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VINYL JIMI HENDRIX: 'The Cry of Love' Track Records 2408 101, 1971 Stereo. Probably 1st British pressing? And 'Friends from the Beginning' ALA 1972 Stereo. With drillhole in corner - quite a common 'flaw' we believe. US import. And 'Band of Gypsies', 2406 002, Track Records, puppet cover, UK 1970, Stereo. All three in VG condition (at least); minor light annotation on inner sleeves.
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1 Large 19th century figural button set in wood.This lot, also from Nikki Deals collection is a wonderful example of molded sepia glass set in a thick polished light colored wood base, Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 1918 AND DIVISION 3 IS AFTER 1918Dimensions: SM=Less than 3/4", Medium=3/4" to 1 1/4". Large=1 1/4" and above, extra large=1 3/4" and aboveCondition: Unless otherwise noted we find no significant condition concerns except for normal age related wear for the age of these items.
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A late 19th early 20th century articulated gadget cane with carved wood Staffordshire TerrierThe head with glass eyes, automaton with spring-loaded lower jaw metal collar, ebonised hardwood shaft, light horn ferrule, 93cm long, (36 1/2in long)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Thies & Schmid Schwäbische Waffenauktionen GmbH - Erlaubnispflichtige Waffen (Militärische Ordonanzwaffen) : Gewehr Steyr M95 Kaliber 8x50 R Steyr Mannlicher, Seriennummer 2729X, nummerngleich.Gewehr Steyr M95 Kaliber 8x50 R Steyr Mannlicher, Seriennummer 2729X, nummerngleich. Gewehr Steyr M95 in sehr schönem Zustand aus dem Jahre 1915. Beschriftung am Laufoberseite Wn Doppeladler 15 Linksseitig Seriennummer, sowie Lauf rechte Seite zeitgenössischer österreichischer Beschuss (doppelköpfiger Adler). Beschriftung Gehäuseoberseite STEYR darunter M.95, Gehäuse linke Seite Beschriftung wie Lauf. Originaler Schaft mit leichten Druckstellen und Gebrauchsspuren. An der linken Kolbenseite mit Seriennummer versehen. Schaftoberteil ebenfalls mit den letzten zwei Ziffern der Seriennummer versehen. Waffe in sehr schönem Originalzustand und originalem Riemen. Erwerbscheinpflichtig!Thies & Schmid Schwäbische Waffenauktionen GmbH - Military Guns (License Required). : Gewehr Steyr M95 Kaliber 8x50 R Steyr Mannlicher, Seriennummer 2729X, nummerngleich. Rifle Steyr M95 caliber 8x50 R Steyr Mannlicher, serial number 2729X, matching numbers. Rifle Steyr M95 in very nice condition from 1915. Inscription on barrel top Wn double eagle 15 Left side serial number, as well as barrel right side contemporary Austrian proof (double headed eagle). Inscription on top of case STEYR including M.95, case left side inscription same as barrel. Original stock with light pressure marks and signs of use. Marked with serial number on left side of butt. Top of stock also marked with last two digits of serial number. Gun in very nice original condition and original sling. Acquisition certificate required!Erlaubnispflichtige Schusswaffe / License requiredPlease note bidders should check if the item is permitted in their country of origin prior to bidding.All guns are antique firearms as described
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Militärische Ordonanzwaffen Deutschland - Langwaffen (militärisch) : Gewehr Modell 88/05 Kaliber 8x57 I, Seriennummer 882F, nummerngleich bis auf Verschluss.Gewehr Modell 88/05 in sehr schönem original Zustand Amberg Fertigung (keine Türkeilieferung!) aus dem Jahre 1891. Beschriftung der Waffe wie folgt: Laufmantel linke Seite Seriennummer über Buchstabe F. Gehäuseoberseite S=Spitzgeschoss darunter Krone AMBERG 1891. Rechte Gehäuseseite drei militärische abnahmen gotischer Buchstabe unter Krone. Linke Gehäuseseite Seriennummer 882 darunter F und im Weiteren Gew. in kursiv sowie 88. Magazinkasten und Schrauben mit Seriennummer bzw. letzten zwei Ziffern der Seriennummer sowie militärischen Abnahmen. Etwas gebrauchter Schaft mit leichten Dellen und Schrammen sowie Beschädigung durch Beschuss an der Unterseite zwischen Unterring und Magazinkasten. An der Kolbenunterseite sowie auch an der rechten Kolbenseite diverse militärische Abnahmen und an der linken Kolbenseite L. St. für Landsturm. In sich nummerngleicher Verschluss mit diversen Abnahmen und glattem parallel verlaufendem Sicherungsflügel, Auszieher fehlend. Original Brünierung so gut wie vollständig erhalten, blanke Hülse sowie Verschluss nachgedunkelt. Selten anzutreffendes Gewehr Modell 88/05, welches des 1. Weltkrieges in deutschen Diensten verblieb. Erwerbscheinpflichtig! Militärische Ordonanzwaffen Deutschland - Langwaffen (militärisch) : Gewehr Modell 88/05 Kaliber 8x57 I, Seriennummer 882F, nummerngleich bis auf Verschluss. Rifle model 88/05 in very nice original condition Amberg manufacture (no Türkeilieferung!) from the year 1891. Inscription of the weapon as follows: Barrel jacket left side serial number above letter F. Top of case S=Spitzgeschoss under crown AMBERG 1891. Right side of case three military decreases gothic letter under crown. Left side of case serial number 882 below F and further Gew. in italics as well as 88. Magazine box and screws with serial number or last two digits of serial number as well as military acceptances. Somewhat used stock with light dents and scuffs as well as damage from shelling on underside between lower ring and magazine box. On the bottom of the butt as well as on the right side of the butt various military acceptance marks and on the left side of the butt L. St. for Landsturm. Breech with matching numbers, various acceptances and smooth parallel safety, extractor missing. Original bluing as good as complete, blank case and breech darkened. Rarely found rifle model 88/05, which remained in German service during the 1st World War. Acquisition certificate required!Erlaubnispflichtige Schusswaffe / License requiredPlease note bidders should check if the item is permitted in their country of origin prior to bidding.All guns are antique firearms as described
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A Chinese chestnut-ground child's embroidered silk 'Nine Dragon Robe', jifu, Qianlong, worked in counted stitch and couched gold threads with nine five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls on the front and back panels, the shoulders and the underflap, all on a ground of multi-coloured trialling clouds interspersed with a profusion of floral sprays and the Daoist Emblems, all a border of turbulent waves tossed with further vaporous clouds and craggy rocks issuing lingzhi fungi, narcissi and peach-laden branches, the matching blue-ground borders at the collar and cuffs embellished with striding dragons and other related designs, light blue silk lining, 101cm hem to collar x 153cm cuff to cuffProvenance: By repute formerly from a French private collectionBrown-ground jifu robes are among the rarest surviving examples of imperial court garments of Qing dynasty, especially those designed for children, such as the present robe which complete with all its original parts. It is very rare to find formal court robes made for a child, as only sons from high ranking families were occasionally allowed the privilege of attending court. The chestnut-colour, Xiang Huang was referred to in the 'Illustrated catalogue of all the Ceremonial Trappings of the Imperial Court' Huangchao liqi tushi, edited in 1759, as one of the 'Five Imperial Yellows' that could be worn by the emperor's sons and highest rank's princes but also the emperors when visiting their mothers or retiring in their private quarters. The present one would have been worn by one of the imperil sons or a young high ranking princes in late 18th to early 19th century. The unique motif among all its auspicious Emblems is a spear ji 戟 means 吉 auspicious with a Qing 磬, the musical instrument means celebrate, these combination was actually a personal favourite motif of Qianlong Emperor himself. Another chestnut child's dragon robe which made of gauze, dated to the late 18th century was sold at Christie's New York on 19 March 2009, lot 664. See also an embroidered child dragon robe of blue colour, sold at Christie's Hong Kong 5th Nov, 2019. There is another chestnut dragon robe of almost identical design but made for adults, dated to Qianlong period, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28th May 2014, lot 3345.清乾隆 香色繡海水雲龍紋吉服袍拍品來源：法國私人收藏 Condition Report: fading to robe and liningfraying and wear to blue silk on collar with some re-stitchingwear to silk on cuffsstained throughout see additional images for a visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
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A Chinese bronze 'Dragon and Phoenix' mirror, Han dynasty, cast in the form of a circular shape, surrounded with two dragons alternating with two phoenixes against a background of whorl patterns, 12cm diameter Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 August 2021, lot 1085 (part lot)Property of a Lady漢 龍鳳紋銅鏡拍品來源：香港蘇富比女史珍藏，2021年8月26號拍品號1085（其中一件） Condition Report: Overall good condition, with light oxidizationCondition Report Disclaimer
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A mixed lot of 1950s-1970s Bollywood / Arabic film posters, to include: - Kasauti, 1974 (Hindi) - Bindiya Aur Bandook. 1972 (Hindi)- Don't Cry, My Love, 1979 (Arabic) - Prem Nagar (City of Love), 1974 (Hindi) - El-Massaguin El-Thalatha., 1968 (Arabic) - Swimming Across Fire, 1957 (Arabic)- The Green Light, 1976, (Arabic)Some age-related wearSize approximately: 99x70cm
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A collection of ephemera and photographs, bearing the signatures of various film, music, television and media stars, to include: - Framed and glazed photographs of Dannii Minogue, one bearing signature in pink ink - Mary Stuart Mason (Fried Green Tomatoes), 8x10'' colour photograph, signed in blue ink, with COA - Martin Ballentyne (The Dark Knight), 8x10" colour photograph, signed in silver ink - Art print, signed in black in to rear by Becca @bbharbarb - Lee Ann Womack (Country Singer), colour photograph, signed in silver ink - Holly McGuire (British model), framed and glazed photograph, signed in black ink. Dedicated 'To Rod, love always' - James Best (Dukes of Hazzard), 8x10'' colour photograph, facsimile - Brett Michaels, CC DeVille etc (Poison), facsimile - Raintown (Paul and Claire McArthur-Bain) 'Writing on the Wall', mini poster and CD, signed in black ink - Strangeness in Space, podcasters, CD and A4 colour art print signed in black ink - The Light of September Episode 1 script, signed in black ink by Tamsin Greig, Kevin Baldwin, Sylvester McCoy etc
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AUCHENTOSHAN THE LORD PROVOST'S SPECIAL RESERVE 12 YEAR OLD LOWLAND SINGLE MALT 40% ABV / 70cl Auchentoshan is part of a small minority of Scottish distilleries, in that every drop of whisky it produces is sold as a single malt. Similarly unusual is its use of triple distillation to produce a purer spirit that’s light and mildly fruity.Situated just outside Clydebank, the distillery was lucky to survive the 1941 blitz relatively unscathed. Only one of its warehouses was damaged by a bomb blast, and another near miss provided a blast crater that later became the distillery’s picturesque pond.
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GLENGOYNE 17 YEAR OLD 1980s 75CL HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT 43% ABV / 75cl Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands. Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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GLENGOYNE 17 YEAR OLD AND GLENGOYNE 10 YEAR OLD MINIATURE HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT Glengoyne 17 Year Old Hewlett Packard 'In Celebration of 20 Years in Erskine' - 43% ABV / 70clGlengoyne 10 Year Old - 40% ABV / 5cl Qty: 2 Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands. Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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GLENGOYNE 1968 VINTAGE RESERVE HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT Bottle Number: 151350.3% ABV / 70cl Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands.Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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2 BOTTLES OF ARRAN FOUNDER'S RESERVE ISLAND SINGLE MALT Both 43% ABV / 70clQty: 2Still a relative youngster in whisky terms, Arran distillery began production in 1995. Thanks to a focus on sourcing quality casks, and its light, accessible spirit that ages well, Arran has proven extremely successful. So much so, that in 2017 they began construction of a second distillery on the other side of the island. Sharing a name with Arran’s only other previous legal still (closed in 1837), Lagg distillery focuses on producing peated spirit.
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GLENGOYNE TEAPOT DRAM BATCH #7 HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT Bottle Number: 768 / 399359.9% ABV / 70cl Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands.Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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GLENGOYNE 17 YEAR OLD AUCHENCRAIG RESERVE HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT 43% ABV / 70cl Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands. Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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GLENGOYNE 17 YEAR OLD HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT 43% ABV / 70cl Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands. Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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GLENGOYNE TEAPOT DRAM BATCH #2 HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT Bottle Number: 0106 / 320058.5% ABV / 70cl Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands. Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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BLADNOCH 1988 11 YEAR OLD SIGNATORY LOWLAND SINGLE MALT Distilled: 23/11/1988Bottled: 02/08/2000Casks #42001 + 002Bottle Number: 471 / 93243% ABV / 70cl Bladnoch distillery, near Wigtown in Dumfries & Galloway, produces a light, grassy and malty spirit that epitomises the Lowland style. Another distillery with a history of sporadic production and closures over the years, it has been enjoying a bit of a renaissance since being resurrected by Australian entrepreneur, David Prior, in 2015.
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ARRAN ROBERT BURNS WORLD FEDERATION LIMITED EDITION 2001 ISLAND SINGLE MALT Registered Number: 176340% ABV / 70cl Still a relative youngster in whisky terms, Arran distillery began production in 1995. Thanks to a focus on sourcing quality casks, and its light, accessible spirit that ages well, Arran has proven extremely successful. So much so, that in 2017 they began construction of a second distillery on the other side of the island. Sharing a name with Arran’s only other previous legal still (closed in 1837), Lagg distillery focuses on producing peated spirit.
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GLENGOYNE CASK STRENGTH BATCH #3 HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT 58.2% ABV / 70cl Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands. Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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BLADNOCH 15 YEAR OLD ADELA LOWLAND SINGLE MALT 46.7% ABV / 70clBladnoch distillery, near Wigtown in Dumfries & Galloway, produces a light, grassy and malty spirit that epitomises the Lowland style. Another distillery with a history of sporadic production and closures over the years, it has been enjoying a bit of a renaissance since being resurrected by Australian entrepreneur, David Prior, in 2015.
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AUCHENTOSHAN 10 YEAR OLD AND AUCHENTOSHAN CLASSIC LOWLAND SINGLE MALT Both 40% ABV / 70cl Auchentoshan is part of a small minority of Scottish distilleries, in that every drop of whisky it produces is sold as a single malt. Similarly unusual is its use of triple distillation to produce a purer spirit that’s light and mildly fruity. Situated just outside Clydebank, the distillery was lucky to survive the 1941 blitz relatively unscathed. Only one of its warehouses was damaged by a bomb blast, and another near miss provided a blast crater that later became the distillery’s picturesque pond.
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GLENGOYNE 1971 SINGLE CASK #4855 MINIATURE AND 17 YEAR OLD MINIATURE HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT Glengoyne 1971 Single CaskDistilled: 1971Bottled: 1998Number: 485556.2% ABV / 5clGlengoyne 17 Year Old 43% ABV / 5cl Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands. Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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BALBLAIR 33 YEAR OLD GIFT SET WITH GLASS AND MATCHING MINIATURE HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT 45.4% ABV / 70cl + 5cl The Highland distillery of Balblair, overlooking the Dornoch Firth, produces a light fruity and complex spirit, a result of its slow, decidedly old school production methods. First marketed as a single malt in the year 2000, it wasn’t until 2007 when they expanded the range (prioritising vintages over age statements) that Balbair really took off. Despite this, in 2019, the distillery made the move back to age statements in order to appeal to a broader clientele. However, there will be a few diehard fans who will miss the era of vintages.
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GLENGOYNE 21 YEAR OLD HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT 43% ABV / 70cl Founded in 1833, Glengoyne distillery, just to the north of Glasgow, straddles the Highland/Lowland border. The light, fruity and honied spirit is predominantly filled into Sherry Casks that are transported from its Highland Still House, across the road to its warehouses in the Lowlands. Glengoyne wasn't seriously marketed as a single malt until the 1990s, and has since achieved huge popularity, especially in Europe. And, thanks to its proximity to Glasgow, visitors flock to the distillery in their droves to experience the many tours and tastings on offer.
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BALBLAIR 1989 VINTAGE HIGHLAND SINGLE MALT Bottled: 200743% ABV / 70cl The Highland distillery of Balblair, overlooking the Dornoch Firth, produces a light fruity and complex spirit, a result of its slow, decidedly old school production methods. First marketed as a single malt in the year 2000, it wasn’t until 2007 when they expanded the range (prioritising vintages over age statements) that Balbair really took off. Despite this, in 2019, the distillery made the move back to age statements in order to appeal to a broader clientele. However, there will be a few diehard fans who will miss the era of vintages.
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A rare Second War escaper’s group of six awarded to Able Seaman G. V. Wilson, Royal Navy: captured on the occasion of the loss of the destroyer H.M.S. Bedouin on the Malta run in June 1942, he ‘jumped ship’ on being entrained for Germany from Italy in September 1943 and reached Allied lines some three months later - in a subsequent letter to his counterpart in Naval Intelligence, the Deputy Director of Military Intelligence recommended this gallant rating for mention in despatches 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Malaya (C/JX. 158999 G. Wilson, A.B., R.N.), good very fine and better (6) £800-£1,000 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1944: ‘For enterprise and devotion to duty.’ The following information has been taken from a letter written by the Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, addressed to his naval counterpart at the Admiralty and dated 26 March 1944: ‘Able Seaman Wilson was captured off Pantelleria on 15 June 1942. He was sent via Pantelleria and Castelvetrano to Campo 52 (Chiavari). This camp was taken over by the Germans after the Armistice and on 12 September 1943, the prisoners of war were entrained for Germany. In Wilson’s cattle truck the prisoners worked all day and finally managed to force an opening. They then got out of the truck and jumped off the train - Wilson made his way South and finally met Allied troops at S. Vincenzo on 16 December 1943.’ The Deputy Director of Military Intelligence closed his letter with the following observation: ‘Had this man been in the Army, D.M.I. would have forwarded to the Military Secretary a recommendation for the award of a Mention in view of his brave conduct.’ George Vitty Wilson was born in Hartlepool, Durham in July 1922. In which year he joined the Royal Navy remains unknown, but he may have witnessed active service in H.M.S. Bedouin off Norway in 1940-41. Certainly he was among the ship’s complement by the time of the ship’s deployment to the Mediterranean in June 1942. Of her subsequent loss, the following account has been taken from Hocking’s Dictionary of Disasters at Sea in the Age of Steam: ‘The destroyer Bedouin, Commander B. G. Scurfield, was leader of a small flotilla which formed part of a force escorting a convoy to Malta in June 1942. The force, which had left Britain on the 5th, was known as the “Harpoon Convoy”. On the 15th, when about 30 miles S. of Pantelleria, British aircraft reported the presence of two Italian cruisers and five destroyers some 15 miles to the northward. The Bedouin and her flotilla were despatched to engage this force which was superior to them, both in number and gun power. The action began at 6.45 a.m., the 6-inch guns of the Italian cruisers outranging the lighter weapons of the British destroyers. The Bedouin and Partridge were hit and badly damaged, but the three remaining destroyers managed to get within range and scored three direct hits on an Italian destroyer. Meanwhile the light cruiser Cairo, 4.220 tons, five 6-inch guns, with four ‘Hunt-class’ destroyers had joined in the action and forced the Italians to turn away. This engagement, though very brief, deprived the convoy of its naval escort, and during this time it suffered a succession of bombing attacks in which two merchantmen were sunk. The Bedouin was taken in tow by the Partridge, but, as both ships were disabled, their progress was slow. Later the Italian squadron returned and the Partridge was compelled to cast off the two and the Bedouin was left to face both warships and torpedo bombers. She was hit by an aerial torpedo and sank at 2.45 p.m.’ The torpedo hit Bedouin’s engine room, blasting clear through the ship. She immediately rolled over to port and sank with a loss of 28 men. At dusk, an Italian floatplane and an Italian hospital ship picked up 213 survivors, Wilson among them. Following his gallant escape - and release from the Royal Navy - Wilson returned to Hartlepool and was employed as a Millwright. He died there in December 2004. Sold with copied research.
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Four: Able Seaman R. N. Cain, Royal Navy, killed when H.M.S. Curacao collided with the R.M.S. Queen Mary whilst escorting her to the Clyde, 2 October 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. M. Byrne, 90 Beacon Road, Luton, Chatham, Kent’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (J.78777 R. N. Cain. A.B. H.M.S. Cairo.) light contact marks to last, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Reginald Norman Cain was born in 1902 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in 1917. He served during the Great War in home waters in the battleships H.M.S. Impregnable and Royal Oak, and received a War gratuity. Advanced to Able Seaman, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct medal in June 1936, and served in this rate during the Second World War in H.M.S. Curacoa. In September 1942 Curacoa was deployed with the Western Approaches Command at Belfast, to escort convoys in the N.W. Approaches and the Irish Sea. On 2 October 1942 the escort group was tasked to escort R.M.S. Queen Mary on the final stage of a trans-Atlantic passage. The famous Cunard liner, built on the Clyde in the 1930s, displaced 81,125 tons and was the greatest and most luxurious of the pre-war liners. On her maiden voyage she won the ‘Blue Riband’ for the fastest Atlantic crossing. On the outbreak of war she had become a troopship, carrying an entire division (15,000 men) at a time and often steamed without an escort, relying on her great speed for protection. On 27 September 1942 Queen Mary left New York bound for the Clyde, carrying about 15,000 U.S. servicemen. By the morning of 2 October she was some 40 miles north of Tory Island, off the northern coast of Ireland. Just after 7 a.m. the bridge watch sighted Curacao, which signalled that she would take up station five miles ahead, while six destroyers assumed flanking positions a few miles on either side of the liner. For the next five hours the convoy moved steadily towards Scotland, all hands scanning the clear skies for German aircraft. A stiff wind from the north-east was making life difficult for the destroyers racing about in search of U-Boats, but the Queen Mary steamed on majestically, untroubled by the choppy seas. Though the Cunarder was steering a zig-zag course her great speed allowed her gradually to overtake the slower cruiser, and by two o’clock in the afternoon Curacao was only a few hundred yards off the liner’s bow. The Queen Mary’s officer of the watch was increasingly concerned about the Curacao’s proximity and ordered the helmsman to turn slightly away. However, at the same time the cruiser turned even closer to the liner. Queen Mary’s helmsman made a last-ditch attempt to avoid disaster and turned hard-a-port, and for a moment it looked as if the manoeuvre might work. However, the liner’s massive stem struck the Curacao eleven feet forward of her stern at an acute angle, spun the warship round and sliced through her. Staff Captain Grattidge, resting in his cabin, felt a jolt that at first he thought was the near miss of a bomb. But when he reached the bridge he saw, ‘150 feet from the bridge on the port side, almost smothered in awesome clouds of black smoke ... the forepart of a vessel going down. Running to starboard I could see the after end of the same vessel, trembling to settle beneath the waves.’ Both sections of the Curacao were on fire and began to sink. The escorting destroyers raced to the scene but were only able to rescue 101 survivors. Queen Mary herself was under strict orders not to stop for any reason and steamed on. However, her bows had been stoved in below the water line and she had to reduce speed to 10 knots. She arrived safely at Gourock on the morning of 3 October. News of this disaster was blacked out and the loss of Curacao was not publicly announced until 1945, when a formal court of enquiry was convened to examine the cause of the accident. After almost four years of protracted litigation which went to the House of Lords it was held that Curacao was two thirds responsible for the collision and Queen Mary, one third. In total 338 Officers and crew lost their lives when the Curacoa was sunk, including Cain. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Medals issued to the recipient’s widow, Eleanor Mary Cain, who had subsequently remarried.
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The post-war C.B., Great War D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Vice-Admiral M. H. A. Kelsey, Royal Navy, a veteran of Dogger Bank and Jutland, who went on to command the cruiser Naiad (1940-42) and battleship Warspite (1944), the latter commissions including extensive action in the Mediterranean and off Normandy, including his unique order in the annals of Naval gunnery on D-Day, 6 June 1944: ‘Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire’ The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1920; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. M. H. A. Kelsey, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. M. H. A. Kelsey, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (11) £5,000-£6,000 --- Provenance: R. C. Witte Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007. C.B. London Gazette 10 June 1948. D.S.C. London Gazette 11 June 1919: ‘For distinguished services whilst in command of a destroyer.’ Marcel Harcourt Attwood Kelsey was born in February 1894 and attended Eastman’s, Winchester prior to entering the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in January 1907. Appointed Midshipman in the cruiser Good Hope in September 1911, he was advanced to Sub. Lieutenant in September 1914, while serving in Dryad. Then, in January 1915, he joined the destroyer Defender, in which ship he was present at Dogger Bank before removing to another destroyer, the Obdurate, in April 1916 - on this occasion as a newly promoted Lieutenant and “Jimmy the One”. A fellow officer in Obdurate later described Kelsey as ‘tall, blond and intrepid’, and ‘a polished product of the new Navy, trained to a strong sense of active duty’ - in point of fact ‘[h]e kept the ship’s company on the hop and, although they groused at times, he soon had them worked up to a fair state of war efficiency’. And this was fortuitous, for the Obdurate had a busy time at Jutland, participating in the 13th Destroyer Flotilla’s attack on German destroyers in the afternoon of 31 May 1916, during which she was hit by a 4.1-inch shell from the Regensburg, in addition to suffering a ‘burst’ 4-inch gun of her own. Nonetheless, she managed to stop and pick up three survivors from the Ardent. Kelsey removed to the Valentine in November 1917, in which ship he remained actively employed until the War’s end, a period that witnessed at least one action with a U-Boat patrol and, ultimately, the award of his D.S.C. Advanced to Commander in June 1930 and to Captain in December 1936, he was serving at the Admiralty as Deputy Director of Personnel by the renewal of hostilities. In April 1940, however, he was given command of the cruiser Naiad, in which capacity he would see a great deal of action in the Mediterranean, and serve on the staff of Rear-Admirals Vian and King, in addition to acting at other times as S.N.O. of 15th Cruiser Squadron. Naiad was heavily employed in the operations leading to the evacuation of Greece and Crete in April-May 1941, and took several hits off the latter place on 22 May: ‘The light cruiser Naiad had two turrets put out of action, and near misses caused several of her compartments to be flooded and her speed to be reduced to 17 or 18 knots. In the course of ten minutes there were 36 misses, and during a period of two hours 181 bombs were counted. Only two of her turrets remained in action ... ’ Added to which, she lost 7 men killed and a further 31 wounded. Having then fought an engagement with a French destroyer off Beirut, the Naiad was involved in several further engagements in December 1941, among them the action off Bardia, in which the Barham was lost, and the bombardment of Derna. In January 1942, Kelsey was appointed Commodore at Freetown, but he returned to sea with command of the battleship Warspite in March 1944, a commission that would witness significant support being lent to the Normandy landings, not least on D-Day itself, when she was one of the very first ships to engage the enemy ashore, her 15-inch broadsides silencing the enemy coastal batteries at Benerville and Villerville - the latter target was treated to no less than 73 rounds of 15-inch, 9 of them resulting in direct hits. A few days later, off the “Gold” area, Kelsey had occasion to issue his famous command: ‘Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire’, an ‘order which must be unique in the annals of British naval gunnery’. Unsurprisingly, his target, a large concentration of enemy troops and tanks hidden in woodland, rapidly dispersed! That evening, the Warspite returned to Portsmouth to embark still more ammunition, following which she journeyed to Rosyth to replace her worn guns - this entailing the first passage of the Dover Straits by a capital ship since the famous ‘Channel Dash’ back in 1942. The German batteries on ‘the whole French coast were ablaze with their gun flashes’, luckily, however, without effect. Back off Brest by late August, Kelsey got his new guns into action on behalf of the Americans, Warspite firing 147 rounds of 15-inch high explosive, and 66 armour-piercing shells, on the 25 alone - she, too, was subjected to heavy fire from enemy batteries, but was only hit by a few shell splinters. In the following month, off Le Havre, she engaged enemy gun positions at her maximum range of 32,000 yards, assisted by our aircraft spotting for her, and wiped out a troublesome 6.7-inch battery. Better still, she lent valuable assistance to the Royal Marines during the subsequent Walcheren operations, but this proved to be the last time her 15-inch guns were fired in anger, and Kelsey came ashore in early 1945 to take up the post of Commodore, Chatham. He had, meanwhile, been Mentioned in Despatches for ‘Neptune’ (London Gazette 28 November 1944 refers). Advanced to Rear-Admiral in January 1946, and awarded the C.B. in the Birthday Honours List of 1948, he was placed on the Retired List in the rank of Vice-Admiral in the following year. His last post had been as Flag Officer, Malta, where he oversaw the clearing of Valetta Harbour, in addition to boarding operations in connection with immigrant ships trying to run the blockade of Palestine. The Admiral died in 1965. Sold with a fine run of original ship’s ‘flimsies’ 1911-40 (approximately 40).
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A Second War ‘D-Day’ D.S.C. group of five awarded to Acting Commander L. R. Curtis, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who commanded Assault Group J4 during Operation Neptune Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and privately engraved, ‘Commander L. R. Curtis, R.N.V.R., Ouistreham, June 6th’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, lacquered, good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. D.S.C. London Gazette 28 November 1944. M.I.D. London Gazette 8 June 1944. Leonard Rupert Curtis was appointed a Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the “Wavy Navy” in January 1942. Advanced to Lieutenant in April 1942, he joined the landing craft training base Copra in September 1943, which appointment culminated in his appointment to the command of Assault Group J4 on D-Day, a unit comprising the 200th and 201st L.C.I. (S.) Flotillas which landed at “Queen Red” and “Queen White” beaches near Ouistreham. Curtis appears in the acknowledgements of numerous D-Day histories, but no-one was closer to him at the initial landing stage than Lord Lovat, who ‘borrowed’ his bunk during the Channel crossing: ‘The paling stars spelt out ‘Invasion’. It was blowing half a gale and getting light enough to see Curtis, now with his steel helmet on. He had reddish hair and a serious face. A quiet-spoken, dependable man, keenly aware of the importance of the occasion. Rupert was to be awarded the D.S.C. for the work he did that day. I imagine he felt lonely on the crossing: twenty-two boats pitching in line ahead; seven hours of eye-strain darkness, keeping station in rough weather up the swept passage through the minefields. “Twenty miles from the coast and twelve to lowering point,” he shouted against the wind. I nodded respectfully, trying a shivering smile with eyes on the duffle coat. The navigator had done his job well - on course and ahead of the clock. Nautical twilight was past and the sea changing colour to oystershell in the grey dawn when the Aldis lamp blinked on our port bow: “Good morning, Commandos, and the best of British luck.” Curtis and his yeoman spelt out the signal. We made a suitable reply: “Thanks. Think we are going to bloody well need it.” Rupert ran up the battle ensign. War was becoming personal again ... Half-seen through palls of smoke, boats were burning to our left front ... Curtis made a slight alteration of course to starboard. A tank landing-craft with damaged steering came limping back through the flotilla. The helmsman had a bandage round his head and there were dead men on board, but he gave us the V sign and shouted something as the unwieldly craft went by. Spouts of water splashed a pattern of falling shells. Among the off-shore obstacles - heavy poles and hedgehog pyramids with Teller mines attached - we started to take direct hits. Curtis picked his spot to land, increased speed and headed for the widest gap, the arrowhead formation closing on either side. The quiet orders - a tonic from the ridge - raised everybody’s game: “Amidships. Steady as she goes.” The German batteries mistakenly used armour-piercing ammunition in preference to high explosive and bursting shrapnel. Derek’s landing brows were shot away and beyond him Ryan Price’s boat went up with a roar. Max had an unpleasant experience when a shell went through his four petrol tanks without exploding. Rear headquarters got away with minor casualties. Our command ship took two shells in the stern. It happened in the last hundred yards. There was no time to look back. The impact must have swung us round for two boats, Max’s and mine, touched down side by side. Each carried four thousand gallons of high-octane fuel in non-sealing tanks aft of the bridge. Had Max blown-up we would have gone with him. Five launches out of twenty-two were knocked out, but the water was not deep and Commandos got ashore wading; a few men went wading in the shell craters’ (Lovat’s March Past refers). Curtis attained the rank of Acting Commander in April 1945 and was released from the Active List in April 1946.
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