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Los 3572
VERMUTLICH ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS1728 Aussig (Böhmen) - 1779 RomPORTRAIT EINES JUNGEN VORNEHMEN HERRN NACH LINKS Öl auf Leinwand. 61,5 x 46,5 cm (R. 73 x 57 cm). Verso: Auf der Leinwand mit Bleistift alte Sammlungsnummer: '18'. Min. altrest., leichte Altretuschen. Rahmen. Provenienz: Norddeutsche Privatsammlung.
Los 3409
JOOS VAN CLEVE (AUCH VAN BEKE) (NACHFOLGER DES WOHL 17./18. JH.1485 Kleve - 1540 AntwerpenPORTRAIT DES MAXIMILAN I, KAISER DES HEILIGEN RÖMISCHEN REICHES Öl auf Leinwand (doubl.). 61,5 x 50,5 cm (R. 82 x 68,5 cm). Rechts oben bezeichnet: 'PHILIPPES . LEGON . DVC. DEBOVRG 1467. Verso: Auf altem Papierlabel bezeichnet: 'Philipp der Gute (Philippe le Bon). Herzog von Burgund (Duc de Bourg.) geb. 13.6.1396 gest. 15.7.1467. Part. altrest., Altretuschen. Rahmen. Provenienz: Privatsammlung Baden Württemberg.
Los 3570
GUSTAV ALTMÖLLER (AUCH ALTMÜLLER)4. Dezember 1704 Schenklengsfeld - 21. April 1785 ebendaPORTRAIT-PAAR CHRISTIANA FRIDERICA UND CHARLOTTA WILHELMINA MÜNSCHERIN Beide: Öl auf Leinwand. 78 x 63 cm (R. 89 x 74 cm), 69 x 55,5 cm (R. 81 x. Verso: In alter Schrift auf Leinwand bezeichnet. "Christiana Friderica Münscherin gebohren d. ie. Marty 1755. Gemahlt 1756 im December";"Charlotta Wilhelmina Münscherin geboh. Heilmann d. 27 Januaj 1722, gemahlt 1750" Ersteres: part. altrest., part. min. Altretuschen, Abdruck des Keilrahmens, besch.; Letzteres: part. min. altrest. Rahmen. Provenienz: Westfälische Privatsammlung.
Los 3567
DEUTSCH-NIEDERLÄNDISCHE SCHULE DES 18. JH.PORTRAIT EINER JUNGEN DAME MIT SPITZENHAUBE Öl auf Leinwand (doubl.). 54,5 x 46 cm (R. 78,5 x 69,5 cm). Verso: Auf der Rückseite altes Papierlabel mit der Inschrift Franz Hillebrand, Frankfurt am Main: Weiterhin alte Londoner Christie's Auktionsnummer: '510BD'. Part. min. altrest., part. min. Altretuschen, Firnis min. verfärbt. Rahmen. Provenienz: Hessische Privatsammlung.
Los 3819
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (ZUGESCHRIEBEN)1841 Limoges - 1919 Cagnes-sur-MerAUTOGRAPH Tinte auf kariertem Papier. 22,5 x 18 cm. Gebräunt, leicht Randbesch., Vertikalknick. "Mon cher ami,j'ai été tous ces temps derniers très brouillé. De nombreuses lettres à écrire, ce que je n'aime pas. Mon frère qui revient de Russie, etc. Bref, j'ai oublié de t'écrire sur la vente Manet, qui a marché au-delà de toutes les espérances, car il n'y avait rien. Ces deux salles, du fond que tu connais pleines non seulement d'esquisses, mais de deux traits de pastel. Les quelques toiles importantes ne suffisaient pas à faire oublier cet ensemble qui faisait hurler avec quelque raison. Heureusement qu'il y a eu emballage d'amis qui ont mis la chose en train. Jusqu'à Chabrier, qui ne dépasse jamais les 20 francs, et qui en a dépensé 5.000 pour le Bar. De plus, deux autres toiles en pastels, et le portrait de M..., le poète anglais, 1.800 francs. Bref, 7.300 ( ?) francs le premier jour. Si l'on avait vendu tout ce même jour, tout serait parti à des prix très élevés. Mais, le lendemain, les mêmes choses qui seraient allés la veille à 1.500 ( ?), on les avait pour deux et trois cents francs.En somme, pour ce qui restait dans l'atelier de Manet, c'est magnifique.La famille a eu la bêtise de racheter l'Argenteuil à 12.500, le père Chocquet a acheté ton portrait en bateau 12 ou 15.000. (...) le tout a fait 115.000. Il reste environ 90.000 francs de net.Je vois d'après tes lettres que tu es content et que, malgré tes tracas, tu vas nous rapporter des choses nouvelles. Nous les attendons avec impatience. Tu as probablement lu les articles au Wolf..., il commence à te faire bloquer, non pas par sa rosserie ( ?), mais parce qu'il est devenu incompréhensible. Tu as dû voir aussi le (...) de Pailleron pour sa réception à l'Académie. Enfin, on s'est fort amusé à Paris en temps derniers.A toiRenoir""Mein lieber Freund,ich war in letzter Zeit sehr beschäftigt. Es gibt viele Briefe zu schreiben, was mir nicht gefällt. Mein Bruder, der aus Russland zurückkommt usw. Kurz gesagt, ich habe vergessen, Dir über den Manet-Verkauf zu schreiben, der alle Erwartungen übertroffen hat, weil es nichts gab. Diese beiden Räume im hinteren Bereich, die Du kennst, sind nicht nur voller Skizzen, sondern auch mit zwei Pastellen. Die wenigen bedeutenden Gemälde reichten nicht aus, um uns dieses Ensemble vergessen zu lassen, das einen nicht ohne Grund zum Schreien brachte. Zum Glück gab es ein paar Freunde, die den Anfang machten. Bis hin zu Chabrier [Anm.: Emmanuel Chabrier, Komponist], der nie die 20 Francs überschreitet und der 5.000 für die 'Bar' [Anm.: hier ist wohl das Gemälde 'Bar aux Folies Bergères' gemeint] ausgegeben hat. Dazu zwei weitere Pastellgemälde und das Porträt von M..., dem englischen Dichter, 1.800 Francs. Kurz gesagt, 7.300 (?) Francs am ersten Tag. Wenn wir alles am selben Tag verkauft hätten, wäre alles zu sehr hohen Preisen verkauft worden. Aber am nächsten Tag bekam man die gleichen Dinge, die am Tag zuvor 1.500 (?) gekostet hätten, für zwei- oder dreihundert Francs.Kurz gesagt, für das, was in Manets Atelier übrig geblieben ist, ist es großartig.Die Familie war dumm genug, Argenteuil für 12.500 zu kaufen, Vater Chocquet [Anm. : Victor Chocquet, 1821-1891, Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten] kaufte Dein Porträt im Boot für 12 oder 15.000. (.) Das Ganze hat 115.000 gebracht. Es verbleiben netto rund 90'000 Francs.Aus Deinen Briefen erkenne ich, dass Du glücklich bist und uns trotz Deiner Sorgen Neues bringen wirst. Wir erwarten es mit Ungeduld. Du hast wahrscheinlich die Artikel in Wolf... gelesen, er fängt an, Dich zu blockieren, nicht wegen seines Blödsinns, sondern weil er unverständlich geworden ist. Du musst auch die (...) von Pailleron [Anm. : Edouard Pailleron, 1834 - 1899, Autor und Journalist] für seinen Empfang an der Akademie gesehen haben. Schlussendlich hat man sich in Paris in letzter Zeit sehr amüsiert.DeinRenoir" Wohl 1883 nach dem Tod Manets an einen unbekannten, wohl aber aus Künstlerkreisen stammenden, Adressaten verfasster Brief bezüglich eines Verkaufs von Werken aus dem Atelier Manets. Bei dem Adressaten könnte es sich um Claude Monet handeln, da im Brief ein Gemälde erwähnt wird, das diesen in einem Boot zeigt (wohl 'Die Barke' von 1874). Auch die im Brief erwähnte und 1882 erfolgte Aufnahme Edouard Paillerons in die Académie Francaise sowie die Erwähnung des Gemäldes 'Bar aux Folies Bergères', das 1882 entstand, bilden einen Rahmen für die Datierung des Briefes.
Los 3480
CHRISTIAN WILHELM ERNST DIETRICH, GEN. DIETRICY (ATTR.)1712 Weimar - 1774 DresdenPORTRAIT EINES BÄRTIGEN MANNES MIT GOLDKETTE UND FELLMÜTZE Öl auf Leinwand (doubl.). 58,5 x 49 cm (R. 74 x 64,5 cm). Verso: Alte Inventarsnummer H.A. 76 auf der Rückseite des Keilrahmens. Part, min. rest., part. min. Altretuschen. Rahmen. Provenienz: Hessische Privatsammlung.
Los 3476A
ANTHONY VAN DYCK (WERKSTATT)22. März 1599 Antwerpen - 9. Dezember 1641 LondonCHARLES I (1600-1649) AUF SEINEM PFERD SITZEND (BOZETTO) Öl auf Leinwand (altdoubl.). 103 x 90 cm (R. 133 x 121 cm). Verso: Zwei alte Papierlabel: '363 Vandyck .... Portrait of Charles I with .... ant' weiterhin '... original Vandyck .....'. Auf der Leinwand alte Sammlungsnummer: '9870'. Part. altrest., part. leichte Altretuschen. Rahmen. Provenienz: Rheinische Privatsammlung.
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The rare Tel-el-Kebir C.G.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Harry Henry, Royal Marine Light Infantry Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (Corporal H. Henry, R.M.L.I.) officially impressed naming; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Corpl. H. Henry, R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Harry Henry, Sergt. No. 960 Chat. R.M.L.I.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, suspension claw tightened on the first, pitting from star but generally very fine (4) £12,000-£16,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Only 6 C.G.Ms. were awarded for the operations in Egypt 1882, including two for the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. Recommendation dated 27 September 1882, submitted by Howard S. Jones, Colonel Commanding Royal Marines, Ghezireh Camp, Cairo, in respect of Lieut. J. Bernard, Cpl. Harry Henry and Bugler J. F. McDaniel, the latter two men subsequentl’being awarded the C.G.M.: ‘Following up with his half company, on September 13th, 1882, a very superior force of the enemy, killing a great number and driving the remainder on to our cavalry.’ Harry Henry was born in Dartford, Kent, on 19 August 1858, and entered the Royal Marines at Walmer in February 1876. He disembarked with the Royal Marine Battalion in Egypt on 19 August 1882, and was mentioned in General Wolseley’s despatch of 24 September 1882, for his services at Tel-el-Kebir. He was also present in the engagement at Kassassin, where he received a ‘wound on the vertex of the head by a fragment of shell’. He was promoted to Sergeant on 20 October 1882, for ‘special service in Egypt’, and returned to the Chatham Division in England. On 19 January 1883 he was presented with his C.G.M. by H.M. The Queen. Sergeant Harry Henry, a musician by trade, was finally discharged at Chatham on 20 August 1897, due to length of service. He subsequently enrolled into the Royal Fleet Reserve from July 1902 for two years. Sold with three original Parchment Certificates of service and discharge and two copy portrait photographs.
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The rare Arctic convoy PQ-17 B.E.M and Soviet Red Star group of five awarded to Chief Steward R. Quick, Merchant Navy, who survived the loss of the Empire Byron in PQ-17 in July 1942, and an inquisitive U-boat officer who suspected he was the ship’s Master British Empire Medal, (Civil), G.VI.R., 1st issue (Robert Quick); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939 -45; U.S.S.R., Order of the Red Star, the reverse officially numbered, ‘70811’, mounted for display, extremely fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Spink, November 2000. Approximately 20 Soviet Red Stars were awarded to Allied personnel for the 1939-45 War, six of them to members of the Merchant Navy. B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘Chief Officer Prance and Steward Robert Quick were shipmates in a vessel which made three voyages to Russia in the Empire Byron. On her last voyage she was subjected to constant air and sea attack. Despite his previous experiences on the North Russian route, Steward Quick re-engaged in this vessel for a further voyage and faced unflinchingly all dangers and hazards.’ Soviet Red Star London Gazette 17 November 1942: ‘In recognition of gallantry in the convoying of ships to northern ports of the Soviet Union.’ Robert Quick was born in St. Ives, Cornwall on 4 May 1881, and was thus aged 61 when he signed on for his voyage in the S.S. Empire Byron on the Arctic run. Unfortunately for him, it was in the ill-fated Arctic convoy PQ-17. Carrying 3,500 tons of military stores, the Empire Byron sailed with the convoy from Reykjavik on 27 June 1942 and, following receipt of the notorious signal for the convoy to ‘scatter’ on 4 July, altered course by 20 degrees to veer away from the main body. At 0827 hours on the 5th, Kapitänleutnant Bielfeld of the U-703 put a torpedo into the Empire Byron’s main engine room, causing a between decks explosion which trapped a dozen Gunners below. The crew abandoned the sinking ship and under the orders of Captain Wharton concentrated in two boats, one of which had an engine. The officers discarded uniform insignia indicating their rank as the Germans would be sure to seek out the ship’s Master and no doubt take him prisoner aboard the U-Boat. Among those compelled to discard such insignia was John Rimington, a Captain in the R.E.M.E., who was to have advised the Russians on their new Churchill tanks. He remained, however, resplendent in a pure white duffel coat. Meanwhile, Empire Byron’s boiler exploded, tearing a gaping hole in the hull. Water then cascaded in and the ship sank with the loss of 18 gunners and ratings. Bielfeld now gave orders for U-703 to surface and closed on the two lifeboats. According to David Irving’s The Destruction of Convoy P.Q. 17, ‘A tall blond officer,’ accompanied by a German seaman in ‘polished leggings toting a machine-gun,’ then descended on to the U-boat’s deck, and began berating the British seamen who were struggling with unfamiliar oars. As they neared the submarine, the German Officer asked, “Why are you Fighting? You aren’t Communists are you? So why do you risk your lives to take tanks to the Bolsheviks? Who is your Captain?” Nobody stirred or answered, and, as related in the same book, the blond ‘German’s eyes fell on the rather distinguished-looking Chief Steward [Quick], but he hastily said he was not the Captain; finally, the officer saw Captain Rimington, and told him to step on to the submarine’s deck; the army captain’s protests went unheeded, and he was taken down below. At the same time, the lifeboats were handed tins of biscuits and apple-juice, and a piece of sausage. “How far is the nearest land?” asked Captain Wharton. “About 250 miles,” answered the blond officer. A klaxon sounded within the submarine, and she submerged, taking the captured Briton with them.’ Thus, cast adrift, 61-year-old Quick subsequently endured the following ordeal, as detailed by Captain Wharton in his official report: ‘We rowed to the S.E. throughout the afternoon of the 6th until the men became exhausted and then at about 1900 hours we took the other lifeboat in tow and started the motor, steered S.E. and making about four knots. A little before 1900 we saw a submarine on the surface astern signalling to a single aircraft which was circling overhead, but neither of them took any notice of us. Our compass was of little use to us, but we had the sun throughout the 24 hours and were able to steer by it and make a good course. We sighted one German plane on the 7th and also a steamer which was on fire and abandoned, but sighted nothing further until 10th when we sighted the corvette Dianella steaming towards us. Her crow’s nest look-out had sighted our red sails, and we were picked up about 1320 on 10th in position 73.48 N. 41.21 E., having been in the boats for five and a half days, and covering 250 miles towards the land. We remained on board the Daniella and landed at Archangel on 16 July.’ Sold with three original Soviet Red Star membership booklets, one of them with a portrait photograph, the other two with annual coupons dated 1942-46 [for annuity?], together with damaged card box of issue for B.E.M.
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The Naval General Service medal awarded to Admiral Robert Patton, Royal Navy, for his services as a Midshipman on board the Bellerophon at the battle of Trafalgar, one of the last surviving officers of that battle Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Robert Patton, Midshipman.) fitted with silver brooch buckle, together with two original portrait photographs on glass of the Admiral in old age and an earlier portrait silhouette, dark toned, nearly extremely fine £12,000-£16,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Glendining’s, June 1987; Dix Noonan Webb, December 2003. Robert Patton was the son of Captain Charles Patton, R.N., and first cousin to Admiral Hugh Patton, with whom he served, also as Midshipman, in the Bellerophon at Trafalgar. He entered the Navy in February 1804 as a Volunteer 1st Class on board the Utrecht 64, bearing the flag in the Downs of his uncle Vice-Admiral Phillip Patton. In the following June he removed as Midshipman to the Puissant 74, and to the Bellerophon 74 in November 1804. In the Bellerophon he was engaged in the blockade of Brest, Carthagena and Cadiz, and took part in the battle of Trafalgar. After the death of Captain John Cooke, command of the Bellerophon fell to her First Lieutenant, William Price Cumby, with whom both the young Patton midshipmen were to serve again in different ships. After having served for three years and nine months in the Niobe 40, Captain J. W. Loring, his old captain from the Utrecht, during which period he assisted at the capture of Le Néarque corvette of 16 guns, he became Master’s Mate, in November 1809, of the Polyphemus 64, Captain William Cumby, flag-ship on the Jamaica station. During this time Patton was Acting Lieutenant for four months and Lieutenant for six months. In April 1811 he joined the Dispatch sloop, in the West Indies, and in July 1812 the Doterel 18, successively employed in the Channel, the West Indies, and North America. In April 1813 and November 1814, he joined the Loire 40 and Junon 38, both on the North American station, where he performed the duties of First-Lieutenant, and was ‘much employed on boat service against the enemy in the Chesapeake, off New London, &c.’ The Loire captured, in December 1813, the Rolla privateer, of 5 guns and 80 men. Promoted to the rank of Commander in June 1815, Patton was not actively employed for nearly twelve years. He was awarded an honorary silver medallion by the Royal Humane Society in February 1826 for having, in February 1825, rescued a child from drowning who had fallen overboard from H.M. Ship Havock in Portsmouth Harbour, while a passenger in the Fareham passage boat. He served as Commander from May 1826, until promoted to Captain in April 1827, in the Trinculo 18, on the Cork station. This was his last appointment. He retired in 1847, becoming retired Rear-Admiral in 1854, retired Vice-Admiral in 1861, and retired Admiral in 1864. Patton is depicted amongst the group of six senior retired officers, all veterans of Trafalgar, illustrated in The Graphic of 1879. At the time of his death, at Fareham, Hampshire, in 1883, aged 92, Admiral Robert Patton appears to have been the senior ranking Trafalgar veteran and, indeed, one of the very last surviving officers of that action. See the previous Lot for the medal to his cousin Admiral Hugh Patton.
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The Korean War D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Commander C. E. Pollock, Royal Navy, who commanded the destroyer H.M.S. Comus during the conflict Distinguished Service Cross, E.II.R., a rare Spink & Son issue, the reverse officially inscribed ‘C. E. Pollock. 3 October. 1952’ and hallmarked London 1952; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (Cdr. C. E. Pollock. D.S.C. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, very fine or better (9) £5,000-£6,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Just 69 awards of the D.S.C. for the Korean War, in addition to 14 First Bars and five Second Bars. D.S.C. London Gazette 3 October 1952: ‘For distinguished service in operations in Korean waters.’ Charles Edward Pollock was born in Darlington, Co. Durham on 14 May 1910, and was originally commissioned as a probationary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve in August 1935 but transferred to the Royal Navy as an acting Sub Lieutenant in October 1939. He subsequently witnessed extensive action in the Second World War, not least as Torpedo Lieutenant aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Somali in the period February 1941 to May 1942, commencing with her supporting role in Operation ‘Claymore’, the Commando raid on the Lofoten Islands in early March 1941. It was during these operations that Somali intercepted the trawler Krebs off Svolvaer and her boarding party discovered some rotor disks from an Enigma coding machine, together with some associated documents, all of which were found to be invaluable at Bletchley Park. This success led to a separate operation to intercept the German weather ship Munchen in early May 1941, from which further valuable documentation was obtained. Having then taken part in the search for the Bismarck at the end of the same month, Somali transferred to the Arctic run in August 1941, and over the coming months participated in several ‘QP’ operations. Promoted Lieutenant-Commander in May 1942, Pollock came ashore to an appointment Vernon, but he returned to sea in the carrier Victorious in January 1944, shortly before her part in Operation ‘Tungsten’, the Fleet Air Arm attack on the Tirpitz in her Norwegian lair. In June 1944, however, Victorious sailed for the warmer climes of the Far East, where she was to remain on station for the remainder of the war. She was subsequently heavily engaged off Sabang, Palembang and Okinawa, and was attacked by kamikaze aircraft on two occasions in the latter operations, suffering a loss of three killed and 19 wounded. Pollock also no doubt shared in the ship’s V.J. Day celebrations in Sydney on 31 August 1945. Having been advanced to Commander in April 1947, he was appointed to the command of the destroyer Comus in May 1951. Thus ensued a busy tour of operations in Korean waters, where she served as one of several destroyers used as escorts to the air groups or for coastal bombardments. Official records reveal that Pollock was recommended for the American Legion of Merit, Degree of Legionnaire, the proposed citation stating: ‘For meritorious service to the United States Navy and to the Government of the United States as the Commanding Officer of HMS Comus during the period July 1951 to January 1952 while serving in the Korean conflict with the United Nations Blockade and Escort Force, Naval Forces Far East. Commander Pollock by his intelligent leadership, aggressiveness, and untiring devotion to duty, both in his harassing attacks on Communist forces and installations, and in his long and arduous Escorting Patrols displayed his outstanding skill as a Naval Officer. He planned and carried out skilfully effective attacks on Communist coastal installations, against enemy counter battery fire. Commander Pollock made a marked contribution to the success of the Naval Campaign in the Korean conflict and his services were in keeping with the best Naval traditions.’ That recommendation was not approved. Instead, he was awarded the D.S.C., which distinction he received at a Buckingham Palace investiture in March 1953. Meanwhile, he was advanced to Captain and appointed to the command of Phoenix, the Royal Navy’s Defence School at Stamshaw, Portsmouth. Then in March 1956, he was appointed Commanding Officer of Osprey, the Royal Navy’s underwater detection establishment, a post he held until being placed on the Retired List in May 1958. He died in Florida, U.S.A. in November 1993. Sold with a portrait photograph contained in an oval-shaped, silver-gilt glazed frame, together with copied research.
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The unique Uganda Mutiny C.M.G. group of four awarded to Lieutenant C. W. Fowler, Royal Navy The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Lieut. C. W. Fowler, R.N. H.M.S. Carysfort) impressed naming; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 2 clasps, Lubwa’s, Uganda 1897-98 (Lt: C. W. Fowler, R.N.) mounted on original wearing bar together with related ribbon bar, nearly extremely fine (4) £8,000-£10,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- The clasp ‘Lubwa’s’ is unique to the Royal Navy. Charles Wilson Fowler was born in December 1859 in Cookham, Berkshire, the ninth of 13 children of Captain George Campbell Fowler, R.N. Like his father, he joined the Navy as a Cadet in January 1873, becoming Midshipman in June 1875, Sub-Lieutenant in April 1880, and Lieutenant in December 1883. He was Lieutenant of Carysfort during the naval and military operations near Suakin in 1884-85. Fowler was ‘allowed to resign from the navy to avoid court martial after sending a letter to his Captain accusing him without foundation of ‘scandalous conduct.’ He went to Uganda where he was appointed 3rd Class Assistant, Uganda Protectorate, in July 1896. He was Assistant Collector at Port Victoria, January to September 1897, and was at Lubwa’s during the Sudanese mutiny in November 1897. The mutineers were invested in Lubwa’s Fort by Captain E. M. Woodward, Leicester Regiment, with a very small force, and after several skirmishes they evacuated Lubwa’s and moved by launch and canoes up the Nile towards Mruli. Included in the medal rolls is Lieutenant Fowler, R.N., in command of 58 Swahilis. He was appointed 2nd Class Assistant and Superintendent of Marine in April 1898, and invested with the C.M.G. in January 1899 ‘for services rendered during the Uganda Mutiny’. The following extracts are taken from Major J. R. L. Macdonald’s official report and despatches: ‘Lieutenant C. W. Fowler, late R.N., was especially mentioned for his conduct in the engagement at Lubwa’s Hill, 19th October, 1897, again distinguished himself on the 24th November, though ill at the time. He was present at the fights of the 7th and 11th December, 1897, made a gallant effort to sink the enemy’s dhow on the 5th January, 1898, and subsequently served with the Unyoro column, and commanded in the minor engagement of the 10th April, 1898, when he inflicted a severe defeat on Mwanga’s Mahommedans.’ In more detail: Early October 1897: ‘Lieutenant Fowler, late R.N., at Port Victoria, also took steps to defend his fort, and to cut the bridges over the Sio River; but he was only able to partially carry out this step. On hearing that Lieutenant Fowler was in danger, Mr Jackson and I [Macdonald] advanced to his assistance with all the men we could raise.’ ‘On the 19th instant the mutineers, to the number of 300, assisted by some 150 Waganda Mahommedans, attacked our camp. The engagement commenced at 6 a.m. by a fierce attack on two sides of the camp, the mutineers coming on with the greatest determination. This attack was repulsed, but not until some had got within 50 yards of our line. The fight then continued until nearly 11 a.m., the mutineers bringing up supports, and making repeated attacks. About 11 a.m. when they appeared to have somewhat exhausted their attack, I made a counter-attack on the left with 100 Swahilis under Captain Kirkpatrick and Mr Mayes, on the right a few Swahilis under Lieutenant Fowler, assisted by some fifty Wasoga under a sub-Chief called Kyrania. This counter-attack was completely successful, and the enemy were driven down the hill, and retired to the fort, where they have since remained. Our total loss amounted to 16 killed, 18 severely wounded, and 12 slightly wounded. I cannot speak too highly of the gallantry of the Europeans and Indians. The Wasoga, as a result of our victory, came forward in large numbers, and on the 20th we were joined by an army of Waganda under the Sekebobo. The enemy are now invested in the fort.’ ‘Lieutenant Fowler kept his men incessantly at hand, assisted in repulsing the first attack on our right, and took part in the final counter-attack, when his courage and judgement were productive of the best results.’ ‘On the 14th January [1898] Lieutenant Fowler took the steam-launch and a sailing boat which had meanwhile arrived close to the enemy’s new fort under a heavy fire, and shelled their dhow, with a view to rendering it useless.’ ‘On the night between the 4th and 5th January the mutineers began effecting their escape from the fort by means of this vessel. A party of some sixty embarked and crossed to a small promontory lying north of the station... and proceeded to intrench themselves. On the second night Lieutenant Fowler, late R.N., made efforts with canoes and a Maxim to sink the dhow but without success, as the gun jammed, with a broken mainspring, and from that moment his canoemen absolutely refused to go anywhere near the dhow.’ ‘On the 14th January Lieutenant Fowler succeeded in getting near enough to the dhow to severely damage it with Hotchkiss fire, and on the following day the mutineers themselves destroyed it.’ ‘On the 10th April, 1898, Lieutenant Fowler and Corporal Brodie, acting under the orders of Captain Harrison, with a column of under 100 men, surprised the Mahommedan camp in Bugoma, and, after a brisk fight, in which he lost eleven killed and wounded, completely defeated the enemy and vigourously pursued them. The enemy lost fifty-five killed and twenty prisoners, and their camp and baggage.’ His last appointment appears to have been as Sub-Commissioner of the Nile Province. He died on 19 March 1907. The group is accompanied by two fine portrait photographs of Fowler wearing these medals; original letter notifying him of his appointment to be Commander of St Michael and St George ‘for services rendered during the Uganda Mutiny’; and original warrant for C.M.G. and accompanying transmission document, 23 January 1899.
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The important Small Naval Gold Medal awarded to Rear-Admiral John Peyton, Royal Navy, one of Nelson’s ‘Band of Brothers’ who commanded H.M.S. Defence ‘with good sense and courage’ at the battle of the Nile Captain’s (Small) Naval Gold Medal 1794-1815, for the Nile, 1 August 1798 (John Peyton Esquire Captain of H.M.S. The Defence on the 1 of August MDCCXCVIII The French Fleet Defeated) in its original gold frame with replacement bevelled glass lunettes, original gold rings and bar suspension, and three-pronged gold ribbon buckle, together with an oval portrait miniature of Captain Peyton, extremely fine and rare (2) £50,000-£70,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, Sotheby’s, October 2005, Lot 140 ‘by direct descent.’ In common with Nelson and the other twelve surviving captains at the Nile, Peyton also received Davison’s Medal in gold. His example was acquired by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, R.N., and now resides at the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth. John Goodwin Gregory Peyton was born in Ardingly, Sussex in 1752, the son of Joseph and Katherine Peyton and scion of a distinguished naval family. His father rose to the rank of admiral, his paternal grandfather onetime served in the rank of commodore, and three of his brothers also opted for a career in the Senior Service. In one of those strange quirks of fate known to the age of sail, father and son were to fight alongside each other aboard H.M.S. Cumberland at the ‘moonlight battle’ off Cape St. Vincent in January 1780. John is believed to have entered the Royal Navy aboard his father’s ship, H.M.S. Belleisle, in 1766, although his early career is not well documented. Having then gained his Lieutenancy in February 1772, he appears to have remained under his father’s patronage. He was, as stated, serving in Peyton senior’s command the Cumberland at the ‘moonlight battle’ off Cape St. Vincent in January 1780. Peyton junior’s first command was the 10-gun schooner Kite, in which he captured the privateer Fantasque off Dunkirk in March 1782. He was advanced to Commander and, in January of the following year, he was appointed to the command of the 74-gun Carnatic, but it proved to be a short-lived assignment and he was placed on half-pay. In July 1794, Peyton returned to sea with command of the 38-gun Seahorse and spent the next two years on the Irish station. On 29 August 1795, in an action alongside two of her consorts, Seahorse captured the Dutch East Indiaman Cromhout, whilst in May 1796 she was credited taking the French cutter L’Abrille. It appears Peyton was placed back on half-pay about this time, although one source credits him with command of the Ceres on the Mediterranean station. Either way, he was by now a full-fledged Captain, R.N. Nelson’s Band of Brothers In May 1798, Peyton was appointed to the command of the 74-gun Defence and he is said to have shared a coach with Nelson’s wife, Fanny, to Portsmouth, where he was embarked for the Mediterranean in the Admiral’s flagship Vanguard. He surely enjoyed the great man’s company and hospitality over the coming weeks, prior to joining the Defence on station in June. The scene was now set for the epic battle of the Nile, Earl St. Vincent, the C.-in-C. of the Mediterranean, being able to confirm that ten ships, including Defence, were ready to join Nelson’s squadron. In so doing, he told the First Lord of the Admiralty: ‘The whole of these ships are in excellent order, and so well officered, manned and appointed I am confident they will perform everything to be expected of them.’ And so it proved at Aboukir Bay on 1 August 1798, when Nelson’s combined force of 15 ships delivered a stunning victory over the French fleet. For his part, Peyton was credited with commanding the Defence with ‘good sense and courage’. Defence’s log records Nelson’s signal to prepare for battle at 4.00 p.m., when the enemy ships were some nine or ten miles distant, and his next signal at 6.20 p.m. to engage the van. Defence duly took-on the 74-gun Peuple Souverain, already under attack on her other beam by Orion. Firing continued for three hours until 10.00 p.m. when Peuple Souverain cut her cable and drifted away completely mastless. Just five minutes later, Defence manoeuvred to attack the 80-gun Franklin which was already engaged with the Swiftsure. Firing continued until 11.20 p.m. when Franklin hailed Defence to say that she had struck. Both enemy ships suffered heavily, in damage and casualties. For her own part, Defence suffered the loss of her bowsprit and fore topmast and had to replace her main topmast with a jury rig. Given the duration of her ferocious duels and in common with most of her consorts, her human loss was surprisingly light: three seamen and one marine killed, nine seamen and two marines injured; fifteen casualties in all. In writing home to his wife on 13 August, Peyton stated: ‘My ever Dear Love I write you by the Leander who sailed from hence the 6th instant with the Admiral’s dispatches since which we have been busily employed refitting our own ships & prizes. Tomorrow we shall sail & make the best of our way to Gibraltar or Lisbon - & I should hope ultimately to England - at any rate my own Dear Susan, we shall be better situated to hear from each other - no small comfort to both parties - I have my fears you will hear of our action through France before the Leander can probably arrive in England & that in consequence you as well as many others will be kept for some time in a state of anxiety. The more I think of our victory, & its consequences the more I am gratified - & if Bonaparte should fail in his expedition - which we here flatter ourselves that he may - I believe peace not very far distant … The three frigates, Alcmene & Emerald & Bonne Citoyenne that have been looking for us these two months are now coming in - truly mortified they must be - in not meeting us until after the action. I hope to have John dine with me. I think the Captains will get two thousand pounds perhaps more if all our prizes get to England. The Emerald has just passed us & gone to endeavour to free one of our prizes that is aground so that I fear I shall not see John. I must send this to Capt. Capel who leaves us this afternoon. Believe me ever your faithful affectionate husband John Peyton P.S. I find myself a stouter man since the action, another such would make me a fine young fellow. God bless you. The French fleet on the coast of Egypt.’ What made Defence’s role in the battle particularly noteworthy was the fact that most of her crew had been laid low by fever and scurvy. Peyton himself was unwell, writing to Nelson four weeks before the battle that the effect of the weather on his weakening constitution, ‘will make it very unjustifiable in retaining a situation I shall not be equal to.’ Although he somehow managed to take part in the battle, by the end of October 1798 the Earl St. Vincent informed the First Lord of the Admiralty that Peyton was ‘in a deplorable state of health’. He nonetheless took Defence to Gibraltar for repairs, arriving these in mid-September. Following which, in November, he took his passage home in the Colossus. In January 1799, Peyton sent a letter Nelson, explaining that his health was improving. It clearly did the rounds before catching up with the great man in Vanguard in May 1799. But when it did, he responded enthusiastically: ‘It was onl...
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The campaign pair awarded to Lieutenant N. Day, Royal Marines, a qualified Special Boat Service diver Campaign Service Medal 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Northern Ireland, N. Iraq & S. Turkey (A/Lt N Day RM); U.N. Medal for Bosnia, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine and rare (2) £2,200-£2,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Nicholas Day was born on 9 May 1968, and by virtue of his accompanying R.N. diving logs was clearly a member of the S.B.S. during the 1990s. Nothing further is known about his career but it is worth noting, his service in Northern Ireland aside, that the operations in Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey, during Operation ‘Haven’, took place in April-July 1991. Sold with the recipient’s original Royal Navy Diver’s Log, with entries for the period January 1993 to October 1994, and his Royal Navy Diving Log, with portrait photograph and entries for November 1994 to February 1996, the whole appertaining to training dives with the S.B.S. at Poole, Dorset and overseas in Oman and Gibraltar.
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The Baronet’s Badge and M.V.O. group of eight awarded to Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Graves-Sawle, Bt., Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for his command of the Naval Brigade in the Gambia in 1894, which role he assumed after Flag Captain E. H. Gamble had been wounded Baronet’s Badge, of the United Kingdom, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse inscribed ‘Graves-Sawle of Penrice 1836’, hallmarked London 1929; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘110’; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Lieut: C. J. Graves-Sawle. R.N. H.M.S. “Superb”); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (Commr. C. G. Sawle R.N., H.M.S. Raleigh.); China 1900, no clasp (Captain C. J. Graves-Sawle, R.N. H.M.S. Bonaventure.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 3rd Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with neck cravat in its Lemaitre, Paris case of issue; Spain, Kingdom, Order of Naval Merit, 2nd Class breast star, silver-gilt and enamels, some enamel chips to the last two, otherwise nearly very fine or better (8) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Alan Hall Collection, June 2000. M.V.O. London Gazette 2 June 1903: ‘The King has been graciously pleased, during His Majesty’s visit to Malta, to make the following appointments to the Royal Victorian Order.’ Charles John Graves-Sawle was born on 28 April 1851, the second son of Sir Charles Brune Graves-Sawle, 2nd Baronet, and Member of Parliament for Bodmin. His grandfather took the additional name of Sawle, having inherited the estates of that ancient Cornish family at Penrice. Charles’s descendants numbered Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves, who led the van at the ‘Glorious First of June’ in 1794’ and Sir Thomas Graves, Vice-Admiral of the Blue and second-in-command to Nelson at Copenhagen. And he continued his family’s naval tradition, after attending Somerset College, Bath. His obituary in The Times, published on 19 February 1932, takes up the story: ‘He entered the Royal Navy in March 1865. He served in the Hercules and Bellerophon and was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1876. He went to the Mediterranean in October 1880 as Lieutenant of the Superb and served there about six years. He was present at the bombardment of Alexandria in July 1882 and during the operations of the Egyptian War, for which he received the Medal with clasp ‘Alexandria 11th July’ and the Khedive’s Bronze Star. In 1888 he became Second in Command of the Canada on the North American Station. He was appointed in January 1890 as First Lieutenant of the battleship Anson, Flagship of Rear-Admiral Tracey in the Channel Squadron and was promoted to Commander in December 1890. The following summer he went to the Cape as Commander of Raleigh, Flagship of the Commander in Chief Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford, K.C.B. It fell to the Rear-Admiral to conduct certain punitive expeditions in West Africa in one of which Commander Graves-Sawle took a prominent part. After Flag Captain Gamble had been wounded he took command of the Naval Brigade landed from Raleigh, Alecto, Satellite, Magpie and Widgeon at Bathurst, on the River Gambia, in February 1894, in co-operation with two companies of the 1st West India Regiment, to punish a rebellious slave trading chief named Fodi Silah. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches and received the General Africa Medal with clasp ‘Gambia 1894’. In the following August he received his first independent command, the light cruiser Mohawk, in North American waters and in December 1896 he was promoted to Captain His first service as Captain was as Flag Captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford in Crescent, on the North American Station. In 1900 he went to China as Captain of the Bonaventure. As Captain of the cruiser Aboukir in the Mediterranean on the occasion of King Edward’s visit to Malta in 1903 he was made an M.V.O. Following his father’s death in April 1903, and the death of his brother without issue in August of the same year, he succeeded to the Baronetcy and property. He did not seek another appointment and retired. He was A.D.C. to King Edward VII in 1906 and was advanced to Rear-Admiral on the Retired List in 1907. He became High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1913. He died on 18 February 1932. Sir Charles married in 1887 Constance Mary, daughter of General C. F. T. Daniell, and had one son in the Coldstream Guards who was killed at Ypres, and two daughters, one of whom died in 1926; the other is the wife of Colonel R. P. Cobbold. The Baronetcy becomes extinct.’ Sold with a fine array of card-mounted studio portrait photographs, approximately 15 images of which half are contained in a photographer’s proof portfolio, together with copied research.
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The outstanding Great War D.S.C., D.F.C. group of six awarded to Captain B. A. Millson, Royal Air Force, late Mercantile Marine and Royal Naval Air Service; after being decorated by the Czar for his good work on the Archangel run as a Third Officer in the Mercantile Marine in 1915, he qualified as a pilot and flew at least 64 raids at night in Handley Pages, often with resultant damage from anti-aircraft fire Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1917; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. B. A. Millson, R.A.F.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Bertie A. Millson); Russia, Empire, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, gold, the first two on original investiture brooches, the last mounted for wear and all lightly stitched together contemporarily for display, minor contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £6,000-£8,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Bonhams, March 2004. D.S.C. London Gazette 17 April 1918: ‘For skill and courage in carrying out two successful bombing raids on Bruges Docks on the night of 17th-18th February 1918. He has taken part in many night bombing raids flying Handley-Pages.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 8 February 1919: ‘This officer has carried out 64 raids at night, displaying at all times great perseverance in reaching the objective and marked gallantry in attack, notably on the night of 3rd-4th October, when he twice raided an important railway junction, dropping his bombs with skill and precision from 800 feet, obtaining direct hits, and causing serious damage. On the night in question no other machine bombed from a height of less than 4,000 feet owing to the very heavy hostile fire.’ Bertie Arthur Millson was born in Wimbledon, Surrey on 3 December 1892, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1909. Just over two years later, however, he purchased his discharge and embarked on a career in the Mercantile Marine. By the opening stages of the Great War, he was serving as Third Officer of the Cunard Line’s S.S. Thracia, which ship was commandeered to deliver vital war materials to Russia. In common with other ships on the Archangel run, she became trapped in the ice in the Spring of 1915, and had to be taken in tow by H.M.S. Jupiter after being freed by means of explosive charges. Here, then, the occasion on which Millson clearly distinguished himself, an accompanying translation of the royal decree for his Russian decoration stating: ‘The Chapter of the Imperial and Royal Orders hereby testify that His Imperial Russian Majesty has conferred on 23 April 1915, on Millson, a British subject, and Third Officer of the S.S. Thracia, a gold Medal with the inscription ‘For Faithful Service.’ The Medal is to be worn on the breast with the ribbon of St. Anne.’ (Contemporary copy translation included with Lot). In May 1916, Millson came ashore to pursue a new career in naval aviation and was posted to the Royal Naval Air Service training establishment at Cranwell, where, in August, he gained his aviator’s certificate in a Maurice Farman Biplane. Having then attended a Handley Page course at Manston, he was drafted to No. 3 Wing in France in January 1917, but his cross-Channel flight ended in a crash-landing, in which he received multiple injuries, and he was evacuated home via No. 7 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne. A spell at R.N.H. Haslar ensued, followed by a night flying course back at Manston, and he returned to an operational footing in No. 3 Wing in June 1917. His subsequent active service record, enacted over 18 months and comprising at least 64 sorties in Handley Page bombers was of an exceptional nature. A detailed record of the first 23 of those sorties is contained in his opening pilot’s flying log book, covering the period June-December 1917, and from which, by way of example, the following entries have been extracted: 21-22 July 1917: ‘Raid on Middlekerque dumps. Visibility very poor indeed (no moon). Held in searchlights for 15 minutes. Anti-aircraft fierce and very accurate. No results observed because of searchlight glare. One hit through port upper plane extension and three through fuselage.’ 3-4 September 1917: ‘Raid on Bruges Docks. Attacked from the southward and took a line from S.W. to N.E. The line was observed to straddle the submarine assembling works on the south side of the docks. All bombs exploded. Visibility excellent. Anti-aircraft fire plentiful and accurate. Machine hit once.’ 1-2 October 1917: ‘Raid on Zeebrugge Lock Gates. Crossed the coast from land to sea at 6,000 ft. over Nieuport and approached Zeebrugge from seaward. Arrived over the Mole at 7.000 ft. and started to glide over the lock gates. The line started a bit short but the last three bombs exploded in the close vicinity of the north gate. No actual result could be seen owing to the intense glare of about 10 searchlights, which found and held the machine. Both gun layers kept up a continuous machine-gun fire while we were held in the searchlights. Anti-aircraft fire very plentiful and very accurate. Machine was hit in three places.’ Advanced to Flight Lieutenant in January 1918 and awarded the D.S.C. for his part in a brace of strikes against Bruges docks in February 1918, Millson was re-mustered in the rank of Captain in the newly created Royal Air Force in April 1918. He subsequently served with ongoing distinction as a Flight Commander in No. 207 Squadron from June 1918 until the war’s end, a period of gallant service that resulted in the award of his D.F.C. One example of that gallantry, as cited in an obituary notice, states: ‘On the night of 18-19 July 1918, whilst approaching Valenciennes Railway Junction, he had the petrol pipe of his machine shot away, causing the petrol to pour out of the top tank and rendering the machine in a highly inflammable condition. Notwithstanding these trying circumstances, he continued to take his machine to the objective, over which he made two runs and bombed at 600 feet, getting a direct hit.’ Placed on the Unemployed List after the Armistice, Millson rejoined the Cunard Line and obtained his Master’s certificate in June 1919. And he remained in the Merchant Navy until 1937, when he took up an appointment as an instructor at the School of Air Navigation at R.A.F. Manston. That appointment proved short-lived, however, for he died suddenly at home on 15 August 1937. Sold with the recipient’s original Royal Naval Air Service Pilot’s Flying Log Book, commencing with training flights in June 1916 and ending with operational sorties in December 1917; together with the R.A..F Manston Quarterly of September 1937 containing his obituary notice with portrait photograph.
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‘They ate blubber, cooked with blubber, had blubber lamps. Their clothes and gear were soaked with blubber, and the soot blackened them, their sleeping-bags, cookers, walls and roof, choked their throats and inflamed their eyes. Blubbery clothes are cold, and theirs were soon so torn as to afford little protection against the wind, and so stiff with blubber that they would stand up by themselves, in spite of frequent scrapings with knives and rubbings with penguin skins, and always there were underfoot the great granite boulders which made walking difficult even in daylight and calm weather. As Levick said, “the road to hell might be paved with good intentions, but it seemed probable that hell itself would be paved something after the style of Inexpressible Island.” ’ The grim realities of life as a stranded member of the Scott’s Northern Party, as summarised by Apsley Cherry-Garrard in The Worst Journey in the World. The important Polar Medal group of four awarded to Fleet Surgeon G. M. Levick, Royal Navy, who served in the Northern Party in Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 and also acted as a zoologist and photographer The story of the Northern Party’s fight for survival is one much imbued with the spirit of the ‘Golden Age of Polar Exploration’, and a story of survival that rightly won wide admiration; of Levick’s zoological contribution to the expedition, he undertook a pioneering study of Adélie penguins, his findings finally appearing in Antarctic Penguins in 1914 Specially advanced to Fleet Surgeon for his services in Antarctica, he went on to witness active service in H.M.S. Bacchante off Gallipoli and latterly trained Commandos in the art of survival in extreme conditions in the wilds of Scotland 1914-15 Star (Ft. Surg. G. M. Levick. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Ft. Surg. G. M. Levick. R.N.); Polar Medal 1904, G.V.R., 1st issue, silver, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1910-13 (Surgeon G. M. Levick. R.N. Terra Nova.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £20,000-£24,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- A total of 59 silver medals or clasps were awarded for Scott’s Last Expedition, of which 33 were to the Shore Party and only 11 to Naval or Military officers. Levick was one of two Surgeons present on the expedition. George Murray Levick was born in Newcastle on 3 July 1876, the son of a civil engineer, George Levick, and his wife Jeannie; his elder sister was the sculptor Ruby Levick, who exhibited at the Royal Academy. Levick studied medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and was commissioned as a Surgeon in the Royal Navy in November 1902. And it was in that capacity, and as a zoologist, that he applied for and was granted leave of absence to accompany Scott’s Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13. As a member of Scott’s shore party, Levick joined the Northern Party under the command of Lieutenant V. L. A. Campbell, together with Priestly the geologist and three seamen - Abbott, Browning and Dickason. What ensued became one of the great epics of exploration in Antarctica. Having spent the first 10 months of their northern sojourn at Cape Adare, where several journeys of exploration were carried out and extensive scientific observations taken, the Northern Party were embarked in the Terra Nova in January 1912 and proceeded to Evans Cove in Terra Nova Bay, where it was intended they carry out a six week expedition. As a result of adverse ice conditions, however, the Terra Nova was unable to come and pick them up, and Levick and his comrades were left stranded, with few provisions, and the daunting prospect of the imminent arrival of the Polar winter: what followed over the next nine months was a story of endurance and courage rarely matched in the annals of exploration. Wearing light summer clothing, and equipped with light tents, it was quickly apparent that if they were to survive more substantial shelter was required. To that end, the six-man team constructed a giant snow cave or igloo, from which they rarely ventured other than to hunt for seal and penguin. Such was Levick’s devotion to his fellow explorers during this perilous time, that he was affectionately nicknamed ‘Mother’. In early August the sun returned and Levick and his comrades prepared the sledges for the return to Cape Evans. Setting off on 30 September 1912, they reached Cape Roberts four weeks later, having in the interim come upon the welcome contents of an old depot left by Shackleton’s 1907-09 expedition. In fact they discovered yet further supplies at Cape Bernacci and at Butter Point, discoveries that enabled their safe return to ‘Hut Point’ on 6 November, but, here, of course, they learnt of the tragic fate of Scott and his party. A full account of the Northern Party can be found in Antarctic Adventure, Scott’s Northern Party by R. E. Priestly, while the diary kept by Commander V. L. A. Campbell is to be found in Scott’s Last Expedition, Volume II. Levick is mentioned throughout in both accounts and appears in several photographs. His study of penguins was published by Heinemann as Antarctic Penguins in 1914 and some 30 of his photographs were reproduced in Scott’s Last Expedition, Volume II. On his return to naval duties, Levick was specially promoted to Fleet Surgeon and served off Gallipoli in H.M.S. Bacchante and in the Grand Fleet. And following his retirement, he pioneered the training of blind people in physiotherapy and established the Public Schools Exploring Society in 1932, which took groups of schoolboys to Scandinavia and Canada, and he remained its president until his death. Shortly after the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, Levick, who was then 64, took up the role of a specialist in guerilla warfare at the Commando Special Training Centre at Lochailort, Scotland. He taught fitness, diet and survival techniques, many of which were published in the training manual Hardening of Commando Troops for Warfare in 1944. Moreover, he was enlisted as a consultant for Operation ‘Trace’, a plan for hiding a small observation party in a secret chamber, dubbed ‘The Stay Behind Cave’, in the event of Gibraltar falling to the Axis. On his death in May 1956, Levick was the subject of numerous obituaries, Major D. Glyn Owen of the British Exploring Society writing: ‘A truly great Englishman has passed from our midst, but the memory of his nobleness of character and our pride in his achievements cannot pass from us. Having been on Scott’s last Antarctic expedition, Murray Levick was later to resolve that exploring facilities for youth should be created under as rigourous conditions as could be made available. With his usual untiring energy and purposefulness, he turned this concept into reality when he founded the Public Schools Exploring Society in 1932, later to become the British Schools Exploring Society, drawing schoolboys of between 16 and 18 years to partake in annual expeditions abroad into wild and trackless country … ‘ Sold with a large quantity of photographs (approx. 140 images), mainly of penguins and taken by Levick on the Expedition, some of them mounted in a pair of old albums, together with two images of him in Antarctica and a studio portrait of him in uniform, wearing his Polar Medal. Note: Levick’s original polar journal was sold at Christie’s in April 2000 for £93,950.
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A mid 18th century pastel of Thomas Osborne Marquess of Carmarthen with his tumbling toy, paper laid on board, carved wooden gilt frame and glazed 14 ¼in. (36cm.) x 12 ½in. (32cm.) frame size — the sitter’s father, Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds, 1713 – 1789, Marquess of Carmarthen until 1731, was a politician and judge. His wife Lady Mary Godolphin, second daughter of Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin and his wife Henrietta Godolphin (born Churchill), 2nd Duchess of Marlborough, and had by her three sons and a daughter. Thomas Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen was born 5 October 1747, and believed to have died in 1761 - it is very interesting to see the same toy as in the previous lot, in a portrait of such an early date
![Edward VI, Second period, Second issue, Shilling, Tower, mdxlix [1549], mm. swan, bust 5, 4.75g/6h (N 1917/1; S 2466). Fair t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dcc614ee-77ae-4705-adf7-b27a018b4e33/5f306eca-0358-42ce-b6f9-b27b000152d9/468x382.jpg)
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Henry VIII, Third coinage, Testoon, Tower, mm. lis, reads henric viii and aivtorevm, saltire stops (broken on rev.), 7.48g/6h (Jacob O.1/R. unlisted; Whitton A, legend unlisted; N 1841; S 2364). Portrait extensively tooled, reverse fine and with some baseness showing through from the core, rare £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Bt March 1963
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A 19TH CENTURY SEED PEARL AND DIAMOND PORTRAIT MINIATURE PENDANTThe octagonal-shaped plaque mourning pendant, centring an oval-shaped miniature portrait of a lady, within a frame of seed-pearls, each corner highlighted with a rose-cut diamonds, mounted in 9K gold, length 3.6cm * This lot is sold without a reserve Condition Report: Diamonds bright and livelyPortrait with faded colour palette and unclean underneath coverFrame cover slightly looseSome wear to seed pearlsMetal unmarked, tested by the jewellery department to be 9K goldNormal signs of wear, overall in good conditionTotal gross weight approx. 11.3g
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MONTRES DES ALLIÉS: A YELLOW METAL POCKET WATCHWhite circular dial with Arabic numerals, Swiss made, portraits of King Georges V, President R. Poincarre & Tsar Nicolas II engraved on the front with foliate detailing, the reverse engraved with portrait Albert Roi des Belges and engraved 'Honneur a la Belgique' * This lot is sold without a reserve Condition Report: Glass deficient - one hand looseinside case stamped Metal Doré & hallmarksNon running at the time of cataloguingTotal gross weight approx. 91.5g *Please note that the watch has not been opened. The movement was not tested for the accuracy of time or duration of the power reserve and may need servicing at the buyer's discretion. Please note that Adam's cannot guarantee the (future) working of the movement. The jewellery department is happy to offer any additional assistance.
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X A pair of late 19th century French circular ivory portrait miniatures, both depicting semi-nude figures, one draped in silk robe surrounded by doves, the other sitting on well admiring herself in a hand mirror, both indistinctly signed lower left, both diameter 6.5cm, both overall 13 x 13cm, with original French newspaper backing and one with label inscribed 'Miniature peinte à la main sur ivoire P. R. Paris', CITES application ref: 5JVLW1WL (2).
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A mid 19th century Bohemian crystal cranberry glass tazza/pedestal bowl with scalloped rim abover circular body, overlaid with alternate portrait and floral hand painted circular panels over flaring stem, with gilt and florally decorated panels, height 29.5cm, diameter of bowl 21.5cm.Condition Report: One small chip to rim of bowl.
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Collection of Caithness paperweights, all boxed with certificates, some designed by Colin Terris, some made by William Manson, including Serenity, Royal Wedding (Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson), Tropcial Fish, 1977 and 1978 Christmas weights, Journey of the Wise Men, Royal Portrait (Diana and Charles), Moonflower, and Jubilee Millefiori, together with one spare box and three collector's guides (9 weights)
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18th century miniature bible, 4cm high and an 18th century Scottish almanacDutch bible - contents appear to be complete with portrait of Christiana (detached but present) and four other illustrations at pages 12, 28, 50, and 97, and one further folding image at the end of the text. Binding has general wear, slip case is missing top edge and with general wear.
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