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Click here to subscribeLarge quantity of Palitoy Action Man vintage figures, vehicle, uniforms, weapons and accessories, includes dressed figures x 2, Land Rover, German Stormtrooper outfit, Sailor outfit, R.N.L.I outfit (poor, torn), Royal Canadian Mounted Police outfit, helmets, boots, guns, grenades, sentry box, tent, special mission pod and others, all incomplete, generally Poor to Good. (qty)
Large quantity of Palitoy Action Man vintage figures, vehicle, uniforms, weapons and accessories, includes dressed figures x 3, German Stormtrooper outfit, Royal Canadian Mounted Police outfit, Australian Jungle fighter outfit, Marine Combat outfit, Mountain and Arctic outfit, Special Operations kit, Escape from Colditz items (Sentry boxes, Red Cross box, maps, paperwork), rifle rack, guns, grenades, hats, and others, all incomplete, generally Poor (3 pieces of clothing have heavy ink graffiti to them) to Good. (qty)
Quantity of TV, Film and Music related action figures and figure packs x eleven includes Neca The Goonies Chunk & Sloth, LJN Michael Jackson Thriller Outfit, Diamond Select The Iron Giant Battle Mode Iron Giant, Hasbro Action Man Action Pilot, Mattel Shazam Freddy, Mattel Shazam, Funko Stranger Things Eleven, Funko Stranger Things Mike, Mego Retro Marty Abrams Reissue 8" Star Trek Mr. Spock, Mego Retro Marty Abrams Reissue 8" Lieutenant Uhura, Mego Retro Marty Abrams Reissue 8" Jimi Hendrix, all within Good to Excellent sealed packaging. Also includes Paladone Gremlins Gizmo shaped mug and Neca Gremlins Gizmo plush, Both Excellent. (13)
Diamond Select Toys Ghostbusters Walter Peck deluxe action figure, within Good to Good Plus sealed packaging. Playmobil Ghostbusters 4 figure pack #70175, within Good Plus sealed packaging. Jada Metals Die Cast Ghostbusters Spengler figurine #M72, within Good Plus sealed packaging. Ghostbusters Stay Puft Marshmallow Man plush soft toy, with swing label, 14"/36cm, Good Plus to Excellent. Diamond Select Toys The Nightmare Before Christmas figures x three, includes Burnt Santa Jack, Zeldaborn and Helgamine, all within Excellent sealed packaging. Jada Nano Metalfigs Die Cast The Nightmare Before Christmas 25 years figurine pack containing 20 miniature figurines, within Excellent sealed packaging. (8)
A LARGE COLLECTION OF Modern Film Posters to include Action, Comedy, Romantic and Animation, films include Natural Born Killers, Scooby-Doo 1 & 2, Miami Vice, Sirens, Down With Love, The Damned United, Dan In Real Life, December Boys, The Man With The Iron Fists, A Life Less Ordinary, The Mirror Crack'd, Coraline, Mulan, Toy Story, Dazed and Confused, Thunderbirds, Men In Black, The Blues Brothers 2000, The Magic Roundabout and THE EXORCIST Director's Cut, and others, some duplicates
A collection of vintage Action Man, to include the Action Man locker kit box containing various military uniforms, equipment, boots and accessories, together with internal plastic tray containing additional items including two medals, hats, grenades and other weapons, sold with two complete Action Man Palitoy dolls in uniform
A collection of 15 Marvel and DC comic books, Silver, Bronze and Modern age, including Adventure Comics No 330, 356, 361, 367, 391, Action Comics No 359, 358, The Mighty Thor No 277, The Incredible Hulk NO 314, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends No 563 x 3, Robin 1992 Annual, Nick Fury, Agent of Shield No 38, The Silver Surfer No 42
A rare Great War July 1917 ‘Canal Bank, Ypres’ Tunneller’s M.C. group of four awarded to Captain E. J. Q. Dickson, 255th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 October 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. E. J. Q. Dickson R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. E. J. Q. Dickson.); Memorial Plaque (Edward John Quayle Dickson) in card envelope, some verdigris to plaque, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Dreweatt Neate, October 2007. M.C. London Gazette 17 September 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on two occasions, in entering a dug-out which had been wrecked by hostile shell fire, extricating the victims, carrying them to the dressing station 300 yards away, under heavy and continuous shell fire. By this prompt and gallant action he and his N.C.O. were the direct means of saving many lives, as the place was again hit directly after his work was completed. He has frequently proved himself an extremely gallant officer, with an utter disregard for danger when assisting others.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘‘Canal Bank, Ypres 2nd July 1917’. Edward John Quayle Dickson was born on 30 of January 1889, the son of Captain John Quayle Dickson, D.S.O., of Castletown, Isle of Man, and was educated at King’s College School London, where he was part of the Cadet Corps and had shot a Bisley, before attending St Andrew’s College, Grahamstown, South Africa between 1908 and 1912. He then studied at Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, gaining a diploma, prior to taking up work as a Mining Engineer. In 1912 he worked for a time in Mexico as Assistant at the El Oro Mine, and then between 1913 and 1915 as Chief Assistant Manager at the Dos Estrellas Mine. Given his practical experience, when such skills became in great demand on the Western Front, Dickson was soon commissioned Second Lieutenant with the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers in late October 1915. His letters of application for a commission noted that ‘His knowledge of mining is sound, and includes Surface and Underground Surveying, Timbering, Blasting and Driving’ that ‘he had a wide experience of handling men’. Dickson was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry at Canal Bank (Boesinghe) in July 1917, having saved ‘many lives’ by evacuating casualties from the large dugouts there, which were being regularly shelled. He was subsequently killed in action on the Western Front on 26 October 1917 and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with the recipient’s original commission document; a Bronze Prize Medal, in case of issue by Wyon, ‘Victor Ludorum’ reverse engraved ‘E. J. Dickson, 1908’; a bronze-gilt ‘For My Country’ brooch pin; various pages from ‘The Balkan News’, ‘The Times’ an ‘Yorkshire Post’ newspapers; a ‘Parliamentary Debates- House of Commons –Monday 3rd of August, 1914’ booklet detailing the declaration of war, and other copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father and uncle, see Lots 178 and 236.
The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Sub-Conductor W. H. West, Siege Train, late Bombay Horse Artillery, who was killed in action at the Siege of Kotah on 26 March 1858 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Sub. Conductor, W. H. West.) note lack of unit on medal which has not been erased, nearly extremely fine £500-£700 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2021. William H. West served during the Great Sepoy Mutiny as part of the Siege Train that on 15 January 1858 joined the 2nd Brigade of the Central India Field Force under the command of General Sir Hugh Rose, K.C.B. As West had served in the Bombay Horse Artillery (reaching the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant) prior to joining the Siege Train, it is probable that he was a long service soldier and was now too old to be with the Artillery. His last postings with the Bombay Horse Artillery were at Poona from 1851-54, and Deesa from 1855-56, and it is possible that he had previous medallic entitlement. A force of 600 men and two guns under Lieutenant Frederick Roberts marched from Nasirabad to Kotah on the Chambal, where troops of Rajah Ram Singh of Kotah had mutinied and besieged him in Kotah’s citadel. After sending some troops to reinforce the Rajah, Roberts bombarded the town and took it by assault on 30 March, capturing 50 guns. West was killed in action by a round-shot during the opening stages of the siege of Kotah on 26 March 1858. An extract from the Bombay Gazette states:
‘This morning the rebels made a desperate attack and attempt at escalade on the portion of the town occupied by the Rajah but were signally driven off by H.H.’s troops. The rebels are, it is said, from 8,000 to 10,000 strong, 3,000 of that number being mutineers, and headed by one Heera Sing, a Risaldar of some notoriety, who was present at Delhi, Agra, and many other places. He has blocked up all the gates so as to prevent any of his men quitting and has intimated his intention to fight to the last man. The attack this morning was commenced at early dawn by a heavy cannonade on our left battery, it is supposed, in order to draw off the attention of the Rajah's troops from the real attack, which was commenced about half an hour after, and in consequence a wing of H.M.’s 83rd Regiment is ordered into the town to occupy the palace and to defend the portion now in his possession from similar attacks.
Our casualties have not been many - one lascar killed and one wounded by the same shot. Mr. West, Sub-Conductor, Siege Train, was killed this morning by a round-shot, which completely took off the back part of his head. The enemy fires four guns to our one, having apparently brought round to the water side of the town many from other parts, but we hope soon to show them what English cold steel is like.’
The Great War trio to Second Lieutenant J. C. Barber, 10th (Scottish) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, who prior to the outbreak of war was a witness to the insurrection in Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April 1914 when the U.S. Marines landed and put it down with the resultant death of some 300 Mexicans and 18 Americans; Second Lieutenant Barber was killed in action in the charge at Hooge on 16 June 1915, shortly after an encounter with Captain Noel Chevasse who went on to win the V.C. & Bar, and M.C. before his own heroic death 1914 Star (3043 Cpl. J. C. Barber. 10/L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. C. Barber.) the first very fine, otherwise extremely fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2004 (£1200 hammer). Second Lieutenant John Christian Barber was born at New Brighton, Cheshire in August 1892, and educated at the Leas School, Hoylake and at Uppingham. After leaving school he secured a position with T. & J. Harrison, one of Liverpool’s leading shipping lines. He was sent out to Mexico and was in Vera Cruz in that country when the U.S. Marines landed to quell the insurrection in April 1914. Newspapers carried his personal account of his experiences: ‘Word passed around that the American Marines were about to land and take the port, no resistance was expected. I saw a small body of Marines going at the double towards the Post Office and the Custom House. The crowd began to yell and jumped on the tramcars. Mexican soldiers assembled at the street corners, and a company of 25 or so took up their positions on the roof and front balconies of our hotel to our horror! There were 30 or 40 foreigners in the hotel. Firing started about noon and I watched with an American from my room for a little while, but it very soon got too hot to stay there with safety. Soon afterwards the first man on the roof was hit badly, and he died about 20 minutes later. The nursing of the dying and the wounded is still a terrible nightmare. Some were shot on the balconies, but the majority on the roof, altogether there were three killed and ten wounded in the hotel, horrible wounds and no trained nurse or a doctor to be had. The streets were impassable for the Mexican Red Cross Corps. We did what we could - disinfecting, plugging and bandaging the wounds. The supply of brandy soon gave out, and some of the poor wretches suffered agonies. Night brought us no rest and although the firing lessened there was no news of the Americans’ progress and the streets were still too dangerous for the ambulance. The whole thing was horrible owing in a large degree to the fact that a few hundred criminals, probably life-sentenced men, were let loose and armed, and they shot at anybody, and also very many of the Mexican officers got very drunk. Looting and drinking, with occasional shooting, went on all night. So far as the Americans were concerned, it transpired that they did not at first land sufficient men, and accordingly could not fight their way into the town until reinforcements had arrived the following day. Short as the battle then was, the din and the damage done were terrific, and the streets were covered with dead. In all some 300 Mexicans and 18 Americans were killed, and it was with great relief that I was able at last to get aboard the Esperanza for Galveston, which normally carried about 150 passengers, but which was now crowded with 400 American refugees from Vera Cruz.’ When he returned in June 1914 he joined the family firm in Liverpool. Volunteering the day after war was declared, he was soon promoted to Corporal in which rank he accompanied the first contingent to France aboard the S.S. Maidan in November 1914. After sterling work in the trenches he was commissioned in the field, rising from the ranks to command a platoon in March 1915. Second Lieutenant Barber was killed in action on 16 June 1915 during the charge at Hooge when he was hit by a shell whilst leading his men. His name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. The following is extracted from The Liverpool Scroll of Fame: ‘Captain Noel Chavasse, who won the V.C. and Bar before he met his own heroic death ministering to the wounded quite regardless of danger, left a brief tribute to Barber’s splendid conduct at Hooge. He met him, it seemed, on his way up to the trenches before the attack, and he was then in the best of spirits. They even joked together, although quite conscious of the grim work before the battalion, and equally conscious that that might be their last meeting. Soon afterwards Barber was fatally hit by a shell whilst leading his men towards the enemy’s trenches with the utmost gallantry. The Germans, unfortunately recaptured the advanced ground where he fell in a counter-attack, and his chum was thus unable to recover his body.’ A superb three-quarter length oil painting of recipient was displayed in the now-defunct Liverpool Scottish Museum, Botanic Road, Liverpool. Sold with copied research and two coloured photographs of the above portrait, one a head and shoulders enlargement.
Three: Captain A. M. Lewis, Devonshire Regiment, later 52nd Sikhs, who was three times wounded in action and was Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date he was also wounded; he was subsequently killed in action at the Mazurka Gorge in Kurdistan on 8 August 1919 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. M. Lewis. Devon. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. A. M. Lewis.) extremely fine (3) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2002. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917: ‘For gallantry on 1 July 1916.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919: ‘For distinguished and gallant services ands devotion to duty (Mesopotamia).’ Arthur Milton Lewis was born on 14 March 1894, and was educated at King William’s College, Isle of Man, and Corpus Christi, Cambridge, where he served in the O.T.C. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 7 December 1914, with whom he served in France, being wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Details of a letter written by Lewis, and recorded in his school magazine, The Barrovian, state: ‘Lieut. A. M. Lewis of the Devons, writes: “My luck still follows me. I was in the casualty list for the third time today, with another soft wound. A Boche machine-gunner legged me in front of Mametz wood on the morning of July 1st. We were one of the first divisions to go over the top, and I feel no small pride that G.H.Q. sent a special aide-de-camp to congratulate our brigade after the attack.” He was in the same attack that his brother, Lieut. J. W. Lewis, was killed.’ Promoted to Lieutenant on 7 September 1916, Lewis was selected as a probationer for the Indian Army on 23 March 1917 and attached to the 52nd Sikhs, attaining the rank of Captain in July 1919. He was killed in action in Mazurkha Gorge, Kurdistan on 8 August 1919, when his column was attacked by a large band of Kurds under the leadership of Rashid Beg. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. (Additionally entitled to G.S.M., clasp, Kurdistan). His obituary notice, as published in The Barrovian, states: ‘His name appeared three times in the casualty list while serving in France. He was twice mentioned in Despatches, firstly by Sir Douglas Haig in the first Despatch of the Battle of the Somme, and secondly by General Marshall, after the surrender of the Turks, for services rendered as advanced guard commander in the advance from Samara to Mosul.’ Sold with copied research.
The presentation copy of de Ruvigny’s The Roll of Honour, Volume V, given to the family of Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Brodie, V.C., M.C., Highland Light Infantry Compiled by the Marquis de Ruvigny, being a biographical record of all members of His Majesty’s Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, published by The Standard Art Book Company, London, this copy being the original presentation volume for the family of Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Brodie, V.C., M.C., Highland Light Infantry, the frontispiece with the original portrait photograph of Brodie, with original red morocco covers, the front cover embossed with the cap badge of the Highland Light Infantry, very good condition £100-£140 --- ‘Brodie, Walter Lorrain, V.C., M.C., Lieut.-Col., 2nd Battn. (74th Foot) The Highland Light Infantry, 2nd s. of John Wilson Brodie, of 23, Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh, C.A., by his wife, Grace Mary, dau. of Walter Scott Lorrain; b. Edinburgh, 28 July, 1884; educ. Edinburgh Academy, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Highland Light Infantry 2 March, 1904; promoted Lieut. 19 June, 1908, Capt. 10 Sept. 1914, Brevet-Major and Lieut. Col. in 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. 1914, and was killed in action 23 Aug. 1918. Buried at Bienvillers-au-Bois. The General Commanding the Division wrote: “Brodie’s death was a blow to us all; a better Commanding Officer I never wanted, and his battalion has been doing magnificent work in the recent operations”; and the Brigadier-General: “Although he had been only a few months with the brigade which I command, I had ample opportunities for knowing him well and appreciating his fine soldierly qualities. We feel the loss of him greatly in the brigade as a friend as well as a fine officer. He was gallantly leading his men when killed in the action which was subsequently a complete success.” A Colonel of the Highland Light Infantry wrote: “No man ever had a more loyal, capable or gallant Staff Officer or a better or more cheery companion... Only a few days ago I had a letter from him, telling me in what a splendid condition the 2nd Battn. was, and I had heard so from other sources, and also what a success he was in command, as I knew he would be. He must have gone far had he lived”; and an ex-Commanding Officer of the 2nd Highland Light Infantry: “He was, I knew from personal experience, a splendid officer and a gallant one. In gaining the V.C. he has done the Highland Light Infantry the highest honour possible, and his loss to them is quite irreparable, and I know how very much he will be missed by all who served with him.” A Major also wrote: “He was a very great example to all of us, and that example will live for ever.” Lieut.-Col. Brodie was twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazettes, 12 Dec. 1914, and 17 Feb. 1915] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was also awarded the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 12 Dec. 1914], for conspicuous bravery near Becelaere on 11 Nov. 1914, in clearing the enemy out of a portion of the British trenches which they had succeeded in occupying. Heading the charge, he bayoneted several of the enemy, and thereby relieved a dangerous situation. As a result of Lieut.-Col. Brodie’s promptitude 80 of the enemy were killed and 51 taken prisoners. He was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1917], for bravery in the field. He was a keen sportsman, a good shot, and, when opportunity offered, a keen follower to hounds; unm.’
The Indian Mutiny medal awarded to Corporal W. G. Morey, who was wounded in action while serving with the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry; a civilian who rose from a humble draper’s assistant in Tasmania to become a well known adventurer, sportsman, and one of India’s finest exponents of the hazardous sport of ‘Pig-Sticking’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Corpl. Wm. Morey, Bengal Yeo. Cavy.) together with contemporary dress miniature, fitted with ribbon brooch buckle, named on the edge ‘Sergt. W. G. Morey B.Y. Cavy.’, nearly extremely fine and scarce (2) £800-£1,000 --- William George Morey was born circa 1837 at Chichester, Sussex, the 8th of 10 sons and 3 daughters to James Morey, a shoemaker, later a relieving officer and his wife Martha (née Bullbeck). After the death of his mother on 8 March 1854, James, with a large portion of the older members of his family, emigrated to Australia. The Hobart Colonial Times, dated 10 October 1854, lists among the new arrivals on the City of Hobart from Melbourne, James Morey senior, sons Charles and Josiah together with their wives, daughter Amelia, and two younger sons William and Walter. James opened a drapery store, assisted by William, but it went into liquidation shortly afterwards. With the family situation tenuous William, seeking adventure, travelled to Melbourne where he boarded the American owned ship Rowena and sailed to Calcutta arriving in October 1855, aged just 17. Papers Past in the New Zealand Archives has an article from the Grey River Argus titled “Incidents of the Indian Mutiny”, dated 14 April 1888, by a certain ‘J.P.’ who relates the following: ‘Previous to my becoming a Govern[ment]-employee I held a situation in a Calcutta house, and among others in the same store was a young man named Fred (sic) Morey. Born and bred in London he had served some time as a draper’s assistant but the spirit of adventure and the desire of seeing foreign countries was too strong within him to allow him to remain as such. As soon as the mutiny broke out he threw up his situation and went up country, where he joined the irregular cavalry. During the period he and I were together I had conceived a friendship for him and he stated when leaving he would correspond with me. Soon after his departure I resigned my situation and went up country and heard no more of him. Some days after the arrival of the Lucknow-wounded Mr Carter, a Calcutta merchant, he told me that Morey was among the wounded in Fort William, and was desirous of seeing me, having called upon him and expressed that wish. I went and saw him more than once and happy to say he afterwards recovered and accepted a situation in the same house that employed him before becoming a sabreur.’ It is unclear if this article was written in 1888 or earlier which may account for the inconsistencies of the text but it is clearly referring to William Morey. The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a melange of incongruous men with little or nothing known of each participant other than their name on a medal roll. Raised as early as 23 July 1857, it consisted of strays, adventurers, merchants, planters, teachers, clerks, seafarers, Eurasians ‘of good character’ and ‘homeless’ British or H.E.I.C. army officers who were without a regiment. The only criteria was the ability to ride a horse which understandably confounded the mariners amongst their number. Interestingly the corps members elected their own Lieutenants. They wore a practical ostentatious uniform of corduroy breeches with knee high boots, loose blue flannel blouses and grey felt helmets enveloped in a huge white pugree, their personal arms comprising a heavy sabre, a light carbine and a formidable revolver. The B.Y.C. joined the operational Sarun Field Force at Chatra on the Nepal border in January 1858, serving under Colonel (later Brigadier, C.B.) Rowcroft. The medal roll shows Morey listed as a Corporal serving in the 2nd Troop. The mutineers gave the B.Y.C. the soubriquet “Shaitan-i-Pultan”, the “Devil’s” or “Satan’s Regiment”, due to the ferocity of their charges. With a lack of mounted units the B.Y.C. protected the flanks of various British columns, sharing the trials of climate, exposure, disease and terrain. The BYC fought in 17 actions during the campaign but perhaps their greatest triumph came at Almorah on 5 March 1858, when they made three successive and successful charges to protect the flanks of the column, while Pearl’s Naval Brigade led the forward assault. They were to perform further good services and charges at Tilga (17 April), Deamureagunj (26 November), Toolsipore (23 December), and Kandi Koti (4 January 1859). The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was disbanded in the spring of May 1859. Quite when Morey was wounded is unknown as he does not appear in any official casualty figures. After the mutiny Morey returned to Calcutta and according to ‘J.P.’ returned to his job in a Calcutta trading house. The directories of 1861 and 1863 show Morey working in the Indian silk industry as an assistant in R. Watson & Co’s silk filatures at Surdah and Motehar, and concerns at Rajshahi, West Bengal, later becoming Manager of the Radnagore Silk and Indigo concerns at Panchkoorah, Midnapore in 1873. In 1875 the Bengal Directory shows him as the manager of the Fureedpore silk concern. Morey was to become a leading expert in the silk trade comparing the quality of Indian silk to that produced in Italy. In 1871 William married Frances Sophia daughter of Thomas Tweedie, a deputy magistrate in Bengal, who had inherited large indigo estates from his father. He continued working in West Bengal until 1900 before retiring to Ootacamund (Ooty) in the Nilgiri Hills, living in a house called Sydenham. Here he was to become a well loved member of the Nilgiri and Bangalore community. He died on 7 May 1905, on Ootacamund racetrack riding a horse belonging to his son-in-law Captain Gordon-Price when, between the 3rd furlong and half mile posts, he fell from his horse. He was 68 years of age. One might say that he ‘died in harness’ but racing and hunting were indeed his passions. In 1871 the South Australian Chronicle records that Morey sold 31 horses in Colombo for £906, so it is clear he was trading in Indian and Australian horses, if not breeding them, for many years. He was described as genial and fond of the society of men, and his accounts of the Nilgiri racing and hunting scene for the South India Observer were jovial and racy. He was a wonderful rider and just a year before his death he won a race with his country-bred ‘Kunigal’. However, it was the sport of ‘Pig-Sticking’ that he loved most. Ferocious and dangerous, it was not for the faint hearted. Pig-Sticking in Bengal by Raoul, 1893, devotes his book to the best known exponents of this art including William Morey. Raoul gives dozens of pages to the hunts that relate to Morey ‘whose blood is always up when he sees pigs’. It tells a rollicking yarn of the shikari and hunter against a formidable foe. Raoul also provides us with a full length photograph of Morey. The danger is emphasised in an article from The Queenslander, 6 September 1890, which relates: ‘Mr Morey, a well known planter and sportsman in Bengal, was out hunting lately, on horseback, with his daughter, when a wild boar suddenly sprang from the jungle, and making for Mr Morey, threw over both horse and rider with a severe crash. The brute was on the point of tearing his victim with his formidable tusks, when Miss Morey sprang to the ground and placed herself between him and her father, who had been stunne...
The Zulu War medal awarded to Private Frederick Seymour, 3/60th Foot, who was afterwards killed in action during the First Boer War in the disaster at Ingogo River on 8 February 1881 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1230 Pte. F. Seymour, 3/60th Foot) attractively toned, nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, La Crème de la Crème, April 2002. Frederick Seymour was killed in action at Ingogo River on 8 February 1881.

The following extract is taken from Rifleman and Hussar, by Colonel Sir Percival Marling, V.C., C.B.:

‘About 2.30 p.m. Sir George Colley sent Captain McGregor, R.E., to Colonel Ashburnham with a message that he was to send a company of the 60th Rifles out to the left, as he thought the Boers were going to rush the position. Colonel Ashburnham pointed out to the Staff Officer that ‘I’ Company were the only reserve he had, and asked would not half a company be sufficient. The Staff Officer replied “My orders are, sir, from the General, that you are to send a company, and if you will let me have them I will show you where to go. This company, ‘I’, was commanded by Lieutenant Garrett, the other subaltern being Lieutenant Beaumont. The Staff Officer, Captain McGregor, went out with them, mounted. There is no doubt that he took them farther than he should have done. Captain McGregor, R.E., was himself killed. It was inevitable, considering the mark he presented. ‘I’ Company and the Boers were now only about 50 yards apart. Garrett was killed quite early, and every man in the company except 9 was either killed or wounded. Nothing could have been more gallant than their behaviour, many of them being quite young soldiers.’

Casualties in the 3/60th at Ingogo River amounted to 4 officers and 61 other ranks killed or died of wounds, a few of whom were drowned. A further 2 officers and 53 other ranks were wounded.
Lledo, Action Man, Games large mixed group of items. To include Various Lledo Days Gone vans, 2x Meccano sets, Action Man vehicles & figures, Radio controlled Porsche GT, Buckaroo, Wooden Bagatelle, Subaru Rally car 3x piece set Prodrive Ltd 109 of 2000 produced plus many other items (all contents are unchecked). Conditions: Fair to Near Mint with Poor to Excellent boxes & packaging. COLLECTION IN PERSON ONLY (lg qty)
Palitoy - Action Man - 2 x painted hair figures and a kit locker, one in an incomplete Astronaut outfit and one with broken arms. the locker includes life raft, diving equipment and several weapons. The items show signs of age and use and appear in Fair to Good condition overall. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Palitoy - Action Man - 2 x painted hair figures and a kit locker, one in Action Sailor outfit and one in Grenadier Guards uniform. The figures show signs of age and use, both have one split lower arm. Their outfits are incomplete. The locker has many accessories and part outfits including World Cup 1970 jacket, diving accessories and parachute. Fair to Good condition overall. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lieutenant General Sir George Lloyd Reilly Richardson, a collection of items to include a 19th century Indian Shamshir, having an 80cm curved steel blade the iron crossguard with gilt decoration with bone grips and iron pommel, 92cm, a white metal badge for the 18th Bengal Lancers with Afghanistan 1879-80 in scroll below, having four screw back fittings, a Victorian silver Officers cross belt pricker, in the form of two arrows within a hexagonal plate with engraved border on a belcher link chain suspended from a silver flower head fitting, maker Joseph Jennens & Co., Birmingham, 1886, a hardwood box and cover of cylinderical form, the hand written "J.F.R. 1839 Barnstaple made by J.F.R. To G.R. 1868" with similar inscription to the underside containing five shoulder pips, a leather correspondence wallet, various letters of condolence to Lady Richardson upon the death of husband to include two examples on Windsor Castle headed paper signed Clive Wigram Private Secretary to George V, one on behalf of the King and the other from him personally, one other example form General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh of Bikaner, a phptograph of Richardson with a typed list of his postings and various other ephemera, contained in an iron bound and zinc lined pine trunk, named to the lid Lt Genl Geo. Richardson, w.104, d.64, h.41cm.Lieutenant General Sir George Lloyd Reilly Richardson (1847–1931) was a British officer whose long and distinguished career spanned many of the Victorian Wars of Empire. He served across South East Asia in the British Indian Army, fought in the Anglo-Afghan wars and led the final assault on Peking (Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion, Despite retiring in 1909, he was given command of the Ulster Volunteer Force in Ireland upon its formation in 1913.Born into a military family, Richardson joined the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot as a second-lieutenant in 1866. From then on, his career was a roll-call of almost every significant colonial campaign, earning promotions and commissions along the way from early on. His first major action being the 1868 Hazara Expedition against tribesmen who attacked a police station at the North-West Frontier (now part of Pakistan), and his last posting being in Belfast where he fought Home Rule on the eve of the First World War. Despite his eventful and inherently dangerous life, Richardson died at home in Basingstoke at the advanced age of 83.Alongside the collection of items in this lot is a hand-written note describing an intriguing incident relayed by Richardson regarding a ‘Fakir’s Curse’ which befell his fellow officers in 1876. The story details how three officers of the 18th Bengal Cavalry tried to build a bungalow on consecrated ground by the banks of the Kabul river, and disregarded the pleas of an old Fakir. The holy man then issued a curse that the men would all die within a year. Within months, one officer was killed whilst out hawking when his horse fell into a ravine. The second died soon after during a game of polo. The third, a surgeon by the name of Dr Palmer, congratulated himself upon the last day of the year for surviving the curse while he was crossing a river with Major Webb (both known to General Richardson). Unfortunately, a squall arose, the boat capsized and the officers had to swim to shore. Despite being a strong swimmer, Dr Palmer was the only officer not to make it to dry land, and was never seen again. Later it was reported that the Kabul river had flooded and the contested bungalow swept away. This story has been reported elsewhere, and was even investigated by the Society for Psychical Research in London (established 1882).The Times obituary of 11th April 1931 stated that “as subaltern, field officer, commander, or general of division, Sir George Richardson showed himself and good, a fine sportsman, and a kind-hearted gentleman”. Amongst this lot are letters of condolences to Lady Richardson from General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh of Bikaner alongside those from Clive Wigram (Private Secretary to King George V), both on his own behalf and expressing the regret of the King. His 40+ years of service resulted in him being awarded the KCB (Most Honourable Order of the Bath), CSI (Most Exalted Order of the Star of India) and CIE (Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire).
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