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A Britains British Army series No.1432 ten wheel covered tender comprising of dark green body with dark green hubs, and ten white tyres with buff coloured back with driver figure, in the original red ground all-card box with lift-off lid (VG,BG-VG)

Three various boxed Britains modern release limited edition soldier sets to include No. 5196 The Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch, together with No. 5293 The Blues & Royals, and No. 5391 The United States Army Band of Washington DC, all in original outer buff coloured packaging (M,BM)

A Meccano Mogul Steel Toys No. 3287 Army truck comprising of two tone green body with Soviet white star bonnet transfer, in the original open front window box

A Britains No. 1334 4-wheel Army tipping lorry comprising of military green body and hubs with tipping mechanism and driver, sold in the original yellow labelled all-card box with complaints leaflet (VG-NM,BVG)

A Britains No.1344 Army tipping lorry comprising military drab green body with matching hubs and silver and black detailing with driver figure, fitted with wooden tipping section, sold with a Britains boxed No.1877 beetle lorry comprising of tan and green body with white tyres, together with two figures

Two large British army shell cases, see images for base markings, both approx 73cm high, two pairs of smaller cases and a bayonet

An Army pointed Bayonet.

Four Penknives including Swiss army knife.

Ladies and Gents costume, including brown astracan fur coat, seven evening dresses and a top mainly 1970s, Victorian purple and black checked bodice (a.f.); gents army formal jacket/mess jacket, another, striped trousers for a morning suit and waistcoat, white shirt, pair of leather chaps and a hat (rail and box)

A Victorian silver topped cut glass perfume bottle, by Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd, London 1890, with internal glass stopper

Oval Plated Galleried Tray, Edwardian hip flask, coinage, crested ware, other ceramics, Navy & Army illustrations, illustrated London News, etc.

A John Heiffor of Sheffield Twin Razor Set, in original army razors Morocco case.

A pair of vintage mid 20th century ex stores Salvation Army uniform bonnets having The Salvation Army ribbon. Both in their original boxes. 

An incredible local interest WWII Second World War 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment collection of items. All relating to a Ronald ' Roy ' Charles Harris. Harris joined the First Paras and later the Eleventh SAS. From his obituary (included with the sale): ' Roy came from a large family...(and) he set up the Kingswood firm 'Harris Brothers' with his two brothers...before he started the family firm he served his country in the Second World War... (he) joined as a soldier of the First Paras and Eleventh SAS and was in action in Europe. In 1942 when parachuting into Sicily, Roy was injured when the Germans opened fire as they came down. Roy was captured and taken prisoner of war where he spent long periods in solitary confinement which affected his health...'. Included within the lot is: - Harris' own ' No.2 Commando 11th SAS 1st Parachute Battalion ' patch- Harris' Soldier Service Book - listing his Army Number as 4625961- Several photographs of Harris (and his battalion) - x3 framed, one unframed. - Harris' original Parachute Battalion beret, with parachute regiment badge to front.- An Air Letter from Harris sent home to Bristol. Dated 29.4.1943, the letter reads, in part: '...it won't be long now before North Africa is ours... the last few days have been very hot, and we have been sun-bathing - most of the lads are black! Will you let me know if the papers in England said anything about the 'Parachute' fighting in this country - I should like to know they did ' and followed by more family related sentiments- Two copies of Prisoner Of War camp ' Punishment ' notices - dated August 17th 1944 which lists Harris and another prisoner. For escaping the camp, they are given ' close arrest for a term of 7 days ' (solitary confinement). Written in German and English. - Harris' own Fairbairn Sykes British Commando dagger - within it's original leather and steel scabbard. - Harris' SAS / Commando issue Knuckle Duster - with ministry markings.- Several effects relating to a ' 1st Para Battalion 11th SAS Reunion Dance ' on March 29th 1947 at The Angel Hotel, Knutsford '. Including an original (fragile) poster, ticket, press photograph, and newspaper extract from the event ' Red Devils meet again! '.- A No.2 Commando 11th SAS 1st Parachute Battalion Reunion Dinner menu from 1985..and various other personal (and later effects) including a Union Flag, Matador throwing knife, and various Parachute Regiment related mementos.An interesting and important collection of WWII militaria. 

A rare Soviet Russian Red Army USSR military Budenovka or Bogatyrka winter cap with folding button back flap section, high tip crown and a red star stitched to front along with 2x hammer & sickle enamelled cap badge emblems.

A WWI First World War Imperial German Army Seitengewehr Model 1898 rifle bayonet having a wooden hilt with diagonal grooves, steel pommel, press stud, steel crossguard, rearward steel quillon, pipe back blade, leather scabbard with steel furnishings and repro leather frog. Notation to the ricasso ' Simson & Co Suhl ' and matching serial numbers to the scabbard hook and cross guard ' 20903 '. Measures; 69cm overall. 

A WWII Second World War Soviet Russian Red Army USSR 7.62mm Degtyarev DP heavy machine gun cartridge magazine ammunition box having canvas handle flip and lock top, star and lines to both sides and holding 3x spent cartridges inside. Measures 28cm x 28cm x 12cm. 

A reproduction WWII second World War German Nazi Third Reich Mothers Cross with blue , white and black enamelling with blue and white ribbon along along with a pre WWI Imperial German Army Deutscher Kriegerbund warrior club. 

A collection of assorted post-WWII Second World War uniforms, comprising: a British Army dress jacket (size 37) and accompanying trousers, a Royal Artillery dress jacket with medal ribbons, and an associated pair of trousers. 

A rare WWI First World War interest single-owner / recipient postcard album. Most cards appearing to have been sent to a 'Maurice Minton' of Castle Donington from his ' Uncle Charlie '. All of the cards are presumed to have been sent from Charlie who was serving in the Army. Cards include; various silks, greetings cards, 'artist type' cards, picture-type, official views of France, comic cards, ' Miss Edith Cavell Murdered! ' propaganda card, Battleship HMS Queen Mary and others. An interesting collection - some make fascinating reading, some with Censor stamps. 

An interesting collection of assorted WWII Second World War and related militaria / military items. To include several items of ephemera - a ' Skill At Arms ' book, German Occupation Of Jersey coinage set, various first aid kits and dressings, a US Army water canteen, Anti-Gas eye shields, a French ' Cross De La Valeur Militaire ' medal, a small collection of Edwardian and slightly later postcards - many military related. Various other items included. Interesting assortment. 

A WWI First World War era British Army entrenching tool pick-axe. Removable head, with wooden shaft handle. The blade stamped, indistinctly, with date for 1918. Measures approx; 43cm tall. 

An original post-WWII Second World War / Cold War Swiss - M57 SIG STGW 1957 pattern rifle bayonet. The ricasso having makers marks and serial number. With scabbard. Measures approx 38 cm in length. Along with an original WWII Second World War British Army  ' Pig Sticker ' rifle bayonet in scabbard with impressed No. 4 MK II 5 to side. Measures: 26cm long,.

A WWI First World War medal trio awarded to a 22581 Driver H.B. Burton of the Army Service Corps. Comprising of War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star / Mons Star. War Medal with ribbon. Ribbon bar present. 

An original rare vintage 9th Queen's Royal Lancers uniform cap badge. Scarce painted example, with red and blue decoration. Number ' 9 ' to the centre, original slider to reverse. Along with an ER RASC Royal Army Service Corps cap badge. 

Operations In Waziristan 1919-1920 - Compiled By The General Staff Army Headquarters India 1921 - Published Calcutta Superintendent Government Printing, India 1921. Gilt lettering to the spine.  

A WWI First World War medal pair awarded to a 352609 Private W.J. Ingram of the Army Service Corps. Comprising War Medal and Victory Medal. Both with original ribbons. 

An original WWI First World War medal pair awarded to a Corporal H G Payne of the RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps. Comprising of his Victory and War medals with ribbons joint on medal bar along with miniatures with matching ribbons. Stamped to sides. Along with a General Service medal miniature with ribbon. All housed within a period moroccan leather case.

A collection of approx 30 military related books to include mostly hardback examples. Comprising: Scalp Dance, The Indian Wars, The Roman Imperial Army, The Battle For Gaul, A History Of The British Army, Custer's Last Campaign and many many more.

A 20th century military brass navigational sextant instrument model No 4354 by C Plath Germany. Brass construction with adjustable optics. Complete in wooden case. Stamped Germany. C Plath made navigational instruments for the The Nazi Party German Army under the Third Reich. Measures 11cm wide.

A WWII Second World War style brass / bronze wall plaque for ' Heeresversuchsstelle Peenemunde ' (the Peenemunde Army Research Centre ). Numbered ' 377 '. Eagle and swastika motif to centre, with notation around the outer edge. Measures approx; 19cm tall x 16cm wide. Presumed later made. 

An exceptional WWI First World War and WWII Second World War related medal group, belonging to a MS- 861 Private H. Craib of the Army Service Corps and later V145969 (WWII). The medal group comprising: Distinguished Conduct Medal (engraved MS861 WOCL1 H. Craib), WWI Mons Star (with 1914 clasp), WWI War Medal, WWI Victory Medal (with Oak Leaf for a mention in despatches), WWII 1939-45 Star, WWII Pacific Star, WWII Australia Service Medal, WWII War Medal, and his WWI Croix de Guerre with palm (for acts of Heroism in the field). The group  is accompanied by it's full set of miniatures, a bar (for the First World War group, with oak leaf) and other related effects to the soldier. Mentioned in despatches, London Gazette issue No. 29072, page 1669. A fascinating and rare medal group. 

A collection of assorted 18th / 19th / 20th century hardback military Army List books to include; A List Of The Officers Of The Army And Royal Marines On Full, Retired, And Half-Pay With An Index 1829, Army List 1782, A List Of All The Officers Of The Army And Royal Marines On Full And Half-Pay With An Index 1815, Services Of The British Army Officers &cc 1939-1945 Including Earlier Service Details and The Official Army List For The Quarter Ending 31st March, 1893. With An Index. 

A WWII Second World War 1942 pattern US Army Air Service / USAAF uniform jacket. Insignia patches for a Communications Specialist, Corporal. Medal ribbons present, and dated to inside pocket. Provenance unknown.  

A collection of assorted post WWII Second World War Soviet Russian Red Army USSR related uniform accessories to include; winter cap with woollen ear flaps and enamel pin badge red under hammer & sickle, water canteen and webbing, sack, mess tin and face pull over balaclava. 

A set of three 20th century military propaganda posters. Comprising WWI First World One ' Women of Britain Say Go ' by London Lithographic Company, US Army WWI poster reading ' Destroy This Mad Brute ' by London Lithographic Company and a German example reading U Boote Heraus! by Spear Print Ltd. All after originals held in the Imperial War Museum. Great examples in good condition. Measures:70cm x 46cm.

A set of 20th century Western / Wild West cowboy reenactment items to include:  Leather tool worked gun holster belt with replica single action ME Ranger Colt army revolver. Gun measures: 28cm long.

NAPIER ROBERT: (1810-1890) 1st Baron Napier of Magdala. British Field Marshal with the Indian Army. A.L.S., Napier of Magdala, one page, 8vo, n.p., 22nd August n.y. (1870), to Colonel Thesiger. Napier asks his correspondent to prepare some orders from 1847 'regarding the necessity of severe measures to repress insubordination' which were given to three men. To the verso and integral leaf of Napier's letter appears Thesiger's reply in the form of an A.L.S., Fred Thesiger, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 24th August 1870, to Lord Napier, sending him a list of all of the general orders and circulars 'which have been issued on the subject alluded to' in accordance with his request and further commenting 'I have not sent the books as they are very bulky and are besides required for daily reference. Colonel Dillon will have them all in his office'. At the foot of Thesiger's letter appears a brief holograph note, unsigned, from Napier to Dillon asking that he makes copies of the relevant orders and circulars. Some light staining and minor age wear, otherwise VGFrederic Thesiger(1827-1905) 2nd Baron Chelmsford. British Imperial General who served in the Anglo-Zulu War, Commander in the defeat to the Zulus at the Battle of Isandlwana.

HARDY THEODORE: (1863-1918) British Army Chaplain, Victoria Cross winner for his actions near Bucquoy and east of Gommecourt in France on 5th, 25th & 27th April 1918 during World War I. Scarce A.L.S., T. B. Hardy, two pages, 8vo, Belsize Square, London, 1st January 1885, to Conrad Cooke. Hardy announces 'As I am in the Chair at the Savage Club on Saty. next (the 3rd) I shall be glad if you find it convenient to come & support me', further remarking 'And as you rarely come without a guest or two - why I look upon you as being equal to two at least: & at this season of the year one's friends are rather more difficult to assemble than a little later on'. Autographs of Hardy are scarce in any form as a result of his tragic death on 18th October 1918 at the age of 54 as a result of wounds received during World War I. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG

[WORLD WAR I]: EDWARD VIII (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A fine autograph manuscript, unsigned, four pages, 4to and slightly smaller, n.p. (London), n.d. (July 1919). The boldly penned holograph manuscript, with a number of corrections, is the draft of a speech made by the Prince of Wales at a dinner in honour of Marshal Foch following the end of World War I and states, in part, 'This is an occasion of such unique & historical interest that I find it very difficult to address such a so distinguished an assembly. It is indeed a great honour for me to be presiding here this evening & that it should fall to my lot to propose such a wonderful toast; it is almost impossible for me to find adequate words……to welcome so many famous allied commanders…..At this dinner are gathered together, comrades in arms drawn from many nations…..who have been engaged in a long & desperate (sic) struggle against the most powerful military combination that the World has ever known & who have emerged from the struggle completely victorious……France & Paris have already celebrated peace & our overwhelming victory; the other allied nations & their capitals will doubtless do the same. But just now we are celebrating it all in the British & London way & I feel that yesterdays triumphal pageant was a brilliant success. We feel that it represented the great war, that it represented victory in every sense of the word & that no one who was present could fail to carry away but the proudest & most inspiring memories which will last a life time……To me as one of the younger generation these memories will be specia particularly vivid as during my periods of active service in several theatres of war I often had the priviledge (sic) & good fortune of being closely associated with many of our allied armies army corps divisions & even regiments…….It is obvious that this last greatest of world struggles has broken all records from every point of view but I would venture to point out that never before has so large a number of allies been fighting & working together…..Now that the great war is over & the powerful enemies that have so long disturbed the peace of the World & menaced our freedom are finally overthrown & subdued we all rejoice to welcome here those who have shared with us the perils & sufferings of the trying & strenuous campaign & who now share with us the joy of our victory. Representative of every allied power are present this evening but there is one power whose representative has occupied a unique position. In Marshall (sic) Foch we salute the great captain…..His position as a Supreme C. in C. has no comparison in history either from the point of view of power or responsibility. In this position he has revealed a genious (sic) for war equal to the greatness of his task & the magnitude of his difficulties'. Together with a further selection of holograph notes, unsigned, four pages, oblong 4to and 8vo, n.p. (London), n.d. (July 2019), being the Prince's briefer manuscript notes prepared in composing his speech, with various corrections and the different sections each marked with an ink and blue indelible pencil line, the notes concluding with a passage in French, 'C'est pour moi un tres grand honneur et tres grande joie de vous acceuillir ici au nom du Roi et de boire a la sante des grandes nations allies dont vous etes les representants distingues Je n'ai qu'une pensée ce soir "vive nos braves allies"' and his Toast to Foch, 'The Commanders & representatives of the armies forces of our allies coupled with the name of Marshall (sic) Foch'. A rare manuscript with interesting content. A few slight stains and minor age wear to the preparatory notes, the manuscript speech VG, 2 Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) French Marshal, a General and military theorist who served as the Supreme Allied Commander from March 1918.  The 'triumphal pageant' which the Prince of Wales describes as having taken place the day before in the present manuscript was undoubtedly the Victory Parade Peace Day held in London on 19th July 1919. Although fighting on the Western Front had ceased in November 1918, peace negotiations would continue for many months and the Treaty of Versailles was not signed until June 1919. When negotiations were reaching their conclusion and a 'proper peace' was within sight, a peace committee was founded to decide how Great Britain would publicly mark the end of World War I and acknowledge the widespread feelings of jubilation within the country.  With a Bank Holiday having been agreed upon, on the morning of the 19th July thousands of people gathered in London to participate in a spectacle, the likes of which had not been witnessed before. Almost 15,000 troops participated in the victory parade which was led by the Allied commanders Douglas Haig (British Commander-in-Chief), John Pershing (Head of the United States Expeditionary Force) and Ferdinand Foch (Allied Supreme Commander). The latter received the honour of being created a Field Marshal in the British Army on the same day and was evidently honoured at a dinner the next evening when the Prince delivered his speech. A monument to those killed and wounded, designed by Edwin Lutyens, was unveiled in Whitehall to mark the end of the victory parade. Although it was a temporary construction, another made from Portland stone and designed by Lutyens was to replace it in 1920 and, known as the Cenotaph, still stands today.

[NATAL - CONGELLA INCIDENT]: SMITH THOMAS CHARLTON (1794-1883) British Captain, noted for his defence of Port Natal (Durban) during the Congella Incident of May-June 1842. An interesting A.L.S., T C Smith, three pages, 4to, Fort Cox, 25th August 1846, to Lieutenant Colonel Cloete. Smith informs his correspondent that the return he requires has been harder to accurately complete than first anticipated ('with the regulars it is “plane sailing” obtaining the information wanted, but it is far otherwise with the Burghers - composed as they are of all classes & colours in the community'), also referring to Sir Andries Stockenstrom ('he was too great a personage to send in returns or reports of any kind'), further continuing 'The dispatch from Hogg will interest all parties at Head Quarters - he has done much and I think will do much more & it is just the person for the service he has been sent on' and commenting on other individuals, one who 'has been secured as a prisoner' and a Mr. Flynn whose conduct 'seems to have been strange' and whose functions should be suspended, explaining 'The fact is our diplomatic agents have been left too long at their several posts & have become so accustomed to Caffre diplomacy that they have become half Caffre themselves'. Smith also writes of other military attacks and matters, not all of them in a favourable manner, commenting 'The account you give of the state of your draught oxen is by no means encouraging as regards further movements - here they are dying at a handsome average daily……and the only consolation is that the Caffres themselves appear to be suffering and would apparently be glad of a termination to the conflict…..Of the movements of “the great man of the party” - Sir A - we know nothing……In your opinion of the erratic operations of the ex-Lieut Governor I fully concur'. In a postscript written to the edges of the integral address leaf Smith refers to 50,000 rounds of ammunition at Fort Cox which are due to be transported to Cloete's division and enquires as to how they should be forwarded. The address panel bears a small red wax seal and there is a small area of paper loss caused by the original breaking of the seal. Together with a further interesting A.L.S. by an unidentified representative of the Governor in Cape Town, three pages, folio, Colonial Office, Cape Town, 12th August 1842, also to Lieutenant Colonel Cloete. The letter is written on behalf of the Governor and acknowledges receipt of a number of Cloete's letters, dated between June and August, as well as their accompaniments 'detailing the operations which, in conformity with His Excellency's instructions……were carried into effect by you for reinforcing Captain Smith, for re-establishing the supremacy of the British authority in the neighbourhood of Port Natal, and for bringing the rebellious Emigrant farmers to subjection by compelling them to acknowledge their allegiance to the Queen', continuing to add that, after careful perusal of the reports and anxious consideration of the circumstances, His Excellency 'is of opinion that your proceedings were in strict accordance with the spirit of your instructions & that the main objects of the expedition, viz the suppression of the revolt and the establishment of the Queen's authority having been effected, it became expedient and necessary to prevent the further effusion of blood by extending towards the rebels a leniency to which their violent conduct and determined hostility gave them little title to expect', and further stating that His Excellency wishes to express his conviction 'that, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, no other line of conduct could have been pursued…..' Two letters of fine content and association relating to the Congella Incident. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG, 2  Abraham Josias Cloete (1794-1886) Afrikaner General in the British Army. In 1842 Cloete was sent with reinforcements from Cape Town to relieve a small force under Captain Thomas C. Smith of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot which was besieged by insurgent Boers near Port Natal (now Durban). Cloete's firm action not only avoided a battle, but pathed the way for a permanent settlement of the subsequent Natal Colony. He later served as Quartermaster-General in the Xhosa Wars of 1846.  Andries Stockenstrom (1792-1864) British Politician & Colonial Administrator, Lieutenant Governor of British Kaffraria 1836-38.  In 1846 Captain W. S. Hogg, whose dispatches are referred to in Smith's letter, had led an expedition against the Tembu chief Mataga and in the same year commanded the Hottentot Levies during the Xhosa Wars.George Thomas Napier (1784-1855) British Lieutenant-General, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the Cape Colony 1839-43 during which time the abolition of slavery and the expulsion of the Boers from Natal were the main events.

SILVERS PHIL: (1911-1985) American Comedy Actor, best known for his role as Sergeant Bilko in The Phil Silvers Show. Vintage signed 10 x 8 photograph of Silvers seated in a half length pose in costume as Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko reading a copy of the Army Times as Maurice Gosfield, in costume as Private Duane Doberman, looks on in a scene from an episode of The Phil Silvers Show. Signed by Silvers in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. Some slight surface and corner creasing. Together with Norman Wisdom (1915-2010) English Comedian. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Wisdom in a characteristic half length pose. Signed ('Oi, Mr. Grimsdale, Norman Wisdom') in bold black ink to a clear area of the background. VG to EX, 2

EARDLEY GEORGE: (1912-1991) English Company Sergeant-Major, Victoria Cross winner for his actions east of Overloon in the Netherlands on 16th October 1944 during World War II. A.L.S., George H. Eardley VC MM, one page, 4to, Wistaston, near Crewe, 2nd January 1968, to a Headmaster. Eardley states that he has recently received a letter from the headquarters of the Light Infantry Volunteers informing him 'that the scholars of your school have decided to carry out a project entitled “The British Army” and that their efforts should have every encouragement' and continues 'When I originally joined the army in 1940 it was at Stoughton Barracks, Guildford, with the Queens Royal Regt, and it was there that I was given my first step to promotion…..Later, during the last war, I was transferred to the Shropshire Light Infantry, and went to Europe and the Far East with them' before concluding 'I wish the scholars of your school every success in their endeavours, and I feel sure the rewards for their efforts will no doubt amply repay them in the years to come'. Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, VG

GORDON CHARLES GEORGE: (1833-1885) British Army officer and administrator, known as Chinese Gordon. A.L.S., C G Gordon, three pages, 8vo, Harpersfield, Lanark, 8th October 1868, to Newsome. Gordon informs his correspondent 'On receipt of your letter containing W[ar] O[ffice] query & supposing you would go to town on Monday I wrote my answer to you at that Temple of Wisdom and I am afraid you missed it', adding that 'it contained my official answer to Jervis open for your perusal with a private note to him & a ditto to you' and that he had followed it up with another private note to Jervis 'recommending the glacis of the forts to be made at same time as they were weighted'. Gordon further outlines his upcoming travel arrangements and suggests meeting Newsome at Suffolk Street, reflecting 'It seems to me 14 or 15 years since I left Gravesend, time hangs so in the country and for my life I dare not give away a trait' and concludes by remarking that he expects to receive a long letter containing the interview with Jervis before long, although if it is not yet written to not mind and wait until until Friday 'when we will get it over in a minute, and go to the W.O. together'. A few light, very minor creases, VG

SPEAKMAN BILL: (1927-2018) British Sergeant, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at United Hill in Korea on 4th November 1951 during the Korean War. A.L.S., Bill Speakman VC, two pages, 4to, n.p. (on service with the 1st Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers), 15th January 1968, to Alan. Speakman states that he thinks his correspondent's project on the British Army is an excellent one and continues to remark 'The British Army is without a doubt the finest in the world, events have proved this, & it has TRADITION, HONOUR, & GLORY, that has no equal. The British soldier who has fought in every part of the globe is renown for his fighting qualities, also his generosity, sense of humour, & fair play. These have gained him the respect of friend & foe wherever he has served & fought', further adding 'The history of the British Army is both remarkable & interesting as shown by the short history of my own regiment, The KOSB's…..'. A letter of good content. Some very slight traces of former mounting to the verso, VG

BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognized for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Bader was made a Prisoner of War at Colditz Castle during World War II. Signed 8.5 x 6.5 photograph of Bader in a full length pose wearing his flying overalls as he stands on the wing of his fighter plane. Signed in blue ink to the image, partially across a darker area, adding 242 (Canadian) Sqdn. 1940 in his hand to a light area at the base. Mounted on card and with some light wrinkling. Together with Pat Reid (1910-1990) British Army Officer of World War II, a Prisoner of War held at Colditz Castle. Reid was one of the few to escape from Colditz (1942). Signed 7 x 9 photograph of Reid in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('P. R. Reid') with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. Some slight surface and corner creasing. G to about VG, 2

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) French Military and Political leader, Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A.N.S., Napol, a bold example, in the margin of a L.S., Dejean, by Jean-Francois-Aime Dejean, one page, folio, Ministry of War, 22nd April 1807, in French. Dejean's letter is in the form of a Report to His Majesty the Emperor and commences 'I have the honour to bring to Your Majesty's attention that Marshal Augereau, upon his arrival in France, demanded the payment of his salary for the duration of his recovery', continuing 'Since I allowed myself to pay in France the peacetime salary only, I allowed the payment  of the salary allocated to his position as a Marshal of the Empire only' and concluding 'I implore Your Majesty to let me know if it is intended for Marshal Augereau to continue earning the General in Chief salary he was earning when commanding the 7th Corps of the Great Army, independently of his regular salary'. Napoleon's four line holograph note in the margin instructs that Augereau's salary as General in Chief should be paid until 1stJune. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor staining and age wear, VG  Jean-Francois-Aime Dejean (1749-1824) French Politician, Engineer & General who served in the administration of the Ministry of War 1802-10.  Charles-Pierre-Francois Augereau (1757-1816) French Soldier & General, Marshal of France. Napoleon entrusted Augereau with important commands and he fought with great distinction in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. In early 1807, shortly before the present report was issued, Augereau fell ill with fever and at the Battle of Eylau on 7th February 1807 he had to be supported on his horse. Nevertheless he directed the movements of his corps with his usual bravery.

CETSHWAYO: (c.1826-1884) King of the Zulu Kingdom 1873-79 and its leader through the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Cetshwayo famously led the Zulu nation to victory against the British in the Battle of Isandlwana in January 1879. An exceptionally rare dark fountain pen ink signature ('CETYWAYO') on an oblong 12mo card. Attractively matted in ivory with decorative borders beneath a colour reproduction image of a painting of Cetshwayo by Karl Rudolf Sohn and framed and glazed in a modern wooden frame to an overall size of 11.5 x 13.5. Together with a large portion of a 12mo envelope which originally contained the signature, annotated in fountain pen ink 'Cetywayo's signature…..Given by Col. Hassard'. Autographs of Cetshwayo are extremely rare in any form. One very small, extremely minor stain just above one letter of the signature, VGColonel Charles Fairfax Hassard (1822-1900) British Army officer who commanded the Royal Engineers in South Africa and served as second in command to Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, during the Anglo-Zulu War. Hassard was Cetshwayo's gaoler when the Zulu chief was held captive at Cape Town. Provenance: The present signature was formerly part of the Ray Rawlins collection of autograph letters and historical documents and is illustrated in his Guinness Book of World Autographs (1977). The signature was sold by Sotheby's in their sale of the Rawlins collection on 2nd, 3rd & 4th June 1980 (lot 298, Estimate £100-150, Hammer price £180) and has not appeared on the market since. We have been unable to locate any other signature, letter or document of Cetshwayo as ever having previously appeared at auction.

BIRTHDAY BOOK: A good small 8vo leatherbound edition of The Tennyson Birthday Book edited by Emily Shakespear, published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1887, previously owned by Ella Prendergast (her ownership signature appears to the front free endpaper) and containing over 250 signatures by various members or Royal families, English aristocrats and politicians, military officers as well as other famous individuals (writers, artists, stage actors etc.) including Prince Albert Victor (1864-1892, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the eldest son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, considered to be a suspect in the Jack the Ripper serial killings), Colonel Wyndham Hughes-Hallett, Sir Berkeley Pigott, Sabine Baring Gould (1834-1924, Anglican Priest, author of the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers), George Harris (1851-1932, 4th Baron Harris, known as Lord Harris, English Cricketer, Captain of England 1878/79-80, 1884), Edmund Fremantle (1836-1929, British Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1896-99) and his wife Barbarina, Henry Horne (1861-1929, 1st Baron Horne, British General of World War I), Eardley Norton (1852-1931, Indian-born British Barrister & Politician, one of the earliest members of the Indian National Congress), George Cave (1856-1928, 1st Viscount Cave, British Lawyer & Politician, Home Secretary 1916-19, Lord Chancellor 1922-24, 1924-28) and his wife Estella, John Lavery (1856-1941, Irish Portrait Painter) and his wife Hazel, Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1863-1939, Maharaja of Baroda State 1875-1939), John Dalrymple (1819-1903, 10th Earl of Stair, Scottish Peer & Politician, Governor of the Bank of Scotland 1870-1903), Frank Rhodes (1850-1905, British Colonel, brother of Cecil Rhodes), Berkeley Cole Wilmot Williams (1865-1938, English Captain in the British Army), Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918, Emperor of Russia 1894-1917, signed as Tsarevich), Julia Neilson (1868-1957, English Stage Actress) and her husband Fred Terry (1863-1933, English Stage Actor, brother of Ellen Terry), Hugh Childers (1827-1896, British Statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1882-85, Home Secretary 1886), Gebhard Blucher von Wahlstatt (1865-1931, Husband of Evelyn, Princess Blucher (1876-1960) English Diarist & Memoirist), Turner van Straubenzee (British Army Lieutenant, a relative of the English businessman Thomas van Sraubenzee, godfather of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge), Arthur Hayter (1835-1917, 1st Baron Haversham, British Politician, Financial Secretary to the War Office 1882-85), Prince Esper Ukhtomsky (1861-1921, Russian Poet, Publisher & Oriental enthusiast, a close confidant of Tsar Nicholas II who accompanied the Tsarevich on his Grand Tour to the East 1890-91), William Napier (1846-1913, 11th Lord Napier, 2nd Baron Ettrick, British Peer), Emmuska Orczy  (1865-1947, British Novelist, creator of The Scarlet Pimpernel), Frederick Beauchamp Lecky (1859-1928, Irish Colonel), Harry Prendergast (1834-1913, English General, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the Indian Rebellion, 21st November 1857), Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923 French Actress), Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867-1906, Anglo-American Novelist & Dramatist who wrote under the pen name of John Oliver Hobbes and whose Bohemian works included Some Emotions and a Moral), Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841-1919, Scottish Public Servant & Writer, Foreign Correspondent of The Times, served as political officer to Tsar Nicholas II during the Tsarevich's Grand Tour to the East 1890-91), Prince Dimitri Alexandrovich Obolensky (1882-1964, Russian Nobleman), William Forbes Gatacre (1843-1906, British Lieutenant General who served in the Second Boer War), Herbert Russell Wakefield (1888-1964, English Short-Story Writer & Novelist, remembered for his ghost stories), Ronald Dockray Waterhouse (British Lieutenant-Colonel, Private Secretary to Andrew Bonar Law) and many others. All edges gilt and with a gilt stamped title to the front cover and spine. Some minor staining, light age wear and rubbing to the covers and spine, otherwise about VG Provenance: The Birthday Book was previously the property of Ella Prendergast, daughter of General Sir Harry Prendergast VC, whose signature appears in the present volume along with other members of her family. It would appear that she acquired a number of the signatures during the Tsarevich Nicholas's Grand Tour of the East 1890-91 during which he visited India from 23rd December 1890 - 12th January 1891. It was during this tour that the future Tsar Nicholas II was the subject of a failed assassination attempt (known as the Otsu incident) on 11th May 1891 during his visit to Japan.

WATKINS TASKER: (1918-2007) Welsh Major, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Barfour, Normandy on 16th August 1944 during World War II. Watkins later served as Lord Justice of Appeal 1980-93 and Deputy Chief Justice of England & Wales 1988-93. A.L.S., Tasker Watkins, two pages, 8vo, Temple, London, 17th February 1968, to Mr. Armstrong. Watkins apologises for the delay in replying to his correspondent ('a busy professional life has kept me away from pleasant personal tasks such as this') and continues 'In making their study of the “British Army” your children, as I am sure they appreciate, gaze upon one of the great institutions which has helped to create and then preserve an Empire and, what is as important, the essential freedoms which have been handed down untarnished from generation to generation of British people over many centuries', further adding 'This Army has not only been usually victorious in battle, but, in peace, a civilising influence wherever it has been stationed' and reflecting 'It was my good fortune to belong to it for almost 7 years of war. The experience taught me much about men and, above all, about self discipline. I cherish the memory of it all.' In concluding Watkins wishes the children well in their studies. A letter of good content. VG

LEE ROBERT E.: (1807-1870) American General, Commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. Autograph envelope, unsigned, addressed in his hand to Herbert C. Saunders at 3 Bolton Gardens, South Kensington, London, England and additionally marked 'Steamer to Liverpool' by Lee. With various postmarks to the recto and verso, dated in late August and early September 1866. The verso bears an erroneous ink annotation in an unidentified hand, 'Ab: Lincoln's writing. President of United States'. Some light overall foxing and some small tears and areas of paper loss to the upper edge caused by the original opening of the envelope. About G Robert E. Lee had been interviewed by the Englishman Herbert C. Saunders in November 1865 and the two men are subsequently known to have been in correspondence regarding publishing the interview. Indeed, a letter of Lee to Saunders dated at Lexington, Virginia, 22nd August 1866 (and therefore quite possibly the letter which originally accompanied the present envelope) is published in a collection of biographies of Abraham Lincoln edited by the Golgotham Press (2010).

[SOONG MAY-LING]: (1898-2003) Madame Chiang Kai-shek. First Lady of the Republic of China 1948-75. T.L.S., Mayling Soong Chiang, in facsimile, two pages, 4to, Hankow, Hupeh, 26th September 1938, to '1917 and other Wellesley Friends', on the printed stationery of the Headquarters of the Generalissimo. Madame Chiang states that she is sending her correspondents a book (no longer present) which has just come off the press and is 'a souvenir and record of what has happened in China this past year', continuing, in part, 'Most of the articles were composed under great pressure….and therefore they are not well written. The Publicity Department edited and printed this edition without my knowledge…..I did not see this book until after it was printed. I did, however, choose the cover - and as it was then about Reunion I chose our class colour - cornflower blue. The autographed copies I am sending you are of interest because some of the imperfections are due to the unusual difficulties we are undergoing in Hankow owing to war conditions. At this writing the Japanese army is only 100 miles from Hankow, but we are still here and shall remain, even if doing so means hanging on by the skin of our teeth. We are making the enemy pay dearly for every inch of our territory they are scorching……For the honor of the Wellesley English Department, however, I must disclaim authorship of the article entitled “Upbringing of Children of Revolutionary Martyrs”……One of my friends just yesterday called my attention to it by remarking that “it smacks of chop-suey, flavored with Maggi sauce, and cooked by a Main Street bride from a random recipe given her by a tourist cousin.” When I read it I felt that she was quite justified in making such a caustic comment, although I myself could not burst out laughing at some of the purple patches. Please laugh with me……Let me thank you for helping the war orphans now christened “Warphans”. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG The present letter is dated during the Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-45.

BRITISH COMEDY: Selection of signed postcard photographs by various British television and film comedy actors and actresses, including Norman Wisdom, Ian Lavender (in costume from Dad's Army), Peter Vaughan, James Bolam, Michael Crawford, John Alderton, Richard Wilson, Clive Swift, James Cossins, Roger Lloyd Pack, Frances de la Tour, Pamela Stephenson, Jan Francis, Angela Thorne, Peter Howitt, Gwyneth Strong, Jean Boht, Sam Kelly etc. VG to EX, 34

A World War II medal group: The Defence Medal; the Service Medal, The Italy Star; The Africa Star with 8th Army clasp and The 1939-1945 Star.

A circa 1950s Japanese tinplate model of a 'Bulldog' US Army tank plus an assortment of children's volumes including Noddy by Enid Blyton.

A Johnny Seven 'One Man Army' gun by Topper, complete with missiles, with inner box and trade packaging.

A Royal Army Service Corps cap badge and two buttons mounted on an oak shield.

Collection of diecast vehicles including Corgi buses, Noddy, Dads Army etc (1 box) all boxed

5 assorted pocket knives, to include Swiss army pen knives.

Two Corgi 1:50th Scale Diecast Model Military Vehicles, including #69902 British Army Bedford MK High Canvas Back and 25Ib Gun, certified No. 2127, #55101 United States Armed Forces Diamond T Tank Transporter and M60 AI Medium Tank, certified No. 2481, boxed.