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WW1 SLOUCH HAT, LINCOLNSHIRE YEOMANRY. A scarce First World War slouch hat, felt construction with folded cloth pagri bearing cloth formation badge in the colours of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry on left side, complete with original leather sweat band and thin leather chin strap, the item belonged to Major Charles Wilson who served with the Lincolnshire Yeomanry during the First World War in Egypt, Palestine and France, Major Wilson was Mentioned in Despatches by General Allenby, C in C Egyptian Expeditionary Force (London Gazette 14th June 1918, page 7049), he was part of the Wilsons of Sharrow (Sheffield) tobacco company family, the Lincolnshire Imperial Yeomanry was formed in May 1901 when the Boer War was in progress but although some men served in South Africa with the 22nd (Cheshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry, they were in insufficient enough numbers to qualify the regiment for the South Africa 1901/1902 battle honour, on the transfer of the Yeomanry Regiments to the Territorial Force in 1908 the regiments name changed to The Lincolnshire Yeomanry, the regiment served in the Mesopotamia campaign in Palestine and Egypt in WW1, on the reorganisation of the army after WW1 and not wishing to convert to either a Royal Artillery or Tank Corps unit, the regiment was disbanded in 1920, item comes directly from family, qty.

OFFICERS MESS DRESS UNIFORM, LINCOLNSHIRE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY. Officers Mess Dress Uniform to the Lincolnshire Imperial Yeomanry, shell jacket in Lincoln Green cloth, white faced collar and cuffs edged in silver bullion lace and cord, silver cord shoulder boards with bullion embroidered rank insignia for a Major, regimental pattern buttons to the cuffs and shoulder boards two pairs of overalls in Lincoln Green cloth with double white stripes down the outside seams, also included are two officers caps in Lincoln Green cloth with white band and piping to the crown, one cap has the Lincolnshire Imperial Yeomanry cap badge in white metal with two pairs of blades to the reverse, the other is in white metal (plated silver?) with two loops, this cap also has Field Officers bullion lace to the peak, the items belonged to Major Charles Wilson who served with the Lincolnshire Yeomanry during the First World War in Egypt, Palestine and France, Major Wilson was Mentioned in Despatches by General Allenby, C in C Egyptian Expeditionary Force (London Gazette 14th June 1918, page 7049), he was part of the Wilsons of Sharrow (Sheffield) tobacco company family, the Lincolnshire Imperial Yeomanry was formed in May 1901 when the Boer War was in progress but although some men served in South Africa with the 22nd (Cheshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry, they were in insufficient enough numbers to qualify the regiment for the South Africa 1901/1902 battle honour, on the transfer of the Yeomanry Regiments to the Territorial Force in 1908 the regiments name changed to The Lincolnshire Yeomanry, the regiment served in the Mesopotamia campaign in Palestine and Egypt in WW1, on the reorganisation of the army after WW1 and not wishing to convert to either a Royal Artillery or Tank Corps unit, the regiment was disbanded in 1920, items come directly from family, qty.

ATTRIBUTED BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS MESS DRESS UNIFORM TO THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS. Attributed British Army Mess Dress Uniform to the South Wales borderers, scarlet Melton cloth jacket with 'grass green' cloth collar, cuffs and shoulder straps, South Wales Borderers regimental buttons to the front, metal rank stars for a captain to shoulder straps, green quilted silk lining with label to collar for 'A.H. Sharpland, Ladies & Gents Tailor, Brecon', piece of lined paper in jacket pocket contains the following information, 'Richard Hugh Warde Fowler 2/LT 27.8.36, LT 27.8.39, CAPT 27.8.44, MAJOR 27.8.49, blue cloth overalls with instep straps and scarlet welt to each side seam, label at waist to 'F.W. Flight, Military Outfitters, Winchester & Aldershot' named to 'LT. H.G.C. FOWLER', records show Hugh Griffith Coke Fowler, born 12th January 1882 at Brecon in Wales, enlisted in the army in 1901, he entered France with the 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers on 1st December 1914 as part of 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, he ended the war with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, an award of the D.S.O. and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 22.06.1915), also entitled to the 1914-15 Star, 1914-1918 British War medal, and Victory medal, he passed away on 7th February 1947 aged 65, his son, Richard Hugh Warde Fowler, was born in October 1916, records show his various promotions in the army from 1936 onwards, he is shown as wounded during WW2 with the rank of Temporary Major in the 6th Battalion South Wales Borderers, date of casualty shows 'D.N.R.' (Date Not Recorded), 6th SWB was formed in 1940 and transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in 1942 as 158 Regiment RAC, it reverted back to the infantry role as 6th SWB in 1943 and went to Burma as part of 72nd Infantry Brigade, 36th Division and this is likely where RHW Fowler was wounded, the Mess Dress conforms to the 1911 Dress Regulations for the Army, whether it was passed from father to son is unknown, an interesting historical item.

INDIAN ARMY DSO GROUP (52ND SIKHS). DSO grouping to Lieutenant Colonel C.P. Winter, 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force), Distinguished Service Order (George V), India 1895 Medal with clasps 'Malakand 1897' and Punjab Frontier 1897-98' (LIEUT. C.P. WYNTER 2ND F.F.), Africa General Service Medal 1902 with clasps 'Jidballi' and 'Somaliland 1902-04' (CAPT. C.P. WYNTER 52ND SIKHS), 1914-15 Star (LT. COL. C.P. WYNTER 52/SIKHS F.F.), 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal with oak leaf device (LT.COL C.P. WYNTER), General Service Medal 1918 with clasps 'Iraq' and 'Kurdistan' (LT. COL. C.P. WYNTER), mounted as worn together with miniature medal bar with the same awards, two medal ribbon bars and a framed photograph of Colonel Winters in uniform, Charles Phillip Wynter was born on 12th July 1869 ands commissioned into the Suffolk Regiment on 17th January 1891, he attended the Indian Staff College as a Lieutenant in September 1893 and was promoted Captain in the Indian Army on 10th July 1901 joining the 2nd (Hill) Sikhs (this regiment was redesignated 52nd Sikhs, Frontier Force, in 1903), Colonel Wynter is shown on operations North West Frontier 1897-98, and in Somaliland 1903-04 where the regiment was engaged in numerous skirmishes and culminated in the Battle of Jidballi, Wynter was Second in Command and double company commander 52nd Sikhs November 1914, the regiment remained in India on the outbreak of WW1 and served on operations in the Tochi Valley between November 1914 and March 1915, where Wynter was Mentioned in Despatches for gallantry, including at the battle of Spina Khairosa, the 52nd Sikhs served on the N.W. Frontier until December 1917 with Wynter becoming Commanding Officer in 1916, the regiment was then posted to Mesopotamia to serve with 54th Indian Infantry Brigade, 18th Indian Division, the regiment saw limited action before the war ended but Wynters was involved in a number of skirmishes, notably when the Gendarmes mutinied at Amadia, in July 1919 the regiment was posted to Kurdistan where Colonel Wynter was awarded the DSO for his actions at the ambush at Magurkha Gorge, Colonel Wynter was mentioned in despatches on no less then five occasions, in Somaliland, the North West Frontier, Mesopotamia and Waziristan, Colonel Wynter retired from the army in 1920.

SECOND WORLD WAR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS GROUPING. Second World War Distinguished Service Cross grouping, D.S.C. hallmarked London, 1942, stamped 'S.G.' for Garrard & Co Ltd, London, engraved '1941' to the reverse, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, 1939-1945 British War Medal, Naval general Service Medal (1918) (LIEUT. G.D NUTT D.S.C. R.N.), Geoffrey Dyson Nutt was born on 3rd July 1916 at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, he attended Hymers College in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on leaving he obtained his civilian Flying License with Hull Aero Club, he joined the Territorial Army as an officer being granted his commission in 1934, he later went on to join the Royal Navy in the Fleet Air Arm in 1938 and obtained his commission as Sub Lieutenant in 1940, trained as an Observer he served on the Aircraft Carrier HMS Glorious with 812 NAS (Naval Air Squadron), leaving the ship a few weeks before she was sunk with a huge loss in lives to join 767 NAS, a training squadron, he served with 767 Sqn. near Toulon in the South of France where it took on operational duties including a bombing raid on Genoa in Italy, with the fall of France the squadron evacuated to Algeria and was split, one part, including Nutt, going to Malta where it formed 830 NAS based at St. Angelo, the squadron carried out torpedo attacks on Italian merchant shipping and Italian Navy vessels, and bombing raids on port installations in Sicily and Libya, it was during one of these raids that the Swordfish aircraft on which Nutt was the Observer, was shot down at Zwara near Tripoli on 6th May 1941, he was captured, unwounded, along with the pilot Lt. N.K. Campbell, the Air Gunner, P.O. William Gracie Tennant died of wounds, a newspaper article at the time reads in part, '.. his parents have just received a letter from him in which he says his plane came down in the Mediterranean and after swimming and floating for some time he was washed ashore on a rocky part of the coast. He managed to escape without a scratch however, being protected from the rocks by his bulky flying kit. The Pilot was picked up the next morning little the worse, but the Air gunner was dead when found. Lieut. Nutt states that he was kindly treated when found by Italian soldiers..', Nutt was awarded the D.S.C. in the Birthday Honours List, London Gazette 1st July 1941, page 3745, his Prisoner of War Questionnaire filled out after he was liberated shows is POW number as 3292, after capture he was incarcerated at Camp 17, Rezzanello, Italy between 7/41-4/42, Camp 35 at Padula 4/42-7/43, Camp 19 at Bologna 7/43-9/43, Milag (Marine-Internierten Lager- Naval Internment Camp) & Marlag (Marinelager- Naval POW Camp), Marlag (O) Westertimke, Germany 10/43-4/45, Oflag 10c Lubeck 4/45-2/5/45, it also shows he was interrogated for two days at Tripoli after capture and that he made several escape attempts, 'Escaped with a large number of other officers at 0430 9th September 1943 when the Germans took over the camp at Bologna, Italy. The Italians after some hesitation opened a gate at the rear of the camp. I was recaptured in a wood at 1030 the same day.On 26th May 1944 I hid in one of a number of large cupboards which were being transported from my camp in Germany by lorry. Lorry searched at main gate and I was discovered. Two months previously I helped to construct a tunnel which fell in on reaching a trench which had been dug by the Germans around the camp.', after the war Nutt was offered the chance to remain on the active list in the Royal Navy which he accepted, serving on until 1958 with the Communications Branch, he married in 1950 and passed away in 2003, also with ephemera including, Kings Letter on Buckingham Palace headed notepaper forwarding his award (D.S.C.) to him, with facsimile signature of King George VI, Air Ministry Certificate of Competency and License to Fly Private Flying Machines to Geoffrey Dyson Nutt dated 6.2.1936, Aviation Certificate number 13551 to Geoffrey Dyson Nutt issued by Royal Aero Club, 119 Piccadilly, London, dated 26.5.1936, Territorial Army Officers Commission to 2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Dyson Nutt, East Riding Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery with facsimile signature of King George V, dated 9th August 1934, Royal Navy Officers Commission as Sub Lieutenant to Geoffrey Dyson Nutt, dated 15th June 1940 with seniority shown as 4th July 1939, with facsimile signature of King George VI, Watch Keepers Certificate to Lt. Nutt from Captain, HMS Victorious dated 8.6.1946, letter (torn in to 4 pieces) from Honours & Awards Branch, Admiralty, dated 19.6.1946 informing Nutt that his D.S.C. together with Kings letter was forwarded to HMS Victorious on 8th May 1946, letter from Admiralty to Nutt re decision to accept retention on Active List in R.N. dated 15.8.1946, letter from Admiralty acknowledging Nutts marriage dated 20.11.1950, CV to Lt. Cdr G.D. Nutt with summery of qualifications and experience, letter of appreciation to Nutt from Officer Commanding Communications Branch on his retirement dated 3.6.1958, quantity of pre and post WW2 Commanding Officers annual report slips, hand written notes, stapled together, listing courses and ships drafts in R.N. sea time, correspondence between Nutt and Admiralty, etc from 4th July 1938, letter from HMS Centurion re confirmation of entitlement to WW2 campaign medalsBaptism Card to Geoffrey Dyson Nutt dated 5th August 1916, University of London GSE (General School Examination) Certificate for six subjects to G.D. Nutt dated July 1933, University of London Matriculation Certificate to G.D. Nutt dated January 1935, reference letter for Nutt from the Headmaster, Hymers College, Hull dated 22.3.33, song sheet-the Hymers College School Song, ink and watercolour drawing of the Hymers College school crest signed 'G.D. Nutt, February 1st 1929', Confirmation Certificate to Geoffrey Dyson Nutt dated 30.3.1933, etc, (qty).

WW2 JAPANESE SHIN GUNTO SIGNED NAGAMITSU SAKU. Second World War Japanese Army Officer's Shin Gunto, medium to high grade Gendaito, curved steel blade signed Nagamitsu Saka, Hamon ko gunome with ashi and shoji midare, light brown cloth Ito, one mekugi, regulation copper mounts, held in steel green painted saya, Nagamitsu was listed as a Rikugun Jumei Tosho (Army approved swordsmith), the "saka" stamp on the nakago or nakago-mune would indicate a blade made for the Osaka Rikugun Zoheisho (Osaka Army Arsenal), most WW2 period Japanese officers and NCOs swords were mass produced, machine made with a few hand made but not using traditional methods, there were even fewer, like this sword, made by smiths using the traditional methods, these included Yasukuni Shrine smiths, those of the Gassan School, and Chounsai Emura as well as Ichihara Nagamitsu.

GEORGE V 1897 PATTERN OFFICERS SWORD WITH CLAN CREST. George V 1897 Pattern Officers Sword, straight engraved steel blade with crown over 'GR', maker/retailer 'G.H. Hall, Sheffield' to ricasso, also engraved to the blade is the crest and motto of the Clan Robertson, wire bound fish skin grip, hilt with cypher of King George V, leather sword knot attached, held in leather covered field service scabbard, vendor states he was given the sword by his mother, who had purchased it, when a young officer in the Gloucester Regiment in Germany in 1958, he carried it throughout his army career, the sword presumably was originally owned by an officer with connections to the Clan Robertson.

FIRST WORLD WAR PAIR OF MEDALS AWARDED TO 2ND LIEUTENANT P. KEEVES. First World War pair of medals, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal (2 LIEUT. P KEEVES), mounted as worn, together with a pin back medal ribbon bar to the same medals, a tunic button to Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps, and an Imperial German army tunic button.

WW1 FRENCH VIVEN-BESSIERES RIFLE GRENADE PROJECTILE. First World War French Viven-Bessieres Rifle Grenade Projectile, marked 'AF' to the top, in use with the French army from 1916 and later the U.S. Army, inert, from private collection, (Please note this item is being sold in the United Kingdom and responsibility for collecting/shipping resides with the buyer).

ATTRIBUTED ROYAL NAVAL OFFICERS SWORD. Second World War period Royal Navy Officers Sword, steel blade etched with Royal Coat of Arms to one side with a fouled anchor surmounted by an Imperial Crown to the other, gilt brass hilt with crowned fouled anchor, folding rear guard, wire bound shagreen grip with lions head pommel, bullion sword knot, held in brass mounted leather scabbard with two suspension rings, the sword belonged to Lieutenant commander G.D Nutt D.S.C. R.N., Geoffrey Dyson Nutt was born on 3rd July 1916 at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, he attended Hymers College in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on leaving he obtained his civilian Flying License with Hull Aero Club, he joined the Territorial Army as an officer being granted his commission in 1934, he later went on to join the Royal Navy in the Fleet Air Arm in 1938 and obtained his commission as Sub Lieutenant in 1940, trained as an Observer he served on the Aircraft Carrier HMS Glorious with 812 NAS (Naval Air Squadron), leaving the ship a few weeks before she was sunk with a huge loss in lives to join 767 NAS, a training squadron, he served with 767 Sqn. near Toulon in the South of France where it took on operational duties including a bombing raid on Genoa in Italy, with the fall of France the squadron evacuated to Algeria and was split, one part, including Nutt, going to Malta where it formed 830 NAS based at St. Angelo, the squadron carried out torpedo attacks on Italian merchant shipping and Italian Navy vessels, and bombing raids on port installations in Sicily and Libya, it was during one of these raids that the Swordfish aircraft on which Nutt was the Observer, was shot down at Zwara near Tripoli on 6th May 1941, he was captured, unwounded, along with the pilot Lt. N.K. Campbell, the Air Gunner, P.O. William Gracie Tennant died of wounds, a newspaper article at the time reads in part, '.. his parents have just received a letter from him in which he says his plane came down in the Mediterranean and after swimming and floating for some time he was washed ashore on a rocky part of the coast. He managed to escape without a scratch however, being protected from the rocks by his bulky flying kit. The Pilot was picked up the next morning little the worse, but the Air gunner was dead when found. Lieut. Nutt states that he was kindly treated when found by Italian soldiers..', Nutt was awarded the D.S.C. in the Birthday Honours List, London Gazette 1st July 1941, page 3745, his Prisoner of War Questionnaire filled out after he was liberated shows is POW number as 3292, after capture he was incarcerated at Camp 17, Rezzanello, Italy between 7/41-4/42, Camp 35 at Padula 4/42-7/43, Camp 19 at Bologna 7/43-9/43, Milag (Marine-Internierten Lager- Naval Internment Camp) & Marlag (Marinelager- Naval POW Camp), Marlag (O) Westertimke, Germany 10/43-4/45, Oflag 10c Lubeck 4/45-2/5/45, it also shows he was interrogated for two days at Tripoli after capture and that he made several escape attempts, 'Escaped with a large number of other officers at 0430 9th September 1943 when the Germans took over the camp at Bologna, Italy. The Italians after some hesitation opened a gate at the rear of the camp. I was recaptured in a wood at 1030 the same day.On 26th May 1944 I hid in one of a number of large cupboards which were being transported from my camp in Germany by lorry. Lorry searched at main gate and I was discovered. Two months previously I helped to construct a tunnel which fell in on reaching a trench which had been dug by the Germans around the camp.', after the war Nutt was offered the chance to remain on the active list in the Royal Navy which he accepted, serving on until 1958 with the Communications Branch, he married in 1950 and passed away in 2003.

GROUPING TO 22/21 SAS VETERAN MAJOR STUART PERRY A grouping of items Special Air Service veteran Major Stuart Perry including, a sand coloured private purchase officers beret with bullion embroidered Special Air Service badge, maker 'Herbert Johnson, 38 Bond Street, London, W', Officers Canadian made 1949 Pattern Battledress Blouse, bronze rank crowns to epaulette's, c1950's period SAS parachute wings to right sleeve, embroidered 'Special Air Service' titles to both shoulders, medal ribbon bar for the Defence Medal, 1939-1945 British War Medal, and General Service Medal (Malaya), sewn to left breast, makers details to interior to 'Master Craft Uniform Co. Reg'd Quebec', dated 1955, size 22, Height 5' 7" to 5' 8", breast 41-42, a second pattern Denison Smock, quarter zip in brass with 'Swift' slider to front, 'Newey' press studs throughout, 'tail' with press studs for fastening to the back, knitted cuffs (no signs of any tabs ever having been fitted so this is believed to be a later version of the 2nd Pattern from after 1952 when the the knitted cuffs were reverted in the specifications, the 3rd Patter Denison Smock with full length zip was issued in 1959, the original cuffs appear to have been replaced with sock tops in blue), silk/nylon panels added to the inside of the collar presumably for comfort, Photographs: a framed photograph showing Major Perry, while a captain, at a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, he is on the left of the main group, interestingly, the gentleman 2nd from the right appears to be wearing the badge of the Free French parachute battalions which was a British Parachute Regiment cap badge with the crown removed, many of these men went into the 3rd and 4th (French) SAS regiments (2 and 3 Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes) 24 cm x 19.5 cm, this photograph also comes with the original negative, group photograph of SAS officers, circa early 1960s, Major Perry (12th Lancers,17 Troop, D Squadron 22 SAS Malaya, 21 SAS)can be seen 2nd row down, 2nd from left, also seen in the photograph 2nd row up on the exreme right can be seen Major Charles Laurence Dare Newell (WW2 SOE in Albania, Force 136 SOE Malaya 1945, Malayan Scouts, OC D Squadron 22 SAS Malaya), sitting 2nd from the right in the front row is Lieutenant Colonel Jonn Woodhouse (Dorset Regiment WW2, Malayan Scouts, OC D Squadron 22 SAS Malaya 1957, 2i/c 22 SAS 1960, CO 22 SAS 1962) all three of these men were instrumental in establishing the rigorous selection procedure for the SAS, the officer sitting in the centre of the front row wears his wings on his left breast above his medal ribbons indicating a WW2 veteran with a least one operational parachute jump, two very scarce original photographic negatives of operations in Malaya, the first shows the view from the door of a helicopter flying over the jungle, Major Perry's rifle barrel silhouetted against the trees, the second shows an SAS patrol in a boat on a river (17 Troop was the Boat Troop of D Squadron), photograph of an RAF Aeronautical Chart of Malaya, marked to show SAS Operations in the 1950s, the bottom right hand corner of the chart is dated 1957, colour print of RAF Aeronautical Chart of Malaya showing SAS Operations conducted in the 1950s, the map is marked with red and green flags, showing jungle forts and insertion points, a separate piece of paper states 'Forts Red Flags, North to South, Kemar, Legal, Chablis, Brooke, Iskander, Insertion points Green Flags, East to West Long Jims Ladang, Paddy's Ladang' (a ladang was a plantation or field), other side of the paper reads 'Operational Areas 1950-1959, Malayan Scouts-22 Special Air Service Regiment', jungle 'forts' were used by the security forces to conduct operations against the MNLA (Malayan National Liberation Army), colour print copy of same map, colour print copy of a close up section of the same map, these were all possibly used as training/lecture aids, black and white photocopy of an original map used by Major Perry in Malaya, showing the area of operations for his unit, two positions are clearly marked, insertion points 'Long Jims Ladang' and 'Paddy's Ladang', a printed French SAS souvenir handkerchief, the centre is a maroon beret above which is the legend 'qui ose gagne' (Who Dares Wins), and in each of the corners SAS related emblems, Free French parachute wings, SAS badge with the motto 'Who Dares Wins', SAS parachute wings, and the initials 'SAS', three embroidered SAS Regiment cap/beret badges, circa 1950s/early 60s, they measure 5 cm x 4 cm and are sewn onto pieces of material, the vendor states that Major, being very proud of his service in the regiment, sewed the badges to his civilian pullovers, the badges have been cut from these, Malaya Command Formation Sign, yellow Kris embroidered on a green background, the badge is sewn on a piece of jungle green cloth and was removed from Major Perrys uniform, SAS blazer buttons, blue regimental badge to the centre, 4 x 20mm buttons, 6 x 12 mm buttons, pair of 15 carat gold cufflinks, Birmingham 2007, oval with SAS regimental badge and the initials 'SP' engraved to the front of each pairing, reverse stamped '15 625', SAS lapel pin, SAS tie pin, SAS (Artists) tie pin, commemorative coaster in Welsh slate to the 62nd Anniversary of the Malayan Emergency, 1951-2013, 'D Sqn 22nd Special Air Service', all items come directly from family, (qty).James Stuart Perry was born on February 21 1926 in Birkenhead, his father Samuel won the M.C on the Somme while serving with the Kings regiment, he was commissioned into the 12th (Prince of Wales) Royal Lancers in 1945 after passing out of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he was posted on secondment to The Kenya Armoured Car Regiment in anticipation of it being moved to Burma but on the surrender of the Japanese, the unit was sent to Somaliland, in 1953, Perry, whose regiment had recently been posted to Malaya for service in the 'Emergency' was posted to D Squadron Malayan Scouts/22 SAS to command 17 (Boat) Troop, at the end of WW2 the regular SAS regiments were disbanded, 21 SAS was formed in 1947 as part of the Territorial Army, to act as a reconnaissance unit in the event of a war in Europe, at the start of the emergency, Z squadron of 21 SAS was sent to Malaya and formed the Malayan Scouts, to these men were added volunteers of former WW2 SAS men stood down from service in Korea and from units already in country, initially 2 Squadrons strong, C squadron, raised in Rhodesia joined later, and then D Squadron, raised in 1953, the Malayan Scouts were later renamed 22nd Special Air Service Regiment and reinstated into the regular army, Perrys first Squadron commander was Johnny Cooper one of the original WW2 members of L Detachment/ SAS, Perrys obituary in The Times reads in part 'Perry’s squadron commander, John Cooper, one of the original members of the SAS in North Africa, described the rigours of one operation at the latter end of 1953. The squadron, which owing to leave, training, sickness and parachuting accidents, was just 40 strong, was in the jungle continuously for 122 days, supplied throughout by air. Fifteen men went down with fever or malaria, and two were killed in a CT ambush.

PRE WW1 ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY FULL DRESS JACKET. Pre First World War Royal Horse Artillery O/R's Full Dress Jacket, blue cloth waist length jacket edged with yellow worsted cord, mix of Queen Victoria Crown and Kings Crown brass regimental ball buttons with double cord braids across the front with a loop at each end, scarlet cloth collar edged with yellow cord, single inverted Good Conduct chevron (2 years service) to left cuff with bullion embroidered 1898 Pattern, Battery 3rd Prize Badge for Gunnery above, white blanket lining, stamped to interior with 'R.H.A.' and two regimental numbers '20729' and '18137', Royal Army Clothing Factory acceptance stamp to sleeve lining, also includes yellow worsted caplines, no size label but approx sizes, shoulder to shoulder 17" (43cm), armpit to cuff 18" (46cm)

BRITISH ARMY HUSSAR ACCOUTREMENTS. British army Busby accoutrements to the 14th Hussars, yellow busby bag, white plume, and yellow worsted cap lines (to encircle the busby), (3.

PRE WW1 BRITISH O/R'S FULL DRESS TUNIC. Pre First World War O/R's full dress tunic badged to the Royal Sussex Regiment, blue facings of a 'Royal' regiment cuffs and bottom of collar with white piping, Kings Crown General Service buttons throughout, Royal Sussex Regiment collar badges and shoulder titles in gilding metal, white blanket lining, remains of Royal Army Clothing Factory label to interior, with pre WW1 RACF stamp of a broad arrow flanked by the letters 'WD' over the letter 'D', while the date on the label is unreadable the 'pointed' shoulder straps, and white piping at the bottom of the collar indicates this tunic to date from 1913-1914.

FOUR WW2 DIARIES 1941-1944. Four Second World War Diaries, the diaries cover every day from January 1st 1941 to 31st December 1944, the 1941 and 1942 diaries are completely hand written, each daily entry starts with the prevailing weather conditions followed by domestic and local news, ongoing medical conditions and chores done, this is followed by war news, air raids on UK, air raids against Germany, campaign in North Africa etc, the diary covering 1943 changes on 4th May, from that date hand written entries on the weather and domestic activities are accompanied by newspaper cuttings covering the war news, it appears the author had been copying the newspaper entries in the earlier diaries, although not named the author was a member of the Home Guard in the village or area of Rollesby in Norfolk, and celebrated his 79th birthday in January 1943, the diaries give a blow by blow account of every event in WW2, from the sinking of the Bismarck, fall of Tobruk and Singapore, German invasion of Greece, Crete, and Russia, entry of the United States into the war, raids on Bruneval and Dieepe, the Allied victory in North Africa, Stalingrad, D-Day, etc, interestingly the war news is quite candid at times with British and Allied losses detailed as well as German, also interesting is the fact the author offers no opinion on the progress of the war with more detail given to what had been planted his garden, still fascinating to read, the entries on the German advance to Stalingrad in 1942 and eventual defeat there in February 1943 is quite gripping, the entries on the Home Guard, while brief, are also quite illuminating, lectures on various weapons, filling sandbags at Rollesby Bridge, turning up at meetings only to find no one else was attending, and having to give his rifle over to a new recruit as he was now attached to the Staff, shades of Dads Army, an interesting historical collection, (4).

EARLY 20TH CENTURY MILITARY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM CIRCA 1902-5. Early 20th century military photograph album circa 1902-5, the photographs appear to be mainly of Officers and soldiers of the Norfolk Regiment and includes, Cadets at Sandhurst with Colour Sergeant wearing the distinctive staff cap badge of the College, Cadet football team with views of the college in the background, the rest of the photographs are taken in India, Hunt meeting in India, march past of a British infantry regiment in tropical white uniform, group photograph of officers and NCOs of various regiments in India including Norfolk Regiment, Welsh Regiment, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, Royal Scots, 8th Bombay Infantry, (this is a particularly interesting photograph as it shows soldiers from the Royal Scots and KSLI wearing shoulder titles that weren't officially introduced until 1921), group photograph of officers of the Norfolk Regiment wearing pagri badge, 3 x photographs of mountains near Darjeeling, regiment on parade in full dress scarlet frocks, white Foreign Service helmets (pre Wolsley Pattern) band present, Medal award ceremony in full dress, garden party/sports event, Norfolk Regiment Rugby Team (sports top and pagri badge), medal ceremony with Highland Regiment and believed Norfolks, hunt photographs (Poona Hunt), large parade/Durbar with several regiments on parade, group photographs of Norfolk Regiment officers in uniform and mufti, group photograph of officers of one, possibly two, cavalry regiments, Wolsley Pattern helmets with coloured pagris and feather plumes, shoulder chains, Poona Hunt 1904, Polo team of 3 British and 1 Indian Officer, trophy on table engraved 'Bombay Light Cavalry', similar photo, polo match x 2, 26 x photographs of cavalry sports day with officers and families in mufti, horse racing, tent peg sticking (lances), photographs captioned 'Spelting Stakes', 'Picture Stakes', 'Butterfly Stakes', weigh ins, etc, Polo Team Myar 1905, horse racing and Polo, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots,1st and 2nd Battalions KSLI, 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment were in India during this time frame, fascinating insight into the British Army in India pre WW1 with some very clear photographs showing uniform details.

Edmund Thomas Wyatt Ware (1883-1960). An Arts & Crafts silver blister pearl and opal necklace, with a bezel set blister pearl within rectangular wire and floral frame with oval cabochon boulder opals, suspending a boulder opal bead drop in foliate setting, suspended on a trace link chain with twisted wire T bar fitting, maker's mark ETWW, pendant length 5cm, chain length 45cmProvenance: a private London collectionEdmund Thomas Wyatt Ware was a student at the Royal Academy Schools in London between 1908 and 1913 and taught jewellery and goldsmithing at the Central School of Arts from 1905 to 1940. In 1911 he received a silver medal from the RA along with a prize of £5.He exhibited his work in the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (1910) and the Royal Academy Exhibition (1913, 1914, 1934, 1935 and 1940), and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Arts 53rd Annual Exhibition (1935).An engagement ring designed in 1912 by Ware for his future wife, Theodora Margaret Lancaster, is now held in the Victoria and Albert Museum collections.During the First World War he served as a Private in the Marine Army Medical Corps and Royal Army Service Corps, and as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers.Elected as a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1916, he moved to sculpting as a profession following the Second World War. From 1948 to 1953 he became the Vice President of the society.

A collection of framed cigarette cards, mainly comprising uniforms of the Territorial Army, with three spare frames (qty).

HODGES (R), BRITISH ARMY BADGES, signed and dated 2005 to the title page; MAY (W), BADGES AND INSIGNIA OF THE BRITISH ARMED SERVICES, Adam & Charles Black, 1974; THE BLITZ THEN AND NOW, three vols, 1987; SMITH (J), JET PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH, Monogram Aviation, 1982; CANTELLI (G), LE UNIFORM DEL REGIO ESECITO ITALIANO NEL PERIODO UMBERTINO, two vols, 2000; and sixteen other military and war related books (24).

A collection of pen and fish knives, including Swiss Army examples (qty).

DINKY SUPERTOYS; eight boxed diecast vehicles 661 Recovery Tractor, 667 Missile Servicing Platform Vehicle, 660 Tank Transporter, 689 Medium Artillery Tractor, 622 10-Ton Army Truck, 642 Camino Citerne D'Aviation, 651 Centurion Tank, 986 Mighty Antarctic Low Loader with Propellar (8).

DINKY TOYS; ten boxed diecast vehicles including 641 Army I-Tron Cargo Truck, 182, Porsche 356A, 185 Alfa Romeo 1900, 120 Jaguar E Type, etc (10).Condition Report: Each with light ware and scratches to the paint, Hudson hornet with scratches and looked to be re painted, Bristol sports car has been re painted, triumph herald is re painted, Austin Martin with numerous chips and has been re painted, jaguar E Type looks to be repainted, Austin Martin DB4 has been repainted, Porsche has been repainted, army cargo truck has some chips and has been repainted, the small figures with some chips, Alfa Romeo has been re painted.

DINKY; a collection of model vehicles including Foden 14-ton tanker, 20-ton lorry mounted crane, Pullmore car transporter, Euclid rear dump truck, articulated lorry, Blaw Knox Bulldozer, military ambulance, Rover 75 saloon, army 1-ton cargo truck, Austin wagon, trailer, luxury coach, tanker "National Benzolé", etc.

DINKY TOYS; nine boxed diecast vehicles and models including 693 7.2 Howitzer, 621 3-Ton Army Wagon, 676 Armoured Personnel carrier, etc (9).

DINKY TOYS; a collection of diecast vehicles including 23J racing car, Army Wagon, a boxed Lucas Bells revolving dome bell, etc.

DINKY; a collection of playworn military vehicles including ambulance, three tonne army wagon, armoured personnel carrier, tanks, etc (12).

ACTION MAN; a large collection of costumes including Australian jungle fighter, army medic, crash crew uniform, casual sporting clothes, engineer surveyor, tank commander, infantrymen, army medic no. 2, action soldier, German stormtrooper, Red Devil parachute, ski patrol uniform, deep sea diver, astronaut 1967, etc (qty).

A quantity of boxed diecast model Land Rover vehicles including Corgi Cornwall County Fire Brigade 07411, Corgi Classics Leicester Fire and Rescue Service 57905, Corgi Classics Mersey Tunnel Recovery Land Rover Breakdown 07102, Corgi Showcase Collection Fire Heroes, Corgi Millennium Collection Land Rover 07105, Corgi Classics AFS Line Layer Land Rover canvas back 07301, TWC Ltd Models, a Corgi Land Rover, road drill and figure - Transco 60031, AA Land Rover TY82703, Coast Guard Opening rear door TY82701, Corgi 999 Greater Manchester Fire Service CC07707, Fighting Machines The Falklands War, British Army CS90115, etc.

JOHN LENNON – THE IMAGINE JACKET.To be sold at 2pm on Thursday 5th December.The black velvet jacket owned and worn by John Lennon, gifted, displayed and exhibited, and retaining the original badge on the left lapel.2024 sees the 50th anniversary of John last wearing the jacket, as well as his only USA billboard Chart solo number 1 in 1974 - leading to this incredible piece of history being offered today.A percentage of the proceeds of the sale will be given to the Lennon Imagine Trust to continue John’s legacy in Liverpool by supporting the trust's 'Music Education Experience' for the children of Liverpool’s schools and charity groups, by introducing them to repurposed musical instruments through a play setting, in the hope to inspire the next John Lennon or Beatles!For further information, please contact liverpool@adampartridge.co.uk or call 0151 709 8070. Provenance: Purchased for John by Tony King of Apple Music from 'Take 6' in the early 1970s.Worn regularly by John, including in the film 'Imagine'Gifted to Harry Nilsson’s wife, Una in 1974, whilst they were staying at the Pierre Hotel.Gifted, in turn, to a business colleague of Harry Nilsson.Displayed at the Hard Rock Café alongside John’s army jacket.Purchased by the current owner in 2000 at the annual Beatles convention celebrating the opening of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts.Displayed at The Beatles Story, Liverpool since 2000. We would like to thank The Beatles Story for their continued support and their allowance to grant permission for photographs to be taken of the jacket alongside the other iconic items in their collection, namely the Imagine piano and a pair of John Lennon's glasses.Photographs given by kind permission of Robert Deutsch and Bob Gruen.We would like to also thank Julia Lennon Baird for allowing us to use the photograph of her with the jacket.

Thirty-five boxed model soldiers, including Hat French Young Guard, French Line Fusiliers, French Light Infantry, 1805 Napoleonic French Mamelukes, Grenadiers, Dragoons, Italeri French Infantry, French Cavalry, Esci Napoleonic Wars French Line Infantry, Revell French Grenadier Guards, together with a quantity of loose bagged unpainted soldiers French Army and French Third Army (2).

Twenty-three model soldiers, including Italeri French Imperial General Staff, French Infantry, French Hussars, Carabiniers, French Dragoons, Les Bleus, etc, Hat Waterloo French Line Infantry, Napoleonic French Dragoons, French Horse Grenadiers, Napoleonic French Mamelukes, Napoleonic French Lancers, Revell French Mounted Guard Chasseurs, and a quantity of loose unpainted soldiers, all named, French First Army and French Second Army (2).

Diecast vehicles to include Britain's, Corgi, Matchbox, Models of Yesteryear, Lledo, Days Gone, etc, comprising army vehicles and soldiers, various model aeroplanes and a quantity of boxed vehicles.

Thirty-four model toy soldier kits for the French Army, and British and Allies, Italeri French Artillery Sets, Napoleon and Bavarian artillery, Hat French Line Chasseurs, KGL Light Dragoons, Revel British Foot Artillery, British Life Guards, Esci Napoleonic Wards British Artillery, etc, and various loose figures for painting (2).

Arthur Lowe (1915-1982) and John Le Mesurier (1912-1983), a British Broadcasting FDC signed by two stars of the BBC Comedy "Dad's Army" (1968-1977). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Brooklin Models, a boxed group of 3 BRK9 Sedans to include (1) BRK9 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery "Salvation Army Hope Center"  (2) BRK9 1940 Ford Sedan "Spielwaren" (3) BRK9 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery "Model Auto" - Excellent to Near Mint in Good Plus box. (3)

32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry glengarry badge c. 1874-81. Good scarce die-stamped brass crowned strung bugle; 32 between the strings. Brass loops North & South. VGC This is probably the actual piece photographed as No. 476 in "Head-dress Badges of the British Army". Provenance. Ex Hugh King Collection, Bosleys.

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen SS issue Krim arm shield. Good scarce bronzed example set on field grey cloth. Eagle and swastika on shield bearing the dates 1941 1942 and map of the Crimea; the reverse retains all four securing blades and metal backing plate. Minor service wear. GC Krim instituted 25th July 1942

Lucknow Volunteer Rifles Indian Army pagri badge. Good scarce die-cast British made white metal Lucknow Residency, flying Union flag, on DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW 1857 scroll. Loops. VGC

WW1 Period British Army Gas Rattle. This example conforms to the regulation pattern, with WD issue stamps, not dated. Slight age wear ... Accompanied by a Victorian / Edwardian polished oak rattle ... Also a WD issue 12" brass compass in box. GC (3 items)

Sherwood Rangers Nottinghamshire Yeomanry WW2 Military Medal Group of 6 Medals. Awarded to Sergeant Ernest Thwaites MM a pre war territorial who won the Military Medal as a Tank Troop Commander in North Africa 1942. Military Medal "553279 SJT E THWAITES NOTTS YEO", 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, "8th Army" clasp, Defence Medal, War Medal, Territorial Efficiency Medal "553279 CPL E THWAITES RAC". The group is mounted in two parts as originally worn. Accompanied by a large quantity of paperwork, including original pay book, WW2 period and later photographs, Buffalo Medal etc. Military Medal London Gazette 17th June 1943. Territorial Efficiency Medal Awarded 1943. Citation. Sergeant Thwaites has commanded a troop of tanks since October 1942. During this period he has continued to show the greatest skill determination and daring. On 27th March Sergeant Thwaites manoeuvred his own tank forward into position from which he engaged and knocked out a Mark II and Mark IV special within a few minutes of each other. On the 29th March Sergeant Thwaites again manoeuvred his troop into position from where they destroyed an 88mm and two 50mm guns, thereby making it possible to bring up tanks which were ultimately responsible for the taking of the position. Sergeant Thwaites skill and bravery has been of the highest order. Ernest Thwaites enlisted into the Sherwood Rangers TA in 1933 and was fully mobilised in September 1939. The regiment was posted to Palestine and he would have seen action in Crete and in the successful first Siege of Tobruk. He was reported wounded in early 1944 by shrapnel to the temple, resulting in temporary blindness. After the war he worked on the railways and in 1969 moved with his wife to South Africa he died in 2007 at the age of 91.

Royal Army Pay Corps cap badge c. 1920-29. Good scarce die-stamped RAPC cypher surmounted by the Royal Crest. Slider. VGC

German Third Reich Army Officer's Dagger by rare maker Arthur Schuttelhofer & Co (Asso), Solingen-Wald. Good example circa 1935-45 with cream spiral celluloid grip and plain polished double-edged blade etched with maker's logo. Plated eagle and swastika cross-guard, oak leaf decoration to pommel and ferrule. Housed in stippled plated scabbard with two suspension rings and foliate lockets. GC Dagger was designed by Paul Casburg in 1935.

Boer War O Battery Royal Horse Artillery Queen's South Africa Medal. Awarded to "39406 DVR W KENT O BTY RHA" bearing 5 clasps "Cape Colony", "Orange Free State", "Johannesburg", "Diamond Hill", "South Africa 1901" Driver Walter Kent from Suffolk enlisted on the 12th October 1883 and served in South Africa from March 1900 until August 1901. He left the army in 1901 on completion of his service

British Army Pair 1899 Pattern Gymnasia Practice Swords 2 Examples Two good examples by Mole of Birmingham and dated December 1903. Overall GC Square pointes some surface rust to parts.

German Third Reich Army Officer's Dagger. Good example circa 1935-45 with amber spiral celluloid grip and plain non-maker marked polished double-edged blade. Plated eagle and swastika cross-guard, oak leaf decoration to pommel and ferrule. Housed in stippled plated scabbard with two suspension rings and foliate lockets. Minor service wear. GC Dagger was designed by Paul Casburg in 1935.

1848 Special Constabulary Naval Themed Painted Truncheon. An unusual example of a Constables painted truncheon, the ground colour being dark blue decorated with a fouled anchor within a Garter Strap. With the text Special 1848. The grip of polished wood with ring turning. Length 18 inches. Overall GC with a few knocks to the wood. This may refer to a Special Constable of the Royal Dockyard in 1848. This year saw the Chartism riots this being one of the most active years of the Chartist movement who's aim was to influence political rights for the working class. The government enrolled special Constables and the army was put on the streets

Royal Army Service Corps Edward VIII cap badge 1936 only. Good scarce die-stamped brass crowned star bearing laurel sprays and Garter; EVIIIR cypher to voided centre Long slider VGC

German Third Reich 1940 dated Army belt buckle by R. Sieper & Sohne, Ludenscheid. A good steel example bearing circlet GOT MIT UNS; eagle and swastika to centre. Attached to leather tongue impressed with oval maker’s logo dated 1940. Service wear. GC

Army Service Corps 1918 WW1 Memorial Plaque. Issued to commemorate the ultimate sacrifice of OSCAR VERNON QUANTICK ... The plaque is accompanied by a folder of research in to the death of Private Quantick. Unique named Plaque. M2/226701 Private Oscar Vernon Quantick was accedently killed on the 28th April 1918, whilst serving as a driver with 776th MT ASC unit. On this day he was driving in a petrol lorry which turned into a Railway Yard at Hove, jumping out to go to the rear of the lorry, he was crushed when a steam wagon reversed into his and trapped him between the tailboards.

British Army 4 Field Service Side Caps. 2 x WW2 period khaki caps (1 dated 1941) ... Royal Corps of Signals Coloured Cap ... Red, Blue Yellow coloured cap Clean condition. (4 items)

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen SS Tank Assault Badge Hermann Aurich, Dresden. A good die-cast silvered example. Approaching Panzer within an oval oakleaf wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. Reverse with circular inset needle pin fixing and securing hook and bears maker's raised AH logo. Toned, VGC. Instituted 20th December 1939.

List of The Officers of The Bengal Army 1758 - 1834 in 4 Volumes. Good scarce invaluable reprint of this work by Vernon Charles Paget Hodson. Over 7,000 records detailing each Officer's history, promotions, campaigns etc. Red cloth covers. VGC

11th (Lonsdale) Bn Border Regiment 1914 HM silver cap badge by Garrard. Fine rare die-stamped London hallmarked crest of the Earl of Lonsdale on scrolls ELEVENTH BATTALION BORDER REGIMENT. Hallmarks to top of wing on reverse. Sebastian Garrard Original loop and blade fitting VGC 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale), a Kitchener’s Army unit raised 1914.

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS Infantry Assault Badge by Adolf Scholze, Grunwold. Fine die-cast silvered rifle fitted with bayonet diagonally superimposed on oval oak wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. Reverse bears maker's logo of AS within a triangle; complete with inset hinged vertical needle pin and inset securing hook. VGC Instituted 20th December 1939.

German Third Reich Army marksman's lanyard. Good example of plaited aluminium cord, the top part mounted with aluminium device of shield bearing eagle on swastika; complete with two woven aluminium acorns for successive awards. Cloth backing mothed otherwise VGC.

Birmingham Battalion 1914 Kitchener's Army enamelled lapel badge. Fine white disc with red enamelled crown flanked by GR over BIRMINGHAM BATTALION 1914 W.J. Dingley B’Ham Buttonhole. VGC

German Third Reich Army belt and 1937 dated buckle. Good scarce dark brown leather belt, approx. 90 cm, retaining hook and stippled aluminium rectangular buckle bearing circlet GOTT MIT UNS with eagle and swastika to centre. Buckle with attached brown tongue impressed with oval maker's logo and dated 1937. GC

British Army Boer War 1899 Pattern Cavalry Sword Issued 2 Dragoons, Rough Riders etc. An example of the regulation pattern, with slightly-curved fullered blade bearing large number of date and inspection stamps the first appears to be September 1900 . Plain sheet steel guard, the outside with pear-shaped reinforcement around the blade. Chequered leather grip with three rivets. Housed in steel scabbard of regulation pattern. Overall GC some pitting to the scabbard.This sword has had an interesting carear with issue stamps for 2 Dragoons, Dragoon Guards, Rough Riders, Royal Engineers and the Army Service Corps.

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen SS Tank Assault Badge by Hymmer & Co, Ludenscheid. A good die-cast white metal example. Approaching Panzer within an oval oakleaf wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. Vertical round pin fixing with securing hook inset to reverse which is marked L53. VGC Instituted 20th December 1939.

16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot Victorian glengarry badge c. 1874-81. Good scarce die-stamped brass crowned star bearing Bath style cross with XVI in the centre of BEDFORDSHIRE strap resting in a laurel sprays. Brass loops East & West. GC This is the actual piece photographed as No. 444 in "Head-dress Badges of the British Army". Provenance. Ex Hugh King Collection, Bosleys.