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Lot 1371
A Circular Bronze Box with embossed profile of the Duke Of Wellington to the top and inscribed to the rear ''By his consummate skill as a general, he has raised the British army to the highest excellence, and himself to the most noble and exhaled hero in the annuals of history'', inside the box are 12 circular paper discs commemorating British victories in Portugal, Spain & France in the 19th century
Lot 339
A COLLECTION OF ARMY AND AIR FORCE WAR VOLUMES to include; The Annals of 100 Squadron by Major C Gordon Burge, Memoirs of the Life and Gallant Exploits of the Old Highlander Serjeant Donald Macleod, Blackie and Son 1933, one vol with dust jacket, Th e French Army From Within by "Ex-Trooper", Hodder and Stoughton, 1 vol., Lighter Than Air by Stephen Wilkinson, Birth of The Few by Henry Buckton, signed. The Tunnellers of Holzminden by H.G. Durnford, Cambridge 1920 and A Red Cross Unit in Serbia by James Berry, F. Berry and W Lyon Blease, Churchill 1916, 1 vol (7 volumes total)
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Lot 70
Thomas Fairfax – [Parliamentary Commander in the Civil War] ms document being an abstract of title concerning the Fairfax family. The watermark in the paper suggest that this was drawn up in the early years of the 18th c. Written in English on one page of a bifolium. Good condition. The document concerns a grant of land made by Charles Fairfax and Mary his wife in 1632 to various parties including Ferdinando Fairfax who was to be made Constable of Pontefract Castle during the Civil War. Also mentioned on the document at a later stage is Thomas Fairfax the original commander of the New Model Army during the Civil War.
Lot 130
Oliver Cromwell in Ireland 1650 – the battle of Scarrifholis An Act for the setting apart a day of publique thanksgiving to be kept on Friday the twenty sixth of this instant July together with a declaration & narrative expressing the grounds and reasons thereof...’ printed Act of Parliament dated 1650. An important document in Irish history. The battle of Scarrifholis was fought in Donegal on June 21st 1650 during the Irish Confederate Wars when a force under the command of Charles Coote composed of divisions of the New Model Army and local British protestant settlers faced the Irish Catholic Ulster Army. It resulted in the annihilation of the Irish army and the loss of most of its weapons and supplies contributing towards the Cromwellian conquest in Ireland.
Lot 144
Scarce history of the English Civil War with two fine plates attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar – Charles I Historical Discourses upon Several Occasions... by Sir Edward Walker London W. B. for Sam Keble at the Turks Head in Fleet Street 1705. Contemporary calf boards top cover detached but otherwise a fine fresh copy of this important Royalist version of events during the first few years of the Civil War. This copy has two fine engraved plates one definitely by Hollar showing Charles I on charger about to go into battle and a second a folding plate almost certainly by Hollar based on an oil painting (now in the National Gallery) showing Charles I giving instructions to Sir Edward Walker with the Royalist Army in the background. This is an important collection of material relating to the Civil War with eye witness accounts of some campaigns. Walker was Secretary of War to the King and also his Chief Clerk at the Treaty of Newport.
Lot 150
English Civil War – Charles II assumes control of the Army An Act for Ordering the forces in the several countries of this Kingdom printed Act of Parliament dated 1662 folio 26pp plus title. A subtle manoeuvre by the King whereby he actually took over the control of the Army which as the Act states : ‘...ever was the undoubted Right of His Majesty and his Royal predecessors Kings and Queens of England and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot nor ought to pretend to the same nor can nor lawfully may raise or levy any war offensive or defensive against his Majesty his heirs or lawful successors and yet the contrary thereof hath of late years been practices almost to the ruine and destruction of this Kingdom...’ To this day the control of the Armed forces of this country and the ability to declare war remain with the Royal prerogative.
Lot 248B
WWI – Royal Flying Corps/RAF Propeller Blade from a pre-1918 British fighter plane with laminated hardwood surface original crackle varnish finish approx 51x10ins. Inset in the blade is a long panoramic photograph (approx 40x7ins) showing a large group of more than 200 army and air force personnel both men and women including approx 12 RAF officers and a substantial number of airmen. The photograph shows signs of ageing with some discolouration and some images partially faded however the majority of people depicted can be identified. To the verso of the blade are a pair of hanging hooks and therefore it is likely that this was a display item which hung for many years in either a service base or an ex-servicemen’s club. The identities of the personnel depicted in the photograph are unclear but it is likely that these were the staff of an RAF HQ unit or depot possibly a base in Northern France in view of there being over 60 members of the Queen Mary’s Auxiliary Army Corps whose uniforms can be clearly identified by their distinctive uniforms and hats. The main bases for the QMAAC were at Wimereux in Flanders (which was their HQ) as well as at Calais Etaples Abbeville Rouen and Le Havre. The QMACC was a short lived organisation operating from April 1918 to September 1921 when it was disbanded and evolved into the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps. Formed under the orders of Earl Haig members carried out administrative duties so that men could be released for front line operations. Due to the destruction by enemy bombing in WWII of many army personal records there are few official photographs of members of the QMACC. This large group portrait is therefore considered extremely rare and offers material for considerable further research.
Lot 248C
WWII – 8th Army North Africa – Field Marshal Montgomery Churchill and Mountbatten good photo album with good selection of original snapshots taken during the North African campaign with four original shots of Montgomery at Suez in June 1943. Other shots show landings at Aquaba Italian POWs at work German attacks on Syracuse a shot of Earl Mountbatten together with Field Marshals Tedder and Alexander at the Casablanca Conference in 1943 a shot of Churchill addressing naval ratings shots of Alexandria Malta convoys at sea damaged ships etc.
Lot 274
The diary of a British WWII Commando WWII typescript diary of a British commando Lance Corporal Bopwen covering the period June 1942 – December 1943 typed on 202pp lg4to with many original snapshot photographs and other ephemera tipped in. Blue cloth boards in fine condition. Bowen was with the VI Commando BNAF attached to the First Army and the diary covers his experiences in various theatres of the war including Algiers Cap Serrat Medjez-el-Bab and Longstop Hill. It would seem that the typescript was prepared for publication but this is clearly the original version of the diary from the evidence of the tipped in snapshot photographs some of which were contemporaneous with events while others were clearly taken some years after the end of WWII. The events contained in the diary are striking and one wonders whether this was unsuccessful as a published work only because at the time of its production which would appear to be during the mid 1950 there were many memoirs of war heroes appearing on the market. ‘...had an escort of two Spitfires from Bone aerodrome and everything went quite well until the Spitfires went off and two other planes appeared. They were optimistically referred to as Mustangs until one started diving behind the train and the other sideways to it- by which time it was too late. They machine-gunned the whole length of the train and made a horrible noise as the wounded and those trying to jump off fell under the moving wagons. It was all over in the space of a few seconds and hen the train eventually managed to pull up there were dead and wounded lying about all over the place...’ The author makes a considerable number of comments about the progress of the war as he sees it the general level of incompetence at the top and the general malaise of the British Army.
Lot 315
Judaica – Palestine four copies of the Palestine News July 1918 to February 1919. This was the weekly newspaper of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force of the British Army in occupied enemy territory towards the end of WWI. The newspaper was founded in 1918. Usual browning and fraying at edges but in generally good condition. Together with three copies of the Palestine Post from 1938 carrying news of the Arab Uprising and also news of the commencement of the Anschluss (the annexation of Austria by Hitler) and ominously the ‘solution’ to the ‘Jewish Question’.
Lot 463
The dreadful treatment of children transported to Australia archive of documents chronicling the dreadful treatment of a young boy named Jim Blair from Rothsay Scotland in 1924 who’s only crime seems to have been that he didn’t have much academic abilities. As a result he was sent for ‘assessment’ to a Dr Macdonald on the Isle of Bute who wrote to his father that although Jim was a ‘nice boy’ but ‘work I am afraid is not at all a thing he things seriously about. He is too lackadazical altogether...he seems quite oblivious to the necessity of learning to earn a living...on a farm unless continually under supervision he stands gazing around him even when told he has to perform certain work...’ As a result Jim was sent to the Salvation Army and from there transported to Australia where he was sent to work on local farms in the Brisbane area – at one he was clearly badly abused by the farmer judging on references in the correspondence. Many of the papers are poignant letters from Jim to his parents in Scotland mostly written in a naive script. He appears to have been moved to various addresses in Australia during this time. The archive ends in 1933 but does not indicate what Jim’s ultimate history continued to be. His father was clearly a sea captain on a cargo ship the SS Carspey and he died in 1932. An archive such as this highlight the quite dreadful treatment of young and vulnerable children at this time who because they didn’t ‘fit in’ to accepted beliefs of work and education were merely discarded to places on the other side of the world.
Lot 503
India – the Indian Mutiny fine letter dated June 18th 1857 written by a British priest named the Rev G Bowen from Bombay to Major S D Young at Chicacole 2pp 4to on onion paper with integral address leaf bearing two East India Company stamps and a ‘Chicagole Paid’ cancellation. In the letter Bowen refers to the Indian Mutiny which was just about at an end saying that ‘I think we should not now be hearing of the mutiny in the Bengal army perhaps because there has been so much ungodliness licentiousness intemperance blasphemy mockery of religion that the Lord has withdrawn (temporarily I trust) his support...the tide has swept east and west and threatens ...no one can say but it may sweep the entire land..’
Lot 511
India Sikh Ranjit Singh 1846 by Victor Jacquemont. Two volumes - leather binding. Jacquemont travelled to India in 1828 and remained there for the rest of his life. While he was there he met Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Lahore in 1831. Jacquemont provides a fascinating account of the royal Sikh Durbar the Sikhs Akalis etc: [trans.] ‘...the Akalis or immortals are properly speaking Sikh faqirs. 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 rare and early important account of the Sikh Kingdom in the life time of the great Ranjit Singh. Written in French bookplate of Arnette Charlonye. Some staining and wear one board loose but generally good 370 pages and 372 pages.1 map.
Lot 526
India - Travels in Kashmir & the Panjab - A particular account of the government and character of the Sikhs Signed on the title page by a Baron Ch Hugel with notes by Major T. B. Jervis. Baron Charles von Hügels rare 1st Edtion (born Carl Alexander Anselm Baron von Hügel; 25 April 1795 - 2 June 1870) an Austrian noble, army officer, diplomat, botanist, and explorer, now primarily remembered for his travels in northern India during the 1830s. Giving accounts of the character and military style of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, his court and the persons around him. He also gives a description of the Maharaja`s person and outlines the Sikh ruler`s policy : "Never perhaps was so large an empire founded by one man with so little criminality". List of subscribers include His Royal Highness Prince Albert and His Royal Highness The Duke Of Cambridge. 423 pages, Published in 1976. Together with characteristic illustrations, and a map of those countries constructed by Mr. John Arrowsmith.
Lot 530
India - Important, Rare, Early Sikh Book - Ranjit Singh - in French, titled - Voyage dans l`Inde anglaise 1864 - Travel in British India. A great early book with a chapter on General Jean-Francois Allard, a french soldier and adventurer serving in Napoleons army until he left for Punjab in 1820. In 1822 he joined the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and was commissioned to raise a corps of dragoons and lancers. On completion, Allard was awarded the rank of general, and became the leader of the European officer corps in the Maharaja`s service. Allard was awarded the Bright Star of the Punjab by Ranjit Singh and was considered one of the most loyal foreign generals who served, drilling the Sikh army into a formidable force. He continued to serve the Maharaja until his death in 1839. A rare title with a wealth of information on Ranjit Singhs court and the Sikhs.
Lot 590
India WWI Postcard – Indian Army Collection of Vintage Art Postcards – collection of 10 vintage postcards from the AC Black Our Indian Army Series includes 19th Punjabis 15th Ludhiana Sikhs 45th Rattray’s Sikh Pioneer Regiments Skinner Horse 36th Jacob’s Horse Mysore Lancers 14th Murray’s Jat Lancers etc c1914
Lot 313
A photograph album, documenting the surrender of Japan from World War Two, on the 2nd of September, 1945, photographs including the Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu, standing with the Army Chief of Staff General Umezu and their entourage on Missouri, ready to sign the surrender, with U.S officers looking on (14 photographs)
Lot 745
WWII Medal group, comprising War & Defence Medals with Territorial Efficiency Medal, awarded to 1433221, Fusilier J. Brewster, Lancashire Fusiliers, on bar, Stars for 1939-1945, Africa with 8th Army clasp & Italy, on bar, with additional Africa Star, some with scuffing, otherwise mainly extremely fine (5)
Lot 204
Group of eight 2nd world War 39/45 and France and Germany Stars, Defence and War Medals, General Service Medal with S.E. Asia 1945-46 clasp (Sgt), Korea Medal (Sgt) U.N. Korea Medal, and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Regular Army (S.Sgt) to 893720 Warrant Officer J. Timmings R.E.M.E. together with National Service Medal, belt, badge etc and a single war medal.
Lot 61
Quantity of Konami (Japan) Wacky Races models: complete set of six vol. 1 and two duplicates (two Mean Machine, two Boulder Mobile, Crimson Haybaler, Army Surplus Special, Varoom Roadster, Buzz Wagon); complete set of six vol. 2 and five duplicates (Muttley, two Compact Pussycat, two Arkansas Chugga Bug, two Convert-A-Car, two Roaring Plenty, two Creepy Coupe). Overall appear E, boxed (opened at base) and include instruction leaflets. (19)
Lot 681
Six Dinky Toys models: 717 Boeing 737 (G/F, P box); 715 Beechcraft C55 Baron (VG, F box with inner card); 702 DH Comet Airliner (repaint, G/F box); 226 Ferrari 312/B2 Racing Car (VG in G box); 225 Lotus F1 Racing Car (G/VG, G/F bubble-pack); 668 Foden Army Truck (VG, G/F). Together with Crescent Tank (G/VG with ammo, F box). (7)
Lot 1929
6 assorted boxed military Dinky Toys, end flaps missing and damage to boxes throughout, to include; 643 water tanker (VG,BF-G), 626 military ambulance (G,Ba/f), 692 5.5 medium gun (G,Ba/f), 621 3-ton army wagon (G,Ba.f), 676 personnel carrier (F,Ba/f), and 697 25-pounder field gun set (F,Ba.f)
Lot 1936
Dinky, 430 breakdown lorry, green/tan, no glazing (G,BG), plus 623 army covered wagon tilt blemished (F,BF), 420 forward control lorry, red, green hubs (chips) (F,BP), 255 Mersey Tunnel police van (G,BP), Fordson flatbed, green (F), 170 Ford Fordor Sedan, highline, blue/pink (G,BP), 279 Vanwall, green RN35 (VG,BP), small trailer 25C, red (G), Land Rover trailer, orange (P), 40A Riley saloon (VG,BF), and a Triumph 1800 (P) (x11)
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