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Dinky Army Vehicles & Personnel comprising of boxed 674 Austin Champ, and an unboxed example, 670 Armoured car, Dinky Tank, and 2 603 sets of army Personnel, (6)

Small Collection of Early Diecast & Wooden Toys, Comprising an early German (?) painted wooden charabanc, a diecast and tinplate army transporter, a diecast ambulance by T & B, a lead diecast plane and other items (A Lot)

Collection of Boxed Magic lantern Slides, comprising of a set of 'The British Army'; Junior Lanter Slides The Boer War in two boxes; Cash Three the Temperance Society; Our Firemen; Our Life-Boat Men; The House That Jack Built; a set of Day and Night Scenes for biunial magic lanterns; unboxed set of 'The Calculating Cobler'; P & O Pelicans and a set of trains Note: slides have not been counted or checked for completeness

A Large Oak Cabinet of Magic Lantern Slides, The cabinet, constructed of polished oak with 8 pull out drawers, re-purposed from a library index cars cabinet, containing an extensive collection of several hundred magic lantern slides cover subjects including Itally, London, Madeira, Egypt, English architecture, far East, Edwardian Holidays, a set of slides titles Life in the Roay Navy, with a slide showing HMS Magnificent, a set of American Slides dated 1927 showing a US Army Tank, army guns, residential street in Washington and others, a collection of slides with a lable for Ireland G.W.W. all well annotated, Montreaux, animals, dogs and zoo animals, Niagra Falls and Niagra Falls Suspension Bridge ( a lot)

A mixed group of First and Second World War British war medals to include: First World War Victory medal awarded to 111294 driver W.J Miller Royal Artillery, a First World War for war service in the Mercantile Marine medal awarded to Garcia Messin, a First World War war medal awarded to 1881 Private A Stout Royal Army Medical Corps, together with unnamed 1939-45 war medal and unnamed 1939-45 Victory medal. Framed and glazed. (5)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Tray of items to include: 19th century conical pewter pint jug by W. G. Edmonds of Dublin, together with another pewter tankard and three pewter spoons, vintage Kodak 'Retinette IB' camera in case and a pair of original Victorian advertisements, 'The gun of the period' and 'Colt's double action Army revolver' framed and glazed. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Two WWI medals awarded to 17668 Private W Williams Welsh Regiment, to include: Victory Medal and 1914-15 Star Awarded to 17668 Private W Williams Welsh Regiment together with a 1914-18 War Medal awarded to Private A Bosomworth ASC (Army Service Corp). (3) (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Two boxes: box of Royal Welsh Fusiliers souvenir pieces: 'The Tercentenary Parade booklet', 'The Last Royal Welsh Fusiliers Regimental Journal', February 2007, 'YMCA' certificate, 1950s photograph album with military scenes, scenes from India, Circus pictures etc. (Interesting images). Various fabric badges, many of which have been cut from uniforms, epaulettes etc. TA Army Football Cup medal, Reserve Referee 2002 for the Army Football Association medallion etc. Together with a box containing framed embroideries probably sent to soldiers during wartime, ceremonial belts, box of uniform buttons, box of postcards and photographs, presentation wall plaque signed to the reverse, badges and two toy guns etc. (2) (B.P. 21% + VAT)

A LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY PRATTWARE JUG COMMEMORATING THE DUKE OF YORK, the pearlware jug moulded in relief with bands of stylised leaves, equestrian figures and an army camp, height 19cm (Condition Report: general crazing and staining, especially around the rim and handle, chip to side of pouring lip, two other chips to the rim, three chips to the foot rim)

A QUANTITY OF RUSSIAN ARMY BADGES

Irish school (late 18th century),"Long Jimmy", a portrait of James Stopford (1731-1790),Oil on canvas,Unsigned,74.5cm x 61cm,Gilt framed BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: James "Long Jimmy" Stopford was Rector of Fermoy in Co. Cork. His father was James Stopford Bishop of Cloyne, and his great grandfather was Colonel James Stopford of Cromwell's New Model Army.

Pencil inscribed with the sitter's name on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6cm)Executed circa 1710-1720.Housed in a period giltwood frame.ProvenanceBy family descent to Captain Robert Archibald James Montgomerie R.N. (1855 - 1908) of Edinburgh.To his son Captain Robert Victor Campbell Montgomerie-Charrington, 1st Life Guards, of Newport, Rhode Island.Thence by family descent.Private Collection, Massachusetts.NoteJohn Campbell was a Knight of the Garter and senior commander of the British Army. He served first on the continent during the Nine Years War, and fought at the Battle of Kaiserwerth during the War of the Spanish Succession. Most famously, he commanded the troops that put down the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. He died in 1743 and his body still remains in Westminster Abbey, not far from Henry VIII. To request a condition report, or for any additional information, please email Raphael Chatroux at rchatroux@freemansauction.com.

Oil on canvas50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6cm)Executed circa 1710-1720.Housed in a period giltwood frame.ProvenanceBy family descent to Captain Robert Archibald James Montgomerie R.N. (1855 - 1908) of Edinburgh.To his son Captain Robert Victor Campbell Montgomerie-Charrington (1887-1939), 1st Life Guards, of Newport, Rhode Island.Thence by family descent.Private Collection, Massachusetts.NoteBrother of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Archibald Campbell studied civil law at Eton College and the University of Edinburgh and famously appears in Robert Louis Stevenson’s David Balfour. Less proactive on the military field that his brother, he still joined the Army in 1703 and fought under the Duke of Marlborough for a time. Following the treaty of the Union, he was elected as one of the sixteen Scottish peers to sit in the House of Lords alongside Daniel Campbell.While there are a few known versions of Aikman’s portrait of the Second Duke, the present work seems to be the only representation of his brother, the Third Duke, of whom there are relatively few surviving portraits other than two later works by Ramsay. Daniel Campbell presumably commissioned the two portraits of the Second and Third Dukes of Argyll both out of clan loyalty as Chiefs of the Campbell clan, but also to acknowledge, and honor his business relationship with them. Daniel Campbell indeed became their principal banker at the turn of the 18th century, his wealth eventually exceeding theirs considerably. It is recorded that the Second Duke originally asked Daniel Campbell’s advice as to whether he should buy the island of Islay, and when Daniel considered the advantageous proposition, outbid the Duke and bought it himself instead.To request a condition report, or for any additional information, please email Raphael Chatroux at rchatroux@freemansauction.com.

French school, late 19th century."The Trench.Oil on canvas.Signed (illegible).Relined. Frame with damages.Measurements: 60 x 74 cm; 78 x 92 cm (frame).Painting of war theme, representing a scene of the Franco-Prussian war. The uniforms of the French army, with their bright blue and red colours, contrast with the grey pre-eminence of the environment. Under a leaden sky, a group of young soldiers take cover behind a trench. The restlessness is reflected in certain gestures and countenances. The variety of attitudes gives the painting a narrative richness. The painting is painted in a realistic manner, with an eye to capturing the atmosphere.

AUGUSTE GARDANNE (Italy, c.1840- France, c.1900)."The bugles of the army", 1896.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated in the lower right corner.It presents restorations.Measurements: 27 x 41 cm; 43 x 57 cm (frame).Painter specialised in military themes. Auguste Gardanne was born in the Italian town of Ancona into a French family. He was a pupil of Cogniet and Yvon. He exhibited his military themes at the Paris Salon from 1864 to 1879.

French school, late 19th century."Army Drummers, 1875.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated in the lower right corner.It presents faults and perforation.Measurements: 27 x 41 cm; 43 x 57,5 cm (frame).A group of soldiers drummers of the French army are lined up in front of a sergeant who directs them. Behind them, the cornet player stands out together with other members of the music band. The costumes and features are rendered with veristic precision.

MARIANO YZQUIERDO VIVAS(Puerto Príncipe, Cuba, 1893- Madrid, 1985)."Fishermen".Oil on canvas.Signed in the lower left corner.Measurements: 70 x 63 cm.; 87 x 69 cm.(frame).Yzquierdo trained at the San Jorge School of Fine Arts in Barcelona and at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid. In 1922 he became director of the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts in La Coruña, where he was a member of the Royal Provincial Academy of Fine Arts Nuestra Señora del Rosario. In 1940 he won the post of professor of artistic drawing in Madrid and became director of sections X and XII of the School of Arts and Crafts in that city. He specialised in constumbrist and historical themes and examples of his work are kept in institutions such as the Army Museum and the Military Academy of Saragossa. He took part in the National Fine Arts Exhibitions, where he won several awards, such as third medals in the 1922 and 1945 editions and a second medal in 1950. He also won the first medal at the Salón de Otoño in 1949, the same year he received the Prize of the Ministry of National Education.

A pair of womens land army khaki breeches, WWII period

Six hard back military aviation books published by Harley-Ford Publication Limited; United States Army And Air Force Fighters 1916-61, Lancaster the Story of a Famous Bomber, Spitfire the Story of a Famous fighter others, two hard backs by Macdonald and two on Camouflage and Markings in Aircraft

An unusual Victorian Albert cavalry type WM helmet, similar to Afghan Army Artillery patterns of the 1880s, brass mounts with lions mask bosses. GC (skull has perishing damage, lining missing), helmet plate is very good with eagle centre piece. £150-180

A most unusual pair of carved wood figures: The Two Types, the famous WWII cartoon army officers, height 10", dressed as in the North Africa campaign. Hand coloured. VGC £100-120

A small collection of base metal shooting medals etc including: AE "Ascham & Woolwich Teacher's RC - NRA S.M.R.C" on circular flan, white target and crossed rifles to openwork centre, reverse engraved "Championship 1914 Special Medal Miss Bates", 30mm, NEF; "The Daily Telegraph Cup, Rifle Competition between teams of Regulars and Volunteers in the Home District 1900" bronze medallion, diameter 50mm, GVF; 3 Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs bronze and enamelled medals for Territorial Army Teams, 1933, 1934 and 1935, VF (some enamel loss); a modern AE medallion commemorating the Northumberland & Newcastle Yeomanry and the Presentation of Colours 1820 GVF; and a base metal medallion commemorating Queen Victoria's Review of the Scottish Volunteers in Edinburgh 1881, NF, worn, and 7 various RAF base medals for No 90 Group SAA Bisley 1952 Rifle Championship, RAF Small Arms Association etc, average VF and 4 other shooting medals. GC (18) £50-80

Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs, 4 HM silver medals: each showing target and crossed rifles, first with white and black enamelled target, reverse plain, HM Birmingham 1929, 25mm, with ring suspender, the other three not enamelled, 25 x 35mm, with hallmark 1932 and engraved "S & D R L 1932-33"; 1934 with variation on design showing larger target, the obverse engraved "C & DRL 1933-34; and another also with smaller target, the face engraved "C&DRL 1935-36", reverse impressed "RU", HM 1935. All NEF. A similar MRC medal, HM Birmingham 1918, 29mm, un-named. NEF and a Territorial Army Rifle Association medal, HMs faint, diam 37mm, un-named, GVF; and a gilt "2nd City of London Volunteers" openwork medal, diameter 25mm, plain reverse. GVF (7) £40-60

"A History of the Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers", by W T Willcox, 1908, with coloured plates and maps, GC (some foxing, spine faded); "The Royal Regiment of Dragoons" by Gen. de Ainslie, 1887, uncut, with coloured plates, GC (spine stained); volumes V, VI and VII of "History of the British Army" by Fortescue, 1912; and "The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment" by Col Wylly, 1933, volume I (worn, pages missing) (6) £30-40

14 Victorian volumes of the Army List: 1872, 1873 (3), 1875 (2), 1876 (2), 1878 (3), 1880 (3). All in contemporary official bindings. A very useful lot. GC (14) £80-100

A Victorian photograph album, the "Army and Navy Album", with coloured Army and Navy prints on the board pages by Caton Woodville, gilt page edges, the front cover deeply embossed with Household Cavalry trumpeter and a dreadnought, and with brass clasp. GC (some leather scuffing, catch button missing, no photos). £40-50

Third Reich badges, cap eagles of army, war veterans and Luftwaffe, army cap wreath, stick pin with Maltese cross, 3 ribbons. GC £40-60

16 Corps cap badges, including Corps of Military Accountants, Army Physical Training Staff/Corps (large crossed swords and small crossed swords in brass, white metal, chrome KC and chrome QC), large APC cypher, pre 1920 Army Pay Corps, pre 1946 Army Dental Corps, Army Ordnance Corps etc; also 14 APTC brass buttons. Average GC £60-80

Two Victorian bi-metal belt buckles, one for the 96th Regiment of Foot, the other for The Manchester Regiment, 18.5cm wide, the 96th Regiment of Foot was a British Army Regiment, raised in 1798, under Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot to form the Manchester Regiment (2)

A C.M.G medal group for Lieutenant Colonel Charles Campbell Todd, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Todd born 06/05/1870, was also Chief Paymaster of the Army Pay Department, medals comprising The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, a Military C.B.E, Queens South Africa medal with five clasps (Laing's Nek, Transvaal, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State and Tugela Heights, an a WWI War medal, all complete with miniature, together with original photographs of him in uniform, certificate of retirement and more (parcel)Condition Report:naming QSA- Capt C.C Todd RL Dub Fus / WWI - Lt Col C C Todd / other medal Major C C Todd 

A WWI Army Service Corps duo, awarded to Private H.G Smith (M-396906), together with The National Commemorative medal 1899-1900, plus a selection of coins (parcel)

An assortment of military and other world medallions, including an Army Temperance Medal India, a copy of a Victorian Cross, a Purple Heart, Army Temperance Association, copy of the Tibet medal, a Zaire medal, Life Saving medal, Religious medal and more (parcel)

Two WWI 1914-15 Stars, one awarded to Private Wilfred Holloway (17112), South Staffordshire Regiment, the other Private James Clive (SS-21096), Army Service Corps, also connected with the Labour Corps |(349311) (2)

A WWII British Army Issue wristwatch, Enicar movement, 30mm diam, marked on case back Broad Arrow A. T. P 92591 Running when wound, crystal heavily scratched, much dirt, entirely original and unrestored

Military timepiece. A British Army Issue plated keyless lever watch, marked on caseback GSTP and Broad Arrow, 52mm diam Movement winding and running for a few seconds before stopping; plating worn showing brass

An Edwardian silver mounted travelling vanity set, various silver makers, comprising seven silver topped bottles, assorted silver brushes, mirror and various manicure tools, the purple fitted leather case by Army & Navy Co-operative Society Limited, London, stamped and with monogram VMC, protective canvas outer layer, 48cm wide/Provenance: The Estate of the late Diana & Gospatric Home, Lily Farm, Bucks CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

*Gerald Spencer Pryse (1882-1956) oil on canvas - Tangier, 51cm x 76cm, apparently unsigned, framed. Gerald Spencer Pryse was born in Ashton and educated at Eton. He was largely self taught but with spells under artists in London and Paris. He won first prize at the Venice International Exhibition in 1907. Early in his career he contributed work to The Strand Magazine, The Graphic and Punch, he produced illustrations for E Nesbit, Henry Fielding and others. A staunch socialist and an active member of the Fabian Society, his work was often politically charged and with humanist themes, demonstrated in posters for various humanitarian relief agencies throughout the first world war and its aftermath. Pryse initially focussed on print-making and was well versed in the techniques of lithography by the outbreak of The Great War. He captured scenes from the battlefields from 1914 and ultimately became the most prolific lithographic artist of World War I. Working initially under the patronage of The Queen of Belgium as a dispatch rider on the Belgian front, his fine draughtsmanship and technical assurance permitted him the freedom to record his observations directly onto huge lithographic stones, which he carried around the Western front line in his Mercedes, commentators at the time described him as ‘’looking like he’d looted a graveyard’”. He later wrote a memoir of this time ‘Four Days: an account of a journey in France made between 28 and 31 August 1914’ published by John Lane in 1932. Pryse also worked with the Indian Army in France and several of his lithographs depict scenes of Indian troops (Indian colonial troops were otherwise almost entirely unreported in the visual records of the conflict). He subsequently served as a Captain in the Queen Victoria’s rifles, during the conflict he lost the sight in one eye and was shot in the hand. He won the Military Cross at Passchendaele, was awarded the Croix de Guerre and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was, however, torn between his obligation as a soldier and his potential value as an artist in the propaganda unit. His repeated petitions to become an official war artist were protracted, largely due to his military successes and the reluctance of his superiors to release him, his socialist leanings were also a significant stumbling block. In 1917 he finally became an official war artist, one of just 26 British artists to have been awarded the honour during WWI. When his sketches were later exhibited in London they were said to have ‘a freshness and authenticity that were not always apparent in the work of official war artists’, unfortunately much of his work was destroyed during the 1918 German Offensive, and even more destroyed when the Spencer Pryse house was bombed in World War II. Pryse secured prestigious commissions during the war period, including poster designs for military recruitment, the British Red Cross, London Underground and The Labour Party. In 1924 he did a large series of work for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, working alongside Frank Brangwyn to produce the official accompanying publication and on a monumental series of posters covered ‘the whole of the Empire in 24 pictures’, designed to convey the extent and marvels of the British Empire. He also produced images for the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. In 1925 he travelled and worked extensively in Morocco where his brother was based. In 1928 he toured West Africa by car and river steamer to record scenes on the Gold Coast and Nigeria for The Empire Marketing Board and in 1930 was commissioned for further works by the Gold Coast Government. Throughout his career he exhibited widely including at the Alpine Gallery, Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Gallery, Leicester Galleries and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Art. His work was acquired by and is held by The British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Louvre, The Uffizi, The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Collection and others. He career was curtailed by the injuries he suffered in the Great War and by the outbreak of WWII he had ceased to paint. Gerald Spencer Pryse, MC died at Cranford House, Stourton, Worcestershire on 28 November 1956 aged 74.Original untouched condition, some water stains to rear, one area coinciding with an area of crazing and inconsistent finish, far left (see images) otherwise ok

*Gerald Spencer Pryse (1882-1956) watercolour - Lokoja Market, 54cm x 78cm, titled verso, unframed.Gerald Spencer Pryse was born in Ashton and educated at Eton. He was largely self taught but with spells under artists in London and Paris. He won first prize at the Venice International Exhibition in 1907. Early in his career he contributed work to The Strand Magazine, The Graphic and Punch, he produced illustrations for E Nesbit, Henry Fielding and others. A staunch socialist and an active member of the Fabian Society, his work was often politically charged and with humanist themes, demonstrated in posters for various humanitarian relief agencies throughout the first world war and its aftermath. Pryse initially focussed on print-making and was well versed in the techniques of lithography by the outbreak of The Great War. He captured scenes from the battlefields from 1914 and ultimately became the most prolific lithographic artist of World War I. Working initially under the patronage of The Queen of Belgium as a dispatch rider on the Belgian front, his fine draughtsmanship and technical assurance permitted him the freedom to record his observations directly onto huge lithographic stones, which he carried around the Western front line in his Mercedes, commentators at the time described him as ‘’looking like he’d looted a graveyard’”. He later wrote a memoir of this time ‘Four Days: an account of a journey in France made between 28 and 31 August 1914’ published by John Lane in 1932. Pryse also worked with the Indian Army in France and several of his lithographs depict scenes of Indian troops (Indian colonial troops were otherwise almost entirely unreported in the visual records of the conflict). He subsequently served as a Captain in the Queen Victoria’s rifles, during the conflict he lost the sight in one eye and was shot in the hand. He won the Military Cross at Passchendaele, was awarded the Croix de Guerre and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was, however, torn between his obligation as a soldier and his potential value as an artist in the propaganda unit. His repeated petitions to become an official war artist were protracted, largely due to his military successes and the reluctance of his superiors to release him, his socialist leanings were also a significant stumbling block. In 1917 he finally became an official war artist, one of just 26 British artists to have been awarded the honour during WWI. When his sketches were later exhibited in London they were said to have ‘a freshness and authenticity that were not always apparent in the work of official war artists’, unfortunately much of his work was destroyed during the 1918 German Offensive, and even more destroyed when the Spencer Pryse house was bombed in World War II. Pryse secured prestigious commissions during the war period, including poster designs for military recruitment, the British Red Cross, London Underground and The Labour Party. In 1924 he did a large series of work for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, working alongside Frank Brangwyn to produce the official accompanying publication and on a monumental series of posters covered ‘the whole of the Empire in 24 pictures’, designed to convey the extent and marvels of the British Empire. He also produced images for the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. In 1925 he travelled and worked extensively in Morocco where his brother was based. In 1928 he toured West Africa by car and river steamer to record scenes on the Gold Coast and Nigeria for The Empire Marketing Board and in 1930 was commissioned for further works by the Gold Coast Government. Throughout his career he exhibited widely including at the Alpine Gallery, Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Gallery, Leicester Galleries and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Art. His work was acquired by and is held by The British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Louvre, The Uffizi, The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Collection and others. He career was curtailed by the injuries he suffered in the Great War and by the outbreak of WWII he had ceased to paint. Gerald Spencer Pryse, MC died at Cranford House, Stourton, Worcestershire on 28 November 1956 aged 74.

*Gerald Spencer Pryse (1882-1956) watercolour - Latuwe, Ondo, 38.5cm x 54cm, titled verso, unframed. Gerald Spencer Pryse was born in Ashton and educated at Eton. He was largely self taught but with spells under artists in London and Paris. He won first prize at the Venice International Exhibition in 1907. Early in his career he contributed work to The Strand Magazine, The Graphic and Punch, he produced illustrations for E Nesbit, Henry Fielding and others. A staunch socialist and an active member of the Fabian Society, his work was often politically charged and with humanist themes, demonstrated in posters for various humanitarian relief agencies throughout the first world war and its aftermath. Pryse initially focussed on print-making and was well versed in the techniques of lithography by the outbreak of The Great War. He captured scenes from the battlefields from 1914 and ultimately became the most prolific lithographic artist of World War I. Working initially under the patronage of The Queen of Belgium as a dispatch rider on the Belgian front, his fine draughtsmanship and technical assurance permitted him the freedom to record his observations directly onto huge lithographic stones, which he carried around the Western front line in his Mercedes, commentators at the time described him as ‘’looking like he’d looted a graveyard’”. He later wrote a memoir of this time ‘Four Days: an account of a journey in France made between 28 and 31 August 1914’ published by John Lane in 1932. Pryse also worked with the Indian Army in France and several of his lithographs depict scenes of Indian troops (Indian colonial troops were otherwise almost entirely unreported in the visual records of the conflict). He subsequently served as a Captain in the Queen Victoria’s rifles, during the conflict he lost the sight in one eye and was shot in the hand. He won the Military Cross at Passchendaele, was awarded the Croix de Guerre and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was, however, torn between his obligation as a soldier and his potential value as an artist in the propaganda unit. His repeated petitions to become an official war artist were protracted, largely due to his military successes and the reluctance of his superiors to release him, his socialist leanings were also a significant stumbling block. In 1917 he finally became an official war artist, one of just 26 British artists to have been awarded the honour during WWI. When his sketches were later exhibited in London they were said to have ‘a freshness and authenticity that were not always apparent in the work of official war artists’, unfortunately much of his work was destroyed during the 1918 German Offensive, and even more destroyed when the Spencer Pryse house was bombed in World War II. Pryse secured prestigious commissions during the war period, including poster designs for military recruitment, the British Red Cross, London Underground and The Labour Party. In 1924 he did a large series of work for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, working alongside Frank Brangwyn to produce the official accompanying publication and on a monumental series of posters covered ‘the whole of the Empire in 24 pictures’, designed to convey the extent and marvels of the British Empire. He also produced images for the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. In 1925 he travelled and worked extensively in Morocco where his brother was based. In 1928 he toured West Africa by car and river steamer to record scenes on the Gold Coast and Nigeria for The Empire Marketing Board and in 1930 was commissioned for further works by the Gold Coast Government. Throughout his career he exhibited widely including at the Alpine Gallery, Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Gallery, Leicester Galleries and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Art. His work was acquired by and is held by The British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Louvre, The Uffizi, The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Collection and others. He career was curtailed by the injuries he suffered in the Great War and by the outbreak of WWII he had ceased to paint. Gerald Spencer Pryse, MC died at Cranford House, Stourton, Worcestershire on 28 November 1956 aged 74.

*Gerald Spencer Pryse (1882-1956) colour lithograph - Tea Picking in Ceylon, issued by the Empire Marketing Board, 77cm x 51cm, unframed. Gerald Spencer Pryse was born in Ashton and educated at Eton. He was largely self taught but with spells under artists in London and Paris. He won first prize at the Venice International Exhibition in 1907. Early in his career he contributed work to The Strand Magazine, The Graphic and Punch, he produced illustrations for E Nesbit, Henry Fielding and others. A staunch socialist and an active member of the Fabian Society, his work was often politically charged and with humanist themes, demonstrated in posters for various humanitarian relief agencies throughout the first world war and its aftermath. Pryse initially focussed on print-making and was well versed in the techniques of lithography by the outbreak of The Great War. He captured scenes from the battlefields from 1914 and ultimately became the most prolific lithographic artist of World War I. Working initially under the patronage of The Queen of Belgium as a dispatch rider on the Belgian front, his fine draughtsmanship and technical assurance permitted him the freedom to record his observations directly onto huge lithographic stones, which he carried around the Western front line in his Mercedes, commentators at the time described him as ‘’looking like he’d looted a graveyard’”. He later wrote a memoir of this time ‘Four Days: an account of a journey in France made between 28 and 31 August 1914’ published by John Lane in 1932. Pryse also worked with the Indian Army in France and several of his lithographs depict scenes of Indian troops (Indian colonial troops were otherwise almost entirely unreported in the visual records of the conflict). He subsequently served as a Captain in the Queen Victoria’s rifles, during the conflict he lost the sight in one eye and was shot in the hand. He won the Military Cross at Passchendaele, was awarded the Croix de Guerre and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was, however, torn between his obligation as a soldier and his potential value as an artist in the propaganda unit. His repeated petitions to become an official war artist were protracted, largely due to his military successes and the reluctance of his superiors to release him, his socialist leanings were also a significant stumbling block. In 1917 he finally became an official war artist, one of just 26 British artists to have been awarded the honour during WWI. When his sketches were later exhibited in London they were said to have ‘a freshness and authenticity that were not always apparent in the work of official war artists’, unfortunately much of his work was destroyed during the 1918 German Offensive, and even more destroyed when the Spencer Pryse house was bombed in World War II. Pryse secured prestigious commissions during the war period, including poster designs for military recruitment, the British Red Cross, London Underground and The Labour Party. In 1924 he did a large series of work for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, working alongside Frank Brangwyn to produce the official accompanying publication and on a monumental series of posters covered ‘the whole of the Empire in 24 pictures’, designed to convey the extent and marvels of the British Empire. He also produced images for the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. In 1925 he travelled and worked extensively in Morocco where his brother was based. In 1928 he toured West Africa by car and river steamer to record scenes on the Gold Coast and Nigeria for The Empire Marketing Board and in 1930 was commissioned for further works by the Gold Coast Government. Throughout his career he exhibited widely including at the Alpine Gallery, Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Gallery, Leicester Galleries and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Art. His work was acquired by and is held by The British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Louvre, The Uffizi, The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Collection and others. He career was curtailed by the injuries he suffered in the Great War and by the outbreak of WWII he had ceased to paint. Gerald Spencer Pryse, MC died at Cranford House, Stourton, Worcestershire on 28 November 1956 aged 74.

*Gerald Spencer Pryse (1882-1956) black and white lithograph - A Coursing Meeting, signed and titled below in pencil, 56cm x 78cm, unframed. Gerald Spencer Pryse was born in Ashton and educated at Eton. He was largely self taught but with spells under artists in London and Paris. He won first prize at the Venice International Exhibition in 1907. Early in his career he contributed work to The Strand Magazine, The Graphic and Punch, he produced illustrations for E Nesbit, Henry Fielding and others. A staunch socialist and an active member of the Fabian Society, his work was often politically charged and with humanist themes, demonstrated in posters for various humanitarian relief agencies throughout the first world war and its aftermath. Pryse initially focussed on print-making and was well versed in the techniques of lithography by the outbreak of The Great War. He captured scenes from the battlefields from 1914 and ultimately became the most prolific lithographic artist of World War I. Working initially under the patronage of The Queen of Belgium as a dispatch rider on the Belgian front, his fine draughtsmanship and technical assurance permitted him the freedom to record his observations directly onto huge lithographic stones, which he carried around the Western front line in his Mercedes, commentators at the time described him as ‘’looking like he’d looted a graveyard’”. He later wrote a memoir of this time ‘Four Days: an account of a journey in France made between 28 and 31 August 1914’ published by John Lane in 1932. Pryse also worked with the Indian Army in France and several of his lithographs depict scenes of Indian troops (Indian colonial troops were otherwise almost entirely unreported in the visual records of the conflict). He subsequently served as a Captain in the Queen Victoria’s rifles, during the conflict he lost the sight in one eye and was shot in the hand. He won the Military Cross at Passchendaele, was awarded the Croix de Guerre and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was, however, torn between his obligation as a soldier and his potential value as an artist in the propaganda unit. His repeated petitions to become an official war artist were protracted, largely due to his military successes and the reluctance of his superiors to release him, his socialist leanings were also a significant stumbling block. In 1917 he finally became an official war artist, one of just 26 British artists to have been awarded the honour during WWI. When his sketches were later exhibited in London they were said to have ‘a freshness and authenticity that were not always apparent in the work of official war artists’, unfortunately much of his work was destroyed during the 1918 German Offensive, and even more destroyed when the Spencer Pryse house was bombed in World War II. Pryse secured prestigious commissions during the war period, including poster designs for military recruitment, the British Red Cross, London Underground and The Labour Party. In 1924 he did a large series of work for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, working alongside Frank Brangwyn to produce the official accompanying publication and on a monumental series of posters covered ‘the whole of the Empire in 24 pictures’, designed to convey the extent and marvels of the British Empire. He also produced images for the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. In 1925 he travelled and worked extensively in Morocco where his brother was based. In 1928 he toured West Africa by car and river steamer to record scenes on the Gold Coast and Nigeria for The Empire Marketing Board and in 1930 was commissioned for further works by the Gold Coast Government. Throughout his career he exhibited widely including at the Alpine Gallery, Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Gallery, Leicester Galleries and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Art. His work was acquired by and is held by The British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Louvre, The Uffizi, The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Collection and others. He career was curtailed by the injuries he suffered in the Great War and by the outbreak of WWII he had ceased to paint. Gerald Spencer Pryse, MC died at Cranford House, Stourton, Worcestershire on 28 November 1956 aged 74.

*Gerald Spencer Pryse (1882-1956) black and white lithograph - Indians and motor buses near Poperinge, signed and titled below in pencil, 34cm x 50cm, unframed. Gerald Spencer Pryse was born in Ashton and educated at Eton. He was largely self taught but with spells under artists in London and Paris. He won first prize at the Venice International Exhibition in 1907. Early in his career he contributed work to The Strand Magazine, The Graphic and Punch, he produced illustrations for E Nesbit, Henry Fielding and others. A staunch socialist and an active member of the Fabian Society, his work was often politically charged and with humanist themes, demonstrated in posters for various humanitarian relief agencies throughout the first world war and its aftermath. Pryse initially focussed on print-making and was well versed in the techniques of lithography by the outbreak of The Great War. He captured scenes from the battlefields from 1914 and ultimately became the most prolific lithographic artist of World War I. Working initially under the patronage of The Queen of Belgium as a dispatch rider on the Belgian front, his fine draughtsmanship and technical assurance permitted him the freedom to record his observations directly onto huge lithographic stones, which he carried around the Western front line in his Mercedes, commentators at the time described him as ‘’looking like he’d looted a graveyard’”. He later wrote a memoir of this time ‘Four Days: an account of a journey in France made between 28 and 31 August 1914’ published by John Lane in 1932. Pryse also worked with the Indian Army in France and several of his lithographs depict scenes of Indian troops (Indian colonial troops were otherwise almost entirely unreported in the visual records of the conflict). He subsequently served as a Captain in the Queen Victoria’s rifles, during the conflict he lost the sight in one eye and was shot in the hand. He won the Military Cross at Passchendaele, was awarded the Croix de Guerre and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was, however, torn between his obligation as a soldier and his potential value as an artist in the propaganda unit. His repeated petitions to become an official war artist were protracted, largely due to his military successes and the reluctance of his superiors to release him, his socialist leanings were also a significant stumbling block. In 1917 he finally became an official war artist, one of just 26 British artists to have been awarded the honour during WWI. When his sketches were later exhibited in London they were said to have ‘a freshness and authenticity that were not always apparent in the work of official war artists’, unfortunately much of his work was destroyed during the 1918 German Offensive, and even more destroyed when the Spencer Pryse house was bombed in World War II. Pryse secured prestigious commissions during the war period, including poster designs for military recruitment, the British Red Cross, London Underground and The Labour Party. In 1924 he did a large series of work for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, working alongside Frank Brangwyn to produce the official accompanying publication and on a monumental series of posters covered ‘the whole of the Empire in 24 pictures’, designed to convey the extent and marvels of the British Empire. He also produced images for the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. In 1925 he travelled and worked extensively in Morocco where his brother was based. In 1928 he toured West Africa by car and river steamer to record scenes on the Gold Coast and Nigeria for The Empire Marketing Board and in 1930 was commissioned for further works by the Gold Coast Government. Throughout his career he exhibited widely including at the Alpine Gallery, Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Gallery, Leicester Galleries and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Art. His work was acquired by and is held by The British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Louvre, The Uffizi, The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Collection and others. He career was curtailed by the injuries he suffered in the Great War and by the outbreak of WWII he had ceased to paint. Gerald Spencer Pryse, MC died at Cranford House, Stourton, Worcestershire on 28 November 1956 aged 74.

Victorian and Later Photographs, Victorian Carte De Visite and Cabinet portraits, together with various later photographs includes many portraits/snap shots and a 1930s album which includes British Army Larkhill, Royal Navy at Gibraltar, Malta, India, Fort Widley, Fort Brockhurst, Bustard Camp and others, P-VG, (Qty) Condition Report:please see additional images of the 1930s album, not all photographed 

An album of cigarette cards : John Player - Uniforms of the Territorial Army, John Player - Aeroplanes (Civil), Nicholas Sarony - Links with the Past, Wills - Old English Garden Flowers, Cavanders Ltd. - Camera Studies, Wills - Wonders of the Past, Wills - Garden Flowers, The Wizard - The World's Best Cricketers, De Reszke - Real Photographs, John Player - Cricketers 1938, Wills - Railway Equipment, Wills - The Reign of H.M. King George V, John Player - Hints on Association Football, John Player - Cries of London, John Player - Struggle for Existance, Wills - Recruiting Posters, etc, etc.

An album of cigarette cards : John Player - The Doncella Golden Age of Steam, Senior Service - The Bridges of Britain, John Player - The Docella Golden Age of Flying, Army Club - River Valleys, Cavanders - Camera Studies, Senior Service - Holiday Haunts by the Sea, John Player - The Docella History of the V.C., John Player - Doncella Country Houses and Castles, John Player - The Doncella Golden Age of Sale, John Player - Napoleonic Uniforms, John Player - The Doncella Golden Age of Motoring, etc, etc.

Repro blank firing Colt single action army revolver, chromed finish with wooden grips, complete with leather bullet belt and combined holster, plus a belt of 50 L8A1 inert bullets for the FN MAG machine gunGood condition on each

Air Soft Plastic Full Size SA80A1 British Army Assault Rifle.Must be over 18 to purchase this item.

A selection of WWII and later German car insignia and badges, to include: a General Assault badge - die-stamped with pin and c clasp to reverse; a DRL bronze sports badge with maker's mark to reverse; a die-stamped Luftwaffe cap eagle with 2 fixing prongs; a German police die-stamped metal cap eagle and wreath with 2 fixing prongs; a German Old Comrades Association metal breast eagle with pin and clasp to reverse (marked Ges Gesch); a Post-WWII Kyffhauserbund cap badge, a WWII German army officers metal cap eagle, wreath and cockade; plus a German cap wreath and cockade (possibly RLB), and a die-stamped brass WWII style German cap eagle with lugs to reverse (possible reproduction). 12 items. (Generally all good condition - some oxidisation to the Assault Badge.)

4 x WWII era German belt buckles, to include: a German army buckle marked OTD 1941 complete with leather tab also dated 1941; another German army buckle with field grey finish; a brass SA buckle; plus an early SS example. (The field grey buckle and brass SA example are a little bent out of shape, with the others being in good condition.)

British medal groups in a frame, WW1 medals belonging to two brothers:- 76528 GNR J Gallagher of the Royal Field Artillery of 1914-15 star and Vict medal, and his brother 5702 PTE J Gallagher of the Royal Irish Rifles of Death Plaque (well loved), 1914-18 War medal and Victory medal with WW2 Africa Star with 8th army bar 1939=45 star and 1939=45 War medal.

A collection of WWI era crested china pieces, to include: 4 cenotaph models (3 large, 1 small); 2 Army Office caps; plus a 1908 Franco/British exhibition crested drum; and a Foley China 'For Right and Freedom' small pot. 8 items. (Small chips to a couple of pieces, otherwise in good condition.)

A fine quality Victorian sterling silver military officers whistle.Hallmarked for Birmingham 1886, by specialist military outfitters, Bent & Parker.Complete with screw posts for attaching to a belt or uniform.Plus, a matched pair of sterling silver shoe buckles, hallmarked for 1909 by Walker & Hall, a Victorian army style NCO’s snake belt clasp made in sterling silver by Roland Ward (London silver mark, with Victoria duty head but no date letter.Plus an Edwardian silver watch fob (missing suspension loop) and a white metal lion rampant shield badge.6 items.Condition: generally very good unless otherwise noted above.

A selection of WWI and earlier military interest medals, to include: a British issued Lusitania Medallion; a British Iron Cross style 1914 Propaganda Medallion, a German WWI Hesse-Darmstadt General Honour Medal; a German Treue Dienst Reserve Landwehr Medal, a Baden WWI silver medal of merit; an Italian silver 6th Army commemorative medal (issued to British, Italian and French officers); plus a WWI era German Kyffhauser Medal 1914-18. 7 items. (Generally good condition - some surface wear to pieces.)

Late 19th Century British Army Officers leather cross belt (minus pouch) gold bullion thread stitching to the belt, and fitted with gilt brass buckles, circa 1880 (minor age related service wear)

A selection of British cap badges to include a scarce V Force badge blackened brass on lugs, a Reconnaissance Corps brass badge on lugs, an Army Apprentice School brass badge on slider (JR Gaunt London), a Royal Dublin Fusiliers bi metal badge on slider, a RN Chief Petty Officer bi metal badge on double slider, a Royal Army Pay Corps bi metal badge on slider (6)Generally good condition throughout, evidence of wear/age/polishing to some badges, viewing highly recommended 

Victoria Cross Interest - a late Victorian era, sterling silver travelling communion set, comprising of a chalice, paten and water/oil bottle.Hallmarked for London 1894 by John Newton Mappin (Mappin & Webb).Complete with original velvet and satin lined leather case.Affixed to to the lid of the box is brass cross pattee, and a hand engraved plaque which reads: In the service of God and King, Padre W.R.F. Addison V.C.William Robert Fountaine Addison (1883-1962) volunteered for the Army Chaplain Department at the outbreak of WW1.His Victoria Cross was won on April 9th 1916 at Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia.His V.C. citation reads:He carried a wounded man to the cover of a trench, assisted others to the same cover, after binding up their wounds under heavy rifle and machine gun fire.In addition to these unaided efforts, by his splendid example and utter disregard of personal danger, he encouraged the stretcher-bearers to go forward under heavy fire and collect the wounded.Size: case measures 13.5cm x 12cm x 8.3cm.Conditon: very good - no damage to the silver or glass parts of the set, just normal signs of light use.The leather case is in good order, with only light signs of use.Notes: the engraved plaque appears to be of the period (circa WW1), and would of been later applied to the Victorian era case.All silver pieces carry matched hallmarks.

Collection of military items including German Army weapon cleaning kits, a British field morse key set, Swedish military light, Irish Guards belt buckle, a armourers weapon check kit, Grays cigarette tin, reproduction 1914 Christmas tin, Army & Navy binoculars, Webbing pouches and other items.

WW2 German Army M35 helmet with pencil name to interior ’Soiuter?’ original liner missing chin strap.

A collection of Rank Insignia, including a WWI Lance Corporal Chevron, five later Army Corporal Chevrons, four RAF Corporal Chevrons, four Officers gilt metal Crown Sleeve Badges and a Bullion example, plus an Officers Rank Star PIP (minor service wear) (16)

Small collection of Regimental and Corps badges to include; The Welch Regiment, South Lancashire, Royal Artillery, 17th/21st Lancers, ASC, Military Foot Police, RAF Army Catering Corps, and Norfolk Yeomanry Generally good condition - some verdigris present