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* KEN HOWARD OBE RA (BRITISH b 1932 - ),CONTINENTAL STREET SCENEoil on canvas board, signed24.5cm x 29cmFramed.Note: Ken Howard was born in 1932. He studied art at Hornsey School of Art from 1949 to 1953. Ken then did his National Service with the Royal Marines before returning to study at the Royal College of Art from 1955 to 1958. Howard then went on to win a British Council Art Scholarship to Florence from 1958 to 1959. The first Ken Howard one-man show was held at the Plymouth Art Centre in 1955. Subsequent art exhibitions were held in 1966 and 1968 at the John Whibley Gallery. From then on Ken Howard exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally, particularly with the New Grafton Art Gallery from the early 1970s. Ken Howard was given a retrospective exhibition in 1972 at the Plymouth City Art Gallery. In 1979 Ken Howard was appointed by the Imperial War Museum as official British artist in Northern Ireland. He also worked with the British Army in Germany, Cyprus, Oman, Hong Kong, Nepal, Norway, Canada, Belize and Brunei from 1973 to 1982. Ken Howard is a master at capturing light in both oil and watercolour paintings. Today Howard is known as one of the leading British artists for his ability to fuse light and atmosphere in his contemporary paintings. The subjects for Ken Howard contemporary paintings range from studio nudes to Venetian scenes and Cornish beaches. Ken Howard was elected a member of: the New English Art Club in 1962; the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1966; the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1979; the Royal West of England Academy 1981; Honorary Member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1988; Royal Academician in 1991; and President of the New English Art Club in 1998. His numerous art awards include: First Prize in the Lord Mayor's Art Award in 1966; a Prize Winner in the John Moores Art Exhibition, Liverpool in 1978; first prize in the Hunting Group Art Awards; and the Critics Prize at Sparkasse Karlsruhe in 1985. He now lives and works in London or at the Ken Howard artist studio in Venice. Ken Howard contemporary paintings are found in many British and International private, corporate and public art collections.
Lot 2338
A George V Presentation Silver Salver, Atkin Brothers, Sheffield 1917, with shaped rim on scroll supports, engraved to the centre with the badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps and facsimile signatures, the reverse with presentation inscription to Capt.A.C.Vidal D.S.O on the occasion of his marriage, from his brother officers...Chatham, 24th September 1917, 37cm diameter, 45oz 6dwt Provenance: Ampleforth Abbey Major Alan Cunliffe Vidal was captured in France August 1914, he was eventually held at the Wittenberg POW camp where he was a key part in the treatment of a large scale Typhus outbreak within the camp in 1915. It is thought of the 13,000 prisoners held at the camp, there were up to 1,200 patients at any one time. He was finally released in February 1916, and on his return awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Gold Medal of the Order of St. John for his service in combating the epidemic. After the war, and a brief stint in India, he joined Ampleforth as the College doctor where he resided until his death in 1956.
Lot 612
A group of eleven medals, awarded to L/Cpl - Major T H Symonds ASC - IEME, comprising MBE (Military), 1914 trio (with bar), India General Service Medal, with North West Frontier 1937-39 bar (Lt IAOC), 1939-1945 Star, War Medal, 1939-1945 India Medal, 1935 Jubilee Medal, 1937 Coronation Medal and an Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (M-14274 CQM SGT T H Symonds RASC), with an aluminum plaque, engraved 'MAJOR T H SYMONDS MBE-IEMS OUR POPULAR OFFICER COMMANDING, PRESENTED BY THE OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, ISP ETE IORS AND FOLLOWERS OF INDIAN STATION WORKSHOPS QUETTA 7 DECEMBER 1945' See inside back cover colour illustration Condition report Report by RBThere are twelve medals showing, but one medal is a second War Medal with an incorrect ribbon
Lot 787
Caracalla Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 215. M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XVIII [IMP III] COS IIII P P, Isis standing right, holding sistrum and presenting grain ears to Caracalla standing left, holding reversed spear, foot on crocodile between. BMCRE 287; C. 334; RIC 544. 18.25g, 31mm, 7h. Near Mint State. Ex E. P. Nicolas Collection, Maison Platt, 9-10 March 1982, lot 597. This type records the infamous visit of Caracalla to Alexandria, the capital of the province of Egypt. Since the conclusion of his campaign against the Alamanni in 213-4, it had become apparent that the emperor was unhealthily obsessed with the great Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great. At this point he appears to have begun openly emulating Alexander in his personal style. Indeed, Cassius Dio (78.7-78.23) relates that “he was so enthusiastic about Alexander that he used certain weapons and cups which he believed had once been his, and he also set up many likenesses of him both in the camps and in Rome itself. He organised a phalanx, composed entirely of Macedonians, sixteen thousand strong, named it ‘Alexander's phalanx’, and equipped it with the arms that warriors had used in his day.” Caracalla’s visit in 215 to Alexandria while on his way east should then have been a happy occasion. However the emperor, “hearing that he was ill-spoken of and ridiculed by them for various reasons, not the least of which was the murder of his brother... concealing his wrath and pretending that he longed to see them... first greeted [the leading citizens] cordially... and then put them to death. Then, having arrayed his whole army, he marched into the city, after first notifying all the inhabitants to remain at home and after occupying all the streets and all the roofs as well. And, to pass over the details of the calamities that then befell the wretched city, he slaughtered so many persons that he did not even venture to say anything about their number, but wrote to the senate that it was of no interest how many of them or who had died, since all had deserved to suffer this fate.”
Lot 756
Marcus Aurelius AV Aureus. Rome, December AD 166-167. M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / TR P XXI IMP IIII COS III, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch over left shoulder. RIC 174; C. 883; Calicó 1995. 7.31g, 21mm, 12h. Fleur De Coin. Despite later tendencies to view the reign of Marcus Aurelius as a golden age of peace and prosperity, in truth it was neither of these things. The years prior to the striking of this coinage had witnessed a successful invasion of Parthian territory that ensured peace with Parthia for many years, but the returning legionaries brought with them a terrible disease that would come to be known as the Antonine Plague, or the Plague of Galen, which may have been either smallpox or measles. This epidemic may have claimed the life of Lucius Verus, and lasted for some fifteen years. In all, some five million Romans are believed to have died from the plague, with the historian Cassius Dio recording that it had a mortality rate of about one in four, and at its height it caused up to two thousand deaths a day in Rome. As much as a third of the population of some areas was wiped out, and the Roman army too was severely depleted by the plague. In 166 the Lombards invaded Pannonia, and though they were swiftly defeated, Dacia too was invaded, and conflict erupted on the Danube frontier with the Marcomanni tribe. 167, the year this coin was struck, saw the Marcomanni incursion win a decisive victory over a Roman army of 20,000 at Carnuntum. They proceeded to raze Opitergium and besiege Aquileia, destroying aqueducts and irrigation conduits and routing a Roman relief army; the Pax Romana that had lasted since the days of Augustus had come to an abrupt end. Vandals and Sarmatians continued their attacks against the province of Dacia, and the Costoboci invaded Moesia, Macedonia and Greece, sacking the sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens. Though the invaders would ultimately all be repulsed through Marcus Aurelius’ efforts, the Romans suffered at least two serious defeats and the empire, already ravaged by the plague, was now severely weakened. On the coinage, the victory types of previous years were repeated in 167, but it would take the rest of Marcus Aurelius’ life and near-constant military campaigning to re-establish a measure of stability on the empire’s Germanic frontiers.
Lot 631
Marc Antony Legionary AR Denarius. Military mint moving with Antony, autumn 32 - spring 31 BC. ANT•AVG III•VIR•R•P•C, praetorian galley to right / Aquila between two signa; LEG XXIII across fields. Crawford 544/39; CRI 383; RSC 60. 3.82g, 18mm, 1h. Good Very Fine. Well centred. Rare. XXIII was the highest number securely known to have been given to a legion within Marc Antony's order of battle. This legion appears to have been disbanded after Actium, as XXIII was never again employed as a legionary numeration following Augustus' reorganisation of the Roman army, in which he consolidated and decreased the total number of serving legions. However, the following numerations of legions unknown to history have been noted on fleet denarii by Sydenham in Roman Republic Coinage, 1952. p. 196, nos. 1247-1253: XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX and XXX; A. Banti and L. Simonetti, in Corpus Nummorum Romanorum II, pp. 38-41, no. 102-8) record denarii for legions: LEG XXIV (= Turin, Fava 1964, pl. 19, 3); LEG XXV (= Hamburger sale 32, 1933, 547); LEG XXVI (= Babelon 104); LEG XXVII (Paris, BnF); LEG XXVIII (= Babelon 143); LEG XXIX (= Paris, BnF); LEG XXX (= BMCRR II, pl. 116, 12; Brunacci collection, Santamaria sale 1958, 797 [struck over a denarius of Julius Caesar with P. Sepullius Macer]; Ratto sale 1924, 1392).
Lot 309
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos the son of Seleukos IV AR Tetradrachm. Antioch, circa 175 BC. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, testing arrows and resting on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ANTIOXOY and tripod to left, ΔΙ monogram in exergue. SC 1369b; SMA 46; Mørkholm 6; Antioche de Syrie 9–18. 16.39g, 30mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare. An episode seemingly unknown to or forgotten by the ancient writers, the very brief reign of Antiochos, the younger son of Seleukos IV, is attested to by a surprisingly sizeable output of coinage in the material record, consisting of oktadrachms that feature the conjoined busts of Antiochos and his mother, Queen Laodice IV, and drachms and tetradrachms such as the present piece bearing the portrait and name of the young boy king. Heliodorus, the minister responsible for the murder of Seleukos IV, is supposed to have elevated the young Antiochos in the belief that the power of the throne would reside in his hands, installing the regency of Laodice as a necessity. However, Seleukos IV’s younger brother Antiochos, who had been held hostage in Rome under the Treaty of Apamaea until his replacement with Demetrios, elder son of Seleukos IV, swiftly moved to march on Syria with an army and claim his rightful place on the throne as Antiochos IV, abruptly changing the arrangements Heliodorus had instigated. He adopted his nephew, associated him with his rule, and married the boy’s mother, his brother’s widow. Thus, Antiochos the younger son of Seleukos IV survived a few years more until 170 when a son was born to his uncle, and he had the young Antiochos killed.
Lot 318
Seleukid Empire, Diodotos Tryphon AR Tetradrachm. Antioch, circa 142/1-138 BC. Diademed head of Tryphon right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Macedonian helmet adorned with ibex horn, Π monogram in inner left field; all within oak wreath border. Not listed in the standard references. 15.42g, 32mm, 2h. Near Extremely Fine. An apparently unique variety of this very rare type. Diodotos was a powerful administrator at Antioch during the reign of Alexander I, who played a key role in organising the rebellion that saw Alexander forced from the city and Demetrios II crowned king on the promise that Ptolemy VI would supervise his reign. This was met with one final challenge from Alexander, who was defeated by Ptolemy and subsequently assassinated by the Nabataean prince from whom he sought refuge. The victory was to come at the cost of Ptolemy’s life, who died days later from wounds received in the battle. Demetrios quickly lost the support of both the military and the populace after disbanding much of the Seleukid army and brutally crushing a rebellion at Antioch. Once again Diodotos seized the opportunity for rebellion and found an alternative ruler in Antiochos VI, the young son of Alexander and Kleopatra Thea, who he took under his protection. Their revolt against Demetrios started in Chalkis, where they gained the control of the surrounding districts before capturing Apamea in 144. It was around this time that Diodotos assumed a new name, Tryphon. He succeeded in removing Demetrios from Antioch around 144/3 and elevated Antiochos to the Seleukid throne. For two years, Antiochos reigned while Tryphon continued to campaign against Demetrios, expanding their territory into Cilicia Pedias and north Phoenicia. Around 142, Tryphon announced that Antiochos had died during surgery and having ensured the support of his soldiers with the promise of money, proclaimed himself king. He continued to wage war against Demetrios’ generals, who still held the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre, Gaza, Mesopotamia, Babylonia and parts of northern Syria. The seizure of Babylonia by Mithradates I in 141 led Demetrios to embark on an eastern campaign which would see him captured in 138. This prompted Antiochos VII, the brother of Demetrios, to raise a substantial mercenary force to recover the Seleukid kingdom. He landed at Seleukia Pieria, where many of Tryphon’s troops had defected to Kleopatra Thea, who admitted his troops and married him. Antiochos quickly took northern Syria from Tryphon’s control and pursued him into Phoenicia, where he was besieged at Dora. Tryphon escaped and fled to Apamea, where he was besieged again and eventually executed late in 138 or early 137. The elaborate ibex-horned helmet used as a reverse type on the coinage of Antiochos VI and of Tryphon once he assumed the kingship is usually considered to have been Tryphon’s personal sigil. The horn and diadem together denote divinity and royalty, and the helmet itself, with its thunderbolt-adorned cheek-guards and two medallions depicting an eagle and a panther holding a thyrsos would certainly have been worthy of either, or both. While it is most unlikely to represent Tryphon’s personal choice of headwear, it has been speculated (H. Seyrig, The Khan El-Abde Find and the Coinage of Tryphon, ANS NNM, 1950) that the helmet may have been a spectacular offering, made by the young king Antiochos VI, under the direction of Tryphon, to the god that had favoured their claim to power.
Lot 775
Commodus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 186. M COMM•ANT•P•FEL•AVG BRIT, laureate, and draped head right / LIBERT AVG•P M TR P XI•IMP VII COS V P P, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and long sceptre. RIC 135 var.); C. 339; BMCRE -, c.f. 177 note; Calicó 2282 var. (obv bust). 7.33g, 21mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin. Extremely Rare. Commodus’ coinage from AD 181 attests to the official policy of his reign, according to Mattingly and Sydenham (RIC III, p. 357) a “policy of peace, based on victorious power (cp. Types of Victory and Pax, holding branch and spear), leading to public security (‘Securitas Publica’) and prosperity (‘Felicitas’), a policy of constitutional government (‘Libertas’) and care for the material well-being of the subject (‘Annona’ and ‘Aequitas’)”. The types of 186, the year this coin was struck, “continue to witness the happiness of the age, the harmony and loyalty of the troops, the victories of the Roman arms.” There are no direct references to the serious revolts in Gaul and Spain, which are swept under the numismatic carpet; only a type of ‘Concordia Militum’ with the emperor reconciling two groups of soldiers may relate to these troubles. The continued use of Libertas again in 186 seeks to emphasise the emperor’s respect for and adherence to a constitutional government. That this was of course a naked lie should come as no surprise; Cassius Dio (73.5-73.6) relates to us some of the extra-judicial killings carried out by Commodus: “Commodus also killed Salvius Julianus and Tarrutenius Paternus, who was enrolled among the ex-consuls, and others with them, including even a woman of the nobility. And yet Julianus, after the death of Marcus, could have done at once anything whatever that he wished against Commodus, since he was a man of great renown, was in command of a large army, and enjoyed the devotion of his soldiers; but he had refused to make any rebellious move, both because of his own probity and because of the good will that he bore to Marcus even after that emperor’s death. And Paternus, if he had plotted against Commodus, as he was accused of doing, could easily have killed him while he himself was still in command of the Praetorians; but he had not done so. Commodus likewise killed the two Quintilii, Condianus and Maximus; for they had a great reputation for learning, military skill... and wealth, and their notable talents led to the suspicion that, even if they were not planning any rebellion, they were nevertheless displeased with existing conditions. Sextus Condianus, the son of Maximus, who surpassed all others by reason both of his native ability and his training, when he heard that sentence of death had been pronounced against him, too, drank the blood of a hare, after which he mounted a horse and purposely fell from it; then, as he vomited the blood, which was supposed to be his own, he was taken up, apparently on the point of death, and was carried to his room. He himself now disappeared, while a ram's body was placed in a coffin in his stead and burned. After this, constantly changing his appearance and clothing, he wandered about here and there. And when this story got out, diligent search was made for him high and low. Many were punished in his stead on account of their resemblance to him, and many, too, who were alleged to have shared his confidence or to have sheltered him somewhere; and still more persons who had perhaps never even seen him were deprived of their property.”
Lot 778
Didius Julianus AV Aureus. Rome, 28 March - 1 June AD 193. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / •P•M•TR•P•COS•, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. RIC 2a; C. 8; BMCRE 4; Calicó 2395; Woodward pl. VI, 6. 6.42g, 20mm, 5h. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. The previous emperor Pertinax having been murdered after just three months in the imperial palace, Didius Julianus was raised to the Purple in a shameful episode, where the sources record, the empire was ‘auctioned’ to the highest bidder by the Praetorian Guard. In fear of what troubles Julianus and the Praetorians could create if challenged, the Senate were forced to submit to his rule and ratify his elevation to the throne, whilst at the same time bestowing honorific titles on his wife and daughter, Manlia Scantilla and Didia Clara. Cassius Dio relates that “The next day we [the Senators] went up to pay our respects to him, moulding our faces, so to speak, and posturing, so that our grief should not be detected. The populace, however, went about openly with sullen looks, spoke its mind as much as it pleased, and was getting ready to do anything it could. Finally, when he came to the senate-house and was about to sacrifice to Janus before the entrance, all fell to shouting, as if by preconcerted arrangement, calling him stealer of the empire and parricide” (LXXIV, 13, 2-3). However, Julianus’ time in the palace was to be limited by the challenges of three provincial governors, all of whom laid claim to the imperial throne. Pescennius Niger in Syria, Clodius Albinus in Britain and Septimius Severus in Upper Pannonia all had themselves acclaimed emperor, Cassius Dio relating that it was the populace of the city that had first called for Niger to come to their aid. As the closest to Italy, Severus had the advantage and marched toward Rome, the spectre of his approaching army being enough to further weaken Julianus’ grip on power so that the Senate were able to condemn him to death and appoint Severus in his place. Seen in the knowledge of Julianus’ demise, the reverse type of the present piece featuring Fortuna is then somewhat ironic. The goddess of fortune and personification of luck in Roman religion, her depiction on the coinage would involved the goddess' blessing for the both emperor and empire; however she was as equally dedicated to ensuring life’s capriciousness, as it must quickly have become apparent to Julianus.
Lot 788
Macrinus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Felicitas standing left, cradling cornucopiae with her left arm and holding long caduceus with her right. RIC 20c; BMCRE 34; Hunter -; C. 64; Calicó 2954. 6.50g, 22mm, 6h. Near Mint State; stunning lustre. Extremely Rare. Having orchestrated the assassination of Caracalla, we are told by Cassius Dio (79.4), on account of a prophesy that had been noised abroad that he and his son were destined to hold imperial power, Macrinus was declared emperor by the army four days after his predecessor’s death. He had used the intervening time well, communicating with all the nearby detachments of soldiers to obtain their allegiance. The Senate, so far away, was powerless to intervene, and so because he had removed the hated Caracalla and more importantly because he had the support of the army, Macrinus was accorded the title Augustus, and the title of Caesar was conferred on his son Diadumenian. Macrinus himself, the first emperor to hail from the equestrian class and the first emperor of Mauretanian descent, took the name Severus to suggest continuity with the Severan dynasty who had ruled since 193. A shameful end to the campaign against Parthia, now under Macrinus’ direction, was reached when the emperor agreed to pay a large indemnity in return for peace, so that he might instead face the threats from Dacia and Armenia. His popularity fell further when he undertook to return Rome to economic stability following the ruinously profligate spending of Caracalla; as part of his reforms Macrinus proposed to reduce the burden of military spending by lowering the pay of future recruits to the level set by Septimius. Though the veteran soldiers were to be unaffected by the pay reduction, they viewed the policy as a foreshadowing of eventual reductions in their own privileges and pay, thus significantly reducing Macrinus’ popularity with the legions that had declared him emperor. For the whole of his short reign, Antioch was Macrinus’ principal residence and an imperial mint was set up there to meet the immediate monetary demands of the emperor. The coinage struck at this mint was Roman in character and style, rejecting local references in favour of traditional and time-honoured themes, such as Felicitas as depicted here, who represented the virtue of harmony that resulted from good governance and was closely associated with the ‘blessedness’ renewed under each new reign. Such an association was particularly important for an emperor raised by an army previously loyal to Caracalla and the Severans, of which house there were still a number of living members.
Lot 725
Hadrian AV Aureus. Rome, circa AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing left, holding palm in left hand and eagle, which bears wreath in beak, in outstretched hand right. RIC 284; Calicó 1397; C. 1459. 7.27g, 19mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Rare. This reverse type most likely makes reference to Hadrian's victory over Simon Bar Kochba in Judaea during the last Romano-Jewish war. Strack (pp. 132–9) and Mattingly (BMCRE p. cxlvi), both attribute the Victory reverses on the late aurei of Hadrian to the Roman victory in the Bar Kochba War in Judaea (AD 132-135). This large-scale rebellion lasted from AD 132-136, and succeeded in establishing an independent state of Israel over parts of Judaea for over two years. Jewish gains were short-lived however, as Hadrian drafted in six full legions with auxiliaries and vexillations from up to six further legions, which finally crushed the revolt. According to Cassius Dio, 580,000 Jews were killed during the rebellion, 50 fortified towns and 985 villages were razed to the ground, and many more Jews sold into slavery. Roman military casualties were significant; Cassius Dio claimed that "Many Romans, moreover, perished in this war. Therefore, Hadrian, in writing to the Senate, did not employ the opening phrase commonly affected by the emperors: 'If you and your children are in health, it is well; I and the army are in health.'" Legio XXII Deiotariana was disbanded after severe losses, and Legio IX Hispana was possibly also disbanded as a result of the war, according to recent scholarship.
Lot 882
Michael VI Stratioticus AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1056-1057. + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / + mIXA HL AVTOCRAT, Michael standing facing on left, wearing crown with pendilia and jewelled chlamys, holding globus cruciger, and being crowned by the Theotokos standing facing on right, wearing nimbus crown, pallium and maphorium; barred MӨ between. DOC 1a; Sear 1840; Berk 310. 4.39g, 25mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin; one of the finest known examples. Extremely Rare. Michael’s reign was short. The elderly patrician was chosen as heir by the Empress Theodora on her deathbed in early September 1056. Having been military finance minister (hence the epithet Stratioticus), and apparently a relative of the powerful courtier Joseph Bringas (who had been influential during the reign of Romanovs II), he was recommended to Theodora for the position. His appointment ended the 189 year long Macedonian Dynasty that had begun with Basil I. Although Michael was able to survive an early conspiracy organised by a nephew of the former emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, Michael faced the disaffection of the military aristocracy, which he further alienated by ignoring the perceived rights of the general Nikephoros Bryennios. Thus putting himself at odds with this still powerful element of society, when Nikephoros was arrested for plotting to overthrow the emperor the military aristocracy rallied around a general named Isaac Komnenos, who was proclaimed emperor by his troops in Paphlagonia on 8 June 1057. On 26 August 1057, Michael’s army was routed at the Battle of Petroe near Nicaea, leaving nothing between Isaac and Constantinople. Michael attempted to negotiate by offering Isaac the position of Caesar, and so the position of heir to the empire. During the negotiations riots erupted in the city in favour of Isaac, and the Patriarch of Constantinople convinced Michael to abdicate. Following the Patriarch’s advice, Michael lived out the rest of his days as a monk, and retired to his private home, dying there in or around 1059.
Lot 2889
George III signed army commission/warrant, dated 1797 (French Revolutionary Wars era). The document relates to a William Gant, Lieutenant (born in Lincolnshire, moved to Kentucky after the American Revolutionary War). Signed in ink at upper-left by King George Third. An interesting Georgian British vellum document bearing an important signature/autograph for this historical figure.
Lot 415
A collection of sweetheart brooches, lapel pins, kilt pins and badges including Royal Navy, RAF, Army regiments, etc., in white and yellow metal, some enamelled, some mounted on mother of pearl/tortoiseshell, etc. CONDITION REPORT: Items have not been removed from mounts so cannot verify classification of material, condition of lugs/pins, etc.; some with visible surface wear, dirt, etc.; please refer to images for regiments/units included.
Lot 197
A WWII period German Kriegsmarine dagger with metal scabbard, pommel and hangers, with WKC Solingen blade measuring 25.5cm.The dagger was brought to the United Kingdom by Army Air Corps Lieutenant John (Jack) Edward Helingoe, who was a prisoner of war kept for seven months in the Jakob-Grimm School in Rotenburg, Germany, from October 1944 to April 1945.Sold with copies of related letters and pages of book on the Battle of Arnhem, in which he was mentioned.
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Lot 249
A quantity of military reference and textbooks to include History of the War in the Peninsula […], six volumes by W. F. P. Napier, Polish Orders, Medals, Badges and Insignia […] by Z. P. Wesolowski, The Territorial Artillery 1908-1988 by N. Litchfield, The Thin Red Line Uniforms of the British Army […] by D. and B. Fosten, etc.
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