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Click here to subscribe1861 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.)
1820 A.D.. Willemin - Thèbes - Hypogées - Manuscrit sur papyrus en caractères hiéroglyphiques. Deuxième partie - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 73 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 73. 360 grams, 135 x 69.5 cm (53 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.). From the collection of a North American priest.Acquired between 1981-1996.Property of a North American collector.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. 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). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)
1820 A.D.. Willemin - Thèbes - Hypogées - Manuscrit sur papyrus en caractères hiéroglyphiques. Troisième partie - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 74 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 74. 360 grams, 136 x 66 cm (53 1/2 x 26 in.). From the collection of a North American priest.Acquired between 1981-1996.Property of a North American collector.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. 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.)
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.. With incised foliage detail to the high arched bow and flat head plate with human face and radiating floral pattern engraved on both sides; catchplate and pin-loop to the reverse. Cf. Hoops, I., Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin-New York, 2000, p.105 (516), fig.113, no.5, for similar. 36.5 grams, 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.). Ex European collection, 1990s.Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.Accompanied by a dealer's catalogue information card.The fibula seems to be provincial type, of Romano-Germanic inspiration. This particularly characteristic fibula shape of the Romano-Germanic army, worn probably by the Germanic mercenaries of the Roman army, appeared in the later 2nd and partly at the beginning of the 3rd century A.D., under a form of large bow brooches with various types of head plates or spiral sleeves. [No Reserve]
3rd-4th century A.D.. Swastika-shaped fibula with horse-head decoration, each head with punched ring-and-dot eye, a similar motif to the centre. Cf. Petcu, R., ‘Swastika-shaped fibulae with horse-head decorations (Almgren 232) from the Roman period in Dobrudja (Moesia Inferior)’ in Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica, 25(1); pp.113–122, fig.4. 16.7 grams, 45 mm (1 3/4 in.). Acquired before 2000.From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.In the 3rd century A.D., several examples of fibulae in the shape of four horses’ heads forming a swastika (type Almgren 232) seem to be related to the creation of the Illyrian cavalry corps in Roman army. Many examples of these military fibulae were found in ancient Roman Dacia (Romania), in Roman Illyricum and Moesia. [No Reserve]
6th-7th century A.D.. Finial from a processional or altar cross, with incised guilloche bands to the obverse and central socket for a cabochon, lobes to the angles; pierced lower arm with attachment scars to both faces. Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 543, for type. 56.4 grams, 98 mm (3 7/8 in.). Belgium collection, 1980s.From the collection of an London antiquarian.These kind of crosses were mainly used for religious purposes. However, in 6th and 7th centuries A.D., they could be fixed at the top of the standards of the Roman Christian Army, as clearly described from the Arab sources speaking about the battle of Yarmouk. For this battle the Arab sources give a detailed description of the Roman standards, with at the top a golden cross, a golden cross tied to a silver chain, a cross with glittering jewels, a golden cross encrusted with jewels. The cross at the top of the standards, also of small dimensions like this one, is visible on miniature statuette of Roman Cavalrymen/Military Saints from Roman Egypt. [No Reserve]
MILITARY HISTORY - WORLD WAR I, SERVICES OF MILITARY OFFICERS, arranged alphabetically to December 1920, published Hayward & Sons, red cloth; Hardy's Annual Army List for 1915, 2 volumes; The Quarterly Army List 1917, Part II, volumes 1 & 2 and Supplement to the Half Yearly Army List, 1924 and The War List for the University of Cambridge 1914 - 1919, edited by GV Carey, (7), (contents of one box)
A collection of vintage 20th century LP long play vinyl record albums. To include; Bonzo Dog Band - I'm the Urban Spaceman, Eric Clapton - Slowhand, The Kinks - Lola, Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (no sleeve), Phil Collins - No Jacket Required, Steve Harley - Cockney Rebel, The Beatles - 1962-1966, Slade - Slayed, Dire Straits - Dire Straits, ABBA - Super Trooper / Arrival / The Album, The Fun Boy Three, Donna Summer - Bad Girls, Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell / Bad Attitude, Michael Jackson - Thriller, The Communards - Red, Eurythmics - Savage, Madonna - Like a Virgin, Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's, Status Quo - 12 Gold Bars / 1982 / From the Makers Of, 10CC - How Dare You / The Original Soundtrack, Tubeway Army - Replica's, Jeff Wayne's - War of the World, Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water / Greatest Hits,, Argent - Hold Your Head Up, Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identify, Chris De Burgh - Into The Light, Bee-Gees - Best of, Foreigner - Records / Double Vision, Rainbow - Down to Earth, Boston - More Than a Feeling, Japan - Tin Drum, Visage - Visage, Split Enz - True Colours, Ralph McTell - Streets, Wham - The Final, Hue & Cry - Bitter Suite, Black Music By Arcade Records, amongst many others.
Model Making, Aviation Interest, The Late John Burgess Collection of Model Kits - Hasegawa and Hasegawa Hobby Kits 1:72 scale kits, comprising No.K10X:2000 K10X 04510 Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress U.S. army bomber, boxed; No.K016:2000 K16X U.S. Air Force reconnaissance Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird/GTD-21B, boxed; No.CP15:2500 51215 Focke-Wulf Ta154V-3, boxed; No.CP8:3200 51208 Mitsubishi G4M2E type 1 attack bomber (Betty) model 24 Tei w/MXY7 Ohka model 11 Japanese Navy attack bomber, boxed; others, each boxed (7)
Collection of modern GB slabbed coins and sets with cased 2017 DateStamp Year set (£5 x 2, £2 x 2, £1 & 50p), The 2018 DateStamp Year set (£5, £2 x 3 & 50p), The Timeline of Britannia set with 2015 £2, old pennies (2), halfpenny (1) and farthings (5), 1997 £5, 2017 £5 Sapphire Jubilee, 2016 £2 Great Fire, 2016 £2 WWI Army, 2016 50p.
Military mainly WWII 1/35th scale mainly kit-built and painted to high standard, plus unmade and boxed Tamiya US Army M-42 Self-propelled AA gun No. RE26E, Sherman tank (built and painted by professional modeller), etc., plus diorama base. Contents unchecked for completeness or correctness and viewing recommended. BUYER MUST COLLECT. Qty 11+diorama (2B)
First World War - Three medals to include; First World War Medal, Victory Medal to 13143 W.O. Cl 2 A.F. Webster R.A. and KGV Army LSGC to 13143 Sjt A.F. Webster R.F.A. extremely fine. Alfred Frederick Webster enlisted 19/7/98, he was posted to 46th Bty 27 Jan 1915, was wounded in the foot 28 Sep 1915, promoted Bty Sgt Maj 9/5/16 with D Bty 43rd Bde, reduced to rank of Sgt for inefficiency 27/4/17, discharged Sep 1919.
Second World War - Medal group to include; Late issue WW2 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal un-named as issued in Army Medal Office box addressed to Mr J. Whyte, 39 Poplar Walk, Oak Tree Park, Locking, very fine, swing mounted. With 1985 MOD letter confirming service of T/121599 Dvr John Whyte R.A.S.C. who enlisted 1/12/39, served with B.E.F. 28/2/40 to 18/6/40 (so evacuated from Dunkirk) and North West Europe 4/7/44 to 22/2/46 and discharged 13/5/46.
United Nations Medal (Cyprus) United Nations Medal (Cyprus) un-named as issued and QEII Army LSGC to 22782242 Sgt G.W.Mc D. Fowle QOH nearly mint, LSGC with named box of issue. With The Queen’s Own Hussars coloured Regimental service scroll confirming service of George William McDonald Fowle 25 November 1953 to 24 November 1975. Also with QOH Regt Assoc Certificate of Membership.
Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, ‘ 21 ARMY GROUP PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE C-IN-C ‘ (To be read out to all Troops). Letter, print-signed by B. L. Montgomery Field Marshall, dated February 1945. With 7 points of dialogue relating to the war effort and how Britain will defeat Germany. “Into the ring, then, let us go. And do not let us relax till the knock-out blow has been delivered. Good luck to you all – and God bless you.” SECRET TO BE READ ON 9 FEB 45 in pencil to upper. 30.5cm x 19.5cm.
Third Reich Army belt buckle, Gott mit Uns fitted on leather belt. Buckle without maker’s name and hook has been replaced by larger bar, traces of red paint to eagle and some lettering. Belt has been ornately engraved with flowers, hearts, woodland scenes etc, some cracking to leather, generally very fine.
Unattributed Miniature Medal group, to include; MBE Military Medal, Military Cross GVI, 1914 Star Trio, 1939-1945 Star with Battle of Britain Bar, The Atlantic Star with France & Germany Bar, The Africa Star with 8th Army Bar, The Pacific Star with Burma Bar, The Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal & For Efficient Service Medal. (12)
A WWI/WWII group of twelve medals awarded to Brigadier Guy Alexander Fenton: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (Military, with 2nd-type ribbon and box), The Most Venerable Order of St John, (damaged), 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory medals, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star (1st Army clasp), Italy Star, Defence and 1939-45 War medals, medal for Upper Silesia 1920-22 and USA Bronze Star, (with box), together with miniatures, also British Red Cross War Medal 1914-18 and 1937 Coronation Medal, with a large quantity of photographs, passports, invitations to Buckingham Palace, etc. also a pair of miniature medals awarded to Brigadier General Alexander Bulstrode Fenton: Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and India General Service Medal with three bars: Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-9 and Chin Lushai 1889-90, with a marriage settlement on vellum dated 1895, photographs, passport, etc.
A collection of approximately 82 sets of cigarette and trade cards contained in four ring binders, including John Player & Sons 'Victoria Cross', 'Drum Banners & Cap Badges', 'Colonial & Indian Army Badges' and 31 others, WD & HO Wills 'Recruiting Posters', 'Borough Arms' (2nd series), (2nd edition), (4th series), 'Nelson Scenes', and 15 others, Major Drakin & Co. 'Celebrities of The Great War', Co-op Wholesale 'African Types' (Raydex), Cavenders 'Ancient Chinese' and others, also part-sets.
A British Army Crimean War medal pair. Comprising the 1854 Crimean War medal, with four campaign bars for Sebastopol, Inkerman, Balaclava and Alma, on ribbons, marked '952 * SHOESMITH JOs Betts RA', and the Turkish Crimea medal, un-named as issued, on ribbon. The second is the campaign medal issued by Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire to surviving allied military personnel involved in the Crimean War of 1854-56.
A WWII German army animal skin Walsrode rucksack. Dated 1940, with leather straps and fur covered flap. Marked in pen inside flap 'Stefan Koombes, Kommandat Stalag 13'. Stalag 13 was originally a training camp for German soldiers in WWI known as Lager Hammelburg and was later turned into a prisoner of war camp in WWI and again in WWII.
An assortment of WWII and later British and US military medals, patches, etc. The medals comprising the 1939-45 Star, The Africa Star, 1939-45 Defence medal (unmarked), War Medal (unmarked), and certificate (for 4 medals awarded) (in addressed OHMS box). Assorted patches include US army Amphibious Forces (one silver thread), Troop Carrier Command, 1st Infantry Division, British Airborne Pegasus, US Navy ribbon, shoulder flashes, Royal Artillery Ubique patches, and further military buttons, cufflinks and badges and utilitarian medals, etc.
Silver Army Football Association Cup Winners medal, 1953-54 the obverse inscribed ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP, the reverse inscribed WINNERS 1953-54, yellow-metal commemorative England v. Cameroon, Guinness International medallion, February 1991 and PFA Centenary Dinner medallion, April 2007
Bound volume of Arsenal home League, Combination and F.A.Cup match programmes, 1929-30 from Vol XVIII. No.1 Leeds United, 31st August 1929 to Vol XVIII No.47 Brentford v. West Ham United, London Challenge Cup Final, 5th May 1930, also including Royal Navy & Royal Marines v. Army, 5th April 1930 and Islington v. Godfrey and Claque v. Barnsbury, lacking covers
After Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain (French 1600-1682) - 'Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba', a 19th century variant after the renowned 1648 painting by Claude, made for Frédéric-Maurice, Duc de Bouillon (1605–1652), a French general in the papal army in Rome, unsigned, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 66 cm, unframed
USA Purple Heart award in original case with riband brooch, (impressed Ralph B. Clayton), GVF, with an extensive file of photocopied/internet download research relating to 2nd Lt Ralph B Clayton who was killed in action, 28.2.1943 at Kasserine, Tunisia whilst serving with the 60th Infantry, 9th Division, US Army, when his unit counter attacked against the German forces under General Rommel. £100-150
WWI CEF Army Service Corps badges: 4th Divisional Train cap badge and single collar badge, 8th Depot Unit of Supply cap badge by Jacoby with tangs (one tang missing), and CASC Overseas Training Depot cap badge (lugs replaced, one detached but present); also 4 CASC General Service pattern cap badges and 3 pairs of collar badges. Average GC (14) £40-60
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