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A Victorian Army & Navy C.S.L. Bowie knife, 18.5cm locking blade, two-piece antler grip, 30.5cm long overall extended, leather sheaf

Medals, Adjutant General's Corps (Special Protection Service), Post-War group of four, UNPROFOR United Nations Medal (Yugoslavia), unnamed as issued; NATO Service Medal/clsp. Former Yugoslavia, unnamed as issued; Golden Jubilee Medal 2002, EIIR - named card box of issue, ribbon bar; Army LSGC Medal, EIIR/Reg. Army clsp. (25003042 S.Sgt. R.P. Lee, AGC (SPS)), court-mounted for wear

Medals, GSM/CSM/Army LSGC, group of three, Sgt. J.A. Spencer, REME, GSM 1918-62 EIIR/clsp. Arabian Peninsular (22526134 Cpl. J.A. Spencer, REME); GSM 1962-2007, EIIR/clsp. South Arabia (22526134 Sgt. J.A. Spencer, REME); Army LSGC Medal, EIIR/Regular Army clsp. (22526134 Sgt. J.A. Spencer, REME), all pin-mounted for wear

Medals, Nigeria Theatre Military B.E.M. - W.O. II D. Comrie, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, group of five, B.E.M. (Mil), EIIR - 2979203 W/O Cl.2 D. Comrie, A. & S.H. (L/G 1.6.1953); 1939-1945 Defence and War Medals; GSM 1918-62, EIIR/clsp. Malaya - 2979203 Sgt. D. Comrie, BEM, A. & S.H.; Army LSGC, GVIR/Regular Army Bar - 2979203 Sjt. D. Comrie, A. & S.H., all mounted for Court wear; photographic portrait of W.O. Comrie; copied researchProvenance: Spink of London, Lot 34, April 24th 2014

Medals, WW1 Trio (W.O. Royal Munster Fusiliers), Territorial Medal 5th Lincs. R.G., group of four, 1914-1915 Star (7878 L.Sjt. W. Drury, R.Mun.Fus) - entered F&F 24.03.1915; British War Medal (7878 W.O. Cl. 2. W. Drury, R.MUN.FUS); Victory Medal (7878 W.O. Cl. 2 W[illiam] Drury, R.MUN.FUS); Territory Efficeny Medal, GVR (4795288 W.O.Cl.II W. Drury, 5-Linc. R.), all medals pin-mounted for wear on original watered silk ribbons; silver 5th Lincolnshire Regiment Football Medal (CSM W. Drury), Chester 1924; Territorial Army Rifle Association bronze medallion; 10th Lincolnshire Regimental bronze medallion; Warrant Scroll as W.O.Cl.2. w.e.f. 29.06.1923, dated 4th Aug. 1923; Territorial Lincolnshire Rifle Association 'Champion' gold thread cloth badges, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937 (4); CSM sleeve rank gold thread cloth crown; Medal Index Card confirming service numbers, ranks, regiments, dates, medal entitlement

Medals, WW1 Trio, Notts & Derby, LSGC & Meritorious Medal, S. Staffs, group of five, 1914-1915 Star (30048 Pte. B. Priest, Notts & Derby R.) - entered Balkan 07.11.1915; British War Medal (30048 Pte. B[ert] Priest, Notts & Derby R.); Victory Medal (30048 Pte. B. Priest, Notts & Derby R); Army LSGC Medal, GVR, Coronation Robes/Regular Army Bar (4906088 Sjt. B. Priest, S. Staffordshire R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, GVIR (4906088 Sjt. B. Priest, S. Staffords R.)Medal Index Card confirms WW1 entitlement. Provenance: Spink of London, [April?] 2014

Medals, WW1, Double 'Immediate Gallantry Awards - Military Medal & Bar, group of three, 103961 L/Cpl* Frederick M. Hartley (L/Cpl is regarded as an 'Appointment' which is not recorded in medal naming), 18th Divisional Signals Cy., Royal Engineers, MM, GVR (immediate, L/G January 28th 1918); bar to MM (immediate, L/G August 29th 1918); British War Medal; Victory Medal, all named to 103961 Sapr. F.M. Hartlet, 18/D.S. Coy., R.E., original silk riboons; two personal congratulation letters to the recipient, signed in the field by Major-General R.P. Lee, Commanding 18th Division, for his gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field 21st/22nd October, 1917, near Poelcappelle (MM), and 21st March, 1918, near La Fonteine (MM Bar); contemporary Royal Engineer's other ranks cap badge; official army certificate from O.C. 4th Army, General Rawlinson, dated June 3rd 1918, for Bar to MM, Army Orders by General Sir H.S. Rawlinson, Bart, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., parchment scroll for Hartley's immediate award of Bar to MM dated June 3rd 1918; original research, including MiC, London Gazette pages, newspaper cuttings with photo

Medals, WW1, Local Interest, pair, British War, 1914-1918 and Allied Victory medals, named to 28740 Pte. W. Corless Notts & Derby. R [Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment]; another pair, named to T-37765 Dvr. B. Corless A.S.C [Army Service Corps], original ribbons; Allied Victory Medal, named to 54263 Pte. D. Corless R. War. R [Royal Warwickshire Regiment] The brothers William (1893-1916) and Daniel (1900-17/18?) were born in Winster, Derbyshire, to John Corless and his wife Annie (née Sweeney). 2874 Private William Corless and was killed-in-action serving with the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. The Derbyshire Courier, Tuesday, 24th April 1917 reported, "Mr. and Mrs. John Corless parents of Private William Corless, Sherwood Foresters who has been missing since June [1916] received a letter stating that their son died on 4 June [1916] or since. Before joining the colours he worked for Mr. Walton, Darley Mill. He was 23 years of age. His three brothers. Bernard, Frank and Fred, are all fighting for their country". As the April 1917 article makes no reference to Daniel being an enlisted soldier one presumes he 'joined-up' in late 1917 or 1918 and presumably in the Sherwood Foresters, too. The two brothers are remembered in two memorial plaques at Winster Parish Church.

Medals, WW1/WW2, Colonial, Unique and Very Rare All-Name Group of Seven to W.O. Class 1, Australian Imperial Forces, Including the Extremely Rare Commonwealth of Australia Meritorious Service Medal, British War Medal - 346 T/WO 2 J. Hulme, Sge. A. Bde., A.I.F.; Victory Medal - 364 (sic) T-WO-2 J. Hulme, S.A.B., A.I.F.; 1939-1945 War Medal - NP646 J. Hulme; Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 - NP646 J. Hulme; Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas LSGC Medal (GVR) - No. 646 B.S.M. (W.O. II), J. Hulme, A.I.C.; Army LSGC Medal, GVIR/Australia bar suspension - 2/804 WO1 J. Hulme, A.M.F.; Commonwealth of Australia Meritorious Service Medal, GVR 2nd Coronation Robes type - No. 646 W.O. (II), J. Hulme, A.I.F.Provenance: Spink of London, Lot 28, July 24th, 2014

Medals, WW2 and Post-War, group of six, Captain G.V. Neil, RAMC, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 Medal, unnamed as issued; GSM 1918-62, GVIR/clsp. Malaya (Capt. G.V. Neil, RAMC); Army LSGC Medal, GVIR/Regular Army clsp. (Captain [O.M.] G.V. Neil, RAMC), all pin-mounted for wear

Medals, WW2, Coronation, Army LSGC, group of seven, corresponding miniature en suite, Sgt. F.W. Robinson, RE, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal; 1953 Coronation Medal, unnamed as issued; Army LSGC Medal, EIIR/Regular Army clsp. (2570237 Sgt. F.W. Robinson, RE), pin-mounted for wear, miniatures also pin-mounted for wear (last three silver)

Medals, WW2, 'Lushai Scouts', V-Force Burma 'Behind Enemy Lines' Posthumous Immediate Military Cross (recommended Colonel Ord Wingate), group of five, Captain J.G. Woods, Royal Scots Fusiliers, attd. Lushai Scouts 'V' Force, kia December 24th, 1944, MC, GVIR, 1945, original case of issue; 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medakm 1939-1945 War Medal - late issue box, named allocation slip, original carbon citation slip for MC, Royal Scots Fusilier's officer's two-piece brass cap badge, Lushai Brigade 'V' Force Commando cloth patch, extensive copied research including war diaries of 7 'V' Ops. unit under the command of Lt. Col. Ord Windgate of Chindit fame (later brigadier, and killed in an air accident), their plans, directives, selection and training, and the BBC WW2 People's War articleL/G 28th June 1945 Citation: From 19th to 24th May (1944), Captain Woods led a patrol of two sections behind enemy lines to a depth of 35 miles, successfully ambushing a Japanese car within 300 yards of a large enemy lorry, and then getting his party back without a casualty and bringing with him three enemy native intelligence men as prisoner'.Date & Place of Action: 21st May, 1944 on Tiddim-Imphal Road'This officer has on several occasion shows a high standard of courage and initiative'.Recommended: Lt. Col. W.A. ORD (Wingate), Commdg. 5 'V' Ops. Area, Brigadier P.C. Marindin, MC (later DSO), Commdg. Lushai Bgde., 25th Oct. 1944ApprovedL Lieut. General W.J. (Bill) Slim, G.O.C.-in-Chief Fourteenth Army, 30th Nov. 1944James Gerard Woods was born in Glasgow, Scotland on June 14th 1917, the son of John Woods, a restaurateur. After graduating from Glasgow University with an MA in 1940, he enlisted in the British Army and was commissioned as a wartime infantry officer with the Royal Scots Fusiliers (L/G May 30th, 1941). He served in India and Burma, having volunteered and been selected in March 1944 for the Lushai Scouts 'V' Force (attached to the 7th/14th Punjab Regiment), a commando force operating in Japanese occupied territory. The unit consisted of six British officer led by Major Jack Longbottom under Lt. Col. Ord Wingate, anf a force essentially of native soldiers locally recruited by Longbottom from the Lushai Hills in north-east India near the Burmese border tasked with halting the Japanese advance. Woods was awarded the MC for his actions on May 21st, 1944 on the Tiddim-Imphal Road, posthumously recorded in the L/G of June 28th 1945, when his ultimate superior Brigadier Marindin was awarded the DSO. After a further seven months of guerilla action, Woods was killed in action in Burma on December 24th 1944, aged 27, the only British office casualty of the Lushai Scouts, which was disbanded after only eighteen months in August 1945 at the end of hostilities. He is buried in the Rangoon Memorial cemetery.

Militaria - cap and shoulder badges, including Argyle & Sutherland, Notts & Derby Sherwood Foresters, Queen's Royal Lancers, Army Catering Corps, Cameron Highlanders (approx. 30)

Militaria - Third Reich & WW2 British - various replica Nazi German medals, belts, buckles, badges and other memorabilia, including Iron Cross, Pour le Mérite, Military Cross; a Royal Army Service Corps cap; Long Range Desert Group commemorative commando knife; British cloth and cap badges, including Notts & Derby; some Soviet; qty

Officials: Small but very useful collection on four pages, a mixture of mint and used with better items (mint unless noted) including Inland Revenue 1882-1901 on 1880-81 ½d pale green, 6d grey, on 1884-88 ½d slate-blue, 1s dull green, 5s rose (no gum), 10s cobalt overprinted specimen type 11 (no gum), on 1887-92 2½d purple/blue, 1s dull green, £1 green (used, creasing), on 1887 & 1900 6d purple/rose/red, 1902-04 2½d ultramarine used, Office of Works (used) ½d vermilion, ½d blue-green, 1d lilac, also 5d dull purple and blue on piece with Parliament St cds for FE 15 04 (appears genuine but not guaranteed) and mint 10d with forged overprint, also 1902-03 ½d to 2½d but these not guaranteed, Army 1896-1901 6d purple/rose-red, 1902-03 6d pale dull purple opt type O6 (toned, part o.g.), Government Parcels 1883-86 1½d lilac, 9d dull green, 1887-1900 1½d dull purple & pale green to 1s dull green, 1891-1900 2d grey-green & carmine, 4½d green & carmine, 1902 1d scarlet to 1s dull green & carmine (9d tones, 1s creased), Board of Education 1902 5d and 1s, with parcel cancels and some faults, 1902-04 2½d ultramarine, Admiralty 1903 opt type O10 ½d to 3d, also most used, overlall condition a little mixed but most appear genuine except where noted, viewing recommended! cat £50,000+ (74)

British Africa: Mainly mainly fine used collection in album, stockcards and packets, including Cameroon 1960 set to £1, Southern Nigeria 1901 values to 10s, 1903 values to 10s (2), KGV values to 10s, Southern Rhodesia 1924 values to 5s, 1931 values to 5s, plus 1s perf 14, 1953 set to £1, Sudan 1897 and 1898 values to 10P, extensive ranges of 1927, 1931, Gordon set and later, 1948 dues to 20m, ranges of OSGS, Army Officials, Swaziland 1889 values to 5s, 1933 set to 10s, 1938 values to 10s inc some perf varieties, RSW 10s, 1956 set to £1 and later QEII (Hundreds)

Two medals to 3749 Private James Church, 41st Foot: Crimea 1854-56, clasp: Sebastopol (JAS CHURCH, 41ST REGT.), officially impressed, suspension possibly restored, near very fine; Army Long Service and Good Conduct, 2nd type obverse (3749 PTE J CHURCH. 41ST FOOT), very fine. [2]

An interesting group of five medals to Victor George Alma Seager, R.N.V.R., who served with Carnac Battery of the Royal Naval Siege Guns near Nieuport: British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal (L.Z.4610 V. G. A. SEAGER. A.B. R.N.V.R.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George VI (VICTOR G. SEAGER); French Croix de Guerre, with bronze star; together with a small quantity of ephemera and research, including a XVth Corps card signed by General Du Cane citing the recipient's 'Good and Valuable Service and Devotion to Duty', two similar cards from 36th Army Group Artillery Lourde (French Heavy Artillery), and a collection of photographs including the recipient in uniform wearing his Croix De Guerre, and studies of the Naval gun emplacements in Belgium. Medals good very fine or better. During the Great War the Royal Navy - specifically the Dover Patrol - established heavy artillery positions at the Northern extremity of the Western Front. Working closely with the French, and at times under their control, the officers and men of the Royal Naval Siege Guns fought a gruelling campaign under intense and sustained bombardments and gas attacks. Carnac battery was particularly celebrated for its endurance and effectiveness, being cited in French Army Corps orders. The recipient himself appears to have made a significant contribution to this, being the specific subject of a similar order for "readiness and calmness under fire" and receiving the Croix De Guerre; and he was furthermore commended by the British Army after they had taken over his part of the line.

λ A Georgian army officer's sword, spadroon blade 32 1/2 in., the forte with blue and gilt decoration incorporating the Royal arms, steel stirrup hilt with diminutive reeded langets and with a loose ring to the knuckle bow, faceted back strap, flat pommel with hexagonal tang nut, reeded ivory grip; steel scabbard fittings comprising locket with monogrammed frog stud, band and chape, retaining fragments of the brown leather scabbard.

A bound set of midshipman's logs kept by the future Admiral Sir Richard Henry Peirse, K.C.B., K.B.E., M.V.O., D.L., between August 6th 1875 and October 15th 1879, in Her Majesty's Ships Minotaur, Charybdis and Juno; together with a Victorian Indian Army wallet or journal cover, in brown leather and bearing the badge of the 1st Light Cavalry in silver. [2] Richard Henry Peirse was a highly accomplished naval officer who served with distinction in the Great War. He is celebrated for his deft prosecution of the Naval bombardment of Smyrna in 1915. He is also notable for having been the father of future Air Chief Marshall Sir Richard Edmund Charles Peirse, who's D.S.O. came as a result of his dashing role in the air attack on Dunkirk in the same year.

Ten coloured prints of military subjects, including: 'South Salopian', from 'Forres Yeomanry Costumes', aquatint; 'Officers of the British Army No 30 Dragoon Guards (Levee Dress)', lithograph; '11th Hussars', hand coloured engraving; 'Troupes Etrangerea/ Grenadier Russe Companie d'Elite', hand coloured copper plate engraving; and six others. [10]

A Boer War tribute medal, to Private Ralph John Edleston Manchester Volunteers M.S.C. and Royal Army Medical Corps, in 9 carat gold and enamel, the obverse with crossed rifles flanked by 'S.A.' about '1901', 'TO VOLUNTEERS RETURNING FROM THE FRONT' to a blue circlet, Royal Arms above and suspension ring to a fixed crown, reverse engraved with presentation inscription, 30mm, Deakin & Francis Ltd, Birmingham 1901. Very fine. Entitled to QSA with Cape Colony and Orange Free State.

Four bronze specimen campaign medals: Military General Service, Army of India, China 1942, Punjab. Extremely fine or better. [4]

*The Military Cross group of medals to Captain Ralph Daniel Flunder, Canadian Infantry and Cheshire Regiment: M.C., George V, with second award bar (see footnote); 1914-15 Star (13231 PTE R.D. FLUNDER. 5/CAN: INF:); British War Medal and Victory Medal (CAPTAIN R.D. FLUNDER.); France: Croix de Guerre; offered together with:a 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army bar, Italy Star, France and Germany Star with oak leaf, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, British War Medal 1939-45; a mounted set of dress miniatures representing the foregoing medals, and including: 1914 Star and Bar, I.G.S. with clasp North West Frontier 1936-37, Coronation Medal 1911, U.S. Legion of Merit, and Belgian Croix de Guerre. Medals about very fine or nearly so, ribbons and mountings deranged and tatty. Nb: Confirmed entitlement is to a single M.C., a 1914-15 Star trio, and the French Croix de Guerre. Military Cross: L.G. 04/10/19. He commanded a battalion during the operations (near Menin, on 14th, 15th and 16th October, 1918, with great skill and gallantry. His thorough organisation and the perfect handling of his men at the start ensured success. The complete confidence which he inspired in his men contributed very largely to the success of the operations. Second award not confirmed. Left the British Army in 1921, returned to Quebec, later becomes a U.S. citizen. Entitlement to the miniature medals from the I.G.S. onward is not only unconfirmed but unlikely.

A Victorian Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Sergeant Major Joseph Bell, Royal Fusiliers, 2nd type obverse, swivelling suspension (1215. ST. MR. JOSEPH BELL. ROYAL FUSILIERS). Edge knocks, good fine. Served in the Crimea at Alma and Inkermann (medal and two clasps). Also in a sortie 26th October 1854 and in both assaults on the Redan.

A small collection of medals, comprising: Khedive's Sudan, clasp: Hafir (3204 PTE S AINSWORTH I/N. STAFF: R.), clasp not confirmed on roll, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine; India General Service 1908-35, clasp: Afghanistan N.W.F. (3178 SOWAR CHAINPIR SHAH, 27 L. CAVY), impressed, near very fine; two to Warrant Officer 2nd Class H.H. Greaves, Border Regiment: India General service 1908-35, clasp: Waziristan 1921-24 (3590621 PTE. H. GREAVES. BORD. R.); Efficiency Medal, Territorial (3590621. W.O. CL. 2. H.H. GREAVES. BORDER.), IGS with edge knock below bust, otherwise about very fine; two to Private Peter McDonnell, Manchester Regiment: India General Service 1908-35, clasp: Burma 1930-32 (3522448 PTE. P. MC DONNELL. MANCH. R.); Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct (3522448 PTE. P.C. MCDONNEL. MANCH. R.), with a Certificate of Service (regimental number agrees with medals, name given as Charles Peter McDonald), near very fine; Belgium: Croix de Guerre; together with a small collection of medal ribbons.

A collection of Queen's South Africa medals: Driver W. Carruthers, Army Service Corps, 1st type reverse, 3 clasps: Natal, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (9324 DR: W. CARRUTHERS, A.S.C.), faint ghost dates, very fine or better; Private W. Irving, 1st Battalion the Border Regiment, 1st type reverse, 3 clasps: Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5832 PTE W. IRVING, 1ST BORDER REGT), very faint ghost dates, edge bruise below bust, otherwise good very fine; Private W. Swallow, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd type reverse, 2 clasps: Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (3144 PTE W. SWALLOW. K.R.R.C.), good very fine; Private A.A. Jackson, 19th Company, 6th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, 2nd type reverse, four clasps: Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (8477 PTE A.A. JACKSON. 19TH COY 6TH IMPL: YEO:), good very fine; and a re-named example, 2nd type reverse, three clasps: Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (7008 PTE: A. BERN. 2ND ROYAL HIGHLANDERS.), re-engraved in plain capitals (entitlement confirmed on roll), very fine. [5]

A small collection of campaign groups, comprising three 1914-15 Star trios to: Captain D. M. Borland, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914-15 Star (LIEUT. D.M. BORELAND. R.A.M.C.), BWM and Victory Medal (CAPTAIN etc.), with card boxes of issue, good very fine or better; Sergeant H. James, Royal Artillery, 1914-15 Star (48838. A-BMBR. H. JAMES. R.G.A.), BWM and Victory Medal (48839. SJT. H. JAMES. R.A.), mounted for wearing, about very fine; Private J. Cope, Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1914-15 Star (2581 PTE. J. COPE. R.IR:FUS:), with ribbon bar, near very fine; together with six medals to Corporal T. Cook Manchester Regiment: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Efficiency Medal, Territorial (3528324. CPL. T. COOK. MANCH. R), mounted for wearing, E.M. fine, others good fine or better.

A collection of medals, including a 1914-15 Star Trio to the Army Veterinary Corps (SE 43229 A. CPL. D.J. HANNAN. A.V.C.); a Great War pair (71670 PTE. H. DICKINSON. NOTTS & DERBY R.); various Second World War campaign medals; other medals; and the Fire Brigade Long Service Medal to Leading Fireman William D.P. Davies, with an presentation mounted fire axe.

A collection of Long Service and Good Conduct Medals, comprising: Victoria, Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct, 2nd type, narrow suspender (JOHN HEATHER. CHF BTMN IN CHGE H.M. COASTGD); Edward VII, Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct (C. 198. J. GILBERTSON, SEAN, R.N.R.); Edward VII, Volunteer Long Service (253 Q.M. S. STABLES 9TH L.A.V.) renamed; George VI (Ind. Imp.), Army Long Service and Good Conduct, India bar (A - R.Q.M.S. G.J. HEMSLEY. I U L ATTD A F I). Good very fine or a little better. [4]

The historic 'Operation Nimrod' group of medals and memorabilia to Warrant Officer 2nd Class Ian 'Chalky' White, Special Air Service and 17th/21st Lancers, who formed part of the team of S.A.S. men who stormed the Iranian Embassy in London on May 5th 1980 in a swift and decisive action that resolved a major hostage crisis. The Medals: General Service 1962-2007, clasp: Northern Ireland (24215027 TPR I.P. WHITE 17/21L.); South Atlantic, with rosette (24215027 CPL I P WHITE 17/21L (SAS)); Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct, Elizabeth II (24215027 WO2 I P WHITE 17/21L); court mounted, nearly extremely fine. Accompanied by: the recipient's stable belt, blue with chromed buckle bearing the SAS badge; a copy of Ihis discharge certificate and other documents; a Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, 3rd model, blade etched with the Wilkinson brand, regulation leather scabbard, acquired by the recipient from stores on the Falkland Islands; after David Shepherd, '16 Princes Gate', a print depicting the descent of the Embassy stairs, number 38 of 850, bearing artist's pencil signature; after John Tidewell, 'Princes Gate, The Back Door'; a collection of press photographs of the raid depicting SAS members preparing to enter the embassy at various points; floor plans of the embassy; 'Now' magazine complimentary copy 'Britain's Arab Terror - The Killers In Our Midst', May 9-15 1980; Daily Express Special Edition: 'The Day of the S.A.S.'; and various press cuttings and related ephemera. The persecution of the Arab population of Iran's Khuzestan region by Ayatollah Khomeini (and his predecessors the Shahs) had inspired an implacable resistance movement which received support from Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The Arabs themselves were concerned with political and social rights. Hussein exploited this fact to manoeuvre against his rival the Ayatollah. Specifically, he believed that an attack staged in the West would draw attention to the plight of Khuzestan, and allow him to garner international approval for his planned invasion of Iran. With Iraqi backing, a six man team, the 'Group of the Martyr', occupied the Embassy on the 30th April, taking 26 people hostage. The response was initially led by the police, but the S.A.S. acted immediately by deploying a team to the area in case their intervention was requested by the civil authorities. While they waited, they evolved a plan, and when, on the sixth day, a hostage was shot and his body thrown out of the embassy, the men of the Special Air Service went into action under the gaze of the television media. Within 17 minutes, the siege was at an end. Ian White was part of the team that entered the embassy from the roof. An explosive charge was lowered into a light well in the centre of the building and detonated as a distraction, and White's team abseiled into the lightwell to gain access through a window. During the descent, his secondary weapon, a Browning 9mm pistol, was lost owing to the notoriously poor quality holster with which the men were equipped. Nothing daunted, he continued from room to room, clearing each with 'flashbangs' and techniques perfected through rigorous training. He almost met with disaster while descending to a lower floor, as another team approaching the foot of his staircase directed sub-machinegun fire along the corridor into which he was about to step. He next encountered the well documented fire that had broken out owing to many of the curtains and carpets having been impregnated with accelerants. By sheer coincidence he had just completed a firefighting course, with the aim of posing undercover as an airport fireman, and this assisted him in temporarily controlling the blaze together with a colleague. The evacuation of the hostages involved forming a human chain to pass each one down the main staircase and out of the building to safety. White stood at the top of the chain, and such was the urgency of the situation that he resorted, effectively, to throwing them down the stairs. One of the terrorists concealed himself among the hostages, and because of the speed at which the S.A.S. were working that he was thrown down along with the rest of them. White saw in his hand a grenade, and, unable to shoot down the stairs for fear of hitting a hostage, he and others shouted a warning to their colleagues below, who killed the terrorist before he could use it. All but one of the hostages alive at the start of the operation were rescued, and five of the six terrorists were killed - the sixth being captured. The team next had the chance to watch the news footage of their work. They did so in the company of the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, for whom the operation had been a considerable publicity coup, foreshadowing her popular aggressive stance over the Falkland Islands (where White was also to be deployed), and demonstrating to the world that Britain was not the soft target that Saddam Hussein had imagined. Their work done, they returned to Hereford at high speed, and the rapidity and decisive efficiency of the S.A.S. action is underscored by the fact that when White arrived home his wife suffered an adverse reaction to the residue from the 'flashbangs' that he had been using, which lingered on his clothing. The embassy siege is well known, and rightly celebrated, as the point at which the S.A.S. became famous. Since its genesis during the Second World War it had maintained a low public profile, consistent with the discrete and sometimes clandestine nature of its methods. In May 1980 it sprang from obscurity onto the television screens and made an indelible impression on the public mind. But these events are important for other reasons. It was a notable tactical success, and in spite of what the modesty of White and others would suggest, this was by no means a foregone conclusion. Counter terrorism was an emerging form of warfare, and the success of Operation Nimrod was in contrast to a certain near-contemporary actions which had ended very badly. It is revealing to note the various mishaps that occurred, some of which affected White directly; because none of them influenced the outcome of the mission. Problems that could have resulted in failure were nullified by the professionalism of the S.A.S. It also confirmed, emphatically, the relevance of the S.A.S. in the post-war era. Prior to Operation Nimrod this had been called into doubt, and the regiment was threatened by budget cuts, and possible disbandment. After Nimrod its value was beyond dispute, and it future was secured. The recipient participated in the seminal S.A.S. action of the post war years, a major milestone in the history of the regiment - and of special forces more generally - making this group a truly historic acquisition for the collector.

A French faience blue and white armorial dish, probably Moustiers, late 17th or 18th century, the centre painted with an armorial within Berainesque band borders, 40.5cm diameter Note: The shield and coronet of DURFORT, Ducs de Lorges, of Guyenne who were created Ducs de Lorges in 1691 and 1775 and Ducs de Civrac in 1774. Ref: Rietstap J.B. (1884) ARMORIAL GENERAL p.579, col. 2. Note: Guy Aldonce de Durfort, duc de Lorges (1630-1702) was a marshal of France in Louis XIV's army. In the War of the Grand Alliance, he commanded the French army in Germany from 1690-95. The eldest daughter of his marriage to Gabrielle de Fremont married the famous diarist of Louis XIV's reign, the duc de Saint-Simon and according to the latter, the marshal died from a bungled operation to remove a kidney stone at the hands of an inexperienced surgeon.

Robert Physick, (English circa 1816 ~ 1882), a sculpted white marble bust of Lt. General Sir Lewis Grant KCB KCH, dated 1852, portrayed in middle age, with finely modeled features, in formal military attire and with his decorations, inscribed Robt PHYSICK Sculpt 1852 to the truncation at the reverse, atop a waisted circular socle, 79cm high, 55cm wide And a morocco leather covered wood document casket, circa 1830, inscribed for HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, TRINIDAD , with brass swing handle to the hinged cover, gilt tooled with the royal cypher thrice, 13.5cm high overall, 30cm wide Lewis Grant was a son of Duncan Grant, of Mulochaird in Strathspey, Scotland and a younger brother of the physician, Sir James Robert Grant, who was chief medical officer at Waterloo. Grant entered the army in 1794 as an ensign in the 95th Regiment, from which he was promoted to lieutenant in the 97th Regiment. In 1795, Grant was aboard HMS Orion under James Saumarez at the Battle of Groix. He was promoted to captain in 1796 and subsequently fought under Sir Ralph Abercromby in the West Indies In June 1801, Grant was appointed Assistant Quarter and Barrack Master General in Tobago and held the same position in Dominica in 1802. Promoted to major in 1802, he transferred to the 3rd West Indian Regiment and returned to England in 1803. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 70th Regiment in 1804, he returned to the West Indies that year. Further promoted to colonel in 1813 and major-general in 1819, Grant was then appointed Governor of the Bahamas in 1820, then Governor of Trinidad in 1829 serving in the latter post until 1833. It was whilst serving in this position that the Abolition of Slavery Act was passed, and Grant found himself caught between the recalcitrance of the slave owners on one side and the needs and requirements of the newly emancipated slaves on the other On 13 September 1831, Grant was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order and Knight Bachelor, appointed to the colonelcy of the 96th Regiment of Foot on 9 April 1839 and awarded an honorary MA from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1847 On 11 November 1851, he was promoted to general and died suddenly from heart disease a few months later on 26 January 1852, aboard an omnibus on Regent Street, London

Six commemorative bottles to include Chato Saint Ahon Hout-Medoc 1985, Cru Bourgeois, specially selected for the Headquarters Officers Mess Army Catering Core 1941-1991 Golden Jubilee, 75cl, Cuvee Speciale Cotes Du Rhone, 1993, 50th anniversary June 1994, 75cl, Berlin private Cuvee, specially for the British Military Train operated by 62 Transport and Movement Squadron Royal Corps of Transport, 75cl, Riesling Kabinett, 1982 Graacher, Himmelreich First Regiment Army Air Corps, 75cl, Hoopers 1992 late bottled vintage 78 (Fortress) Engineer Regiment (volunteers) 1993-1999, 75cl and Thierry and Guy Fat Bastard Chardonnay aged in French oak 1996 (6)

A US army WW1 Canada Ross Mk. 1 bayonet with leather scabbard. Faded makers marks.

Military interest. An album of circa 1920's and 30's photographs and postcards of British army soldiers abroad and in the UK.

An early 20th century silk embroidered military badge for the Army Service Corps, 43cm x 40cm

Royal Doulton pottery advertising figure "Army Club Cigarettes" featuring a smiling army officer, possibly modeled on Winston Churchill. Printed and impressed marks to base. (AF)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Badly damaged and poorly repaired.

German made bayonet with steel scabbard marked Weyersberg Solingen and Modelo Argentinos (for Argentine Army). (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Scabbard very rusty and dented, blade OK but slightly tarnished/marks in places. Part of grip/handle is also rusty.

A quantity of County Topographical postcards, London (190) including: The Battle of Stepney (3), Croquet at Scandinavian Sailor's Temperance Home, Lord's Cricket Ground, A Tram in Romford Road, Stratford East, and Kennet Hill Dulwich, The Grove Stratford East, Thames Barges, Great Central Hotel, The Winter Gardens, The Medina Finsbury Park, St James Square Notting Hill, The Church Army Southwark Van, some RPs

A Scandinavian silver tankard and cover maker's mark 'K', probably for Christian Johansen Kruse, Trondheim, C. 1674,cylindrical on three pomegranate feet, the hinged cover engraved a contemporary armorial, between SC R*K PDH and 1674, further engraved to the front with later presentation inscription, the handle with pomegranate thumbpiece, marked below the base with maker's mark only,13cm high, 11ozThe inscription reads: Presented at TrondhjembyH.R.H the Prince of WalestoCommander W.H. Fawkessailed Belle Lurettewinner Bembridge RegattaAugust 1885Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawksworth Fawkes, GCB, KCVO (22 December 1846-29 May 1926), was a Royal Navy officer, who commanded the Royal Yacht Osborne, and became Private Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty in 1897. His last post was as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, 1908. The tankard was presented by The Prince of Wales, who would become Edward VII in 1902. In 1899 Fawkes became Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria. He was awarded Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) by King Edward VII on 11 August 1902 for his role in helping to organise the fleet review for the coronation of the King, 1902.See eleven letters addressed to the admiral by royalty, sold Sworders, 26 September 2017. The letters demonstrate the continuous relationship that Fawkes held with royalty. One letter dated November 6th, 1908, is addressed to Fawkes from Prince George, who thanks the admiral for interviewing a young Prince Albert to become a cadet of the Royal Navy, for which he was President. The intimate letter reads: 'I am sorry that in spite of all you did, you were unable to put him at his ease, he has always been rather shy, but I think it is better than being too forward, which many boys are in our days'.The Admiral is a descendant of The Fawkes of Farnely Hall, Otley, and Hawksworth Hall, Yorks. The father of Guye Fawkes, the gunpowder plot conspirator, was a descendant of the Fawkes family in Farnely. J M W Turner was a close friend of Walter Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes, a Yorkshire MP (2 March 1769-24 October 1825), which enabled him to build a significant collection of Turner’s works. Turner stayed at Farnely on numerous occasions. His oil painting ‘Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps’, 1812, is said to have been inspired by a storm he experienced on one visit to Farnely.

Third Reich Army Officer's sword, WKC, lion head pommel with red glass eyes, 78.5cm blade

Two Royal Doulton figures 'Women's Land Army' and 'The Land Girl', with boxes

An Early 20th Century Ladies Salvation Army Bonnet, Supported on a Turned Ashwood Stand. 38cm High

A collection of 20th Century Chinese terracotta army figures to include a large soldier figure, various boxed smaller figures, further metal horse and carriage.

2nd-1st century BC. A shallow silver dish with thickened chamfered rim, concentric gilt bands, one with reserve scrolled vines with bunches of grapes on a textured field; central disc with octofoil and four radiating leaves, coiled tendrils on a pointillé textured field with running wave border. 254 grams, 17.5cm (6 3/4"). Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Art D'Orient, Artcurial, 15 November 2016, lot 16; from an important family collection formed 1970s-1980s; accompanied by French cultural export certificate number 185382; an examination report from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by historical precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden; and X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate number 00892-2017GB. The bowl was probably made in one of the major artistic centres of the Hellenistic east, most likely the city of Antioch, capital of the Seleucid Empire. Founded by Seleucus Nicator, a general in the army of Alexander the Great. The Empire at its height of power stretched from Asia Minor to the borders of India. The Seleucid Empire was a major center of Hellenistic culture that maintained the preeminence of Greek customs where a Greek political elite dominated, mostly in the urban areas.The Greek population of the cities who formed the dominant elite were reinforced by immigration from Greece. The Seleucid empire's geographical span, from the Aegean Sea to what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan, created a melting pot of various peoples, such as Greeks, Armenians, Persians, Medes, Assyrians and Jews. The immense size of the empire, followed by its encompassing nature, encouraged the Seleucid rulers to implement a policy of ethnic unit - a policy initiated by Alexander. This fusing of cultures led to a unique art that blended Greek and eastern tastes and established Antioch as one of the major cultural centres of the Hellenistic world. This lot is on the front of the printed catalogue. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Very fine condition. Rare.

A 9ct gold and enamel Royal Engineers Army brooch, 4.5g

1914-18 war medal, 1914 star, Victory medal, George V long service and good conduct medal, George V Meritorious service medal, George VI Militia Efficient Service Medal, all named - T28905 Dvr P W Keen ASC (later M2116 Sgt Keen R.A.S.C and staff sgt Percival W Keen), World War II war medal and Defence medal, silver presentation cigarette case to Sgt P W Keen from R.A.P.C. Kidderminster with Royal Army Pay Corps enamel detail, together with Percival William Keens certificate of service book - enlisting 1910, certificate of discharge 1934 together with further paperwork, Birth and Death certificate 1955, etc

Action Man figure vehicles, including large covered army wagon, motorbike and sidecar, tank, boat and two dogs.

Modern diecast model construction vehicles and commercial vehciles, including Siku crane truck, Corgi Sunter Bris LTD 17602, Thornycroft Van Dads Army 09002, Atkinson 8 Wheel Rigid Truck and Trailer 27602, etc, (22).

HEAVY ROCK/METAL LPs - Killer collection of 34 x LPs. Artists/titles include Black Sabbath - Blackest Sabbath (838 818-1), Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon, Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid, Hawkwind - Space Bandits, Deep Purple inc. The House Of Blue Light, The Anthology, Live In London and Nobody's Perfect, Kiss - Crazy Nights and Smashes, Thrashes & Hits, Rainbow, Marillion, UFO, Rush inc. A Show Of Hands, Chronicles and Exit Stage Left, New Model Army and ZZ Top. Condition is mostly Ex to Ex+.

CLASSIC ROCK & POP LPs - Rockin' out with this great instant collection of around 80 x LPs. Artists/titles include Uriah Heep - Live In Moscow (with DMM sticker), Santana inc. Milagro and Spirits Dancing In The Flesh, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna - The Early Years, Archangels - S/T (GEF 24465), Prince - Batman, World Party, Alex Harvey, The Animals, Dr. Feelgood, The Art Of Noise, George Harrison, New Model Army - Impurity, Jesse Colin Young, Natural Life, The It, The Lotus Eaters, Suzanne Vega, The Flying Lizards and Bon Jovi. Condition of the records is largely Ex+ with the sleeves generally VG to Ex+.

PSYCH / ALT ROCK / INDIE LPS - Super collection of 55x really clean LPs with some great titles and artists. Expect to see: The Salvation Army, The Vibrators, Bauhaus, Rain Parade, World of Twist, Gang of 4, Creation Records, The Ivy Room, Prefab Sprout, Bombay Bicycle Club, Wipers, The Chameleons, Birthday Party and more. Condition varies but is generally VG+ to Ex.

A Dinky Toys 3-ton Army Wagon (621) with driver and box.

A Dinky Toys Army Scout Car (673) with original box.

A Dinky Toys Army 1-ton Cargo truck (641) with driver and original box (missing one end flap).

Seven vintage Britains lead toy British army mounted cavalry; a/f.

A Boyar cape, possibly for the character Igor-Svyatoslavich-the-Brave, designed by Nicholas Roerich for Diaghilev's 1914 production of 'Prince Igor', stamped to the interior, 'Property of Sir Joseph Beecham' and also handwritten 'Prince Igor, Boyars, Sketch 4, Russell', numbered 268, of ochre linen painted with linked patterned roundels, adorned with pearl beads, and domed beaten metal discs, brass clasp, edged in brown stencilled velvet and lined in pink cotton stencilled with black undulating bands, roundels and stripesSerge Diaghilev's Prince Igor was premiered in Paris in 1909, with Feador Chaliapin in the role of Galitsky and costumes designed by Nicholas Roerich. The impresario Gabriel Astruc who had backed this production over-stretched himself by building the new Theatre de Champs Elysees and went bankrupt. In 1910 Sir Joseph Beecham (the pharmaceutical giant and father of renowned conductor - Thomas) came to Diaghilev's aid by sponsoring a season in London's Drury Lane theatre, but as he was more interested in opera than ballet it was agreed that in addition to the ballets that Diaghilev would produce four operas - one of which was 'Prince Igor'. With this new funding Diaghilev was able to transport from Russia the small army of orchestra, chorus and soloists required for his lavish opera productions. He staged highly successful annual opera seasons at London's Drury Lane Theatre and the Victoria & Albert Museum holds posters for productions of 'Prince Igor's' Polovtsian dances on March 1st and June 22nd 1913 with principal dancers Mme. Sophie Fedorova and M. Adolf Bolm. In 1914 Diaghilev reprised the full Paris opera production in four acts with prologue with conductor Thomas Beecham, starring Chaliapin who was paid £400 a night (a fortune at the time) in the role of Vladimir/Khan Konchak and Bolm and Tchernicheva as principle dancers. It premiered on 8th June, 1914 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Roerich was again invited to provide the full set and costumes beginning work in late 1913 and finishing in early 1914. They corresponded with stage director Alexander Sanin's vision: 'Christian feelings, beliefs intermingling with elements of paganism'.The costumes reflected Roerich's interest in Russian folk art and nomadic tribal history. He used patterns inspired by Central Asian folk dress and textiles and incorporated braids and trimmings purchased from southern Russian nomadic tribal traders at markets in St Petersburg. The vibrantly patterned costumes perfectly combined with Borodin's savage rhythms. Designer and friend Orest Allegri wrote to Roerich (who was unable to attend the first night):'Prince Igor was mounted last night to a full house. It was a staggering success. The British were screaming with delight'.Beecham's opera company struggled through the war years and Roerich was never fully paid for his work. In 1920 the company went bankrupt which resulted in a 'fire sale' of all the company's scenery and costumes. Jacques Rouche, the director of the Paris Opera at the time went to the sale and acquired scenic material from Beecham-Diaghilev productions, notably costumes designed by the artist Leon Bakst for Boris Godunov, which are now in the Moulins archives. There is a 'Prince Igor' costume with identical stamp in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum S.77-1998 CONDITION REPORT: exterior is generally good condition, lacking half of the brass closure clasp

A British Army prismatic compass

Twelve Army cap badges including a Highland Light Infantry officers silver and brass badge