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A rare Third Reich gold grade Army Close Combat clasp, the reverse with blued steel centre plate retained by a single rivet, a central hook at the top, slightly rounded flat tapered silver plated pin, and no maker’s mark. GC Plate 1

AUSTRIA: Franz Josef I, 1848-1916, zinc pin, ND (1914-18), pin for the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry Regiment No. 1; Bosniak wearing fez in combat readiness about to throw grenade holding rifle in other hand, Bosnian arms on crescent below, Extremely Fine. The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry was a branch of the Austro-Hungarian Army. It was granted some special and unique privileges distinct from other (Christian) units. They had their own uniforms including the wearing of the fez and units were given their own number sequence within the common army. The units were part of the line infantry in 1914 and consisted of four infantry regiments (numbered 1-4) and a Field Rifles Battalion (Feldjägerbataillon). Starting Price: $55 View image on stevealbum.com View 2nd image on stevealbum.com

A COLLECTION OF MISC MILITARY CAP BADGES, BUTTONS AND MEDALLIONS INCLUDING GUERNSEY, RAF, MEDICAL CORPS, EYLON PLANTERS RIFLE CORPS, GERMAN NAZI PIN, SILVER BADGE WITH ROYAL CREST GBW 83 ETC...TOGETHER WITH MISC MILITARY BRITISH AND GERMAN EPAULETTE`S AND R.A.F.A ARMY AND GERMAN CLOTH BADGES.

A GROUP OF WWII AND WWI SWEETHEART PINS AND RELATED MATERIALS. A great collection of over 25 pieces, comprising a nice U.S. Army Air Corp. theater made Plexiglas heart shaped pendant holding a gold and enamel B-26 Marauder, an interesting charm bracelet with pineapple hand grenade charm, helmet, plane, cannon and artillery shell; nice heavy WWI enameled blue star picture frame, a Spanish American war photo brooch, numerous lockets, mother of pearl compact with ordinance device and large plastic compact with Navy officer`s device; plus interesting bronze submarine, miniature pilot wings, 5th AF pin, and neat Armor Corp pin.

A GOLD AND SILVER JEWELRY GROUP, 19TH/20TH CENTURY. Over 20 pieces comprising a Continental silver gilt filigree crucifix; a 14k gold child`s ring; a Continental figural silver group of sailors hauling cannonballs, length 2.5 inches; a silver gilt US Naval pin; together with various sterling charms and some non-silver items including an enameled American Legion Army pin. Silver weight approximately 74 grams.

German mostly WW2 Army and Naval items including several hat badges, pin badges, a Feldgendarmerie, etc etc (qty)

Indian Army Mahar Regimental Plaque, including the words `Kore Gaon` down side of a central pillar, with small pin badge in same design & a beautifully enamelled silver cigarette case, machine turned, front of case with cobalt blue enamel & raised crest of Mahar Regiment badge in centre, inscribed inside `To my dearest wife Lee, on our fourth anniversary, 30 Nov 1944, With all my Love, Jeff`, h/m Birmingham (2.92oz) This unit was war raised in 1941 (3)

A fine and rare Third Reich Army Parachutist’s badge in silver, of jeweller quality, in “800” silver and silver gilt, the tapered pin secured by a hinged safety catch, the reverse of the wreath engraved “Hptmn Walther Fallschirm - Inf. Btl”. VGC Plate 3

Nazi bronze riding award, Nazi Iron Cross First Class with pin backing and Nazi Wound Hitler Assassination badge, stamped 800 (believed to be a copy), all contained in fitted red velvet-lined case with photograph of an army officer on horseback

A WW1 gas attack warning rattle. Iron frame, wooden handle, cog and sprung clapper. Marked broad arrow /79/6 and A&NCSL (Army & Navy Co-operative Stores Ltd). Also a luminous spirit filled gauge for measuring the roll of an airship, graduated 0-10 both ways. Of blackened alloy, 17cm. Plus an interesting WW1 vane operated firing pin for a bomb, twin blades 11.5cm overall, which rotate as the bomb falls at the same time unscrewing a pin which eventually fires the bomb. Marked (faint) in ink “Aerial Bomb Exp. Vane WW1 1917-18” (some corrosion obscuring official marks). GC. (3). Plate 2.

WWII medals (6): 1939-45 star, Africa star with 8th Army clasp, Italy star, F & G star, Defence and War. Average VF; St John Service medal, straight suspender, un-named, NEF. Soviet Russia: Victory over Germany medal VF, and a small enamelled badge as awarded to civilians who trained as medical civil defence during WWII, cog shaped with 2 rings and suspension chain leading to enamelled red star with hammer and sickle, pin to top mount, reverse numbered 240355. VF` (9)

45 lapel, pin back, etc badges, including “sweethearts” Geo V and VI RE, Leinster Yeo, MGC, Gloucester, W Riding, Hants, Y&L, Artists Rifles, RAMC, RAF etc, lapels Women’s Land Army (2), Coventry Ordnance Works Ltd: Special War Service, Nat Reserve London HM 1912, War Service 1915, Nat Reserve Norfolk, etc. Average GC

A Collection of Eighteen Military Cap and Glengarry Badges, including the Dorsetshire Regiment, the Welsh Regiment, the Essex Regiment, the Royal Berkshire Regiment, the King's Own Scottish Borderers, together with a lapel badge to the Royal Army Medical Corps, a tie pin to the West Yorkshire Regiment, a bullion thread Royal Artillery insignia and a quantity of Royal Marines buttons

Major General Patrick George Turpin C.B., O.B.E., late RASC:- a Diamond Set 9 Carat White Gold and Enamel Sweetheart Brooch, together with a pair of bimetal cufflinks and a collar badge to the Gurkha Transport Regiment; a bimetal cap badge, tie pin, a pair of cufflinks and two buttons to the Gurkha Army Service Corps; five various badges, a kukri tie pin, rank badges and a pair of niello cufflinks; together with related items including a boxed leather bound book The Turn of The Wheel, RASC 1913-1939, written by the above, portrait photographs, an obituary and a pair of field glasses

16 Third Reich pressed tin and aluminium pin back badges, including Hitler Youth 1932 Potsdam badge, Essen Gau badge, 1933 HJ Jugend Tag Dusseldorf, NSDAP Goteborg 1934, NSAP Norrtalje 1935, Kreistag 1939, etc, and the aluminium device from an Army marksman’s lanyard. Average GC -17

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE - a handwritten letter from Florence Nightingale, from 30 Old Burlington Street, London. A letter of reference for Margaret Goodman who had served with her in the War Hospitals of the British Army during the Crimean Expedition. Double sided, signed at the end. Florence Nightingale is recorded in the 1861 census as living at the Burlington Hotel, 30 Old Burlington St. London ++a little faded and with some pin holes at the top

A collection of sweetheart and homefront badges etc. including a small gilt pin-back "womens army auxiliary corps" badge, A.R.P., WVS shoulder title and Royal Dargoons sweetheart badge, etc.

Misc. costume jewellery, comprising brooches (13), mainly antique stone set, one with small stones missing, antique amethyst set necklet, ladies` marcasite set rings (2), strand of vulcanite beads, some slight damage, jet brooch of ladies` slipper with cat sleeping in it, end of cats tail missing, Scottish ptarmigans foot brooches, stone set (2), gent`s Edox wristwatch, small seconds dial & black Arabic numerals, fitted with expanding bracelet, enamelled Royal Army Ordinance Corps sweetheart brooch, stamped silver & an `A.T.S.` pin (lot)

WWI Military Medal group, comprising MM and bar, awarded to 16760, Pte. F. Steele, 12th Battn. Manchester Regt. (with duplicate bar & ribbon in box), Meritorious Service Medal, awarded to 101105, Sjt. F. Steele, 43rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers & WWI trio, inc. 1914-15 Star, 16760, Pte./Sjt., Manchester Regt., some fading to Victory Medal, otherwise mainly extremely fine (5), Manchester, shoulder titles (3), badge, minus pin & two buttons, plus WWII, War & Defence Medals & Stars for 1939-45, Italy & Africa, with 1st Army bar (5), in Infantry postal box addressed to Mr J. Steele (small lot)

BavariaMilitary-Merit-Order, Officers cross with flames and swords (1905-1918), in case.Silver, gilded, partially enamelled, fine chiseled, multiple parts, the crown semi hollow and open work made, the swords riveted, gilding partially gone, reverse hallmarked J.L. (Jakob Leser, München) and 950, safety pin on chain privatly by a juweler attached, chain broken, but laying aside; in lightblue case, silver embossed dedication Bayr. M.V.O. Offizierskreuz, golden maker mark of Gebrüder Hemmerle, Maximilianstr. 41 München in the lid. Cross flawless, the case shows signs of wear.SH S. 68ff, OEK18 404. 78 x 48 mm, 46,5 g.According to stickers, which where originally placed on the bottom of the box and are included with the cross, a identification of the former owner is possible. It was awarded on 6.7.1918 to Oberstleutnant Karl Theil of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Nice and rare cross, and especially with the box hard to find.Condition: II

PortugalOrder of the Infanten Dom Henrique, Großkreuz-Satz, im Etui.1.) Cross: silver gilded, partially enamelled and fine chiseled, on ready to wear sash; 2.) star: silver giled, partially enamelled, multiple parts construction, high vaulted, hallmarked on the pin, in brown gold embossed case, maker mark of Frederico Costa Ltd. in the lid, miniatur on ribbon inside, on the box busines card with small coat of arms and name Wischnewski, Hans-Jürgen.VPI1 386, ZK2 2495f. 72 x 57 mm / 75 x 75 mm, 122,3 g m.B. / 74,5 g.The federal minister for business Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski held several positions during his career. His most known work were the travels during the kidnapping of Hans Martin Schleyer by the Red-Army-group. He followed, on the direct command of chancellor Helmut Schmidt, as special commissioner the kidnapped Lufthansa-plan "Landshut", which finally got stormed by the elite unit GSG9 in Mogadishu. The award of this set, which took place in 1978, most likly relates to this work.Condition: II

A small quantity of interesting items. A leather bound engagements diary with wooden panels attached to covers, the front with oil painted sketch of Airship R.34 over a field. Minor cover wear, inside unused. An octagonal wine glass mat showing an airship beside the Empire State Building. A section of pierced alloy strut from an airship frame with certificate of authenticity form the Lakehurst museum Ohio. An enamelled brass tag, `Belleville` with US Army RN.1 and `America`s greatest airship port. An alloy pin back disc `Airport Inspection Tour, 1935. San Francisco, Examiner`. Featuring airship and planes over landing ground. Plus 2 other items. GC.

22 German pin back badges featuring airships. Including- large copper US with suspended basket for, S.W. Lumbermen’s assn. Convention, Kansas City 1910, semi-circular cast WM ‘Zeppelin Landing 1930’ and ‘Zeppelin Landing Basel 1930’. Both with views of towns and lake, eagle and suspended shield ‘2nd Pan American Aeronautic Exposition. Atlantic City. May 1919’. Airship ‘Norge’ and racing car ‘Circuito di Milano, Monza 1926’, ‘US Army RN1’ airship ‘America’s Greatest Airship Port’ and arms of ‘Belleville ILL. 1924’. On leather button hole strap, etc. GC-VGC

A scarce silver plated commemorative breast badge for Army Zeppelin Crews. Of solid construction with horizontal flat pin and hook, the reverse stamped ‘C.E. Juncker Berlin’ GC Illustrated on Plate 29.

A white metal commemorative breast badge for Army Zeppelin Crews. Of solid construction with rather flat detail, wreath with green painted finish, half round pin, wire hook and faint Juncker and 925 marks. GC illustrated on Plate 29.

A scarce silver commemorative breast badge for Army Zeppelin Crews. Of solid construction with half round pin and wire hook, the reverse stamped with stylised crowned double headed eagle mark and ‘800’. GC illustrated on Plate 29.

A scarce and interesting gilt washed commemorative breast badge for Army Zeppelin Crews. Of solid construction with good detail and horizontal flat pin and hook, the reverse stamped with crown and ‘Fur Hervorragende Kampfleistungen L.Flieger.T. Sibilsky, 1918’. GC illustrated on Plate 29.

A Finnish Army Tripod for the Model 09/32 Maxim Machine Gun, Adapted for Displaying a German Maxim MG.08. Modelled on the German Maxim Dreifuss 16, with adjustable front legs folding to the rear, elevating mechanism intended to move on the rear foot, provision for fitting armoured shield, the rear leg with folding carrying handles and telescoping trial section fitted with folding seat, and some early green painted finish throughout (one front leg with an early armourer`s repair not impairing the function; the supporting slide at the base of the elevating mechanism now welded to the rear foot). Together with a modern ring bracket engineered for fitting an MG.08, and an additional supporting bracket with cotter pin. (3) See Dolf L. Goldsmith, The Devil`s Paintbrush, Sir Hiram Maxim`s Gun, Cobourg, Ontario, 2002, p315, fig.421. An MG.08 on its Dreifuss 16 mount is displayed in The Tank Museum, Munster, Germany

Silver `Marabout`, `Dorsetshire`, enamelled sweetheart brooch, circular fob drop brooch, enamelled Maltese cross, `Petersham` bow with pin, stamped or tested & an enamelled & stone set `Royal Army Service Corps` brooch, silver plated (gross 0.82oz) (3)

A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS SILVER ITEMS INCLUDING A CIRCULAR PENDANT WITH GOLD SHIELD TO THE CENTRE ON A SILVER CHAIN TOGETHER WITH A YELLOW ENAMEL AND SILVER ST CHRISTOPHER ON RIBBON PIN AND A SILVER HALLMARKED ENAMEL MEDAL DATED 1938 (FOR THE GIRLS 100 YARDS BREAST STROKE) AND A SILVER AND TORTOISESHELL PIN BROOCH ENGRAVED (ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS)

A group of six medals to G. Clippingdale, comprising 1914 Star with bar to `8865 L.Cpl G. Clippingdale. 5/Lond. R.`, 1914-18 British War Medal and 1914-19 Victory Medal to `8865 Pte. G. Clippingdale. 5-Lond.R`, 1939-45 Defence Medal, unnamed, Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, George V issue, to `300043 Cpl-A. Sjt:- G. Clippingdale. 5/Lond:R`, and Efficiency Medal, George V last issue, with bar `Territorial` to `6561226 W.O. CL. II. G. Clippingdale. 5-Lond.R.`, mounted on a bar as worn, together with a 1939-45 Defence Medal and War Medal, with the Army Council forwarding slip and box of postage, addressed to `Miss BMG Clippingdale`, and a red gem set brooch pin.

A quantity of costume jewellery including a string of coral beads, scarab beetle brooch, Womens Land Army brooch and stick pin, Special Constabulary medal, Victorian brass pique brooch, two ivory elephants and a black onyx set fob seal.

Vintage / Theatre costume - eighteen genuine early to mid-twentieth century white fine quality linen collarless dress shirts, including starched, pin-tucked and piqué bib fronts and Army & Navy Westminster and many other gentlemen`s period fashion labels, together with a quantity of loose stiffened collars Further images and condition reports are available at www.reemandansie.com

Two George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee Medals, Worc. Regt. and Army Service Corps Cap Badges, an ASC shoulder title, Worcester Red Cross Badge, a Kidderminster Special Constabulary 1915 Badge, a photograph of George Glibbery and a Hat pin

Various sweetheart brooches, comprising `Royal Artillery`, `Royal Army Service Corps` & `Fear Naught`, all with some enamelling, one with safety chain, stamped 9ct gold, one with base metal pin (gross 13.5g) (3)

Army Flak Badge 1941 (Heeres-Flakabzeichen), the reverse marked `R.B.`, lacking pin, late war issue in zinc Army/Waffen-SS General; Assault Badge 1940 (Allgemeines-Sturmabzeichen), late war issue in silvered zinc Anti-Partisan War Badge 1944-45 (Bandenkampfabzeichen/1944-45), post war production Luftwaffe Tank Battle Badge (Panzerkampf Abzeichen der Luftwaffe) - 100 Engagements, post-war production, (4).

Military Badges - British Forces in Egypt Mersa Matruh 1935 silvered and enamel medal. Ypres pin back badge, Territorial Army silver button hole badge no. 271472. Silver and enamel Royal Artillery badge. RAF Silver and enamel officers wings badge, RAFVR badge and brass RAF badge. Three later badges.

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS Infantry Assault Badge by Gerbruder Wegerhoff, Ludenscheid. A good die-cast silvered grey metal example with vertical needle pin. Rifle with fixed bayonet superimposed on oval oak wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. GWL maker’s circular logo to the reverse. A little service wear. GC Designed by Junker of Berlin and instituted 20th December 1939.

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS Flak breast badge. A good silvered grey metal example with vertical needle pin. Ant-aircraft gun within oakleaf ornamented oval surmounted by eagle and swastika. Base of rusted otherwise generally VGC. Instituted 18th July 1941 and designed by Ernst Wilhelm Peekhaus.

MEDALS AND BADGES. 1939/45 and France & Germany Stars, R West Kent Officers Cap and one Collar badges. Various R W Kent Buttons and Shoulder/Sleeve Cloth regimental and divisional badges . 8th Army silver on tie pin brooch `No Surrender`, etc

Haussler-Pforzheim : A rare Zeppelin army service badge stamped with makers mark verso with plain pin clash the whole of typical part pierced form. 6cms wide. (All copies).

* LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR 1891-1967 Instructional Poster for "Dynamo" c. 1929-30 Pencil, watercolour and black ink on paper, 33.5 by 46.5 cm. The design of visual propaganda for the young Land of the Soviets was an important, indeed the paramount occupation for all Soviet artists. It was usually top-class, fully-trained professionals who were accepted to work on visual aids in the military and sports areas. Many of these also achieved success with their easel works and participated in art exhibitions across the country. Such was the outstanding Leningrad master Vladimir Lebedev who, as is well known, received commissions from the Dynamo sports society in 1929 and 1930. It was for this organisation that the artist created the instructional poster now on offer. The main requirement of a mass teaching aid of this kind is a thorough knowledge of military subjects and a detailed, delicate draughtsmanship, facilitating speedy and accurate teaching. The Red Army soldiers in Lebedev’s poster are painted in watercolour. Each “pin-point” touch of the brush recreates details of the clothes, of the figures’ bulk, their weapons and even the basics of handling the weapons, easily understood thanks to the use of bodily gesture. Such filigree perfection and finish would be the envy of any disciple of Filonov. This unique work not only demonstrates the highly developed graphic culture of Vladimir Lebedev, his capability as a draughtsman and watercolourist, but is also a valuable document of its time.

Crimea 1854-56, (Serjt. Petr. Hunter, Rl. Dgns.) engraved naming, no suspension, disk only, this originally fitted within an ornate silver swivel mount, originally with a pin fitting (this now lacking), edge pierced obliterating ‘T’ of ‘Hunter’, scuff marks elsewhere around edge, contact marks, edge bruising, good fine £100-150 Serjeant Peter Hunter, 1st Dragoons, was entitled to the Crimea Medal with clasps for Balaklava, Inkermann and Sebastopol. the Turkish Crimea Medal and Army L.S. & G.C. In The Charge of the Heavy Brigade, by Roy Dutton, he is listed as ‘Probably rode in the Charge’. With copied discharge papers and roll extracts.

Austria, Empire, Mayors of Lower Austria Medal 1907, 63 x 54mm., silver, lacking suspension loop, fine; Army Cross 1813-14, gilt, lacking wreath; Bravery Medal (3), Franz Joseph, small silver, unsigned; another, Karl, by Kautsch; large silver; another, small silver; Military Merit Medal (2) Franz Joseph, gilt; another, Karl, silver; Honour Medal for 40 Years Faithful Service; Commemorative Cross 1912-13; Long Service Cross (2), for 5 and VI years; Red Cross Medal, with war decoration, gilt and enamel; Lower Austria Medal of Merit, gilt; Styria Medal of Merit, gilt; Austria, Republic, Badge, silver base metal and enamel, pin-backed, many with ribbons, fine and better (14) £140-180

A well documented Iron Cross pair awarded to UntersturmfŸhrer Karlis Juka, 32nd (3rd Latvian) Waffen-SS Regiment Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, 2nd Class; Wound Badge, ‘black’ grade, pin-backed, good very fine and better (lot) £150-200 Karlis Juka was born in the Parish of Arlava in the district of Talsi, Latvia on 11 October 1917. There are no details of Juka’s early war service but recruitment for the Latvian SS-Volunteer Division commenced in February 1943, drawing upon fresh recruits, Latvians serving with the Wehrmacht, and drafts from other SS-controlled units. Forming up and training of the eventual 20,000 men continued during March-November when the unit was named the 15 Latvian SS-Volunteer Division. Juka was in the 32 Waffen-SS Grenadier Regiment (Latvia No. 3), the two earlier numbered regiments were serving as SS Police battalions on the Eastern Front, and in November 1943 his battalion was with the division in reserve on the Northern Russian Front under the 16th Army command. The Soviet offensive broke the German encirclement of Leningrad, and by mid-February the main components of the division were involved in heavy fighting around Belebalka on the west bank of the River Radya: fighting rearguard actions during the withdrawal to the ‘Panther Redoubt’ on the River Velibaya. He was wounded in action on 7 February 1944 during the withdrawal and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class in the field on 3 March 1944 - the citation signed by the General of Artillery. He received the wound badge in black, the signatory of this citation being an SS-SturmbannfŸhrer, the document dated Riga, 15 March 1944. Photographs with the lot show that he received injuries to his ribs and right arm. Nothing else is known of his war service but in the continuous fighting against the Soviets, the 32 Waffen-SS Regiment was almost completely annihilated. Following the Soviet advance into East Prussia in January 1945, the division, then known as the 15 Waffen-SS Grenadier Division, made a fighting retreat until in March 1945 the survivors were ordered to Mecklenburg for refitting and ‘fortress construction’. Luckily, most were able to surrender to U.S. and Canadian troops near Schwerin on 2-3 May 1945. Some time after his capture, Juka was employed as an interpreter to British forces, firstly at P.O.W. camp 2227, then at Camp ‘Willershausen’ from November 1946 until 1 December 1947. Juka attained the rank of ‘UntersturmfŸhrer’ in the SS, a rank equivalent to ‘Leutnant’ (Lieutenant) in the Wehrmacht. Sold with a number of items, including: cloth Latvian Arm Shield badge; original award documents for the Iron Cross and Wound Badge; papers (3) concerning his employment as an interpreter in British P.O.W. camps; Certificate of Registration - with photograph, covering the period 1947-60, with addresses in Cambridge and Bedford; Travel Document - with photograph; a quantity of photographs - some military related with the recipient in uniform; two lapel badges - ‘Latvija’ and ‘Riga’ - the latter lacking pin fitting; a brass ring bearing the cypher ‘KS’, and a number of small denomination German coins of the period.

A Monte Cassino 45th Anniversary Medal to Sergeant George Sykes, 38th Irish Infantry Brigade, 78th `Battleaxe` Division (155703 Sgt. Sykes. G. 38th Irish Infantry Brigade. W/S Coy REME) Medal Ribbon Bar to Sgt. G. Sykes, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, 1st Army Clasp, Italy Star 78 Division Victory Parade, Spittal-Austria 6 July 1945, a 40-page photographic record and brief history Related service papers, photographs, personal effects and insignia, including Army Paybook, listing active service in North Africa, Italy, Germany/Austria -1940-1945, photographic album `Italy & Germany` 1944-45, collection of postcards, and `war booty` including, German Army 1937 Pattern Belt Buckle, NSDAP Arm-Band, pair of black painted binoculars, German Army peaked cap cockade in aluminium, Hohner mouth organ, the original card box with German soldiers art-work A steel pin with paper label, inscribed in ink `Wing Locking Pin from Hurricane, Woking, 1940` An RASC matchbox cover, the Englands Glory box containing `shrapnel` Three commemorative silk handkerchiefs, cigarettes, etc Collection of related publications including, Cassino 1944 (Before, During & After); The Bombing of Monte Cassino; Algiers to Austria with the First & Eighth Armies; Algiers to Austria 1942-1946, The History of 78 Division by Cyril Ray, limited edition only for sale to members of the Division; The Wild Geese are Fighting by John Horsfall ( an Irish Regiment in the Line of Battle); Fling our Banner to the Wind by John Horsfall (The Irish Brigade in Italy 1944) The 78th Division `After a short rest on the North coast of Sicily, the division began to disembark in Calabria, on the mainland. Then followed a long trek up the peninsula of Italy. It was easy at first, but at Termoli the main battle for Italy was joined, after this in Oct 1943, it was just one long, hard slogging match, now in the mud and dust. Battles were fought on the Trigno and Sangro rivers that Autumn and for two months the division stood guard in the high Appenines and along the Upper Sangro. Then followed Cassino and its bitter fighting. In mid-May 1944 the static front was broken and the advance took the division through Rome to the shores of Lake Trasimeno, scene of the hardest fighting since Cassino`.

15 women’s services cap badges, including bronze WAAC with blades, AAC, bronze FANY (one blade missing), bronze ATS with blades, bronze Women’s Legion brooch pin, enamelled W Land Army, WAC India, Canadian WAC, etc; 20 similar collars and 7 titles; on a board. GC

A First World War General Service Medal, a Peace Medal and a 1914/15 Star for 1652 Private W E Belton, Royal Army Medical Corps, together with a Peace & Honor enamelled badge, an RAMC pin-on badge, a gilt metal commemorative International Workman`s Exhibition, London 1870 Cross, together with a few British stamps, all in a Peps - for coughs, colds, bronchitis, etc

A 6 shot .44” Remington Model 1861 (Old Model) Army SA percussion revolver, number 9417. GWO & C (worn overall, rammer catch repaired, cylinder pin replaced). Plate 14

"Militaria, Army Field Police (Feldgendarime) enlisted man`s orange woven sleeve badge, two 1936 breast eagle Bevo tunic insignia on black cloth, alloy stick pin and cap badge, bullet cases and shrapnel etcetera "

A 19th century white metal pin cushion in the form of a clog with chased figural decoration in the Dutch manner, inscribed "M.S Oranje" (sold in aid of The Salvation Army)

Finland, Cross of Liberty 1941, Third Class breast badge with Swords, in black and gilt bronze, with bronze-gilt swords, 39mm, extremely fine; together with other world medals (10), comprising; Austria (2), Small Silver Bravery Medal 1866-1917; Golden Jubilee Medal 1898; France, Médaille d’Honneur des Services Bénévoles, in bronze-gilt; Germany, Third Reich (3), West Wall Medal 1939, DRL Sports badge, Third Class, in bronze; Reichsparteitag 1935, bronzed zinc badge; Federal Republic, City of Nuremberg Merit medal; Great Britain (2), Army Temperance Association, Victoria Memorial; Visit to Ireland commemorative 1900, by E. Johnson, in bronze-gilt; Iraq, Coronation of Faisal II 1953, in silver; Japan, Red Cross Membership medal, in silver, and Military Next of Kin medal, in silver, 24mm, this with original purple cord and pin suspension, many very fine (11)

* A Portrait Miniature of an Indian Army Officer, in a silver-gilt case with two locks of hair, inside of case engraved in italics Charles Frederick Kneller Lt. 11 regiment By. N.I. 1844, in good condition; together with a piece of tunic fabric with 10 gilt buttons and a silver-gilt horseshoe stick-pin set with pearls

A WWI regimental heart shaped sweetheart pin cushion decorated with beads, sequins, needlework and an applied Army Veteran Corps badge, height 17cm.

A WWI regimental heart shaped sweetheart pin cushion decorated with beads, sequins and applied The Army Service Corps badge, height 18cm.

Dinky military: Army Wagon, Bedford 3-Ton Truck with plastic hubs, Bedford 3-Ton Truck and Foden 10-Ton Truck wiith ten seated plastic Personnel, (all with overpainted axle-pin heads, three with overpainted black baseplates); three Six-Wheel Wagons, US Jeep (windscreen replaced, lacks steering-wheel) and Reconnaissance Car, all with some overpainting some examples (ex-John Trunstall) as freelance adaptations possibly carried out at Binns Road previously sold (i) Phillips Bond Street 1981 (ii) Christies South Kensington 1992 (9)

An SAS cap badge, by Gaunt London, pair collars, large button, small title and embroidered beret badge; a cast "Popski`s Private Army" cast WM cap with pin fitting; sundry staybrites. GC

Major-General Frederick Whitmore Burch, C.S.I., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Army, late East Yorkshire Regiment Riband bar, pin-backed (2) each bearing the ribbons: Order of the Star of India; Order of the Indian Empire; Military Cross; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India General Service 1908-35; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; India Independence Medal 1947; together with two gilt roses and two cloth epaulettes from a Deputy Lieutenants uniform, ribbons a little worn but good condition (6) £40-60 Frederick Whitmore Burch was born on 1 November 1893 and was educated at Framlington College. In the Great War he served in the East Yorkshire Regiment in Egypt, France and Belgium, where he was wounded, mentioned in despatches and was awarded the M.C. in 1916. He later served in India, ranked as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1938 and Major-General in 1942. In 1946 he helped organise Indias Victory Celebrations in New Delhi. Awarded the C.I.E. in 1944 and the C.S.I. in 1946. He retired in 1949 and returning to England was involved in the Home Guard and Civil Defence in N.E. Essex; and was Deputy Lieutenant for Essex in 1956. Major-General Burch died in 1977.. Sold with a letter from the recipients son, Nigel Burch, dated 7 March 1979, which accompanied the above insignia.

The important G.C.B. and Large Army Gold Medal group awarded to General Sir George Anson, Light Cavalry Brigade Commander, formerly commanding 16th Light Dragoons and later Colonel of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, Governor of Chelsea Hospital, Equerry to the Duke of Kent and Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (Military) G.C.B., breast star in silver, gold and enamels, the reverse backplate inscribed with makers name Rundell Bridge & Co., Jewellers to Their Majesties and all the Royal Family, Ludgate Hill, London, fitted with gold pin, enamel chips to Ich Dien scroll and green wreath and lacking one stalk General Officers Large Gold Medal, for Talavera 1809, 2 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria (Brigr. General George Anson) complete with all proper gold suspension fittings and full neck cravat Portugal, Royal Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight Commanders set of insignia, comprising large neck badge in solid gold, 67 mm, and a magnificent breast star of large size, 100 mm, in silver, gold and enamels, this with enamel damage to central wreath, one letter of legend lacking and two other letters damaged; together with another superb quality neck badge, 47 mm, in gold and enamels, and a fine period miniature badge in gold and enamels, the large badges with original neck cravats, unless otherwise described, generally good very fine and attractively displayed in an old frame within an oval gilt floral border with inscribed ivorine label (6) £40000-50000 Only 10 General Officers received the Large Army Gold Medal with two clasps, this combination being unique. General Ansons group of medals was first sold by Christies in April 1902. George Anson was born in 1769, second son of George Anson and Mary Vernon, and a nephew of Admiral Lord Anson. He entered the Army as a Cornet in the 16th Light Dragoons on 3 May 1786; he obtained a Lieutenancy in the same corps in 1791, and exchanged into the 20th Light Dragoons, with which regiment he served for five years in Jamaica. In 1792 he obtained a troop in the 20th, and his Majority in December 1794. He exchanged back into the 16th Light Dragoons in September 1797, became Lieutenant-Colonel in the 20th Light Dragoons the same year, and exchanged into the 15th Light Dragoons in September 1798, with whom he served in Holland. In January 1805, he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King, and received the rank of Colonel in the Army. In December of the same year he became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 16th Light Dragoons. In 1809, Anson proceeded to Portugal and commanded the 16 Light Dragoons in the advance upon and battle of Oporto on 10th-12th May. On 24 May 1809, he was appointed Brigadier General and given command of a brigade of light cavalry consisting of the 23rd Light Dragoons and the 1st Light Dragoons of the Kings German Legion. Anson commanded the brigade at the Battle of Talavera on 27th and 28th July, and at the Battles of Busaco in 1810, Salamanca in 1812, and Vittoria in 1813, besides various other less important affairs. He received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, on separate occasions, for his services at Talavera, Salamanca, and Vittoria, and received the Gold Medal and two clasps in commemoration of those battles. In May 1813, he was granted a Royal Licence to accept and wear the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword, for the distinguished courage and intrepidity displayed by him in several actions with the enemy in the Peninsula. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Bath on 2 January 1815, and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order on 29 July 1833. Anson became Lieutenant-General in August 1819, Colonel of the 4th Dragoon Guards in February 1827, and a full General in January 1837. Besides taking a seat in the House of Commons as Member for the city of Lichfield, Anson had a long association with the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, and was holding the highest office as Governor when he died on the 4th November, 1849. Anson married in 1800, Frances, daughter of John William Hamilton and the sister of Sir Frederick Hamilton. They had six sons and daughters, of whom Talavera Vernon Anson became an Admiral in the Royal Navy, and Thomas Anson was a first class cricketer. Lady Anson died in 1834, fifteen years before the death of Anson himself. In Who Do You Think You Are? transmitted by the BBC in October 2007, it was discovered that Sir Matthew Pinsent, the multiple gold medal Olympic rower, is a direct descendant of Sir George Anson.

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Edwards, C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D., D.L., J.P., Welsh Horse, late 15th Hussars, 6th Baron Kensington Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Territorial Decoration, good condition £30-40 Hugh Edwardes was born in 1873, the son of the 4th Baron Kensington. He succeeded his brother in the title in 1900. He entered the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars and served in South Africa, 1899-1901, as A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General Sir H. M. L. Rundle, for which he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Welsh Horse in 1914 and saw service in the Dardanelles and in the Sinai and Jerusalem campaigns for which he was again mentioned in despatches. In 1918 he was awarded the C.M.G. With some copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.