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Los 73
GARNET, HALF PEARL AND ENAMEL BROOCH, CIRCA 1850The scrolling openwork plaque set with a garnet carbuncle, half pearls and blue and white enamel decoration, with glazed compartment to reverse, suspending a similarly-set detachable tassel and pear-shaped garnet swags via snake link chains, length 8.3cmFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 66
ENAMEL AND DIAMOND PLAQUE RING, LATE 18TH CENTURYThe central cushion-shaped diamond on an oval blue guilloché enamel plaque, within a surround of similarly-shaped diamonds, with a closed back pinched collet setting, diamonds approx. 1.20cts total, ring size approx. KFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 296
CARLO GIULIANO: RENAISSANCE REVIVAL ENAMEL AND SEED PEARL PENDANT, CIRCA 1875Of openwork design, decorated throughout in polychrome enamel, accented by seed pearls, terminating with a seed pearl drop, maker's mark CG, length 5.4cm, fitted case signed C Giuliano, 115 Piccadilly LondonFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 64
DIAMOND AND ENAMEL RING, FIRST HALF OF 19TH CENTURYSet with a cushion-shaped diamond within a blue enamel frame and a border of rose-cut diamonds, between openwork foliate shoulders, principal diamond very approx. 1.50cts, ring size approx. TFootnotes:Please note this lot has VAT at a preferential rate of 5% on the Hammer Price and VAT at the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 304
LARGE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE JEWELS, 18TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY1st: Blue and white paste lozenge brooch, and paste-set buckle brooch, 18th century, 2nd: Silver and paste flower brooch, 18th century, 3rd: Georgian garnet-set spray brooch and earrings, 4th: Berlin ironwork brooch and necklace, early 19th century, 5th: Seed pearl and enamel cameo brooch, dated 1877, 6th: Three paste and gem-set comet brooches, 19th century, 7th: Victorian seed pearl star brooch and silver and paste star brooch, 8th: Pearl necklace with glazed compartment clasp, 19th century, 9th: Seed pearl grape vine brooch, 19th century, 10th: Antique garnet and seed pearl flower brooch, 11th: Antique chrysoberyl-set earrings, 12th: Neo-Renaissance diamond and enamel earrings, 13th: Antique 'Flemish' silver and gold brooch with rose-cut diamond accents, 14th: Two antique paste-set brooches, 15th: Blue and white paste-set oblong brooch, early 20th century, lengths: brooches 2.3-7.5cm, earrings 1.2-2.4cm, necklaces 41.5-49.0cm (22)Footnotes:ProvenanceHilary Clarke (1925-2015), Director of Cameo Corner, BloomsburyDescent to the current ownerThe three comet brooches are likely to have been created in anticipation of the reappearance of Halley's comet in the 1835-1836.Hilary Clarke, known as 'Jill' to her friends, was one of the first women to be made a Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain in 1951. In her early career she worked as a designer for Edward Barnard & Sons of Hatton Garden (1950-1951) and S Root & Co Ltd (1951-1954) before joining Cameo Corner, Bloomsbury as assistant manager in 1954.When Clarke was made a director in 1962 she instigated a series of annual modern jewellery exhibitions which soon became a regular fixture in the trade calendar until the shop eventually closed in 1978. In 2001, in recognition of her contribution in promoting the work of British studio jewellers from the early Sixties until the mid-Eighties, she was awarded The Centennial Medal by the Society of Designer Craftsmen.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 293
CHAUMET: ENAMEL, RUBY AND DIAMOND-SET NECKLACE/WATCH, CIRCA 1910The case decorated with pink and red guilloché enamel within a frame set with rectangular step-cut rubies and cushion and rose-cut diamonds, and terminating in a cabochon ruby crown, the reverse revealing a round engine turned dial with Arabic hourmarkers within a pink enamel bezel, suspended from a cultured pearl, enamel and cushion-shaped diamond necklace, mounted in platinum, dial signed J Chaumet Paris London, later bolt ring fittings, necklace links deficient, lengths: watch 3.5cm, necklace 37.5cmFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 208
ENAMEL AND DIAMOND BROOCH, CIRCA 1870The black enamel plaque with applied rose-cut diamond coronet and monogram, within an interweaving surround decorated with black enamel and cushion-shaped diamonds, glazed compartment to the reverse, interweaving surround engraved on the reverse with foliate detail, length 4.0cm For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 209
ENAMEL AND DIAMOND BROOCH/PENDANT, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY COMPOSITEThe blue guilloché enamel plaque within a garland surround set with cushion-shaped and rose-cut diamonds, glazed compartment to the reverse, brooch pin deficient, with additional diamond-set piece, length 4.5cm (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 210
ENAMEL, EMERALD AND DIAMOND BROOCHThe enamel plaque depicting St. George and the Dragon, within a frame set with cushion-shaped diamonds and step-cut emeralds, with a similarly-set surmount and drop, length 5.8cmFootnotes:Please note this lot has VAT at the prevailing rate on both Hammer Price and Buyer's PremiumThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 8
CARTIER: ENAMEL AND GEM-SET CHARM BRACELETThe 18 carat gold fancy link bracelet with four bee charms, each decorated with black enamel and a cabochon ruby, emerald, sapphire or brilliant-cut diamond, signed Cartier, numbered, UK import mark, European convention mark, length 20.0cmm, maker's caseFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 216
COLLECTION OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES, 19TH CENTURY1st: A portrait miniature of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Emma Hamilton (1765-1815), wearing white dress and veil, (after John Barry, British, active 1784-1827, mid 19th century), painted on ivory, 2nd: A pair of portrait miniatures depicting a young boy and girl, painted on ivory (English School, mid 19th century), 3rd: A tinted photograph of a gentleman called Thomas Hale, circa 1860, by C. T. Newcombe of 135 Fenchurch Street and 109 Regent Street, London, 4th: A 19th century miniature profile of a lady, painted on card, 5th: An early 19th century gold and blue glass enamel portrait miniature frame, 1st, 2nd and 3rd: gilt-mounted within leather travelling cases, 5th: glass chipped and reverse deficient, lengths 8.8cm - 11.0cm (5)Footnotes:The principal miniature is a copy after John Barry's miniature which was derived from George Romney's 1785 oil portrait of Lady Hamilton in which she is seated at a spinning wheel, wearing a white veil (Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, cat. no.108).Please note, it is not possible to export ivory to the United States.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![[GP] A VERY RARE ENGLISH ENAMELLED AND GILT COPPER-ALLOY CIRCULAR PLAQUE, LONDON, CIRCA 1660-70, WORKSHOP OF STEPHEN PILCHERD](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5810e383-7ca3-4676-b7c8-ade200b9947a/791f5993-b10b-4a43-8c6b-ade200c3bd0a/468x382.jpg)
Los 234
[GP] A VERY RARE ENGLISH ENAMELLED AND GILT COPPER-ALLOY CIRCULAR PLAQUE, LONDON, CIRCA 1660-70, WORKSHOP OF STEPHEN PILCHERD, PROBABLY FOR THE ROYAL COACH OF CHARLES II cast in one piece, the outer face decorated in high relief with the royal initials ~CIIR~, the full crested mantled Royal arms enclosed by the Most Noble Order of the Garter with supporters and motto, on a ground of scrolling foliage with a pair of flowers at the base and a frame of conventional foliage and fruit, all enriched with blue and white enamel and the arms with further red enamel, pierced with a pair of stitch-holes on each side at the top, for attaching a lining-strap, fitted with original hinged bracket, its lower half integral to the casting, and the outer surface with much early bright gilding 15.5 cm; 6 in diameter The high quality styling and finish of the relief ornament are distinctive within the recorded examples which comprise this school of work. Augmented by the particularly bright tones of both the gilding and of the predominant enamels, this armorial plaque compares very closely with a pair of massive firedogs in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. 868 & 868A-1901). See Blair and Patterson, 2005, p.3, fig.2 and 2006, p.14. Shortly after the Restoration of The Monarchy in 1660, the Royal Wardrobe accounts on 25th March 1661, relating to works on the refurbishment of the royal coaches, record a payment to the royalist brasier Stephen Pilcherd (d.1670) for ~.....making enamelling and gilding our Armes in foure large and eight smaller pieces of brasse.....~. It has been suggested that the smaller plaques include those preserved in the Royal Collection (RCIN 62105), the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. 4920-1901) and two further examples illustrated by Sir James Mann in Country Life 1943 now made into a flask. The smaller plaques are around three quarters the size of the present example. The decoration is strikingly similar, thus presenting a very strong case for it being the only extant larger plaque from the commission. See Blair and Patterson, Ibid., pp. 2-9 and 2006, 10-21. Part proceeds to benefit The Grange Festival
![[AP] EUROPEAN HEADDRESS comprising a German officer~s pickelhaube, with black leather or fibre skull and brass peak-binding,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5810e383-7ca3-4676-b7c8-ade200b9947a/62ebc6be-ebdf-43f8-9691-ade200c45f95/468x382.jpg)
Los 420
[AP] EUROPEAN HEADDRESS comprising a German officer~s pickelhaube, with black leather or fibre skull and brass peak-binding, now with a poorly-fitting brass spike-base, secured by white metal star screws, fluted brass spike, a fine and massive white metal Guard star, possibly from a Garde Cuirassier helmet, to front, white metal chin-scales secured by National and Imperial cockades, roan leather headband and blue silk lining; a Bavarian officer~s helmet, with black fibre skull and peak with square corners, National and Imperial cockades, the Arms and motto of Bavaria in gilt metal, cruciform spike-base of white metal, with gilt star bolt-heads, fine leather headband but silk element of lining absent and spike defective; a Bavarian officer~s picklehaube, gilt metal fittings and cruciform-spike base, brass spike bearing black horsehair lume, Bavarian arms to front, brass edging to square peak, brass chin-scales with State and National cockades, roan leather headband and silk lining; a German Hussar~s busby of the Life Hussar Regiment with large Death~s Head badge in white metal, brass chin-scales, black and silver boss, scarlet bag and black leather lining; a Russian officer~s peaked cap with wide black crown black braid band and white piping, patent leather peak and gold chain gimp chinstrap, double badge, the upper one the double-headed Eagle and shield of St George, the lower one the Soviet star in red enamel about an anchor within a bayleaf wreath; an East German grey cap, dated 1967, with pink welts to crown-seam and edges of band, cockade above crossed swords on oakleaf sprays in white metal; three Imperial German officers~ peaked caps, various colours; a blue cap with black braid band edged with gilt metal sprays and badge in gilt and red enamel; a French officer~s pale blue kepi, the red top with gold Russia braid ornament, narrow gold lace to sides (mothed and slightly crumpled); another kepi; and a red cloth fez with black tassel (qty) Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020) Part proceeds to benefit Westminster Abbey
![[AP] A VICTORIAN LIFE GUARDS OFFICER~S POUCH BADGE AND OTHER ITEMS a QVC badge, mounted with the Garter Star in white metal a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5810e383-7ca3-4676-b7c8-ade200b9947a/2c936900-476d-4581-967d-adf20103e889/468x382.jpg)
Los 457
[AP] A VICTORIAN LIFE GUARDS OFFICER~S POUCH BADGE AND OTHER ITEMS a QVC badge, mounted with the Garter Star in white metal and enamel, and ~PENINSULA~ and ~WATERLOO~ scrolls (gilt elements dull); together with an OR~s helmet-star of the 3rd Dragoon Guards; a brass QVC helmet-plate with the Royal Cypher in the centre, bearing a label stating it to be a proposed item for a white helmet; an OR~s glengarry badge for the 15th Regiment (Yorks East Riding); and a Royal Marines OR~s valise badge (5) Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020) Part proceeds to benefit Westminster Abbey
Los 707
William J. HolmesArts and Crafts silver and enamel pendantthe spray of blue enamel flowerheadsto a purple and green enamel ground, with scrolled bordersigned W.J.H, Birmingham hallmark for 1909on fancy-link chainand an Art Nouveau enamel panel broochthe pendant 3.1cm long (2). Condition report: Pendant: Chips, scuffs and losses to the enamel decoration. Pitting, nicks, scuffs and scratches to the pendant mount, light wear to the marks. There are areas of sharpness to the sides of the pendant panel which may indicate where fittings/loops were previously fitted. The unassociated chain is stamped '925' and has occasional solder repairs and some of the baton links are mis-shapen. The clasp is currently functioning. Chain length approx. 51cm. Total gross weight approx. 8gm. Brooch: The mount is plated, with areas of wear to the finish revealing a brass-coloured metal below, and has scratches, scuffs and nicks/chips. The enamel is scuffed and has a conchoidal chip to one side. The brooch pin is currently functioning. Length of panel approx. 4.5cm. Gross weight approx. 4.5gm.
Los 710
Marius Hammer (1847-1927)Enamel fringe necklacedesigned as a series of alternate shell and flowerhead panelsheightened with blue, white and yellow enamelabove a double row fringe and flowerhead pendant dropon trace-link back chainsigned and stamped '930'48cm long.Condition report: Two of the connecting loop fittings have become detached to the side of the blue and yellow enamel flowerhead panels, and will require repair. Scattered chips, fractures and scuffs to the enamel decoration and occasional small losses to the enamel, commensurate for use. The necklace has surface scuffs, scratches, nicks and chips throughout, with patchy tarnishing. Some of the panels and links have areas of of thinning to the edges. Marks to the reverse are clearly struck. The clasp is currently functioning but it is not known whether this is original or later replaced. Length of central component from top of panel to bottom of drop approx. 5.6cm. Overall width of fringe/pendant section approximately 14cm. Gross weight approx. 20gm.
Los 712
George Lawrence ConnellArts and Crafts silver and enamel bucklesigned, London hallmark for 19068.9cm long.Condition report: There are two large losses to the enamel, one on each side of the buckle, and further chips, scuffs and scratches throughout the enamel. The buckle mount has areas of pitting, scuffs, scratches, nicks and chips throughout, with patchy tarnishing. One side of the buckle sits above the other when it is fastened and solder is visible at the junctions of the fittings to the mount reverse. The marks have patchy light wear but are legible. Gross weight approx. 64gm.
Los 725
Bernard Instone (1891 - 1987)Silver and enamel butter knifestylised floral polychrome enamel handleBirmingham hallmark for 192714cm long. Condition report: Chips, nicks, scuffs and scratches to the enamel decoration, with some small losses to the enamel. The knife has scuffs, scratches, nicks and chips throughout, commensurate for use, with multiple chips and scuffs to the sides of the handle and to the edges of the blade. Hallmarks are clearly struck. The facsimile signature to the reverse side of the handle has considerable wear. Length of enamel panel approx. 5.5cm. Gross weight approx. 32.5gm.
Los 727
Bernard Instone (1891-1987)Yellow enamel and gem set pendant necklacestylised floral and foliate designwith step-cut citrine accentsunsigned40.5cm long.Condition report: Scattered chips, fractures and scuffs to the enamel decoration, with areas of patchy brownish surface staining. The necklace panels and pendant setting have surface scuffs, scratches and nicks, commensurate for use, with patchy tarnishing. The clasp is loose fitting and possibly later replaced and the adjoining jump ring is also possibly replaced. The citrines are well matched, with light surface wear and areas of whiteish colour zoning, measuring approximately 16mm length x 12mm width and 10.5mm length x 8mm width respectively. This necklace is unmarked. Length of pendant from top of upper citrine to base of drop approximately 4.5cm. Gross weight approximately 22.5gm.
Los 134
Three blanc de chine figures, 6" high, a Canton enamel plate, 6" dia, other similar plates, two figure decorated vases and other items Condition: Stone lady figure: 5 1/4"h. Definitely made of some sort of stone, we think its probably agate. Two piece of chipped off decoration on either side of her.The plates have some losses to decoration but no major damages.
Los 92
A JAPANESE PORCELAIN CHARGER decorated in polychrome enamel underglaze blue and gilt with European men o'war, junks, a gnarled pine tree, buildings and a fan-shaped panel with a figure on an ox, within formalised and foliate borders, the reverse with scrollwork in underglaze blue and a seal mark, 47cm dia.
Los 122
A well documented Northern Ireland campaign group of three awarded to Platoon Sergeant M. E. L. Hamilton, Ulster Defence Regiment and Royal Irish Regiment, who enlisted in the U.D.R in October 1973 among the very first group of women to be fully integrated into the infantry of the British Army and went on to complete 20 years of service during the ‘Troubles’. General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (F/448167 Sgt M E L Hamilton UDR); Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R., with Additional Award Bar (FO448167 Sgt M E L Hamilton UDR); Ulster Defence Regiment Medal, E.II.R. (F448167 Sgt M E L Hamilton UDR) court mounted together with brooch bar for wearing, nearly extremely fine (3) £600-£800 --- M. E. L. Hamilton was born in 1949 and enlisted in the Ulster Defence Regiment as a part-time member on 22 October 1973, less than 3 months after Royal Assent had been given to the U.D.R. Bill (allowing women to enlist) - a development that the Army quartermaster’s stores were not fully prepared for: ‘Unfortunately our uniforms were not available, so we trained in ‘civvies’. When we eventually received a uniform it consisted of ATS skirts (surplus WW2), dark green jumper, green beret, tie, cravat in battalion colour, black gloves, blacked laced shoes, khaki shirt and black knee length boots for winter and a jacket. We did not have our own flakjackets and had to wear men’s. It was a rush to get to the stores to get the smaller flakjackets when going out on duty. You can imagine how uncomfortable they were. Years later we were issued with lightweight denim trousers, puttees and boots.’ (Recipient’s notes.) The Ulster Defence Regiment was the first infantry regiment in the British Army to fully integrate women into its structure. At its height there were 11 battalions in Northern Ireland. Known as Greenfinches, they were the vanguard for women today to integrate into all the military forces in the United Kingdom. Hamilton served with the 10th (City of Belfast) Battalion, U.D.R., based at Abbotscroft, Newtownabbey from 1973 until 1984 in Greenfinch platoon, receiving her Accumulated Campaign Service Medal on 31 January 1981 and attaining the rank of F/Sgt. in 1978. She was then posted Platoon Sergeant, Greenfinch Platoon, 7/10th (City of Belfast) Battalion at Girdwood Park, receiving the 1st Clasp to her ACSM on 30 April 1984. In 1989 she was posted again with the 7/10th to Malone HQ, Belfast where she served as Platoon Sergeant, Part Time Signals Platoon until 1992. She joined the newly formed Royal Irish Regiment on 1 July 1992, on its creation following the merger of the U.D.R. and the Royal Irish Rangers. Serving until discharged on 21 October 1993 on completion of her engagement, Hamilton completed exactly 20 years of service. Sold with the following items and ephemera: (i) Certificates (4). a) Greenfinches Ulster Defence Regiment 1973-1988 (record of appreciation for faithful and valuable service rendered voluntarily for 15 years since the formation of the Greenfinches as part of the U.D.R. on 1st August 1973). b) The 365 Club 10th (City of Belfast) Battalion (Cpl Hamilton MEL joined the Regiment on 22 October 1973 and has on 1 October 1977 completed 365 days operational duty, for which devotion to the cause of restoring peace to the Province is appointed a member of the 365 Club - dated 23 November 1977.) c) Certificate of Service - The U.D.R. (Certificate is issued as a record of appreciation for faithful and valuable service rendered voluntarily as a member of the U.D.R. F0448167 Sgt. Hamilton MEL has served in the U.D.R. with loyalty and devotion for eighteen years and eight months. Dated 30 June 1992.) d) Certificate of Discharge including Certificate of Service. (ii) Recipient’s miniature awards, mounted for wear with one additional miniature GSM with Northern Ireland clasp. (iii) Named card boxes of issue for A.C.S.M. and U.D.R. medal. (iv) U.D.R. women’s stable belt - very good condition. (v) U.D.R. / Royal Irish Regiment beret badges (2) one in black, one in gold; U.D.R. / Royal Irish Regiment lapel badge; Royal Irish Regiment shoulder title. (vi) Metal U.D.R. stripes (3) lance corporal, corporal, sergeant. (vii) Cloth epaulets for 10 UDR and 7/10 UDR; cloth Signals badge; cloth R.I.R. chevrons. (viii) Medal riband bar; Greenfinches 40th Anniversary metal and enamel badge; UDR remembrance metal and enamel badge. (ix) Metal medallions with UDR badge to the obverse (3) - the 1st inscribed to the reverse ‘GF skills 1983 winning team’; the second inscribed to the reverse ‘10 UDR SAAM 84 winners WUDR match’; the third blank to the reverse. (x) Wooden heraldic shield with hand painted crest of the UDR together with Greenfinch symbol, the dates 1973-1983 on scroll beneath, height 17.3cm. (xi) Photographs of the recipient in uniform (2). The first at Hillsborough Castle, June 1980, with the Duchess of Kent; the second at a UDR medal presentation ceremony. All the above items expertly and neatly categorised and boxed.
Los 345
A B-17 Flying Fortress pilot’s Distinguished Service Cross group of six awarded to Major Sidney Hantman, of 322 Squadron who was badly wounded when cannon-shell from a German fighter blew off his arm during an attack on the Arado Fleugenwerke in October 1943 - at the time he was ‘filling in’ for a sick rear gunner having already completed his own tour of operations as a pilot - he continued his duty until he passed out from loss of blood United States of America, Distinguished Service Cross, bronze, numbered ‘13747’, wrap brooch; in case of issue (cover distressed), with miniature Distinguished Service Cross, with brooch mount; Air Medal, bronze, numbered 16441, wrap brooch; Purple Heart, gilt and enamel, slot brooch, in case of issue, with enamelled lapel miniature riband bar; Army Commendation Medal; American Defense Service Medal, bronze, slot brooch, in box of issue; Victory Medal 1945, slot brooch, in box of issue, generally very fine or better (6) £800-£1,000 --- Distinguished Service Cross Citation: ‘The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sidney Hantman, First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Tail Gunner and Observer in a B-17 Heavy Bomber of the 322nd Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy), EIGHTH Air Force, during a bombardment mission over Germany on 9 October 1943. Although he had completed his missions as a pilot and was serving as squadron Operations Officer, First Lieutenant Hantman volunteered to fill a crew vacancy by occupying the tail gunner observer position. Before arriving at the target area, his aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters and he was struck by an explosive shell which blew off his right arm at the shoulder, and caused a compound fracture of his right leg and inflicted extensive wounds to his right thigh. In total disregard of the pain of his wounds and without regard for the preservation of his life, Lieutenant Hantman remained at his post without first aid or assistance and continued to discharge his duties under enemy attack until he was on the verge of unconsciousness. He then began to work his way forward to obtain someone to take over his post at which time he collapsed from shock and loss of blood. The personal courage and devotion to duty displayed by First Lieutenant Hantman on this occasion have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 8th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces. Headquarters: U.S. Strategic Forces in Europe, General Orders No. 15 (1944).’ Sidney Hantman was born on 23 April 1916, in Springfield. In 1943, he was serving as an Assistant operations officer, flying in B17 Flying Fortress’s of 322 Squadron, part of 91st Bomb Group. On 9 October 1943, as part of the crew of B-17 #604 (42-5804) "Hell’s Hallo”, Hantman took part in a raid on the Arado Fleugenwerke, in Anklam, Germany. However just before reaching their target, the aircraft was hit by a 20mm cannon round. A Squadron report stated that: ‘1st Lt. Sidney Hantman (Ass't operations officer of this squadron) while riding in the tail position of A/C 604 piloted by Lt. Everett and Major Donald Sheeler, was struck by a 20 mm. It cut his right arm off close to the shoulder, penetrated his thigh and went on through his leg. Hantman was hit just before the formation reached the target at about *** hours. Tourniquet could not be applied as arm was sheared off too close to body. S/Sgt . W. S. French, right waist gunner on A/C 804, was struck by flak or bullet in hand. Injury not serious although French was hospitalized. S/Sgt A. K. Baker, radio operator on A/C 511, struck in forehead by flak.’ A further Squadron report of the raid stated: ‘A/A Fire: No fire at target, meager to moderate fire from Madergale, Rostock, Warnestrude, Fehasian Island and Bad Sulms. All inaccurate. We were out of their range. Enemy Opposition: Up to 300 E/ A were encountered, mostly twin engine craft, some single engines - FW190, ME109, ME110, He111, Do217, JU87, JU88, FW189. First met E/A at 1032 hours and not until our remaining planes of the formation were well offshore at 1035 did the E/A cease their attacks. Enemy employed rockets which were fired by the Me110, Ju88 and FW190. Although fighter support was to have met us at point in the North Sea, our formation did not see them.’ 1st Lieutenant Hantman and Staff Sergeant French were taken to the 49th Station Hospital before moving to a hospital in or near Cambridge. He was later taken back to America and sent to Water Reed Hospital in Washington D.C. He met his wife-to-be at Walter Reed and had one or more children. Promoted Major, in later life Hantman was a life member of The Legion of Valor, serving as National Commander 1968-1969. He resided in Maryland and died at home at Silver Spring on 17 March 1973. Sold with medal riband bar, mounted as worn in photographs, Major’s rank insignia, leather flying jacket name label, large 322nd Bombardment Squadron and smaller Army Air Force cloth flying jacket patches; Legion of Valor banner and National Commander forage cap, U.S. Air Force sweetheart cushion cover; paperwork, including service record, original citation and certificate for Army Commendation; period file with detailed commendations, menu from dinner honouring Hantman in 1957, Hartman’s Armed Forces of the United States card, with photo and left fingerprint, noting his right ‘Amputated’, giving his rank of Major, dated June 1950; Legion of Valor membership card, Governor of Kentucky Order of Kentucky Colonels membership, 1973, 91st Bomb Group Memorial Association membership, 1973; together with a large quantity of photographs, including one of the attack where he lost his arm, of large portrait (wearing medal ribands), damaged aircraft, veteran shots, also meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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The important M.B.E. and K.P.F.S.M. group of four awarded to Mr Horace Sampson Lyne, Chief Fire Officer for Newport, Monmouth, for 50 years, a Welsh International Rugby player and referee who played an important role as a founder member of the International Rugby Board (I.R.B.), serving for 51 years, and as President of the Welsh Rugby Union (W.R.U.) for 41 years The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1933; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Horace Sampson Lyne M.B.E. Chief of Newport (Mons.) Fire Brigade); Jubilee 1935, very fine (4) £500-£600 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918. The above badge added to complete group. K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1932. Officer St. John London Gazette 26 June 1934 Horace Sampson Lyne was born at Newport on 31 December 1860, the son of Charles Lyne, mayor of the town in 1856 and 1884. He was educated in Plymouth and at the Royal Naval College, Keyham, and by profession he was a solicitor. At aged 18, he played as full back for Newport rugby club, but it was as a skilful forward that he found success, as the captain of the club in 1883-84, being capped five times for Wales, 1883-85. In 1885 he refereed the England vs. Ireland Rugby International. In 1886-87, he was one of the founders of the International Rugby Board, as a representative of the game in Wales, and he served the Board without a break from 1887 to 1938 (51 years). He served as the respected President of the Welsh Rugby Union for 41 years, longer than anyone else, and steered the rugby affairs of Wales throughout the first half of the 20th century. He was Chief Officer, Newport Reserve Constabulary 1914-18, when Newport had no Chief Constable (M.B.E.), Chairman of Newport Athletic Club 1894-1949, and Newport’s Chief Fire Officer for 50 years (K.P.F.S.M.). Newport Fire Brigade, by the Secretary C. Hallett: ‘Up to the year 1884, the duties appertaining to the extinguishing of fires were carried out by the Police of the town. In that year, however, the Mayor (Councillor J. W. Jones, J.P.) called a public meeting of the Burgesses, at which meeting it was resolved unanimously to form a Volunteer Fire Brigade. The Mayor became Honorary Captain, and continued in that office, for many years. Mr. R. J. Whitehall, a gentleman who had had some previous experience of fire brigade work, was appointed Captain and there were two Lieutenants, viz. Messrs. Horace S. Lyne and F. W. Cross, and twenty Firemen. A subscription list was opened for providing uniforms, etc., and the Corporation made a grant of £50 and handed over such appliances as they had. Most of these seem to have been very old and in a bad condition. They included two manual pumps, a hose reel and a quantity of leather hose. One of the manuals is still in existence, having been retained for its sentimental and historic value. The first Fire Station (a very inadequate building), was opposite the Police Office in Dock Street. The building is still in existence and is now used as a garage for the Police patrol cars. The records of the Brigade show that there were many difficulties to contend with in those days. Such hydrants as were in the town were of varying patterns and a lot of delay was occasioned in getting the standpipes and hose to fit. Delay also often arose in getting horses to draw the appliances to the scene of a fire. It was the custom then to have detachments of firemen on special duty on November 5th and on the nights of Parliamentary Elections. For some years the firemen were called to fires by the Police going round the men's houses. Nowadays each fireman's dwelling is connected to the Central Fire Station by an electric call bell or a telephone. In 1886, Mr. Horace Lyne was appointed Captain of the Brigade and continued as Chief Officer until his retirement in 1934, on the completion of 50 years' service. Mr. Lyne's services are still at the disposal of the Brigade in an advisory capacity, and he now holds the rank of Honorary Chief Officer. The first steam fire engine was purchased in 1885, a second steamer was obtained in 1900, and in the latter year the first professional fireman was appointed. In 1896, a new Fire Station, built on the site of the present premises, was opened, and three horses were purchased and kept at stables there. This appears to be the commencement of the period when the Brigade had its own horses, and those who are in a position to remember still speak in admiration of the perfect training of the horses and the way in which they took up positions to be turned out when an alarm of fire was raised. In 1912, the Brigade had its first motor fire engine, and two years later all the horses were dispensed with and two motor pumps purchased. The Central Fire Station was enlarged to its present extent in 1915 and re-opened by the then Lord Tredegar.’ Lyne was very prominent in the public affairs of Newport and was granted the Freedom of the town in 1934, and made an officer of the Order of St. John in the same year. In 1938, he was appointed Chancellor of the See of Monmouth, and he was a member of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales. He died on 1 May 1949 in Newport. He is a holder of the National Fire brigades Association Honorary life member medal. Much detail of Lyne’s services to Welsh rugby can be found in ‘Fields of Praise’ by David Smith and Gareth Williams (1980), the Official History of the W.R.U. Sold with a copy of ‘Fields of Praise’ by David Smith and Gareth Williams (1980), and ‘Newport Athletic Club 1875-1975’, together with a comprehensive file of copied research.
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A very rare 1814 ‘T’ hallmarked C.B. breast badge by John Edwards The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London, date letter ‘T’ for 1814, maker’s mark ‘IE’ for John Edwards, complete with wide straight-bar suspension and gold three-pronged ribbon buckle, some very minor chips to enamel on reverse wreath and small flake to one reverse arm, otherwise nearly extremely fine and a very attractive badge, especially rare for this early date £4,000-£5,000
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A Selection of Miscellaneous Medals, including a Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service cape badge, silver; a Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge, silver; a St Andrew’s Ambulance Corps Jubilee Medal 1904-54, unnamed; two Army Temperance Association: India Medals, silver, for 8 and 12 Years’ Abstinence respectively; an Army Rifle Association Methuen Cup Prize Medal, silver-gilt and enamel, with four date bars, for 1904, 1905, 1907, and 1908, with top riband buckle; a Royal Horse Artillery Prize Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘3rd Brigade Boxing 1937’, in F. Phillips, Aldershot, fitted case; and a Jutland Commemorative Medallion, bronze, generally very fine and better (8) £60-£80
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A Second War Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal group of six awarded to Major George Raymond Barker, U.S.A.F., a B-29 Superfortress pilot who flew ‘the Hump’ from India to China and the far East, attacking Japanese targets all over the far East; he then flew the long haul from Tinian Island in the Pacific on the first heavy bomber raid on Japan, completing 35 combat missions with 468th Bombardment Group, 8 of which were by night United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross, bronze, slot brooch; Air Medal, bronze, with oak leaf cluster emblem on riband, wrap brooch; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze, with one silver and two bronze star emblems on riband, crimp brooch; Victory Medal 1945, bronze, crimp brooch; Philippines Liberation medal, bronze and enamel, crimp brooch; Presidential Unit Citation riband bar, very fine or better (6) £400-£500 --- George Raymond Barker was born on 18 May 1917, at Butte, Montana and enlisted into the U.S. Army as a Private on 3 August 1937. Discharged on 3 November 1940, he immediately re-enlisted as an Aviation Cadet. Promoted Sergeant, 3 November 1941 and Master Sergeant, 23 June 1942, he began flying training in February 1942, and by December he was piloting the B-17 heavy bomber. He was Honourably Discharged from training on 22 June 1942, and immediately commissioned wartime 2 Lieutenant. Promoted Lieutenant on 18 February 1943 and Captain, 3 April 1944, Barker was assigned to 795th Squadron, 468th Bomb Group (The Billy Mitchell Bomb Group), 58th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force, in June 1944. Equipped with B-29's the group moved, via Africa, to Kharagpur, India in June 1944. Barker flew combat missions flying over “the Hump” to carry supplies from India to staging fields in China, before entering combat with an attack on railroad shops at Bangkok, Thailand, on 5 June 1944. From bases in India, China, and Ceylon, he mined shipping lanes near Saigon, French Indochina, and Shanghai, China, and struck Japanese installations in Burma, Thailand, French Indochina, Indonesia, Formosa, China and Japan. Targets included iron works, aircraft factories, transportation centres and naval installations. Barker’s regular B-29 aircraft (42-24734) named “Miss Lead” crashed at Tinian on return from a mission on 8 June, but was repaired. On 20 August 1944, as part of the 468th Bomb Group, Barker took part in the first US air raid on Japan since the “Doolittle Raid” in April 1942. 64 B-29 Superfortresses took part in this daylight raid on the iron and steel works at Yawata, Japan. For this raid the 468th received a Distinguished Unit Citation as follows: ‘The 468th Bombardment Group (VH), XX Bomber Command, is cited for outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy on 20 August 1944. The group dispatched 29 B-29 type aircraft to its forward bases and all aircraft were airborne on D-day as a part of the XX Bomber Command. Fighter opposition was successfully overcome on the way to the target. Despite a steady hail of intense and accurate flak concentrations which accounted for the destruction of one airplane, and damage to a second, causing it to crash on the return to the mainland of China, and despite continuous enemy fighter attacks employing suicide ramming tactics which accounted for the destruction of two or more of their aircraft, the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) succeeded in destroying the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata on the Jap mainland. In the accomplishment of its primary mission, 15 enemy aircraft were damaged or destroyed. The success of its part of the mission by the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) was especially outstanding in that the method of attack used called for the utmost in daring and skill. The first daylight raid over the Japanese home islands since the historic raid of Tokyo in April 1942 proved the real effectiveness of daylight precision bombing by B-29s. The hazards of mechanical failure, fighter opposition, flak, and barrage balloons on the mission of over 3,000 miles were all overcome by the valor and high professional ability of all members of the 468th Bombardment Group, XX Bomber Command, and by their courage, cooperative spirit, and tireless energy the individuals of the group have reflected great credit on themselves and the Army Air Forces.’ The Group evacuated the advanced bases in China in January 1945 but continued operations from India, bombing storage areas in Rangoon, Burma, a railroad bridge at Bangkok, Thailand, railroad shops at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, and the dry dock in Singapore harbour. Barker flew further missions against Japan after the Bomb Group repositioned to Tinian Island in the Marianas group in February 1945. They also took part in mining operations, incendiary raids on area targets, and high-altitude missions against strategic objectives. The group dropped incendiaries on Tokyo and Yokohama in late May 1945, being awarded a second Distinguished Unit Citation for the attacks as follows: ‘The 468th Bombardment Group (VH) is cited for outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy. During the period of 23-29 May 1945 the destruction of the militarily important industrial areas of Tokyo and Yokohama was completed, despite the fierce enemy anti-aircraft fire from these most heavily defended points of the Japanese mainland. On 23 and 25 May 1945, the heroic efforts of all personnel of the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) contributed materially to the destruction of an additional 22.1 square miles of vital industrial area in Tokyo, bringing to 56.3 square miles the total area devastated within that city, the center of Japan’s war industry. Before the Japanese had time to recover from this staggering blow to their morale and war potential, this group participated in a daring daylight strike on 29 May 1945 against the city of Yokohama, a single attack in great force, which reduced to rubble 6.9 square miles of the city’s most important industrial area. The success of this series of missions, flown as they were in rapid succession and over vast expanses of open sea, despite dangerous tropical weather conditions and intense enemy opposition, is a reflection of the exemplary devotion to duty demonstrated by the ground personnel and of the great professional skill, tenacity, and courage of aircrews. The achievements of the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) during this period of sustained effort reflect great honor on themselves and the armed forces of the United States.’ The group received another Distinguished Unit Citation for a daylight strike on an aircraft plant at Takarazuka, Japan, in July 1945, citation as follows: ‘The 468th Bombardment Group (VH) is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action against the enemy. On 24 July 1945, this group and one other group of the 58th Bombardment Wing were ordered to knock out the Kawanishi aircraft plant at Takarazuka in a daylight precision bombing attack. This mission was of utmost strategic importance because the plant was known to manufacture components of a dangerous Japanese navy fighter. Inspired by the importance of the mission, both air and ground personnel worked tirelessly to insure maximum success of the strike. As a result, 42 airplanes of the group reached the target area. At the assembly point, the aircraft encountered continuously pointed fire that continued all the way into the target. The fire was so accurate and concentrated that twenty-three of the forty-two B-29s were damaged. Despite this savage fire the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) calmly and heroically held the compact formation necessary for maximum bombing accuracy and dropped 245 tons of explosives on the aircraft factory. When the group retired from the target area, the Kawanishi plant was 85% dest...
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A Second War Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star group of fifteen awarded to Colonel John F. Coonan, U.S.A.F., a P-40 ‘Lightning’ and P-52 ‘Mustang’ fighter pilot credited with one Japanese ‘Zero’ fighter and a probable ‘Helen’ bomber, then three German aircraft over Europe, also flying in support of ground troops during operation ‘Market Garden’, later being shot down by a member of his own squadron and taken prisoner, he went on to serve for a further 31 years, commanding a flying F-100D Super Sabre squadron and became the first foreigner to command a R.A.A.F. squadron United States of America, Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s badge, gilt and enamel, crimp brooch; Distinguished Flying Cross, bronze, slot brooch, in case of issue; Bronze Star, with 2 cluster emblems on ribbon, slot brooch, in case of issue; Air Medal, bronze, in case of issue, with enamelled lapel miniature riband bar; Air Force Commendation Medal, bronze, with 2 oak leaf cluster emblems on riband, crimp brooch; American Defense Service Medal, bronze, slot brooch, in box of issue; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze; with two bronze star emblems on riband, crimp brooch, in box of issue; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, bronze, slot brooch; Victory Medal 1945, bronze, slot brooch, in box of issue; National Defense Service Medal, bronze star on ribbon; National Defense Service Medal, crimp brooch, in box of issue; Armed Forces Expeditionary Forces medal, bronze, crimp brooch, in box of issue: Armed Forces Reserve medal, bronze, with two emblems, slot brooch; Vietnam Service Medal, bronze, crimp brooch; South Vietnam, Service Medal, 1 clasp, 1960, generally very fine or better (15) £1,000-£1,400 --- John F. Coonan was born in Boise, Idaho, on 24 April 1918, and entered the Air Service in 1941 as an aviation cadet. He flew P-40 (Lightning) fighters with 26th Fighter Squadron in the CBI (China-Burma-India) Theatre, being credited with shooting down one Japanese Zero aircraft on 25 February 1943, also claiming a “Helen” bomber as a probable. Transitioning to P-51s in the 38th Fighter Squadron and moving to Europe, Coonan brought down three German aircraft, on 13 September and 2 November, 1944, and 3 January 1945. On this latter day, which was his 34th combat mission, Coonan was leading a flight of eight when he was shot down by another member of his squadron, 1st Lieutenant Dudley Amoss, by accident, spending the rest of the war as a prisoner of War. Of the sortie, 2nd Lieutenant Jones reported: ‘Capt. Coonan was leading a flight of 8 Mustangs approx. 10-20 miles south of Ulm, Germany. (He was flying P-51D aircraft CG-P s/n 44-14358 “Portland Rose”). Several German trainer planes were spotted flying formation a few thousand feet below us. Captain Coonan led the attack and shot down one enemy plane. Several seconds later he said that he had been hit. At low altitude he passed over a small town and belly landed on a snow-covered field adjacent to this town. I took several camera shots of the airplane which seemed to be in good condition, and while doing this I did not observe the pilot's presence in or around the plane. The remaining seven planes then proceeded towards home.’ German J 2735, reported the capture of Captain Coonan at 1300 on 3 January 1945, at Gutensell, near Laupheim. The aircraft was reported 12 to 15 percent damaged. The report further stated that Captain Coonan was shot down by ‘friendly aircraft, Mustang!’ The letters on the aircraft were CG-P. The report, which was addressed to Evaluation Centre West, Oberursel, also contained the names of 16 pilots, (the entire 38th fighter Squadron), with their corresponding plane identification letters and pilot's name that had flown on that mission! This was one of the many reasons Hanns Scharff, the interrogator at Oberursel, could name familiar members of the prisoner's squadron to him. While in prison camp, at Stalag Luft I, Coonan was quoted as saying that if he ‘caught that son-of-a-bitch (in his flight) who shot him down he'd kill him!’ Lieutenant Dudley Amoss recalls: ‘While at Stalag Luft I, I ran into Jack Coonan. He told me that his wingman had shot him down. I had to level with him and tell him that it was me who shot him down! I explained that I saw what appeared to be a lone Me-109 flying low on the deck, heading into Germany. It was a long, long, shot. I gave him a lot of lead and fired. He crash-landed. Much to my horror, as I passed over him, I recognized the plane as a P-51. Jack didn’t get angry. He just grimaced and shook his head.’ He stayed in the Air Force, serving in Greenland, England, Morocco, Iran, Vietnam, Burma, Pakistan and the Philippines. Additionally, during one assignment, he exchanged with an officer with the Royal Australian Air Force, being the first foreigner to command a R.A.A.F. squadron; 75 Squadron flying CAC Sabres. He also commanded the 1st T.F.S. flying F-100D Super Sabres. He received the Legion of Merit for planning U.S. air operations during the invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965 and 2 clusters plus 3 Bronze Stars while serving in Vietnam. He retired has a Colonel (O-6) in 1975. Sold with, Coonan’s medal riband bar, mounted for wear on uniform as pictured in portrait photograph, Senior pilots wings; pair of Colonels shoulder rank badges; Tactical Air Command patch. A large selection of original paperwork relating to Coonan’s service, including; flight log, service papers and some copied service papers, casualty reports etc, these housed in official Aircrew Standardization/Evaluations Records folder. Original newspaper cuttings, 2 x POW postcards from German camps; a quantity of original photographs taken throughout his career, some large including portraits in uniform wearing medal bar. Original award Certificates for Bronze star and Legion of Merit, along with the original citations to accompany the Bronze star, First Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit First Oak Leaf Cluster, Certificate of training, Air-Ground Operations School Diploma, crossing the equator certificate and Mach Busters Club certificate, the latter for exceeding the speed of sound in a U.S.A.F. F-100 Super Sabre.
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An unattributed Second War Polish group of eight Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1920 (2), bronze, the reverse of one officially numbered ‘11925’; the reverse of the second unnumbered; Cross of Merit, Second Class, silver and enamel, silver marks to reverse; Monte Casino Cross 1944, bronze, the reverse officially numbered ‘9460’; Army Medal 1945, bronze; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (8) £140-£180 --- Sold together with an unofficial Polish unit cross, silvered and gilt; and an unrelated Belgian Albert I Veteran’s Cross 1909-34, gilt.
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A post-War Knight Bachelor, Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St. John group of nine awarded to Colonel Sir Cennydd G. Traherne, K.G., Royal Artillery and Corps of Royal Military Police, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in North-West Europe, and was later Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan 1952-85 Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Bailiff Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, and breast Star, silver-gilt and enamel, lacking heraldic beasts in angles, with full sash riband and large embroidered mantle Star; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1949, the medals mounted court-style as worn, and all housed alongside a portrait of the recipient and the recipient’s riband bar in a glazed display frame, minor enamel damage to centre of St. John Star, generally very fine and better and a rare group of medals to a Knight of the Garter (11) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Bought privately from the recipient’s estate following his death. His Garter insignia was returned to the Central Chancery by his nephew Rhodri Traherne, Colonel of the Welsh Guards. K.G. London Gazette 24 April 1970. Knight Bachelor London Gazette 13 June 1964. Order of St. John, Bailiff Grand Cross London Gazette 1 July 1991. T.D. London Gazette 20 May 1949. M.I.D. London Gazette 8 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in North-West Europe.’ Sir Cennydd George Traherne was born in Cardiff on 14 December 1910, the son of Commander L. E. Traherne, R.N., and was educated at Wellington College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 81st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) in March 1934, and was promoted Captain in 1938. He served during the Second World War with this unit, before transferring to the 102nd Provost Company, Corps of Military Police, in April 1943, and served with them post-D-Day in North-West Europe, being Mentioned in Despatches. Demobilised at the end of the War, he contested the Pontypridd seat in the 1945 General Election, but suffered the same fate as all Conservatives before and since in this seat, and instead went on to serve as Chairman of Cardiff rural district council. Appointed a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Glamorgan in 1946, Traherne held various honorary appointments in the Territorial Army, being awarded his Efficiency Decoration in 1949, and was ultimately promoted to Colonel. He was Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan from 1952 to 1974 and, following the splitting of the historic county into three separate administrative units, continued as Lord Lieutenant or Mid, South, and West Glamorgan from 1974 to 1985. He was knighted for his public services in 1964, and was appointed a Knight of the Garter on St. George’s Day, 1970. Throughout his adult life he held numerous charitable posts, and was devoted to the Welsh people and their culture. He died at Coedarhydyglyn, his elegant Regency house on the outskirts of Cardiff, on 26 January 1995. Sold with various photographs of the recipient; three letters regarding the presentation of the Queen’s Award for Export Achievement to British Airways Engine Overhaul Ltd., two from the recipient on Lord Lieutenant writing paper, and one from the local M.P., the Rt. Hon. James Callaghan, on House of Commons writing paper; and copied research.
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A Second War Purple Heart and Air Medal group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant Earl M. Richardson, U.S.A.A.F., a B-24 Bombardier and aircraft commander who was killed in action on 20 June 1944, when 856th squadron lost 11 out of 12 aircraft during an attack on oil refineries at Politz, Germany United States of America, Purple Heart, gilt and enamel, slot brooch, engraved ‘Earl M. Richardson’, in case of issue; Air Medal, bronze, with two oak leaf cluster emblem on riband, slot brooch, in case of issue; American Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze, crimp brooch, with lower portion of box of issue; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, bronze, in box of issue; Victory Medal 1945, bronze, in box of issue, very fine or better (5) £300-£400 --- Earl M. Richardson, from New Mexico, initially joined the U.S. Army Air Forces, for basic training at Alamogordo, New Mexico. From there he was sent to 330th Combat Crew Training school in Biggs, Texas, training as a B-24 Liberator bombardier and joining crew #1637. On 3 Mar 1944, the crew was transferred to 856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group (Heavy) where it was re-designated crew #610 (pilot 1st Lieutenant John R. Curtis). The squadron left for England on 1 April 1944, and would be stationed at North Pickenham, Curtis Crew’s B-24J being given the name, “The Mary Ellen”. Flying their first mission, an attack on an oil refinery at Zeitz, Germany on 12 May, Richardson would take part in a further 14 missions over targets in France and Germany between then and 18 June 1944. On the morning of 20 June 1944, 35 aircraft of 492nd Group, led by Major Losee, 856th Squadron’s Commander, took off for an attack on an oil refinery at Politz, Germany. As protection, the bombers were to be covered by fighters from 14th and 2nd Wings, however, while on route to the target, an error with timing a switchover left the Bombers exposed for a short time. The Luftwaffe took advantage of the situation, German fighters swooping in for the attack, randomly targeting the left side of the Group flown by the 856th Squadron. Within minutes, 856th Squadron alone lost 9 of its 12 aircraft and by the time the Group reached the target, the 856th only had 2 planes left while the other two squadrons had not lost any. Despite heavy flak and fighter attacks, the bombers were able to hit their targets and head for home, but the cost had been heavy and the mission would become the Bomb Group's worst day of the war. The Group had lost 14 crews, with the 856th squadron being almost completely wiped out, as 11 of the lost crews were their’s. “The Mary Ellen” was one of the aircraft that was lost, 2nd Lieutenant Richardson being killed along with the rest of the crew. It was his 16th combat mission. Sold with copied research.
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A mounted group of eight miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Group Captain J. B. Tait, Royal Air Force Distinguished Service Order, E.II.R. [sic], with Second, Third, and Fourth Award Bars, gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Distinguished Flying Cross, E.II.R. [sic], with Second Award Bar; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, mounted court-style, with Spink, St. James’s, London label to reverse, and housed in a Spink card box; together with an Auxiliary Air Force lapel badge, silver, the reverse numbered ‘1556’, the miniatures all of recent manufacture, otherwise extremely fine (8) £200-£300 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 18 April 1941. D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 25 July 1941: ‘In June 1941, this officer was the captain of the leading aircraft of a formation of three aircraft which carried out an attack on Kiel in clear daylight. Despite accurate anti-aircraft fire, bombs were dropped and observed to burst on the objective. The success which attended this operation was largely due to the magnificent leadership and courage together with the brilliant airmanship displayed by this officer.’ D.S.O. Third Award Bar London Gazette 22 September 1944: ‘Since he was awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order this officer has completed many sorties against targets in enemy-occupied territory and Germany. On several occasions Wing Commander Tait has remained in the immediate vicinity of the target area, often in the face of heavy opposition, for a considerable time. His excellent leadership, gallantry and untiring devotion to duty have contributed materially to the successes achieved by the squadron he commands.’ D.S.O. Fourth Award Bar London Gazette 9 January 1945: ‘This officer has displayed conspicuous bravery and extreme devotion to duty in the face of the enemy, constantly exemplified over a long period of operational flying. He has completed a very-large number of sorties, many of them against most dangerous and difficult targets and the successes obtained are a magnificent tribute to his brilliant leadership and unsurpassed skill. On 3 occasions, Wing Commander Tait has led attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz. The last occasion was on 12th November, 1944. The vessel was lying at Tromso. Visibility was good as Wing Commander Tait led his squadron in to the attack. In spite of continuous fire from 3 ships and from land batteries, the attack was pressed home. The first bomb, dropped by Wing Commander Tait, hit the Tirpitz. Another hit was obtained almost immediately and another 12,000 Ib bomb fell close alongside. The battleship caught fire and smoke poured from her. Finally, she capsized. By his outstanding skill and leadership, Wing Commander Tait played a prominent part in the success of the operation. This officer has completed 98 sorties and throughout has set an example of a high order.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 22 October 1940. D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 5 December 1944: ‘Recently, this officer led a formation of aircraft in an attack on the sluice gates of the Kembs Barrage. When nearing the target considerable light anti-aircraft fire was encountered. Nevertheless Wing Commander Tait led his formation into the attack with his usual skill and determination. Although his aircraft was hit and sustained damage, Wing Commander Tait pressed home his attack with precision. Some time previously this officer flew with great distinction in a successful attack on the Dortmund-Ems Canal. He displayed the highest standard of devotion to duty in both attacks on dangerous and difficult targets.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 25 September 1941. James Brian ‘Willie’ Tait was born in Manchester on 9 December 1916 and was educated at Wellingborough School and R.A.F. College Cranwell. He was commissioned Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force on 1 August 1936, and served during the Second World War, succeeding Leonard Cheshire as the Commanding Officer of 617 (Dambusters) Squadron. He conducted 101 bombing missions during the War, including the one that finally sunk the German battleship Tirpitz. Remaining in the R.A.F. post-War, he was advanced Group Captain in 1953, and was appointed an Aide-de-Camp to H.M. The Queen in 1959. He retired from the R.A.F. in 1964, and died on 31 August 2007. With six gallant decoration to his name Tait is one of the most decorated airmen in the history of the Royal Air Force, and was the only airman to receive four D.S.O.s during the Second World War.
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Monmouthshire Coal Owners Association Rescue Medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘R. W. Tallis, 9th. October 1911’, in case of issue; together with the recipient’s Ebbw Vale Literary and Scientific Institute Richardson Medal, silver (Richard W. Tallis, Highest Aggegate, Session 1903-1904.) in fitted case of issue; and five small Penarth Cup silver prize medals, generally very fine (7) £100-£140 --- Richard Watkin Tallis was born in Ystraddyfodwg on 26 March 1885, a scion of the famous Welsh mining family; his father, John Fox Tallis, was the General Colliers Manager of the Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., and a village near Ebbw Vale, Tallistown, is named after the family, as are the several ‘Tallis Streets’ found throughout the Welsh valleys. The recipient served as Under-Manage of the Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., and died on 19 February 1972. Sold with copied research.
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A Second War Distinguished Flying Cross group of six awarded to P-38 ‘Lightning’ and P-51 ‘Mustang’ fighter pilot Captain Gene Harold Cole, who was credited with 2 ‘Victories’; during the Korean War, his F-80 ‘Shooting Star’ was shot down over North Korea when he was wounded and taken prisoner United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross, bronze, slot brooch reverse engraved ‘Gene H. Cole’, in case of issue; Air Medal, bronze, with 1 silver and 2 bronze clusters on riband, in case of issue, this with Cole’s U.S.A.F. leather uniform name tag glued to front, with enamelled lapel miniature riband bar; Purple Heart, gilt and enamel, slot brooch, in case of issue, with enamelled lapel miniature riband bar; Air Force Long Service medal, bronze, slot brooch; American Defense Service Medal, bronze, slot brooch, in box of issue; U.N. Korea Medal, slot brooch, in box of issue, very fine (6) £700-£900 --- Gene H. Cole was born in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California on 20 October 1921, and enlisted as a Private in the Air Corps at Santa Ana AAB on 21 July 1942. Accepted for pilot training, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 5 December 1943, on completion of his basic training. Posted to 343 Fighter Squadron, 55 Fighter Group in England, as a P-38 Lightning pilot on 25 May 1944. As part of the Eighth Air Force Fighter Command, 343 squadron provided cover for B-17's and B-24's that bombed aircraft plants during Big Week in February 1944, and later gun emplacements during the St Lo breakthrough in July 1944. For his services, Cole was awarded the Air Medal on 6 July 1944, for: ‘Exceptionally meritorious service in aerial flight over enemy occupied Continental Europe. The courage, coolness and skill displayed by these officers reflect great credit upon themselves and the Armed Forces of the United States.’ He was awarded a second Air Medal (First Cluster) on 27 July, a third (Second Cluster) on 26 August and fourth (Third Cluster) on 15 September, 1944, all with similar citations. On 9 July 1944, he converted to the P-51 (Mustang) fighter, naming his ‘ship’ “Miss Jane the 1st”. He claimed an Me-109 destroyed (ground) S/Augsburg on 10 September 1944, and another Me-109 destroyed (air) Eisenach-Gotha on 13 September 1944. Later in September, the squadron patrolled the Arnhem sector in support of the airborne drops and Cole was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 3 October 1944: ‘For extraordinary achievement as a fighter pilot in aerial combat over Germany and German occupied Continental Europe. The courage and skill with which Lieutenant Cole flew his aircraft and engaged attacking enemy fighters have on many occasions assisted heavy bomber formations to reach their targets and return to their bases with a minimum of loss. The devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant Cole on these escort flights, and his disregard for personal safety in exposing himself to the hazards of low flying strafing missions reflect the highest credit on himself and the Army Air Force.’ His fifth and sixth Air Medals (Fourth and fifth Clusters) followed on 21 October and 20 November 1944: ‘For meritorious achievement while serving as a fighter pilot during an extended period of aerial combat over Germany and German occupied Continental Europe. The courageous devotion to duty and outstanding flying ability displayed by these officers reflect the highest credit upon themselves and the Armed Forces of the United States.’ Cole made his last combat flight on 9 November 1944, and returned to the USA. His seventh Air Medal (Sixth Cluster) followed on 11 June 1945: ‘For meritorious achievement in destroying one enemy aircraft on a fighter combat operation while over Germany and German occupied Continental Europe. The aggressiveness, courage and devotion to duty displayed by these officers reflect the highest credit upon themselves and the Armed Forces of the United States.’ Cole was recalled in March 1951, and in April 1952 he was posted to the 35th (The Black Panthers) Fighter Bomber Squadron, based at K-13 airfield (Suwon) Korea, as an F-80C (Shooting Star) pilot. Taking part in combat operations there from 27 June 1950 to 27 July 1953. Theirs was probably the most dangerous work, flying low level fighter-Bomber attacks on targets in North Korea. On 6 August 1952, flying F-80C Shooting Star #49-741 on his 6th combat mission, Cole was shot down by ground fire over Huichon, North Korea. His aircraft was seen to be hit by ground fire and burst into flames, he was not observed to bail out. However, although wounded, he did successfully get out of the burning aircraft and was taken Prisoner of War by the North Koreans, remaining captive until finally repatriated on 31 August 1953. On the 11 March 1954, he was promoted to Temporary Captain, and on 24 September the rank was made permanent. On 21 February 1955, Cole was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action against the enemy on 6 August 1952, and on 19 March 1955, he was awarded his eighth Air Medal (Seventh Cluster): ‘For meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight in Korea as a member of the Far East Air Forces. Despite the hazards of marginal weather conditions, aerial interception, and intense anti-aircraft artillery fire, his exceptional airmanship in combat operations against the enemy contributed immeasurably to the successful execution of the United Nations mission. The technical skill, personal courage, and selfless devotion to duty which he displayed reflected the highest credit upon himself, his organisation, and the United States Air Force.’ Cole continued to serve in the Air Force, moving to ground status in January 1961, before taking disability retirement on 17 August. He died in Orange County, California on 16 September 1989, age 68, and is buried at Riverside National Cemetery. Sold with a large quantity of research including an official copy of his service records, this including his medal citations, and flight log sheets (logbook equivalent).
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Miss Isabella B. Grassick, Civil Hospital Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for her services following the Battle of Loos Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; 1914 Star (Miss I. B. Grassick. Civ: Hos: Res:); British War and Victory Medals (A. Sister I. B. Grassick.) good very fine, scarce to unit (4) £400-£500 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916. Miss Isabella Beattie Grassick was born in Towie, Aberdeenshire in 1884 and served with the Civil Hospital Reserve during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 August 1914, attached initially to No. 6 Ambulance Train. She was Mentioned in Despatches for her work on the Ambulance Train following the Battle of Loos, and was awarded the Royal Red Cross Second Class. Post-War she emigrated to North America and continued to nurse there, dying in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1973.
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A fine German Great War and Second War Iron Cross group of seven Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, with Second War 1939 Spange; Germany, Empire, Cross of Honour 1914-18, combatant’s issue with swords, bronze; Germany, Third Reich, Army Long Service Medal, Fourth Class, for Four Years’ service, with eagle emblem on riband; Hungary, Republic, War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, silvered; Bulgaria, Kingdom, War Commemorative Medal 1915-18, gilt; Spain, Franco Period, Order of Military Merit, breast badge, gilt and red enamel, lacking reverse central medallion; War Commemorative Medal 1936, blackened gilt, mounted Continental style as worn, with Sedlatzek, Berlin, tailor’s label to reverse, generally good very fine (7) £260-£300
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A most unusual and rare O.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain W. P. ‘Cocky’ Cochrane, a ‘Special List’ officer who served under Colonel Cyril Wilson, the British Representative at the Jeddah Consulate; operating under the auspices of the Arab Bureau at Cairo, the Jeddah Consulate was a vitally important hub of the Arab revolt and without the quiet diplomacy and intelligence work of Wilson and his small team the revolt would have collapsed and the world would never have heard of “Lawrence of Arabia” The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, in its Garrard & Co case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with loose M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. W. P. Cochrane.); Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, 4th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, in its J. Lattes, Cairo case of issue; Hejaz, Kingdom, Order of El Nahda, a rare 1st type 3rd Class neck badge in silver, gold and enamels, complete with original plaited neck cord in its original case of issue, together with full-size ribbon pin bar, some minor enamel chips to the last, otherwise extremely fine and rare (5) £3,000-£4,000 --- O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For services rendered during the war.’ M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 18 November 1918: ‘For distinguished service in connection with military operations in Egypt.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 17 September 1917, 7 October 1918 [Egypt], and 24 March 1919 [Mesopotamia]. Order of the Nile London Gazette 4 April 1918. William Percy Cochrane, born in Armagh in 1878, worked as a shipping agent for the firm of Gellatly, Hankey & Co., of Khartoum, and had worked in Jeddah before the war. August 1916 found Captain ‘Cocky’ Cochrane aboard H.M.S. Fox, anchored off Jeddah, accompanied by Colonel Cyril Wilson and Captain John W. A. Young. Wilson and his two junior officers had spent over two weeks in the cramped quarters of the warship, in their shirt sleeves in the punishing damp summer heat of the Red Sea, sending and deciphering secret coded telegrams, whilst awaiting more favourable conditions that would allow them to be landed by launch at Jeddah. Wilson had been appointed the British Representative at the Jeddah Consulate and, on 15 August 1916, the three officers landed from H.M.S. Fox to take up their appointments at the Consulate. In his memoir, A Little to the East: Experiences of an Anglo-Egyptian Official 1899-1925, Captain John W. A. Young who, arriving at Jeddah in H.M.S. Hardinge in July 1916, “reported to Colonel Wilson, whom I found together with Cochrane sitting in their shirt sleeves in sweltering heat deciphering code telegrams on board the cruiser H.M.S. Fox... it was not until a few days after our arrival that the British Consulate could be made ready for our accommodation.” A section of Sudanese policemen in due course came to the Consulate to guard them and to provide protection in the early months when the British ventured outside the town walls. Young wrote of Jeddah, “There was something about this town which hung heavy on the soul. We all felt it... Cochrane who already knew Jeddah well as a representative of the firm Gellatly Hankey and had lived above their offices there for months at a time, was from the beginning an invaluable foundation on which to build the administration of the Agency, a rock of sound common sense and a bastion of defence against Ruhi’s inaccurate gossip.” Ruhi was a diminutive Persian Bahai, officially interpreter to Colonel Wilson and unofficially an intelligence agent run by Ronald Storrs, Oriental Secretary to the British High Commission in Cairo. “More than once Cochrane and I [Young] were invited on board the flag ship Euryalus as the guests of the Commander in Chief, Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, and it was well worth the exposure to the midday heat in Gellatly Hankey’s somewhat smelly launch to enjoy his generous hospitality.” Young continues [in early 1917] “we laid out a golf course... while Cochrane and I procured horses on which I used to ride out into the desert to the limit of safety, about three miles beyond the town. But at the commencement political correspondence, Consular questions (settled chiefly by Cochrane), distribution of the monthly supply of gold, assistance to Said Pasha Ali in landing equipment for his Egyptian troops, coding and de-coding cypher telegrams kept us fully occupied.” T. E. Lawrence wrote to Young in 1921 and praised the work of the British Agency at Jeddah: “It was a jolly good improvisation and never broke down under stress. Cochrane and that Gyppy officer and old C.E. (Colonel C. E. Wilson), and Ruhi who brought us all those stories.” The Arab revolt had unofficially begun on 5 June 1916, and Wilson, whose official title was the harmless-sounding ‘pilgrimage officer’, well knew that a disrupted Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca could deal a fatal blow to the revolt. The Turks wanted to break out of Medina and recapture Mecca and Jeddah before the pilgrimage began, at a stroke crushing the revolt. Thus, while Lawrence and other British, Arab, and French officers were blowing up the Hejaz Railway, a forgotten band of British officers at Jeddah, far from the desert campaign, carried out vitally important diplomatic and intelligence work that prevented the revolt from collapse. This untold story is revealed by Philip Walker in his 2018 book ‘Behind the Lawrence Legend - The forgotten Few Who Shaped the Arab Revolt’. The story centres on Colonel Cyril Edward Wilson, the British Representative at the Jeddah Consulate. Wilson was a dependable officer of the old school—the antithesis of the brilliant and mercurial Lawrence. But his strong relationship with Sharif Hussein of Mecca, the leader of the revolt, drew this suspicious and controlling man back from the brink of despair, suicide, and the abandonment of the revolt. Wilson’s undervalued influence over Hussein during critical phases of the revolt was at least as important as the well-known influence of Lawrence over Emir Feisal, Hussein’s son. Wilson’s core team included the ‘unflappable’ Cochrane whose ‘careful preparations and the neutralising of dangerous plotters gave the great event [the Hajj] a favourable wind.’ Cochrane was largely responsible for the success of the Hajj Pilgrimages of 1916, 1917 and 1918. The compelling story of Wilson and his close-knit band points to an inescapable conclusion: the Jeddah Consulate was a vitally important hub of the revolt whose influence has been considerably undervalued. The military campaign in the desert was important, but Jeddah—with its artery to Mecca and Sharif Hussein—was the beating heart of the revolt, whose irregular rhythm needed the vital interventions of Wilson and his team. Without their quiet diplomacy and intelligence work, the revolt would have collapsed and the world would never have heard of “Lawrence of Arabia”. Cyril Wilson was the outstanding forgotten shaper and sustainer of the revolt. Near the end of Wilson’s life, General Reginald Wingate wrote to him praising his indispensable role and his “great work” in the Arab Revolt, without which, he said, it could never have succeeded. Wilson and his circle deserve to be commemorated, a century after their vital work fell through the cracks of history. It is not unreasonable to believe that Lawrence—complex and unfathomable as he was—would have acknowledged that this was so. Captain William Cochrane’s services in these...
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Pair: Major G. D. Oulster, Canadian Infantry, who was awarded the Russian Order of St Anne in 1918 British War Medal 1914-20 (Major G. D. Oulster.); Russia, Empire, Order of St Anne, 3rd Class breast badge by Keibel, St Petersburg, gold (56 zolotnik) and enamel, court stamp and maker’s mark to reverse, gold mark to suspension ring, with later loop suspension, the second with cracks to reverse centre, otherwise good very fine or better (2) £800-£1,000 --- Order of St Anne London Gazette 14 January 1918: ‘For distinguished service rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Gordon Dixon Oulster was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 12 September 1889, and was serving as an officer in the Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada when he was mobilised for active service with the 100th Regiment (Winnipeg Grenadiers Canadian Infantry on 12 August 1914. He transferred to the 11th Battalion C.E.F. at Valcartier, and embarked for England on 3 October 1914. He served during the Great War initially with the Sub-Record Office at Shorncliffe, and was promoted temporary Captain on 1 May 1915, and temporary Major on 7 September 1916. Whilst serving in England he had various spells in hospital, suffering from broncho pneumonia, ptomaine poisoning, and hypertrophy tonsils, and returned to Canada permanently unfit on 12 May 1917. He was seconded to the Military Service Branch on 12 July 1917, and served with them and with the Imperial Munitions Board for the remainder of the war. For his services during the war his name was brought to the attention of the Secretary of State for War. Oulster was struck off the strength of the C.E.F. on General Demobilisation in June 1919, and died at Toronto on 30 September 1935. In response to an enquiry from his next of kin in January 1936 to the Awards Board, concerning entitlement to the 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal, it was stated that ‘Major Oulster having served in England and Canada only, qualified for the award of the British War Medal and not the Victory Medal; he was also awarded the Russian Order of St Anne, (3rd Class) which is the Red Enamel and Gold Cross to which you refer. For your information, the Victory Medal and 1914-15 Star which are evidently the two other medals to which you refer, are only awarded to those who served on the establishment of an authorized Unit in a theatre of War, which condition was not fulfilled by Major Oulster.’ Sold with a substantial quantity of official service documentation including a photographic image of the recipient.
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A Gentleman's 9ct gold half hunter pocket watch, hallmarked Birmingham 1920, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, the stainless steel keyless movement not signed, Swiss made, 15 jewels adjusted, the plain gold case with black enamel Roman numeral around the chapter ring, weight approx 95gCondition report: In working order but no guarantee, hairline crack to dial at 6 o'clock, diameter of case approx 50mm, scratches to the case, general wear, refer to images
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A mid 19th century 18ct gold open face fob watch, hallmarked London 1859, the decorative gold dial with black Roman numerals, the keyless gilt movement not signed, No. 1638, the back of the case engraved with a castle and coastal scene, together with a 9ct gold guard chain (broken), total weight approx 68gCondition report: In working order but no guarantee, some wear to the enamel numerals, inner case is hallmarked, case diameter approx 37mm, watch weighs approx 56g, chain stamped '9ct'- weight of chain approx 11g, general wear throughout, refer to images
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