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A WORLD WAR TWO ERA US ARMY BAYONET & SCABBARD, by American Fork & Hoe Company, period for this maker 1941-43, for the American Garand Rifle, Scabbard also marked and blade lightly rusted

FORMULA 1 MEMORABILIA, from the collection of the late SIMON ARKLESS, Racing Engineer of Champion Sparkplugs, a collection of six Formula 1 lanyard passes to paddocks and garages, eighteen pin badges, two gilt metal paperweights (Ferrari and Tyrrell) four cloth badges (Champion) a Champion desk-top pen holder, a Champion Swiss Army knife, two torches, two white metal racing car models, five MONACO GRAND PRIX Programmes circa 1960's/1970's, two signed photographs (Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve) a Williams T-shirt (XL) twenty-nine hardback books including annuals and biography and a signed Alan Preece oil on board (some damage)

A cardboard tube containing several army and navy collectable posters

A British Army 1907 pattern sword bayonet with scabbard

A scratch built wooden model of an army jeep with trailer and tow-away field gun

A Hogarth framed antique coloured military print entitled 'Officers of the British Army, No. 32'

A 19th century toleware campaign bath, inscribed Lord George Stewart-Murray, The Black Watch, Royal Highlanders, steel carrying handles, 79cm wideLord George had a distinguished, if tragically brief, career in the army. He was born, the third son of the 7th Duke of Atholl(by Louisa, dau. of Sir Thomas Moncrieff of That Ilk, 7th Bt.) at Blair Atholl 17th February 1873, was commissioned into the army 1894, extra ADC to 9th Earl of Elgin & Kincardine, Viceroy of India 1896-1898, served S Africa (QSA, 5 clasps, KSA, 2 clasps) 1898-1902, adjutant 1st Scottish Horse, Capt. 1st Bn. the Black Watch, 1901, adjutant 1904, ADC GOC Bombay, India, 1903-1911, Major 1912, KIA Western Front, unmarried, 14th September 1914.

Dads Army Actor, Clive Dunn signed 10x8 black and white photograph. Dunn OBE (9 January 1920 - 6 November 2012) was an English actor, comedian, artist, author, and singer. He is best known for his role as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Dad's Army, which ran for 9 series and 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977. Good condition Est.

Dads Army Actor, Frank Williams signed 10x8 black and white photograph. Williams (born 2 July 1931) is an English actor. He is best known for playing vicars and other members of the clergy, most notably Timothy Farthing, the vicar in the BBC comedy Dad's Army. Good condition Est.

MASH signed collection featuring Alan Alda and Harry Morgan signed 10x8 colour photograph plus Mike Farrell signed card. M*A*S*H is an American war comedy drama television series that aired on CBS from 1972 to 1983. It was developed by Larry Gelbart as the first original spin off series adapted from the 1970 feature film M*A*S*H, which, in turn, was based on Richard Hooker's 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. Good condition Est.

Taikonaut, Yang Liwei signed Postcard in gold marker pen. Yang Liwei was the first Chinese Taikonaut in to space. Liwei (born 21 June 1965) is a major general, military pilot, and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. In October 2003, he became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space. He is currently a vice chief designer of China Manned Space Engineering. Good condition Est.

Taikonaut, Wang Yaping signed 6x4 photograph. Yaping is Famous for being the second Female Chinese Taikonaut on Shenzhou 10. Yaping (born January 1980) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. Wang was the second female taikonaut selected to the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, the second Chinese woman in space, and the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. Good condition Est.

William Sadler II  c. 1782-1839 "Enniskerry, with Sugarloaf Mountain in the Distance and Figures in a Landscape,"  a pair., O.O.P., 15 h x 23 w cms (6" x 9") both same size In the first of this charming pair of panel paintings, a couple pause outside an inn, to chat to a man leaning on a fence. Behind them, a river cascades under a stone bridge. In the background are houses and a church, and beyond that a mountain. The scene depicted is most likely the village of Enniskerry, with the Sugarloaf Mountain rising in the distance. although there are some ?capriccio? elements that Sadler has introduced, to add interest to the scene, including the church steeple, and the building on the right. While the painting dates from around 1820, St. Patrick?s Church, with its tall steeple was not built until the 1850?s. Enniskerry was developed in the early nineteenth century, as a ?model? village, to house workers on the nearby Powerscourt estate.   The second painting depicts a small group of people beneath a tree in a woodland setting. Two standing figures, a man with a walking stick and a woman with a child wrapped in her red coat, look anxiously at the sky, as if anticipating a coming storm. Another figure is seated in a grassy bank.   Although best-known for his small landscape and genre scenes, depicting scenes in Wicklow, Dublin and Killarney, William Sadler II was also capable of tackling ambitious subject matter, as with his panoramic paintings, The Battle of Waterloo, The Embarkation of George IV at Kingstown 1821, and A London Capriccio inspired by the Burning of the Custom House 1814?the last of these one of only three known signed works by Sadler. For his smaller paintings he generally used mahogany or copper panels rather than canvas and his paintings often depend upon effects of light, either sunlight or firelight, to silhouette buildings, trees and figures. The motif of the hanging inn sign appears also in his Donnybrook Fair, as does Sadler?s artistic device of introducing a highlighted area behind this focal point, adding visual drama to the work. He painted recognisable landscapes, as with the Sugarloaf Mountain or Howth Head, and also ?capricci? where he invented buildings and landscapes. Invariably there is activity in his paintings, with ships heeling in the wind, banditti gathered around a fire, or travellers making their way along a country road.   Born in or around 1782, son of a mezzotint artist of the same name, William Sadler II taught art and exhibited in Dublin through the first four decades of the nineteenth century. His father died when he was six years old, leaving Sadler to embark early on a career as a painter. In turn, he had a son, also called William Sadler, who was born in 1808 and is known for a painting of the army barracks (now demolished) overlooking the town of Fermoy. Dr. Peter Murray, 2022

William Orpen, RA, RI, RHA (1878-1931) "Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Grace Knewstub,1912," O.O.C., 58 x 36cms (23" x 14"). Signed and dated 'Orpen Dublin 1912'   Depicting the head and shoulders of a young woman?almost certainly the artist's wife Grace Knewstub this portrait by William Orpen, painted in Dublin in 1912, dates from a time when significant events were taking place in their lives together. While the head is well-finished, Orpen blocked out the area of the dress with broad brushstrokes of brown and black, evidently with the intention of finishing the portrait at a later date. However Grace?s eyes are downcast, and she appears to have been a reluctant sitter. Her hair is not combed, nor is she wearing the fashionable clothes and jewellery that adorned so many of Orpen's sitters. Nonetheless, the portrait shows the artist's brilliance in capturing not only a likeness, but also a sense of life, a gift he shared with his contemporary Augustus John. This is no formulaic society portrait; Grace is instantly recognisable as an individual, with a strong personality. That the painting remained unfinished is no surprise. That same year Orpen painted one of his finest society portraits, that of his long-term lover, the wealthy American Mrs. Evelyn St. George. In January of that year St. George had given birth to their child, Vivien. This would have caused scandal in the middle-class Dublin milieu in which Orpen had grown up, and immense upset to his wife Grace, with whom he had two children. The ramifications would have spread to England, where Grace?s sister was married to the artist William Rothenstein. Also dating from 1912 are Orpen's Portrait of Gardenia with a Riding Whip, depicting the teenage daughter of Evelyn St. George, and several portraits of another American, Vera Brewster, who had married the Irish writer Joseph Hone and lived next door to the Orpens. The artist was clearly fascinated by Vera, who sat for him on several occasions that year: in The Angler, she holds a fishing rod, while in The Blue Hat, she is wearing fashionable headgear. In 1912 also, his portrait of Vera, The Chinese Shawl, was exhibited at the New English Art Club and later purchased by the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. Other portraits from that summer include Portrait of Kit, his daughter, a cheerful young girl sitting with her arms folded and wearing a white knitted hat and scarf. Nevertheless, amidst all these coquettish poses, arch expressions and fashionable accessories, the portrait of his wife Grace stands out for its down-to-earth directness and honesty.   Born in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, William Orpen was the son of a solicitor, while his mother Anne was the eldest daughter of the Rev. Charles Caulfeild, Bishop of Nassau. After attending the Metropolitan School of Art, he went on to the Slade School of Art in London, winning the composition prize of 1899 with The Play Scene from Hamlet (Houghton Hall, Norfolk). From the outset, Orpen eschewed experimentation and flirtations with Modernism. He revered seventeenth-century painters such as Rembrandt, Velasquez and Chardin, and sought to emulate their Realist style. In terms of his own peers, he admired the work of Augustus John, and joined the New English Art Club. His Homage to Manet depicts members of the NEAC, sitting below Manet?s portrait of Eva Gonzalès. In 1902, in cooperation with John, he opened an art school in Chelsea and also began to teach at the Metropolitan School in Dublin, a position he held until 1914. He was a friend of the collector Hugh Lane, with whom he travelled to Paris and Madrid in 1905. Three years later he began to exhibit regularly at the Royal Academy in London. Elected a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, he rapidly became one of the most successful portrait painters in London and Dublin, being overwhelmed with commissions. Many of Orpen's portraits are painted in his characteristic bravura style, and yet he seems to have grown to dislike the elite social circles in which he moved. On the outbreak of World War I, he was appointed an Official War Artist and was given the rank of Major in the British Army. Some of his best paintings were done as a war artist, and his images of the Somme, of injured soldiers and ruined cities, remain today amongst the most powerful works of art depicting that conflict, while his portraits of key negotiators at the Treaty of Versailles are a valuable record, reflecting also his privately-held views on the politics of the time. After the war ended in 1918, Open resumed his successful portrait practice. Although he did not return to Ireland after 1915, his artistic legacy at the Metropolitan School of Art continued for many years. Provenance: Originally owned by Lady Yarrow (née Eleanor Barnes) a leading promoter of the Arts and Crafts Revival, this drawing was gifted to the McDonnell family of Dalguise in Monkstown, Co. Dublin. Dr. Peter Murray, 2022

Maud Gonne (1866-1953) "Self Portrait," c 1906 pencil and gouache on paper, approx. 24cms x 19cms (9 1/2" x 7 1/2"), framed. Depicting Gonne's head and shoulders, with voluminous hair, this drawing on light brown paper is also signed with initials 'M G', on the lower left. The drawing is highlighted with slight touches of red watercolour, accentuating the lips, and white gouache, to emphasize the eyes and nose. The drawing captures Gonne?s classical good looks and the soulful expression that so enraptured William Butler Yeats. These drawings, from the Yeats family collection, are almost certainly those referred to in letters written in 1905 and 1906 by Maud Gonne to William Butler Yeats. In late 1905, she wrote ?I am going to send you a little drawing of Iseult I have done . . It is Iseult with her hair twisted up for the bath, but is like her but makes her look older than she is.? (See Lot 81) In March 1906 she mentions another drawing: ?In my portrait I wanted to give the idea of a face that has outlived age and has no age.? [Anna MacBride White & A Norman Jeffares (ed.) The Gonne-Yeats Letters, (W. W. Norton NY, 1993); letters 165, 171; pp. 221-7] Evidently given as gifts by Maud Gonne to her long-time admirer W B. Yeats, the two drawings remained with the Yeats family for many years.   Born in Farnham, England in 1866, Maud Gonne came from family with connections to Co. Mayo. Her mother came from a wealthy family of wine merchants; her father, an army officer and later a diplomat, was stationed for a time in Ireland. Although her early childhood was spent in Dublin, on the death of her mother in 1871, Gonne was sent to boarding school in France and five years later, her father was posted there as a diplomat. Further postings followed, to India, and then in 1882 back to Ireland, where, influenced by evictions and the Land Wars, both father and daughter became politically radicalised. After the death of her father in 1886, Gonne lived in London with relatives, intending to become an actress. Having contracted tuberculosis however, she returned to France for treatment, where she met and fell in love with Lucien Millevoye, a right-wing journalist and politician. While she studied art in Paris, at the Academie Julian, and with Joseph Granié (1861-1916), few works by Gonne survive, although she did submit at least one work to the annual Salon exhibition. The two present drawings reveal the influence of Granié, a minor Symbolist artist from Toulouse, who often used tinted paper and depicted his sitters in profile (his portrait of Yvette Guilbert is in Musee d?Orsay).  Inheriting a fortune brought Gonne freedom: she travelled first to Russia, then returned to Ireland where she befriended the veteran Fenian John O?Leary, campaigned against evictions and worked for the release of political prisoners.   Courted by William Butler Yeats, who she met in January 1889 at Bedford Park in London, Gonne shared the poet?s belief in the existence of occult and spiritual worlds, but maintained that his creative talents were improved by her rejections of his proposals of marriage. She lived a life unconventional for the time, and the following year in Paris, having got back together with Millevoye, had a son, Georges, who died when a young child. Her second child Iseult, conceived for spiritualist reasons in the tomb of Georges, was born in 1894, but Millevoye and Gonne then separated. For many years Gonne did not publicly acknowledge Iseult as her daughter and thereafter focused on Irish nationalist causes, making a lecture tour of the United States, editing a short-lived newspaper L?Irlande libre, and setting up an L?Association Irlandaise in Paris. She was equally active in Ireland, and four years later founded ?Inghindhe na hEireann? or Daughters of Erin. Gonne was also one of the founders of the Irish National Council, which evolved into Sinn Fein. In 1902 she played the lead role in Yeats? play Cathleen Ni Houlihan. Back in Paris the following year, she disappointed Yeats by converting to Catholicism and marrying Major John MacBride. While they did have one son, Sean, their turbulent relationship attracted unfavourable publicity, and the marriage came an end when MacBride was executed after the 1916 Rising. Two years later, along with Countess Markievicz, Gonne was imprisoned in Holloway Prison, for pro-German activities. During the 1920?s she remained active in Republican politics; her house in Stephen?s Green was ransacked by Free State troops and she was imprisoned again for short periods. Like Yeats, she was an admirer of Fascism. Through the years of Gonne?s marriage and after, Yeats continued to worship her, regarding both her and Iseult as his creative muses, inspiring him to write poems and plays. Both women held him in high regard, but were unwilling to commit further. His 1893 poem ?The White Birds? was the first of many inspired by Gonne, while his ?To a Child Dancing in the Wind? (1914) was dedicated to Iseult, who six years later married the writer Francis Stuart. Gonne and her family lived in Dublin, at Roebuck House, Clonskeagh, until her death in 1953. Dr. Peter Murray, & Cian O'Hegarty, 2022

HANDKERCHIEF - ROLE REVERSALSatirical handkerchief titled 'Women's rights and what came of it '1981'', depicting women of the future fulfilling traditional male roles such as Politics, Science, Law, the Army, Navy and Police, a group of men doing the laundry ('Now we're busy') and a group of 'Frozen Out M.D.'s' complaining 'We've got no work to do-o-o', printed in black on fine cream cotton, registered number 364805, some small holes and staining, one L-shaped tear without loss, 600 x 540mm., [1884]; with a twin-sided crested souvenir bell, one side with the head of a pretty young woman wearing a pearl necklace and the motto 'This one shall have the Vote' in black and red beneath, the other a smiling older woman wearing a bonnet captioned 'Votes for women' above the Thurso crest, stamped 'A & S Stoke on Trent/ Arcadian China' inside, height 110mm., [c.1890-1910] (2)Footnotes:THE CONSEQUENCES OF ALLOWING WOMEN THE VOTE.This satirical handkerchief warns of what life would be like in 100 years if women were given equal rights, predicting the unconceivable possibility of women working in traditionally male roles, and showing a future where men are forced to (somewhat haplessly) undertake roles previously the preserve of women.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE)Series of fifteen letters, comprising eleven autograph, two in another hand (one signed, with autograph subscription), one postcard and a printed facsimile, signed variously ('Florence Nightingale', 'F.N.', 'F. Nightingale'), to her good friend Jessie Lennox ('My dear Miss Lennox'), one of the original Nightingale Nurses, in pencil and ink, some marked 'Private' or 'Most Private', written in the fondest terms and taking a great interest in her work ('...I give you joy that you have made this a life-work, a 'calling' in the true meaning of the word...'), rejoicing at the progress already made in the profession ('...God has granted such an immense change during the last 30 years to Hospitals & Infirmaries & Districts in trained nursing...'), asking for her advice and discussing at length over several letters the duties required of a matron who would take charge in an 'Industrial Boys' Home' ('...It will not be a nurse to a hospital but rather to prevent the boys having to go into Hospital; to look after them & mother them... A Matron in the sense that each house at say Rugby School has a matron...'), voicing her expectations ('...I do not expect that we should succeed in getting a lady...'), but wishing for a 'mother to all these boys – especially to the younger ones', emphasising 'As in a hospital, the most important part of a Matron is to mother & care for all the nurses, body & soul', to 'have such charge of under clothing & of cleanliness of the boys & of their little ailments... and of – what? And of – what?...', mentioning the difficulties of persuading 'a man-Committee' to grant them a woman Matron ('...the man-Committee does not seem to think a woman has any business in the Barrack huts at all... In fact I do not expect to get her at all...'), the work of the District Nurses ('...not only to nurse but to teach the families how to nurse... cleanliness & ventilation... Sick Cookery... sick appliances, bedding, warm clothing...'), offering her a present ('...would you not like... some large, some Medical book?...'), making arrangements and sending gifts ('...a packet of cards for the little ones...'), 63 pages, dust-staining and marks, the majority 8vo (c.178 x 114mm.), Claydon House and 10 South Street, Park Lane, W., 9 September 1883 to 7 June 1896 (15)Footnotes:'THE MAN-COMMITTEE DOES NOT SEEM TO THINK A WOMAN HAS ANY BUSINESS IN THE BARRACK HUTS AT ALL': Florence Nightingale 'the mother of modern nursing' on pastoral care, difficulties with male committees and the role of the district nurse.Florence Nightingale is widely acknowledged as 'The Mother of Modern Nursing' and here she writes to one of her acolytes, Jessie Lennox, in a long correspondence discussing the ideal role of the matron she wishes to appoint to take over the care of some 500 poor boys in an 'industrial boys home'. The matron, she writes, should embody the practicalities of a trained nurse with a mother's care for her charges, with an emphasis on good diet, warm clothing and good shoes. She cites the story of Ella Pirrie, the Lady Superintendent of the Union Infirmary, Belfast, who persuaded a child struck dumb to speak by adopting this more gentle approach when harsher means had failed. She asks Lennox's advice in drawing up a set of requirements to put forward in the clearest possible terms to the 'man committee' as she puts it. Her frustration with such committees is evident, even for an influential person such as herself, but she recognises the enormous progress that has already been made in changing the status of nursing into a highly trained respectable profession. She goes on to speak of the role of the district nurse in the community ('...if the nurse has really that influence which she ought to have in the Patient's family, do they not become ashamed of letting her see the man or the woman drunk again? And does not that exercise a reforming influence?...'). Also included in the lot is a facsimile letter dated May 1900 addressed to all her nurses ('My dear children') in which she recognises her role as the Mother of Nursing ('...You have called me your mother-chief, it is an honour to me & a great honour, to call you my children...'), speaking too of advances in medicine and the professionalisation of nursing but ending, however, with a swipe at the suffragists ('...Woman was the home drudge. Now she is the teacher. Let her not forfeit it by being the arrogant – the 'Equal with men'...').The recipient of our letters, Jessie Lennox (1830-1933), was one of the original 'Nightingale Nurses' who trained at the Florence Nightingale School at St. Thomas's Hospital, London in the 1860's. According to her obituary in the British Journal of Nursing of February 1933 she also had the distinction of being a personal friend of David Livingstone, whom she met in Africa whilst working as a missionary and maid to Anna Mackenzie, who accompanied Mary Livingstone when she was reunited with her husband at the Zambezi in 1862. After her nursing training she was one of the first six Army Sisters appointed by the War Office to the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, and held the post of matron of the Sick Children's Hospital in Belfast for eighteen years. Her papers are held at the Florence Nightingale Museum. According to Lynn Macdonald, some 29 letters from Lennox to Florence Nightingale are extant (ed. Lynn Macdonald, Extending Nursing: Florence Nightingale Collected Works, 2009) but only a few from the other side of the correspondence are in the public domain. Photographs of her are also held at the Livingstone Family Trust.According to a letter from Jessie Lennox included in the lot, one letter from the series appears to have been sent by her to Dr Lilias Maclay (b.1893) in 1917, seven years after the death of Florence Nightingale: '...her body is at rest but her work is still very much with us...' she writes in a distinctive hand. Maclay's father was Lord Maclay of Duchal House, Kilmacolm, the founder of the Maclay-Macintyre shipping firm. She had enrolled at Glasgow University to study for a medical degree in 1912, passing the course with first class certificates in clinical surgery. During the First War she served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt and is one of the few females featured in the University's Roll of Honour (see www.universitystory.gl.ac.uk). After her marriage to John Edmund Hamilton in 1926 she practised as a doctor in Glasgow and Edinburgh. A great supporter of equal rights for women, she was the President of the YWCA of Great Britain and was Vice-President of Women's Voluntary Services as well as being an active member of the Women's Suffrage Society. The remainder of the letters were bequeathed to Dr Maclay after Lennox's death in 1933 as a solicitor's letter with the lot confirms (The Hon. Mrs J. E. Hamilton being her married name). Lilas' son Patrick (1934-1988) followed his mother into the medical profession, as did her granddaughter, the present owner of the letters. The correspondence has remained in the family until now.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[ROUPELL (ARABELLA E.)]Specimens of the Flora of South Africa by a Lady, FIRST EDITION, list of subscribers (103 names subscribing for 111 copies), dedication leaf to Nathaniel Wallich, hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates, large hand-coloured tailpiece vignette by P. Gauci after Roupell, a letter from the Regensburg Botanical Society loosely inserted [see footnote], occasional spotting (heavier to plate 6), original full purple morocco gilt, covers with elaborate borders tooled in blind and gilt, enclosing a gilt title ('Cape Flowers by a Lady') within a floral wreath on the upper cover, lettered in gilt on spine, g.e., rubbed [Great Flower Books 134; Mendelssohn II:254; Nissen BBI 1687; Stafleu-Cowan 9684], folio (774 x 452mm.), [Printed by W. Nichol, Shakespeare Press, 1849]Footnotes:Arabella Roupell was resident in South Africa between 1843 and 1845, where she was encouraged in her botanical paintings by Nathaniel Wallich (1785–1854), superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, who happened to be on leave at the Cape at the time. He also 'assisted in the collection and identification of the various species which she painted... [and persuaded her] to allow him to take some [of her studies] to England, with a view to their being published. In England he showed them to the director of Kew Gardens, Sir William Hooker, who was struck by their beauty and accuracy' (ODNB). When published Roupell's fine plates were accompanied by descriptions written by William Harvey, curator of the herbarium at Trinity College, Dublin.Loosely inserted is a letter addressed to Roupell ('Madame!'), sent on behalf of the Bavarian Society for Botany at Ratisbon [Regensburg Botanical Society], praising 'The publication, with which you have enriched also my own library, has won the admiration of botanist, who saw it, by the truth and the elegance of your splendid pensil [sic]...', and announcing that the Society 'feels particular satisfaction in bearing testimony of your scientific art by a Diploma...', dated Munich, 3 September 1851, and signed 'Dr. Martius'. This Martius is presumably Theodore (1796-1863), son of Ernest Martius (died 1849), the co-founder of the Society. ODNB records this event noting that Roupell's 'skill as a botanical artist was recognized in Germany by her election as a member of the Regensburg Society of Arts. In 1857 the Swiss botanist, Meissner, named a species of Protea, roupelliae, after her.'Provenance: Gifted by Elizabeth Chute Roupell, the artist Arabella's daughter-in-law, to Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans (Welsh-born South African botanist, 1979-1968) on 28 September 1935, inscription pasted on front free endpaper. Beneath this inscription is another, 'The authoress of this work was Mrs. T.B. Roupell, wife of a Madras civilian. This book belonged as Major-General Francis Archibald Reid C.N. of the Madras army who was much interested in botany. Catherine Anne Reid', and then signed by Pole Evans too. Arabella's husband Thomas was an official with the East India Company, posted in Madras both prior and after their several sojourns in South Africa.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Aviation and Military interest - small photograph album containing a number of photos of RFC Biplanes in desert circa 1917/1918, some showing aircraft crashed or burning, further photos of Palestine and British troops, 18 photographs of aircraft 8cm long x 6cm wide, further 30 photos of same size of local views, together with three postcards, further album containing photographs relating to WWII desert campaign including small photograph of remains of a Stuka, shot down near Tobruk, Army wireless truck near Gazala, photos 9cm x 6cm, (2)

A Great War Civil O.B.E. group of three to Mrs A.D.K.Anderson, Royal Red Cross,The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., 1st type, Civil Division; Defence Medal; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with four bars (Amy D.K.Anderson.). Mounted as worn and housed in box with gold lettering of A.D.K.A. embossed on the lid. The suspension loop on the first slightly bent, otherwise extremely fine. (3)Footnotes:O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1918.With a copy of Waverley Abbey Military Hospital, Farnham, Surrey, as given to Colonel Anderson from Farnham. This booklet has a number of black and white photographs of the facility during WW1.Mrs Amy Anderson became the Commandant of Red Cross Detachment No. 56 in Surrey Division before the war. During the war, the family gave up Waverley Abbey the family home to the government for it to become the Waverley Abbey Military Hospital. It opened in September 1914, thus becoming one of the first country houses to be converted into a military hospital. Amy was appointed as Commandant of the hospital, with her daughters becoming nurses: Misses Amy, Elizabeth, Anne and Margaret. Miss Amy went on to work at the Astoria Hospital in Paris in 1916 until the end of the war. Miss Elizabeth was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 2nd class, for her nursing service during the war. The Andersons' son fought in WW1 becoming Second-Lieutenant Rupert Darnley Switheen Anderson and by 1934 he was a Lieutenant-Colonel.The Anderson family saw more than 1,000 wounded soldiers each year that the military hospital was open, seeing around 5,000 soldiers throughout the entirety of the war. They were visited by members of the royal family in 1916, 1917 and 1918.Whilst Amy was Commandant of Waverley Abbey, Rupert fought in and survived the war. He served as a Major in the 5th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment and also in the Royal Air Force during the end of the war. He was awarded an O.B.E. in WW1 for his services to the Territorial Army and the Air Force. In January 1918, towards the end of the war, Amy Anderson was also appointed an O.B.E for her help in the upkeep of Waverley Abbey and for her service towards the soldiers that stayed there.In 1919, when the war had ended, Waverley Abbey Hospital was closed. It had been open for 4 and a half years under the care of the Anderson family and to celebrate, they hosted a farewell dinner for the hospital staff.Later that year, Rupert conveyed a part of the Waverley estate to Horace Trimmer, downscaling due to most of his daughters (and his son) marrying and leaving home. By 1931 Amy and Rupert had downscaled even more, expressing in a letter to Lord Farrer of Abinger that 'one cannot afford that kind of amusement' and that they were not 'justified with a large family' any more.Throughout his time in Waverley Abbey, Rupert became integral to the Farnham community. He was the President of the Tilford Institute, Chairman of the managers of the Church of England School, Vicar's warden and he founded Loyal Rupert Anderson Lodge of Oddfellows.Amy Anderson was also at the forefront of town affairs becoming chairwoman of a committee advocating the use of Farnham castle for the Bishop of the Diocese in 1930.Major Rupert Darnley Anderson died on the 23 December 1944, aged 85, from natural causes. He was cremated and his ashes were buried in Tilford churchyard. Mrs Amy Anderson died on the 25h August 1951, aged 84.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Great War M.C. group of seven to Colonel P.T.Pirie, Gordon Highlanders,Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medal with later MID Oakleaf (Capt.P.T.Pirie.); 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal with MID Oakleaf. Very fine or better. (7)Footnotes:M.C. London Gazette 12.12.1919.M.I.D. London Gazette 21.12.1917; 9.7.1919; 23/26.7.1940.Colonel Patrick Taldo Pirie was born on the 17th March 1897. He was the eldest son of Colonel D.V.Pirie whose father was Scottish and his mother French. Although he was educated at Winchester he spent much of his youth at the Chateau de Varennes, Savennieres the home of his grandmother's family, Rousseau de Labrosse.On the 4th August 1914 he was in the House of Commons with his father who was then Member of Parliament for North Aberdeen. After Lord Grey's speech declaring that a state of War existed between Great Britain and Germany. Colonel D.V.Pirie introduced his son to the Foreign Secretary with the words 'Here is your first recruit'. So it was that Colonel Pirie's commission bore the date 4th August 1914.From May 1916 until the end of the War Lieutenant Pirie as he then was and Captain as he soon took part in the fighting in France and Flanders and was awarded the Military Cross.Having decided to make the Army his career he served in the Army of the Rhine, the Black Sea, Malta, Egypt, India and the Sudan as well as at home. He was adjutant of the 1st Battalion from 1924-1927 and was later on the Staff of the Depot. From October 1936 to December 1938 Colonel Pirie was British Officer Instructor at the French Staff College and it was during his stay in Paris that he became engaged and was married, late in 1938, at Berne during a short spell of official duty in Switzerland.From Switzerland Major Pirie as he then was went to the Senior Wing of the Staff College and the day after the war was declared he disembarked at Cherbourg. Later he assumed command of the 6th Battalion. Many of that Battalion will remember being drawn up on the pier at Dunkirk together with a number of French soldiers while Colonel Pirie sent them forward two by two: two French, two Scots- a task in which his command of the French language was invaluable.Colonel Pirie was later posted to North Africa and terminated his military career in Germany. In 1952 he retired to his home in France.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Great War M.M. and pair to Private S.Redford, London Regiment,Military Medal, G.V.R. (321796 Pte S.Redford. 2/6 Lond:R.); British War and Victory Medal (4301 Pte.S.Redford. 6-Lond.R.). Together with a box for WW2 medals addressed to F/O J.S.Redford. Good very fine or better. (Lot)Footnotes:M.M. London Gazette 4.2.1918.Private Stanley Redford was born in 1893, he enlisted at 57a Farringdon Road on the 30th May 1915. He left Southampton for France on the 25th January 1917.He transferred to the Army Pay Corps as 23119 at the end of his service. His date of Disembodiment was on the 2nd May 1919.Sold with copied service papers and MIC confirming pair.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Three to Quartermaster Sergeant M.A.Cameron, Gordon Highlanders,Afghanistan 1878-80, one bar, Kandahar (884. Qr Mr Sgt M.A.Cameron. 92nd Highrs); Kabul to Kandahar Star (884 Q.M.Sergt M.A.Cameron 92nd Highlanders); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, V.R. (884. Sergt M.Cameron. Gord: Highrs:). Light contact marks to the first, otherwise very fine or better. (3)Footnotes:Sergeant Montague Angus Cameron was born at Bangalore, East Indies. He enlisted in June 1862, aged 14. He served in the East Indies between 26.1.1868 to 12.5.1876 and in India from 15.9.1879 until 20.1.1880. He then serves in Afghanistan from 21.1.1880 until 18.10.1880. Then returning to India between 19.10.1880 until 29.1.1881, then to the Cape Colony between 30.1.1881 until 29.1.1882, returning home on the 30.1.1882 until discharge on the 9.6.1883.His medal entitlement is confirmed.Sold with photocopied service papers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Three to Hon Lieutenant Colonel W.A.L.Thompson, Royal Army Medical Corps,Defence Medal; General Service 1918-62, one bar, Palestine 1945-48 (Lt.W.A.L.Thompson. R.A.M.C.); Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R. with T.& A.V.R. suspension, dated 1969. Together with pair to Second Lieutenant A.H.W.Mallalieu, West Riding Regiment, British War and Victory Medal (2.Lieut.A.H.W.Mallalieu.); Silver War Badge (B230294). Together with minor medalets, badges, miniature medals, buttons and two sweetheart brooches. Very fine or better. (Lot)Footnotes:SWB confirmed for Second Lieutenant A.H.W.Mallalieu.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Army Long Service and Good Conduct,V.R., without Hanoverian Arms, fitted with steel clip and straight bar suspension, engraved (Sergt Jas Thomson 92 Foot 1850). Very fine. (1)Footnotes:James Thomson enlisted at Keith on the 7th August 1828. He served at Gibraltar, Malta and the West Indies. He was discharged at Clonmel on the 28th March 1850.Sold with photocopied service papers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Army Long Service and Good Conduct,V.R., impressed (Drum Major Robt. Lang. Staff.). A couple of light edge bruises, otherwise very fine. (1)Footnotes:Drum Major Robert Lang was born, St Margarets, Westminster. Age 12 on enlistment on 6th March 1835 into the Scots Fusilier Guards. Transferred to the 50th Foot on the 1st of August 1848. Discharged on the 24th of March 1863. His pension was increased following 16 years service as Sergeant Instructor on the Permanent Staff of the Volunteer Battalion of the East Kent Regiment. On Census for 1871.Sold with copied service papers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Army Long Service and Good Conduct,V.R. impressed (Serjt Wm Mann, Staff). Evidence of brooch mounting to reverse, otherwise very fine. (1)Footnotes:William Mann was born at Tewkesbury, Wiltshire. He attested for the 56th Foot at Basingstoke on the 9th of May 1812 aged 17years and 65 days. Discharged 14th February 1840. He appears on the Staff LS&GC roll as being awarded his medal in July 1862 in his capacity as a Staff Sergeant of Pensioners.Sold with copied service papers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Army Long Service and Good Conduct,V.R., impressed (Serjt Mr John Starrot. Staff). Small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine. (1)Footnotes:This is considered to be Staff Sergeant of Pensioners John Starrett (as it appears on the Staff LS&GC roll) where 'Sergeant Major' has been crossed through and 'Staff Sergeant' inserted. Sergeant Major John Starrett is shown as having served in the 91st Foot and his medal was sent to the Surveyor of Pensions in Carlisle in 1862. A pension record shows a Sergeant Major John Starrett of the 91st Foot having been admitted to Out Pension on the 13th of August 1850. The 1851 Census shows John Starrett, born in Ireland, his wife Eleanor born in Northumberland and a daughter Eleanor born in the Cape of Good Hope. The census is for Hayton in Cumberland. The 1861 Census shows John Starrett as a Sergeant Major and Staff Sergeant off Pensioners residing in Carlisle, without his wife and daughter. The 1871 and 1881 Census shows John Starrett as a Chelsea Pensioner living in Carlisle without his wife. Probate records for 1886 record John Starrett passing away on the 28th of April 1886 in Edinburgh.Sold with copied service papers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Army Long Service and Good Conduct,V.R. impressed (2277 Serjt Instructor John Kennedy Royal Engrs). Good very fine. (1)Footnotes:The 1850 Census for Southampton shows Private John Kennedy from Ireland age 20. The 1861 Census for the Royal Engineers Establishment, Brompton Barracks records Colour Sergeant John Kennedy from Ireland aged 30 married to Emma Kennedy from Woolwich in Kent. A Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor John Kennedy is recorded in the Probate records as having died at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, on the 26th of July 1868 and showing Emma Kennedy as his widow. Sold with copied service papers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Army Long Service and Good Conduct,V.R. impressed (Staff Clerk E.Higgs, Genl Staff). Small edge nick, otherwise very fine. (1)Footnotes:Staff Clerk Edward Higgs was born in Welwyn, Hertfordshire and attested into the 4th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade on the 10th of February 1858. He transferred to the General Staff on the 1st of January 1870. His LS&GC was awarded in 1876 and he was discharged on the 15th of July 1879 after 21 years 156 days service.Sold with copied service papers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Army Long Service and Good Conduct,V.R. impressed (Garr: Sergt Maj:G.Church. Staff). Lightly toned, extremely fine. (1)Footnotes:Garrison Sergeant Major George Church was born at Priddy, near Wells in Somerset. He enlisted at Portsmouth into the 47th Foot on the 26th of November1857, aged 18 years. He was quickly promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, as Paymasters Clerk. He reverted to Sergeant in November 1861 and reduced to Private for overstaying his pass in April 1862. He left the army in 1863 after 6 years and 95 days. George Church re-enlisted into the 1st/25th Foot in Quebec, Canada, in April 1865. He transferred to the General Staff as Military Staff Clerk in December 1873 before being promoted Garrison Sergeant Major in November 1876. He was finally discharged on March 1889.Sold with copied service papers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Army Long Service and Good Conduct,V.R. impressed (1410 Serjt John Walters Staff) Good very fine. (1)Footnotes:John Walters was born at St.Dunstan's near Canterbury, he had previously been a Pastry Cook prior to his military service. He enlisted under age into the 45th Foot on the 28th of July 1838 and was discharged in the rank of Sergeant on the 31st January 1859. His LS&GC was sent to the G.O.C. Cape in 1865.John Walters papers show an entitlement to the South Africa medal 1853.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

WW2 Bakelite Cap Badges,Very good quality examples with all fasteners present, Home Guard, Devonshire, East Yorks, Wiltshire, Essex, Royal Engineers, RAMC, Royal Arms, Royal Corps of Signals, REME (2 sizes, the small one with some buckling), ATS, Army Catering Corps, Royal Pioneer Corps. Together with a Bakelite Royal Marines collar badge and a KOYLI officer's collar badge in black metal with silver rose centre. Good overall condition. (Lot)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

British Army Cap badges,assorted Regiments to include, Cavalry, Infantry, Scottish Regiments. Framed and glazed for display (85cm x 100cm). (Lot)Footnotes:Not suitable for postage.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Military Reference Books,a selection to include the Monthly Army List April 1885. March past A Memoir by Lord Lovat, 1978, 397pp. A Gordon Highlander by Everett Green, 1910, 272pp. Further books on equipment and weapons, some on the history of Scotland. (22)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Warrant for the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Lieutenant Colonel C.D.Field, 75th Carnatic Infantry, Indian Army,Together with a Regimental photograph of Officer's in frock coats and No.1 dress. (2)Footnotes:D.S.O. London Gazette 1.1.1919.M.I.D. London Gazette 7.4.1919.Lieutenant Colonel Charles Douglas Field served with the Momeik Column in Burma 1891-92 and at Chin Hills 1892-93, he further served in China in 1900. He is entitled to a pair for his WW1 service.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A British Army officer's greatcoat,fitted with buttons for the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles, and rank badge for Second Lieutenant. Light moth and wear overall. (1)Footnotes:Sold not subject to return.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Germany,a citation for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded to Oberleutnant Waldemar v.Gazen Genanni Gaza. Housed in correct folder with gilt embossing by Frieda Thiersch. Some light foxing to the document, the folder with some slight scuffing and with small split at the base fold. (1)Footnotes:Waldemar von Gazen called Waldemar von Gaza was born in Hamburg on the 6th December 1917. He joined the army with Infanterie-Regiment 66 (66th Infantry Regiment) as a Fahnenjunker (Cadet) in 1936. He was promoted to Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) on 1 September 1938 and participated in the Invasion of Poland and the Battle of France as a platoon leader (Zugführer).He was promoted to Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) on 1 September 1940. He was tasked with the leadership of the 2nd company of Schützen-Regiment 66 on the Eastern Front. Von Gazen was promoted to Hauptmann (Captain) and received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) on 18 September 1942 for his achievements in summer of 1942 and the assault on Rostov. Shortly afterwards he was made leader of the I. Bataillon (1st Battalion) of the regiment. In early 1943 he distinguished himself again in combat as the leader of a Kampfgruppe (combat formation) in the Kuban bridgehead. For these actions he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) on 18 January 1943. Von Gazen was made leader of Schützen-Regiment 66 in April 1943 and was officially commander of the regiment on 28 August 1943. His regiment succeeded in holding the German lines in the vicinity of Melitopol against numerous attacks by the Red Army at the end of September 1943. Von Gazen was severely wounded in these battles. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords on 3 October 1943 for the achievements of his regiment. After a period of convalescence he was transferred to the Generalstab des Heeres (General staff of the Army) on 1 July 1944. Here he received a general staff traineeship. He was appointed Ia (operations officer) of the 13. Panzer-Division stationed in Hungary in early September 1944. He was transferred again and appointed Ia of the 2. Panzer-Division in February 1945. Von Gazen was taken prisoner of war at the end of hostilities in Europe and released in 1946.In addition to the Knight's Cross with swords and oakleaves he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class and 2nd Class, Panzer badge in bronze, Wound badge in silver, Tank destruction badge and the German Cross in gold. He was additionally mentioned in the Wehrmachtbreicht. On the 3rd October 1943.The Jägerregiment 138 under the leadership of Oberstleutnant Graf von der Goltz, a Panzer group under the command of Major von Gaza as well as Sturmgeschützabteilung 243 and the Heeres-Panzerjägerabteilung 721 distinguished themselves in the defensive battles south east of Zaporizhia.He died on the 13th January 2014, aged 96.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An MBE Long Service Group of Six Medals, awarded to 1025 W.O.CL.2 S.HOLMAN A.P.C., comprising M.B.E. first type, Military, with silver hallmarks for London 1929, British War Medal, Jubilee Medal 1935, Coronation Medal 1937, Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Geo.V (S.Q.M. SJT) all swing mounted as worn, and General Service Medal 1918-62, with clasp PALESTINE (LIEUT.S.HOLMAN, M.B.E. R.A.P.C.)

A Second World War Group of Five Medals to MI6106 Edward Clark, 49th Edmonton Militia, C.A.S.F., comprising 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Maple Leaf clasp and War Medal, all in boxes of issue, together with related Canadian Militia Soldier's Service and Pay Book, Canadian Army Soldier's Pay Book, Discharge Certificate, photographs, buttons, cloth insignia, photographs, a booklet - Grand Reunion and Welcome Home to the "Forty-niners", Canadian Passports for him and his wife, letters and other ephemera

A First World War OBE Group of Medals, awarded to LT.COL.W.(Wifred) J.(James) DUNN, Army Medical Service comprising OBE Mily. in case of issue, British War Medal and Victory Medal with MID oak leaf, together with printed research material.Footnote:- Wilfred James Dunn was born in Dublin 2nd April 1885, son of James Dunn who worked in the Civil Service. He was educated at St. Andrew's College, Dublin where he attained MB, BCh., BAO 1907. He served in India 1910-16, Mesopotamia 1916-19, CO 41 Cav.Fd.Amb 1916-19, India 1923-28.

A Second World War Group of Eight Medals, awarded to Major J.H. McCulloch R.A.O.C., late Australian A.O.C., comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australia Service Medal, General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp MALAYA and MID oak leaf (Major) and Indian Independance Medal 1947 (Captain), swing mounted as worn, together with his Australian passport, Army in India Identity Card, a group photograph and printed research material

A Group of Three First World War Medals, awarded to REV G.(George) H.(Henry) AYLES-WATERS, Royal Army Chaplain's Department, comprising British War Medal, Victory Medal and General Service Medal (REV., R.A.Ch.D.) with clasp IRAQ, together with printed research material

An Indian Army Pair, comprising India General Service Medal 1908-1935, with clasp NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1908, named to 4771 Sepoy Hazara Singh, 23rd Sikh Pioneers, and Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal 1888, named to 4771 HAV. MAJ. HAZARA SINGH, 2/23/SIKH PNRS. (2)

A Second World War Long Service Group of Four Medals, awarded to 1 852559 W.O.CL.II W.T.DIXON, R.E., comprising 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Geo.V with fixed suspender), swing mounted as worn; a Royal Academy of Arts Bene Merenti Silver Medallion, awarded to BARRY WALTON FOR SCULPTURE 1969, in John Pinces case of issue, with related ephemera; a Pope Paul VI Benemerenti Medallion, 1975 (6)

A Second World War Group of Five Medals, awarded to S/107065 Sergeant W G Archer, Royal Army Service Corps, attached to the West African Army Service Corps (R.W.A.A.F.F.), comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, Defence and War Medal, swing mounted as worn, with R.W.A.F.F. cap badge, his Soldier's Service and Pay Book, Certified Copy of Attestation, Military Motor Vehicle Drivers' Licence, war time photographs and ephemera.Footnote:- William Gordon Archer was born in Darlington in February 1918. He was a butcher by profession and was onetime attached to No.6 (West African) Field Butchery Section whilst serving in Africa and Burma

A First World War Trio, awarded to 18-1655 CPL.S.(Samuel) B.(Balmforth) WOOD, W.YORK:R., comprising 1914-15 Star (PTE.), British War Medal and Victory Medal, loosely mounted on a card display with cap and collar badges, shoulder title and Bandsman trade badge, together with portrait postcards, further trade badges, related ephemera, a short biography and sheet music in a small suitcase stamped S.H.W.Footnote:- Samuel Barmforth Wood (1896-1977) was born in Pudsey, West Yorkshire. His father John was a professional musician and from whom he inherited a talent for music. He was taught to play the trumpet at 5 years old and at the age of 10 years he performed at the Theatre Royal in Leeds and was a King's Trumpeter. He served as a stretcher bearer in the First World War and joined the 2nd Bradford Pals band as solo cornet. On the eve of his 21st birthday he became the youngest bandmaster in the British Army. After the War he went on to study music and obtained a degree of Bachelor of Music. He composed over 2,000 pieces of music, including forty signature tunes, the most famous being the march "West Riding", which was written for the Brighouse and Rastrick Band.

A Quantity of Militaria, including a set of Underwood & Underwood stereoscopic cards 'The South African War' in fitted box as two volumes of books, together with a hand held aluminium and wood stereoscopic viewer, a model of a signal cannon on a wood carriage, a Pith helmet with leather chin strap, four wood swagger sticks with badges to Royal Artillery, London Rifle Volunteer Brigade, Rifle Brigade and Royal Army Service Corps, an inert Mills bomb, a wooden copy of a stick grenade, a photograph album relating to the Rifle Brigade and various pieces of ephemera etc.

A Second World War Japanese "Good Luck" Flag, of red and cream printed cotton, with numerous ink signatures and inscriptions, with hand stitched hem, 75cm by 103cmFootnote:- Brought back from the war by the vendor's father who was a signaller (designated rank of Gunner) in the 14th Army (Royal Artillery) 17th Indian Division ('Black Cat' Division)Condition report: Small frayed holes and some staining.

A Quantity of Militaria, First World War to the1950's, including an army officer's No.2 dress tunic and trousers, a battledress jacket, shirt, tie and webbing belt to a Lieutenant Royal Signals, various berets and caps, webbing belts, canteens, webbing satchels, a radio transmitter etc, in two boxes.

A Norwegian Army Issue Wood Sledge, painted red with rope bound grips and steel runners, some repairs, 190cm by 61cm by 18cm

A Second World War No.2 Dress Uniform, to a Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps, comprising a tunic with bronze collar badges and rank pips, brass buttons and shoulder titles, with Eastern Command formation patches and a lanyard, 42" chest, and a pair of trousers, 32" waist; a Second World War No.2 Dress Uniform, to a Private, the Kings Own Royal Regiment, comprising a tunic with brass buttons, collar badges and shoulder titles, with First World medal ribbon bars, labelled Size 14 N.S. (40" chest) dated 1934, and a pair of trousers labelled size Small 30" waist, dated 1939 (4)Condition report: 1 - Small areas of moth damage, generally in good clean condition.2 - Some loss of thread to pocket linings, generally in good clean condition.

A US Civil War Cut Throat Razor by Wostenholme of Sheffield, the blade tang stamped with maker's name, the pressed horn grip scales decorated with laurel leaves, oak leaves and acorns enclosing cartouche panels showing the figures of Charles Blucher and Baily Platoff of the Union Army, 15.5cm closed; a German Cut Throat Razor, the concave blade etched "The Hamburg Ring", stamped Solingen, with ivorine grip scales,16cm closed (2)Condition report: Good used condition.

A First World War Austrian Army Trench Knife, the 21cm single edge steel blade with spear point, the ricasso stamped Z, with steel elliptical crossguard, the beech grip scales attached by three steel rivets, the steel scabbard bearing traces of original olive green paint, with leather belt loop threaded through the slotted suspender, 35.5cmCondition report: Black patching to blade, small split to one edge of one grip scale and bruising to the pommel end. The scabbard bears traces of original olive green paint.

Family Group: Three: Driver H. Luck, 57th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who died of pneumonia on 26 October 1918 1914 Star (54729 Dvr: H. Luck. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (54729 Dvr. H. Luck. R.A.) good very fine Pair: Private A. Luck, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 28 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (6379 Pte. A. Luck. Midd’x R.) good very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Hugh Luck was born at Goudhurst, Kent on 11 June 1899, and attested for the Royal Field Artillery. He served with the 57th Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914, and was later attached to 5th Army Brigade Headquarters. He died of pneumonia in France on 26 October 1918, aged 29, and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Albert Luck was born in Goudhurst, Kent and attested for the Middlesex Regiment. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action at Arras on 28 April 1917, aged 22. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Hugh and Albert Luck were the sons of Edward Henry Luck and Mary Ann Luck, of Goudhurst, Kent, and are additionally commemorated on the Goudhurst War Memorial; on two panels in the porch of St. Mary’s Church, Goudhurst; and on a family grave stone in the church graveyard.

Three: Private H. Jones, Gloucestershire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (11433 Pte. H. Jones. Glouc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (11433 Pte. H. Jones. Glouc. R.) light contact marks, nearly very fine Three: Private R. Bowman, Border Regiment and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (17837 Pte. R. Bowman. Bord. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17837 Pte. R. Bowman. Bord. R.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Harry Jones attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 July 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and was re-numbered 162764, before being discharged Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 7 March 1919. Robert Bowman was born at Whitburn, Sunderland, and attested for the Border Regiment at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 31 August 1914. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 September 1915; later transferring to the 65th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, he was re-numbered 74544, and saw further service in Salonika. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 11 May 1919.

Three: Brigade-Surgeon J. H. Finnemore, Army Medical Department China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Asst. Surgn. J. H. Finnemore. No. 4 B. 13th Bde. Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming; Abyssinia 1867 (Surgeon J. H. Finnemore H.M. 45th Regt.); Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Surgn. Major J. H. Finnemore, 1873-4) light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £700-£900 --- James Horridge Finnemore was born in Dublin on 7 October 1830, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon on the Staff on 23 June 1854; appointed to the Royal Artillery, 1 July 1857; Surgeon on the Staff, 11 January 1867; appointed to the 45th Foot, 9 November 1867; Staff, 13 April 1872; Army Medical Department, Surgeon-Major, 11 January 1873; retired on half-pay with Hon. rank of Brigade Surgeon, 11 February 1880. He served in the Royal Artillery with the expedition to China in 1860, and was present at actions of Sinho and Tangku, capture of Taku Forts, actions near Tangchow, and surrender of Pekin (Medal with two Clasps). Served with the 45th Regiment in the Abyssinian campaign, and was present at the capture of Magdala (Medal). Served in the Ashantee war of 1873-74 (Medal). Brigade-Surgeon Finnemore died in Dublin on 23 January 1908.

Seven: Private J. Spain, East Lancashire Regiment, later Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Artillery, who was wounded in 1916 whilst service with the Kut Relief Force in Mesopotamia 1914-15 Star (7524 Pte. J. Spain. E. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7524 Pte. J. Spain. E. Lan. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (742322 Sjt. J. Spain. R.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (742322 B.Q.M. Sjt. J. Spain. R.A.) last with named card box of issue and outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. J. Spain, 32 North Erskine Street, Dundee’, contact marks to the Great War awards, these very fine, the rest nearly extremely fine (7) £300-£400 --- John Spain was born in Oldham, Lancashire, in 1898 and attested for the East Lancashire Regiment on 28 August 1914. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 23 September 1915, and the following year in Mesopotamia as part of the Kut Relief Force. The Battalion, as part of the 13th Division, took part in the attack on the Dujaila Redoubt, 7-9 March 1916, the Battles of Hanna and Fallahiyeh, 5-8 April 1916, and the Battles of Bait Aisa and Sannaiyat, 17-22 April. Wounded during his service with the Kut Relief Force, Spain was subsequently discharged on account of his wounds on 13 July 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Spain joined the Territorial Army following the cessation of hostilities and was posted to the Royal Artillery. Advanced Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, he served during the Second World War at the Royal Artillery Practice Camp batteries at Tilshead, Otterburn, and Redesdale, and was awarded his Efficiency Medal in 1943. Following the cessation of hostilities he was posted to 79 Field Regiment in Germany, as part of the British Army of the Rhine, in September 1945, and was released on 10 July 1946. Re-enlisting, he was awarded a Second Award Bar to his Efficiency Medal in 1950, and was finally discharged on 15 October 1952. He died in Dundee on 28 June 1956. Sold with various riband bars; Army Council enclosure for the Second War awards, with card box of issue; Record Office enclosure for the Second Award Bar to the Efficiency Medal, in OHMS envelope; and copied research.

Three: Private H. Flower, 1st Battalion, London Regiment, who was discharged due to wounds in June 1918 1914-15 Star (2551 Pte. H. Flower. 1-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2551 Pte. H. Flower. 1-Lond. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘412601’, very fine Three: Private A. A. Slowgrove, 6th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment 1914-15 Star (2640 Pte. A. A. Slowgrove, 6-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2640 Cpl. A. A. Slowgrove. 6-Lond. R.) cleaned, otherwise very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Henry Flower attested for the London Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 March 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 17 June 1918, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 412601, at the age of 41. His home address for his Army pension was at ‘Flora Tee’, Elstead Street, Walworth, London S.E. Ashby Arthur Slowgrove attested for the London Regiment and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 March 1915. He was later re-numbered 320805.

Four: Driver J. Byrne, Royal Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (851 Dvr. J. Byrne. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T-851 Dvr. J. Byrne. A.S.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (S4-252792 Dvr. J. Byrne. R.A.S.C.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Joseph Byrne attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 February 1915. He was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 65 of 1921.