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Baden, Friedrich II (1907-1918), 20-marks, 1912-G (J. 192), extremely fine

Germany, Anhalt-Dessau, Friedrich II, 3-marks, 1914; Baden, 5-marks, 1904; 3-marks (2), 1912 and 1914; 2-marks 92), 1876 and 1902; Kingdom, miscellaneous minor issues (19), 1-mark and smaller, fine to extremely fine (25)

Various alcohol, to include Russet dessert wine, various others similar, Baden, etc. (a quantity)

HO gauge, Liliput by Bachmann, four locomotives: L104020 4-6-2 Baden blue 'IVh 1000'; L104201 2-10-0 DB black '42 2339'; L105212 2-10-0 DR black '52 8063'; L104000 4-6-2 DB black '018 323-6'. Boxed but have previously been on display, viewing recommended. (4)

HO gauge, Six Roco Steam locomotives, 04120A Dampflokomotive BR 23, 04122B Serie 93, 43331 Baden G12 1048, 43351 DR BR44 151, 43359 DB BR 01 008 and 63306 DRG71 502. Boxed but have been on display, viewing recommended. (6)

HO gauge, five Liliput locomotives: 4020 2-6-2 Baden blue 'IVh 95'; 7803 2-6-4T DB black '78 134'; 10123 4-6-2 DB black '01 1100'; 101 04 4-6-2 DB black '011 065-0'; 10124 4-6-2 DB black '012 081-6'. Boxed but have previously been on display, viewing recommended. (5)

HO gauge, four Liliput by Bachmann locomotives: L104030 4-6-2 Baden black 'IVh 64'; L131002 2-6-2T DR black '75 406'; L131001 2-6-2T Baden blue 'VIc 905'; L131200 2-10-2T BR black '84 001'. Boxed but have previously been on display, viewing recommended. (4)

Four typed letters from Olave Baden Powell on Hampton Court Palace headed notepaper dated from the years 1964-1966, principally concerning her luncheon invitations to a Mrs Fear, together with three Hampton Court Palace greeting cards.

A relief of Mafeking / Baden Powell Boer war commemorative beaker

A large pottery presentation plate from the state of Baden-Wurtemberg, bearing state and city crests.

ALEXEIEVNA ELIZABETH: (1779-1826) Princess Louise of Baden. Empress of Russia 1801-25 as spouse of Emperor Alexander I. A good and rare A.L.S., `La Bonne Soeur´ (“The good Sister”), two pages, 8vo, Saint-Petersburg, 23rd September 1822, to Marie Louise, in French. The Russian Empress thanks her correspondent, the Duchess of Parma, for her letter which she has received from General Paulucci. Elizabeth Alexeievna explains that the Emperor Alexander I is travelling to Italy to attend the Verona Congress on September 22nd, and is intending to visit the Duchess of Parma, bring this letter in person and share with her their good wishes. Left edge slightly irregularly trimmed, otherwise VG £300-400 Marie Louise (1791-1847) Duchess of Parma. Austrian Archduchess. Napoleon´s second wife and Empress of the French 1810-14.

Small Selection of Boer War Itemsincluding tin whistle. The body embossed with Baden Powell ... Celluloid lapel badge with Baden Powell ... Small lapel badge of Baden Powell ... Lord Kitchener's Welcome Return From South Africa programme ... 2 x Boer War postcards ... 1857 Crystal Palace train ticket.

Four Boer War Period Clay Pipesconsisting clay pipe. The bowl in the form of 'Baden Powell' ... Similar example 'Lord Roberts' ... Similar example 'Gordon' ... Similar example 'Taft'. This with wooden shaft. Together with a white metal matchbox. The front embossed with 'Lord Roberts'. 4 items.

Anglo-Boar War commemorative proof medal, struck in 18ct gold, 45g, Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941). A few light finger marks, otherwise about mint state

Mixed group of large Silver World coins; 1807 Spain 8 Reales; 1845 Netherlands 2 1/2 Golden; 1880 Peru 5 Pesetas; 1889 Ethiopia 1 Birr; 1304 (1887) Sudan 20 Piastres; 1913G German States Baden 5 Mark; 1916 Egypt 20 Piastres; 1927 Japan 1 Yen; 1929 and 1931 Latvia 5 Lati; and 1971 Guinea 100 Francs (11)

German and German States coins; 1908A 3 Mark Prussia; 1910A 3 Mark Prussia x2; 1910G 3 Mark Baden; 1911G 3 Mark Baden; 1913 3 Mark (declaration of war of Prussia against Napoleon); 1907A 2 Mark Prussia; 1934, 1935, 1936 x3, and 1937 5 Mark; and 1939 2 Mark (14)

A pair of German Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) copper and brass cantilever candlesticks by Carl Deffner Esslingen, circa 1900, in the manner of W. A. S. BensonEach with a brass sphere issuing a scrolled candlearm with inverted bell-shaped nozzle and circular drip-pan and a scrolled foot, the underside with the stamped mark CDE within a shield with two crossed halberds, 23cm long. (2) The round ball weight to prevent the candlestick being knocked over is ingeniously part of the unusual design and it was also designed to be carried in the hand and placed down safely.  The Deffner firm was established in Esslingen in 1815 by Carl Christian Ulrich Deffner and existed throughout several generations of the family until 1969. Around the period before WWI the company was a very large concern employing around 500 people. Carl Deffner (1856-1948) took over the firm from his father Wilhelm in 1900, with his brother Otto (1866-1949). Esslingen am Neckar is a city in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. W.A.S. Benson was a significant figure in the Arts & Crafts movement and set up a workshop as W.A.S. Benson & Co in 1880 in North End Road, West Kensington, London. He was known for his fine metalwork. A related pair of “piano” candlesticks is in the British Museum (1982,0108.2-3).

A porcelain mug printed in grey and decorated in colours with crossed flags and inscribed, circa 1855 and a Foley beaker with colour printed portrait of Baden-Powell the reverse inscribed for the relief of Mafeking, May 17th 1900 (2) (commemorative commemorate)

Five various plates for Gladstone, another Tom Ellis, also Roberts and Baden Powell and a tile depicting Bright, some cracked (9) (commemorative commemorate)

Spanish 1936 Condor Legion Combatant Medal in original box, plus Stick pin Badischer Sa Baden (2)

World Commercial Covers in pink boxfile, covering many countries & era's. Some useful noted inc Baden 1850's cover, German Allied Occupation, Third Reich. 1930's France with Intellectuals, 1930's Iraq. Needs viewing (qty)

BOOKS ON INDIA, GAME HUNTING & PIG STICKING an interesting group of books including Tiger and Other Game (A E Stewart, 1927, signed by the author), Hunting Grounds of the Old World (The Old Shekarry, 2nd edition), Modern Pig Sticking (Wardrop, 1930), My Indian Journal (Col Campbell), Indian Village Folk (Pandian, 1897), A Sportswoman in India (Savory, 1900), African Game Trails (Roosevelt, 1910), Pig Sticking or Hog Hunting (Baden-Powell, 1924), Hog Hunting in The East (Capt Newall, 1867), Indian Big Game (Wardrop, 1923), and other books (not all shown in image).

BADEN-POWELL, Lady TLS relating to girl guide movement in St. Lucia, plus ALS Viscountess Exemouth (widow of Edward Pellew) June 1836, plus John Duke Coleridge, Aug. 1880 plus small collection of ephemera relating to Joan Fleetwood-Hesketh, incl. a letter about a Stradivarius violin bequeathed by her father which later sold in 1976 for £44000

A collection of late 19th/ early 20th century silver and gold mounted souvenir buttons and badges of Political and Military leaders:, Gladstone, Buller, Roberts and Baden Powell.

2 Baden Powell Plates/Plaques

CRICKET, odds, inc. McIntyre Australian Cricketers (Oldfield), Pattreiouex Famous Cricketers (C31 & 34, both Middlesex), Cohen Weenen (1+1), Ogdens Guinea Gold (1+1), Goode (2), Barratt booklets (2); Thomson mini RP (complete); non-cricket, Ogdens (Tabs) Leading Generals at the War (37, Baden-Powell), FR to EX, 47*

Old-time 'stuck-down' collection in 'Lallier' album dated 1864, contents mostly contemporary with a few later odds to around 1905, typically mixed condition with unused stamps assumed to have no gum, better items (used unless noted) include GB 1840 1d black and 2d blue, 1862-64 3d, 4d, 6d and 9d unused, 1870 1_d rose-red plate 1 unused, France 1849 15c green, 1f carmine, 1853-61 1f, 1862 perf 80c unused, 1866 2c and 5c unused, Baden 1862-65 18k green, Greece Hermes heads to 80L, Poland 1858 10k, Switzerland 1854-55 1f (2), India 1854-55 4a (c.t.s.), also _a blue used 'B/172' of Singapore, Tasmania 1853 1d pale blue, NZ imperf Chalons 1d, 2d, 3d, 6d, Canada 1852-57 _d, 1859 1c, 5c, 10c, 17c unused, 1864 2c unused, Nova Scotia 1851-60 1s purple, very fine appearance, USA 1847 5c (Few Hundreds)

Old-time 'stuck-down' collection in 'Lallier' album dated 1863, contents almost all contemporary, typical very mixed condition, some better items (used unless noted) include Denmark 1854-59 16s, Baden 1862-65 18k, Bavaria 1862-63 3k carmine and 6k blue unused, Netherlands 1852 5c to 15c, Sweden 1858 9o, Norway 1856 Oskar 2s to 8s, 1864 8s and 16s, USA 1861-62 12c black unused, India 1854-55 _a to 4a, the last cut-to-shape (150+)

Useful collection to 1949 in two volumes with some German states, a mixture of m/mint and used with better items (used to 1920s, m/mint thereafter unless noted) including Baden 1851-52 1k on brown,1862-65 9k (4), Bavaria 1849-62 6k brown, 1850-58 to 18k, 1862-63 to 18k, 1914-20 20m used, Hamburg 1859 _s, 7s, 1864-75 3s Prussian blue, Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1856 4/4s red, 1864 5s bistre, 1865 3s orange-yellow, 1866 2s grey lilac, all unused, Thurn & Taxis vals to 5sgr/15k, unified issues incl 1872 small shield 2k orange-yellow m/m, large shield 9k, 1874 9k, 1928-31 Zeppelin to 4m (unused ex 1m), 1934 Welfare Fund used, 1939 surch on Danzig, 1943 Afrika Korps local, Allied Occ Baden 1949 Freiburg Fund set and min sheets, 1949 Red Cross min sheet (also Rhineland Pfalz and Wurttemburg), West Berlin 1949 red opts to 2m (missing a few cheap vals), 1949 UPU to 2m, surch to 1m on 3m, Br. & American Zone 1948-50 to 5Dm, also some Belgium for same period, this of little value, condition very mixed with tone spotting/adhesions (Few Hundreds)

Robert Baden Powell - ""Dinner in Sight at Mafeking" a pen drawing 14cm x 19cm, signed on left RBP.

A Box Containing Various Military Books, Baden Powell Ceramic Plate, French Number of the Times London 1938

* LARA BADEN, FLORAL GARDEN oil on paper, signed 33 cm x 25 cm Mounted, framed and under glass

Scouting Interest A Vintage Scout Blanket Profusely Decorated With Woven Badges Traditional grey wool felt poncho covered in various scouting patches from various years and countries to include American bicentennial patch 1977, 1973 National Jamboree Orkney, California, Japan, Ulster, Holland etc. Also a large collection of vintage woven patches, over 150 in total comprising various UK, European and international Scout groups. Also, a photocopy letter of introduction to a new helper from Sir Baden Powell. Please see accompanying image.

Contemporary German Large and Impressive Gentleman's Silver Lidded Rectangular Shaped Table Cigarette Box with horse racing interest to central panel/cover cedar wood interior 'The Words Badener Meile Baden Baden 1993, marked silver and makers mark for LW cross weight 533.4 grams size 9 inches 22.5 cms wide 5 inches 12.5 cm depth and 1.5 inches 3.75 cms high overall condition good few tiny scratches to top.

German light oak cased chiming wall clock by Baden

*Vanity fair cartoons. A collection of forty-seven caricatures relating to the military and the navy, late 19th and early 20th century, colour lithographs, including Louis Alexander Mountbatten, Captain Jellicoe, Rear-Admiral Keppel, Garibaldi, Kitchener, Baden-Powell and Lord Roberts, occasional marginal closed tears, slight spotting, each approximately 350 x 210 mm (47)

LILLIAN COWELL; watercolour, 'World Jamboree Arrowe Park 1929', the third World Scout jamboree which took place in Arrowe Upton, 29th July to 12th August 1929, commemorating the 21st birthday of Scouting for Boys, also known as the 'Coming of age jamboree', 30,000 scouts attended and over 300,000 visitors, also attended by Baden Powell and opened by the Duke of Connaught , 23 x 33cm, framed and glazed.

Baden Reserve Regiment 110 Enlisted Mans Pickelhaube and Matching Trench Cover, a very rare all leather pickelhaube, excellent condition skull with one minor indentation to the back brass strap. Slight crazing to the front and back peaks. Subdued brass fittings having the Reserve Baden plate without scroll at base with its correct Reserve Cross fitted to the breast of the Baden griffin. Complete with its correct national and Baden cockades, original chinstrap which is still in the hanging position, with its original field cover with green stencilled numbers ‘110’. To the rear peak an early date of ‘1905’ plus a later date of ‘1906’ with army group markings. A superb time warp helmet with the chinstrap still in the hanging position. Featured on pages 128 and 129 of Feldzug 1915.

Baden Regiment 114 Enlisted Mans Pickelhaube and Cover, a very scarce enlisted mans all leather pickelhaube, skull good, all fittings in brass, complete with the Baden large front plate, complete with its national and its Baden State cockade, chinstrap missing. To the interior its 9 tongue leather liner all intact with good colour to the interior. The rear peak marked to Regiment 114 with a clear date ‘1910’. The helmet is complete with its original field cover, which is fitted with moth damaged red numbers ‘114’. All five hooks complete. The cover is a good snug fit to the helmet.

Matching Pair of Enlisted Mans Shoulder Boards, being a good exact matching set of the field grey M.15/16 shoulder boards. White piped with applied red crowns. Three Infantry Regiments of the German Army were entitled to wear the crown, Infantry Regiment 53, Baden Leib Grenadier Regiment 109 and the Bavarian Infantry Leib Regiment.

Model 1908 Baden Regiment 111 Greatcoat, a good example of the 08 depot issued enlisted mans service greatcoat of wartime manufacture. Stone grey colour, two angled pockets with flaps, all crown Prussian buttons, some minor period stitch repairs, no undue moth damage, good nap to cloth. The lining is marked ‘B.A.XIV’ with a clear date ‘1915’ with further regimental marking of Baden Regiment ‘J.R.111’ with further date ‘1915’.  Shoulder boards minus.

WW1 German GEW98 Ammunition Pouch and Equipment Rig, because of the weight problem the Imperial German soldier has with his pouches weighing down the front of the belt without support, this soldier has utilised two of the rarer model bread bag straps that has an extra strap stitched to allow an X frame to be constructed. Both pouches although of different manufacturers have been worn by the same man and are of identical construction, both are ‘1917’ dated, all have steel fittings, the white stitching is good and firm, all leather supple, one pouch marked to what appears to be Regiment 112, which of course if Baden Infantry Regiment. A rare set.

Rare Imperial German Baden Leib-Grenadier-Rgt 109 Reserve Pickelhaube Helmet Plate, Silver plated white metal backing plate with plain scroll at the bottom and gilt Reserve cross to the centre over the starburst. Two fixing wire mounts to the reverse of the plate.

A collection of letters and papers to, from and relating to Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), comprised of (in date order): Letter to Kipling dated 01.10.1909 from Robert Baden Powell (1857-1941), letter to Kipling dated 22.10.1909 from Field Marshal Lord Roberts (1832-1914), letter to Mrs Caroline Kipling (1862-1939), dated 13.12.1909 from Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), letter from Kipling dated 05.01.1910 to his secretary Miss Janet Coates, card from Kipling to Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) dated 07.04.1910, 'Dear Mr Roosevelt, Just back from the Continent after an automobile trip from one end of France to the other. I gather from a few casual references in the press that you were next door and I nearly wrote to thank you for the splendid speech you made in Egypt where I expect there will be some trouble later, that was good work. I don't usually go up to the village much in the summer and if I did it would be about the last place where I could get to see you. But if you and Mrs Roosevelt could slip down here for lunch any time (it is only two hours in an automobile) or better still spend the night with us there's nothing we'd like better. I can give you dead quiet, a view of ordinary English country life in a small way (which is different from the big lay-out that you'll get) and if you want to want to get a sweat on you by any form of manual labour we can meet you with axe or spade. If that suits the ??? of your arrangements, perhaps your people could fix it. I want to see you very much. We are having one hell of a political time. Ever sincerely Rudyard Kipling. PS Do you remember the 'Hereditary enemy' you used to tell me about at Washington in the years before the flood. I told you that she didn't hate you.', a letter to Kipling, undated from George F Crouch and correspondence from Sears and Patton Solicitors dated 29.03.1921 and 02.04.1921 to Miss Coates. The collection also includes assorted correspondence relating to Charles Lewis-Hind (1862-1927), author, journalist and art critic and his wife Henriette 'Miggles', who was the first wife of the artist George Hitchcock (they separated in 1904). Henriette Lewis-Hind published a biography of American artist Gari Melchers (1860-1932) work in 1928. A signed handwritten letter from H G Wells (1866-1946) dated 03.10.31 to Mrs Hind, a letter from American artist James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923) dated 13.04.1928 to 'My Dear Miggles', a letter in French, possibly from the French painter Jean-Francois Raffaelli to 'Chère Mademoiselle', a draft copy of a long letter to George Hitchcock from Henriette after he left her for the artist Cecil Jay on the headed note paper of their Dutch residence 'Schuil En Burg, Egmond a/d Hoef, Holland', and other letters and work relating to Charles Lewis-Hind. The vendor's mother when she was a girl, also wrote to and received replies from the writers and poets Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) and Walter De La Mare (1873-1956).There is the possibility that this collection is connected to Miss Janet Coates who was Kipling's secretary until 30.06.1911 when it is documented that she left his employ 'to better herself'. The correspondence relating to Kipling dates from the time of her employment as his secretary. The letters addressed to her from her solicitors Sears and Patton of Vancouver, Canada in March 1921 were sent to the Jericho Country Club, Point Grey, BC, Canada and refer to her purchase of a lot of real estate in 1911. The items connected to Mr and Mrs Lewis-Hind date mainly from the 1920's and 30's. Although the two collections may not be linked, it could be speculated that Miss Coates also came into contact with the Lewis-Hinds after her time with Kipling. The vendors have no idea where the collection originated. CONDITION REPORT: If you require further images of this lot or a condition report please contact us with your request as condition reports have not been included in the description

A set of five Staffordshire equestrian flatbacks, General Hector MacDonald, Baden Powell, Lord Kitchener, Lord Roberts and Sir Redevers Buller, the largest 32cm high, c. 1900

Chalmers, Alexander & Samuel Johnson: The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper in 21 Volumes. Johnson, Nichols etc, 1810. Contemporary full calf; covers worn and many detached, and Girl Guide: Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell: A SIGNED Christmas card: “With the kindest regards of the girl guides and hoping to hear news of the girl guides in your neighbourhood, Nov. 6th. 1918; from Miss Agnes Baden-Powell, 98 Lexham Gardens, London.

Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, 2nd Class, Silver, Hohenzollern, Medal for Merit 1842 with swords, Silver, Baden, Medal for Merit, type Friedrich II, 1907-1918, Silver, Germany, Cross for war combatants with swords (Hindenburg cross), bronze. I-II

STAMPS : WORLD, stockbook with Germany & USA. Germany inc Allied Occupation 1946 Numeral perf & imperf miniature sheets (cat £575), also 1949 Baden Freiburg imperf used miniature sheet (cat £350), 1959 Beethoven mini-sheet used etc. Some Liechtenstein also spotted!

A pearl and diamond pendant and chain with Royal provenance, the pendant with a 5.5mm bouton pearl centre in a fringe of tapered petals set with rose cut diamonds, and now held in an open circular frame by five millegrain edged hoops, with scrolled surmount and suspensory loop and bale, overall diameter 25mm, on a faceted box link chain with barrel clasp and safety chain, length of chain 48cm; presented in a blue leather and gold tooled case with applied crown on the top, and enclosing a hand-written note saying 'The star forming the centre of this pendant was (in the form of a scarf pin) presented to Mr WA Masterman of Bournemouth by Her Majesty Queen of Sweden & Norway upon the occasion of the wedding of her son Prince Oscar to Miss Ebba Munck, 15/3/1888' Other Notes: Prince Oscar Carl August Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (15 November 1859 – 4 October 1953) was the second son of King Oscar II of Sweden and his consort, Sofia of Nassau. He was known as Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland. However, by marrying contrary to Swedish constitutional requirements, and without the consent of his father, the King, he lost those titles, becoming instead Luxembourgish nobility as Prince Bernadotte and Count of Wisborg. Ebba Munck was a lady-in-waiting of the crown princess, Victoria of Baden. She was religious and influenced Oscar in this regard. When Oscar told his family that he wished to marry Ebba, they were scandalized. He was forced to take a two-year consideration period, and Ebba was dismissed as a lady-in-waiting. In 1887, Oscar told his family that he had not changed his mind, and the royal house reluctantly gave its consent to the marriage but on condition that Oscar's brothers signed a document promising that they should never enter a similar marriage, which they did. On 29 January 1888, the engagement was formally announced. The match was treated with great sorrow within the Royal house, but it received a lot of sympathy from the public. It was said that a bridge had been placed between the people and the royal house - 'the Munck bridge'. When the couple left Stockholm, a large crowd gathered at the train station to see them off and show their support. They were married on 15 March 1888 in St Stephen's Church at Bournemouth and he and his wife were named with new titles as Prince and Princess Bernadotte as of their wedding day.

Mafeking Beseiged circa 1900, an album containing Scouts and Guide related stamps including a Baden-Powell 3d stamp and a Warner Goodyear 1d stamp riding on his bicycle. Incredible bicycles with the symbol of the Mafeking Cadet Corp. These stamps were not meant to be used on mail outside of Mafeking, as images other than Queen Victoria and her Royal Family were not normally authorized for us on British Empire postage stamps

Boer War Silver Presentation Cigarette Case of Baden Powell Interest, an interesting and highly detailed engraved German silver cigarette case with finely engraved scene of the Artillery field gun defending Mafeking during the siege, engraved below “15cm Creuzot Lady Jane Mafeking 1899/1900”, reverse engraved “Major AD to General B P 1901”. Remains in very good condition. Baden Powell commanded the defenders of Mafeking against the Boers. He was promoted to Major General after this action and became a national hero. He later formed the Boy Scouts movement.

 BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant-General, famous for his successful defence at the Siege of Makeking in 1899 during the Second Boer War. First Inspector-General of the South African Constabulary and later the founder and first Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts Association. A.L.S., R Baden Powell, one page, 8vo, Johannesburg, 27th January 1902, to Mrs. Finlayson, on the printed stationery of the South African Constabulary. Baden-Powell thanks his correspondent for their 'very kind thoughts in sending me the charming reminders of Xmas' and also for her good wishes. Some traces of former mounting to the upper edge of the verso, a small tear to the lower edge and a few light creases, the latter slightly affecting the signature, G   The South African Constabulary was a parliamentary force under the control of the British Army. Set up in 1900, its role was to police areas captured from the two independent Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State during the Second Boer War. 

 [MAFEKING SIEGE OF]: A scarce original printed folio edition of The Mafeking Mail, being a Special Siege Slip ('issued daily, shells permitting') published on the penultimate and 216th day of the Siege of Mafeking, Wednesday, 16th May 1900, numbered 143. Printed and published by Townshend & Son of Mafeking, and edited by the manager, G. N. H. Whales, the newspaper is printed on both sides of slightly inferior accounting paper (several ruled blue lines evident to the verso) and provides the latest news including a report of the action of 12th May, an announcement of despatches received during the previous night, 15th May, advising that Relief Columns from the North and South are both near at hand, the Boers advanced party from Maritzani arrived at the old S.W. Laager but are still at present in their camps and appear to have lost many of their waggons, and also stating 'The Colonel Commanding hopes soon to be in a position to congratulate the Town and Garrison on the termination of the hardships and anxieties which they have borne with much exemplary courage and fortitude for the past seven months', further providing the General Orders made by Robert Baden-Powell ('The whole garrison is to be congratulated on the brilliant success gained over the enemy yesterday…..') and listing six officers who are to be commended for their gallantry etc. Together with a second original printed folio edition of The Mafeking Mail, being a Special Siege Slip published in the week following the relief of the siege, Monday, 21st May 1900, numbered 146, the newspaper printed on both sides of heavier paper and with the headline Our Relief, and reporting, in part, 'Colonel Mahon's march to our relief, of 240 miles in twelve days, through country in the hands of the enemy…..and the fight outside Mafeking on Wednesday last, will, when recounted by the able scribes who accompanied the force, form one of the most notable chapters in the history of this war…..the heart of Mafeking is not a cold one, and though long duration of anxiety may have somewhat numbed its throbbing, it is full of fraternal yearning to those noble volunteers who came to our rescue so grandly…..', a smaller part of the newspaper carrying an erratum, an advert for an auction of household furniture, a notice for the sale of 'a complete set of Siege Stamps' for which offers are invited etc. Also including an original folio Souvenir Special issued by the Natal Mercury on 19th May 1900 following the relief of Mafeking, with red and blue vertical stripes and a portrait of Baden-Powell, Hero of Mafeking, at the centre, the printed text including headlines of Glad Tidings - Mafeking Relieved and London Delirious etc. All with various minor faults (neat splits to some folds, marginal tears and small areas of paper loss, some light staining and a few remnants of tape repairs etc.) FR to G, 3   The 217-day siege battle for the town of Mafeking ran from 13th October 1899 until 17th May 1900 and turned the British commander, Robert Baden-Powell, into a national hero. The siege received considerable attention during the Second Boer War as Lord Edward Cecil, son of the British Prime Minister the Marquess of Salisbury, was amongst the besieged residents. The Relief of Mafeking was of little military significance but did prove to be a valuable morale boost for the struggling British. 

 SALISBURY MARQUESS OF: (1830-1903) British Prime Minister 1885-86, 1886-92 & 1895-1902 whose period in office oversaw the entire Second Boer War. War date A.L.S., Salisbury, three pages, 8vo, n.p. (London), 26th February 1900, to [Leonard] Courtney, on the black bordered mourning stationery of the Foreign Office. Salisbury acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter and the address from the South African Conciliation Committee, remarking 'I need not say that it shall have very careful consideration' and continuing to state 'The views of the Government on this question have been so fully explained from time to time in answer to questions asked in the House of Commons, that it is not necessary for me to enter upon it here'. With a brief pencil annotation in the hand of the noted autograph collector Ray Rawlins to the head of the first page. Together with Violet Cecil (1872-1958) English Edwardian Society lady and editor of the National Review. Her first husband was Lord Edward Cecil (1867-1918, English Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Chief Staff Officer to Robert Baden-Powell during the Second Boer War and son of the British Prime Minister the Marquess of Salisbury) and her second was Alfred Milner (1854-1925, 1st Viscount Milner, British Statesman and Colonial Administrator, Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner for Southern Africa 1897-1901 during the Second Boer War). An interesting A.L.S., Violet Cecil, two pages, 8vo, Cape Town, n.d., to [Julius] Weil, on the printed stationery of Government House. Cecil informs her correspondent that 'The staff officer who signed my pass is very anxious that I should not tell anyone I am going as he says he will be inundated with women & has orders not to give passes' and continues 'So will you not tell anyone I am going to Bloemfontein?'. With blank integral leaf. VG, 2   Leonard Courtney (1832-1918) 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith. British Radical Politician and Academic, an opponent of imperialism and militarism. Courtney was the President of the South Africa Conciliation Committee, a British ant-war organisation opposed to the Second Boer War which had been founded by his wife, Catherine Courtney, in 1899. The committee brought the sufferings of the Boers to the attention of the British public.   Julius Weil, an English merchant, had been the first Jew to settle in Mafeking in 1878. His family firm, which evolved into the Imperial Transport Service, was responsible for the provisioning of Mafeking during the siege of 1899-1900.   When Lord Edward Cecil arrived at Cape Town with Robert Baden-Powell in 1899 he immediately approached Julius Weil and ordered £500,000 of supplies from the provisions company for what Cecil correctly anticipated would be a long siege. Although Cecil was accompanied by his wife in South Africa they spent much time apart and it is probable that Lady Violet began an affair with her future second husband, Viscount Milner, at this time. 

[HAIG DOUGLAS]: (1861-1928) British Field Marshal of World War I, Commander of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front. Haig served as Commander during the Battle of the Somme and other significant offensives. An unsigned hardback edition of The British Legion Album, compiled by E. Lonsdale Deighton in aid of Field Marshal Earl Haig's Appeal for Ex-Service Men of all Ranks, First Edition published by Cassell & Company Ltd., London, 1924. Bound in the original dark green cloth with gilt stamped title, a colour illustration of the cenotaph pasted to the centre of the front, a colour illustration advertising Player's Navy Cut cigarettes to the back and a further colour illustration to the front pastedown advertising Wills's Gold Flake cigarettes. The contents of the book feature a wide array of facsimile signatures, quotations and statements by various members of the British Royal family, foreign royalty, political leaders, writers, musicians and a diverse range of other famous individuals, reproduced from The British Legion Autograph Album, including Queen Alexandra, Edward, Prince of Wales, H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, Robert Baden-Powell, I. J. Paderewski, Warren Harding, William Taft, David Beatty, Douglas Haig, Rudyard Kipling, Edward Elgar, Arthur Conan Doyle, Giacomo Puccini, Winston Churchill and many others as well as various military officers (some of them Victoria Cross winners) associated with World War I. Also featuring are some full plate illustrations (a few in colour) of works by artists and cartoonists including Augustus John, W. Heath Robinson etc. A few pages loose and with some overall age wear. Together with a small selection of hardback reference books and a paperback catalogue relating to autographs including Scribblers & Scoundrels and Collecting Autographs and Manuscripts by Charles Hamilton, Autographs: A Key to Collecting by Mary A. Benjamin etc. Three are accompanied by their dust jackets. Some age wear, generally G, 6

BRITISH MILITARY LEADERS: A good 8vo page removed from an autograph album individually signed by twenty-two Field Marshals, Generals and Admirals etc., most of them British and associated with World War I, comprising Edward R. G. R. Evans (1880-1957, a member of Scott's Second Antarctic expedition 1910-13), Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), Sydney Fremantle (1867-1958, oversaw the interned German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow), Roger Keyes (1872-1945), Henry Horne (1861-1929), Charles Monroe (1860-1929), David Beatty (1872-1936), William Birdwood (1865-1951, Commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915), William Sims (1858-1936), Harold Stark (1880-1972), Rosslyn Wemyss (1864-1933), John Jellicoe (1859-1935), Charles Madden (1862-1935), Julian Byng (1862-1935), George Milne (1866-948), Douglas Haig (1861-1928), Herbert Plumer (1857-1932), Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925), Horace Smith-Dorrien (1858-1930, one of the few British survivors of the Battle of Isandlwana), Hubert Gough (1870-1963), Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925) and Hugh Trenchard (1873-1956). All have signed in bold fountain pen inks, a few adding their ranks alongside their signatures. VG

WORLD' - LATIN/AFRICAN/EXOTICA - CDs. Mesmerising collection of around 170 x CD albums (including some box sets) featuring sounds of the world. Expect artists/titles such as Ali Farka Toure inc. In The Heart Of The Moon (with Toumani Diabate who is also represented in the marvelous Afrocubism album, also on World Circuit), the River, Niafunke, Savane and Talking Timbuktu, Vieux Farka Toure (let's not forget Ali's staggeringly talented son, here with Samba), Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall, Lost And Found, presents Manuel Guajiro Mirabal and S/T, Baden Powell inc. Afro Sambas, Live In Berlin, Canto On Guitar and Solitude On Guitar, Berimbau E Percussas - Music And Rhythms Of Brasil, The Montuno Sessions with Charlie Palmieri (Mr Bongo), Lobi Traore - Bamako Nights, Rokia Traore - Beautiful Africa, Junior Mendes, Chucho Valdes, Orquestra Cubana De Música Moderna, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Amália Rodrigues, Laurindo Almeida with Bud Shank - Brazilliance 1 and 2, Estrellas De Areito - Los Heroes, Sierra Maestra - Tibiri Tabara, Quarteto Negro, Paulo Moura Hepteto, Eddie Palmieri, Os Ipanemas (a Mr Bongo classic recording), The Uyghur Musicians From Xinjiang: Music From The Oasis Towns Of Central Asia and Giles Peterson presents Fania and Havana Cultura. What a way to end this staggering collection!

PAIR OF MID-19TH CENTURY PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS BY G. NAGEL, BADEN, each with gilt maker's name to the octagonal barrel, and to the etched lock plate, carved burr walnut fullstock, 40cm long, contained in a fitted walnut case, with relevant accessories including bullet mould, flask, ramrod, et cetra

German States : a collectors accumulation of mint and largely used issues, displayed in a stockbook, with light to moderate duplication, the early issues rather mixed condition, later generally good to fine, note Baden 1851-52 1k on buff used (part margins), 9k on rose fine four margins, other imperfs, 1862 perf. 10 6k and 9k nicely used, 1862-65 9k shades used (6), 30k with questionable cancel, 1868 to 7k (3) used; Bavaria range of imperfs incl. 1862-63 12k and 18k four margins nicely used, 1911-13 5pf and 10pf tete-beche pairs mint, later issues; Brunswick, Hamburg, Hanover, Oldenburg, Prussia, Saxony incl. 1850-51 3pf with four margins used, Thurn & Taxis, Wurttemberg etc; Also COLONIES incl. China 1898 to 20pf and 50pf used, Morocco 1899 set mint, Turkish Empire 1889 20pa on 10pf andf 1pi on 20pf corner blocks of four unmounted mint, 1900 15pi on 3m mint, 1905-12 15pi on 3m, 25pi on 5m mint, Caroline Is 1899-1900 set of six mint, Mariana Is 1899-1900 set of six mint, 1901 5m no watermark mint; Also Danzig, Memel etc. (approx 980 stamps). HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS

Baden-Powell, Lt. Gen. Sir Robert. My Adventures as a Spy, London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1915, first edition, paperback, 131 pages, very scarce, binding with repairs