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Five; General Service Medal with 'Malaya' and 'Palestine' Clasps, Defence, War, Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (George VI) and Meritorious Service Medal (Elizabeth II) engraved to 6340853 W.O. F.C. Roberts, Royal West Kent and Army Physical Training Corps

A large collection of American Army brass Buttons and assorted Bakelite military Buttons

A British Army 1960 Pattern olive green Combat Smock

Three British Army camouflage Combat Jackets, a waterproof Jacket and a pair of Trousers

A Swiss Army 'Camping' multi-tool Penknife and a Leatherman 'Supertool' multitool Pocketknife

Campaign Service Medal with 'Borneo' Clasp engraved to Lieutenant H. Ingram, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. With box of issue

General Service Medal with 'Palestine 1945-48' Clasp engraved to 19015577 Pte. M. Cloney, Army Air Corps. With box of issue

A British Army Officer's Commission for Welsh Guards, a Royal Military Academy Cap Badge and a Parachute Regiment Beret

A British Army 1960 olive green Combat Smock

A collection of British Army Cavalry Badges

Four British Army camouflage Combat Jackets

A large collection of British Army Infantry Regiment Badges

RICHARD CATON WOODVILLE. JNR (1856-1927) Robert Baden-Powell standing on a rocky outcrop, signed and dated 1900, pencil and grey wash heightened with white, on board, unframed, 19 x 12 in;Provenance: Private Collection, Hay on WyeThis is probably the original study for the Front Cover of the Illustrated London News, 26 May 1900.An identical image was engraved by Lascelles. Lord Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the 2nd Boer War in South Africa he successfully defended the town in the Seige of Mafeking. He was later to become Founder of the worldwide Boy Scout Movement. The lot is sold with four illustrations by George Henry Edwards, variously titled 'Before the Battle'; 'After the Battle'; 'Flags of our Empire'; and 'The Handy Men, on card, each 13 x 9 1/2 in; a grisaille illustration by Stanley Wood depicting Soldiers charging from a thicket; and a sepia illustration by J.E. Hodgson ARA depicting 'The Red Cross in the Sudan' (an illustration for The Graphic); all unframed, seven (7)Richard Caton Woodville Jnr spent most of his career working for the Illustrated London News. He regularly experienced battle at first hand including during the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878 and The Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. He also recreated a number of historic and battle scenes from the Boer and First World War

A British Army cold weather DPM Combat Smock

BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER (1887-1959) 'Last Time-Front under 100 Miles ... This time Front 2000 miles from home ...', pen and grey wash, 14 x 10 1/4 in (published in Reveille, 1 March 1941); together with five other unframed cartoons by the artist: 'That Medal was once an exclusive he-man affair 1915 ... But now 1941 ... '15 x 10 3/4 in (Published in the Reveille 18 Jan 1941); 'Then (it could be as bad as this) ... Now (it can be as good as this ...) 15 x 10 3/4 in (Published in the Reveille 12th April 1941); 'And to think that it's the same dear old moon that's looking down on him, 1915 ... This Horrid beast of a moon is sure to bring them over tonight 1940 ... The same Old Moon, 15 x 10 3/4 in (Published in the Reveille 9th November 1940); 'When one would like to start an offensive on ones own ... and Leave just cancelled, 17 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (Unpublished, but a redraw of one of the artist's cartoons in 'Fragments from France'; and 'Ullo, I see there's still another tin of that plum and apple left ... Civilisation cries to heaven against this crowning outrage! ... another tin of Plum and Apple', 19 x 15 in (Published in The Bystander on 7th August 1918. Originally titled 'Each paints the Thing as he sees it'); six (6)Provenance: Private Collection, Hay on WyeCaptain Charles Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959) was a prominent British humourist and Cartoonist. Bairnsfather fought in the First World War in France. He began sketching in the trenches and his first cartoons about army Life appeared in the weekly publication 'The Bystander'. His drawings enjoyed wide popularity. During World War 11 he served as an official cartoonist with the US Army in Europe.We are grateful to Mark Warby for his help in the cataloguing of this lot.

A collection of Territorial Army Cap Badges

A collection of British Army Collar Badges

A quantity of mainly British Army Buttons, Shoulder Badges and other Badges including 'The King's Own Lancaster Regiment', 'Weymouth OTC College', 'A.C.C. For Queen and Country', together with Cloth Badges

Nineteen Military Cap Badges including N.A.A.F.I., Hampshire Regiment, Royal West Kent Regiment, Royal Engineers, Army Catering Corps, Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, etc. (Some may be reproduction)

19th century signed and titled scrimshaw panel of ships in harbour with windmill on the hill beyond, titled 'HMS Asia entering the dock', with queen's crowns and Royal coat of arms to top border and marked 'drawn by E. Mickleburgh'. Sources including records of other similar signed and titled works and a very complimentary entry in the Dictionary of Scrimshaw Artists suggest the artist's name as Edward Mickelbrugh, born in Margate, England in 1814 and later Captain on a voyage from Melbourne to the United States circa 1843-5. Also known to have spent four years in the army, records indicate Mickleburgh may have been a captain active along the coast of Victoria in the early 1840s, living in Port Phillip with his wife and daughter before moving to Sydney around 1843. The Mickleburgh family apparently left Sydney for San Francisco in February 1852, returning several months later. Almost 30 years later the 1881 British Census indicates that an Edward Mickleburgh was living in the Royal Alfred Merchant Seaman's Institution, Belvedere, 67 years old and widowed. 17 x 30.5cm

* Brumby & Clarke (publishers). John Bull to Britannia - "Serve 'em right! They've whistled for the wind and got it"! circa 1905, large chromolithographic political caricature, old folds, 475 x 730 mm, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:A political poster probably issued by the Liberal Party: John Bull stands on a clifftop beside Britannia. They are watching the Tory party longboat which is near to sinking in rough seas. The waves threatening to overwhelm the vessel are labelled 'Army Reform, 'Volunteers', 'Tariff Reform', 'Education', 'Finance', 'Chinese Labour', 'Bye Elections' & 'Licensing Act'. The vessel's sail is marked 'Unionism', and is ripped and blown out. The pennant 'flag' at the top of the mast is a golf bag. The occupants of the boat have their names written on the gunnel and are identified as the Prime Minister, Arthur Balfour, together with Joseph Chamberlain, Austen Chamberlain (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), St John Broderick & H. O. Arnold-Forster. The Tory government was indeed floundering and Balfour's government was to fall to a landslide defeat in the general election of December 1905. The result is regarded as one of the biggest upsets in British political history and remains the only instance of a former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition losing their seat in a General election.

* Screen. A large wooden room divider, late 18th century, a large 4-part hinged wooden room divider, the panels joined with leather (partially perished) and re-inforced with later metal hinges, the front panels decorated with a large mid-17th century etched and engraved hand-coloured map by N. Cochin of the Siege of Arras, the map on sixteen conjoined sheets consisting of a panorama and a siege map, the margins decorated with separately printed floriate strips, with the title excised and pasted along the base, the title reads "Le Siege D'Arras Leve par la Deffaite des Ennemis, 1654", varnished overall, slight surface abrasion and staining, the reverse of the panels with a plain paper design with separately printed borders, each panel 1920 x 530 mm, overall size approximately 1920 x 2125 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:RCIN 723105. An aerial view and prospect of the siege of Arras. The city was besieged by the Spanish, commanded by Louis de Bourbon, the Prince de Condé (1621-86) from 3 July to 25 August 1654, during the Franco-Spanish War (1635 - 59). The Spanish were defeated in battle on 25 August 1654 by a French relief army under the command of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne (1611-75). This example retains the separately printed title which is pasted along the base of the image. The word 'Defaite' in this title panel is spelt with two 'F's whereas the title in the Museum of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France copy contains only one 'F'. The Museum's copy also retains the columns of letterpress text, (in French and Latin) which were pasted to the vertical margins, with a further eight columns (two blank) of text pasted along the lower border.

Central Asia. Wyld (James), Wyld's Military Staff Map of Central Asia and Afghanistan, circa 1880, lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on later linen, map with colour code indices outside the map's borders, 900 x 1200 mm, marbled endpapers with publisher's advertisements to the verso, bound in contemporary boards with printed label to the upper cover, some staining to the upper siding, size when bound 245 x 175 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:The colour-coded indices identify and illustrate the vast domains acquired by the Russian Empire in Central Asia (present-day Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan) in the late 19th century, as well as Afghanistan, eastern Persia, and parts of Baluchistan (present-day Pakistan), India, and China. The political boundaries shown on the map delineate the khanates of Bukhara, Khiva, and Afghanistan, as well as the borders of the Russian Empire, Persia, and Baluchistan. The map was published during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878 - 80) for use by army officers

Peterkin (A. & Wiliam Johnston). Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army 1660-1960, 2 volumes, London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1968, original uniform blue cloth, 4to, together with:McInnes (Ian), The Meritorious Service Medial, The Immediate Awards 1916-1928, 1st edition, Dallington: The Naval & Military Press, 1992, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plusBrassey's (UK), publisher, History of the Royal Artillary Regiment, Between the Wars 1919-39, edited by B. P. Hughes, 1st edition, London, 1992, Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914-55, by N. W. Routledge, 1st edition, 1994, both with monochrome illustrations, both original cloth in dust jackets, minor rubbing to the head & foot of the spines, 8vo, and other modern military & medal reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)

* English playing cards. Standard pattern type I, Henry Hart, circa 1780, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single figure courts, KH with faint initials HC to axe-haft, Exportation Garter type A8 ace of spades with QVI (die no.44, 1st recut), one way pips, browned, rubbed and soiled, 3 pip cards & JC with worming centrally (that to JC not full thickness), 2 pip cards & KC with single worm hole centrally, 2 pip cards & KS with small surface loss (from single worm graze), some slight delaminating (interestingly revealing 4 layers, not the 3 expected), versos plain white, each card 94 x 64 mm, together with: Standard pattern type II, Josiah Stone, circa 1812, 51 (of 52, without 10 of diamonds) stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single figure courts, KH with initials HM to axe-haft, Garter type A5 ace of spades (die no.9, not recut), browned, soiled and worn, some creases and corner losses, larger loss to 5S (one suit sign lost), additional 5D (from another similar pack), versos plain white, each card 93 x 64 mm, with contemporary two-piece box covered in patterned paper, plus: Standard pack extension cards, unknown makers, circa 1810?, three sets of 24 woodblock playing cards, each apparently made to extend a standard pack for an as yet unknown game, each set with 3 suits of 8 (French suits), comprising pip cards 11-18 in hearts, clubs and diamonds only, the first set with the usual layout of pip signs and an additional central X to each card (ie. 10 + a number of pips from one to 8), one set with a single pip sign to each card and the Arabic numerals 11-18 beneath, and the final set similar to the second but cards 11 & 12 each with 11 or 12 pip signs instead of a numeral, the first set browned and soiled, second set with very scarce minor spots, third set lightly toned, a little dusty, very scarce minor spots, versos plain white, each card 93 x 64 mm (1st set) or 92 x 63 mm (2nd & 3rd sets), with: Standard pattern pack, James English, circa 1880, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-figure type E2 courts, English type E2.2 ace of spades, indices, toned, soiled and worn, some tears and losses, rounded corners, versos with portrait of a Victorian army general (possibly Wolseley) within decorative border, in pale burgundy, each card 88 x 63 mm, and with a pack from the Peerless Card Co., circa 1885, 48 (of 52, without K & JC, Q & 10D), poor condition, plus a deck by Hunt's Card Manufacturing Company Ltd, circa 1875, 52 complete, type H1 courts, soiled, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 6 display boards/cards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 42 cm and similarQTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Plainbacks A30. Hart aces of spades can often be found with cards made by other (sometimes American) makers. However this appears to be a genuine Hart deck and therefore an relatively uncommon survival from this 18th century card maker. Second item: Fournier, British 107; Plainbacks B7.Third item(s): These cards apparently were produced for an unknown card game in which the spades and court cards would be discarded from a standard pack, and the remaining suits extended to 18 by using these cards.

WW2 SAS Gen Richard O'Connor DSO MC signed1981 US Washington DC FDC. General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, KT, GCB, DSO and Bar, MC (21 August 1889 - 17 June 1981) was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars, and commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of the Second World War. He was the field commander for Operation Compass, in which his forces destroyed a much larger Italian army - a victory which nearly drove the Axis from Africa, and in turn, led Adolf Hitler to send the Afrika Korps under Erwin Rommel to try to reverse the situation. O'Connor was captured by a German reconnaissance patrol during the night of 7 April 1941 and spent over two years in an Italian prisoner of war camp. He eventually escaped after the fall of Mussolini in the autumn of 1943. In 1944 he commanded VIII Corps in the Battle of Normandy and later during Operation Market Garden. In 1945 he was General Officer in Command of the Eastern Command in India and then, in the closing days of British rule in the subcontinent, he headed Northern Command. His final job in the army was Adjutant-General to the Forces in London, in charge of the British Army's administration, personnel and organisation. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

WW2 SAS Gen Richard O'Connor DSO MC signed Escape from Tunisia RAF escaping society cover. General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, KT, GCB, DSO and Bar, MC (21 August 1889 - 17 June 1981) was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars, and commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of the Second World War. He was the field commander for Operation Compass, in which his forces destroyed a much larger Italian army - a victory which nearly drove the Axis from Africa, and in turn, led Adolf Hitler to send the Afrika Korps under Erwin Rommel to try to reverse the situation. O'Connor was captured by a German reconnaissance patrol during the night of 7 April 1941 and spent over two years in an Italian prisoner of war camp. He eventually escaped after the fall of Mussolini in the autumn of 1943. In 1944 he commanded VIII Corps in the Battle of Normandy and later during Operation Market Garden. In 1945 he was General Officer in Command of the Eastern Command in India and then, in the closing days of British rule in the subcontinent, he headed Northern Command. His final job in the army was Adjutant-General to the Forces in London, in charge of the British Army's administration, personnel and organisation. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Falklands War Major General Michael Ian Eldon Scott, CB, CBE, DSO signed 1992 Scots Guards cover. Set on A4 Page with photo. Corner mounts so can easily be removed if required. Major General Michael Ian Eldon Scott, CB, CBE, DSO (born 3 March 1941) is a retired British Army officer who took part in the Falklands War, and held the office of the Military Secretary of the British Army. In post-military life he was the Bar Council's Complaints Commissioner, and has published several books of history. After the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina in early April 1982, in mid-June 1982 Scott commanded the victorious attack of the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards and supporting units at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown against positions held by the Argentinian Marines' 5th Naval Infantry Battalion, which cleared the way to Port Stanley and ended the war. At the conclusion of the campaign he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Victoria Cross winner Johnson Beharry VC signed 1990 Gallantry FDC. Set with mint Beharry VC miniature stamp sheet on A4 Page with corner mounts so can easily be removed if required. Warrant Officer Class 2 Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC, COG (born 26 July 1979) is a British Army soldier who, on 18 March 2005, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for saving members of his unit, the 1st Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, from ambushes on 1 May and again on 11 June 2004 at Al-Amarah, Iraq. He sustained serious head injuries in the latter engagement. Beharry was formally invested with the Victoria Cross by Queen Elizabeth II on 27 April 2005. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Victoria Cross winner Capt Harold Ervine Andrews VC signed Evacuation from Dunkirk 50th ann WW2 cover. Set with photo and mint German wartime stamps on A4 Page with corner mounts so can easily be removed if required. For most conspicuous gallantry on active service on the night of the 31st May/1st June, 1940. Captain Ervine-Andrews took over about a thousand yards of the defences in front of Dunkirk, his line extending along the Canal de Bergues, and the enemy attacked at dawn. For over ten hours, notwithstanding intense artillery, mortar, and machine-gun fire, and in the face of vastly superior enemy forces, Captain Ervine-Andrews and his company held their position. The enemy, however, succeeded in crossing the canal on both flanks; and, owing to superior enemy forces, a company of Captain Ervine-Andrews' own battalion, which was despatched to protect his flanks, was unable to gain contact with him. There being danger of one of his platoons being driven in, he called for volunteers to fill the gap, and then, going forward, climbed on to the top of a straw-roofed barn, from which he engaged the enemy with rifle and light automatic fire, though, at the time, the enemy were sending mortar-bombs and armour piercing bullets through the roof. Captain Ervine-Andrews personally accounted for seventeen of the enemy with his rifle, and for many more with a Bren gun. Later, when the house which he held had been shattered by enemy fire and set alight, and all his ammunition had been expended, he sent back his wounded in the remaining carrier. Captain Ervine-Andrews then collected the remaining eight men of his company from this forward position, and, when almost completely surrounded, led them back to the cover afforded by the company in the rear, swimming or wading up to the chin in water for over a mile; having brought all that remained of his company safely back, he once again took up position. Throughout this action, Captain Ervine-Andrews displayed courage, tenacity, and devotion to duty, worthy of the highest traditions of the British Army, and his magnificent example imbued his own troops with the dauntless fighting spirit which he himself displayed. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Victoria Cross winner Johnson Beharry VC signed on his own 2006 Victoria Cross Internetstamps official FDC. Warrant Officer Class 2 Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC, COG (born 26 July 1979) is a British Army soldier who, on 18 March 2005, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for saving members of his unit, the 1st Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, from ambushes on 1 May and again on 11 June 2004 at Al-Amarah, Iraq. He sustained serious head injuries in the latter engagement. Beharry was formally invested with the Victoria Cross by Queen Elizabeth II on 27 April 2005. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

WW2 very rare 1944 Poland Army In Monte Cassino Italy First Day Cover with four Overprinted Stamps. 27/VI/ 1944 special pictorial postmark. Polish Government in Exile (London) - Monte Cassino overprint stamp series Scott 3K17 - 3K20 issued in 1944 on FDC Monte Cassino FDC COVER with Polish War Navy Cancellation dated June 27, 1944. The cancellation originated on the war ship No 25. Battle of Monte Cassino was won on May18, 1944. Set on descriptive A4 page with corner mounts, easily removed if needed. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

RAF Escaping Society Red official logoed cover album with 24 covers from the Escaping Society series, most are signed by the pilots with some WW2 resistance as well some have unsigned and signed varieties. Info cards inside with details of events. Note Escape from Greece, 3 WW2 autographs plus Secret Army signed by escaper Bill Randle DFM, Escape from France Pyrenees, Holland, Stalag Luft III, Luxembourg, Thailand, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Italy, Singapore, Hong Kong, Denmark, New Britain, Tunisia, Netherlands. Each cover has been flown by the RAF with flight cachet on the cover detailing the plane, flight and crew details. The album would house many more covers and is in good condition. If new these would be £25/30 empty. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Walter Morison signed Tunnelling into Colditz hardback book. Bookplate fixed to title page inscribed Stalag Luft III. Flight Lieutenant Walter McDonald Morison (26 November 1919 - 26 March 2009) was a Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and was sent to Colditz for attempting to steal an enemy aircraft during the Second World War. Morison joined the Royal Air Force at the outbreak of war in September 1939, and was trained as a pilot (he already knew how to fly a glider). He was commissioned as a pilot officer on 30 November 1940 and assigned to No. 241 Squadron, flying Westland Lysanders. He was soon transferred to a training unit as an instructor, before joining No. 103 Squadron in May 1942. On the night of 5/6 June 1942, while flying a Wellington bomber on his third mission and the first as captain, he was hit by another Wellington X3339 from 156 Squadron, piloted by Sgt Guy Chamberlin RAFVR. He was the sole survivor of the five-man crew. Coincidentally, Morison had been Chamberlin's instructor at RAF Lossiemouth around the beginning of 1942. All the crew of X3339 were killed and are buried in the same row at the Reischwald Forest War Cemetery near Kleve in Germany. He became a prisoner of war (POW) and was sent to Stalag Luft III at Sagan. He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 30 November 1942 whilst being held as a POW. On 12 June 1943, Morison and 23 or 25 others escaped from the camp during a delousing break. Twenty-two prisoners left the camp with two guards, actually two fellow POWs in bogus German uniforms. Once outside, the group split up. The others were quickly recaptured, but he and Flight Lieutenant Lorne Welch, wearing fake uniforms, walked to a nearby airfield and attempted to steal an aircraft, a Junkers W 34. They had to abandon the attempt when the rightful crew appeared to fly away the aircraft. The next day, they returned and tried to steal a biplane, but were caught and eventually sent to Oflag IV-C at Colditz. He was liberated from Colditz by the American army in April 1945. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Great War 1917 Americas Mighty Army vintage colour postcard plus 1961 US Gen John Pershing FDC, New York CDS postmark. Set on descriptive A4 page with corner mounts, easily removed if needed. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

WW2 Father of Airborne Forces Gen Frederick Browning signed typed letter and colour photo. Buckingham Palace letterhead letter to Freddie Crips regarding Airborne Forces 1952. Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Boy Browning, GCVO, KBE, CB, DSO was a senior officer of the British Army who has been called the father of the British airborne forces. He was also an Olympic bobsleigh competitor, and the husband of author Daphne du Maurier. Browning was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards in 1915. During the First World War, he fought on the Western Front, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous gallantry during the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917. In September 1918, he became aide de camp to General Sir Henry Rawlinson. During the Second World War, Browning commanded the 1st Airborne Division and I Airborne Corps and was also the deputy commander of First Allied Airborne Army during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. During the planning for this operation, he was alleged to have said: I think we might be going a bridge too far. In December 1944 he became Chief of Staff of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's South East Asia Command. From September 1946 to January 1948, he was Military Secretary of the War Office. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

WW2 Luftwaffe ace Heinz Knoke signed 1968 US Airmail FDC. San Francisco CDS postmark. Heinz Knoke (24 March 1921 - 18 May 1993) was a World War II Luftwaffe flying ace. He is credited with 33 confirmed aerial victories, all claimed over the Western theatre of operations, and claimed a further 19 unconfirmed kills in over 2, 000 flights. His total included 19 heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Great War WW2 Army Museum, Field Post office collection of stamps and FDCs, real mixture included £12 of mint stamp sheets, Internet stamps FDC and Nation Army Museum covers, few old postcards. Over 46 items. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Army 1925 Scots Guards Glasgow 15th Annual Dinner Menu, 6th Nov 1925. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

A Quantity of Matchbox Lesney Regular Wheel Models, including: boxed 6c Euclid Quarry Truck, 62a General Service Lorry, 63a Army Ambulance, 64a Scammell Breakdown Truck, 68a Austin Radio Truck, boxes are poor to very good,boxed Moko Coronation Coach, unboxed: 2b Dumper (red dumper broken) 12a Land Rover, 17a Bedford Removals Van, 19a MG Sports Car (missing driver) 22a Vauxhall Cresta, 28a Bedford compressor, 41a D Type Jaguar, 45a Vauxhall Victor grey plastic wheels, 46a Morris Minor, 49a M3 Personnel Carrier (missing tracks) 53a Aston Martin,54a Saracen, 55a D.U.K.W, 56a BEA Coach grey plastic wheels, 57a Wolseley 1500 grey plastic wheels, 61a Ferret Scout Car, 67a Saladin (broken gun barrel) 69a Commer Nestles Van, plus A2 Bedford Car Transporter, M3 Major pack Antar Tank Transporter and Centurion Tank, with tracks, two Benbros models all in fair to excellent original condition and a boxed 19a re issue MGA . (30 items)

A Quantity of Military Vehicles, including: Britains 1877 Beetle Lorry, 2107 18” Howitzer (missing shells & Loader) 1725 4.5” Howitzer (missing fixing screws) 1726 Ammunition Limber (missing towing hook) 2 x 25 pounders, Lone Star Bren Gun Carrier, two other mobile guns, Dinky Toys,623 Army Wagon, 641 Army 1 Ton Cargo Truck, 670 Armoured Car, Set 697 25-pounder field gun set, plus a Burtons Biscuit Tin with a quantity of plastic toy soldiers, Crescent, Airfix, Timpo, Lone Star ect all in fair to good condition. ( A.Lot)

Action Man Famous British Uniforms Army Officer 40th Anniversary Nostalgic Collection, replica of original product, complete with Action Man Talking Commander boxed figure in mint condition, seals have been opened. Hasbro 2006.

Corgi Major Toys 1134 U.S. Army Fuel Tanker, olive military green Bedford S tanker, shaped spun wheel hubs, in mint original condition, blue/yellow picture box is in good original condition, crease to one picture side,12/85 in biro, white inner card packing.

Two Boxed Sabra (Israel) 1/43 scale USA Super Cars, 8116 Chevrolet Taxi, yellow body, red interior, five spoke wheels and 8122/6 Army Wrecker Truck, red interior, spun wheels, both near mint to mint original condition, with Perspex stackable pocket garages, with header cards, two cracks to 8116 Perspex box . (2 items)

BRITAINS – an early army wagon with hinged doors, various field guns, Dinky arm vehicles, German made tinplate field gun and other similar items

Vintage American military US Army parka with hood, labelled pattern date 1948, O.D M-48. (B.P. 21% + VAT)  Lining is detachable.  some white marks/stains particularly to the back and one dark mark near the pocket.  Dark marks are actually fluff and come off.  Minor wear, loose threads.  Generally good for age and wearable.

Vintage leather suitcase with initials R.J.H.L and military stamp, together with a British Army Welsh Guards 'Ich Dien' military cap by Herbert Johnson, London. (2)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

A box of miscellaneous toys to include Army figures, Ninja Turtles, etc.

Seven army metal boxes.Condition:- General wear through age and use, no sign of any major damage or repair.

Royal Army Medical College, Tulloch Medal, a silver award by Spink, uniformed bust of Forbes Tulloch facing, rev. Hygeia seated, flanked by serpents, edge named (Lieutenant M.G. de L’Isle Sturm, R.A.M.C., November 1927), 45mm (E 1892). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £100-£120 --- Provenance: DNW Auction M7, 1 July 2008, lot 2190 Dr Lt Forbes Tulloch, RAMC (†20 June 1906, aged 27), originally from Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland, died from sleeping sickness while working in Uganda.

BOOK: SECRET ARMY HISTORY OF I.R.A (IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY) 1916-1970

THE BRITISH ARMY IN ULSTER BOOK

3rd century B.C. Lentoid-section and depicting a stylised scorpion to one side and inscription '????' on the other. Cf. Manov, M., Torbov.N., 'Inscribed Lead Sling Bullets with the name of Alexander the Great and with other names and symbols found in Thrace' in Archaeologia Bulgarica, XX, 2, pp.29-43, fig.23, for identical; Schinco, G., Small, A.M., 'A previously unknown siege of Botromagno/Silvium: the evidence of slingshots from Gravina in Puglia (Provincia di Bari, Puglia)' in Papers of the British School at Rome, 2019, pp.1-52, fig.38. 26 grams, 31 mm (1 1/4 in.). Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.Together with the Balearic slingers, Rhodian slingers were considered to be the best of the Hellenistic world, and they were also used in the Roman army. The slingshots with an image of a scorpion on one side and with an inscription ???? on the other are believed to originate from the Island of Rhodes. On these sling bullets ???? should be translated as “nice things.” Of course, ironically, these “nice things” were designed to kill enemies and to sting like a scorpion, and the message of those with the image of a scorpion could be understood, as proposed ny M. Manov and N. Torbov, as: “nice things sting like a scorpion.” [No Reserve]

3rd century A.D.. With concentric lines of openwork ornament in lanceolate shapes, ending with crescent decorations. Cf. Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.N.C., Roman Military Equipment from the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, Oxford, 2006, pls.3b and 7a, for similar. 40 grams, 86 mm (3 3/8 in.). Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 1997.European private collection.Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11998-211928.In the 3rd century A.D. Roman army, the old ring suspension system of the sword, of Celtic and Iberian origin, was abandoned. The sword was now mainly carried suspended from a broad baldric on the soldier’s left side. The high quality of the openwork decoration of our phalera and the precious silver of which it is made imply that it may have once belonged to a commissioned officer. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

2nd century A.D.. Comprising a hollow-formed hoop with rounded shoulders, inset garnet intaglio with clasped hands and 'AIAX' inscription. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 189, for type. 2.79 grams, 21.00 mm overall, 14.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E, USA 2 1/4, Europe 2.41, Japan 2) (7/8 in.). Acquired in Europe in 1992.with Million Cornette de Saint Cyr, Hotel Regina, 12 December 2009.European private collection.The Romanised name 'Aiax' is given to the hero ???? of the Trojan war, who carried off the body of Achilles and fought Hector. The subject of two clasped hands (dextrarum junctio) symbolising the fides (loyalty, trust), was very popular on Roman rings and gems. It was mainly used on marriage rings, sometimes with the equivalent Greek inscription 'OMONOIA'. Sometimes it was used in terms of military loyalty between commander and army. In this case it is most probable the name of the groom (AIAX). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]

Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.. Modelled in the round, standing with right leg bent, right arm raised and left extended before the body; with thick tousled hair, exaggerated torc to the neck, jacket with incised vertical lines, tight-fitting trousers and ankle-boots. Cf. Durham, E., Metal Figurines in Roman Britain, vol. 2, Reading, 2010, pl.124; Caesar (translated by S. A. Handford) The Conquest of Gaul, (1982), (Penguin Classics). 53 grams total, 67 mm (2 5/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.The pose of the figure suggests that he is in the action of brandishing a weapon, or possibly holding the reins of a team of horses pulling a chariot. Caesar mentions the expert use of the war-chariot by the Britons (Conquest of Gaul, IV.33). The padded garment suggests a Celtic auxiliary in the Roman army. [No Reserve]

Dated 1st June 1782 A.D.. Numbered 2787 and 2788, in favour of William Isham, having served in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, each for the inked sum of Nine Pounds Two Shillings, signed by J Lawrence, Treasurer and redeemable 1789, with interest payable annually; the reverse with ink endorsements confirming payment of interest each year from 1783 to 1789, with signatures of the treasurers each year, including J. Lawrence, Richard Butler and Jonathon Jeffrey and signed also by the recipient; triple holed to cancel. 10 grams, 20.8 x 20 cm. . UK gallery, early 2000s.These bonds had to be produced each year for payment of the interest due and at final redemption; most surviving examples, having been in use over a period of some seven years or more, show very considerable wear, tear and damage; this example is better than many seen. William Isham (1759-1849) enlisted 'for the duration of the war' as a private at Colchester on 5th May 1777, aged 17 years in the Company of Captain Daniel Allen in the 3rd Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Line which served in the First Brigade, initially along the Hudson River; his grave can still be seen at St Albans, now Franklin County, Vermont, U.S.A. [No Reserve]

1861 A.D.. Carter - Medals of the British Army, and How they Were Won, The Crimean Campaign, Volume III - Groombridge & Son, London, 1861 - hardback, cloth covers, quarter leather binding, marbled endpapers, label to spine - 192 pp, hand-tinted plates (one detached). 1.07 kg, 22.2 x 15 cm (8 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]

8th-9th century A.D.. Pattern-welded, double-edged tapering blade with a tapering tang; the boat-shaped lower guard, pommel, and upper guard decorated in Mammen Style with silver inlay; professionally conserved. Cf. Lorange, A.L., Den Yngre Jernalders Svaerd, Bergen, 1889, pls.I,VI; Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingsverd, Oslo, 1919, fig.52; Oakeshott, E., The Archaeology of Weapons, Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1960 (1999); Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, sword from National Museum of Ireland, pp.28-29. 955 grams, 90.5 cm (35 1/2 in.). From the Bornhauser collections.Ex A. Green private collection.Ex Balticum.with Army of Tennessee Relics, Knoxville, USA.Accompanied by an Army of Tennessee certificate of authenticity dated 5th October 2017.Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12021-214091. Exhibited at Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 3rd February-9th March 2024; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefact on display.This beautiful Viking sword (probably a river find) shows engraved decoration in Mammen style (700-800 A.D.) and is an early type A according to the Petersen’s typology and classification. This category of swords evolved from the swords of the Vendel Period in Scandinavia, especially from the Swedish ones. Petersen originally individuated eight examples of this sword’s typology, one of the first categories of Viking swords, although these swords were also widely used in the Carolingian Empire. [No Reserve]

1820 A.D.. Willemin - Thèbes - Hypogées - Manuscrit sur papyrus en caractères hiéroglyphiques. Première partie - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 72 from La Description de l’Égypte: Antiquités, Volume II: Commission des sciences et arts d’Égypte with later backing sheet. Cf. Description de l'Égypte publié par les ordres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Köln, 1994, pp.250-251. Cf. Description de l'Égypte: ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Antiquités, planches, tome deuxième, Paris, 1822, planche 72. 360 grams, 128.5 x 87.5 cm (50 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.). From the collection of a North American priest.Acquired between 1981-1996.Property of a North American collector.The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from the underground chambers (hypogea). The original papyrus is now held in the Bibliothèque Nationale (1-19), Paris (Papyrus Cadet). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)