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A collection of 16 American first day covers from 1950's - 1980's. To include Woody Wagon, The Salvation Army, Wildlife Conservation, Detroit Electric Car and A Salute to the American Indian.

A vintage The Strand stamp album containing a British and world Victorian and vintage stamps. To include penny red, jubilee issue and Army Official. Other sovereign heads include Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII and George VI.

2 KP world coin catalogues; 1995 & 2015 together with a collection of vintage cigarette cards. Sets of cards comprising: "Speed" complete set of 50 from Wills, "Uniforms of the Territorial Army" complete set of 50 from John Players, "Army Badges" complete set of 48 from Gallaher and "Railway Equipment" complete set of 50 from Wills.

A collection of assorted military ephemera and photographs. To include ration books, booklets, certificate and army and naval photographs.

Various jewellery cufflinks and tokens, to include a Toro harp brooch, a Gillex silver plated pocket watch, various cufflinks, Swimming Association badges, and medallions, a Royal Army ordnance corps Swimming Championship badge, marathon medallion, a Oscar D Parr Reuta empty perfume bottle, various loose chains, etc. (1 tray)

Terence Shelbourne (1930-2020). An artist's sketchbook, caricatures, to include pen and ink, watercolour and others, inscribed 'A Book of 91, Drawn April 2011 to June 2011', to include Harry Redknapp, John Higgins, Spike Army Scenes, John Cleese, Sir David Attenborough, David Dickinson, John Barrowman, Barbara Windsor, etc. (1 book)

Terence Shelbourne (1930-2020). A group of pen and ink cartoons relating to Grantham and other scenes, to include Facts and Figures, Army Nurse, Wood Working, Sir Isaac Newton, Terry Shelbourne's Cowboy Exhibition, Great Granthamians, Knitting Scene, Various Cartoons, Driving Test Centre Coloured Cartoon, The Shelbournes 1948, Layla The Ghost and Grantham On Sea, 24cm x 37cm. (12)

11 various modern Gurkha cap badges, mostly chrome plated, including 6th, 7th, 10th (2 types), Engineers, Signals, etc; also a pair of KC Indian Army Ordnance Corps officer’s bronze collar badges. Mostly VGC £40-60

15 restrike mostly WWI “Kitchener’s Army” cap badges, including 1st type Tyneside Scottish, 1st 2nd, and 3rd Birmingham Bns, Middlesex Public Works Bn, etc. GC, attractively mounted in a gilt frame. £40-60

16 Cavalry collar badges: small Vic Bays, KC bronze Bays, brass 5th DG, Royal Dragoons (officers silver and gilt, worn, and OR’s), 11th Hussars, 12th Lancers, 15th Hussars (small pair of officer’s gilt, single OR’s), brass 17th Lancers, 13/18th Hussars (officer’s gilt KC and QEII, and 2 others), and 14/20th Hussars (worn officer’s gilt); 7 other collars, including 19th and 23rd London, and ERII City of Glasgow Artillery; and 15 Corps collar badges, including WWI Tank Corps, Vic RAMC, pre 1918 Army Vet Corps, bronze Recce Corps, etc. Average GC £40-60

A Collection of over 350 late 20th century British Army cloth identification patches, housed in a ring binder and identified. Average VGC; together with “British Army Unit Identification Badges of the 1990s”, Volumes I and II, by Marc J. Sherriff, 2000 and 2007. GC £300-400

USA WWII bronze star and African campaign medals, EF and NVF; and an embroidered patch of the “Ghost Army” GC. The Ghost Army was set up to deceive the enemy and served from shortly after D Day until the end of the war, see “The Ghost Army Conning the Third Reich” by G & J Souter for details. (3) £40-50

An Edward VII 1897 pattern Indian Army Infantry officer’s sword, blade 32” etched with panels of scrolls and crowned “ERI” cypher on each side, with regulation pattern steel hilt bearing crowned “ERI” cypher, in its GS mounted leather covered FS scabbard. GC, the blade clean (the hilt and scabbard leather slightly worn) £100-150

A Belgian 6 shot 12mm Fassin Ronge solid closed frame double action pinfire revolver, of the type adopted by the Danish army, round barrel 125mm, engraved in Gothic script “Bertonnet Buenos-Ayres Calle San Martin W”, Liege proved, the frame stamped “FASSIN RONGE BREVETE 29”, the frame and cylinder nicely engraved with panels of scrolling foliage, with folding trigger, chequered walnut grips, and small oil container in butt with screw in dipper. GWO & C £250-300

A French 6 shot 12mm Lefaucheux Model 1854 single action pinfire revolver, \and the Army as the Model 1860, round barrel with octagonal breech 160mm, stamped “ORBEA HERMANOS- EIBAR”, with spur trigger, plain walnut grips, and lanyard ring. GWO & C, retaining traces of original finish. £300-400.

A Third Reich Wehrpass, to Alois Schellberg, a WWI veteran conscripted into the Landwehr in 1943; and his WWI Militarpass, showing that he joined the Army in 1916 and served until the end of the war. The first GC (slightly worn), the second worn, covers detached, one corner nibbled, presumably by mice. (2) £40-60

Three: 1914 star, (9184 Sgt J W Tingey 3 Worc. R), BWM (WO Cl 2), no Victory medal present, Army LS & GC, Geo V military bust (5242528, WO Cl 2). Average NVF (star and LS heavily polished). Victory medal (DM2 195997 Pte T D Royle, ASC), VF. Single Defence medal, war medal, Jubilee 1910-35, Coronation 1937 (un-named as issued) and 2 sundry silver Masonic medals. (10) £80-100

2 Third Reich “Workers’ Day” pin back badges: 1935, and 1st May 1936; a plastic Army Pioneer standard pin back badge; a small Viking axe badge; a painted NSDAP party badge; a ladies long hat pin with swastika in wreath silver finial; and another item. Average GC (the last AF) (7) £40-60

25 various Corps and other cap badges, including Artillery, GRVI Engineers, RAOC, GRVI RASC, Ryl Tank Corps, pre and post 1941 RAC, GRVI RHA, and 8 ERII including Army Legal Services; also a pair of ERII Intelligence Corps officer’s silver plated collar badges. Average GC (27) £40-50

12 various cap badges of Military Training Establishments etc: bronzed Ryl. Military Academy, GRV Ryl. Military College, GRVI Ryl. Military School, Queen Victoria’s School (Dunblane), University of London OTC, Harrow Rifles, chrome ATC, Ryl Hospital Chelsea, QEII Ryl. Military Academy, Ryl Mil. School of Music, Army Apprentices School, and bronze NAAFI; also pair of Univ of London OTC collar badges, and pin back Women’s Land Army. GC (15) £40-60

19TH CENTURY LETTERS & MANUSCRIPT: collection of approx 35 items, 19th century and a few later, letters and manuscript extracts, to include ALS from Bishop Stanley to J W Jenkins, April 29 1863 touching on the health of the army in India: other letters from Sir John Lubbock, Sir Robert Montgomery: Viscount Edward Cardwell: Sir Edward George Clarke, and others. (Small quantity)

2ND EASTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS TERRITORIAL FORCE BRIGHTON: illuminated presentation to Mr H E Lyans for services as voluntary hairdresser at the hospital, dated Dec 28th 1915, ornate watercolour borders heightened in gilt, small inset photograph of hospital lower left, approx 39.5 x 30.5cm, framed and glazed. (1)

A 1944 Edition of Jungle Warfare with the Australian Army in the South-West Pacific Published for The Australian Military Forces by Australian War Memorial, Canberra Together with a Bound Edition of The Campaign In Burma Prepared for South-East Asia Command by the Central Office of Information, His Majesty's Stationery Office London

A 1911 Edition of The Armies of India Painted by Major A. C. Lovett, Described by Major G. F. MacMunn Published by Adam and Charles Black, London Together with a 1974 Edition of a Matter of Honour An Account of the Indian Army, Its Officers & Men by Philip Mason and a 1914 9th Edition Sueded Bound Volume of Twenty-One Days in India by G. R. Aberigh-Mackay

WWII 8th Army medal group of five with tank regiment badges and sergeants strips 

Egyptian painted terracotta canopic jar with lid, representing one of the sons of Horus, circa 1st millennium BC, with label inscribed 'Mummy Jar and Cover, dedicated to Maesthi(?) (Man Headed God) son of Horus(?), held stomach and large intestines.  Hieroglyphics erased either for reuse or by enemy that occupier may not go to heaven 9-3-48', 25cm high approxThis item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissan hut.  Local finds of Roman and neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the LansdownMuseum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  Condition Reportsee images - some chips and losses. Inside of lid apears to have cracks. genreal wear and tear

Early Bronze Age Cypriot terracotta ewer with incised geometric decoration with everted rim, curved handle to the bulbous body, circa 2500BC, 13cm high approx, bearing label inscribed 'Leeds Exhibition 1875, Property of Yandurth?, NoC7 27' and with swing label inscribed 'Etruscan(?) bottle from Fry Collection, Somerdale, Bristol' and '10-12-52 Mrs Clarke Antique Shop, Yeovil'This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  Condition ReportThe ewer stands up without support

Greek South Italian lid from a Lekanis, with stylised anthemion decoration, circa 3rd century BC, 7cm diameter, having swing label inscribed 'Etruscan double vessel from Fry Collection, Somerdale, Near Bristol' and '10-12-52 Mrs Clarke Antique Shop, Yeovil'  and pottery Roman lamp, 8cm wide (2)  This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Early Roman/Etruscan-style mounted bronze male figure with arms outstretched, 6.5cm high approx overall, bearing old label to base inscribed 'Phallic figure dug from the ruins of Pompeii' This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Two Egyptian blue glazed faience Ushabti of typical mummified form, believed middle kingdom, circa 1000BC, one of an overseer and one with line of vertical hieroglyphic test, 10cm and 7cm (some damage) (2)This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Two Egyptian blue glazed faience Ushabti of typical mummified form, believed middle kingdom, circa 1000BC, one with line of vertical hieroglyphical text, 10cm and 11.5cm (some damage) (2)  This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.    

Egyptian blue glazed faience Ushabti in typical mummified form, with three lines of hieroglyphical text, 26th Dynasty circa 300BC, 14cm high approx, on base This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Egyptian blue glazed faience Ushabti in typical mummified form, 26th Dynasty, 12cm high approx, with swing label dated 7-8-51 This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Four Egyptian blue glazed faience Ushabti in typical mummified form, one with swing label inscribed 'Mr Lavington Evans (per Mr Hedgecoe) No history', 10.5cm, 10cm, 9cm and 8.5cm high (4)  This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris, circa 1000BC, 16cm high, with swing label inscribed '23-8-49 Rev Daniel's Coll Taunton' This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Roman terracotta loom weight, 9cm diameter approx, a small Roman glass bottle, 12.5cm high and four terracotta Roman fragments including small bottle, three with swing labels inscribed 'Coll of Late Mrs Montague, Bellaire, Charmouth 2-6-50' (6)  This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Babylonian terracotta cuneiform fragment, 7cm x 9cm with accompanying written inscription 'Fragment from the inscribed edge of a brick - the back and edges have been roughly flattened by the modern finder or vendor, middle parts of a four line inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II King of Babylon BC604-561, recording his restoration of E-Zida, the temple of the god Nabu at Borsippa, near Babylon, it ends with a prayer for victory and a happy reign'  This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Small cuneiform pottery accounts tablet, circa 200BC, with accompanying written inscription 'Small accounts tablet .. receipt for 70 measures of emmer-wheat to make pastry as offerings for the temples. Dated in "the year when (the town of) Shashrum was destroyed", ie the 40th year of Shulgi-King of Ur, about 2000BC'. This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.    

Group of flints and similar artifacts including a British? Neolithic tanged arrow head, North American and other This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.  

Collection of Egyptian amulets, faience and others, a wooden scarab beetle carved lid and five Egyptian terracotta cosmetic dishes This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.   

Egyptian faience amulets representing eye of Horus, lotus blossom and others, 26th Dynasty, the largest eye of Horus 5.5cm wide approx, with paper inscribed 'String of beads from the X tombs of Egypt brought over by the father of H M Bateman.  Beads made from powered quartz of c. 26 Dynasty and consist of eye of Horus 4, symbolising power, Wudge 1 and floral 1.  The X bead is also purely decorative.  Broken scarab, if genuine is possibly of 23rd or 24th Dynasty, 10-11-48'This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond.  Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset.  On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology.  This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday!  The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset).  Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut.  Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones.  Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years.  He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.   

Six magazine film type A-6 spec.no.31142, stamped 'This magazine is the property of the US Government', an object prism camera marked 'US Army Airforce' SP-5751Part of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Collection 

Huc, M "L'Empire Chinois ... Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans la Tartarie et le Thibet", 4th edition, Paris, Gaume Freres et J Duprey 1862, 2 vols, folding map to vol 1, staining to vol 2 on tp and further into text, marbled boards, marbled ep, half green morocco, pastedown titles and raised bands, backstrips and leather all rather worn Snodgrass, Major "Narrative of the Burmese War detailing the operations of Major General Sir Archibald Campbell's Army ... February 1826", John Murray 1827, frontis, folding map, marbled boards, half brown morocco, gilt titles, backstrip faded and corners bumped"Notions of the Americans - Picked up by a Travelling Bachelor", vol 1 only, Henry Colburn 1828, marbled boards, half leather, pastedown title and raised bands, rubbed (4) 

A framed Dad's Army montage of signed photographs with autographs and cast photographs plus a collection of loose signed photographs of cast members and other celebrities

A US Army P13 bayonet, the blade marked Remington 1918

Very heavy model of an Army Tank - 50cm

ANDREW THORNTON (BRITISH CONTEMPORARY), a watercolour and pen depiction of a Households Cavalry soldier in dress uniform, initialled and dated 2005 bottom centre, mounted unframed size approximately 19cm x 14cm, together with army photographs dated 1946, 'Trooping of the Colour Royal Military College', and 'C' Coy 161 INF O.C.T.U (RMC) Sandhurst, both framed (2)

Gilbert (Modern British), oil on canvas, Salvation Army Bandsman, signed, 38 x 46cm, unframed

A brown leather Army & Navy Gladstone bag, width 41cm height 29cm

A collection of 1937 pattern army gaiters

A REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MANUSCRIPT, DEED REQUEST FOR LAND TITLE VALIDATION, ASHBEL SMITH AND CHARLES C. GIVENS OF HARRIS COUNTY TO CHIEF JUSTICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, 1837-1844, hand inscribed ink on cream laid paper with a heraldic blind stamp. 7 3/4" x 6 1/4" Note: "To the Hon. The Chief Justice of Washington County, The Petition of Ashbel Smith of Harris County sets forth that he purchased and paid for, several years ago, a tract of land situated on San Jacinto Bay, belonging then and the property of Charles C. Givens. Said C.C. Givens then executed a bond for title to the petitioner with two good and sufficient witnesses and also delivered possession of the land to the petitioner. The bond for title was duly recorded in Harris Co. records shortly after its execution, and the petitioner has ever since held undisputed possession of the land in question. As the C.C. Givens died a few years since before making a title in regular form to the petitioner. Your petitioner therefore prays your honorable court to order and require Givens' administrator of C. C. Givens deed to make title to said tract of land, conformally with law and the written contract between C.C. Givens and petitioner. And your petitioner writes and pray, Ashbel Smith of Harris Co."Ashbel Smith (1805-1886) is recorded in the Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas writing, "Smith had a long and distinguished medical career. When he arrived in Texas in the spring of 1837, he became Sam Houston's roommate and close friend. Houston appointed him surgeon general of the Army of the Republic of Texas on June 7, 1837. In this role, Smith set up an efficient system of operation and established the first hospital in Houston, a military institution. He also served as the first chairman of the Board of Medical Censors, which was established by the Second Congress of the Republic in December 1837. During the devastating epidemic of yellow fever in Galveston in 1839, he treated the sick, published factual reports of the progress of the disease in the Galveston News, and after the epidemic abated, wrote the first treatise on yellow fever in Texas...In 1842 Ashbel Smith traveled to Europe as the charge d'affaires of Texas to England and France, a position he held from 1842-1844. In 1848 Smith met with ten other Galveston doctors to begin working for the formation of the Medical and Surgical Society of Galveston. When the Texas Medical Association came into being in 1853, he was chairman of the committee that drafted its constitution and bylaws...After Texas became a state Smith served three terms (1855, 1866, and 1879) in the state legislature as a representative from Harris County. As a legislator, he supported measures to aid railroad construction, validate land titles, improve common schools, found the University of Texas, and pay off the public debt...He spent his last years in an unceasing effort to establish a state university with a first-class medical branch. As president of the University of Texas Board of Regents, established in 1881, he led the effort to recruit the best professors available for the university faculty and to set up a curriculum necessary for a first-rate institution of higher learning." Noting the particularly European style blind stamp, the present letter is attributed to Ashbel Smith's time spent performing ambassadorial and diplomatic duties. Unfortunately undated, the surviving examples of Ashbel's handwriting and age of the paper are consistent with his other known early Texas documents. The work he is conducting here anticipates his legal ownership of lands he had apparently purchased by a word of mouth "handshake" deal between himself and early Texas Pioneer Charles C. Givens. Ashbel Smith writes to the "Chief Justice of Washington County," possibly John P. Coles (1793-1847), where the records for the Republic of Texas were held until Texas was annexed to the United States, and at that time the records were moved to Austin. The location of the records department helps date the work.Charles C. Givens, Esq., is not recorded with any birth or death dates, though his passing is mentioned within the present, undated letter. He appears to have arrived in Texas as a bachelor, which appears to have persisted throughout his lifetime, potentially causing this very land dispute. In one of a few documents that retain his name, C.C. Givens is directed, at the request of Stephen F. Austin, in a correspondence dated October 14, 1836, to supply two oxen in order to ensure supplies. The entry is found in The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, edited by George P. Garrison, Number 4, The Journal of the Permanent Council (October 11-27, 1835), page 258. Otherwise unmentioned within the early Texas record, Charles C. Givens' name is found published in an archive held at the Houston Public Library containing information on the first settlers of Harris County (1822-1845), "In 1824, Stephen F. Austin accompanied by his secretary Sam M. Williams and the commissioner, Baron de Bastrop, came by appointment to the house of William Scott (1784-1837)…'There was no provision in the law for granting land to men without families. These were joined in groups of two or three and each group constituted a legal family." Just below Adele B. Looscan pens that, "Those in Harris County who received titles at this time (1824) and located their land in this county were: [listing the names of early Harris County settlers followed by.]…There seem to have been only about thirty original grants made in Harris County at this time, but there were several settlers in the county who located their lands in other counties embraced within Austin's first colonial grant and the lands of a few located in two counties, which adjoined each other. Besides the settlers who received land titles, there were others, members of the same families who should be mentioned...Charles C. Givens and Presley Grill, who immigrated with William Scott, and Dr. Knuckles..." Reference: "Harris County, 1822-1845, Adele B. Looscan, in The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Oct. 1914, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 195-198. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Paul E. Shutts, Houston, Texas. Condition: Some expected toning, creases as issued, red staining near edges, probably trimmed, undated, blind stamp somewhat illegible, but overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

SAM HOUSTON (1793-1863) AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MANUSCRIPT, ISSUING A SECOND CLASS HEAD RIGHT TO HEIRS OF DR. WILLIAM W. BOMAR, TEXIAN VETERAN, BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, MAY 15, 1838, manuscript on wove paper, "Let this be audited, Dr. Bomar was in the Battle of San Jacinto, and is entitled to pay for Surgeon for the time he served, as well as a head Right with land due to those in the battle of San Jacinto," signed with flourish, "Sam Houston," and dated "15th May 1838," with remnants of red wax seal. 7 3/4" x 3 3/8" Note: William W. Bomar (1797-1837) is documented by the San Jacinto Museum of History in the Kemp Biographical Sketches held at the Herzstein Library. William Bomar is best described as a Texian patriot, Surgeon of Battalion, Regimental Surgeon, and veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. His service in the Texian Army as Regimental Surgeon running approximately March 1, 1836-May 25, 1836. The present manuscript documents Sam Houston's personal response to, most likely the heirs of William W. Bomar, upon their petition for the land due him, which was posthumously formalized on May 26, 1838, and awarded his heirs. Provenance: Estate of Dr. Paul E. Shutts, Houston, Texas. Condition: Some losses at lower left corner, some stains, expected toning, pencil collection inscriptions at top, remnants of wax seal, probably trimmed, some tears at edges, and overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

A clay replica Terracotta Army full size Sword General - 190cm x 68cm x 67cm - approx weight 230kg - head detaches - no obvious damage, normal firing cracks bought 20 years ago in Xian China

A clay replica Terracotta Army kneeling Archer - Height 117cm x 54cm x 49cm - head detaches - part of base broken, repairs to thumb otherwise good - approx weight 120kg bought 20 years ago in Xian China

A silver proof £5 75th Anniversary D-Day coin, a British Army six medal commemorative set and two World War One Brilliant coin covers

A collection of 18 World Bank notes and four Dads Army notes including a circa 19th century Wisbech and Lincolnshire bank £5 note

Army Railway Lamp, impressed mark ' Min of Supply Patt .... ' 1940's, 42cms high (to top of handle)

Matchbox: A collection of assorted carded Matchbox 75 Superfast models to include: London Buses, No. 17, to include Army & Navy, Laker, Selfridges, Berger, Jacobs biscuits, along with No.65 Airport Coaches, American Airlines, British Airways, Quantas, TWA, Alitalia. (16)

Herald: A collection of assorted Herald Swoppets H632 Cowboy on Horseback with lasso, H531 Indian chief with spear, Timpo 3209 Battle of Waterloo Prussian Army Hussar (slight damage), all in original boxes. Along with Kellogg’s bandsmen and others.

C.A. Manning Press: 'Suffolk Celebrities', Leeds, 45 plates (of which 44 portraits of eminent Suffolk men of the era) as called for, 4to, original cloth gilt, bookplate of Ernest George Pretyman (1860-1931), British Army officer and a Conservative Party politician - being M.P. for Woodbridge in Suffolk (1895-1906); plus 'Pretyman of Bacton, Suffolk. Notes on their history under five Edwards. 1905.', Claude Cox & Poor Richard's Books, 2007, limited edition facsimile reprint of 1905 edition (8/225), numbered, original cloth gilt; plus 'The Book of Haughley', 2005, 1st edition, Haughley History Forum, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (3)