COCHON DE LAPPARENT CHARLES: (1750-1825) French Politician and Minister of Police. Member of the National Convention and of the Committee of Public Health. Cochon de Lapparent was one of the Commissars in charge of the King´s indictment, voting in favour of the King´s execution. An excellent and rare A.L.S., `Cochon´, four pages, 4to, Paris, 22nd October 1796, to General Hoche, in French. The document bears the printed heading, and an ink stamp, of the Minister of Police of the Republic. A very cleanly written lengthy letter, Cochon stating in part `I watch, my dear General, with same sadness as you, the direction that since a while the sense of Public spirit is taking, and am ready to prove with all my correspondence that I have done all I could with the power I hold to prevent the malicious trying to take advantage of the recent events…The government only wishes, and can´t do anything else but wishing, the consolidation of the Republic, and I support this as much as my poor capabilities allow me to do so. I am indignant reading about the horrors and the lies against the Republic that all these Royalist journals, paid with foreign gold, are vomiting. Several have been arrested and denounced to the Public Prosecutor…but they are released by the tribunals, and this will keep on happening until we have a repressive law for press abuses.´ further again saying `..I am fully aware of the dangers that the Republic is facing, with enemies under different masks ready to attack from the inside of the country. In Lyon, in the department of the Calvados, the Royalists are showing up audaciously.. What else can I do? Tribunals are not under my competence, and the police has so short capacities that it is even astonishing that they can achieve what they do.´ Cochon de Lapparent also responds to Hoche´s questions regarding the last executions and the Colonnes Mobiles, stating `You talk to me about the way the last conspirators have been judged. We have material evidences and also written ones of their conspiracy…and regarding the formation of the Colonnes Mobiles I have issued a circular, sent to all departments, according to the Directory orders…The Colonnes Mobiles could be very useful…and I am going to send orders to the Chouanne departments..´ Paper with watermark. A letter of very interesting content. Very small overall minor age wear, otherwise VG £600-900 Lazare Hoche (1768-1797) French General of the Revolutionary army. Best known for his victory over Royalist forces in Brittany. Minister of war.The Colonnes Mobiles, also called Colonnes Infernales (Infernal Columns) were operations led by the French revolutionary in the War in the Vendée. The National Convention approved laws allowing the extermination of anti-Republican terrorists in the Vendée. Army columns were formed and sent through the Vendée to exterminate the anti-republican population. The actions of these "Infernal Columns" continue to be a subject of heated debate in France.
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HOCHE LAZARE: (1768-1797) French General of the Revolutionary army. A talented General, best known for his victory over Royalist forces in Brittany. Minister of war. Hoche died at the very early age of 29 of tuberculosis. A good L.S., `L. Hoche´, one page, folio, Vannes Headquarters, 4th December 1794, to General Roget, in French. The partially printed document bears the printed heading of General Lazare Hoche, Army of Cherbourg and Brest coasts and a revolution vignette. Hoche sends military orders related to the Vendée Wars stating in part `You will create multiple patrols and will control the easier crossing locations on the right shore of the Blavet by your garrisons… I will meet you at Locminé where I will give you further new orders..´ Folded, with overall age wear and very light foxing. G £200-300
CONVENTION OF ULM: BERTHIER LOUIS-ALEXANDRE (1753-1815) Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. An exceptional L.S., `M.al Berthier´, two pages, folio, Elchingen, 18th October 1805, to Marshal Ney, in French. Marshal Berthier, in his capacity as Major General, forwards to Marshal Ney the Emperor´s orders related to the capitulation of Ulm, including the conditions to enforce. Berthier states in part `Monsieur le Marechal, the Emperor orders that all French prisoners at Ulm must be returned right away, officers and soldiers, they will be exchanged against a same number of Austrians… 3) The Emperor´s intention is that the town of Ulm do not supply victuals to Austrians… 4) The Emperor asks you to report about the situation of the infantry, cavalry..´ further saying `5) Make the bridge be repaired promptly in order to permit General Walther´s troops cross the city and take position backwards on the road to Elchingen.´ Further again, and before concluding Berthier states `The Emperor asks me to tell you, so you can forward it to your troops, that Prince Murat has taken yesterday at five in the evening more than a thousand men, a General, several flags…´ Berthier asks Ney before concluding to forward the present letter and orders to General Marmont. The Austrian army surrendered the day before the present letter was written, with 25000 men and 18 Generals, and after having lost 10000 men. Leading the Austrian troops was General Karl Mack, who two days after, offered at the capitulation his sword to Napoleon presenting himself as "the unfortunate General Mack". The letter is attractively bound in brown, with gilt title letters to the front cover, stating "Grande Armée. Capitulation d´Ulm. Ordre de l´Empereur du 18 Octobre 1805". Also including two attractive engravings showing two images of the Battle and capitulation of Ulm. One large water stain, not affecting the signature, otherwise G £2000-3000Michel Ney (1769-1815) Marshal of France, Duc d´Elchingen and Prince de la Moskowa.The Battle of Ulm, 16th to 18th October 1805, allowed Napoleon to trap an entire Austrian army with minimal losses and to force its surrender near Ulm, at present day Wurttemberg. The Ulm Campaign is considered one of the finest examples of a strategic victory. The campaign was won with no major battle. In his proclamation in the Bulletin de la Grande Armée of the 21 October 1805 Napoleon said, `Soldiers of the Grande Armée, I announced you a great battle. But thanks to the bad combinations of the enemy, I obtained the same success with no risk...´ By defeating the Austrian army at Ulm, Napoleon secured his conquest of Vienna, which was to be taken one month later. The Ulm Campaign is still taught in military schools worldwide.Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich (1752-1928) Austrian General. Commander of the Austrian forces that capitulated in the Battle of Ulm. Mack makes a brief appearance as a character in Tolstoy´s novel War and Peace.Frederic Henri Walther (1761-1813) French Cavalry General of the Revolution and Empire. Loyal to Napoleon, he was present at Austerlitz and Russian campaign.Joachim Murat (1767-1815) Marshal of France, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte. King of Naples 1808-15.Auguste Marmont (1767-1847) Marshal of France. Duc de Raguse.
NIZAN PAUL-YVES: (1905-1940) French Philosopher and Writer. Member of the French Communist Party. Nizan died in the Battle of Dunkirk, fighting against German army, at the early age of 35. One of his sentences became one of the most influential slogans of students during the May 1968 protest `J´avais vingt ans. Je ne laisserai personne dire que c´est le plus bel age de la vie´, (`I was twenty. I will not let anyone say that it is the best time of life´). T.L.S., `Nizan´, one page, 4to, Moscow, 17th July 1934, to Jean Giono, on the International Union of Revolutionary Writers (U.I.E.R) printed stationery, in French. Nizan states `What you have written to us about you, about your work, about your lecture of Lenine to peasants, has deeply touched us… and it is with great joy that we feel that you are with us..´, further saying `We have also sent to you the Russian translation of your book. We wait with great interest the manuscript of your new novel for the "International Literature"..´ The letter bears a second signature, Secretariat of the U.I.E.R, at the base. VG £400-600 Jean Giono (1895-1970) French Author.
PONIATOWSKI JOZEF: (1763-1813) Polish General, Minister of War and Army Chief. Marshal of the Empire. An excellent L.S., `Joseph Prince Poniatowski´, one page, folio, Warsaw, 5th January 1810, to the Minister of War Duke de Feltre, in French. Poniatowski, in his capacity as General of division and Chief Commander of the Polish army, thanks his correspondent for the letter received last month of December and states in part `Your Excellency honoured me informing me about the replacement of Major Wierzbinski, now Colonel, and of Quatermaster Wasitemski accused of embezzlement. Having no doubt that Your Excellency has designated an officer who fulfills required qualifications and who will accomplish his functions properly, I consider superfluous to recommend somebody else for that post….´ Small overall, minor age wear, with small stains at the base of the document, otherwise G £2500-3500Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818) Marshal of France in 1816, one of six created under King Louis XVIII from 1815-24. Duc de Feltre and Minister of War under Napoleon.
BATHORY SIGISMUND: (1573-1613) Prince of Transylvania. Rare L.S., `Sigismundus Princeps´, one page, folio, Dena, 18th May 1596, to a to Alphonso, Apostolic Nuncio in Transylvania, in Latin. Sigismund in his capacity as Prince of Transylvania, Moldavia, and of the Holy Roman Empire, sends his good wishes and expects he will be able to maintain in future a good relationship with his correspondent. He concludes expecting a prompt response and expects that all will progress `..under the divine clemency..´ With blank address leaf, bearing a paper seal affixed. Small overall age wear. G £400-600Sigismund Bathory was crowned being a child when his father Christopher Bathory died, after ruling Transylvania as Voivode of the absent Prince Stephen Bathory. He leaded the Kingdom since he was fifteen, and decided to join the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire, purging the noblemen who opposed him. After several abdications and several returning to Transylvania, he returned at the head of a Polish army in 1601, but abdicated again a year later in favour of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, and settled in Bohemia where he would die.
BERIA LAVRENTIY: (1899-1953) Soviet Politician & Marshal, Chief of the Soviet secret police, NKVD, under Joseph Stalin during WWII. Executed. Beria was responsible of the Katyn massacre in Poland and of the expansion of the Gulag labor camps, overseeing the Great Purge. He attended the Yalta Conference with Stalin, who introduced him to U.S President Roosevelt as “our Himmler”. A good T.L.S., `L. Beria´, in bold pencil, three pages, on three separate sheets, 4to, Moscow, 1st of January 1940, on the NKVD printed letterhead, to Tovarisch Voroshilov Marshal of the Soviet Union, People´s Commissar for Defence of the USSR, in Cyrillic. The war-time document bears to the upper right corner a red ink stamp stating Top Secret. Also signed by Kliment Y. Voroshilov (1881-1969), `KV´, in blue pencil, to the upper left border. The document naming NKVD officers who should be removed, and saying `Department of Military Counterintelligence of Leningrad Military District informs:.. At the army headquarters regular and quick communication with the corps and divisions headquarters is still not established. Combat order of the army headquarters are received with delay. There are serious shortcomings in the ensuring of..´ Further detailing three reports to support such assertion, related to lack of rifles supply, to the death of an officer and two soldiers because of late order communication forwarded, etc.. and stating in part `On the opening lines there is a need for mortars. Nevertheless, Commander of the 90th Rifle Division Zaitsev agreed with regiment commanders that there is no need for mortars because nobody at the subunits knows how to use them..´ Signed by Beria in his capacity as People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the URSS Two binder holes to the left border, not affecting the text or signatures. VG £250-350After Stalin's death in March 1953, Lavrentiy Beria became First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union and head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He formed a troika alongside Malenkov and Molotov that briefly led the country in Stalin's place. However, in a coup d´état launched by Nikita Khrushchev with help from Marshal Zhukov on June 1953, Beria was removed from power, arrested on charges of 357 counts of rape and treason. He was sentenced to death and executed in December 1953.
PATTON GEORGE S.: (1885-1945) General of the United States Army, Commander of the U.S. Third Army following the Allied invasion of Normandy during WWII. T.L.S., `G.S Patton Jr.´, one page, 4to, 25th July 1945, on the printed letterhead of the Headquarters of the Third United States Army, Office of the Commanding General, to Mr. Gordon R. Cotton. The present letter is signed only two months after the surrender of Hitler´s Nazi army and six months before he passed away in an auto accident in Germany. Accompanied by the original Headquarters Third United States Army printed heading envelope, with the typed text above “General G. S. Patton, Jr.”, with an ink post stamp of the U.S Army Postal Service. Folded, otherwise in very fine condition. About EX £600-900
JOURDAN JEAN BAPTISTE: (1762-1833) Marshal of France. An excellent A.L.S., Ml Jourdan, Soisy sous Etiolles, 20th May 1830, to General Vaudoncourt, in French. Jourdan sends his congratulations to his correspondent referring to his plan of publishing a military journal, although he doubts about the readers response, stating `..It is certain that a State cannot be free if it is not idependent, therefore the necessity of a permanent army. But will a State keep its freedom if the army can become a toll to detroy this same freedom?, further explaining the way he thinks this should work, saying `..the army has to be at the service of the government to repel any foreign aggression, but will only be allowed to intervene in the interior of the State subject to the law and public freedom…´ With blank address leaf, postmarked. Small overall creasing, otherwise VG £80-120Frederic François Guillaume de Vaudoncourt (1772-1845) French General, and military Historian and Writer.
HABERT PIERRE-JOSEPH: (1773-1825) French General during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Habert was posted to Spain under Marshal Suchet, where he became known as the Ajax of the Army of Catalonia for his prolonged defense of Barcelona in 1814. An excellent D.S., `Habert´, one page, folio, Barcelona, 5th April, 1814, in French. The partially printed document bears the heading of the Imperial Armies in Spain, and is a payment approval signed by the Commissar of war for the supply of wheat to be delivered at the military warehouses at the Plaza de Barcelona. Signed to the lower left corner by Habert in his capacity as General Governor of Barcelona. Paper with water mark. With blank integral leaf. Very small overall creasing. VG £120-200Louis Gabriel Suchet (1770-1826) Marshal of France. Duc d´Albufera. One of the most brilliant of Napoleon´s Generals.A late 1813 order of battle placed Habert in command of Suchet's 4th Division, counting 3,975 men in four battalions. As Napoleon drained Suchet's strength away in order to defend eastern France, the marshal was left with only 17,000 soldiers. Forced to abandon most of Catalonia, he installed Habert as governor of Barcelona. For his tenacious defense of that city in the face of a besieging army of 30,000 and a British naval squadron, Habert earned the sobriquet the Ajax of the Army of Catalonia. He surrendered Barcelona on 25th April, long after Napoleon's abdication, and only with "great reluctance”. The present letter was signed only twenty days before the surrender.
TIBBETS PAUL: (1915-2007) American Brigadier General of the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare. Multiple signed 8 x 10 photograph, signed by Tibbets `Paul Tibbets - Pilot - Enola Gay´, the image showing the destroyed city of Hiroshima and the mushroom cloud. Also signed by Theodore Van Kirk (1921-2014) American Navigator in the U.S Army Air Forces, crew member of the Enola Gay on the Hiroshima day. Signed `Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk - Navigator 6th August 1945´, and also signed by Thomas Ferebee (1918-2000) American Bombardier aboard the B-29 Enola Gay on 6th August 1945. Signed `Tom Ferebee - Bombardier´. Boldly signed by the three officers, in blue ink, to the upper part of the image. VG £150-200
Eleven WW2 medals comprising 1939-45 medal, Defence medal, Atlantic star, Italy Star, two Africa Stars (one with 1st Army bar), 1939-45 Star (with later battle of Britain bar), Pacific Star, France and Germany Star and two Burma Stars Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Eight military badges including 6th Volunteer Batt. Gordon Highlanders Glengarry/Plaid brooch, Lovat's Scouts, Indian Medical Service, Army Cyclist Corps, Royal Marines two-piece cap badge, US Marine Corps etc, and naval bullion cap badge (9) Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Victoria Cross citation in frame: Army Orders 6 March 1919: VC awarded to Sergeant Albert David Lowerson of the Australian Imperial Forces for action at Mount St Quentin in September 1918. Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Ten WW2 medals comprising 1939-45 medal with oak leaf, Defence medal, two Africa Stars (one with 1st Army bar), Atlantic Star, Italy Star, 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, Burma Star (with later Pacific bar) and France and Germany Star Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Twenty-seven board games by Waddington, Spears, Arrow, Denys Fisher etc including TV and film related Dr. Who, Kojak, James Bond, Space 1999, The Sweeney, The New Avengers, Bionic Woman, Dads Army etc (Completeness unknown) Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
WW2 group of six medals comprising 1939-45 medal, Defence medal, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star (with 8th Army bar), Italy Star and territorial Efficiency medal awarded to 1460040 Gnr. F. Johnson R.A. Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Two leather straps mounted with twenty-five Glengarry and cap badges, collar dogs etc including Royal Scots Greys, Green Howards, Indian Regt, K.O. Border Regt, Royal Armored Corps, Highland L.I., US Marine Corps with Guadalcanal enamel badge, 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, Indian Army medical Corps, Queen Mary's Regt. Surrey Yeomanry etc Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket with Royal Army Medical Corps insignia including collar badges and Staybrite buttons, Queen's crown epaulette badge (Major) and medal ribbons for Korea medal, United Nations Korea medal and Territorial Decoration/Medal, also a pair of trousers, (2)
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket having Jardine and Sons Ltd of Edinburgh interior pocket label "P W MIDDLEMASS K2009 4/12/71" with Gaunt of London King's Own Scottish Borderers KOSB Staybrite buttons and medal ribbons for Golden Jubilee 2002 medal, General Service medal GSM and NATO Former Yugoslavia medal
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket having Moore Taggart and Co Ltd label "Battledress Blouse 1949 pattern size no 6 dated 1951" with ACF (Army Cadet Force) cloth shoulder titles, red and white chequered cloth shoulder badges, Queen's crown cloth epaulette badges (Major?) and medal ribbons for 1939-45 star, France and Germany star, WWII defence medal, war medal and Cadet Forces medal
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket having Compton and Sons and Webb Ltd label "J SOUTAR 25001410 GALLIPOLI" with Royal Scots Staybrite buttons and collar badges, single chevron (Lance Corporal) cloth badges, crossed flags lower sleeve badge and medal ribbons for General Service medal GSM and NATO Kosovo medal
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket having Harriet and Partners Ltd (Highland 1962 pattern) dated 1963 label with Staybrite buttons, ACF (Army Cadet Force) shoulder title, epaulettes with three stars (Captain) and medal ribbons for WWII Defence medal, WWII war medal, General Service medal GSM and Cadet Force medal
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket having Battledress Blouse label "CG244 BDR DRY TAUNTON 1962 3612" with Somerset cloth shoulder titles, pair of cloth dragon badges, double chevron (Corporal) rank badges and medal ribbons for WWII 1939-45 star France and Germany star, WWII Defence medal, war medal and Efficiency medal with two rosettes
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket having Edgard and Sons Ltd label with Royal Army Ordnance Corps insignia including collar badges and buttons, Warrant Officer Class II Queens Crown cloth badges to lower sleeve and medal ribbons for MBE, General Service medal GSM and Army Long Service and Good Conduct medal, also a shirt, (2)
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket having Compton Sons and Webb Ltd label, Gaunt of London Scottish Arms Staybrite buttons, Scot Guards cloth shoulder titles, Warrant Officer Royal Arms cloth badges to the sleeves and medal ribbons for South Atlantic medal with rosette, General Service medal GSM and Army Long Service and Good Conduct medal LSGC
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket with Alfred Polikoff Ltd label dated 1963 (No2 dress 1962 pattern) with Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers insignia including collar badges and Staybrite buttons, triple chevron (Sergeant) cloth badges and medal ribbons for both types of General Service medal GSM
British Army dress uniform khaki green jacket having Bernard Uniforms Ltd (1980 pattern) label with Royal Engineers insignia including Ubique collar badges and Staybrite buttons, warrant officer Queens crown lower sleeve cloth badges, cloth lightning bolt badge, and medal ribbon for Efficiency medal with rosette
Taxidermy: A Eurasian Otter Mask (Lutra lutra), circa 18/05/1957, by Army & Navy Stores, London, SW1, an adult otter mask looking straight ahead with mouth agape, mounted upon a shaped oak shield, 17cm from the wall, taxidermist's ivorine trade label to verso, with painted text ''H.O.H. Onibury, 18.5.57'' With CITES Article 10 (non-transferable) licence no.583721/04
Taxidermy: A Collection of Hare Feet (Lupus timidus), circa early 20th century, four Hare feet mounted as broaches, one with silver mount, the other three with silver plated mounts and clasps, together with a collection of feet mounted on various shields by various taxidermists, including Edward Fortnum, F.W. Bartlett, Army & Navy Stores, John Baker (11)
Sir Ranulph Fiennes signed 12x10 inch colour photo, 07/03/1944 retired British Army Officer and explorer is the holder of several endurance records, Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first person to visit the North and south pole by surface means and the first person to cross Antarctica on foot. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Great Britain FDC collection 30 covers includes Definitive stamps Northern Ireland, Scotland England, Wales, World of Invention, Wembley Stadium, James Bond, British Army Uniforms and Raf Uniforms dating 2007 to 2009 typed, handwritten and mint house in Royal Mail FDC album. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Lt Gen Ira Eaker USAF signed 1983 B24 Liberator bomber cover. Flown by Details, biographies and information inside.VC 10. US Medal of Honour stamp and Washington CDS postmark. Eaker, as second-in-command of the prospective Eighth Air Force, was sent to England to form and organize its bomber command. However while he struggled to build up airpower in England, the organization of the Army Air Forces kept evolving and he was named commander of the Eighth Air Force on December 1, 1942. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Miscellaneous Silver Coins, including Army Temperance Medal India dated 1807, St Georges School Good Conduct medal 1899, miscellaneous 1897 silver medal, Dulwich Football League medallion dated 1905, Regatta medallion dated 1929, a silver and enamel Music Festival medallion and a silver school badge Animo Etfide, approx 134 gms.
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