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Lot 92
Britains empty boxes for sets 2027, 9166, 9170 and 9213 seventeen original Britains infantry box trays with card inserts and one for cavalry, one two row insert card and fifteen infantry insert cards, a leaflet, and various ammunition packets etc. (Condition Good-Poor) (40 excluding leaflets and ammunition)
Lot 1000
WILKINSON SWORD CO. LTD., LONDON A CASED .450/.455 SIX-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL '1905 WILKINSON-WEBLEY', serial no. 124860, for 1908, with blued 6in. barrel, the raised sighting rib signed 'WILKINSON GUNMAKERS PALL MALL LONDON S.W.', beaded blade fore-sight, drift adjustable rear-sight blade to the stirrup barrel locking latch, the left hand side of top-strap marked 'WILKINSON-WEBLEY '05', fluted auto-ejecting cylinder, quick release catch mounted to the blued break-open frame, chequered walnut grips with silver escutcheon to the left and lanyard swivel at heel, the back-strap re-marked 'J.E. DYER' over '7th DGN GDS', the trigger guard bow with Wilkinson's number '2067', strong amount of original finish remaining and complete in its manufacturers leather covered storage case lined and compartmented in red baize, Wilkinson Sword trade label inside lid, the interior with tray for ammunition and retaining a period cleaning rod and oil-bottle, the lid initialled 'O.k.' Other Notes: Unfortunately the Wilkinson records are lost from this date but Webley records show this pistol was sold to Wilkinsons on 22 July 1908. We are gratefully indebted to www.armsresearch.co.uk for this informationS5 - Sold as a Section 5 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act, Sections 7.3 and 7.1 EligibleUnless prior arrangement has been made, two weeks after the Sealed bid sale, all Section 5 (and Section 7.1 / 7.3) items will be moved to a Section 5 carriers where storage charges will be incurred.Goods will not be released until all outstanding charges have been met. Collection will be by arrangement.
Lot 1201
I. HOLLIS & SONS A .450 (3 1/4IN.) EXPRESS ROTARY-UNDERLEVER DOUBLE HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 58558, 27 1/4in. cordite re-proofed barrels, raised matt rib with banners engraved 'I. HOLLIS & SONS. LONDON.', and 'AMMUNITION 450 EXPRESS', open sights and two folding leaf sights with white metal inlaid sight lines and marked '100', '200' and '300', Jones patent rotary-underlever, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action locks, border engraving, 14 3/4in. pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, horn pistolgrip-cap, sling eyes and steel heel and toe plates, weight 9lb. 9oz., in leather caseS1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act
Lot 669
A CASED 7mm PINFIRE PEPPERBOX POCKET-REVOLVER, UNSIGNED, serial no. 39204, possibly of French manufacture circa 1870 but with Birmingham proofs, fluted six-shot 2in. barrel group scroll engraved over each chamber, open borderline and scroll engraved iron frame (traces of gilding), the right hand side of action bearing the serial number, the left marked 'PATENT', spurless hammer and folding trigger, smooth bag-shaped ebony grips with shell carving at the head and scroll engraved back-strap, the pommel with removable ejector-rod, complete in a fitted walnut case compartmented and lined in blue baize, burr walnut veneered lid (small losses) with vacant border engraved shield-shaped escutcheon and banner, lidded compartment for ammunition, iron cleaning rod and nickel oil-bottleSold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
Lot 304
A Victoria/George V Naval medal group of seven to include China War Medal (1900) with Relief of Pekin clasp, naming A.H. CRAVEN. P.O. ICL H.M.S. TERRIBLE, George V Distinguished Service Medal, 150825 A.H. CRAVEN. P.O. "LORD WIMBORNE" DARDANELLES. 25.MY. 1915, Royal Humane Society Silver medal for life saving (successfull), ARTHUR. H. CRAVEN R.N. 25TH MAY 1915, 1914-15 Star, T. 50825. A.H. CRAVEN. P.O.1.R.N.British War Medal, Victory medal, 150825. A.H. CRAVEN. P.O.1.R.N. and George V. Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, 150825. A.H. CRAVEN. P.O. ICL. H.M.S. VICTORY. The D.S.M and Royal Humane Society medals are both housed in a fitted leather case with gilt tooled lettering to the lid "Presented By Her Majesty Queen Mary, 8th May 1917, Presented By Admiral Pelly." This lot include various accounts, documents and photographs relating to Petty Officer Arthur Henry Craven and his actions in the Dardanelles Operation at Gallipoli in May 1915.P.O. Craven was serving aboard the trawler Lord Wimborne which was involved in minesweeping and the landing of Australian troops on the beaches of Gallipoli. He was awarded the D.S.M. for his actions on 25th April 1915 landing troops and ammunition at Gabe Tepe under heavy fire in which approximately 600 soldiers lost their lives. After having off-loaded wounded Australian troops to the battleship H.M.S. Triumph, Lord Wimborne returned to the beach and was in close attendance when H.M.S. Triumph was attacked and damaged by German torpedoes; according to Craven the ship went down in seven minutes. During the attempted rescue of the men and crew, Craven jumped into the water and in 30 minutes managed to save approximately 20 lives It was for these deeds he was awarded the Royal Humane Society medal.Further details here.
Lot 337
An early 20th century oak, brown leather and brass bound shotgun case, having a red felt lined fitted interior to take two guns, bearing a gilt tooled leather trade label to the interior lid for W.W. Greener, Gun, Rifle and Ammunition Maker, Winner At All The Great London Gun Trials, Prize Works, St Mary's Square, Birmingham, And 68 Haymarket, London, S.W., with further remains of Greener paper label to lid exterior. w.83, d.33, h.9.5cm. Appears to be suitable for hammerguns.Would accommodate 30” barrels.
Lot 1109
Repainted and / or converted military figures, mostly Britains, including foot (8) and mounted (6), 11th Hussars, Hussar horses (10), RHA at halt (7 horses, inc 4 with riders), recast limber seated figures, (2), Reka / Crescent galloping RHA horses (9 horses, inc 6 with riders), Guns of the Royal Artillery (2), ammunition limbers (2), refurbished RASC waggon, generally G, a few faults (50 inc 3 spare traces), 2 horses, 1 foot Hussar and 1 limber are unpainted castings,
Lot 1238
Various 54mm white metal figures, some Britains conversions, including boxed RHA officer, Bygone Age Victorian Milk Float kit, ammunition carts (7), repainted and converted Britains, Hilco and Timpo British Infantry (46), mounted in steel helmets (2), repainted / converted Britains Unimogs (3), Asset marching WRAF platoon (15), generally G, Unimogs F, (75)
Lot 506
NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A very rare and exceptional L.S., Nap, nine pages with gilt edges, 4to, Fontainebleau, 27th January 1813, to Eugene de Beauharnais, in French. A letter of historical interest, dictated by Napoleon to Baron Edouard Mounier, written a month after returning from Russian campaign and only one day after receiving Murat at Fontainebleau and accusing him of having abandoned his army. Napoleon lengthly reports about his intentions to reorganize his armies, refers to many of his Marshals and reveals his intention to return to Russia, and begins his letter saying `My son, I do not have yet a precise idea in mind regarding the way the army has to be re-organized..´ and continues referring to regiments in Danzig, to troops under General Grenier, to General Lagrange `I asked you to replace General Lagrange, he cannot participate in such a war with an arm missing..´, to Marshal Ney `These three divisions will be commanded by the Duke of Elchingen and will keep the name of 11th Corps or take the name of Avant-Garde Corps of the Grande Armée… and this way you will have 6000 horses in the Avant-Garde Corps.´ Napoleon continues sending instructions regarding the reorganization of most of his Corps, Regiments and Battalions, establishing schedules and referring to many of his Generals, further saying `The Elbe Observation Corps (which will get a number), the Observation Corps of Italy, the 1st and 2nd Rhine Observation Corps.. the combined 2nd and 3rd Corps will have four divisions and forty-eight battalions each; the 4th Corps will have three divisions and thirty-six battalions. The total forces of the army beyond the Rhine by the end of June, the Danzig garrison excepted, will include thirty infantry divisions and three hundred and sixty-two battalions. Bringing up the number of men with weapons in each battalion to 650 and to a total amount of more than 200.000 infantry soldiers, and to over 300.000 French including cavalry, artillery and engineers. The Westphalian Corps will be raised… The Saxon, Württemberg and Bavarian Corps will have their ranks filled again. The army will thus be one third stronger than it was during the last campaign. Those various corps may be commanded as follows: 11th Corps, Duke of Elchingen; Elbe Observation Corps, Count Lauriston; Observation Corps of Italy, Count Bertrand; 1st Rhine Observation Corps, Duke of Ragusa or Count of Lobau; 2nd Rhine Observation Corps, Count of Lobau or Duke of Ragusa; 1st Corps, Prince of Eckmühl; combined 2nd and 3rd Corps, Duke of Reggio; 4th Corps, Duke of Taranto.´ Napoleon further confirms his plan, unknown till then, to return to Russia towards August 15th `Supposing Danzig is occupied.. the siege can only begin in April. I will thus have the entire month of June to march on Danzig. Once the siege of Danzig and the siege of Thorn are raised and my communications are restored… I will postpone moving any further until a future campaign or, if appropriate, cross the Niemen around August 15th. It is the best period since the harvest is over at that time, the fodder for horses is ripe and two and a half months are enough for me to march on Vitebsk and the Dnieper area.. corps will be raised to 60,000 men, which will allow at the same time to enter Volhynia… On top of this I will have 120,000 men in France and Italy to defend my coasts and borders.´ Further again referring with strong interest to Warsaw and Russia `I suppose you have summoned back all Cavalry regiments which were in Warsaw. Warsaw must be kept whatever it costs. Austria is rearming. And according to all available information Russia is in a terrible situation and can only send some small light cavalry towards Posen... It is thus necessary to remain in Posen to protect Warsaw and maintain communications.. Russia cannot leave less than 50,000 men in front of Danzig, 10,000 in front of Thorn, just as many in front of Modlin and less than 60,000 facing Galicia. Consequently, it is not possible that the Russian army starts marching towards you. The most important thing is to reorganize the cavalry corps of General La Tour-Maubourg in order to scout around and keep the enemy away from our communications.´ An unusual lengthy letter with extraordinary content. VG £8000-12000Eugene de Beauharnais (1781-1824) French Prince, son of Josephine de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy 1805-14 and Grand Duke of Frankfurt. Stepson and adopted child of Napoleon Bonaparte.Edouard Mounier (1783-1843) Baron of the Empire and cabinet secretary of Napoleon I. Became General Director of the French police in 1819.Paul Grenier (1768-1827) French General during revolution and under the Empire, an excellent tactician credited with many battle victories.Adelaide Blaise Le Lievre de la Grange (1766-1833) Marquis de la Grange et de Fourilles. French Cavalry General during the French Revolution and First Empire. De la Grange lost an arm in 1809 at the battle of Essling.Duke of Elchingen (1769-1815) Michel Ney, French Marshal. Prince of the Moskowa. Executed.Count Lauriston (1768-1828) Jacques Alexandre Law, Marquis of Lauriston. General in the French army and Diplomat of Scottish and Portuguese descent.Count Bertrand (1773-1844) Henri Gratien Bertrand, French General, and Grand Marshal of the Palace. Bertrand was aide-de-camp to Napoleon I and the closest officer to the Emperor who had full confidence in him. He served during the expedition to Egypt and the Battles of Austerlitz, Wagram, Leipzig and Waterloo and accompanied Napoleon I to Elba in 1814 and to St. Helena in 1815. Bertrand was condemned to death in 1816 but did not return to France until Napoleon´s death when King Louis XVIII granted his amnesty. In 1840 Bertrand went to St. Helena to bring Napoleon´s remains to France.Duke of Ragusa (1767-1847) Auguste Marmont, Nobleman and Marshal of France.Count of Lobau (1770-1838) Georges Mouton, Marshal of France. During the Russian Campaign, he acted as a senior aide-de-camp to Emperor Napoleon. At the Battle of Waterloo he distinguished himself against the Prussians.Prince of Eckmuhl (1770-1823) Louis Nicolas Davout, Duc d´Auerstaedt and Marshal of France. Known as the Iron Marshal. Davout was the only Napoleonic Marshal not to have been defeated in battle by 1815.Duke of Reggio (1767-1847) Nicolas Oudinot, Marshal of France.Duke of Taranto (1765-1840) Etienne Jacques Macdonald, Marshal of France.The Siege of Danzig lasted from January to December 1813, and ended with the French surrender, and not as Napoleon was expecting he would be marching in Danzing in June as he says in the present letter. During the War of the Sixth Coalition the Russian and Prussian forces besieged the permanent French garrison, which had been augmented by soldiers from the Grande Armée retreating from its Russian Campaign. It was a major supply depot for Napoleon's forces, with large quantities of food, munitions, forage, weapons, clothing and ammunition. Napoleon was trying to re-group an army in his rear in order to confront the Coalition, and so needed to guard the line of the Vistula by garrisoning Danzig, Thorn and Warsaw as he also explains in the present letter.. La Tour-Maubourg (1768-1850) Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg. French Cavalry Commander. Minister of war 1819-21.A copy of this letter was sent to the National Archives by Her Imperial Highness the Duchess of Leuchtenberg during the Second Empire. Duchess of Leuchtenberg was the wife of the second son of Eugène de Beauharnais and Princess Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia of Bavaria.
Lot 239
A FINE JAPANESE TAZUKE-RYU SCHOOL INLAID MATCHLOCK CARBINE, OZUTSU TEPPO EDO 1615-1868 Of massive proportions, the 30-monme (26mm bore) carbine with a heavy 71cm barrel finely decorated with gold and silver wire inlays, the lower section with the maru ni kuginuki (nail-puller in a circle) mon family crest on a dense asa-no-ha ground, the other two thirds of the barrel depicting Tekkai Sennin blowing his soul out of his body, the underside signed Tomioka Saheiji Yoshihisa, the stock made from sturdy Japanese oak wood, approx. 11,8kg and 103 cm overall. Cf. C Sinclaire, Samurai, The weapons and spirit of the Japanese warrior, pp130-131, and I Bottomley & A P Hopson, Arms & Armour of the Samurai, pp.124-125, for other examples of Japanese inlaid hand cannons. Also, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, access. no.2892-D3. The maru ni kuginuki mon was used by several families, including the Hori Clan. Tekkai is typically depicted here as a sennin (immortal hermit), wearing a coat and skirt made of mugwort leaves and carrying a tall wood staff. Tekkai Sennin was an Immortal who blew his soul out of his body in order to meet his master on Mount Hua. When his spirit tried to return, he found that he had been cremated. He thus had no choice but to inhabit the body of a lame beggar lying nearby. This type of large teppo carbines known as ozutsu ('cannon') was mounted onto castle walls to protect it against invaders. They were also used on ships, on horseback, as assault weapons to blast through door hinges and to launch incendiary or explosive arrows (hiya) to set fires during sieges. These powerful firearms had large recoil and bails of rice would be necessary to support the gunner's back. Heavy round lead balls were used as ammunition, with sizes described as monme. Taking 30-monme shots, this carbine is one of the largest examples of Japanese Edo Period hand-held firearms. By the 19th c., these had become obsolete and were only used to call monks to prayer, to signal the time in cities, and for official inaugurations. Yoshihisa was a gunsmith from the Musashi Province, an area stretching today from Tokyo to the Prefectures of Saitama and Kanagawa. He is recorded working circa Tenpo 14 (1843) and was an official supplier to the Shogun.
Lot 342
A rare, extensive and detailed archive of manuscript notes detailing production of Great War British military munitions, ex-Thomas Layton, 1st Baron Layton, who worked for the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War, comprising approximately 150 sheets and notes concerning production requirements, supply and usage of munitions including artillery shells and other ammunition, tanks, machine guns etc
Lot 268
Pat Wells 249 Sqn Battle of Britain pilot signed 6 x 4 photo of the ground crew loading ammunition on to his plane. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
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