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Los 535
A FRENCH BLACK ENAMELED VICTORIAN MOURNING LOCKET stamped with the French eagles head hallmark for 18ct, with two facet cut glass glazed sections one with 'Hair' initials and the other a portrait of a child, with hidden compartment with a plaited hair panel. Dimensions including the bail 4.9cm x 2.8cm, weight 13.8gms Condition Report: Available upon request
Los 539
A 14CT GOLD PEARL SET PORTRAIT LOCKET with glazed panels to both sides, dimensions of the locket including bail 5.7cm x 4cm, weight 14gms. Together with a 15ct gold fancy link chain, length 45cm, weight of chain 8.6gms Condition Report: The portrait has a crack right through it, don't know if this can be fixed or not, all pearls in situ, three have areas of nacre loss, more from trauma rather than perfume damage, this might have happened at point of setting. Gold work on both the pendant and chain in good condition, chain handmade and unusual with textured wire detail.
Los 869
•BOLESLAW VON SZANKOWSKI (POLISH 1873-1953) PORTRAIT OF MRS CATHERINE DARLEY (NEE BARBER) OF RANBY HALL HOLDING A SPRAY OF ROSES IN BROAD BRIMMED GAINSBOROUGH HAT Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1933, 76 x 63.5cm (30 x 25") Provenance: with Neales Fine Art Auctioneers Condition Report: There is light cracking in the pigment over the area of the upper left half, above the hat brim to the right and more noticeably over the upper left and right areas of the hair.
Los 897
•STUDIO OF ROBERT SINCLAIR THOMSON (SCOTTISH 1915-1983) STUDY OF A SEATED WOMAN READING Oil on panel, 43 x 33.5cm (17 x 13 1/4") Portrait study of a seated man reading, verso Condition Report: The panel is slightly bower in a convex manner and two or three extraneous marks, two bottom left and the other at top right of centre. Some light score marks to the surface,.
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An important and unrecorded Jacobite engraved ceremonial 'Confederate Hunt' goblet, circa 1759-60Of generous slightly flared bucket shape, the slightly convex flat base with the stem and foot removed, decorated with a six-petalled rose and one closed bud crossed with a thistle, the rim inscribed 'THE CONFEDERATE HUNT, Lady Wins Wynne Lady Parramount' [sic], the reverse with the names of the Lady Patronesses from 1754 to 1758 inclusive, above the political slogan 'Hark Wenman & Dashwood/ Sr Watn & old Interest/ for Ever', 12.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, St. Martin's near Oswestry, ShropshireThence by family descent to the present ownerOf the many Jacobite clubs and societies that flourished in the middle of the 18th century, perhaps the best known is The Cycle Club, also known as The Cycle of the White Rose. This was founded by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn of Wynnstay, who was a prominent Jacobite supporter. The Cycle Club met at the Eagle in Wrexham and later at Wynnstay, its members all living within a fifteen mile radius. Interestingly, the present lot was passed to the present owner by a relative who farmed at Sandhole Farm near Wiggington, less than five miles from Wynnstay. Although Sir Watkin Williams Wynn died in 1749, the head of the family continued in the role of Patron, while his wife was the Lady Patroness of the Cycle Club.The Confederate Hunt was a separate club probably affiliated with the Cycle Club. This goblet commemorates the election of Sir Watkin's second wife Frances as Lady Paramount of The Confederate Hunt. This Lady Williams Wynn, the 3rd Baronet's widow, was born Frances Shakerley and she was therefore a member of one of the other Jacobite families mentioned on the goblet. In Jacobite clubs the Lady Patroness was usually an unmarried lady of the neighbourhood. The Patroness, sometimes accompanied by a lady guest, was the only female member allowed to attend club dinners. The Lady Patronesses listed on this glass are Miss Mytton - 1754, Miss Owen - 1755, Miss Shakerly [sic] - 1756, Miss Williams - 1757 and Miss Nelly Owen - 1758. The Mytton family seat at Halston Hall is a stone's throw from Sandhole Farm. Hartshorne noted that the Tarporley Hunt, another Jacobite Society, also had Lady Patronesses and that in 1762 members drank claret from 'collar glasses' which were supposed to have held a bottle.The many Jacobite clubs, including The Confederate Hunt, are discussed by Peter Lole, A Digest of the Jacobite Clubs, Royal Stuart Society Paper LV (1999). In a nod to secrecy, this goblet refers to the Jacobite cause as 'old Interest', in this case by way of a reference to The Old Interest Society, another Jacobite club that was involved in the parliamentary election in Oxfordshire in 1754. According to Lole, it was reported that The Old Interest Society used glasses engraved with the Tartan Portrait of Prince Charles. A decade or more after the Jacobite uprising, most Jacobite clubs supported the Cause in little more than name. Their meetings were political gatherings held in support of the Tories and to oppose the Whigs. This goblet refers to Messrs Wenman and Dashwood who, in 1754, had been the Tory candidates for Oxfordshire. Both were returned as MPs but lost their seats on a Whig petition. This Dashwood was a cousin of Sir Francis Dashwood, who became Chancellor and was notorious as the begetter of The Hell Fire Club.Three other 'Confederate Hunt' goblets are recorded, all with bowls of the same generous proportions. One is now in the Museum of London (acc. no. 34.139/313) and came from the Garton and Hamilton Clements Collections, via Cecil Davis and a Sotheby's sale on 15 May 1930, lot 150. It is illustrated by Grant Francis, Old English Drinking Glasses (1926), pl.LXXIX. Another from the W Jackson Collection is described by Hartshorne, Old English Glasses (1897), p.313 and was sold by Sotheby's on 15 September 1992, lot 43 where it was acquired by the National Museum of Wales. The third, known as 'The Wynnstay Cup', was in the Lord Harlech Collection at Glyn Cywarch, sold by Bonhams on 29 March 2017, lot 117. It is interesting to note that the other three known examples have all been broken through the stem following what must have been a particularly riotous club meeting, but were preserved at the time with crude repairs and replacement feet. Whilst it seems the stem and foot of the goblet in the present lot was discarded, it is possible that this took place at a later date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 158
A Worcester mug, circa 1757-60Of attractive small size and bell shape, with a grooved loop handle, printed in black with a half-length portrait titled 'KING of PRUSSIA' (version no.2) pointing towards military trophies, the reverse with a winged figure of Fame, 8.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceRalph Kenber CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 242
A Derby porcelain plaque by William Corden, circa 1825Rectangular, painted with the 'Reclining Venus', the nude female figure wearing just a simple armband, outstretched on a bed beneath a crimson tasselled curtain, trees in the distance beyond, in a giltwood frame, plaque 11.4cm x 15.5cm, inscribed 'Painted W Corden' to the reverseFootnotes:William Corden was born in Derbyshire in 1797 and apprenticed at Derby in 1811, working there until sometime after 1825 when he left for London to establish himself as a portrait painter, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1826. Most plaques by the artist are formal portraits where the subject is depicted before a distinctive red curtain. The subject of the present lot is most unusual.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 262
A fine Kerr and Binns or Royal Worcester vase by Thomas Bott, circa 1857-68The gilding probably by Josiah Davis, of 'Raphael' shape with raised scroll handles, richly glazed in deep blue, the front panel finely painted in Limoges enamel style with a titled profile portrait of the Roman Emperor 'AUGUSTUS' in classical dress wearing a laurel wreath in his hair, within an elaborate gilt laurel cartouche, the reverse in tooled gilding with an eagle perched on a palm branch and clutching a wreath in one claw, 21.5cm highFootnotes:Thomas Bott (1829-1870) was apprenticed at the Richardson glassworks near Stourbridge and began working for Kerr and Binns in 1853. Here he developed his speciality Limoges-style enamels. Bott frequently collaborated with Josiah Davis to add gilding to his special productions. A garniture of vases of Raphael shape decorated with portraits by Bott was shown in the 1867 Exhibition, see Henry Sandon, Royal Worcester Porcelain (1973), pl.58. Another Raphael vase in similar style is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain (1992), p.171, fig.216.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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An important engraved Duke of Cumberland airtwist portrait goblet of anti-Jacobite significance, circa 1750The generous bucket bowl with the profile portrait of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, within a circular frame with a sunburst border inscribed 'HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILLIAM DUKE OF CUMBERLAND', set on a multi-spiral airtwist stem with shoulder and central knops, over a conical foot, 19.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Arthur Churchill Ltd (paper label)G S May Esq. Collection, Lyon & Turnbull sale, 4 September 2019, lot 133Niall Kenny CollectionThis goblet belongs to a rare group of anti-Jacobite glasses commemorating William, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765), third son of King George II. It is possible that it was commissioned for The Cumberland Society, a drinking club formed to celebrate the Duke's victory over the Jacobite rebels at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the last major battle fought on British soil. The portrait is very similar to those on a pair of wine glasses thought to have been used at the meetings of The Cumberland Society. One from Harvey's Wine Museum was sold by Bonhams on 1 October 2003, lot 144 and the other was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 26 as part of the A C Hubbard Collection. The latter is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.288, no.918 and by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.84, pl.111. It has been suggested that the portrait may have been based on a 1746 medal of the Duke by Martin Holtzhey, but it instead appears to be based on an 1747 engraving by G Scotin after J Gracieux, which has an identical frame.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 57
A Royal Vienna porcelain beaker painted with a portrait of a young lady, to a blue ground with gilding and jeweling, 9cm high, together with a Coalport porcelain small cabinet vase and cover, painted with a landscape in reserve to a deep blue ground with tooled gilding, 16cm high, and an early 19th century Staffordshire porcelain spill vase with floral reserve to gilt blue ground, 10cm high, (3)
Los 475
Antiquarian Books - Travel and Exploration - Egypt, Lane (Edward William), An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians [...], first edition thus, two-volume set, London: Charles Knight and Co., 1836-1837, b/w plates and in-text illustrations, some music, contemporary cloth, 8vo, 19th century church and seminary stamps, 8vo, (2); Prescott (William H.), History of the Conquest of Mexico, three-volume set, second edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1844, titles printed in red and black, portrait frontispieces, maps and plates, contemporary cloth, 8vo, (3); The Continental Tourist; Belgium & Nassau, London: Parry & Co., [n.d., c. 1845], illustrated with 32 steel engravings and a fold-out map, contemporary green cloth (chipped spine), 8vo, (1); Wood (Charles W.), In the Valley of the Rhone, London: 1899, green cloth gilt, 8vo, (1), [7]
Los 262
Frederick Lord Leighton PRA (1830-1896), a signed two-page letter on Athenian Club embossed stationery, together with a signed letter to Bill Payne from Sir Hugh Casson PRA, discussing the purchase of a watercolour, with cover envelope from the Royal Academy, and a personally inscribed and signed photographic 'thank you' card from Jennifer Dickson RA to 'Mr Payne,' (3), Five various invitations/tickets issued to Sir John Anderson, later Viscount Waverley, (1882-1958) Palace of Westminster, Opening of Parliament, and Buckingham Palace State Banquet and afternoon party. (Anderson's name was given to the WW2 air raid shelter) a 19th century pottery Spittoon printed with a portrait of queen Victoria, 21cm diam, (af), together with a George V and Queen Mary pottery 1911 Coronation bowl printed with their portraits and picture of a Canopus Class Battleship, 20cm diam, A William Gladstone engraved glass, Festival of Britain glass etc
Los 134
Two framed vintage Pan book covers of James Bond paperback books, a framed oriental silk panel and three contemporary black and white family portrait photographs in black frames, along with an Arsenal Gunners publican style advertising mirror in oak frame and a signed red Spanish football shirt, along with a 1954 Terence Cuneo print of the 1953 Coronation, an 1888 framed photo of Billikins and his Dinah, a framed colonial military photo, a metal plaque of Broell and an oil on board of a young lady, Location:RWM
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Three: Lieutenant C. N. Silvester, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, Royal Field Artillery and Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (1266 Spr. C. N. Silvester. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. N. Silvester. R.A.F.) good very fine (3 ) £200-£300 --- Colin Norman Silvester was born on 25 September 1895, and was a pupil engineer with London & South West Railway at Eastleigh, Hampshire, from 1912 to 9 August 1914, when he enlisted into the Hampshire Royal Engineers. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) on 16 October 1915. He was attached to the Royal Flying Corps and served as an Observer with 34 Squadron, flying RE8s. He later transferred to the Royal Air Force and was afterwards appointed to a commission in the Indian Auxiliary Force as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, North Western Railway Regiment. Sold with various original documents and photographs including: i. Army Commission as Second Lieutenant, Special Reserve of Officers, 16 October 1915. ii. Royal Air Force Temporary Commission as Lieutenant from 1 April 1918, dated 1 November 1918. iii. Indian Auxiliary Force Commission as Lieutenant, 1st Bn. The North Western Railway Regiment from 1 October 1922. iv. Graduation Certificate for completing a course ‘on the Military Wing’ at Central Flying School, Upavon, Wilts, and is qualified for service in the Royal Air Force, dated 19 May 1918. v. Portrait photograph of Silvester in R.F.C. uniform. vi. Photograph of Silvester as Observer in a RE8 with Lieut. F. W. Mathias, 34 Squadron, Flanders 1916. vii. Photograph captioned ‘Self swinging a prop RE/8 Flanders 1916’, together with several aerial photographs and a group photograph of R.F.C. officers. viii. Contemporary magazine cuttings featuring British aces and V.C. winners McCudden, Ball, and Bishop, together with Baron Richthoven and Max Immelmann, these mostly with ink captions, possibly by Silvester; together with other cuttings and ephemera.
Los 286
Seven: Colour-Sergeant E. E. Waller, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (280477 Sjt. E. E. Waller. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1750 Cpl. E. E. Waller. Hamps. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (5486566 C. Sjt. E. E. Waller. Hamps. R.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5486566 C. Sjt. E. E. Waller. Hamps. R.) mounted court-style, the first three polished on the obverse and with a few edge bruises, otherwise very fine and better (7) £180-£220 --- Ernest Edward Waller retired in the rank of Colour-Sergeant (C.Q.M.S.) in the early part of 1937, as reported in the August edition of The Hampshire Regimental Journal of that year together with a small portrait photograph in uniform: ‘C.Q.M.S. Waller. The old and bold retires after 22 years service in the Regiment. He was a L./Cpl. in the 6th Battalion (Territorial) on the outbreak of war in 1914, and on mobilization volunteered for service abroad and was sent to India with the 6th Battalion in October 1914. He was promoted Corporal on the boat and full Sergeant in 1916. Served with the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia until the end of the war and, before being sent home, he re-engaged for a period of four years, and served with the 1st Battalion in Catterick and the 2nd Battalion in Ireland. He came under the “axe” in 1922, but re-enlisted again in December of the same year, and it is a tribute to his ability that before one month had passed he was appointed Lance-Sergeant, since when he has served with the 2nd Battalion, the Depot, joining the 1st Battalion in Jubbulpore in 1926. He was promoted Colour-Sergeant in 1931, and remained with the Battalion until his discharge early in this year. He took part in the Ghalani operations. It was at Bordon that he found out that he could run faster than a good many other people, by being first home in the Battalion team which had taken part in the Aldershot Command Cross Country Run. In the track events he was a good performer, especially in the half-mile; during the three years at the Depot he had a successful athletic career, the noteworthy success being the Dept team’s win against the Navy team at Gosport.’ “Wally”, as he was popularly known, died in 1961, a report of his Memorial Service being published in The Royal Hampshire Regiment Journal of November 1961. Sold with copied journal extracts together with relevant confirmation of all medals except the Defence Medal.
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Family Group: A Great War C.M.G. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Allen, Royal Irish Rifles The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s, breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels, minor chips to both centres; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lt: Col: E. Allen, R. Ir. Rif:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. Col. E. Allen, Rl. Irish Rif.); 1914-15 Star (Lt: Col: E. Allen. R. Ir: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. E. Allen.) the last five mounted as worn, good very fine Five: Captain R. G. Allen, Royal Ulster Rifles 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately named ‘Capt. R. G. Allen, R.U.R.’, mounted for display, good very fine (11) £700-£900 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 14 January 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Edward Allen was born on 6 September 1859, at Stone Hall, Glandore, county Cork, second son of Christopher Allen, J.P. He was educated at Eastman’s Naval Academy, Southsea, Hampshire, with a view to entering the Navy, and afterwards at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the 86th Regiment, afterwards the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, in August 1879. He saw active service throughout the Boer war, 1899-1902; present at the battle of Stormberg, relief of Wepener, and took part in operations in the Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony. He was twice mentioned in despatches and made Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (Queen’s medal and 2 clasps, King’s medal and 2 clasps). Lieutenant-Colonel Allen retired in September 1902. Recalled in 1914, Lieutenant-Colonel Allen served with the Royal Irish Rifles in France from 26 February 1915. Rufus Gray Allen served as a Captain with the Royal Ulster Rifles and was killed in action in Sicily on 5 August 1943, aged 23. He is buried in Catania War Cemetery, Sicily. Sold with original portrait photographs of both recipients together with some copied research.
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A scarce Boer War Militia Officer’s D.S.O. group of four awarded to Major M. A. Foster, 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony, officially engraved naming, unit officially corrected (Capt. & Adjt. M. A. Foster, D.S.O., Som. L.I.) engraved naming, unit officially corrected to include post-nominal letters; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. & Adjt. M. A. Foster. D.S.O., Som. L.I.), the last three mounted as worn in this order, minor enamel damage to D.S.O., otherwise very fine and better, scarce (4) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 27 September 1901: ‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ Confirmed on the medal roll for the 1897 Jubilee Medal: ‘Captain M. A. Foster, 2nd Battalion Somerset Lt. Infy’. Montagu Amos Foster was born on 19 March 1861, the son of William Foster of Wilbury Road, Brighton, Sussex. Appointed as Gentleman to be Second Lieutenant in the 2nd or East Norfolk Militia on 10 December 1879, he was then gazetted to a regular commission in the Somerset Light Infantry in January 1882. Promoted Captain in September 1887, he served as an Adjutant in the Militia from May 1899 until February 1904. Foster served as Adjutant to the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War, in which period he was present in operations in Cape Colony from April 1900 until April 1902, initially serving south of the Orange River (April-November 1900). Garrison duties aside, he would have been employed in mobile columns and it was likely just such work that resulted in the award of his D.S.O. He was also twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 10 September 1901 and 29 July 1902). A large contingent of officers and men of the 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry returned to the U.K. aboard the S.S. Sicilia in April 1902 and Foster was probably among them. He had, however, previously returned home to receive his D.S.O. from the King at an investiture held on the 29 October 1901. Advanced Major in April 1902, he was placed on the Retired List in March 1909, and died on 30 April 1940. With a copy caricature portrait of the recipient.
Los 337
Six: Major W. J. Newman, Corps of Military Police and Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6281384 W.O. Cl. 1. W. J. Newman. C.M.P.) very fine (6) £100-£140 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 25 November 1943 (North Africa). Walter Joseph Newman was born in Maidstone, Kent in April 1904. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery in October 1922, and advanced to Lance Corporal, Corps of Military Police prior to the Second War. Newman was commissioned in the Corps of Military Police, and advanced to Major in May 1954. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including: M.I.D. Certificate, dated 25 November 1943; portrait photograph of recipient in uniform; various Army Certificates of Education and St. John Ambulance Association Certificates; Royal Artillery Association Life Membership Certificate and various banking paperwork.
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Pair: Senior Nursing Sister W. Woof, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, together with an extensive photograph album of the recipient’s post-War service in Malta Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear; together with an Oldham Royal Infirmary Nursing Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘W. Woof’, the last with enamel damage and solder repair to pin fitting, otherwise very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Winifred Woof was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1913, and trained as a nurse at Oldham Royal Infirmary 1937-40, being registered by the British Nursing Council on 27 June 1941. In the February 1944 Navy List she is recorded as a Reserve Nursing Sister, serving at the Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Woolton, with seniority 5 March 1943. She joined Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service on a Short Service Commission on 14 July 1950, and served at the Royal Naval Hospital, Malta, and the Royal Naval Air Station, Hal Far, Malta, being promoted Senior Nursing Sister on 1 March 1951. She withdrew from Naval service on completion of her Short Service Commission on 21 November 1953. Sold together with an extensive photograph album of the recipient’s time in Malta, which includes several photographs of the then Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip, and numerous Royal Naval Nursing staff group photos, ships and aircraft, in all over 160 photographs and postcards; together with a portrait photograph of Sister Woof and a named invitation.
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An inter-War O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Captain T. G. Harrison, Royal Navy, together with a remarkable photograph and documentary archive The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1933; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. T. G. Harrison, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. T. G. Harrison, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, Greece, Kingdom, Order of George I, Military Division, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Spink, London case of issue, minor chipping to red enamel centre on last, generally very fine and better (11) £700-£900 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1935. Greek Order of George I London Gazette 15 April 1947: ‘For valuable services rendered to the Royal Hellenic Navy.’ Thomas Garland Harrison was born on 19 December 1891 and joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in January 1904, attending the Royal Naval Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth for four years. His first posting at sea was to the training cruiser, H.M.S. Cornwall for 6 months, in the Mediterranean and West Indies from January to June 1908. In July 1908 he was appointed to the battleship H.M.S. Canopus as Midshipman, serving in the Mediterranean for 18 months, and for the remainder of his six months as a Midshipman he served in various ships including H.M.S. Exe, H.M.S. Natal, H.M.S. Drake and H.M.S. Good Hope; he had also served in H.M.S. Cornwall and H.M.S. Superb during his period as a Cadet between 1908 and 1912. He was promoted Sub Lieutenant in September 1911 and to Lieutenant in October 1912. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Achilles, H.M.S. Magnificent and H.M.S. Exmouth from October 1911 to January 1914. In January 1914 Harrison joined H.M.S. Ajax, in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Home Fleet, and was serving in her when War was declared in August 1914. He was present in H.M.S. Ajax at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, and left Ajax in May 1917 to attend a specialist gunnery course at Portsmouth. He returned to sea in January 1918 and served for the remainder of the war in light cruisers in the 7th Light Cruiser Squadron, H.M.S. Aurora and H.M.S. Penelope, which were employed as scouts for the main battle fleet and also as convoy escorts between Greenland and the North Cape, for Russia. After the conclusion of the Great War he joined H.M.S. Birmingham, flagship of the Africa Squadron as Gunnery Officer. Promoted Lieutenant-Commander in October 1920, the following July he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Canterbury as First Lieutenant and Gunner Officer, employed as a firing ship for seaman gunnery classes. In November 1922 Harrison joined the cruiser H.M.S. Curlew as First Lieutenant and Gunnery Officer, on the North America and West Indies station. He then proceeded to the Pacific and was employed as guard ship at the Eagle Oil (Aguila) refinery in Southern Mexico, up to the Coatzcoalcos River, to prevent interference in the refinery by the combatants in the Mexican Civil War. In August 1925, he joined H.M.S. Valiant, in the Mediterranean as First Gunnery Officer. Promoted to Commander in August 1926, he left H.M.S. Valiant and joined the Admiralty (Operations Division). His next Sea appointment was in H.M.S. Calcutta as Commander, the Flagship of Africa station, from June 1928. In 1931 he joined H.M.S. Vivid as Drafting Commander, and then H.M.S. Montrose, in command of Reserve Destroyers, in 1934. Promoted to Captain, he retired the following year, being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1935 New Year’s Honours’ List. Harrison was recalled from the Reserve in June 1939 and appointed Chief of Staff Africa Squadron in H.M.S. Neptune. On declaration of War the Africa Squadron was split up and ships took station in various patrol areas. The Commander in Chief and Staff landed and took over in Sierra Leone where Harrison became ‘Naval Officer in Charge’ and ‘King’s Harbour Master’. After 18 months he was relieved and sent to Alexandria to command landing craft, escort vessels and minesweepers in Mediterranean Command. He saw little action beyond fairly heavy bombing whereby several escort vessels were sunk. He remained at Alexandria until the end of war. He was, however, Commended by the Lords of the Admiralty ‘for good work in refloating H.T. Aquitania, which grounded’, and was awarded the Greek Order for rendering valuable services to the Greek Navy. He died on 4 January 1982. Sold together with extensive original paperwork and award certificates, including Bestowal Documents for the O.B.E., the Greek Order of George I, and the 1935 Jubilee Medal; original Admiralty letter granting unrestricted permission to wear the Greek award; and numerous photographs, many contained in two large half leather bound, gilt blocked photograph albums providing an almost complete history of his naval service both at war and at peace including several photographs taken on a goodwill tour to the U.S.A. one of which features Hollywood star, Tom Mix. The photographs and papers document voyages and tours of duty to Malta, the Americas, Scandinavia, Canada, Caribbean, Mediterranean, North Africa, West Africa and Turkey, including several photos of the aftermath of the earthquake at Messina. Also included are numerous group photos, individual portrait photographs and photographs of naval vessels, taken at different stages of his naval career, the whole forming a fascinating and historic archive of his naval service.
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Nelson Testimonial Medal 1844, by E. Avern, 60mm, pewter, the obverse featuring a bust of Nelson facing left, enclosed by a garter, ‘England Expects Every Man Will do His Duty’; the reverse featuring a view of the Column in Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery and the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in the background, ‘To Commemorate the Opening of the Nelson Testimonial in Trafalgar Squ.’, the exergue dated ‘21 October 1844’, pierced for ring suspension as usual (Ref: Hardy 97, M.H. 531) numerous shallow edge cuts on obverse, otherwise very fine or better, the high relief portrait particularly clear, a pleasing example overall and extremely rare £400-£500 --- These Testimonial Medals were presented to 357 Greenwich Pensioners who had served at all four of Nelson’s major actions - St. Vincent (39), Nile (35), Copenhagen (45), and Trafalgar (238) - along with a gratuity of ten shillings in a ceremony at Greenwich Hospital on 2 April 1845. The cost of the medals was provided by the Testimonial Committee of the Parishioners of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields who had originally intended to use the funds for a special ceremony on the completion of the Column (at the time known as ‘Nelson’s Testimonial’ on 1-2 November 1843, at which a number of the pensioners were to be present. This had to be cancelled due to inclement weather and then a second public ceremony, to be held on the Queen’s birthday, 24 May 1844, was also cancelled due to the entreaties of local tradesmen. Captain Douglas-Morris knew of only one Testimonial Medal paired with a Naval General Service, and of fewer than ten single examples. For further information, see his Naval Medals 1793-1856, pp. 49-53, from where it is clear that very few of these medals - despite the number apparently presented - seem to have survived.
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The Lord Roberts Memorial Fund Stamp Album. War Portrait Stamp Album, containing 200 stamps of well known Soldiers, Statesmen, and other personalities, both British and foreign, including H.M. King George V; the Czar of Russia, the Emperor of Japan, and the Kings of Belgium, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia; Field Marshals Roberts, Kitchener, French, and Haig; Admirals Fisher, Jellicoe, and Beatty, Victoria Cross recipients Jack Cornwell, Francis Grenfell, and William Rhodes Moorhouse; Politicians Herbert Asquith, David Lloyd George, Edward Grey, and Winston Churchill; and other personalities including the Prince of Wales, Marshal Foch, and Nurse Edith Cavell, some light foxing, otherwise good condition £60-£80
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Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross, Second Class (2), with crossed swords, bronze; without swords, bronze; 1939 Bar to the Iron Cross First Class of 1914, unmarked; Cross of Honour of the German Mother, Third Class, 2nd type, bronze and enamel; together with a wound badge in black, pressed version; two Third Reich aluminium day badges; a Third Reich period glided award featuring three gulls; a Luftwaffe Long Service medal riband; a Volkswagen Factory badge; a Fascist Italian Air Force Medal, bronze; and a porcelain Adolf Hitler patriotic portrait, 70mm x 55mm, the obverse featuring Adolf Hitler wearing political style uniform, signature at the bottom with eagle and swastika on the reverse side with AH either side, dated 1940 with its porcelain manufacturers marking, generally very fine Germany, Federal Republic, Cross of Merit, gilt and enamel; Medal of Merit, gilt and enamel; together with a small assortment of mixed post war German lapel pin badges, good very fine (lot) £180-£220
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