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Lot 526
British Victorian Merryweather Fire helmet London Fire Brigade: All brass Helmet with ornate high comb and LCC LFB crest to front complete with liner and chin strap and nice clean example. With LFB epaulettes (2). Note: Merryweather helmets were used by British fire brigades from the Victorian era (1868) until well into the 20th Century. Leather helmets were first used by insurance fire-fighters in the 18th and 19th Century. The Merryweather was modelled after helmets worn by cuirassiers of the French Army, the helmets were made of brass or nickel
Lot 527
British Victorian Merryweather Fire helmet: All nickel helmet with ornate high comb and National Fire Brigade cross axes crest to front complete with liner and chin strap and nice clean example. Together with pair of epaulettes housed in the original helmet tin. Note: Merryweather helmets were used by British fire brigades from the Victorian era (1868) until well into the 20th Century. Leather helmets were first used by insurance fire-fighters in the 18th and 19th Century. The Merryweather was modelled after helmets worn by cuirassiers of the French Army, the helmets were made of brass or nickel
Lot 566
Military – Gordon of Khartoum Historical piece of History: Small piece of wood measuring approx. 10 x 4cm with brass plate affixed stating `This wood was taken by Sir henry Rawlinson from the door of Gordon`s Palace at Khartoum 4th September 1898` A remarkable association piece. Gordon had been killed in January 1885. On September 2nd 1898 a well equipped British Force under Kitchener destroyed the forces of Abdulla al-Taasgu, the self proclaimed successor to Gordon`s killer Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad at the Battle of Omderman. Rawlinson was a Captain at that time and served on Kitchener`s personal staff. He later rose to be Field Marshal and was given the responsibility, after Kitchener`s untimely death in 1916, of commanding the 4th Army in WW1. This little sliver of wood therefore represents a remarkable association between two of the most important figures in British Military History
Lot 590
Collection of World War One Mentioned in Despatches Certificates to Include: MID Certificate British Army S/21600 Sgt G J Walter: Army Service Corps despatch from Field Marshall Sir John D P French 30th November 1915 in original frame. MID Certificate British Army S/19238 S/QMS R Clayton: Army Service Corps despatch from General Sir Ian Hamilton 11th December 1915 for the Dardanelles (Clayton won the DCM and the French Medal of Honour (comes with copy papers). MID Certificate British Army 16140 L/Cpl R W Compton: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry despatch from Lieutenant General Sir Percy H N Lake 24th August 1916 for defence of Kut-al-Amarah (Compton won the DCM) (comes with copy papers) note Has split in half. MID Certificate British Army 128135 Cpl R Webster : 76th A Bde RFA despatch from General Sir H C O Plummer 18th April 1918 British forces in Italy (Webster won the DCM) comes with original Envelop and copy papers. MID Certificate British Army 01023 S/Sgt E A Allen: Royal Army Ordnance Corps despatch from General F R Earl of Cavan 26th October 1918 British Forces in Italy comes in original frame with copy papers. MID Certificate British Army A/Capt S A Dearing attd Indian Army: Royal Engineers despatch from Lieutenant General W R Marshall 11th November 1918 Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force with copy papers. MID Certificate British Army 514599 Cpl J Batten: Royal Engineers 569th (Devon) Army Troop Coy despatch from General Sir E H H Allenby 5th March 1919 Egyptian Expeditionary Force in original frame with copy papers. Rare MID Certificate British Army 205470 Sgt F N Lewis: 2nd Garrison Bn Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt despatch from His Excellency General Sir C C Monro 1st November 1919 Afghan War. MID Certificate Indian Army A/Maj R C Knight O.B.E.: Att Assyrian Btn despatch from Major General Sir G Mac Munn 12th November 1919 for Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force come with copy papers (9 in Total)
Lot 123
A WORLD WAR II GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS DAGGER having a tapering circular pommel with foliate detail, spirally fluted ivorine handle and scrolling hilt with the German Army emblems, the tapering double edge blade with maker’s stamp; sold with the white metal scabbard moulded with a shagreen type finish. 39.5cm(L)*** Please note that all potential bidders must satisfy themselves as to condition and authenticity.
Lot 134
Military good ms letter dated Aberdeen Barracks July 30th 1827 of F F Laye of the King’s Own Borderers describing his company’s march from Perth : ‘...I came with the headquarter division – the Colonel and Band and had a very pleasant march ...the country is very wild about here the Highlands are about sixty miles off we sent a detachment of 30 men and one officer to the Highlands to prevent smuggling and we send another detachment of 30 more and two officers next week...the reason why they went so sudden from this was that it was reported that smugglers intended burning the castle they are very strong and fierce well armed and organised and we think that there will be some fierce work going forward soon...’ At this time the Highland Clearances were still in operation – hence the strong presence of the Army
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Lot 182
English Civil War An Act for raising of Ninety thousand pounds per mensem [ie month] for the maintenance of the forces raised by authority of Parliament for the service of England & Ireland for six months dated April 7th 1649. Printed Act of Parliament on 55pp folio. A staggering amount of money needed to maintain the New Model Army and therefore keep some measure of control and order on the country. This Act lists a considerable number of commissioners charged with collecting the taxes necessary – and the second commissioner listed for the Isle of Ely is one Oliver Cromwell – possibly the first time his name appears in an Act of Parliament.
Lot 211A
Charles II Volume of printed parliamentary papers 1680 which demonstrate the turmoil which was ensuing in the later years of the reign of Charles II. Included is an ‘Address of the Commons in Parliament to his Majesty to Remove Sir George Jeffreys out of all Publick Offices and Votes of the House of Commons ‘that whosoever advised His Majestey to prorogue this Parliament to any other purpose than in order to the passing of a Bill for the exclusion of James Duke of York is a betrayer of the King the Protestant Religion and of the Kingdom of England a promoter of the French interest and a pensioner to France...’ In the same document it makes the incredible claim that ‘This is the opinion of this House that the City of London was burnt in the year 1666 by the Papists designing thereby to introduce Arbitrary Power and Popery into this Kingdom...’ Jeffreys was one of the most notorious Judges in English History. This attempt to have him removed from office alleged that he deliberately prevented an attempt to bring ‘Popish Conspirators to Speedy Justice’. Jeffreys survived the attempt went on to become Lord Chief Justice and earned himself the notoriety as the ‘Hanging Judge’ for his draconian treatment of the rebels in Monmouth’s West Country army in 1685 at the Bloody Assizes. The measure against James was to prevent him from succeeding his brother because he was a declared Catholic. This volume sets out the huge divisions in the land between Protestants and Catholics – who were being blamed for everything that was going wrong in society – even the Great Fire of London !
Lot 238
Jamaica – earthquake a fine archive of original photographs postcards original letters and press cuttings describing in detail the great earthquake which hit Jamaica in 1907 – considered to be one of the most devastating in history. The archive features four ms letters written by British Army Officers to their families in England describing the devastation of the earthquake and the fire which ravaged through Kingston: ‘...the earthquake such as we have had occurs once in 300 years & fires occur much more frequently so that Kingston will probably be raised again in brick & mortar...there is supposed to be a big earthquake today we are awaiting it; so many are the rumours so many the vain imagining that people especially women of the uneducated classes in particular are expecting quakes momentarily...’ The archive also contains a qty of original photographs showing the devastation in Kingston and elsewhere including one photograph showing the damaged caused by the tsunami which followed the original earthquake. There is also a qty of printed postcards showing the damage many of which have been annotated by an eyewitness and some press cuttings one extensive reporting on the event. The Jamaican earthquake of 1907 measured 6.5 on the moment magnitude scale and struck in the afternoon of January 14th and was considered at the time to be one of the worst in history. Virtually every building in Kingston was damaged by the initial quake and the subsequent fires which ravaged the town for three hours before anyone could do anything about them. It left up to 1 000 dead and up to 10000 homeless.
Lot 266
WWI – Bruce Bairnsfather (attrib) original cartoon entitled ‘Poor old Fritz’ showing a dishevelled and wounded German soldier smoking and looking wistfully at a German army cap in his hand. Presumably that of one of his dead colleagues according to the title which this cartoon was subsequently given (see below) See above for discussion on this cartoon as to its attribution. This cartoon was published with the title ‘Alas ! Poor Herr von Yorick – Fricourt July 1916.’ The attribution and title places this sketch firmly within the first few days of the Battle of the Somme – and suggests the popular belief that the ‘Great Push’ of the allied forces against the German positions would be an overwhelming success. Events were to prove a different outcome. Drawn on a single leaf of sketch paper somewhat browned and creased approx 11x 7ins.
Lot 268
WWII sketch book containing a fine series of approx 12 coloured cartoons by an Italian prisoner of war in England during WWI dated 1943. The cartoons show prison life in a humorous way and are finely executed with an autograph inscription by the artist. Approx 10x8ins good condition. Together with a copy of ‘On with the Motley’ – a privately published series of cartoons by W Turner Lord featuring members of Headquarters No 2 Group in the British Army in WWII.
Lot 353
India Islamic – Sikh Hari Singh Nalwa Khan 19th Century painting. A large miniature painting on ivory of the son of Dost Mohammad Akbar Khan the son of Dost Mohammad – who murdered the great Sikh genereal Hari Singh Nalwa c1830-1850. Old English inscription verso – reads “Akbar Khan the son of Dost Mohammad. Amir Akbar famously known as Wazir Akbar Khan was an Afghan Prince a general a tribal leader and Emir. In 1837 in the battle of Jamrud he killed Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa in a planned tyrantical way by conspiring whilst trying to get back the city of Peshawar for the Afghans from the Sikh army but Akbar Khan failed to do so. A historical portrait of Sikh and Islamic interest. Watercolour 9.5cm x 7.5cm framed. Provenance – private English collection.
Lot 385
India – Rare early 19th century account of the Sikhs. History of All the Events and Transactions Which Have Taken Place in India: Containing the Negotiations of the British Government Relative to the Glorious Success of the Late War Addressed to the Honourable Secret Committee of the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company by his Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis of Wellesley Governor General of India &c Marquis of Wellesley John Stockdale London 1805 1st edition prev owner’s plate to the inner cover (Barnard Cox). 263pp. Details of the operations undertaken by the British army in the various regions of India. Includes ‘The Scheick [Sikh] Chiefs’ with British wanting to obtain the co-operation of the principal chiefs of the tribe of Scheicks in the war against the Mahrattas with help from the Raja of Putteealah [Patiala] despatches f the 25th September 1803 received proposal on behalf of Runjeet-Sing Rajah of Lahore to cede to the British Government the territory possessed by some chiefs of the tribe of Schiecks situate fourth of the river Sutlege upon a condition of defensive alliance.... Also states the British doubts of the right of Runjeet-Singh to transfer that territory... Letter from Rajah Sahib Singh of Puttealah testifying his friendly dispositions to the British. A most detailed early account of India and early Sikh military history during the founding years of the Sikh Empire. Rare in the original binding.
Lot 389
India – British battles – Punjab Campaign of 1846 ‘The Battles of England including the Campaign in the Punjab’ and the Military Life of the Duke of Wellington. Published by E Appleyard 1846 London. 1st edition. Contemporary half calf binding marbled boards and gilt tooling xvi + 368pp with wood engravings throughout and a steel plate engraved frontispiece of Wellington. Covers in detail the Campaign in the Punjab 1845-6 Punjab and its rulers battle of Moodkee Ferozehshah Aliwal Proceedings of the Sikhs in Camp at Lahore British preparation for Battle Battle of Sobrao The Sutlej crossed by the British Army Close of War Terms of Peace Heroes of the Camp[aign of Sutlej The Sikh Army and the British Loss at Ferozeshah; includes engravings ‘Charge of the Sikh Cavalry’ and Passage of the Bridge After the Battle of Sobraon’.
Lot 400
India – Punjab – Sikh – Attock Fort Hari Singh Nalwa 19th century A monumental watercolour of Attock fort Punjab – c1860s by a British office in the Punjab. Attock fort was an important stronghold during the Sikh Kingdom of Ranjit Singh. Maharaja Ranjit Singh decided to take the fort of Attock in his hand. Without fighting a battle the fort of Attock was taken by Maharaja in exchange of handsome Jagir through his minister Fakir Aziz-ud-din who negotiated with Jahandad Khan. As Attock fort was considered to be the gateway of India Wazir Fateh Khan was furious when he came to know that it had passed into the hands of the Maharaja. He therefore came at the head of Afghan troops and surrounded the fort. The Maharaja sent a strong force under the charge of Diwan Mohkam Chand the Sikh Empire wrested the Attock Fort in 1813 from the Kingdom of Kabul in the Battle of Attock. Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s commander Mohkam Chand wrested this strategically placed fort on the left bank of the Indus river from Shah Mahmud’s vazier Fateh Khan Barakzai.This fort had secured the passage of the Afghans to-and-from Kashmir. This was the first victory of the Punjabis against the Afghans. The capture of the fort of Attock meant the liberation of Northern India from Afghan menace. In 1833 Hari Singh Nalwa the Commander-in-Chief of the Sikh Empire’s army along its border with the Kingdom of Kabul strengthened Akbar’s fort of Attock by building the very high and massy bastions at each of its gates inscription reads “Attack from morning in June” A rare and highly important watercolour of the Attock fort – approx 50cm by 34cm.
Lot 432
Signed photograph of Bhagat Singh Thind – first US Sikh citizen Singh Thind PhD (October 3 1892 – September 15 1967) was the first American Indian Born on October 3 1892 in the village of Taragarh in the state of Punjab India Bhagat Singh Thind came to the US in 1913 to pursue higher education in an American university. However on July 22 1918 he was recruited by the US Army to fight in World War I. A few months later on November 8 1918 Bhagat Singh was promoted to the rank of an Acting Sergeant. He received an honourable discharge on December 16 1918 with his character designated as “excellent”. He was an Indian American Sikh writer and lecturer on spirituality who was involved in an important legal battle over the rights of Indians to obtain US citizenship. Thind had enlisted in the US Army a few months before the end of World War I. After the war he sought the right to become a naturalized citizen following a legal ruling that Caucasians had access to such rights. At this time Indians were categorized as Caucasian by anthropologists. In 1923 a crucial Supreme Court case United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind was decided in favour of the United States retroactively denying all Indian Americans citizenship for not being Caucasian in “the common man’s understanding of the term”. However Thind remained in the US completed his PhD and delivered lectures in metaphysics. Basing his lessons on Sikh religious philosophy. In 1935 the 74th congress passed a law allowing citizenship to US veterans of World War I even those from the barred zones. Dr Thind received his US citizenship through the state of New York in 1936 taking the oath for the third time to become an American citizen. A rare photograph of a important Sikh and Indian personality. Signed 25cm x 20cm.
Lot 262
A WWI Issue Army Field Message Book (Army Book 153) in original card case, inscribed to front `Used by George Brammer in Flanders during the First World War 1914-1918 and presented to Donald Brammer while on leave from the Front in the Winter of 1915 together with a copy of The Daily Telegraph dated December 11 1936 (King Edward Abdicates) and another dated Wednesday June 07 1944 (Allied Invasion of France).
Lot 415
An original letter written and signed by Pierre de Beuronville (1752-1821) who was General in the French Republican Army and Minister of War in 1793 and later, after the restoration of Louis XVIII, Marshall of France together with a Napoleonic puzzle picture, ‘The Rose, shamrock and thistle’ 16.5 x 13cm Illustrated online at: www.mossgreen.com.au
Lot 1152
An A & N Auxiliary (Army & Navy) Box Type Plate Camera, with black leather covered wooden body, hinged front panel over polished mahogany interior, Bausch & Lomb `Anaux` shutter, spirit level to top, leather carrying handle, plate holders accessible through hinged base section, 27cm by 15cm, in canvas case
Lot 261
MARY NEWCOMB (1922-2008) "Apple pickers going home", a naive study of a busy orchard with apple pickers and crates of apples and fruit picking ladders, oil on hardboard, signed and dated `70 bottom right, signed, inscribed and titled verso and bears hand-written label inscribed "When the apple pickers stop work they walk off like an army advancing on the concrete loading area wearing their apple hods like drums and carrying their bags of fallen apples ... although it is a busy scene there is always an air of pastoral peace", 44 cm x 213.5 cm (ARR) (ILLUSTRATED)
Lot 433
WWII seven medal group, Africa General Service medal with Kenya bar awarded to S/14477108 SGT B Hill R.A.S.C (Royal Army Service Corps) Elizabeth II Army long service and good conduct medal awarded to S/14477108 S Sgt B Hill R.A.S.C, war medal, defence medal, 1939-1945 star, Africa star and Italy star
Lot 333
A COLLECTION OF COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS relating to Charles Sonnenberg who fought in the American Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg to include the badge for the Grand Army of the Republic, No. C. 4102, the 1868-90 Gold medal for the Army of the Potomac; three further civil war medals; a locket with a photo of Major General Daniel Sickles; a gold buckle with inset photograph; and the Queens South Africa medal awarded to 27 PTE M.C. Sonnenburg, Vryburg T.C. Son of Charles Sonnenburg (8)
Lot 342
THOMPSON, Cooper, Men of Mark a Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science Literature and Art, The Army, Navy, Law, Medicine, etc, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London 1876, first series, 4to, pp. 36 full page portraits of woodbury type photographs with facing brief biographical notes. Bound in original half leather with maroon grained cloth boards and with gilt titles and marbled endpapers. Photographs include those of William Burton, Traveller and Explorer, Samuel Plimsoll of the Plimsoll line and THOMPSON, Cooper, Men of Mark, A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science Literature and Art, the Army, Navy, Law, Medicine, etc, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1878. Third Series, 4to pp, 36 full page portraits of woodbury type photographs with facing brief biographical notes. Original half leather, photographs include those of Anthony Trollope, Charles Darwin, Lord Napier and John Stainer, William Burton, Taveller and Explorer (2)
Lot 27
A Long Service Group of Four Medals, awarded to 2486 C.SJT. I.OF M. W.BOND, RL.WELSH FUS., comprising:- India General Service Medal 1854-1895 with clasp HAZARA 1891; Queen`s South Africa Medal with five clasps CAPE COLONY, TUGELA HEIGHTS, RELIEF OF LADYSMITH, TRANSVAAL and ORANGE FREE STATE; King`s South Africa Medal with two clasps SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and SOUTH AFRICA 1902; and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (4)
Lot 29
A Post Second World War Group of Three Medals, awarded to 14467118 PTE.R.CASE. R.LINCOLNS (later Royal Northumberland Fusiliers), comprising General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp PALESTINE 1945-48, Korea Medal and United Nations Korea Medal **Private Case enlisted with the General Service Corps 13.6.45, transferred to Army Air Corps 30.8.45, Sherwood Foresters 3.12.46, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment 14.2.47 and Army Reserve 3.2.53. He was wounded in Korea
Lot 62
A General Service Medal 1918-62, with clasp PALESTINE, awarded to 2892219 PTE.H.MAIR. A.& S.H.; eight Single Second World War Medals, comprising 1939-45 star, Africa Star with clasp 8TH ARMY, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, two Defence Medals and two War Medals; a Copy of a Victoria Cross; seven Copies of Miniature Medals, comprising Crimea, Ashantee, two Queen`s South Africa and three King`s South Africa (17)
Lot 74
A Second World War Group of Six Medals, posthumously awarded to Colonel Guy Wordsworth-Gibson of the First Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with clasp 1ST ARMY, Defence and War Medals and Dunkirk Medal. Together with related items including a rare miniature enamelled metal Regimental drum presented to him as a Subaltern on leaving Sandhurst, two silver cigarette cases, the interiors engraved with places and dates of service beginning Sandhurst 1918 to Gawnpore 1933 and Tunisia 1943, three Indian silver regimental ash trays, a steel cased calendar pocket watch, a silver cased wristwatch, a pair of 18ct gold cufflinks and a sweetheart brooch with enamelled and diamond set badge, three cap and lapel badges, his camera, parallel rule and a large photograph album. The album contains numerous personal photographs showing his army and home life in Razmak, Waziristan and Mussoorie, India in the 1930`s. **Colonel Guy Wordsworth-Gibson was killed at El Alamein, Tunisia, North Africa,
Lot 142
A Pair of Air Ministry ``Levers`` Spectacles, in original brown tin case; six Hats, comprising two Second World War Period RAF Sidecaps, an Army Air Corps light blue beret, a Glider Pilot Regiment maroon beret, a King`s Own Scottish Borderers black glengarry, and a green baseball cap; a Pair of British ``Kwikfit`` Night Flying Goggles, in original box and RAF related militaria including cloth insignia, badges, buttons, buckles, a Players Airman Navy Cut tobacco tin etc
Lot 218
A German Third Reich Army Sword, the 81cm single edge fullered steel blade stamped with maker`s squirrel logo for Carl Eickhorn, brass stirrup hilt with eagle and swastika to the crossguard, with wire bound black plastic grip, lion head pommel inset with red glass eyes, with anodised steel scabbard
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