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dating: Third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: USA, Octagonal, rifled, cal. 44 barrel, with fore-sight, marking of patents and address in two lines and 'NEW MODEL', stamps 'C' and 'L', numbered '46xxx'. Smooth six-shot cylinder, with stamps 'H' and 'L'. Brass trigger-guard with stamp 'C'. Wooden grip scales, one with remains of military stamp. Cartridge rammer lever marked 'H'. Serial number inside the grip matching with the barrel. Re-finished. In good working order. In a case with brass tag on the cover marked '1° Sergente Paolo Bongiovanni Louisiana'. Lined with blue velvet inside, provided with accessories: two flasks, one box for primers, one bullet mold, 8 bullets (oxidized), tube with spare nipples, and others. An infantry officer's badge for kepi also in the case, type used in the Civil War. The revolver was inherited by the owner, by the great-aunt born in 1906, who had received it from great-grandfather Paolo Bongiovanni, an Italian volunteer in the Confederate army, a former Bourbon prisoner, recruited in 1860 in Naples by General Chatham Roberdeau Wheat. Paolo Bongiovanni was assigned to the 6th Regiment, 1st Louisiana Special Battalion, European Brigade, Italian Guards, where he distinguished himself by earning the rank of First Sergeant. At the end of the conflict he returned to Italy bringing with him some personal effects including the revolver. In the 1950s the revolver was refinished by the family and the case was re-lined. The lot is accompanied by a declaration of origin signed by the owner. length 34,8 cm.

dating: circa 1900 provenance: USA, In black felt, well preserved. Silver-and gold-color metal Grand Army of the Republic emblem on the front, with Regiment number '3', in metal as well. Canvas disk-cockade on the left side, on a black cross of the V Corps, loaded with the number '3'. Officer's hatcord in gilded and black thread, Civil War period. Leather sweat band and fabric cap inside, with famous mark 'FRANK HENDERSON – KALAMAZOO, MICH.' Size stamp '7 ½'. Internal dimensions: 19.5 x 16.5 cm. height circa 14,5 cm.

dating: circa 1870 - 1900 provenance: USA, In dark-blue cloth, with chin-strap fixed with two buttons marked 'C. KENYON CO. NEW YORK.'. Metal artilleryman badge with crossed cannons. Some moths hole. Sweat band with signs of use, complete with a cap. Mark 'RIDABOCK & CO – NEW YORK', famous army supplier. height circa 10 cm.

Six boxes containing extremely large collection of ancient Greek army painted miniature models

An Imperial Japanese Army World War II Type 95 NCO's Shin Gunto sword and scabbard, blade numbered 149509, overall length 96cm.

A New Model Army .44 cal black powder pistol, by Hilton, in fitted box, (a.f.). Please Note: Black powder pistol firearms licence required.

GB FDC collection 32 covers dating from 1970 to 1986 subjects include British Explorers, Christmas 1974, County Cricket, Village Churches, Maritime Heritage, Fishing, Sport, The British Army, Insects and Famous Trains. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

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)

dating: Late 19th Century provenance: Ceylon, Flat, slightly curved, single-edged blade with rectangular tang. Solid silver hilt with langets among the two arms of the hilt ending in a dragon's head, quillons decorated en suite, curved guard ending in a dragon's head, big pommel with a dragon's head with eyes in red stone, open jaws and outgoing tongue. Faceted grip with anatomical moulding. All finely engraved with floral motifs. Silver scabbard, engraved en suite, smooth cap with four suspension rings, inscription on one side 'MUDALYAR B. P. AMERASINGHE'. Angled chape with a sphere. Together with its chain provided with a pierced sphere, decorated with filigree. Already in 1807 the kastane was introduced by the British as a military insignia for officers of the Ceylon army. The chain was carried detached from the saber over the shoulder.This beautiful arm belonged to Mudaliar. B. P. Amerasinghe. Mudaliar was a title of honor and has foundations that go back to the Middle Ages.B. P. Amerasinghe was the head of an important family of the 19th and 20th centuries. One of his sons, Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe was a prominent UN diplomat, another, Terence Percival Amerasinghe was a member of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court. length 49 cm.

Attributed to Cornelis Ketel (Gouda 1548-1616 Amsterdam)Portrait of Sir George Gill of Wyddial Hall, Hertfordshire, three-quarter-length, in armour inscribed 'IN DESPECTO DE FORTUNO' (upper left) and dated and charged with sitter's coat-of-arms 'Ao 1578.' (upper right)oil on panel108.4 x 69.9cm (42 11/16 x 27 1/2in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, GermanyFrom the date and the coat-of-arms the sitter in the present portrait can be identified as George Gill (or Gyll) of Wyddial (before 1565 – 1619) who was an officer in the English army and was on the expedition which sacked Cadiz in 1596, along with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Lord Thomas Howard, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Francis Vere, each of whom commanded a squad.The coat-of-arms on the painting has been identified by Thomas Woodcock FSA, Garter King of Arms at the College of Arms in London, as follows: the first quarter is Lozengy Argent and Sable a Lion rampant guardant Argent; the second quarter, Argent two chevronels Sable each charged with three Mullets Argent on a Canton Gules a Lion passant gardant Or; the third quarter Argent on a Fess Sable between three Crosses formy Gules three Martlets Or; and the fourth quarter Argent three Bars and in chief three Mulletts Gules. Somewhat unusually the second as well as the first quartering can be identified as those of the Gill family. The third quartering is that of the family of Canon, indicating that the sitter is the descendant of the marriage of John Gill and Margaret, daughter and heir of George Canon of Wyddial in 1508. This couple had four sons, the eldest of whom was George Gill who was recorded as dying in 1568; this George Gill's eldest son was John Gill of Buckland and Wyddial who was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1575. His eldest son, another George, was the sitter in the present picture. Interestingly, the fourth quartering on the portrait seems to be a slight mis-interpretation of the arms of Washington, ancestors of the American President, which are Gules three bars and in chief three Mullets Argent (some of the tinctures have been reversed). There is no surviving evidence either to show that Gill's mother was or was not an heraldic heiress of the Washington family, but there is only one other coat (that of Kempston in Warwickshire) which is remotely similar. Wyddial Park, formerly the seat of the Gill family, consists of an estate of 1,187 acres close to the village of Wyddial (or Widiall), which is a parish in the hundred of Edwinstree in the county court district of Royston, in the north-east corner of Hertfordshire. This tiny village lies on the pre-Roman Icknield Way, deemed to be the oldest road in Britain, and probably first used in the late stone age. The ancient church of Saint Giles there contains several stained glass windows, including two in the aisle thought to be by a Dutch or Flemish artist of the 17th century, and some monuments and brasses to the Gulston, Gill and Ellis families; there are also brasses commemorating the Gill family which date from 1535-1600.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

IRELAND – COUNTESS MARKIEVICZAutograph letter signed ('your affectionate unknown cousin Constance de Markievicz') to her Australian cousin, Eva Cumming, pleased 'to find that I have a cousin who is sympathetic & feels the same intense love for our country that I do', talking of the Gore-Booth family and a remarkable family resemblance ('Another curious coincidence is that my sisters name is Eva... There is a curious likeness to my sister in your Photo... but you appear to be dark whereas she is very fair & much thinner...'), describing how she has been 'on the run since last December... The English have lately organised a terrible force to try & exterminate us. We call them the 'Black & Tans'... They have just looted & burnt down Balbriggan, a small town near Dublin – murdering two men in a most brutal manner. They forced their way in to a Dublin hotel two nights ago, & murdered a visitor in his bed. He was Mr Lynch a member of the County Council at Kilmallock, a Sinn Feiner of course...', but finding hope in the people of Ireland ('quite undaunted & determined to win out...'), concluding 'I wish you all knew what we are going through & I know that every just man & woman through the world would instantaneously hold up the English & insist on our being left to carry on our Republic & rule our people as they deserve to be ruled in an orderly & just manner... trading with other nations, & living amicably with all men...', 4 numbered leaves, written on recto only, some wear with small pin holes at folds on page 4, 4to (260 x 195mm.), Liberty Hall, Dublin, [probably written 25/26 September 1920]Footnotes:'THE SAME INTENSE LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY': Constance Markievicz writes of her hopes for an independent Ireland to an Australian cousin with a shared sympathy for the Irish Republican cause.This long and heartfelt letter is written at what she calls a 'terrible time' for her and the Republicans, particularly due to the creation of the so-called 'Black and Tans' in 1920; as she explains 'They are ex officers & are dressed partially in khaki & partially in the Black of the Policeman' and were notorious for their brutality, sub-judice killings, arson and looting. Having been sentenced to death for her involvement in the Easter Rising of 1916 (she was second-in-command of a troop in the Irish Citizen Army), Markievicz was released in the general amnesty of June 1917, only being spared the firing squad by virtue of her sex. She spent the reminder of her life 'on the run' and in and out of prison. In fact she was in prison in 1918 when she became the first woman elected to the British parliament although, like all Sinn Fein MPs, she refused to take her seat.Our letter is undated, but Markievicz mentions she is writing two nights after the British attack on the town of Balbriggan on 23 September 1920 and the murder of John Lynch in the Royal Exchange Hotel the same night, Lynch supposedly being in Dublin to hand over £23,000 in subscriptions to Michael Collins. It can therefore be assumed that it was written around 25 or 26 September 1920. The heading indicates that it was written from Liberty Hall, the headquarters of the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising, a building of great significance to the Republicans and the meeting point for rebels before their march on the General Post Office in 1916 (Markievicz had also run a soup kitchen there with Maude Gonne during the 1913 lock out). It was badly damaged by naval shelling during the rising and several accounts suggest that Liberty Hall was completely demolished. However, the more recent view is that it was restored and reoccupied following the uprising, which would be confirmed by the fact that Markievicz appears to be sheltering there at this time.Markievicz's fame as Irish republican, suffragist and radical had clearly reached Australia and touched a chord with the large Irish community overseas. Both the events mentioned in the letter were widely reported in Australian newspapers in the last months of 1920 (see for example 'A Letter from the Old Land', Southern Cross, 3 December 1920). Despite the difficulties of her situation, Markievicz responds to her hitherto unknown relative's letter with great warmth and interest, particularly as the cousin appears to have expressed her support for the Irish republican movement. Eva Cumming's unsolicited letter and photograph has clearly piqued her curiosity to discover more about her Australian connections; 'I wish you could find out more about the first Gore Booth who went to Australia. Robert was a family name... have you any old papers? Certificates, letters or Pictures or books? It would be so interesting...' and remarks on the physical similarity between her correspondent and her sister and namesake Eva Gore-Booth, 'She has the same straight brows & rather high forehead... but you appear to be dark whereas she is very fair. & much thinner...'; the 'gazelle' of W.B. Yeats' poem 'The light of evening, Lissadell,/ Great windows open to the south,/ Two girls in silk kimonos both,/ Beautiful, one a gazelle' (In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Constance Markievicz, 1927).Eva Mary Cumming died in Sydney in 1985 and would have been nineteen years old at the time of this correspondence. The letter has remained with the family until now.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

NAVAL LOG - H.M.S. KENT and NELSON'A Journal of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Kent Commencing the 1st May 1800 and Ending the 7th October 1803, Kept by John Jordan Arrow, Mid.n; under the command of W. Hope Esq. to the 18th June 1801, then Mr. Mansell Esq. to the 7th Sept. 1801, then Edw. O'Bryan Esq. to the 4th May 1803, & Jno. Stuart Esq. to the date hereof, J.J. A.', approximately 500 pages, brown ink on paper, ruled in pencil, 10 FULL-PAGE PEN AND WATERCOLOUR PLANS including soundings of Valletta (Malta), Quarantine Harbour (Malta), Bay of Marsa, and Sirocco (Malta), St. Pauls (Malta), Bay of Mamorice [Marmoris, Turkey], Harbour of Messina (Sicily), Haragatch Bay and part of Marmorice Bay (Turkey), Keith's Reef and Shoal... with the Esquerques (Tunis), Aboukir Bay (Coast of Egypt, including small vignette views of Rosseta, the Tower of Rosa, and the Castle of Aboukir), and Oristana Bay (Sardinia), of which 4 double-page, nineteenth century half calf, gilt lettered 'The Log of a Midshipman in Olden Times' on spine, upper joint split, folio (315 x 190mm.), [1800-1803]Footnotes:'JOIN'D LORD NELSON IN THE VICTORY' - a naval logbook rich in detail kept by a midshipman during a three year period of the Napoleonic Wars, including campaigns alongside Nelson at the blockade of Toulon, the Battles of Alexandria and Aboukir in Egypt, and service in the Mediterranean with a near five month stay in Malta.H.M.S. Kent was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 January 1798 at Blackwall Yard. This log commences on 1 May 1800 whilst the ship was stationed at Sheerness in Kent. In 1801, under the command of Admiral Lord Keith, she carried Sir Ralph Abercromby and his headquarters for the invasion of Egypt, a campaign which forced the surrender of the French occupying force. The log records landing the British army near Aboukir on 8 March 1801, hostile engagements with the Castle of Aboukir, and the Battle of Alexandria (21 March, 'At daylight saw the smoke from the masthead, supposed to be the the armies in action') where Abercromby died in action (news heard onboard on 31 March). From 19 March to 22 September 1802 the ship was moored at Valletta Harbour, Malta, a period which occupies 39 pages (in addition to the 4 pen and watercolour plans of Maltese harbours), supplying, as throughout the log, very extensive information on daily duties aboard ship, noting special events (celebration of the Queen's birthdays), punishments (lashings, mostly for fighting or desertion), comings and goings of other ships, victualling, etc. At 9.50 on 10 August 1803 H.M.S. Kent 'join'd Lord Nelson in the Victory in Comp. with H.M. Ships Donegal, Superb, Renown & Phoebe', to take part in the blockade of Toulon. The following 48 pages all record events 'In the company of the Ships Victory (Vice Admr. Lord Nelson)...', followed by a list of other ships. In addition to the usual updates on weather and wind conditions, ship repairs, rigging and other onboard activities, there is much information on the interaction of the different ships: 15 August, 'Discharged Mr. Chas. Royer Mids. into the Victory..., air'd bedding... exercised great guns & small arms. Pass'd by the Westd. a strange jettee'; 18 August, 'Admrl. Campbell (Blue) saluted Lord Nelson wth 15 guns which was returned wth. 13 from the Victory...'.John Jordan Arrow entered the Navy on 1 April 1800 as a First Class Volunteer, boarding H.M.S. Kent a month later. He was promoted to Midshipman in 1801. In later years he was made a Commander, prior to retiring on half-pay in 1814. He died in 1853.Provenance: John Gretton, Stapleford, 1st Baron Gretton (1867-1947), armorial bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SCOTLAND - BANKING[LAW (JOHN, attributed to)] Two Overtures Humbly Offered to His Grace John Duke of Argyll, Her Majesties High Commissioner, and the Right Honourable the Estates of Parliament. The 1. For supplying the present scarcity of coyn, and improving trade. The 2. For clearing the debts due by the Government to the Army and Civil List, 8pp., drop-head title, one or two page numbers shaved, untrimmed and sewn in modern paper wrappers [ESTC T178153; Goldsmiths-Kress 04226], 4to (185 x 142mm.), [Edinburgh, 1705]Footnotes:Extremely rare pamphlet by John Law, six copies of which have been traced in institutions, and none in auction records. Law was an economist with a colourful life story. Having moved to London, he lost large sums by gambling and in 1694 fought a duel, killing his opponent and finding himself sentenced to death. When the sentence was commuted to a fine, he was imprisoned under appeal, and escaped to Holland. Returning to Scotland in 1705, Law urged the establishment of a Scottish national bank and the issue of banknotes backed by land, gold or silver. But the proposals in the present pamphlet, and in his major work of the same year, Money and Trade Considered, were ultimately rejected, and Law left to pursue his ambitions abroad. After establishing the French Banque Générale in 1716, he went on to be the architect of the ill-fated Mississippi Bubble scheme which caused a financial crisis in France and his complete fall from grace; although pardoned in England, he was to die a poor man in Venice a few years later, unaware that many of his ideas would still form a part of accepted monetary theory some three hundred years later.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CHARD'S HOMECOMING - ILLUMINATED ADDRESSESIlluminated address presented to John Chard R.E., V.C. by the 'Inhabitants of North Curry, Othery [Somerset] and Neighbourhood, with which you and your family have been and are connected.... expression our heartfelt admiration of your self-devotion, talent and gallantry in the Zulu War, particularly during that trying night at Rorkes Drift... [where] you kept at bay an almost overpowering force of the enemy, and... saved the Colony of Natal from destruction and defended the honour of your Country... Presented the 3rd Day of October 1879', manuscript on vellum, black ink, with heading ('To Major John Rouse Merriott Chard...'), opening sentences and important words ('Rorkes Drift', 'Zulu War', 'Colony of Natal', 'Victoria Cross') illuminated in red, blue, purple and gold inks, the text within border of red and blue, with decoration in each corner of a Zulu shield and spears, and ornament of army pith helmet with crossed Union Jack flags in lower margin, signed by 32 persons (including the Chairman, Rev. Browne), in 5 columns beneath address, mounted on original wooden rollers, within original purple morocco cylinder case, address approximately 530 x 430mm., 1879--[TAUNTON] Manuscript address to John Chard V.C., from 'the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Taunton', praising his role at Rorke's Drift, ink on vellum, signed by Meyer Jacobs, Mayor of Taunton, and the town clerk, with the Common Seal of the Borough of Taunton in red wax, old folds, 365 x 285mm., 3 October 1879; together with a decorative illuminated address presented by 'The Borough of Langport, Eastover [Somerset], 1st November, 1879', the address framed and glazed, with the original silk-lined presentation case [1879] (3)Footnotes:CHARD'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN HOME TO SOMERSET, the day after his arrival back from South Africa, on 3 October 1879. As announced in the local newspaper 'The hero of Rorke's Drift met with a cordial reception yesterday at North Curry, near Taunton. Nearly 4000 people assembled to welcome his arrival on a visit to his brother-in-law, Major Barrret. An illuminated address of congratulation and welcome was presented to Major Chard by the rector... a procession was then formed, and its line of march led through the village, which was profusely decorated with flags, flowers and arches of garlands'. Earlier in the day his train had been met at Taunton by the Mayor and with equally large crowds of well-wishers, before he travelled a few miles to North Curry (close to his sister's home at Moredon), the first stop of his unofficial tour of the country.Provenance: John Chard V.C., R.E.; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CHARD RECEPTION - MASONIC LODGE, EXETERIlluminated address presented by the Master Wardens and Brethren of Saint Georges Lodge No. 112 [Exeter] to 'Brother John Rouse Merriot Chard' for his 'courage and gallantry' at Rorke's Drift, manuscript on thick paper, black ink, with important words in blue, red, green, and yellow, illuminated with decorative border incorporating an image of Zulu shield, spears and clubs in vertical margins, large Royal arms in upper, and Lodge arms in lower margins, each surrounded by acanthus leaves and flourishes, 600 x 480mm., [14 November 1879]Footnotes:'When, on 3 May 1877, a 30-year-old army officer was initiated into the Lodge, no-one dreamed that two years later he would be acclaimed a national hero and be awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery in battle. The young Mason was John Rouse Marriott Chard who, from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1868. He served in the Zulu War and distinguished himself... When the news reached England, the Lodge prepared an illuminated address of congratulations signed by all the members' (extract from the history of St. George's Lodge, cited on 1879Zuluward.com). This was presented to him at a Lodge of Emergency on 14 November 1879.Provenance: John Chard V.C., R.E., presented by the Masonic Lodge, Exeter; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

INDIAN MUTINY AND WORLD WAR IPapers of Patrick Whelan, senior administrator for the British army in India, including letters by his friend and colleague Major-General William Riddell Birdwood, several written from the Anzac Corps on the Western Front, together with papers acquired by his forebears at the time of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, comprising:i) Eight autograph and typed letters signed ('W.R. Birdwood'), six to Patrick Whelan ('My dear Whelan'), and two to his wife, letters of thanks and congratulations; one on Birdwood's departure for Egypt to command the Anzac troops training there; another from the Front ('...Things are going well but slowly, as is only natural, for the Germans have very strong positions in front of us, and fight stubbornly. I hope though that we have killed a good many of them in the last few days, and we have had quite a successful haul of guns. I have lately taken my troops out of the trenches, and while there I am glad to say they succeeded in bayonetting some three hundred Germans by raiding across no man's land into their trenches at night, and establishing a feeling of holy terror in consequence. Now, however, we are called upon to take a much larger part in the game, when we must I fear naturally expect to have heavy casualties...'; hoping to get him a post with the Mesopotamian commission; his opinion of said commission ('...How they have formed a committee without any knowledge of India seems astounding...'), mentioning preparations for an attack north-east of Pozières in early August 1916 ('...I have had a terrible lot of hard fighting with my Australians here all this last month... they have done excellently, and quite lived up to their old Peninsula reputation...'), 25 pages in all, 8vo and 4to, Kohat, NW Frontier Province, Bombay, 1st Anzac Corps, France, 5 May [19]11 to 25 August 1916ii) Papers relating to military operations during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, comprising a manuscript list titled 'Distribution of European Troops & Sikhs on the banks of the Ganges', Koladque, 26 August 1857; with a manuscript copy (docketed 'Extract copy') of a letter from Colonel Robert Napier, chief engineer and military and adjutant general to Sir James Outram, written in several hands, reporting on the massing of troops and preparations prior to the first relief of Lucknow in September 1857, dated 27 August [1857]iii) Six warrants of authority each signed at head ('William R'), addressed to 'The General or Officer Commanding Our Forces', authorising the bearer to convene or cause to be convened a General Courts Martial should the occasion arise, in Bengal and the East Indies, three engraved with manuscript insertions, three manuscript, four countersigned by Melbourne, two by Russell, 15 pages, paper seals, dust-stained, various marks, tears, small holes, some losses, one extensively damaged, folio, Windsor, 26 March 1834 and 19 April 1837Footnotes:Patrick Whelan was born into a long line of British civil servants and administrators in India and was clearly held in high esteem, as these letters from the then Major-General Birdwood show. After seeing action with Kitchener during the Second Boer War, Birdwood commanded the Anzacs at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, before becoming commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army during the closing stages of the war and returning to India in 1920. These papers have remained in the family until now and are being sold by the granddaughter of Patrick Whelan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A CONTINENTAL SILVER TWIN-HANDLED TROPHY CUP, engraved 1922 BAOR (British Army of the Rhine), INTER ALLIED 440 YARD, 1ST PRIZE, stamped 800. 6ins high.

Three early 20th Century photographs framed together depicting pioneering aviators Gustav Hamel, James Valentine, and Claude Grahame-White. The photograph of Claude Grahame-White with signature and dated 1912 ; four early 20th Century photographs framed together of Marcel Desoutter, H Salmet, R.T.Gates and others, the Salmet image with signature (probably a facsimile); and an autograph album containing signatures and notes by Tito Mattei (Pianist); another four framed together of Monoplanes and Lieut Fox on a B E Army Bi-Plane; Maurice Farkoa (Actor and Singer); Raoul Pugno (Composer); Therese Tietjens (Soprano); Clara Butt (Contralto); Kennerley Rumford (Baritone); Moritz Moszkowski (Composer); Agnacy Jan Paderewski (Pianist and Composer); Aris Gomez (Contralto); and Ben Davies (Singer). (4) NB: Claude Grahame-White (1879 – 1959) became interested in aviation after Bleriot's crossing of the English Channel in 1909. He subsequently went to France, where he attended the Rhiems aviation meeting, at which he met Blériot and enrolled at his flying school. Grahame-White was one of the first people to qualify as a pilot in England. He became a celebrity in April 1910 when he competed with the French pilot, Louis Paulhan, for the prize offered by the Daily Mail newspaper for the first flight between London and Manchester in under 24 hours. Paulhan won but Grahame White's achievement was widely praised. In July 1910, he won the first prize at the Midlands Aviation Meeting at Wolverhampton.in his Farman III biplane. Moreover, he won the Gordon Bennett Aviation Cup race in New York that same year. The year after he won a speed contest prize in Long Island, New York for flying his monoplane 10 miles at 61 and 1/2 miles per hour. In 1911 he set up a flying School at Hendon Aerodrome.

A group of five WWII medals, comprising: The 39-45 Star; Africa Star with First Army clasp; Italy Star; Defence & War Medal; together with two WWII period photographs of S/10705623, Private (later Corporal) Harry Cohen, RAFC, BNAS.

A collection of military cap badges, shoulder titles and collar badges and other badges, comprising, Manchester 5th Volunteers Btn; The Yorkshire Regiment; Royal Engineers; Northumberland Fusiliers; Queens Own Rifles of Canada; Artists Rifles; Liverpool and Scottish; Kings Own Scottish Borderers; Highlanders; Army Cyclists Corps; Newcastle Volunteer Training Corps; South Carolina Highway Patrol; Lancashire Automobile Club 1947; On War Service etc.

An Army & Navy brass faced 3 7/8in. dia. reel, inscribed 'A & N CSL, Makers, 105 Victoria Street, Westminster, London'; together with a leather pouch and box leather case with baize lining.

Vintage pen nibs in a selection of original boxes, including: Finburgh Bros', Joseph Gillotts; Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd; H.J. Ryman Ltd; The Anchor Pen; and others; and a box of Bryant & May's Royal Wax vestas; all contained in a Penfold Patented Golf Balls box.

Collection of Military Genre Books and Pamphlets: Regimental Badges and Service Caps, County Regiments, British military markings, Wehrmacht Division signs, badges and emblems, Royal Norfolk Regiment, British badges, war badges from WWII Gurkha Rifles, British Army of 1914, metal shoulder titles etc. (approx.18 items)

WW2 German Army Zinc Soldier's Identity Disc for SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier Regiment ''Danmark''.

Large Quantity of DVDs - Dads Army, Faulty Towers and Mash etc

An Army and Navy part set of draughtsman's tools, in fitted rectangular brass bound walnut case, 37cm

A Hampshire Regiment metal mounted swagger stick, with regimental crest to top and brass tip end, 70cm, together with another short stick with metal terminal and removable tip revealing a screw thread, 60cm a Dring & Fage measuring stick 92cm and a framed modern replica message from General Montgomery commander in Chief of 21 Army, on the eve of D Day, 31cm

Second World War interest, 35 Wing, 'The story of 35 Days in 35 Wing who watched, and helped in the destruction of a German Army 28 July - 31 August 1944', by Lt -Col P E R Wright G(I) Int. 1st Canadian Army, with black and white photographic aerial shot illustrations, together with a framed colour print, 'A Bristol Beaufighter drops a tricolour on the Arc de Triomphe 1942' inscribed (faded) "To my old mate Bertie sincerely Ken Galward 7/12/49", 38cm by 36cm, Gp Capt Ken Galward was a World War II pilot who flew in the Battle of Dunkirk and dropped a tricolour on the Arc de Triomphe

A bar of five World War II medals, 1939-45 Defence and War medals, the 1939-45 star, and the Italy and Africa stars with 1st Army bar, together with a miniature set of the same, by repute awarded to A Daisy

A Second World War British Army Aldis Short Range Daylight Signalling Lamp with ground spike and filters

A bag containing British Army embroidered and other insignia, etc.

Twenty-two military related model vehicles in varying scales and manufacturers. Oxford Military: 1:76 scale David Brown Tractor, a 1:76 scale RAF 108 Repair Salvage Unit, 1:76 scale AEC Matador Tractor, a 1:76 scale Brown 40MM before gun, 1:76 scale Royal Artillery 1st Army Tractor and a 1:76 scale British Army ‘Mickey Mouse’ Tractor. Oxford Commercials: 1:76 scale Leyland TLM Fire Engine. Military Force DieCast: U.S Army Rocket Launcher. EG: 1:43 scale LAV 25 Piranha TUA- 2003. War Masters: 1:72 scale Sd.Kfz 9 Famo 88mm Flak, Italy 1944. HobbyMaster: 1:72 scale Die-Cast British Centurion Tank and a 1:72 scale M26 Pershing. Corgi: 1:50 scale M48-A3 ‘Patton’ Tank- US Army. Unbranded models: 1st USMC Tank Battalion- 2003, Polish Army T-55A, M2 Bradley- 1991, C1 Ariete- 2002, AMX-30- 1982 and four loose models. 80-120

Approximately thirty-four military related model vehicles in various scales and multiple manufacturers. Dragon Armour: 1:72 scale M4A3 105mm HVSS, 1:72 scale StuG IV Later version, 1:72 scale Panther G, 1:72 scale Jagdpanzer IV L/70, 1:72 scale AAVP7A1 RAM/RS, 1:72 scale Leopard 2A4, 1:72 scale 88mm Flak 36, 1:72 scale Sturmtiger and a 1:72 scale SU-100. WWII Ground Armour: 1:144 scale Morset Karl-Gerat 040 and a 1:72 scale AS-90 SPG. HobbyMaster: Russian KV-2 Tank, 1:72 scale german 3-ton V-2 Rocket Tanker, 1:72 Die-Cast Bedford QL Aircraft Refueler and a 1:72 scale Horch 1a with 20mm Flak 38. Corgi: D-Day series Omaha Beach and a Corgi Classics Land Rover (1,271/5,000) Oxford Military: 1:76 scale British Army ‘Mickey Mouse’. Together with five other boxed, eight loose models and five unnamed Military Force 1:76 scale models..

A small collection of military pin badges - Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Egypt SWB, Royal Army Medical Corps plus others (11)

* Third Reich. A Civilian in Service to the Army armband, black eagle and swastika on a yellow cloth ground with Reich black ink stamp, together with a party armband, black and white swastika on a red felt ground with Reich ink stamp, both pieces in fine condition and brought back from the war by the vendors fatherQty: (2)

* Third Reich. A collection of WWII German ephemera, comprising an archive belonging to Colonel C.M. Dodkins, CBE, DSO, an Intelligence Officer working for the British Army, the file is titled Danish members of SS Totenkopf and dated 8 February 1946, the report includes the interrogation of SS Sonder-Kommander, Danemark member Otto Schwerdt (1918-1975) who participated in the rescue of Mussolini, 60 typed A4 pages in a folder titled Waffen SS Danish Volunteers, together with another typed report titled Intermediate Interrogation Report, Prisoner O/Gruf Benno Martin dated 8 August 1945 and other related items plus a rare 1930s passport to a Jewish female, page 16 is stamped with a J red ink stamp and "'Entered Sept 1938 the "J" (Jew) as per Nazi Law for Jews also required to wear a yellow starQty: (4)

* Sold on behalf of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command Remembrance Fund, A collection of POW watercolours presented to Group Captain W.D.G. 'Four-Run' Watkins, Royal Air Force A brown card folder printed 'Block for Frihandsteckning' 8 blad, enclosing 5 original POW drawings, including, Plunkett (Desmond, 1916-2002). Martin Mariner seaplane, watercolour on paper, signed and dated 18 April 1945 lower right, image size, 17 x 23.5cm, inscribed verso Stalag Luft I. Barth, Germany and with 20 names and addresses of POWs including Plunkett; another list of 18 POWs from Squadron 10 Room II; a pencil drawing of the Market with St. Marienkirche, Barth with Luftwaffe eagle and swastika above with a three-part scroll inscribed 'Tethered but not Tamed', the scroll beneath inscribed 'Stalag Luft 1 Barth Germany, inscribed to verso 'To W/C Watkins Best Wishes Room 2. Squadron 10', sheet size 32 x 25cm .Qty: (5)NOTESGroup Captain W. D. G. ‘Four-Run’ Watkins, Royal Air Force, served as a Gunner in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) from 1929, he joined the R.A.F. in 1936 as an Armourer and at the outbreak of WWII was serving as an Air Observer with 75 (New Zealand) Squadron. Serving with 149 Squadron in 1940, he was awarded the D.F.M. and was commissioned in September of that year. Mentioned in Despatches the following year, for his exceptional bomb aiming and navigation skill during his second tour Watkins was awarded the D.F.C. in 1942. A third tour as Air Bomber with 214 Squadron followed in 1943, after which he was appointed Acting Wing Commander and in 1944 he commenced a fourth tour as Commanding Officer of 15 Squadron; possibly the first such appointment for an Observer. At times serving as Master Bomber, Watkins was shot down over Germany in November 1944. Bailing out with his clothes and parachute on fire, he was taken prisoner, being held at Stalag Luft 1 as the highest ranking British Officer, until released in May 1945. By early 1947 Watkins had logged an incredible 600 plus operational and over 400 passenger hours, and his four War-time tours would equate to approximately 120 bombing operations. Post War, he continued to serve, with Testing and Armaments, ultimately attaining the rank of Group Captain. Watkins earned himself the nickname "Four-Run" because he was so dedicated to his task he would make four runs over heavily defended targets ahead of dropping bombs. The watercolour of the Martin Mariner included in this lot was painted by Flight Lieutenant Desmond Plunkett who was mapmaker for the Great Escape which was immortalised in the Steve McQueen film. 76 prisoners got through a 360ft tunnel from Stalag Luft III camp on 23 March 1944. Plunkett was one of 73 men to be recaptured and was held in solitary confinement for seven months. However, he avoided the fate of 50 of the escapees, who were executed by the Gestapo on the direct orders of the Fuhrer. Plunkett ended up in SL1 where he met Watkins who was SBO in his barracks. The Martin Mariner was one of the less common aircraft used in WWII. Group Captain Watkins medal group was sold at DNW, London on 17 September 2020 (Lot 7).

* Autographs. A copied photograph signed by General Douglas MacArthur, inscribed in black ink 'To Colonel Shaw with best wishes Douglas MacArthur', horizontal crease, 23.5 x 18.5cm, framed and glazed together with a cheque signed by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker dated 14 December 1970, the cheque printed E.V. Rickenbacker, Chemical New York Chemical Bank New York Trust Company for the sum of $2500, presented in a blue felt mount with a copied photograph of Rickenbacker in the cockpit of an aircraft, 38 x 33cm, unframedQty: (2)NOTESGeneral Douglas Macarthur (1880-1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marsal of the Philippine Army, he is best remembered for his famous speech in Australia in which he declared, "I came through and I shall return", having escaped from the Japanese in the Phillippine in March 1942. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker (1880-1973) was a WWI American fighter ace and Medal of Honour recipient. He is credieted for 26 aerial victories and was Americas most successful fighter ace.

* Churchill (Winston Spencer). A collection of toby jugs, comprising Manor Limited Editions Army Forcies Churchill modelled by Ray Noble numbered 45/500, Bairstow Manor Pottery The Life and Times of Winston Churchill modelled by Ray Noble numbered 220/350, Manor Limited Editions Series One "Winston the Bricklayer" numbered 192/3000, Prestige Jugs Winston Churchill, Churchill Victory (Bonhams label to base)Qty: (5)

* Crimean War. A piece of the field telegraph wire circa 1854-56, presented in a period circular brass framed, finely engraved with floral scrolls and convex glass, the wire placed on a circular piece of card contemporarily inscribed in ink 'A piece of the wire of the electric telegraph by which messages were transmitted during the war', 'from the Monastery of St George in the South of the Crimea to Varna on the coast of Bulgaria, brought from Karni by Felix Wakefield, 1856', 15.5cm diameterQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. Felix Wakefield (1807-1875) was born in Norfolk and educated as an engineer but then joined his father who was engaged in the silk trade at Blois, France. In the early 1830s he became Superintendent of Public Works in Tasmania. He returned to England in 1847 and joined the Canterbury Settlement in 1851 and for the next three years he farmed near Christchurch. In 1854 he returned to England and was made the Principal Superintendent of Army Works Corps in the Crimea with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He helped build the railway from Balaclava to Sebastopol and returned to New Zealand in 1863. His book Colonial Surveying with a View to the Disposal of Wasteland was published in 1849, and he died in Sumner, New Zealand in 1875. The electric telegraph revolutionised communications and the laying of 547 km submarine cable between Balaclava and Varna was undertaken in a April 1855 and enabled officials in London and Paris to communicate with their commanders in the Crimea within 24 hours.

* Falklands War. A British Flag of 3 Para 1982, the large union jack cloth flag printed in black 3 PARA 1982, GOOSE GREEN, FALKLANDS, WIRELESS RIDGE, the cotton edge inscribed in ink TEAL INLET. MOUNT LONGDON "WE WENT WE FOUGHT WE CONQUERED" PORT STANLEY, SAN CARLOS with lanyards, 173 x 82cm with a Sunday Mirror newspaper dated 23 May 1982Qty: (2)NOTESThe locations on the flag represent Battle Honours of 3 Para.Provenance: The current owner ran an Army Surplus shop for around 30 years and the flag was brought into his shop in the mid-eighties by an ex-para together with various other items. Apparently the flag was on the railings of the ship on the home-coming.

* WWI. An archive relating to Major Charles Hodgkinson Smith (1877-1952), comprising: a typescript history of the family written by the Major entitled 'A "Gunner" Family', ff.30, with genealogy frontispiece, bound in a spring back cloth binder, slim folio, with author's original manuscript and notes loosely inserted; a 3pp. typescript curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation (including a typescript letter signed from General Sir George F. Milne); a printed bifolium certificate completed in manuscript awarding the Order of the British Empire, dated 1919, with circular embossed seal, and signature of George V, folio; a printed paper commission document completed in black ink, appointing Charles Hodgkinson Smith Second Lieutenant in the Land Forces, dated 1900, with most of wax seal lacking, signed by Edward VII 'Edward R&I' to upper margin, vertical folds as issued, toned, 30 x 40 cm (12 x 15.75 ins); a printed paper commission document completed in black ink, appointing the same to rank of Lieutenant in the Land Forces, dated 1914, embossed blue paper seal to left margin, vertical folds as issued, 30.5 x 40.5 cm (12 x 16 ins), and another commission document similar, stamped in red 'Temporary', appointing the same to rank of Captain in the Royal Air Force, dated 1918; a printed copy of Seniority and Distribution Lists of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, No. 548, Woolwich, November 1900, folded into printed blue paper wrappers; and various newspaper cuttings, army papers, personal family correspondence, certificates (including 3 framed certificates pertaining to gallant and distinguished services during WWI), and other ephemera, together with: A cavalry sketching board, London: Houghton-Butcher, 1915, wooden sketching board with compass, integrated clinometer and swivelling leather arm strap with buckle to reverse, original squared paper roll still attached to side rollers bearing a pencilled diagram and annotations, 25 x 18.5 cm (10 x 7.25 ins)Qty: (-)NOTESMajor Charles Hodgkinson Smith was the eldest son of Major General Charles Hodgkinson Smith (1826-1897) and the last of six successive generations of the same family to serve in the Royal Artillery, five of which were documented by him. The Major's military career commenced in 1899 when he joined the yeoman cavalry at the start of the Boer War, receiving a commission in the Royal Artillery the following year and serving until 1904, when he retired in favour of agricultural pursuits. During the Boer War Charles saw action at Sand River, Wittebergen, Slaapkrantz, and Bothaville, and was involved in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. In his history of the family he describes his experiences of guerilla warfare during which he endured: "constant flank and rear-guard actions, long hours in the saddle, extremities of heat and cold, often sleeping on sodden ground and sometimes for weeks living on nothing but bully-beef and dry biscuits ... ". At the outbreak of the First World War he rejoined the Royal Artillery (Reserve of Officers), and served in the Second Battle of Ypres as Captain, and subesquently commanded the Brigade Ammunition Column before Armentières, Boise Grenier, and Péronne, south of the Somme. In 1916 he was invalided home, although he was later sent to Egypt with the Royal Flying Corps in 1917, and then to the Balkans where he took part in operations, including the two battles of Doiran. Immediately after the Armistice Charles was appointed Commandant of the Royal Air Force of the Alexandria and Aboukir District in Egypt. He therefore served in three branches of the armed forces - the Cavalry, the Artillery and the Air Force. He was awarded a number of medals, including two South African medals, the Victory Medal and the Croix de Guerre, and was also made a Member of the British Empire. Major Charles appears to have been a sporting all-rounder, excelling in football, tennis, golf, rowing, and billiards, as well as polo, skating, skiing and other winter sports. One of the testimonials, dated 1919, describe him as "an excellent officer ... His personal habits are those of an English country gentleman. He is a good sportsman, of almost gigantic proportions, full of physical fitness, and just the sort of Englishman for a Colonial appointment." Charles married and had one daughter, but no son to carry on the family tradition of serving in the Royal Artillery.

* Mixed Medals. A collection of medals, comprising 1914-15 Star (14733 Pte G. Wilder. Bedf:R.), extremely fine British War Medal (5271 Pte. E.J. Prickett. Durh. L.I.). good fine Pair: British War and Victory Medals (024303 Pte. F. Cottrell. A.O.C.), extremely fine, swing mounted for wear with card box of issue, with some related paperwork, together with a mixed collection of medals including WWII group comprising 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence and War Medals, swing mounted, Defence Medal, War Medal, United Nations Medal for Korea, Third Reich. West Wall Medal, Army Temperance silver medal (Watch and Be Sober), France. Saint Helena Medal and other itemsQty: (small box )NOTES14733 Private George Wilder, a native of Markyate, Dunstable, served on the Western Front with 6th Bn, Bedfordshire Regiment, he was wounded on 12 July 1916 (War Badge), he died on 16 November 1916, Wilder is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France.

* Singapore Mutiny. A presentation box from the Singapore Mutiny 15 February 1915, the mahogany box with silver plaque with hallmarks for Chester 1913 engraved 'F.M. From H.C.M.', the hinged lid enclosing a green velvet lined interior and secret lift out tray concealing 7 INERT .303 bullets, the inner lid with silver plaque engraved 'Martial Law, Mrs Gerald Mugliston, A Souvenir of the Mutiny of the Indian Troops 5th Light Infantry, 15th Feby 1915 - From the spare Jagga', the box 10cm high x 18.5cm wide x 11.5cm deep, together with a photocopied account of the Mutiny published in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Vol. LXII, No.251 Autumn 1984Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. The 1915 Singapore Mutiny, also referred to as 1915 Sepoy Mutiny or the Mutiny of the 5th Light Infantry, was a mutiny involving up to half of a regiment of 850 sepoys against the British during WWI. Linked with the 1915 Ghadar Conspiracy (a plan to initiate a pan-Indian mutiny in the British Indian Army in February 1915 to end the British Raj in India). The Singapore Mutiny commenced on 15 February 1915 and lasted several days. It resulted in the deaths of eight British officers and soldiers, two Malay officers and one soldier, 14 British civilians, 5 Chinese and Malay civilians and one German internee before it was quelled by British forces and Allied naval detachments. Sold with some copied extracts including reference to Mr Gerald Mugliston playing a game of billiards in the Singapore Free Press & Mercantile Advertiser, 18 October 1921 and also being the Chairman of the Singapore United Rubber Plantation from 1948 onwards.

* Royal Flying Corps. A collection of items belonging to Captain Francis Albert Durrad, killed in action over enemy lines, 8 November 1917, comprising pilots watch, the 45mm circular white dial with blued steel hands, black Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, the backplate stamped GLASHUTTE SYSTEME, the movement in clean original condition and the watch is working, the case 55mm diameter with a sliding button on the side to adjust the hands and large winding crown, on a cream leather strap, together with a collection of flying / motoring apparel comprising, soft brown leather helmet, with brown mohair lining, a pair of goggles with aluminium frames and elasticated strap, a brown leather sleeve with original tailors label 'The Brodinoto Brand', pair of brown leather gauntlets each with sheep's wool lining, RFC side cap with 2 brass buttons to the front, RFC embroidered cloth brevet and blazer badge, RFC brass cap badge and other related badges and various original documents relating to the death of DurradQty: (small box )NOTESCaptain Francis Albert Durrad served on the Western Front with the Royal Engineers from 8 November 1914, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps (21 March 1915), a newspaper cutting included in the lot shows a photograph of recipient and titled 'Commission for a Despatch Rider', Durrad was despatch riding with the Lahore Division at the front for several months prior to his commission, he was then promoted to Captain where he was attached to the Royal Flying Corps (22 Squadron), Durrad was killed in action whilst flying over enemy lines on 8 November 1917, Durrad is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Calais, France.

* Bullet Mould. An American Colt Army Revolver .44 Bullet Mould, stamped COLT'S PATENT on the sprue cutter and stamped 44H with proof mark G, 13cm longQty: (1)

* A WWII MM group to Driver C.W. Hughes, Royal Army Service Corps who received his award when driving the Colonel's car he ran into a German post, but acted so promptly that the car was successfully turned and driven off. Military Medal, G.VI.R. (T/79272 Dvr. C.W. Hughes. R.A.S.C.) 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Efficiency Medal Territorial, G.VI.R., with 'Territorial' scroll bar (79272 Sjt. C.W. Hughes. M.M. R.E.M.E.), good very fine, with original service book and record of service cardQty: (5)NOTESMM London Gazette 20 August 1940 7972 Sergeant Cyril William Hughes (1918-1998). A metallurgical chemist by trade, Hughes enlisted in the Territorial Army on 24 April 1939, and served in Belgium and France 1939-40. The Birmingham Mail (17 March 1941) reported: "Two young Birmingham soldiers were recently decorated by the King with the Military Medal. Driver C.W. Hughes, of the R.A.S.C., whose home is at 113 Frankley Beeches Road, Northfield. He is a grandson of the famous Birmingham medallist, the late Joseph Moore, whose portrait and collection of works were removed from the Art Gallery to Aston Hall a few years ago. He is 21 and earned his decoration for meritorious conduct during the fighting in Flanders last year. When driving the Colonel's car he ran into a German post but acted so promptly that the car was successfully turned and driven off. Joining the Territorials before the war, Driver Hughes went to France at Christmas 1939 and was there until the evacuation from Dunkirk. His father is also serving his country for, as a naval pensioner, he rejoined the Royal Navy after the outbreak of war and is now serving as a chief petty officer writer." Hughes transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 12 March 1942 and transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1 October 1942, he was discharged from service on 1 July 1946.

* The Field Officer's Gold Medal posthumously awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Donellan Killed in Action at Talavera on 28 July 1809, whilst commanding the 1st Bn, 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot. Donellan mortally wounded famously took off his hat passed it to Major George Middlemore stating "you will have the honour of leading the 48th to the charge" Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal by Nathaniel Marchant, for Talavera 1809 (Lieut Col: Chas Donellan, 1st Bn 48th Foot.) complete with its three-pronged gold ribbon buckle, extremely fineNB: On closer examination (under a jeweller’s loupe) the gold medal would appear to have scratches to the reverse, therefore the original grading “extremely fine” is no longer applicable.Qty: (1)NOTESLieutenant-Colonel Charles Donellan was commissioned on 28 September 1804, and commanded the 48th Foot from 14 November 1804, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Talavera on 28 July 1809 when having two horses shot from under him. Donellan famously took off his hat and passed it to his next in command Major George Middlemore saying "you will have the honour of leading the 48th to the charge". Posthumous awards of this nature are very scarce. The Battle of Talavera 27-28 July 1809 The British victory over the French 27-28 July 1809 near the Spanish town of Talavera. Advancing into Spain from Portugal, the 20,000 strong British Army under the command of the Duke of Wellington reached the river Tagus and took up positions on the hills north west of the town. The town was held by the Spanish army and was under threat from a French army of about 50,000 under Marshal Nicholas Soult. The French attacked the British force in an attempt to drive it off, and succeeded in the British line back. The British held their position, which was subjected to a heavy bombardment by the French artillery followed by another assault. Just as the British position looked untenable, reinforcements under Viscount Hill appeared. By nightfall the battle had died down but was renewed by another French assault the following morning. The French were held off by heavy fire from the infantry and the intensity of cavalry charges. The French retired toward Madrid, but the British were so weakened by the battle they were unable to pursue Soult. Wellington fell back to Portugal. British casualties were some 6200 killed or wounded, and the French some 7400 killed or wounded. Nathaniel Marchant RA (1739–1816) was an English gem engraver; he was also assistant Royal Mint engraver to William Wyon. Awards by Marchant are very scarce.

* British Army. Uniforms and regalia belonging to Lieutenant Colonel J.C. Wickham, DSO, Royal Engineers, comprising two field service tunics each with medal riband bars (one tunic Burberrys), trousers, a scarlet tunic with black and gold facings, two officers hats, grey cloth great coat with red cloth lining, a cocked hat in its original jappaned tin with brass plaque engraved ‘Colonel J.C. Wickham’, with additional tin containing ostrich feather plume, various sashes and side caps and other items all contained in a large metal tin inscribed ‘Lt: Colonel J.C.W. Wickham, R.E.’Qty: (Trunk)NOTESDSO London Gazette 14 January 1916 Lieutenant Colonel J.C. Wickham DSO was born in Simla, India in 1886. He was educated at Cheltenham College and Royal Marine Artillery, Woolwich, commissioned 2nd Lt, Royal Engineers in 1904, Lieutenant 1907, Captain 1914, served during WWI and mentioned in despatches twice, severely wounded in June 1916. Wickham was also ADC to George V in the 1930’s.

* Smith (General Sir John, 1754-1837, Governor of Gibraltar). An archive of documents and ephemera, comprising: a 2pp. letter from the Duke of Wellington to Lt. General Smith, dated 17th December 1821, written in a secretarial hand and signed by the Duke 'Wellington', asking the recipient to forward details of military services rendered requisite for the award of Order of the Bath, one folded 4to sheet, watermarked 'J. Budgen 1821', several folds (with a few associated small holes), final page (with direction) toned; 16 commission documents, pre-printed on vellum and completed in brown ink, appointing John Smith to various military positions, dated 1771-1837, with embossed paper seals, variously signed upper left by George III, George IV, and William IV, vertical folds as issued, a few dusty or marked, but generally in good condition, approximately 35 x 35 cm (13.25 x 16 ins), and slightly smaller; and various other official and personal papers and correspondence, including: a folded paper commission, pre-printed and completed in brown ink, appointing John Smith as Gentleman Cadet in the Royal Artillery, dated 1768, with embossed paper seal, somewhat torn; several folded paper Statements of the Services of Lieut-General Sir John Smith, pre-printed and completed in ink, one torn and with piece excised from lower right corner; two 10pp. manuscript narratives of the Services of Sir John Smith from 1771-1834 (one a copy of the other); several manuscript lists of officers served under; a manuscript note 'Memorandum for the Inscription to be Engraved on my Tombstone'; and a copy of a letter from Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, on Sir John's appointment to the command of the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar in 1804Qty: (-)NOTESGeneral Sir John Smith (1754-1837) was the only son of Captain John Smith (1722-1783) and the third of six successive generations of one family to serve in the Royal Artillery (of which five are documented). He fought in the American War of Independence, during which he was captured and imprisoned by the Americans. When he was finally released, after nine strenuous years in America, he was ship-wrecked on the way home and nearly drowned. He took part in a number of further campaigns, and was instrumental in expanding the British Empire in the West Indies. He served in Gibraltar from 1804 to 1814, including as Acting Governor and subsequently Governor. He became Colonel-Commandant of the 7th Battalion, Royal Horse Artillery in 1815, and was promoted to General in 1837. The unusually large number of preserved commission documents pertaining to this family were apparently kept in three specially constructed metal cases, which kept the documents well-preserved, despite their inevitable travels to various parts of the globe. Sir John's portrait was painted in oils by Henry Wyatt, a pupil of Thomas Lawrence, and it hung in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich for a time, until given to the family. Sir John was a personal friend of George III, George IV and William IV, and he received the Order of the Bath (after apparently prompting the Duke of Wellington on the subject - see letter above), as well as being made a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Hanovarian Guelphic Order. Apparently towards the end of the General's life William IV used to send a daily messenger to Sir John's residence in Woolwich to enquire after his health, and sometimes visited in person, on one occasion presenting him with a silver snuff box. According to at least one account Sir John appears to have been somewhat of a dandy: "The late Father of the Regiment, General Sir John Smith, when a Lieutenant Colonel was an amazing Beau and flattered himself he had a good leg. Of course his boots used to fit like gloves" (Captain R.J. Macdonald, The History of the Dress of the Royal Artillery, 1899). The memorandum regarding his epitaph requested that the inscription on his tomb include the following: "Sacred To the Memory of General Sir John Smith G.C.H., Colonel Commandant of the Royal Horse Artillery and Father of the Corps - after serving as an Officer in three quarters of the Globe 64 years - Honoured by his Sovereign - respected by all Ranks of the Army he had served with, beloved by his Friends and revered by his Family, His private life afforded an Example to all who love goodness, honour and and benevolence". His great grandson notes in the family history "His successors did not carry out his wishes".

* A WWII group to Captain R.C. Wilson, Grenadier Guards who served as an Intelligence Officer from 1943 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Pacific Star, Defence and War Medals with M.I.D. oakleaf, extremely fine in named box of issue with transmission slip, with dress miniature awards but with an Africa Star and 1st Army clasp (the full-size clasp is included in the lot) and original documents for M.I.D. dated 9 September 1947 plus some related badgesQty: (5)NOTESM.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946.

* The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Major Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun, V.C., 19th Madras Native Infantry, who, on 15 January 1859, led a charge against a rebel band with only eight men of his regiment and although severely wounded himself and losing seven of the eight men in the engagement, forced the rebels into the town and caused them to abandon their plunder. Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Mjr H M. Clogston [sic], V.C, 2nd Regt of Cavy Hyd Contigt.), correctly named in medium serifed capitals, the ‘j’ of ‘Mjr’ only visible under a glass, edge bruise but otherwise nearly extremely fineQty: (1)NOTESV.C. London Gazette 21 October 1859: 'For conspicuous bravery in charging the Rebels into Chichumbah with only eight men of his Regiment (the 2nd Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent), compelling them to re-enter the Town, and finally to abandon their plunder. He was severely wounded himself, and lost seven out of the eight men who accompanied him.' Major Herbert Mackworth Clogstoun (1820-1862) was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, commissioned into the Madras Army on 15 January 1838, and remained with the 19th Madras N.I. until 1856 when he was transferred as Second-in-Command of the 2nd Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent. On 15 January 1859, Clogstoun and his men were part of Brigadier Hill's Berar Field Force searching for rebels about 35 miles from Hingoli, the depot of the Hyderabad Contingent, and they caught up with a 400 strong rebel band at the village of Chichumbah. He was promoted to Major and received his Victoria Cross, in one of the last batches of awards for the Mutiny, at an investiture held at Madras on 19 January 1860. He took command of his regiment in September 1861 but was killed in action six months later at Hingoli on 6 May 1862. Clogstoun is buried in Madras Cemetery. Cataloguer's Notes Clogstoun's medal entitlement is for the Victoria Cross, Indian Mutiny medal and India General Service 1854, one clasp Pegu, and this group is held in the collection of the National Army Museum, London. It should be noted however that the Mutiny medal held by NAM has been physically examined prior to this sale and has not only been officially renamed, but in a clumsy and surprisingly careless manner. The careful examination of the NAM example therefore confirms conclusively that two authentic Mutiny medals were issued to Clogstoun, the probable reason being that on the first medal – that which is offered in this catalogue – his surname had been spelt incorrectly. The medal offered here is also an unusual and very early example of the addition of ‘V.C.’ within the official naming.

* Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). An original copper plate used in the preparation of colour transfer prints of the portrait of Churchill in the uniform of Air Commodore, Royal Air Force, photographed by David Waddington, 1945, plate size 23 x 15.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe image on the plate here is in the reverse to the known positive images. David Waddington was serving as an airman when he was sent to photograph Churchill as part of the RAF Colour Portrait Project. His work was to be used to raise money for the joint benefit of United States Army Air Forces Aid Society and Royal Air Force Charities. Churchill was so pleased with this study that he later requested and signed 5 direct-colour transfer prints of it for presentation, and nearly-identical transfer prints were produced in larger quantities for fundraising purposes. The plate here does not bear any signature but evidence of its working use can be seen on the surface.

* Victorian Army Long Service Good Conduct Medal (374. Pte. W. Vergis, 29th Foot), extremely fine, with copied service papersQty: (1)

* Cawnpore Massacre. A Victorian silk work memorial, showing The Memorial Well, Cawnpore, India, with the inscription "Sacred to the Perpetual Memory of a Great Company of Christian People-Chiefly Women and Children-Who, Near This Spot, Were Cruelly Massacred by the Followers of the Rebel Nana Dhoondopunt of Bithoor, and Cast, The Dying with the Dead into the Well Below on XVth Day of July [sic] 1857", 56.5 x 47.5cm, period oak frame, glazedQty: (1)NOTESThe Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny took place between 2 - 25 June 1857. Having surrendered to rebel forces under Nana Sahib, the British army including wives and children were promised a safe passage to Allahabad. However, the evacuation turned into a massacre with nearly all men killed and 120 women and children massacred with many thrown down a well at Bibighar House.

* Beddington (Edward). My Life, Privately Printed, 1960, [4], 356 pp. typescript and folding map, author's signed inscription to Gerald dated December 1960 to front free endpaper, original red cloth gilt, a little marked, 4toQty: (1)NOTESBrigadier E.H.L. Beddington C.G.M., D.S.O., M.C., was a regular officer in the 16th Lancers. He was commissioned in 1901, attended for Staff College and in 1914 took part in the Marne Retreat and subsequent operations, commanding a squadron. An appointment as GSO 3 2nd Cavalry division was taken up in October, and was the beginning of a very distinguished staff career which lasted the whole war ending GSO 1 5th Army up until the Armistice. Beddington spent the inter-war years in business and was recalled in 1940 to command one Bn Herts HG, then sent on a mission to China, finishing the war as a Brigadier. An important and rare reference source including sections on Army of Occupation, service in Egypt and World War II.

Himmler (Heinrich, 1900-1945). Der grossdeutsche Freiheitskampf. III. Band: Reden Adolf Hitlers bom 16. März 1941 bis 15. März 1942, Munich: Zentralsverlag der NSDAP Frans Eher Nachf., 4th edition (151-200 Tausend), 1943, frontispiece, boldly signed and dated by Himmler in blue indelible pencil to centre of front free endpaper, 'H. Himmler 1.x.44', and with owner's ink signature dated 1943 at head of same page, original cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket, slightly browned and a little chipped at edges, 8voQty: (1)NOTESHimmler was Chief of the SS and Gestapo. On the day that Himmler signed this book Soviet troops entered Yugoslavia and the Germans launched a counterattack against the US 5th Army on Mt Catarelto in Italy.

Title: A palmwood medallion with the profile portret of Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and an allegorical scene, 18th C.Description: Dia.: 11,2 cmÊ Ê Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737-1815) was a general in the Austrian service. In 1793 and 1794 he commanded the army in the Austrian Netherlands during the Flanders Campaign. Due to his victory in the French Revolutionary Wars at Neerwinden in March 1793, heput the region back under Austrian control.Ê The text reads as follows: 'PR: IOS. FRID. D. SAX. HILP. & C. A. U. E. S. C. R. M. CONS. I. A. G. C. M. AC. UN. L. P. TR. S. R. I. SUP. R. TORM'.

Army book of vehicle driving and maintenance 1937 Austin 10 manual,two stroke motor cycles, Panther and vauxhall fourteen velux

Dell (William) The Tryal of Spirits both in Teachers and Hearers, third edition, a little foxed, cropped shaving a few side-notes, modern calf, spine faded, [Wing D934], 8vo, by T.Sowle, [1699].⁂ Dell (c.1607-69) was a clergyman and Parliamentarian who served as a chaplain in Cromwell's New Model Army, and Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, from 1649-60. He was a controversial character who suggested Parliament should keep out of religious affairs, stood up for the poor, and attacked academic education while at Cambridge. A supporter of Quakers and other non-conformists, he befriended John Bunyan and invited him to preach at his parish church of Yelden in Bedfordshire. This work was first published in 1653 and became very popular in America where it was reissued several times, including a Philadelphia printing of 1760 by Benjamin Franklin and David Hall for the Quaker Meeting.All editions are scarce in commerce; ESTC lists 7 UK copies, not including Edinburgh or Oxford.