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Click here to subscribeKriegerverein: Deutscher Kriegerbund 1914-18 e.V.: Deutsche Kriegsgefangenen-Erinnerungsmedaille für Heimkehrer, mit Spange ENGLAND.Vergoldet, an von der Ordenschnalle abgetrenntem Bande, mit der aufgelegten Spange ENGLAND, dazu die Spangen VERUN, FLANDERN, CHAMPAGNE, ARRAS und MAAS.Zustand: II
Great War RAF flown cover collection, 20 official covers each featuring a historic battle with and image of the troops and aircraft involved. Includes The Somme, Romania, Operation Alberich, Arras and Vimy Ridge, U-Boat War, Air War, Third Ypres, End of War on Eastern Front, Battle of Menin Road Ridge, Polygon Woods, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Austro German Offensive, Cambrai, Operation Michael, Operation Georgette. Flight cachets on cover, info inside and nice Special postmarks. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Quantity of mixed First World War, Second World War and Post War ephemera to include: Hutchinson's illustrated record of Allied & Enemy tanks, John Players ciggerette cards of Aircraft of the Royal Airforce, Dispatch from Field Marshal Sir douglas haig covering the period from 8th December 1917 - 30th April 1918 (Published 1918), Battle honours awarded for the Great War 1914-18, souviner photobook of the bombardment of Arras, Post War National Service documents, Pictorial record with extracts from the speeches of Winston churchil, Journal of the society for army historical research - summer issue 1947, The Battle of Ypres presented by Home and Colonial stores, documentation of Dornier Werke of the Dornier DO 215 aircraft, American WW2 Simsalabim magic show programme, Thrid reich 1944 dated parcel / package postal reciept, copy of Hotspur magazine, War Pictorial, Modern world magazines
THIRTEEN GREAT WAR & LATER SWEETHEART & OTHER BROOCHES including those of Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; Buffs [East Kent Regiment]; Dorsetshire Regiment; King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (silver); Royal Engineers (silver); Royal Field Artillery (silver); Royal Navy (silver); Arras; Armentieres; and other interest. Condition Report : East Lancs brooch lacking pin Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
De Bouge [Jean-Baptiste]. Carte de L’Europe. M. Pruss, 1803, a large engraved map on 45 (of 50) sheets, each sheet approx 45cm x 27cm. Sheets numbered 1 to 49, lacking sheets 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 which are the eastern edge of the map. Housed in half leather solander box.[Braun (Georg) & Hogenberg (Franz)], Arras and Hesdyn Fort, [1572 or later], two hand-coloured 'birds-eye' plans, plate mark 337mm x 465mm and 334 x 453mm respectively;Continental Maps, Six large hand-coloured maps after Valck, Suetter, etc. eighteenth century or earlier. (9)
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS AND CLIPPINGS - First World War. Approximately 60 black and white photographs, 1930s-80s re-prints, with a small bundle of WW1 clippings and small group of wireless photos.Subjects include:Imperial Russian General StaffWalking Wounded after the Battle of Lys, 1918Casualties after the Battle of Arras, 1918Other Western Front scenes including the interior of the trenches at Hill 60Council of Four - Orlando, Lloyd George, Clemencau and WilsonSigning of the Armisticeand more
STRATHPEFFER HIGHLAND GATHERING SILVER MEDAL, GEORGE & JOHN MORGAN, EDINBURGH 1950 first prize medal, cast depicting a piper in a hilly landscape, the reverse with Celtic knot motif, along with a Ville D'Arras white metal medal inscribed "A LA MUSIQUE DES CORNEMUSES DE LA GLASGOW C.T."the Strathpeffer medal 4.8cm in diameterQty: the silver medal 65g, the other medal 61g
A family group of four: 1914-15 star (10176 L. Sjt (A. Sjt) E Myson G Gds) VF; and Three: Defence medal, War Medal, Efficiency Medal Territorial, George VI Ind Imp type (757948 Sjt E W A Myson RA) with miniature of last. VF and a WWI wound badge numbered 66004, pin missing. Note: Edward Myson, died 29.3.1918 and commemorated at the Arras Memorial. £80-120
British Army WW1 interest General Sir Edmund Allenby's cap badge with handwritten note 'This cap badge was worn by me at the battle of Arras April - June 1917, and in the campaign of Palestine and Syria September 1917 November 1918' signed Edmund HH Allenby 17 II19, mounted in glazed display case, 24 x 16cm
Great War RAF pilot signed flown cover collection, 20 official covers each featuring a historic battle with and image of the troops and aircraft involved. Includes Battles Pilckem Ridge, Langmarck, Messines, Romania, Operation Alberich, Nivel Offensive, Arras and Vimy Ridge, U-Boat War, Air War, Third Ypres, End of War on Eastern Front, Polygon Woods, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Austro German Offensive, Cambrai, Operation Michael, Operation Georgette. 24 autographs of RAF pilots and crew who flew the covers, 7 by Lord of Abbots Hay. Flight cachets on cover, info inside and nice Special postmarks. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Militaria - a collection of 13 illustrated Michelin Guides Battle-Fields 1914-1918, to include "Battle Fields of the Marne 1914", "The Americans in the Great War" vols 1, 2 and 3, "Arras - Lens- Douai and the Battles of Artois", "The Somme" vols 1 and 2 , "Amiens Before and During the War", "Lille Before and During the War", "Soissons Before and During the War", original cloth, wrappers to Soissons and Lille, some bumps and marks to the boards, "Reims Verdun and Ypres" and "The Battle of Ypres" Folio Society "All Quiet on the Western Front", 2 copies in slip cases; Ayrton, Pete "No Man's Land Writings from a World War" 2014; Morpurgo, Michael "Private Peaceful", Collins 2003, dustwrapper, not price clipped, "War Horse", Egmont 2010, dustwrapper, various Pen & Sword and Osprey publications (4 boxes)
The Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal F. C. Upton, 63rd Royal Naval Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (207461 Cpl. F. C. Upton. 63/R.N.D.S. Coy. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (207461 Cpl. F. C. Upton. R.E.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine and scarce (3) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette 16 July 1918 (France). Frederick Charles Upton died of wounds in France on 27 September 1918, aged 27. He was the son of William and Jane Upton, of Deal, and husband of Annie Esther Louisa Upton, also of Deal. He is buried in Ecoust-St. Mein British Cemetery, near Arras. The village of Ecoust-St. Mein was taken by the 8th/9th Devons in a blizzard on 2 April 1917, lost on 21 March 1918, and retaken at the end of August by the 3rd Division.
Three: Private W. J. Style, 21st (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), who was killed in action during the German attack on Vimy Ridge on 23 May 1916 1914-15 Star (3401. Pte. W. J. Style, 21-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3401 Pte. W. J. Style. 21-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (William John Style) the plaque polished and worn, otherwise nearly very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- William John Style, a native of Leyton, Essex, was born in Battersea, London, on 12 April 1894 and attested for the 21st (First Surrey Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, on 12 Aril 1915. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 October 1915, and was killed in action on Vimy Ridge on 23 May 1916. The Germans had attacked Vimy Ridge on 21-22 May 1916; on the following day, 23 May, the left flank of the 1/21st Battalion, London Regiment bombed their way into the old support line and front line and then were driven out, then recaptured them and were pushed back a second time. It was during this action that Style was killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
British War Medal 1914-20 (Major T. G. Gibson.) nearly extremely fine £60-£80 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1949. Thomas George Gibson was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, on 10 March 1887, the son of Dr. Charles Gibson, and was educated at Epsom College, where he was a member of the Officer Training Corps and Rifle Volunteer Corps, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. On leaving university he was articled to a firm of solicitors and after qualifying became prosecuting solicitor for H.M. Customs in Leeds. When the Great War broke out he was a member of Leeds University O.T.C., and because of this and his academic background was offered a commission into the ‘Pals’ as temporary Captain on 25 September 1914, in command of ‘D’ Company, 15th (1st Leeds Pals) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Gibson served in the Egyptian theatre of War from 22 December 1915 to 7 March 1916, helping to defend the Suez Canal where his Company was split between two locations, his being 13 and 14 Platoons based at ’50.8 POST’ about 31 miles from Port Said. On 10 February 1916, whilst in Egypt with the battalion, he was made Second in Command of ‘B’ Company. The Regiment later moved to Kantara before embarking for France on H.M.T. Ascania on 1 March 1916. In May 1916, he was given command of ‘B’ Company when its commander Major L. P. Baker was invalided home because of his head wounds, and he saw significant action with his Battalion on the Somme from 1 July 1916 onwards, being slightly wounded at Festubert on 26 August 1916, when a German sniper’s bullet grazed his nose as he ‘peered over the parapet’ (Battalion War Diary refers). Gibson was appointed Second in Command of the Battalion from 16 October 1916 and was promoted acting Major on 7 December 1916 and temporary Major from 3 March 1917. On 2 January 1917 he assumed temporary command of the 15th Battalion in the absence of Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Taylor, who re-assumed command on the 31 January. He again commanded the Battalion in late February, before proceeding on leave in March 1917; on 8 May 1917 he again held command during the battle of Arras where he commanded ‘A’ and ‘B’ Companies in the support line on the Gavrelle Road). For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 December 1917). Gibson remained with the Battalion when it amalgamated with the 17th Battalion to form the 15th/17th Battalion in December 1917. During the first half of 1918 he assumed command of the 15th/17th Battalion several times and one of his proudest moments must have been when he presented Sergeant Albert Mountain with the riband of the Victoria Cross at a Battalion parade on 10 June 1918. As a temporary Major on the General List he was appointed Commandant of 5th Division Reception Camp on 15 July 1918 a position he held until the end of the year. Having served with the ‘Pals’ throughout their stay in Colsterdale, Egypt, France and Belgium, he was still serving with the Battalion when the war ended, after which he returned to the legal profession. He was present at the unveiling and dedication ceremony of the memorial cairn at Colsterdale on 28 September 1935, and remained a prominent member of The Leeds ‘Pals’ association and a committee member until his death. For his services as an Assistant Solicitor to the Board of Customs and Excise, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 Birthday Honours’ List.
Family Group: An outstanding Great War ‘Dewdrop Trench 1916’ D.C.M. and ‘Sensee River 1917’ M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal C. E. Read, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who died of wounds in December 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10444 L. Cpl. C. E. Read. 1/Middx: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (10444 Cpl. C. E. Read. 1/Midd’x: R.); 1914-15 Star (G-10444. Pte. C. E. Read, Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (G.10444 Cpl. C. E. Read. Midd’x R.) together with Memorial Plaque (Charles Edward Read) contact marks and polished, otherwise nearly very fine Three: Private George Read, 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who killed in action at Thiepval in September 1916 1914-15 Star (G-3232 Pte. G. Read. Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-3232 Pte. G. Read. Midd’x R.) together with Memorial Plaque (George Read) good very fine Four: Ernest J. Read, 1/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was invalided home with gas poisoning at Ypres April 1915, and later rejoined in the Labour Corps 1914-15 Star (2362 Pte. E. J. Read, Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2362 Pte. E. J. Read. Midd’x R.); Defence Medal, unnamed, nearly very fine (14) £2,800-£3,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 21 December 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action at DEWDROP TRENCH on the 28th October 1916. He showed marked courage and skill in the capture of a strong point, which contained a machine gun and was causing many casualties.’ M.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917: ‘West of the SENSEE River on 23rd April, the 33rd Division took part in a general attack at 4.45 a.m. only the flank portions of its line reached their objectives. The centre of the Division was met with most determined resistance. After several hours fighting, our centre was driven back to its starting point. The troops on our left did not appear. Our flank troops, who had gained the objective, consisted of officers and men of the 1st Middlesex Regt., and the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, at first about 170 strong. They were completely isolated, about 1200 yards from our original line, and about the same distance from our right flank in the HINDENBURG LINE. When the enemy found nothing to the left of our left, he sent strong forces behind them, and attacked these companies from flank and rear - he also reinforced his original centre - “We were taking prisoners in front and being attacked from behind” as one wounded man described it. A hurried attack was made by the Division from the original line at 6 p.m. without much immediate success. The artillery barrage for this attack passed over our isolated troops, of whom no news had been received. Fighting continued during the night all along our lines, but the enemy was evidently very unsettled, for he retired in haste about 4 a.m., 24-4-1917, leaving rifles, ammunition, mine warfare and equipment in large quantities. Our centre at once advanced and found our isolated groups holding their positions stoutly. The gallant conduct of this man, together with others, directly influenced the retirement of the enemy.’ (Official account of action for which M.M. was awarded provided by the War Office to his next of kin in August 1920 refers) Charles Edward Read attested for the 1st Middlesex Regiment on 10 May 1915, at Hounslow and landed in France on 30 September 1915. He won the D.C.M. for his actions during the capture of Dewdrop Trench when the 1st Battalion suffered 208 casualties in killed, wounded and missing. He won the M.M. for his actions during the battle of Arras on 23 April 1917. Lance-Corporal Read died of wounds on 7 December 1917, aged 20, and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, south west of Poperinghe. Sold with 33rd Division Gallantry Cards for both awards, these dated 28 October 1916 and 23 April 1917 respectively, together with War Office copies of the ‘official account of the deeds for which the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal were awarded to the late Lance-Corporal C. E. Read, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment’, dated 13 August 1920, together with two news cuttings and copied research. George Read served in France from 25 July 1915, and was killed in action in the attack on Thiepval Ridge on 26 September 1916. He is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial. Sold with copied research. Ernest J. Read served in France from 9 March 1915, until invalided home with gas poisoning during the second battle of Ypres, 24 April 1915. He later returned to France and served with the Labour Corps. During the Second War he served as a Civil Defence Warden. Sold with named transmission card for Defence Medal ribbon and CD cloth Warden’s badges, together with a white metal Silver Jubilee Medal issued by Middlesex County Council and copied research.
Family Group: Three: Lieutenant A. MacNiven, Cameron Highlanders, who died of wounds received at the Battle of Arras on 1 May 1917 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. MacNiven. Cam’n Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. MacNiven.) good very fine Three: Captain D. MacNiven, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, later Active Citizen Force, Union Defence Force, who Commanded No. 56 (M.E.B.) Armoured Brigade Field Company, S.A.E.C. British War and Victory Medals (Capt. D. MacNiven); Africa Service Medal (ACF D. MacNiven) good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Alistair MacNiven was born in 1890, the elder son of William and Annie MacNiven of Moseley, Birmingham. Posted to France with the 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, he died of wounds received at the Battle of Arras at a casualty clearing station on 1 May 1917, and is buried at Duisans British Cemetery, France. Duncan MacNiven, the younger brother of the above, was born in 1894 and served during the Great War as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment from 7 January 1916. Raised Captain and transferred to the Special List, he emigrated to South Africa and later served during the Second World War with the South African Engineer Corps. Sold with copied research.
Memorial Plaque (Robert Murray Rogers) very fine £80-£100 --- Robert Murray Rogers attested for the 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles) and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 January 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 18 September 1915, and was killed in action on 2 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. His brother Captain C. M. Rogers of 11 Sarre Road, Hampstead, applied for his medals but they were ultimately sent to their sister Mrs M. M. Benningfield at Esplanade, Durban, South Africa.
Three: Private R. Wakeham, Royal Marine Light Infantry, an Armoured Car Section veteran of the Antwerp 1914 operations who was killed in action on 28 April 1917 while serving in the 2nd R.M. Battalion, Royal Naval Division Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (R. Wakeham. Pte., R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Niobe) small impressed naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (Ply. 7915 Pte. R. Wakeham. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Ply. 7915 Richard Wakeham Pte. R.M.L.I.) light contact marks, very fine or better (3) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Barrett J. Carr Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2007. Approximately 129 one-clasp Queen’s South Africa Medals were awarded to the ship’s company of H.M.S. Niobe, around 60 of them to men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry. Richard Wakeham was born in Lancashire in December 1877 and enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry in April 1896. Posted to the Plymouth Division, he served aboard the 1st class cruiser Niobe from December 1898 to November 1900, during which period he was among those landed at Walfisch Bay, with two Maxims and a 12-pounder field gun, in February of the latter year. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1911. Wakeham joined the R.M. Brigade in September 1914 and was one of around 50 Marines attached to the Armoured Car Section, R.N.A.S., and served in Antwerp, qualifying for the 1914 Star with clasp - the latter appears to have been issued to his sister in 1929. Sadly, however, he was killed in action on 28 April 1917, while a member of the 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, a component of the Royal Naval Division. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied service papers.
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 8 num. Kupferstich- Karten aus "Isolari", Venedig 1689Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 1650 - Venedig - 1718, bedeutender italienischer Kartograph, gab im Jahre 1689 in Venedig sein wichtiges Werk "Isolari“ mit den bedeutendsten Inseln, Städten und Festungswerken Europas in zwei Bänden mit 240 Tafeln und Veduten heraus. 1691 und 1695 erfolgten die ersten Nachdrucke, hier: 8 Taf., Kupferstiche in guter Erhaltung: Taf.19 "Isola di S.Margarita" // Taf. 20 "Cittá Forte Blauet e Porto Luigi nella Bretagna" // Taf. 22 "Cambray", außerhalb d. Darst. r. u. & l. u. je ein Wurmgang // Taf. 23 "Doncherca", außerhalb d. Darst. r. u. & l. u. je ein Wurmgang // Taf. 29 "Arras nell`Artesia" // Taf. 31 "Betune nell`Artesia" // Taf. 38 "Strasburg, o Argentina" , re. u. li. unten Wurmgang bis in die Darst.// Taf. 40 "Wismar", 5 kleine Wurmgänge außerhalb d. Darst., je Blatt 39 x 54,5 cm
Sammlung patriotischer Literatur zum Ersten Weltkrieg "Der Krieg 1914 - 19 in Wort und Bild", Bd. 1 - 3, insgesamt 1830 Seiten, reich illustriert, Berlin, Leipzig, um 1920. "Zwei Jahre an der Westfront", 323 Fotos, München 1917. "Zwischen Arras und Péronne", 311 Fotos, München 1917. "An der Somme", 321 Fotos, München 1917. "Österreich-Ungarn im Weltkrieg", Siegen, Berlin, Leipzig 1915. "Um Vaterland und Freiheit", Bd.1 und 4 (Fotobände), Siegen und Leipzig 1915, 1917. "Geschichte des Völkerkrieges", herausgegeben von H. Schaffstein, Köln um 1915 mit eingelegten militärischen Grafiken (unvollständig). "Kriegsalbum", 22. und 23. Sonderheft der "Woche" (Fotobände). "Jahrbuch des Deutschen Kriegerbundes. Kalender für 1914", Berlin 1914. "Jahrbuch des Deutschen Kriegerbundes. Kalender für 1917", Berlin 1917. "Weltkriegsspionage" mit 624 Abb., herausgegeben von Lettow-Vorbeck, München 1931. "Das Marne-Drama" von General Ludendorff, München 1934. "Im Westen nichts Neues", Antwort an Remarque, um 1930. Außerdem mehrere Karten wie "Frontstand 1917" und zwei Hefte mit militärischen Zeichnungen von H. Zille. Teilweise leicht beschädigt, Gebrauchs- und Altersspuren. A collection of patriotic literature on World War I A collection of patriotic literature on World War I"Der Krieg 1914 - 19 in Wort und Bild", Bd. 1 - 3, insgesamt 1830 Seiten, reich illustriert, Berlin, Leipzig, um 1920. "Zwei Jahre an der Westfront", 323 Fotos, München 1917. "Zwischen Arras und Péronne", 311 Fotos, München 1917. "An der Somme", 321 Fotos, München 1917. "Österreich-Ungarn im Weltkrieg", Siegen, Berlin, Leipzig 1915. "Um Vaterland und Freiheit", Bd.1 und 4 (Fotobände), Siegen und Leipzig 1915, 1917. "Geschichte des Völkerkrieges", herausgegeben von H. Schaffstein, Köln um 1915 mit eingelegten militärischen Grafiken (unvollständig). "Kriegsalbum", 22. und 23. Sonderheft der "Woche" (Fotobände). "Jahrbuch des Deutschen Kriegerbundes. Kalender für 1914", Berlin 1914. "Jahrbuch des Deutschen Kriegerbundes. Kalender für 1917", Berlin 1917. "Weltkriegsspionage" mit 624 Abb., herausgegeben von Lettow-Vorbeck, München 1931. "Das Marne-Drama" von General Ludendorff, München 1934. "Im Westen nichts Neues", Antwort an Remarque, um 1930. Außerdem mehrere Karten wie "Frontstand 1917" und zwei Hefte mit militärischen Zeichnungen von H. Zille. Teilweise leicht beschädigt, Gebrauchs- und Altersspuren. Condition: II
Thomas (Edward) Poems By Edward Thomas ("Edward Eastaway"), first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, spotting, mainly to fore-edge, original grey boards, printed paper spine label, original glacine jacket (small chips to spine ends and a few nicks to extremities), a fine and bright copy, 8vo, Selwyn & Blount, 1917. *** Thomas' first substantial poetry collection, published six months after his death at Arras in 1917.
Medals of 25527 Private Robert Wilson of the 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers who died 8th May 1917 killed in action aged 24, commemorated at Arras memorial, (Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Wilson of Whitehall, Maybole; husband of Margaret McIver Wilson of Wellparr, Maybole, Ayrshire.), comprising WWI war medal and victory medal [25527 PTE R WILSON KOSB] WWI death plaque [ROBERT WILSON] with scroll and French soldiers charity day 1915 medal, and a book titled Introduction to the Register of the Arras Memorial.
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 1997 Lord signed Great War cover Arras and Vimy Ridge number 34 in the cover series. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
A French cast iron hand forged garden bench by Grassin Arras, late 19th century, of typical curved rail form, upon back swept rear supports extending to scroll terminals and cast paw front feet, makers plaque to the cross stretchers, 75cm H x 146cm W x 75cm DCondition reportLater re-painted with general overall weathered oxidation particularly to the underside.No obvious damage or repairs and structurally sound.
A HAND FORGED AND WHITE PAINTED GARDEN 'ARRAS' SUITE OF RECENT MANUFACTURE Comprising a large rectangular dining table and a set of ten ribbed ladderback chairs, including a pair of armchairs the armchairs 88cm high, 64cm wide, 60cm deep the chairs 79cm high, 46cm wide, 52cm deep the table 72cm high, 252.5cm wide, 92cm deep Condition Report: With weathering - colour variance from exposure- wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Some knocks to paint mainly on edges of table. These have developed into rust patches- further rust to recesses, bases indicating an iron core. Some denaturing to paint surface- dirty Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Potential buyers should note that condition reports are matters of opinion only, they are non-exhaustive and based solely on what can be seen to the naked eye unless otherwise specified by the cataloguer. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description. If you have physically viewed an item for which you request a report, the condition report cannot be a reason for cancelling a sale. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.Condition Report Disclaimer
A RARE EARLY VICTORIAN CAST IRON TRIPOD ORANGERIE OR ARRAS GAMES TABLE COALBROOKDALE, MID 19TH CENTURY Of tilt top, tripod form, the octagonal games or chessboard top with applied mother-of-pearl, painted green and scrolling gilt border, gilder's mark to underside by snap-catch possibly Pa** No 10, base with diamond registration mark possibly for 1842, and NO 1692 66cm wide, 75cm highThe National Archives records the registered design number: 1692, proprietor: The Coalbrookdale Company, Panel ornament, Class 1: metal, September 20th, 1842. Condition Report: Generally in fairly good condition given likely use, age and handling- with little signs of outdoor use or exposure. Top with scuffs, wear, losses and slightly playworn, retaining most of mother of pearl inlay and gilding, some paint loss to underside. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Potential buyers should note that condition reports are matters of opinion only, they are non-exhaustive and based solely on what can be seen to the naked eye unless otherwise specified by the cataloguer. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description. If you have physically viewed an item for which you request a report, the condition report cannot be a reason for cancelling a sale. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.Condition Report Disclaimer
Three WWI trench craft matchbox holders, including a brass holder with Royal Engineers Regimental crest and with name and address P Onyon, 16 Handley Street, Sleaford, Lincs, and two aluminium matchbox holders, one engraved Arras 1914-1919, the other engraved with a moth, oak leaves and indistinct script.
A WWI bronze death plaque and medal pair, the death plaque named to Harold Godber, and the medals inscribed to 306984 Pte H Godber, West Riding Regiment, Killed in Action 3/5/1917, and buried at Arras, with postage envelopes and medal box, with original card case for the plaque and postage envelopes and medal box.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (34202 Sjt. J. M. Chisholm. R.A.M.C.) very fine £50-£70 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917. James Murray Chisholm was born in Ayr on 22 November 1885. A keen cricketer, he was a member of the now defunct Stirling Victoria Cricket Club, and later worked as an upholsterer and Sunday School Teacher. According to the Stirling Observer, Chisholm ‘died suddenly’ in July 1940. It adds: ‘Mr. Chisholm came to Stirling with his parents at the age of 14, and commenced his apprenticeship with Messrs. Graham & Morton as an upholsterer at their Burghmuir factory. Later, he was transferred to the Falkirk branch of the firm, and in 1914 he joined up with the R.A.M.C. with whom he served all through the war. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under enemy fire he was awarded the Military Medal at the Battle of Arras. Although badly gassed, he recovered and resumed his duties with the R.A.M.C. after the Armistice, by which time he had attained the rank of Sergeant...’
The British War Medal awarded to Lieutenant E. T. Smart, Royal Garrison Artillery, attached Royal Flying Corps, who died on the Western Front on 17 March 1918, when he failed to return from a bombing raid on enemy lines British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. E. T. Smart) very fine £100-£140 --- Edward Treloar Smart, the son of Rev. John Smart of Hythe, Kent, was born around 1898 in Monkton Combe, Somerset. He attended Tonbridge School and was afterwards a pupil in the Traffic Department of the South Eastern Railway at London Bridge before being commissioned into the Special Reserve of the Royal Garrison Artillery on 13 October 1915, for service during the Great War. He served at home with Anti Aircraft Batteries in Scotland until 27 March 1917 when he was attached to the Royal Flying Corps. Gazetted Flying Officer on 14 July 1917, he served on the Western Front from 25 August 1917 as a Pilot to No. 2 Artillery Observation Squadron. Smart was advanced Lieutenant in October 1917; on 27 March 1918, during the German spring offensive, he failed to return from a bombing raid in the Bray-Roye Sector, East of Amiens. The Second in Command of No. 2 Squadron wrote: ‘By the notification as missing of E. T. Smart a link with the Squadron and, more particularly, with B Flight, as we knew it, is snapped. His cheery personality and never-failing good humour under trying circumstances went far to render the Flight such a happy crowd. His work at first was patrol, later artillery registrations, and subsequently, as he gained experience, photography, both vertical and oblique. The Squadron photographic records show many examples of his good work done under bad conditions. When he was sent in his early days to interview an enraged battery commander, whose guns had refused to answer to the corrections sent from the air, he poured oil on the troubled waters in his own inimitable way, and quickly restored cordial relations. One could multiply instances of this gift of his, but one further example will suffice. Once, owing to engine failure, he perched on the roof of a house in his machine. He climbed down through the breach and met the astounded occupants on the stairs. His entry took some explaining, but he was quickly on good terms with his hosts. It was not his turn for the last trip that he made, but he was so eager to take his share in the big battle that he prevailed on another pilot to let him take his place.’ He is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, France. Sold together with a copy of his Medal Index Card, confirming the issue of his Great War medals in the rank of Second Lieutenant.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private L. Aps, 47th (British Columbia) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was wounded in action during the Second Battle of Arras, 3 September 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (219232 Pte. L. Aps. 47/W. Ont: R.) very fine £260-£300 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. Leopold Aps was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, in May 1876. He attested for the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1915, and served with the 47th (British Columbia) Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Aps was hospitalised as a result of contracting trench fever whilst serving in Regina Trench in November 1915. He was wounded in action receiving a gun shot wound to the left shoulder and back during the Second Battle of Arras on 3 September 1918. Sold with extensive copied service papers.
The emotive Pilot and Observer’s Memorial Plaques to Second Lieutenant J. C. G. Drummond and Second Lieutenant P. Chavasse - both of 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force, whose R.E.8 succumbed to the guns of the German Ace Otto Schmidt, 8 October 1918. Both young men, and in Chavasse’s case having only been flying in operational service for less than a week Memorial Plaque (John Cecil George Drummond) very fine Memorial Plaque (Percy Chavasse) very fine £400-£500 --- John Cecil George Drummond was born in Chiswick, Middlesex, in March 1899, the son of a telegraph clerk at the General Post Office, and he was educated at Christ’s Hospital School. He joined the Recruits Depot of the Royal Flying Corps in September 1917, and was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in January 1918. Drummond carried out pilot training, and was posted for operational flying with 59 Squadron (R.E.8.s) on the Western Front in July 1918. His aircraft suffered damage when ‘heavily fired at... by rifle and machine gun fire while on counter attack patrol’ whilst over Irles and Achiet Le Grand on 23 August 1918. The latter was flown with with Second Lieutenant H. S. Dudson as his Observer, but as the weeks passed Drummond formed a more frequent flying partnership with Second Lieutenant Percy Chavasse as his Observer. Drummond and Chavasse flew multiple counter attack patrols together during the first week of October 1918. They were shot down and killed by the German Ace Otto Schmidt (the commanding officer of Jasta 5) near Wambaix on 8 October 1918. Both pilot and observer are commemorated together on the Arras Flying Services Memorial. Percy Chavasse was an orphan, and lived with his sister at his aunt and uncle’s house at 7 Trinity Avenue, Lenton, Nottingham. Chavasse was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, 28 August 1917. He was attached to the Royal Flying Corps, and qualified as an Observer on 14 September 1918. Chavasse was posted for operational service in France on 29 September 1918, and joined 59 Squadron on 2 October 1918. He was immediately thrust in action with Second Lieutenant Drummond as his pilot. Succumbing to the same fate as his pilot, when he fell under the guns of Otto Schmidt on 8 October 1918. Sold with the following original items relating to J. C. G. Drummond: Christ’s Hospital Tyson Prize awarded to recipient - leather bound copy of Aircraft in Warfare by F. W. Lanchester, front cover detached but with bookplate ‘Presented by The Governors of Christ’s Hospital To J. C. G. Drummond for Science, Grecians Examination July 1917’; two portrait photographs of recipient in uniform; a ‘Black Cat’ good luck postcard sent by recipient to ‘Mrs Drummond, “Ashton”, Martello Terrace, Kingstown, Ireland’; and copied research for both Drummond and Chavasse.
16th to 17th century. Comprises a.o.: (1) "Opdragt van een erve No. 38 aan d'oostzijde van de Keysersgt. breet voor en agter 30 V. lang 170 V. 8 Apl. 1626". Fold. vellum leaf, 24 x 27 cm, w. 2 attached wax seals. (2) "1661 28 Julij. Opdracht van het Erff. naest het Diaconie Weeshuijs. Lade 5. 133. Renteboek D fo. 2." 2 attached fold. vellum lvs, 19 x 32 cm and 21 x 32 cm, w. 3 (of 4) attached wax seals (dam.) and both w. paper tax seal, both signed by J. van Loon and mentioning the names of the Amsterdam Schepenen Joachim Rendorp, Joan Hinloopen and Ernst and Nicolaas van Capelle. (3) "1573. Arras. Rentebrief". Fold. vellum leaf, 36 x 39 cm, mentioning the name Jehan Macrel (lacks the seal). -and 10 similar others, incl. "Lettres de rente sur la ville d'Arras créé en 1574", "Huwelijkscontract van ridder Philips de Gressy, & dame Antoinette de Dannery Arras 30. 1. 1582" Added: 2 Dutch official manuscript documents on paper, dated 1832 and 1838. (total 15)
Durm, Leopold -- KokotteÖl auf Leinwand. Um 1910.115 x 100 cm.Verso mit Bleistift (evtl. von fremder Hand) bezeichnet "Leopold Durm".Eine Herausforderung. Nackt rauchen und trinken, und dazu dieser provokative Blick! Die nur mit Hut und Strümpfen bekleidete Kokotte schont den Betrachter nicht. Der Künstler umgibt ihren schlanken Körper mit wilden Mustern, die das helle, grün schattierte Inkarnat in ein bleiches Leuchten versetzen. Die Blumentapete im Hintergrund scheint in ihrer lebendigen Gestaltung und Tonalität fast ein Eigenleben zu entwickeln. Leopold Durm, zuerst eigentlich Arzt, wandte sich bald im Anschluss der Malerei zu. In München trat er der Künstlervereinigung Scholle bei, deren naturlyrische, impressionistische Tendenz seine frühen Arbeiten beeinflusste. Er lebte damals in der Künstlerkolonie Holzhausen, wo noch heute sein Haus in der Seeholzstraße steht. Später wandelte sich sein Stil zum Monumentalen. Hermann Esswein zeigte sich 1917 beeindruckt von Durms "räumlicher Beseelung der Malfläche", seiner Präzisionsarbeit linearer Feinheiten und insbesondere der ausgewogenen Balance zwischen Psychologisierung und Realismus in seinen Bildnissen (in: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Bd. 40, 1917, S. 326ff.). Am Ersten Weltkrieg nahm Durm als Arzt teil, und seine späten Werke entstanden in Kampfpausen vor Arras und Verdun. Er starb 1918 an einer Krankheit, die er sich im Felde zugezogen hatte. Seine wenigen Bilder wurden bereits 1918 für eine Ausstellung in Brackls Kunsthaus in München zusammengetragen (ammersee-region.de, Zugriff 12.03.2024). - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Kreidt, Fritz -- "ARRAS 1914"Kohle auf blau grundiertem Velinkarton.60 x 44 cm.Unten rechts in der Darstellung mit Kohle signiert "KREIDT", mittig unter der Darstellung betitelt. Detaillierte Kreidezeichnung, wie typisch bei Kreidt wohl nach einer alten Postkarte aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Verlassene, ruinöse Orte und Gebäude haben den Künstler immer fasziniert und so gibt er hier nach alter Vorlage die Ansicht des völlig zerstörten gotischen Rathauses von Arras wieder. Provenienz: Nachlass Fritz Kreidt, Berlin - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Second World War Prisoner of War interest: a fascinating and scarce archive of original documents, medals, and secondary ephemera preserved by the late Lieutenant Ernest Boyes Lee, Royal Army Service Corps, who worked on escape maps and intelligence while a P.O.W. and was awarded the France & Germany Star in spite of having been captured by the Germans before the Dunkirk evacuation.Medals: 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal (Territorial), Elizabeth II, with second award bar (6792074 PTE. E. B. LEE. R.A.S.C.), mounted for wearing, good very fine, [4]Documents and Epehmera: a large collection including escape maps, correspondence, an article written for the Bank of England's staff journal describing some of the recipient's activities in Oflag VII C Prison Camp, authority for the France and Germany Star (scarce to men taken prisoner prior to D-Day); together with a small number of badges and other personal effects. Round medal 36mm diameter Ernest Boyes Lee served with the British Expeditionary Force in France and was captured by the Germans on the 22nd May 1940. As prisoner number 319 he was interned at Oflag VII C, where from early 1941 he began to receive letters from a friend giving news of the War in coded form, which he was able to disseminate to the other prisoners. The content of the letters appeared harmless to censors, concerned with social matters and trivial seeming news from home; but the writer included allusions to unknown persons and inexplicable events and Lee soon perceived that these were cryptic references to the progress of the war. As Lee himself explains in "Gepruft", a 1951 article for the staff journal of the Bank of England:"T. continued to write regularly. Letter by letter he built up a framework...the key to many of the clues was beyond the reach of all except T's intimate friends...others were simple anagrams or in the form of crossword clues."Examples included imaginary racehorses: "Pike Cave, a filly lacking pace" (Kiev); and "my boy-friend has dumped any amount of luggage personelly [sic] at my home" (an encouraging reference to the build-up of U.S. forces prior to the allied invasion of Europe).Lee was transferred to Oflag VII B late in the same year, where a smuggled radio provided news of the outside world, augmented by ongoing letters. He also took part in the production of escape maps, of which a number are included with this lot. In 1945, with the Allies closing in, the Germans began forced marches of prisoners of war to try and keep them out of the hands of the liberating forces. It is at this point that Lee's story coincides with that of Lieutenant Colonel William Douglas Baird Thompson, D.S.O., M.C.Lt. Col. Thompson, who had been commissioned from the ranks into the Durham Light Infantry in 1915, was decorated for gallantry in action at Arras in 1917 (M.C.) and during the German offensive of March 1918. He was furthermore awarded the French Croix de Guerre for participating in the capture of 85 German soldiers at Cuitron in July 1918. Like Ernest Boyes Lee he was captured by the Germans before the Dunkirk evacuations.On the 14th April 1945 the Germans attempted to march a large party of Allied prisoners from Oflag VII B to Berchtesgaden, where it was intended that they be held as hostages. This failed when the column was mistakenly attacked by American P-47 Thunderbolts, killing 12 and injuring 40. Thompson initiated a retreat to the camp, and his orders were confirmed by the Germans. On the evening of the 15th the prisoners set off on a second march that led, by the night of the 23rd, to Stalag VII A at Moosburg in Bavaria. The following day Thompson was confirmed in command of the British forces, which he put on an operational footing, freeing Russian prisoners from the cells at Moosburg, and securing a bridge for the use of the advancing U.S. forces. Although many senior Germans, including the camp commandant and the mayor of Moosburg, were keen to capitulate peacefully, other elements, such as the S.S Division Charlemagne, were not; and in the confused situation that followed the surrender of the Commandant, there was fighting in the vicinity of the camp. Thompson stated that on the 29th April "First tanks of the 14 Am Div US Army broke through the Kommandantur, certain amounts of firing within the camp, Able to arm guards and piquets."It was in recognition of these operational services that the prisoners who served under Thompson's command, Ernest Boyes Lee among them, were deemed eligible for the France and Germany Star.
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille -- Souvenir des environs de Monaco. Cliché-verre auf Salzpapier. 9,7 x 16 cm. (1860). Delteil 82 I (von II). Corot hatte sich seit 1853 auf Anregung der Photographen Arras, Grandguillaume und Cuvelier mit dem Medium des Cliché-verre beschäftigt und eine Reihe von graphischen Arbeiten in dieser neuen Technik angefertigt. Der vorliegende Druckzustand vor dem Fleck im Laub des Baumers wurde bereits von Delteil als selten bezeichnet. Ausgezeichneter, zeitgenössischer Abzug, bis auf die Darstellung geschnitten. Die oberen Eckspitzen minimal bestoßen, verso kleine Montierungsreste, sonst tadellos erhalten. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
A pair of medals to recipient in the London Irish Rifles who was killed in action during the German Sprong Offensive in March 1918. British War and Victory medals,”6146 PTE J.T. GRIFFITHS 18-LOND. R.” James Thomas Griffiths was born in Cardiff but living in Dover, Kent when he enlisted. He served in France with 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles) from 1st September 1916 until his death in action on 21st March 1918. Renumbered as 593368 he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
WW1 British War Medal 1917 Casualty Middlesex Regiment, British War medal, “2505 PTE. F. PREBE MIDD’X R.” Frank Prebe from Rosebury Gardens, Harringay attested for service on 1st September 1914. He landed in France on 12th March 1915 with the 1/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and was killed in action on 3rd May 1917 aged 23 years. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
A white metal medal, obverse with the sun disappearing behind a terrestrial globe beneath 'Defectum Lvumine Vidit', reverse two soldiers playing dice with tokens representing possessions, the soldier on the left with Mons, Rusel and Dornic, the other has Arras and Paris, Douay being passed from one to the other. 44 mm, c. 29.80 g. Eimer 444. With old catalogue cuttings. *CR Marking to both surfaces.
A Queen's South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Laing's Nek and Belfast clasps named to 1417 Pte J. H. Slaytor 1. Leic R.' Slaytor is recorded as being entitled all three of these clasp. He may well have been the Sergeant James Henry Slaytor who was killed in action during the Great War on the 7th September 1916 whilst serving with the 9th Battalion of the Essex Regiment, if so he will also have been entitled to a 1915 Trio. That this is the same man is encouraged by the fact that he was 45 years old when he died and his parents are recorded ads being from Leicester and he was married to Margaret of Sutton in the Elms, Broughton Astley, Leicester, he is buried in Arras, his headstone reads 'Gone but not forgotten'. *CR Renamed or corrected naming, bruising to rim and marking to surface.
Jean de Saive, Porträt des Alessandro Farnese, Herzog von Parma und Gouverneur der spanischen NiederÖl auf Kupfer. 9,8 x 7,3 cm.ProvenienzEuropäische Adelsfamilie.LiteraturRiccardo Lattuada: Alessandro Farnese, un grande condottiero in miniatura, il Duca di Parma e Piacenza. Ritratto da Jean Saive. Ausstellungskatalog Biffi Arte, Piacenza 2016.Das kleine Bild, kostbar eingefasst in einem prächtigen Rahmen des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, ist eines der seltenen Porträts des Alessandro Farnese, das während seiner schwierigen, gleichwohl erfolgreichen Jahre als Gouverneur von Flandern entstanden ist. Bis 2005 befand sich das Miniaturbildnis im Besitz der Familie von Savoyen. 2016 wurde es im Rahmen einer Ausstellung in Piacenza von Riccardo Lattuada publiziert.Für die überzeugende Zuschreibung an den flämischen Maler Jean de Saive stützt sich Lattuada auf drei weitere von ihm signierte Bildnisse des Alessandro Farnese. Es sind drei überlebensgroße ganzfigurige Darstellungen, die sich in der Galleria Nazionale von Parma, im Museo Stibbert in Florenz sowie in einer belgischen Privatsammlung befinden (Lattuada, op. cit., S. 23, Abb. 9, 10 und 11). Letzteres ist 1581 datiert und dürfte das erste der drei Fassungen sein. Die Gesichtszüge des noch jungen Gouverneurs sind denen auf unserem Bild so ähnlich, dass eine zeitlich nahe Entstehung anzunehmen ist. Noch trägt Farnese nicht den Orden des Goldenen Vlieses, den er 1585 vom spanischen König Philipp I für seine Verdienste in Flandern erhielt.Im Jahre 1581 haben sich sowohl Alessandro Farnese als auch der Maler Jean de Saive in Namur aufgehalten und es ist sehr wahrscheinlich, dass zumindest die zwei ersten Bildnisse hier entstanden sind. Saives Bildnisse des aus altem italienischem Adel stammenden Gouverneurs sind die repräsentativsten, die während seiner Zeit in Flandern entstanden sind. Dies zeigt, dass Jean de Saive nicht nur ein "Concierge du vignoble de la Cour de Bruxelles“ war, sondern auch ein geschätzter Maler, der die Wünsche seines Auftraggebers voll und ganz erfüllen konnte. Darüber hinaus besteht kein Zweifel daran, dass wir das Aussehen des noch jungen Alessandro Farnese dank der Werke Jean de Saives - darunter auch anhand des hier vorliegenden - besser kennenlernen können. Der prächtige Rahmen, in dem wir das Gemälde heute bewundern, zeugt von der Bedeutung, die ihm beigemessen wurde.Alessandro Farnese hat seine italienische Heimat nie mehr gesehen. Nach dem Tod seines Vaters 1586 bat er um Erlaubnis, sein väterliches Erbe antreten zu dürfen, was von Philipp II. aber abschlägig beschieden wurde, da er ihn in den Niederlanden nicht ersetzen konnte. Nach der Ermordung des französischen Königs Heinrich III. im Dezember 1589 wurde er nach Frankreich beordert. Dort unterstützte er ab 1590 die katholische Opposition im Kampf gegen Heinrich IV. und starb 1592 bei der Belagerung von Arras.
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