, while his canvases Il pensieroso, Il maniscalco, and Stalla rustica were presented at the 1867 Universal Exhibition in Paris. He was elected a member of the council of the Brera Academy; he reviewed exhibitions in the Milanese newspapers Il Pungolo and La Lombardia, then in L'Illustrazione Italiana. He was an honorary member of the art academies of Mantua and Urbino. A portrait of him as a young man, painted by his brother Giuseppe, is in Milan at the National Center for Manzonian Studies, Casa Manzoni. He died in Milan on October 24, 1886. An early portrait of him, autographed by his brother Giuseppe, is in Milan, Centro nazionale di studi manzoniani. The Milanese Mazza family gave three artists: Salvatore Mazza - who as a cartoonist signed himself Salvatore - his brother Giuseppe (Milan, 1817 - Milan, 1884), a painter of historical and genre subjects, and Aldo (Milan, 1880-Gavirate, 1964) - Giuseppe's son - who was a painter, publicist, cartoonist and caricaturist.
(Serravalle (TV) 1845 - Padova 1911)Cm 27x39 | In 10.63x15.35Oil on canvasThe son of Paolo, a landscape painter and decorator, he wore the ecclesiastical habit at a very young age, but in 1862 he enlisted in the Italian army and, thanks to the help of General E. Cialdini, was able to attend the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna for two years. He later worked in Alexandria as a photographer and mechanical draftsman for the military genius. After leaving the army, he lived in Piacenza, Treviso and Padua. He exhibited assiduously in Turin (1869, L'effetto del vino; 1870, Il turchino, Il pittore; 1898, Le gioie della famiglia, Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna), Milan (1880, Idillio campestre, La roca de la nona; 1884 Nei campi, Nunc et semper; 1895, Gentilezze rusticane), Rome (1883, La preghiera) and Venice (1887 Armonie, Mercato delle pignatte; 1897, Bagno improvvisato). He was also a portrait painter ( Cardinal Callegari, Padua, Episcopal seminary; Portrait of Maestro Cesare Pollini, exhibited in Milan in 1906), a decorator in a lively eighteenth-century vein (Fanciulla sull'altalena , Allegoria della Primavera, 1900, Villa Contarini in Piazzola sul Brenta,Padua) and the author of works with religious subjects (1905, Church of Sant'Agostino Arcella, Padua). He was best known for genre scenes inspired by episodes of peasant life, captured with delicate realism (Scena campestre, Un contratto, Venice, Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Ca' Pesaro). He died in Padua on April 10, 1911.
1944 Willys MB Jeep Transmission: manualMileage:5700The Willys MB U.S. Army Jeep and the Ford GPW Jeep were manufactured from 1941 to 1945 and are considered the iconic World War II Jeep and inspired many similar light-utility vehicles. With America enduring difficult economic times, the U.S. Army instigated a program to modernise its fleet with a 'general purpose, personnel or cargo carrier' especially adaptable for reconnaissance or command and designated as a ¼-tonne, 4x4 truck. Ford Motor Company, American Bantam Car Company and Willys-Overland Motors all competed for the government contract and American Bantam were the initial winners of the bid. However, the U.S. government were keen on standardisation and Willys' production capacity eventually won them the contract. Towards the end of 1941, Willys' facilities could not keep up with demand, so Ford were contracted to produce the Jeep under licence in addition through to the end of World War II. From 1942 to 1945, Willys produced over 360,000 Jeeps and parts used on Willys' MB Jeeps and Ford GPW Jeeps are completely interchangeable mechanically.This WWII-period 1944 Willys Jeep is finished in US Army colours and holds a wonderful authentic patina. It was imported from France many moons ago and kept in dry storage before being recommissioned and registered (new style V5C present) in the UK in 2017. The odometer reads just 5,700kms which is believed to be correct. Fitted with Combat rims, folding canvas roof, windscreen cover, rear bustle rack and an array of WWII-style accessories. Recent works include a new alternator conversion, carburettor rebuild and temperature gauge service alongside an oil change. Also, the driver's seat has been extended to accommodate the larger driver, something that often stops those 6ft plus from enjoying these excellent Jeeps. Naturally, it qualifies as a Historic Vehicle so is MoT exempt and there's zero Road Tax to pay. It is declared to be in excellent running order by its enthusiast owner. This WWII Willys looks every bit the part for both those looking for authenticity or simply a fun summer run-around.
Military. Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet, KCB, CBE, DSO Signed Worfield House Headed Paper on 19th Nov 1967. British Army officer who saw distinguished active service during both the world wars. He is probably most notable during the Second World War for commanding XXX Corps in North Africa and Sicily, serving under General Sir Bernard Montgomery, before going on to command the Eighth Army in the Italian Campaign throughout most of 1944. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Military. 4 Star General Theodore John Conway Signed Signature Card. United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States Strike Command, U.S. Commander in Chief, Middle East, Africa south of the Sahara, and South Asia (USCINCSTRIKE, USCINCMEAFSA) from 1966 to 1969. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Military. French Army general Marie-Pierre Kœnig Signed 4 x 3 inch Vintage Black and White Photo. Dedicated. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Australia, New South Wales.- [Matcham (George, traveller, Nelson's brother-in-law, 1753-1833)] Agricultural tour of Speculation in New South Wales... Remedy against the Bite of the most venomous snake, autograph manuscript transcript, together 15½pp., reverse entries, numerous corrections, slightly browned, edges chipped and creased, unbound, dated in text 1829; and a quantity of other writings by Matcham on a wide variety of subjects, one vol. captioned "Parental Chitchat", another "Preface", the original manuscripts for his private printings, all in the nature of commonplace books and many incomplete, one vol. original half reversed calf, others loose in paper wrappers, v.s., v.d. (qty).⁂ "Mr F had remitted to Port Jackson some money to purchase land... on his arrival he was waited on by a poor farmer whom he had sent out & advanced money to on condition that he should attend Mr F- for a twelvemonth in making an excursion thro' the country." Mentions Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824), army officer and colonial governor.George Matcham's son, Charles Horatio Nelson Matcham emigrated to New South Wales, Australia in 1829. He died on 11 March 1844, in Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 37, and was buried in Yass, New South Wales.
NAVAL INTEREST: A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF BOXCharles, Collins & Sohne, Hanau, circa 1825 The hinged cover with central engine-turned panel within an unusual border of applied yellow, white and rose gold foliage and scrolls on a matted ground, the interior engraved with two crests and an inscription detailing the presentation of the box to Capt W H Webley Parry by the wardroom officers of H M S Price Regent, length 8.4cm, weight 85gms.Footnotes:William Henry Webley Parry (1764-1837) was born on 3 March 1764, the youngest of seven children, many of whom died early, of a leading lawyer, William Webley.Webley entered the Navy in 1779 aboard the Britannia 100, Captain Charles Morice Pole, the flagship of Vice-Admiral George Darby in the Channel Fleet, who succeeded to the command of that force in September 1780 with Captain James Bradby serving as his flag-captain. Webley was present at the Relief of Gibraltar in April 1781, and following the change of government in March 1782 and the return to service of a number of senior officers he continued on the Britannia under Vice-Admiral Hon. Samuel Barrington and Captain Benjamin Hill. An obituary has stated that in 1782 his ship formed part of a squadron sent to intercept an East India fleet that was departing from Brest, and Webley was credited with towing the 'frigate' Lively alongside a French frigate, being slightly wounded under fire; however this claim has not been verified. He did serve under Barrington at the Relief of Gibraltar in October and the subsequent battle of Cape Spartel, and he received the admiral's personal approbation when acting as his aide-de-camp in the latter engagement.Webley was next employed aboard the Grampus 50, Commodore Edward Thompson, who was appointed to command off West Africa in July 1783. Having briefly returned home in 1784 suffering from yellow fever, Thompson died aboard the Grampus of a tropical fever on 17 January 1786, and Webley suffered the disappointment of not having an acting-lieutenancy confirmed. He then joined the sloop Nautilus 16 under Captain Thompson's nephew, Commander Thomas Boulden Thompson, remaining on the African station and surveying the coast from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Negro. The Nautilus returned to Portsmouth in July prior to leaving port at the end of September, and in the following April Webley was involved in the colonisation of Sierra Leone. Further service took the Nautilus to the North American, West Indian and Newfoundland stations prior to her being paid off in December 1788. A period aboard the Salisbury 50, Captain Edward Pellew, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Mark Milbanke at Newfoundland, followed from June 1790, in which vessel Webley was finally commissioned lieutenant on 21 September 1790, and the Salisbury was eventually paid off in December 1791.Webley was aboard the Amphitrite 24, Captain John Child Purvis, at the start of the French Revolutionary War in February 1793, as Pellew's request that he be appointed his first lieutenant aboard the Nymphe 36 had been rejected by the Admiralty because he was deemed insufficiently senior. After the captaincy of the Amphitrite changed hands in May he joined Captain Samuel Hood aboard the Juno 32, going out to the Mediterranean. He was the third lieutenant of this frigate when she sailed in to Toulon on 11 January 1794 after the port had been re-occupied by the French, and Webley was mentioned by Hood in his dispatches for his prominent role in engineering her escape by audacious seamanship. He continued with the Juno during the Corsican campaign from February, being present in the attack on the Martello Tower in the bay of that name, and after commanding thirty seamen in the assault on San Fiorenzo and serving as an aide-de-camp to Major-General Thomas Dundas he later commanded a boat at the capture of Bastia.Webley next volunteered his services as the first lieutenant of the San Fiorenzo 36, Captain Charles Tyler, which French frigate had been salvaged at the capture of Calvi, but when that officer was removed to the Diadem 64 during August 1794 whilst sailing the prize to Gibraltar, Webley rejoined Hood, who in the meantime had been appointed to the Aigle 36. A year was spent in the eastern Mediterranean, and after Hood transferred to the Zealous 74 in April 1796 Webley remained aboard the Aigle to which Captain Tyler had been appointed, seeing service in the Adriatic to assist the Austrian army from August. In the spring of 1797 the Aigle rendezvoused with the Mediterranean Fleet in the Tagus, having passed though the defeated Spanish fleet following the Battle of Cape St. Vincent on 14 February, and it was later reported that during this period Webley had gallantly jumped into a heaving sea with a rope to rescue three men who had fallen overboard from the frigate.Rejoining Captain Hood in the Tagus as the senior lieutenant aboard the Zealous 74, he commanded a boat in attacks upon the blockaded Spanish fleet in Cadiz during the summer of 1797, and from 21-25 July was present in Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson's unsuccessful assault on Santa Cruz, Tenerife. Returning to Cadiz, Webley boarded and carried a Spanish vessel, the Isabella 10, and when the Zealous was sent into the Mediterranean as part of Nelson's detached force in 1798 he fought at the Battle of the Nile on 1 August. As a reward for his participation in the battle he was promoted commander, but he spent the next nine months on the coast of Egypt and Syria, being dispatched on one occasion to confer with the pasha at Acre, and it was not until June 1799 that he reached England with dispatches from Admiral the Earl of St. Vincent and Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson.In August 1800 he was appointed to the sloop Savage 14, which arrived at Plymouth on 20 October with a convoy from the Downs via Portsmouth and by the end of November was back in the Downs. On 9 December she set off for Portsmouth prior to returning on 21 December, nine days later she departed for Portsmouth with two East Indiamen and a fleet of coasters and victuallers from where she again returned to the Downs, having been briefly forced to turn back for the Hampshire port due to adverse winds. On 8 January she departed the Downs for Le Havre with French prisoners of war, by the 16th she was back off Deal, and thereafter she appears to have remained on the Kentish station through February. The pattern of convoy duty to Portsmouth resumed throughout the spring and summer until 21 August when she arrived at Sheerness with a convoy of victuallers from the Downs, prior to going into harbours for repairs. Here a court-martial dismissed the vessel's surgeon for drunkenness and for not attending to his duty, and the vessel also experienced a tragedy when a ship's boy lost his life after tumbling down the main hatchway.On 23 September 1801 the Savage left Sheerness for the Downs, and two days later she sailed from that station for the westward in the company of the Amazon 38, Captain William Parker, which was flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson, although that frigate soon put back. Webley's command then reportedly went out on a cruise in November, was back in the Downs by December, and undertook a further cruise in the new year. She came into the Downs from Plymouth on 12 March 1802, prior to apparently enjoying another cruise, and on 21 April she arrived at Portsmouth from the Downs, with Webley being praised in the Press for helping to preserve the cargo of a richly-laden vessel that had gone aground on Beachy Head. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine .455 '1892 Model' revolver by Wilkinson-Webley, no. 8883Retaining virtually full blued finish, the octagonal barrel with sighting-rib engraved 'Wilkinson, Model 1892, Pall Mall, London', the underside engraved 'W.B.C. Burdon', sighting-groove and blade-foresight, the butt with chequered wooden grip stamped '8885' and butt-cap with lanyard ringWeight 2lb. 5oz., 6in. barrel, Birmingham nitro proofIn a leather caseFootnotes:This Wilkinson-Webley was sold to a W.D.C. Burdon on 27th April 1894. William Boyd Chandless Burdon was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant on 18th April 1894, gazetted as a Lieutenant on 27th November 1895 and left the army in 1897, having served throughout in the 8th King's Royal Irish HussarsThis revolver may be held under both categories of s.7 Heritage Pistols in the U.K.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S5S5 Section 5 lots are prohibited firearms and require a valid Section 5 Authority or import licence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A .455/.476 'W.G. Army Model' revolver by Webley, retailed by Army & Navy C.S.L. no. 9857The top-strap stamped 'W.G. Army Model', the left side of the frame stamped 'Webley Patents' and with the maker's 'Winged Bullet' trademark, the sighting-rib engraved 'Army & Navy C.S.L.', brass blade fore-sight with notched rear-sight, the butt with chequered wooden grips and lanyard-ringWeight 2lb. 8oz., 6in. barrel, London Black Powder proofIn a leather holsterFootnotes:This revolver may be held under both categories of s.7 Heritage Pistols in the U.K.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S5S5 Section 5 lots are prohibited firearms and require a valid Section 5 Authority or import licence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A .455/.476 'W.G. Model' revolver by Webley, Retailed by Army & Navy C.S.L., no. 7162Renewed nickel finish, the top-strap stamped 'W.G. Army Model', the left side of the frame stamped 'Webley Patents' and with the maker's 'Winged Bullet' trademark, the sighting-rib engraved 'Army & Navy C.S.L.', blade fore-sight with notched rear-sight, the butt with crudely-chequered two-piece wooden grips and lanyard-ringWeight 2lb. 9oz., 6in. barrel, London Black Powder proofIn its wooden case with Army & Navy trade-label and accessoriesFootnotes:This revolver may be held under both categories of s.7 Heritage Pistols in the U.K.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S5S5 Section 5 lots are prohibited firearms and require a valid Section 5 Authority or import licence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A .41 (Colt) 'Single-action Army' revolver by Colt, no. 180712The top of the barrel stamped 'Colt's PT. F.A. MFG. Co., Hartford C.T., U.S.A.', with blade-foresight, the frame with sighting groove, the butt with chequered two-piece hard-rubber grips with Colt logoWeight 2lb. 7oz., 5½in. barrel, recent London Black Powder proofFootnotes:This pistol may be held under both categories of s.7 Heritage Pistols in the U.K.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S5S5 Section 5 lots are prohibited firearms and require a valid Section 5 Authority or import licence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 12-bore 'Royal' sidelock ejector gun by Holland & Holland, no. 16729The action-body with best bold foliate-scroll engraving, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, the figured stock (replacement by maker, hairline crack through upper right horn) with horn butt-plate, the barrels with game-rib (slightly loose at breech) engraved 'Holland & Holland, 98 New Bond Street, London' Weight 6lb. 8½oz., 14½in. pull (14¼in. stock), 30in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ¼ chokes, 2½in. chambers, London nitro proofIn a leather case with Army & Navy trade-labelFootnotes:The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1897 for a Mr. Mavor and was restocked by Holland & Holland in 1910 for a Mr. DommettThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S2S2 Section 2 lots require a valid British Shotgun certificate, RFD (Registered Firearms Dealer) Licence or import licence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Ingots: a limited edition 'History of London Commemorative Collection' set of twelve gold plated ingots, boxed; together with a limited edition Disney Winnie the Pooh 'Gold Edition' set of eight gold plated medals, 0252/1999; and other items to include a Coronation Street stamps presentation pack and a Dad's Army stamps presentation pack. (qty)
* BILL WRIGHT RSW RGI DA (SCOTTISH 1931 - 2016), SEA KELP gouache on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glass (slipped in the mount)image size 21cm x 29cm, overall size 42cm x 47cm Note: Bill Wright's talent first became evident when he was a boy, drawing endlessly for amusement while bedbound with illness. He went on to study painting at Glasgow School of Art and became an award-winning watercolourist, constantly inspired by was seascape and ever-changing sky on the Kintyre peninsula where he had a second home. Glasgow-born Wright, the son of a shipyard plater, was brought up in Partick and started his schooling at the city’s Dowanhill Primary before being evacuated to Dunoon during the Second World War. After returning home he attended Hyndland Senior Secondary and despite being discouraged by his parents, who would have preferred him to have a “proper job”, in 1949 he began his studies at Glasgow School of Art. They were interrupted by national service – a duty he felt hindered the progression of his art career. He served at Catterick army garrison but was a pacifist who abhorred war and dismissed the opportunity to be promoted to Sergeant as an army career held no interest. His first teaching post was at East Park School in Glasgow’s Maryhill. He then moved in 1965 to St Patrick’s High School in Dumbarton where he spent two years before becoming art adviser for the area at the age of 36. Over the next two decades he fostered the idea of instilling a cultural interest in art among pupils. He formed working groups to reform teaching of first and second-year students, encouraged forward-looking principal teachers and recruited many young teachers. His ethos was that teachers were not just there to create artists but to give all children a good art experience. He also established a residential art course for school children, at the Pirniehall residential educational facility at Croftamie in Dunbartonshire, where youngsters from different backgrounds could investigate the idea of furthering an art career through experiencing a range of different mediums in an art camp environment. And he is said to have been instrumental in encouraging the implementation of Scotland’s Standard Grade art and design qualification. However, he suffered from the chronic arthritic condition ankylosing spondylitis which, by the age of 55, forced him to take early retirement from his post in the education department of Strathclyde Regional Council. Meanwhile, as he had strived to enthuse youngsters with his own passion for art, he had been elected, in 1977, to the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. A member of the Glasgow Arts Club for many years, he was also an elected member of the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and Paisley Art Institute, served as president of the Scottish Artists’ Benevolent Association for 14 years and was a Scottish Arts Council lecturer, touring the country discussing art. But perhaps his own greatest inspiration was the view from a cottage he stumbled upon half a century ago, seven miles from Campbeltown on the Mull of Kintyre. He rented the property at Bellochantuy and set up a studio there where he drew on the vistas stretching 180 degrees, encompassing sea, beach, rocks and sky. He was utterly smitten by the area and was ultimately bequeathed the cottage by the owner who had become a close family friend. Over the years he came to know the area intimately and was fascinated by the constantly changing moods of the sea and light of the sky which formed the majority of his output. One large body of work, "Towards Islay", focused on the view from the back of the cottage. He captured the patterns and waves of the sea, sometimes adding a bird, limpit, mermaid’s purse, rock lines or some seaweed. But at times his works were very abstract and symbolic, concentrating on themes of nature and transience. He was hung in all the major shows in Scotland and in galleries across the country from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh, Glasgow and south of the border. His work also features in public collections of Stirling and Strathclyde Universities, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and the Educational Institute of Scotland. And he was recognised with The Laing Prize for Landscape and Seascape and the RSW’s Sir William Gillies Award.
Military interest - An extensive collection of documents, ephemera and cuttings relating to RASC (Royal Army Service Corps) / First British Infantry Division / Anzio campaign, relating to Major H. S. Davidson, to include British Expeditionary Force, Officer's Identity card, First British Infantry Division - official typed documentation 'ANZIO' January to March 1944 & March to June 1944, First phases of The Anzio Campaign; Training Operations; Sailing for the Assault; The Assault Landing, etc & Stabilisation of the Beachhead; Reorganisation; Patrol Warfare; The B.IV Radio-Controlled Tank; Artillery, etc, documentation for Normal Roll of Officer's 1st Divisional R.A.S.C, report on 5 corps, List of Members of Staff & Associated Officers, as at 8th May 1948, Secret - Road Communication Trace, compiled by A.A.P.I.U. Det. 1st Div 6-1-44, various other maps to include Italy ARDEA, SECRET (equals British MOST SECRET), hand signed by 37, various telegrams, photographs, press cuttings, Colonel H. S. Davidson, O.B.E paperwork, to include 'Buckingham Palace', promotion certificates, menu's, concert tickets, etc etc. (large quantity.
A Great War trio comprising 1914-15 Star named to 642 Pte J. Baron Can AMC. War Medal and Victory medal similarly named to Baron with the C.A.M.C. Medals mounted as worn. With a memorial plaque named to John Baron, a Canadian Memorial Cross, three badges, a photograph of the recipient in uniform and 1914-15 Star enclosure note and paragraph of text. All mounted and framed and glazed. With a further image of Baron in uniform, a handkerchief sent home as a present for his mother and a letter dated 9th March 1916 from a Nursing Sister No.8 Casualty Clearing Station informing Mrs Baron of the death of her son. 'I am sorry to say I have very bad news for you… your husband… seriously wounded and now I must tell you he passed away yesterday at 6.30pm. John Baron was born c. 1885, the son of John and Elizabeth Baron and husband to Margaret Elizabeth Baron of 6 Lower Brook St, Ulverston, Lancashire. He served with the 5th Field Ambulance of the Canadian Army Medical Corps as well as the Canadian Army Service Corps. Having previously served with the Territorials he travelled to the battlefields from Montreal aboard the S.S. Scandinavia. He died from wounds on the 8th March 1916, having been severely injured the previous day. Despite having his feet amputated his life could not be saved. At the time of his death he was 31 years old. He is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, his headstone reads 'At Rest'. Overall 47 x 57cm *Condition: BluTac marks to back of medals, plaque and memorial cross not examined out of mount.
A Great War Group of five comprising 1914-15 Star named to J11946 C. Taylor A.B. R.N. War Medal and Victory Medals similarly named with rank of Petty Officer, Jubilee Medal 1935 and a George V Long Service and Good Conduct Medal named to J11946 C. Taylor P.O. H.M.S. Vernon. Mounted as worn. Petty Officer Claud Taylor's Long Service and Good Conduct medal was awarded on the 30th August 1928. With a silver fob type award 'H.M.S. Vernon Inter-Port Soccer 1929' medal, two copy images of Claud, one an image of 'H.M.S. Vernon Torpedo School Instructional Staff in Spring 1945. Born on the 17th July 1895 in Sheerness. The 1901 census record his mother as a widow working as a Cook at Arnold College in Alumchine Road, at this date Claud was 5 years old with an older brother Gordon who was 12 and working as a kitchen boy. The 1911 census record Claud as a Solocitor's Clerk and as a boarder with the Summers family at 45 Victoria Road, Springbourne, Bournemouth. He signed up for service with the Royal Navy in Portsmouth having previously worked as a Solicitor's Clerk. During the First World War he served aboard Hercules, Vernon, Victory, Foresight, Dolphin, Titania and Fearless. He married on the 12th May 1934 at which time he was living in Gosport. With a Great War Medal named to 34509 Bmbr J.Taylor R.A. According to family tradition Bombardier John Taylor was Claude's brother, he served with the Royal Garrison Artillery and will have been entitled to a Victory Medal. Lacking ribbon. Consigned for sale by a direct descendant of the recipients who has provided the following history of Claude Taylor. My grandpa was born in 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy sailor, age 16 in 1911. He was promoted to Able seaman in 1915, Leading Seaman in 1916, Petty Officer in 1918, and then was promoted to chief Petty Officer age 34 in 1929. He was discharged in 1935. During the First World War, my grandpa's brother, who I only know as J. Taylor was killed in action in the army. As a result of that my grandpa refused to collect his Second World War medals, claiming that 'war is the failure of politicians'. During the Second world War HMS Vernon, the torpedo base at Portsmouth where my grandpa was due to work was bombed by the Germans. The Royal Navy requisitioned Rodean girls school in Brighton and as a result, my grandpa was sent to work there. My grandmother, father and his brother moved down to be with Grandpa in a house in Saltdean, which the Royal Navy requisitioned for them. During a bombing raid in Brighton in approximately 1943, my grandmother was shot and lost a proportion of her spine. She was in hospital for two years and learnt to walk again. I think this also had some influence on my grandpa's refusal to collect the second world war medals *Condition: Usual light surface marks from wear. A nice group on original ribbons as worn.
A group of six comprising Military Cross, unnamed as issued, 1914-15 Star named to 2520 Pte J. Crabtree L.N.Lan R. War Medal and Victory Medal named to Capt J.J. Crabtree, Second World War Defence and War Medals, unnamed as issued. Mounted as worn. James Joseph (Jimmy) Crabtree (1895-1965) was born in the Lancashire town of Clitheroe, the second son of James Crabtree a Brewer from Burnley who married Margaret a Clitheroe girl in 1884. He was a pupil at Stoneyhurst College, Clitheroe and later worked as a clerk in one of the cotton mills owned by the chairman of Blackburn Rovers Football Club. He was to become a very successful goalkeeper before and after the First World War playing a total of 77 games in the Football League. Initially playing for Stonyhurst College he played for Clitheroe Amateurs and performed so well that he made ten appearances for Blackburn Rovers proir to the War, deputising in goal for the final game in 1914 when Blackburn clinched the championship. He also played in goal for England amateurs in 1914 when England beat Wales 9-1 at Home Park, Plymouth. After the War he made 60 appearances for Rochdale who played in the third Division, despite being the regular keeper, on one occasion he scored two goals whilst playing at left back. In 1924 he joined Accrington Stanley where he managed just six first team appearances. Crabtree's Military career began almost as soon as Britain entered the War, being amongst the first to volunteer joining the 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on the 5th September 1914. He left for France on the 11th February the following year and his abilities were soon recognised as he was recommended for Officer Training on the 9th October 1915. He returned to France as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 1st Loyal North Lancs. He was wounded during fighting at the Battle of Morval on the 25th September 1916, the final objective of Flers-Courcelette as part of the Battle of the Somme when this area was held by the German 1st Army. A short spell in Hospital saw him return to his unit by December and he saw further action at the Battle of Arras and then at the Third Battle of Ypres known as Passchendale. Whilst fighting at St Julien, on the 26th September 1917 his courage and leadership led to the award of the Military Cross (London Gazette 26th September 1917, p9974. The London Gazette of the 9th January 1918 p596 providing a citation:. 'For Gallantry and Distinguished Service in the Field: When his company commander had been killed and the other officer wounded, he led his company on and captured his objective in spite of heavy machine gun fire. He afterwards reorganised the company, which had suffered many casualties, and successfully consolidated his position. During the three days which followed, his splendid cheeriness and disregard for personal safety very greatly inspired his men. Four weeks later he was wounded for a second time and returned home to Britain to recover, he would not return to the fighting leaving the Army in 1919. Playing his part for a second time between 1939 and 1945 he served with the Border Regiment and was promoted from a War Substantive Captain to Captain from 1st April 1949 with seniority from the 3rd July 1940. He continued his part in football becoming a linesman and referee in later years. Married to his wife Frances he worked as Travelling representative for a brewery, perhaps his Fathers'. He died on the 1st December 1965 and is buried in his home town of Clitheroe. With the case for the Military Cross, his Amateur International blazer badge, enameled 9ct gold medal for the East Lancs Charity Cup 191-13 Blackburn Rovers, J. Crabtree, 12.19g. Ribblesdale Cricket League 9ct gold Championship medal named to J. Crabtree 1923. 12.89g. Border Regiment shoulder title and cap badge. Clitheroe school badge, Preston Catholic College silver and enamel badge and Lancashire Referees Society badge *Condition: All in good condition with only light rubbing or surface marks.
A Second World War Group of four comprising 1939-45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, Pacific Star and War Medal, unnamed as issued, with a posthumous condolence note named to Squadron Leader J. Turton. The medals mounted for wear, and in home-made case with conformation slip mounted to the lid and side. With the recipients Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book. A collection of letters to his sister, a framed photograph of the recipient in uniform signed 'Lots of Love Jack'. Photographs of Turton and his colleagues in 197 Squadron, images from his funeral, copies of sketches by Official War Artist Cuthbert Orde, patches, presentation tankard and other items. Jack Turton of Knowles Road, Batley had a successful career in the RAF Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. Serving with number 124816 he rose to the rank of Squadron Leader (Pilot) before his tragic death at the age of 24 in a flying accident on active service. Jack Turton's log book detail his flying career, primary training began in 1941 at the U.S. Army Air Corps, Lakeland School of Aeronautics, Florida. By Autumn of 1942 he is with NO. 56 OTU flying Hurricanes, he describes flying in a letter to his sister Sally 'Hurricanes are lovely aeroplanes to fly and we do lots of formation which as I have told you before is real good fun'. He moved on to fly Typhoons with 197 Squadron. Initially formed in Egypt towards the end of the First World War, 197 squadron failed to acquire any aircraft so was re-designated as an artillery observation school. Reformed on the 21st November 1942 at RAF Turnhouse in Edinburgh they flew Typhoons from RAF Manston, Tangmere and Hurn. Operational from January 1943, the Typhoon had taken a while to find its role in the RAF, but once its suitability as a ground attack craft had been established this fighter bomber became one of the most important of the Second World War. Turton's log book lists many hours in the Typhoon undertaking 'Standing Patrol' 'Close Escort' and other tasks noting 'Heavy Flak' and on May 17th 1943 'Bounced 12+ 190s Squirted at a 109 Damaged/Broke up Went out on deck what a distance?'. On September 9th 'Fighter Commands Der Tag - Foo!!!'. October 17th 'Huns at Beecmet Viz 300 yds, Much Panic'. October 31st 'Dive Bombed Aerodrome left it burning slight Flak', similarly on November 3rd 'Flew around looking for target bombed docks & left ruined'. A report of events of the 13th May when 197 Squadron supported a Ramrod Operation. 'F/O. Turton held the enemy aircraft in sights and fired a short burst of 1 sec. when about 350 yards away. Strikes were seen on fuselage about the cock-pit and small bursts of flames noticed on the wings presumably the result of incendiary explosive shells hitting. Enemy aircraft banked steeply then dived vertically with smoke pouring from the cockpit. Last seen at about 4,000 feet going straight down'. A number of the pilots of 197 squadron were subjects for Captain Cuthbert Orde (1888-1968), himself a pilot during the First World War who went on to be highly regarded as a War artist, most famously for the sketches of young Battle of Britain pilots and his volume 'Pilots of Fighter Commend: Sixty Four Portraits'. Orde explained how the pilots who sat for him were chosen 'In no case did I choose the sitter myself. He was selected either by Group Headquarters or by the station commander and, generally speaking four or five in each squadron were chosen, the four or five who were considered the most valuable. So it was for them rather in the nature of a mention in dispatches, I merely being the scribe who wrote out the dispatch'. Copies of the sketch of Turton are included with this lot as are images of Pilot Officer Aherns, S/Ldr Holmes D.F.C., Flight Lieutenants Hyde, Elkington and Mulliner from 197 Squadron. Turton left 197 squadron towards the end of 1943, at this time his ability as a fighter pilot was recorded as 'Above Average'. He joined 146 Squadron at Baigachi in India flying Hurricane Mark IIs before moving to 135 Squadron at Mineriya, Ceylon flying Thuderbolts. He continued to fly regularly, entries for January 1945 include 'Dive Bomb Jap Concentration Good Bombing Myohaung' and 'Bomb Jap Positions with Napalm 2x1000lbs Napalm Fire Bombs + Straffe Kangaw Area'. The last entry is on March 1st, this is followed by a rubber stamp 'Killed on Active Service' Having flown hundreds of missions and accumulated over 766 hours Turton played his part against the German's and Japanese in two different theaters of war as a valuable, effective and highly regarded fighter pilot. Jack Turton died at the age of 24 on the 4th of March 1946 when his plane crashed in Malaysia. The accident occurred during takeoff when his Thunderbolt II stalled and crashed when attempting to clear high ground when taking off from Kuala Lumpur in a semi-stalled condition. He is buried in Kuala Lumpur at the Cheras Road Civil Cemetery, grave number 869. The documents and photographs with this lot include a number relating to his funeral and grave with initial cross and later headstone. Incorrectly named on the Batley War Memorial as R. Turton, it took his mother Mrs Edith Turton of White Lee Road in Batley 18 years of campaigning to get the local authority to correct the error. Offered for sale by a direct descendant of the recipient *Condition: Medals as issued, paperwork tatty in places.
A Second World War Group of four comprising 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal awarded to Reginald Frederick Cane, 2149589. Reginald Kane was born on the 13th April 1921, enlisting on the 15th of May 1941 he was transferred to the Army Reserve on the 3rd September 1946. He worked at the end of hostilities with the 8 Corps District Postal Unit Royal Engineers, his conduct was described as 'Exemplary'. In civilian life he returned to his role as a well-liked and respected local postman. With a collection of patches, badges, buttons and documents to include a ribbon bar suggesting he may also have been entitled to an Imperial Service Medal and a 1977 Silver Jubilee Medal. With four original copies of 'Release' a paper of humorous, topical and contemporary matters for in-house distribution within the Royal Engineers, dated from the 24th June 1945. A Kitchener memorial bronze medal and three swagger sticks *Condition: Four medals mounted as worn, paperwork tatty and distressed in places.
A set of Second World War miniatures comprising 1939-45, Atlantic, Africa (with 8th Army clasp) and Italy Stars, Defence Medal and War Medal with Mentioned in despatches oak leaf. Mounted as worn, and unnamed as issued. The certificate awarding the mention to 'Captain (temp) T.J. Morgan Royal Army Service Corps, published in Gazette 23rd May 1946'. At the time Captain Morgan was serving in the Mediterranean. With a selection of patches and a letter giving him authority to use the rank of Captain on his release from service and other documents *Condition: Paperwork tatty at times, medals as issued.
An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal named to No. 1834 Private John Ryder 71st Highland Light Infantry, 2nd type obverse with trophy of arms, reverse 'For Long Service and good Conduct' with date 1855 added below. On rectangular bar suspension with distressed ribbon and top clip. Private John Ryder was awarded his LSGC in 1855 and awarded a gratuity of £5. He is recorded as being in Dublin in 1851 *Condition: Ribbon heavily distressed, light dent to rim.
A mounted group of four and badges attributed to Lt later Major Kazimierz Klaczynski 1907-1995 9th Malopolski Lancers'. Comprising a September Campaign Cross, 1939, a Polish Republic Order for Military Virtue, unnamed to the reverse, breast badge in silver and enamel. a bronze cross of valour, dated 1920, and numbered 19666 to the reverse, and an army Active Service Medal. Mounted with a cap badge, 'Poland' cloth shoulder title and convex enamel 9th Malopolski Lancers Regiment enamel badge with screw back marked for A. Pamasiuk, Grawer, Warszawa, I. Swietoianska 4/6'. Mounted in a glazed frame with title 'Lt/Major Kazimierz Klaczynski 1907-1995 9th Malopolski Lancers'. 32.5 x 32.5cm square, 5cm deep. According to documents included Kazimierz Klaczynski took part in the Defence of Warsaw with the 9 Malopolski Lancers from the 1st September 1939 until the 29th September 1939. He was held prisoner by the Germans from September 1939 until April 1945 when liberated by the allies. On release he reported for duty with the 1 Polish Armoured Division, 1 Polish Corps in Germany, he was assigned guard duties in the British occupied zone. November 1946 he was transferred to the 2nd Polish corps in Italy. Apparently he was unable to join Polish Forces under British command as military authorities refused to accept him for active service. On evacuation as a civilian to the UK he was attached to the Civilian Families' camp at Stockbridge, Salisbury. The 9th Malopolski Lancers were formed in 1809 and later reformed in November 1918 when Poland won back her independence. After the brief defence of September 1939 the 9th Lancers were re-established briefly in France and then evacuated to England before finding a permanent base in Scotland. It has been suggested that they comprised approximately 40 officers and 800 men. The regiment disbanded at the end of 1947. Apparently Major Klaczynski played an active part in the defence of Poland, being amongst the men who attacked the German tanks on horseback with sabers raised and lying along the side of the horse for protection. He is remembered as an extremely capable horseman, in later years becoming a three-day event coach and teaching riding at the most proficient levels. Following the initial desperate defences he apparently fought with an artillery regiment who only had two guns but did their utmost to make the attackers believe there were more by constantly moving them and varying the point of fire. Alas his resistance was not to last beyond September 1939 and he spent the rest of the war a prisoner. After arriving in the UK he spent much of his life living in what has been described as a hut in the woods near Alresford in Hampshire with his dog who he taught to perform no end of tricks. The September Campaign medal for 'Participation in the Defensive War' was introduced by the Polish People's Republic in 1939 for those who played a part in the Defence of Poland between 1st September and 6th October 1939. The dates on the cross 1.IX and 17 IX refer to the dates of German and Russian aggression against the Polish *Condition: Attractively mounted, and all much as issued.
§ Walter Horst Nessler (1912-2001) John Denham, Mill Lanesigned and dated 'Nessler / 84' (lower right)mixed media35.5 x 50.5cmRemembered as much for his dreamlike imagery as for his courage and fortitude, German-born artist, Waler Nessler's, work often dealt with themes of social and political injustice. In the 1950s and 1960s, he created a series of powerful anti-war paintings that were inspired by his experiences as a refugee and by the devastating effects of World War II. He also created works that explored issues of poverty, racism and the struggles of the working class.Forced to flee Germany in the 1930s, due to his opposition to the Nazi regime, Nessler lived briefly in Paris before moving to London and joining the army shortly thereafter. During his military service, Nessler continued to produce art, sketching his surroundings and fellow personnel. Following the war, Nessler returned to London to study sculpture at St. Martin’s School of Art, before travelling to Paris, where he mixed with artists including Cocteau, Picasso and Matisse. The bright colours and strong use of line associated with both the School of Paris and Cubism proved to have a huge influence on Nessler’s matured style.In addition to his artwork, Nessler was also a dedicated teacher. He taught at a number of art schools in London, including the Central School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art. Nessler's work has been exhibited in many major galleries and museums around the world, including the Tate Gallery in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His legacy continues to inspire artists today, particularly those who seek to use their art to engage with political and social issues.Not examined out of the frame, so edges and reverse not available for inspection. Appears in very nice condition with some minor surface blemishes, likely on the sheet during execution of the piece, otherwise good.
§ Patrick Venton (1925-1987) Landscape with forms (blue with green), 1964signed, titled and dated to the reverseoil on board121 x 90.5cmProvenance:Sale; Bonhams, 15 July 2008, lot 167Sacrosanctly private and with a profoundly apathetic attitude towards exhibiting, Patrick Venton was an artist in spite of himself. Born in 1925, Venton left school at sixteen to work as a clerk before joining the army two years later. Like so many young men of the day, however, Venton’s military service was defined by trauma. After three years, he was discharged due to clinical depression, for which he received electroconvulsive therapy. Compounding his grief, it was also during this time that Venton’s brother was killed in action at Arnhem. The family never recovered from the tragic death of their son and brother - a loss which would ultimately shape the life and works of Patrick Venton.After being demobbed in 1946, Venton embarked upon a period of study at Birmingham College of Art where he met fellow student, Zena Hitchings, who would become his wife. Venton would later be appointed as a teacher at both Birmingham College of Art and in London, at Heatherley’s College of Art. Although he was encouraged by friends and peers to exhibit, he rarely acquiesced and sold only four paintings during his lifetime. More recently, Venton’s work has been the subject of a major 2006 retrospective, which unveiled a largely unknown body of paintings and renewed interest and appreciation of Venton’s life and work.Rendered in motley blues and punctuated with blocks of green and orange, the present lot is one of a series of works based on the rock formations that Venton observed during his trip to the Isles of Scilly.
Historical records of the 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s) artillery volunteers. “One and All” Capt B.A. Milne. 'Historical Record of the 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s) Artillery Volunteers ‘’One and All’’, The Army and Navy Co-Operative Society Ltd, 117 Victoria St, London, 1885.This is a very scarce work relating to the various artillery battery’s in Cornwall and the volunteers that manned them, with the signature of Capt R. A. Peter (possibly from Launceston) no.2 Battery 1st Cornwall Artillery Volunteers and dated July 1885, bookplate and signature of John Blowey, original blue boards, gilt lettering spine slightly split, otherwise a good copy.
Military Interest. Penzance No.10 Battery, 1879. 'Penzance (no.10 battery) Duke of Cornwall’s Artillery Volunteers. Artillery Exercises 1879, Compiled and arranged by Lieut Marrack,' being various exercises for the 64-pr. R.M.L, converted gun on various carriages based at no.10 battery, Penzance, 8 pages.Sir Francis Tuker. 'The Chronicle of Private Metcalfe h.M. 32nd Regiment of Foot together with Lieutenant John Edmondstone's letter to his mother of 4th January 1858,' first edition Cassell & Co Ltd, London, 1953.This book is based around the 32nd Regiment of Foot which bore the brunt of the defence of Lucknow in the Indian mutiny, not in dustwrapper, overall a good copy.Major-General W. K. Venning Colonel D.C.L.I. 'Regimental Standing Orders, Published Under Paragraph 1651, King’s Regulations, 1935' first edition, not in dustwrapper, otherwise a good copy, Underhill (Plymouth) Ltd, Army Printers, Plymouth 1936. (3)
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