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Lot 1322
A South Africa Wars to WWI Casualty Gallantry Set of Seven Medals, comprising Distinguished Conduct Medal, Queens South Africa Medal with Cape Colony Bar, Kings South Africa Medal with 1901 and 1902 Bars, Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, 1914 Mons Star, WWI War and Victory Medals together with WWI Death Plaque to 3864 Conductor D. Murray, Army Ordnance Corp. WWI medals with boxes of issue. *Records indicate that Daniel Murray was born in 1881 in Leeds, the son of John and Ellen Murray. A career soldier within the AOC, he rose from Private to the highest NCO rank of WOC1, Conductor. He was gazetted for a mention in despatches on 22nd June 1915 and gazetted on 21st June 1916 for his Distinguished Conduct medal for 'Consistent Good Works and Devotion To Duty'. He was killed on the 12th June 1917 aged 36 and is buried at Faubourg D'Amiens cemetery.
Lot 158
British Army.- General Orders from the War Office on various military matters, manuscript copy letter book, in several different hands, c. 500pp., slightly browned, original vellum, soiled, corners and edges worn, small piece of spine torn away, folio, 1812-41 & 1842-46.⁂ Includes discipline on guard duty, a court martial in Barbados, poor quality of bread supplied etc. Index at end of list of soldiers of the Royal Tower Hamlets Militia.
Lot 171
Hanbury (Sir Thomas, merchant and gardener, creator of the gardens at La Mortola, Italy, and purchasor of the Wisley Estate for the Royal Horticultural Society, 1832-1907) 33 Autograph Letters signed & 3 Autograph Postcards signed to Rev George Edwards Comerford Casey and his daughters Olive and Alvina Bertram "Bertie", c. 80pp., with some address panels & 3 sides, La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy, Sevenoaks & elsewhere, 25th July 1898 - 1st January 1907, on a variety of subjects, including: a visit with Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, "On the 21st I went a long excursion up the Royal valley with the Empress Frederick, we visited Auriol and Olivetta walking about a third of the distance. The Empress is a remarkably clever woman, simple, and unassuming withal", commenting on Casey's book, Riviera Nature Notes, "Anything more quaint, more learned in the way of all kinds of knowledge, - yet less mannered & less egotistic so to speak, or more pleasantly written I never came across" and its republication by "Mr Quaritch", and on a book being prepared for the press, "I have told Mr Fisher Unwin that in my opinion the translation [in 1906, at Sir Thomas Hanbury's suggestion, Olive and Bertie translated Eduard Strasburger's Rambles on the Riviera, from the German] would not have a chance of competing with 'Riviera Nature Notes' except at half price", commenting on the wedding of Isabella in 1901 in which Olive and Bertie Casey and others wore silk kimonos, "all those on offer in London quite too gaudy... . Instead of these kimonos I am now asking your acceptance of two pieces of Chinese Hanbury Pongees...", commenting on the Boxer rebellion in China, "The Chinese trouble does not affect me much as Shanghai is well guarded but it is unfortunate for my son's first experience as a China merchant...", on the purchase of the Wisley estate for the R.H.S., "Sir Wm Thiselton Dyer F.R.S. Director of Kew Gardens came to visit us two or three days. He is a very strong opponent of the R.H.S. having the Wisley Garden, the first I have met. 'Expensive, locality inconvenient, no need when Kew supplies every want' and so on. I showed him the trust deed where it is stipulated that the estate comes to Kew if the R.H.S. fail to keep it up whereupon he remarked 'let us pray they will not keep it up!' I was a good deal amused", mentioning his near neighbour and fellow gardener, Ellen Willmott (1858-1934), "she has begun gardening on a grand scale two miles east... of Ventimiglia, - some 20,000 plants have been put in by the aid of a small army of labourers under her daily supervision. She scorned the aid of any horticulturist or head gardener", and the Hanbury gardens at La Mortola, "Slight frost touched this garden one night lately but the damage was very trifling. On Christmas day there were about 400 species of plants in blossom, but I did not have any complete list made"; and a quantity of others, including 2 letters from Katherine Hanbury, photographs etc., folds, v.s., v.d. (qty).
Lot 336
Catlin (George, 1796-1872) Tuch-ee, A Celebrated War Chief of the Cherokees, watercolour over graphite, heightened with white, inscribed 'Cherokee Chief' in the lower section over pencil and numbered '284' in the upper right corner, on cream wove paper without a watermark, sheet 245 x 174 mm. (9 5/8 x 6 7/8 in), unframed, [circa 1834]Provenance:Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1840s or slightly later;Captain William Henry Shippard; bound into an album with ink attribution to Catlin in Shippard's hand;Then by descent to the present ownersLiterature:cf. Catlin, George, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery', 1840, no. 284⁂ An early and previously unrecorded study of the 'Cherokee Chief'. Catlin produced a fully worked oil painting of the sitter in 1834, which is now held in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (see object no. 85.628)."I travelled and hunted with this man some months, when he guided the Regiment of Dragoons to the Camanchee and Pawnee villages; he is a great warrior and a remarkable hunter" [1]In 1834 Catlin arrived at Fort Gibson near present-day Tulsa. While here he paints Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek and Osage tribes; and it would have been here that he would have first encountered Tuch-ee. Leaving Fort Gibson Catlin accompanied the army dragoon mission to establish contact with Comanche, Kiowa and Wichita tribes. Catlin and most of the troops contract a fever, with 151 men subsequently dying. Luckily Catlin recovers and rides 540 miles alone on horseback to St. Louis where he meets with his wife Clara, and travels to New Orleans and Pensacola, Florida.[1] Catlin, George, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery', 1840, p. 29, no. 284
Lot 40
America.- Franck (Richard) A Philosophical Treatise of the Original and Production of Things. Writ in America in a Time of Solitudes, first edition, small ink stain to G8v & H1r, contemporary sprinkled sheep, red roan label, rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, [Wing F2065; Sabin 25467], 8vo, by John Gain...to be sold by S.Tidmarsh...and S.Smith, 1687.⁂ Scarce work written by a captain in Cromwell's army who lived for a while in New England, and regarded by some as the first work of philosophy written in North America. Although it is primarily a philosophical or theological work Franck also writes about natural history with some references to America. ESTC records only 5 copies in the UK.
![Middle East.- Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, foldin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/095499c2-54c5-4dfc-952f-aa0200d64a2c/d4dbd067-0b9f-42ed-8397-aa0600cbdab0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 88
Middle East.- Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, folding plates, illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end of vol.1, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, uncut & unopened, spines lightly faded, a little mottling to boards, vol.2 with split to upper joint and corners bumped, 8vo, Cambridge, 1888.⁂ Classic work on the exploration of Arabia with so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs.
Lot 537
Nursing interest items including silver and enamel Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital badge by Thomas Fattorini, silver and enamel Glasgow Royal Infirmary (School of Nursing) badge named to Annie M A Morrison 1058, silver and enamel St Mary's Hospitals Manchester (Maternity Branch) badge by Thomas Fattorini Ltd, gilt and enamel Scottish Midwives Association badge number 842, Silver and enamel Victoria Infirmary Glasgow badge to Janet J White February 1942 by Alexander Kirkwood & Son Edinburgh 1965, gilt metal and enamel Monklands District General Hospital badge by Fattorini, Red Cross Society war service medal 1914-1918, Army Medical Service arm band and an invalid cup
Lot 540
WWI and WWII father and son group including WWI war medal and victory medal to 59358 CPL J FERMIN RA (Royal Artillery) and 1914-15 star to 59358 DVR J FERMIN RHA (Royal Horse Artillery), WWII war medal, defence medal, 1939-1945 star, Africa star with 1st army clasp and Italy mounted on bar which were awarded to son of previous John Arthur Fermin who served with the Royal Army Service Corps, his certificate of service book, RAOB silver and enamel Certified Primo jewel presented to "John Gosling Firmin" 1927 raised to second degree King Edward VII Lodge number 1907, Scottish Cadets badge etc
Lot 625
Army uniform dress khaki jacket or tunic with Gordon Highlanders shoulder titles, buttons by Firman and Sons Ltd of London, tiger collar badges and medal ribbons for Italy star, 1939-45 star and Africa star with 1 for 1st army, also a Glengarry with high relief By Dand cap badge and a pair of tartan trews.CONDITION REPORT:Approximately 36-38 inch chest.
Lot 633
Army Chaplin's jacket with enamel collar badges, brass buttons by Gaunt of London and medal ribbons for MBE, Korea medal, United Nations Korea medal, WWII war medal, defence medal 1939-45 star, Africa star with 1 clasp and Italy star, also a waistcoat and trousers and a pair of khaki trousers and a Sam Browne leather belt
Lot 640
British army uniform dress green khaki tunic with label for William Anderson and Sons Ltd of Edinburgh and Glasgow personalised to "W C M Mitchell Esq 361447 8 Decr 1940" with Royal Scots brass buttons by Anderson and Son, HD cloth shoulder badge and medal ribbons for 1939-45 star, Africa star, Italy star, France and Germany star and Police special constable long service medal
Lot 238
Cap badges and other army uniform decorations to include thirteen cap badges, sweetheart brooch, 1935 Royal Jubilee medallion, three bags of buttons, two pin back aeroplanes, Third Reich fire brigade honour medal, and 1942 Demjanste Middlesex regiment swagger stick top, a pair of police overcoat buckles, Yuma Guard badge
Lot 247
British Army tunic, cap and Sam Browne with revolver holster formerly belonging to Captain Douglas Foxley Foxwell (b.1890-d.1980), includes photocopy details of Military Cross (General List) and 'The London Gazette' dated January 1, 1918 and July 4, 1919.fitted on display model included in the lot. Captain Douglas Foxley Foxwell served in the Rifle Brigade during WWI and went to France in August 1915. Following WWI he served in the Territorial Army, Royal Sussex Regiment.
Lot 255
Collection of items, to include a Hitler Youth knife and scabbards by Max Weyersberg (blade not engraved), Spanish Blue Legion Volunteers medal, also a pair of Marksmen elbow pads, various patches, three tins of blanko pads, pull through cleaner, British Army General Service cap badge, also one other knife.
Lot 345
Hawkes & Son fanfare trumpet or aida , with pipes for keys C, D, Eb with mouth piece and case, serial 43977 157cm max length This fanfare is thought to have belonged to Jim Terris, described as 'the finest trumpet player in the British Army'. Jim Terris served during WW1 in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a stretcher bearer and was wounded at the Battle of the Somme. The fanfare trumpet is accompanied by a hand written note and typed up copy of an article relating to Jim Terris. The vendor of this instrument discovered the note after the instrument was bought from an estate sale by auction.
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