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Three: Private E. Foskett, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5384934. Pte. E. Foskett. Oxf. & Bucks.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private D. C. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War in the retreat to Dunkirk 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5382629. Pte. D. C. Smith. Oxf & Bucks.) verdigris to Star, otherwise very fine (6) £120-£160 --- E. Foskett attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940. Initially reported as missing, he was later confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War, and was held at Camp 21D, Poznan, Poland. D. C. Smith attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940. He was taken prisoner of war during the final withdrawal to Dunkirk, and was held at Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal per Army Orders of 31 August 1949.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (2nd. Capt. C. W. Maynard, 1st. Bde. Bengl. H. Art.) good very fine £600-£800 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. Charles Walsham Maynard was born on 2 November 1829, the son of Commander Joseph Maynard, R.N., of Fullerton House, Ayr, and was educated at Glasgow University and Addiscombe. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Bengal Horse Artillery on 8 June 1849, and was promoted Lieutenant on 28 May 1855. He served during the Great Sepoy Mutiny with 5th Troop, 1st Bengal Horse Artillery at Jullundur, and personally accounted for eleven mutineers - the History of the Royal and Indian Artillery in the Indian Mutiny by Colonel C. Jocelyn gives the following account: ‘At Jullandar, Brigadier M. C. Johnstone commanded the station, and though strongly advised by the resolute Commissioner, Major E. Lake, to disarm the Sepoys he allowed himself to be persuaded by their commissioned officers that they were good and loyal men. Even when the inevitable outbreak occurred on the night of 7 June, he displayed lamentable indecision; and when the cavalry who were evidently the ringleaders came within range of the guns of 1/1 Bengal Horse artillery, Johnstone who happened to be beside them forbade them to fire. Elsewhere however, a party of Sowars charged the guns of the native troop 5/1 Bengal Horse Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant C. W. Maynard with cries of Deen! Deen! But Maynard gave them a salvo of case, and emptied eleven saddles.’ According to the History of the Indian Mutiny by Kaye and Malleson, the 5th Troop 1st Brigade (Native) Bengal Horse Artillery was the only battery of native artillery which remained faithful when it had the chance of mutinying. Following the outbreak of the mutiny they were marched from Jallandar to Delhi under Lieutenant Renny. When the city had fallen, guns and horses were restored to his men, and the 5th Troop 1st Brigade subsequently did gallant service in the Rohilkhand campaign.’ Maynard is the only no clasp medal listed to an officer on the roll of the 5th Troop, 1st Bengal Horse Artillery, all others receiving the clasp for Delhi. He subsequently served with the troop in the Rohilkhand Campaign, and was promoted Second Captain on 27 August 1858. Maynard retired on 20 February 1867, and was appointed Adjutant of the 1st Midlothian Volunteer Artillery Corps on 9 March 1867. He was promoted Major on 11 June 1871. He died in April 1917. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient.

Four: Private R. E. Parker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was discharged due to wounds in January 1916 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9814 Pte. R. E. Parker. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9814 Pte. R. E. Parker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge. the reverse officially numbered ‘83876’, very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Robert Edward Parker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 14 January 1913, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 30 January 1916, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 83876.

Three: Second Lieutenant G. E. Williams, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Grenadier Guards, who was killed in action at the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917 1914-15 Star (23990 Pte. G. E. Williams. G. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. E. Williams.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- George Ernest Williams was born in 1879, the son of Quartermaster and Captain George Williams, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, and having served with the Grenadier Guards subsequently joined the High Wycombe Borough Police. He sought permission to re-enlist in his old regiment in June 1915, and served with the Grenadier Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in July 1917, and was killed in action at Cambrai on 20 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial at Louverval Military Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private W. J. Sherman, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, who died of disease at Kroonstad on 30 March 1901 India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4284 Pte. J. Sherman 2nd. Bn. Oxf. Lt. Infy.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (4284, Pte. W. J. Sherman, 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £240-£280 --- W. J. Sherman attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion in the Mohmand Campaign on the North West Frontier of India, and is recorded on the medal roll as having been invalided. He subsequently served in South Africa during the Boer War, and died of disease at Kroonstad on 30 March 1901. He is commemorated on the Oxfordshire Light Infantry Boer War Memorial in Abingdon.

Eight: Able Seaman H. N. Watts, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Superb at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 British War and Victory Medals (J.40955 H. N. Watts. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.40955 H. N. Watts. A.B. H.M.S. Exeter.) the first two heavily polished, hence fine only otherwise very fine and better (8) £120-£160 --- Horace Noel Watts was born on 25 December 1899, at Devonport, Devon. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 14 June 1915. He joined H.M.S. Superb in January 1916, and was present in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Superb, on 25 June 1917, and Able Seaman, H.M.S. Hecla (Mandate), on 19 April 1918. He subsequently served in several ships including, H.M.S. Egmont (Motor Launch Danube), H.M.S. Glowworm (M.L. 210), H.M.S. Valour, H.M.S. Resolution and H.M.S. Malaya. He continued in naval service and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1933, before being pensioned from H.M.S. Drake I, on 24 December 1939. He was retained for war service and served in H.M.S. Esperance Bay, and H.M.S. Drake I, and was released from naval service in October 1945. His service record notes that he was a qualified Anti Aircraft Lewis Gunner.

Four: Private T. Webster, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who later became an in-pensioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea 1914-15 Star (6709 Pte. T. Webster. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6709 Pte. T. Webster. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5373045 Pte. T. Webster. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Thomas Webster was born in 1884 and attested for the Oxford Light Infantry in 1901, at Oxford. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia in the Asiatic Theatre from 5 December 1914, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1925, being discharged that same year. He was subsequently employed by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. In 1963 he was recorded as an in-patient of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, aged 79.

The D.S.C. and 2 Bars, A.F.C. mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Flight Commander Joseph Fall, Royal Air Force, the Canadian Sopwith Pup air ace credited with 36 victories whilst flying with 3 and 9 Naval Squadrons Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars, these both of the Military Cross pattern; Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, very fine (4) £500-£700 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 23 May 1917: ‘For conspicuous bravery and skill in attacking hostile aircraft. On the morning of the 11th April 1917, while escorting our bombing machines, he brought down three hostile aircraft. The first he attacked and brought down completely out of control. He was then attacked by three hostile scouts who forced him down to within about two hundred feet of the ground. By skilful piloting he manoeuvred his machine close behind one of them, which was driven down and wrecked. Shortly afterwards this Officer was again attacked by a hostile scout, which he eventually brought down a short time before recrossing the lines. He then landed at one of the aerodromes, his machine having been riddled with bullets from the hostile machines, and also by rifle fire from the ground.’ D.S.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 19 December 1917: ‘In recognition of the conspicuous courage displayed by him in attacking enemy aircraft in superior numbers on many occasions. On the 15th October 1917, he attacked an enemy machine from in front at very close range, at times within twenty five yards. He then turned sharply and attacked from behind, sending the enemy machine down spinning on its back and emitting great volumes of black smoke.’ D.S.C. Third Award Bar London Gazette 19 December 1917: ‘In recognition of his services on the 12th and 13th November 1917, when he had successful engagements with three enemy machines. He has always shown great courage and gallantry in the face of the enemy, and maintained a high record of achievement, having destroyed many enemy machines.’ A.F.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919. Joseph Stewart Temple Fall was born at Cowichan, British Columbia, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Temple Fall. In 1915, he signed with the Royal Naval Air Service and went overseas. After pilot training he was sent to 3 Naval Squadron during the latter part of 1916, flying Sopwith Pups. In May 1917 he received the D.S.C. for his action on 11 April, and in July he became a Flight Lieutenant. On 30 August 1917 he was promoted to Flight Commander and posted to 9 Naval Squadron, having at this time claimed 13 victories, eight of which had been officially confirmed as destroyed. With 9 Naval he became a most competent flight commander, always encouraging his young pilots to join him in attacking enemy machines. By the end of the year when he returned to England he had brought his score to 36; it will be noted 11 of these were shared by him with his flight members. For his work he received 2 bars to his D.S.C. In April 1918, he joined the staff of the School of Gunnery and Fighting at Freiston in England, where he spent the remainder of the war as an instructor. For this work he was awarded the A.F.C. in 1919 and accepted a permanent commission with the Royal Air Force. He was a Squadron Leader in the mid 1930s. In 1935 he was testing automatic flying controls (autopilot) at the Home Aircraft Depot at Henlow and became a Wing Commander in 1936. Promotion to Group Captain followed in 1940, and then retirement in 1945, following which he returned to Canada. He died at Enderby, British Columbia, on 15 December 1988, aged 93.    

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. G, A, H, Lillie. Attd. to. 1st. Bn. 13th. L.I.) toned, light scratches to Queen’s check on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine £500-£700 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. George Arthur Howard Lillie was born in Fulham on 27 February 1831, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Scott Lillie, C.B., who commanded the 7th Caçadores in the Portuguese Service during the Peninsula War (and whose medals sold in these rooms in June 1997). Nominated for the Honourable East India Company’s Army by Sir William Young, he was commissioned Ensign on 11 June 1847 and joined the 13th Bengal Native Infantry in January 1848. Promoted Lieutenant on 30 April 1851, he saw action during the Santal Rebellion in 1855, an insurgence caused by the high caste Santal people. According to the tribal leaders, this insurrection was instigated as a result of a supernatural revelations. In his work The Influence of Buddhism on Primitive Christianity, Lillie describes the the Rebellion and his role thus: ‘In India before the mutiny I was employed with a force sent to put down the rebellion of the Santals. These, a branch of the Kolarias, represent the early races that the Arya displaced. And their institutions were singularly like those of the Jews. They worshipped in “high places” rude circles of upright monoliths. They worshipped in “groves”; and on one occasion we came across a slaughtered kid still warm, that under the holy Sal tree had been sacrificed to obtain the help of Singh Bonga against us. They had, like the Jews, twelve tribes... When we met them in action a chief came forward like Goliath with gestures and shouts of defiance. Like the Jews they were stiff-necked in the conservatism.’ (The Theosophical Society by J. D. Lavoie refers). The insurgence lasted 6 months, from July 1855 to January 1856. British casualties were low. Lillie was away from his Regiment when the Great Sepoy Mutiny broke out at Lucknow on 30 May 1857, and was subsequently attached to the 13th Light Infantry as an Interpreter, being present at the Action of Azimghur on 6 April 1858: ‘Whilst serving with the little column of Lord Mark Kerr I had the honour of taking part in another severe action against my old Dinapore comrades, when Lord Mark Kerr defeated Koer Singht at Azimgurh. The poor torn colours of the 13th Light Infantry were exposed to a fire on that day, according to the Duke of Edinburgh, such as a few other English regiments have ever witnessed.’ (ibid). Lillie relinquished his commission owing to ill health on 20 December 1860. Having converted to Buddhism whilst in India, he subsequently wrote many books on Bhuddism and Indian religions. He was also an authority on the game of croquet, and in 1897 was appointed honorary Secretary for Croquet at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. He died in Kensington, London, on 28 November 1911. Sold together with a copy of The Theosophical Society, by J. D. Lavoie, in which the recipient features; and a modern reprint of An Indian Wizard, a semi-autobiographical account of the recipient’s time in India.

Four: Private R. Thornett, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal British War and Victory Medals (2093 Pte. R. Thornett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2093 Pte. R. Thornett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (200347 Pte. R. Thornett, 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) minor edge bruising and light contact marks, very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 9 July 1919. Richard Thornett was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, and was a resident of Charlbury, Oxfordshire. He served with the 2nd/4th Territorial Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and for his services during the Great War was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Sold together with small (10cm x 6cm) card backed, studio portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; small brass T4 Oxf & Bucks, shoulder title, with two lugs a little distorted, third lug missing; and a sterling silver un-inscribed prize fob medal with worn gold plated front.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (J. Swanswick, Queen’s German Regt.) minor edge nicks, otherwise about extremely fine and unique to this Regiment £2,000-£2,400 --- Provenance: Lord Cheylesmore Collection, Glendining’s, July 1930; Glendining’s, May 1957; H. Y. Usher Collection, Glendining’s, July 1975; R. W. Gould Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2012. Joseph Swanswick was born in Germany in c.1777 and was taken into British pay and service with the Minorca Regiment in November 1798, giving his trade as labourer. He served until March 1809 when he was discharged in the rank of Sergeant in consequence of being blind due to ophthalmia. Admitted to an Out Pension on 13 April 1809, he died in Cork on 21 March 1854. In November 1798, when Charles Stuart captured Minorca the Spanish garrison included a ‘Swiss’ regiment, over 1,000 strong. These men, who were not Swiss at all but mainly Germans and Tyrolese, with a dusting of Hungarians, had been part of an Austrian army defeated in Italy and taken prisoners by the French in 1796. They were taken into British pay and service as the Minorca Regiment, which was included in the contingent that Abercromby took to Egypt in 1801. On 21 March 1801, at the battle of Aboukir, Private Antione Lutz of the Minorca Regiment captured the standard of the enemy 21st Demi-Brigade, known as the ‘Invincibles’. At the end of the campaign, during which the regiment had suffered more than 200 casualties, including its lieutenant-colonel who had been killed, the regiment’s title was changed to the Queen’s German Infantry in recognition of its fighting qualities. In 1802 the corps was taken to England and in January 1805 it was brought into the Line as the British 97th Foot. Just one officer and five men of the original Queen’s Germans claimed M.G.S. medals in 1848, but only Swanswick had the single clasp for Egypt, having seen no subsequent service in the Peninsula. His medal was consequently the only one to be named to the Queen’s German Regiment.

Pair: Lieutenant C. E. Lewes, Bengal Horse Artillery, who served in the action against the Mutineers of the 14th Native Infantry at Jhelum on 7 July 1857, in which action Gunner Conolly, also of the 1st Troop, 3rd Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery was awarded the Victoria Cross, and died in Simla on 17 November 1857 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (2nd. Lieut. Chas. E. Lewes. 5th. Batt. Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. C E. Lewes, 1st. Tp. 3rd. Bde. He. Arty.) good very fine (2) £700-£900 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. Charles Edward Lewes was born at Mhow on 18 October 1831, the son of Colonel C. J. Lewes, 3rd Bengal European Regiment, and was educated at Cheltenham College and Addiscombe. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 13 June 1851 and was posted to the Bengal Horse Artillery, serving with the 2nd Company, 5th Battalion during the Second Burma War. Promoted Lieutenant on 12 May 1857, Lewes served with the 1st Troop, 3rd Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was in action with the mutineers of the 14th Native Infantry at Jhelum on 7 July 1857. The Bengal Horse Artillery 1800-61 by Major-General B. P. Hughes gives the following account: ‘There was also trouble in Jhelum, when a detachment of H.M’s 24th Foot, the newly raised Multani Horse, and a half troop of the 1st Troop 3rd Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery were sent to disarm the native battalion there. A badly planned battle took place, first in the cantonments and later in a village outside. Pressing forward over keenly, the 1/3 B.H.A. found itself a bare 100 yards from the mutineers position, when overwhelming fire forced the infantry to withdraw. Both pole horses of one gun were shot down and the same fate befell the relief team which galloped forward to get the gun back. In these actions Gunner Conolly of the 1/3 B.H.A. was twice wounded in the battle in the cantonment in the morning, and once again in the action in the afternoon. In spite of these wounds he remained in action on the gun until he fainted, eventually receiving the Victoria Cross.’ Lewes subsequently proceeded on sick leave to Simla, and died there on 17 November 1857. Sold with copied research. For the recipient’s brother’s medals, see Lot 455.

Six: Second Lieutenant C. R. Trelease, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in the Second World War 1914-15 Star (2788 Pte. C. R. Trelease. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. R. Trelease.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Sub-Inspr. Charles R. Trelease) contact marks, generally very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Charles Reginald Trelease was born at Taunton, Somerset, on 30 April 1891 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 26 March 1918, serving on attachment to the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. He was promoted Lieutenant on 27 September 1919. He is noted in the Army List for November 1932 as a Captain in 13th London Regiment (Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment), with seniority from 4 November 1924, and resigned his commission on 11 October 1934. Trelease is recorded in the 1939 Register as residing in Hammersmith, and was a Civil Servant and Technical Assistant in the Gas Testing Section, for the Board of Trade. He is also noted as a Sub-Inspector in the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary. He was appointed to be a Probationary Pilot Officer in the Administration and Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force on 5 September 1941. He died at Sutton, Surrey, in September 1984. Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient.

Four: Private A. E. Wyatt, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was wounded during the Great War on the Western Front, and subsequently served with the Dunsterville Column in the British Mission to the Caucasus Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6468 Pte. A. Wyatt. Oxford: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (6468 Pte. A. E. Wyatt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6468 Pte. A. E. Wyatt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising to QSA, nearly very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Albert Edward Wyatt was born at Darlaston, Staffordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Birmingham on 18 September 1900. He served with 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and was employed as a Regimental Policeman. He was discharged on termination of his engagement and transferred to the Army Reserve on 21 November 1908. He was recalled from the Army Reserve for service in the Great War on 5 August 1914 and served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 29 November 1914. He was wounded by gun shot to the head and back at Richebourg on 13 May 1915; recovering from his wounds, he was posted firstly to the 1st Battalion, O.B.L.I., and then to the Dunsterville Column in the British Mission to the Caucasus as an Officer’s servant on 14 January 1918. He was discharged in February 1919.

A rare Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Dental Surgeon Lieutenant H. J. Corin, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Honorary Major, Royal Air Force, who was one of only a handful (believed to be fewer than 10) of Dental Surgeons to receive the 1914-15 Star The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Dent. Surg. H. J. Corin. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Dent. Surg. Lt. H. J. Corin. R.N.V.R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, with A.I.R. silver palm to riband, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, blue enamel damage to obverse central medallion on last, otherwise good very fine, the 1914-15 Star rare to a Dental Surgeon (5) £800-£1,000 --- The April 1915 Navy List records only 7 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Dental Surgeons, and the August 1917 Navy List records 19 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Dental Surgeons. Consequently, it is likely that the number of 1914-15 Stars awarded to Dental Surgeons in the R.N.V.R. is under 10. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. The original recommendation states: ‘Has given dental services since beginning of war, in connection with Air Stations Dunkirk.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 26 April 1918. Belgium, Order of the Crown, Chevalier London Gazette 21 September 1919. Herbert John Corin was born in Forest Hill, London, in 1880, and qualified at Guys Dental School in 1900. By 1910 he had his own private practice at 9 Old Burlington Street, London, W1. He became an Honorary Dental Surgeon with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve attached to the Royal Naval Air Service. He served at the Air Station in Dunkirk during the Great War from October 1914 - his Medal Index Card questions his eligibility for a 1914 Star. During the Great War he would travel from Dover to La Panne in Belgium to work on servicemen with facial injuries, and was also personal dentist to the King of the Belgians who lived at La Panne during the war. A founder member of the Royal Aero Club, on the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918 Corin became an Honorary Major. he relinquished his commission in April 1920 and resumed his private practice, where he had a number of high profile clients including Princess Alice, the Duke of Westminster, and the Earl of Athlone. The 1935 Dental Directory records him as Consultant Dental Surgeon, Belgian Field Hospital Furnes and Hoogstaede, as well as Honorary Dental Surgeon, St Vincent de Paul Orpahan. He died in Chichester, Sussex, on 28 August 1965. Sold together with the Commission Document appointing the recipient a Dental Surgeon in the R.N.V.R., dated 1.4.1915, in OHMS transmission tube; the Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., in Central Chancery envelope; the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate; and the Bestowal Document for the Belgian Order of the Crown; as well as a large quantity of photographs from the Great War, many featuring the recipient.

Three: Private W. C. Wilby, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 May 1915 1914 Star, with copy clasp (6215 Pte. W. C. Wilby, 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6215 Pte. W. C. Wilby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (3) £100-£140 --- William Charles Wilby was born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, being employed in civilian life by the Great Western Railway. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1914, and was posted missing, presumed killed in action, on 16 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.

Pair: Petty Officer C. H. Wollacott, Royal Navy, who later served in the Coast Guard Service British War Medal 1914-20 (148436 C. H. Wollacott. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (148436 C. H. Wollacott, Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard.) light surface marks, good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Charles Henry Wollacott was born on 25 September 1873, at Babbacombe, Devon. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 3 April 1889. He then served in H.M.S. Black Prince, H.M.S. Ruby, and H.M.S. Assaye, until he was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, on 25 September 1891. He was advanced to Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Hazard, on 19 August 1897, and Petty Officer Second Class in H.M.S. Isis on 5 February 1900. He was further advanced to Petty Officer First Class in H.M.S. Cambridge, on 23 October 1900. He transferred to the Coast Guard, in December 1900, being posted to Lyme Regis. He had subsequent appointments at various Coast Guard Stations, including Bournemouth and Port Erin, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1906. He was appointed Leading Boatman, 1 April 1910, and Petty Officer, Coast Guard, on 12 September 1917. He was formally appointed to the New Coast Guard Force on 1 May 1919. He is confirmed on the medal roll as having received only the British War Medal for his service in the Great War.

A post-War 1949 ‘Malaya operations’ B.E.M. group of four awarded to Staff Sergeant J. G. Hills, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue; (5334915 S/Sgt. Joseph G. Hills, R.E.M.E.) Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (5334915 S/Sjt. J. G. Hills. R.E.M.E.) mounted for wear, light contact marks, therefore very fine (4) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 13 December 1949: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Malaya during the period 1st January, 1949, to 30th June, 1949.’ The original recommendation states: ‘S/Sgt. Hills has personally executed most of the urgent operational repairs and difficult recovery work which this workshop has been called upon to undertake. This load has been considerable and at times difficult and has involved him in many all night sessions frequently running into days. By his own example of hard work and a proper realisation of operational urgency he has inspired those who work under him to a similar high regard for duty. His efforts have made a great contribution to the anti-bandit campaign.’ Joseph George Hills was born in Rotherhithe, London in January 1916. He enlisted in the Royal Berkshire Regiment in May 1934, and served in India from September 1937 - December 1945. Hills served in Singapore, September 1948 - February 1955, and was discharged in January 1958. He was subsequently employed at the Bookers Sugar Estates Ltd, Georgetown, British Guiana.

An Edward Medal for Industry awarded to G. E. Thorpe, for his gallantry during an accident and explosion at Deptford Dry Dock at Greenwich on 7 January 1927; initially the sole survivor, he subsequently died the following year, his death ‘accelerated by the accident’ Edward Medal (Industry), G.V.R., 1st issue, with 2nd type reverse, bronze (George Edward Thorpe) on original investiture pin, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £1,200-£1,600 --- E.M. London Gazette 1 April 1927: His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal to George Edward Thorpe, George Gaunt, Thomas John Taylor and John Henry Perkins, in recognition of their gallantry in the following circumstances:- ‘On 7th January 1927, a shaft 20 feet in diameter and 50 feet deep, was being sunk at Greenwich. Six men, including George Thorpe, were working at the bottom of the shaft under compressed air when an explosion occurred which blew off the top of the shaft and caused a heavy fall of timber and concrete. At the same time the water which before the explosion was held back by the compressed air, rapidly invaded the shaft. When the accident occurred, George Thorpe was partially sheltered from the falling material, but was rendered unconscious for a short time by the concussion. On regaining consciousness, he heard the cry of a companion, Martyn, who was pinned under fallen timber. Despite the fact that he was dazed by the explosion, and by the sudden release of air pressure, he left his shelter and held Martyn’s head above the water until rescue came, preferring so to risk his life rather than to seek safety by climbing out of the shaft. He was all the time exposed to falling material and the water was rapidly flooding the shaft. As soon as the explosion occurred, Gaunt, a foreman, Taylor and Perkins at once sought means to descend the shaft and finally, by improvising a ladder 40 feet long, reached the bottom. They succeeded in freeing Martyn and bringing him and Thorpe to the surface. Further descents were made in a vain search for the other four workers who were held down by wreckage and were submerged in the rising water. Martyn subsequently died from his injuries. During the time they were engaged on the work of rescue debris was continually falling and as the cause of the disaster was unknown so was it unknown whether the first explosion would not be followed by a second. They started rescue operations with great promptitude and embarked on a highly perilous enterprise in a calm and intelligent manner, with a total disregard for their own safety.’ George Edward Thorpe, a native of Clerkenwell, London, was the sole survivor of the working party which was employed in constructing a shaft in the Deptford Dry Dock for the London Power Company Ltd. on 7 January 1927. He was especially praised by the Coroner in his inquest into the accident, who stated: ‘You Thorpe were down in the gloom, and the jury wish specially to commend you. If there be any special recognition available for such gallantry I shall have pleasure in recommending you.’ Consequently he was awarded the Edward Medal for his gallantry. Thorpe died the following year, in hospital on 28 February 1928. The jury at the coroner’s Court found that his death was ‘from syncope due to cancer and pneumonia, accelerated by the accident’, and that the verdict should be ‘accidental death’, rather than natural death. Sold with copied research including many copied contemporary newspaper accounts.

The unique ‘Palestine 1945-48’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant D. K. Ritchie, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who, armed only with a Tommy-gun, single-handedly repelled a concentrated attack by at least 20 terrorists of the Irgun Zvai Leumi on the Armoury of the R.E.M.E. Depot, Tel-Aviv, 27 December 1945. Ritchie was subjected to attack by hand-grenades, and successfully fought off a Bren-gun during the action against the terrorists who were dressed as British soldiers Military Medal, G.VI.R. (83216 Cfn. D. K. Ritchie. R.E.M.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (83216 Cpl. D. K. Ritchie. M.M. R.E.M.E.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (83216. Cpl. D. K. Ritchie. M.M. R.E.M.E.) mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Glendinings, June 1987. M.M. London Gazette 18 April 1946. The original recommendation (for a B.E.M.) states: ‘On 27 Dec 45 No 83216 Craftsman Ritchie D.K. was sentry on the Armoury of his unit at Tel Aviv, Palestine. At 1920 hours a raid by armed men with Rifles, TSMGs & Grenades was made, and the door adjoining the armoury blown in immobilising the guard. Craftsman Ritchie alone under heavy fire of small arms and grenades advanced & engaged the attackers with his TSMG at close quarters, causing casualties to the raiders. It was entirely due to the sole efforts and gallantry of Craftsman Ritchie that an attack by approximately 20 armed men was repulsed and the attackers failed in attaining their objective. Very strongly recommended as it was entirely due to this one man that that this attack was defeated.’ The above event, which was featured in the newspapers including The Times, is additionally recorded: ‘At about 7.30 in the evening on the 27th December, 1945, some 40 or 50 Jews, members of a terrorist organisation known as Irgun Zvai Leumi, and armed with automatic weapons and explosives, cut through the perimeter wire of a British Army camp. They were dressed in British battledress and wearing steel helmets. After they had entered the camp they encountered several British soldiers, one of whom, a lance-corporal, was killed, the rest being taken prisoner. The terrorists then split into two groups, one group entering billet, into which they threw a bomb. The second group made for the primary target, the armoury, which was situated inside the Q.M. Stores. They attached explosives to the large sliding doors of the stores, which blew them open. The explosions and gunfire had, of course, alerted the one-man guard inside the armoury, and when they entered the building he had no difficulty, fortunately, in identifying the raiders, despite the fact that they were wearing British battledress, for the British troops never wore steel helmets on the camp. He immediately opened fire on them with his Tommy-gun to which the raiders replied from several quarters, and, whilst avoiding the effects of at least two grenades which were thrown at him he carried on a duel with a Bren-gun which was being used against him, in addition to other types of weapons. After some time the terrorists withdrew from the building, and, after the “retreat” (the British Army call) had been sounded by one of their men on a bugle, they also withdrew from the camp, taking an estimated 5 or 6 dead or wounded with them (they also took the mortally wounded British lance-corporal with them, whom they left on an adjoining football ground, the Maccabi Stadium).’ 9 servicemen were killed during the attack. 1 of only 7 M.M.’s awarded for Palestine 1945-48, and unique to the R.E.M.E. David Keith Ritchie was born in Dundee, Scotland in September 1921. He enlisted in the Territorial Army in May 1939, and initially served with the Royal Army Service Corps prior to transferring to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1942. Ritchie advanced to Acting Sergeant in January 1946, and was discharged in November 1950. After service he was employed as a Secondary School Teacher, and he died at Glenrothes in December 2006. Sold with copied research.

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Camp and Villaverde Medal for Saving Life at Sea, bronze, edge laser engraved ‘Specimen’, in original fitted case with integral top brooch bar, extremely fine £160-£200 --- The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Camp & Villaverde Medal was instituted in 1873 ‘to be awarded to those who were instrumental in saving life at sea’, and the first award was made to Mr. Rawson Post, mate of the George Hurlbut, for rescuing the crew of the barque Olive in a gale in the Atlantic on 12 April 1873. In total 37 silver and 8 bronze medals have been awarded, with the last award made in 1944. Sold with a letter from the Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society, dated 5 November 2021, authenticating and explaining that this is one of four unnamed medals discovered in their archive and is now being sold to raise funds for the Society. Each of the four medals has been marked ‘Specimen’.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. W. B. Shawe, Gr. Mily. Pol.) very fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. William Butler Shawe was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Shawe, Madras Light Cavalry, and was nominated for the Honourable East India Company’s Army by General Sir James Lushington. Commissioned Ensign on 8 June 1949, he was posted to the 60th Bengal Native Infantry on 1 February 1850, and was promoted Lieutenant on 15 January 1855. During the Great Sepoy Mutiny he served on General duty at Allahabad from November 1857, and was District Superintendent of Supplies at Cawnpore from 13 May 1858. He was appointed Commandant of the Gorruckpore Military Police Levy on 6 September 1858, and saw action during the latter stages of the Great Sepoy Mutiny with this unit against the rebels in the jungles near Gorruckpore, October to December 1858. Whilst with the Gorruckpore Military Police Levy, Shawe was mentioned in the report by Lieutenant-Colonel G. King, 13th Light Infantry, Commanding at Gorruckpore, dated 21 November 1858: ‘I left Gorruckpore on 19 November for the purpose of dispersing a body of rebels under the command of Budhoo Sing, whose numbers were variously estimated from 500 to 800 strong, and who were reported to have taken up a strong position in a dense jungle, about 16 miles east of Gorruckpore. After a march of about 17 miles we came upon their position, which had evidently been abandoned with the utmost precipitancy, as I found the camp fires burning, and the food of a large number of men in a state of preparation. A few bullocks and ponies, a quantity of native powder and cartridges, and a number of entrenching tools, had all been abandoned in the haste of departure. On examination I found a wide ditch and embankment had been laid out, and, given the density of the jungle, there can be no doubt that had time been allowed to complete the defences, it would have been a formidable one. Finding that pursuit in such ground was useless, I withdrew the party, after burning the camp and destroying the powder, and returned to Gorruckpore, leaving 35 Europeans, 150 Native Levies, and half the troop Madras Native Cavalry, all under Lieutenant Shawe, to level the works thrown up by the rebels.’ Promoted Captain on 8 June 1861, Shawe was posted to the 3rd Bengal Native Infantry on 30 July 1862, before transferring as a Wing Officer to the 2nd Native Infantry. Promoted Major on 8 October 1867, he took command of the 2nd Native Infantry on 15 April 1869, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 29 October of that year. Promoted Colonel on 29 October 1874, he served in Afghanistan 1878-79 (entitled to a no clasp medal), before retiring to the U.K. in 1882 as Colonel Commandant of the 2nd Native Infantry. He was promoted Major-General on 23 August 1884 and Lieutenant-General on 20 September 1887, and having been placed on the supernumerary unemployed list in October 1888, was promoted to full General on 22 June 1894. He died at Southsea in 1905. A regimental historian, Shawe compiled and published The History of the 2nd Bengal Infantry in 1871. In 1881 he changed his surname by Deed Poll to Butler-Shawe.

Three: Able Seaman C. Smith, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Lion, the flagship of Admiral Beatty’s Battlecruiser Fleet, at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 British War and Victory Medals (211173 C. Smith. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (211173 Charles Smith. A.B. H.M.S. Lion.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Charles Smith was born on 22 November 1884, at Hammersmith, London. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 29 August 1900, and was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Vivid, on 22 November 1902, and Able Seaman, H.M.S. Royal Oak, on 15 September 1904. He continued in service and in the Great War served in H.M.S. Vivid I, and H.M.S. Defiance. He was present in H.M.S. Lion, the flagship of Admiral Beatty’s Battlecruiser Fleet at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1918, and in 1920 joined H.M.S. Hood. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Vivid II, in November 1924.

A good Second War 1943 ‘North Africa’ D.C.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class II J. F. Lewis, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, for repeated gallantry in the recovery of disabled tanks from minefields whilst under shell fire, including on one occasion when he crawled on his hands and knees through a field known to contain booby traps and mines Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (1425952 W.O. Cl. II J. F. Lewis. R.E.M.E.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (1425952 S. Sjt. J. F. Lewis. R.A.O.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1425952 S/Sjt. J. F. Lewis. R.E.M.E.) mounted court-style for wear, generally very fine (9) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 25 November 1943. The original recommendation (for a M.M.) states: ‘This WO has, from the outset of the campaign, displayed outstanding devotion to duty and has never hesitated to carry out the recovery of all types of equipment including AFVs in the face of the enemy. On many occasions he has taken recovery vehicles under shell and mortar fire to disabled tanks and vehicles and by his skill and coolness under fire has organised and supervised their immediate recovery. On the night 22/23 Apr 1943 he supervised the recovery of 6 tanks and one Scorpion under direct shell fire from the minefields to the North of the Takrouna feature near Enfidaville. On the night of 23/24 Apr 1943 he again recovered 2 tanks from the same minefield as the previous night and also 2 more tanks from the west of Takrouna. On the night 24/25 Apr 43 he supervised the recovery of 2 tanks from the North West of Takrouna and personally went on hands and knees to investigate another tank under shell fire so intense that no vehicle could get near to it. To do this he had to cross a field known to contain booby traps and mines. Several subsequent attempts were made to recover this one remaining disabled tank and finally on the day of 14 May 43 he succeeded in doing this under shell fire, first of all taking welding equipment to the tank to cut away very badly jammed tracks which had rendered previous recovery impossible. These are but a few examples of the outstanding initiative shown by this WO which have proved a fine example and inspiration to all ranks who have worked with him in his recovery Section.’ 1 of only 6 D.C.M.’s awarded to the R.E.M.E. between 1920-1997. James Frederick Lewis served with the 8 Armoured Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in North Africa during the Second War.

Three: Private J. T. Wilson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at La Soupir on 19 September 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (8393 Pte. J. Wilson. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8393 Pte. J. T. Wilson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Joseph Thomas Wilson was born at Hackney, Middlesex, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Stratford, Essex, in 1907. He served in the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914, and was killed in action on 19 September 1914. He has a brief entry in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour. He is buried at Vailly British Cemetery, France. Sold together with a postcard sized photograph believed to be of the recipient in uniform.

Four: Private G. Hoey, Royal Irish Rifles, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 October 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (3096 Corpl: G. Hoey. Rl: Irish Rif:); 1914 Star (5369 Pte. G. Hoey. R. Ir: Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (5369 Pte. G. Hoey. R. Ir. Rif.); Memorial Plaque (George Hoey) in card envelope, minor edge bruising to QSA, generally good very fine (5) £260-£300 --- George Hoey was born in Moy, co. Tyrone, and attested for the Royal Irish Rifles at Downpatrick, co. Down. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and initially with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 November 1914. Transferring to the 1st Battalion, he was killed in action on the Somme on 23 October 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on the Rainbow and Spider Trenches near Lesbœufs. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Pair: Acting Sergeant W. Roxburgh, 49th Canadian Infantry, who was posted missing presumed killed in June 1917 British War and Victory Medals (811345 A. Sjt. W. Roxburgh. 49-Can. Inf.) together with Memorial Plaque (Wallace Roxburgh) this last contained in a contemporary hinged-lid display case, extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Wallace Roxburgh, 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, was posted missing and presumed to have been killed on 9 June 1917. He was the son of Peter and Jane Roxburgh, of Kirkpatrick-Durham, Dalbeattie, Scotland, and is commemorated by name on the Vimy Memorial, France.

Three: Able Seaman R. P. Lempriere, who was killed in action on 27 July 1940, when H.M.S. Wren was sunk by a determined dive bombing attack by 15 Junkers (Ju 87) Stuka dive bombers British War and Victory Medals; (J.44845 R. P. Lempriere Ord. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.44845 R. P. Lempriere. A.B. H.M.S. Resource.) contact marks, polished, therefore good fine and better (3) £100-£140 --- Raymond Percival Lempriere was born on 2 November 1899, at Pimlico, London. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 5 October 1915, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Marshall Ney from June 1916 to 15 August 1916, and was then appointed to H.M.S. Centaur, until January 1918, and then to H.M.S. Curacoa in January 1918. He was advanced Ordinary Seaman, on 2 November 1917 and Able Seaman in January 1919. He subsequently served in several ships including, H.M.S. Canterbury, H.M.S. Excellent, H.M.S. Vanessa, H.M.S. Vendetta, H.M.S. Saladin and H.M.S. Sturdy, amongst others. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1932, and continued in service throughout the 1930’s, and in April 1939 was appointed to H.M.S. Wren. Pensioned in November 1939, he was retained for war service. He continued serving in H.M.S. Wren, and was killed in action on 27 July 1940. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Royal Navy Memorial. The ‘W’ Class Destroyer H.M.S. Wren (D88), was sunk on 27 July 1940, when the ship was providing anti-aircraft protection for minesweeping operations off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She came under heavy and sustained dive bombing attack by 15 Junkers Ju 87 aircraft and was damaged by several near misses which holed her below the waterline. Collapsed bulkheads caused heavy flooding which led her to sink quickly, killing 37 of her crew. Wren's survivors were rescued by the minesweepers. Note: It appears from the medal rolls that his family requested the issue of replacements of these three medals, assuming them to have been lost at sea, and duplicates were issued in February 1941. These medals are not marked as duplicate or replacement issues and, given their condition, are almost certainly the original medals as first issued to the recipient.

Three: Acting Sergeant F. Bromley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1918 British War and Victory Medals (21253 A. Sjt. F. Bromley. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (21253 Pte - A. Cpl. - F. Bromley. 6/Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.) very fine (3) £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war.’ Frederick Bromley, a native of Ryde, Isle of Wight, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 16 November 1915 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 April 1916. He was promoted Corporal on 5 January 1917; and was appointed Acting Orderly Room Sergeant on 8 June 1918. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. He was discharged to the Reserve on 18 July 1919, taking up residence at Banbury. Sold together with a postcard size photograph of a Private soldier, in uniform, believed to be of the recipient.

The First Gulf War 1990-91 Medal with ‘2 August 1990’ clasp awarded to Warrant Officer B. J. Wickett, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, a member of the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, who was taken hostage following the invasion and held in captivity at a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield” Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 2 Aug 1990 (24170241 WO1 B J Wickett REME), in named card box of issue, extremely fine £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: R. Penhall Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006; Dix Noonan Webb December 2016. Barry John Wickett was born in April 1953 and enlisted in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at Surbiton in December 1969 - his certificate of service further reveals that he was awarded the General Service Medal for Northern Ireland, where he served from February to June 1977. In November 1989, Wickett joined the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, and following the Iraqi invasion of 2 August 1990 he and his family went to ground. At the end of the same month, however, they were arrested - ‘they came to get us very quickly, surrounded the block and started to break the door in’. Separated from his wife and children at the beginning of September, when they were put on board a flight to England from Baghdad, he was taken to a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex, about 40 km from the Iranian border, as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield”. There, with three other British hostages, he was moved around the site on three occasions, firstly to the neighbouring village, then to the power house and finally to a caravan near the top of the dam, this latter being only 25 metres from anti-aircraft guns. Whilst in captivity he wrote an ‘Ode to Saddam’ entitled ‘Why are we Here?’ Christmas is a time of good cheer I ask myself, why are we here? This time of the year we should be at home Not miles away celebrating alone! Families together, those we hold dear I ask myself, why are we here? I give thanks to God for my life But shouldn’t this time be spent with my wife? As a father I wish my children were near I ask myself, why are we here? I pray for the day when we’ll be released I pray for peace in the Middle East Christmas is a time of good cheer, I ask myself, why are we here? It’s not too late to resolve this, then Peace on Earth and goodwill to all men! Wickett was finally released in mid-December and flown home to be reunited with his wife and two children in time for Christmas. He was discharged at Southampton in July 1993. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including a group photograph of members of the “British Liaison Team Kuwait”, taken on 6 February 1990, including the recipient; three emotive letters written by him to his family while held in captivity, dated 13 and 21 September, and 6 October 1990; a signed copy of his poem “Why Are We Here?”; Adjutant-General’s “retirement certificate” to ‘Warrant Officer 1 Barry John Wickett’; certificate of service, date stamped at Marchwood, Southampton in July 1993; several photocopied newspaper articles; copy letters from the British Embassy in Baghdad; and a Christmas card from the Children of Kuwait.

The British War Medal and rare Medical College for Women, Edinburgh, prize medals awarded to Dr. Barbara Richardson, French Red Cross, who served at the Scottish Women’s Hospital at Rouaymont during the Great War British War Medal 1914-20 (B. Richardson.); together with three Medical College for Women, Edinburgh, silver prize medals, 48.5mm, the reverses engraved ‘Chemistry, Awarded to Barbara Richardson, Session 1902-03, James Kerr B.Sc, A.I.C., Lecturer; Practical Zoology, Presented to Barbara Richardson, Session 1903, Marion I. Newbigin DSc., Lecturer; Systematic Botany, Awarded to Barbara Richardson, Session 1903, Dr. R. Stewart MacDougall M.A., Lecturer’, all in Kirkwood, Edinburgh cases of issue, extremely fine, the prize medals all rare (4) £800-£1,000 --- Miss Barbara Richardson was born at Stuffynwoods, near Mansfield, and was educated at East Bridgford College, Nottingham, and Edinburgh University, graduating M.B., Ch.B. in 1907. She served with the French Red Cross during the Great War on the Western Front at the Scottish Women's Hospital at Rouaymont from May 1918, and subsequently served as Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Staffordshire County Council. Sold with copied research.

Three: Private C. Ell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was severely wounded on the Western Front in June 1918 British War and Victory Medals (1879 Pte. C. Ell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1879 Pte. C. Ell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £180-£220 --- Christopher Ell attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Headington, Oxford on 23 May 1913, aged 17, and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 May 1916. He was severely wounded by gunshot to the left leg on 14 June 1918, requiring amputation at the thigh, being admitted into the Mile End Military Hospital on 23 June 1918; he was later transferred to the Special Surgical Military Hospital at Birmingham in the August and was fitted with a ‘satisfactory’ artificial limb. He was discharged permanently unfit for war service on 8 January 1919, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. B.110052.

Four: Sergeant R. Bower, Gordon Highlanders, who was severely wounded by gun shot at La Bassee on 12 April 1918, and died as a result on 26 June 1919 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (9050 Pte. R. Bower. Gordon Highrs:); British War and Victory Medals (4980 Pte. R. Bower. Gordons.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (177 L.Sjt: R. Bowie [sic]. 6/Gordon Hdrs.) about extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Robert Bower was born in Aberdeen in 1881 and attested there for the Gordon Highlanders on 18 February 1902, having previously served as a Drummer Boy in the Volunteers. He served with the Gordon Highlanders in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 February to 12 July 1902, and was discharged on 14 July 1902, after 147 days’ service. Reverting to the Volunteers, and later Territorial Force, he was advanced Sergeant in the 6th Battalion (Banff), and was awarded the Territorial Force Long Service Medal. Following the outbreak of the Great War Bower re-enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders on 5 January 1915, and served with the 1st/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 November 1916. He was wounded by gun shot to the right leg at La Bassee on 12 April 1918, and after being treated at No. 7 Canadian General Hospital at Etaples was repatriated to the U.K. Discharged on 7 February 1919, he died of endocarditis, as a result of military service and wounds, at Craigleith Military Hospital, Edinburgh, on 26 June 1919. Sold with seven period postcard photographs, including one sent by the recipient; and copied research.

Pair: Major-General H. Hammond, Bengal Artillery, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches during the Indian Mutiny, and was severely wounded at the taking of the Secunderabagh on 16 January 1858 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut. H. Hammond 2nd. Punj. Fld. Batty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Relief of Lucknow (Capt. & Bt. Major H. Hammond. 3rd. Bn. Bengal Art.) edge bruise to first, both light polished, good very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. Henry Hammond was born at Kingston-upon-Hull on 26 October 1826 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 11 June 1838. Promoted First Lieutenant on 17 August 1841, he was appointed to raise and command No. 2 Battery, Punjab Irregular Field Force in November 1850, and served on the Punjab Frontier from January 1851 to August 1853. He was present at the various actions with the Wuzeeree Tribe of Afghanistan in 1851; with the expedition against the Eusofyze in March 1852, under Sir Colin Campbell; and in the expedition against the Sheranees in April 1853, under the command of Brigadier Hodgson, Commanding Punjab Irregular Force. Promoted Captain on 3 March 1853, Hammond saw further action during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, serving as the Brigade Major to the Artillery of the force under the command of Lord Clyde during all the operations connected with the relief of Lucknow, for which services he was Mentioned in Despatches (Calcutta Gazette 11 December 1857). He was present as Brigade Major of Artillery at the action of Kalkar Nuddee, 1 January 1858, and was severely wounded at the taking of the Secunderabagh, 16 January 1858. Promoted Brevet Major on 24 March 1858, Hammond was appointed to command the Artillery of the column under the command of General Penn for operations in Rohilcund, and was present at the action of Kukrowlee when General Penny was killed on 1 May 1858, being honourably Mentioned by Brigadier Jones commanding the column: ‘the 4 guns of Captain Hammond’s Light Field Battery were now ordered to the front, and nobly did this officer and his men respond to the call’ (London Gazette 28 July 1858). Hammond subsequently commanded the Foot Artillery at the reduction of Bareilly under Lord Clyde on 5 May 1858, and was then attached to Brigadier Coke’s column for services in Rohilcund from 9 May 1858, being present at Shajehanpore and in the pursuit of rebels to Mahomdee on 20 May 1858, again being Mentioned (Calcutta Gazette 21 July 1858). He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 26 April 1859; Colonel on 31 December 1867; and Major-General on 1 August 1872. He died on 23rd February 1898.

Four: Lance-Corporal W. G. Bradley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War on the Fall of Kut al Amara in April 1916, and subsequently died of malaria in Turkish captivity 1914-15 Star (8405 L. Cpl. W. G. Bradley. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8405 Pte. W. G. Bradley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) all in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (William George Bradley) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope of issue and outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. C. W. Bradley, 86 Gloucester Road, Croydon, Surrey’; Memorial Scroll (L/Cpl. William George Bradley Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (5) £200-£240 --- William George Bradley was born in Croydon, Surrey, on 27 August 1887, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and was taken prisoner of War when General Townshend’s Garrison capitulated at Kut al Amara, in April 1916. He is officially recorded (death accepted) as having died of Malaria, whilst a prisoner of War of the Turks, on 7 October 1916, and is buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Sold together with original notification that 8405 L.Cpl. Bradley, W. G., had been taken prisoner at the fall of Kut al Amara, when the Battalion capitulated on 24 April 1916; original letter from the War Prisoners Fund Ox. & Bucks. L.I., counterstamped by the Central Red Cross P/W Committee dated December 1917, including unofficial reports regarding the fate of Pte. Bradley, from other prisoners taken with General Townshend’s Garrison at Kut al Amara, in April 1916, principally confirming his death in in Turkish captivity in Sept. or Oct. 1916; original casualty enclosure slips for the 1914-15 Star & British War and Victory medals; official Infantry Records Office notification of his death originally reported as 15 September 1916 and later corrected to 7 October 1916, from malaria while prisoner of war; and County Borough of Croydon Roll of Honour detail form, for completion regarding the circumstances of his death.

Pair: Captain R. R. Harris, 67th Bengal Native Infantry India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Lieut. Robt. R. Harris. 67th. Regt. N.I.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn. R. R. Harris, 67th. Regt. N.I.) good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. Robert Robison Harris was born in St. Anne’s, Liverpool, on 20 April 1824 and was educated at Harrow. Commissioned Ensign on 20 February 1843, he was posted to the 67th Bengal Native Infantry, and was promoted Lieutenant on 23 December 1846. He served with the 67th Native Infantry during the Second Burma War, before being appointed Cantonment Magistrate at Dinapore in 1856. Promoted Captain on 31 August 1856, he served during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was appointed Joint Cantonment Magistrate at Agra in January 1858, and Joint Cantonment Magistrate and Superintendent at Cawnpore in April 1858. Harris returned to the U.K. on leave in 1859, and went to stay with his elder brother George F. Harris, who was Housemaster of The Park at Harrow. He died of fever at Harrow on 14 June 1860. Interestingly, the School had raised its first Volunteer Rifle Corps earlier that year, with G. F. Harris being appointed one of the commanders. Although pure conjecture, it is quite possible that his younger brother whilst on leave staying at The Park may have assisted in some small way. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.

Pair: Captain E. H. S. Evans, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 22 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. H. S. Evans.) good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Edward Herbert Sandford Evans was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 18th (2nd South-East Lancashire) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, on 1 May 1915, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 January 1916. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 22 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in a raid on the enemy positions near Montauban, and is buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricout, France.

Three: Sergeant P. W. Sallis, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was wounded by gunshot on the Western Front 1914-15 Star (2701 P. W. Sallis, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2701 Sjt. P. W. Sallis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Corporal P. Arms, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (752 Cpl. P. Arms. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (752 Cpl. P. Arms. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private H. Pooley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (17575 Pte. H. Pooley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17575 Pte. H. Pooley Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) traces of verdigris to VM, otherwise very fine (9) £120-£160 --- Percival W. Sallis attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. Later re-numbered 200667, the casualty records note that ‘Sergt. P. W Sallis, No.200687 [sic] received a gun shot wound to the left arm in March 1917. Percy Arms was born at Banbury, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 19 February 1909. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915, and was discharged on termination of his engagement on 18 February 1916, ‘not bring desirous of re-engaging’. Harry Pooley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 September 1915. He later served with the Labour Corps and was discharged to the Army Reserve on 26 February 1919.

Pair: Sergeant R. Innes, 92nd Highlanders, who was wounded by gunshot at the assault on Kandahar on 1 September 1880 Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (2011. Lce. Corpl. R. Innes. 92nd Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (2011 Lce. Corpl. Robt. Innes 92nd Highlanders) heavy pitting, polished and worn, therefore fine (2) £600-£800 --- Robert Innes was born in Aberdeen in 1848 and attested for the 93rd Highlanders on 13 July 1866. He transferred to the 92nd Highlanders on 23 May 1869, and served with the Regiment in India and Afghanistan from 29 December 1869 to 29 January 1881. He was promoted Corporal on 19 October 1871, and Sergeant on 13 May 1874. Reduced back to Private on 25 November 1878, he was appointed Lance-Corporal on 1 March 1880, and saw active service during the Second Afghan War, being wounded by gun shot to the abdomen at the assault on Kandahar on 1 September 1880. He was discharged at Edinburgh on 8 December 1882, in consequence of once again having been reduced to the ranks from the rank of Lance Sergeant. Sold with copied record of service.

A box of vinyl LP records with The Merseybeats, The Concert for Bangladesh, Tommy by The Who, Splinter, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Rutles etc Condition Report:Available upon request

A large collection of vinyl LP records and assorted hit single vinyl records to include Abba, The Who, Scritti Politti, The Pretenders etc Condition Report:Available upon request

the brown leather insert top with a leaf carved edge over three frieze drawers and twin banks of three drawers, with a pair of cupboard doors opposing, raised on foliate carved ogee bracket feet, the drawer stamped 'M. WILLSON QUEEN STREET'151cm wide, 80cm high, 95cm deepProvenance: Lowood House, MelroseFootnote: Note: the stamp refers to either Mary Wilson/Willson, or her son Matthew, who took over the business in 1838. Mary Willson was married to Thomas Willson who is listed in trade directories in the early 19th century as a Furniture broker and appraiser. Operating from premises on Queen Street, London, the company dealt mainly in good quality used furniture, however there is some evidence to suggest cabinet making also took place on the premises.

bronze, with a slightly oxidised greenish brown patina18cm long, 10.5cm highFootnote: Note: Giambologna's model is based on the marble fragmentary sculpture now in the garden of the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome, which was restored in 1594. The present arrangement differs slightly to the original and its facture points to a South Germany origin. The distinct chiselling to the surface, and the treatment of the head and tail of the horse compare closely to a bronze figure of a unicorn in the Grunes Gewolbe Dresden attributed to Hans Reinsinger, who was active in Augsburg in the third quarter of the 16th century. For a comparable example also attributed to Reisinger, see Sotheby's London, Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art, 10 July 2014, lot 99.Literature: H. Weihrauch, Europaische Bronzestatuetten. Brunswick, 1967, figs. 383, 384, 385; D. Syndram, U. Arnold and J. Kappel, Das Grünes Gewölbe zu Dresden, Führer durch seine Sammlungen, Berlin, 1994, p. 72, fig. 5; A. Gibbon, Guide des Bronzes de la Renaissance Italienne, Paris, 1990, p. 249, no. 228; W. Seipel (ed.), Giambologna. Triumph des Kōrpers, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 2006, pp. 284-285, no. 39; P. Wengraf, Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection, London, 2014, p. 181, fig. 2

Vinyl Records ? LP?s and 12? Singles including Travis ? The Man Who - ISOM 9LP/ ISOM 27T; Editors ? In Dreams- PIASR830LP; They Might Be Giants ? Flood - EKT 68; The Cure ? The Upstairs Room / The Dream / The Walk / Lament ? ficsx 18; The Jesus and Mary Chain ? Some Candy Talking E.P. - NEG 19T (5)

Vinyl Records ? LP?s and 12" singles including David Bowie - The Next Day - 88765 461861; The Man Who Sold The World - INTS 5237; Low - PL 12030; Hunky Dory - INTS 5064; David Live - APL 20771; Let's Dance - AML 3029; Absolute Beginners - 602 205; The Best of Bowie - BLP 81001 (8)

Vinyl Records - LPs including Led Zeppelin - SD8216; The Who - Who's Next DL79182; Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out NPS-5; The Beatles - Rubber Soul ST-2442; Jethro Tull - Living In The Past CJT1; Pat Travers - Putting It Straight 2383-471; etc

Sport, Paralympics - a photograph album presented to the prime minister Harold Wilson, by the British team who took part in the 1964 Stoke Mandeville Games for the paralyzed in Tokyo, comprising various colour and black and white photographs

Toys, Sci-Fi and Comic Book Interest - a novelty Telemania Star Trek telephone, boxed; Ertl 2575 Batman Batmobile on cardboard backing; Batman toys including Kenner figures and a wall canvas; an Applause Gizmo the Mog-wai soft toy with tag, from Gremlins 2; others including Doctor Who (quantity)

THE WHO, an early concert photograph of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townsend & Keith Moon, signed by the artists together with 2 further promotional photographs of the group and information sheets, in a period folder

PIERRE-CHARLES CANOT (FRENCH, 1710-1777) AFTER RICHARD PATON (2)To the Memory of Captain Gardiner, and to the Gallant Officers and Seamen of His Majesty’s Ship Monmouth, who attacked and took the Foudroyant...on the 28th February 1758, in the Mediterranean; To Captain Forrest. Commander of his Majesty's ship Augusta, Captain Suckling of the Dreadnought and Captain Langdon of the Edinburgh...21 October 1757 off Cape Francoisa pair, monochrome engravingseach 38.5 x 58cm(2)

Patek Philippe. A fine platinum diamond set manual wind rectangular wristwatch retailed by AspreyModel: Tegolino, Retailed by AspreyReference: 425Date: Manufactured 1938, Purchased November 29th 1938Movement: Jewelled Cal.9.90 manual wind, No.832.558Dial: Silvered, applied diamond hour markers with baguette quarters, black outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6, polished leaf handsCase: Polished rectangular, snap on back, No.617.103Strap/Bracelet: Associated black leatherBuckle/Clasp: Platinum buckleSigned: Case, dial & movementSize: 20mm x 34mm Accompaniments: Extract from the ArchivesFootnotes:The reference 425 was one of the longest surviving references from Patek Philippe due to its enduring popularity and was made for over 35 years using the calibre 9.90. The diamond dial has the suffix HB to the reference. The case bears the key mark 8 for the company Markowsky who made all the cases for this reference.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Hungary.- Serio-Comic War Map.- Varga (Imre) A Háborús Európa Térkép-Karikatúrája, Hungarian pictorial map with Russia drunk on Vodka, who is keeping his army reserves held back, colour-printed lithograph on wove paper, sheet 415 x 550 mm (16 1/4 x 21 3/4 in), old folds with conservation support visible verso, repairs to splitting and minor loss to folds restored, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Budapest], published by Zeizler Sándor, 1914.⁂ Scarce. The only WWI serio-comic map to illustrate Hungary independent from Austria.

A comprehensive collection of thirty-six photographs documenting the series of experimental aircraft and rocket powered X-planes and their pilots. The highlights of this collection include an image of Bell X-1 shown mid-flight and piloted by Chuck Yeager who in October 1947 for the first time in history exceeded the speed of sound in level flight (first photograph), as well as a view of Neil Armstrong being congratulated after completing a successful X-15 test flight (second photograph). Other pilots featured in the collection are Robert Rushworth, Robert White, John McKay, Michael Adams, Milton Thomas, Forrest Peterson1940s-1960sThirty-six vintage gelatin silver NASA and press prints, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), 11 prints BLACK NUMBERED with respective NASA negative numbers, 17 with NASA captions on verso many, press prints feature cropping marks and annotations on verso (36)Additional images available on requestProvenance: from Tim Furniss collection

Charles ConradAlan Bean holds a Special Environmental Sample Container filled with lunar soil collected during the EVA 2. Conrad, who took this picture, is fully reflected in Bean's helmet visorApollo 12, 14-24 November 1969Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), [NASA AS12-49-7278]Footnotes:Pete Conrad took this photograph near Sharp Crater. "I can remember running along and looking up at the Earth," noted Bean. "That's when it would really hit me that we were on the Moon. And I would say, This is the Moon; that's the Earth. I'm really here. And then I would say, I've got to quit doing this... because when I'm doing this, I'm not looking for rocks" (Chaikin, Voices, p. 99)Condition Report: Minor corner crease in lower rightCondition Report Disclaimer

Four photographs of the Apollo 17 pre-flight activities, including an official NASA portrait of the Apollo 17 crew, pre-launch preparations and trainings, suiting up and a view of the crew boarding the transfer van Apollo 17, 11-17 December 1972Four vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), one BLACK NUMBERED NASA S-72-50438, three with NASA captions numbered 72-H-1466, 72-H-699 and 72-H-1519 on versoFootnotes:The last humans who voyaged to the Moon were Eugene Cernan, Commander, Ronald Evans, Command Module pilot and Harrison Schmitt, Lunar Module pilot and the mission's first professional scientist  

Harrison Schmitt"Blue Marble"The first photograph of the fully illuminated Earth, taken during the last journey to the MoonApollo 17, 7-19 December 1972Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based paper, 20.5 x 25.5 cm (10 x 8 in), RED NUMBERED NASA AS17-148-22727, with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on the versoFootnotes:The crew of Apollo 17 were the only crew who, due to the night-time launch, were able to see their home planet fully illuminated by sunlight. This photograph became one of the most celebrated images of Earth and was widely used by environmental activists. Illustrated: Chaikin, Space, p.131Condition Report: A processing mark in the lower portion of the image and one fingerprint, otherwise very goodCondition Report Disclaimer

Harrison SchmittView of the mission commander Eugene Cernan with the last lunar flag and Earth in the backgroundApollo 17, 7-19 December 1972Large format colour photograph, 51 x 41 cm (20 x 16 in), [modern reprint of NASA photo no AS17-134-20387], INSCRIBED and SIGNED "Gene Cernan, Apollo XVII"Footnotes:Having deployed the flag Cernan remarks: "(...) this has got to be one of the most proud moments of my life. I guarantee you (...) Houston, I don't know how many of you are aware of this, but this flag has flown in the MOCR (Mission Operations Control Room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) since Apollo 11. And we very proudly deploy it on the Moon, to stay for as long as it can, in honor of all those people who have worked so hard to put us here and to put every other crew here and to make the country, United States, and mankind, something different than it was." (mission transcript https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.alsepoff.html) 

Colour RCA TV camera mounted on the Lunar RoverGene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt's salute from Taurus-Littrow landing site, EVA 3, before the end of the last moonwalk and leaving the lunar surfaceApollo 17, 7-19 December 1972Vintage chromogenic print on resin-coated paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA S72-55420], with THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK watermarks on the versoFootnotes:The astronauts paid their respects to over 70 young overseas scientists who were visiting the Manned Spacecraft Center. Noting that they had collected a very significant rock composed of many fragments, Cernan said "It's a rock composed of many fragments, of many sizes, and many shapes, probably from all parts of the Moon, perhaps billions of years old. But fragments of all sizes and shapes - and even colors - that have grown together to become a cohesive rock, outlasting the nature of space, sort of living together in a very coherent, very peaceful manner. When we return this rock or some of the others like it to Houston, we'd like to share a piece of this rock with so many of the countries throughout the world. We hope that this will be a symbol of what our feelings are, what the feelings of the Apollo Program are, and a symbol of mankind: that we can live in peace and harmony in the future." In his closing remarks to the students Cernan remarked, "We salute you, promise of the future." (https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.clsout3.html)

Miss BakerMercury Programme, 28 May 1959Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), USIS stamp and a caption affixed to versoProvenance: from Tim Furniss collectionFootnotes:Miss Baker and Able were two small female squirrel monkeys who flew as part of NASA's Bioflight No 2 mission, along with payloads ranging from blood samples to yeast cells to two frogs on Jupiter AM-18 on 28 May 1959. Their survival - they were the first live creatures to survive a spaceflight - was of paramount importance to NASA who needed the success to harvest public support for its activities. Miss Baker lived until she was 27

A STAINLESS STEEL 'CADENAS' BRACELET WATCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, quartz movement, two-tone grey dial with baton for numerals at 3, 6 and 9'clock and a single-cut diamond at 12 o'clock, with polished stainless steel case, back secured with four screws, on a red leather (possibly crocodile) fitted strap, case and bracelet signed, no. 135466, length approx. 16.5cm (non running)Condition Report: Non runningAn external watch specialist who verifies each watch prior to each auction in order to open them, checks their working condition, mentions any potential damage, mentions any movement ref numbers etc...For any additional assistance, please refer to the department.