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Lot 201
Military Watercolour: "ALIWALL" The Trumpeter of the Queen's Royal Lancers. "Sounding the Charge" By Ensign Bethune Donald Grant, 35th Bengal Light Infantry. Circa 1846. Ensign Bethune Donald Grant [1827-1854].Most works can be seen on the National Army Museum. Provenance- label to back of the art work. Belonged to Col. KCS Erskine. [Frame- 54x45cm]
Lot 426
Collection of World War I themed German, British, French and American metal soldiers from Tradition, Almyer, Sarum, The British Toy Soldier Company, Britain's etc. (standing figure height approx 6cm), many appear competently home painted and some re-cast copies plus a cast resin trench section from Toy Army, also included a poppy seller from HM of GB and 2 other associated modern figures (W45cm), qty
Lot 425
Collection of very well home painted metal soldiers (from 1897) depicting German Army early World War I to include a field kitchen diorama with ovens (approx. W36.5xD16.5xH16cm), soldiers at rest and leisure including eating, cooking and preparing food, cleaning boots and cobbling, a barber plus various accessories, standing figures approx 6cm tall, qty
Lot 195
A PDSA Dickin medal awarded to the homing pigeon Tommy for assisting the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War, the medal inscribed "N. U. R. P. 41 D. H. Z. 56, Tommy, Holland-Lancs, July 1942, A.F.M. C. No 1152, No. 34", together with a large group of related documents and photographs.[On the 17th of July 1942, Tommy, a blue cock pigeon NURP 41 DHZ 56, property of Mr William Brockbank, a blacksmith's striker, of 92 Queen Street, Dalton-in-Furness, took part in a race from Christchurch, near Bournemouth. it is believed a storm took the bird considerably off course and into German-occupied Holland, where it was discovered, somewhat exhausted, by a Dutch postman. Tommy was passed on to 26 year old accountant, Dutch Resistance member and pigeon fancier Dick Dryver, who identified the bird as British from its leg ring. Dryver nursed the bird back to fitness and gave it the name Tommy. In an attempt to notify British Intelligence of a concentration of arms at a factory at Ijmuiden, near Amsterdam, Tommy was sent home to Blighty carrying a message container. Aware of the security threat they posed, the Germans had ordered the culling of homing pigeons, making Tommy conspicuous to occupying military personnel. The bird was indeed spotted by soldiers at a lookout post and was "winged" by a bullet. Although wounded, Tommy survived the 400-mile flight back to Dalton, arriving, still bleeding, on the 19th of August, six weeks after the initial race. The Resistance message was illegible to the Brockbanks but was appended in English "God bless Queen Wilhelmina and long live Winston Churchill". Suspecting its importance, Mr Brockbank passed on to the County Police.The covert message "Tommy has arrived safely" was broadcast to the Dutch Resistance by the BBC Dutch Service.It was not until 1946 that Mr Brockbank was informed that the message had resulted in the destruction of the arms site during an Allied air raid and that Tommy had been awarded the Dickin medal. It was presented by Major-General J W Van Oorschot of the Dutch Army Intelligence Service and RAF Wing Commander W D Lea-Raynor, the founder of the RAF Pigeon Service, at a ceremony at the Dutch Embassy, with Mr Dryver in attendance.After the War Mr Brockbank regularly exhibited Tommy at shows, and charged a small fee to those wishing to see the pigeon. The proceeds were used to purchase a playground for local children. The site is now the location of Dalton Leisure Centre, which bears a plaque in Tommy's honour. Tommy was buried at what was the Brockbank's pigeon croft at Croftlands.]
Lot 1270
John Anthony Conner (American, 1892-1971)"Iredell Road, Laurel Canyon", a sunny prospect depicting a meandering dirt road amongst scattered trees, before the Santa Monica Mountains, oil on canvas board, signed, titled on frame verso, in moulded gilt frame, 33 cm x 42 cm overall, together with another study of a winding turquoise river, autumnal trees, and a distant horizon of blue mountains warmly illuminated by a setting sun, in a similar Californian setting, oil on canvas board, signed, in gilt slip and moulded wooden frame, 37 cm x 43 cm overall[ Conner was born and raised in Illinois and served in the US Army during World War One before relocating to California. He drew inspiration from Los Angeles scenery and went on to pursue a career in the art department of MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc), amongst several other motion picture studios, garnering respect for his impressionist depictions of desert landscapes. ]
Lot 1271
John Anthony Conner (American, 1892-1971)A still desert landscape strewn with scrub, before distant dusky mountains, oil on board, signed, in moulded gilt frame, 43 cm x 53 cm overall[ Conner was born and raised in Illinois and served in the US Army during World War One before relocating to California. He drew inspiration from Los Angeles scenery and went on to pursue a career in the art department of MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc), amongst several other motion picture studios, garnering respect for his impressionist depictions of desert landscapes. ]
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