10th-13th century A.D. Finno-Ugrian iron forged with triangular-section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin and spur to the rear, socket with flanges to the rear. Cf. for similar axes Nicolle, D., 'Raiders of the Ice War' in Military Illustrated, March 1996, no.94, pp.26-29, fig.p.28; Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CX, item 44.821 grams, 17 cm (6 3/4 in.). Acquired 1971-1972. From the collection of the vendor's father. Property of a London, UK, collector. During the mid 13th century, the axes were favourite weapons among Baltic people. For instance the Curonian army included lightly armed soldiers who fought with spears, shields, fighting knives and axes. A heavily armed soldier could also carry a sword, a helmet, a shield and a wide bladed axe. [No Reserve]
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3rd century A.D. From the upper part of the right side of the face mask, the upper edge with a band of embossed curved lines, probably representing stylised hairs, intertwined with laurel crown; embossed image of advancing Mars, the god of war, to the centre, depicted nude with military sagum, a pseudo-Corinthian helmet to the head and carrying a circular shield. Cf. Robinson, R., The Armour of Imperial Rome, New York, 1975, pls.387-390; Garbsch, J., Römische Paraderustüngen, München, 1979; Born, H., Junkelmann, M., Römische Kampf-und Turnierrüstungen, Band VI, Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Mainz, 1997; D'Amato R., Negin, A., Decorated Roman Armour, London, 2017, fig.177.55 grams, 17 cm wide (6 3/4 in.). Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. In the decorative patterns of Roman helmets, Mars was among the most revered deities in the Imperial army. After Jupiter, he was the most aristocratic god of the old Italic religion, master of armament, who governed military service (militiae potens) and oversaw the training ground, for which he was named Campester. The emperor Augustus named him Ultor (‘Avenger’) and dedicated to him a luxurious temple in the centre of the forum in gratitude for his victory over the murderers of Caesar and, in addition, granted to him the privileges of the Capitoline Jupiter.
3rd century A.D. From the right side of the face mask, the upper edge with an embossed band of diagonal lines, Jupiter’s eagle embossed to the centre, looking back and holding a laurel crown in its beak; a hole for the fastening thongs at ear-level. See Robinson, R., The Armour of Imperial Rome, New York, 1975; Garbsch, J., Römische Paraderustüngen, München, 1979; Born, H., Junkelmann, M., Römische Kampf-und Turnierrüstungen, Band VI, Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Mainz, 1997; D'Amato R., Negin, A., Decorated Roman Armour, London, 2017, especially figs.61, 273, 274.87 grams, 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.). Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. The decoration of Roman weaponry contained themes that were directly associated with state propaganda, as well as with the Imperial cult. As the god-protector of the state and the army, Jupiter was the most esteemed. The combination of an eagle (helmet), Minerva and bust of Mars (armour) can also be understood as an image of dii militares.
4th-5th century A.D. The barbed head with tapering cylindrical stem and biconical lead weight. Cf. Southern, P. & Dixon, K.R., The Late Roman Army, London, 1996, fig.46, pp.113-115.85 grams, 15 cm (6 in.). Ex J. Layne collection, 1990s. The lead-weighted darts known as plumbatae mamillatae, (or breasted javelin) were short darts mounted upon a shaft, of the same shape, and thrown from a short distance. A Roman soldier would typically carry around 5-6 of these darts at any one time, fastened to the back of his shield. They could be thrown overhand or underhand, with an effective throwing range of up to 60 meters by trained soldiers.
1st century A.D. Each a scrolled bar with gently carinated upper face, formed as serpents or other animals with stylised geometric detailing; attachment perforations to one terminal. Cf. Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment, from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London, 2006, p.96, fig.51,4 for similar.16.5 grams total, 65 mm each (2 1/2 in.). Acquired on the London art market, 1980s-1990s. In the 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D., the Celtic fastening system of the ring mail armour (gallica, lorica ferro aspera) became the standard in the Imperial Roman army, with a pivot attached to the breast and hinged to the edges of the humeralia (shoulder guards). The chest fastener had various different designs. The double hooks, S-shaped and usually with snake-head terminals, were secured by a central rivet on the chest. The system allowed excellent freedom of movement, giving greater protection to the shoulders and the arms. Similar fasteners for infantry mail have been found on the Kalkriese battlefield, some of them also decorated with niello and inscribed with the name of the soldier. [2]
1st-2nd century A.D. For the deposition of ashes (absent), with bulbous body, everted rim and discoid foot, a stylised human face to the upper body expressed with three circular holes for the eyes and mouth, pinched nose in high-relief and raised eyebrows; repaired. Cf. Colchester Museum, Roman face pots, types associated with military cremations, COLEM:JOS.817, COLEM:2001.18.125 & COLEM:1923.4595; cf. The British Museum, museum number 1927,0607.2; cf. The Museum of Art, Budapest, Inv. no. 65.91.A, dated 1st-2nd century A.D.; cf. The Museum of London, id. BAA87[187], dated 2nd century A.D.5.13 kg, 34 cm wide (13 3/8 in.). Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. Cremation was the usual burial practice in early Roman Britain and whilst it was common for larger ceramic or glass domestic vessels to be reused as cinerary urns, this particular type was created specifically for the purpose and was strongly associated with military contexts in Britain. After death, an individual would have been cremated on a pyre, the ashes gathered once the fire had gone out, and finally placed into the pot. The pot may then have been placed into a small 'tile tomb' buried beneath the ground. The face clearly has symbolic meaning; it may represent the deceased or a god, or may have served an apotropaic function, intended to ward-off evil spirits. The exact meaning of the face would have been clearer when the vessel was in situ alongside other associated burial goods. Although there are similarities in style across the known sample of Roman face pots, each is unique in some way. Face pot finds are concentrated in Colchester in Britain, suggesting a military association, since Camulodunum, 'The 'Fortress of the War God Camulos', was the capital of Roman Britain and Britain's first city. A more robust military connection was established by the archaeologist Gillian Braithwaite, whose survey of thousands of face pot sherds demonstrated that their occurrence spread rapidly though the Roman Empire, from the Black Sea, to Spain, the Mediterranean and Scotland. Braithwaite was able to link the pots to the Roman army and thus explain this phenomenon; as the units moved from province to province, face pots occurred in that region for the first time. The frequency of complete face pots suggests their use as cremation urns.
2nd century A.D. From the upper part of a vessel, displaying a bird, a satyr head and a caduceus, a leaping wild horse and a gladiator within a roundel. Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und die Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch-Altenburg, 2017, item 697, for similar fragment.71.9 grams, 98 mm (3 7/8 in.). Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. These kind of fragments are often found in military camps. In addition to simple cooking pots, jugs, plates and mortars, the household effects of a contubernium (the smallest organised unit of soldiers in the Roman army composed of eight legionaries) also included finer eating and drinking utensils. To avoid confusion, many soldiers marked their dishes with their names and, if necessary, repaired them with the help of lead clips.
4th century A.D. Comprising a repoussé panel with the nude hero wearing a mantle and killing the beast, a palm of victory underneath his feet, a dog attacking the lion from above, foliage around the scene; two fixing studs to the reverse; accompanied by a frame. See Sommer, M., Die Gürtel und Gürtelbeschläge des 4. und 5. Jahrhunderts im römischen Reich, Bonner Hefte zur Vorgeschichte, 22, Bonn, 1980 (1984), pl.54, 11, for similar; see also The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Romans and Barbarians, Boston, 1976, p.75, no.107.234 grams total, 13 x 13 cm including frame (5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.). Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. The belt fitting finds parallels with belt parts from Asia Minor, today in the British Museum, inv. EC 252-254. These kind of plates, decorative and engraved with classical scenes, can possibly be dated to the age of Theodosius I. The quality of decoration can support the thesis that they belonged to the officers of the Comitatus (the Imperial mobile army).
Friedrich Johann Gottlieb Lieder Abbildungen der Königl. Preussischen Armee. Berlin, L. W. Wittich 1823. - Sehr seltene Folge preussischer Uniformen - Die Umrißkupfertafeln in schönem Altkolorit. - Wohl zweite Ausgabe, drei europäische Bibliotheken im KVK besitzen Exemplare dieses Werkes mit dem Erscheinungsjahr 1820 (und mit Angabe von Zeichner und Kupferstecher). - Unter diesem Titel bibliographisch nicht erfaßte Folge des Porträtmalers und Spezialisten für die Wiedergabe von Uniformen, Friedrich J. G. Lieder (1780-1859), der von Metternich und Friedrich Wilhelm III. gefördert wurde. Lipperheide z. B. verzeichnet 1820-1821 ebenfalls bei Wittich erschienene Werke mit ähnlichem Titel Darstellungen der Königlich Preussischen Infanterie (&) der Königlich Preussischen Cavallerie , hrsg. von Lieder, F. Jügel bzw. Krüger, illustriert mit Aquatintatafeln. - Die schönen Kupfertafeln (Format 16 : 10 cm) im oberen Rand und in eine mehrfache Einfassungslinie montiert, mit gestochenen oder handschriftlichen Bildunterschriften im weißen Rand unterhalb der Darstellung, auf der Unterlage direkt unterhalb der Tafel mit gestochener Verlagsangabe. EINBAND: Lose Tafeln in Kartondeckel d. Zt. mit Deckeltitel, in neuer Halbleinenkassette. 31, 5 : 25, 5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 65 kolorierten und teils gold- und silbergehöhten montierten Umrißkupfertafeln nach Fr. J. G. Lieder von Anton Wachsmann. - KOLLATION: 1 Bl. Titel. - Rare collection of military engravings, not found in the usual bibliographies. Probably second edition (3 libraries in the KVK are in possession of copies dated 1820). Print title leaf and 65 col. copperplates (laid down on strong paper along the upper margin), partly heightened with gold and silver. The detailed, beautiful plates depict the uniforms of the Prussian army during the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm III. Loose plates in contemp. cardboard cover, in modern half cloth case. - Colors occasionally oxidated, few plates slightly tanned, the strong paper only slightly stained. Cardboard cover with traces of use. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.
EARLY 19TH CENTURY MILITARY CHEST, with slightly domed lid and iron straps, applied with plaque engraved, 'Captn Paschal', fitted baize lined interior wiuth paper labels for 'Canisters', 'Bottles' and 'Cruet frame', 44h x 75w x 50cm d Provenance: Lieut-Col. George Frederick Paschal, 70th Reg. Foot, veteran of both Peninsular War and Waterloo. Thence by descent. G.F. Paschal entered the army as Ensign in 1812 serving with 2nd line battalion of the King's German Legion from 1813-14 including at the Battle of Nive and Nivelle, and the investment of Bayonne. In 1815 he was attached at Quatre Bras to Sir Henry Clinton on 17th June and at the Battle of Waterloo. He became Captain in 1826, Major in 1841 and Lieut-Col. in 1851. He received the Waterloo Medal, Military General Service Medal and medal with two clasps and the Hanovarian War Medal. He also served command of auxiliary police for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and during the unrest that followed the passing of the Common Lodging Houses Act of 1851.
GEORGE IV 1822 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD, 83cm pipe-back blade, wirebound fish skin grip, crowned IV cypher to the pierced hilt, blade similarly etched, overall length 97cm, with leather and brass mounted scabbard (base torn) and metal thread tassle Provenance: Lieut-Col. George Frederick Paschal, 70th Reg. Foot, veteran of both Peninsular War and Waterloo. Thence by descent. G. F. Paschal entered the army as Ensign in 1812 serving with 2nd line battalion of the King's German Legion from 1813-14 including at the Battle of Nive and Nivelle, and the investment of Bayonne. In 1815 he was attached at Quatre Bras to Sir Henry Clinton on 17th June and at the Battle of Waterloo. He became Captain in 1826, Major in 1841 and Lieut-Col. in 1851. He received the Waterloo Medal, Military General Service Medal and medal with two clasps and the Hanovarian War Medal. He also served command of auxiliary police for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and during the unrest that followed the passing of the Common Lodging Houses Act of 1851.
Erwin Rommel Afrikakorps Staff Car, interesting modern clockwork model of a Mercedes Benz open top staff car made by Schuco and finished to resemble the staff car of the German Feldmarschall Rommel. 25cms in length; Spanish made Mira open top Mercedes Benz 540k finished in the German army camouflage style with a modern lineol style figure of a Luftwaffe troop; Solido model of a VW which has been refurbished to resemble service with the Luftwaffe airborne troops; Rio model of a Adolf Hitler Mercedes Benz Fuhrer staff car with paper flags; model of a German tender with camouflage finish. (5 items)
Gert Duscha (Germany) Modern Tinplate Reproduction Lineol Issue German Medical Lorry, tinplate camouflaged body, opening doors, canvas camouflage tilt (covering), battery operated lights (not tested). With two composition figures in German army dress. With an additional camouflage cover. 29cms long.
Original vintage British Army recruitment poster - Join the Regular Army It's a Real Man's Life - featuring a stunning image by the British artist Marcus Stone (1909-1991) of a royal Life Guard in full dress uniform with a metal cuirass, long black boots and helmet with a white plume on it, holding a military sword against the pale background. Prepared for the War Office by the Central Office of Information. Printed for HM Stationery Office. Good condition, fold, creasing, minor staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: Marc Stone, size (cm): 38x25, year of printing: 1950s.
Original vintage World War Two military propaganda poster featuring a great design depicting two images: on one side a snail leaving a trail on the grass as a bird flies overhead, the illustration reflected on the other side showing an army tank driving to a tree and leaving a tyre trail on the grass with a German Nazi plane shooting down at it from the sky, the warning text below: Snail Tails leave Trails - Trails tell Tales / Reminder No 2 Camouflage Chart No. 14B. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing, pinholes, small tears, minor staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: unknown, size (cm): 25x37, year of printing: 1943.
Original vintage World War Two poster - Men Working Together! - featuring a US Army soldier and Navy sailor in military uniform standing behind a smiling factory worker with rubber pipes over his shoulder in front of a yellow shaded background, the bold text above and below reinforcing the message that people working on the home front and soldiers fighting on the battle front are equally important as each other. Issued by the Division of Information Office for Emergency Management, Washington, D.C. Published by U.S. Government Printing Office. Horizontal. Good condition, creasing, tears, folds, staining. Country of issue: USA, designer: unknown, size (cm): 76x102, year of printing: 1941.
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - The Motherland is Calling! They Were Your Peers / ??????-???? ?????! ??? ???? ?????? ??????????? - featuring a great photomontage design inspired by the 1941 poster by Irakli Toidze (1902-1985) entitled The Motherland is Calling, featuring a young soldier depicted in black and white wearing a military helmet with red star on it and a bayonet rifle gun behind his back with students sat in an lecture auditorium class across his body and an image of the Mother in red holding up a Red Army oath from 1939-1947 with one arm raised, the oath reading - I, a citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, join the ranks of the Workers and Peasants Red Army, take the oath and solemnly vow to be an honest, brave, disciplined, vigilant fighter, to strictly keep military and state secrets, to obey all military regulations and orders of commanders, commissars and chiefs. I swear to conscientiously study military affairs, to take every possible care of military and national property and to my last breath to be loyal to my people, my Soviet Motherland and the Workers and Peasants Government. I am always ready, by order of the Workers and Peasants Government, to defend my Motherland the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and, as a warrior of the Workers and Peasants Red Army, I swear to defend it courageously, skilfully, with dignity and honour, not sparing my blood and life itself for achieving complete victory over enemies. If, by malicious intent, I violate this solemn oath of mine, then let the harsh punishment of Soviet law, universal hatred and contempt of the working people befall me. Excellent condition, minor creasing on edges. Country of issue: Russia, designer: unknown, size (cm): 55.5x42, year of printing: 1985.
Original vintage World War One recruitment poster encouraging men to enlist in the army: "Fight for King & Empire - Our brave Soldiers need your Help" with G R above for King George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 1895-1952). Great banner poster featuring text in large stylised blue and red letters against a white background with the Royal Coat of Arms above. Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. Horizontal. Printed by H. T. & Co. Good condition, folded as issued, faint creases and minor tears in margins. Country of issue: UK, designer: unknown, size (cm): 25x76, year of printing: 1910s.
Original vintage World War One propaganda poster encouraging men to enlist in the army - Fight for Freedom with the Strength of Free Men - featuring the text in large stylised white letters against a green background. Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. Poster no. 48 Printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London. Horizontal. Good condition, folded as issued, faint creases and minor tears on margins. Country of issue: UK, designer: unknown, size (cm): 24x75.5, year of printing: 1910s.
Original vintage Soviet sport poster for Sambo wrestling featuring a light blue and white wrestling illustration of two sportsmen in uniform fighting on the ground, one of them holding his opponent on the floor, on the lower half of the poster with text in Russian reading Sambo. Sambo - SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya / aka Sombo - is a Russian martial art sport similar to judo that was developed by the Soviet Red Army in the 1920s as a self defence sport without the use of weapons; in 1938 it was accepted as an official combat sport by the USSR Committee of Sport and, in 1968, it was accepted as a form of wrestling by the United World Wrestling governing body (FILA International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles / Federation Internationale des Luttes Associees), the only internationally recognised sport with Russian as its official language. Very good condition, folded. Country of issue: Russia, designer: V. Filipov, size (cm): 91x62.5, year of printing: 1970.
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster featuring an illustration in black and white of young and old men standing in line with bayonet rifle guns and the text in red letters above and on the side - The Soviet people will drown the invaders - most likely to encourage men to enlist in the People's Volunteer Corps and to join the Red Army in the first year of the Soviet-German War on the Eastern Front (1941-1945). Azerbaijan was a Republic of the USSR from 1922-1991 (Azerbaijan SSR). Horizontal. Very good condition, ink stamps in top left and top right corner, pin holes, restored tear. Country of issue: Azerbaijan, designer: unknown, size (cm): 51.5x33.5, year of printing: 1941.
Cigarette Cards: four albums of cigarette cards, mainly 'military' issues, including Wills' Allied Army Leaders, Players History of Naval Dress, Modern Naval Craft, Napoleon, Badges & Flags of British Regiments, Regimental Uniforms, Regimental Standards and Cap Badges, War Decorations & Medals, Gallaher's Army Badges, etc (a lot)
A British Army Issue three draw brass Telescope, complete with its brown leather covering and end cups, stamped 'TEL. SIG. MK. VI. B.C. LTD & Co. 3693 O.S.717. C.A.', L 92 cm, together with another Telescope of a smaller size, marked 'Falcon 22 X, Enbeeco London, made in England', L 45.5 cm (2)
Fifteen Vanity Fair Spy, 'T', and Others Prints of MILITARY to Include: 'George Keppel - 'Waterloo', chromolithograph, framed; Admiral Rous - 'As straight as a reed', chromolithograph, framed; Daniel Godfrey, chromolithograph, framed; Henry Ponsonby - 'The Privy Purse', chromolithograph, framed; General Herbert Plumer - 'self-reliant', chromolithograph, framed; John Arbuthnot Fisher - 'Jacky', chromolithograph, framed; General Viscount Templeton - 'Upty', chromolithograph, framed; Sir Edwin Markham - 'R.M.C.' chromolithograph, inscribed lower right and framed; General Sir Frederick Paul Haines - 'Commander in chief in India', chromolithograph, framed; General Giuseppe Garibaldi - 'Revolution', chromolithograph, framed; Surgeon General Jameson - 'Army Medical', chromolithograph, framed; Lord Napier of Magdala - 'The British Expedition', chromolithograph, one framed, one inscribed lower right (2); Captain Arthur Gooch - 'Goochie', chromolithograph, unframed; and Lt. Col. Anstruther-Thompson - 'Commanding 2nd Life Guards', offset print, unframed (15)
A file about the Statuette of St Barbara which was presented to the Royal Artillery by 'Lt. General Richard W. Owen Artillery of the U.S Army the 34th Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade' in memory of the associations with the British Army during the Second World War. The sculpture was Richard Garbe who was well known in Berlin.
A quantity of Military ephemera to include; Regular Army Certificate of Service belonging to William Edward Waite No. 3902708 of The South Wales Borders, letters of exemplary conduct, Certificate of Army Education, Military photographs, a parchment Certificate of Character on discharge for a Colour Sergeant Edward Taylor 1905, etc.
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