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Click here to subscribeTV/FILM THEME SINGLES - A strong collection of 35 x 7" singles featuring many demos. Artists/titles include Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howard - Up Pompeii demo, Dad's Army March (demo DB 8766), Kenny Everett - Nice Time (DM 245 demo), Norman Wisdom, Wilfred Brambell, Peter Denyer - Beggar Boy, Sally James - Copycat, Pan's People, Marty Feldman and Sidney James (45-F 11328). Condition is generally VG+ to Ex.
"Geographia" large scale street plan of the city of Bristol, on cloth, Ordnance Survey district map of Bristol bearing date 1929, picture post commemorating the Coronation 1953, The Army at War magazine "Tunisia" and "The Battle of Egypt", London Illustrated News of Coronation 1937, other magazines and Royal ephemera (1 case)
An SS11 air to ground missile, a French development of the German World War II, X4 missile, a wire-guided anti-tank missile utilising a shaped charge warhead, the SS11 saw service in the Royal Navy and British Army from circa 1970-1985, green painted dummy missile with wooden warhead and fins and a steel body.
A WWII Bergen backpack A.C.5195 SEN 1945 along with a WWII US A-5 Aerial Delivery container. *The Bergen backpacks were developed in Norway before the war and variations of them were used by all sides in the conflict. The use of the bergen is often associated with Commandos who made extensive use of them due to the large size and comfort of the pack. *The A-5 Aerial Delivery Container one of several types the WWII era US Army Air Force employed to re-supply military ground units by parachute. This was also a primary method of delivery of bulky and heavy items used by the airborne divisions and other special operations units during their missions.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze statuette of a standing youthful male flamen (priest) on a pedestal base, wearing ankle-length trousers, short-sleeved tunic and a loosely draped mantle over the left shoulder, wolf-skin cowl to the head and back; hands modelled open and raised to chest height. 362 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). Very fine condition. Extremely rare. Property of a gentleman; from a Mayfair, London, UK, gallery. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. The flamen Martialis (priest of Mars) was the officiant in the state cult of Mars, god of war. He was one of the three flamines maiores (high priests) who led public rites on the days sacred to Mars. Among his duties was the ritual wielding of the sacred spears of Mars when the army was preparing for war. The wolf-skin cowl was used as a mark of rank by the signifer (standard bearer) in the Roman legions.
3rd-4th century AD. A silver ring with tapering shank with wide flaring shoulder with incised X on each, bezel inscribed with HISP, which may relate to the army legion of Legio IX Hispana. 9 grams, 27.92mm overall, 18.65mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/4, USA 8 3/4, Europe 59, Japan 18) (1"). Fine condition. Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975.
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze discoid plaque with repousse design of a seated female with crescent headdress confronted by a mounted horseman with falx(?), large facing figure between. 3.28 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). [No Reserve] Fine condition; rim with evidence of mounting. Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. The scene possibly represents the Thracian rider god with the Mother Goddess in front of him, sun and moon above and the bust of a male deity in the middle. The popularity of this cult spread through the Roman army after the conquest of Dacia by Trajan in the early second century AD.
Two 20th century gouache studies of agricultural scenes, one with a team of three heavy horses pulling a load of timber along a country lane with blossom trees, signed bottom left John Spencer, 30 x 45 cm approx, the other showing shire horses watering at a stream with girls in Second World War Land Army type uniforms, unsigned but by the same hand, 31 x 41 cm approx, both in oak frames
A 1945 COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA POSTER BY NIKOLAI AVVAKUMOV (RUSSIAN 1908-1945)1918-1945 MI ARMIYU NASHU ROSTILI V SRAZHENIYAKH..., [1918-1945 We Grew Our Army In Battles...], color lithograph, 1945, signed and dated in plate lower left, published by Isskustvo, edition of 25,000, 59.2 x 87.7 cm (23 3/8 x 34 1/2 in.)
A collection of nine George IV and Queen Victoria Royal commission documents to Thomas Simson Pratt (1797-1879) - later Sir Thomas - British Army General, comprising, 'Lieutenant to that Company whereof (blank) Esq is Captain in out Twenty Sixth (or Cameronian) Regiment of Foot commanded by our right trusty and right welbeloved ? Lieutenant General George Earl of Dalhousie', dated 20th April 1820, signed by King George IV; an earlier commission to the same regiment dated 2nd February 1814 but indistinct, signed by the Prince of Wales as Regent, the third 'to be Major in our Twenty Sixth Regiment of Foot, from the 25th Day of December 1835', dated 17th February 1836, signed by King William IV; the forth 'Lieutenant Colonel in our Twenty Sixth Regiment of Foot from the 28th day of August 1841', dated 28th December 1841, signed by Queen Victoria; the fifth a promotion to be 'Colonel in our Army, from the 11th November 1851', dated 3rd January 1851, signed by Queen Victoria; the sixth a promotion commission to 'be Major-General in our Army, from the 26th of October 1858', dated 8th June 1862, signed by Edward Lugard; the seventh a promotion commission to be lieutenant General in our Army, from the 31st of May 1865', dated 5th June 1865, signed by Edward Lugard; the eighth a promotion as Sir Thomas Simson Pratt K.C.B. Major General of our Forces, 'to be Colonel of our Thirty Seventh Regiment of Foot, from the 30th of May 1862', dated 7th July 1862, signed by Edward Lugard, the ninth a promotion 'to be General in our Land Forces, from the 26th day of May 1873', dated 10th June 1873; with, a commission to Thomas Simson Pratt C.B. Lieut Col, Half Pay - Dep'y Adjutant General, Madras, 'to hold the rank of Colonel in the Queens Army, in the East Indies only, and to take rank from the 17th day of March 1851', dated Simla 17th June 1851, by appointment of Sir William Maynard Gomm; with, VICTORIA VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY No 54, 23rd April 1861 and a Queen Victoria Grant to Major General Thomas Simson Pratt, 'of the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath' signed by Queen Victoria and the Great Master and dated Osborne House 16th July 1861 (Qty) Sir Thomas Pratt's medals were sold at auction with DNW, Lot 696, 18/05/2011 as part of the Bill and Angie Strong collection
A Queen's South Africa medal group of three to 5917 Pte H. Blackemore Cheshire Regt, comprising QSA with South Africa 1902, 1901 and Transvaal bars, and World War I pair to S.E. 26056 Pte H. Blackemore A.V.C. (Army Veterinary Corps), with three Army Temperance Association medals, one for the 1897 Jubilee, and two in memoriam for Queen Victoria 1901, two other A.T.A. medals and a Cheshire Regiment badge (9). Blakemore died in 1960 at the age of 82 and is buried in Marbury Church, Cheshire
A collection of six King George III Royal commission documents to James Pratt, comprising 'Captain in our Seventy Seventh Regiment of foot or Atholl Highlanders commanded by our trusty and welbeloved Major General James Murray' dated 22nd January 1783, signed by King George III; the second to 'Captain of a Company in our Loyal Tay Regiment of Fencible Infantry commanded by our trusty and welbeloved Colonel Robert Anstruther and to take rank in our army during the establishment of the said regiment only', dated October 25th 1794, signed by King George III; the third to 'lieutenant to that Company whereof (blank) Esq is Captain in our Fourteenth Battalion of Reserve Commanded by our trusty and welbeloved Colonel Sir William Erskine Bart', dated 9th July 1803, signed by George III; the fourth 'Captain of a Company in the Cupar Volunteers commanded by our trusty and welbeloved Lieutenant Colonel James Stewart but not to take rank in our army except during the time of the said Cupar being called out into actual service', dated 25th June 1803, signed by King George III; the fifth 'Captain to that Company whereof (blank) Esq was late Captain in our Nova Scotia Fencibles Commanded by our trusty and welbeloved Colonel Frederich Augustus Wetherall', dated 12th February 1807; the sixth 'Captain of a Company whereof (black) Esq ? late Captain in the Seventh Royal Veteran Battalion commanded by our trusty & welbeloved Lieutenant General Thomas Murray', dated 18th April 1811, signed George R by the Prince of Wales as Regent; with a commission from Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, to Captain James Pratt 'to the Loyal Tay Regiment of Fencible infantry', dated 2nd January 1799 (7)
Japanese Tinplate Military Tank group to include TAIYO Japan, M-4 combat tank, mainly tinplate battery operated combat tank, missing end of tank barrel with original box (VG-BG), Modern Toys of Japan tinplate and battery operated MS-58 Missile Tank, missing missiles otherwise (G-BG) and a Nomura of Japan M-48 Army Tank (G-BG)
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