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Click here to subscribeGreat War Casualty group of three medals comprising 1914-1915 Star, 1914-18 War Medal plus Victory Medal, impressed to 18214 Pte Alfred William Barr, 1st Batn Essex Regiment, together with memorial plaque (Barr was killed at the battle of Arras, 14 April 1917, remembered with honours at the Arras Memorial Bay 7), together with a further small quantity of coins and tokens
WW2 RAF Sgt. Pilot Norman Percy Gerald Barron 236 Squadron RAF Blenheims Battle of Britain. Signed on an RFC 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Arras April May 1917 cover 1987, flown in an RAF Jaguar aircraft. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Attributed WW1 Binoculars and Battle Map pair of Goerz Berlin field binoculars with blackened mounts and leather covered body. Central adjustment dials. Lower mounts engraved EPM Robinson Loyal North Lanc Regt. Leather neck strap. Contained in their fitted leather case. Inner lid with white metal label named Capt H Pennington Robinson. Front of case with marked E.P.M.R. ... Battle map 12/7/16 on folding map board covering the Arras area in various scales ... Linen backed, paper map Valenciennes ... Field Almanac 1918. 4 items. Estate of E P M Robinson Loyal North Lancs & RFC
Pair to Private E.J.Gamage, King's Shropshire Light Infantry,British War and Victory Medal (31511Pte.E.J.Gamage. K.S.L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Edward John Gamage). Two drill holes on plaque otherwise very fine. (3)Footnotes:Private Edward John Gamage was born in Swansea. He enlisted in Swansea. He was killed in action on the 26th March 1918, aged 19, he was formerly 4/2994 T.R. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two original WWI First World War period British Army issued maps of France, both named and owned by one Captain R. M. Huntrods of Durham Light Infantry. One 20,000 foot scale map and a second larger scale map: St. Pol area. France Sheet 36B SW, edition 6, published by the Ordnance Survey 1916. Coded in the bottom l/h corner GS GS 2742. On folding linen on a scale of 1:20,000. Size 90 by 68 cm. A key includes roads, railways, footpaths, churches, chimneys, windmills etc. The map does not show trenches but an area just to the west of Arras. An unusually clear and crisp map. Original owner’s name and rank to front of map. The owner served in the Durham Light Infantry and the Northumberland Fusiliers., and was wounded in France. The second map of part of France: Senleques-Lottinghem area. France Sheet 36D Western Half. Published by the Printing Section, Depot FSC., RE. GHQ (1701). No date. Information in the bottom l/h corner states: This map is an enlargement from the French 1:80,000 its accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Scale 1:40,000. Size 58 by 51 cm. On folding linen. Includes villages to the west of Arras including Bourthes and Zoteux. Original owner’s name in ink to front cover. The owner served in the Durham Light Infantry and the Northumberland Fusiliers and was wounded in France. Rare named maps.
A collection of x3 original WWI First World War period British Army used maps of France and Belgium. Comprising:First World War British Officer’s map of part of France. France Sheet 11, Lens edition 2. Published by the Ordnance Survey in 1916. Coded in the bottom l/h corner GS GS 2364. On folding linen size 85 by 65 cm. Scale 1:100,000. A key includes details of roads, railways, mines, ruins, canals, churches, forts etc. In colour. Original owner’s name to the front cover. The owner served in the Durham Light Infantry and the Northumberland Fusiliers., and was wounded in France Area covered includes Arras and Bapaume.British Army map of Hazebrouck, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton for the Geographical Section General Staff 1915. Code 2364 to bottom left corner. On folding linen size 88 by 66 cm. Scale 1.100,000. Key gives information on many geographical features and has an explanation of French names for them. A very detailed map. VG condition.World War One Map British Army Map Belgium sheet 12: Valenciennes with Cambrai. Published for the British General Staff Geographical Section by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton May 1915. Scale 1:100,000. On folding linen. Name and stamp of the RE 73rd Field Company to the front of the map. Some annotations to the margins including details of the advance of the 21st Division from August to November 1918 and of the enemy captured. Good to VG condition.
Three: Private J. F. Sawyer, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action at the Battle of St. Quentin on 21 March 1918 1914 Star (10544 Pte. J. Sawyer. 2/ Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10544 Pte. J. Sawyer. Durh. L.I.) nearly very fine (3) £120-£160 --- John Frederick Sawyer was born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire in 1886 and attested for the Durham Light Infantry at Sunderland in October 1908. He served with “D” Company in the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 September 1914 and was reported missing in action on 21 March 1918, the first day of ‘Operation Michael’ the German Spring Offensive, and was later confirmed dead. On the latter date, at the Battle of St. Quentin, the battalion was positioned north of the Bapaume-Cambrai Road. Having lost its two forward companies, it withdrew in the evening with what remained of the 1st West Yorkshires and at dusk the following day could only count 2 officers and 58 other ranks unwounded from an original strength of 30 officers and 639 men. Sawyer has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Three: Lance-Corporal R. Lamont, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Duke of Albany’s), later 1st/6th (Morayshire) Battalion, who was killed in action at the Capture and Defence of Roeux in May 1917 1914 Star (8961 L. Cpl. R. Lamont. 2/ Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (8961 Pte. R. Lamont. Seaforth.) very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Robert Lamont was born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders at Paisley, Renfrewshire. He served with the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914 and was subsequently posted to the 1st/6th (Morayshire) Battalion (Territorial Force), part of the 51st Highland Division. He was killed in action with the 1st/6th Seaforths at Roeux between 12 and 16 May 1917. On 12 April 1917, during the Battle of Arras, Roeux was attacked by the 9th (Scottish) Division without success, its defence against capture being strongly augmented by virtue of it being built over a system of caves. The 51st (Highland) Division, however, succeeded in taking the chemical works close to the railway station on 22 April and, after prolonged and fierce fighting, the village was captured by the same division on 14 May. The chemical works were lost and recaptured on 16 May. Lamont is buried in Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France.
A well-documented pair awarded to Private G. Naylor, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 May 1917 British War Meal 1914-20 (38434 Pte. G. Navlor [sic]. W. York. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (38434 Pte. G. Naylor. W. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Guy Naylor) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (3) £180-£220 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Guy Naylor was born in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, and attested there for the Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regiment on 26 October 1916. He served with the 15th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 January 1917, and was posted Missing, presumed killed in action on 3 May 1917. A letter from his Commanding Officer states: ‘Private Naylor took part in the attack on the German positions east of Gavrelle on 3 May, and went gallantly forward with his platoon. When the Battalion was mustered after the fight, I much regret to say that he was Missing. You have my deepest sympathy in your anxiety, and we all grieve to have lost a good comrade and brave soldier.’ The battalion suffered 4 Officers and 15 other ranks killed, 122 other ranks wounded, and 8 Officers and 262 other ranks missing on that date. Naylor has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold together with the recipient’s cap badge; named Record Office enclosures for both medals; various original hand-written letters to the recipient’s wife, both from the recipient prior to his death, and by others after his death; three silk pocket squares, one woven with the West Yorkshire Regimental crest; two portrait photographs of the recipient, one housed in a contemporary metal glazed frame with ‘Union Flag’ surround; various newspaper cuttings; and copied research.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. H. Gibbs, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 29 April 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (A-1021 Pte. A. H. Gibbs. 7/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (A-1021 Pte. A. H. Gibbs. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-1021 Pte. A. H. Gibbs. K.R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Henry Gibbs) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917. Albert Henry Gibbs was born in Kensington, London, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Marylebone. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 May 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the thigh and knee on 11 April 1917, during the Battalion’s assault on Wancourt during the Battle of Arras. He died of wounds on 29 April 1917, and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Sold with a regimental cap badge and copied research, including the recipient’s record of service which shows that he was convicted of numerous felonies during his service, including Absent from parade; refusing to obey an order; dirty rifle on parade; absent without leave; insolence to an N.C.O. &c.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (3102 Pte. H. A. Fish. 5-Lond. R.; 3544 Pte. R. W. Wright. 6-Lond. R.; 3476 Pte. W. Pickrill. 7-Lond. R.; 4992 Pte. J. Harvey. 11-Lond. R.) generally very fine (4) £50-£70 --- Harold Fish also served in the London Regiment as number 8548 and 554442. Sold with identity disk showing number 8548. Richard William Wright, of Paddington, London, was serving with the 1/6th Battalion (City of London Rifles) of the London Regiment (as number 321316) when he was killed in action on the Somme on 15 September 1916, during the battle for High Wood. He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, France. William Walter Pickrill, of Shepherd’s Bush, London, served during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 August 1915, and was just 19 when he was killed in action on 15 September 1916 whilst serving with the 1/7th (City of London) Battalion of the London Regiment. On that day, the opening day of the battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Somme, the 47th Division, of which the 1/7th were a part, were tasked with the Capture of High Wood, an operation which saw the division suffer over 4,500 casualties. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Joseph Harvey, of Bermondsey, London, landed in France on 5 February 1917 and was serving as a Lance Corporal with the 20th (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment (number 648025) when he was killed in action on 24 March 1918 in the early days of the German Spring Offensive. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
A Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of four awarded to Major R. H. Gregg, 22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who won his M.C. for gallantry in an action at Vimy Ridge in May 1916, and was afterwards severely wounded when leading his company in an attack during the battle of Arleux in April 1917, his leg being amputated in consequence Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major R. H. Gregg) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (4) £2,000-£2,600 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.C. London Gazette 27 July 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and initiative. His senior officer being wounded in the attack, Second Lieutenant Gregg took command of the company and on reaching the captured trench at once consolidated his position. Then, finding his flanks were unsupported, he showed remarkable ability in the withdrawal of his company.’ Richard Hugo Gregg joined the 23rd (Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, on its formation in 1914. He was commissioned on 24 August 1915 but, because there was a surplus of subalterns in the battalion when the 23rd went to France in November 1915, Gregg and thirteen other subalterns were sent to the 30th (Reserve Training) Battalion. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 16 December 1915, and transferred to the 22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and joined it in France on 6 May 1916, as part of the 99th Brigade, 2nd Division. On 22 May 1916, the division was sent from reserve to the Souchez-Angres area, to support the 47th Division which was under attack. Almost immediately, the 22nd Battalion was ordered to mount an attack at 1.30 p.m., to recover ground lost by the 47th Division on Vimy Ridge. The attack was to be carried out in conjunction with the 1/Royal Berks, on the right, and the 20th London Regiment on the left. The attack was postponed until 8.30 p.m., but, when a heavy German bombardment prevented the 1/Royal Berks from forming up, the attack was cancelled. “B” Company of the 22nd Battalion, however, did not receive the message and went into the attack alone. Despite heavy casualties “B” Company pressed home the attack. When the Company Commander was hit, Lieutenant Gregg took over command and captured the trench and consolidated the position. But, after holding the position for about an hour and a half, the Battalion M.O., who was looking for casualties, came across them and told Lieutenant Gregg that the attack had been cancelled and that he was unsupported. Lieutenant Gregg therefore led the company back to the British lines. Lieutenant Gregg was awarded the M.C. for this action. The casualties suffered by “B” Company were one officer died of wounds and two others wounded. Seven other ranks were killed and 78 wounded. Battle of Arleux, 28-29 April 1917 (Battles of Arras) The attack by the battalion was set for 4 a.m. on the 29th April. As it could only muster 240 men, “B” and “C” Companies were amalgamated to form a composite company, under the command of Major Gregg. “A” and “D” Companies were formed into another composite company. Each had a strength of about a hundred. The battalion had been in the trenches for about three days prior to the attack and they were very tired when they arrived at the rear at 4 a.m. on the 28th April. They marched from the starting point at 9 p.m. and reached their battle position at 2 a.m. the next day. Because of a mix-up, the men had only emergency rations and water. To add to these problems, it was known that the British shelling had only partially cut the German wire in front of Captain Smith’s company. The wire facing Major Gregg was still intact. Nevertheless, the two companies attacked at Zero hour. Gregg’s company managed to struggle through the first row of wire, but the second row was impassable. The barrage was lifted while the men were still trying to find a way through. This enabled the Germans to man their guns and most of the casualties occurred here. All the officers, except one, and most of the men were hit. Major Gregg was wounded in the leg and it had to be amputated. A few managed to to reach the German trenches but they were too few to achieve permanent success. When the men were withdrawn, only a hundred could be mustered to form one composite battalion, under the command of a lieutenant. Major Gregg died on 18 May 1929, at the age of fifty. In his last years he lived on a meagre pension which barely kept him from starvation.
Pair: Lieutenant F. J. Brotheridge, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was killed in action when his Sopwith Camel was shot down in flames on the Western Front on 19 May 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. J. Brotheridge. R.A.F.) good very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Frederick John Brotheridge was born in Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, in 1899 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps. He served with 3 Squadron during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action when his Sopwith Camel D6433 was shot down in flames out of control at approximately 6:30 a.m. on 19 May 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.
A GREAT WAR CASUALTY GROUPING TO BROTHERS British War Medal - S-5379 Pte F E Elms Rif Brig Condition GVF. Frederick Edwin - KIA 9th August 1915. Arras Memorial Victory Medal S 5378 Pte F A V Elms Rif Brig Condition VF. Frank Albert Victor KIA 29th July 1915 Pair 27644 Pte W D Elms KSLI Swing mounted as worn. Condition VF William Douglas Elms. ( Late issue) "
* WWI & Battle of Arras. First Army panorama no. P.111, B.20.b.00.45, sheet 51B, including a field of view of 83° from about 39° – 122° (approximate scale of degrees (1° = 1 inch), made from Vimy Ridge, 22 April 1917, panoramic gelatin silver print photograph on 4 joined sheets, place and building identification details clearly marked in the negative, printed labels to left margin, No. 2 Advanced Section Army Printing Stationery Services and 50th (S.A.) Brigade R.G.A. ink stamps to verso, some age soiling and creasing, overall 16 x 210 cm. together with a few miscellaneous military photographs including Hampshire Regiment interest, one captioned ‘Minden Day’, 1922, studio photographs of General Archibald Hunter by Bassano, weapon training staff, officers training school Mhow 1945, no. 22 class (T.C.) SME, Chatham, 19 July 1915, a group of 13 vintage RFC aerial black and white photographs, 1915, including Farnborough (3), Thames Ditton, Long Ditton, Oxford Aerodrome, etc, images 9 x 10.5 cm, 3 military cabinet cards, 3 small albums of Ogden’s photographic miniature cigarette cards including some military interest, 3 unconnected partially completed photo albums, each including some mostly WWI military interest, plus family snapshots, etc, plus a small quantity of printed and manuscript military ephemera relating to various families, 4 small boxes of lantern slides showing drawings of postal history interestQty: (a carton)NOTESFrom the Library of Lt. Col. R.J. 'Bob' Wyatt MBE TD (1931-2019).
NACHLASS LUFTSCHIFFER-UNTEROFFIZIER, VU EK II 1914 v. Ballonzug 27, als Schmuckblatt m. Abb., 21.10. 1917, Miliärpaß, Soldbuch u. Personalausweis Feld-Luftschiffer-Abt. 9, zahlr. Eintr. u. Gefechte: Peronne, Roye, La Bassee, Arras, Somme etc., 2 Beförderungen, zahlr. OU Hptm. „Schardeng“ ? „Hoof“? u. Lt.d. L. „Heilmann“ etc., Soldbuch Umschlag m. Klebefilm repariert
KONVOLUT FOTOS UND ANSICHTSKARTEN: 14 Atelierfotos, Visit u. Kabinett, 7 zivil u. 8 Militär, meist Infanterie, m. Seitengewehren, Schützenschnüren, 1 Leutnant m. EK I 1914 u. EK II 1914. Ateliers Ingolstadt, München, Metz, Ulm u. Thorn; 3 Leporellos: Die Welt in Bildern, Turin (L. 3,45 Meter!) u. Mailand, um 1900, ges. 104 Ansichten, tls. lose, Randmängel; 4 Tiefdruck-Serien-AK Antwerpen, Douai, Bouillon u. Arras, um 1912, ges. 48 AK; Stahlstichkarte Umgebung Pfalzburg/Saargebiet, um 1890, 42x34cm; Beilagen
Aufnahmen Bayerische Feldluftschiffer Abt. 1 21 zu einem Album montierte Luftbilder aus dem Raum Arras, aufgenommen zwischen Sommer 1915 und Frühling 1916, jeweils bezeichnet: Thélus-Lorettohöhe, Roeux, Monchy, Biache, Vitry, Fresnes, Gavrelle, Beschießung der Gräben vor Rodincourt, Beschießung der Gräben vor Beaurains, Beschießung von Thélus u. Bailleul, Brand in Beaurains, Fampoux, Pelves, Plouvain, Mont St. Eloy, Arras, mit Einzeichnungen von französischen und deutschen Schützenlinien, Album auf dem Deckel beschriftet "Seiner Hoheit Herzog Ernst von Sachsen-Altenburg. Kriegserinnerungen", Größe der Aufnahmen ca. 14 x 14 cm, dabei ein Messtischkartenblatt 1:80000 der bayerischen Kartenfelddruckerei, altersgemäß gut erhalten, spannende Einblicke in einen der umkämpftesten Abschnitt der Westfront im 1. Weltkrieg.
WW2 fighter ace signed RAF cover. 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Arras April -May 1917 signed FDC No. 245 of 1000. Flown in a formation of Jaguar aircraft from Farnborough where No. 11 Sqn where formed. Signed by Sqn Ldr G. H. Bennions. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThree: Able Seaman G. Verden, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 25 March 1918 1914-15 Star (ZP-1082, G. Verden, A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Z.P.1082 G. Verden. A.B. R.N.V.R.) minor edge nicks, generally very fine or better (3) £100-£140 --- George Verden was born in May 1897, and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in May 1915. He was drafted into Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division for service with the M.E.F. in August 1915. Verden was hospitalised with defective vision and was in and out of hospital quite frequently eventually serving in the French theatre of war. He was initially listed as ‘Missing’ before being confirmed as killed in action on the Western Front, 25 March 1918 (CWGC erroneously lists as ‘1917’). Able Seaman Verden is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThree: Second Lieutenant S. G. Smith, 59th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), late Army Cyclist Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 21 March 1918 1914-15 Star (447 Pte. S. G. Smith, A. Cyc. Corps.) scratch marks over naming; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. S. G. Smith.) mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (3) £100-£140 --- Sidney George Smith served during the Great War with the Army Cyclist Corps in the French theatre of war from 16 March 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps in May 1917, and was killed in action whilst serving with the 59th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) on the Western Front, 21 March 1918. Second Lieutenant Smith is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. His medals were sent to his father G. R. Smith at 43 Park Lane, Wallington, Surrey.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websitePair: Captain G. R. Lane, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 14 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. R. Lane) nearly extremely fine Pair: Captain D. T. Milne, Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 28 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Capt. D. T. Milne) nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£120 --- George Ronald Lane was born on 27 February 1894, the son of Major-General Sir Ronald Lane, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., and Lady Lane, and was educated at Eton. He served as Page of Honour to H.M. King Edward VII from February 1907 until his death, then as Page of Honour to H.M. King George V until 1911. Lane was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 4 February 1913, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 September 1914. Advanced Captain in March 1916, he was killed in action on 14 September 1916, and is buried in the Guards’ Cemetery, Lesbouefs, France. Douglas Thwaite Milne, a native of Leeds, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Cameron Highlanders on 14 June 1915, and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 28 March 1918, while attached to the 7th Battalion. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFamily group: Pair: Private C. H. Batchelor, Leicestershire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 8 June 1917 British War and Victory Medals (3294 Pte. C. H. Batchelor. Leic. R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (12400 Pte. E. Batchelor. K. R. Rif. C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (19832 Pte. R. Batchelor. R. Berks. R.) extremely fine (4) £70-£90 --- Cecil Henry Batchelor was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 June 1915, and was killed in action on 8 June 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Ernest Batchelor, the brother of Cecil Henry Batchelor, attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 21 September 1917, and is buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFour: Air Mechanic T. H. Davies, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (27532. 1. A.M. T. H. Davies. R.A.F.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., circular type, 2nd ‘crowned bust’ issue (Thomas Hugh Davies.) in case of issue; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£120 --- Thomas Hugh Davies was born in the parish of St. Luke’s, Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1877 and was a Telegraphist with the General Post Office by civilian occupation. During the Great War, he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps on 2 May 1916 and served an Air Mechanic 2nd Class, being promoted to 1st Class on 1 October 1917 and transferring in that rank to the Royal Air Force on its formation on 1 April 1918. He was transferred to the R.A.F. Reserve on 21 October 1919 and was discharged on 30 April 1920. Sold with the following items and ephemera: a metal plate (90mm x 25mm) broken into two pieces, impressed ‘Albatros Gesellschaft fur flugzeugunternehmungen m.b.H. Berlin-Johnannisthal Type “DVa” No. “4416”’; the recipient’s riband bar; five packets of postcards depicting views of Bombay, Port Said, H.M.S. Ganges, India and Cornwall respectively and a quantity of loose postcards mostly relating to Courseilles-sur-Mer and Malta. A miniature booklet of photographs depicting scenes of Gibraltar; a set of ten small photographs of Aden circa 1945; a packet of 12 photographs featuring views of Bournmouth; 8 small photographs depicting of sights of Bangkok; three Arras, France bus/train tickets; Bombay guide booklet; H.M.S. Ganges Handbook; H.M.S. Royal Arthur Handbook; a card addressed to ‘T. H. Davies Esq. “Hyfrydle” Borth, Cardiganshire’ congratulating the recipient on his appointment to the ‘Rambling Club’ - Birmingham, 7 July 1927.
NO RESERVE France.- Ortelius (Abraham) Artesia; and 3 other French provincial maps, showing northern France, from Calais to Cambrai in the south-east, including Lille, Arras and Kortrijk, engraved map with original hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark of crossed arrows, platemark 375 x 490mm. (14 3/4 x 19 1/4 in), sheet 435 x 545 mm (17 1/8 x 21 1/2 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with small repairs to splitting at upper edges, minor surface dirt and light browning, lesser nicks to edges, unframed, [Antwerp, 1592]; toegther with Ortelius' Poictou, Picardiae, Belgicae Regionis Descriptio, and Touraine. Turonensis Ducatus et Confinium Galliae Celticae Descriptio, engravings, each with hand-colouring, good margins, Latin text on verso to each, unframed, [1584-1603] (4)
* Royal Flying Corps. A collection of items belonging to Captain Francis Albert Durrad, killed in action over enemy lines, 8 November 1917, comprising pilots watch, the 45mm circular white dial with blued steel hands, black Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, the backplate stamped GLASHUTTE SYSTEME, the movement in clean original condition and the watch is working, the case 55mm diameter with a sliding button on the side to adjust the hands and large winding crown, on a cream leather strap, together with a collection of flying / motoring apparel comprising, soft brown leather helmet, with brown mohair lining, a pair of goggles with aluminium frames and elasticated strap, a brown leather sleeve with original tailors label 'The Brodinoto Brand', pair of brown leather gauntlets each with sheep's wool lining, RFC side cap with 2 brass buttons to the front, RFC embroidered cloth brevet and blazer badge, RFC brass cap badge and other related badges and various original documents relating to the death of DurradQty: (small box )NOTESCaptain Francis Albert Durrad served on the Western Front with the Royal Engineers from 8 November 1914, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps (21 March 1915), a newspaper cutting included in the lot shows a photograph of recipient and titled 'Commission for a Despatch Rider', Durrad was despatch riding with the Lahore Division at the front for several months prior to his commission, he was then promoted to Captain where he was attached to the Royal Flying Corps (22 Squadron), Durrad was killed in action whilst flying over enemy lines on 8 November 1917, Durrad is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Calais, France.
* Haig (Field Marshall Sir Douglas, 1861-1928). Autograph Letter Signed, dated 4 January 1917 on General Headquarters, British Armies in France headed paper, 1 pp., "My dear Humphreys, one line to thank my old R.S.M. very much indeed for his kind congratulations which have pleased me very much. I am very glad indeed to all that you are helping me to beat the Germans. Good luck to you & Happy New Year, yrs. v. sincs. D. Haig", old fold and light soiling, together with other military-related letters, notes and autographs, 19th and 20th centuries, including a copy letter from Major J. Hutchings, 33rd Regiment of Foot, Madras 18th January 1851 to Isaac Howard relating news of the death of his son Captain Henry Howard and that he would supervise the sale of his effects (4 pp., folds), a letter from Captain W. Siddons, 3rd Madras Cavalry settling an invoice, a 2 pp. letter from 'Jack' to his sister 'Queenie', 3rd October 1917, thanking her for mascots and ordering photographs and 'It is blowing hard here & promises to be wet - rain will do my garden a lot of good but I am sorry for the fellows up the line if it rains hard' and 'You may have been having a rather rotten time in London recently with air raids, I do hope nothing has been near Potters Bar in the shape of Bosch aeroplanes & that they are not getting windy or worrying at home', and three dried poppies framed and glazed and labelled 'Flanders Poppies taken from German trenches in front of Arras 1917'Qty: (25)NOTESThere was a Regimental Sergeant Major Humphries, who served with Douglas Haig in the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, who Haig recalled on his departure from the regiment in 1892 that 'Humphries wrung my hand and said I was the best sort he had ever had to do with'.
Corbett (Julian S.). Naval Operations [History of The Great War], 5 volumes, reprint editions, The Battery Press, Nashville, 1997, uniform publishers original blue cloth, 8vo, includes Volume 1 (Maps), Longmans & Co., circa 1937, 18 monochrome maps, publishers original blue cloth book box, boards & spine lightly marked & faded, 8vo, together with; Pope (Stephen), The First Tank Crews..., 1st edition, Helion & Company, Solihull, 2016, colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Girardet (Jean-Marie et al), Somewhere on the Western Front, Arras 1914-1918, new edition, Éditions Degeorge, Arras, 2007, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, publishers original boards, large 8vo, plus other modern Great War/World War I reference, including publications by Pen & Sword, Spellmount, Grub Street, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, VG, 8voQty: (56)
French Hornby 0 Gauge Stations Démontable Nos 18 Arras/Bar-le-Duc/La Baule and No 19 Marseille, No 18 comprising one basic unit with uncommon alternative-named front and canopy sections, all in original box, all G-VG, some loss to canopy edge blue labels, together with No 19 Marseille, VG, both appear complete, boxes F-G, No 18 has part of one end of lid missing (2)
The Final Allied Counter Offensive September - November 1918 signed FDC No. 125 of 500. Flown in Piper Apache PA3 from Biggin Hill Airport to Arras then Amiens over Vimy where a salute was made to the Canadian Memorial. Signed by Hal Kerridge. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Deutsches Reich 1933 - 1945 - Orden und Ehrenzeichen - Ritterkreuz : Große Verleihungsur Deutsches Reich 1933 - 1945 - Orden und Ehrenzeichen - Ritterkreuz : Große Verleihungsurkunde zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes an Leutnant Fritz Fessmann, Zugführer 1. / Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 7 / 4. Panzer-Division (170. Eichenlaub am 4. Januar 1943, 103. Schwerter am 23. Oktober 1944). Normal 0 21 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:"; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} Datiert Führerhauptquartier, den 27. Oktober 1941. Mit Unterschrift des Führers und Reichskanzlers Adolf Hitler (Pantograf). Die Ritterkreuzmappe aus rotem Saffianleder mit Gold geprägtem Hoheitsadler. Die Innendeckel mit Pergamentspiegeln und handvergoldeter Linieneinfassung. Am rückseitigen unteren Rand signiert „FRIEDA THIERSCH“. Die Urkunde auf großem Pergamentbogen (Doppelblatt) von Hand geschrieben, der Name des Beliehenen in erhabenem Gold gehalten. Die Mappe mit altersgemäßen äußeren Gebrauchsspuren. Lederne Halteschnur für die Urkunde lose anbei. Die Urkunde in sehr guter Erhaltung. Fritz Fessmann trat am 1. November 1935 in die Aufklärungs-Abteilung (motorisiert) 7 ein. Am 1. Oktober 1936 schied er als Gefreiter und Offiziersanwärter aus der Armee aus. Anfang 1937 wurde er bei einer Reserveübung zum Unteroffizier befördert. Am 23. August 1939 wurde er auf die Kavallerieschule Krampnitz bei Potsdam einberufen. Der spätere Aufklärungsexperte wurde nach Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkrieges als Feldwebel der Reserve in die Panzeraufklärungsabteilung 7 einberufen. Der Kommandeur seiner 4. Panzerdivision war der spätere Schwerterträger Generalleutnant Hans-Georg Reinhardt, ein Panzerregiment wurde durch Oberst Hermann Breith angeführt. Der bereits am 1. März 1940 zum Leutnant der Reserve (Kriegsoffizier) beförderte Fessmann übernahm einen Zug der mit leichten Späh- und Schützenpanzern ausgerüsteten Abteilung. Im Zuge des Polenfeldzuges wurde die 4. Panzerdivision im Verband des XVI. Korps bei Lodz, Modelin und Warschau eingesetzt. Am 10. Mai 1940 – dem Eröffnungstag des Westfeldzuges - gehörte die Division abermals zu den vordersten Angriffsverbänden. Die stets an der Spitze der Division eingesetzten Aufklärungskompanien nahmen am berühmten Panzerraid in Nordfrankreich teil, bei dem die Panzer an der Maas, bei Arras, Cambrai, Lille und Péronne kämpften. Durch ihre vorderste Position wurden die Aufklärer stets als erste in Gefechte verwickelt. Für die erstklassige Führung seines Zuges erhielt Leutnant Fessmann noch während des Feldzuges das Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse verliehen. Nach der französischen Kapitulation auf dem Kontinent verblieb die 4. Panzerdivision als Garnisonseinheit in Frankreich. Als am 22. Juni 1941 der Ostfeldzug begann, nahmen die Männer der Aufklärungsabteilung erneut ihren Platz in vorderster Linie ein. Während der ersten Gefechte bei Brest-Litowsk, am Bug, bei Mogilew und während der Kesselschlacht von Kiew lieferte Fessmann mit seinem Zug immer wieder wertvolle und schwierig einzubringende Informationen über die Feindlage, dessen Stärke und das vor der Division liegende Gelände. Bereits wenige Wochen nach dem ersten Schuss in Russland erhielt Leutnant Fessmann das Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse verliehen. Nachdem sich die Division immer weiter nach Osten vorgekämpft und bei Beresina, am Dnjepr und vor Orel bewährt hatte, erhielt Fessmann im Oktober einen Sonderauftrag. An der Spitze eines kleinen Stoßtrupps drang er ins feindliche Hinterland vor, umging geschickt mehrere russische Stellungen und erreichte unbehelligt die Bahnlinie Kiew –Kursk. Für die Sprengung dieser kriegswichtigen Verbindung und erstklassige Leistungen in der Panzeraufklärung erhielt er am 27. Oktober 1941 das Ritterkreuz zum Eisernen Kreuz verliehen. Am 1. November wurde Fessmann im Alter von 27 Jahren zum Oberleutnant der Reserve befördert. Nach den schweren Winterschlachten vor Moskau, Wenew und Tula wurde der stets zuverlässige Fessmann Kompaniekommandant im Kradschützenbataillon 64 der 14. Panzerdivision. Nach unzähligen Offensiv- und Defensiveinsätzen bei Charkow, Oskol und Rostow folgen harte Kämpfe am Donez und bei Nowo-Tscherkassk. Drei Angehörige des tapferen Bataillons erhielten innerhalb von wenigen Monaten das Ritterkreuz, zehn weitere das Deutsche Kreuz in Gold und viele eine Stufe des Eisernen Kreuzes. Die 64er waren die erfolgreichste Einheit der gesamten Division. Im Winter begannen die harten Schlachten im Großraum Stalingrad, wobei die Kradschützen in vorderster Linie zum Einsatz kamen. Angesichts einer ständigen Übermacht der Sowjets zeigte sich Fessmann nicht nur als tapferer und umsichtiger, sondern auch als einfallsreicher Offizier. So ließ er einmal einige wenige Schützenpanzer hinter seinen Stellungen wild auf und ab fahren – der Motorenlärm und die Staubwolken gaukelte dem Gegner ein ganzes Bataillon vor, sodass er vorerst von einem Angriff absah! Am 30. November wurde Oberleutnant Fessmann während eines Angriffes am Ufer der Wolga schwerst am Kreuzbein, Becken und beiden Beinen verwundet (Pak-Granate), einer sofortigen Notoperation mussten später noch zwei weitere folgen! Durch seinen Rücktransport in die Heimat entging er dem schrecklichen Schicksal seiner Division, die später im Kessel von Stalingrad restlos aufgerieben wurde! Für wiederholte Tapferkeit im Gefecht wurde er während der langwierigen Genesungsphase für die Eichenlaubverleihung eingereicht. Nach seiner erst im Sommer 1943(!) möglichen Entlassung aus dem Lazarett erhielt Fessmann als 5. Reserveoffizier das ihm verliehene Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz überreicht, kurz darauf wurde er als Hauptmann der Reserve (1. Januar 1943) Taktiklehrer an der Panzertruppenschule in Versaille, später an jener in Krampnitz. Bis zum Sommer 1944 half er mit, die zukünftigen Panzeraufklärer des Heeres auszubilden – zeitweise stand er hier unter dem Kommando des Schwerterträgers Oberst Gorn. Ende Juni 1944 wurden viele erfahrene Frontveteranen, die sich in Lehrverwendung befanden, wieder an die Ostfront versetzt, nachdem die Heeresgruppen Nord und Mitte schwere Verluste erlitten hatten. Eine Woche nach Beginn der sowjetischen Sommer-Großoffensive traf Hauptmann Fessmann bei der 5. Panzerdivision im Nordabschnitt ein und übernahm die Panzeraufklärungsabteilung. Sein Divisionskommandeur war der überaus erfahrene Generalleutnant Karl Decker, der später ebenfalls mit den Schwerter ausgezeichnet werden sollte. An der Spitze seiner Abteilung konnte Fessmann während der verzweifelten Abwehrkämpfe zeigen, dass er nichts verlernt hatte, bereits im August wurde er erneut verwundet, verblieb jedoch bei der Truppe. In Litauen und dem Grenzgebiet von Ostpreußen bewährten sich Fessmanns Aufklärer im Defensivkampf. Im hartumkämpften Brückenkopf von Memel wurde die Division im Verband des XXVIII. Armeekorps eingesetzt, das unter dem Kommando des für die Schwerter eingereichten Generals Gollnick stand. Nachdem starke Panzerkräfte des Gegners den Widerstand um Memel gebrochen und den Kessel von Kurland geschlossen hatten, musste sich die 5. PD kämpfend nach Süden zurückziehen. In diesen verlustreichen Abwehrgefechten in Richtung „Ostpreußen-Stellung“ standen Fessmanns Abteilung sog Full description on lot-tissimo.com
Eugene Laurent Vail (1857-1934) 'Leonie' Etaples c.1887 or 1893 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54.5cm (25½ x 21½'') Original exhibition label verso with artist's name, title and number 26 Eugene Vail was a cosmopolitan artist of American-French background. He was one of a close-knit circle of young painters in the ateliers in Paris and at the artists' colonies of Grez-sur-Loing, Concarneau and Etaples during the 1880s. He was a close friend of Irish artists Frank O'Meara and John Lavery. His pictures enjoyed great success at the Paris Salon and he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur. Eugene Laurent Vail was born of an American father and French mother in St. Servan, near St. Malo, Brittany, in 1857. He gained and engineering degree at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. He worked as a cartographer on a scientific expedition in the West of America. Vail was also a keen sportsman and had an interest in theatre and art. He began to study at the Art Students' League, New York, in the studios of William Chase and Carol Beckwith. He travelled to Paris c.1882 and became a pupil at the Academie Julian. He became a close friend of John Lavery's there. In March 1882, he entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts, studying in the atelier of Cabanel. He was also a pupil of Collin and Dagnan-Bouveret. Vail first exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1883. In common with many of his contemporaries, Vail was impatient to paint from nature. Many years later, Lavery acknowledged the influence of his comrade in introducing him to Grez: I came to know Gres-sur-Loing through Eugene Vail. We were both at the Academie Julian and we decided to go there to spend the weekend. I remained there for nine months. Hawkins also met Frank O'Meara there. In 1883, Vail first exhibited at the Paris Salon. In the same year he visited Brittany: Pont-Aven, and Concarneau, in the company of American students Harrison and Simmons. Vail favoured marine and harbour subjects. His best-known Breton painting, 'Le Port de la Peche, Concarneau' (Musée des Beaux Arts, Brest), is a large, low-key study of the harbour and fishing boats. Although sombre in tone, there is a glowing twilight atmosphere, that was, perhaps, to influence Charles Cottet's paintings of Brittany. The picture was exhibited at the Salon in 1884. It was purchased by the French State for the Musée Luxembourg. In 1887, Vail moved to Etaples, Pas-de-Calais. He spent the winter there, lodging with his friends from Grez, O'Meara and Scottish artist Middleton Jameson. Although less well known than the great art colonies, and less picturesque than Concarneau, Etaples was convenient to reach, being close to Boulogne, and living was cheaper there than at Grez. O'Meara wrote: Etaples is a very convenient place - lots of motifs about, plenty of models and studios to be had cheap. French artist, Cazin, a native of Pas-de-Calais, gained inspiration from the landscape around Etaples. Amongst the artists there in Vail's time were Jameson and O'Meara, French painters Boudin and Tattegrain, the Belgian Faradyn, the Americans Walter Gay and Birge Harrison, Dudley Hardy and a contingent from Cork: William G. Barry, Egerton Coghill and Edith Somerville. Sarah C. Harrison was there in 1890 and E.M. Synge and Frida Moloney in 1909. A large number of British and Australian artists continued to work there up to the First World War. While O'Meara studied figures at the harbour and Barry and Coghill painted woodland scenes, O'Meara wrote to Lavery that: Vail is painting the deck of a fishing boat in a heavy sea, life-size, and I think that it will be very fine. Vail exhibited at the Salon again in 1886 and in 1888, when he was awarded a 3rd class medal. His work was praised by Albert Wolff, art critic of 'Le Figaro'. Vail served on the international jury of the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. Four of his pictures were also exhibited there and he received a gold medal. Some of Veil's paintings were known for their dark tonality. Like Welden Hawkins, some of his subsequent work became more decorative and Symboliste, showing the influences of Whistler, Japonisme and the Nabis. Vail may have visited Etaples again c.1893, for his painting 'Soir d'Automne Etaples', which was exhibited at the Salon in 1894. Veil was awarded the Legion d'Honneur in 1894. Six of his paintings were exhibited at the Salon Nationale in 1899 and his work was praised by Gabriel Mouray in 'The Studio'. The present portrait shows an attractive young woman, wearing a headscarf or bonnet and she is viewed in profile. On the reverse of the stretcher, the words 'Leonie' and 'Etaples' are written, probably by the artist himself. Leonie evidently is the name of the model. The word 'Etaples' and an art supplier's stamp 'Caron Cousin. Peintre Couleurs et Toiles - Etaples' on the back of the canvas, indicate that the picture was painted in this town, probably c.1887 or c.1893. Leonie has a fine profile and healthy red cheeks, set against the simple white costume which she is wearing. Vail enjoyed a profile view, as can be seen in 'A Breton Sunday', c.1890 (National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution), which shows a pious woman in scarf, standing in front of a harbour. On the one hand, 'Leonie' has the heroic quality of a peasant woman viewed in profile by Realist painter Jules Beton, for example 'Repose', 1864 (Musée des Beaux Arts, Arras) and 'Jeanne Calvet', 1865 (Francine Clarke Art Institute, Williamstown). But, on the other hand, Leonie is an ordinary country girl, whose rosy colouring reveals her hardworking, healthy life in the open air and by the sea. Her face is well modelled, with the dress indicated in a simple manner, with relaxed, criss-cross brushstrokes. Vail follows the 'Academie Julian' manner, combining a carefully represented face against a more sketchy treatment of clothing. But this relaxed manner also suggests the influence of Impressionist painters, such as Manet and Berthe Morisot. Julian Campbell
A large quantity of ephemera relating to the London Irish Rifles (1st Battalion), including WW1 photos, post-cards, amps and documents, also 1930's / 40's dated ephemera complied by Lt. Sydney Major relating to the history of the regiment, and also 1990's correspondence from Lt. Major's son relating to updating the history of the regiment NB Battalion fought at Loos, Ypres,Vimy Ridge, Arras and The Somme
WW1 1st South African Infantry Group of Three Medals.Awarded to “PTE W BOWIE 1ST S.A.I.”. Comprising: 1914/15 Star “2ND INFANTRY”, British War Medal, South African Bilingual Victory Medal. Mounted for display. ... Accompanied by a quantity of research. Private William Bowie served with the 1st Cap Colony Regiment, he was a native of Govan Scotland and had travelled to South Africa employed as a engine pattern maker. He volunteered for service in German South West Africa before reenlisting into the 1st South African Regiment. He landed in France on the 16th April 1916. At Arras he suffered Trench Foot and was discharged February 1918.
Music (Bocchi Sextet).- Memorie di Enrico Bocchi, 2 albums, relating to recitals given by the Bocchi Italian Sextet directed by violinist Arrigo Bocchi, some in Italy and most in England, also including: a letter from a friend from the trenches in France, 1916, numerous printed concert programmes (some before the Prince of Wales, the Grosvenor Club etc.) letters of engagement and payment, newspaper cuttings, folds, all laid down, original red cloth, gilt, 1 album upper joint split, others splitting, other vol. lacks spine, creased and soiled, oblong 4to, 1888-1900 (2). ⁂ Includes a letter to Rodolfi Bocchi from Second Lieutenant Donald Hargreaves Tremellen (d. 1917), Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; killed at Arras, "I've been nearly outed three times in the last few days. Once a rifle grenade passed just over my head and exploded the other side of the parados (the back wall of a trench)... ."
Große Historismus-Prunkschale Große Historismus-Prunkschale Große Historismus-Prunkschale Silber, teilvergoldet. Im vertieften Spiegel äußerst detailreiche, hochreliefplastisch ausgeführte Darstellung der Schlacht bei Azincourt. Im Vordergrund vielfigurige Kampfszene von z.T. berittenen Soldaten in historisierender Rüstung, unterhalb betitelt. Im Hintergrund gravierte Stadtsilhouette von Arras. Vom Anstieg auf die breite Fahne übergreifender Bandelwerkdekor, unterteilt durch Porträtmedaillons und Kriegsgerät. Unw. besch.; Gest. 13 Lot, Stadtmarke, Herstellermarke. Gew. ca. 1530 g. 56 cm x 37 cm. Vgl. Neuwirth, Wiener Silber 1781-1866, P2491. A Viennese magnificent silver parcel-gilt Historism dish with depiction of the Battle of Azincourt by Hermann Ratzersdorfer. Minor flawed. Standard mark 13 lot, city and maker's mark. Österreich. Wien. Hermann Ratzersdorfer. 1856.
A vibrant collection of ceramic and glass top include Poole pottery 1989 of abstract/aztee design 28cms l, 'Arras' Regal Ware bowl of gold pink and blue design to outer rim, 22cms. Carlton Ware, green, gold and black flower design, A Chinese plate, blue and red design with no marking and a pink bon bon glass bowl with Magnor scratched to bottom.
Alexander Jamieson (1873-1937) Scottish Corfu Oil on board, 15cm by 20.5cm See illustration Alexander Jamieson was born in Glasgow, and trained at the Haldane Academy, now part of the Glasgow School of Art. In 1898 he won a scholarship to spend a year in Paris, which proved a formative experience that would influence his work for the rest of his life and spark an abiding love for France. In Paris Jamieson was exposed to the work of the Impressionists, many of whom he met. The young artist adopted their techniques, and he evolved a style that would span his career. Jamieson's work was characterised by this preference for painting en plein air, working wet-into-wet with bold, bravura brushstrokes to capture the transient nature of light. By the early 1900s Jamieson had returned home and married his artist wife whom he met in Paris. Concentrating on painting landscapes and townscapes, often of Continental subjects, his reputation grew, and he exhibited at the likes of the Groupil and Carfax galleries in London. However, his life was interrupted by the First World War; enlisting, he served until 1919 and fought in the battles at Loos, the Somme and Arras. After the war he settled in the Vale of Aylesbury and returned to depicting his favoured subjects but now placing a greater emphasis on the effects of light and shadow. In addition to exhibiting to great acclaim, Jamieson also taught painting on trips around the towns of France and Belgium, painting light-dappled towns, gardens and harbours. Indeed, in the foreword to the catalogue for Jamieson's memorial exhibition, Sir John Lavery wrote ''He dipped his brush in light and air''. Alexander Jamieson died at the age of 63, the aftereffects of the War having taken a toll on his health. Examples of his work are held in the collections of the Louvre and the Tate.
A WWI military copper and brass bugle, by Bosley & Company London 1914, decorated with badges for the Royal Artillery, engraved Ypres, Arras and Somme, and named for CPL. E.W. Groves, 61151, 29cm wide. Lance Corporal Ernest William Groves, service number 61151, was killed in action 2nd October 1917, aged 35 years, buried at Lijsenthok Military Cemetery, XXV.E.7, Belgium.
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