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Lot 921
SUDAN Collection on pages (mostly unused) incl 1897 overprints to 10p (used) 1898 and 1902-21 to 10p black and mauve, 1927-41 to 20pi pale blue and blue, 1931-37 Air to 10pi (perf 14) 1935 Gordon set of 50pi, Officials (all used) incl 1902-12 to both 10pi (SG O4/11) Army Service 1905 1m brown and carmine, ARMY reading down (SG A3) 1906-11 wmk star and crescent to 10p and wmk quatrefoil 2p, 5p and 10p, also some Egypt incl 1934 UPU set to £E1 used and a page of Swaziland incl 1933 to 10s (393)
Lot 180
A WWII group of two medals awarded to: 950296 KTW Harding RA (Survey): 1939-45 and Italy Stars, Defence and War Medals, in OHMS box with Soldier`s Service & Pay Book, Soldier`s Release Book, other ephemera, also two helmet plates for York & Lancaster and West Riding, various cap badges and two wooden plaques and a wooden box incised `1st Army, 8th Army, Africa 1942-43, Italy 1943-44`.
Lot 190
An archive of ephemera relating to the British Army WWII, comprising reconnaissance photographs including a large aerial photograph of Plymouth, court marshal papers of Marinello Sodini 1946, an Air Recognition manual, much of the ephemera hand written by Major C A McLaren RA, also a plan of Drakes Island and other charts and maps.
Lot 311
A comprehensive Great Britain collection of Victorian stamps including penny black on cover imperf SF, 27 other penny blacks at least one from each plate, used 1841 penny reds in multiples, numerous penny reds, a representative from most plates, 2d blues in multiples, Jubilee issues, SG121 1867-1880 two shilling brown, Inland Revenue and Army issues, 2d blues on covers, etc. A very comprehensive collection viewing advised SG cat. value well over £20,000
Lot 585
Captain Herbert Borne, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers a group of six WW2 medals awarded to Captain Borne, comprising the Defence Medal, the War Medal 1939-45, the 1939-1945 Star, the Africa Star, the Italy Star and the France and Germany Star, mounted as worn, together with a single France and Germany Star miniature, various Royal Northumberland Fusiliers badges and buttons including two cap badges and two officer`s shoulder title badges, a The Artists Rifles 28th London Regiment Cap Badge, a gilt `National Small Bore Rifle Association .22 Army Match 1947` medal and more; plus a quantity of related ephemera including Captain Borne`s British Forces Identification Card, three Despatches, a small quantity of photographs taken during his service, a German propaganda leaflet, `Aussies Surrender!`, his letter of release from commission dated 1948, a quantity of campaign maps etc. (qty) * Please see lot 163 for a related cartoon given to Captain Borne during WW2. See Illustration.
Lot 586
An important silver figure of a First World War Soldier by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths of London 1918, exquisitely modelled in the form of a WWI snare drummer in full military regalia, his intricately decorated snare drum hung to his left, a drumstick held in his left hand resting on the upper surface, a bugle with tasselled straps hanging to his right, adorned with various satchels and roll pack, on a hallmarked square base seated upon an ebonised stepped plinth, the front bearing a hallmarked silver presentation plaque inscribed, `Presented to Mrs Sanders from the Officers, Warrant Officers, N.C.O`s and Men of the First Battn. The Essex Regiment, in the affectionate memory of the late Brigadier General A.R.C. Sanders C.M.G D.S.G.O who Commanded the Battn. from 9th April to 7th Sept 1918`, 13in. (33cm.) high including plinth; to also include a framed pencil portrait of Brigadier-General Sanders, various press cuttings and obituaries to frame verso, 15½ x 11½in. (39.5 x 29.25cm.). (2) *Arthur Richard Careless Sanders was born on 20 January 1877. Entering the Army, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 18 January 1897. Advanced to Lieutenant in January 1900 and Captain in January 1906, he served on the North West Frontier of India during 1908. Serving in the Great War, he was promoted to Major in October 1914 and received the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1915. For his service as a General Staff Officer he was awarded the D.S.O. and the French Legion of Honour. Promoted to Brigadier-General, on 9 September 1918 he took over command of the 50th Brigade of the 17th (Northern) Division in France. Commanding his brigade in the advance from the Canal du Nord to the Selle, Brigadier-General Sanders was killed in action on 20 September 1918. In the early morning he had gone up to inspect the front about the Quentin Redoubt. After daylight he was returning to his Brigade H.Q. and as he crossed the railway, he was caught in machine-gun fire from Gouzeaucourt and killed on the spot. He was buried in the Five Points Cemetery, Lechelle, Pas de Calais, France. After his death the London Gazette announced the award of a Bar to his D.S.O. for service as a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Aged 41 years at the time of his death. ** The company Goldsmiths and Silversmiths was founded in 1898 by Gibson and Langman, the company was subsequently purchased by Garrard and co. See Illustration.
Lot 587
An Afghan army `Brown Bess` flintlock musket circa 1815, by The East India Company, 36in. (91.3cm.) steel barrel bearing double struck manufacturer`s marks (G.P and letter V under crown) with two cartouches bearing Persian engraving, over walnut body, steel ram-rod into brass cylinder form holders, brass pan and butt-plate, 50in. (127cm.) long.
Lot 589
A comprehensive collection of WWI Guernsey R.G.L.I. memorabilia belonging to Private Edwin Despres Falla of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, to include war medals, 15ct gold locket, silver pocket watch, vesta case, bullet brooch, military issue wrist watch and personal silver cased wrist watch, a lock of hair, a fragment of marble inscribed `Nov 4 1917 Arras`, photographs, postcards, letters, diary, wedding photograph and marriage certificate, 1st Royal Guernsey Militia `B` Company I.D. card, militia hat, dog tags, Service New Testament Bibles, war grave photograph, framed death plaque etc., together with a large framed portrait photograph of Private Falla in uniform and a framed official Royal condolences letter and scroll. (qty.) * Private Edwin Despres Falla was a bandsman for the L`Islet Salvation Army Corps and a Private in the 1st Battallion of the RGLI, son of John D. and Annie S. Falla of St Sampsons, married to Lavinia S. Falla (neé Quevatre). He was wounded in action by shrapnel on March 19th 1918 and succumbed to his wounds the following day in a field hospital run by the Australian Red Cross. He was buried with full honours at Cemetery B.3, Nine Elms, Poperinghe, Belgium. See Illustration.
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Lot 44
[?]DUBOIS, Henry Leopold. The History of a French Dagger; An Anecdote of the Revolution. Translated from the French. London: Printed for the Author, 1828. 2 volumes, 12mo (195 x 115mm). (Occasional light spotting and staining.) Contemporary or [?]original paper-backed blue boards (spine of vol. I split from top to bottom, rubbed with slight loss). Provenance: The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio (very small bookseller`s label in corner of front pastedowns). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, although "British Fiction 1800-29 Database" states "No French original discovered" so the author`s claims that this is a translation may be spurious; indeed, there is a suspicion that the author`s name is a pseudonym and the writer is actually English. The author/translator is described as being "Late Surgeon of Cavalry in the Imperial Army." "The book struck me as depicting, in lively colours, such barbarous transactions as were unfortunately too common during the days of terror in Paris; and I found it interesting, from the continual hope the mind entertains of the final triumph of innocence and virtue" (from the Dedication). (2)
Lot 106
M`GAURAN, Edward. The Memoirs of Major Edward M`Gauran, (Grandson of Colonel Bryan M`Gauran, Baron M`Gauran of Talaha, in the County of Cavan, in the Kingdom of Ireland) An Ensign in General Loudon`s Austrian Regiment of Foot; Volunteer with Admiral Elphinstone on board the Russian Squadron, on his Expedition against the Turks; Cadet in the Honourable East-India Company`s Forces; Major in the Service of Portugal; and A Lieutenant in the British Army in America. London: Printed for and Sold by the Author, 1786. 2 volumes [see footnote], 12mo (170 x 98mm). (Occasional light staining.) Contemporary polished calf, spines gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Francis Enys (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin. The title page of volume one states the work to be "in three volumes." However, the publisher seems to have a change of heart since the title page of the second volume states "in two volumes", and ends with "Finis" and an air of conclusion. The British Library copy has 2 volumes. The author gives a perfunctory account of his passage to America: "Nothing extraordinary happened, except the loss of a sailor, who fell overboard and was drowned; a famous horse, called Stradler, the property of General Howe, was seized with the staggers, and obliged to be knocked on the head. We reached Boston a few days after the battle of Lexington and Concord ..." (vol. II, p. 189). (2)
Lot 147
AN OFFICER`S CLOAK AND OTHER ITEMS OF THE GUIDES CAVALRY with maker`s label of Hawkes, 14 Piccadilly, inscribed to JK Hensley Esq. A fine dark blue cloak with scarlet cloth lining to collar. A double row of plain white metal half-ball buttons to front, scarlet shalloon lining (top button missing); two lightweight khaki Service Dress tunics, one with scarlet piping round the collar (both lacking all badges and buttons); a good Sam Browne belt of Guides pattern, with white metal fittings, complete with sword-frog, brace and whistle but lacking its rectangular regimental waistplate; a brown pigskin pistol-holster and flat leather pouch, both with loops to attach to a Sam Browne; and a leather-covered swagger-stick (7) Frederic King Hensley was commissioned into the 15th Madras Infantry in 1902, transferring to the Guides shortly afterwards. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1903 and Captain in 1910. The 1914 Indian Army List shows him attached to the Assam Military Police. He accompanied the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from June to November 1918, and subsequently transferred to the 12th Frontier Force Regiment. He appears as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 1927 IAL
Lot 151
A COLLECTION OF IMAGES OF INDIAN ARMY UNITS two group photographs, both of the 5th Field Battery, 1st Brigade RFA at Kamptea, Madras in 1889-90, one showing officers and NCOs, the other of the full battery; eleven prints by Simkin, 8 ½ in. x 9 ½ in. and slightly smaller, depicting native soldiers of various regiments and corps, including the Viceroy`s Bodyguard, the 10th Bengal Lancers, the 3rd Madras Light Cavalry, 2nd Bombay Lancers, Mountain Artillery, Madras Sappers and Miners and 29th Bombay Native Infantry; five prints by H Burnett, showing the 13th Bengal Lancers, 1st Madras Pioneers, 15th Sikhs, etc; and a gilt-edged paper fan, painted with the device of the 5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment and inscribed Tokyo 21 Dec 1946 (qty)
Lot 152
A COLLECTION OF SILVERWARE RELATING TO THE INDIAN ARMY a cigarette-case (hallmark incomplete) engraved with devices of the 17th Dogra regiment, and with an enamel stripe in regimental colours of blue, primrose and crimson; a lady`s octagonal powder-compact, hallmarked Birmingham 1938, also with enamel stripe and devices of the 17th Dogras (mirror cracked); a pepper-pot, London hallmarks, with engraved badge of the Bombay Pioneers and inscription Presented by Captain WR Lloyd James 1923 ; a hip-flask with Birmingham hallmarks (date illegible), engraved with 16 LC and initials O.W.L.; A silver teaspoon (hallmark illegible); and a silver-plated mustard-pot engraved with an Elephant and IV over a scroll inscribed ASSAYE (6)
Lot 317
**A FINE GERMAN BRONZE SALUTING CANNON DATED 1714 with tapering multi-stage barrel formed with raised astragal mouldings, strongly moulded muzzle, cast with bands of elaborate scrollwork behind the muzzle, of the first reinforce and the chase, the latter incorporating the crowned coat-of-arms of the Duchy of Wurttemberg enclosed by foliage and the former with a scrolling panel with the abbreviated inscription and the date `17 E.L.H.Z.W.14` for Eberhard Louis Herzog von Wurttemberg, raised collar-shaped vent, a pair of dolphin lifting handles, a pair of long plain trunnions, and globose cascable moulded en suite, with the muzzle and drawn-out to a pierced button chiselled with acanthus: on a later finely constructed iron-clad field carriage painted in polychrome and fitted with a pair of spoked wheels 67.3 cm; 26 1/2 in barrel 2.5 cm; 1 in bore Eberhard Ludwig, tenth Duke of Württemberg (1676-1733), was the only son of Wilhelm Ludwig of Württemberg (1647-1677) and succeeded to the dukedom when under a year old. During the years of his minority, the duchy was ruled by a regent, his uncle Friedrich Karl. In 1693, when Eberhard Ludwig was sixteen, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I proclaimed him duke in order to secure the duchy`s support for the Empire: strategically situated on the right bank of the Rhine, Württemberg represented a significant bastion for the Empire against the aggressive encroachments of Louis XIV`s France. Often popularly represented as a spendthrift and proto-absolutist ruler unduly influenced by his mistress and her family, the duke was typical of many of his peers - the rulers of the German princely states - in seeking to establish and increase the status of his duchy through overt magnificence, military expenditure and diplomatic manoeuvring. His uncle had created a standing army from Württemberg`s militia in the early 1690s and the duke capitalised on that initiative by increasing the size of the army: both men also raised regiments of Württembergers for the specific purpose of hiring them as mercenaries to other states. Although loyally allied to the Empire and the anti-French `Grand Alliance` during the War of the League of Augsburg (1688-97), the duke was ambivalent in his allegiance during the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-14) and periodically flirted with the idea of a French alliance in the hope of increasing his status; his appointment as Imperial Field Marshal in 1712 was made in order to secure his loyalty to the Empire. The ending of the war with France in 1714 left Württemberg in considerable debt and the duke without his desired enhanced political status. In the same year, though, hostilities between Venice and the Ottoman Empire began; Venice had hired Württemberger soldiers during an earlier war with the Turks and so, in October 1714, the Serene Republic approached the duke for a large contingent of men. In the event, the duke was out-manoeuvred by the Viennese court, his personal negotiations with Venice failed and the Württemberger soldiers ended up in Imperial service at far lower rates of pay than the Venetians would have paid. It is possible that this gun was cast in 1714 as part of the duke`s attempts to provide appropriately equipped forces for Venice. A colourful figure with considerable, if poorly focussed, ambition, Eberhard Ludwig failed in his principal aim: the establishment of absolute rule in a duchy with a fully funded army and genuine status within the Holy Roman Empire. The cultural achievements of his reign - the building of Schloss Ludwigsburg, for example - must be regarded as outweighing the military and political ones. See Wilson 1995.
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