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A Britains No. 28 mountain artillery with mule team and quick firing gun gift set, comprising of mounted empty handed officer with 6 marching gunners, all fitted with square bases, together with four walking mules carrying a dismantled RA gun and ammunition, sold in the original all-card labelled box (G-VG,BG)
A rare 20th Century Holland and Holland Gun Makers London advertising point of sale porcelain cigar / cigarette ashtray having a central panel depicting various ammunition and cartridges arranged on green ground having faux wood border with two gilded cigar holder sections. Notation reading 'Holland & Holland No1. Measures 15cm x 18cm.
A rare 20th Century Holland and Holland Gun Makers London advertising point of sale porcelain cigar / cigarette ashtray having a central panel depicting various ammunition and cartridges arranged on green ground having faux wood border with two gilded cigar holder sections. Notation reading 'Holland & Holland No 1. Measures 15cm x 18cm.
A rare group of three 20th Century Holland and Holland advertising point of sale prototype trial piece porcelain ashtrays comprising of an example decorated with various ammunition signed ' Trial ' to underside with a similar example with unfinished edge and another example with applied paper designs. Measures 26cm x 19cm.
[NATAL - CONGELLA INCIDENT]: SMITH THOMAS CHARLTON (1794-1883) British Captain, noted for his defence of Port Natal (Durban) during the Congella Incident of May-June 1842. An interesting A.L.S., T C Smith, three pages, 4to, Fort Cox, 25th August 1846, to Lieutenant Colonel Cloete. Smith informs his correspondent that the return he requires has been harder to accurately complete than first anticipated ('with the regulars it is “plane sailing” obtaining the information wanted, but it is far otherwise with the Burghers - composed as they are of all classes & colours in the community'), also referring to Sir Andries Stockenstrom ('he was too great a personage to send in returns or reports of any kind'), further continuing 'The dispatch from Hogg will interest all parties at Head Quarters - he has done much and I think will do much more & it is just the person for the service he has been sent on' and commenting on other individuals, one who 'has been secured as a prisoner' and a Mr. Flynn whose conduct 'seems to have been strange' and whose functions should be suspended, explaining 'The fact is our diplomatic agents have been left too long at their several posts & have become so accustomed to Caffre diplomacy that they have become half Caffre themselves'. Smith also writes of other military attacks and matters, not all of them in a favourable manner, commenting 'The account you give of the state of your draught oxen is by no means encouraging as regards further movements - here they are dying at a handsome average daily……and the only consolation is that the Caffres themselves appear to be suffering and would apparently be glad of a termination to the conflict…..Of the movements of “the great man of the party” - Sir A - we know nothing……In your opinion of the erratic operations of the ex-Lieut Governor I fully concur'. In a postscript written to the edges of the integral address leaf Smith refers to 50,000 rounds of ammunition at Fort Cox which are due to be transported to Cloete's division and enquires as to how they should be forwarded. The address panel bears a small red wax seal and there is a small area of paper loss caused by the original breaking of the seal. Together with a further interesting A.L.S. by an unidentified representative of the Governor in Cape Town, three pages, folio, Colonial Office, Cape Town, 12th August 1842, also to Lieutenant Colonel Cloete. The letter is written on behalf of the Governor and acknowledges receipt of a number of Cloete's letters, dated between June and August, as well as their accompaniments 'detailing the operations which, in conformity with His Excellency's instructions……were carried into effect by you for reinforcing Captain Smith, for re-establishing the supremacy of the British authority in the neighbourhood of Port Natal, and for bringing the rebellious Emigrant farmers to subjection by compelling them to acknowledge their allegiance to the Queen', continuing to add that, after careful perusal of the reports and anxious consideration of the circumstances, His Excellency 'is of opinion that your proceedings were in strict accordance with the spirit of your instructions & that the main objects of the expedition, viz the suppression of the revolt and the establishment of the Queen's authority having been effected, it became expedient and necessary to prevent the further effusion of blood by extending towards the rebels a leniency to which their violent conduct and determined hostility gave them little title to expect', and further stating that His Excellency wishes to express his conviction 'that, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, no other line of conduct could have been pursued…..' Two letters of fine content and association relating to the Congella Incident. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG, 2 Abraham Josias Cloete (1794-1886) Afrikaner General in the British Army. In 1842 Cloete was sent with reinforcements from Cape Town to relieve a small force under Captain Thomas C. Smith of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot which was besieged by insurgent Boers near Port Natal (now Durban). Cloete's firm action not only avoided a battle, but pathed the way for a permanent settlement of the subsequent Natal Colony. He later served as Quartermaster-General in the Xhosa Wars of 1846. Andries Stockenstrom (1792-1864) British Politician & Colonial Administrator, Lieutenant Governor of British Kaffraria 1836-38. In 1846 Captain W. S. Hogg, whose dispatches are referred to in Smith's letter, had led an expedition against the Tembu chief Mataga and in the same year commanded the Hottentot Levies during the Xhosa Wars.George Thomas Napier (1784-1855) British Lieutenant-General, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the Cape Colony 1839-43 during which time the abolition of slavery and the expulsion of the Boers from Natal were the main events.
Inert WW1 Mills No 5 Grenade and Selection of Ammunitioncast fragmentation body. Steel hinged lever secured by split pin. Lower brass base with maker 'M & Co' dated '11/15'. Some pitting to body. Together with a various selection of inert ammunition. All contained in a 7.62 mm ammunition box.
Inert WW1 Mills No 5 Grenade and Various Shell Casescast fragmentation body. Steel hinged lever secured by a split pin. Lower base with maker 'Calthorpe Motor Co' dated '9/16'. Excavated and cleaned condition. Together with a German WW1 period, pom pom shell and steel head ... 3 x WW1 dated, 18 pr., brass shell cases ... WW2, 18 pr. shell case fitted with brass handles ... Quantity of inert .303 ammunition ... Brass fuse head. Quantity.
Good 1944 Pattern Officer's Webbing Setconsisting dark green revolver holster dated 1945 ... Ammunition pouch, post war ... Binocular case dated 1945 ... Compass case, post war ... Pair brace straps dated 1945 ... Belt, post war ... Alloy waterbottle and cup, dated 1945 ... Waterbottle cradle, undated. Together with a pair of post war pattern, rubber soled jungle boots.
A Mid XIX Century Leather Crossbelt and Pouch with Whistle, Sword Belt, Ammunition Pouch, Percussion Cap Pouch and Kepe, bearing the white metal badges of Cambridge University Volunteers. Plus a contemporary long bow and arrows in tin case. All being the former property of Canon W.R. Wilson. William Reginald Wilson, MA was born in 1838, going up to Harrow School before Trinity College, Cambridge to study mathematics. Ordained in 1862 ,he served as Vicar of St. Mary's, Bolsterstone, South Yorkshire from 1867 to his death on 26th November 1914. Married to Martha. Further details can be found in 'An Early History of Stocksbridge and District by Joseph Kenworthy' and his obituary via the Sheffield Telegraph.
A LARGE BOX OF ASSORTED MILITARIA, including current British issue Desert Mine encounter kit with prods, sticks and warning pins in Desert Camp pouch, 3 x Desert Camo Grenade pouches, several Aircraft meters, altmeter, voltmeter, etc, various tinned ointments, temporary ariel kit WWII era, water purification kits, WWI Trench Art items, shell fashioned into a lighter, various inert ammunition rounds, Military battery, Field Dressing kits, etc

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