India – Sikh – Jacquemont account of the Lahore Court of Ranjit Singh Published Paris^ Garnier frères et Fournier^ 1841. Two volumes 370 and 372 pages. Jacquemont provides a fascinating account of the royal Sikh Durbar the Sikhs Akalisetc: “The Akalis or immortals are properly speaking Sikh fakirs. The sacred pool at Amritsar is their headquarters but they often spread themselves over the Punjab in large and formidable parties. Ranjit wisely turns their ferocity to his own advantage. He enlists them in his armies and employs them preferably against Mussalman enemies. He has at the moment 4000-5000 of them in the army which he maintains at Attock ready to march against another fanatic Syed. I have only seen two of them in the streets of Amritsar it was evening and the matches of their muskets hung ready lighted. I had never seen more sinister looking figures.” He describes Ranjit Singh: “His right eye which remains is very large his nose is fine and slightly turned up his mouth firm his teeth excellent. He wears a slight moustache which he twists incessantly with his fingers and a long thin beard which falls to his chest. His expression shows nobility of thought shrewdness and penetration and these indications are correct.” A very rare and early important account of the Sikh Kingdom in the life time of the great Ranjit Singh.
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India – Sikh Azad Hind Medal^ Photograph and Stamp 1940s. A collection of Sikh Azad Hind memorabilia^ a photograph of a Sikh Soldier^ a stamp depicting a Sikh Gunner and a Bravery medal. British-ruled India^ it was made up of Indian prisoners of war and expatriates in Europe. Because of its origins in the Indian independence movement^ it was also variously known also as the “Tiger Legion”^ and the “Azad Hind Fauj”. Initially it was raised in 1941 as part of the German Army^ and from August 1944 was attached to the Waffen-SS. Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose initiated the legion`s formation^ as part of his larger efforts to win India`s independence by waging war against Britain^ when he came to Berlin in 1941 seeking German aid to bring down British rule in India. The Azad Hind Army consisted of Hindu^ Muslim and Sikh soldiers fighting for the independence of India.
Important Lithograph of the Sikh Wars. Large scale First Sikh War Lithograph Ferozeshah (Kings Own) 1845. An impressive large scale lithograph. Originally painted by Henry Martens and published in London 10th March 1847. The Battle of Ferozeshah was fought on 21 December and 22 December 1845 between the British and the Sikhs^ at the village of Ferozeshah in Punjab. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough and Governor-General Sir Henry Hardinge^ while the Sikhs were led by Lal Singh. The battle was one of the hardest-fought in the history of the British Army. Title on lithograph is Charge of the 3rd (Kings Own) Light Dragoons at The Battle of Ferozeshah. December 21st 1845. The whole series of these lithographs are housed in the British Library. An extremely sought after piece. Approx size 64x55 cm.
Important Lithograph of the Sikh Wars. First Sikh War Battle Lithograph Ferozshah (2nd day) 1845. An impressive large scale lithograph. Originally painted by Henry Martens and published in London 5th April 1849. The Battle of Ferozshah was fought on 21 December and 22 December 1845 between the British and the Sikhs^ at the village of Ferozshah in Punjab. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough and Governor-General Sir Henry Hardinge^ while the Sikhs were led by Lal Singh. The battle was one of the hardest-fought in the history of the British Army. Title on lithograph is Battle of Ferozshah (2nd Day) 22nd December 1845. The whole series of these lithographs are housed in the British Library. An extremely sought after piece. Approx size 64x55 cm.
Important Lithograph of the Sikh Wars. Rare Sikh Battle lithograph 1849 Goojerat - Duleep Singh. Originally painted by Henry Martens and published in London 29th July 1850. The Battle of Gujrat was a decisive battle in the Second Anglo-Sikh War^ fought on 21st February 1849^ between the forces of the East India Company^ and a Sikh army in rebellion against the Company`s control of the Sikh Empire^ represented by the child Maharaja Duleep Singh who was in British custody in Lahore. Title on lithograph is The Battle of Goojerat^ on the 21st February 1849. The whole series of these lithographs are housed in the British Library. An extremely sought after piece. Size approx: 64x55 cm.
Important Lithograph of the Sikh Wars. Rare First Sikh War Khalsa Army Lithograph 1845 Moodkee. An impressive large scale lithograph depicting the Battle of Moodkee (first sikh war). Originally painted by Henry Martens and published in London 14th June 1848. The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Khalsa Empire and the East India Company between 1845 and 1846. Title on lithograph is At The Battle of Moodkee^ on the 18th of December 1845. The whole series of these lithographs are housed in the British Library. An extremely sought after piece. Approx size 64x55 cm.
Important Lithograph of the Sikh Wars. First Sikh War Battle of Ferozshah Lithograph 1845. An impressive large scale lithograph depicting the Battle of Ferozshah (first sikh war). Originally painted by Henry Martens and published in London 1st December 1848. The Battle of Ferozshah was fought on 21 December and 22 December 1845 between the British and the Sikhs^ at the village of Ferozshah in Punjab. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough and Governor-General Sir Henry Hardinge^ while the Sikhs were led by Lal Singh. The battle was one of the hardest-fought in the history of the British Army. Title on lithograph is Night Bivouac of the British Army At Ferozshah on the 31st Dec 1845. The whole series of these lithographs are housed in the British Library. An extremely sought after piece. Approx size 64x55 cm.
Important paper on the Chinese Revolution 1912 – Chinese revolution – formation of the Republic of China. Further correspondence respecting the affairs of China”. China No 3 (1912). (In Continuation of ""China No 1 (1912)"" Cd 6148). London. Published H.M.S.O. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty^ November 1912. London: Printed for His Majesty`s Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons^ St. Martin’s Lane^ Printers to the King`s Most Excellent Majesty^ 1912. With x^ 218 pp.^ folio size 13 by 8 inches^ very good condition^ in the original blue black-printed soft covers. Spans December 1911 to March 1912. Much unrest in China is reported here with such topics in the contents list as: “British residents apply for gunboat protection...”; “Dangerous situation in Sianfu”^ ""Sir G. Buchanan reports speculations in the Russian press as to the future of Mongolia and Tibet""^ “Looting of Chengtu by soldiers...”; “Troops at Lanchow have declared for the republic. Proposed to occupy important points on the Tien-Tsin railway with foreign troops""^ “execution of Chao-Erh-Feng”. “Yuan Shih-Kai elected president of the new Republic”. “War Office suggests reinforcements to be sent from India to Hong Kong”. The Republic of China was formed when the Qing Dynasty fell in 1912. The republic had ended a very long reign of imperial rule. Sun Yatsen was the leader of the opposition that led several civil unrests to unseat the Qing Dynasty from ruling China. The imperial rule was weak and unable to unite the country because of weak policies^ corruption^ and several foreign invasions. Several provinces declared independence from the Qing Dynasty and on January 1^ 1912 elected Sun Yatsen as the first Provisional President of China. However he was unable to get enough support from other provinces and the military under the strong leadership of military general Yuan Shikai. To prevent civil war^ Sun Yatsen turned over the presidency to Yuna Shikai. Yuan Shikai was a strong leader but was corrupt. He abused his power and eventually dismantled the parliament to make him the most powerful man in the country. He ordered several killings of those who opposed his rule. He wanted to become the new emperor of China but several provinces opposed him and declared independence from him. Opposition groups united and formed the National Protection Army that revolted against his rule. Several generals of Yuan Shikkai were not happy about his coronation as emperor so they did not resist the uprising of the rebels. This led to the fall of Yuan Shikai’s rule as he stepped down from power on March 22^ 1916. He died several months later. A very rare British Parliamentary Paper covering events at this pivotal point in Chinese history.
Highland Rebellion Printed Act of Parliament dated October 17th 1745 being an Act to indemnify such persons as have acted in devence of His Majesty’s person and Government... during the time of the present unnatural rebellion...’ folio^ 2pp plus title^ disbound in fine condition. The Act which gave licence to all the atrocities which were committed after the Battle of Culloden. The King’s army under the Duke of Cumberland spared no mercy on the fleeing rebels nor indeed on the families they encountered in the highlands^ earning the reputation for Cumberland in Scotland as ‘The Butcher of Culloden’
Oxfordshire – Crime and Punishment The Tryal of Mary Blandy^ spinster for the murder of her father^ Fancis Blandy^ gent. 1752. Folio^ 46pp unbound^ some dusting and fraying^ modern repair to final page which is missing one section at the top but otherwise appears complete. Rare. The case of Mary Blandy^ from Henley on Thames^ Oxon^ who poisoned her father with arsenic was celebrated at the time mainly because there was considerable debate as to whether she was truly guilty or misguided. She claimed that she thought the arsenic was some sort of love potion which would make her father approve of her relationship with an Army Officer she loved. She was nevertheless found guilty and hanged outside Oxford Gaol on April 6th 1752
WWI series of approx 10 letters including two remarkable and extensive letters to Sir Francis and Lady Denys-Burton from the German Governess to their children dated September 14th and September 16th 1914^ three and six pp 4to respectively^ giving the German perspective on the first few weeks of the War and imploring Lady Denys-Burton to understand the German position. ‘...you know from the papers that so far the German army has been Victorious in France & that a new battle is now raging new Paris. The German troops have been equally successful on the Russian frontier where the Russians lost 92^000 prisoners^ 513 guns about 20000 horses etc in the battle of Tannenberg...I do not know whether you are aware that the French & the Russians have only been on the verge of the German borders...the Russians burnt down every village & farm they got to & shot men & woman for no offence whatsoever. The French behaved like Barbarians... ‘...all along you must be thinking of me as an enemy^ the Barbarian whose soldiers behave like Huns & who are a disgrace to the world ! I implore you don’t believe the dreadful stories in the Daily Mail. They are mostly pure imagination. An organisation has been formed in Germany to spread the truth in England...’ Together with a letter written from France on August 1st 1914 describing what was happening as the troops were being mobilised : ‘... probably all communications will be cut off^ the post if just going so have not time for much^ the train service is all stopped only for the soldiers so it will be absolutely impossible for anyone to travel for about 16 days...’ There is also a letter written on August 4th announcing the actual outbreak of the conflict^ a letter in French from a Belgian officer describing the war
WWII – the Siege of Malta a highly important official British report on the Siege of Malta chronicling the events from June 1941 through to July 1942^ and providing detailed information on the bombing by the German Luftwaffe and the response by the Allied Garrisons and the RAF based on the island^ as well as the response of the people of Malta throughout the continuing siege. The report is typed on 34pp foolscap and includes details on casualties^ bomb tonnages dropped by the Germans^ enemy aircraft destroyed by both the artillery on the ground and the RAF in the air^ the number of RAF fighter sorties and a comprehensive digest of other information including even the numbers of unexploded bombs dealt with each week throughout the siege. This highly important document is considered the only extant copy of this official report. It was prepared by the British Army^ and was typed by the present vendor’s father^ who against all regulations made this copy for him own personal interest. Had he been discovered doing this at the time he would have inevitably faced court martial. The report contains a number of comments which were considered disparaging both of the high command and also of the Maltese people^ and in view of this^ the official copy was ordered to be destroyed. This destruction was carried out by the present vendor’s father^ but he kept his own copy – the present lot – and thus this is the only copy extant. The document will doubtless provide considerable – possibly new – information on what has become one of the most famous and heroic defences in the history of military warfare – for which the Island and its people were uniquely granted the George Cross.
WWI – the letters of a Surgeon from the front an outstanding archive of more than 300 autograph letters written in 1917 (with one from 1918) by Ambrose Edgar Woodall FRCS^ who rose to be both a Baronet and then Lord Uvedale – and one of the founders of the Trades Union Hospital on Hampstead Hill – a position he held until 1958. The letters have been collated and bound into a single volume bearing a portrait photograph of him on the inside cover. Loosely inserted is a small group of snapshot photographs of him taken at the Front during WWI. A highly important archive of primary source information about WWI from the pen of a working doctor and surgeon who served at the Front in France and Italy. The letters begin with his first entrance into the Army (with a Commission as Captain) with observations on fellow officers (who he doesn’t much approve of) and also of the quality of his fellow doctors^ reckoning that only one in 20 are up to the job. On arrival in France he goes to a hospital at Etretat^ he discusses the role of the medical professionals both at the hospital and at the casualty clearing stations and also in the trenches^ and then describes taking charge of the funeral of a soldier who has died of consumption. He is transferred to the 46th and then the 50th Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station where he encounters the son of the actor Bransby Williams – a Captain in the BFC for 18 months doing aerial fighting and bombing raids until they found out he was under age. He then describes the shooting down of a British plane killing the observer but the pilot survived : ‘...they were surprised in the air & the plane was riddled with bullets before they were aware of the presence of the enemy. The pilot who escaped was suffering from shock but he had roused himself to attend the funeral of his companion who was also his particular chum. The worst of the Germans is that they are always improving this apparatus – we want to be wide awake to keep pace with them...’ He describes a colleague trying to save the life of his brother by opening a vein to give him an instant blood transfusion only for his brother to die^ and then mentions that Lord Alfred Douglas ‘the evil genius of Oscar Wilde’ is now a corporal in the ASC. He attends a lecture on shell shock (a very early example of the recognition of this condition)^ and discusses hearing the news of the Russian revolution as well as reporting on inoculating German prisoners who don’t look like ‘empire builders’. By April he has about 200 patients – describing them as having the intellectual level of a children of 7. He then moves to be with the Durham Light Infantry and describes a German attack with ‘terrific bombardment’ followed by hand to hand fighting in the trenches and machine gun fire. Then in June he witnesses the German bombardment of a town which ‘is no more fortified than Rochdale’ where he describes bodies in the streets and reports : ‘it is this sort of thing that explains why we are all in the war. The German will profess the highest sentiments – rights of humanity – anything you please if by so doing he can lull you to sleep while he carries out his diabolical cruelties...’ Later in the month he describes the aftermath of the Battle of Messines Ridge commenting: ‘...it is a source of wonder to me how patiently these men bear the most frightful injuries – how calmly they die...’ Note: a brief digest of these letters is available on request.
India – Punjab – Second Sikh war medal – Rare second Anglo Sikh war medal awarded to an Indian soldiers fighting against the Sikh Army. Medal inscribed to Private Khurukjeet of the Scinde Camel Corps. Fine Army of the Punjab medal issued by the East India Company for victory against the Lahore Durbar which led to the annexation of the Punjab^ in 1849. With claps for Mooltan and the famed Battle of Goojerat.
India – Punjab – Second Sikh War Letter – rare and finely detailed six page letter written during the second Sikh war by a British Army officer to his wife^ dated Hoshiarpur^ December 1848. The letter is interestingly written in double cross hence getting maximum use of paper space. ‘… the affairs of Ramnugger (battle) and defeat of Shere Singh [Attariwala] had been a deserving one…’^ he further writes.. I hope to get a good copy of the Grunth – the holy book of the Seikhs which has been found here…I have of spoil [war spoil] a set of Quoits worn by an Akali^ who I found wounded in the ditch – and a shot fired over my head from the rear of the battery…The letters has a wax seal^ a postage stamp mark for DEC^ and an inscription or signature in Urdu/Persian. Seems like two letters posted as one covering the news from the Sikh wars^ as an early page reads November 1848. Too much to de-cypher. The second Anglo Sikh war was fought in 1848-49 when the Governor of Mooltan rebelled against the British administration of the Punjab after the First Sikh War. Raja Shere Singh joined the rebellion but their forces were crushed and after a series of Battles the Sikh soldiers were defeated at the battle of Chillianwala. Scarce
Allen Tortice (b.1948) "Old Morley" Signed and dated 1985, oil on board, 36.5cm by 30cm Born into a Yorkshire mining family, Torice worked as a miner himself, followed by a career in the army. He did not start to paint seriously until 1987, he held his first one man exhibition the same year and since then has exhibited throughout the North of England. His work is principally inspired by the industrial landscape. Finding out late in life that he suffered from Asperger's Syndrome, Tortice remarked that: "I was bursting inside to express myself and I found that art was my only friend".
Britains Figures From Salvation Army Band In Red Tunics including Flag bearer, 2xCornet players, 3xTrombone players, 2x Euphonium players, 2xTuba players, one with side drum, one with bass drum and Lady War Cry seller (shorter skirt version) (generally G-F, all figures are complete and only show paint wear consistent with age) (14)
An extensive collection of books about the military, navy and related subjects, titles include 1914 and other Poems by Rupert Brooke, The Second World War by Winston S Churchill, The Other Side of the Hill - Germany`s Generals, their Rise and Fall with their Own Account of Military Events 1939 - 1945 by B H Liddell Hart, The Royal Navy, edited by E C Talbot-Booth, Three Years with Eisenhower by Harry C Butcher, etc together with a third edition of Nicknames and Traditions in the Army (being the most complete record of ever published), printed by Gale & Polden 1891
Dinky Toys, boxed military group to include 651 Centurion Tank, military green body with black rubber tracks (VG,BVG), No.622 10-ton army truck, military green body with green tin canopy and seated driver, Supertoys box (G-VG,BVG), and No.661 recovery tractor, military green body and hubs with attached hook, Supertoys box has split, 1 packing piece apparent (G,BG) (x3)
A WWII group of seven medals, named Corporal L Gettleson, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corp, together with a miniature group of medals, two Red Berets and various other items, including an enamelled Armed Forces Veteran badge, Arnhem 40th anniversary paperweight and various printed ephemera.
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY MEDALS, consisting of `Army Emergency reserve, Territorial Decoration` dated 1966, `Queen Elizabeth II Air Efficiency Award` named Sqn Ldr R L Jillett RAUXAF, `GSM Bar Malaya` named Capt. P Lewis QUARANC, `WWI BWM` named 6895 Pte L G B Gillett 9-LOND-R, and a miniature group
A COLLECTION OF DINKY TOYS to include a Guy Flat truck no. 512 in original box, a Coventry Climax forklift truck 14C in original box, a Gloucester Meteor, a Tempest Mark II, a double decker bus, a Daimler ambulance, a taxi, an Austin Devon saloon, Standard Vanguard, a lorry and trailer, a tipper-truck, a royal blue loudspeaker van, a red telephone box, a fire engine, Aveling-Barford steam roller, a red van, a khaki army van, a grey Chrysler saloon, a blue coach and a Massey Harris tractor
D.C. War Mix (1974-82) G I Combat 222, 227, 228, 234, 238, 244, 247; Our Army At War 265, 292; Our Fighting Forces 166; Star Spangled War Stories 170, 179, 181, 190, 193, 194, 197, 198, 201, 203; Weird War Tales 32, 47-56. G I Combat 234, 238: pence copies, balance: cents copies. Some [vg+], balance [fn-/vfn] (31) No Reserve
A collection of 8 football programmes in various condition, 06/03/1943 Tottenham v Chelsea (FLC), 1945/46 Tottenham v Brentford (FAC), Chelsea v Leicester (FAC), Army v RAF at Chelsea, Brentford v Plymouth, Brentford v Portsmouth, Brentford v Luton, 1946/47 Arsenal v Sheffield Utd (hvy crsd).
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