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Lot 155
Dinky and other makers small scale Aircraft: Dinky 715 Bristol Helicopter (2, one lacks rotors), Meteor (4), Shooting Star (3), 735 Gloster Javelin (2), Twin Engine Fighter, Hawker Hunter, Seaplane and 734 Supermarine Swift (2), Tempest (2), Viking,Meadium Bomber, Long Range Bomber, lead Hurricane and Spitfire and cap-bomb, F-G, some repainted, several with paint loss (24)
Lot 952
(x) Rhodesia and Nyasaland1960-63 mint collection with a range of minor varieties, many contained in blocks, including 1960 Dam set, 3d. "gorge" flaw used (2, one on plain first day cover), 1/3d. blue and deep orange-brown sheet number corner block of six, 1/3d. "bomb burst" flaw and 2/6d. "seagull" flaw, 1963 Red Cross 3d. partial dry print and 1963 Council 6d. with misplaced black Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 765
Nine Dinky Toys emergency vehicles: 285 Merryweather Marquis Fire Tender; 243 Volvo Police Car; 264 Rover 3500 Police; 244 Plymouth Police Car; 254 Police Range Rover;442 Land Rover Breakdown Vehicle; 195 Fire Chief`s Car; 604 Land Rover Bomb Disposal. 277 Police Land Rover. Appear VG in VG boxes.
Lot 782
Eleven Dinky Toys military vehicles: 667 Armoured Patrol Car; 618 AEC Artic. Transporter with Helicopter; 616 AEC Artic. Transporter with Chieftain Tank; 2 x 604 Land Rover Bomb Disposal Unit; 680 Ferret Armoured Car; 612 Commando Jeep; 691 Striker Anti-Tank Vehicle; 687 Convoy Army Truck; 668 Foden Army Truck; 303 Commando Squad. Models G/VG- VG+, in F-VG boxes.
Lot 57
CHARLES DAVID JONES BRYANT (Australian ,1883-1937) Camouflaged Hospital Ships and other Boats, Le Havre signed pencil and watercolour 12 x 16in (30.5 x 40.6cm) The subject shows `dazzle` camouflaged ships docked, waiting to transport wounded troops back to England Charles Bryant was appointed an official war artist in November 1917,and eight days later formally enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) with the rank of Honorary Lieutenant. Eight days later he travelled to Messines in Belgium attached to the second Division of the AIF. He wrote to captain Smart `I am feeling very fit but conditions for painting are very bad owing to the extreme cold-paint freezing all the time`. Yet he persevered and managed several paintings of bomb damaged villagess and landscapes.He also painted a number of coastal and port subjects Bryant`s appointment as a war artist had been particularly influenced by his reputation as a marine painter, and he was asked by the AIF in 1918 to record the embarkation and disembarkation of Australian troops at Le Havre and Boulogne.
Lot 3058
A collection of approximately 350 postcards, the majority topographical views of Europe during the First World War, the majority of bomb-damaged buildings, including printed postcards titled `Senlis Railway Station after the Bombardment by the Germans`, `Arnèke (Nord)-La Gare`, `Esquelbecq-La Gare` and `Laventie... La Gare`.
Lot 17
Attributed to Edward Montgomery O'Rorke Dickey HRUA HRCA CBE (1894-1977) Walker's Pillar, Derry, c.1920-25 Oil on canvas, 46 x 30cm (18 x 12") Exhibited: Harbour Museum, Derry, May - October 2005, on loan from the previous owner Dickey is known to have often painted views of towns from an elevated position, such as that afforded by the old city walls of Derry in this work. In the foreground is Walker's Pillar, an eighty foot high Doric column erected in 1826 as a memorial to George Walker (1618-1690), Irish Anglican clergyman and commander. Walker served as joint governor of Londonderry (now Derry) during the 1689 siege by the army of the deposed James II. Under Walker's leadership, the townfolk held the city for 105 days until help arrived. Walker received the tanks of Parliament and was designated Bishop of Derry. The pillar was destroyed by a bomb blast in the early 1970's
Lot 315
*Banksy (b.1975), 'BOMB MIDDLE ENGLAND' Lithograph, numbered 251/500 in pencil 33.5 x 97cm *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot. CONDITION REPORT: No pest control certificate or receipt. Not viewed out of frame. 3 to 4 spots along the bottom edge. Crease line 1/3 from left at base. Vendor bought at Tom Tom, New Compton Street, London
Lot 2801
Postcards in album, including real photographs, Royal Cinema Ashford, North St. Ashford, Fletching School, park, street scenes, Church, other street scenes, printed Titanic card, military including First World War French bomb damage, silks - Sherwood Fusiliers and others, greetings, Valentine, Father Christmas, angels, comic, etc (qty)
Lot 2891
Postcards in album, mostly Shipping and Maritime interest, real photographic cards of Naval groups, guns, ships, aeroplane leaving H.M.S. Royal Sovereign and sea bomb explosions, Naval life, heaving the lead, coaling ship with men at work, sailors in charabanc, many identified vessels, selection of printed cards, The Surrender of German Fleet at Harwich, etc (qty)
Lot 658
A WWII German bomb fin, used as a garden planter for many decades. The bomb was part of the raid on Sheffield steel works, daytime raid, apparently the bomber pilot had to divert his plane because of engine problems and he bought the plane down on Sheffield's Renishaw golf course. This bomb had blown, and the vendors grandfather who was a home guard.
Lot 299
WWII – Poster – Beware of Unauthorised Notices – official poster issued to warn the public against disinformation posters put up by German agents and sympathisers. The text informs the public that official notice boards only should be believed and that all other notices except those indicating danger such as ‘unexploded bomb’ should be ignored. On paper approx 38x25cm one area of staining to right hand side but otherwise good. Rare.
Lot 478
Tri-ang and Hornby comprehensive train set including RS38 Snow rescue train set boxed, Goods wagon with drop down sides, R16 ER break wagon, R43H two hand CP signals, R325 Diner carriage (blue), R493 Diamond crossing, R112 Goods truck with drop doors, RT267 fog signal, R474 Station supper floor clock tower, R239 Bomb transporter, R495 Single track level crossing, R349 Bogie Chlorine tank wagon, tunnel, transformer, box of various railway track
Lot 28
A Scarce Great War 1917 D.H.4 Observer and Aerial Gunlayer`s D.S.M. Group of Three to Air Mechanic 1st Class G. Smith, 5 (Naval) Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, Who Claimed At Least 2 Victories with Captain C.R. `Luppy` Lupton D.S.C., and Completed 101 Bombing Raids Before His Luck Ran Out. Smith Was Killed in Action, 18.3.1918, Taking Part in One of The Biggest Aerial Battles of the War - With Nearly 100 Aircraft Engaged. 30 of the German Aircraft Belonged to `Richthofen`s Circus` and Were Personally Led By Manfred Von Richthofen Himself. 15 Of The `Flying Circus` Engaged Smith`s Formation Resulting in His Aircraft Being Sent Down in Flames a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F.4430 G. Smith, Act. A.M. 1 GR. R.N.A.S. Dunkerque. 26.Oct.1917.) b) British War and Victory Medals (F 4430 G. Smith. Act. A.M.1. R.N.A.S.), extremely fine, with the recipient`s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque, `George Smith`, in card holder (3) D.S.M. London Gazette 19.12.1917 Act. Air Mech, 1st Gr, George Smith, ON F.4430 F.4430 Air Mechanic 1st Class George Smith, D.S.M., born Maidstone, Kent, 1891; enlisted Royal Naval Air Service, A.M. II, May 1915; posted for service with No 3 Wing, France, August 1916-April 1917; served at R.N.A.S. Crystal Palace, April 1917-June 1917; posted as Observer to 5 (Naval) Squadron (DH4s), Dunkirk, 1.7.1917; flew in mostly bombing raids throughout July and August, including on Varssenaere, Snelleghm and Houttave Aerodromes; he formed an early partnership with Flight Sub Lieutenant C.R. `Luppy` Lupton; on 4.9.1917 they successfully bombed Bruges Docks, dropping their bombs on ammunition stores; on the 20th and the 25th they attacked Sparappelhock Aerodrome, before recording their first victory together on 28.9.1917, `on leaving the coast over Blakenburghe, an Albatross D.III attacked from behind. Two pans were fired at him when he turned and spun down...the tracers from the back gun were seen to go into his engine and left plane` (R.N.A.S. Bomb Raid Report refers); in October raids carried out included on Engel and Houttave Aerodrome and the Zeebrugge Mole; Lupton was awarded the D.S.C. and Smith the D.S.M. for a raid on Thorout Rail Station and Varssenaere Aerdrome, 26.10.1917; on 4.11.1917 whilst on a bombing raid to Engel Aerodrome, `Bombs were dropped over the line of sheds on the West side of the aerodrome... Ten E.A. were seen under the formation just after crossing the lines. One attacked N. 6009 [Lupton and Smith`s D.H.4] and got right under the tail. After two pans had been fired at him he went down and landed at Engel Aerodrome` (R.N.A.S. Bomb Raid Report refers); on 8.12.1917 Lupton and Smith shared an Albatross forced down out of control over Aertrycke Aerodrome with Flight Sub Lieutenant Gamon and Aerial Gunlayer Winter; whilst trying to carry out a raid on Varssenaere Aerodrome, 10.12.1917, `when at 1500 feet the radiator appeared to burst and we were covered in steam and water. I [Lupton] turned and tried to find the aerodrome which was difficult to do owing to the steam and water coming back from the engine. I was obliged to land with all bombs on and hit a triplane when on the point of landing and crashed` (R.N.A.S. Bomb Raid Report refers); having survived one hair-raising experience, they then suffered another when they were set upon by 5 enemy aircraft on the way back from a raid on Engel Aerodrome, 18.12.1917, `Several double pans were fired into an attacking E.A. Tracers were seen to go into the machine from the back guns. After a minute or two he broke off the engagement and turned away` (Combat Report refers); throughout the early part of 1918 they were regularly engaged by enemy aircraft whilst enroute, and returning from, bombing raids; on 7.3.1918 2 miles east of St. Quentin, a `machine flew across the front of the formation and two double trays were fired at him from the back guns with apparently no result, although tracers were seen to enter into his fuselage. Another hostile machine tried to come under the tail of our machine but after a few shots from our own back guns and from those of the machine in front, he dived steeply and went away` (Combat Report refers); on 18.3.1918, having completed 101 bombing raids, Smith`s luck finally ran out; most of these raids had been flown with Lupton, but on this date his pilot was the 18 year old Flight Sub Lieutenant Ransford; on the latter date they took off for a raid on Busigny Aerodrome, led by Flight Commander Bartlett - in his book Bomber Pilot 1916-1918 he gives the following account: `March 18th. A perfect morning. I led off seven bombers and two fighters at 9.45am and we all crossed the Lines in good formation over Bellicourt at 15,500 at 10.50am. Above Beaurevoir, Wodehouse, who was flying high, left the formation and turned back. Approaching Bohain the sky ahead seemed literally full of aircraft, three large formations of some twenty each to our north, and many smaller formations all about our height - but then too far to distinguish as friend or foe. Immediately after dropping our bombs and turning for home, every aircraft in the sky seemed to come together and there was a colossal mix-up. Everyone computed the enemy strength at between 50 and 60, and we ourselves numbered 38. All engaged in furious melee and immediately there were some fifteen or more Albatross and Fokker Triplanes on to our formation, very well handled, being part of the `Richthofen Circus` [footnote gives - At least 30 of the enemy aircraft were indeed from Jagdstaffeln 6, 10 and 11 of Jagdeschwader Nr 1, led in person by Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen. Between them these EA claimed 9 victories for no losses to JG1]. I kept our formation together as far as possible and together we accounted for three - two certainties and one probable. Things happened so quickly and the fight was on such a big scale that it was impossible to follow all that was happening, but we saw numbers of EA spinning down on fire, our Camels following them right down; also a few of our own out of control. I had my front guns on to an Albatross at about 30 yards range for a few seconds as he cut across our bows, and got some 20-30 rounds into him, but he dived, coming up again under our tail. I slowed enough for Naylor to get a long burst into him and he went down pouring black smoke from his tail. Meanwhile I was trying to keep count of our formation and saw what appeared to be one of our DHs at the rear gliding down trailing a column of black smoke. McBain`s gunlayer, Jones, shot the tail of an Albatross and Dickson`s got another down out of control. We left the SEs and Camels still scrapping furiously, our intructions being to return immediately after dropping. Apart from accurate AA near the lines, our troubles were over. This must have been the greatest aerial battle of the war so far, a total of nearly 100 aircraft engaged. On landing found Wodehouse had been shot to blazes, being hit three times in the ankle and another in his left shoulder after penetrating his tank, none of them serious however and he pulled off a good landing with a seized engine in a field near the aerodrome. His machine was riddled but his gunlayer, James, escaped with nothing worse than ripped clothing. Ransford failed to return and it must have been him we saw gliding down smoking badly. A sad loss and an excellent gunlayer in Smith. View Terms & Conditions
Lot 25
The Unique 1946 `Anti-Terrorist` King David Hotel Bomb Attack G.M. Group of Four to Sergeant E.A. Smith, Palestine Police; Who Rushed to the Scene of the Attack Immediately After the 770lb Bomb Had Exploded; He Initiated Rescue Operations and After 6 Hours Solid of Tunnelling Through Tonnes of Rubble and Debris He Secured the Rescue of 3 Seriously Injured Soldiers. 91 People Were Killed in the Attack, With 46 Injured. After 3 Days of Continuous Work Only 6 Survivors Were Pulled From the Rubble a) George Medal, G.VI.R. (Sgt. Edward S.[sic] Smith, Palestine Police) b) General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., two clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (1316 Const. E.A. Smith. Pal. Police), minor edge nicks c) Defence and War Medals, generally very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, with a photographic image of recipient, several newspaper cuttings and an original copy of The West London Press (Chelsea, Westminster and Pimlico News), dated 24.1.1947 (4) G.M. London Gazette 21.1.1947 Edward Alfred Smith, Sergeant, Palestine Police Force `On July 22nd, 1946, Jewish terrorists attacked the Secretariat and Force Headquarters situated at the King David Hotel, Jerusalem and by means of high explosives completely destroyed part of the building. At the time of the explosion Sergeant Smith was off duty but he immediately turned out all the available personnel and at once initiated rescue work. With assistance he made a hole in the debris large enough to insert himself in a prone position and in this manner tunnelled his way into the wreckage until he reached three soldiers who were seriously injured. Smith spent 6 hours under the debris in an atmosphere choked with dust and explosive fumes before he succeeded in extricating the three men. There was a real and constant danger of further explosions, of fire and of the collapse of the tunnel. Throughout his ordeal Smith displayed courage of the highest order with complete disregard of his own safety.` 1316 Sergeant Edward Alfred Smith, G.M., `born 44 years ago [1903] at Ballymena, Co. Antrim. His father was Irish, his mother Australian. For 12 years he served in the Regular Army. On the Rhine he met his Dutch-born wife, and married in 1933. In 1937 he left the Army and went into coal mining. But a coal slump was on, so he turned to the Palestine Police... he was turned down. Too short; chest not big enough, they said... Sergeant Smith appealed to Sir Charles Augustus Tegart, then advisor to the Government on Police Organisation in Palestine [of Tegart Fort fame - many of these Police Fortresses, although built in 1938, are still in service use in Palestine today]. For Mrs. Smith was Sir Charles`s housekeeper. "I promise to do well, sir, if I am accepted," said Sergeant Smith. In 1938 he went to Palestine, a member of the force. Early last year [1946] Sergeant Smith wrote to his wife: "Tell Sir Charles I was promoted Sergeant today... still trying." (Newspaper cutting included with the lot refers) The King David Hotel During the afternoon of the 22nd July 1946 an attack was carried out on the King David Hotel, Jerusalem. The attack was perpetrated by the Zionist underground movement the Irgun. The southern wing of the hotel was principally occupied by the central offices of the Secretariat of the Government of Palestine and the Headquarters of the British Forces in Palestine. A 770lb bomb was placed by the terrorists in the basement underneath the southern wing of the hotel. The explosion occurred shortly after half past twelve that afternoon, and caused half of the southern wing to collapse. Smith, who was off duty but in the vicinity, rushed to initiate rescue work, "I just started digging, and kept on digging until I got them out" (Newspaper cutting refers). After 6 hours solid of tunnelling he managed to extricate 3 seriously injured soldiers. Only 6 survivors in total were rescued from the rubble. The Royal Engineers, using heavy equipment, removed 2,000 lorry loads of rubble over the course of three days. As a result of the terrorist attack 91 people were killed, and 46 injured. Smith was presented with his George Medal by Nicol Gray, the Inspector General of Palestine Police, at a ceremony in Jerusalem, January 1947, `everyone knew "Ted" Smith in the Stanley Arms, World`s End, just before the War. When he left to join the Palestine Police they lost one of their best darts men. But "Ted" meant to make good at other things... And this week it was announced he had been awarded the George Medal` (Newspaper cutting refers). View Terms & Conditions
Lot 61
British Empire Medal, Military Division, E.II.R. (T/23184602 Dvr. Malcolm T. Bignall, R.A.S.C.), nearly extremely fine B.E.M. London Gazette 22.10.1957 T/23184602 Driver Malcolm Trevor Bignall, 19 Company, Royal Army Service Corps `Driver Bignall was driving a fifty ton transporter carrying a Centurion tank down a steep hill into the village of Hurstbourne Tarrant, when the brakes failed completely. He endeavoured to steer the vehicle into the left hand bank in order to slow its momentum, but owing to the combined weight of the tank and trailer this manoeuvre was unsuccessful. Realising that an accident was now inevitable he ordered his co-driver to jump from the vehicle, whilst he remained at the wheel in an effort to control the vehicle`s passage, but as it gathered speed and momentum the flywheel disintegrated and the flying pieces injured him. Even so he managed to slew the vehicle across the road into a field and avoid the village of Hurstbourne Tarrant. In the resultant crash he received serious injuries. Driver Bignall acted with great courage and with complete disregard for his own safety by remaining at the wheel of his vehicle. His action in bringing the transporter to rest in the way he did undoubtedly saved extensive damage to property and probably saved injuries and loss of life to the population of the village.` The Hurstbourne Hill Incident `A massive tank transporter weighing about 20 tons, carrying a 50-ton Centurion tank from Tidworth to Chilwell, hurtled down Hurstbourne Hill (gradient 1 in 5) on Tuesday, 18th June, at 12:15pm. The brakes failed and the 70-ton mass careered crazily down the hill with the driver, 22-year-old Driver Malcolm Bignall, of the 19th R.A.S.C. Depot, Retford, Nottinghamshire, straining to save it from smashing to pulp the houses at the bottom of the hill. Miraculously he steered the transporter into the left bank, braking it a little, but the vehicle with its massive load continued down the hill, swerving as it did so. At the bottom of the hill it swung hard to the right, parting company with the tank it was carrying, which shot to the left. The lorry and carrier ploughed into the garden of the first house at the bottom of the hill, where a tank trap stopped them from going any further. Driver Bignall, whose right leg was broken and right hip badly damaged, was thrown clear before his lorry came to a halt, facing the way it had come. Bignall told the nurse who attended him: "I did all I could to stop the thing from hitting the houses." The tank, which had broken free of its lashings, careered down the left side of the road, tearing up the road surface, flattening fences and poles, tearing up a huge yew tree and piling it against the nearest house, and completely flattening a newly-built garage in the garden of that house. The co-driver, Driver M. Elliott, was pushed clear by Bignall half-way down the hill. He escaped without injury. For almost the full length of the hill, which is half-a-mile long, pieces of brake drum and wreckage were scattered. The road at the beginning of the line of houses was ripped up and fences and bushes each side flattened as if a bomb had been dropped nearby. When the ambulance and police arrived the scene was utter chaos. Traffic was held up in both directions, parts of the crashed vehicle lay all over the road, telephone wires were strewn about; everyone there appeared dazed. The one person who saw the final frightening scene, when the army lorry, transporter, and its Centurion tank load broke apart, was Mr. John Powell, the landlord of the George and Dragon, Hurstbourne Tarrant. "I heard that tanks were coming through Andover. I half expected an accident, knowing that the hot day would melt the brake fluid and make it pretty difficult for anything of that size to come down that hill. I was outside when it happened. As soon as I saw it out of control I dashed back to telephone the police. I did not wait to see what would eventually happen." When Mr. Powell got back to his house he told his wife and she bundled her nanny, 22-year-old nurse Miss Eileen Downing, into a car and they drove to the crash. "I went to tend the driver who was beside his lorry," said Eileen Downing. "I washed his face, cleaned the facial and shoulder lacerations, and put a disinfected compress on his broken leg. It was only after I had done this that I recognised him. I told him that I knew his mother, father, and wife- they live in London near where I used to work- but he did not recognise me. The last time I saw him was last Christmas." A doctor was called from a nearby surgery and arrived with the ambulance. He treated Driver Bignall, then Bignall was driven to Tidworth Military Hospital with his co-driver, Elliott.` Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, who are the owners of the house on the right-hand side of the road where the tank came to rest, were away for the day. They moved into this house, The Limes, a few months ago. Now a 50-ton tank lies on top of their new garage, built two months ago.` (Andover Advertiser, 21.6.1957 refers). Gift from the Village After the accident the Rev. K.M.C. Melrose, vicar of Hurstbourne Tarrant, visited Bignall in hospital. Thinking that the villagers owed the driver a debt of gratitude, he appealed to his flock for a gift: `They eagerly responded, and before the end of Bignall`s first week in hospital he was presented with an inscribed table lamp and a gift voucher.` (Andover Advertiser, 25.10.1957 refers). View Terms & Conditions
Lot 241
Pair: Sergeant W. Edmonds, Royal Horse Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp, Toulouse (W. Edmonds, Serjt. Royal H. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (William Edmund [sic], Bomb. Royal Horse Artillery.), with original steel clip, this loose, and split ring suspension, traces of lacquer, heavy contact marks, therefore good fine or better (2) Sergeant William Edmonds, born Lanarkshire, January 1789; enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery, January 1805; served in the Peninsula and with Lieutenant-Colonel Gardiner`s `E` Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815 (listed as William Edmund for Waterloo on the latest published transcript of both the MGS and Waterloo Rolls; the latter Roll also states `Transferred to `G` Troop`, the Troop which Captain Mercer commanded during the actual Battle); discharged, February 1829, after 24 years and 59 days` service. View Terms & Conditions
Lot 414
A blue chiffon and satin evening dress, with applique flowers around the empire waist, the centres sewn with sequins, a boat neck, cap sleeves with applique flowers and sequins to centre, a 1950's/60's yellow satin evening dress with beaded decoration to empire waist and to the sleeves, side pockets, lined with pink, and a purple wild silk evening dress, the sleeves with scalloped edges and inside pink frill as the same to the neckline. Provenance: these concert gowns were worn by Nina Milkina (1919 - 2006), celebrated Russian émigré pianist, who lived and performed in London, broadcast for the BBC and played under Sir Henry Wood at the Proms, a soloist at the last wartime Prom in the Royal Albert Hall, after a bomb fell nearby! Mozart was her abiding passion and she also particularly enjoyed playing the work of Schumann and Rachmaninov (for whom she performed in Russia at the age of 10). (3)
Lot 415
1960's turquoise satin evening dress, heavily embroidered, full skirt with a drop waist, a black satin and lace evening dress, the lace embellished with silver and black sequins, and a black evening dress, chiffon black embroidered detail on the neckline. Provenance: these concert gowns were worn by Nina Milkina (1919 - 2006), celebrated Russian émigré pianist, who lived and performed in London, broadcast for the BBC and played under Sir Henry Wood at the Proms, a soloist at the last wartime Prom in the Royal Albert Hall, after a bomb fell nearby! Mozart was her abiding passion and she also particularly enjoyed playing the work of Schumann and Rachmaninov (for whom she performed in Russia at the age of 10). (3)
Lot 416
A black late 1960's chiffon dress, printed gold pattern, a cotton Anna Roose maxi dress, brown and cream flower print, and a brown velvet opera cloak with sleeves, lined in brown satin. These are from the estate of Nina Milkina (1919 - 2006), celebrated Russian émigré pianist, who lived and performed in London, broadcast for the BBC and played under Sir Henry Wood at the Proms, a soloist at the last wartime Prom in the Royal Albert Hall, after a bomb fell nearby! Mozart was her abiding passion and she also particularly enjoyed playing the work of Schumann and Rachmaninov (for whom she performed in Russia at the age of 10). (3)
Lot 680
Five Dinky Toys military models: 662 Static 88mm Gun with crew; 692 Leopard Tank; 694 Tank Destroyer; 625 6 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun; 604 Land Rover Bomb Disposal Unit. Together with Corgi 908 AMX Recovery Tank Set, and Playme (Spain) 118 Autogiro La Cierva. Overall appear VG in G boxes/bubble-packs. (7)
Lot 783
A certificate issued by the Air Ministry to Corporal R Cox, Women`s Auxiliary Air Force, for distinguished service and signed by the Secretary of State for Air, complete with original envelopes, a collection of study notes on navigation, meteorology, bombing, plus a folder containing the notes on Theory of Vector Bomb Sites issued by the Air Ministry, plus various engineering qualifications and a leather flying helmet together with a small number of books about flying and related subjects
Lot 1043
Some Curious collected by Stanley Mylius, to include a `Tongan fishing line and hook, presented to me by King George I of Tonga. Oct. 1894,` `Plaited Woman`s Hair from Solomon Islands Pacific Ocean 1895,` `Part of an Exploded Whaling Bomb..,` `Part of ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus I found in 1892 in the Grenfell Tombs..` a scarab, two shabti, a torso and prayer sheets, all mounted behind a glazed frame, 20 x 25Ό (51 x 64cm).
Lot 71
•THOMAS BARCLAY HENNELL, R.W.S. (1903-1945) The Watermill Ollerton, Notts signed `T. Hennell` (lower left) watercolour 12 x 18 1/2in (30.5 x 47.1cm) Ollerton Watermill was built in 1713, and was in use commercially until 1984. Today it remains the only working watermill in Nottinghamshire. This watercolour is said to date from the early 1940`s. If so it would have been painted at a time when the artist was working on a number of topographical watercolours, some for the war-time Government Project `Recording Britain`. This project was intended to celebrate the country`s natural beauty and heritage with works commissioned from various well known artists of the time. The earliest pictures showed landscapes under immediate threat from bomb damage and invasion. Later on the remit was widened to include landscapes and buildings that were vulnerable to the destructive `forces of progress` including urban expansion, housing development and road building.
Lot 465
OO gauge, three Tri-ang Hornby Battle Space! military wagons: consists of R341K Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Wagon (sealed); R239K Red Arrow Bomb Transporter (sealed); R343K Multiple Missile Launcher (shrink wrap not present). All appear E and complete with all accessories, in E boxes (some damage to shrink wrap on R341K and R239K). (3).
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