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General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Lt. W. W. Baird. R.A.M.C.) extremely fine £80-£100 --- William Walker Baird was born in Glasgow on 16 December 1930 and graduated MB ChB from Glasgow in 1955. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 8 April 1957. He died on 16 April 2005. Sold with copied research.

The superb Naval General Service, Davison’s Nile Medal, and Sultan’s Medal for Egypt group of three awarded to Rear-Admiral of the White Sir John Hill, Royal Navy, who served as First Lieutenant in H.M.S. Minotaur at the Battle of the Nile, coming to the rescue of Nelson’s flagship H.M.S. Vanguard, for which his Captain was given the utmost praise by Admiral Nelson and Hill himself was slightly wounded; he later had the responsibility of commanding all the transport vessels conveying the British army to Belgium prior to the Battle of Waterloo, being Mentioned by and earning the Duke of Wellington's distinct thanks for the efficient manner in which he conducted the operation, thus securing the praise of both the foremost sailor and soldier of his day Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Nile, Egypt (John Hill, Lieut.); Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, silver, Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 2nd Class, gold, 48mm, on its original gold chain and hook, traces of lacquer and pin marks to the edges of the medals from when they have been held in an old display case, otherwise good very fine and better (3) £10,000-£14,000 --- Approximately 45 2nd Class Sultan's Gold medals awarded to officers of the Royal Navy. John Hill was born at Portsea, Hampshire, in 1774 and entered the Royal Navy as a Captain's Steward aboard the bomb vessel H.M.S. Infernal on 25 September 1781 at the age of 7; this appointment at such a young age was undoubtedly due to the fact that the Infernal was commanded by his uncle, Commander James Alms (and such patronage at such an early age was not unusual at the time). He served in H.M.S. Infernal until March 1783, and subsequently served in various other ships before being posted to the frigate H.M.S. Proserpine, 24 guns, again under the command of his uncle James Alms. Advanced Lieutenant on 28 July 1794, he transferred in 1798 as First Lieutenant to H.M.S. Minotaur, 74 guns, under the command of Captain Thomas Louis The Battle of the Nile
Fought over 1 - 3 August 1798, the Battle of the Nile was the climax of a three-month campaign across the length and breadth of the Mediterranean. With the enemy fleet discovered moored in Aboukir Bay shortly after 2 p.m. on 1 August, Nelson’s fleet entered the bay just after 6pm and engaged Vice-admiral Brueys' fleet directly. Minotaur was sixth in the British line of battle, immediately astern of Nelson’s flagship H.M.S. Vanguard; those four ships immediately ahead sailed around the front of the French line, consequently engaging their enemy from an unprepared (and unexpected) direction. Bruyes’ fleet was enveloped in deadly fire from all sides but fought back bravely. With the Vanguard coming under accurate cannon and musket fire from the Spartiate, the Minotaur came to their flagship’s aid and Hill himself later recalled his experiences in a fascinating eye-witness account of Admiral Nelson conveying his thanks to the Minotaur’s captain, Thomas Louis: ‘On the 1st of August when the Vanguard anchor'd alongside the Spartiate, she became exposed to the raking fire of the Aquilon, the next ship in the enemy’s line, by which the Vanguard had between fifty and sixty men disabled in the space of ten minutes. Captain Louis took his station ahead of the Vanguard; the Minotaur not only effectually relieved her from this distressing situation but overpowered her opponent. Lord Nelson felt so grateful to Captain Louis for his conduct, on this important occasion, that about nine o’clock, while yet the combat was raging with the utmost fury, and he himself was suffering severely in the Cockpit from the dreadful wound in his head; he sent for his Lieutenant, Mr Capel, and ordered him to go on board the Minotaur, in the jolly boat, and desired Captain Louis would come to him; for that he could not have a moment's peace, until he had thanked him for his conduct. The subsequent meeting which took place between the Admiral and Captain Louis was affecting in the extreme, the latter being over his bleeding friend in silent sermon, “Farewell my dear Louis” said the Admiral, “I shall never forget the obligation I am under to you for your brave and generous conduct, and now whatever may become of me my mind is at peace”.’ An indication of the fierceness of the duel between the Minotaur and Aquilon, 74 guns, can be seen from the casualty figures: whilst Minotaur lost 87 men killed and wounded but was overall only lightly damaged, the Aquilon lost her captain and over 300 men killed and wounded, and was completely dismasted. Hill himself, in his Memorandum of Services dated 30 June 1846, states that he too was ‘slightly wounded, but did not return myself as such never having left my quarters’. Promoted Commander as a reward for his services at the Battle of the Nile, Hill was additionally tasked with taking command of the captured Aquilon and sailing her to Malta for repairs. After spending the next two years on half-pay, he was appointed to the command of the troopship Heroine on 12 February 1800. As commander of Heroine, he spent two years in the Mediterranean conveying troops, and in this capacity he participated in the Egyptian Expedition and the landing of soldiers prior to the Battle of Abukir on 8 March 1801. The Log Book of the Heroine notes he also physically served ashore between 24 and 30 April 1801, and it was for these services that he was awarded the Sultan's Gold Medal, Second Class. For the remainder of his career, Hill had the command of various transport ships, punctuated with periods on the half-pay list, notably spending just over two years in charge of transport ships in the Baltic, as his Memorandum of Services notes: ‘Two years and a half in the Transport Service during which time embarked and disembarked the Swedish Army from Sweden to Swedish Pomerania - received on board my ship the Crown Prince Count Bernadotte (late King of Sweden) and was honoured with his thanks for the care I had taken of his army. Sent twice to St. Petersburg to embark 5,000 Spanish Troops for which was thanked by the Spanish Ambassador.’ Recalled for duty closer to home, Hill then became responsible for transporting Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham's force to Holland for the abortive attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, and also for embarking the wounded after the attack and withdrawal, for which services he was specifically mentioned by General Graham in General Orders of 16 August 1814: ‘ The Commander of the Forces is no less indebted to Captain Hill, of the Royal Navy, for that cordial co-operation which he has on all occasions experienced from him.’ The Waterloo Campaign The following year, as principal Transport Agent at Ostend, Hill was responsible for the safe delivery of all British troops arriving in Flanders for the upcoming Waterloo Campaign. Hill's own recollections note the following: ‘Disembarked the whole of the British Army and materiel prior to the Battle of Waterloo without a single accident to a soldier and the loss of only two horses. After that memorable Battle embarked all the wounded British soldiers and a large number of French wounded and prisoners.' Hill was also mentioned by name in Captain Cavalie Mercer's ‘Journal of the Waterloo Campaign’, which illustrates the tact required in his job:
‘Our keel had scarcely touched the sand 'ere we were abruptly boarded by a naval officer (Captain Hill) with a gang of sailors, who, sans ceremonie, instantly commenced hoisting our horses out, and throwing them, as well as our saddlery, etc., overboard, without ever giving time for making any disposition to receive or secure the one or the other. To my remonstrance his answer was, “I can...

Five: Regimental Sergeant Major W. J. Gilbert, Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (27926. Corpl. W. J. Gilbert. R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (27926 Corpl: W. J. Gilbert. R. E.); British War Medal 1914-20 (149835 W. O. Cl. 1. W. J. Gilbert. R.E.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (27926 Q.M. Sergt. W. J. Gilbert. Royal Engineers.) contemporarily engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (27926 Q. M. Sjt:W. J. Gilbert. R.E.) contact marks, edge bruises, suspensions slack, otherwise nearly very fine (5) £240-£280 --- William John Gilbert, a Fitter from Phillack, Cornwall, attested into the Royal Engineers on 9 January 1894. He qualified as an Engine Driver and served in South Africa during the Boer War. Later re-engaging for further service to complete his 21 years’ service, he served at Home during the Great War managing the War Department’s Railways at Shoeburyness, Essex and was discharged on 8 January 1916. He possibly re-enlisted for further service during the Great War as his Great War medal entitlement notes him as also being additionally entitled to a Victory Medal, also under service no. 149835, with the Railways Department, Royal Engineers.

Pair: Private H. Locke, 5th Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (886196 Pte. H. L. Locke. 5-Can. Inf.) edge bruising, very fine Pair: Private E. Moore, 19th Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 17 January 1917 British War and Victory Medals (408838 Pte. E. Moore. 19-Can. Inf.) good very fine Pair: Private O. Contois, M.M., Canadian Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (1955 Pte. O. Contois. C.A.S.C.) traces of adhesive to obverse of BWM, otherwise good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (3407 Pte. W. Harmes. E. Surr. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (202596 Pte. J. Armstrong. R. Scots.) nearly very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ernest Nelson Moore was born on 13 August 1885 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 9 June 1915. he served with the 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 May 1916, and suffered a gun shot wound to his left arm on 15 August 1916. He was killed in action on 17 January 1917 and is buried in Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension, France. O. Contois attested for the Canadian Army Service Corps, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, being awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 3 July 1919).

Pair: Colour-Sergeant J. Humphries, West Riding Regiment, attached Royal Niger Company, West African Frontier Force British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (1892 Sgt. J. Humphris [sic]. R.W. Rid. Regt.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1898 (Clr:- Serjt: J. Humphries. 3rd. W. Riding Regt.) extremely fine and a unique combination to the Regiment (2) £600-£800 --- John Humphries (also recorded as Humphris) served with the 2nd Battalion, West Riding Regiment during the operations in Matabeleland and Mashonaland, 24 March to 31 December 1896, one of approximately 270 men from the Battalion receiving the medal with the Rhodesia reverse. In 1897 the Battalion was sent to India; Humphries though had left the Battalion by this stage and had transferred to the Regiment’s 3rd Militia Battalion, then based at Halifax, Yorkshire. Seconded to the Niger Company Forces, he saw active service with the Lapai expedition under Lieutenant-Colonel T. D. Pilcher, Bedfordshire Regiment, 8 to 27 June 1898. This was the first campaign service of the newly-formed West African Frontier Force, and Humphries was one of only 25 Europeans involved with the expedition (and the only man from the West Riding Regiment). His medal combination is therefore unique to the Regiment, and possibly to the British Army as a whole. The Lapai expedition was conducted to a successful conclusion, and in his Report of the expedition Pilcher specifically commended Humphries: ‘I wish to bring to notice the excellent work done by the officers and non-commissioned officers I had the honour of commanding. I never wish to have a more capable, conscientious, and hard-working body of men under me. My special thanks are due to ... Colour-Sergeant J. Humphries, West Riding Regiment ...’ (Annual Colonial Report 1897-98 refers). Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; medal roll extracts; and copied research.

Three: Private F. S. Chapman, 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, who was wounded and taken prisoner of war at the Battle of Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (7964 Pte. F. S. Chapman. 1/Som: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7964 Pte. F. S. Chapman. Som. L.I.) the mounting holes on the clasp enlarged to aid affixing, slight contact marks, very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Frank Stephen Chapman, a Gardener from Widcombe, Bath, Somerset, was born on 16 June 1888. He attested into the 4th (Militia) Battalion Somerset Light Infantry on 14 December 1905 and further attested into the 2nd Battalion on 16 July 1906 and served at Home, in Malta and in North China. Transferring to the Army Reserve, he was recalled for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 21 August 1914. He was wounded in the chest and right leg at the Battle of Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 and was taken prisoner of war. Repatriated at Dover, Kent, on 31 December 1918, and later discharged on 31 March 1920. The clasp for his 1914 Star was issued in 1946. Sold with original enlistment papers, original discharge certificates, damaged original Somerset Light Infantry Old Comrades’ Association registration form, original photographs, two original Christmas cards sent my the recipient whilst a prisoner or war, original Soldier’s Small Book and other paperwork, and copied research.

The mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Cicely, Lady Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Dame of Grace’s badge, silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s full-sized and miniature British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18, both with integral top riband bars, good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Spink, July 1998 (when sold alongside both her full-sized medals and her husband’s full-sized and miniature medals). Cicely Mary, Lady Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, ‘one of the most admired beauties of her age’, married Major Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Lancers, the half-brother of the 6th Duke of Portland, in 1897. Following the outbreak of the Boer War she was one of several intrepid ladies who travelled to South Africa in 1899 to be near their husbands. Shortly before the outbreak of hostilities, her friend Violet Cecil, whose husband, Major Lord Edward Cecil, was also to be besieged at Mafeking, was asked by Cecil Rhodes at Kimberley to look after his colonial mansion near Cape Town. This she did, being soon joined there by Lady Charles. The two ladies also 'spent much time at the Town Hall, in Cape Town, distributing rations and clothing for British refugees from the Boer republics'. On the arrival of General Sir Redvers Buller in advance of his Army Corps from England, Lady Charles and Lady Edward entertained him and his personal staff at Rhodes' house. The two ladies were also among the first to receive news of the Relief of Mafeking - a signal sent by Colonel Frank Rhodes, a Staff Officer with Mahon's Relief Column, read: ‘Relieved Mafeking. Husbands safe' - the husbands being Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck and Lord Edward Cecil. During the Great War Lady Charles opened a military hospital at Mapperly Hall where an extensive and 'thoroughly equipped medical electrical plant' was installed costing 'upwards of 900. She had earlier qualified for her 1914-15 Star by entering the African Theatre of War in May 1915. Sold with copied research.

Three: Sergeant G. Knowles, Somerset Light Infantry Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5665477 Sjt. G. Knowles. Som. L.I.) contact marks, good fine Three: Sergeant V. R. Vowles, Somerset Light Infantry Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5663790 Sjt. W. R. Vowles. Som. L.I.) with named flattened card box of issue for L.S.G.C., very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Glencoe Knowles was born in Langport, Somerset, around 1903. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry with service no. 42233, on 10 November 1921. Later advanced Sergeant, he was discharged on 5 December 1944. Walter Roland Vowles was born in Axbridge, Somerset, on 11 September 1902. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1921 and was advanced Sergeant on 30 November 1935. His L.S.G.C. was awarded in April 1939. His Second War service is unconfirmed. Sold with copied research and copied photographs of both recipients.

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. King-Church, 1st West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (2476. C.S. Maj: J. King-Church. 1/W.I.R:); British War Medal 1914-20 (Q.M. & Capt. J. E. King-Church.) minor edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £240-£280 --- John Eyre King-Church was born in Bloomsbury, London, on 26 June 1872, the son of James Noah King-Church and Julia Gertrude Pelzer, the celebrated guitarist, and joined the Army in 1891. Appointed Company Sergeant Major in the 1st West India Regiment, he served in Sierra Leone during the ‘hut tax’ war, 18 February 1898 to 9 March 1899, and was subsequently promoted Quartermaster Sergeant. He was commissioned Quartermaster (Honorary Lieutenant) on 16 May 1906, and was seriously injured in the Jamaica Earthquake of January 1907. Promoted Captain (Quartermaster) on 7 November 1916, he served during the Great War at the Depot at Kingston, Jamaica (entitled to a British War Medal only). Promoted Major on 16 May 1919, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 24 December 1924, he retired on 20 September 1926, just before the Regiment was disbanded in October 1926. He died in London on 23 December 1945. Sold with various photographic images, medal roll extracts, and other research.

Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24818158 Fus L W Jackson RRF) in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Saudi Arabia Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, with riband bar, in case and outer named card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £100-£140 --- Sold with a Junior Infantry Battalion General Mountaineering Course Certificate, named to ‘L. W. Jackson’, dated 20 May 1988; a Royal Engineers Parachute Association Certificate named to ‘L. W. Jackson’ for having completed the ‘B.P.A. Ground Training and a Static Line Parachute Descent at Headcorn Airfield’ on 13 July 1988; an Army Job Description Form, named to ‘Lee Wayne Jackson’, dated 30 September 1992; a cloth ‘Desert Rats’ badge; and over 30 colour photographs regarding the recipient’s service in Kuwait/Iraq.

Specimen Medal: Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Australia; together with an Australian silver medal for Loyal Service, the reverse numbered ‘352’, unmounted but pierced at 12 o’clock; a Papua New Guinea silver medal for Police Bravery, the reverse numbered ‘113’, with two affixing loops to rear; a Great War Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘A94791’; and an Australian Imperial Force ‘Returned from Active Service’ lapel badge, bronze, the reverse numbered ‘92434’, nearly extremely fine (5) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Pair: Chaplain to the Forces Third Class the Reverend H. A. Marshall, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, who was wounded on the Western Front and was Mentioned in Despatches British War and Victory Medals (Rev. H. A. Marshall.); together with a Jesus College, Cambridge, Boat Club Trial Eights medallion, 50mm, bronze, the edge engraved ‘1903 Stk H. A. Marshall. 9.12’, edge bruising to last, generally very fine (3) £100-£140 --- The Reverend Hannath Arnold Marshall was born on 20 August 1883, the son of the Reverend Edward Marshall, the vicar of St. Michael’s, Sutton, Cambridgeshire, and was educated at Repton, Jesus College, Cambridge, and Ely Theological College. Ordained Deacon in 1907, he emigrated to South Africa, and at the outbreak of War was serving as Rector of Christ Church, Indsburg, Johannesburg. Initially enlisting as a Corporal in the South African Medical Corps, Marshall served in German East Africa in 1916, before being commissioned in the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, and served as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces Third Class on the Western Front. Wounded, for his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 16 March 1919). Post-War he returned to South Africa, before becoming a missionary in the Bahamas. He died in 1964. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; a photocopy of his Mentioned in Despatches Certificate; and copied research, including a copy of the book ‘Letters to Henrietta’ [the recipient’s sister], by Nell Marshall, which contains much family history.

A Second War ‘Battle of Alamein’ M.C. group of four attributed to Lieutenant A. T. Almond, 46th (The Liverpool Welsh) Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, who was killed in action on 28 October 1942 Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1942, with Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; together with the named Army Council enclosure, extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 5 November 1942: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.’ The original Recommendation, for an Immediate M.C., states: ‘During the Battle of Alamein, at about 0900 hrs on 4 September 1942, Second Lieutenant Almond’s troop was ordered forward on to an exposed position subject to a lot of enemy artillery fire. Second Lieutenant Almond’s tank receives a direct hit from a large calibre gun. The tank, which was moving at about 10 m.p.h., caught fire and ammunition exploded. Second Lieutenant Almond and his gunner climbed out on to the turret of the tank but did not leave the rank until they had extricated the driver. Second Lieutenant Almond, although ordered to evacuate his crew, returned on another tank and managed to put out the fire sufficiently to get into the driver’s seat. He then started the engine and, although burnt himself, managed to tow out another tank which had been hit. He then drove his tank back, collected his crew, and returned into action after getting the tank into fighting trim. In spite of his burns and a temporarily blinded eye, he remained in action for another 10 hors under almost continuous shell fire. The determination, bravery, and coolness under fire which this officer showed proved a fine example to the remainder of his troop and the fact that they remained in their position materially assisted the success of the action on this front.’ Arthur Thomas Almond was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Rank Regiment from 102nd O.C.T.U. on 28 December 1940, and served with the 46th (The Liverpool Welsh) Battalion during the Second World War in North Africa, using Valentine tanks. Awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the Battle of Alamein, he was killed in action on 28 October 1942, on which date the Battalion was in support of the 26th Australian Brigade. ‘Valentine in North Africa’ gives the following account: ‘El Alamein, 46th RTR by now were also working with the Australians, and during the main Australian thrust on the night of October 28/29 were to attack with 2/23rd Battalion and secure the road. Unfortunately, things began to go wrong from the start. The final briefing was held very late, and Colonel Clarke returned without sufficient time to give his Squadron Leaders anything more than the barest details. The attack was to get under way almost immediately, and would be delivered from a start-line which had been chosen from the map, and which had not been reconnoitred. Some of the infantry would ride on the tanks, and others in carriers. The start-line was in fact, in the middle of a minefield, and on the way to it the regiments were subjected to heavy fire which caused the infantry to drop off. Several tanks missed the minefield gaps and became casualties. The situation became extremely confused, and the enemy fire rose to a crescendo. In the light of three or four burning Valentines the anti-tank gunners were able to pick off their victims from three sides at ranges up to 1,000 yards. The attack broke down into un-coordinated assaults which took a heavy toll of both tanks and infantry. Colonel Clarke and his Intelligence Officer were badly wounded by a mortar shell, and the Regiment was taken over by Major Offord. After a night of savage fighting, Colonel Evans of 2/23rd finally ordered his battalion to dig in at 04.00, 1,000 yards in advance of the original start line, The 2/23rd had lost 29 killed, 172 wounded and 6 missing. The 46th RTR had lost all but eight of their tanks and had a high percentage of their crews killed or wounded, including all the Squadron Commanders. The casualties sustained by the 46th and 2/23rd Battalion had not been in vain. After the battle, Rommel recorded that the British tanks and infantry had succeeded in blowing a gap in his line, cutting off the 2nd Bn 125 Panzer Grenadier Regiment and a Battalion of XIth Bansagliari, who remained in Thompson’s Post, almost surrounded by their assailants, resisting all attempts to dislodge them with a ferocious determination. In addition, the 125th Regiment’s 3rd Battalion had virtually ceased to exist by next morning, the battle having raged with tremendous fury for six hours.’ Almond is buried in El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Sold with a fine portrait photograph of the recipient; rank pips; Royal Tank Regiment cap badge; a miniature M.C., a leather bound Bible, the inside inscribed ‘A. T. Almond, R.T.R.’; and a copy of ‘The White Company’, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with Bishop’s Stortford College Prize label affixed on the inside front cover, inscribed ‘Summer Term 1927, Form IA. Prize awarded to A. T. Almond’.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Sepoy Saifoo Khan Regt. of Kelat-i-Ghilzie) officially engraved naming, suspension claw slightly loose, minor edge bruise, nearly very fine, scarce to unit £160-£200 --- During the Indian Mutiny the Regiment of Kelat-i-Ghilzie was one of the few regiments of the Bengal Army to remain loyal. The regiment was split into detachments and was stationed at various frontier forts and engaged in rounding up deserters. The unit saw the mutiny out ‘employed as an escort to the Commander in Chief, Lord Clyde [formerly Sir Colin Campbell] during his tour of the Northwest Provinces, Oudh and the Punjab, thus showing through all that countryside a Bengal Regiment that had remained loyal’ (History of the Bombay Pioneers, by Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. P. Tugwell refers).

Large quantity of Gentle Giant Star Wars Bust-Ups figures and figure sets including 2006 Exclusive Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Saesee Tiin & Clone Trooper Army pack, Cantina Band set, Bounty Hunters pack, Luke Skywalker & Han Solo Stormtrooper Disguise and various other characters SEE PICTURES, all within Good Plus to Near Mint packaging, all appear complete, some items still sealed. (59)

Large quantity Hestair Toys vintage S.R.L Heroes figures and vehicles including Space Buggy, Excellent complete, within Fair opened box, Police Vehicle, Good complete, within Fair opened box, German Army Basic set, vehicle complete, (missing 2 figures and some accessories) and a large selection of figures and accessories, some sealed in baggies, all generally Good SEE PICTURES. (qty)

Palisades Army of Darkness UKG Graded figure two packs x 2 including Pit Witch & Deadite Centurion UKG 85% bubble 85 card 85 figure 90 and Deadite & Deadite Foot Soldier UKG 85% bubble 85 card 85 figure 90. (2)

Thirty five vintage percussion shotgun locks and lock plates including some pairs and some named including Westley Richards, G W Andrews, Thomas Bland & Sons, F Wood, Occidental Gun Co, Army & Navy CSL etc. 

British Army brass martingale for the Prince of Wales Own Royal Regiment, on leather mount, 13 x 11cm

Cybergun Auto-Ordnance 1911 A1 US Army .177 CO2 air pistol with chequered faux wooden grips and multi-shot magazine, serial number 20B24285, in Remington carry case. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU REQUIRE POSTAGE, THIS LOT CAN ONLY BE SENT TO AN RFD

Army Armament 6mm CO2 airsoft pistol with textured composite grip and fixed sights, serial number DMD076, in original box. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU REQUIRE POSTAGE, THIS LOT CAN ONLY BE SENT TO AN RFD

British Army Royal Gloucestershire Hussar's NCOs arm badge

A collection of gun, shooting and cartridge related books including Collecting Shotgun Cartridges by Ken Rutterford, Army & Navy Stores Limited General Price List 1939-40, Boothroyd's Revised Directory of British Gunmakers, More Tales of the Old Gamekeepers, Cartridges of The British Isles, Shooting Sidelights, ICI Sporting Ammunition Catalogue, Eley & Kynoch Sporting Ammunitions, Parker-Hale Limited Everything For Shooting, Elderkin & Son (Gunmakers) Ltd of Spalding catalogue, Artilery: its Origin, Heyday and Decline etc. 

Approximately forty shoulder titles including 4th Wilts, Royal Engineers, Wessex Royal Engineers Territorial, Wilts Royal Engineers Territorials, Gibraltar Regiment and Royal Indian Army Service Corps etc

British Army WW1 medal pair comprising War Medal and Victory Medal named to 139022 Gunner H.K Parry, together with a 1953 Commemorative Coronation medal and postal envelope

Army & Navy CS Ltd 16 bore side by side shotgun with border engraved named locks, underside, trigger guard, top plate, thumb lever and fences, chequered grip and forend, carved teardrop to the wrist, vacant cartouche to the underside of the stock, double trigger and named 30 inch barrels, overall length 118cm, length of pull 37.5cm, serial number 12349. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.

British Army WW1 medal pair comprising War Medal and Victory Medal named to 175174 Pte W.T Christopher, with postal boxes, WW2 Defence Medal, 1935 Silver Jubilee box and two commemorative Royal event handkerchiefs

Euroarms Model 1860 Army .44 six shot single action percussion revolver with engraved scenes of ships to the cylinder, brass trigger guard and grip strap, wooden grips and 7.75 inch barrel, overall length 37cm, serial number 36235, in original box. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT FIRARMS CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.

Small collection of military badges including 7th Dragoon Guards, Worcestershire Regiment, Royal Flying Corps, Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Air Force economy, and a United States identity bracelet etc, some restrikes

Henry Krank Pudsey Pietta Western Remington New Army 9mm six shot single action blank firing percussion revolver with brass trigger guard, frame and grip strap, wooden grips and 8.25 inch octagonal barrel, overall length 37cm, NVSN. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU REQUIRE POSTAGE, THIS LOT CAN ONLY BE SENT TO AN RFD

British Army WW2 Army Air Corps Economy cap badge, A. Stanley & Sons, Walsall to reverse

A collection of militaria including machine gun cleaning kit in canvas bag, spare barrel case, link ammunition drum, link for ammunition, Brodie style steel helmet, swagger stick for Royal Army Medical Corps and two canvas rifle carry slips, one dated 1942 etc.

British Army WW1 medal pair named to 48459 Pte S. Davis, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, with cap badge, photo and British Legion badge, all in glazed frame together with associated paperwork

Army & Navy 28 bore shotgun converted from a rook rifle with engraved action, top strap, thumb lever and trigger guard, chequered semi-pistol and horn-tipped forend, gold inlaid 'Safe' and named 28 inch part-octagonal barrel, overall length 112.5cm, length of pull 37cm, serial number 3890. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO VIEW OR PURCHASE THIS LOT AND FOR ALL SHOTGUNS OR RIFLES PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RELEVANT CERTIFICATE BEFORE BIDDING.

WW2 German Third Reich Nazi Army officer's dress dagger with 25cm double edged blade, R.F to crosspiece, scabbard, knot and straps stamped D.R.G.M. PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER OUR USUAL POSTAGE SERVICE FOR THIS LOT

Five hunting, military or army style backpacks/ bags, all unused in original packaging. 

Small collection of framed badges and buttons including Scottish regiments, Black Watch, Camerons, Royal Scots etc, in four frames, largest 49 x 47cm, together with four photographs 'Massed Colours of the British Army, Paris July 1919' and No.1 Company 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, Pirbright June 1919. We have not inspected the back of the badges, may include restrikes

British Army WW2 medals and ephemera including 1939 / 1945 Star, France & Germany Star and War Medal attributed to 14600537 Pte E. Arthurs, Mortar Platoon, S Company, 8th Durham Light Infantry, medal postal box, additional medals including Normandy 1944, National Service Medal and Operation Overlord Medal, over 20 letters written by Pte Arthurs from France to his family in Cherington, Gloucestershire, together with two 'Return to Sender' letters following his death, letters from the Reverend Bryan offering condolences and giving details of where Pte Arthurs was buried, later correspondence from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, his' cap badges, binoculars and small cloth bag, possibly to send 'essentials' addressed to Pte Andrews and 'Their Name Liveth Forever publication etc

Over 50 pocket knives and multi-tools including Beretta, Whitby, Sharp Deluxe, Buck, Swiss Army style etc, some in original boxes together with various sheaths and accessories. PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER OUR USUAL POSTAGE SERVICE FOR THIS LOT

Approximately thirty WW2 and later instruction manuals / pamphlets and HMSO publications including Emergency Drills, Wessex HC MK2, Small Arms Training, RAF Drill, Infantry Training Part VIII, Fieldcraft 1944, Pilot's Notes For Meteor 4, Hints On Map Reading 1943, Air Training Corps Advanced Training 1951, Roof Over Britain, The Battle of Britain, RAF Middle East, The Eighth Army and Bomber Command etc, some later reproductions

Small collection of mainly British Army cap badges including Royal Armoured Corps, The Buffs, Dorsetshire Regiment, Parachute Regiment, Northamptonshire Regiment and Royal Artillery etc, together with three Nazi examples, some restrikes

British Army The Queen's Regiment wool work with soldier's portrait photograph to centre flanked by regimental colours, one with battle honours including Corruna, Vittoria and Egypt, South Africa, all pre WW1, the other a Union flag, Paschal lamp and Sphinx over Egypt, in glazed frame 60 x 57cm

Colt Single Action Army .45 style .177 CO2 air pistol/ revolver with faux ivory grips and fixed sights, serial number 21F13645. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU REQUIRE POSTAGE, THIS LOT CAN ONLY BE SENT TO AN RFD 

British Army 1822 pattern Sergeant's sword with all brass hilt, folding guard stamped 38, D, 6 and with VR cypher and a 81cm curved plain blade. PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER OUR USUAL POSTAGE SERVICE FOR THIS LOT

Remington Army and Navy Revolvers 1861-1888 by Donald L Ware.

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment WW1 wool work / tapestry with regimental cypher to centre, under crossed flags flanked by palm trees etc.

British Army WW1 War Medal named to 21156 Cpl T.W Gibbins, Gloucestershire Regiment

Two British WW1 silver War Badges numbered B200656 and 447127, together with a Royal Army Reserve hallmarked silver lapel badge

Eleven military reference books including German Army Uniforms and Insignia 1933-1945 by Brian Davis, Detecting the Fakes by Robin Lumsden, Flags and Standards of the Third Reich by Brian Leigh Davis and Military Badge Collecting by John Gaylor etc.

British Army WW1 Victory Medal named to 142785 Driver H. Taylor, Royal Artillery, WW2 Defence Medal, Order of St. John Medal, hallmarked silver Red Cross medal and two Royal Commemorative medals

British Army 1821 pattern Cavalry officer's sword with shagreen wired grip, three bar hilt and 88.5cm decorated blade. PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER OUR USUAL POSTAGE SERVICE FOR THIS LOT

HERMAN GÖRING AND THIRD REICH INTEREST - GERMAN (ALPAKA) SILVER SIDE PLATE, CIRCA 1937-45 the circular dish with applied Nazi eagle and D R, the reverse stamped with B - train mark (for Bruckmann), ALPAKA, and 241Note: Complete services of silver and crockery were produced by Bruckmann for the Deutsche Reichsbahn Sonderzugs (German National Railway special trains).This dish carries the number 241, believed to relate to carriage number 241 on Herman Göring’s Sonderzug ‘Asien’, his primary dining wagon.As per one online source, Göring`s primary dining car - ’10 241′ was completed in 1937, being modernized in 1941.Provenance: These were acquired by the vendor's grandfather, who was a British Army Padre based in Hamburg in 1946. 17cm diameter

HERMAN GÖRING AND THIRD REICH INTEREST - GERMAN (ALPAKA) SILVER SIDE PLATE, CIRCA 1937-45 the circular dish with applied Nazi eagle and D R, the reverse stamped with B - train mark (for Bruckmann), ALPAKA, and 241Note: Complete services of silver and crockery were produced by Bruckmann for the Deutsche Reichsbahn Sonderzugs (German National Railway special trains).This dish carries the number 241, believed to relate to carriage number 241 on Herman Göring’s Sonderzug ‘Asien’, his primary dining wagon.As per one online source, Göring`s primary dining car - ’10 241′ was completed in 1937, being modernized in 1941.Provenance: These were acquired by the vendor's grandfather, who was a British Army Padre based in Hamburg in 1946. 17cm diameter

Pistol ( FAC required) Ruger Old Army model .457 cal percussion muzzle-loading. revolver. stainless steel. serial number 148-03309

Dad's Army TV comedy series BandW 8x10 photo signed by Pvt Pike actor the late Ian Lavender. 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

Warren (General Sir Charles). The Early Weights and Measures of Mankind, 1st edition, London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1913, 135 pp., light toning to endpapers, original cloth gilt, light fading to foot of spine, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper 'Charles Warren from Charles Warren, 9 August 1915' (i.e. double-signed by the author), with a small head and shoulders pencil portrait of the author loosely inserted.Sir Charles Warren (1840-1927) was a British Army officer and early archaeologist of the Holy Land, the Palestine Exploration Fund employed him from 1867 to conduct excavations, including the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, his discovery of a water shaft there named 'Warren's Shaft'. Later he was head of the Metropolitan Police from 1886 to 1888 during the Jack the Ripper murders before being recalled to serve in the Second Boer War.

Military. A large collection of modern military reference & related, including Prisoners of War British Army 1939-1945, reprint edition, Suffolk: J. B. Hayward & Son, 1990, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, Dambusters, the definitive history of 617 Squadron at war 1943-1945, by Chris Ward et al, 1st edition, Surrey: Red Kite, 2003, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, & publications by Conway, Leo Cooper, Sutton, HMSO, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Military. A large collection of late 19th & early 20th Century military history & related, including Army List, 1834, 1867, 1878, July 1886, October-December 1892, June 1909, 1912, July 1924, October 1938, September 1958, mixed bindings, 8vo, together with others similar, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)

Army List. A List of all the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines on Full and Half-Pay: with an index and a succession of Colonels, London: printed by C. Roworth for the War Office, 1810, a few early leaves with contemporary ink annotations, corrections and marginalia, all edges gilt, contemporary crimson straight-grained morocco gilt, joints a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)

* Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Two Partial Typed Letters Signed 'Winston S. Churchill', no date, circa 1920, both to Sir Joseph Maclay, Minister of Shipping (from 1916-21), the first concerning shipping, the war effort and the Munition programme, 'The reduction which you are forced to suggest in the paper on Shipping, which you have so kindly sent me, would be fatal to our war effort alike in 1918 and in 1919', and 'I certainly could never acquiesce in seeing the whole Munition programme ruined and the striking power of the army vitally affected', small correction in the same ink to the addressee's name at foot of page, blind stamp of the Ministry of Munitions of War at head, small tear with loss to top left corner, one page with integral blank leaf, 4to, the second concerning the delivery of food and munitions to Italy, 'If therefore the allocation of ships for the transport of food and munitions respectively to Italy comes up for consideration, I am anxious that you should have in mind the increasing urgency for the shipment of munitions materials', one page, 4toQTY: (2)