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Pair of First World War period British army spurs, together with another antique spur, ( 3 )

U.S. Army style military foot locker, pine construction, painted olive green, with clasp for padlock to front, removable tray shelf to interior, 68.5 cm x 38.5 cm x 30.5 cm

Second World War Free Polish Army cap badge , two blades to the reverse, British made example by J.R. Gaunt, London, together with a Polish medallion with the legend ' Polska Pielgrzymka Narodowa ', (2)

Second World War plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker MMMC, K&K 2270, together with a plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Army Service Corps, in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker A.Stanley & Sons, Walsall, K&K 2268, and a plastic economy cap badge to the Royal Engineers, in chocolate brown, two blades to the reverse, maker A.Stanley & Sons Walsall, (3)

Official Second World War press photograph of Princess Elizabeth naming a United States Army Air Force B-17 Bomber of the 306th Bomb Group on 6th July 1944 at Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, named for the then Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) the Rose of York was originally name Princess Elizabeth but that did not meet with any official approval,the aircraft was renamed 'Rose of York' instead and was christened by the Princess on her royal visit to the airfield,it carried out 62 successful missions as part of the 306th Bomb Group, it was destroyed on the return from a raid to Berlin on 3rd February 1945, hit by accurate and concentrated AA fire, all nine crew members were lost as was a BBC war correspondent, Guy F. Byam who was recording a mission over Germany

Group of badges to infantry regiments of the British army, Worcestershire Regiment, Middlesex Regiment, South Staffordshire Regiment, Royal Berkshire Regiment, York & Lancaster Regiment, etc, (12 )

Group of badges to infantry regiments of the British army, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment,The Rifle Brigade, East Yorkshire Regiment, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry, etc, ( 13)

Group of British army Scottish infantry regiment badges, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ( unvoided 1904 pattern ), Cameron Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders, 51st Lowland Volunteers ( anodised ) etc, ( 10 )

Collection of cap badges to various Corps of the British army from different periods, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Ordnance Corps, Military Police, Intelligence Corps, Army Service Corps, etc, ( Qty)

Group of badges to infantry regiments of the British army, Irish Guards, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry, Gloucestershire Regiment, Royal West Kent Regiment, Royal Sussex Regiment etc, ( 12 )

British army soldiers kit bag very neatly painted up to ' 23034519 PTE. BEAL, SIG PL, H.Q. COY, 1. E.YORKS, H.T. DEVONSHIRE, FOR NORMANDY CAMP, BEVERLEY ',' EMPIRE CLYDE ' painted on reverse, Empire Clyde, originally named 'Cameronia' was a troopship on the Far Eastern run during the 1950's

Second World War U.S. Army ammunition box for 100 rounds of .50 calibre ammunition

Second World War British Home Guard shoulder titles and formation signs to the 2nd Leicestershire (South Leicester) Battalion, removed from uniform, together with a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers cap badge, a Canadian Army Officers side cap, ' Canada ' buttons to the front, broad arrow and date stamped to interior, appears to be 1949, three 1950's family ration books in the name of Stanton, and a London Transport 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Route Map and travel guide, ( Qty )

Grouping of British army cavalry regiment badges, 16th Lancers, Royal Scots Greys (2), 20th Hussars, 10th Hussars, 4th Dragoon Guards,8th Hussars, 3rd Dragoon Guards, reproduction badges, (8)

Group of badges to infantry regiments of the British army, Norfolk Regiment, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, Devonshire Regiment, South Wales Borderers, South Staffordshire Regiment etc, ( 12 )

Second World War Womens Land Army Proficiency badge by A.Stanley & Sons, Walsall, makers name and original pin fitting to reverse

Royal Air Force Airman's peaked cap with Queens Crown bullion embroidered badge to front, together with a British army soldiers dress cap badged to the Lincolnshire Regiment, a Balmoral Bonnet with red tourie to the top, a Belgian paratroopers maroon beret, a Belgian WW2 period side cap with red embroidered grenade and tassel to the front, and a French military side cap with yellow piping,( 6 )

Second World War Soldiers Service Book, Pay Book and other ephemera to 11402081 Gunner Leonard Taylor, 3rd Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery, together with a leather wallet containing a pair of embroidered formation badges to the Orkney and Shetland Defences, Home District, a formation badge to the British 14th Army, and a pin back medal ribbon bar for the 1939-45 Star and Burma Star, ( Qty)

Collection of Second World War ephemera and photographs including, National Identity Card in the name of Abraham Van Lier, ration book in the name of William Herring, Air Ministry letters confirming the forced transfer of a member the R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve into the army, a booklet on the Red Air Force, British 2nd Army Order of Service for the conclusion of the Campaign in North West Europe, wartime and post war photographs of British Servicemen and women, ( Qty)

Second World War U.S. Army M1 fixed bale combat helmet, rough exterior repainted at some stage, '20' stencilled in white paint to rear, one bale and chinstrap absent, exterior of liner painted orange possibly for other duties such as fire party, together with a British Mk IV combat helmet, elasticated chin strap, liner dated 1972, (2)

U.S. Army Class A Green Service Uniform jacket and trousers to a Sergeant Major in the 49th Armoured Division, the uniform jacket bears the collar badges of the Adjutant General Corps, with Sergeant Majors rank stripes in gold on green on each arm and the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 49th Armoured Division on the left sleeve, this type of uniform was worn by the U.S. Army between 1954 and 2015 and is now being replaced by a style of Service Dress uniform that harks back to WW2

Second World War U.S. Army Air Force Cattaraugus folding survival knife by Camillus , manufacturers logo stamped on side of single edged blade, these were issued as part of the B-4 emergency bailout kit, folding blade approx. 26 cm in length, composite grips, complete with issue blade guard

British army night periscope for armoured vehicles, serial number 853764

British Army 120 mm L31 High Explosive Squash Head projectile, developed by Royal Ordnance in the early 1960's for the L11 series of 120mm rifled tank guns

Bundeswehr ( German Army) 120 mm DM 12A1 High Explosive Anti Tank round as used on the Leopard Mk II Main Battle Tank, outer case absent showing the spine, main charge body, tail boom and fin, inert

A framed photograph of No.29 Company Royal Army Service Corps, British Army of the Rhine, dated 1928, together with a quantity of R.A.F. related photographs ( mostly reproduction) including aircraft, and Second World War pilots such as Guy Gibson and Leonard Cheshire, and ephemera including H.M. Stationary Office booklet on the Battle of Britain, Bomber Command Reunion Dinner souvenir booklets from the 1980's, and copy of Bomber Command Report on Night Operations 30/31st December 1944, ( Qty)

Mixed lot of militaria, 1937 Pattern webbing belts, braces, basic pouch, anklets, R.A.F. Airmans Bush Jacket dated 1968, ammunition box for 200 rounds 7.62 link, well used British army berets including Army Air Corps and Duke of Edinburghs Royal Regiment, International Maritime Signal Flags for A - Alpha and N - November,etc, (Qty)

Collection of military books including, The War 1914-1919 Vol I. 1st Battalion Essex Regiment, Vol II. 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment, Vol. III. Essex Yeomanry, Relation de la Bataille de Mont Saint Jean, Field Notes Mesopotamia General Staff India 1917, History of the Suffolk Regiment 1928-1946, History of the Lancashire Fusiliers 1914-1918 Vol.'s I & II,, Manual of Army Catering Services 1965, German-Polish Relations and the outbreak of Hostilities between Great Britain and Germany on September 3 1939, Air Navigation Stages One & Two January 1944, Integration of the Negro in the U.S. Armed Forces 1968, Instruction booklet on Barr and Stroud Rangefinders, book of 15 early 20th century French postcards of Dunkirk,( Qty)

A sweetheart brooch made from 1 and 2 Aurer Icelandic coins, mounted side by side with a pin fitting, all coins dated 1942, held in a small japanned box, together with a silver and tortoiseshell sweetheart brooch to the Royal Army Medical Corps, Birmingham 1917, maker F.R. Gomm, pin absent, and a small quantity of Royal Navy tunic buttons, and a fish fork with R.A.F. crest on handle dated 1942( Qty)

Quantity of British army badges, small size Royal Artillery cap badge, pair of R.A. collar badges, R.A. buttons, brass signaller qualification badge, and four Essex Regiment cap badges, (Qty)

Second World War Gurkha Kukri, double fuller along the spine with white metal bolster, blade length 30 cm, held in original scabbard which has been covered in green canvas, chakmak and karda knives present as is the leather frog,this kukri is one of two brought back after the Second World War by 6094686 Private Burt Rayner of the 2nd Battalion The Buffs ( Royal East Kent Regiment) who by family repute picked them up from the battlefield of Kohima in 1944, the kukri is not British army issue but may be private purchase or made locally, a facsimile letter to Private Rayner from his mother and a reproduction of a group photograph highlighting him is included in the lot

British army ammunition box containing 7.62 mm link drill rounds for training with the General Purpose Machine Gun, used for loading and unloading drills, together with a quantity of .556 link drill rounds for training with the Minimi Light Machine Gun, and a strip of 7.62 linked cartridge cases, (Qty)

Handwritten Second World War R.A.F. notebook containing course notes, post First World War British army group photo, January 1918 dated postcard with xmas card, dispatch riders embroidered trade badge, 1939-45 Star, Royal Observer Corps qualification badge, WW2 miniature German publication 'Des Fuhrers Kampf in Holland', collection of military related cigarette cards, ( Qty)

Scarce 1934 first edition German publication, ' Das Ehrenbuch der SA', the book is a commemorative history of the S.A. ( Sturm Abteilung) from its formation in 1923 as Hitlers private army under the leadership of Ernst Roehm, ironically the book was released straight after the purge of the S.A. during 'The Night of the Long Knives' in which Roehm and other S.A. leaders were killed, also included are three original photographs by Hitlers personal photographer Heinrich Hoffman, one is of Victor Lutze who succeeded Roehm as head of the S.A. another is of Hitler himself and the third is of S.A. man Horst Wessel, who became a nazi martyr after being shot by communists in 1930, all the photographs have Hoffman's studio stamp on the reverse

British army officers Mess Dress uniform to Colonel Godfrey Tallents D.S.O. Lancashire Fusiliers, to include Mess Jacket of scarlet cloth, white piping, with scarlet silk roll collar displaying gold embroidered grenades, scarlet cloth shoulder straps with embroidered crown and star rank badges for a Lieutenant Colonel, cotton loops to left breast for medal bar, white cloth Mess Vest with regimental pattern buttons to front, blue overalls with scarlet cloth stripes down the seams, scarlet cloth braces, black Wellington boots with box spurs and plain rowels fitted, ( Qty ) ( Godfrey Edward Tallents was born on the 31st August 1883, he was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, on passing out of the R.M.C. Tallents was posted to the 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in the West Indies, he went on to serve with them in Malta and St. Helena,on the disbandment of the 3rd Battalion in 1906 transferred to the 1st Battalion, he was in India with this Battalion when the First World War broke out in 1914, 1st L.F. returned to the U.K. and joined the 29th Division, on 25th April 1915 1st L.F. landed on 'W' beach ( Lancashire Landing) Cape Helles, Gallipoli under a storm of fire, Tallents, by now a Captain, led an outflanking assault on the Turkish positions and was credited with breaking their line, later the same day he was badly wounded when he was shot in the head, the bullet entering the left side and exiting on the right shattering his eye socket into three pieces, for his actions that day Tallents was Mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, 1st L.F. suffered casualties of around 700 killed and wounded that day out of 1000 present and earned '6 V.C.'s before breakfast', after recovering in hospital in Malta Tallents returned to the U.K. briefly before going to France where he served on the Western Front as Staff Captain ( 177 Inf. Bde.), and G.S.O.2 (34th Div., 38th Div., GHQ, and 42nd Div. ) and was again mentioned in dispatches, after the war Tallents took command of 'D' Company 1st L.F. and then as a Major commanded the Depot Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury, he attended the senior officers course and in 1928 as Lieutenant Colonel took command of 2nd Bn. L.F. at Multan in India returning to the U.K in 1930, during the Second World War Tallents served as a Colonel on the staff of Northern Command in the U.K. as G.S.O.2, he passed away in 1967 )

British army blue serge frock to Colonel Godfrey Edward Tallents D.S.O. Lancashire Fusiliers, the jacket has a stand up collar with staff officers scarlet gorget patches sewn to the front, Colonels rank insignia of a crown and two stars to each epaulette, five small buttons to the front, white linen detachable collar present, medal riband bar for the D.S.O., 1914-15 Star, 1914-1918 British War Medal, Victory Medal with M.I.D. emblem, George V Coronation Medal, George V Silver Jubilee Medal and George VI Coronation Medal on left breast, all tunic buttons of Lancashire Fusiliers regimental pattern, together with Colonel Tallents khaki service dress tunic, this also has staff officers scarlet gorget patches sewn to the collar and medal riband bar for the above mentioned medals to the left breast, all buttons of Lancashire Fusiliers regimental pattern, makers label of ' Conway Williams, 48 Brooke Street, Mayfair, London W.2' to inside collar with,' Major Tallents, 16.10.25.' in ink, (2) ( Godfrey Edward Tallents was born on the 31st August 1883, he was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, on passing out of the R.M.C. Tallents was posted to the 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in the West Indies, he went on to serve with them in Malta and St. Helena,on the disbandment of the 3rd Battalion in 1906 transferred to the 1st Battalion, he was in India with this Battalion when the First World War broke out in 1914, 1st L.F. returned to the U.K. and joined the 29th Division, on 25th April 1915 1st L.F. landed on 'W' beach ( Lancashire Landing) Cape Helles, Gallipoli under a storm of fire, Tallents, by now a Captain, led an outflanking assault on the Turkish positions and was credited with breaking their line, later the same day he was badly wounded when he was shot in the head, the bullet entering the left side and exiting on the right shattering his eye socket into three pieces, for his actions that day Tallents was Mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, 1st L.F. suffered casualties of around 700 killed and wounded that day out of 1000 present and earned '6 V.C.'s before breakfast', after recovering in hospital in Malta Tallents returned to the U.K. briefly before going to France where he served on the Western Front as Staff Captain ( 177 Inf. Bde.), and G.S.O.2 (34th Div., 38th Div., GHQ, and 42nd Div. ) and was again mentioned in dispatches, after the war Tallents took command of 'D' Company 1st L.F. and then as a Major commanded the Depot Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury, he attended the senior officers course and in 1928 as Lieutenant Colonel took command of 2nd Bn. L.F. at Multan in India returning to the U.K in 1930, during the Second World War Tallents served as a Colonel on the staff of Northern Command in the U.K. as G.S.O.2, he passed away in 1967 )

First World War officers Glengarry to the Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles), the Glengarry is dark blue with a dark blue tourie to the top, the headband is bound in faux silk, the tails are intact though a little tatty in places, the badge is in unmarked silver and is heavily tarnished backed by a black silk cockade/ribbon, inside there is a makers label to Wm. Anderson & Sons Ltd. Edinburgh & Glasgow, a well known military outfitters who had a premises at 14 George Street, Edinburgh,the Glengarry is unusual in that the Cameronians wore a dark ( rifle) green Glengarry with black tourie,the only explanation we can think of for this discrepancy is that late in 1914 three types of plain utility pattern Glengarries were introduced to simplify manufacture, the blue with blue tourie was one such pattern and although a green pattern was also manufactured it could have been a case of 'take what you can' due to the scale of demand by newly raised battalions at this time, the Glengarry was among the possessions of Colonel Godfrey Edward Tallents D.S.O. whose other uniform items are also in this auction, the Glengarry is well worn and the badge has been in situ for a very long time the cotter pin holding the badge in place leaving an imprint and verdigris on the liner opposite, it is unknown why Col. Tallents had this item in his possession but presumably it belonged to an army friend or aquaintance. (Godfrey Edward Tallents was born on the 31st August 1883, he was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, on passing out of the R.M.C. Tallents was posted to the 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in the West Indies, he went on to serve with them in Malta and St. Helena,on the disbandment of the 3rd Battalion in 1906 transferred to the 1st Battalion, he was in India with this Battalion when the First World War broke out in 1914, 1st L.F. returned to the U.K. and joined the 29th Division, on 25th April 1915 1st L.F. landed on 'W' beach ( Lancashire Landing) Cape Helles, Gallipoli under a storm of fire, Tallents, by now a Captain, led an outflanking assault on the Turkish positions and was credited with breaking their line, later the same day he was badly wounded when he was shot in the head, the bullet entering the left side and exiting on the right shattering his eye socket into three pieces, for his actions that day Tallents was Mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, 1st L.F. suffered casualties of around 700 killed and wounded that day out of 1000 present and earned '6 V.C.'s before breakfast', after recovering in hospital in Malta Tallents returned to the U.K. briefly before going to France where he served on the Western Front as Staff Captain ( 177 Inf. Bde.), and G.S.O.2 (34th Div., 38th Div., GHQ, and 42nd Div. ) and was again mentioned in dispatches, after the war Tallents took command of 'D' Company 1st L.F. and then as a Major commanded the Depot Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury, he attended the senior officers course and in 1928 as Lieutenant Colonel took command of 2nd Bn. L.F. at Multan in India returning to the U.K in 1930, during the Second World War Tallents served as a Colonel on the staff of Northern Command in the U.K. as G.S.O.2, he passed away in 1967 )

A personal archive of ephemera, photographs, and mementos belonging to Colonel Godfrey Edward Tallents D.S.O of the Lancashire Fusiliers, the archive covers all aspects of his military career from his beginnings as a young subaltern in the West Indies, service in the First World War, post war in the U.K. and India, and Second World War service on the staff of Northern Command, it includes a tin campaign writing box made in 'Multoon', India containing such items as a silver vesta, Birmingham 1901, silver expanding pencil, Chester 1896, maker Frederick Charles Berkeley, a sports medal in 9 Ct gold engraved, ' Six a side senior competition won by Pte. Bolland', miscellaneous coins, shirt studs and cufflinks, pencils and refills,a collection of Regimental crests from letter heads and envelopes ( including Royal Scots, Kings Own, Coldstream Guards, 1st Devons, 12th Lancers, etc), a leather note book embossed with Tallents name, the archive also includes a letter from Tallents to his mother from hospital in Malta describing the landing at 'W' beach, Gallipoli and his subsequent wounding, a letter from an officer to Tallents mother dated 10/7/15 telling her of Tallents transfer to a hospital in London and crediting him with turning the Turkish right flank at the landing on 'W' beach, a letter to Tallents from General Aylmer Hunter-Weston ( signed) GOC VIII Corps B.E.F. dated 5/5/16 congratulating Tallents on the award of his D.S.O., letter to Tallents mother dated 21/6/15 from an officer describing Tallents gallantry at Gallipoli and finishing by explaining that due to the bravery of the troops the GOC 'decreed that the landing places be called as follows, 'W' beach to be called Lancashire Landing, 'Z' beach to be called Anzac Cove', copy of a letter dated 3/6/15 sent to Tallents mother by Captain Clayton, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, from Gallipoli, thanking her for news of her son and describing, with a diagram, the landings at Gallipoli of the regiment on 25th April 1915 ( Captain Clayton was killed in action one day later on the 4th June 1915 and the original letter was sent by Mrs Tallents to his wife), a hand written account of the Gallipoli landings entitled, ' The Landing of the Infantry Brigade under S.W. Hall on the Gallipoli Peninsular, 25th April 1915, and its Subsequent Operations', Mention in Dispatches award certificates to Tallents dated 12/6/15, 11/12/15, 7/11/17, telegram dated 14/7/16 to Tallents in France from the Lord Chamberlain at Buckingham Palace requiring his attendance on 19/7 ( award of D.S.O.), large photograph of soldiers on 'W' beach ( Lancashire Landing) at Gallipoli, letter to Tallents dated 15/12/20 from the C.S.M. and all ranks 'D' Company, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, accompanying presents and regards for his service while O.C., report from July 1903 of the 'Commission of Enquiry into recent disturbances (riots) at Port of Spain,Trinidad', notebook with a few notes from 'Bomb School, Clapham Common Dec1915', First World War Leave on Duty Ration Book for Major Tallents, most stamps present, 1915 English/French military phrase book, Brigade Majors copy Trench Orders 59th ( North Midland) Division, March Discipline Orders 177 Infantry Brigade dated 16/7/17, Notes for Platoon Commanders dated 9/7/17 and Guidance Points for use in Conjunction with Offensive Operational Orders-marked Secret, Special Order of the Day from GOC 42nd Division regarding demobilisation, Permanent Orders Book 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers for Multan Garrison India 1911 ( covers all aspects of a soldiers life down to the wearing of hackles,colours of company flags,the purchase of regimental buttons, hackles, patches (pagri badges), the keeping of pet dogs, punishment, musketry, etc), Standing Orders of the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers dated 1927, 2nd Battalion L.F. Officers Mess Rules, United Service of Remembrance & Intercession GHQ British Armies in France order of service, Sunday 4th August 1918 (4th anniversary outbreak of war), 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Notes on Firing Instruction ( 'D' Coy Cdr.)military I.D card for Tallents as G2 at Northern Command dated 13/7/40, Northern Command Standing Orders, Customs,Practices, Procedures and Institutions of the XX Foot dated 27/5/49, Official announcement of the formation of the Fusilier Brigade in 1958, Gallipoli ephemera including regimental reunion photographs from the 1950's, H.M.S Euryalus commissioning ceremony invitation and ephemera 1964, photographs include West Indies early 1900's, India pre WW1, India 1920's, Depot L.F.1920's, group photograph of the Senior Officers School Course 17 from 17/2/25-15/5/25 which includes Sir Arthur ' Bomber' Harris when he was a Squadron Leader, hunting expedition in India, Platoon, Officer, and Depot group photographs, quantity of negatives in envelope from photographic development department in Karachi dated 11/9/14 ( just prior to battalions return to the U.K.) showing soldiers in Wolsley Pattern helmets with hackle taking part in training including wiring parties, machine gun emplacements , sports team photographs, etc, Annual Confidential Reports on Tallents for 1922, 1923, and 1929, notes on the hunting and shooting of a rogue elephant in 1929 and the correspondence with a District Magistrate requesting the keeping of the tusks as a trophy, quantity of unused envelopes bearing the regimental crest in an envelope from Thacker & Co, Bombay, etc, a wonderful archive of material for anyone interested in the British army in the First World War and its service abroad before and after,particularly regarding the Lancashire Fusiliers and the minutiae of army life, ( Qty) ( Godfrey Edward Tallents was born on the 31st August 1883, he was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, on passing out of the R.M.C. Tallents was posted to the 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in the West Indies, he went on to serve with them in Malta and St. Helena,on the disbandment of the 3rd Battalion in 1906 transferred to the 1st Battalion, he was in India with this Battalion when the First World War broke out in 1914, 1st L.F. returned to the U.K. and joined the 29th Division, on 25th April 1915 1st L.F. landed on 'W' beach ( Lancashire Landing) Cape Helles, Gallipoli under a storm of fire, Tallents, by now a Captain, led an outflanking assault on the Turkish positions and was credited with breaking their line, later the same day he was badly wounded when he was shot in the head, the bullet entering the left side and exiting on the right shattering his eye socket into three pieces, for his actions that day Tallents was Mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, 1st L.F. suffered casualties of around 700 killed and wounded that day out of 1000 present and earned '6 V.C.'s before breakfast', after recovering in hospital in Malta Tallents returned to the U.K. briefly before going to France where he served on the Western Front as Staff Captain ( 177 Inf. Bde.), and G.S.O.2 (34th Div., 38th Div., GHQ, and 42nd Div. ) and was again mentioned in dispatches, after the war Tallents took command of 'D' Company 1st L.F. and then as a Major commanded the Depot Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury, he attended the senior officers course and in 1928 as Lieutenant Colonel took command of 2nd Bn. L.F. at Multan in India returning to the U.K in 1930, during the Second World War Tallents served as a Colonel on the staff of Northern Command in the U.K. as G.S.O.2, he passed away in 1967 )

First World War era British army officers full dress tunic to a Lancashire Fusiliers Gallipoli D.S.O. winner, Godfey Tallents,the tunic is in scarlet cloth with cloth collar and cuffs in the regimental facing colour of white, the collar is ornamented with gold lace at the top and Russia braid at the bottom with grenades in gold embroidery, the cuffs are also decorated with gold lace and Russia braid forming an Austrian knot, there are seven of eight regimental pattern buttons with Kings Crown, six of which are wrapped in tissue paper for storage as per army regulations, six buttons on the reverse skirt also tissue wrapped, twisted round gold shoulder cords bearing the rank badges for a Lieutenant Colonel in bullion embroidery, red cotton loops for a medal bar to the left breast, together with a similar tunic named to F.C.Tanner ( Tanner was a Captain in 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers at the same time Tallents was a Lieutenant, (it is not known why Tallents was in possession of this tunic ),the Regimental buttons on this tunic are of Victorian pattern, the tunic is missing the gold lace from the left cuff,also included are blue dress uniform pantaloons, Tallent's Sword belt of black Morroco leather with gold lace and red Morroco leather sword slings, his gold and crimson Sword Knot, white doeskin gloves, and a photograph of Lt. Col. Tallents wearing the uniform at a military wedding ( this has a fascinating annotation on the back written by Tallent's wife regarding the people in the photograph), (Qty) ( Godfrey Edward Tallents was born on the 31st August 1883, he was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, on passing out of the R.M.C. Tallents was posted to the 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in the West Indies, he went on to serve with them in Malta and St. Helena,on the disbandment of the 3rd Battalion in 1906 transferred to the 1st Battalion, he was in India with this Battalion when the First World War broke out in 1914, 1st L.F. returned to the U.K. and joined the 29th Division, on 25th April 1915 1st L.F. landed on 'W' beach ( Lancashire Landing) Cape Helles, Gallipoli under a storm of fire, Tallents, by now a Captain, led an outflanking assault on the Turkish positions and was credited with breaking their line, later the same day he was badly wounded when he was shot in the head, the bullet entering the left side and exiting on the right shattering his eye socket into three pieces, for his actions that day Tallents was Mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, 1st L.F. suffered casualties of around 700 killed and wounded that day out of 1000 present and earned '6 V.C.'s before breakfast', after recovering in hospital in Malta Tallents returned to the U.K. briefly before going to France where he served on the Western Front as Staff Captain ( 177 Inf. Bde.), and G.S.O.2 (34th Div., 38th Div., GHQ, and 42nd Div. ) and was again mentioned in dispatches, after the war Tallents took command of 'D' Company 1st L.F. and then as a Major commanded the Depot Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury, he attended the senior officers course and in 1928 as Lieutenant Colonel took command of 2nd Bn. L.F. at Multan in India returning to the U.K in 1930, during the Second World War Tallents served as a Colonel on the staff of Northern Command in the U.K. as G.S.O.2, he passed away in 1967 )

Books including Queen Victoria leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands from 1848-1861 by Arthur Helps first edition and more leaves 1884 first edition, Punch. Mr Punch's History of the Great War 1919, David Jones, A Fusilier at the front other books including Siegfried Sassoon Memoirs of a fox-hunting man, David Bone merchant men at arms illustrated, Royalty books and The Story of the fourth Army in the Battles of Hundred Days 1918.

Various War time booklets including Celebrity's of the Army magnificent coloured photographs Great War paintings after Nevinson, 1917 The Western Front magazines, drawings after Bone, 1953 Coronation Radio Times and other War time memorabilia etc.

Airfix figures 1:32 scale including 50 WWII German Infantry; 26 WWII Japanese Infantry; 20 WWII Afrika Korps; 21 WWII British Paratroopers; 21 WWII British Commandos; 24 WWII 6th Army; 18 WWII Australian Infantry; 23 WWII American Infantry etc.

A Dinky 683 Chieftain Tank; French Dinky Military No.816 Berliet Gazelle - green including concave hubs, black with red and white missile; a 721b Junkers JU 87 B with bomb; Dinky 726 Messerschmitt BF109E; Dinky 730 US Navy Phantom - finished in grey, red flashes and bomb; Dinky 617 Volkswagen KDF; Dinky Toys 712, US Army T42A Light Aircraft; Corgi No.359 Smiths Karrier Mobile Army Field Kitchen "US Army" - Military green body, pale blue interior with figure, silver trim, spun hubs; Dinky 285 Merryweather Marquis Fire Tender; Dinky 255 Ford Zodiac, Dinky 287 Police Ford Transit Accident Unit; others including 220 Ferrari P5, 351 UFO Interceptor; Corgi etc. qty. (playworn)

Radio valves - resistors; transistors; Radio Altitude meter; RCA valves; Raytheon; National Union; US Army; some boxed etc. qty.

A selection of military items to include two WWII Defence medals, one in OHMs box named to J W Jeffrey, Soldiers Service and Pay book to Keith Howard Jeffrey, along with a box inscribed with the name K H Jeffrey RA, a soldiers uniform army jacket bearing ribbon bar and shoulders title RHA with badges, a folding camp bed, un-opened box of cigarettes, a silver fob watch chain with coins, fobs and other items

Extremely rare WWI female Spanish Flu casualty death penny/memorial plaque named to Alice Emily Dawes, (impressed "She-died-for-freedom-and-honour" Emily Dawes). Of the 2/RES.D.369 - Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service reserve. Note: Parents Arthur John Dawes (1856-1900, mother Emma Lane 1857 - ? and one sibling William B Dawes 1886-?, Alice Emily Dawes was born in London on 7 December 1889 and at the age of 28 on 15 October 1917 enlisted in the Army where she was posted to the Queen Alexandra Hospital at Vincent Square, London SW in the Spanish flu/influenza ward, caring for sick patients. Unfortunately, due to close contact with the infected, she died of influenza and pneumonia on 23 October 1918. Alice Emily Dawes is buried and remembered with honour at Bedford Cemetery in Bedfordshire Grave F/S 169 and is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. This Lot also includes photocopies of the registration report form, CWGC certificate, comprehensive report of a headstone inscription and death register documenting the death of Alice Emily Dawes

19th century burr walnut marquetry and ebonised sewing table, the ornately inlaid lid with brass edging enclosing a fitted interior with drawers and compartments over a simulated decorated frieze and raised on tapering reeded cylindrical supports joined by an H stretcher terminating in peg feet. Provenance: previously the property of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (died 1916), during his long and illustrious career as a soldier in the British Empire, Lord Kitchener spent many years in Egypt. He was appointed Inspector General of the Egyptian Police in 1890 and was made Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Army in 1892. He then served for several years in other countries before he returned to Egypt in 1911 as British Agent and Consul General during the rule of Abbas Hilmi II. This marquetry sewing table belonged to Lord Kitchener and was in his house in Cairo. After Lord Kitchener's death in 1916, the vendor's grandmother, Mrs H W (Jessie) Dudgeon, attended the sale of his household effects and purchased the sewing table, then by descent to the current vendor. 68cm wide

Large quantity of vintage Palitoy action force vehicles and figures, including large vehicles, tank, transport truck, boats plus others, poor to fair condition, figures come from different teams, undersea , army plus others, poor to fair condition, quantity.

vintage Palitoy/Hasbro action force/ G.I.Joe figures and vehicles, including snow viehicles, boat and army, poor to fair play worn condition with missing/broken parts, includes a figure for each vehicle, poor to fair play worn condition, 4 items(8 including figures).

Fourteen Playworn Dinky Toys, including 514 Guy Weetabix Van,504 1st cab Foden Fuel Tanker,591 AEC Monarch, 438 Ford D800 tipper,622 Foden Army Truck,512 Guy Flatbed, 626 Military Ambulance, 25c Trailer, 25d Petrol Tanker, 25f Market Gardeners Van, 30J Austin, 260 Royal Mail van,480 Kodak Bedford Van, 2 x 30p Studebaker petrol wagons,all in poor to fair original play-worn condition. (15 items).

Dinky Toys Military Models, including: 151b six wheeled Army wagon with tin tilt, 161b Anti-Aircraft gun on trailer,2 x 162a light Dragon tractor (missing chain tracks) 3 x 162b limbers, 162c 18pdr gun (missing tin shield, 2 x 152A light tanks (missing tracks) 152b Reconnaissance car, 153a Jeep (missing windscreen) Field Artillery tractor, limber, 25pdr gun, plus 37b Police motorcyclist and 736 Hawker Hunter all in fair original play-worn condition (17 items).

Quantity of Original Empty Boxes, including Dinky Toys 692 Leopard Tank, missing inner, with decal sheet & missiles, 668 Foden Army Truck, 254 Police range rover, card base only, Corgi 159 Cooper Maserati, Solido Military, no 288, 252, 224, 200, 240, 6030, 6023, three others, Verem 9500, 912, DY26, Rio 84, Matchbox K149, KS-803, K172, SB29 and 5 x Superfast, all in fair to good condition, 27 items.

Quantity Of Military Plastic boxed figures, including: ESCI Russians, Commonwealth Infantry, Roman Legion, Barbarian warriors, Paratroopers, US marine Corps,Japanese Infantry, Eight Army, Nato troops, EMHAR British Infantry, Prussian infantry, Airfix German Infantry, 2 x British Infantry, Hasegawa German Infantry, US Infantry, Encore 75mm Artillery piece, Hat French Light Infantry, Revell: Austrian Artillery, British Infanty, Nato Pilots, Late Imperial Legion, plus others, all in mint condition, some still sealed (31 items)

[American Civil War]. Seat of War in America, 6d. London: Bacon & Co. 1863, wood-engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, engraved by Waters & Son, New York, with publisher's advertisement above map, near contemporary marginal annotation to lower right margin which reads 'Position of Federal Army under General Maclellan [sic] July 1862 stretching towards the James River', two long closed tears affecting image, some fraying to old folds causing slight loss, old folds, 555 x 325 mmQty: (1)NOTESA scarce broadside map, surmounted by an advertisement for J. H. Colton's maps. The map shows the region from Baltimore in the north to Petersburg and Norfolk in the south and from Charlottesville in the west to Chesapeake Bay in the east. It contains extensive military information, including batteries, navy yards, forts, railways, roads and fortifications. The Federal and the Confederate flags are shown next to the cities of Washington and Richmond respectively. A list of Union and Confederate Generals together with export information for 1860 is displayed next to the map advertisement. Rare. A copy is held by the Library of Congress; Worldcat lists just four examples.

Panoramas. Barker (H. A. & Burford J.), A collection of six panoramas, 1813 - 31, comprising of:- Description of a View of the Island and Harbour of Bombay, 1831, A short Description of Badajoz and the Surrounding Country, 1813, A Description of the View of Berlin..., 1814, Description of a View of the North Coast of Spitzbergen, 1819, Description of the View of the Battle of Vittoria and the Great Victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington over the French Army under Joseph Bonaparte, 1814, [and] An Explanation of the View of Rome taken from the Tower of the Capitol, 1817, six uncoloured wood engraved panoramas and plans, four (Badajoz, Berlin, Vittori and Rome) are 360-degree circular images, Bombay and Spitzbergen are conventional linear panoramic views, each bound with several pages of descriptive text, various sizes but the circular views are each approximately 390 x 305 mm and the linear views are approximately 275 x 400 mm, all individually bound in contemporary coloured paper wrappers, 8voQty: (6)NOTESA scarce collection of wood engraved plans and descriptions of some of the numerous panoramas which were exhibited to the public by Robert Barker and then subsequently his son Henry Aston Barker, and laterJohn and Robert Burford. The panoramas were exibited mainly at the Leicester Square Panorama which was established in Leicester Square in 1793, Robert Barker's purpose-built panorama rotunda exhibited 360 degree panoramas, nearly all of which were painted by the proprietors.

[English Civil War & Protectorate]. Group of pamphlets, 1642-60, comprising: 1. The Humble Petition of Both Houses of Parliament: presented to His Majesty on the 24th of November. With His Majesty's Gracious Answer thereunto. Also, a Proclamation for the better Government of HIs Majesty's Army, Oxford [i.e. London]: Leonard Lichfield, 1642, 8 pp., type-ornaments, 2 woodcut factotums, later wrappers, 4to (18.2 x 13 cm), 2. The Speech of the Right Honourable the Lord Fiennes, Commissioner of the Great Seal; made before His Highness and Both houses of Parliament, on Wednesday the 20th of January, 1657. Being the first day of their Sitting, 1st edition, London: Henry Hills and John Field, 1657, [2] 26 pp., edges untrimmed, modern boards, 4to (19 x 14.5 cm), 3. A Faithful Remembrance and Advice to the General Council of Officers of the Armies of England, Scotland and Ireland, from Divers in Cornwal and Devon, in Behalf of themselves and sundry hundreds, cordial friends to the blessed Cause of Rightehousness which God hath stated and pleaded with a stretched out Arm, in these (and in the fight of all the) Nations, 1st edition, London: L. Chapman, 1659, [2] 5 [1] pp., paper flaw affecting one letter in title, disbound, 4to (17.5 x 13.7 cm), 4. A Letter of General George Monck's, Dated at Leicester 23 Jan. and directed unto Mr. Rolle to be communicated unto the rest of the Gentry of Devon, London: John Redmayn, 1660, 7 [1] pp., small marginal hole in title, disbound, spine strengthened with clear tape, 4to (19.5 x 14.8 cm), 5. A Letter to General Monck, in Answer to His of the 23th of January, directed to Mr. Rolle, to be communicated to the Gentlemen of the County of Devon. By one of the Excluded Members of Parliament, 1st edition, London: for R. Lowndes, 1659 [i.e. 1660], 8 pp., pp. 5/6 repaired, disbound, 4to (18.1 x 13.8 cm)Qty: (5)NOTESESTC R3653 ('Counterfeit London reprint'), ESTC R202081, R207766 (seven UK copies), R208113, R202935; Wing E1571, F881, F282, A861, M2809.

* [India]. Group of autograph letters signed, 18th and 19th century, comprising: 1. Dirom (Alexander, 1757-1830), army officer, to East India Company director Simon Fraser, Frith Street, London, 10 April 1793, advising of a delay in payment (‘I expected to have heard from Messrs Meyricks to day that they had received some money on my account’), single bifolium written on 1 side, wax seal, old paper extension to conjugate leaf, 4to (22.8 x 18.5 cm), 2. Shuldham (Thomas, 1756-1832), army officer, as aide-de-camp to Sir Robert Abercromby, commander-in-chief, India, to a carriage maker (‘Sir’), Calcutta, 16 February 1794, providing detailed instructions for the provision of ‘a phaeton without a hood finished in the very highest stile’, single bifolium written on 2 sides, 4to (23 x 19 cm), 3. Carey (William, 1761-1834), orientalist and missionary, to ‘My Dear Sir’, Serampore, 13 March 1823, discussing botanical specimens including Beaumontia grandiflora, single sheet written on 1 side, 4to (19.5 x 18.5 cm), 4. Colebrooke (Sir George, 1729-1809, 2nd Baronet), banker and chairman of the East India Company, to ‘Sir’, Bath, 18 April 1809, seeking a place to deposit family records and indentures, single sheet written on 1 side, removed from an album with card residue verso, 4to (23.7 x 19.2 cm), 5. Overbeck (Daniel Anthony, 1764-1840), last Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie governor of Chinsurah, to John Edmonds, British missionary, Chinsurah, 2 September 1826, on Edmonds’s imminent return to Britain, single bifolium written on 3 sides, remains of seal, 8vo (20.6 x 12.6 cm), and 5 other items, including: Martin F. Tupper (1810-1899), poet, 'Two Sonnets on a rumoured Proclamation', c.1860, autograph draft of 2 poems, incipit 'Our Empress Queen!' and 'A dream of Empire', signed 'Martin F. Tupper, Albany, Guildford' verso, single sheet, 4to; Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827-1905), autograph letter signed, 9 May 1892, single sheet, 12mo; and 'Inspection and Retrospection', North-Western Provinces, India, 1883, anonymous manuscript poem in 17 stanzas, 6 pp., folioQty: (10)NOTESFrom 1790 to 1792 Alexander Dirom was deputy adjutant-general of Company forces in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. He wrote A Narrative of the Campaign in India (1794) and retired with the rank of lieutenant-general. Thomas Shuldham reached the rank of major-general and served as commander of the Sirhind division (see The East India Register and Directory, for 1828, p. 24).

* [India]. Three autograph letters signed from foundling Indian princess Alina d’Eldir Mercier (c.1780-1851) to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845) as British ambassador to France, Paris, 1821, i.e. 1. ‘A Son Excellence Monseigneur l’Ambassadeur d’Angleterre’, Rue de la Paix No. 6, 28 February 1821, on her kidnap and arrival in Paris (‘Je fus enlevée fort jeune … J’ai été remise à une dame, nommée Cormillier, française habitante de Chandernagor … mon éducation se fit au couvent du Calvaire, Paris’), and the failed mission of ‘Goolam Mouchi-oud-Din’ (see below), single bifolium written on 2 sides, annotation in a separate hand to blank conjugate leaf verso, 2. ‘A Son Excellence Monseigneur l’Ambassadeur d’Angleterre près de la cour de France’, Rue de la Paix, No. 6, 3 August 1821, seeking his intercession with the East India Company (‘Les honourables members de la Compagnie des Indies, informés de ma position, n’ayant pas daigné répondre à ma juste demande … J’espérais, Monsegnieur, que mon titre d’Indienne et sujette de l’Angleterre, suffirait pour intéresser cette illustre Compagnie …’), single sheet written on both sides, 3. ‘A Son excellence Sir Stuart, Ambassadeur d’Angleterre’, Rue du Faubourg St Honoré No. 84, 26 September 1821, presenting a portrait, single sheet written recto only, all in French and signed ‘Alina Deldir Mercier Indienne’, letters 1 and 2 with Arabic ink-stamp dated 1819, folio (32 x 20 cm) , together with a manuscript note to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated Paris 24 November 1821, enclosing ‘the accompanying memorial from a lady who was brought from India many years ago …’, single sheet, folioQty: (4)NOTESProvenance: Acquired by an American collector active c.1970-80. Alina d’Eldir (probably a corruption of ‘al-Durr’) arrived in France as a child before the Revolution and was received at the royal court by the Princesse de Lamballes. Educated at a convent, she attracted the notice of Napoleon and Josephine around the time of the expedition to Egypt. In 1818 she was visited by an envoy, ‘Goolam Mouchi-oud-Din’, who informed her of her noble lineage and sought to bring her back to India, but she refused to renounce her Catholicism. These three letters may concern a possible second mission two years later, when an Indian nobleman is known to have visited London but was prevented from continuing to France. At some point marrying army officer Charles Mercier, in 1828 she published a book of Méditations , edited by the marquis de Fortia d’Urban. She also worked as a practitioner of magnetic therapy, her notes on the subject appearing as La verité du magnétisme in 1829, and founded the ‘Ordre Asiatique de morale universelle’.

Journal of The Society for Army Historical Research . Nos. 49-252, 1934-84, an unbroken run, together with: Special Publications Nos. 5-11 & 15, 1938/2001, all original printed wrappers, occasional soiling and fraying, some spines with manuscript lettering or sticky labels, General Index to volumes I-XL (1921-1962), published 1969, original cloth gilt, all 4toQty: (113)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.

[The Institution of The Royal Army Service Corps] . The Story of The Royal Army Service Corps 1939-1945, G. Bell And Sons Ltd., 1955, black & white illustrations plus map front endpaper, some minor toning, publishers original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with other mid 20th century & modern military, naval & aviation reference, including publications by Arms & Armour, Spellmount, Pen & Sword, mostly original cloth some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)