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Click here to subscribeAn original British post war 1962 dated Royal Army Ordnance Corps Officer's peaked dress uniform hat and a British Military Police armband. The red felt hat with blue band, ROAC metal badge and black patent peak. Retaining an inner brown leather headband, dated 1962 with broad arrow marks. The Military Police armband also of red felt construction with buckle and Velcro fastening.
An original WWII Second World War Third Reich Nazi German Army issued M35 Stahlhelm Q62 steel combat helmet, by repute liberated from the home of Nazi Germany's Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Stamped Q68 to inside, along with ' 259 '. Single decal version, with swastika and eagle motif side. Complete with original liner and leather chin strap. Good example of a helmet, from the home of the Nazi Foreign Minister. Provenance: The helmet was liberated from Von Ribbentrop's home by a Major Holloway of the Intelligence Corps, who was part of the 26th FS Section with the 59th Infantry Division who captured him in 1945. From a large private collection of militaria. Comes with Holloways' Intelligence Corp uniform title and cap badge, and a photograph of Holloway taken in Hamburg, 1942. (Previously sold by us in February 2020)
A W.W.I three medal group awarded to 1960 PTE. A.T Oliver . 16- London Regiment and various military badges the medal group formed of 1914-15 Star and Victory and War medals, on ribbons accompanied by dog tags and 16th County of London badges together with an enamelled gilt metal Army Cyclist Corps badge, silver prize fob, silver St Christopher medallion, a Princess Mary tin, a linen Union Jack Flag, Home Guard and LDV cloth armbands and Home Guard cloth band etc., (qty)various Condition: Medal group slightly rubbed with surface wear. Some light marks and stains to flag. Other items in fair condition
Robert Devereaux, 3rd Earl of Essex, (1591-1646), Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentary army, silver-gilt militaryreward badge by Thomas Rawlins, 1642 oval, half length bust three quarters left,wearing armour and a wide lace collar and holding a sword, SX above head, legend in two lines 'Should hear both houses of parliament for true Religion and subjects freedom stand - Pro Religione Lege Rege et Parliamento, rev. engraved 'Earl of Essex Parliamy Gen', laurel wreath border, suspension loop above height 5.7 cm.,Condition: Scored vertical lines to reverse Gilt worn on the edges of the reverse too
WW2 British Arnhem PoW's Medal Group to 6977845 Pte Joseph O'Donnell. Pte O'Donnell was a pre war regular soldier who joined up in 1934 at the age of 18. He joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers/Royal Irish Fusiliers seeing service in Palestine, Malaya and India with his Regt. In January 1942 he joined the Army Air Corps in India serving with 151/156 Batl Parachute Regt. In Sept 1942 he transfered to the Royal Signals (Airborne) He took part in OP Market-Garden arriving on the second day. He was taken prisoner on Sept 20th and was freed on 23/4/45. He continued to serve in the reserves until 15/4/48. The following day he rejoined the Army and served with 18th Battl Parachute Regt and later with the Royal Engineers. The group consists of: 1939-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal all complete with original ribbons and mounted on a bar: Regular Army Certificate of Service in original envolope: both his wartime and post war AB64 Paybooks: hand made leather wallet possibly obtained in India with tooled Parachute Regt cap badge to front along with his initials, this also contains his post war ID card: Parachute Regt Old Comrades Association Lifetime membership card no2080 along with two Kings Crown Parachute regt lapel badges: Soldiers Release Book Class "A": Stick Commanders' Duties book: 12 photos with pre war, wartime and post war service, which include him wearing his medals, one shows him with others members of his unit with Monty: Programme from 1958 re presentation of new 18th Bn Colours: Field medical card from 21/7/60 while serving with 131 RE, 301 Sqdn due to twisted ankle while parachuting: a selection of post war TA 18th batl training exercise instructions, some marked "Secret": Rifle/SMG Cleaning kit in tin: Brass Morse Code key with plaque in his name "J. O'Donnell, BEM": a selection of four 1960s Practical Wireless magazines: Roman Catholic Prayer book with Crucifix in black leather pouch: private purchase shaving kit in black leather pouch.
WW2 British cap badges to include: 27th Lancers, The Bays, Royal Armoured Corps, 3rd Dragoon Guards, Inniskillings, Royal Ulster Rifles, South Notts Hussars collar dog, RA collar dog, 3rd Dragoon Guards badge converted to Sweetheart brooch with title removed and pin affixed, WW2 US Army Enlisted Man's cap badge. (10)
WW2 and later British Cap badges and cloth insignia to include: Kings Crown Parachute Regiment cap badge: Silver ARP Lapel badge: Queens Crown RAF: Queens Crown Royal Marines: Kings Crown REME: Kings Crown Royal Signals Officers: RAF Officers Eagle: Air Training Corps: Gordon Highlanders: KOSB a/f: CMP brass shoulder title: Royal Navy cloth insignia x 6: Post War Parachute Regt shoulder title: RAMC title: RMP title: Staff Sgt Brassard: West German Army rank insignia: USAF Enlisted mans cap badge: Queens Crown RAF Pilots Wings etc.
WW2 British Cap badges to include: South Wales Borderers x 2 and Officers Bronze collar dogs: Scottish Rifles a/f: Kings Own Scottish Borderers: Gloucestershire Regt with back badge: Worcestershire Regt x 4 plus shoulder title: Cheshire Regt brooch pinned plus another missing lugs: Dorsetshires Regt x 2: Royal Sussex Regt: Hampshires: JLI a/f: East Lancs x 2: DCLI: West Ridings: Border Regt: Free Dutch Army: South Staffs x 2: South Lancs repaired lugs: The Welsh Regt: Royal Artillery: Queens Own Hussars: Black Watch x 2 : Australian Commonwealth Military Forces plus collar dog: etc.
WW2 Third Reich Waffen SS Flemish Volunteers Group to SS Untersturmfuhrer Albert Geunes: a very comprehensive group of his awards, official documents and photographs. This is new to the market and has not been in a collection before to include: Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse, Iron Cross 2nd class 1939, no makers mark to ring, complete with original full-length ribbon: Award document for the EK2 to SS Sturmann Albert Geunes 3. /Kradschutzen-Btl.2 SS-PzGren. Div."Das Reich", dated 18.2.1943 and signed in ink by the divisional commander SS Gruppenfuhrer und Generalieutnant der Waffen SS Georg Keppler: Award document to SS Sturmann Albert Geunes 3. /SS Kradschutzen-Bt.2 dated 3 Marz 1943 for the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz signed in ink by SS Sturmbannfuhrer und Btl. Kommandeur Jakob Fick (Fick was awarded the RK on the same day for the same action): Silver Wound badge 1939, zinc, maker marked L22, pin and hinge with old repair: Award document Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille) to SS-Unterscharfuhrer Albert Geunes dated 22 Juni 1942 signed by SS Sturmbannfuhrer und Kommandeur Konrad Schellong, 6.SS-Freiwilligen Sturmbrigade ?Langemarck?: Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille) ring maker marked "14" complete with full length ribbon: Infanterie Sturmabzeichen in Silber - Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, zink, no makers mark: Promotion document dated 21 Dec. 1944 on Himmler?s personal headed paper with impressed seal and ink stamp promoting him to SS-Untersturmfuhrer and signed in ink by SS Brigadefuhrer und Genralmajor der Waffen SS Dr. Adolf Katz: Fursorgeauweis der Waffen SS in Flandern Nr.82 with ink stamp and signed: Medal of the Recruiting Centers 1940 ( Medaille van de Recruteringscentra van het Belgisch Leger 1940) awarded in 1990 by the Belgian Govt to men who presented themselves for service in France in 1940, cased and complete with ribbon and pin: approx. 30 wartime photos of himself in uniform: As he was an active member of the Sint Maartensfonds Flemish Waffen SS Veterans Association there are also approx. 40 post war reprinted photos of both himself and his comrades: 8 large post war reprinted photos of himself taking part in the honour guard at SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz in 1944 for the memorial service for SS Brigadefuhrer Fritz Witt, shows Witt?s widow and children, Fritz Klingenberg, LSSAH colour party, SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Richard Schulze-Kossens etc: Four post war signed postcards/photos of Remy Schrynen, Richard Schulze-Kossens, Jan Vincx, etc: 10 colour photos taken in 1988 of the Memorial to Flemish SS killed in 1945 Nordwestuckermark-Sternhagen, Uckermark district, Brandenburg : Wartime newspaper cutting of Jef van de Wiele: His Daughters Birth Certificate born in Germany 25th Sept 1944: photocopy of letter to his Adj. Obersturmfuhrer Buch sent from Graz 6/3/44: Letter sent as a PoW to his family 30/6/46: Copy from the Bundesarchive sent to him by Jan Vincx of him listed in the 14 Kreigs-Juncker- Lehrgang an der Junkerschule Tolz: 1941 Regt Westland document giving him permission to marry signed by unit Kommandeur SS-Stubaf. Horst Strathmann: 5 wartime photos of his wife and Flemish HJ members: 3 documents from his Military Tribunal in 1946/47: release papers with photo after he was released from prison in 1958: After released he became a Miner, Belgian Trade Union /Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond Bronze Medal" ACV Hulde: En Erkentelijkheid": Belgian Trade Union /Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond Silver Medal" ACV Hulde En Erkentelijkheid": Medallion from a Miners Jubileumfeest Dinner and menu from 1982: Miners ID card with photo: St Maartensfonds Membership Card with stamps from 1975-1977: Sint Maartensfonds Commemorative Medal 1951-1996: ribbon pins stamps 1980?s/1990?s from re-reunions: lapel badge ?JST? (Junkerschule Tolz): Medallion ?Tychsen Kameradschaft, 2nd SS Panzerdivision Das Reich?: Official copy of trial Pro Justitia: Handmade 1997 New Year card from another Veteran with collar tab illustration to front: post war family photos of his daughter and her husband, inc his military service in the Belgian Army, etc, etc. Post war photos of the graves of SS General Paul Hausser and of Hitler's parents.Albert Ludovicus Geunes. 23-01-1921 to26-11-2006. His wife, Leni Karlicsek, 23-12-1921 to 19-11-2003. His daughter, Erika, 20/9/44 to 11/4/2020. Plus a bronzed child's boot, 1970's in date. All contained in an old buscuit tin.
British Army Staffordshire Regiment 1949 Pattern Captains Battledress Blouse. Complete with all original insignia including a gold wire bullion glider tradition badge. 19th Infantry Brigade formation signs. Named to "Captain Gregory, J". Size 4. Maker marked and dated "Milford Clothing Co Ltd 1954".
A selection of mixed World Militaria to include: a single WW2 Era British Indian Army Governor Generals Body Guard chain mail shoulder strap with brass shoulder title: pair of wire bullion thread shoulder straps: Italian wire thread cap badge: British Cloth shoulder title: WW2 Royal Engineers collar dog: a silver and enamel RAOB Medallion for Prince of Wales Lodge No 1417 awarded in 1912: Ludwig II King of Bavaria Medal 1845 - 1886 with ribbon: Enamel breast badge: Catholic Poor School Bronze Medallion: Post war Soviet Guards badge and cap star.
WW2 Combined Operations Silver Regimental Sweetheart Brooch Plus Others. .Comprising: Silver & enamel Combined Operations. .... Indian Army 12th Frontier Force. Unmarked silver bar brooch. .... 9th Lancers Silver & Enamel. ... Yellow metal gilt cast West Somerset Yeomanry. ... WW1 yellow metal gilt Lillers 1914-1917 Battle brooch. French makers details of Oria to reverse. ... Also WW1 Silver War Badge numbered 50407. All complete with pins (5 items) . . . .Silver War Badge awarded to Private R.G. Hare ASC
WW2 RAF 1942 Casualty Air Gunners Logbook. .This logbook records the operational flying of Sergeant R.A. Cherrington an Air Gunner with 223 Squadron who was shot down on the 1st September 1943.Comprising: Aircrew Logbook covering a period 27th October 1941 to 31st August 1942, recording a number of daylight operations with comments supporting the 8th Army North Africa. .... Accompanied by a letter home dated 5th August 1942. .... Middle East made Air Gunners brevet badge. ... AG Brevet bone sweetheart brooch. .... Buckingham Palace named condolence letter. ... Plus small amount of ephemera and medals 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, War Medal, awarded to his brother who saw service with the Royal Navy. . . . .Sergeant Cherrington started his Air Gunner training at No 8 School on the 4th October 1941. He was posted to 223 Squadron operating the Baltimore light bomber flying his first operation on the 30th June 1942 against enemy columns. On the 1st September he was briefed to bomb an enemy transport column at El Alamein, after his crew dropped their bombs their aircraft received a direct hit blowing the port engine off the aircraft crashed, one crew member surviving.
Four: Private C. G. J. Ireson, Durham Light Infantry and Mercantile Marine 1914 Star, with clasp (10629 Pte. G. J. G. Ireson, 2/Durh: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (10629 Pte. C. J. G. Iveson. Durh. L.I.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Charles G. Ireson) officially re-impressed naming; Victory Medal 1914-19 (10629 Pte. C. J. G. Iverson Durh. L.I.) officially re-impressed naming, mounted as worn, note differences in initials and spelling of surname (see footnote), contact marks, polished, good fine Pair: L. V. Hide, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Lewis V. Hide) very fine (6) £120-£160 --- Charles George Joseph Ireson was born at Croydon, Surrey, in 1890, and attested for the Durham Light Infantry on 15 December 1908. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 September 1914. He was discharged from the 26th Battalion, D.L.I., on 13 October 1917, aged 27, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 255487. Following his army discharge he saw service in the Merchant Navy, and he died at Croydon in 1964. Ireson appears to have used both Charles and George as a Christian name which will not have helped the official confusion regarding both his initials and his surname which is spelled ‘Ireson’ on the 1914 Star and the Mercantile Marine Medal, ‘Iveson’ on the British War Medal, and ‘Iverson’ on the Victory Medal. Note also the differing initials used, though the service number is consistent on the Great War trio. There are two medal index cards, one for the 1914 Star (Ireson), and another for the BWM & VM (Iveson). His Mercantile Marine medal card refers to him as Charles George Ireson. Lewis Victor Hide was born at Surbiton, Surrey in 1892. His Merchant Navy record card shows that he served in R.M.S. Kenilworth Castle of the Union Castle Line in 1918. He left the Merchant Navy after the War and became a heavy goods railway porter. He died in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1978.
Three: Private G. H. M. Fendt, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (9279 Pte. G. H. M. Fendt. D. of Corn. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9279 Pte. G. H. M. Fendt. D. of Corn. L.I.) nearly very fine Five: Captain T. F. Wilson, Royal Scots, who was wounded at Arrras during the Great War, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘T. F. Wilson, Esq., 50 Windham Square, Portobello, Midlothian’, extremely fine One: Sergeant A. W. Burlock, M.M., Royal Garrison Artillery Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. A. W. Burlock, 16, Carisbrook Close, Enfield, Middlesex’; together with a silver presentation cross, the obverse central roundel engraved ‘Five Years Service’, the reverse engraved ‘Alfted Burlock, Staff Sergeant, 6.3.05’, very fine (10) £80-£120 --- George Harold Montague Fendt attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 19 July 1909, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914. He was discharged on account of sickness on 11 April 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B336507. He died in Fulham, London, on 22 October 1952. Sold with copied research. Thomas Fotheringhame Wilson was born in Edinburgh o 19 May 1883 and attested for the 9th Battalion, Royal Scots (Territorial Force) on 17 September 1914. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 February 1915, being advanced Colour Sergeant with the appointment of Company Quartermaster Sergeant on 27 July 1915. He suffered as gun shot wound to his left forearm at Rochincourt, Arras, on 1 March 1917, and for his services during the Great War was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 18 January 1919). Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Scots on 2 September 1939, and relinquished his commission on 27 November 1948, being granted the honorary rank of Captain. Sold with copied research. Alfred W. Burlock attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force) and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 March 1915. Advanced Warrant Officer Class II, and appointed Battery Sergeant Major, for his services during the Great War he was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 14 September 1916). He was additionally awarded a Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 137 of 1915. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Lieutenant A. D. Buchanan, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut A. D. Buchanan.) nearly extremely fine 1914-15 Star (Lt. P. D. du Plessis Cradock Cdo.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (2. Lieut. L. O’G. Acton.; 2. Lieut. D. I. Lyall.) very fine (5) £70-£90 --- Lionel O’Gorman Acton attested for the Royal Fusiliers and served with the during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 September 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Liverpool Regiment on 25 April 1917. He also received a Silver War Badge. David Ivor Lyall was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment, and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from September 1915. He was killed in action on 18 October 1916, whilst attached to the 2nd Battalion; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
The 5th Battalion Essex Regiment (Territorial Force) Prior to the outbreak of the Great War, there were five Territorial Battalions in the Essex Regiment. The 5th Battalion had its headquarters in Chelmsford and recruited from the bulk of the present county of Essex, particularly the central and northern parts including large rural areas. The Battalion first fought at Gallipoli from August 1915 before serving in Egypt and Palestine, where it was heavily engaged in the First and Third Battles of Gaza in March and November 1917. In the Territorial Force renumbering, men serving with the Battalion (including the 2nd and 3rd lines which had been formed) were given numbers in the block commencing 250001. The following lots are listed in order of the recipient’s service number. Three: Sergeant A. J. Spurgeon, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at Arras on 28 March 1918 whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion British War and Victory Medals (870 Sjt. A. J. Spurgeon. Essex R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (250038 Sjt. A. J. Spurgeon. 5/Essex R.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Alfred James Spurgeon was born at Enfield on 26 May 1891 and enlisted in the Essex Regiment at Walton-on-Naze on 27 November 1908. Appointed Lance-Corporal on 11 July 1911, he was promoted Acting Corporal on 26 July 1915, and Acting Sergeant on 28 July 1915. He was subsequently re-numbered 250038. Posted to 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment on 12 February 1918, he was captured at Arras on 28 March 1918, while serving with C Company, and was held Prisoner of War at Linberg, Germany for the remainder of the War. He was discharged on 19 July 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. B283200, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 380 of October 1919. He died in Clacton, Essex, on 11 March 1941. Note: It is not clear why Spurgeon failed to receive the Territorial Force War Medal – either he had not committed to serving overseas by the deadline of 30 September 1914 or perhaps his eligibility was somehow overlooked.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (2041 Cpl. H. Keeble. Essex R.; 2218 Sjt. A. E. Fincham. Essex R.) minor edge nicks, generally good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Harry Keeble was born in Maldon, Essex, on 16 May 1896 and attested for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, on 28 April 1914. He served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915, and was wounded at Gallipoli in August 1915 (Essex Chronicle of 17 September 1915 refers). Promoted Corporal, he was wounded for a second time during the first Battle of Gaza on 26 March 1917 (Essex Chronicle of 20 July 1917 refers). He was subsequently re-numbered 250302. He was discharged as a Corporal on 10 April 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B276432. He died in Chelmsford in 1976. Alfred Edward Fincham was born in Great Baddow, Essex, on 3 March 1875 and attested for the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment on 5 August 1914. He served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 22 July 1915, and was subsequently re-numbered 250380. Transferring to the Royal Army Service Corps as a Sergeant on 22 March 1918, he was discharged on account of wounds on 3 July 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 451049. He died in Chelmsford in 1958.
Pair: Sergeant F. W. Baker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (238030 Sjt. F. W. Baker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private F. H. Bridges, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (24671 Pte. F. H. Bridges. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruise to BWM, nearly very fine Pair: Private W. C. Gardner, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (27836 Pte. W. C. Gardner. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) VM officially re-impressed, very fine Pair: Private F. Norcott, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (27249 Pte. F. Norcott. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Frank Harold Bridges attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 3 July 1916, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged due to wounds on 24 September 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.31820. William Charles Gardner, a native of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 21 November 1916, and served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 26 June 1917. He transferred to the Army Reserve in May 1919.
German Great War Aviation Paperwork. A scarce Great War aviators flying book belonging to Leutnant Karl Becker, photograph of Becker to inside page, face on, head and shoulders wearing a visor cap, date of attestation to the armed forces October 1913, he was in a field artillery regiment fighting at Mons, St.Quentin, Battle of the Aisne, much further service all the way through 14, 15 and 16 all annotated in an accompanying English worded document. In August 1917 Becker was sent to Flight School, he was assigned to Flieger Abteilung 202 and on 15 September 1918 Becker was awarded the Pilots Badge and subsequently the Iron Cross First Class, with an accompanying unidentified Imperial German Army soldbuch, good condition £60-£80
The group of eleven miniature dress medals attributed to Colonel St. G. L. Steele, C.B., 2nd Bengal Lancers, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with gold ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, N.E. Frontier 1891, Waziristan 1894-5; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98; China 1900, no clasp; British War and Victory Medals; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Khedive’s Star, undated; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, display mounted, good very fine (11) £200-£300 --- C.B. London Gazette 19 June 1911: ‘On the occasion of His Majesty’s Coronation’. St. George Loftus Steele was born on 31 March 1859, son of Major-General A. Loftus Steele. Educated at Marlborough College, he entered the Indian Army in 1878. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, he served in Egypt at the action of Kassassin and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal and Clasp, Bronze Star). Appointed Captain in the Indian Staff Corps in 1889, he served on the North East Frontier of India in the Manipur Expedition together with Lieutenant C. J. W. Grant, I.S.C., who gained the only V.C. during this campaign. Steele was mentioned in despatches (Medal and Clasp). Still on the frontier following the attack by the Waziris on the Afghan Boundary Delimitation Party, under the command of Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, Steele was again in action gaining the Clasp to his medal. Having been previously promoted to Captain in his regiment, the 2nd Bengal Lancers, he found himself once again in the sands of the Sudan on the Dongola Expedition in 1896 with the Commissariat Transport Department of the Egyptian Army (Queen’s Sudan Medal and Egyptian Sudan Medal). He next served on the Tirah Expedition of 1897-98, once again under Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, and was once again mentioned in despatches for his services as a Section Commandant on the Line of Communication (Medal and two Clasps). As a Major he next served with the British Contingent of the China Expeditionary Force 1900-01, being mentioned in despatches for good service in duties connected with the communications (Medal). Promoted to Colonel on 1 June 1907, he was subsequently Assistant Quartermaster General to the 1st Peshawur Division and was present during the King’s visit to Delhi for the Durbar in 1911 (Durbar Medal), also receiving the C.B. in the King’s Birthday Honours of that year. In 1914 he held the position of Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General on the Staff of the Indian Army. He was sent on special duty to Canada and U.S.A., 1917-18, and, being fluent in Russian, was sent to Vladivostok in 1918 as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General. In the following year he was appointed Commissioner for Holland (Russian P.O.W. Camps) with the British Red Cross Society. Colonel Steele retired from the army in 1919 after a military career spanning more than 40 years, much of which was in the Field. He latterly resided at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and died there on 13 July 1936, aged 78. For the recipient’s full size awards, see Lot 78.
1914-15 Star (4) (9126 Cpl. O. Kempster. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10608 Pte. H. H. Davenport, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10725 Pte. A. W. Phillips, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 14009 Pte. A. Sandall. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.) very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Owen Kempster attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 15 July 1909, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of War from 5 December 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 5 May 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.334644. Herbert Henry Davenport was born at Pailton, Warwickshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Warwick. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 22 June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Arthur William Phillips, a native of Wallingford, Berkshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 28 August 1914, and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and was discharged to the Army Reserve in April 1919. Albert Sandall attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 July 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, before being discharged to the Reserve on 13 February 1919.
1914-15 Star (4) (16634 L. Cpl. E. Quinney, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 11461 Pte. T. Brooks. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16035 Pte. E. F. Garrett, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 15505 Pte. H. C. Rogers, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) the second polished and worn, therefore fine, otherwise generally very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Edwin Quinney was born at Great Bourton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 July 1915, before transferring to the 6th Battalion. Advanced Sergeant, he was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 3 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Thomas Brooks was born at Bath, Somerset and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 1 September 1914. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 August 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to his arm and face on 9 May 1917. He was discharged due to wounds on 17 December 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.67191. Edward Frederick Garrett was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 15 October 1915. He is buried at Quarry Cemetery, Vermelles, France. Horace C. Rogers was born at Highgate, London, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Birmingham on 5 October 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika from 25 November 1915, and transferred to the Army Reserve in 1919.
The 1911 Coronation C.B. group of eleven awarded to Colonel St. G. L. Steele, 2nd Bengal Lancers, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: St. G. L. Steele. 2nd Bengal Cavy.); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, N.E. Frontier 1891, Waziristan 1894-5 (Capt. St. G. L. Steele S.C.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Cpt. St. G. L. Steele Cmt. Trnspt Dpt E.A.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn. St. G. L. Steele 2d Bl: Lcrs:); China 1900, no clasp (Major St. G. L. Steele 2d Bl. Lcrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Col. St. G. L. Steele.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Colonel St. G. L. Steele, A.Q.M.G., 1st Pesh. Div.) privately named; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (Capt. St. G. L. Steele 2d Bl. Lcrs.) the last ten mounted court-style for display, the second with contact pitting from star, good fine, otherwise generally very fine and better (11) £2,000-£2,600 --- C.B. London Gazette 19 June 1911: ‘On the occasion of His Majesty’s Coronation’. St. George Loftus Steele was born on 31 March 1859, son of Major-General A. Loftus Steele, and was educated at Marlborough College and later the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in 1878 and transferred to the Indian Army in 1880. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, he served in Egypt at the action of Kassassin and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal and Clasp, Bronze Star). Appointed Captain in the Indian Staff Corps in 1889, he served on the North East Frontier of India in the Manipur Expedition together with Lieutenant C. J. W. Grant, I.S.C., who gained the only V.C. during this campaign. Steele was mentioned in despatches (Medal and Clasp). Still on the frontier following the attack by the Waziris on the Afghan Boundary Delimitation Party, under the command of Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, Steele was again in action gaining the Clasp to his medal. Having been previously promoted to Captain in his regiment, the 2nd Bengal Lancers, Steele found himself once again in the sands of the Sudan on the Dongola Expedition in 1896 with the Commissariat Transport Department of the Egyptian Army (Queen’s Sudan Medal and Egyptian Sudan Medal). He next served on the Tirah Expedition of 1897-98, once again under Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, and was once again mentioned in despatches for his services as a Section Commandant on the Line of Communication (Medal and two Clasps). As a Major he next served with the British Contingent of the China Expeditionary Force 1900-01, being mentioned in despatches for good service in duties connected with the communications (Medal). Promoted to Colonel on 1 June 1907, Steele was subsequently Assistant Quartermaster General to the 1st Peshawur Division and was present during the King’s visit to Delhi for the Durbar in 1911 (Durbar Medal), also receiving the C.B. in the King’s Birthday Honours of that year. In 1914 he held the position of Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General on the Staff of the Indian Army. He was sent on special duty to Canada and U.S.A., 1917-18, and, being fluent in Russian, was sent to Vladivostok in 1918 as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General. In the following year he was appointed Commissioner for Holland (Russian P.O.W. Camps) with the British Red Cross Society. Colonel Steele retired from the army in 1919 after a military career spanning more than 40 years, much of which was in the Field. He latterly resided at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and died there on 13 July 1936, aged 78. For the recipient’s miniature awards, see Lot 500.
The Second War 1945 North West Europe ‘Paarlo’ M.C. group of eleven awarded to Captain Robert Maxwell, Queen’s Royal Regiment, who fought across Europe from the Normandy Landings to the capture of Berlin. Later rising to prominence as a flamboyant and controversial media magnate, Member of Parliament, fraudster and suspected spy - his mysterious drowning off the Canary Islands in 1991, ruled accidental by a subsequent inquest, left behind financial scandal and a fallen business empire and continues to excite speculation and conspiracy theories Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1944, bronze, unnumbered; Czechoslovakia, Republic, Military Medal for Merit; War Commemorative Medal 1939-45; Bulgaria, People’s Republic, Order of Stara Planina, First Class neck badge, 68mm, silver, gilt and enamel, in (damaged) case of issue; Finland, Republic, Order of the White Rose, Second Class set of insignia, by Tillander, Helsinki, comprising neck badge, 51mm, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, 78mm, silver, with gilt and enamelled centre and gilt retaining pin; Poland, People’s Republic, Order of Merit of the People’s Republic, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 60mm, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, 81mm, silver and gilt, with silver and red enamelled centre; together with the related miniature awards, these also including Swedish Order of the Polar Star, the four campaign medals all official later issues, generally extremely fine (lot) £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, January 1993, when sold by direction of the Joint Court-appointed Receiver to the Estate of the late Robert Maxwell, M.C. M.C. London Gazette 12 April 1945: ‘For gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe’ The original recommendation states: ‘During the attack on Paarlo on 29 January 1945, Lieutenant Maxwell was leading his Platoon when a heavy artillery concentration fell on and near the Platoon killing and wounding several men. The attack was in danger of losing momentum but this Officer, showing powers of leadership of the highest order, controlled his men with great skill and kept up the advance. During the night another Platoon of the Company was counter attacked and partially overrun. An attempt to restore the position with another Platoon failed but Lieutenant Maxwell repeatedly asked to be allowed to lead another attempt; this request was eventually granted. This Officer then led two of his Sections across bullet swept ground with great dash and determination and succeeded in contacting the Platoon who had been holding out in some buildings. Showing no regard for his own safety he led his section in the difficult job of clearing the enemy out of the buildings, inflicting many casualties and causing the remainder to withdraw. By his magnificent example and offensive spirit this officer was responsible for the relief of the platoon and the restoration of the situation.’ Robert Maxwell was born Ján Ludvîk Hyman Binyamin Hoch in 1923 in the small town of Slatinské Doly in Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslvakia (later Hungary and now Solotvyno, Ukraine). He was one of seven children born into a poor Yiddish speaking Orthodox Jewish family, many members of which died in Auschwitz after the occupation of Hungary by the Nazis in 1944. Having left home for France in 1939, aged 16, Maxwell joined the Czechoslovak Army in exile in Marseilles in May 1940 but after the fall of France and evacuation of the British Army, he transferred in Britain to the Pioneer Corps and subsequently in 1943 to the North Staffordshire Regiment. He served throughout the campaign across Europe from the Normandy Landings to the fall of Berlin, was commissioned into the Queen’s Royal Regiment in January 1945 and the same month won the Military Cross at Paarlo, Netherlands: 'During the night 29th/30th [January 1945] about fifty enemy crossed the river in assault boats and, preceded by heavy shelling and mortaring, made an unexpected counter-attack on “A” Company in Paarlo. The Germans got into the houses held by 8 Platoon (Lieutenant M. L. Baker) and there was fierce fighting in the dark. In one house Lance-Corporal Dennis most gallantly held them at bay with his Sten gun until 7 Platoon, splendidly led by Second-Lieutenant R. Maxwell, counter-attacked with tank support and cleared the enemy from the village. Our artillery then took a heavy toll as the Germans withdrew across the river. Ten prisoners were taken and there were numbers of other casualties, including the enemy company commander. Our losses were seven killed and wounded...’ (History of the Queen's Royal Regiment. Vol VIII 1924-1948, compiled by Major R. C. G. Foster, M.C. refers). Maxwell received his award from Field Marshall Montgomery. He achieved the rank of Captain by the end of the war and afterwards for two years was a press censor for the foreign office in Berlin, becoming a British citizen in in 1946 and changing his name to Robert Maxwell in 1948. Using contacts gained during the Allied occupation, Maxwell made a start in business by becoming the British and United States distributor for Springer Verlag, a publisher of scientific books. In 1951 he bought a controlling stake in Butterworth Springer, renamed it Pergammon Press and rapidly built it into a major publishing house. By the 1960s, Maxwell’s business success had made him hugely wealthy and in 1964, representing the Labour Party, he was elected Member of Parliament for Buckingham, holding the seat until 1970. In 1984, he acquired Mirror Group Newspapers, giving him control of six British Newspapers, including the pro-Labour Daily Mirror, and precipitating a media war between himself and Rupert Murdoch, the proprietor of the News of the World and The Sun. Maxwell rescued the third division football club Oxford United from bankruptcy in 1982. As chairman, he helped to lead them to the top flight of English football in 1985 and the club won the League Cup the following year. By 1991 Maxwell’s business empire was heavily in debt and struggling to remain solvent. On 5 November 1991, he was found to be missing from his yacht, Lady Ghislaine (named after his youngest daughter) which was cruising off the Canary Islands. His naked body was later recovered from the Atlantic Ocean. The official ruling at an inquest held in December 1991 was death by a heart attack combined with accidental drowning although three pathologists at the inquest had been unable to agree on the cause of death. Maxwell was afforded a lavish funeral on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. The ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state occasion, was attended by many dignitaries and politicians and no fewer than six serving and former heads of Israeli intelligence listened while Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir eulogised him stating ‘he has done more for Israel than can today be told’ (Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad by Gordon Thomas refers). Robert Maxwell’s death triggered the complete collapse of his publishing empire. As lenders rushed to call in their debts, it emerged that Maxwell had used hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies’ pension funds in an unauthorised attempt to save his businesses from bankruptcy. In 2003, Foreign Office papers were released which revealed that British intelligence officers had suspected Maxwell of being a Soviet agent with one report describing him as ‘a thoroughly bad character and almost certainly financed by Russia’. ...
A Great War ‘Italian theatre’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Sergeant F. Williams, Army Cyclist Corps, late Hampshire Regiment, who was wounded at Gallipoli, and was decorated for his gallantry in leading a patrol that swam the River Piave in the middle of winter Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2579 Cpl. F. Williams. XIV. C.C. Bn: A.C.C.); 1914-15 Star (2579 Pte. F. Williams, A. Cyc. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (2579 Cpl. F. Williams. A. Cyc. Corps.); together with an Army Cyclist Corps cap badge, pitting and light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Glendinining’s, March 1974. D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1918; citation published 21 October 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After taking part in severe operations, during which he was twice wounded, he joined the Corps Cyclist Battalion, and invariably displayed conspicuous courage and coolness under fire. He was the senior non-commissioned officer of the first patrol which volunteered to swim a river in the depth of winter.’ Frederick Williams was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, in 1890 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 19 November 1908, having previously served in the Regiment’s Special Reserve. He transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps on 6 February 1915, and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 29 April 1915, suffering a slight shell wound to the left arm on 29 June 1915. Williams subsequently served on the Western Front from 27 March 1916, and saw action on the Somme and at Ypres, being promoted Corporal on 29 January 1917. In November 1917 he proceeded with the 14th ‘Cavan Corps’ Battalion to Italy, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal almost certainly for his gallantry in leading a patrol which swam the River Piave in the depth of winter in order to obtain information on enemy positions. Appointed Lance-Sergeant on 19 October 1918, he transferred back to the Hampshire Regiment on 2 February 1920, and was was discharged on 18 November 1920, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied research.
A hallmarked silver 20th Lancashire Fusiliers badge and Passchendaele Medal, the latter awarded to C.Q.M.S. W.Houltran, also an Army Rifle Association Medal, and 1887 Lancaster Jubilee Medal, an Alexander I Emperor of all the Russia's Adventure of Europe Medal, a blank miniature Memorial Plaque, two Air Raid Precaution Services badges and a small group of further mixed army badges, also two Coronation Medals. Additional InformationRussian medal holes and with edge knocks.
A collection of Military Badges belonging to Harold Riley, in a previous sale we sold his diaries on his Arnhem Campaign, these badges have just been found by his family, these include Kings Own Cap Badge, Loyal North Lancashire Cap Badge, The Loyal Regiment Cap Badge, Royal Corps of Signals Cap Badge, WW2 Paratroopers badge (metal), AAC Army Air Corp in plastic (economy issue), Paratroopers Badge (economy issue), Lapel Paratrooper Pin, two foreign Paratroopers Badges, three Italian Fascist Badges/Pins, Harold acquired these while in North Africa as he fought there before Arnhem
1935-55 Oglaigh na hÉireann Irish Army officer's sword, the blade etched with a harp above Celtic interlace motif surrounding the badge of Oglaigh na hÉireann set in a sunburst, on nickel plated hilt engraved 'D.C.H' with Oglaigh na hÉireann badge. In black-painted nickel scabbard with silver bullion sword knot. Of a type used by a captain of infantry. Very scarce with nickel hilt.
Display Case of World War II Medals and Monte Casino Medal. 1929-1945 War Medal, Defence Medal, The 1939-1945 Star, the Africa Star with 8th Army bar, The Italy Star, presented to 110169 L. Bdr. F Butcher, 513 Battey, 149th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, Killed in Action Monte Casino 24th February 1944, aged 35, also a Monte Casino Medal with another recipient's name on verso, together with photograph of L Bdr. Butcher and his grave and cap badge, the glazed display case 40x30cm.
A SMALL SHELL CASE length approximately 18cm marked to base 'Nick' 1948 together with a number of smaller items to include Birmingham Safety Council pin badge 3 year award, Army Chess Ass pin badge, 30 year membership buttonhole badge National Union of Railwayman, WW1 era photo of soldier in large brooch type frame to be worn, glass fronted, which is cracked, Royal Navy & Ypres Sweetheart style badges
A British Full Size World War Two Medal Group Of Four To Include The 1939-1945 British War Medal, The 1939-1945 Defence Medal, The 1939-1945 Star Medal And The Italy Star, All Complete With Original And Correct Ribbons Together With A World War Two Royal Army Ordnance Corps Plastic Economy Cap Badge With Twin Blade Fixings To Verso.
ASSORTED COLLECTABLES comprising Great Britain decimal mint stamps (total face value over £32); tins and other packaging, including a McVitie & Price's Digestive sample tin; two spring balances; a travelling inkwell with a leather-covered case; a straight-pull corkscrew; a S.R. Railway Service lapel badge; a B.R. Inspector cap badge; Royal Army Medical Corps cap badge; and a brass pocket or desk seal.
1972 Land Rover 88 SIII Lightweight"Make: Land RoverModel: 88"Year: 1972Mileage: 37800VIN: 95100073AConfiguration: Right Hand DriveRegistration: PHJ481KTransmission: manualThe British Army - and others, across the globe - was a big user of Land Rovers, and this 1972 Series III Lightweight went into military service when new. Lightweights had considerable modifications compared to standard Landies, with parts removed to save weight and many body components easily removeable should even more pounds need to be shed. This 2286cc machine served with the Grenadier Guards from 1972 to 1976, then the Scots Guards until 1979 and the Coldstream Guards during 1984, before entering Civvy Street in 1985, according to the photocopy of the military history card that comes with it. There's also a copy of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust certificate, showing its dispatch to the Central Army Vehicle Depot in Ashchurch in May 1972. The vendor acquired the vehicle in 2017. Recent jobs include a new starter motor and battery fitted in January this year, plus half-shafts replaced and a rear bench seat fitted during 2018. There are invoices for these jobs in the (somewhat lightweight) history folder. The odometer shows 37,800 although this is unwarranted. However, Land Rovers often covered comparatively few miles in military service compared to their civilian counterparts. For anybody wishing to show off the Lightweight at shows, it is now fitted again with lots of military equipment, such as a patrol radio, front-mounted antennas, flag mast and Grenadier Guards convoy badge, plus other bits and pieces. There's also a spare set of keys and a Series III Lightweight user manual. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR VIDEO PRODUCED 29TH JULY BY ACA OF THIS CAR.
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