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Lot 156
World War I.- Scrapbook of First World War ephemera compiled by a Miss Gladstone of Dorset, including fliers of appeals for volunteers, ration cards, clothing coupons, badges, cigarette cards of armoured divisions, a few letters from servicemen, German cap badges and medal ribbons etc., many covered in cellophane and mounted, a few items captioned, spiral bound, worn, upper wrapper frayed and stained (loose), 1914-18; and others relating to the war including vol.1 of The Penny War Weekly (September 5th 1914-January 2nd 1915), The Sphere vol.LXIII (October-December 1915), The Yorkshire Observer for February 15th 1915 (browned and torn at fold), a Special War Bulletin No.1 for The Daily Gazette in Karachi October 31st 1918 (stained), and a postcard painting book of Active Service, v.s. (7)⁂One of the letters to Miss Gladstone, from the trenches in France dated August 15th 1915, thanks her for her parcels of a torch, books and other items, and ends "...We had a bit of success at Ypres, and it goes to prove that the British given plenty of the right kind of ammunition...can smash the German defence, at any time or place that Sir John French thinks best...". Another letter, from Midshipman Owen Wethered on H.M.S.Repulse and dated 23 November 1918, concerns the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in the Firth of Forth two days earlier, the greatest gathering of warships in one place in naval history and a sight never to be forgotten.
Lot 3119
A Second World War Camouflage Tank Crews Oversuit, labelled Size No.4 (38" to 40" chest) and dated 1945; a Second World War Windproof Camouflage Smock, labelled Size No.3 (35" to 37" chest) and dated 1944; a Pair of Second World War Windproof Camouflage Trousers, labelled Size No.4 (33" to 35" waist) and dated 1944; also, a Second World War large Soft Kit battle jerkin marked with broad arrow, Quorn MillsLtd., 1943, a similar ammunition jerkin dated 1948, and a Soft Kit battle jerkin for training purposes only (6)Condition report: 1 - Zips may have been replaced or restiched, in good working order. Two small tears to the back. Some soiling. One patch pocket has lost its upper popper.2 - Some tears and repairs.3 - Good clean condition.4 - Good condition.
Lot 501
British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (13419 L-Cpl. L. B. Woolcock. 5-D.A.S.P. A.I.F.; 67496 Pte. W. C. Stanley. G.S.R. A.I.F.) very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Leonard Bruce Woolcock, a motor mechanic from Brisbane, Queensland, attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 19 September 1916 and served with the 5th Divisional Ammunition Sub Park during the Great War. William Charles Stanley, a tobacco worker from Sydney, New South Wales, attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 31 August 1918 and served with the 25th General Service Reinforcements during the Great War.
Lot 1201
BRNO A .375 H&H MAGNUM 'SUPER MOD. 575.2' OVER AND UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE, serial no. 2 575.2 00096, for 1982, 23 5/8in. nitro barrels with stepped, partially file cut rib, flip-up open sights and ramped bead fore-sight, the breech end mounted with a Bausch & Lomb Elite 4200 1.5-6x36 telescopic sight on a detachable rail mount, quadruple-grip action with side-bolsters, automatic safety, cocking-indicators, set front trigger, carved with bold acanthus scrollwork surrounding game scenes of elephant and rhino, old silver finish, 14 5/8in. pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, sling swivels and including 1in. ventilated rubber recoil pad, currently fitted with a slip-on neoprene style cheek cover with ammunition loops, weight 10lb. 10oz. (with scope). S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act
Lot 1256
JOSEF WINKLER FOR WAFFEN KARGL A 16-BORE / 7X65R / .22 HORNET SIDEPLATED BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR DRILLING, serial no. 42 3115, for 1969, 24 3/4in. nitro reproved barrels (in 2021, partially struck off), stepped matt rib with banner engraved 'WAFFEN KARGL - PASSAU', open sights and ramped bead fore-sight, the breech end mounted with a K. Kahles Helia Super 39 S1 telescopic sight, serial no. 90083, in quickly-detachable mounts, 2 3/4in. shot chamber, bored approx. 3/4 choke, quadruple-grip action with side-bolsters, the toplever relief-engraved and gold-inlaid with a monogram 'H.W.', removable striker discs, tang-mounted manual safety, the left sideplate with rifle barrel selector switch, the calibres gold-inlaid, set front trigger, bold Germanic scroll engraving with game scenes of roe and red deer, the underside with a capercaillie, 14 1/8in. figured pistolgrip stock with sculpted cheekpiece, pistolgrip-cap, sling swivels, ammunition trap engraved with scrollwork and a wild boar, basketweave effect buttplate, weight 6lb. 12oz. (unscoped) and 7lb. 15oz. (with scope), in a brass-cornered leather case. S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act
Lot 302
AN ENGLISH OAK STORAGE CASE FOR A REVOLVER, UNSIGNED, third quarter of the 19th century and possibly for a pinfire, internal dimensions 10 5/8in. x 5 1/8in. x 1 5/8in. approximately, lined and compartmented in green baize and with lidded compartment for ammunition, circular brass escutcheon to lock (key absent) and shield-shaped escutcheon to lid.
Lot 898
E. REMINGTON & SONS, USA A CASED .38 (RIMFIRE) FIVE-SHOT REVOLVER, MODEL 'NEW MODEL POLICE CONVERSION', serial no. 7982, circa 1870, factory converted from percussion, with nickel-plated octagonal 3 1/2in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'PATENTED SEPT. 14 1858. MARCH 17 1863, E. REMINGTON & SONS, ILION, NEWYORK, U.S.A.' and 'NEW MODEL', applied crescent fore-sight, sighting groove to the top-strap, solid plated frame, plain cylinder with detachable back-plate, external hammer, guarded trigger and smooth walnut grips, some loss to plating, some stamped details deliberately erased from the left hand side of frame, possibly police issue details, in a later wood box manufactured in the form of a book and lined and compartmented in green baize with provision for ammunition. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
Lot 899
SHARPS, USA A CASED .30 RIMFIRE FOUR-SHOT DERRINGER PISTOL, MODEL 'SHARPS PATENT MODEL 2A', serial no. 72, circa 1875, with reblued slide-forwards 3in. barrel-group, plain brass frame signed 'C. SHARP'S PATENT 1859' in a circle around the hammer axis screw on both sides, centrally mounted blued hammer with rotary auto-indexing nose, smooth, possible replacement walnut grip and push button opener, together with an English market embossed chequered leatherette case, the inner lid signed 'WILKINSON, PALL MALL LONDON', the tray compartmented and lined in blue velvet and containing a blocked compartment for twelve rounds of ammunition and a cleaning rod compartment (rod absent). Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
Lot 80
A 'Monkey tail' percussion carbine by Westley Richards, lacking stock, percussion nipple and ram-rod, 60cm barrel, a William IV percussion carbine, stamped 'Tower', with brass butt cap, losses to fore-end and missing ram-rod, 76cm barrel, a rifle by J H Keiser, Cape Town, missing action, fore-end mount and ram-rod, 118cm barrel and a leather ammunition belt (4)Condition report: All guns all have parts missing, require repair or restoration.
Lot 547
WW1 German MG08 Ammunition Box and Cartridge Belt, fine example of an early wooden ammunition box with field grey paint finish. Metal clip fitting to the front releasing the lid. Red ink stamps to the underside of the lid including a Mainz manufacturer. Box is accompanied by an original ammunition cartridge belt with the metal clip fittings. Both good overall condition. (2 items)
Lot 553
WW1 German Ammunition Pouches, fine miss-matched set of brown leather ammunition pouches with the original securing straps, brass “D” rings and belt loops to the reverse. One pouch has unclear makers stamp and date, the other has clear makers stamp and clear 1915 date. Some wear but generally good condition.
Lot 716
Large WW2 German Naval Battle Flag (Reichskriegsflagge) Reputed to have Been Flown on the Fortified House, Omaha Beach, Normandy, standard pattern double sided Kriegsmarine battle flag with swastika to the centre and Iron Cross in corner. The edge with ink Kriegsmarine acceptance stamp. Some scattered moth holes and small section of damage to the top of one corner. Accompanying the flag is the following printed statement of provenance from the current vendor, “On the morning of June 6th 1944 (D DAY) at 06:30, elements of the 29th Division 116th Regiment together with 2nd and 5th Rangers attacked Dog Green Sector on Omaha Beach with horrendous numbers of casualties. Next to Dog Beach was Charlie Sector where before the war there was a privately owned house that had been built into the cliffs and was later to be known as The Fortified House. Initially on the occupation of France this house was occupied by German Infantry 716. In 1941 two Wurtzburg radar towers were erected on a piece of land jutting out to sea called Pointe la Percee not too far from the Fortified House. The radar pieces were controlled by the Kriegsmarine which was the naval arm of the German forces who by then had occupied the Fortified House. Three weeks before D DAY British Lancaster Bombers destroyed the radar towers although on D DAY the Kriegsmarine still remained in the Fortified House when a force of 2nd Rangers commanded by Lieutenant Gorensen attacked the cliffs by way of a very narrow footpath up from the beach. Even though they came under very heavy fire, by 13:00 The Fortified House had been cleared. The 2nd Rangers suffered 70% casualties in this exercise. In the 1990’s the house was demolished and the remains still lay on the beach below. The steps up into the rear basement are still intact as are two buildings in the rear garden which the Germans bult for ammunition storage. The flag which flew at the Fortified House was retrieved by the original owners in 1944 and was still in their care until my visit when their daughter who lived at St Pierre du Mont, a small hamlet near Pointe du Hoc kindly gave it to me once she knew of my interest in the area”. The flag measures 130 x 275cms.
Lot 80
Great War Military Cross Winners 1914-15 Star Medal, West Kent Yeomanry and Royal Artillery, medal awarded to “553 SJT O. HILTON W. KENT YEO”. Complete with ribbon and in good overall condition. Oscar Hilton served in Gallipoli from 7th October 1915. Commissioned into the Royal Artillery in February 1917 he was awarded a Military Cross, London Gazette 14/12/17 with the citation appearing in the London Gazette 23/4/1918, “2nd Lt. Oscar Hilton. R.F.A. , Spec Res. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in getting four guns of his battery in position under the worst possible conditions of wind and weather, and carrying up a supply of ammunition for them under heavy shell fire. On the same night, under heavy shell fire, he ran forward and extinguished a fire that had broken out under one of the gun-pits.” Captain Oscar Hilton died at home 3 days after the armistice on 14/11/1918 and is buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington, North London.
Lot 311
William De Courcy Prideaux (1862-1923) ' Seven Years Effort. During the War and After' privately printed No.1 , Weymouth 1922: manuscript signature of 'Mary Prideaux, 1922' to top right corner of cover, two volumes detailing the development of the 'Prideaux' Mk. III steel feed belts for Vickers machine guns and later American machine guns, notes on his Mk.I loader and the development of container fasteners used during WWI, also one other copy and six supplements, together with a group of family Carte de Viste and other portraits, a miniature sample of 'Disintegrating Belt Links' for Vickers machine guns, photographs of the 'Assembler' for the Prideaux loader and two photographs of the 'Universal Fastener' and several examples of the fastener. *Notes- Born in Wellington, Somerset in 1863 William De Courcy Prideaux was a prolific inventor. Most notable is his work on an improved steel ammunition feed belt for the Vickers machine gun. The disintegrating belt link improved the firing rate from the Vickers 'Continuous' fabric belt of 600pm to 1200pm for the Prideaux Mk.III belt. He then contained to develop the idea for American machine guns with the patent registered as US1305160A, May 27th , 1919. Other inventions included a 'Universal fastener', improvements for hypodermic syringes etc.* Notes Militaria artefacts are reproduced in significant numbers, in particular those from the World War II period and some may use original parts. Intending buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore must, accept responsibility for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be interested. We ask that interested bidders closely study the images provided and request additional images and condition reports to satisfy themselves to the authenticity and period of any particular items in the auction. Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to carry out exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that such opinion shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions given negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such opinions and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to description, condition or quality of lots, express, implied or statutory, are hereby excluded. This Condition is subject to Condition 16 (Terms and Conditions) concerning deliberate forgeries and applies save as provided for in paragraph 6 "information to buyers".
Lot 16
Y A REGENCY INLAID MAHOGANY MERCURY WHEEL BAROMETERG. KALABERGO, BANBURY, CIRCA 1815The 8 inch circular silvered register engraved with geometric rosette and signed G. Kalaberga, Banbury, Warranted to the centre within scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual weather observations to outer track, set behind glazed convex moulded cast brass bezel incorporating additional recording hand to the glass, the ebony and box edged case with open triangular pediment above inlaid shell roundel and arch-glazed Fahrenheit scale spirit tube thermometer flanked by further conch-shell decorated paterae to the baluster shaped upright, the rounded base further inlaid with a conforming roundel, (unrestored).98cm (38.5ins) high, 25cm (10ins) wide. Provenance: The reserve retail stock of Barometer World Museum, Merton, Devon. The story behind the maker of the current lot is particular interest from the point of view of social history. Giovanni Kalabergo arrived in Banbury from Italy in around 1810 and later anglicised his name to John. He was, in 1851, also joined by his nephew who shared his name but took to calling himself William. Unfortunately William did not take kindly to his uncle's demanding demeaner and he sought to address the problem by hatching a plan to murder him and inherit his property. In January 1852 William bought himself a gun and joined his uncle on a normal work-related trip out of town. Whilst descending d Williamscot Hill William drew the gun and shot his uncle. On returning to Banbury he reported to the Police that they had been set-upon by bandits and that his uncle resisted (allowing William to escape) but had been shot.On investigation the Police suspected foul play as nothing had been stolen from Giovanni and William was in possession of the murder weapon together with ammunition and a blood-stained rag. William was subsequently trialled and found guilty of his uncle's murder. Whilst in prison awaiting execution he made two attempts to escape; the infamy of his trial was reported throughout the country and resulted in around 10,000 people attending his hanging, a folk ballad also records his fate:In Italy I was bred and born,At Oxford town I must die with scorn;For murdering my uncle as you may see,Has brought me to the gallows tree.Condition Report: Tube has been removed but pulley mechanism is present; will require tube, lines and weights/floats. The dial has overall light to moderate oxidation to the silvering otherwise is in good original condition. The thermometer is intact but the glass to the housing is cracked/damaged. The silvering to the thermometer scale has some patchy oxidation. The case is in sound original condition with notable faults limited to bruising to the surface around the lower inlaid rosette, some light lifting to the side veneers and further light bruising/scuffs to the mouldings of the pediment. Faults are otherwise limited to minor bumps and scuff and the rear door is missing two securing screws for the upper hinge. Surface/finish is generally a little flat. Condition Report Disclaimer
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