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Click here to subscribeA COLLECTION OF MEDALS AND BADGES Victory Medal to GS-35243 Pte H.H. Taylor R Fus; 1939 to 45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; Battle of Britain Commemorative Medal; miniature medal group; DCM, 39/45, Atlantic Star, Burma Star, Defence and War. Sold with cap badges and fobs.
CAMPAIGN GROUP TO SERGEANT SMALL ROYAL MILITARY POLICE 1939/45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; GV TEM, correctly impressed 829005 S SJT G C Small RMP EII Special Constabulary Medal (Long Service 1965 bar), correctly impressed Sergt George C Small ( naming has tarnish covering it partly); condition VF; sold with extensive ephemera, Paybook, Discharge book, photographs of the recipient, certificate and box of issue George Charles Henry Small joined the Royal Artillery in 1933 as a territorial; on the 6th of April 1937, he was discharged. On the 24th of April 1939, he joined the Dorset Regt, later in the war, transferring to the Military Police. After discharge from the army, he served in the Special Constabulary
GREAT WAR MEDALS AND A RARE RIDGWAY'S PEACE TEA CANISTER 1919 1914-15 Star, attributed to M2-079992 Private John L. Bohler, Army Service Corps,1914-15 Star, attributed to 56849 Gunner P. H. Havill, Royal Garrison Artillery,Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 35401 Private Horace Sanson, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 39891 Private Ernest C. Collier, Hampshire Regiment,Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 20659 Private A. de Combe, Hampshire Regiment,Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 32451 Private Thomas Cutcher, Hampshire Regimentand a rare Ridgway’s Peace Tea Canister 1919
A MILITARY MEDAL 1914/15 TRIO & PLAQUE TO PTE J MCDOUGALL SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. Military Medal, correctly impressed S-2901 A L Cpl J McDougall 8/ Sea Hdrs 1914/15 Star, correctly impressed S-2901 Pte J McDougall Sea Highrs British Medal, correctly impressed S-2901 Pte J McDougall Seaforth Victory Medal, correctly impressed S-2901 Pte J McDougall Seaforth Memorial Plaque to John McDougall Condition VF+ ( small cuts in the memorial plaque at 12, 3, 6 and 9 O'clock. At some point, it was in a frame. John McDougall was born in Oban, Argyll. He worked and resided in Glencruitten; when the Great War broke out, he travelled to Glasgow to enlist. As a member of the 8th Bn Seaforth Highlanders, he arrived on the Western Front on the 8th of July 1915. He won the Military medal, which was gazetted on the 12th of December 1917. He was subsequently transferred to the Army Service Corps and was then attached to the 65th Field Ambulance. He died of wounds with the RAMC on the 21st of March 1918. His name is listed don the Pozieres Memorial.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE ORDERS AND MEDALS Chile. Military Decoration for 20 years' Service (Condecoración Militar por 20 años de Servicios);Colombia. National Order of Merit 'Antonio Narino', knight (Orden al Merito Nacional 'Antonio Nariño', caballero);Guyana. Order of Service of Guyana, The Cacique's Crown of Honour;Guyana. Order of Service of Guyana, Golden Arrow of Courage; Guyana. Disciplined Services Star for Distinguished Service; Haiti. Army Long Service Cross for 25 years’ service; Jamaica. Jamaica Constabulary Force Medal for Gallantry; Jamaica. Jamaica Constabulary Force Medal of Honour for Long Service and Good Conduct; Venezuela. Order of Merit in Work (Orden al Mérito en el Trabajo) (9)
FRANCE. A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE MILITARY AND CIVIL AWARDS France. Medal for Victory at Solferino, 1859;France. Medal for Victory at Solferino, 1859;France. Commemorative Medal for the Declaration of the Provisional Government (Médaille Commemorative de la Proclamation du Gouvernement Provisoire), 1870;France. Medal for the Exhibition of 5, 6 and 7 October 1875 (Médaille de l'Exposition de 5, 6 et 7 Octobre 1875); France. Victory Medal 1914-19, official issue, modern reproduction; France. Volunteer Combatant’s Cross (Croix du Combattant Volontaire), 1914-1918, 'Large Head' ('Grosse Tête') variant; France. Cross of the Voluntary Military Services, 1st type, III class (Croix des Services Militaires Volontaires, 1er type, IIIme classe); France. Cross of the Voluntary Military Services, 1st type, III class (Croix des Services Militaires Volontaires, 1er type, IIIème classe); France. War Cross 1939-1945, rare unofficial version dated ‘1939 1945’ (Croix de Guerre 1939-1945, rare modèle non-officiel datée ‘1939 1945’); France. War Cross 1939-1945, rare unofficial version dated ‘1939 1945’ (Croix de Guerre 1939-1945, rare modèle non-officiel datée ‘1939 1945’); France. Medal Commemorative of the War of 1939-1945 (Médaille Commémorative de la Guerre de 1939-1945); France. Medal of the Association of Former Non-Commissioned Officers of the Army and the Navy (Médaille de l’Association des Anciens Sous Officiers des Armées de Terre et de Mer); France. Humanitarian Grand Prize of France and the Colonies, silver medal (Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies, médaille d’argent); France. Medal of the Society for the Encouragement of Devotion to Service, silver (Médaille de la Société d’Encouragement au Devouement, argent); France. Medal of the Republican Society for the Encouragement of Devotion to Service, bronze (Médaille de la Société Républicaine d’Encouragement au Devouement, bronze); France. The Social and Encouragement Committee ‘Merit’, gold medal (Le Comité Social et d'Encouragement «Le Mérite», médaille d’Or); France. Medal of Honour of the Musical and Choral Societies, bronze (Médaille d’Honneur des Sociétés Musicales et Chorales en bronze); France. Musical and Choral Society, silver medal (Société Musicale et Chorale, médaille d’argent) miniature; France. Medal of the Catholic Action of Women (Médaille de l’ l’Action Catholique des Femmes); France. Religious Medal (Médaille Religieuse) (20)
A COLLECTION OF CAP BADGES, MAINLY GREAT WAR ERA 1st (Royal) Dragoons2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)3rd (The King's Own) Hussars5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, first type, 1898-190320th HussarsAlexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)Auxiliary Territorial Service Corps ATS Cap Badge (3, one to Warrant Officer Pennington Smythe)Border Regiment Cheshire Regiment, World War II eraDevonshire Regiment (2)Duke of Cornwall's Light InfantryDuke of Wellington's (West Riding) RegimentEast Lancashire RegimentEssex RegimentGrenadier GuardsKing's (Liverpool Regiment), post 1927Lincolnshire RegimentLoyal North Lancashire Regiment (2)Northamptonshire RegimentPrince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (The Royal Berkshire Regiment) (2)Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own), post 1927Royal Armoured Corps, World War II eraRoyal Army Medical CorpsRoyal Army Ordnance CorpsRoyal Army Pay Corps, World War II era (2)Royal Army Service Corps, post 1918 issueRoyal Corps of Signals, Inter-War eraRoyal Leicestershire Regiment, 1946-1952Royal Pioneer Corps, 1947 onwardsRoyal Regiment of ArtilleryRoyal Regiment of ArtilleryRoyal Warwickshire RegimentWest Riding Royal Horse Artillery, probable restrikeWest Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 7th & 8th Battalions (Leeds Rifles)Collar Badge. Royal Marines, 1923-1965 issueScottish Kilt Pin and Highlanders Belt Buckle Surround.
A MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO ALEX FORRESTER FARQUHARSON Alexander was a Private (73587) in the Royal Army Medical Corps; he died of wounds on the 21st of September 1917.Son of Mrs Farquharson and the late John Rodger Farquharson, of Lauriston Castle Gardens, Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh. Native of Kinfauns, Perthshire.
A 19TH CENTURY DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SHOTGUN belonging to Captain Tillbrook 50th Regiment late 24th Foot. The shotgun was made by J Nobbs of the Isle of Wight. The lock plate is engraved 'J Nobbs'. The barrel has a Damascus style pattern and retain 90% of its finish. Each lock is tight at full and half and can be dry fired. Housed in a wooden case with a metal circular plate engraved ' Philip L Tillbrook 24th Regt. The case is filled with accessories for the gun, powder flasks and shot measures Philip Limborch Tillbrook was born in Freckenham, Suffolk in 1831. The son of reverend Samuel Tillbrook and Frances Tillbrook. Tillbrook became an Ensign, without purchase in the 75th Foot on the 10th April 1849 , before transferring to the 24th foot on the 16th November 1849. On the 24th September 1850, by purchase he became a Lieutenant in the 24th Foot. On the 14th October 1851, he transferred to the 50th Foot. With that transfer date, we can now say he purchased the gun between September 1850 to 1851, or at least he used it in that period. With the 50th Foot, now promoted to Captain, he saw service in the Crimean War, serving there from 22nd August 1855 and being present at the fall of Sebastopol. He was awarded the Crimea Medal with clasp Sebastopol and the Turkish Crimea Medal. In 1860, Philip married Ada Whitmore, daughter of Major General Mortimer Whitmore. Philip and Ada had two sons Percy and Henry Upon his retirement from the Army with the rank of Major, he was appointed to the Honourable Corps of Gentleman at Arms, a ceremonial bodyguard from Queen Victoria. From 1878 until 1886 he was Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant and from 1886 until retirement in 1890 Standard Bearer. At the time of the 1901 census he was living at Hanover Square, Belgravia. A year later aged 72 he passed away, with his estate being left to his wife.The gun looks to have light use and is in lovely condition.
A WWII GERMAN ARTILLERY OFFICERS WAFFENROCK a small sized tunic, probably around a 36 to 38 inch chest. Lieutenant in rank, the shoulder boards are missing the pips. With high quality bullion eagle and two award loops, to one of which has an original black wound badge attached. A four piece ribbon bar is attached on the left breast, Eastern Front, Four Year Army Long Service, Austrian Anschluss and Sudetenland AnschlussSome mothing to the tunic, the lower section having the most. Overall an attractive and collectable tunic.
JAPAN. BOXER REBELLION WAR MEDAL, 1900 Japan. Boxer Rebellion War Medal, 1900The Medal was created on 21 March 1901 for the members of the 5th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army and of the Japanese Imperial Navy who were part of the eight-nation alliance forces who lifted the two and a half month siege of the Foreign Legations in Peking (Beijing) during the 'Boxer' Rebellion. The Japanese forces consisted of 20,300 soldiers, 540 marines and 18 warships and were thus much the largest contingent from the eight participating nations. This is one of the rarest Japanese medals
BRITISH MILITARY RED COAT AND BLACK FROCK COAT EARLY 20TH CENTURY the red coat made by Henry Poole & Co, 37-39 Saville Row, London, with annotated label dated 1906, with full gilt EVIIR buttons, epaulettes and aiguillette; the black frock coat of similar construction, the lining with label 'Brig. Gen. C.J.Cuthbert C.B.', with full gilt GVR buttons and epaulettesDimensions:red coat 71cm long, black frock coat 109cm longNote: Note: Major-General Gerald James Cuthbert CB CMG (British 1861 – 1931) was a British Army officer who commanded a battalion in the Boer War and a division in the First World War. Cuthbert joined the Scots Guards in 1882 and served in Egypt and the Sudan during the late 19th century. During the Boer War he served with his regiment, rising to command a battalion and after the war he was given command of a brigade in the Territorial Force and then in the British Expeditionary Force of 1914. He served on the Western Front from 1914 to 1917, rising to command 39th Division, then returned to home service before retiring in 1919.
* Hong Kong. An album containing approximately 100 mounted photographs, c. 1890s, a mixture of albumen prints and gelatin silver prints, including photographs of racing yachts at Hong Kong regatta (1893) and elsewhere, views of the Ladies Recreation Club, the cemetery, a grave and a Royal Engineers Memorial at Happy Valley, Gap Rock, the cricket pavilion, Stonecutters Island army, Praya reclamation, various family photographs featuring members of the Gough family, etc., images 20 x 28 cm and smaller, mounted singly and as multiples to rectos and versos of stiff card leaves, ink captions to mounts, contemporary half roan, spine deficient, contents largely broken and loose, oblong folioQTY: (1)
* Cambridge (George William Frederick, 1819-1904). Prince, second duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal. A collection of approximately 48 Letters Signed (invariably 'George'),1840 to 1898, to various correspondents, from Gloucester House, St James's Palace, Horse Guards, Rome (1840, announcing his return to England and asking for further leave of absence), Cambridge House, Royal Barracks, York, Chichester, Bad Homburg, Bangor, and Normanby Park, many with social content, but several touch upon army matters and appointments etc., one asks a clergyman to preach a sermon, another refers to loaning works of art for exhibition, he makes domestic arrangements for his brother-in-law, the Grand Duke, etc., the condition generally good with some occasional traces of mounting (one letter adhering to the remains of a mount), with some envelopesQTY: (approx. 48)NOTE:Correspondents include Henry Lennon, (Lord) de Ros, (Lord) Claremont - 'no doubt in future European Wars, the losses in the cavalry will be extremely heavy, both in men & horses, & yet they will have to be put up with ...', 30 December 1860; ?George Robert Gleig; Lady Hooker, refusing permission for a youth brigade to 'ply its trade' within the gates of Hyde Park during the exhibition (1862); the Dean of Westminster; Charles ?Banks, acknowledging his appointment as a Governor of the Royal Hospital; Sir Charles ('Charley') Hall, with whom he was evidently particularly friendly (6); sending his Christmas contribution to the poor of St James's; the Lord Mayor of London; (Lord) de Grey, giving his reasons for objecting to the proposal to reduce the number of European troops serving in India (1865); a long letter to his aunt, 22 August 1850, following the death of his father (torn and repaired); the marchioness of Westminster; Sir Martin Andrew Dillon, his assistant military secretary (8) 1883-1898 where dated, largely social, the earliest (in pencil) a long letter following Dillon's resignation; etc.The duke of Cambridge was the grandson of George III. His career in the army was rapid: he was commissioned as a lieutenant-colonel in 1842, becoming Colonel of the regiment ten days later. By 1845 he was major-general. In 1852 he was appointed inspector-general of cavalry. In 1854 he became commander of the first division destined for the Crimea and returned the following year, to be showered with honours. He was commander-in-chief the next year, and 1862 raised to field marshal. Although he was very active in reforming and reorganising the army he resisted the wide- ranging changes made by the secretary of state, which halved the numbers employed in colonial garrisons (his opinions are expressed in the letter to Lord de Grey).'The duke was immensely popular within the army. An excellent after-dinner speaker, he was known to be kindly and considerate, a staunch upholder of military traditions, and a keen sportsman. He was also fondly regarded by those who appreciated his thorough knowledge of drill and his outspoken comments at field days and inspections. A series of banquets at military clubs and messes marked the duke's retirement' (ODNB).
* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, British prime minister 1828-30, 1834. A group of six autograph letters signed, 1829-47, the first addressed to the Earl of Scarborough, dated London, May 1st 1829 '... I have your proxy and I will use it as Your Lordship desires. I am not surprised at the opinions which Your Lordship has entertained and I am much concerned that I should have considered it my duty to take a course of which Your Lordship disapproved. But it gives me great satisfaction to find that I have not lost your confidence. and I am certain that nothing can occur in future which can occasion any difference of opinion between Your Lordship and me...', another autograph letter signed dated London July 25, 1837 'Dear Sir, I shall be very much obliged of you if you will call upon me tomorrow at about eleven o'clock in order that I may speak to you about the G. 4th Papers... P.S. Delivered by Duchy of Lancaster Office', a third autograph letter signed to Sir Robert Peel, dated London April 29, 1838 'I have received your letter of the 22nd with Sargent Jackson's of the 17th included. I will keep the latter as a memorandum, as I have reason to believe that I shall hear from some of my friends in the House of Lords upon the same subject..., A fourth letter dated Walmer Castle, August 28 1839 addressed to Mr Ellison, at No 3 Norfolk Street, Park Lane [altered to 9 Devonshire Place, Brighton] ' I came down this day. The House will be full tomorrow for the Feast, but by Saturday or Monday next I shall be delighted to see you here (with original postmarked envelope), an autograph note to Henry Boyes Esq. of Dover dated November fourth 1834 (with seal), and a letter from the Duke of Wellington to Mrs Henbooker, written in the third person, and dated London June 26, 1847, whilst Wellington was Constable of the Tower of London, plus a signed quarterly pay certificate for the Duke of Wellington as Constable and Chief Governor of the Garrison of the Tower of London, for July 1839 to September 1839 'in the sum of two hundred and eight pounds and sixteen shillings and four pence for ninety-two days pay', signed by Wellington and the army agent Frederic CoxQTY: (7)NOTE:The third letter refers to the Tory MP of Bandon, County Cork, John Devonsher Jackson, who had proposed an enquiry into the conduct of the Irish Constabulary at the time of Irish outrages. Jackson was greatly relied on by the English government for his advice concerning Irish affairs.
* Freedom of the City. A group of 3 decorated vellum documents granting freedom of the city, 1760/1764, the earliest and largest dated at Edinburgh, 12 September 1760, admitting George Keith late Earl Marischall as Burges and Guildbrother of Edinburgh, entirely in calligraphic manuscript and decorated with border decoration in gilt, red, green and black, wafer seal, 31 x 44 cm, together with 2 similar, smaller documents for Captain John Elphinstone, 23 September 1760 & 14 June 1764, the first in manuscript with border decorations in red, blue, green and yellow, admitting him as Burges of Glasgow, with Glasgow's crest in colours to verso, 25.5 x 25.5 cm, the third a pre-printed document on vellum dated 14 June 1764, completed in manuscript with additional hand colouring to vignette and some lettering, admitted the Honourable John Elphinstone as Burges of Dumfries, 18 x 27.5 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:George Keith, styled tenth Earl Marischal (1692/3?-1778), Jacobite army officer and diplomatist in the Prussian Service. John Elphinstone eleventh Lord Elphinstone (1737-1794).
* Queen Victoria & the Elephant 'Stoke'. Two Autograph Letters Signed from Captain Francis Inglefield, concerning the delivery of an Indian elephant named Stoke, to the Sultan of Morocco, on behalf of Queen Victoria, Mequinez, 26 & 30 September 1891, to his mother, concerning life in the Moroccan Court following his successful mission to deliver Stoke, an Indian elephant, to the Sultan as a present from Queen Victoria, the first letter includes information about Stoke’s first appearance at a public event, ’Yesterday the Emperor went to Mosque in State and Stoke appeared for the first time at a public function. He was dressed in all his finest kit and was given, by the Emperor, the first place of honour in the procession i.e., in front of the Sultan’s best horses', the second letter discussing Inglefield's attempts to leave court and giving insights into how justice is handled, ‘A man of position, a Kaid, came up to court with his fine clothes on and with all the swagger peculiar to the well-to-do…he was promptly seized by two soldiers & slaves stripped of his fine clothing… flogged with cow hides… thrown into prison. For the next week he will be in a high fever and in the greatest pain unable to sleep or to rest in any way and with nothing but bare ground to lie on. In prison he will remain, probably for life, his offence was robbery’, a little marginal fraying, final three leaves of second letter with closed tears with no loss of text, 4to, (together with full typed transcriptions of both letters)QTY: (2)NOTE:Major General Francis Seymour Inglefield CB, DSO (1855-1930), British Army Officer. Hassan bin Mohammed (1836-1894), known as Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco, 1873-1894.'Some three years ago Sir William Kirby Green sent the Sultan, as a present from the Queen, a magnificent elephant, the largest and most intelligent that could be found in the Indian jungles. This imposing beast, which was only known to the Moors by history and from hearsay was surmounted with a gorgeous howdah studded with golden nails, and covered with parti-coloured silken scarves. The Sultan was greatly delighted with the Royal gift, and the people of Fez got together in such masses to watch the new monster, that on several occasions many women and children were knocked down and trodden to death, not by the docile beast, but by the insensate mob hastening to behold the animal in the narrow streets that lead to Mulai Edriss.' Stephen Bonsal Jr, Morocco As It Is with an account of Sir Charles Euan Smith’s Recent Mission to Fez, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893, p. 66.
* Wellington (Duke of). Twelve original tickets to the Funeral Procession and related ephemera, 1853, a collection of 12 various printed invitation tickets to view the lying in state at Chelsea Hospital, the funeral procession of the late Duke of Wellington, and the funeral service, 17th-18th November 1852, 12 printed invitation tickets each with manuscript insertions, 12 x 18 cm, and smaller, including Army and Navy Club Ladies Reserved Seat, The Grand Floor Window at Exeter Hall on the Strand, Ludgate Street, 32 Fleet Street, and similar, a pass ticket for gentlemen of the press, together with other related printed ephemera, including a copy of the corrected Authorised and Official Program of the Stae Funeral Procession, published by John Limbird, three printed advertisements for the Shield of Wellington by Gree, Ward-Green & Ward, Goldsmiths & Jewellers, Ludgate Street, each printed on different coloured paper, three blind embossed memorial cards, three hand-coloured wood engraved views of the funeral, a printed brochure of the Service and Anthems to be used upon Thursday 18th day of November 1852... for the public funeral of his Grace Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, dated 1852, published by George Edward Eyre and William Spottis Wood, 1852 etc.QTY: (30)
* China. A collection of over 160 celluloid film negatives, c. 1900-25, the images showing scenes in Shanghai, Peking, Kalgan, Nank’ou, Tsingtao, Manchuria, Kaiyna, Koyang, etc., negatives 9.5 x 12 cm, plus numerous duplicates, many contained in four negative wallets, plus some loose ‘miscellaneous’ negatives in envelopes, wallets with pencil partial index captions (and some later indexing on separate sheets), together with a small related group of mostly small format gelatin silver print photographs, many with brief annotations to versosQTY: (approx. 200)NOTE:The photographs were taken between 1900 and 1925 by Niels Poulsen when he worked for various firms, including Liddell's, while engaged mainly in the wool trade which took him all over North China. Niels Poulson was born in 1880 in Shanghai, China, of Danish parents. His father Carl Poulson originally arrived in China in 1871 working for the Great Northern Telegraph Company and was invited by the Chinese statesman Li Hongzhang (1823-1901) – for a portrait of Li see lot 54 – to open a school of telegraphy in Tientsin (Tianjin) where the family settled and where Niels grew up. After leaving school Niels spent some time in Manchuria, but was in Tientsin during the time of the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901). Subsequently, he spent most of his time in North China until 1926 where he moved to Shanghai. Niels was well-known in the country north of the Yangtse river. He had been regarded as the best gentleman rider in North China, having won numerous horse racing trophies. It is understood that Niels aided Li by undertaking confidential missions in Chinese disguise. The National Army Museum in Chelsea holds a collection of six photographs relating to the service of Niels Poulsen, recruitment manager of the Chinese Labour Corps in Shantung (now Shandong) Province c. 1914-1923; and to the service of Lt. Rev. Frank Harmon as a missionary and interpreter in Manchuria, Peking and France, c. 1900-1918.
* Wellington (Duke of). Panorama of the Funeral Procession of the Duke of Wellington, London: Ackermann and Co., [1853], elaborate hand-coloured aquatint panorama of the entire funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington by Henry Alken and George Sala, composed of fifty-six sections on 28 sheets, including one sheet showing the funeral carriage extended in height, regiments and mourners identified by printed captions to lower margin, folds neatly restrengthened with archival tissue, occasional very light offsetting (generally in excellent, bright condition), overall size 13.5 x 2072 cm (5.25 x 815 ins), contained in original red cloth portfolio, with large printed publisher's advertisement to inside rear cover, and old printed catalogue description pasted to inside front cover, modern red cloth spine, inner flaps restrengthened to hinges, upper cover with title and decorative gilt centrepiece incorporating the arms of the Duke of Wellington's arms and title in gilt, the portfolio measuring 14.8 x 37.7 cm, contained in modern purpose-made wooden caseQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey, Life in England, 597 (dated 1852, although the panel of Wellington's hearse is dated 1 March 1853, and contemporary publications concur with this date).Attended by an estimated one and a half million people on the 18th November 1852, Wellington's coffin was led from Horse Guards via Constitution Hill to St. Paul's Cathedral. The huge procession included 10,000 men from all the regiments of the British army (including the Rifle Brigade, 33rd Regiment Guards, Artillery, Scots Greys, Carabineers, Highlanders, etc.), military bands, Chelsea Pensioners, state officials, members of the Iron Duke's household, royalty, political and ceremonial figures, as well as the new Duke.A fine copy of this remarkable panorama of "probably the most ornate and spectacular funeral ever seen in England" (ODNB). 'The panorama of the Duke of Wellington's funeral constituted one of the masterpieces of Victorian panorama publishing... The centrepiece of this panorama is a special fold-up section that illustrated the funeral car, probably... the most spectacular vehicle of its kind in Europe since the car that led the funeral obsequies for the Habsburg king Charles V, held in Brussels in 1558' (Garlick, The Final Curtain: State Funerals and the Theatre of Power, 1999, p. 128).
* Custer (George Armstrong, 1839-1876). United States Army Officer and Cavalry Commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Large ink signature, [1865], in brown ink on an off-white paper slip, 'Yours truly, G.A. Custer B Maj Genl, U.S.A.', 65 x 110 mm, pasted on to a near-identical piece of card with adhesion remains to versoQTY: (1)NOTE:Custer was promoted to Brevet Major General on 13 March 1865, and a month later on 15 April he was promoted to Major General in the US Volunteers, making him the youngest Major General in the Union Army at age 25.
The interesting Queen's South Africa Medal to Lieutenant Francis William Lloyd Edwards, King's Royal Rifle Corps, second type reverse, 2 clasps: Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: F. W. L. EDWARDS, K.R.R.C.), engraved upper and lower case serif letters, good very fine.36.27mm diameterFrancis William Lloyd Edwards, second son of the Archbishop of Wales served in South Africa from 1901 to 1902. Seconded to the Egyptian Army in 1913, he was employed with the Australians at Gallipoli. Returning to Egypt he served in the Sudan from 1914 to 1916. Twice mentioned in Despatches, awarded the Order of the Nile 4th Class and the OBE. Offered with copy obituary and photographs of the recipient.
An Army Meritorious Service Medal to Corporal (Acting Staff Sergeant) Leslie Joseph Main, Royal Army Medical Corps, George V (510221 CPL - A.S.SJT - L. J. MAIN. R.A.M.C.), extremely fine.36.54mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 12th June 1946 M.S.M. London Gazette 16/10/1919 "for valuable services rendered in connection with the War"
An early Victorian Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Gunner and Driver James Ferguson, Royal Artillery, second type obverse (J. FERGUSON, GUNNER & DRIVER ROYAL ARTILLERY.), officially impressed, privately fitted with a straight bar suspension in place of the original steel clip, some wear and edge bruising, about very fine.36.03mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Served with 9th Battalion Royal Artillery. Recommended 26/08/1846 and received his medal in Canada 05/10/1846. Served 21 years and 60 days including 4 years foreign service.
A collection of educational and sporting prize and commemorative medals, including: Commonwealth Games New Zealand 1974 commemorative, bronze, 64mm, some wear to finish, nearly extremely fine; H.M.S. St Vincent, 440 yards relay prize 1927, silver, 38mm; Army Athletic Association, second place javelin prize 1923, silver, 54mm; 'Le Cyclisme' and 'Le Basket-Ball', each with incuse details to the reverse, bronze, 67mm and 78mm, by Comandini; Daily Mail pushball prize, reverse inscribed 'DOVERCOURT / 1-8-34 / CPL JARVIS', silver, 29mm, by Fattorini & Sons; Four British educational prize medals: Royal Grammar School Guildford, MerrimanMemorial Medal, bronze, 69mm, edge engraved 'STANLEY HERBERT POOK, AGED 17 YEARS & 10 MONTHS', by W.O. Lewis, good very fine or better; London College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, an oval award medal, silver, 56mm, laboratory equipment, rev. legend, inscribed to F. C. Highfield for proficiency in Pharmaceutics December 1914, cased, extremely fine; Board of Education, National Medal, bronze, 51mm, bust of Queen Victoria left, rev. legend, edge impressed 'MARGARET LUCY ERRINGTON BAKER, SUBJECT 23D 1900', cased, good very fine; and London College of Music, a silver medal, 32mm, a harpist, rev. musical instruments and engraved to Bertha Gray for Pianoforte 1930, by J.A. Restall, cased, good very fine; together with various other prize medals, bronze and silver plated, most uninscribed, all about very fine unless otherwise stated. [23]
A very interesting family collection of medals, comprising:The Great War Pair to Battle of Le Transloy fatal casualty 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Struthers, 1/14 London Regiment (London Scottish): British War Medal 1914-20 (2 LIEUT. K STRUTHERS.), Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. K. STRUTHERS.); together with the Memorial Plaque issued in commemoration of this officer's death in action on the 7th October 1916 (KENNETH STRUTHERS), traces of mounting glue, otherwise extremely fine or nearly so; and a London Scottish Rifle Volunteers School of Arms silver prize medal (1907-8 K. STRUTHERS), good very fine. [4]A Great War pair to Hilda Margaret Struthers, Voluntary Aid Detachment: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (H. M. STRUTHERS. V.A.D.), traces of mounting glue, otherwise nearly extremely fine. [2]Five medals named or attributable to Leslie Graham Struthers, British Red Cross and St John of Jerusalem, later Intelligence Corps: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (L. G. STRUTHERS. B.R.C. & ST. J.J.), Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, Italy: War Merit Cross, traces of mounting glue, otherwise good very fine or better, [5]; together with a mounted group of corresponding dress miniature medals, a leather ID disc, and medal ribbons.Five Medals attributable to Cinematographer Ian Duncan Struthers, British Paramount News: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-45 War Medal with Mention in Despatches emblem, traces of mounting glue, otherwise nearly extremely fine, [5]; together with a mounted group of corresponding dress miniature medals (Africa Star with 1st Army bar), and ribbon bars. Round medals 36mm diameter. Large plaque 121mm diameter.By descent through the family.The first three recipients were siblings, born to George and Mary Denning Struthers in Staines and in Kensington. Kenneth was the eldest boy (27 in 1914) and entered France with the London Scottish 01/07/1916. He was killed in action three months later at the Battle of Le Transloy (part of the larger Battle of the Somme), when his battalion attacked and captured a number of German gun pits on the 7th of October. His elder sister Hilda and younger brother Leslie (a Quaker) both went to the Italian front to serve as medical volunteers and during the Second World War Leslie was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps in November 1940. Ian Duncan Struthers was born in Argentina in 1915 and began his career as a clapper boy at Sound City in 1933. He accompanied the Allied forces in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and in the liberation of Northern Europe, filming many momentous occasions including the liberation of Caen and Charles De Gaulle's entry into Paris. He appeared in the 1943 documentary 'Cameramen at War'.
An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Private Daniel Maskell, 76th Regiment of Foot, Victoria, clip and ring suspension (DANIEL MASKELL, 76th REGIMENT FOOT. 1841.), officially impressed, nearly extremely fine.36.13mm diameterA labourer from Newbury, Daniel Maskell joined the 76th Foot in April 1813 at the age of sixteen. After a short spell at the depot he was posted with the 1st Battalion to Canada, and on 11 September 1814 he participated in the disastrous battle of Plattsburgh where the regiment lost 3 officers and 35 men killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Maskell served for over 26 years, retiring on 9 Oct 1841 and being awarded the LSGC with a gratuity of £5 that year, this being his only entitlement.
An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Quartermaster Sergeant Edwin Buckley, Coldstream Guards, Victoria, small reverse lettering (1791. QR MR SERGT E. BUCKLEY. COLDM GDS), at least good very fine.36.23mm diameterEdwin Buckley enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in March 1866 and was discharged in July 1887. He was also entitled to the Egypt Medal 1882 with Suakin clasp.
A late-18th century British light cavalry officer's sword, curved blade 32 in. with prominent sharpened back edge for the last 9.5 in., impressed numerals '09' preceded by an engraved 'N' all under the outer langet; steel hilt of the type associated with the 10th Light Dragoons with large diamond shaped langets and angular knuckle bow and pommel, the outer langet engraved with the Prince of Wales's feathers and the inner with 'D' over 'L L' (repeated on the pommel), knuckle bow engraved with a star to each side, chequered ebony grip, circa 1792.38 inches overall lengthSee Brian Robson, 'Swords of the British Army', pp.74-77
A small quantity of medals, comprising; an Army Rifle Association silver prize medal, reverse engraved to C. G. Wheatley 7815209 (a Machine Gun Corps service number); a Turkish Crimea Medal, Sardinian Type, privately engraved in serif capitals (W. ELLIOTT 1ST R. REGT.); an Italian bronze regimental award (38th Regiment); a RLSS bronze proficiency medal; and two cased silver sporting medals. [6]
An Army of India Medal 1799-1826 to Lieutenant Charles Harington Graeme, 5th Light Cavalry, clasp: Ava (LIEUT CHAS H. GRÆME, 5TH LT CAVY), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed, edge knock at 5 o'clock, otherwise good very fine or better.36.05mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D. As a Captain, Charles Graeme was to part in the Kolhapur Campaign of 1844. Leading the 5th Madras Light Cavalry he played a prominent role in the storming of the fortress of Samanghur, preventing the escape of the defenders after a breach was stormed, and swiftly engaging a defeating a large force that attempted to come to their aid. He was slightly wounded in this battle.Sources: Hayward (pub.), 'The Army of India Medal Roll 1799-1826'; The Indian Mail, December 6th 1844 (No 20).
A gold, red and blue enamelled bar brooch, designed as the badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps, detailed '15ct', width 4.8cm, and another example, detailed 15ct' (the pin detached but present), total weight 9.4g, with two cases.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A 9ct gold and enamelled military brooch, designed as the badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Birmingham 1979, width 2.2cm, an officer's RAMC cap badge with a matching pair of collar dogs, and a group of RAMC buttons.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Third Reich army dagger, by Alcoso, with silver scabbard, the blade stamped Alcoso ACS Aligan, with wooden handle and leaf cast pommel handle, 40cm long. Provenance: by family repute the dagger entered the family of the owner so was previously the collection of the owners family and by repute was on board the 5/kg4 a henkel 11/p-4 which was lost outbound for an attack on RAF Leeming and strayed over Humber defences it was hit by AA fire and then flew into a balloon cable stop, it jettisoned its bomb load over rail road sidings in Immingham and crashed just beyond what is now Hawthorn Avenue, Grimsby. Two of the crew were killed to further crew members were taken prisoner, aircraft 5J plus KN was destroyed. (AF)
GEORGES PAUL LEROUX (FRENCH, 1877-1957)Soldiers signed 'GeORGeS LeROUX' (lower left) oil on canvas 81 x 105cm ARR Provenance Purchased in a brocante in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France, circa 2005 by the current ownerFootnoteBorn in Paris in 1877, to parents with strong connections to Trelly in Normandy, Georges Paul Leroux undertook his formal art training first at the Ecoles des Arts Decoratifs and then under Leon Joseph Bonnat (1883-1922) at the Ecoles des Beaux-Arts in Paris. A frequent exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Francaise, he was awarded the 3rd Class Medal in 1903 and, in 1906, the Prix de Rome, which enabled him to stay at the Villa Medici in Italy from 1907-1909. In 1908 Leroux was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. In 1911 he won a 2nd Class Medal and in 1932 was elected as a member of the L'Institut de France.Today, Leroux's works can be found in private collections as well as major galleries and museums, including the Imperial War Museum, the Petit Palais in Paris, and the Musee Departemental de l'Oise in Beauvais.During the First World War, Leroux served in the French army and saw action on the Western Front, in France and Belgium. These experiences lead him to paint various pictures of soldiers and war. It is understood, for example, that when out on a reconnaissance mission he saw 'a group of French soldiers taking shelter in a great shell hole full of water', and later that evening started making sketches of what he had seen, which later lead to perhaps his most famous work, L'Enfer (Hell), completed in 1921 and now in the collection of The Imperial War Museum (Art.IWM ART 4415).In the present work, of French soldiers marching, one might assume it was painted during a similar period to L'Enfer, in those years that followed the end of the First World War after 1918, drawing on Leroux's earlier experiences. Clearly French, due to the blue uniforms they wear, it appears as though they are near, or have been near The Front, as one soldier to the left wears a pair of brown German boots, presumably acquired from a German soldier on the battlefield, as opposed to his own. Leroux presents us with an engaging composition, not dissimilar to the one used in Gassed by John Singer Sargent, as a line of men cross the canvas from left to right. Leroux places the viewer close to the men, as if they were stood on the edge of the path watching them go by, with only half a man visible to the extreme left and right sides, out of the viewers field of vision, as they march past. This provides us with a study of a small group of soldiers whilst also reminding us of the almost continuous procession of men sent to war, bringing to mind works by C. R. W. Nevinson.In some ways it is a painting of juxtapositions, the soldiers are marching through a beautiful landscape, with glimpses of ploughed fields and woodland, set against a huge sky full of billowing clouds with pockets of blue above, in stark contrast to the atrocities of war. However, these same clouds, so dominant in the picture, also remind the viewer of the smoke from exploding shells and the oppressive nature of it, the ploughed brown fields are perhaps reminiscent of the mud enveloped, desolate landscape found at The Front.None of the men are wounded and they do not appear particularly dirty as if they have spent weeks in the trenches. They are clearly singing, all with their mouths open; one holds a pipe, as another one, with a bandaged rifle and the German boots, strains forward, determined to keep going. One wonders where they are going, out to, or coming home from, The Front? Perhaps this is deliberately ambiguous? Taken as a whole, Soldiers is a stunning and rare work, evocative of the period and layered with meaning.
A large collection of British regimental cap and other badges, including India Artillery, Loyal Regiment, Army Cyclist Corps, Tank Corps, 19th Prince of Wales' Own Hussars and Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (some restrikes), together with a small group of reference books.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Four Second World War period medals, comprising 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal and War Medal, with an Army Council forwarding slip confirming four awards and box of postage, a 1914-19 Victory Medal to '535765 Pte.T.Nott. Labour Corps.', another 1939-45 War Medal, a silver medallion, detailed 'Kent Open Championship', Birmingham 1966, with a case, a King's Royal Rifle Corps cap badge, eight further items, mostly badges, and two portrait photographs.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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