British Airborne Beret Belonging to Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous V.C, Who Won the Victoria Cross for the Dieppe Raid Whilst Attached to the No4 Commando, the maroon wool beret with black leather trim and gilt metal Royal Artillery badge to the front. Interior of the beret has black cloth lining with white stamped broad arrow size marked 7 1/2, Supan Manufacturing Co Ltd and 1945 date. Also stamped with war department stamp and date letter “Z”. Leather panel to the reverse of the brass side gromets. Accompanying the beret is an original hand written and signed letter from Colonel Porteous to the current vendor gifting him this beret on 12th October 1977, “Digging through the bottom draw I found this old airborne beret which you might like. I was with an airborne unit from 1944-1949 + again for three years in the sixties & wore this beret with great pride. I would be pleased if you would except of as a present”. Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous VC was born on 1st January 1908 in Abbottabad, India. Porteous was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1937. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 26th August 1940. On the 19th August 1942 he was a temporary Major attached to No4 Commando when he took part in the famous Dieppe Raid. His Victoria Cross for the raid was announced in the London Gazette 2nd October 1942, the citation was as follows, “At Dieppe on the 19th August, 1942, Major Porteous was detailed to act as Liaison Officer between the two detachments whose task was to assault the heavy coast defence guns. In the initial assault Major Porteous, working with the smaller of the two detachments, was shot at close range through the hand, the bullet passing through his palm and entering his upper arm. Undaunted, Major Porteous closed with his assailant, succeeded in disarming him and killed him with his own bayonet thereby saving the life of a British Sergeant on whom the German had turned his aim. In the meantime the larger detachment was held up, and the officer leading this detachment was killed and the Troop Sergeant-Major fell seriously wounded. Almost immediately afterwards the only other officer of the detachment was also killed. Major Porteous, without hesitation and in the face of a withering fire, dashed across the open ground to take over the command of this detachment. Rallying them, he led them in a charge which carried the German position at the point of the bayonet and was severely wounded for the second time. Though shot through the thigh he continued to the final objective where he eventually collapsed from loss of blood after the last of the guns had been destroyed. Major Porteous's most gallant conduct, his brilliant leadership and tenacious devotion to a duty which was supplementary to the role originally assigned to him, was an inspiration to the whole detachment.” After recovering from his wounds Porteous continued to serve in the Royal Artillery. He was later posted to No1 Air Landing Light Regiment RA. In June 1945 he was posted to 53 Air Landing Light Regiment RA with whom he served in Palestine from November 1945 to March 1946. Then HQ RA 16th Airborne Division until January 1947 as Brigade Major. From February 1948 to April 1949 he was Battery Commander with the 33rd Airborne Light Regiment. He served again for three years in the Sixties as Colonel, General Staff at the War Office, the Directorate of the Lans/Air Warfare. He retired in 1970.
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British 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes (F.S) Commando Knife, good example of the copper ribbed grip 3rd pattern knife with blued steel cross guard broad arrow mark with “I” above. Housed in its blanco covered leather scabbard and webbing belt loop strap. Issued probably for service in the Far East. Stiletto style blade with medial ridge. Blade measures 16 ¾ cms, overall 31 ½ cms.
A box of +/- 300 comics, all DC comics, titles including "Forever Evil", "Death Stroke", and Green Lantern Corps, Blackest Night", "The Huntress Stalks Catwoman", "Terrifics", "Batman War Games" Acts One, Two and Three, "Convergence" comics, and also Star Trek, Batman, Teen Titans, Aqua Man, and Green Arrow, all in plastic packaging.
Railway FDC collection 4 covers includes Royal Engineers Postal and Courier service to commemorate the naming of British Rail Locomotive 47 568 at Long Marston, 80th Anniversary Golden Arrow PM 17. 11. 04 Victoria London SW1, Penzance to Bristol TPO (ICO1) Last day of Operation and Midland TPO Going South (IV28) Last Day of Operation 8TH/9TH January 2004. 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.
Interesting collection of mixed vintage Military items including three trench art style pieces, a silver plated 47 Squadron tankard, two buckle polishers and belt brasses, a fuse head, leather woggle, unit monitor, WWII soap dish and shaving brush, an early 1935 tin with broad arrow and two field cutlery pieces (15)
A group of 20th Century jewellery to include a silver flower brooch set with moonstones, a silver bow and arrow brooch set with marcasite, a pair of bow stud earrings set with marcasite, a bar brooch set with white stones, an enamelled eagle brooch marked MMA 1993, a silver cherry pendant necklace and a carved bone deer brooch.
Blowout Sale! Lot of 4 sci-fi / fantasy tv shows hand signed 10x8 photos. This beautiful lot of 4 hand signed photos depict Matt Nable (Arrow), Virginia Hey (Farscape), Fran Kranz (Dollhouse) and Jordan Gavaris (Orphan Black). This signed photo is guaranteed authentic and is supplied from one of the UK's leading autograph memorabilia companies. 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.
Stunning Display! Arrow Katrina Law hand signed professionally mounted display. This beautiful display consists of a 10"x8" photo, hand signed by Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul from the hit tv show, Arrow. This has been mounted with a logo underneath the photo, and the overall size of the mounted display is 14 inches x 11 inches. This signed photo is guaranteed authentic and is supplied from one of the UK's leading autograph memorabilia companies. 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.
An 1885 pattern cavalry trooper’s sword, blade 34½” dated “4/86” and “/91” and stamped with broad arrow over “WD”, “YC” and inspector’s marks, with regulation pattern steel hilt, the guard stamped “4/92”, “8H 418” (partly struck out), small H over 200, and faint traces of other marks. GC, the blade clean (light surface rust on the inside of the guard, no scabbard). £80-120
Raverat, Gwen (ills) Cornford, Francis "Mountains and Molehills", Cambridge University Press 1934, foxing to edges, blue cloth, dj with some spillages "The New Forget-Me-Not Calendar", decorated by Rex Whistler, various contributors to include Max Beerbohm, Hilaire Belloc, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicholson, Hugh Walpole, etc, Cobden-Sanderson 1929, errata slip, colour plates and black and white ills, calendars for 1930-31 are blank, pictorial boards, shelf wear and corners bumped, dj chipped Webb, Mary "Gone to Earth", Jonathan Cape 1930, ills by Norman Hepple "Precious Bane", Jonathan Cape 1933 "The House in Dormer Forest", Jonathan Cape, 1st ills edition 1931 "The Golden Arrow", Jonthan Cape, November 1930 "Seven for a Secret", Jonathan Cape 1932, all with decorated ep, all in uniform pale green cloth, backstrips faded (7)
Group of flints and similar artifacts including a British? Neolithic tanged arrow head, North American and other This item is from the collection of Lionel Walrond. Lionel was born in 1927, his parents were tenant farmers on a small dairy farm in Somerset. Sadly, both parents died before Lionel's 4th birthday and he was brought up by aunties and an uncle in Pitney, Somerset. On leaving school he was not drawn to a life in farming but became interested in history and archaeology. This interest lead to the discovery of three Roman mosaics in South Somerset before his 18th birthday! The most famous is the Low Ham Villa (the mosaic has pride of place in the Museum of Somerset). Lionel fervently collected local historical artefacts and set up his own museum on the farm in a converted WWII American Army Nissen hut. Local finds of Roman and Neolithic origin were displayed alongside agricultural bygones. Lionel moved to Stroud in 1955 to take up the post of curator at the Lansdown Museum, a post which he held for the following 37 years. He was a member of a number of local and national historical societies and was an elected fellow of the Museum Association.
A GROUP OF TWELVE EASTON PRESS TITLES FROM THE "NATURE & SCIENCE" AND "CHILDREN'S" SERIES, LATE 20TH CENTURY gilt embossed genuine leather bound works on sporting, fishing, angling, caddisflies, and trout flies, reading streams, salmon, hatches, trout habitats and behavior, together with three Children's books including titles, The Black Arrow and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, and Robin Hood by Paul Creswick, the children's titles illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, largest height: 11 1/4" width: 8 3/4". Condition: Some minor surface wear, occasional scuffs, but overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.
A collection of Victorian and later metal whistles, including some military, one with MoD broad arrow marked 'J. Hudson & Co 973-7001', one with MoD broad arrow marked 'J. Hudson & Co Birmingham 1941', one 'ARP', three marked 'The Metropolitan', two 'The Acme, Boy Scouts', one 'The Emca Boy Scouts', one 'The Acme Girl Guides', one 'The city Police of Fire Whistle', four with a chain, rope, leather or ribbon attached. (13)
A 1980 Precista British Royal Navy issue stainless steel quartz wristwatch, the signed black dial having Arabic numerals in white, outer enclosed minute track with lumed hour dots and lumed hands, the 35mm case has 19mm fixed bars at the lugs, squared crown guards and referenced back with broad arrow 7510/80, currently fitted with after market one piece black nato strap. Condition: currently running but not sold with any guarantees, dial very clean, numerals and lume appear in tact, minor wear to extremities of case, crown functional, strap as new.
Original vintage advertising poster for Fabre Line Marseilles, Mediterranean - New York. Great graphic image on a bright blue background of a steamer ship sailing through an arrow featuring the French and American flags with birds flying on the side. Excellent condition, backed on linen. Country of issue: France, designer: J. Tonelli, size (cm): 100x63, year of printing: 1950
Original vintage road safety propaganda poster issued in France to prevent car speeding on the roads. Great midcentury modern design of a car steering wheel with red arrow showing 60km/h. Houses line each side of the road. The messge on top reads - La prevention rutiere - Road Safety. Good condition, creasing, small tears at margins. Country of issue: France, designer: Jean Colin, size (cm): 53x78, year of printing: 1960s
Selection (4) of London Transport rear REGISTRATION PLATES from the 1966 XMS/XMB-class AEC 'Merlins' with Strachans bodies designed for the first Red Arrow service, route 500 and for Country Area flat-fare services (never used on the latter). The buses were later re-designated MB. These are the plates from XMS (MB) 2, XMB 4/XMS (MB) 9, XMB 7/XMS (MB) 12 and XMB 9/XMS (MB) 14. Made of perspex and designed to be back-lit (see extra picture of rear of another of the batch in service). In very good, ex-use condition. [4]
London Transport enamel BUS & RED ARROW STOP FLAG. These were used from the late 1960s until the early 1970s after which the Red Arrow services used standard bus stops. A double-sided, hollow, 'boat'-style flag measuring 18" x 16" (46cm x 40cm). In excellent condition with barely a blemish. [1]
MÄRKLIN zwei Mercedes-Benz Rennwagen "Silberpfeil", bestehend aus Sondermodell von 1992, Startnr. "1" mit Fahrerfigur, auf Präsentationsbrett montiert, L Brett 33 cm und Rennwagen "Silberpfeil" mit Fahrerfigur im Innern ohne Präsentatonsbrett oder Karton, Fkt. nicht geprüft, L Fahrzeug 25 cm, je leichte Lagerspuren. MÄRKLIN two Mercedes-Benz racing cars "silver arrow", consisting of special model from 1992, start no. "1" with driver figure, mounted on presentation board, l board 33 cm and racing car "Silberpfeil" without presentation board or box, functionality not checked, vehicle 25 cm, each with slight signs of storage.
Omega - A World War Two (WWII / WW2) period military issue Omega WWW wristwatch (Watch. Wrist. Waterproof), signed black dial with broad arrow / crows foot, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, the stainless steel case back marked W.W.W. Y3708 10667907, the signed Omega movement numbered 10302970, on a later replacement strap, watch running at time of cataloguing (this does not constitute a guarantee).Condition Report: Watch sets and is running at time of cataloguing (this does not constitute a guarantee)
An early 19th century, good quality miniature cast brass Gothic styled zappler clock, two train movement striking on a coiled gong, the movement marked for Bing Neuburger Paris, the rear of the case stamped with Bing B Du Roi, a crest, B B and an arrow mark, probably Austrian, though the marked name not found, contained in an associated padded box, with key, 9.5cm tall.Condition: for restoration, the pendulum is detached and pallets missing, some wheels/ parts are with the clock, dial and hands are later replacements, strike train operates, these are usually one day running.
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