1861-1874 A.D. Also known as 'Model No 2 Army' with hinged frame, six shot .32 calibre rimfire cylinder with 'PATENTED APRIL 3 1855 JULY 5 1859 & DEC 18 1860' and 15cm (6) octagonal barrel marked 'SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS' to top with fixed extractor pin and spur trigger; serial number 47946 to butt strap with plain wood grip scales; action working. See Flayderman, N., Guide to Antique American Firearms, 9th edition, 2007, pp.220-221, for details. 690 grams, 27 cm (10 5/8 in.). Acquired from Bolk Antique Arms, Netherlands, 2016. Ex Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by an original Bolk invoice.Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the Firearms Act, 1968, to be held as a curiosity or ornament. No license required but buyer must be over 18 years of age. Overseas bidders should note that, due to UK regulations governing export of all firearms, overseas buyers will need to make arrangements for shipping this lot out of the UK directly, by air freight, with a specialist company or agent.
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Circa 7th century A.D. Bifacial lead plaque with figurative decoration: obverse with Saint George, nimbate, on his horse killing a fallen foe with his spear; '?????' label above the horse's neck, raised border with pellets and pellet clusters; reverse with relief pattern of a double circle decorated with double arcs forming a cross pellet to the centre. 48.8 grams, 64 mm (2 1/2 in.). Private collection Mr S.A., Switzerland, before 1992, thence by descent.According to the Christian tradition, Saint George would have lived between the end of the 3rd century and the beginning of the 4th century: born into a noble Christian family, he became an officer in the Roman army and was then named a prefect by Diocletian. But when the same emperor decided to resume the persecutions, Saint George became a victim despite his important political rank. His role in the development of the faith is so important that he is included among the Great Martyrs of the Eastern Church and his fight against the dragon becomes a symbol par excellence of the fight for Good which defeats Evil. In the Christian symbolism of the Middle Ages, the circle, a perfect geometric shape which has neither beginning nor end, designates the universe whose center is the source and thus evokes Jesus, the man-light. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)
Late 1st century A.D. A rectangular block with stamped mark 'LEGT I ITAL' (Legio I Italica) for 1st Legion 'Italic'; with collector's label 'Roman brick made by the Ist Italica Legion at Olpia Oescus on the lower Danube, one of Trajan's strategic bases prior to the invasion of Dacia in 106 AD. LEG I ITAL' See Sarnowski, T., 'Die Ziegelstempel aus Novae' in Archaeologia, Warszawa, 1983, 43, pp.17-61; Kurzmann, R., 'Soldier, Civilian and Military Brick Production' in Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 24 (4), 2005, pp.405-414. 4.35 kg, 19 cm (7 1/2 in.). From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. Accompanied by a previous catalogue identification card.The Legio I Italica (of Italy) was a Roman legion formed by Nero on September 20, 66 or 67 AD and active until the 5th century AD. Its emblems were the boar and sometimes the bull. There are many sources which name army officials employed in supervision of the construction and reconstruction of temples, baths, city walls, towers and gates. CIL VIII 2728, for example, is a letter by evocatus Augusti who was sent to solve engineering problems on a badly surveyed aqueduct at Saldae in the province of Numidia. Pliny (Epistulae X 17b, 39, 41, 61) repeatedly requested an army architect to be sent from Lower Moesia to help inspect some Bithynian building projects. Therefore it is not strange that tiles marked as belonging to a legion should be found all over the provinces. [No Reserve]
A SELECTION OF CANES AND WALKING STICKS MOSTLY LATE 19TH CENTURY AND LATER Including a gilt metal mounted Malacca example with embossed pommel inscribed 'A C Cobham from numerous Daffodil Party friends 25th June 1897', 85cm long, an Ede and Ravenscroft umbrella with 9 carat gold band; with accompanying red leather, gilt embossed visitors book inscribed A.C.C. to the cover and signed within by friends of Mr Cobham's Daffodil Party. Together with two swords A George V Grenadier Guards officer's Levee sword, formally the property of Reginald Howard Reed Palmer, 82cm blade with single edge and single fuller on each side, etched overall with Regimental devices, GRV cypher, and owner initials 'RHR', stamped on the recasso 'E.Smith 139 Ebury St London', with engraved pierced hilt with flaming grenade motif, wire bound fish skin grip, contained in its leather covered scabbard, and an Imperial German army officer's dress sword and scabbard All held in an oval coopered oak barrel, 63cm high Condition Report: Daffodil stick in generally good condition, detailing crisp to handle, wear to ferrule. Gardener's walking stick with dry and perished leather top, scythe iron top rusted and damaged Remaining sticks mostly fairly modern, decorative and showing conventional signs of wears and use. Two bird head sticks, modern and unsigned. Book has damage to spine and wear and tear throughout. Minor foxing back paper. GV sword, generally good condition, some marking and wear to blade, scabbard with occasional bruise marks and scratches notably to ends German army officer's sword scratching and wear to blade which is unsigned, still folds but gilding heavily worn to all metalwork of handle, leather strap to drop has perished and snapped, scabbard very worn and later engraved Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Potential buyers should note that condition reports are matters of opinion only, they are non-exhaustive and based solely on what can be seen to the naked eye unless otherwise specified by the cataloguer. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description. If you have physically viewed an item for which you request a report, the condition report cannot be a reason for cancelling a sale. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.Condition Report Disclaimer
Collection of 11 cigarette card part sets ring binder albums including numerous sets by Wills such as Cricketers, Bristol & London, Ogdens Cathedrals and Abbeys, Wills Allied Army Leaders, Ogdens Jockeys and Owners Colours, Edwardian Wills Kings and Queens, single Franklin Davy & Co boxing card, etc
PUNK / WAVE / COOL / SYNTH - LP COLLECTION. A collection of approx 33 x (mostly) LPs. Artists/ Titles include Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy, Lovelife (CAD 6004), X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents, L8wheeler - Year Zero, Dexys - One Day I'm Going To Soar, Tubeway Army - Replicas, Penetration - Moving Targets, Plasmatics - New Hope For The Wretched, Generation X - Valley Of The Dolls, Wreckless Eric.... - Big Smash!, The Waterboys - A Pagan Place, Mr. Partridge - Take Away, Yello, Dexys Midnight Runners, New Fast Automatic Daffodils and Frankie Goes To Hollywood. The condition varies from VG to Ex+.
DANNY'S SINGLES - 70S/80S CLASSIC ROCK AND POP PICTURE SLEEVES. Approx 79 mostly UK issued c 70s/80s picture sleeve singles. Good span of genres - artists to inc: Blondie, Pretenders, The Paranoids, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Howard Jones, Big Sound, Bryan Ferry, Associates, Joe Jackson, The Questions. Mick Jagger, The Pleasers, Nick Heyward, Bill Nelson, Banarama, Divine, Tubeway Army and more. Sleeves generally VG to VG+, records generally VG to Ex+.
Crescent Toys boxed British Army vehicles and artillery comprising sets 1249 18-pdr Field Gun, 1250 25-Pdr Field Gun, 1251 5.5 inch Howitzer, 1263 Saladin Armoured Car, 2154 Saladin Armoured Patrol, 1249 VG in G box with only minor wear, 1250 VG in G box (box missing plinth), 1251 VG in P, torn, box, 1263 VG in G box, 2154 VG in VG box, (5 items),
MEDICINE & MAGIC. A 19th-century West African set of manuscript leaves in Arabic, entirely handwritten in various hands & inks, featuring numerous illustrations, on laid/chain-lined paper in varying shades, 304 pages on 156 leaves, 11.5 x 8.5cm, plus 11 loosely-inserted smaller leaves, unbound/loose, held within worn vellum boards tied with morocco cord secured with a cowrie shell, housed within a leather carrying pouch. Dr Josh Mugler, Curator of Eastern Christian and Islamic Manuscripts at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Minnesota has kindly provided the following comments for inclusion in our catalogue entry: 'A local expert in West Africa would have used this collection of manuscript leaves to address various issues facing their community members. The pages include things we might describe as charms, prayers, Qurʼanic passages, recipes, diagrams, and other combinations of letters and numbers that were supposed to have power to treat problems like infertility, to ensure protection in war and other contexts, to bring misfortune on one’s enemies, and so on. I find the composite nature of this manuscript to be very intriguing; we have hundreds of thousands of digitized manuscripts from West Africa on our site, including thousands of short texts like this (the usual term for this type of beneficial charm in Arabic is fāʼidah, plural fawāʼid), but in most cases they have been separated out into individual leaves and photographed independently. Having the full set with the carrying case gives us a fuller picture of what an authority figure like this might have had conveniently available at any given point. The main language here is Arabic, but there are likely some elements in other regional languages as well—at the very least, I would guess there are some local names for different types of plants and other ingredients that would be necessary for carrying out the instructions in the charms. There is likely a substantial difference in age among the various leaves collected here, and the owner(s) probably continued to add to their collection over time as they had the opportunity, but I would guess that the vast majority of the leaves are from the 19th or early 20th century. I would not be surprised if this manuscript continued to be in active use until, or nearly until, it was taken by the British.' Provenance: The manuscript comes with a typed letter of provenance stating that it was purchased in 1946-47 from "The Old Curiosity Shop", 71 Croydon Road, Beckenham, having come from the contents of a private museum belonging to the "Roberts Brothers" on Cedars Road, Beckenham. The letter states that the Roberts Brothers were army officers who amassed a collection of African artefacts, taxidermy, weapons, and militaria. It also states that the book was inspected by the British Museum, c. 1992, who suggested it was "the working book of a sort of travelling Medicine Man, and contained Spells and Magic used in his trade".
A J. COULIN & ARMY BRY "Cauldron" Pocket Watch, gold case with illegible reference, outer case in bicolour gold and silver set with rhinestones, back with enamel painting "Female figure with hat", key winding movement with serial number 10238, white enamel dial with black Roman and Arabic numerals, with key and chain, Swiss, 18th C. (late), signs of use, working at the time of the expert opinion, marked dial, gold and silver without marks, pursuant to Decreto-Lei nº 120/2017, of September 15th - art. 2nd, no. 2, paragraph c), Dim. - 4,1 cm; Peso - (bruto) 69,5 g.
A Rare Jaeger-LeCoultre Mark 11 6B/346 RAF Pilots Military Wristwatch 1948, the 34.9mm case with black dial and the back marked with crow's foot 6B/346 3355/48Provenance: from the estate (and by descent) of Frederick George Payne Army no. 22734171 and sold with a copy of his military papers.A contender for the best military watch ever made, It is believed that only around 2,950 JLC Mark 11s were produced for the RAF.
Corgi Classics - Heavy Haulage - Diecast - Eight boxed diecast vehicles, mostly 1/50 scale, to include 55601 US Army, 15004 Cadbury Bros. Bournvile and CC11101 Scammell Constructor. Items appear to be in very good condition with wing mirrors and certificates present. Boxes are in good-very good condition with some storage wear.(This does not constitute a guarantee) RG
King and Country - Corgi - Other - A boxed group of 1:32 scale 8th Army figures together with two boxed diorama accessories. Lot consists of King and Country EA83 Charging with Rifle & Bayonet; Corgi Forward March CC59190 El-Alamein British Corporal with Anti-Tank Rifle with CC59172 Charles Hazlitt Upham; a Build-0A-Rama Desert Outpost with an unmarked Small Date palm. Figures and accessories appear to be in Mint condition. Figures in Very Good - Excellent boxes with some general wear. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (K)
A BOX AND LOOSE CERAMICS, PICTURES, METALWARE AND SUNDRY ITEMS, to include a silver vesta case, hallmarked Birmingham 1918, six miniature military badges (without pins): Royal Corps of Signals, Royal Artillery, Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, 'Fearnaught' and Royal Navy, two cased pocket watches - one 'Ingersoll, Crown', the other modern and unmarked, a twenty one piece Johnson Bros 'Pareek' part tea set, plated goblets and tray, a President bell strike carriage clock, a boxed Lloyds Bank moneybox, nine framed pictures and prints, including two oils on canvas depicting Scottish drovers with livestock, in gilt frames measuring 58cm x 99cm (1 box + loose) (sd)
Robin Alexander Elliott (b.1936), oil on canvas, ‘Mont St Michel, Normandy, France’, signed, inscribed verso, 44 x 59cm Born in London in 1936, Robin Alexander Elliott trained at Sidcup School of Art between 1951 and 1956, training under Frank Auerbach and Jack Smith, amongst others. After receiving his Diploma, Robin did National Service at Catterick Camp in Yorkshire. There he was inspired by the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales and produced many paintings of the area during his time in the army.Once he had completed his service Robin worked as a freelance illustrator before landing his first solo exhibition at the Hammond Lloyd Gallery, London. Nature and the British landscape continued to serve as key sources of inspiration for his work, which was also informed by travels in Europe and America, and five years spent living in the hills of Cerro e Alcaria, Portugal
a fascinating archive of typed paper documents on relevant headed papers - many bearing signatures (the following excerpts translated from German and other languages), to include a letter dated 13th July 1914 to ...Mr. Boehm, It was with great pleasure that i read the reports in the newspapers about your excellent record performance in continuous flight. I would like to extend my warmest congratulations..., certificate from Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft ...to certify that Mr. Reinhold worked 20km away from us as a fitter from 4th Sep 1911 to 17th March 1913..., letter from Albatros Flugzeugwerke dated 16 Dec 1914 to ...confirm that we have agreed the following... You are obliged to provide the necessary drawings for the propeller department to be set up by us and are also obliged to take over the overall supervision of this department. You will receive this from us for every item delivered and received by the Army Administration or Propellers purchased by the Navy Administration are charged a fee of 15 per piece. This contract engs on December 31, 1916..., an employment contract from Deutsche Versuchsanstalt fur Luftfahrer dated 28th Jan 1931, multiple further including inter and post-war documents and patents (German, Italian, Belgian, and further) Note: It is almost certain these original documents relate to the Reinhold Bloehm who broke the record for continuous flight in 1914 at 24hrs 10mins.
A collection of Army Service Corps WWI Medals, War Medals to T4-036323.CPL.J.G.BARNSHAW.A.S.C, T1-4491 CPL.W.PARR.A.S.C, Victory Medals to T4-172455 PTE.J.B.SIDDEN.A.S.C, DM2-162967 PTE.E.ARMITAGE.A.S.C, WT4-109109 DVR.E.R.PARRY.ASC, T-782 DVR.J.HOWLEY.A.S.C, T1-5343 DVR.J.WRIGHT.A.S.C, War & Victory Pairs to M2-184372 PTE.H.SCHOFIELD.A.S.C, T4-252650 SJT.E.EVANS.A.S.C, M2-201593 PTE.J.H.DAVIES.A.S.C, SS-17293 PTE.C.CLEMENTS.A.S.C, 1914-15 Trio's to M2-020577 PTE.P.G.TUPPER.A.S.C and M2-034287 PTE.W.BATTY.A.S.C
A collection of German Cloth Badges, Visor Cap Wreath, Panzer Breast Eagle, M38 Heer Officers Bevo Cap T-Eagle Insignia, WWII Mine Marker Flag, Heer Army Medical Staff Hauptmann Shoulder Board, Deutschland Eagle Cloth Badge, Army Heer Bevo Breast Eagle, WWII Army Bevo Oversees Cap Eagle, Bevo Ski Jagers Sleeve Patch and 1938 Gautag Essen Day Badge, 10 in total all on display board
A collection of Italian Medals, Fascist Youth Badge x2, WWI Republic Long Service Cross 16 Years, 1935-1936 Ethiopia Campaign Medal, Africa Campaign Addis Abeba 1935,1936, 1938 Medal, WWII 1940 65th Motorized Infantry Regiment Medal, Saint Gergio Cavalleria Broach in Silver, Cap Badge for the 2nd Artillery Regiment, Medal for Merit of Italian Youth, 16th & 51st Regiment Cap Badges, Army Transport 20 Badge, Fascist Youth Member Pin Badge, Italian/Austrian War Medal 1915-1918 and one button, 16 items in total, all on display board
A pair of Medals, Queens South Africa Medal with three clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights and Relief of Ladysmith and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 3rd type, swivelling suspension, both medals renamed to Queens medal to PTE.J.W.Burton 4204 3rd.S.Lancashire.Regt, Long Service Medal to PTE.J.W.Burton 2132 3rd S.Lancashire.Regt
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