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Lot 195
Four Eva Peron Related Items. To Include A 2 1/2 Inch Medallion "Honorary Presidents”, President Of The Nation General Of The Army Juan Peron And Mrs Eva Peron 1951. A 2” Diameter 1946 Assumption Of The Presidential Command Medallion. A Blue And White Enamel Embossed Stick Pin, Depicting General Peron And A Blue, White, Red And Green Enamel Stud With Clasped Hands And Profiles Of Juan And Eva Peron
Lot 188
Indian Army. 16th Punjab Regiment post 1922 Piper's plaid brooch.A good rare die-cast silvered example. Resting in an open thistle wreath, a crowned crescent and Maltese cross bearing quoit with "16" to centre. Stout pin to reverse. VGCProvenance. Ex Hugh King Collection, Bosleys March 2015, Lot 147
Lot 377
WW2 Women's Land Army Armband Etc.Comprising: Women's Land Army Armband green wool denoting two years service, with four additional red embroidered Triangles denoting an addition 2 years. The armband with moth damage ... Accompanied by a Women's Land Army Hat badge by H.W.M. Pin fitting. ... Royal Navy Commissioning Pennant ... Pair of Post WW2 Cold War Period Gilt Italian Air Force Pilots wings by Johnson Milano. VGC (4 items)
Lot 556
Royal Army Chaplains Department regimental sweetheart brooch.A good 1950's example depicting the "In Thus Sign Conquer" cap badge in red, white and blue enamels, the wreath set with 16 small diamonds. Mounted on a horizontal pin back bar impressed "9CT". Service wear. GC (approx. 2.9 cm high)
Lot 660
German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen SS Panzer Assault Badge by Adolf Scholze, GrunwaldA good die-cast silvered example. Approaching Panzer within an oval oakleaf wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. Vertical round pin fixing to reverse which bears maker's AS triangular logo. Minor service wear. VGCInstituted 20th December 1939.
Lot 665
German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen SS Panzer Assault Badge.A good die-stamped bronzed example awarded to Motorised Infantry recipients. Approaching Panzer within an oval oakleaf wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. Vertical round pin fixing to reverse. Minor service wear. GCDesigned by Junker of Berlin and instituted 20th December 1939, bronzed version authorised 1st June 1940.
Lot 677
German Third Reich assorted insignia.Luftwaffe eagle with separate winged cockade ... steel Army buckle missing catch for hook ... 2 x 1935 'Tag der Arbeit' tinnies ... 2 x other tinnies ... die-stamped black Wound Badge ... die-cast silver Wound Badge lacking finish ... Krim Shield lacking fixings ... DJ enamelled (AF) marksman's badge ... Luftwaffe LH pinback badge ... a swastika and sword stick pin ... General Assault sick pin and anther for Coastal Artillery. (16 items)
Lot 981
This is a standard U.S. issue cavalry Colt S.A.A. Factory letter indicates that this was a part of a 400 gun shipment sent December 1, 1890 to the U.S. Gov't inspector. This was one of the last two shipments of this model to the USM sent on 11/12/1889 and 9/19/1890. There were 2,000 guns in each shipment. It is considered the R.A.C. Renaldo Carr series of sub inspected revolvers. Features blued barrel, trigger guard, cylinder and backstrap with case colored frame and hammer and one piece walnut grips. This revolver has all matching numbers including frame, trigger guard and backstrap. The cylinder and barrel are stamped with matching last four digits. The R.A.C. stamp will be found under the barrel, on the frame, cylinder and stamped into inside of right grip panel. Left side of the frame has standard US stamp. Left grip panel is stamped with date 1890 and the inspectors stamp "S.E.B." Ordnance inspector Stanhope E. Blunt, who inspected the final 4,000 Colt Single Action Army revolvers purchased by the U.S. Government and were the only small arms that Captain Blunt inspected in 1890 and 1892 only. The "K" inspector sub stamp can be found on trigger guard, back strap, on the end of the ejector rod housing. Letter "P" is stamped under the barrel. You can find a sample of the barrel stamp on page 84 in the book on Colt Cavalry and Artillery Models.The front sight is unaltered and has the proper type hammer and ejector rod head. The bottom of the left grip is stamped R.A.C. This revolver remains in nearly unused condition. Barrel retains approximately 90% of the original high polish blue finish. Thinning on bottom and sides an inch and a half from muzzle. The trigger guard and back strap retain approximately 80% of original blue with normal high edge wear and some thinning. The cylinder has all of the high polish blue in the flutes. The balance is turning a blue-grey patina. Addition to the inspectors stamps, the stamp "P" can also be found on the outside of the cylinder as well. The ejector rod housing has all of the high polish blue finish in the recesses, the base approximately 70% mixing with silver. Hammer and frame retain approximately 90% of the original case colors, most still brilliant. Frame screws retain 85% of the factory high polish Nitre blue finish. All seams are flawless as to fit. Strong, rifled near mint bore. Cylinder shows nearly no signs of burn. All legends are sharp as new. Walnut grips are near mint. All stamps are sharp. Action perfect. Its quite obvious that this gun shows no real use, was probably retained by a state militia. Even the frame and ejector rod screw heads retain a majority of the their Nitre blue finish. One would be hard pressed to find a finer condition U.S. Cavalry issued Single Action Colt dating to the last decade of the 19th century. When disassembling this revolver for inspection you will find that even the cylinder pin retains virtually all of its factory blue finish as well. Indexes and locks up like new. Extremely impressive Cavalry Colt with scarce dated grip panel and factory letter. Serial Number-136436; Manufacturer-Colt; Model-1873; Caliber-.45 long colt; Barrel Length-7 - 1/2"; FFL Status-Antique;
Lot 1020
This standard U.S. Army pistol was manufactured in 1919. Standard features include 5" barrel, blued finish, diamond checkered walnut grips, and chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. All original standard features include checkered small parts, long spur wide hammer, original sights, with a replaced 1911 A1 arch mainspring housing. Also has the short checkered trigger instead of the long smooth trigger. Slide is stamped "H6" under the firing pin retainer. The barrel is stamped "SP" at the lug (Springfield replacement). Colt horse is at the rear on the slide of the left side. Right side of slide is stamped "Model 1911 U.S. Army". Slide retains approximately 75% of the original blue, with some minor corrosion on top and usual freckling. Frame retains approximately 50% of the original factory blue (missing on front grip strap). Bore is mint. Magazine is an unmarked pinned two-tone. By replacing the trigger and mainspring housing, this pistol could be brought back to original condition. Comes with a U.S. Model 1912 swivel type cavalry holster which is stamped "1915 TC". Serial Number-609390; Manufacturer-Colt; Model-1911; Caliber-.45 ACP; Barrel Length-5; FFL Status-Curio & Relic;
Lot 702
WEHRMACHT GEN. ALFRED PHILIPPI'S IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS(1903 - 1994) Wehrmacht major general, recipient of the Knight's Cross, participated in the Polish campaign, held regimental command in France, and commanded the 361st Volks Grenadier Division during the Battle of the Bulge. An excellent group of three items signed by Philippi, as well as his Iron Cross, First Class. Includes: the cross itself, 1 3/4" square, dated 1939 and with a mobile swastika at the center, with the pin marked "L/13", indicating that it was manufactured by Paul Meybauer of Berlin. The medal is mounted in an 11" x 13" frame, alongside an S.P., 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" (sight) b/w, a chest-up view of Philippi with the Iron Cross affixed to his uniform, signed across the chest in blue ink. The photo is in fine condition, while the cross shows three or four small chips to the black enamel at the center, with some minor tarnishing, else very good. WITH: A.L.S. in German, 2pp. 8vo., Winnweiler, April 29, 1986, to a Captain Sims, in part: "... I will gladly fulfill your wish for a memento from my past. Since we had a fire in our house six years ago, and much was destroyed that meant a lot to me, I don't have very much to give, but I hereby give you my Iron Cross 1st Class. I received it in October 1942 when I was chief of staff of the 111th inf. Div. My division was responsible to force passage over the Ferak by Mosdok [in Russia]. This passage was necessary for the push along the 'Grunischen Heerstrasse' in the direction of the Caucasus. Unfortunately, the 1st Panzer Army could not hold off the Russian defense in November..." Philippi signs at the conclusion in blue ink. This letter is stapled to a typed translation, else fine. WITH: a second A.L.S. in German, 2pp. oblong 12mo., [n.p.], June 2, 1986, Philippi checks in with Sims to ensure that his Iron Cross has arrived safely, and offers to check with the post office if it has not. This letter is also stapled to a typed translation, else fine. An excellent grouping with unshakeable provenance.
Lot 260
Selection of British Military Cap Badges, of various periods and regiments, including Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Rifle Brigade, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Army Educational Corps, Royal Irish Fusiliers, RFC (pin fitting to reverse), plus others. Various conditions and fittings. (20 items)
Lot 102
Selection of Corps Cap Badges including KC brass Army Cyclist Corps ... KC brass and enamel Women’s Land Army (brooch pin absent) ... KC brass ATS ... KC brass ASC ... KC brass ERVII RE ... KC brass GRV RE ... KC brass GRVI RE ... KC bi-metal REME ... KC brass RAOC ... KC brass General List ... Brass Army Ordnance Corps ... KC brass Pioneer Corps ... KC brass RA ... KC brass RAMC. 30 items.
Lot 251
German Army Flak Badge with pin fitting and C E JUNCKER BERLIN SW to the reverse. Accompanied by a screw back bar to the Iron Cross 1st class stamped L/12 to the reverse. We are of the opinion that both items are post war representations and are being sold as viewed and not subject to return. (2 items)
Lot 211
Selection of Military Badges & Insignia Consisting of Various Swagger stick tops Royal Artillery, Duke Of Cambridges Hussars, Royal Berkshire Regt and two others these are in worn condition with some dents , The Queens Cap Badge with Slider,2 x Suffolk Badges one is WW2 plastic badge with a prong missing from back, one is a metal badge with lugs to back, Army Ordnance Corps Badge with pin and catch to back, 2 Spitfire badges with button type fixing to back, Gloucestershire cap badge with slider to back, Life Guards 1st and 2nd badge with lugs to back, Padded Cloth RAF wing on a piece of cloth in good condition, and a selection of other items. All in various condition. (35 items)
Lot 315
A Victorian Turkish Crimea Medal, (unnamed) no ribbon; A Victorian Crimea Medal, with "Sebastopol" clasp (unnamed); A Victorian Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Gunner B. Clarke, 1st Brigade Royal Artillery; A large brass pin back badge Sheffield and Hallam Veterans Guild - this guild was formed to support Crimea and Indian Mutiny veterans in the 1890's and early XX Century.
Lot 60
Third Reich insignia etc: West Wall medal with ribbon and printed paper packet; army cap cockade and eagle; Kriegsmarine summer tunic metal breast eagle; SA metal cap eagle with RZM mark (lower pin missing); Luftwaffe metal cap eagle (one prong missing); army cloth breast eagle (worn); and 3 ribbon medal bar for 1st Oct 1938 with “Prague Castle” bar, Eastern Front, and War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords. GC
Lot 126
A group of German Third Reich military medals and insignia comprising a Kriegsmarine destroyer war badge (pin lacking), a Mothers' Cross in gold, two Army four year long service medals, an Army marksman's lanyard badge, a Wehrmacht stick pin, a Luftwaffe cap badge and officer's cape clasp, together with a coin and coin brooch
Lot 164
Collection of World War I Ephemera, c. 1914-1918, incl. small U.S. service flag with crossed cannons pin, l. 15 in.; felt shoulder patch; small brown leather snap pouch; Austrian uniform brass belt buckle; canvas red cross arm band, stamped "92982"; pair of canvas goggles with yellow lenses; U.S. Army uniform cap; U.S. Army officer's peaked cap; German uniform cap; aluminum mess cup; tin mess cup stamped "U.S." on handle; U.S. Army identification tag marked "Joachim Cusachs Lt. Batt. B. 53rd D.F.A."; German identification tag marked "Max Kasper, Helfenberb. b. Dresden". Provenance: Gaspar Cusachs, entrepreneur, historian and collector, (1855-1929), collected by his son, Joachim Cusachs (1893-1918), while serving in Europe during WWI; The Gaspar Cusachs Collection, loaned to the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA (c. 1918-2016).
Lot 301
A WWI & WW2 Territorial Group of 5 awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 Charles G. King, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late 14th (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment and Labour Corps, comprising: British War and Victory Medals (514715 Pte. C. G. King. 14-Lond. R.); Defence and War Medals, 1939-1945; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R, Territorial (7599698 WO2 C. G. King RAOC); WWI pair swing mounted on bar with brooch pin, remainder loose, about extremely fine (5. ) This lot offered with a cardboard display (medals formerly mounted) bearing a London Scottish white metal cap badge, three brass shoulder titles, WWI miniature pair and other pieces of small brass insignia. Also offered with his copied M.I.C. showing WWI service with the 14th Battalion London Regiment, and then with the Labour Corps, a common transfer, often the result of injuries, wounds or shellshock etc., although he does not appear to be entitled to an S.W.B.
Lot 236
The Officer’s 10 Clasp M.G.S. awarded to Major-General John Napper Jackson, 94th (Scotch Brigade) Foot and 99th (Lanarkshire) Foot, who started his military service at the age of just 9 years old, and saw varied service at many of the major battles and actions in Portugal, Spain and France. He later helped to foil an attempted mutiny on the high seas aboard the convict ship Somersetshire in 1842 near Cape Town whilst en route to Van Diemen’s Land, comprising: Military General Service, 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, with additional silver top bar engraved ‘Peninsula’ and top bar with reverse brooch pin (J. N. Jackson, Captn 94th Foot), rank ‘Captn’ carefully erased, officially re-impressed and corrected [see footnote] over faint ‘Lieut’, good very fine or better. John Napper Jackson was born in Dublin, Ireland, c. 1796 and began his army career as an Ensign with the 94th (Scotch Brigade) Foot on 1 July 1805 - at the age of just nine years old. Promoted to Lieutenant on 1 January 1806, he was only fourteen when he commenced four years of active service in the Peninsula between February 1810 and April 1814, during which time he was promoted to Captain on 28 February 1812. Throughout his service in the Peninsula he was present at some thirty battles and actions, including: the Siege of Cadiz, Lines of Torres Vedras, the siege and storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, the third Siege of Badajoz and storm of the castle by escalade, Fort China (in command of an escort of the third division), Nive, Nivelle and numerous others between. Having earnt himself a Military General Service Medal with ten clasps before the age of nineteen, and having served at the rank of Captain for roughly 2 years before the campaign’s culmination, it is understandable that he might later have asked his medal (impressed as ‘Lieut’) to be re-impressed by the mint with the correct rank, as we see here. He served for a time on Half-Pay with the 43rd Light Infantry during 1822 before later joining the Light Company of the 99th (Lanarkshire) Foot on its formation in 1824 – already by this time an experienced fighting soldier with twenty years’ service, and still only twenty nine years old. He went with the Regiment to Mauritius and Australia, where he acted in command for two years during Colonel Despard’s absence in New Zealand. During this time he played a part in the suppression of an attempted mutiny aboard the convict ship Somersetshire in 1842, where soldiers of the 99th and 50th Regiments formed the guard. As recorded in his obituary in the Army and Navy Gazette: ‘He was a passenger on board the convict ship Somersetshire, proceeding to re-join the 99th Regiment, then in Van Dieman’s Land, when a mutiny broke out by a part of the guard [Private soldiers in the 99th Foot] conspiring with the convicts to take the vessel. Three of the soldiers implicated in this atrocious offence of murder etc. were convicted and transported for life.’ Having put into Cape Town, the three soldiers of the 99th Foot (Agnew, Chisholm, Kelly) faced trial on board and were prosecuted by Lieutenant Colonel Jackson himself, to whom the plot had been leaked by the ship’s cook, and all three were found guilty, the ringleader Agnew was initially sentenced to death by firing squad (but appears to have had this reduced to hard labour and imprisonment), and the others were placed in irons on board to continue to Van Dieman’s Land for a life’s sentence. Continuing, Jackson later commanded the 99th Regiment in Ireland and Aldershot where they gained a ‘tremendous reputation’ for smartness in dress and drill. Afterwards described by a fellow officer as ‘Moltke of the Nines’ he was seldom seen off the barrack square and never known to go on leave. He was for a time Colonel of the 3rd West India Regiment in 1862, before returning to become the Colonel of the 99th Regiment from 1863 until his death after a short illness at St Helier’s, Jersey, on the 25th of January 1866, at the age of seventy two. He had previously been noted as a resident of Bath. Ex Glendining, 1970.
Lot 302
*The Orders and Medals awarded to Sir Ivo Rigby, Chief Justice of Hong Kong, and formerly a government lawyer and judge in various British colonies and protectorates including Gambia, Palestine, Nyasaland, Malaya and Brunei. During his tenure in Hong Kong he famously served as Judge during the infamous ‘Three Wolves’ kidnap, extortion and murder case of 1962, comprising:Brunei, The Most Blessed Order of Loyalty to the State of Brunei, type 1 (1959-84) Second Class set of insignia (Dato Stia Negara Brunei), by Spink in Son, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 60mm and breast star, in silver, with gilt and enamelled centre, 85 mm, in original case of issue with neck ribbon and lapel rosette; General Service Medal, 1918-1962, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (I.C.C. Rigby); Coronation Medal, 1953; the latter pair swing mounted on bar with reverse pin, cased orders good extremely fine, centre very slightly loose on breast star, pair lightly polished good very fine (4). Sir Ivo Charles Clayton Rigby was born 2 June 1911 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, and was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford. He served in the Territorial Army in England between 1931 and 1935 with the 13th London Regiment and 5th Battalion Norfolks, during which time he read for the bar at the Inner Temple in London and was called in 1932, practicing in London, Norwich and the South East until 1935, in which year he was appointed Police Magistrate in Bathurst, Gambia. In 1941 he was appointed to the Crown Counsel in Palestine, and between 1945 and 1948 he served as President of the District Court of Palestine, as well as at Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa. During this time he again volunteered for military service, serving in the Palestine Volunteer Defence Force between 1941 and late 1943. Leaving the Near East, he took up the position of Assistant Judge in Nyasaland (now Malawi) between 1948 and 1954, before transferring to Malaya where he became President of the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur, and then later Puisne Judge in Penang. In 1961 he was appointed Senior Puisne Judge in Hong Kong (which under and inter-governmental agreement also shared its High Court judges with Brunei), during which time he served as Acting Chief Justice of several occasions. It was during this time that in 1962 he presided as Acting Chief Justice during the infamous ‘The Strange Case of the Three Wolves’ murder and kidnap trials in Hong Kong, the three being prosecuted for crimes which had taken place between 1959 and 1961. This famous case is still well-remembered today owing to the popular 1989 film ‘Sentenced to Hang’ (or ‘The Strange Case of the Three Wolves [in Chinese]) by Taylor Wong, the story of which was broadly based upon this case. Upon the discovery of a body at a hillside near Repulse Bay, the three ‘wolves’ (so-called for wearing wolf masks for anonymity): Maguang Can, Li Wei and Ni Bingjian were apprehended, tried and found guilty of murder. The three culprits were thus to become the last people to receive the death penalty and be hung for murder in Hong Kong under British rule in November 1962. Rigby was knighted on 13 June 1964, and in 1970 he was appointed as Chief Justice, replacing Sir Michael Hogan. A keen fan of horseracing, he owned several notable thoroughbreds in Hong Kong including ‘Mabrouk’ and ‘Inshallah’. He retired to England in 1973, and died on 19 April 1987 in Brunei at the age of 75.
Lot 60
A Second World War Fascist ‘Zbor’ Yugoslav National Movement Members Stick Pin bearing the sword and shield device of Dimiture Ljotic political party, together with an enamel ‘Yugoslav Action’ lapel badge (2). £40 - 60 Yugoslav National Movement(Jugoslavenski narodni pokret), also known as the United Militant Labour Organization (Združena borbena organizacija rada, or Zbor) was a Yugoslav fascist movement led by politician Dimitrije Ljotić. Founded in 1935, it received considerable German financial and political assistance during the interwar period and participated in the 1935 and 1938 parliamentary elections, in which it never received more than 1 percent of the popular vote. Following the Axis invasion and occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the Germans selected several Zbor members to join the Serbian puppet government Milan Nedić. The Serbian Volunteer Corps (SDK) was established as Zbor's party army. Ljotić had no control over the SDK, which was commanded by Colonel Kosta Mušicki. In late 1944, Ljotić and his followers retreated to Slovenia with the Germans and other collaborationist formations. In March, Ljotić and Chetnik leader Draža ć agreed on a last-ditch alliance against the Yugoslav Partisans. Ljotić's followers were placed under the command of Chetnik commander Miodrag Damjanović. Ljotić was killed in an automobile accident in late April 1945. His followers later fled to Italy alongside the Chetniks. The Western Allies extradited many back to Yugoslavia following the war, where they were summarily executed and buried in mass graves. Those who were not extradited immigrated to western countries and established émigré organizations intended to promote Zbor's political agenda.
Lot 220
Lapel Badges & Sweetheart Brooches, consisting of brass and enamel London National Reserve lapel badge, brass and enamel Woman’s Land Army brooch badge, WW1 silver wound badge numbered 311456 with pin fitting, silver and enamel Fleet Air Arm sweetheart brooch (missing pin), silver and enamel Coldstream Guards Association pin badge, Royal Engineers rifle type sweetheart brooch, sterling silver and enamel British West Indies regiment sweetheart brooch, gilded sterling silver Royal Fusiliers rifle type sweetheart brooch, plus others. Various conditions. (23 items)
Lot 559
Selection of WW2 German Metal Insignia, consisting of 2x German army cap eagles, Kriegsmarine “Donald Duck” cap eagle with pin fitting, aluminium kepi eagle, mountain troops ski cap badge with green backing cloth, early type SS cap skull and Panzer collar tab skull. Various conditions. (7 items)
Lot 392
A collection of needle books and pin boxes comprising larger format card needle and mending books including two variant ïThe Army and Navy Needle BookÍ, 12cm, The Empress Needlecase, and others, together with pin papers and pin boxes, an interesting selection (qty) (From the collection of the late Jo Ball).
Lot 4861
WW2 British Army insignia group comprising of a pair of machine woven 21st Tank Brigade flashes on KD backing, three RAC collar dogs, two Royal tank Regt sweetheart badges, South Lancs Regt sweetheart, RAF sweetheart and RAF cap badge, RAFA pin, broach pinned 10th Royal Hussars cap badge and Veterans blazer badge and two photo sweetheart badges plus a Fascist Italian Gioventù Italiana del Littorio GIL shield insignia in plastic for Salerno district. Ex W/S Sgt Arthur Walter Hall, RAC.
Lot 3453
Medals, Family Medals, a group of four, with original documents, two killed-in-action, one wounded-in-action, Father: RSM Millward Smith, Scottish Horse (1903-08)/Cpl-Mjr. Royal Horse Guards (1882-1903): Army LSGC Medal, VR (1900) - 1173 Q.M. Cpl-Mjr. M. Smith, R. Hor. Gds. - full entitlement, silver plaque inscribed 'Presented to Corp. Maj. Millward Smith by the Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers Royal Horse Guards as a mark of esteem on his leaving the Regiment, 1903', early 20th century biographical notes of service career, testimonials and coped service documents. Served 1882-1908 with the colours in the Royal Horse Guards, Scottish Horse and Imperial Yeomanry - twenty-six years in home service; thus Long Service Good Conduct medal was full entitlement. Son 1: L/Cpl Arthur Benjamin Smith, Scots Guards - killed-in-action at Ypres, November 11th, 1914: 1914 Star/claspp (6163 L. Cpl. A.B. Smith, S. Gds), British War and Victory Medal (6163 Pte. A.B. Smith, S. Gds.), WW1 memorial death plaque and parchment memorial scroll (Alfred (sic) Benjamin Smith), copied research, medal index card, Commonwealth War Graves and medal roll. After the Battle of Ypres, Arthur's battalion paraded just sixty-nine men, commanded by a singular captain, the sole surviving officer - commemorated on the Menin Gate. N.B. Correct forename is Arthur, as confirmed by Commonwealth Graves and medal roll.Son 2: S.Sjt. Alfred Millward Smith, MiD, RHA - wounded-in-action (lost arm - committed suicide), 1914 Star/clasp (41823 Ftr. A. Smith, RHA), British War and Victory/MiD oakleaves Medals (41823 A.S.Sjt. A.M. Smith, RA) pin-mounted for wear, silver war badge, wound certificate, SWB roll, riband bar with silver rosette and oakleaves, Corps de Commissionaire's Badge, RHA cap badge/crown/shoulder titles all in brass, MiD, L/G 01.01.1916, for gallant and distinguished service in the field, original documents/portrait and family photographs in uniform, copied research.Alfred Smith enlisted in the RHA in 1906 aged 15 and served on the Western Front from 05.10.1914, rising to the rank of staff serjeant. He was mentioned in despatches following action in 1915, and was severely wounded in action, losing his left arm, resulting in his discharge on 18.09.1918. He joined the Corps de Commissionaires (see photo in uniform with false arm/hand), but die to the trauma of the circumstances of his disability, he committed suicide on 16.03.1932.Grandson 1: 7349467 L/Cpl Arthur George Smith, R.A.M.C. - killed-in-action, Anzio, 19.03.1944, WW2, group of five, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence and 1939-1945 War Medals - unnamed as issued, portrait photograph in uniform, photograph of grave, Beach Head Cemetery, Anzio and Holy Trinity Church, London SW1 circular announcing his death. Provenance: By direct descent through the Smith family; acquired by the current vendor from Kenneth Millward Smith, 2nd grandson, in 2005 with a copy of his birth certificate demonstrating direct descent.
Lot 124
CHINESE POLITICAL POSTERSGood lot of four large and vibrant Chinese political posters, includes: "Ole Hero Came Back to Yanling Brigade", by Xin Hejiang (Hebei: Hebei People's Publisher), 1970, 30" x 42", a depiction of a People's Liberation Army soldier clutching a Type 56 assault rifle, between a miner and a militia member similarly armed, with a large group of workers, citizens, and a pilot in the background, all looking resolutely forward. Folds, else very good to fine. WITH: "Stride Forward to Learn from Daqing and Make a New Contribution in Aiding Agriculture" (Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House), 1977, 19 3/4" x 30 1/4", a depiction of a smiling worker driving a tractor, with rows upon rows of agricultural equipment outside of a warehouse in the background. Fine. WITH: "People's Militia is the Foundation of Our Victory" (Beijing: Beijung 76 Middle School), 1975, 220 3/4" x 30 1/4", a depiction of a militia group, including two women armed with Type 56/SKS and Type 63 rifles, under the leadership of a uniformed officer, approaching the enemy through waist-deep swamp water. Folds, minor chipping, else very good. WITH: "A World to Win" (no publisher or date), 22 1/4" x 33 3/4", a photo-illustration of a group of women marching with a large image of Mao Zedong, with the title printed in ten languages around the edges, and with a slogan of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement in English and Spanish below. Folds, pin holes at the corners, else very good. Four pieces.
Lot 136
"QUOTATIONS OF CHAIRMAN MAO" POSTERSGood lot of three large and vibrant Chinese political posters, includes: "Guard Against Atomic Bombs, Guard Against Chemical Weapons, Guard Against Bacteria" The Headquarters of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, 1971, 21" x 30", a depiction of a group of soldiers and workers, some carrying weapons, with a PLA soldier brandishing a copy of Mao Zedong's "Little Red Book" overhead. Minor chipping and small tears at the edges, else very good. WITH: "We Should Be Prepared From Now On" ([n.p.]: People's Art Press), 1971, 30" x 20 3/4", a depiction of a People's Liberation Army soldier with full pack and rifle, holding a copy of Mao's "Little Red Book", with a column of soldiers marching through a mountain pass in the background. Some chipping at the edges, with minor paper loss, else very good. WITH: "The Educated Youth Should Go to the Countryside to be Reeducated by the Poor and Lower-Middle Class Peasants" (Sichuan: Sichuan People's Press), 1969, 30" x 20 3/4", a depiction of a smiling young man and woman on either side of a farmer holding a copy of Mao's "Little Red Book", with other farmers and workers in a background, framed against a wide river valley showing both agricultural and industrial scenery, lit by a rising sun. The "reeducation" practiced throughout China during the Cultural Revolution of these period was rarely as pleasant for anyone involved as depicted here. Pin holes at the corners, minor chipping, else very good. Three pieces.
Lot 306
A collection of Republika Serpska, du (Balkans) unit badges for Army and Police units to include Arkan's Tigers, twenty seven Bosnian Serb Army Unit, two Bosnian Police badges, TMK (Kosovo Protection Force), Yugoslav Tito badge with yellow metal pin, U.S. Army, Polish Ukrainian Battalion, Bosnian Army Unit, Croatian State Security and Ukrainian Army etc., The Bosnian Muslim Unit, Allahu Ekber (1992-1995), (approx 36)
Lot 648
18th Century Period Miniature Portrait Painting of a An Army Officer. A fine head and shoulder portrait of an Officer. Scarlet coatee with Royal dark blue facings and sand to each shoulder gold bullion early style epaulettes. Mounted into a gold coloured oval frame, the reverse with plated hair and an enamel bow. The frame has been mounted with a stout pin fitting. The edge of the frame with floral engraved decoration and the name “William Godfrey Ma ?????”. The hook fitting has obscured the surname. Detail and colours good, colours bright Circa 1780. Height 4.5cm
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