A folder of First World War letters, Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion and Royal Naval Air Service interest, May 1917 to November 1918. Seventeen letters were sent to his aunt in Birmingham by A.S. George Brierley, R.N.D. (service number R/1108) while training at Blandford Naval Camp, from the Western Front (recording enemy shelling), and from three hospitals in England. Some letters have the decorative letterheads of the Y.M.C.A., the 'Church Army Recreation Hut or Tent' on the Western Front, and the Soldiers' Christian Association. Two of A.S. Brierley's letters are from a hospital in France, with a further eleven from hospitals in England where he was recovering from various injuries in the trenches to his foot, leg and eye. The hospitals are 2nd Southern General Hospital, Southmeads, Bristol ('I suppose I shall be getting up one of these days. I have been in bed five weeks'); the Red Cross Hospital at Tewkesbury (a page is missing from one letter); and the Red Cross Hospital at Portishead, Somerset. On 23 October 1918 George describes 'a very bad attack of flu' during a second spell at the Bristol hospital; he survived the devastating Spanish Flu, as by 14 November, three days after the end of the war, he records a further transfer to the Portishead hospital ('I suppose you went balmy [sic] at Brum when the news came through about peace ... we are having a procession tonight and whist drives and concerts ... and we are all going to a free show at Bristol this afternoon'). There is also a Field Service postcard sent from France by George Brierley.Another letter is from George's brother or cousin, Francis Horace Brierley (service number F41364), also sent to their aunt, from the Royal Naval Air Service training camp at Withnoe, Plymouth. He writes that this was his third RNAS training camp since Crystal Palace and Fort Tregantle: 'Our camp is right on the sea front at the top of the cliffs. It's three hundred feet high and we have to go down every day to drill on the sands'.
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Eleven vintage 'Wills's Cigarette Card Albums' containing collections of mainly John Player and Wills's sets and parts sets of old cigarette cards including Cricketers, Locomotives, Gardening Hints, Derby and Grand National Winners, Boy Scout & Girl Guides, Film Stars, Army Corps & Divisional Signs, Life in the Tree Tops and others, also R & J. Hill Famous Cricketers - sold with two small albums with stuck down contents
A 19th Century commemorative bronze coin-form box, the obverse cover with side profile of the Duke of Wellington, the reverse in relief "BY HIS CONSUMMATE SKILL AS A GENERAL, HE HAS RAISED THE BRITISH ARMY TO THE HIGHEST EXCELLENCE, & HIMSELF THE MOST NOBLE, & EXALTED HERO, IN THE ANNALS OF HISTORY", opening to reveal 12 paper discs, each inscribed with campaigns and dates, 50mm diameter
1946 FA X1 v. Army P.T.C at Wembley. 53-4 Tottenham v. F.C Austria, 63-4 QPR v. Hibs, 64-5 Manchester United Youth v. England Youth (token absent), 71-2 Bradford v. Yorkshire League. Arsenal away at Barnet 1962, at P.S.V, 64-5 Wellington Town v. Leeds. Testimonials, European, Friendly, and other football programmes, approximately 135:- One Box
A Staffordshire figure of Sir Charles Napier, by Thomas Parr, circa 1870, modelled standing beside his horse, wearing an orange jacket decorated with gilded medals, painted in polychrome enamel with gilded details on a titled naturalistic base, 22cm high.Note: General Sir Charles James Napier, 1782 – 1853 was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a major general of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the British military conquest of Sindh, before serving as the governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in India.
Military Interest - Framed Telex on the Surrender of Germany During The Second World War. This interesting and unique item is a telex message sent to the US Army liberators at the St Valerie Camp. Captain James Moonie - who used an alias when he was a prisoner of war, Bob Lundie - was captured and marched from Dunkirk to Poland. As the highest ranking prisoner in the camp, he was taken to the US Officer, Lee W Fritter. who gave him the telex, which he kept and brought back to Scotland. He was evacuated from Dunkirk, and survived the ordeal, winning a Bravery Medal. James Moonie lived into his 80's with his family in Scotland. This is the original telex, framed.
Twelve British Army Prints, each measures 14.5'' x 12.25'', including 3rd The King's Own Light Dragoons, 3rd Dragoon Guards 1883, 5e Regiment De LAncers Bataille De Haelen August 1914, 7th Queen's Own Hussars, 15th The King's Hussars, 17th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers, Battle Scene, Garde Royale 1er Regiment de Guides 1874, Royal Horse Artillery 2, Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Horse Guards and Royal Dragoons 1840.
Britains Collectors Editions - Comprising: The Dennis Britain Set (8813) '13th Hussars & The Royal Fusiliers' & Set 8872 'Camel Corps of the Egyptian Army'. Both certificates present. Condition of 8813 generally appears Near Mint except for two horses which have broken heads. Condition of 8872 generally appears Near Mint overall. Both contained in Near Mint set boxes and complete with outer shipping cartons. Not checked for completeness. See photo.
Lone Star Military a pair of gun/battery launcher trailers (1) green, with silver battery launcher and (2) with Pom gun, short version, green and silver - both come with correct figures - conditions are generally Good Plus to Excellent in Fair to Good Plus "Modern Army Series" carded picture boxes (2)
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