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Preisdatenbank abonnierenFive pairs of German doll shoes, ivory silk size 8 shoes with edged stitching, 3 ¼” (8.5cm), white leatherette shoes, 2 ¾” (7cm), brown/light brown leather shoes, 2 ½” (6.5), size 4 brown leather shoes, 2 3/8” (6cm), size 1 brown leather shoes with brown leather bows with buckles, 1 ¼” (3.3cm), (condition: good).
A Rare Turkish 25 PDR. Bronze Mortar Reign Of Sultan Abdulaziz (1861-76), Dated 1289 A.H. Corresponding To 1872 A.D. Cast in one piece and with raised muzzle-ring, the medial reinforce incised with the Sultan's tughra, touch-hole with flash-shield also forming the back-sight, rounded base, plain trunnions incised respectively with the date and 'Diameter 9, No. 2' in Turkish, and with light green patination 42 cm., 15 cm. bore Footnotes: An almost identical example is in the Askeri Museum, Istanbul. See O. Sermed Moukhtar, Musée Militaire Ottoman..., 1921, pl. 25, no.3 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Austo-Hungarian 14.5 X 33(R)MM Rim-Fire Wänzl Breech-Loading Conversion Military Rifle Dated 1862 Of regulation pattern, the breech-block stamped 'BOLLMANN', and retaining its brass-tipped steel ramrod (old light pitting and rust patination particularly to the butt-plate, stock with some old bruising and water staining at the butt-plate) 89 cm. barrel Footnotes: The Wänzl rifle was a conversion of the Lorenz 1854 Model and 1862 Model rifles. The Austro-Hungarian Empire used them as their service rifle until enough Werndl-Holub 1867 Model rifles became available For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Swiss 10.4MM Rim-Fire Vetterli 1869/71 Model Bolt-Action Military Rifle No. 123680, Late 19th Century Of regulation pattern, the action serial numbered on one side beneath obscured manufactory details, the butt (toe split) stamped with small Canton mark on one side (old light pitting and rust patination overall) 84 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Prussian 18-Bore Percussion 1850 Model Cavalry Pistol Dated 1851 and 1860 Of regulation pattern, dated octagonal breech stamped '16.' above crowned 'FH' on the top flat, flat lock stamped with crowned 'Potsdam' above 'G.S' mark, pivoting nipple-protector stamped with inspector's marks and acting against a spring, figured half-stock, regulation brass mounts stamped with inspector's marks, and steel lanyard ring (steel parts with some light rust patination) 22 cm. barrel Footnotes: Cf. a similar example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 26 November 2014, lot 282 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare French 15-Bore Flintlock Louis XVIII Second Restoration Period 1817 Model Gardes Du Corps Du Roi Musket, Dated 1817, And A French 15-Bore Flintlock AN9 Model Musketoon, No. 205, Dated 1812 The first with plain barrel (light rust patination and scattered pitting) retained by three spring-held brass barrel bands, the forward one pierced, carrying the fore-sight and also forming the ramrod-entry, the breech dated on one side of the breech flat and stamped with two inspector's marks on the other, 'H', a star above in a rectangle, and 'N' in an oval, plain tang, flat bevelled lock etched 'Manuf. Royale De Versailles' and stamped with inspector's mark, 'G', a star above in a rectangle, brass pan with revolving brass pan-cover, the latter with knurled outer edge, ring-neck cock, figured full stock stamped with inspector's initials on the side-flat and on one side of the butt above circular Aoust arsenal mark dated 1817, and behind the trigger-guard tang with the name 'LANSKIN', lacquered regulation brass mounts including escutcheon embossed with the arms of France and 'GARDES DU CORPS DU ROI', sling loops, original steel ramrod, and in fine condition; the second of regulation pattern, with plain barrel retained by a two spring-held barrel bands, one of steel and carrying a sling loop, the other of brass carrying the fore-sight and also forming the ramrod-entry, bright flat bevelled lock with rounded tail, etched 'Manuf. Roy de St. Etienne (Neue Støckel 8797) and stamped with inspector's mark 'S', a fleur-de-lys above, in an oval behind the brass pan, figured three-quarter stock, the butt with indistinct circular arsenal mark on both sides, and with the serial number and other numbers on one side, brass and steel mounts variously stamped with inspector's marks, steel ramrod, probably original, and in fair condition (2) 103 cm. and 75.3 cm. barrels respectively For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 14-Bore Flintlock AN XIII Military Pistol Early 19th Century Of regulation pattern, the barrel stamped 'B. 1812' at the breech, the lock (cock probably replaced) with indistinct manufactory details and brass pan, the trigger-guard stamped 'No. 09.' (butt-cap bruised), and original steel ramrod (steel parts with light pitting) 20 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A .577 Snider Two-Band Short Service Rifle Musket For Canada Dated 1869 Of regulation pattern, the bore with light rust patination, lock with crowned date over 'Enfield', the butt stamped with circular arsenal mark on one side, and with 'DC' in a diamond mark for Dominion of Canada above '1' and '101' on the other, and with canvas and leather sling, Ordnance proof marks 77.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare .600 (18-Bore) Flintlock Baker Volunteer Rifle By Brander & Potts, 70 Minories, London, Circa 1820 With leaf-sighted barrel (some old light surface rust) rifled with nine grooves and with bayonet bar on the right at the muzzle, flat bevelled lock and ring-neck cock, the former signed in full in capitals, figured full stock with cheek-piece, regulation brass mounts including spur trigger-guard and hinged rectangular patch-box cover, sling loops, and associated brass-mounted wooden ramrod, London proof marks 77 cm. barrel Footnotes: Martin Brander and Thomas Potts are recorded at 70 Minories and Goodman's Yard between 1802 and 1827. They were Contractors to Ordnance between 1815 and 1820 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 10-Bore Flintlock Service Pistol Of Light Dragoon Type Early 19th Century With plain barrel, flat bevelled lock (top jaw and screw replaced) engraved with foliage during its working life, full stock (repaired above the tail of the lock, old wear and bruising), regulation brass mounts, steel trigger-guard, and steel ramrod (steel parts worn and rust patinated), London proof marks 20.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 28-Bore Flintlock 1801 Pattern Long Sea Service Pistol Dated 1808(?) Of regulation pattern, the stock stamped with inspector's marks including those in the ramrod channel, indistinctly dated Board of Ordnance ownership mark behind the tail of the lock, belt hook, and brass-tipped ramrod (barrel with some old light pitting and rust patination), small King's proof marks 31 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Bavarian 40-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Holster Pistol By Johann Jacob Kuchenreiter, Mid-18th Century With tapering barrel inlaid with interlaced silver scrollwork around the brass fore-sight at the muzzle and on both sides at the mid-section, sighting flat signed in silver capitals, and the breech chiselled in low relief with a prone stag in a landscape centred on rocailles and foliage, all against finely punched gilt grounds, and at the rear with deeply struck gilt-copper maker's marks (Neue Støckel 7719 and 7720), tang chiselled en suite with the breech and with the folding leaf back-sights, rounded lock and cock decorated en suite with the breech, the former inhabited by a stag and a hind, moulded figured full stock carved in low relief with rocailles and foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipe and around the barrel tang, rounded butt, mounts cast and chased with stags and hinds in landscapes framed by rocailles and foliage, comprising shaped side-plate, escutcheon and butt-cap, replacement steel spur trigger-guard, adjustable set trigger, faceted silver ramrod-pipes, dark horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped ramrod with steel cap (some old light wear and rust patination) 31.9 cm. barrel Footnotes: Johann Jakob Kuchenreuter was born in 1709 and died in 1783. He was Court Gunmaker to the Princes of Thurn and Taxis For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A .54 Percussion Harpers Ferry 1841 Model 'Mississippi' Contract Military Rifle Dated 1853 Of production specifications, the barrel (some old rust patination and light pitting at the breech) rifled with seven spiral grooves and stamped at the breech with 'WW' over 'P', and with eagle-head and 'V','P' marks, dated tang, lock stamped with American eagle over 'US' and with 'HARPERS FERRY' over the date across the tail, stock (some old bruising) indistinctly stamped with inspector's mark on the side-flat, and original brass-tipped steel ramrod 84 cm. barrel Footnotes: Regarded by many collectors as one of the most handsome of all U.S. military longarms For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Caucasian Shasqua 19th Century With curved fullered blade (some wear and light pitting) retaining traces of etched crowned imperial eagle on both sides of the forte, characteristic beaked silver hilt embossed and chased with a flower-head and borders of repeated foliage on each side, mostly within further borders of beadwork, in original wooden scabbard covered in black leather seamed with brass wire (incomplete) along one side and with silver locket, chape and suspension mounts decorated en suite, and three silver rings for suspension 72.7 cm. blade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare 15-Bore Pin-Fire Smith, Townsend And Williams Patent D.B. Sporting Gun By Moore & Harris, London & St. Mary's Sqr., Birmingham, No. 4773, Circa 1860 With rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib and each engraved with a starburst around the pin-hole at the breech, the breech flats with pierced rectangular off-set lumps each fitting into its respective slot in the foliate engraved action and secured by a pivoting bite operated by the foliate scroll engraved under-lever, long tapering foliate scroll engraved tang, signed border engraved back-action locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and with blackcock and pheasants in landscapes respectively, dolphin hammers each engraved with foliage inhabited by an eagle and a serpent, figured stock with rechequered grip and shortened butt, chequered detachable fore-end with horn tip, border engraved trigger-guard decorated with gundogs in a landscape, and vacant gold escutcheon (some old light rust patination), London proof marks 75.8 cm. barrels Footnotes: This gun incorporates Smith, Townsend and Williams' provisional British Patent No. 2778 of 1858. See I.M. Crudgington & D.J. Baker, The British Shotgun, Volume One 1850-1870, 1979, pp. 49-50 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased .600 (22-Bore) Percussion D.B. Sporting Rifle By William Greener, Maker By Appointment To H.R.H. Prince Albert, No. 3808, Circa 1855 With browned finely twist sighted barrels signed along the wide damascus rib and each rifled with twelve spiral grooves, blued foliate scroll engraved leaf-sights calibrated from '120', '170' and '220' yards and each with slender platinum line, case-hardened breeches each with platinum plug and engraved with a lion-mask amid foliage on the flat between, slightly rounded signed border engraved case-hardened detented locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork, hammers and safety-catches decorated en suite, lacquered highly figured half-stock with finely chequered pistol-grip and fore-end, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a prone stag in a landscape within an oval and symmetrical foliate scrollwork on the heel tang, serial numbered trigger-guard en suite and with a tiger in a landscape in an oval on the bow, case-hardened trigger-plate with foliate scroll engraved pineapple-shaped finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, circular hinged case-hardened patch-box over decorated with a boa constrictor preying on an antelope framed by foliage, gold escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, sling mounts, brass-mounted ramrod, and in fine condition retaining nearly all its original finish: in original brass-mounted mahogany case lined and fitted in blue baize with some accessories including blued steel bullet mould, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular brass escutcheon engraved Capt. Cartwright, 15th Hussars' and centred on a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 72.4 cm. barrels Footnotes: William Greener (1806-1869) is recorded in Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 1829 and 1843, and subsequently in Birmingham between 1844 and 1869. He claimed the invention of the expanding bullet in 1836 and was awarded £1000 by the Government in 1857. He was granted various patents relating to firearms and was responsible for inventions including whaling guns, Davy lamps, a self-righting life-boat, level crossing-gates, and an electric-light system. He received awards for guns and barrels 'perfectly forged and polished' at the Great Exhibition of 1853 and the Paris Exhibition of 1855. He was the author of The Gun, 1835; The Science of Gunnery, 1841; and Gunnery in 1858. Greener was instrumental in the agitation which resulted in the Gun Barrel Proof Act of 1855 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss By Bennett, Royal Exchange, London, Late 18th Century With two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, octagonal breech engraved 'ROYAL.EXCHANGE. London' along the top flat, border engraved tang decorated with foliage, signed flat bevelled lock (old light pitting) lightly engraved with foliage on the stepped tail, figured full stock (old split beneath the lock, fore-stock with old repair along one side at the muzzle) with chequered grip, a dot in the centre of each diamond, border engraved brass mounts comprising vacant escutcheon, butt-plate with a crossed bow and quiver on the heel tang, trigger-guard with a flower-head on the bow and with acorn finial, turned ramrod pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrod (repaired) with iron worm, London proof marks and Bennett's barrelsmith's mark 34.2 cm. barrel Footnotes: John 2 Bennett was apprenticed to his father who is recorded as Citizen and Cutler in 1758. The father was a sword cutler and silver hilt maker registering his mark with the Goldsmith's Company in 1761. John 2 worked on his own account at '67 Threadneedle Street opposite the North Gate of Ye Royal Exchange' between 1781 and 1803, and was elected Master of the Cutlers' Company in 1779 and 1793. The business was succeeded by his widow Elizabeth For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare 8-Bore Flintlock Wildfowling Gun By Staudenmayer, London, No. 1732, Circa 1820 With rebrowned twist two-stage barrel with silver fore-sight and turned girdle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed along the top flat, breech engraved 'PATENT' between platinum lines, recessed on one side and with raised platinum-lined touch-hole, foliate scroll engraved tang, signed border engraved serial numbered flat lock decorated with foliate scrolls inhabited by a serpent on the tail, finely formed rainproof pan, and border engraved steel with roller acting on a ramp on the steel-spring, the refaced steel engraved 'Staudenmayer Patent' and with pierced recess fitting over the lip of the pan, figured half-stock with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts (old light rust patination) comprising butt-plate decorated en suite with the lock on the heel tang, serial numbered trigger-guard with scrolled foliage on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons and later horn-tipped ramrod, London proof marks and William Fullerd's barrelsmith's mark 94 cm. barrel Footnotes: Provenance The Dr. T. Shaun Brown Collection Literature Shaun Brown, 'Samuel Staudenmayer Gun Maker Cockspur Street, London', Arms Collecting, Vol. 40, No. 3 (August 2002), pp. 90-93 Samuel Henry Staudenmayer, former workman of John Manton, was gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. He is a noted maker of rifles and repeating air weapons. His will was proved in 1825 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 54-Bore Percussion Transitional Six-Shot Revolver Signed Roberts, London, Mid-19th Century With blued octagonal sighted barrel (some loss of finish) engraved around the muzzle and with a foliate scroll on the top flat at the breech, signed along the top flat and rifled with fourteen grooves, fluted cylinder with recessed nipples and numbered from '1' to '6', border engraved rounded action with nipple-shield, retaining some blueing and decorated with foliate scrollwork, butt and trigger-guard en suite, the former with ovoidal steel cap with hinged circular butt-trap cover engraved with a flower-head, bar-hammer engraved with ropework along the top, chequered rounded grips, and some original finish (light rust patination), Birmingham proof marks 15 cm. barrel Footnotes: Probably retailed by George Roberts recorded at Great Chapel Street, London between 1856 and 1858 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare 100-Bore Percussion Harvey's Patent 1854 Second Model Self-Cocking 'Hammerless' Six-Shot Revolver No. 4005, Mid-19th Century With octagonal sighted rifled barrel stamped with the serial number and engraved 'HARVEY'S PATENT BREECH LOADING REVOLVING PISTOL' along the top flat, serial numbered cylinder numbered from '1' to '6', engraved 'HARVEY'S PATENT' and decorated with foliage around the forward edge, border engraved action decorated with foliate scrollwork, enclosed action, hammer and engraved safety-stud on the left, detachable combination tool and rammer retaining traces of blueing, foliate scroll engraved trigger-guard and hinged circular butt-trap cover, vacant silver escutcheon, and chequered figured rounded butt (some old light pitting), Birmingham proof marks 9.5 cm. barrel Footnotes: This revolver incorporates Harvey's British Patent No. 2602 of 1834. For more information see A.W.F. Taylerson, R.A.N. Andrews and J. Frith, The Revolver, 1818-1865, 1968, p. 305, pl. 34 (lower) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased 54-Bore Percussion Kerr Patent Single-Action Five-Shot Revolver Signed Jas. Kerr, 36 King William St., E.C., No. 10,620, Circa 1868 With blued octagonal sighted barrel and top-strap, the latter signed in capitals, serial numbered cylinder (some light pitting), blued border engraved frame and case-hardened back-action lock, the first stamped 'KERR'S PATENT 10,620.' on one side and 'LONDON ARMOURY' on the other, the former engraved 'LONDON ARMOURY CO.', plain case-hardened trigger-guard numbered '52' on the inside and ovoidal butt-cap, the latter with lanyard ring, case-hardened hinged rammer with sprung side-catch, chequered rounded butt (minor chip beneath the lock), and retaining much original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case with accessories including James Dixon & Sons powder-flask with split-ring for suspension and retaining nearly all its finish, combination tool and brass bullet mould (some bruising), the interior of the lid with trade label (one corner torn) of James Kerr & Co., the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London Armoury marks and London proof marks 14.5 cm. barrel Footnotes: James Kerr & Co. are recorded at 36 King William Street, London between 1868 and 1894 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 1st Empire Light Cavalry Officer's Dress Sword Or EpéeEarly 19th CenturyWith sharply tapering blade of hollow triangular section, the forte on both sides etched and gilt with a martial trophy and foliage against the remains of a blued ground (worn), ormolu hilt of neo-classical design comprising down-swept side-guard cast with a classical trophy of arms against a granular ground, scrolled rear quillon, knuckle-guard with a lion-mask in an oval between foliage, curved pommel decorated en suite, swelling figured grip chequered over each side, and retaining most of its original gilding 80.8 cm. blade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Pair Of 54-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols By J. & W. Richards, London, Circa 1800 With turn-off barrels each engraved with a band of beadwork around the muzzle, border engraved actions (one cock an old replacement) signed within an oval against a martial trophy over both sides, engraved thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, folding triggers, and figured flat-sided butts (one pommel bruised) each with silver wire borders and inlaid along each side with a silver panel engraved with graduated foliage, and with a silver trophy of arms suspended from a ribbon on the back (some light pitting and rust patination), London proof marks and barrelsmith's mark of Joseph and William Richards (2) 4.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Joseph and William Richards had a factory in Birmingham and are recorded at 16 Staining Lane, London between 1808 and 1810 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 28-Bore Flintlock Travelling Or Overcoat Pistol By S. Wallis, Circa 1820 With rebrowned twist sighted barrel (old light pitting), foliate engraved tang, signed border engraved flat lock with safety-catch and roller (cock retaining screw, top jaw and screw replaced), figured full stock with rounded pineapple chequered butt, recoloured trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a shield and foliage on the border engraved bow, vacant silver escutcheon, slotted ramrod-pipe, and horn-tipped ramrod with iron worm 12 cm. barrel Footnotes: A Stephen Wallis is recorded in Birmingham between 1807 and 1826. For a very similar pistol almost certainly by the same maker and sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms & Armour..., 29 November 2017, lot 273 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 1st Empire Light Cavalry Officer's Sabre Early 19th Century Of regulation pattern, with curved fullered blade (pitted) double-edged towards the point, brass hilt with half-basket guard of two rounded bars swept-up to join the knuckle-guard, ovoidal langets, lobed rear quillon, pommel-cap and back-piece in one, and ribbed leather-covered grip bound with twisted copper wire; together with a reproduction French officer's sword in mameluke style, the blade (pitted) retaining traces of Klingenthal manufactory details along the back at the forte, and brass-mounted hilt stamped with spurious maker's marks on the top of one quillon, and inscribed 'VERSAILLES' along the top of the other, and wooden grips, in its brass-mounted leather-covered scabbard (2) 81.2 cm. and 67.5cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A French 1st Empire Light Cavalry Officer's Sabre, And A Composite French Infantry Officer's SwordBoth Early 19th CenturyThe first with curved blade (point reduced) with wide central fuller on both sides, the forte etched and re-gilt against a reblued ground over both sides with a crowned order above a star and a martial trophy, the back of the blade etched and gilt 'Pierre Guillaume Knecht Fabriquant à Solingen', regulation brass hilt (repairs) of two side-bars swept-up to join the knuckle-guard, ovoidal langets, downbent lobed rear quillon, pommel-cap and back-piece in one, and leather-covered grip (old wear) bound with twisted copper wire, in later English brass scabbard for a mameluke-hilted sabre; the second with curved fullered blade (old pitting), the forte etched and gilt against a reblued ground on each side with martial trophies and foliage, regulation brass hilt (knuckle-guard and tang button replaced) including waisted pommel with fluted domed top, and figured grip chequered over each side (2)75.9 cm. and 76 cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Pair Of 18-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Turn-Off Pistols By James Freeman, London, Circa 1730 With two-stage cannon barrels, border engraved actions each signed beneath the steel-spring, the breech-sections octagonal changing to polygonal and engraved 'LONDON' along each top flat, border engraved tangs each decorated with a floret and retained by a screw behind the finial extending over the breech, border engraved cocks and steels, moulded figured butts (minor repairs) each carved with foliage in low relief behind the barrel tang, sliding trigger-guard safety-catches each engraved with a floret on the bow, cast and chased mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plates, foliate escutcheons each engraved with owner's initial 'P', and border engraved spurred pommels each with associated border engraved ovoidal cap with owner's crest and motto, (old light rust patination), London proof marks and Freeman's barrelsmith's mark (2) 15.8 cm. barrels Footnotes: The crest and motto is that of the Pringle family of Greenknowe, Scotland See footnote to lot 367 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare French Grenadier's A Cheval De Garde Sword Dated 1811 Of regulation pattern, the blade (light pitting) etched 'Mf ture Imp.le de Klingenthal Octobre 1811' along the back at the forte, brass half-basket guard of two recurved bars framing a flaming grenade in a circle and swept-up to join the fluted knuckle-guard, palm-shaped rear quillon stamped 'VERSAILLES' above, waisted pommel, and leather-covered grip bound with twisted brass wire, in its original brass-mounted leather-covered scabbard 95.5 cm. blade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An 80-Bore Flintlock Four-Barrelled Box-Lock Tap-Action Pistol By Bunney, Probably Joseph of Birmingham, London, Circa 1775 With turn-off barrels numbered respectively from '5' to '8' at the breeches, border engraved part octagonal breeches numbered to correspond, border engraved actions signed on a scroll amid rocailles and foliage on one side and engraved 'LONDON' within a rocaille against flowering foliage and a part martial trophy on the other, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a flower-head in a diamond-shaped panel on the bow, figured flat-sided butt (slender old split behind the action on one side), and vacant silver escutcheon (some light rust patination), Tower private proof marks 6.8 cm. barrels Footnotes: Cf. a very similar pair of pistols sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 2 December 2004, lot 465 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 60-Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistol Late 17th Century With turn-off cannon barrel (some scarring, muzzle with minor split), the breech and tang with traces of engraving, border engraved rounded lock and cock decorated with strawberry foliage (steel retaining screw, steel-spring and screw replaced), highly figured rootwood stock (minor old splits beneath the lock) and globose butt, iron mounts decorated with strawberry foliage comprising fore-end plate extending back to form the trigger-plate engraved with overlapping foliage, and pommel-cap secured by tacks and with long shaped tang extending up the back of the butt, pierced and chiselled serpentine side-plate, and button trigger (light rust patination), London proof marks 5.1 cm. barrel Footnotes: Provenance Howard L. Blackmore, FSA, FGA, formerly Deputy Master of the Royal Armouries, H.M. Tower of London Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 27 March 1996, lot 303 Sold in these Rooms The Richard Garrett Collection 28 November 2018, lot 290 Exhibited The Royal Armouries, H.M. Tower of London, 1980-1995 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Pair Of 42-Bore Flintlock Turn-Off Pocket Pistols By H. Delany, London, Circa 1730 With two-stage cannon barrels, the breeches engraved 'London' in front of a band of foliage, foliate engraved tangs, border engraved actions (one steel expertly replaced, one cock repaired) each signed beneath the steel-spring, engraved safety-catches behind the cocks, engraved trigger-guards, moulded figured rounded butts carved in relief with a shell behind each barrel tang and finely inlaid with interlaced scrollwork and flower-heads in silver wire heightened with silver pins, cast and chased silver mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plates, vacant escutcheons each with grotesque mask above, and lightly engraved butt-caps each involving a foliated grotesque mask (some minor wear and light surface pitting), London proof marks and maker's mark (2) 4 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance One pistol, Christie's London, Fine Antique Arms and Armour, 19 December 1979, lot 248 Sold in these Rooms The Norman H. Dixon Collection 18 April 2012, lot 293 Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 26 May 2021, lot 329 Literature The other pistol, Norman Dixon, Georgian Pistols..., 1971, pp. 117-119, pls. 67 and 68 Henry Delany (or Delaney), a Huguenot, was admitted to the freedom of the Gunmakers' Company in 1715. He is recorded as a maker of fine breech-loading sporting guns and silver-mounted pistols, and was the maker of a large crossbow with built-in cranequin in the collection of the Marquis of Bath, at Longleat. See J.F. Hayward, 'The Huguenot Gunmakers of London', J.A.A.S, Vol. VI, No. 4 (December 1968), pp. 124-125 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Pair Of Cased 32-Bore Flintlock Saw-Handled Rifled Duelling Pistols By H.W. Mortimer & Son, 89 Fleet St., London, Gun-Makers To His Majesty, No. 1470, Circa 1810 With rebrowned twist sighted barrels each signed in full in re-engraved capitals along the top flat and rifled up to an inch inside the muzzle, recessed serial numbered breeches each with platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, grooved tangs each engraved with foliate border and with back-sight, signed border engraved serial numbered detented locks each decorated with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof platinum-lined pan (rear pan-shield detented) and with a martial trophy on the tail, line engraved safety-catches, foliate engraved 'French' cocks and rollers, the internal working parts retaining much of their burnished finish, figured half-stocks each with grooved spur (both repaired) and chequered rounded butt, flat ovoidal pommels each inlaid with a border engraved oval steel plate, large spur trigger-guards for a gloved hand and each engraved with maker's address in an oval against a martial trophy and foliage, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, adjustable set triggers, vacant silver escutcheon on each side-plate, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons and fore-end caps, and original horn-tipped ramrods (threaded cover over one worm missing, barrels and trigger-guard with some light pitting): in their contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including later three-way powder-flask, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label for circa 1806-13 (some staining and minor damage), the refurbished exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle on the lid, London proof marks and Mortimer's barrelsmith's mark 23.5 cm. barrel Footnotes: Literature H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, 1992, p. 175, pls. 268 and 269 Harvey Walklate 2 Mortimer was apprenticed to his father in 1791. He was in partnership with his father and uncle as H.W. Mortimer, Son & T. Mortimer between 1800 and 1806, with his father as H.W. Mortimer & Son from 1806 to 1813 and on his own account as a gunmaker at 89 Fleet Street from 1814 to 1816, the year of his retirement to Algar House, Fersfield, Norfolk For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 50-Bore Flintlock D.B Box-Lock Pistol By Mortimer, London, Circa 1780 With turn-off cannon barrels numbered '1' and '2' respectively at the breeches, breeches numbered to correspond, action chiselled in bas-relief with engraved foliage over both sides, one side signed in capitals on a scroll against a martial trophy and cannon balls, and on the other with cut-off lever decorated with spheres above a border en suite, action plate and ring-neck cock (top jaw and screw expertly replaced) decorated en suite, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch with a flower-head in a diamond on the bow, figured rounded butt (old bruising on one side behind the action) with swelling pommel and profusely inlaid with silver wire scrollwork and rocailles enriched with a pair of silver cherubs, a pair of bats and small silver flower-heads, and cast and chased lion and rampant butt-cap within a border of scrolling foliage (some light pitting), London proof marks 11 cm. barrels Footnotes: For a related pair of pistols formerly in the H. Lee Munson Collection see Olympia Auctions, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4 December 2019, lot 397 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Scottish Dirk Of An Officer In A Volunteer Regiment Of The Black Watch Late 19th Century With tapering blade (light pitting) notched and fullered along the back and double-edged towards the point, one side etched with a Scottish martial trophy, a Highlander in uniform and a vase of Scottish foliage, and on the other with the figure of St. Andrew amid scrolling foliage, swelling rootwood grip carved with basketweave and set with silver studs on the outside, white-metal basal mount cast and chased with thistles, and pommel carved with leaves and set with a foiled piece of faceted glass in imitation of a cairngorm, in original wood-lined scabbard covered in brown leather (minor losses of finish) with border engraved white-metal locket, chape and mounts for the by-knife and fork each set with thistles, the locket centred on the figure of St. Andrew, the by-knife and fork en suite with the dirk 31 cm. blade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Trooper's Sword, And A William IV 1822 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword The first of regulation pattern with bright blade, and ribbed wire-bound leather-covered grip (worn), in its original steel scabbard (some old dents); the second of regulation pattern, the blade (light pitting) retaining traces of etched crowned cypher between sprigs of laurel on each side, hilt retaining much of its original gilding, and with wire-bound fishskin-covered grip (minor damage missing) (2)83.5 cm. and 82.5 cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officer's Dress Sword, And A 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer's SwordBoth Early 19th CenturyBoth of regulation pattern and retaining most of their original gilding, and each with grip bound with fine twisted silver wire (blades with some light pitting, scabbards missing) (2)80 cm. and 80.5 cm. bladesFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Light Cavalry Trooper's Sabre Of 1788 Pattern Type Late 18th CenturyWith bright curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, steel hilt comprising bluntly pointed langets, small downbent rear quillon terminal, tapering knuckle-guard, beaked pommel-cap and back-piece in one, and cord-bound leather-covered grip (minor old worming and losses), in original wooden scabbard covered in black leather (some loss of surface) with deep locket and chape (pitted and painted black, the latter incomplete above the shoe on one side) retaining traces of engraved line decoration, and two rings for suspension 90 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sabre By Thompson, Birmingham, Circa 1805Of regulation pattern, the blade (light rust patination, tip with some pitting) etched and gilt with a cavalryman and crowned 'GR' cypher beneath a baldachin surmounted by foliage on one side, and on the other with a trophy of martial arms, pre-1801 royal arms and motto, and flowering foliage, the forte with bladesmith's name in an arch beneath foliage on one side, and 'Birmingham' en suite on the other, and ribbed leather-covered grip (some wear) bound with twisted silver wire, in its original steel scabbard (pitted) 84.5 cm. bladeFootnotes:A William Thompson is recorded at Coleshill Street, Birmingham between 1803 and 1821For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Large Italian Corseca Also Known As A Furiloni Or Spetum Early 16th Century With broad tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section clipped-in at the base and with large up-curved single-edged side-wings at the base, each stamped on one side with circular maker's marks 'Y' with pellets between, and made in one with the faceted socket of tapering circular section with side-straps tapering to a point on both sides, on shortened wooden haft of circular section (some light old pitting) 103.4 cm. head Footnotes: Provenance Thomas Del Mar Ltd In association with Sotheby's, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26 June 2007, lot 213 Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms, Armour And Collectors Firearms, 22 June 2011, lot 116 Cf. a similar example sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms & Armour..., 30 November 2011, lot 98 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
A Continental Ormolu-Hilted Small-SwordCirca 1730-40With slender tapering blade (some light pitting overall) of hollow triangular section etched with a labelled armoured figure between foliage on each side at the forte, characteristic hilt cast and chased with symmetrical scrolling foliage and strapwork against finely punched grounds, swelling grip with spiral decoration en suite, and retaining much of its original gilding 76.6 cm. blade Footnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour and Modern Sporting Guns..., 1 December 2009, lot 374For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Steel-Hilted Small-SwordMid-18th CenturyWith sharply tapering blade of hollow triangular section, hilt of characteristic form pierced and chiselled with martial trophies and foliage, and grip bound with crimped copper ribbon and twisted copper wire between Turk's heads (some wear and light pitting); together with a sabre in East European late 17th century style, with earlier curved blade (some old pitting) double-edged towards the point, hilt comprising guard with double rectangular langets, tapering rear quillon and upbent knuckle-guard incised with waved lines, circular pommel-cap, and ribbed leather-covered grip (2)83 cm. and 81.7 cm. blades For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cavalry Officer's Basket-Hilted Backsword Mid-18th Century Or Later With tapering fullered blade double-edged towards the point and cut with a narrow fuller along the back for most of its length on both sides, the back at the forte stamped 'DRURY', iron guard of vertical rounded bars framing side panels each with fleur-de-lys shaped finial at the top and pierced heart-shaped terminal at the bottom, an oval panel at the front with a pair of hooked bars set either side of a central bar, fore-guards, scrolled wrist-guard, integral ring around the base of the bun-shaped pommel, and spirally-grooved leather-covered grip bound with a strand of twisted brass wire (light pitting overall) 88.7 cm. blade Footnotes: For a related sword in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (LA 153) see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, p. 143, G5a See also a sword with a very similar hilt by Walter Allan of Sterling, Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms and Armour..., 19 July 2001, lot 61 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Basket-Hilted Broadsword In Scottish Late 18th Century Style With tapering double-edged blade with central fuller over most of its length on each side inscribed 'ANDRIA XHX FERARA', iron guard of slender rounded bars (one broken) framing scrolled bars centred on pierced diamond-shaped panels, the one at the front between double scrolls, fore-guard retained by three small screws and pierced with a quatrefoil, integral ring (broken) at the top beneath the bun-shaped pommel, and old spirally-grooved fishskin-covered grip (minor losses) bound with a strand of twisted wire (light pitting overall) 83.9 cm. blade 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
The regimentally unique and important ‘West Africa 1898’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Major-General Weir de L. Williams, Hampshire Regiment, a gallant and oft-wounded Channel Islander whose adventurous early career ranged from the North West Frontier of India, through the jungles of West Africa to the South African veldt; during the Great War he landed at Gallipoli from the SS River Clyde and played a prominent role in the bloody fighting at V beach, later holding Brigade and Divisional commands on the battlefields of the Western Front Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. W. de L. Williams 1st Hamp: Regt.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1898 (Capt. W. de L. Williams D.S.O. Royal Niger Constably) renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (Capt. W. de. Le. Williams D.S.O. Hamps Rgt.) official corrections to post-nominal letters and unit; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. W. De L. Williams, D.S.O. Hamps R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Maj. Gen. W. De L. Williams); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-15, with palm; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., mounted court-style; together with a contemporary duplicate India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, this with officially re-engraved naming (Lieut. W. de L. Williams, 1st Bn. Hampshire Regt.), light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (12) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Spink, March 1992, when sold with ‘Niger 1897’ clasp on the renamed East and West Africa medal. C.B. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1921. C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1917: ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field’ D.S.O. London Gazette 30 June 1899:
‘In recognition of services with the Royal Niger Constabulary during the recent operations in the Benin Hinterland, Siama, &c.’ French Legion of Honour London Gazette 21 August 1919. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 24 February 1916. Roumanian Order of the Crown, Grand Officer London Gazette 20 September 1919. Belgian Order of the Crown and Croix de Guerre London Gazette 24 October 1919. M.I.D. London Gazettes 30 May 1899; 10 September 1901; 5 August 1915; 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 11 December 1917; 20 December 1918; and 5 July 1919. Weir de Lancey Williams was born at St Peter Port, Guernsey, on 2 March 1872, son of Lieutenant-General Sir William “Devil” Williams, K.C.B., Royal Artillery. He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the United Services College, from which he entered the Royal Military College in 1889 as a Queen’s Cadet. He was commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment in 1891 and was sent to India to join the 1st Battalion. His first opportunity for active service presented itself in 1897, when he obtained an appointment as Assistant Transport Officer to the Second Division of the Tirah Field Force, formed to quell a series of tribal uprisings on the North West Frontier. One of only a handful of members of his Regiment to participate in these operations, during which he was shot through the foot on 11 December 1897, when Afridi tribesmen attempted to overwhelm the baggage train during a march down the Bara Valley. Shipped back to England to recuperate, he lost little time in arranging his next adventure, and in August 1898 headed to West Africa, on attachment to the forces of the Royal Niger Company. The appointment provided plenty of opportunities for action. As part of its efforts to establish control over the lower Niger, the Company conducted numerous expeditions – 63 in all between 1886 and 1899, when its charter was revoked on establishment of the Northern and Southern Nigerian Colonial Protectorates. Few of them involved more than three or four officers and 200 Royal Niger Constabulary troops, but the casualty returns show the risks to have been real, quite apart from the challenges presented by terrain and climate. In October 1898, quite soon after Captain Williams’ arrival, a particularly serious outbreak of fighting flared up around Asaba, a principal station of the Company, 150 miles up the Niger river. Fugitive chiefs fostered a revolt in opposition to the interference of the Company’s officers with sacrificial customs; the mission at Illah was ransacked and an attack made on the Company’s station. The disaffected district was extensive, requiring the despatch of a column of 400 Company troops, with three Maxims and two seven-pounder field pieces. Several fierce engagements were fought, resulting in casualties of eight killed and 34 wounded on the Company’s side. Williams was among the wounded, having commanded a force of 120 men which left Asaba on 2 November to deliver food and ammunition to the garrison at Isele, about 15 miles away. The narrow paths allowed single file as the only formation in which to move, and led through the thickest of forest, drastically reducing the field of view and rendering superior weapons such as the Maxims of little use. En route they met with some resistance but fought their way through and achieved their objective, with the loss of one man. However, by the time they started their return the following day the enemy had concentrated from surrounding districts and they faced some quite desperate fighting. Three miles from a town named Uburu Kiti they found the path blocked and were compelled to cut their way through the bush, under continuous attack. By the time they reached the town eight men had been wounded and ammunition was running short; here they met a strong party of the enemy defending a row of houses. The more open ground allowed the Maxim to be brought into action, but two gunners were killed in doing so, and the gun jammed after half a dozen shots. So, with 50 men, Williams charged the houses and cleared the enemy out. By the end of the day four men had been killed and 29 wounded, Captain Williams being shot in the side. Out of ammunition, and with the prospect of further fighting before reaching Asaba, the column made camp and a runner was sent ahead to ask for assistance. The relief found them after a four-hour march, very ragged, tired and blood-stained from their five-day ordeal. In June 1899 Captain Williams succeeded as commandant of the Royal Niger Company’s troops, in place of Captain H. W. E. Parker, South Wales Borderers, recently killed attempting to impose order in another remote and troublesome part of the territory. It fell to Williams to avenge his brother officer’s death, in leading a punitive expedition of 150 Hausa troops against the Suntai. This band were based about 50 miles south-east of Ibi, on the upper part of the Benue River (a tributary of the Niger), and had for some time been raiding their neighbours, who had appealed to the Company for protection. Marching from Ibi, Williams’ force attacked the town of Suntai, which put up a most determined fight. The town wall was found to be quite unclimbable, and where it was breached the defenders attempted repairs under fire in a very daring manner. The final assault through this breach cost the Company troops five men killed and 25 wounded; when the town fell and the captured chief was brought before him, Williams is said to have expressed his admiration of the plucky defence. Williams’ time with the Royal Niger Constabulary ended in September 1899 on his return to regimental duty, taking with him a D.S.O. in recognition of his services (presented to him by the Queen at Windsor, on 30th November 1899). He...
Regimental Medallions (7), The Black Watch (Inter Company Shield 1903 Won By Segrt. G. Turner ‘E’ Coy.); 6th Battalion The Black Watch; Bloomsbury Rifles (1898 XIX Mdx. 1st Drill Prize Pionr W. Cotton H Co.); School of Arms (Bloomsbury Rifles 2nd Prize All Round Competition Pte. J. F. Rennie March 1890); Bloomsbury Rifles B Co. 1st Drill Prize 1899 (Pte Neabe); 1st V.B. Northamptonshire Regt.; 4th Territorial Light Infantry, one in yellow metal, the others all silver, some with yellow metal facings, generally very fine (7) £80-£100
Three: Private H. Dymock, Bedfordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (10672 Pte. H. Dymock. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10672 Pte. H. Dymock. Bedf. R.) nearly very fine Three: Private H. R. Hilton, Bedfordshire Regiment, later Military Foot Police 1914-15 Star (3994 Pte. H. R. Hilton, Bedf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3994 Pte. H. R. Hilton. Bedf. R.) light contact marks, very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Harry Dymock attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 July 1915. Horace Robert Hilton attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment at Bedford on 9 September 1914, and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 26 July 1915. He later transferred to the Military Foot Police. Sold with copied Medal Index Card, medal roll extracts, and service papers
An inter-War C.I.E. group of eleven awarded to Colonel H. C. Manders, Royal Berkshire Regiment, late Imperial Yeomanry, later Assam Valley Light Horse, who served as Aide-de-Camp to H.E. The Viceroy of India, and was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with small section of neck riband for display purposes, in Garrard, London, case of issue, minor green enamel damage to orb above crown; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut. H. C. Manders. 59/Co. Imp. Yeo.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt: H. C. Manders. I.Y.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. C. Manders. R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. C. Manders.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R. (Major H. C. Manders, Assam V.L.H. A.F.I.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Sergt. H. C. Manders. 6th. Assam Valley Lt. Horse. I.D.F.) mounted as worn, contact marks, edge bruises, generally very fine (11) £1,400-£1,800 --- C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1937. M.I.D. London Gazette 5 November 1915. Horace Craigie Manders was born in Farnham, Surrey, in October 1882 and attested as a Private for the 78th Company (Rough Riders), Imperial Yeomanry on 14 March 1900 for service during the Second Boer War. Commissioned as a Lieutenant into the 59th Company (Oxfordshire Hussars), Imperial Yeomanry on 9 December 1900, he was invalided home in May 1901, but returned to South Africa three months later, remaining there until the end of hostilities. He subsequently moved to Assam, India, to work as a Tea Planter, and there attested for the Assam Valley Light Horse, Indian Defence Force. At the outbreak of the Great War, he returned home and was commissioned into the 9th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He served at Gallipoli attached to the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment from 1 June 1915 (Mentioned in Despatches) and later transferred to the 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers, Indian Army, in 1918. Post War, he later served as Colonel Commanding the Assam Valley Light Horse and was appointed A.D.C. to H.E. The Viceroy of India, being appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. He died in London on 11 November 1963.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant H. Lunnon, 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 12 August 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (45640 Sjt H. Lunnon. 8/R. Berks. R.) extremely fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919. Herbert Frederick George Lunnon was born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, where he attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from 22 July 1915 and later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Appointed Sergeant, he was awarded the Military Medal, and was killed in action on 28 August 1918. He is buried in Longueval Road Cemetery, France.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private C. E. Boote, 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, for gallantry in rescuing several wounded comrades who were lying in the open under heavy fire Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-21473 Pte. C. E. Boote. 12/(S) Bn: Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (S-21473 Pte. C. E. Boote. Rif. Brig.) extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918. Accompanying ‘20th (Light) Division Certificate for Gallant Conduct states: ‘from 21st March 1918 to 1st April 1918 between St Quentin and Domart sur Luce, in saving the lives of several wounded comrades who were lying in the open under heavy fire.’ Sold with approximately 12 silk embroidered postcards, a postcard photograph of Boote and his family, and a quantity of copied research including Division and Battalion war diaries for March/April 1918. Sold with the following family medals: Four: Staff Sergeant C. H. Boote, Royal Army Medical Corps France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7344628 S. Sjt. C. H. Boote. R.A.M.C.) extremely fine Sold with a selection of original snap shot photographs, two hockey prize medals and various related badges.
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