Treatise on Ammunition, 1905. Sixth Ed. Royal 8vo hb., red cloth. Colour plates, diagrams, charts, tables etc some folding. Scarce. CONDITION REPORT: This Lot is part of a substantial collection of books and ephemera consigned to auction by the Imperial War Museum which represent duplicates of items already in their collection. The material covers the 1st. & 2nd. World Wars, other areas of 20th.C. Military History and more general, related subjects. It will therefore bear evidence of this fact to varying degrees in the form of library stamps, booking sheets etc. Evidence of this provenance varies considerably. A number of books have a standard library binding. A substantial number retain the original binding. In the context of its status as an ex-library collection the condition of individual Lots varies - some might be considered 'poor' (though scarce), most are 'good' to 'very good'. Interested buyers/bidders are advised to make their own physical checks on Lots prior to submitting or making bids well before the day of the sale.
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A WWII ammunition trunk, formerly the property of Lieutenant Tom Bush who played for Liverpool FC 1933-1947 and a copy of a photograph of the 1947-48 Liverpool FC team, of which we believe that the club does not currently own a copy (2). CONDITION REPORT Tom Bush played for Liverpool FC between 1933 and 1947 with five years out for WWII, he then coached the youth team and acted as an administrator, so total service for Liverpool FC was 37 years, he also coached the England Youth Team in 1953 and sadly passed in 1969.
Five WWII naval medals for Mr David Milling, the 1939-1945 Star, the Africa Star, the Burma Star, the Atlantic Star and a Victory medal, a set of dress medals relating to the same, a naval bosun's whistle, a small penknife with attached pencil, John Watts penknife, two British Legion pin badges, naval fabric badge and four pieces of dolls' teaware possibly made from ammunition shells and a white metal Egyptian dagger, also a vintage metal money box with a quantity of coinage, mainly copper to include George III coins.
1970s Palitoy Action Men and Accessories, five 1970s figures, two with eagle eyes, including No.34060 Atomic Man, No.34059 Helicopter Pilot (2), No.34121 Red Devil (2), 34246 Turbo Copter (2), No.34270 Bazooka and No.34726 Searchlight together with accessories including torch, ammunition and other items (qty), P-VG
Distinguished Conduct Medal group - DCM (5403 B.S.Mjr J Powell 5/D.A.C.RFA), 1914 Star with clasp (5403 Sjt J Powell RFA), BWM & Victory Medal + MID (5403 W.O.CL.2. J Powell RA), Defence Medal, GV Special Constabulary Medal with bars LS1941 & LS 1944 (John Powell). DCM L/G 22/9/1916 citation reads 'For conspicuous gallantry. When an ammunition dump became ignited by shell fire, he assisted the officer in charge to remove ammunition under very dangerous circumstances. Although blown away some distance by a violent explosion, he returned to the dump, and, amid continual explosions, helped to carry away wounded'. MID L/G 30/5/1918. Born Knowle, Birmingham. Plus photos. With research. VF (6)
1906 Military Pattern Whistle with finger ring & Officer’s Accoutrements An unusual example of the tube whistle, made by Hudson & Co., with clear date 1906. Made with a finger ring. GC ... Accompanied by a second example dated 1940 ... Private purchase collapsable campaign cup in leather case ... Leather book of matches, with silver mounts ... Large pocket knife ... Also a 1903 cavalry pattern leather ammunition pouch. (6 items)
A quantity of military equipment etc, including a captain’s scarlet mess jacket and waistcoat of the North Staffordshire Regt, dated 1937, various modern olive green webbing pouches and belt, a 1959 dated metal ammunition box, pair of WWII webbing gaiters, 1944 dated wire cutters, French Adrian helmet in relic condition, etc. Generally GC
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[Irish Easter Uprising] A printed General Order from General J G Maxwell, Commander-in-Chief, HQ, Irish Command, dated 1st May 1916 and written in the aftermath of the Easter Uprising. The document reads I desire to thank the troops who have been engaged in the City of Dublin for their splendid behaviour under the trying conditions of street fighting which I found it necessary to order them to undertake. Owing to the excellent direction of the officers and the tireless efforts of the troops all the surviving rebels in Dublin have now surrendered unconditionally. I specially wish to express my gratitude to those Irish Regiments which have so largely helped to crush this rising. Many incidents of very gallant behaviour have been brought to my notice to which I am unable to refer to in this order but I must express my admiration of the conduct of a small detachment from the 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment which, when conveying ammunition, was attacked in Charles Street and after a splendid defence of three and a half days, during which their leaders were struck down, safely delivered the ammunition. 33 cm x 21 cm
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A RARE 9MM FRENCH FIRST PATTERN MODEL 1854 PIN-FIRE RIFLED CARBINE BY TREUILLE DE BEAULIEU FOR THE 'CENT GARDE' OF NAPOLEON III, NO. 136, CIRCA 1854 with tapering sighted barrel rifled with four grooves retained by two brass bands each with a spring-clip, the forward band with iron sling swivel and a lug for a bayonet, stamped with inspector's marks at the breech, in a heart M beneath a mullet, the letter 'F' between two mullets in a lozenge and a similar mark involving the letter 'C', stamped '136' beneath and fitted with folding ladder back-sight, patent action including vertical breech-block operated by a knurled hook-shaped lever acting on the trigger, regulation figured walnut full stock (cracked through and repaired at the grip), impressed '136' on the left of the butt, brass butt-plate, iron trigger-guard, and a pair of iron sling swivels, complete with its sabre bayonet, with tapering single-edged fullered blade with Châtellerault Imperial arsenal inscription and the date 1854, brass hilt comprising oval guard and cap pommel, and banded horn grip 80 cm; 31 1/2 in barrel 100.3 cm; 39 ½ in blade (2) Provenance Mark Dineley Collection Exhibited The Pattern Room 1973-2012 The Cent-Gardes were created by Napoleon III. They were armed with a sabre for use on horseback, sabre-bayonet for fighting on foot, an epée for ceremonial dress and 'muskets' as described below. The contract for the muskets was awarded to Treuille de Beaulieu. Only three hundred of these notably small calibre breech-loading carbines were produced. Baron Antoine Hector Thésée Treuille de Beaulieu (1809-1886) was a French General and Captain Inspector of the Châtellerault manufactory. He was a similar age to the Emperor, Napoleon III, and they enjoyed a shared a passion for artillery and firearms. Following a period of study at the Bourges Artillery School he presented a paper on breech-loading, barrel rifling and the use of small calibres in 1842. In 1854 he made the pin-fire muskets for the 'Cent-Gardes' of Napoleon III. The first model trials surprised all participants, a high speed round penetrating a cuirass at what was considered normal distances in warfare. Among other problems the first model was criticised as fingers could become pinched in the triggers, the sabre lances distorted the barrels and the ammunition was relatively delicate. These faults were addressed in the second model. See Lorain 1979, pp. 10-14 .
*A Great War and Third Afghan War M.C. Group of Eight awarded to Colonel G.G. ‘Georgie’ Rogers, 1st Gurkha Rifles, awarded the M.C. for his command of the reconnaissance piquets at Khurd Kyber Pass, where his company met and repelled some 2,000 Afghan tribesmen from two hillside positions with rifle, grenade and kukri. A renowned expert in Gurkha dialects and customs and the scion of an established family of Gurkha Officers, he later became an expert advisor for the 1945 film ‘Johnny Gurkha’, comprising: Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lt. G. G. Rogers, 2/1 Gurkha Rfls.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. G. Rogers); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. G. G. Rogers, 2-1 Grks.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, court-mounted on board for display, toned, generally good very fine or better (8). M.C.: London Gazette, 3 August 1920: ‘For distinguished service in the Field in the Afghan War, 1919.’ George Gordon Rogers was born on 9 April 1893, at Dharamsala, India. His father, Colonel G. W. Rogers, D.S.O. of the 4th Gurkha Rifles, had originally raised the 2nd Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1886 and both his paternal and maternal grandfathers were Major-Generals in the Indian Army (The latter, J.S. Rawlins, had commanded the 1st Battalion). George (or “Georgie”) was educated at Bedford College and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, being commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in January 1912. He joined the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Gurkha Rifles in Chitral in early 1913 and served during the operations against rebellious tribesmen in the Swat Valley in August 1915. Soon after he was transferred to the Nepalese Contingent, whose soldiers were sent to help maintain order in India, whilst most of the Indian Army was in France and Mesopotamia. During this period he also served as Staff Officer at the Mountain Warfare School at Kakul, near Abbottabad, for which he was rewarded with an appointment to the Order of the Star of Nepal (this order not present with group). Rogers rejoined his regiment in early 1919, when, having been promoted to Captain, he was given command of ‘D’ Company. Three days after war was declared against Afghanistan in May 1919, his battalion left by train from Nowshera for the Khyber Pass area. They arrived at Ali Masjid on the 10th, and marched the following morning to Landi Kotal where they formed the reserve for an attack on the Afghan positions at Bagh. Hearing the sound of heavy gunfire, the Battalion made a forced march to Loe Dakka on the 17th and found that a Sikh regiment had just captured Sikh Hill. ‘B’ and ‘D’ Companies were sent to occupy it but lacking adequate food or water, and being laden with ammunition and entrenching tools on a very hot day, the had a very tough time of it. That night an Afghan battalion attacked their position on the hill, but was successfully driven off. On 14 June, Rogers provided the piquets and advanced guard for a force sent out to intercept a tribal raiding party (“lashkar”). Surprisingly no opposition was encountered, but two Afghan envoys presented themselves under a white flag, carrying sealed letters from the Amir, and they were duly escorted to Headquarters. On the evening of the 16th Rogers was in command of No. 5 piquet when, at roughly 9.30 p.m., it came under attack from about 80 tribesmen. The attack was driven off with accurate Lewis-gun fire, and on the 27th, Rogers and ‘D’ Company established two new piquets on Conical Hill and West Ridge to protect the Kabul Road, which passed between the two features. On the morning of 13 July, ‘D’ Company under Rogers went to furnish the piquets on the Khurd Khyber Pass for the cavalry reconnaissance, and was so strongly opposed by some 2000 tribesmen that another company had to be called up before the piquets could be set up. Fortunately, Rogers had taken the initiative to set up piquets on two hills about 1,000 yards south-west of the pass which had never before been occupied. The tribesmen had hoped to find the hills again unoccupied, intending to use them to harass the reconnaissance from the flank, but they were foiled by Rogers’ forward thinking. Fierce combat ensued, with the Gurkhas holding one side of the hill and the enemy the other; at times resorting to hand-to-hand fighting with kukris drawn. The orderly withdrawal of the piquets was covered by machine guns and howitzers which inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. The battalion suffered casualties of just three killed and seven wounded in this action, and it was for this operation that Rogers was awarded the M.C. At this time Rogers also played a key role in forming the ‘Gurkhas Scouts’, formed of picked men from the Gurkha regiments nearby. This detachment would lie up after dark in likely approaches and deal with snipers and intruders with hand grenades or kukris, leading to several successful ambushes and providing a strong deterrent. At the end of 1920 Rogers was attached to the 2nd / 6th Gurkha Rifles and deployed to southern Waziristan. According to the regimental history, ‘The men were fresh from the rigours of the Great War and were in no mood to adopt kid-glove methods with the Mahsud tribesmen. This did not fit in with the policy envisaged by the political authorities and so the Battalion was moved (from Kotkai camp) to a quieter area to Manzai where it was thought “incidents” were less likely to occur.’ However in April 1921, the Mahsuds devastated two Punjabi regiments by ambushing a convoy, and thereafter the Battalion spent more time on road-protection duties. After returning to his own regiment, Rogers was then attached to the 1st / 4th Gurkha Rifles, from May 1923 to March 1924, and served with them during the disturbances in the Sikh state of Mabha. Through his upbringing and service, Rogers became a master of Nepalese dialects, mastering both Gurung and Magar, as well as the court language of Kathmandu. He was an expert in Gurkha songs and dances and, as one colleague reported, ‘He was usually found in the centre of a fascinated group of men who hung on his word ... it was in these inter-war years in Dharmsala and the N.W. Frontier that we got to know Georgie well, accompanied him on shooting trips, attended his nautches, and learnt something of our men and their language.’ In January 1929, Rogers was promoted to Major and from 1934 he was senior Major - in effect the second-in-command. He was placed on the Supplementary Unemployed List in 1936, and settled for a time in South Africa, before being recalled in June 1940. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary) and, in November 1940, appointed to be Commandant of the Regimental Centre at Dharmsala. During this time, when the decision had been taken to double the size of the Gurkha regiments, the 1st Gurkha Rifles faced the challenge of raising an extra battalion to replace the 2nd Battalion, which had been lost when Malaya was over-run. The Regimental Centre was thus responsible for both recruitment and specialist training, and Rogers oversaw the enormous expansion of the Centre - at one time commanding some 5000 men. He was promoted to Colonel in May 1943. An officer who trained at the Centre late in 1942 described Rogers as ‘a tall, remote and austere figure. His knowledge of Gurkhas, their languages and dialects was legendary ... the depth and width of his linguistic knowledge was thought to be unmatched among his contemporaries either in the 1st or other Gurkha regiments.’ He died in Maidenhead in May 1966, and was buried at Hampton Cemetery, Middlesex. Offered with a large file of copied research, including several picture post cards, and a photo of the Officers of the 2nd / 1st Gurkha Rifles, 1933, with Rogers shown wearing his M.C. and group. The foregoing catalogue notes are largely adapted from Rogers’ formal obituary by Pat O’ Ferrall.
*The Trio awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander William Duncan, Royal Artillery, who was wounded in action uring an Ashanti attack on the town of Fommanah, which post he commanded, in February 1874. For his services he was given a Mention for his ‘energetic defence of the post’ and the Brevet of Major, comprising: Ashantee 1873-74, single clasp, Coomassie (Capt: & Bt. Major. A. W. Duncan, B By. 4th Bde. R.A., 1873-74); South Africa 1877-79, single clasp, 1879 (Major. A. W. Duncan. R.A.); Spanish Medal for Campaigns in Africa , dated 1860, silver; Medals court-mounted, the first with officially corrected unit and date, generally good very fine or better and rare, with contemporary velvet-lined, fitted leather storage case for the three previously unmounted medals (3). Alexander William Duncan was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in April 1856, and first aw active service as an Observer with Spanish forces engaged in North Africa in 1860. He was promoted to Captain in August 1866, and then served in the Ashantee War 1873-74, where in the role of Transport Officer he found himself participating in the defence of Fommanah, latterly as C.O. when his senior officers had become casualties. Captain Henry Brackenbury, R.A., who wrote the ‘Narrative of the Ashantee War’ described the events as follows: ‘On the morning of the 2d [February 1874], he [Colonel Colley] pushed on to Fommanah, and on his arrival found the place warmly attacked on all sides. The post was in command of Captain Steward, 1st W.I.R., who had a garrison of 1 officer and 38 non-commissioned officers and men, 1st West India Regiment; and Lieutenant Grant, 6th Regiment, with 102 of the Mumford company of Russell’s Regiment. There were also present two transport officers - Captain North of the 47th Regiment, and Captain Duncan, R.A. - three surgeons, and two control officers; and in the palace, which was situated in the middle of the main street of the long straggling town, and used as a hospital, were 24 European soldiers and sailors, convalescents. The picquets had reported Ashantis in the neighbourhood early in the morning, and had been reinforced; but the village was far too large to be capable of defence by this small garrison; and when, about 8.30 a.m., the place was attacked from all directions by the enemy, they were able to penetrate into it. Captain North, in virtue of his seniority, assumed the command, but while at the head of his men was shot down in the street of the village, and was obliged by severe loss of blood to hand over the command to Captain Duncan, R.A. The enemy, as has been said, penetrated into all the southern side of the village, which they set on fire; meanwhile the sick from the hospital were removed to the stockade at the north end of the village, which was cleared as rapidly as possible, the houses being pulled down by the troops and labourers acting under Colonel Colley’s orders. At half-past two Colonel Colley reported as follows: “We have now cleared the greater part of the village, preserving the hospital and store enclosure. Difficult to judge the numbers of the Ashantis; they attack on all sides, and occasional ones creep boldly into the village, but generally keep under cover of the thick bush, which in places comes close to the houses.” The firing ceased about 1 p.m.; but on a party going down for water an hour later, they were hotly fired upon. No further attack was made upon the post. Captain North was severely wounded, dangerously so, and one of the convalescents in the 42d Regiment severely. Other Europeans were slightly wounded, among them Captain Duncan, R.A., five West Indians, and three privates of Russell’s Regiment. Colonel Colley reported that he would be unable to move any more convoys on from Fommanah for the present.’ Duncan was later mentioned in despatches for his ‘energetic defence of the post’ and given the Brevet of Major. Reaching the substantive rank of Major and the command of ‘O’ Battery, 6th Brigade, he was present during the South Africa operations of 1879. ‘O’ Battery arrived in Durban from England in April 1879, and having initially been in command of the ammunition column, Duncan went on to command the artillery of Clarke’s Flying Column in the second advance on Ulundi. Ex Dix Noonan & Webb, 16 December 2003, lot 487.
*The Second World War ‘Escaper’s’ K.C.V.O., O.B.E., M.C. & Bar Group of Ten awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Chandos Blair, Queen’s Own Highlanders, G.O.C. Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle, late C.O. of the 4th Battalion King’s African Rifles, and formerly of the 2nd and 7th Battalions Seaforth Highlanders. Captured during the Seaforths’ hard-fought rearguard action at St Valéry in June 1940, and widely reputed to have become the very first army officer to successfully escape and return home from a German Prisoner-of-War camp, he was later called upon to deliver the Queen’s Message and to handle the delicate negotiations involved in getting overturned the death sentence imposed on the British national Dennis Hills, who was due for execution by firing squad at the orders of President Idi Amin of Uganda (whom Blair had known many years before as an N.C.O. in the King’s African Rifles), comprising: The Royal Victorian Order, Second Class Knight Commander’s Set of Insignia by Collingwood, in silver, gilt and enamels, neck badge and breast star both numbered (1110) to reverse, in fitted case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Military Division), Officer’s breast badge, in silver-gilt, in case of issue; Military Cross, reverse engraved ‘1941’, with second award bar upon ribbon, engraved ‘1944’; 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, all unnamed as issued; General Service Medal, 1962-2007, single clasp, Radfan (Brig. C. Blair. O.B.E. M.C. Staff.); Silver Jubilee 1977; group swing-mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin, very fine and in original card box; together with Sir Chandos’s original commission document and K.C.V.O. Warrant (lot). K.C.V.O.: 25 October, 1972 (on relinquishing appointment as Defence Services Secretary); O.B.E.: London Gazette, 1 January 1962; M.C.: London Gazette, 30 September 1941: ‘for distinguished services in the field’;; Bar to M.C.: London Gazette, 19 October 1944, recommendation reads as follows: ‘Major Chandos Blair was in command of the advanced guard on Le Valtru on 28 June 44. Just short of the objective the left hand platoon was temporarily pinned by the fire by the enemy from a post some 400 yds away. Major Blair personally cleared the house which commanded the enemy post. Regardless of the heavy fire he moved about amongst his platoons, explaining his plan and by his disregard of enemy fire helped his men to disregard it also. He was almost the first man to reach the objective. Quickly rallying the assaulting troops he led them personally forward to the main objective on Le Valtru crossroads. This he cleared himself personally but the company was hampered by snipers from a nearby orchard. Again disregarding this fire he cleared the orchard. Throughout the attack on Le Valtru he was always to be found where fire was heaviest. His enthusiasm was an inspiration to his men and his determination to go forward and attack dominated the battle. On 29 June when both the C.O. and 2.I.C. of the Battalion were wounded, Major Blair assumed command of the Battalion. There had been many casualties and mortar fire was both heavy and spasmodic, but Major Blair moved about without fear, encouraging his men and held them firm in their posts until relieved some 36 hours later. Throughout the whole period of operations from 26 June to 30 June, Major Blair showed complete disregard to his personal safety and was at all times and inspiration to his company and later on to his Battalion.’ Lieutenant-General Sir Chandos ‘Chan’ Blair was born on 22 February 1919, the son of Brigadier-General Arthur Blair (K.O.S.B.) and Elizabeth Mary Blair (née Hoskyns). He was educated at Aysgarth School, then at Harrow, where he was a keen golfer, and finally at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst where he received the Sword of Honour. Receiving his first commission as a Second-Lieutenant in ‘C’ Company of the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders on 26 January 1939, he soon after took part in the fighting in France in June 1940, and at the time when much of the B.E.F. was being evacuated from Dunkirk, the 51st (Highland) Division took part in a gallant but ultimately doomed battle against Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division at Le Tot near St Valery-en-Caux. Surrounded, outnumbered and desperately short of ammunition or supplies, on 12 June thousands of the division’s men were taken prisoner, including 2nd Lt Chandos Blair. After a 14-day, 220--mile march, a journey by barge from Hulst in Holland down the Rhine to Baden-Württemburg, and a 60-hour train journey he arrived first at Oflag VIIC at Laufen Castle, where he remained until 1 March 1941 when he was moved to Stalag XXID - comprised of numerous forts at Posen, in Poland. Feeling his capture with a sense of ‘disgrace’ and ‘dishonour’ as mentioned in his letters, it was here that he made his first attempt at escape with 4 others, escaping his cell by ladder into a deep surrounding moat, in which they were eventually caught, reputedly turned in by a German guard who had accepted their bribe nonetheless. After some 21 days of subsequent confinement, they began collecting equipment, civilian clothes and supplies once again. On 4 June he was sent with 300 others to Oflag VB at Biberach, in Southern Germany. En route, Blair and his immediate friends had lost ‘the toss’ to another group who took an opportunity to escape from the train, but were later captured. After arriving at Biberach, and realising that if he were ultimately to escape then he needed to do so quickly, he immediately set about monitoring the camp movements and routines, and making plans for an escape. Taking turns to toss two dice with his two friends, on this occasion his score won, and thus it was he who was successfully extricated by hiding in a small handcart which was carrying stacked wooden beds to a shed beyond the gates. At this point one of the Blair’s friends offered the German guard a cigarette, and in this moment of diversion Blair made his escape to the shed. Armed only with a packet knife, homemade compass, matches, chocolate and a tin of Horlicks tablets, he emerged that night and survived by hiding in the woods and fields by day, and moving only under the cover of darkness. He remarked that for the first mile beyond the wire his ‘feet hardly touched the ground’ and that he ‘thoroughly enjoyed being hunted like a wild animal’ during his escape. After just over a week he passed Singen and reached the Swiss border, having covered 75 miles, and as he recalled in his second letter home from the Berne Legation: ‘When I got into Switzerland I only knew I was near the frontier….when I was challenged by a man in German, I thought the game was up…but continuing the conversation in French I discovered that the was a Swiss policeman who had been looking for a burglar. I nearly embraced him there and then I was so excited.’ After a short stay at Berne, where he was issued with false passports and other necessary provisions, he and another evader - Wing Commander P.A. Gilchrist, R.A.F. - left for Gibraltar on 12 January 1942 via France and Spain. Arriving safely, Gilchrist was first extracted on 27 January 1942, with Blair following on 11 February, both leaving by Sunderland flying boat. For his escape; the first successful ‘home run’ back to Britain made by a British army officer from a German POW Camp, Blair was awarded the Military Cross. Returning home to army service, he later was present as a Major with the 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders shortly after the D-Day Landings, where the 15th Scottish Division took part in Operation Epsom and the heavy fighting against German SS Tanks at Le Valtru near Caen. For his bravery in commanding his company and indeed his Battalion once his senior officers were wounded between 26 and 30 June, he was awarded a second award bar for his Military Cross….PLEASE GO TO WWW.MORTONANDEDEN.COM FOR FULL FOOTNOTE
A bespoke double barrel rifle in .45 Colt cal. N.V.S.N. The extraordinary conversion has been done to the highest standard (find another). Also comes with leg of mutton case and fifty rounds of ammunition. This item can only be purchased by someone with a current valid firearms certificate with permission to acquire or and R.F.D.
A group of six WWII medals, awarded to 4347510 Cpl J Clarke Royal Irish Fusiliers, comprising a Military Medal, 1939-45, Africa and Italy Stars, Defence Medal and War Medal, with cloth titles and letter of entitlement from Buckingham Palace, mounted in a frame. Corporal Clarke was a section commander of No 9 Platoon 'A' Company on the night of October 27th 1943 during the action in which 'A' Company were a forward company and No 9 Platoon was one of the forward platoons. The platoon Commander and platoon Serjeant were both seriously wounded and Cpl Clarke, although himself wounded in the side by shrapnel, and in pain, took over the platoon, by his personal example and leadership, he kept together under the extremely heavy fire brought down on them, and took them forward, until they had to stop through the lack of ammunition. Only then did he allow himself to be helped back. With copy paperwork Provenance: Descent through the family See inside front cover colour illustration
dating: last quarter of the 19th Century provenance: England Round, rifled barrel (to be cleaned), provided with foresight on a relived base, with rear-sight adjustable in four positions (from 100 to 400 yards), the base marked "W.W. GREENER 68 HAYMARKET LONDON S.W.", with caliber writing "AMMUNITION 375. / 40-320.", and serial number "02XXXX", featuring various tamps of the test bench on the right side. Frame with Martini type mechanic, the stock engraved with geometrical motifs and a frame at the margins; at the centre a cartouche with the writing "W.W. GREENER". Walnut butt and fore-end, both checkered. Iron mounts, butt-plate with door, trigger guard with serial number. Keeping 70% of the original blueing. William Wellington Greener was in charge of the London branch of his father's business in Haymarket Street, from 1878. See "Der Neue Stoeckel", vol. 1, page 458. dimensions: length 113 cm.
* Britains set 1433 Covered Tender SECOND VERSION, khaki finish, metal tracks, white treaded tyres, with not matching driver with moustache and remade cover (G-F, box G-F, one hole cut in side) and set 1641, Underslung Lorry, dark green finish, with driver, inner wheels metal in a reproduction box (G-F, hinges of ammunition box damaged, one handrail bent, two smooth white rubber tyres replaced) 1938 (4)
TWO THIRD REICH BROWN LEATHER MAUSER 3 CELL AMMUNITION POUCHES, each of three pouches with button down covers, each approx 8 1/2" (21.5cm) at the widest TOGETHER WITH ALUMINIUM WATER BOTTLE, having brown felt fabric cover and leather strap securing THE DEEP OVAL SECTION CUP, with swivel wire pattern loop handles, 9 1/2" (24cm) high
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