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Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) - 'Libya, 1942' Oil on canvas, signed, titled verso, approx. 25x34cm, framed. NB: Tadeusz not only fought in the Second World War in the Polish Army but also acted as War Correspondent. For further information please see www.tadeuszwas.co.uk/history.html.

Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) - 'Resting, Italy, 1944' Ink wash on paper, signed, titled verso, approx. 14x23cm, framed. NB: Tadeusz not only fought in the Second World War in the Polish Army but also acted as War Correspondent. For further information please see www.tadeuszwas.co.uk/history.html.

Tadeusz Was (Polish, 1912-2005) - 'Transit-Camp. Egypt 1943' Ink wash on paper, signed and dated, titled verso, approx. 17x21cm, framed. NB: Tadeusz not only fought in the Second World War in the Polish Army but also acted as War Correspondent. For further information please see www.tadeuszwas.co.uk/history.html.

Lots 300 to 322The collection of Henry Poirier (1931-2014)Poirier was a consultant orthopedic surgeon at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex. His initial wish was to study architecture, but this was vetoed by his family who felt it was not a secure profession. They were, however, prepared to support his education in medicine and, after achieving a scholarship to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, he went on to be house physician to Sir Ronald Bodley Scott and house surgeon to Basil Hume and Alan Hunt.Conscripted to the army in 1954, he carried out his National Service in Malaya, dealing with many trauma injuries. He also spent three months as a resident medical officer to the 1st Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment stationed in Singapore and was then promoted to the rank of Major.In order to further his surgical career, he became an anatomy demonstrator at King's College, London. He was later appointed as registrar to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore an

TONKA ARMY JEEP

M9 ARMY KNIFE IN SCABBARD 7' BLADE

1940 ARMY POCKET KNIFE

ARMY JACKET & TROUSERS KHAKI

NAVY ARMY JACKET

5 DINKY ARMY VEHICLES & MECCANO JEEP 257

Pair to Private W Smith, M2-174528, Army Service Corps, British War medal and Victory medal, (2).

A COLLECTION OF GERMAN RELATED MILITARY CAP BADGES to include a German Kriegsmarine badge marked SBW to the back, a German Army bronze tank assault badge etc. and further badges

A COLLECTION OF WORLD MILITARY CAP BADGES to include US Officers cap badge, Navy Seal officers cap badge, bomb disposal US Army badge, a New Zealand Expeditionary Force badge and a quantity of reproduction badges

A REGULAR ARMY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL and an Iraq General Service medal, each awarded to 1036655 GNR.N. Brockless. R.A. and a King George VI Coronation medal 1937

BRITISH ARMY COLLAR BADGES. Approximately 100 pairs of British Army collar badges from Stores

A collection of military related items including Nigmegen marching medal, Army wood badges etc

PRESLEY ELVIS: (1935-1977) American Rock 'n' Roll Singer. A printed 2.5 x 3.5 card featuring an image of Presley in a head and shoulders pose wearing a United States military uniform, issued to promote his appearance in the musical drama film King Creole (1958), signed ('Elvis Presley') in bold blue ink to the verso with his name alone. To the recto of the card appears a lock of Presley's hair, comprising a considerable number of short (c. 0.5 inches in length) cut strands. The lock is secured under a laminate which covers the entire of the recto (but not the verso, and therefore not affecting the signature). Some slight age wear and light staining to the laminate and image, otherwise VG Provenance: The present lot was originally sold as lot 377 in a Julien's Auction and is accompanied by the original lot tag and the catalogue card which states, in part, 'The hair was obtained by a child in Germany whose father oversaw Presley in the army. On the day the troops got their hair cut, the young man snagged a lock of hair from the sheet covering Presley's uniform, drawing a laugh from both Presley and the barber. The card was laminated with help from the boy's mother and the next day in the mess hall the boy had Presley sign the card'.

'…of course the poor things didn't know who I was, but mistook me for a lady of the town…' DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. An amusing conclusion of an A.L.S., Daphne, six pages (numbered 4, 5 and 6 to the head of the recto of each sheet), 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1930s), to [Foy Quiller-Couch]. In a social letter to her friend Du Maurier writes of an event which she attended, 'with her were those Lord and Lady Weymouth….I'm afraid they are a dreadful set. Those are the sort of people one would gladly see guillotined. It was dreadful to see old bishops and quiet worthy general's wives being elbowed out of the way. I shall remember the haggard harsh-faced Lady Stanley for a long time….she had that dreadful loud voice, and was bristling with tiaras; she was probably drunk' and also sends news of being introduced to the married quarters occupied by forty different women, 'For the first time I thanked God for Alexandria, as I was able to ask them all if they wanted to go, and it took about 5 minutes discussing it. My first start off was rather typical and unfortunate. I lost my way, and instead of getting to the married quarters, found myself in the heart of the mens barracks, where one isn't meant to go, and had to run the gauntlet while chaps at the window cat called and whistled….of course the poor things didn't know who I was, but mistook me for a lady of the town, and of course the appalling thing is that when I give prizes away at the sports this summer, some of them will perhaps recognise me, and our mutual embarassment will be agony!! Can you come up instead and pretend to be me? I obviously can't appear!' Du Maurier also writes of her eldest daughter who had been to London on a day trip with a nurse to visit family in Hampstead, remarking 'The nurse was prostrate with fatigue at the end of the day, but the child apparently was as fresh as she had been at the beginning! She is an alarming child; as she was met by Angela Halliday in a small sports car instead of by mummy in the Hillman with the grey hood, she at once turned to the nurse and said "That's not Granny's car - where's Granny's car?" She had seen the Hillman once, in February! My one hope is that she will be a wizard with an engine, and we can shut her up for hours with one, in the years long years to come! The Guardsman [her husband, Frederick Browning] is despondent, and says all his worst characteristics are appearing in his child!'. Some light age wear and minor staining to the final page, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930 the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. Frederick Browning (1896-1965) British Lieutenant General of World War II, remembered for his important role with the First Allied Airborne Army during Operation Market Garden. Husband of Du Maurier from 1932. Tessa Browning (1933- ) Daughter and eldest child of Du Maurier and Browning. Her second husband is David Montgomery (1928- ) 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.

'…a touch of senile decay will have affected me, and I shall have no control over my conversation…' DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Large portion of an A.L.S., Daphne, twelve pages, (missing pages four and five), 8vo, 13 Rue Jessop, (although on the printed stationery of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria), 29th December 1936, to Foy (Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier announces 'The socks are on my feet. The holly is at the mast-head of our galleon on the mantelpiece. The calendar is above the Guardsman's [her husband, Frederick Browning] desk….For all these things we send love and thanks' and writes of their 'very pleasant' Christmas, 'We were decked with Egyptian holly (an evergreen with scarlet berries, most effective) a bunch of mistletoe adorned the door, we had a real Christmas tree, and were given two turkeys! These last arrived three weeks before the feast, alive, and we were obliged to keep them in the strip of path behind the house and feed them until the day of execution. I don't think Mother would have approved, but what else could we do? We had a fine dinner, puds and pies complete, with the nice Prescotts in to help us eat it and pull crackers, and the Colonel of the Irish Guards and wife from Cairo. Boxing Day struck the usual ant-climax'. Du Maurier also playfully reflects on old age, following an illness suffered by her husband which she feels will recur throughout his life, 'in retirement at Fowey the old Colonel will be seen very red in the face on bended sticks being helped along….and everyone flying into shops at his approach. Miss Quiller-Couch in an East wind, bowed beneath scarlet umbrella, will have the same effect on the populace. I, as an elderly lady, will be milder of temper but possibly more embarrassing to meet than either of you, as a touch of senile decay will have affected me, and I shall have no control over my conversation. I shall stop total strangers in the street, and enquire their age.' The letter continues 'The poor Guardsman getting very doleful at my departure….I leave Port Said on January 16th' and concludes with an amusing anecdote, 'To finish up, here is a story for Father. We dined the other night at the Murray Grahams (I have kept the Xmas card!) after dinner our hostess sat down and played to us, with the usual deep breathings, swaying from side to side, and rolling of the eyes. When she had finished she rose with dazzling smile to dead silence. She turned to the Guardsman "And how did you like that?" "Not very much, quite frankly", replied the Guardsman, "I'm not very keen on classical music I'm afraid. Now, if you'd play something with a tune in it…" Mrs. Graham smiled pityingly, and faced the rest of her little audience. No one else spoke. And then from the back came the dry voice of a certain Dr. Gilmore. "I've decided my new hobby" said he "And what is that, Doctor, piano-playing?" enquired Mrs. Graham, with a renewal of dazzling smile. "No, the bag pipes" he said. There was an awful pause and then a rush of conversation, and everyone began talking of something else. The piano was closed and we had no more music….We have not seen Mrs. Graham since.' Du Maurier also writes a postscript expressing her distress at having just heard of General Poole's death and also enquiring of other mutual acquaintances. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930 the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. Frederick Browning (1896-1965) British Lieutenant General of World War II, remembered for his important role with the First Allied Airborne Army during Operation Market Garden. Husband of Du Maurier from 1932.

COHEN MORRIS: (1887-1970) British-Canadian Adventurer, aide-de-camp to Sun Yat-sen and a Major-General in the Chinese National Revolutionary Army. Rare book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Two-Gun Cohen by Charles Drage, published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1954 (second impression). Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink by Cohen to the front free endpaper and dated 19th December 1959 in his hand. Bound in red cloth and accompanied by the dust jacket. About VG Cohen's life story is an interesting one - he arrived in China in 1922 and trained Sun Yat-sen's small armed forces to box and shoot, and he soon became one of Sun's main protectors, accompanying the Chinese leader to war zones and conferences. Cohen carried two guns with him and the western community were intrigued by Sun's gun-toting protector and began calling him 'Two-Gun Cohen', a name which stuck, hence the title of the present biography. When the Japanese invaded China in 1937 Cohen joined the fight and undertook some tasks for the British Intelligence Agency, Special Operations Executive (SOE). Cohen was in Hong Kong when the Japanese attacked in December 1941 and, on the fall of Hong Kong, the Japanese imprisoned Cohen in Stanley Prison Camp. He was not released until late 1943 as part of a rare prisoner exchange.

GRENFELL FRANCIS: (1880-1915) British Army Officer, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Audregnies, Belgium, during the Action of Elouges on 24th August 1914. Rare A.L.S., Francis, two pages, 8vo, Overstone, Northampton, 30th September (1914), to Sybil [Murray]. Grenfell states that he was glad to receive his correspondent's kind letter, commenting 'In the old days you went through what I am suffering now' and continuing 'Well, there were no greater friends than Rivy & Alastair & they are together now. Rivy died the death he would have chosen - & is with God & there we can afford to leave him'. Autographs of Grenfell are rare in any form as a result of his being killed in action at the age of 34. With a contemporary ink annotation to the integral leaf, in an unidentified hand (although most likely that of Murray), stating, in full, 'Francis was killed May 24th. His last words: Tell my men that I died loving them -'. A couple of very slight, minor paperclip rust stains to the upper edge of the first page, otherwise VG Grenfell refers to the death of his twin brother, Riversdale Grenfell (1880-1914), who served in the 9th Lancers with his brother and was also tragically killed in action in September 1914.

Montgomery's Allied Cease Fire Order WORLD WAR II: A rare World War II document issued under the orders of Field Marshal Montgomery, being the first Allied Cease Fire order in Germany, one page, 4to, n.p., 4th May 1945. The purple ink mimeographed document is an original field order marked GO 411A SECRET and was transmitted from Exfor Main at 20.50 hours on 4th May 1945 to be received by 'FIRST CDN ARMY: SECOND BRIT ARMY: L OF C: GHQ AA TPS: 79 ARMD DIV: EXFOR REAR…..' and reads, in full, 'all offensive ops will cease fire from receipt this signal. orders will be given to all tps to cease fire 0800 hrs tomorrow saturday 5 may. full terms of local german surrender arranged today for 21 ARMY GP follow. emphasise these provisions apply solely to 21 ARMY GP front and are for the moment excl of DUNKIRK. ack'. Signed in facsimile at the foot by Major General David Belchem with an instruction 'IN CIPHER if liable to interception'. This being the original document received by Captain Corner and annotated with his name in pencil to the upper right corner. An historically important document representing the first publication regarding the German surrender (the printed press not having had time to run their copy). A couple of very minor paperclip rust stains, only very slightly affecting a couple of words of text, otherwise VG At 18.20 hours on 4th May 1945 German field commanders surrendered all hostile forces in North West Europe to Field Marshal Montgomery's 21st Army Group at his Tactical HQ, then located on Luneburg Heath. Montgomery immediately ordered his Chief of Operations, Major General David Belchem, to issue a cease fire order to all subordinate units, the present document being an original surviving copy of this order. This signal was transmitted at 20.50 hours on the 4th May 1945 and is reproduced on the verso of the illustration of the Instrument of Surrender featured in Normandy to the Baltic by Montgomery (1946, pages 276-277). Ronald Frederick King David Belchem (1911-1981) British Major-General of World War II, Head of Montgomery's Operation staff 1943-45. Charles Corner (1916-2006) British Army Captain, a Royal Signals Staff Officer assigned to Montgomery's Tactical HQ at Luneburg Heath. Corner was responsible for the transmission of all TAC signals traffic and was also one of 27 specially selected officers to be invited to a celebration dinner given by Montgomery in the Tactical 'B' Mess on 6th May 1945. Another copy of the field order, although without the interesting provenance of the present document, was sold by Bonhams in New York as part of their World War II 70th Anniversary auction in New York on 29th April 2015 (Lot 157, sold for $7500)

'all offensive operations will be cancelled forthwith and all tps will be ordered to cease fire at 0800 hrs 5 May' WORLD WAR II: A rare World War II document issued by the British Second Army, being their first Cease Fire Order, one page, 4to, n.p., 5th May 1945. The purple ink mimeographed document is an original Signal Message (marked SECRET) sent from the Main Second Army at 00.30 hours on 5th May 1945 to be received by 'Main HQ 8 Corps, Main HQ 12 Corps, Main HQ 30 Corps, XVIII US Corps' and states, in full, 'Local German surrender signed by Comd in Chief 21 ARMY GP and German representative today (.) all offensive operations will be cancelled forthwith and all tps will be ordered to cease fire at 0800 hrs 5 May'. Signed in facsimile at the foot by a Lieutenant General, General Staff, and with an instruction 'If liable to be intercepted or to fall into enemy hands this message must be sent IN CIPHER'. With several pencil annotations to the upper edge. A document of significant importance relating to the end of World War II. A few small spots of foxing, only very slightly affecting a couple of words of text, and with some light creasing, about VG Following receipt of the Cease Fire Order from 21 Army Group (see lot 375) the Second Army issued their own Cease Fire Order to all its subordinate commands, the present document being an original surviving copy of this signal. The text is quoted in full in An Account of the Operations of Second Army in Europe 1944-45 (Volume II, page 434). Provenance: the present document originates from the papers of Charles Corner (1916-2006) British Army Captain, a Royal Signals Staff Officer assigned to Montgomery's Tactical HQ at Luneburg Heath. Corner was responsible for the transmission of all TAC signals traffic and was also one of 27 specially selected officers to be invited to a celebration dinner given by Montgomery in the Tactical 'B' Mess on 6th May 1945. A similar document was sold by Bonhams in New York as part of their World War II 70th Anniversary auction in New York on 29th April 2015 (Lot 159, sold for $5000)

WORLD WAR II: An extremely rare World War II document issued under the orders of Field Marshal Montgomery, being his announcement of the end of the war to his Headquarters staff, one page, small 4to, n.p., 7th May 1945. The purple ink mimeographed document is a Message sent from G(Ops) TAC (21st Army Tactical Headquartes) to all members of Montgomery's Tactical Headquarters staff announcing the end of the war in Europe following the formal unconditional surrender of all German forces at Rheims on 7th May 1945 at 02.41 hours, and states, in full, 'GO 248. The following will be made known to all ranks immediately. The end of the war in EUROPE came when at 0241 hrs this morning a representative of the GERMAN High Command signed the unconditional surrender of all GERMAN land sea and air forces in EUROPE to the Allied Expeditionary Force and simultaneously to the Soviet High Command under which all forces will cease active operations at midnight 8/9 MAY'. Signed in facsimile at the foot by a Major, General Staff, with the instruction that it be delivered by hand. Some very light, minor creasing and the lower edge very slightly irregularly torn, and with a series of staple holes to the upper left corner, none of which affects the text, otherwise VG The message conveyed in the present document was prepared by Montgomery's Operations Staff at 09.10 hours on the morning of the 7th May 1945 with the instruction that the contents were to be made known to all ranks immediately. The priority was 'By Hand' and a copy was despatched to Montgomery's Military Assistant for information. Only a small number of copies of the present document would have been produced for distribution to the commanders of the various TAC Headquarters detachments for subsequent dissemination by them to the troops under their command. We can find no other records of one having been offered for sale at auction previously. Provenance: the present document originates from the papers of Charles Corner (1916-2006) British Army Captain, a Royal Signals Staff Officer assigned to Montgomery's Tactical HQ at Luneburg Heath. Corner was responsible for the transmission of all TAC signals traffic and was also one of 27 specially selected officers to be invited to a celebration dinner given by Montgomery in the Tactical 'B' Mess on 6th May 1945.

EISENHOWER DWIGHT D.: (1890-1969) American General of World War II, later American President 1953-61. A good vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph of Eisenhower in uniform and seated in a half length pose at his desk, holding a pen in one hand as he signs a document and holding a cigarette in the other. Photograph by Bertram Park of London and signed by him in pencil to the lower photographer's mount. Signed by Eisenhower in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount with a good inscription, 'To Lieut General K. A. N. Anderson, who commanded the British First Army throughout the North African campaign to the date of its smashing victory in Tunisia. With deep appreciation and best wishes, Dwight D. Eisenhower'. An excellent association photograph. Some light age toning, scuffing and minor foxing to the photographer's mount, most likely caused by previous framing, and with a couple of small surface scratches to the image, otherwise about VG Kenneth A. N. Anderson (1891-1959) British General of World War II, remembered for his command of the First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. Eisenhower, perhaps in slight contrast to the sentiments expressed on the present photograph, wrote of Anderson that he was 'blunt, at times to the point of rudeness'.

HERZNER HANS-ALBRECHT: (1907-1942) German Oberleutnant of World War II, the first man to engage in combat at the beginning of the war, one week before the official commencement of hostilities. Herzner was also the first recipient of a decoration for valour in World War II. Extremely rare, bold pencil signature ('Herzner') on a small oblong 12mo ticket, possibly removed from a larger document. The pale pink printed ticket bears the black printed numbers 5 and 281 along with several other light pencil numbers. One small file hole towards the left edge, not affecting the signature. VG On Friday, 25th August 1939 at 15.02 hours Adolf Hitler issued his order to attack Poland in what was known as Operation White. However four hours later he rescinded the order although it came too late to stop Herzner and his thirteen man special commando unit who had crossed the Slovakian-Polish border at 00.03 hours on 25th August, intent on preventing the destruction of the strategic Jablunka Pass Tunnel by the Polish Army. At 03.55 hours Herzner captured the railway station at Mosty, but failed to secure the tunnel as a result of stiff resistance. When radio communications (which had been lost) were re-established with Herzner's HQ, a few hours later, he and his unit were immediately withdrawn. One Pole had been killed, two Germans wounded and one taken prisoner. On the 1st September Hitler re-ordered the attack on Poland and, once again, Herzner captured Mosty. The tunnel was destroyed by the Polish Army. For his actions Herzner received the Iron Cross II Class.

ROMMEL ERWIN: (1891-1944) German Field Marshal of World War II. Wartime D.S., Rommel, in bold pencil, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in German. The printed document is issued by Rommel in his capacity as Commanding Officer of the German Afrika Corps and commences by stating that he is no longer able to send personal replies to the messages of good wishes which he receives from Germany, continuing, in part, 'The daily army communique….gives you an account of what has been accomplished by the troops entrusted to me. These accomplishments are enormous. The tremendous heat by day, the cold by night, the eternal sand and dust, and not least the stern battles over a wide area, partly in difficult terrain, unceasingly impose the greatest demands on every soldier of the Afrika Corps. The special bulletins provide youwith confirmation that we are meeting the demands on us, and have the will to perform the tasks given to us by the Fuhrer, until the last enemy is killed….' A document of excellent content. Lightly mounted at the corners, otherwise VG

BRAUCHITSCH WALTHER VON: (1881-1948) German Field Marshal of World War II, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army in the early years of World War II. D.S., von Brauchitsch, one page, 4to, Berlin, 2nd April 1938, in German. The attractively penned partially printed document, issued in the name of the Reich and bearing a facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler, appoints Willy Foll, a governmental building contractor and qualified engineer, to be a teacher in technical studies upon joining the permanent Civil Service. Signed by Brauchitsch at the foot alongside a blind embossed seal featuring the Nazi Swastika and Eagle. With blank integral leaf. VG

GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. Autograph Envelope Signed (with his initials GRI), the oblong 8vo envelope simply addressed in his hand to Mr. Woods, the contents evidently having been delivered by hand. Dated 1945 in pencil to the upper right corner in an unidentified hand. A few light creases and minor spots of foxing. Together with Mary of Teck (1867-1953) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom 1910-36, wife of King George V and mother of King George VI. Autograph Envelope, unsigned, addressed in her hand to Sir Douglas Dawson at the Lord Chamberlain's Office at St. James' Palace. Generally VG, 2 Douglas Dawson (1854-1933) British Army General and Courtier, Comptroller in the Lord Chamberlain's Department.

A hallmarked silver cup engraved Eight Army 1941-1945 Birmingham assay 1972 in presentation case, approx weight 153 gm

19TH CENTURY - TRAINING SHIP CORNWALL - A CIRCULAR PIECE OF WOOD with applied tin label, inscribed in ink 'Dowell from T.S. Cornwall' and 'Ex. Collection Cutty Sark Trust Greenwich - Reacquisition Fund Item #318 2004, 9cm x 7cm. The Cornwall was involved in a great scandal in 1903 when seven boys contracted typhoid. It was discovered that cheap blankets from army hospitals, unwashed and infected, had been sold to the ship. This did not stop her work and she was re-certified 1st April, 1908 for 275 boys, in 1926 removed to Gravesend and re-certified for 200 boys. In 1927 she was given permission to fly a defaced Blue Ensign with the letter C on it. In 1932 Admiral Commanding Reserves suggested that the ensign should be red, since boys from the ship were not eligible to enlist in the Royal Navy, and found employment ashore, or in the Merchant Navy. It became an Approved School from 1933 for 175 boys, combined ship and shore. The ship sunk when it was bombed in 1940, and raised again in 1948 to be broken up. Her figurehead was taken to Chatham Dockyard and set up at the main gate under her original name of HMS Wellesley.

GREAT WAR - AN EMOTIVE BRITISH - INDIAN ARMY TRENCH ART SUSPENSION LOCKET modelled from a gilt brass uniform button the reverse inscribed and glazed 'I.A. A. Sood Killed in Action Neuve Chapelle 11.3.16' together with a Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque to Thomas Schofield (rubbed and loved) (2).

GREAT WAR - A TRENCH ART COPPER SPADE SHAPED COAL SHOVEL of multi-piece heavy gauge, riveted construction set with a large nickel silver British army regulation button, 41cm long together with a trench art ashtray and matchbox holder combination with framed soldier's photograph, 14cm high

GREAT WAR - ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS A Leather Photograph Frame containing a circular black and white image of a Major of the regiment, the frame, easel backed and typically mounted with an RAMC king's crown cap badge device, 25cm x 29cm

GREAT WAR - GREAT WAR - PETTY OFFICER REGINALD JOHN PHILEMAN MILLARD OF FOREST HILL, ESSEX AND HMS CARDIFF, HMS PEMBROKE, ROYAL NAVY - A UNIQUE AND HISTORIC ENGRAVED BRITISH NAVAL CAPTAIN'S COPPER MEGAPHONE inscribed with a list of battles and incidents 'The Great War 1914-1918 - HMS Bellona, HMS Canterbury - Jutland - Schouan Bank - South Dogger - Zeebrugge - Ostend - Several Scraps with Zeppelins and Aeroplanes' verso: Black Sea 1918-1919 - Dardanelles - Demonstration off Constantinople - First Armed Ship into Sevastopol for 63 Years - Took over German Black Sea Fleet Bolshevik - Bolshevik Rising at Nikolaieff, 40cm long, together with certified papers of 25 years of naval service for Reginald John Philemon Millard 1917-1942, listing all ships and postings and his personal photograph album containing approximately 200 many private and unpublished black and white images, some inscribed, naval, military and family, including studies of the Constantinople riots in Alexandria, Chiefs of tribes visiting HMS Bryony (Sudan) Native quarters in Sudan, Shipboard Christening of Commander Lubbock' Warners Baby off Malta, Mascots of HMS Cardiff including a bear, very rare images of the evacuation of the White Arm at Gagri , Southern Russia, Russian General Bukentoff, boarding HMS Cardiff, Disembarking White Army at Theodosia, Railway vans used as hospital for White army, Malta, Armenian massacres at Constantinople, hangings, other atrocities and starving refugees , M22 in action Black Sea 1919, Krithia Gallipoli, some of the survivors, Gallipoli from Achi m Bara, Aussies resting place on Anzac Beach (fresh graves), Sebastopol, Batoum South Russia, HMS Cardiff as hospital ship for the white army, disembarking white army etc. Provenance: Warner Dailey, house clearance.

SECOND WORLD WAR - A RUSSIAN MILITARY IDENTIFICATION AND PHRASEBOOK for use by Russian Army Commanders with section of German aircraft and tank illustrations, Ex. Dineley collection, together with a Russian battle damaged engraved aluminium canteen dated 1940 with Cyrillic inscription, found in Berlin 1993 and an alloy profile bust plaque of Joseph Stalin (3).

SECOND WORLD WAR - A PAIR OF GERMAN ARMY CAG DIENSTGLAS 6 X 30 FIELD BINOCULARS numbered '101873 - H/6400, retaining some of their original (North Africa) sand coloured paint finish together with a pair of Negritti and Zambra flat cased binoculars marked 'Touroxim', (2).

SECOND WORLD WAR - A LARGE DOUBLE-SIDED COLOUR FRENCH EDUCATIONAL PRINTED POSTER BY LA MAISON DES INSTITUTEURS ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE COMMEMORATING THE D-DAY LANDINGS OF JUNE 6TH 1944 verso: the exodus of French civilians in 1940 following the advance of the German army, mounted for display, framed and glazed, 76cm x 99cm.

SECOND WORLD WAR - AN IMPERIAL JAPANESE COARSE WOOL CAP of regulation specification, the silk lining bearing printed maker's inscription 'Tokio Hat Factory Ltd. - Perfection - The Latest Style' together with two card mounted photographs, the first a group photograph of Army or Police Officer's with motorized vehicle's 24cm x 18cm inscribed to reverse in Japanese, the second a portrait photograph of a standing infantryman, 12cm x 18.5cm, (2).

SECOND WORLD WAR AVIATION - CAPTAIN DONALD WHITED U.S. 8TH AIR FORCE - 93RD BOMBARDMENT GROUP HEAVY B-24 LIBERATORS BASED AT ALCONBURY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - A VERY RARE PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, ONE HUNDRED BLACK & WHITE IMAGES IN TWO OFFICIAL US ARMY ALBUMS forty eight captioned to their reverse in ink, including twenty group photographs of named combat crews many wearing A-2 jackets with insignia, in front of their their Liberator aircraft, showing nose-art paintings 329th Combat Crew - 'The Blasted Event'; 329th Combat Crew - 'Hellsadroppin'; '330th Combat Crew - 'Big Dealer' (S.Daks killed over the desert 1943); 328th Combat Crew - 'Jerk's Natural' (Hudspeth, Prisoner of War, Germany); 328th Combat Crew -'Ball of Fire No.1'; 328th Combat Crew - 'Ball of Fire No.2' (Flubber Hawkins, Prisoner of War, Germany), (Joe Tate, Killed in Action over Germany); 409th Combat Crew 'Wham Bam' (Japanese Gunner); 329th Combat Crew - 'Globe Trotter' (I pulled gun turrets out of this ship, after it crashed up at Oxford Dec. 1942); 329th Combat Crew - (Dinks killed while doing night flying spring 1943); 329th Combat Crew (Jo Jo Jarvis killed over Ploesti, Romania - Ellison, killed over Ploesti) Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the USAAF based in Libya and Southern Italy on nine oil refineries around Ploesti, Romania on the 1st of August 1943. The mission was one of the costliest for the USAAF in the European Theatre with 53 aircraft and 660 aircrew lost. It was the worst loss ever suffered by the USAAF on a single mission, and its date was later referred to as 'Black Sunday' The first American Eighth Air Force unit to take residence at RAF Alconbury was the 93rd Bombardment Group known as the 'Travelling Circus' from Fort Meyers Florida on the 7th of September 1942. It was assigned to the 20th Combat Bombardment Wing at RAF Horsham, St. Faith near Norwich, the group flew Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft with a tail code of 'Circle B'. Its operational squadrons were: 328th Bombardment Squadron (GO); 329th Bombardment Squadron (RE); 330th Bombardment Squadron (AG); 409th Bombardment Squadron (YM). The 93d was the first Liberator-equipped bomber group to reach the Eighth Air Force. The group became operational with the B-24 on 9 October 1942 by attacking steel and engineering works at Lille in France. Until December, the group operated primarily against submarine pens along the French coast. On the 6th of December 1942, most of the group was transferred to Twelfth Air Force in North Africa to support the Operation Torch landings. The balance of the 93d BG was moved to RAF Hardwick (Station 104), near Bungay in Suffolk where B-24 groups were being concentrated.

A SECOND WORLD WAR BRITISH ARMY BROWN LEATHER JERKIN of standard production specification, decorated in the American fashion, inscribed 'Bobbie' together with a heraldic shield type device surmounted with a King's crown, depicting a pint of beer, a tea-pot and a bombardier 'wing' flanked by two naked females.

SECOND WORLD WAR - THE FOURTH INDIAN DIVISION (GURKHA AND SIKH REGIMENTS) - A RARE ITALIAN WOODCUT PRESENTED BY THE PEOPLE OF URBINO TO MAJOR GENERAL A.W.W. HOLWORTHY, D.S.O., M.C. AND THE INDIAN DIVISION IN GRATITUDE FOR THE LIBERATION OF URBINO 28TH AUGUST 1944 framed and glazed, 37cm x 31cm. India made its contribution to the Second World War by providing almost two million volunteers in a couple of years. At the outbreak of the Second World War, in September1939, the Indian Troops, totalled 2,005,038. By 1941, India had recruited 9,000,000 soldiers. By August 1945 two million volunteer soldiers were fighting in Africa, Sidi Barrani, Alam El Halfa and El Alamein. In Italy, Indian Forces were deployed in Cassino, Sangro and on the Gothic Line. In Italy, more than half of the country saw the Sikhs fighting against the Germans right from the first assault on the Gothic Line in August 1944, to the last assault on the Senio River in April 1945. During these months the Eighth British Army included the Fourth and Tenth Indian Divisions. These Indian Divisions had the famous Gurkha and Sikh Regiments who had been serving the British Empire for a Century. The Fourth Indian Division was the first one to advance against the Gothic Line at 6am on the 25th of August 1944 at Acqualagna, Fermignano and Urbino. It was the internal axis and it was also far from the sea, on the extreme left of the allied deployment. Thus, it was the hardest axis to advance on and to get to Romagna. The Gurkhas captured Auditore on 3rd September, 1944. The day after, in Poggio San Giovanni, Havildar (Sergeant) Sham Singh of the 2nd Battalion, 11 Sikh Regiment successfully captured a German machine gun position and four of its crew on his own.

VIETNAM - A COLLECTION OF THIRTEEN PHOTO I.D. CARDS, SOUTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG including a Saigon British Library reader's card, dated October 1971; together with a decorative small engraved map of Vietnam, mounted on a wooden shaped plaque, 18cm high; three U.S. Air Force leather name tabs; a U.S. citation certificate for a heavy truck operator course for Vietnamese nationals, together with eighteen original black and white photographs, postcard size, including images of the South Vietnamese Army and visiting dignitaries, a 1968 dated Viet Cong decorated enamel cup and cover bearing the flag of the VC a copy of the U.S. Underground magazine Avant Garde, issue number 14 - 1971 with an article on children, victims of the Vietnam war, and 'High Time' an article on the drug culture of the time. (lot).

FIRST GULF WAR (2 AUGUST 1990 - 28 FEBRUARY 1991) - A TRENCH ART CAST BRASS PROFILE MODEL OF AN IFV mounted on a mahogany plinth with a pair of inert bullets, 15cm x 7cm x 10cm together with an Iraqi army canvas belt painted red with an iron buckle with applied eagle device, (2).

CIRCUS SCHUMANN - AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTION OF FIVE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS RELATING TO CIRCUS AND INCLUDING THE FAMOUS SCHUMANN CIRCUS FAMILY (I) CIRCUS SCHUMANN WORLD TOUR 1907 - 1912 containing approximately 198 large format (18cm x 13cm) each captioned, including studies of South Africa, Ireland, Australia, Stockholm, Nice, Leipzig, Algeria, Kiel, London, Berlin, Blackpool, Breslau, Monte Carlo, Turin, , life on the ocean liners, etc. The Circus-Theatre Albert Schumann (also known as Circus Schumann, and later, Schumann Theatre) stood in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 1905 to 1944. It was located opposite the Hauptbahnhof (the main train station), at the centre of the city, occupying the block between Karlstrasse and Taunusstrasse. What had remained of the building after the massive Allied bombing of March 1944 was demolished in 1960. The building had been established by the great German equestrian and circus director Albert Schumann (1858-1939), who had already taken over the old Circus Renz in Berlin, and had built another Circus Albert Schumann in Vienna. Schumann had originally erected a temporary wooden structure in 1893 in Frankfurt just two blocks east of the new circus's location, which was then situated in a largely undeveloped area; the success of the shows he gave there encouraged him to construct a permanent building in the same area. To finance the project, Albert Schumann created a new company, the Aktiengesellschaft für Zirkus- und Theaterbau (Corporation for the Circus and Theatre Building) based in Berlin and Frankfurt; among the shareholders were Schumann's brother-in-law Julius Seeth (1863-1939), a celebrated wild animal trainer, and Seeth's brother-in-law, British-born equestrian Joe Hodgini (Joseph Henry Hodges-1865-1950). The company asked the architects Friedrich Kristeller and Hugo Sonenthal to design a building that could be used indifferently as a circus or a variety theatre. Kristeller was a Berlin-based architect, who would design a few years later a famous Art Nouveau office building on Krausenstrasse, which houses today the Federal Ministry of Transportation. The construction began in September 1904, and the Circus-Theatre Albert Schumann opened its doors on December 5, 1905. It was equipped with a ring and a stage, the ring could be covered with seats to transform the circus into a full-fledged theatre, with a stage equipped with all the latest technical amenities. At full seating capacity, the house could accommodate 4,500 spectators. The dome above the ring (or the parterre, according to the configuration) was 28 meters high (approximately 92 feet), which allowed all sorts of large aerial acts, and there were stables for 150 horses, located below the stage. The monumental façade of white sandstone was designed in the then fashionable Art Nouveau (or Fin de Siècle) style, with elaborate ornamentation by the eminent Berlin sculptor, Joseph Uphues (1850-1911). The vast foyer was decorated with frescos by Frankfurt-born painter Alfred Helberger (1871-1946), who was to become one of Germany's most prominent impressionist painters-until the Nazis banned his work, which they considered 'degenerate.' The front of the theatre also housed a high-end restaurant, a popular café, and a bar, and a 150-meter long Beer Tunnel ran under the building (it would serve as a bomb shelter during WWII). The entire project had cost four million Marks (approximately US$ 16 million). Albert Schumann gave the initial management of his circus-theatre to his brother-in-law and partner, Julius Seeth. Each season until the Great War the building offered one month of circus, one month of operetta, and ten months of variety. After the war, it became mostly a variety theatre: Varieté shows-a mixture of circus acts, singers, dancers and comedians-were immensely popular in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s; great circus acts such as The Codonas on the flying trapeze, the legendary juggler Enrico Rastelli and the greatest clowns of the era, Grock, The Fratellinis and The Rivels, graced its stage during this period. Albert Schumann regularly presented his horses there until 1926. The Schumann Theatre, as it became known then, was a very successful and fashionable venue, but it had to close its doors in 1930, victim of the Wall Street crash of 1929 and its devastating impact on the already distressed German economy. Yet, it was able to reopen in 1931 with a revue titled Hello Paris, and success returned until the advent of WWII. When the Allied Forces bombed Frankfurt in 1944, the stage and the auditorium of the Circus-Theatre Albert Schumann were completely destroyed, but the façade, and the foyer and restaurants right behind it, survived. The U.S. Army took over the building in 1945, and until 1958, used its remaining restaurants and bars as recreational facilities for its soldiers. After the departure of its American occupants, there were talks of rebuilding the theatre behind its historic façade, but the German post-war economic situation was still bleak, and the emerging television was perceived as too dangerous a competition (which indeed it was at the time) to risk a venture in the live entertainment business. (ii) An Extremely Rare Second World War & Post War Period Album containing 83 large format (Winter Garten) studies of act's and performers mostly captioned, or signed and dated - 3 Fiochi's (1943) - Los Cherilos (1942) - The Chinese Lucky Girls - Namping Truppe, etc. (iii) An Early 1950's East German Circus Album containing 89 photographs and prints, with Russian language programmes and studies of act's and performers including bears, clowns and rocket ship aerial acts. (iv) Circus Busch in Wismer 1953, An Album of 39 Large Format 12cm x 18cm Black & White Images by Walter Bedau & Karl Lehar of Berlin including studies of clowns, lion taming, elephants, acrobats, etc. (v) Circa 1958 East German Album multi - format, including performers and private family images, etc.

A LARGE SCALE RADIO CONTROL BOOMERANG MONOPLANE WITH S. C. 4-STROKE MOTOR and a U.S. Army radio control monoplane

TWO BOXES OF ASSORTED BRITAINS AND OTHER PLASTIC FIGURES, including soldiers, space animals, dinosaurs, etc., together with an unmade Airfix Lancaster B1 1:72 scale, and three boxes of Airfix plastic figues (British 8th Army, Russian Infantry and Australian Infantry)

FOUR PAIRS OF VARIOUS BINOCULARS, to include Carl Zeiss Jena, Kershaw 6X, Army & Navy, and bek 6 X 50 in leather case (A/F)

- Major General Cathcart signed National Army Musuem, Chelsea cover. Good condition. All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.

DADS ARMY: 8x10 photo signed byFrank Williams who plays the Vicar in this much loved TV comedy series Good condition. All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.

IAN LAVENDER: 8x10 photo signed byDas Army actor Ian Lavender Good condition. All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.

Medal and badges -St Johns Ambulance 1941 medal, army service corps cap badge, army service corps badge, ww2 citizens loyal service badge, George and Queen Elizabeth coronation badge, Royal artillery cap badge and British legion badge.

WW2 GERMAN PROPAGANDA - a folder of propaganda artist pictures of German troops in combat, the pictures are all of famous Third Reich war artists paintings showing German soldiers in a variety of styles. The folder features the German army eagle on the front and the wording underneath reads MALER UND ZEICHNER SCHAUEN DEN KRIEG. Includes a two page introduction by Dr Joachim Fischer and 6 loose cards. Lot further includes 4 framed images believed to be originally from the same folder. (10 images total).

MEDAL RIBBONS & BADGES - a selection of medal ribbons and material military badges housed in a Cravena cigarette tin to include a Royal Army Medical Corps badge, two square cut material insignias featuring the red Scottish lion in a yellow circle (15th Scottish Infantry Division), 6 assorted medal ribbons and a German mine warning flag.

WW2 MEDAL GROUP - to include a Civil OBE and American Legion of Merit medal along with corresponding miniature group awarded to Lieutenant A. H. Cantrell (22601474 - 425775) who served in The Royal Engineers. To include Civil OBE, 1939-1945 star, Africa Star with 1st army clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45 with bronze oak leaf clasp for mention in despatches, Army Emergency Reserve medal dated 1953 with two clasps and an American Legion of Merit with gold replica medal on ribbon denoting awarded to an Officer. Both medals and miniatures presented in Spink & Son original boxes and includes WW2 campaign medals certificate denoting that 7 medals were awarded. Also includes signed letter from A H Cantrell confirming these are his medals.

Small collection of Britains 2nd Grade lead French Army, (35), generally G, 7 repainted or damaged, Britains Deetail Germans and US Marines (9) generally G, one P, with several Skybirds and Airfix 1:72 figures (50+)

Dinky Toys 697 25-Pounder Field Gun Set, 641 Cargo Truck, 688 Field Artillery Tractor, 643 Army Water Tanker, 689 Medium Artillery Tractor, 674 Austin Champ, 626 Military Ambulance, 623 Army Wagon, all contained in reproduction boxes, Bredol resprayed 689 Dinky, military Lledo (2) and two Dinky Toys painted in military colours, F-E (16)

Unboxed Dinky Toys Military Vehicles circa 1960. including Tank Transporter and two Centurion Tanks, Armoured Command Vehicle, Ambulance, Personnel Carrier (2), Field Tractor, Limber and Gun, Recovery Vehicle, Medium Gun, Scout Car, Austin Champ, Armoured Car (2), 1 Ton Truck, Water Tanker, Army Wagon, 3-Ton Wagon and 10 Ton Wagon, generally VG, one tank fair (21)

Airfix 1st series boxed 1/72 scale figures, Foreign Legion, Union Infantry, 8th Army, Arabs, Indians, Wagon Train, Confederate Infantry, German WW2 Infantry, ACW Artillery, Russian Infantry, British WW2 Infantry, all loose in boxes, some figures on sprues, generally G, boxes G, (11)

A Large Collection of Dinky and other 1920's -1960s Diecast toys, including fatigued Dinky Military Vehicles, and Ambulance, Sunbeam Talbot, Britains Field Guns (3), Matchbox 1:75 Series No 68 Painted Army Truck in original box, Brimtoy Pocketoy Crane Truck, A & R French WW1 Tank, Tri-ang Minic Tank and many other models by a variety of makers, P-F, most in played with condition, several with damage and paint loss (30+ Vehicles plus some spares)