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Lot 449
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1255 Pte. D. Cronan, 2-13th Foot) good very fine £80-100 Denis Cronan, a native of County Cork, enlisted in the 13th Foot in August 1859, aged 17 years, and served with the Colours for 22 years, his overseas postings being in the Cape of Good Hope 1861-63 and Mauritius 1863-67. He was discharged at Taunton on completing his second period of engagement in October 1881, the census of the previous year listing him as resident in Stoke Damerel with his wife and three daughters.
Lot 454
Army L.S. & G.C. (3), G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (9737 Dmr. J. Lee, R. Dub. Fus.); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (387046 Sjt. A. J. Clarke, The Greys); another, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (7587460 S. Sjt. R. F. C. Baskett, R.E.M.E.) last with correction to one initial, good very fine (3) £80-100.
Lot 159
Chichester (Henry Manners) & Burges-Short (George) The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army, nd., [1900], second edition, colour plates, cloth; Macdonald (R.J.) The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1625-1897, 1899, 4to., ltd. subscriber's edition, colour plates, cloth-backed boards (re-backed) (2)
Lot 195
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN BY DIRECT DESCENT FROM THE RECIPIENT A FINE PRESENTATION SWORD TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL THE HONORABLE WILLIAM MONSON, DATED 1802 with curved blade double-edged for its last third, etched in imitation of watering, applied on one face with the gilt presentation inscription and on the other with the owner's blued and gilt monogrammed initials and full crested arms, each side incorporating a long slender blued and gilt panel with stylised key terminals and enriched with a spray of foliage at the forte, gilt-brass stirrup hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising slender down-curved quillon, ropework quillon-block, knuckle-guard decorated with oak foliage at the top, and lion mask cap pommel, and the grip retaining its original binding of plaited and twisted silver wire, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with large brass mounts comprising finely chiselled locket with the mask of Mercury on each side in high relief, a pair of bands for suspension decorated with lilies and clam shells, and openwork chape decorated with acanthus, and retaining its red silk and bullion sword knot: in its original mahogany case lined in red velvet (the lid now glazed for display), and retaining its original leather belt embroidered with silver wire and with a brass buckle chiselled with a prowling lion 77.5cm; 30 1/2in blade The presentation inscription reads: 'This scymetar [sic] was presented in the year, MDCCCII, to the Honorable Lieutenant Colonel William Monson, by the Non-Commissioned Officers and privates of the LVXXVI, regiment, as a tribute of respect, esteem and gratitude.' William Monson (1760-1807) received a commission into the 52nd Regiment of Infantry in 1780 with which he proceeded to India. He became Captain on 5th August 1785 and took part in the Battle against Tipu Sultan of Mysore. He commanded a Light Company which successfully attacked the southern entrenchment of Seringapatam on 22nd February 1792. Monson remained in India after the peace and became Major in 1795. Two years later he exchanged into the 76th regiment where he became Lieutenant General. In 1803 he was appointed to the command of the first Infantry Brigade at the outbreak of the Mahratta war. He led the storming party at Allyghur on 4th September 1803 where he was severely wounded and incapacitated from field duty for six months. In 1804 he led a force of four thousand natives to keep watch on Jeswunt Rao Holkar who was threatening the British ally the Rajah of Jeypore. When Holkar broke camp and retreated Southwards Monson pursued him against the orders of Lord Lake with the intention of alarming Holkar and disbanding his army. This failed and in the forced retreat the cavalry was annihilated. Monson managed to escape with his infantry but attacks on his force continued and he arrived in Agra on 29th August with only a few hundred of the original force. In spite of this defeat he was again employed by Lake in the final operations against Holkar in Northern India. He acted as second in command to General Fraser on 21st February 1805 and became the chief command when his superior was wounded, from which position Monson wrote a report of the victory to Lord Wellesley. In 1806 he returned to England where he entered parliament and died in Bath the following year. ++
Lot 196
A FINE PRESENTATION SWORD TO ADMIRAL SARTORIUS BY WIDDOWSON & VEALE, SWORD CUTLERS NO 73 STRAND, LONDON, RETAILED BY SALTER, CIRCA 1834 with pipe-backed blade etched over almost its entire surface with the crowned Royal Arms of Portugal, the presentation inscription, and the cutler's details all amidst elaborate scrolls of foliage on one side and further designs of scrolling foliage and trophies enclosing the motto 'Aut Honor Aut Nihil' on the other (areas of wear and pitting, obscured in parts), gilt-brass stirrup hilt comprising quillons formed as a fasces, knuckle-guard as a branch entwined with a snake, a pair of langets chiselled with a deity, the back-strap and pommel formed as a lion's pelt, and finely chequered ivory grip (one small closed crack), in its original wooden scabbard with later velvet-covering, (replaced in its early life), with large gilt-brass mounts cast and chased in low relief with flowers and scrolling foliage on a punched ground, and medallions decorated with the seated figure of Justice, figures from the antique and a classical warrior profile 83.5cm; 32 7/8in blade The inscription reads: PRESENTED TO HIS EXCELLENCY VICE ADMIRAL SARTORIUS LATE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF H. M. F. HIS MAJESTY'S SQUADRON BY A FEW OFFICER'S WHO HAVING SERVED UNDER HIS COMMAND APPRECIATE HIS HIGH HONOR [SIC]COURAGE INDEFATIGABLE EXERTIONS IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY Sir George Rose Sartorius (1790-1885) entered the navy in June 1801 and joined the Tonnant in October 1804 under the command of Captain Charles Tyler. He was present in her at the battle of Trafalgar and was sent to the Daphne frigate in 1806, in which he was present at Rio de la Plata. In 1808 he was promoted to be lieutenant of the Success and took part in the defence of Sicily where he commanded the boats in bringing out trading vessels from under heavy fire on shore. The Success was afterwards employed in the defence of Cadiz, and on 1 Feb. 1812 Sartorius was promoted to the rank of commander. On 14 December he was appointed to the Slaney in the Bay of Biscay which was in company with the Bellerophon when Bonaparte surrendered himself on board her. In 1831 Sartorius was engaged by the exiled Regent of Portugal, Dom Pedro, as admiral to command the Portuguese regency fleet against Dom Miguel, and in that capacity obtained some marked successes over the usurper's forces. The difficulties he had to contend with were very great; he was met by factious opposition from the Portuguese leaders; the supplies which had been promised him were not forthcoming, and his men were consequently mutinous or deserted at the earliest opportunity. Sartorius spent much of his own money in keeping them together, and threatened to carry off the fleet as a pledge for repayment. Dom Pedro sent two English officers on board the flagship with authority, one to arrest Sartorius and bring him on shore, the other to take command of the squadron. Sartorius, being warned, made prisoners of both as soon as they appeared on board. Such a state of things, however, could not last; and without regret, in June 1833, Sartorius handed over his disagreeable command to Captain Napier, who, warned by his predecessor's experience, refused to stir till the money payment was secured. All that Sartorius gained was the grand cross of the Tower and Sword, together with the grand cross of St. Bento d'Avis and the empty title of Visconte de Piedade. His name had, meantime, been struck off the list of the English navy, but was restored in 1836. On 21 Aug. 1841 he was knighted, and at the same time appointed to the Malabar, which he commanded in the Mediterranean for the next three years. In 1842 he received the thanks of the president and Congress of the United States for his efforts to save the U.S. frigate Missouri, burnt in Gibraltar Bay. In July 1843 off Cadiz he received on board his ship the regent of Spain, Espartero, driven out of the country by the revolutionary party. The Malabar was paid off towards the end of 1844, and Sartorius had no further service afloat, though he continued through the remainder of his very long life to take great interest in naval matters. As early as 1855 he was said to have proposed to the admiralty to recur to the ancient idea of ramming an enemy's ship; and though the same idea probably occurred to many about the same time, there is little doubt that he was one of the earliest to bring it forward as a practical suggestion. He became a rear-admiral on 9 May 1849, vice-admiral 31 Jan. 1856, admiral 11 Feb. 1861; K.C.B. on 28 March 1865; vice-admiral of the United Kingdom in 1869; admiral of the fleet on 3 July 1869, and G.C.B. on 23 April 1880. He died at his house, East Grove, Lymington, on 13 April 1885, preserving to the last his faculties, and to a remarkable extent his physical energy, joined to a comparatively youthful appearance. He married, in 1839, Sophia, a daughter of John Lamb, and left issue three sons, all in the army, of whom two, Major-general Reginald William Sartorius, and Major-general Euston Henry Sartorius, C.B., won the Victoria Cross; the other, Colonel George Conrad Sartorius, is a C.B. John Salter died in 1834 after which the company was re-established by Widdowson and George Veale (his former shopman and witness to his will) as Widdowson and Veale.
Lot 273
Blackmore, H.L., The Armouries of the Tower of London, The Ordnance, HMSO1976; Blackmore, Howard L., A dictionary of London gunmakers 1350-1850, 1986; Brewis, W. Parker, F.S.A., The Bronze Sword in Great Britain, Frederick Hall for the Society of Antiquaries of London 1924; Byam, Michele, Arms & Armour, 1988; Davidson, H.R. Ellis, The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England, 1962; De Gheyn, Jacob, The Exercise of Arms (reprint); Duffy, Christopher, Siege Warfare, The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660, 1979; Elliott and Snowdon Ltd, Autumn exhibition of arms and armour Elliott and Snowdon Limited, October 74; Evans, R.D.C., The Plug Bayonet, 2002; France, John, Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300, 1999; Godoy, Jose-A, and Leydi, Silvio, PARURES TRIOMPHALES Le manierisme dans l'art de l'armure italienne, 2003(?); Laking, Guy Francis, M.V.O., F.S.A., Wallace Collection Catalogues, Oriental Arms and Armour, HMSO 1974 (?); Laking, Sir Guy Francis, Bart, A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries and Cripps-Day, Francis Henry, A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924, 2000 (6 volumes); Mann, James G., M.A., F.S.A. Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour (Part III) (Gallery V), HMSO 1945; Marquard, Klaus, Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons, 1997; Melegari, Vezio, The Great Military Sieges, 1972; Messenger, Charles, History of the British Army, 1997; Neal, W. Keith and Back, D.H.L., British Gunmakers Messrs Griffin & Tow and W. Bailes 1749-1790, 1989; Neal, W. keith and Back, D.H.L., The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1967; Nicolle, David, Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350, Western Europe and the Crusader States, 1999; Nicolle, David, Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350, Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia, 1999; Nicolle, David, Medieval Warfare Source Book, Christian Europe and its Neighbours, 1998; Nicolle, David, Medieval Warfare Source Book, Warfare in Western Christendom, 1999; Norman, A.V.B., B.A., F.S.A., F.S.A. (Scot), Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour Supplement, HMSO 1986; Peterson, Harold L., The book of the gun, 1970; Revereseau, Jean-Pierre, Armes et armures de la Couronne AU MUSEE DE L'ARMEE, 2004; Ricketts, Howard, Firearms, 1972; Robards, Brooks, The Medieval Knight at War, 1997; Rodgers, William Ledyard, Naval Warfare Under Oars, 4th to 6th Centuries, 1967; Schick, I.T., Battledress, The Uniforms of the World's Great Armies 1700 to the present, 1993; Spiteri, Stephen C., Armoury of the Knights, 2003; Stead, I.M., British Iron Age Swords and Scabbards, 2006; Thomas, Brunos, and Gamber, Ortwin, and Schedelmann, Hans, Arms and Armour, Masterpieces by European Craftsmen from the Thirteenth to the Nineteenth Century, 1964; Wagner, Eduard, Medieval Costume, Armour and Weapons, 2000; Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour (Part I) (Gallery VII), HMSO 1924; Wilson, Frederick, The World's Great Guns, 1983
Lot 345
A RARE ENGLISH SHOT-PROOF PAVISE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY of pentagonal form with rounded corners, widening slightly to its obtuse pointed upper edge, rising at its centre to a low pyramidal boss, fitted at the rear with a reinforcing plate and pierced at it upper end with an outward-flanged vision-slit, each side fitted with four sturdy rivets for the attachment of enarmes, its inward -turned edge file roped and bordered by an incised line (minor cracks, the lower edge split), and round-headed lining-rivets with sub-circular internal washers retaining substantial remains of a thick leather buff lining (heavily patinated overall) 64.5cm; 25 3/8in high Inv. A476 Literature Francis Grose, Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present time, London 1812, volume II, p.358, plate 48. The exceptional weight of this shield would suggest that it was intended for siege use.
Lot 93
A George III silver pair cased verge pocket watch, the white enamel dial hand painted depicting Lord Hill on horseback, with soldiers, cannon etc (hair line cracks), within black Arabic numerals, the silver case hallmarked Birmingham 1814, decorative gilt fusee movement, signed 'T Cooper, Tamworth' No. 126, with pierced watch cock. Rowland Hill was the first Viscount Hill 1772-1842, born at Prees Hall, Nr Hawkstone and fought in Napoleonic and Peninsular Wars. Hill's accomplishments were exceeded only by his Commander-in-Chief, Wellington. After Waterloo, Hill was created Baron Hill of Almaraz and Hawkstone, and in 1828 became Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
Lot 716
A Great War group of three Medals to 292 Private W Presland, Herts Regiment, 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals, + a single British War Medal to Corporal J Page, Machine Gun Corps, + WWII group of four Medals, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence and War Medals with original card box addressed to Mr W R Page, + a single Victory Medal to 6130 Private H P Sturgeon, Rifle Brigade, + Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Tin, + Great War Period Army Issue Compass housed in glazed display case
Lot 15
An M.B.E. group of eight to Lt. Col. C.C. Danby Royal Signals, M.B.E. (Milit), 1939-45 Star, Africa Star (8th Army Clasp), Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal (MID), GSM (Palestine 1945-48), EIIR Coronation. Lt. Col. Danby was mentioned in dispatches for service in Italy, and his home town was Lymington.
Lot 240
The RAF Conspicuous Gallantry Medal Group of Five to Sergeant D.R.Bowers, with France and Germany Star, 1939-1945 Star, Defence and War medals. Also included is 1) The Flying Log Book in good condition noting as the final entry the incident that brought about the awarding of the CGM, the last neat entry reads 'Received Direct Hit from Heavy A/A Shell in Rear Bomb Bay. F/S French, F/S Hart, Sgt McWilliams Abandoned Aircraft as ordered - Posted Missing. Self Severely Wounded - Awarded C.G.M. D.F.M. Awarded to F/S Reynolds, F/S Mann. D.F.C. awarded to F/O Hampson'. A further single line in pilot Gilbert Hampson's hand reads 'A wizard show Dennis, always indebted to you. Gil'. 2) Flight Engineer's Notes for 'Lancaster' Aircraft. 3) RAFA membership book. 4) RAF Service Book. 5) File of ephemera including 3 rather ragged contemporary newspaper cuttings on the award, RAF group photo, two photos of the damage to the aircraft, copy photograph of Bowers in uniform, the pilot's report of the incident and photocopy recommendation for the award endorsed by Air Chief Marshal 'Bomber' Harris dated 7th April 1945, and various other items/letters including Buckingham Palace Investiture letter dated 27th February 1946. 6) Four cloth uniform badges and few others including LESMA metal badge. Sergeant Bowers served in No. 156 Squadron of the Path Finder Force (No.8 Group) as Flight Engineer. The incident happened on the afternoon of the 24th March 1945 whilst the aircraft was taking part in a bombing raid over Harpenerweg. The Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (RAF) was awarded to NCO's, glider pilots, observers and Army personnel engaged in an air operation against the enemy. The award is superior to the Distinguished Flying Medal. Since its institution in 1943, a total of 104 CGM's (Flying) have been awarded. *For ref. see H.Taprell Dorling 'Ribbons and Medals' 1974, p.81
Lot 667
A folder containing illustrations to accompany notes on the interpretation of aeroplane photographs Series A, issued by the general staff, printed in the field by Army and Printing Stationary Services; the personal copy of Capt. G. Adams, containing many aerial photographs of trenches, bomb craters, etc., one vol.
Lot 668
A folder containing photographs taken by the Royal Flying Corps, printed in the field by No. 4 Advanced Section, Army Printing and Stationary Services, illustrating various trench systems and the identification of gun emplacements, dug-outs, wire, etc., containing thirty eight aerial photographs; together with three other aerial photographs, one showing an explosion on the ground.
Lot 132
A Black Enamelled and Lacquered Brass Monocular Compound "Army Bacteriological" Microscope by J Swift & Son, London, No.15471, with rack and pinion coarse and fine focusing, three objectives to the swivel turret, mechanical stage, condenser to the sub-stage, plano/convex mirror, on a swept U shaped base, with additional lenses in a fitted mahogany case.
Lot 150
ADRIAN HEAD: THE SEVEN WORDS AND THE CIVILIAN, 1946, 1st edn, sigd and inscr, with long AN explaining the poem stapled in at front, orig cl gt, d/w + KATHLEEN RAIN: STONE AND FLOUR, ill Barbara Hepworth, 1943, 1st edn, orig cl + DAVID RAIKES: THE POEMS OF, 1954, 1st edn, AL sigd from his parents loosely inserted, orig cl, d/w + MONICA FURLONG: GOD'S A GOOD MAN AND OTHER POEMS, 1974, 1st edn, orig ptd bds, d/w + RANNA McARDLE: BATEAU A VOILES (BOAT WITH SAILS), ill Peter Bromley, 1987 (1000) (900), orig wraps + POEMS FROM THE DESERT VERSES BY MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTH ARMY, 1944, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (6)
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