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Lot 230
A SMALL COLLECTION OF WWI ERA POST CARDS AND PAPERWORK RELATING TO SOLDIERS, etc, forty two WWI era post cards including damage to buildings (Somme etc) etc, three souvenir post card books, Battle De L'Ainse, Advance on the Somme, souvenir Des Terrasses, together with a small Army issue Active Service Testament 1914, inscribed on the inside cover Pte H. Buckley 5035 Xth Royal Hsrs, Pte 5035 Buckley was K.I.A. 14/11/1914 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres Belgium original Royal Warrant for Lt. H. Dowdeswell Volunteer Forces dated 1884, three black and white post cards of uniformed soldiers, Army Service Corps Sweetheart post card, King George V Peace medal and small enamel badge
Lot 103
AN IRISH FREE STATE ARMY OFFICERS SWORD, the fine Celtic design blade engraved with Oglaigh na hEireann on both sides and with brass basket hilt inset with F.F. emblem, with original leather scabbard, rare in this good condition. Irish Officers had to pay for their own swords, and were obliged to hand them back on retiring.
Lot 141
AN IRISH EARLY 20TH CENTURY ARMY TUNIC, in green cloth applied with a string of gilt metal button embelished with the National harp, applied with associated 4-colour badge, green,orange,black and tan , with further shoulder badges:together with a World War II RAAF Battle dress tunic, dated 1943, in blue cloth , together with associated cream fabric jodhpurs (2)
Lot 145
A COLLECTION OF 20TH CENTURY IRISH MILITARY BADGES including a 1939 1st Pattern Officers Óglaig Na h-Eireann cap badge; a 1960 Óglaig Na h-Eireann Stay-Brite cap badg;, a WWII Irish defence badge; a Stay-Brite Irish infantry badge, with another Irish infantry badge; an Army Supply and Transport service collar badge; a 1942-1958 Infantry shield; a brass Calvary Corps badge; two bronze Officer bars and a bronze diamond with interlace design; a Defense Force Emercency ribbon bar; together with three brass Irish Volunteer buttons, a pocket compass and a J. Hudson & Co. 'Metropolitan' police whistle (17)
Lot 149
'THE MAN WHO WAS SINN FEIN' O'Caoimh (Padraig or Paudie) 1881-1973. A superb and important display of his 1916 and War of Independence Medals, attractively mounted and framed with his Irish Volunteer uniform buttons and cap badge, and his 1916 Survivor's Armband (worn at commemorative parade 1935), and with a good original photograph. The Collection here offered include: a. His 1916 bronze Medal with ribbon and pin; b. His War of Independence bronze Medal (1917-1921), with scarce 'Comrac' bar; c. His 1916-1966 silver gilt Survivors Medal, bar and ribbon; d. His 1921-1971 bronze Jubilee Medal with clasp and ribbon. With three Volunteer buttons, his Volunteer Cap Badge, and his rare 1916 - 1935 Survivors Armband (worn by 1916 veterans only, before the issue of the medals). Paudie O'Keeffe was a close friend and associate of Arthur Griffith from the early days of Sinn Fein, and also a very good friend of his fellow Corkman Michael Collins. Born in Co. Cork, he worked as a post office sorter and joined the I.R.B. there. About 1901 he was transferred to the G.P.O. in Dublin, & in 1908 he became joint-honorary Treasurer of Sinn Fein. He married Cait de Paor, one of the Wyse Power family in 1910, her brother John Wyse Power was a founder member of the G.A.A. Paudie was also in the Banba Rifle Club (1912-13), whose members practised shooting in the Greenmount Oil Works in Harold's Cross (owned by the Le Brocquy family); others members included Cathal Brugha, Sean Mac Diarmada, and Eamonn Ceant; Brugha was the best shot according to Paudie. In 1914 Paudie had a major part in the Kilcoole arms landings for the Volunteers. In April 1916 he was closely involved with Griffith and Eoin Mac Neill in the exchanges over plans for Easter Sunday. At one stage Mac Neill sent him to ask at the Sunday Independent office what was the latest time a notice (of cancellation) could be accepted. Nevertheless when the Rising went ahead on Easter Monday, Paudie showed up with his rifle, leaving his wife and three children, and served in one of the O'Connell Street garrisons, opposite the G.P.O. holding out until the building collapsed around him. He was imprisoned after the Rising, and on his release was appointed full-time General Secretary of Sinn Fein. He played a major part in building up the party organisation; it has been said that 'Paudie O'Keefe was Sinn Fein.' British Army raids on his office made no difference, because Paudie kept every detail in his head. He had a notable turn of phrase; around this time a visiting British journalist (Sir Arthur Gibbs), asked him what was the meaning of these strange words 'Sinn Fein'; the answer he gave was 'Vengeance, bejasus, vengeance.' Paudie was elected a member of the First Dail and was imprisoned again for a seditious speech; he supported the Treaty, and after Independence was appointed deputy governor of Mountjoy Jail. It is said that he found the job distasteful, and in the 1920's he moved to the Seanad as assistant Clerk. Many years later as one of the four surviving members of the First Dail, he was asked for his memories of the Civil War. 'Ah,' he said 'when they shot Liam Mellows that broke my heart,' (cf. Seamus O'Neill, 'The Man who was Sinn Fein,' Irish Press 27.9.1973). A superb collection, attractively mounted and preserved, commemorating one of the central and best-loved figures of the Independent Movement, before and after 1916. (1)
Lot 153B
EAMON S. DUGGAN (ÉAMON Ó DÚGÁIN, 1874 - 1936) Irish lawyer, nationalist and politician, member of Sinn Féin and Cumann na nGaedheal a collection comprising:- His 1916 medal, engraved with his name and numbered ‘84’ verso, with ribbon and clasp bar, in original box with complimentary slip. - His 1916 Ribbon with original letter from the Department of Defence, Jan’ 1942, boxed.- His War of Independence medal, engraved with his name and numbered ‘514’ verso, with ribbon, clasp and comhrac bar, in original box with complimentary slip.- A linen Irish tricolour flag.As a supporter of Sinn Féin, Duggan fought in the Easter Rising in 1916. He was subject to court-martial following the Rising and sentenced to three years penal servitude before his release in 1917 under general amnesty. He also served as Irish Republican Army Director of Intelligence. Duggan was elected to the First Dáil Éireann for South Meath in 1918 and was he was appointed chief liaison officer for Ireland. In October 1921, Duggan was appointed as one of the five envoys to negotiate a treaty with the British Government. He signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty at 22 Hans Place, London. In the post-Treaty provisional government, he was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and later became parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Defence and to the Executive Council.
Lot 228
THE MAN SENT TO PUT DOWN THE REBELLIONA clipping with General John Grenfell Maxwell’s rare signature mounted with sepia portrait print, 35.5 x 28cm in all. Most remembered for the execution of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, earning him the nickname Bloody Maxwell.General Maxwell had a long military career, serving in Egypt and South Africa (in the Boer War). He served at army headquarters at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin from 1902 to 1904. He became General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt in 1908 and was then deployed on the Western Front in the First World War until he returned to his role as General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt in late 1914.
Lot 24
ITS A LONG LONG WAY TO TIPPERARYBritish Army Recruiting Song Judge (Jack) & Williams (H.) Authors & Composers, The Immortal, Its a Long Long Way to Tipperary, The Marching Anthem of the Battlefields of Europe, sung by The Soldiers of the King. Folio. L. n.d. (c. 1914), 8pp., orig. pict. wrappers with photo of King. Scarce.
Lot 256
MICHAEL COLLINS, MASS CARD A memorial card, 3.5x2.5 ins, his monochrome photograph within thick black border, 'In undying memory of General Michael Collins, (Commander-in-Cheif of Irish National Army), killed in action at Bealnablath, near Bandon, Co. Cork, on 22nd August 1922, aged 30 years'
Lot 278
ARMY OF THE IRISH REPUBLICJAMES CONNOLLY: HIS LAST DESPATCH FROM THE G.P.O., 1916A cyclostyled document, printed in purple ink, 1 pp foolscap (verso blank), headed ‘Army of the Irish Republic / Headquarters (Dublin Command) / 28th April 1916’, addressed ‘To Soldiers’, over signature ‘James Connolly / Commandant General / Dublin Division’.‘This is the fifth day of the establishment of the Irish Republic and the flag of our country still floats from the most important buildings in Dublin, and is gallantly protected by the Officers and Irish Soldiers in arms throughout the country .. The manhood of Ireland, inspired by our splendid action, are gathering to offer up their lives if necessary in the same holy cause. We are here hemmed in because the enemy feels that in this building is to be found the heart and inspiration of our great movement.‘Let me remind you of what you have done. For the first time in 700 years the flag of a free Ireland floats triumphantly in Dublin city. The British Army .. are afraid to advance to the attack or storm any positions held by our forces. Our Commandants around us are holding their own, etc. [mentioning Comdts. Daly, MacDonagh, Mallin, De Valera and Kent] .. In Galway Captain Mellows .. is in the field with his men. Wexford and Wicklow are strong and Cork and Kerry are equally acquitting themselves creditably .. ‘As you know, I was wounded twice yesterday and am unable to move about, but have got my bed moved into the firing line and with the assistance of your Officers will be just as useful to you as ever.‘Courage boys, we are winning and in the hour of our victory let us not forget the splendid women who have everywhere stood by us and cheered us on. Never had man or woman a grander cause, never was a cause more grandly served.’Connolly was wounded by a sniper’s dum-dum bullet on the Thursday of Easter Week, while accompanying a sortie towards the Independent Newspapers building. He was able to drag himself back to the GPO, where his leg was operated on by a British forces doctor who was a prisoner of the Volunteers. The following day, Friday, he sent for his secretary Winifred Carney and dictated the present despatch, aimed at rallying the spirit of his men, now threatened on all sides. Many of the operational details are incorrect, but they may be taken as a guide to the information and rumours circulating in the GPO as the siege reached its height.Later that evening the GPO was evacuated, and Connolly was carried into Moore Street, with Winifred Carney still by his side, where he signed the surrender document and surrendered with the rest on Saturday. He was tried by court martial, and was shot by firing squad on 9 May while strapped to a chair.This appears to be an original copy of a very rare document, Connolly’s last public statement as Commandant of the Dublin forces. A few marks, but generally in good condition.Provenance: From the collection of Capt. Arthur Delaney of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who served in France and was in Dublin in the summer of 1916.
Lot 304
DENIS 'DINNY' LACEY (1889-1923) A monochrome memorial card, c. 14 x 8.5cm, with oval portrait between the inscriptions 'Died for Ireland, Feb 18th 1923' and 'Denis Lacey - Killed in Action - Glen of Aherlow', rare, in metal and glass frame.Lacey was an Irish Republican Army officer during the Irish War of Independence, commanding the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, and anti-Treaty IRA officer during the Irish Civil War.
Lot 66
DALY FAMILY OF LIMERICKA small collection including- A mounted photograph, 4 x 6 ins, probably circa 1900, showing fifteen members of the Daly family, men and women (one boy), dressed in style, the ladies in fancy hats, seated and standing on a sidewalk. The elderly gentleman in middle of centre row is probably John Daly, the former Fenian prisoner, friend of Tom Clarke, who founded the family bakery business and was three times Mayor of Limerick. A person behind him appears to be wearing a Mayoral chain. Some damage, small portion missing at top, would benefit by restoration, but a historic photograph.- An original photograph, approx 3 x 5 ins, showing a group of mainly women outside Sarsfield St. Barracks in Limerick, 1922, during the Civil War, inscribed rear by Agnes Ní Dhálaigh.- Óglaigh na hÉireann [i.e. Free State Army]. Field General Headquarters, Limerick, 15.7.1922. Permit for Miss Daly to leave Barracks, signed Coffey, Adjutant.- Memorial card to John Edward Daly, Commandant, Irish Republican Army, Thomas J. Clarke, Fenian, and John Daly, Fenian, died May and June 1916. - and a few other items.As a collection, w.a.f.Provenance: Daly family of Limerick.
Lot 95
ANOTHER HERO OF EASTER WEEK REYNOLDS (GEORGE) DEFENDER OF MOUNT STREET BRIDGE. An Autograph Letter signed to his brother James (in New York), 4pp. (single folded sheet), dated 15 Aug. 1914, with note of authentication by James. Old cellotape repairs at folds, else good. A most interesting letter, with news of the European war. ''They are drafting nearly all the troops from Ireland. The Nationalists here have taken a leaf out of Carson's book and are forming an army of Volunteers, but unfortunately like all Irish projects there are signs of disagreement, one section want to put the Volunteers under Government control and another want to be independent'', also mentioning some business matters. As a m/ss., w.a.f. Rare. George Reynolds was head of the Volunteer section in Clanwilliam House overlooking Mount Street Bridge where British reinforcements seeking to enter the city centre were held up for several days by accurate rifle fire, taking heavy casualties. He died at his post on Wednesday, as the British finally broke through. (See Max Caulfield, ''The Easter Rebellion). A poignant memento of one of the less-known heroes of Easter Week.
Lot 2243
A white gold, carved coral and seed pearl set bar brooch, with floral motifs, a gold bar brooch, claw set with a circular cut garnet, a gold brooch, mounted with the crest of The Army Physical Training Corps, a gilt metal mounted oval shell cameo brooch, three further bar brooches and two further brooches.
Lot 173
Three Palitoy vintage Action Man, Royal Engineers outfit, complete on eagle eyed doll, in mint of the card condition, plus two customised Action Man, 8th Army on eagle eyed doll with Vickers machine gun with tripod, Lewis machine gun, 3 sandbags and Para with US helmet, ammo box and Stirling sub machine gun on gripping hands doll, both in excellent condition (3 items)
Lot 341
Quantity of Unboxed Military Dinky Toys including:2 x 621 Bedfords (one repainted) 622 10 Ton Foden Army Truck, 626 Military Ambulance, 2 x 641 Army 1 Ton Cargo Truck,2 x 670 Armoured Car’s, 676 Armoured Personnel Carrier,from set 162 limber and gun (repainted) and a Corgi loading Trolley Bristol Bloodhound, all in fair to good condition(12 items)
Lot 342
Ten Military Dinky Toys, including: boxed 623 Army Covered Wagon,641 Army 1 Ton cargo truck,670 Armoured car, 673 Scout Car, 674 Austin Champ, 676 Armoured Personnel Carrier, 692 5.5 Medium gun, with inner packing, unboxed 621 Bedford,626 Ambulance,673 Scout Car and Britains Royal Artillery Gun, models are in fair to excellent condition, boxes are in poor to good condition (11 items)
Lot 343
Four Boxed Military Dinky Toys including: 623 Army Covered Wagon, in good condition, with a fair original box, missing one end flap and inner tab, 626 Military Ambulance, in excellent condition, with a good original box, complete with all end flaps, some age wear, 677 Armoured Command Car, in very good condition, with a fair original box, one end flap, one inner tab loose and 697 25-Pounder Field Gun Set, in very good condition, some play wear, with a good original box (4 items)
Lot 344
Seven Boxed Military Dinky Toys including:643 Army Water Tanker, one end flap missing from box,670 Armoured Car, 674 Austin Champ, one end flap missing from box, 676 Armoured Personnel Carrier, one end flap missing from box, 686 -25 Pounder Field Gun, 692 -5.5 Medium Gun and 693-7.2 Howitzer, one end flap loose in box, all in fair to good condition (7 items)
Lot 345
Dinky Supertoys 622 Military Foden 10-Ton Army Truck, military green body, in very good original condition, a few tiny paint chips, four loose seated Army personnel, with a excellent original blue/white stripe box and 689 Medium Artillery Tractor, military green, in very good original condition, a few paint chips, with a excellent original blue/white stripe box (2 items)
Lot 348
Seventeen Boxed Military Dinky Toys including:2 x 621 Bedford 3 Ton army wagon’s (one end flap missing) 623 Army Covered Wagon,626 Military ambulance, 2 x 641 Army 1 Ton Cargo Trucks (one model missing tin tilt, one box missing end flap) 661 Scammell military breakdown vehicle, 2 x 670 Armoured Cars, 2 x 673 Scout Car’s,674 Austin Champ, 2 x 676 Armoured Personnel carrier,677 Armoured Command Car, 692 5.5 Medium gun, 697 25-Pounder Field Gun Set (hook missing from limber) and 151 b unboxed Military wagon, missing tin tilt, all in fair to excellent condition (some models have German water slide transfers, boxes are fair to excellent (18 items)
Lot 349
Late Bubble Pack Issues Military Dinky Toys,654 155mm USA Mobile Gun, 656 German 88mm Gun,676 Daimler Armoured Car, 2 x 691 Striker Anti-Tank Vehicle, 694 German Tank Destroyer, all in near mint condition, bubble tops on boxes poor to fair, plus two military Solido models, USA Army 6x6 Lorry and 6038 Mercedes Unimog (8 items)
Lot 374
Dinky Toys 622 10-Ton Foden Army Truck, military green body, in excellent condition, with original blue/white stripe box, in good condition, some age wear and 651 Centurion Tank, military green, black rubber tracks, in very good condition, some oxidation to paint, complete in original blue/white stripe box, with internal packing (2 items)
Lot 409
Two Matchbox Moko Lesney Military Vehicles Boxed regular wheels,61a Army Scout Car, military green, black plastic wheels, in mint condition, with a B5 box, missing one end flap and 71a Army Water Truck, military green, black plastic wheels, in very good condition, a few tiny paint chips, complete with B5 box, in fair condition, some wear, tear to one picture side (2 items)
Lot 105
Charles I, triple unite, Oxford mint, mm. plume with bands on obverse only, 1643, crowned taller bust l., holding sword and olive branch, no scarf, rev. Declaration on continuous scroll, three plumes above with mark of value, wt. 26.6gms. (S.2727; N.2384 [VR]; Schneider 295, same dies and die-state), good very fine on an excellent flan, consistently sharp details on each side, bold legends and outer beaded rims, remarkably free from abuse, with pleasing reddish gold toning. *ex Dominic Mitchell, Glendinings, 27 April 1949, lot 20. ex St. James’s Auction 33, 20 May 2015, lot 113 In ordinary times throughout England’s thousand-year recorded history no cause ever occurred calling for such a massive and high-purity gold coin as the triple-unite, worth 60 shillings in its day. Consider that, three centuries later in the early 20th century, a pint of beer cost an average of one farthing, and the buying power of this coin in 1643 becomes staggering. The only reason to create it was war, to pay for mountains of supplies at King Charles’s tentative quarters as he was pursued by Oliver Cromwell’s army. Once he escaped London, his principal holdout was at Oxford, where this fabulous coin was minted. The fortress and mint operated from 1642 to 1646, and the money issued from Oxford varied from ‘small change’ to pay soldiers to large gold. It might be claimed that the king’s visage on many of his coins, so crudely minted in the main, was one of fright. On his triple-unites his armoured body is best represented. We see him fully armed, crowned, holding a long sword out before him but also carrying the olive branch for peace over his shoulder. Surely Charles would have preferred to see peace return, and himself returned to his throne in London. The jewel he wears on a heavy chain around his neck has not been identified but it may be an artistic version of the fabled Alfred Jewel, lost for three centuries and only rediscovered in 1693, but associated with the king’s power for a thousand years. The reverse of this massive coin is even more intriguing. Strewn in three lines upon a flowing banner is the Latin abbreviation of Charles’s famous Declaration made at Wellington in 1642 in which he proposed renewal of the Protestant religion, the retention of the laws of his kingdom with him as king, and the liberty granted to his subjects as protected by himself and his parliament. This in fact became a declaration of war when Cromwell rejected his offer. Oxford and the other regional mints were quickly assembled to produce money from what precious metal could be found, often the plate of colleges or aristocrats. These coins are not technically siege pieces but most met the same fate, melting, after war was concluded. They were destroyed. So, too, was King Charles I. Within six years of the minting of this most impressive, kingly coin, Charles was captured and executed. With him perished the ancient divine right of kings, for upon the Restoration the powers of governing differed greatly, most of the monarch’s ancient authority being placed in the hands of Parliament. The king’s son, Charles II, assumed the position of figurehead even though he was still revered by monarchists and the majority of his subjects. Coinage would continue to be issued in the monarch’s name with his image predominant, but the ‘kingdom’ would never again be the same, nor would any coin ever again be struck with such ‘declarative’ authority as produced Charles Stuart’s huge triple-unites.
Lot 416
Napoleonic Wars, Wellington, the arrival of the English Army in the Peninsular, copper medal, 1808, by N. G. A. Brenet, for Mudie’s National Medals, bare head r., rev. Spain and Portugal implore help from attacking French eagle, 41mm. (BHM.635; Eimer, Wellington 1; Eimer 988); Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), Prince of Wagstadt, visit to England, copper tribute medal, 1814, by Thomas Halliday, bust l., rev. HOSPES BRITANNIARUM MDCCCXIV, 53mm. (BHM.-; Br.1476; obv. as the rev. of Eimer, Wellington 60), the first extremely fine, the second nearly so (2). Blücher, together with the Allied Sovereigns, visited England from 6 - 22 June, 1814.
Lot 430
Russia, Nicholas II (1894-1917), large gold award medal ‘For Zeal in Services to the Government’, undated, by A. Vasyutinsky and Klenov, bust of Nicholas II l., rev. FOR ZEAL in Cyrillic, within cascading partial wreath, 51.5mm., 75.05gms. (Diakov 1138.1 [R3]), integral suspension loop, struck with a light matt surface, minor handling marks and scratch on reverse near the loop, extremely fine, rare, and a particularly handsome image of the last tsar!. Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov was born near St. Petersburg on 18 May 1868. He was the eldest son of Tsar Alexander III, and when he succeeded his father in 1894 he had no real experience in governing. He married Princess Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstadt in the same year he gained the throne, and within a few years they had four daughters and a son, Alexis, who suffered from haemophilia, a disease of the blood. It was a time of colonial expansion by European powers, and not to be outdone by rivals Tsar Nicholas encouraged Russian expansion into Manchuria, which provoked war with Japan in 1904. Russia was defeated and this led to internal strikes and riots until, in January 1905, on ‘Bloody Sunday’, the army in St. Petersburg shot into a crowd demanding radical reforms. The coming storm would alter Russian history forever. In quick succession, the renegade priest Rasputin, who exerted excessive influence over the Romanovs, was murdered by irritated nobles in late 1916, and just two months later demonstrations disrupted in the renamed capital, Petrograd. The army deserted Nicholas, who was forced to abdicate, grant a constitution, and watch the Duma (parliament) take control that had always been the right of the monarchy. The royal family were imprisoned and moved to a number of secret locations, finally being held at Yekaterinburg in the Urals. By October of 1917, the Bolsheviks seized control of the shaky, provisional government. Civil war erupted. In the middle of July 1918, the former tsar and his entire family were infamously executed by their captors as anti-Bolshevik forces grew nearer to Yekaterinburg. It has long been believed that the leader of the Bolsheviks, Vladimir Lenin, personally ordered the last of the Romanovs to be put to death.
Lot 640
† - Russia, White Army Revolution and Counter-Revolution (1917-1920), bronze 2 kopecks, 1898, authenticated and graded by NGC as Mint State 64 Brown, struck in 1917/18 as a trial piece, spread eagle within circle, rev. value within circle, date above, , exceedingly rare. *ex Farouk collection, lot 2545, part. ex Schulman Auction, 18-19 March, 1960, lot 3649. ex Numismatic Auctions, 30 November 2015, lot 777. The envelope accompanying this coin states:”struck as a trial piece in 1917/18 by General Denikin and his White Russian Armies. Denikin had German support and this trial coin was struck at the Berlin mint. In order not to be called a ‘counterfeiter’, Denikin had the coin bear a German instead of a Russian eagle, and the legend is in mirror script, retrograde!! Date on coin, 1898. A one kopeck was sold in the Mihailovich Sale, and there are about 4 or 5 different trial pieces of this kind in existence.” There are 3 examples graded MS64 by NGC or PCGS.
Lot 675
† - Transylvania, Gabriel Bethlen, 10 ducats, 1616, Klausenburg (Cluj), GAB BETLEN DG P TRAN PART REG HVN DO ET SI CO, bust of Bethlen l., wearing plumed cap, rev. DNS ILLUM MEA…, armoured arm appearing from cloud holds sword impaling a crown, legend on scroll reading CONSILIO FIRMATA DEI (Fr.345; Resch 12), almost certainly once mounted and a small striking split by G of REG, some light tooling in fields, very fine, typical grade for this rarity struck only in this year. Born in 1580, this prince of Transylvania found himself at the centre of a religious squabble which caused this Protestant to side with the Ottoman sultan Ahmed I, who boldly proclaimed Gabriel a prince and placed an army at his command. The sultan’s objective was to pit Christian against Christian, specifically the Catholic Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II against the Bohemian Calvinist Frederick V. Using this army, Gabriel drove his old protector, Prince Sigismund Báthory, from power and was duly officially made Prince of Transylvania in 1613. This coin’s portrait shows him in military garb as he was about to enter into further conflict during the Thirty Years’ War (beginning in 1618). He died of poor health while the wars raged on.
Lot 753
Ayyubid, al-Mu’azzam Turanshah (647-648h) dinar, al-Qahira 648h, obv. field: al-malik al-mu’azzam/Ghiyath al-din Turanshah/(bin/al-malik al-Salih/Ayyub, 21.5 mm., wt. 4.27gms. (not in Balog, unpublished), about extremely fine and as far as is known unique. Paul Balog has the following to say about the circumstances behind the issuance of this coin: ‘When news of the invasion of Egypt by the French king Louis IX (St. Louis) and the Crusaders reached him the father of Turanshah, al-Salih Ayyub, was already very ill. He travelled to the Nile Delta in order to direct the military operations in person, but died in his camp on 15 Sha’ban 647 h. During the next several days his death was kept secret until the Crusaders were routed by his troops. Then his son, al-Mu’azzam Turanshah, was hastily summoned from his princely residence at Hisn- Kayfa. He arrived in Damascus late in Ramadan and was proclaimed Sultan the next day. He remained there for three weeks, was persuaded to proceed on to Egypt, and finally arrived in Mansura after another month. He was, however, present when the Frankish army, totally crushed, surrendered and Louis IX was taken captive. However, Turanshah speedily alienated the Egyptian Mamluk amirs by his rudeness and by favouring his own courtiers, which was part of his plan to establish his own authority. When he began to threaten the Egyptian Mamluk nobility personally, rebellion broke out and he was murdered at the end of Muharram 648 h. With his assassination Ayyubid rule of Egypt ceased; many authorities date the end of the Ayyubid Empire from this time.’ While Turanshah’s silver coinage is very rare, this is the first time a gold coin struck in his name has come to light.
Lot 755
Bahri Mamluk, al-Mansur Qala’un (678-689h) dinar, al-Qahira 680h, obv. field: duriba bi’l-Qahira/al-sultan al malik a/l -Mansur sayf al-dunya wa’-din/Qala’un al-Salihi Qasim/amir al-Mu’minin, wt. 5.34gms. (Balog 116), obverse double struck, extremely fine, rare. On this coin Qala’un displays the pride he took in beginning his career as a member of al-Salih Ayyub’s Mamluk army
Lot 226
CIRCA 1980 PRINTED FACSIMILIE COPY OF THE ARMY & NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY'S 1907 PRICE LIST printed by David & Charles reprints and entitled YESTERDAYS SHOPPING, hardback cloth and boards with dust jacket (little used) together with TWO HARDBACK COPIES OF WHITTAKERS ALMANACK 1898 and 1925, green and red cloth (3)
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