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Lot 367

A SMALL COLLECTION OF FOLDING KNIVES, MINIATURE EDITION OF THE RUBAIYAT OF UMAR KHAYYAM, A 19TH C CHINESE BRONZE MINIATURE DISH, 9CM W, CUPRO-NICKEL AND OTHER BASE METAL CROWNS, TWO SWISS ARMY PENKNIVES, ETC

Lot 229

A 19th century Army Officer's dress sword, engraved blade with gilt brass hilt and shagreen grips, original brass mounted leather scabbard.

Lot 524

Army commando dagger with metal grip in its leather scabbard, blade length 17cm, together with a North African dagger with leather and brass grip complete with its leather scabbard

Lot 1592

Dinky Toys 687 Convoy Army Truck unopened in original box

Lot 436

Five folding Army chairs three stools and an Army cot

Lot 121

C. AND L. WALSH, 1922Photographic portrait print of Michael Collins, on card with inscription 'GENERAL MICHAEL COLLINS, Commander-in-chief of the National Army, Killed in Action, near Bandon, Co. Cork. August 22nd, 1922. With inscription verso and dated 'Dec 1922'

Lot 126

1916 Defence of Trinity College silver presentation cup awarded to Private Garnet Douglas King, issued by West & Son, Dublin and bearing the engraved inscription ''DEFENCE OF T.C.D. / SINN FEIN REBELLION / EASTER 1916,'' to one side and name of recipient on the other. Following the outbreak of fighting on Easter Monday 1916, Trinity college was immediately closed to secure the grounds. The element of surprise could have left the college in a vulnerable position but the early actions taken by the Officers Training Corps (OTC), university employees and handful of students who were on site, ensured the successful defence of college. The OTC were deployed to the roof with orders to shoot any men not wearing uniforms and so presumed to be rebels. As most British army personal were caught up with the fighting on mainland Europe and so by Wednesday, the military presence on the campus was augmented by the arrival of soldiers from various regiments who were on leave in the city at the time, as well as some ‘Colonial’ soldiers (from South Africa, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) and they effectively took over the operations in the college for the remainder of the week. The cup in question was awarded to one of these Colonial soldiers, Private Garnet Douglas King of the South African Infantry, 4th Regt. He is referred to in a handwritten letter from dated 10 May 1916 from Gerard Fitzgibbon to William Hugh Blake, “We had five Anzacs, two, or perhaps three, Canadians…. Three South Africans, one in a kilt (Pte G.D King)…almost all men on leave or sick furlough in Dublin.”For the early part of the week, the situation was critical, particularly as the college’s strategic position was of great importance to the British. It commanded the heart of the city, between two key rebel strongholds the GPO and St Stephen’s Green. By maintaining control of the campus, they impeded communication between those two points and were able to inflict considerable damage to the Irish Volunteers. For the British the importance of the successful defence of the college and the surrounding environs, (the Bank of Ireland at College Green was not occupied by the Rebels) can not be underestimated. After the Rising ended, the Board passed resolution of thanks to those who had assisted in its defence and it was decided to issue Souvenir silver Cups to those who had participated. On Saturday August 5th in the Provost gardens of Trinity College, a presentation was held to commemorate the gallant conduct of OTC and soldiers of the British and Colonial armies. Two large silver presentation cups were presented to Provost Mahaffy and the Commandant of the OTC Captain E.H Alton. Replicas were awarded to remaining troops, including Private King. In a letter written by King to the Lieutenant of the OTC dated August 10th 1916, he askes that silver cup be sent to his mother Mrs. Annie Marie King in Natal, South Africa as he is leaving for France the following day. There is a further letter dated September 11th 1916, from the Lieutenant to Mrs. King, stating her sons wishes but ‘in view of the uncertainty of transit and also the high cost of postage, we propose to retain it here for the present’. This would come sooner than anticipated when Pte. King was wounded in action and died on April 4th 1917 aged 28. A telegram records his burial in Etaples Military cemetery in Northern France.

Lot 33

LORD DROGHEDA'S BLUESA RARE SET OF TWELVE COAT AND FOUR WAISTCOAT SILVER UNIFORM BUTTONS, Dublin c.1770, each with Hibernia and harp stamps and makers mark J.S, each engraved XVIII L.D within a laurel wreath, (c.3 troy ozs all in)Charles Moore, 6th Earl of Drogheda, raised a troop of cavalry known as 'Lord Drogheda's Light Horse' to oppose the French Admiral Thurot who had captured Carrickfergus. This levy was regularised as the 18th Light Dragoons in 1763 as per the insignia on these buttons. The blue uniform gave the sobriquet Lord Drogheda's Blues. It saw service in the Napoleonic Wars as a regular regiment of the British Army.

Lot 51

MAURICE PRIMROSE A view of Pontoon with lakes Conn and Cullen, Nephin in the background Inscribed and dated June 24/49, and The Pattern at Pontoon, Co. Mayo June 24/49A pair, each 245 x 345mmPrimrose, an army officer, made a tour of Ireland just after the famine. These two views made on the same day record a part of his trip. The pattern which he stumbled upon gives a spontaneous view of the gathering at what is now Healy’s Hotel and with Lord Lucan’s lodge (and barracks to guard him). It is a very valuable and objective study of the social conditions prevailing at a precise date in County Mayo.

Lot 77

THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCEThe Petition: a poem,wrote at New York in December last, addressed to His Excellency General Sir William Howe, Single sheet folio, printed on one side, in two columns (previously folded), c.1777, 375 x 232mmHeading paragraph captioned ‘The Editor states this “Jeu d’Espirit” has circulated in manuscript copies through the American army; and is “too good to be confined to the mere circle of his (the author’s) acquaintance” and “that its fame has reached this country”. Howe is praised: “Well knowing the valour and conduct which lead us/ and how soon we follow, when you are to lead us/Long Island, New York and Great Washington’s Fort.”The Americans are denigrated:“Their famed constitiution- their dernier resort”“Their fring’d rifle warriors, how we did scorn/as a parcel of rags set on posts in the corn!”“But now we’ve such stocks of them coop’d up in jail/ The whole congress money, coud not be their bail.”Married for 18 months, twelve of them away in the army, his young wife, through stress, lost their child. With the analogy of war he describes to the General how this will be rectified, if his request for home leave be granted.In order to open manly attack- When we meet face to face we shall soon come to battle - And then I know how to gain full satisfaction As the body's drive back in the heart of the action!I've a breach and a breast-work, then next to subdueWith a close cover'd way, and a sap to make tooAll round the deep ditch, there's chevauz de frizeAt Flat Bush * there's not such a cluster of trees- I've tools to entrench with, and make my approaches-I'll not ask grenadiers or light infantry there For the motions can't flank it, as brave as they'reNor army dragoons on my plan enlarge*A Pass on long Island, attacked the 27th of August Sir William Howe, succeeded as 5th Viscount in the Irish peerage, appointed commander-in-chief, North America 1775 and recalled 1778, married Frances, 4th daughter of William Connolly of Castletown and Lady Anne Wentworth

Lot 1335

A VINTAGE LEATHER SUITCASE, stamped to side J.I.P, the interior red lined with label to inner lid reading, Made at the Society's Works, Army & Navy Co-operative Society, A & NCSL, 105 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW, approximate size width 94cm x height 34cm x depth 53cm

Lot 137

A MIXED LOT, to include Army Service Corps buttons, etc

Lot 667

An Edwardian silver cigar box, possibly by Frederic Hewson, London 1906, rectangular form, solid hinged cover engraved with a crest, the interior gilded, the base wood lined, length 25cm, The crest and motto are that Keyes of the Madras Army, originating in Cavanagh, Co. Donegal.

Lot 702

By A. E. Jones, a silver two-handled tray, Birmingham 1934, circular form, spot-hammered decoration, rope-work border, the centre engraved with the badge of The Army Pay Corps and facsimile signatures, length handle to handle 27cm, approx. weight 14.5oz.

Lot 103

30x British Infantry Regiments & Corps Cap Badges, including brass Reconnaissance Corps, ATS, Welsh Guards, Army Air Corps, Rifle Brigade, West Yorkshire regiment, Worcestershire regiment, Army Education Corps, The Kings Own, George VI Military Police, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, The Queens Regiment, London Scottish, Royal Army Chaplains Department, Somerset Light Infantry, Intelligence Corps, plus others. Various conditions, mixture of lugs and slider fittings. (30 items)

Lot 106

Selection of British Military Cap Badges & Insignia, including Victorian The Suffolk Regiment cap badge, London Volunteer Rifles cap badge, bronze OSD Royal Artillery cap badge with blade fittings, Royal Army Pay Corps officers silver gilt cap badge, Royal Marines Light Infantry cap badge, all brass Cambridgeshire regiment cap badge, officers gilt 14th/20th Hussars collar badge, various other collar badges, metal trade badges, etc. Various conditions. (25 items)

Lot 117

Great War Women’s Land Army L.A.A.S Badge, cloth embroidered circular badge with red crown to the centre. Remains in very good condition.

Lot 12

An Interesting Military Order of the British Empire (O.B.E) and 1914-15 Star Medal Pair Awarded to Reverend John Featherstone Stirling Army Chaplains Department, Order of the British Empire (military) hallmarks date 1919, 1914-15 Star, named to “REV. J.F. STIRLING. A.C.D”, Victory medal, naming erased. John Featherstone Stirling, served in the First World War with the Army Chaplains Department, firstly Serving in Egypt, before going overseas with the Mediterranean expeditionary force in 1915 to Gallipoli. He later wrote an account of his service with the Australians and thee New Zealanders at Anzac cove in the Sheffield Independent Newspaper on the 13th September 1915. Afterwards, Stirling served in Greece and at some point was stationed at the 31st School of Aviation, in Heliopolis, Greece. In 1919, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his service during the Great War.

Lot 128

Selection of Anti-Aircraft, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Army Service Corps Cloth Formation Signs, consisting of embroidered 34th Anti-Aircraft Brigade, printed 30th Anti-Aircraft Brigade, embroidered 537th Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery, embroidered 288th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, embroidered Guided Weapons Regiment Royal Artillery, embroidered 6th Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA), embroidered 113th Assault Engineer regiment, embroidered 116th Engineer regiment, printed Railway Transportation Training Centre Royal Engineers, embroidered 19th General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps and embroidered 102 (Chester) Transport Column RASC TA. All remain in good condition. (11 items)

Lot 129

Selection of Cloth Formation Signs and Other Cloth Insignia, consisting of printed Devon & Cornwall County Division / 73rd Independent Infantry Brigade formation sign, facing pair of printed 17th Infantry division formation signs, WW2 East Yorkshire regiment embroidered regimental formation / pagri badge, West Yorkshire regiment embroidered formation sign, embroidered 21st Indian Infantry Division / 268th Infantry Brigade formation sign, printed 17th Indian division formation sign, printed West Lancashire district cloth formation sign, embroidered 1st pattern Northern Ireland district cloth formation sign, British Red Cross Society & Order of St John Joint War Organisation cloth formation sign, printed Army Fire Service formation sign, printed Royal Fusiliers cloth shoulder title, CBI cloth patch with bullion sun and star, Corps of Commissionaires bullion rank badge, Duke of Yorks Royal Military School cloth shoulder title, pair of black on khaki AMPC (Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps) slip on shoulder titles, EIIR RAF pilots wing and uniform medal ribbon bar. Various conditions. (19 items)

Lot 130

British Army Training Team Canada Cloth Formation Signs, facing pair of woven examples of the North American Indian chiefs head on red rectangle background. Mint condition.

Lot 135

Cloth Insignia of the Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport, consisting of various formation signs, shoulder titles, arm of service strips, rank insignia, etc. Various conditions. (95 items)

Lot 136

Selection of Cloth Formation Signs of the Royal Engineers, consisting of embroidered 26th Engineer Group, 2x embroidered 27th Engineer Group, 3x printed 29th Engineer Group, 3x printed 1st Port Task Force RE, embroidered 2nd Port Task Force RE, embroidered 3rd Port Task Force RE, 3x printed 3rd Port Task Force RE, variation circular Bomb Disposal RE, embroidered Bomb Disposal RE, bullion embroidered Bomb Disposal RE, 3x printed Transportation Training Centre RE, felt slouch hat pagri badge, RE ribbon pagri badge, 7x embroidered RE Training Brigade, 6x printed Royal Engineers Army Emergency Reserve Transportation Units, 4x embroidered and 1 printed Royal Engineers Army Emergency Reserve Field and Works Units, 3x printed Royal Engineers Emergency Reserve Movement and Control, printed RE Army Emergency Reserve Resources Units, embroidered Tyne Electrical Engineers, 3x embroidered 113th Assault Engineer group, embroidered 250th Independent Field Squadron Royal Engineers, embroidered 116th Engineer regiment, embroidered 115th Fortress Engineer regiment, printed Engineer Base Singapore and heavily mothed 46th Field Squadron Royal Engineers. Apart from the last, all remain in good condition. (53 items)

Lot 140

Grouping of Cloth Insignia of the Royal Army Pay Corps, consisting of various rank insignia, shoulder titles, southern command formation sign, etc. Various periods.

Lot 141

Grouping of Cloth Insignia of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, consisting of various rank insignia, shoulder titles, formation signs, etc. Various periods.

Lot 147

Cloth Insignia of the Royal West African Frontier Force and Africa Interest, consisting of 2x printed RWAFF cloth formation signs, 2x variations of RWAFF slip on shoulder titles, embroidered yellow on black SOUTH AFRICA shoulder title, felt South African division cloth formation sign, printed East African Expeditionary Force, 1st pattern 11th East African division cloth formation sign, 5x printed 2nd pattern 11th East African division cloth formation signs, printed 22nd East African Brigade cloth formation sign, 3x 81st West African Division cloth formation signs, West African Pioneer Corps title, 5x 82nd West African Division cloth formation signs, felt pagri badge Nyasaland Volunteer Rifles, KENYA AIR FORCE cloth shoulder title, Kenya army cloth formation sign, Kenya Parachute qualified badge, Sudan Signals pagri badge, Sudan Engineers pagri badge, Sudan Frontier battalion pagri badge, 2x embroidered Zambia army formation signs, embroidered Zambia formation sign with additional country title above, green on black embroidered KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES cloth shoulder title, NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY embroidered shoulder title, black on khaki NIGERIA nationality title, printed Nigerian Police Field Force with the UN Forces Congo formation sign, Tanganyika Army pagri flash and printed Tanzania pilots wing. Various conditions. (39 items)

Lot 148

Selection of Dutch Army in Exile Cloth Insignia, consisting of various formation signs and shoulder titles. All generally in good condition. (30 items)

Lot 149

Grouping of Cloth Insignia and Badges of Women’s Land Army, consisting of embroidered arm brassard with two and a half years service diamonds, embroidered red on green WLA slip on shoulder titles, WW2 plastic WLA Proficiency brooch by A Stanley & Sons Walsall, brass and enamel brooch, 5x brass and enamel badges, chrome and enamel badge, embroidered 6 months service triangle on BD backing and enamel Women’s Forestry Service lapel badge. All generally in good condition. (13 items)

Lot 163

Selection of Cloth Shoulder Titles, consisting of embroidered white on maroon full length ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, full length navy blue on red ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS, yellow embroidered on blue RASC, RCT yellow on blue, yellow on navy blue R.A.O.C, yellow on navy blue full length ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, yellow on blue full length ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, black on yellow full length ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS, black on yellow R.A.P.C, yellow on navy blue full length ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS, white on maroon R.A.M.C, sky blue on navy blue R.A.E.C and white on navy blue R.A.E.C. Various conditions. (13 items)

Lot 164

Scarce Army Technical School Printed Shoulder Title, yellow lettering on navy blue / black backing. Uniform removed example.

Lot 177

Scarce Post 1902 Army Veterinary Corps Officers Home Service Helmet, good example of the blue cloth covered cork home service pattern helmet with brass and enamel Kings crown helmet plate to the centre, leather backed linked chinstrap, gilt brass rosettes to the side and cross base with ball top. Leather and silk sweatband to the interior of the helmet. William Anderson & Sons makers leather patch to the top of the interior. Very good overall example of an unusual helmet.

Lot 19

Great War 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1917 Casualty Victory Medal, awarded to “20235. PTE. J. MCALLISTER. R.INNIS.FUS”. Missing ribbon but in good condition. Accompanied by a casualty Allied Victory medal awarded to “29301 PTE. J. HORROCKS. R.A.M.C.”, missing ribbon but remaining in good condition. (2 items) John McAllister, was born in 1894 in Drumanard, Co. Antrim and lived with his Mother and Father working as an Agricultural labourer in Ballymultrea, Salterstown. At some point after the outbreak of WW1, McAllister enlisted into the 9th Service Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and served in the Western Front with them from the 5th October 1915. It is likely that he would have gone ‘Over the Top’ with the battalion on the First Day of the Somme, when the battalion was tasked with attacking Thiepval, suffering 477 casualties and temp. Captain Eric Bell being posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the 1st of July 1916. McAllister was later killed in action on the 9th September 1917, whilst serving in the trenches near Hermies, and is buried in Hermies British Cemetry. Private James Horrocks served in the First World War with the 1st/1st Welsh Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. He died on the 29th September 1918, and is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery.

Lot 199

WW2 Uniform Grouping of Sergeant R D Jenner Prince Alberts Own 11th Hussars 7th Armoured Division, superb example of the walking out type 1940 pattern battle dress tailored with open collar and internal shoulder pads. To each arm is rank stripes with RAC arm of service stripe and embroidered 7th Armoured division formation sign, evidence of where the 11th Hussars arm badge has once been present. Above the breast pocket are medal ribbons for 1939-45 star, Africa star with 8th army numeral, Italy star, France and Germany star, Defence medal and 1939-45 war medal. 1944 dated tailors label to the interior of the blouse with his name “SGT JENNER” inked, also WD stamped with date letter “Z” for 1945. Accompanied by a pair of matching walking out battle dress trousers stamped with War Department mark and date letter “M” for 1944. Included in the group is his original 11th Hussars pattern brown beret with maroon central band, cloth lining with leather sweatband. Broad arrow and 1942 date stamped to the lining of the beret. Accompanied by a photograph album containing his wartime pictures and newspaper cuttings covering his service through North Africa, Middle East, Italy, North West Europe and as occupation force in Spandau. Many very good clear images of fellow comrades, armoured cars, civilians, battle damage, etc. Amongst the album are other items of ephemera collected at the time including bank notes etc. Other sundry badges, insignia, paperwork and equipment items also included. Trooper, later Sergeant Ronald D Jenner was born in Bexleyheath, Kent. He was educated at the Boys Central School, once left he worked at Messrs A Hide and Son, Bexleyheath in the men’s outfitting department. He joined the 11th Hussars in 1942, a newspaper cutting in the album states that he along with the crew of his armoured car were the first to enter Tripoli and Tunis. His service spanned 1942 until demoded in 1946. He served in the Middle East, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany.

Lot 202

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (Q.A.R.A.N.C) Uniform Group, consisting of WRAC 1949 pattern battle dress blouse with single rank crown to the shoulder, twist cord lanyard, embroidered regimental shoulder titles, embroidered RAMC Emergency Reserve cloth formation signs and WW2 medal ribbon bar. Complete with the original label to the interior dated 1952. Accompanied by 1951 pattern battle dress skirt, khaki blouse, khaki tie and female pattern wool service dress peaked cap. All remain in good condition. (4 items)

Lot 230

Scarce WW2 Army / Waffen-SS Issue German Cross (Deutsche Kreuz) in Silver Cloth Version, well worn uniform removed example of a German Cross cloth version with silvered wreath. Clear evidence of removal from a uniform.

Lot 246

Grouping of WW2 German / Third Reich Badges, consisting of enamel pin back Hitler Youth membership badge, small enamel Frauenschaft badge, cloth Luftwaffe other ranks forage cap eagle, German army cap eagle with three prong fittings, Hunting Association (DJ) badge, rally badges, plus postcards etc. Various conditions. (17 items)

Lot 253

Third Reich Tunic Medal Ribbon Bar, being a ten award example with Iron Cross 2nd class, War Service cross 2nd class with swords, Eastern Front medal, Blood Order with emblem, NSDAP 25 year service medal, NSDAP 15 year service medal, NSDAP 10 year service medal, army long service medal, Olympics decoration and Afrika Korps medal. Complete with field grey backing cloth and large broad pin fitting.

Lot 267

Selection of WW2 German Armed Forces Insignia, consisting of Kriegsmarine (navy) officers embroidered peaked cap eagle, war veterans pin back headdress badge, bevo Veterans association cloth insignia and various German Army and Navy cloth trade badges. Various conditions. (12 items)

Lot 290

WW2 German Army Officers Lion Head Dress Sword by W.K.C, good untouched example with gilt langet having eagle and swastika, gilt brass knuckle guard with fine relief of oakleaves, lion head with jewelled eyes and relief to the back strap. Black celluloid grip retaining the original wire binding. Plain single edged slightly curved blade with fuller to the back edge. Stamped with WKC knights head trade mark under the langet. Housed in the original black painted scabbard. Good example overall.

Lot 291

WW2 German Army Officers Sword by Carl Eickhorn, good example of a WW2 German army officers dress sword with gilt metal guard having relief decoration, langet with down winged German army eagle and swastika. Dove head pattern example. Grip retains the original wire binding. Attached is officers leather and bullion wire knot / portopee. Housed in its black field service scabbard with single ring fitting. Plain slightly curved single edged blade with fuller to back edge. Carl Eickhorn makers trade mark to the base. Blade measures 78 ½ cms in length. Re-offered due to non-paying bidder.

Lot 306

3x WW2 German Army / Waffen-SS Water Bottles, all complete with the fur covering, aluminium cups and leather securing straps. Various conditions. (3 items)

Lot 35

WW2 Canadian Lorne Scots Officers Medal Group, awarded to Captain C D Beatty, group consists of 1939-45 star, Italy star, France & Germany star, Canadian issue Defence medal, Canadian issue 1939-45 War medal and Canadian Volunteer service medal with clasp. Accompanying the medals are his original gold filled identity bracelet, fibre dog tags, printed formation sign and paperwork. Medals are housed in original boxes. Chester Dodd Beatty was a company sergeant major of the corps of cadets at the University of Toronto, COTC, in the 1930’s. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1936. He proceeded overseas in 1941 with the Lorne Scots of the Canadian Army. In 1943 he was promoted to the rank of Captain and disembarked for Italy on 27th August 1943 with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade. Shortly after he was taken on strength by the Saskatoon Light Infantry of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. After the campaign in Italy he served towards the end of the war in North West Europe.

Lot 351

Grouping of WW2 Japanese Military Equipment and Curios, consisting of WW2 Army issue water bottle complete with the original harness and shoulder strap, officers brown lather map case with brass central star and shoulder strap, Japanese soldiers personal property bag with stencilled characters, painted figure of Japanese Kamikaze pilot, painted figure of Japanese officer, Japanese Sake bottle and patriotic paper fan. All in good condition. (7 items)

Lot 36

WW2 Polish Monte Cassino Cross Warrant Officer Class 2 Antoni Wielebski 13th Wilenski Rifle Battalion 5th Kresowa Infantry Division, the bronze cross is numbered to the reverse “16 093”. Complete with its original ribbon. Medal comes with typed research from the vendor stating the following; “Antoni Wielebski (1900-1951) served in the wars to establish Poland’s borders 1918-21. Afterwards he continued in the army, by the outbreak of war in 1939 he was an NCO in the regular army. He was taken prisoner by the Soviets and forced to endure captivity in the USSR. Following his release from captivity by the Soviets, he joined the 13th Infantry regiment of the Polish Army. In 1941 he was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer class 2. The regiment was re-titled 13th Wilenski Rifle Battalion and he served with this regiment throughout the campaign in the Middle East and Italy. He was in command of the Signals section of his battalions HQ company. On 12th and 17th May 1944, during the battle of Monte Cassino, he was awarded the Cross of Valour for his gallantry in command of his section and in maintaining and repairing lines under heavy artillery and mortar fire. During 1945 he was awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit with Swords. Wielebski settled in the UK after the war and died in Oxfordshire aged 51 in 1951.

Lot 39

WW2 Polish Cross of Merit and Monte Cassino Medal Group of Eight Awarded to Corporal Eugeniusz Baude No 1 General Hospital 2nd Polish Corps, group consists of cast bronze Polish Cross of Merit award with swords, Polish Armed Forces medal, Monte Cassino cross numbered to the reverse “42 374”, 1939-45 star, Africa star, Italy star, Defence medal and 1939-45 War medal. With the medals is his original identity bracelet with his details stamped. Medals and ID chain mounted onto black felt display. Medals come with typed paperwork research supplied by the vendor which gives the following details, “Eugeniusz Baude (1899-1973) escaped from Poland after the September 1939 campaign and enlisted in the Polish Army under French command – most probably in French controlled Lebanon. Although he went onto serve in North Africa, he did not do so as a member of the Polish Carpathian Brigade. Corporal Baude then took part in the Italian campaign and in April 1945 was with No1 General Hospital. He had already received the Polish Cross of Merit with Swords for his services during this campaign. He settled on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire after the war and died there in 1973.

Lot 45

Soviet Russian 20 Years Jubilee Medal of the Workers & Peasants of the Red Army 1938-43 Type, in silver and enamels with short red ribbon having screw back fitting to the reverse, dish fitting being crudely stamped with the number “13874”. Remains in generally good condition. Re-offered due to non-paying bidder.

Lot 497

Good George V Royal Army Medical Corps 1892 Pattern Officers Sword, blade etched and mirror polished with the crowned GVR cypher (1910-1936) amidst scrolling foliage. Regulation gilt brass guard and chequered grip strap, grip is covered with black fish skin and bound with twist copper and gilt wire, brown leather dress knot, in its brown leather field service scabbard. Blade retains nearly all original mirror polish with 2 small stains. Blade 82.5cms. Fine condition.

Lot 504

^ Unusual Indian Army Officers Sword c.1850, pipe back mirror polished blade by MOORE & HAYES 39 St. James’s St, LONDON, engraved brass crosspiece of mameluke type, one piece ivory grip pierced at the pommel with brass thimbles, and retaining its gold bullion dress knot (detatched), in its steel scabbard. Blade 82cms. Good condition, blade retains nearly all its original mirror polish, dress knot worn, scabbard cleaned.

Lot 51

Victorian Royal Army Medical Corps Officers Helmet Plate, fine example of the gilt metal helmet badge in the form of Victorian crowned Royal Arms with three part scroll to the bottom with “ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS” within. Three lug fittings to the reverse of the plate.

Lot 542

British 1907 Bayonet, with replaced grips and missing its scabbard; Indian made SMLE bayonet stamped NWF 44, complete with its scabbard; Reproduction Gurkha Kukri knife in its leather covered scabbard; British 1944 dated entrenching tool in webbing case with separate wooden handle; Modern British Army SA80 bayonet scabbard. Various conditions. (5 items)

Lot 551

WW2 German Army Parade Bayonet, with black chequered grips and plated top pommel. Housed in its black painted scabbard. Blade shows some spotting and has been slightly damaged at the tip.

Lot 557

Great War Indian Army Officers Fighting Knife Made from an Indian Katar Dagger, finely watered wootz early Katar dagger blade which has had a steel cross guard fitted and a finely turned wooden handle with steel nut fitting. Housed in its original cloth covered wooden Katar scabbard with brass lower chape. Blade measures 21 ½ cms, overall length 36cms. Vendor states the dagger to have been carried into the trenches by a Sussex officer serving with the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs.

Lot 573

British Army Type “D” Survival Knife, two piece wooden grips, bolo style blade with Wilkinson Sword Ltd makers stamp and stores reference number 27C/2360. Housed in its original leather scabbard with stitched and riveted edge. Well used example.

Lot 85

Grouping of Volunteer Medical Staff Corps & Volunteer Royal Army Medical Corps Badges, consisting of various cap badges and collar badges. Officers and other ranks examples. Various conditions. (19 items)

Lot 86

Large Selection of Cap Badges, Collar Badges, Shoulder Titles etc of the Royal Army Medical Corps, including Victorian officers silver gilt cap badge, Victorian officers and other ranks collar badges, bronze OSD cap badges, officers silver gilt cap and collars with “IN ARDUIS FIDELIS” motto, silvered pagri badge, Victorian quilted shako badge, various brass shoulder titles, WW2 printed shoulder title, various buttons, plus other items. Various conditions, viewing strongly recommended. (70 items)

Lot 90

5x British Military Cap Badges, consisting of WW2 plastic war economy Devonshire regiment cap badge with two blade fittings to the reverse, WW2 plastic war economy Queens regiment cap badge with two blade fittings to the reverse, George VI bronze OSD Royal Engineers cap badge with two blade fittings to the reverse and J R Gaunt makers stamp, Royal Artillery officers gilt cap badge with two lug fittings to the reverse and silver gilt Royal Army Pay Corps officers cap badge with two lug fittings to the reverse. All remain in good overall condition. (5 items)

Lot 98

18x British Cavalry Regiments Cap Badges, including all brass 14th Kings Hussars with slider fitting, bi-metal 3rd Carabineers with slider, Tank Corps with slider, 1st pattern Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) with slider, brass small type 14th Kings Hussars with slider, EIIR The Queens Royal Hussars with slider, Army Remount Service, 13th/18th Royal Hussars with slider, plus others. Various conditions. (18 items)

Lot 199

A mixed lot comprising vintage metal Beam scales, ceramic hotpot, Jones & Sons Manchester jar and a vintage army helmet.

Lot 375

A George VI Territorial Army medal for Efficient Service presented to Sargent D Lane, Manchester no. 530743

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