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Lot 266
AUCHENTOSHAN 1998 'PRESERVED LEMONS' WEMYSS MALTSSingle malt.Auchentoshan is part of a small minority of Scottish distilleries, in that every drop of whisky it produces is sold as a single malt. Similarly unusual is its use of triple distillation to produce a purer spirit that’s light and mildly fruity.Situated just outside Clydebank, the distillery was lucky to survive the 1941 blitz relatively unscathed. Only one of its warehouses was damaged by a bomb blast, and another near miss provided a blast crater that later became the distillery’s picturesque pond.Bottled: 2018One of only 243 bottles released.46% ABV / 70cl
Lot 33
AUCHENTOSHAN 21 YEAR OLDSingle malt.Auchentoshan is part of a small minority of Scottish distilleries, in that every drop of whisky it produces is sold as a single malt. Similarly unusual is its use of triple distillation to produce a purer spirit that’s light and mildly fruity.Situated just outside Clydebank, the distillery was lucky to survive the 1941 blitz relatively unscathed. Only one of its warehouses was damaged by a bomb blast, and another near miss provided a blast crater that later became the distillery’s picturesque pond.This is an older style 21-Year-Old.43% ABV / 70clFill level in low neck / top of shoulder.
Lot 378
AUCHENTOSHAN THREE WOODSingle malt.Auchentoshan is part of a small minority of Scottish distilleries, in that every drop of whisky it produces is sold as a single malt. Similarly unusual is its use of triple distillation to produce a purer spirit that’s light and mildly fruity.Situated just outside Clydebank, the distillery was lucky to survive the 1941 blitz relatively unscathed. Only one of its warehouses was damaged by a bomb blast, and another near miss provided a blast crater that later became the distillery’s picturesque pond.Finished in sherry casks.43% ABV / 70cl
Lot 465
Goth, Psychobilly, New Wave Interest, nineteen lps and three 12" singles comprising of Blood On the Cats (1983 compilation), Beverage of The Killer, Pussies (1984 compilation, red marbled vinyl), Dead Can Dance (1984), Sex Gang Children - Song and Legend, The March Violets - National History and Snake, Dance, Balaam and The Angel - The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Birthday Party - Junk Yard, Black Flag - My War, The Bolshoi - Friends, The Bomb Party - New Messiah, Nick Cave - From The Fact, Fad Gadget - Fireside Favourites, Flesh For ulu (1984), Inca Babies - This Train, The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional, Zodiac Mindwarp - High Priest of Love, Immaculate Fools - Heats of Fortune.
Lot 5110
Nine signed first editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, including Charles Humana: 'The House and the Fort', L, Hogarth Press, 1951, signed & inscribed by the author to the literary agent David Higham to FFEP, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus 3 others by Charles Humana, all signed & inscribed to David Higham; Donald Seaman: 'The Bomb That Could Lip-Read', L, Hamish Hamilton, 1974, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author on FFEP, plus 2 others Donald Seaman signed & inscribed on FFEP; Mollie Harris: 'A Kind of Magic', L, Chatto & Windus, 1969, signed to title page, 'Another Kind of Magic', L, C & W, 1971, signed to title page and further signed & inscribed on half title, plus a 4th impression of 'A Kind of Magic', 1974, signed to title page, orig. cloth, d/w (10)
Lot 2358
Matchbox 1-75 issue models, comprising 1g 'Superfast' Dodge Challenger, blue body with white roof, red interior, boxed; another, boxed; 2f 'Superfast' Rescue Hovercraft, lime green with light brown skirt and 'RESCUE' decal, boxed; 2g S-2 jet, metallic light blue body with white wings, red and white 'VIPER' decals to wings, boxed; 3e Porsche Turbo, red body with various decals, boxed; 4g '57 Chevy, red body with 'CHERRY BOMB' decals, boxed; 5f 'Superfast' Seafire boat, blue hull with white deck, 'SEA FIRE' decal and yellow plastic driver figure, boxed; 5g U.S. Mail truck, blue body with white roof, 'U.S. MAIL' decal to bonnet, boxed; 6f Mercedes 350SL, metallic steel blue body with white interior, boxed; 7e 'Superfast' Volkswagen Golf, yellow body with red interior, black roof rack with two surfboards, boxed; 8h Rover 3500, metallic orange/bronze body with tan interior, boxed and 9f 'Superfast' Ford Escort RS2000, white body with 'FORD', 'SHELL' and 'DUNLOP' decals, tan interior, boxed (12)
Lot 132A
Three books WWII French Resistance signed by Airey Neave and Remy - Little Cyclone by Airey Neave, publ H & S 1954, signed 28th February 1955. A.N was a WWII soldier, who was captured and managed to escape from Colditz. After the war he became MP for Abingdon. He was assasinated by a car bomb at the House of Commons. Another book Mission Marathon published by Remy, 1st edition dated 1974, signed, Remy was pseudonym of Gilbert Renault (1904-84), a French Secret Service Agent during WWII, Resean Comete by Remy 1966 both in very good clean condition in dust jackets plus two other M19 books.
Lot 497
Diecast model group comprising of 38 (mainly Eddie Stobart) boxed issues including Corgi No. GS84006 Best of British Concorde, Atlas Editions Eddie Stobart Scania P380 , Atlas Editions Renault FW14B, Matchbox 1911 Maxwell Roadster and Oxford Austin Tilly Bomb Disposal plus others as shown. All look to be good to very good, although displayed at some point, and in original boxes. Some boxes have storage wear.
Lot 4245
Corgi (Aviation Archive) a boxed 1/144 Scale Military Aircraft AA33507 (US Modern Warfare) a Boeing B-52H Strato Fortress - USAF 449th Bomb Wing, 2nd AF Kincheloe AFB, Michigan 1967. Comes with numbered certificate 0544 of 2030 produced and contents generally appear to be Good although not checked for completeness or correctness in generally Good outer pictorial lift off lid box and Good inner polystyrene packaging. Please note this model does appear to have been repackaged therefore may have smaller delicate pieces missing, broken off or loose. (1)
Lot 620
Vinyl - 14 rock / prog LPs to include Skid Row - Skid (CBS 639650, Procol Harum - Salty Dog (SLRZ 1009, Original UK Stereo Red Regal Zonophone labels), King Crimson - Islands (ILPS 9175, Original Uk Pink Rim, Flip Back Sleeve plus Gatefold Inner), Groundhogs – Thank Christ For The Bomb (LBS 83295, Original Uk Blue Liberty labels, Gatefold Sleeve), & Who Will Save The World? The Mighty Groundhogs (UAG 29237, Original UK, Gatefold Poster Sleeve), Uriah Deep - Demons And Wizards (ILPS 9193, Original Uk Gatefold Sleeve, + Printed Inner), Stray - Stray (TRA 216, Original Uk Gatefold gimmix sleeve), Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You (CAS 1026, Original UK Gatefold Sleeve), Also, Wishbone Ash - Argus & Pilgrimage, Focus, 3 albums and Spirit. Vg overall, some better.
Lot 3290C
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.- Original costume stunt jacket from the television series, gold and green padded metallic tone, black lining, without vertical zippers to front, gold popper buttons to front and shoulders, possibly worn in 'Planet of the Slave Girls' when Buck is in jail and uses a bomb to jump high, in the scene the stunt double can be seen wearing a similar jacket (without zippers) the clean tear to the back of this jacket would have been made to accommodate the stunt double's safety wire, no size label, but size S.Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was an Americanscience-fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons from September 1979 April 1981 on NBC and was based on the fictional comic strip character, Buck Rogers, created in 1928 by author, Philip Francis Nowlan. Condition Report: the back of the jacket has a clean tear to the outer metallic fabric and black lining, approx. 8 cm., to accommodate the stunt double's safety wire, the black lining with pink marks, possibly residue from spray paint. some rubbing to the gold metallic and green where the paint has lifted from the fabric.
Lot 1
δ Banksy (b.1974)Bomb Middle EnglandScreenprint in colours, 2003, numbered from the edition of 500 in pencil, printed and published by Pictures on Walls, London, on wove paper, the full sheet printed near the edges, sheet 350 x 989mm (13 3/4 x 38 3/4in) This work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Pest Control Office.WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER FREE INSURED SHIPPING WORLDWIDE FOR ALL LOTS IN THIS AUCTION.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 2
δ Banksy (b.1974)Bomb LoveScreenprint in pink and black, 2003, inscribed 'DN' and numbered from the edition of 600 in pencil, printed and published by Pictures on Walls, London, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, sheet 693 x 495mm (27 3/8 x 19 1/2in)This work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Pest Control Office.WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER FREE INSURED SHIPPING WORLDWIDE FOR ALL LOTS IN THIS AUCTION.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 237
Aviation Artist Brian Pech Signed 2 Cards with Photos of his Prints glued on the front, Handwritten inside by unknown. Pech Signed on the front of the cards. One photo shows Moonlit Lancaster and Bouncing Bomb Lancaster Bomber. Great Lot. Good Condition All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 391
AN HANDMADE REPLICA OF A BOMB, the body of it has been painted green and is of metal construction, the tail fins are made of plastic and a lighter metal, there is also a small plastic propeller to the front of the bomb painted red, attached is a steel cord and carabiner clips to raise it from the ground
Lot 3145
Hiroshima 1945 - modern framed display of memorabilia comprising copy of the Receipt of Materials from First Technical Service Department San Francisco and two photographs of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber 'Enola Gay' and crew, which was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare 44 x 59cm in black frame. Auctioneers Note: The aircraft was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets.Condition Report:Good condition.
Lot 114
The outstanding and rare Great War ‘immediate’ M.C., immediate ‘V.C. action’ D.F.C. and Waziristan 1925 M.I.D. group of seven awarded to Group Captain J. A. G. Haslam, Royal Air Force and Royal Field Artillery - ‘Freddie’ West’s Observer in 8 Squadron for both awards including the D.F.C. action, for which West was awarded the Victoria Cross, and during which epic engagement both airmen were wounded Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. A. G. Haslam. R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925, with M.I.D. oak leaves (F/L. J. A. G. Haslam. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted on card for display, lightly polished, generally very fine (7) £10,000-£15,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 26 July 1918 (jointly listed with his pilot, Lieutenant F. M. F. West): ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While on patrol, he, with another officer, observed fifteen motor lorries. As these could not be engaged by artillery by zone call, these officers flew 8,000 yards over the enemy lines, at a height of 3,800 feet, in the face of strong opposition from the ground, and dropped four bombs, obtaining direct hits on the lorries and doing considerable damage to their personnel. They then proceeded to attack them with machine-gun fire as they sought cover. A fortnight later they carried out, at a height of 150 feet, a reconnaissance of their corps front, on which an attack was expected. Despite the fact that the clouds were at 200 feet, and there was a thick mist, they obtained most valuable information. During this flight they directed and located the fire of our artillery on a concentration of enemy infantry. Throughout the operations their work in co-operation with our artillery was always of the greatest value, and their enterprise in attacking enemy troops and transport with bombs and machine-gun fire was splendid.’ The original recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous bravery and devotion in carrying out low reconnaissances, and in co-operation with our artillery. While on patrol near Wiencourt L’Equipee on the morning of April 22nd, 1918, they observed fifteen motor lorries on the Guillancourt Road. As these could not be engaged by our artillery by zone call, they flew 8,000 yards over the enemy lines at a height of 3,800 feet, in the face of strong opposition from the ground, and dropped four bombs, obtaining direct hits on the lorries and doing considerable damage to their personnel. They then proceeded to attack them with machine gun fire as they sought cover. On April 5th, 1918, they carried out, at a height of 150 feet, a reconnaissance of their Corps front, on which an attack was thought to be about to be made. Despite the fact that the clouds were at 200 feet, and there was a thick mist, they obtained most valuable information. During this flight they located and directed the fire of our Artillery on a concentration of enemy infantry East of Morlancourt. Their work in co-operation with our artillery has always been of the greatest value, and their enterprise in attacking enemy troops and transport with bombs and machine gun fire, hard to surpass.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 3 December 1918: ‘On 10th August this officer performed a very gallant action. While carrying out a contact patrol he was attacked by seven enemy scouts. Although wounded in the leg at the outset of the engagement, Lt. Haslam, with rare courage and determination, continued to serve his machine gun. One of the enemy aeroplanes was driven down, and the remainder dispersed.’ The original recommendation states: ‘For courage and determination in the face of a vastly superior force of enemy aircraft. On August 10th, 1918, while carrying out a Contact Patrol Reconnaissance for our Tanks, he and his pilot were attacked near Roye by seven enemy scouts. Lieut. Haslam, although wounded in the leg at the outset of the combat, continued to serve his machine gun, with the result that one of the enemy machines went down with its engine damaged, and the remainder were driven off. Throughout the days of the 8th, 9th and 10th of August, 1918, he carried out work of sterling value while on Contact Patrol, and his pluck in maintaining the fight on the 10th, after being wounded, is worthy of high praise.’ Haslam’s pilot, ‘Freddie’ West, was awarded the Victoria Cross for the above action. His award appeared in the London Gazette 8 November 1918, thus: ‘In recognition of his outstanding bravery during aerial combat. Captain West, while engaging hostile troops at a low altitude far over the enemy lines, was attacked by seven enemy aircraft. Early in the engagement one of his legs was partially severed by an explosive bullet, and fell powerless into the controls, rendering the machine for the time unmanageable. Lifting his disabled leg, he regained control of the machine, and, although wounded in the other leg, he, with surpassing bravery and devotion to duty, manoeuvred his machine so skilfully that his observer was enabled to get several good bursts into the enemy machines, which drove them away. Captain West then, with rare courage and determination, desperately wounded as he was, brought his machine over our lines and landed safely. Exhausted by his exertions, he fainted, but on regaining consciousness insisted on writing his report.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 20 November 1925 (Waziristan). James Alexander Gordon ‘Alec’ Haslam was the son of Mr and Mrs J. B. Haslam of 3 Bilton Road, Rugby, and was born in September 1896. He was educated at Rugby, and was awarded an exhibition at Corpus Christi, Cambridge - but in 1915 he opted to enter the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. Haslam was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in February 1916, and served with the 125th Brigade, R.F.A. in the French theatre of war. Securing a secondment to the flying service in 1918, he trained as an observer and was posted to 8 Squadron (F.K.8’s) in Spring of that year. Haslam was crewed up with Lieutenant F. M. F. West as his pilot, the latter’s biography Winged Diplomat gives the following: ‘I had one unfailing source of uplift at this time, in the shape of my new observer, Lt. James [sic] Haslam. He was seconded from the Royal Artillery and was invaluable on artillery reconnaissance and range-spotting. He was finally allotted to me personally, and it was a comforting thought, when up above the lines with shrapnel flying around and enemy aircraft in the offing, that he was behind me. Haslam had been a Rugby scholar at Cambridge. Silent and shy, he oozed scholarship although he tried to hide it beneath a cloak of simplicity. He had been doing brilliantly at Cambridge and hoped to return there.’ The pair immediately hit it off in the air, and were to survive many scrapes together as Chaz Bowyer relates in For Valour - the Air VC’s: ‘A particularly dangerous low-level sortie for West and Haslam came on 23 April [sic], when they set out to bomb a concentration of German transport well behind the enemy lines. Reaching their objective, the F.K.8 crew made an accurate bombing run and then strafed the target from near zero height before turning for home. As they reached the front line again their aircraft was hit repeatedly by an intense barrage of ground fire, suffering hits in its engine and having an aileron shot away. By skill and good judgement, West scraped across the Allied front lines and accomplished a safe landing only 100 yards west of the trenches. Th...
Lot 129
The unique Great War ‘Bristol Fighter Ace’ 1917 D.C.M. and 1918 Second Award Bar group of three awarded to Sergeant F. Johnson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, the most highly decorated surviving British N.C.O. fighter pilot Ace of the Great War; after four victories as an Observer/Gunner in an FE 2b during six perilous months from September 1916, Johnson become a Bristol Fighter Pilot and took his score up to sixteen; he usually closed to within 50 yards of an enemy aircraft before engaging and opening fire Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (6391 Cpl. F. Johnson. 22/Sqn. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (6391 Sgt. F. Johnson, R.A.F.) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (3) £20,000-£30,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2012. D.C.M. London Gazette 26 April 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as an Observer. He was attacked by three hostile machines and shot one of them down. He had previously shot down three other machines.’ D.C.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 3 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in encounters with enemy aeroplanes, with the following results:- Attack and crashed a Pfalz scout, drove down an Albatross out of control. On previous occasions he had destroyed four enemy aeroplanes and driven three down out of control.’ Frank Johnson was born in Oldham, Lancashire on 28 December 1896, the son of James and Rachel Johnson. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in June 1915, aged 18, and soon qualified as an Air Mechanic, then as an Observer/Air Gunner. 22 Squadron Royal Flying Corps, F.E. 2b Observer and Air Gunner Johnson was sent out to France in February 1916, to No. 22 Squadron, as an Observer and Air Gunner for the F.E. 2b, which was intended for long-range reconnaissance and escort duty. The F.E.2b was a robust two-seater biplane with a rear-mounted ‘pusher’ engine. The observer was located in the nose of the nacelle with the pilot sitting above and behind him. The F.E.2 could also carry an external bomb load and was routinely fitted with an air-photography camera. The observer was armed with a .303 Lewis machine gun firing forward on a specially designed, swivelling mount that gave it a wide field of fire. A second Lewis gun was set up in the front of the pilot’s cockpit on a high telescopic mounting so the pilot could fire forward over his observer’s head. In practice, this ‘pilot’s gun’ was appropriated by the observers, especially when they discovered that by climbing onto the rim of their cockpit they could fire backwards over the top wing. To some extent this overcame the notorious vulnerability of rear-mounted engine ‘pusher’ aircraft types to ‘stern’ attacks from behind. The view from standing on the cockpit rim was excellent in most directions, although even this desperately dangerous position failed to cover a very large blind spot under the aircraft’s tail. The observer's perch was a precarious one, especially when firing the ‘rear/pilot’s gun’, and the observer was liable at any time to be suddenly thrown out of the aircraft. The arrangement was described by Frederick Libby, an American ace who served as an F.E.2b observer in 1916: ‘When you stood up to shoot, all of you from the knees up was exposed to the elements. There was no belt to hold you. Only your grip on the gun and the sides of the nacelle stood between you and eternity. Toward the front of the nacelle was a hollow steel rod with a swivel mount to which the gun was anchored. This gun covered a huge field of fire forward. Between the observer and the pilot a second gun was mounted, for firing over the F.E.2’s upper wing to protect the aircraft from rear attack ... Adjusting and shooting this gun required that you stand right up out of the nacelle with your feet on the nacelle coaming. You had nothing to worry about except being blown out of the aircraft by the blast of air or tossed out bodily if the pilot made a wrong move. There were no parachutes and no belts. No wonder they needed observers.’ Johnson fought his first combat on the last day of August 1916. It was a protracted dog-fight on account of several different enemy attacks, and one that resulted in Johnson expending all his ammunition. On 24 September 1916 he had his first taste of success, sharing in the destruction of an enemy aircraft (probably a Halberstadt D) over Epehy, but a few days later, on 30 September, his pilot was compelled to make a forced landing at Bray after their aircraft’s propeller was damaged during an encounter with several enemy aircraft over Ligny. Between September 1916 and February 1917 Johnson shot down four enemy aircraft. His victories were achieved in four different F.E.2bs, working with four different pilots. After his first success over Epehy in September, an Albatross D.1 fell to his gun in combat over Guedecourt on 16 October, when he engaged his quarry from a range of 15 to 20 yards. He followed up with another attack at 30 yards range on 20 October over Le Sars, this time observing his opposing gunner collapse into the enemy machine. Johnson claimed another Albatross D.1 over Bancourt on 22 November, after emptying a double drum at 70 yards range. Finally, in terms of his claims with 22 Squadron, he emptied a double drum into an Albatross D.II at 50 yards range over Haplincourt on 4 February 1917, the enemy aircraft being seen to crash at Bancourt. For his achievements up to February 1917 Johnson was awarded the D.C.M. rather than the M.M. This was a most unusual tribute for a Sergeant, given that, had Johnson been a Warrant Officer, he would have been eligible for the M.C. It probably reflected his outstanding keenness and devotion to duty, mentioned in both of his citations, in addition to his high level of conspicuous gallantry when heavily outnumbered during air battles. 20 and 62 Squadrons Royal Flying Corps - Bristol Fighter Pilot and Ace Johnson was then sent back to the UK to be trained as a pilot. He took his Aviator’s Certificate (No. 4531) on a Maurice Farman Biplane at the Military School, Ruislip in April 1917. At the end of the year he was posted back to France as a member of No. 20 Squadron, which operated the strong and agile Bristol F.2 Fighter. Its primary armament was a single fixed Vickers machine-gun mounted in front of the pilot, supplemented by a flexible, rear-mounted Lewis gun for the observer. 20 Squadron was probably the highest scoring and most decorated R.F.C. Squadron serving on the Western Front, with 613 combat victories. Johnson scored nine more victories between 11 October 1917 and 17 February 1918, with four different gunners in the rear of the two-seater Bristol Fighter. He often flew with ‘Ace gunner’ Captain J. H. Hedley. Johnson quickly added to his four earlier victories, sending an Albatross D.III out of control over Moorslede on 11 October. In December 1917 he rapidly increased his score to double figures, adding five Albatross D.Vs to his tally; two of them in the same patrol back over Moorslede on 22 December. After Johnson downed one with his front guns at 50 yards, Captain Hedley hit another at point-blank range and watched it fall in flames. 1918 got off to an equally impressive start, when Johnson locked-on to an Albatros D.III over Staden on 25 January and buckled the enemy aircraft’s wings with 100 rounds at only 10 yards range. A few weeks later, on 17 February, once more over Moorslede, Pilot and Observer each claimed a Pfalz D.III, one of them from a range of 15 yards. Johnson was then transferred to No. 62 Squadron, which also flew ...
Lot 138
A Great War ‘Vierstraat, February 1915’ D.C.M. and Russian Medal of St George group of eight awarded to Private Joseph French, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (468 Sjt: J. French. 4/Middx: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (5605 Pte. J. French. Middlesex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5605 Pte. J. French. Middlesex Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (G-468 Pte. J. French. 4/Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (G.468 Pte. G. French. Midd’x R.); Defence Medal; Russia, Empire, Medal of St George for Bravery, 3rd Class, silver (468 Pte J. Frengh. 4/Midlx. R.) impressed naming, note spelling of surname, mounted as worn on two separate bars, edge bruising and contact marks but generally nearly very fine or better (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 April 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry, great initiative, and coolness at Vierstraat on 26th February, 1915. A German bomb [minenwerfer] having been thrown into our trenches with consequent great destruction and confusion, Private French at once took charge, had the parapet manned, rapid fire opened on the enemy, wounded collected, and the fire in the dug-out extinguished - all this with the utmost promptitude. Subsequently he gave his attention to dressing the wounds of his comrades.’ Russian Medal of St George, 3rd Class London Gazette 25 August 1915. Joseph French served in France from 22 October 1914, as a Private in the 4th Middlesex Regiment, part of 8th Brigade in the 3rd Division. Sold with copied research including gazette notices, war diary extracts, D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards.
Lot 139
A good Great War ‘Delville Wood’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant E. A. Woodward, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5-4510 Sjt: E. A. Woodward. 1/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (5-4510 L.Cpl. E. A. Woodward. K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (5-4510 Sjt. E. A. Woodward. K.R. Rif. C.) mounted court-style for display, the first with small edge bruise and light pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 20 October 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He displayed great bravery in repulsing a strong enemy bomb attack, and, despite heavy casualties, and lack of regular bombers, he organised fresh bombing parties with great success.’ Ernest Woodward served with the 1st Battalion in France from 24 November 1914. He won the D.C.M. for his actions during the capture of Delville Wood, 27-29 July, 1916. The regimental history describes Woodward’s distinguished gallantry during the 1st Battalion’s attack on the morning of 27th July: ‘The 1st K.R.R.C. reached its first objective by 7.15 a.m. with small loss. The trench was full of dead and wounded Germans, and also contained three machine guns, destroyed by artillery fire. At 8.08 a.m. the second wave passed through the first wave, advanced to the next objective, and consolidated there. The advance was continued at 8.38 a.m., the final objective reached at 8.50, and a line dug, 150 yards from the edge of the wood, facing north and north-east. Two companies of the supporting regiment which came up on the right dug in too far inside the wood and left the right of the K.R.R.C. in the air. From 9 a.m. onwards the enemy shelled the wood heavily. About 9.30 a.m. the enemy were seen in large numbers north of the wood, massing for a counter-attack, while parties of them began to creep up to the eastern edge of the wood, and at 10 a.m. made a heavy bombing attack, effecting a lodgement 70 yards inside the wood. The 1st K.R.R.C. at once attacked this party and drove them back about 40 yards, but suffered very severely in doing so; Sergeant Woodward, 1st K.R.R.C., here particularly distinguished himself at the head of his bombers, and his commanding officer reported that it was in great measure due to his efforts that the enemy were driven back with very heavy loss to them.’ Sold with copied research including gazette entry, battalion war diary for July 1916, D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards.
Lot 146
A fine Second War ‘Malta Convoy’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Stoker C. E. Hughes, Royal Navy, for his gallantry during the Second Battle of Sirte on 22 March 1942 when H.M.S. Kingston was hit by a 15-inch shell whilst escorting convoy MW10 from Alexandria to Malta; arriving in Malta he was wounded when the stricken Kingston was hit during an air raid on the Grand Harbour on 4 April 1942 and later sank; he had previously been recommended for the D.S.M. for his services in the same ship, for which he was ultimately Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (K.58629 W. C. Hughes. Ch. Sto.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, nearly extremely fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 8 September 1942: ‘For gallantry, skill and seamanship in H.M. Ships... Kingston... in a brilliant action against strong enemy forces which were driven off and severely damaged. This action resulted in the safe passage to Malta of an important convoy.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘For fine leadership, initiative and devotion to duty as senior rating of damage control parties when the ship was hit by a 15” shell. Through his efforts and organising ability a fire which might have proved serious was extinguished before it had a chance to get out of control.’ In his report to the Admiralty, Commander Philip Sommerville, D.S.O, D.S.C., R.N., records: ‘I have the honour to report my proceedings during and after the action between the convoy escort and enemy surface forces during the passage of convoy MW10 from Alexandria to Malta. A Divisional torpedo attack was launched at an enemy battleship accompanied by three cruisers. These forces engaged the division with main and secondary armaments. At 18:46 on 22 March Kingston was hit by a 15-inch shell which passed through the whaler on the starboard side, through No. 2 Boiler Room intake and the S.R.E. Room, and exploded under the port Oerlikon platform. Shortly after managing a turn to fire our torpedoes the ship stopped. Before the enemy battleship passed out of view she was seen to be on fire forward and the explosion of one torpedo was observed. The widespread damage to Kingston was quickly got under control by prompt and resourceful action by all hands. The fire in the S.R.E. Room was extinguished remarkably quickly. Nearly all the torpedo tubes crew were killed or wounded and on the 4-inch gun deck no one escaped injury. Casualties were also sustained on the Oerlikon and searchlight platforms and at ‘X’ gun. One officer and fourteen ratings were killed and one officer and twenty ratings wounded. By 19:05 the Kingston was able to proceed on the starboard engine at 16 knots which later increased to 20 knots. I proceeded independently to Malta. I entered Malta Harbour at 08:38 on 23 March.’ M.ID. London Gazette 11 June 1942: ‘For services aboard H.M.S. Kingston’ (downgraded D.S.M. recommendation). Edward Charles Hughes was born in Hackney, London, on 21 January 1902 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory on 24 March 1920. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 290 December 1928, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 June 1935, and having been advanced Chief Stoker joined H.M.S. Kingston on 15 September 1939, serving in her during the first three years of the Second World War. Hughes was awarded the D.S.M. for his gallantry during a convoy to Malta on 22 March 1942, and having arrived safely in the Grand Harbour was wounded during an air raid on Malta on 4 April 1942; Commander Philip Somerville, the Captain of H.M.S. Kingston, was killed in this raid, along with one other officer and ten ratings. Kingston was hit again by a bomb on 8 April, and three days later, on 11 April 1942, she received another direct hit which broke her back and she sank. Hughes’s D.S.M. was announced in September 1942, in the same London Gazette that the operational awards for Operation Pedestal were announced, and he was subsequently congratulated by Lieutenant G. J. Kirkby, D.S.C., formerly of H.M.S. Kingston, on 29 October 1942: ‘Dear Hughes, I was delighted to read your name among those in the recent list of awards for our action in March. Please accept my heartiest congratulations. It is a shame we are not still all happily together to celebrate in the old style in the Wardroom. I could then thank you personally for the splendid work you did on that occasion, and for your continuous hard work and efficiency and unfailing loyalty to all of us throughout all that grand commission. Are you recovered from the injuries you received in April? It nearly broke my heart to lose the Captain and so many friends, and to think of the old ship being so remorsely attacked during that unhappy period. I have been out of Destroyers since that time, but hope to go back very soon. Again let me congratulate you and wish you good luck.’ Hughes was invalided out of the Royal Navy on 16 March 1943. Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. certificate, dated 11 June 1942, and original letter to Hughes from Lieutenant Kirkby, as quoted above; together with copied record of service and other research.
Lot 163
A rare Second War ‘London Blitz’ B.E.M. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. A. Bartlett, General List, late Sub-Divisional Inspector, Metropolitan Police, and Royal Navy, who was awarded the R.S.P.C.A. Silver Medal for rescuing ‘Roger’, a frightened Collie dog from a bombed out house in Battersea on 28 September 1940 British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Gilbert James Alexander Bartlett); 1914-15 Star (J.25293 G. J. A. Bartlett. L. Tel. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.25293 G. J. A. Bartlett. L. Tel. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; United States of America, Medal of Freedom, bronze; R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Sub. Div. Insp. Bartlett. 1940.) with integral top ‘For Humanity’ riband bar, mounted for wear, generally good very fine and better (11) £800-£1,000 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 26 September 1941: Gilbert James Alexander Bartlett, Sub-Divisional Inspector, “L” Division, Metropolitan Police [in a joint citation with John Searle, Leader, Civil Defence Rescue Party, Battersea; and George Edward Thomas Smith, Leader, Stretcher Party, Civil Defence Casualty Service, Battersea] ‘Bombs demolished several houses under which people were sheltering. Inspector Bartlett made a tunnel ten feet long into the mass of unstable debris and found two injured women. He rendered first aid and then pulled them slowly out. Renewing his search he discovered more casualties whose injuries were such that under the direction of a doctor he administered morphia. He was joined by Leaders Searle and Smith. Owing to the confined space it was necessary for the three men to work lying down and while so doing debris and masonry were continually falling on them. After four hours’ strenuous effort six persons were released. Bartlett, Searle and Smith showed great courage and endurance.’ United States of America Medal of Freedom London Gazette 16 November 1948: Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Gilbert James Alexander Bartlett, B.E.M., General List ‘In recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies.’ The official citation states: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert J. A. Bartlett, British Army, performed meritorious service during August 1943 with the Allied Military Government in Sicily. Reports had arrived that there existed an epidemic of typhus on the island of Favignana, about 12 miles off the coast of Sicily. Colonel Bartlett volunteered to investigate. Accompanied by one soldier, he made his way through the heavily mined waters to this island where he found most of the population living in caves, under extremely bad sanitary condition and with an epidemic of typhoid fever. Colonel Bartlett so reorganized and improved conditions on the island that it no longer constituted any problem in Civil Affairs Administration. By his efforts on this hazardous mission he contributed materially to the success of allied Military Government in Sicily.’ Gilbert James Alexander Bartlett was born in Brighton on 31 October 1897 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 24 June 1913. He served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, predominately H.M.S. Dreadnought from 27 June 1914 to 21 April 1916 and again from 3 June 1916 to 31 March 1917, and was advanced Leading Telegraphist on 31 October 1916. He was shore discharged on 20 December 1919. During the Second World War Bartlett served initially with the Metropolitan Police in Battersea, and was awarded the R.S.P.C.A. Silver Life Saving Medal for his gallantry in rescuing ‘Roger’, a Collie dog, from a bombed out house, along with Police Constable E. P. Kerrison, and War Reserve Police Constable J. Entwistle, on 28 September 1940. This was part of a larger rescue mission, which contributed to the award of the George Medal to P.C. Kerrison, as detailed in the London Gazette of 15 November 1940: ‘On another occasion some premises were completely demolished by an H.E. bomb. Several persons were trapped under debris, two of whom were dead. P.C. Kerrison accompanied by an Inspector [Bartlett] and a War Reserve [Entwistle] entered the basement, the balustrade and steps of which were in danger of collapsing and the passage blocked by debris. They succeeded in rescuing a baby and two women through the side of the demolished shelter. The coping stones at the side of the steps collapsed whilst they were carrying a woman out of the basement. It was then discovered that another woman was on the top floor, all the rooms of which were exposed, the back and side walls being demolished and the front partially demolished. The P.C. obtained an old decayed ladder and climbed and entered the room rescuing the woman. Shortly after the rescue, further parts of the exposed floorings, and the frontage of the house fell away.’ During this rescue the three men carried ‘Roger’ to safety before the building collapsed. Roger, frightened by the bombing, had initially attacked his rescuers. Bartlett was awarded the British Empire Medal for his gallantry in Battersea on 10 May 1941; he had earlier shown great gallantry on 16 April 1940 in rescuing various persons from a bombed and flooded house in the same vicinity. Subsequently commissioned onto the General List, he was ultimately advanced to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient alongside Kerrison and Entwistle after they had rescued Roger; and copied research, including various eyewitness statements relating to his B.E.M.-winning exploits.
Lot 164
The rare Second War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Master Engineer C. V. Worgan, Balloon Command, Royal Air Force, for his service as a balloon operator with “Q” Flight, 952 Squadron during 24 round trips as part of the Channel Mobile Balloon Barrage - he was subjected to attack from air, land and sea. Worgan was later remustered to Aircrew Duties, and served operationally in the Near East British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (649845 A.C. 1. Cl. Charles V. Worgan. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Near East, Cyprus (M. Eng. C. V. Worgan (649845) R.A.F.) last with unofficial retaining rod between clasps, mounted on card for display, nearly extremely fine (6) £500-£700 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1942, the original recommendation (for the D.S.M. and jointly listed with 7 other members of 952 Squadron Balloon Command - later reduced to 4, with them being awarded the B.E.M.) states: ‘These balloon operators have shown devotion to duty in the face of continuous enemy attacks by fire from the French coast, dive bombing and E-boat attacks, during 24 round trips in the Channel Mobile Balloon Barrage in the English Channel between Sheerness and Southampton.’ Charles Vernon Worgan had his B.E.M. presented to him by H.M. The King at Buckingham Palace, 19 May 1942. The awarded was a reflection of his service with 952 Squadron, Balloon Command. An indication of their duties is given in A Study in Passive Defence by Flight Lieutenant R. F. Delderfield, which appeared in The Royal Air Force Quarterly: ‘With the opening of the first phase of the enemy’s pre-invasion air onslaught upon Southern England, balloons were seen in a new role. The Luftwaffe preceded its attack upon airfields by an attempt to paralyse Britain’s Channel shipping. On 4th August, 1940, the first Channel convoy protected by towed balloons moved along the coast from Falmouth to Sheerness. From that time onwards, for a period of three years, convoy escort was to prove an important part of Balloon Command’s routine duties. The journey of the first balloon-escorted convoy proved uneventful, but during the return trip the ships were subjected to a violent attack by enemy E-boats by night. The following morning thirty Ju. 87’S, escorted by Me. 109’s, attempted to dive-bomb the convoy, the fighters concentrating on the balloons while the Junkers bombed the vessels. Several balloons were shot down and after the fight R.A.F. operators took over a variety of duties, tending wounded, assisting the seamen and even steering some of the vessels. Work in connection with the protection of ships involved the setting up of shore servicing stations in almost every port round the British coast. “Q” Flight of No. 952 Squadron, which was engaged in convoy work for a considerable period, earned a large number of naval decorations, probably a higher percentage than any small unit of R.A.F. personnel throughout the war. They shared two M.B.E.s, five D.S.M.s, four B.E.M.s and five “Mentions.” Worgan, after a break in Service, remustered to Aircrew Duties, and saw operational service in the Suez in 1956. He was promoted to Master Engineer in August 1956, and retired in 1961. Sold with copied research.
Lot 286
Four: Warrant Officer W. H. C. Taylor, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star, 1 copy clasp, Burma; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- William H. C. Taylor served during the Second World War as a Flight Engineer with 99 Squadron, based at Dhubalia, India, from September 1944, flying Liberators over South East Asia. His first operational sortie was an Air Sea Rescue Search on 8 October 1944; further operational sorties included bombing raids on Mandalay; the Burma-Siam Railway; Ramlee Island (21 January 1945 - Log Book entry reads ‘War Operation No. 14. Ramlee Island. Beach Defences and Troops on Invasion of Island. Combine Operation. Navy, Army, R.A.F., USAAF. Fighter Escort. Bomb load 10,000 lbs. Fuel 1,600 gals.’); Rangoon; and Bangkok. Following the cessation of hostilities he transferred to 232 Squadron, Transport Command, based at Palam, India. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book and Air Forces in India Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book starting from 18 April 1944, both with good operational details recorded therein; the recipient’s pocket diary for 1945 with records of flight details; various photographs and photographic images; various newspaper cuttings and other ephemera; and copied research.
Lot 306
The Naval General Service Medal awarded to Major-General J. H. Stevens, Royal Marine Artillery, for his services at Algiers in 1816; he was earlier distinguished when embarked in a Rocket Ship in the Chesapeake river and engaged in the attack on Craney Island, at the capture of Hampton and Ocracoke under Sir George Cockburn; he afterwards commanded the Marine Artillery at the capture of Oswego (despatches) and took part in the campaign on the Niagara frontier and the siege of Fort Erie Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (John H. Stevens, 1st Lieut. R.M.A.) good very fine £2,600-£3,000 --- John Harvey Stevens was born in 1790, youngest of three sons of Commander John Stevens, Royal Navy. His brothers Thomas and Cornelius served in the Royal Marines, both becoming captains, whilst Cornelius was killed in action during the battle of Navarino in 1827. John Harvey Stevens joined the Royal Marines as 2nd lieutenant on 28 September 1805; 1st lieutenant, 2 September 1809; captain, 14 April 1832; major, 9 November 1846; lieutenant-colonel, 17 August 1848; colonel, 28 November 1854; major-general, 20 June 1855. Whilst Lieutenant Stevens served in H.M.S. Fame, he was employed in the Western Ocean, West Indies and Coast of America. He disembarked to join the Royal Marine Artillery and after pursuing mathematical studies and artillery instruction, embarked in the Princess of Orange and served during the whole of the Expedition to Walcheren in 1809, was disembarked in North Beveland, engaged in the flotilla and mortar brig Gallant with enemy’s battery in Clough passage, and was much exposed and health suffered from the Walcheren Fever or Ague. Was under the command of Commodore Owen in the Scheldt service. During the period Lieutenant Stevens belonged to the mortar brig Fearless, October 1810 to November 1812, he served at the successful defence of Cadiz and of Tarifa in 1810 and 1811; and was engaged in several detached operations, particularly in one of a severe character on the river Guadalquiver. After the siege of Cadiz was raised Lieutenant Stevens returned to England, his health having again suffered from the nature of his two years service in a mortar vessel of only 180 tons. In 1813, Lieutenant Stevens was selected for the Rocket Service and attached to a rocket company under Lieutenant Balchild and after receiving instruction in the Rocket Service (then a novel one) embarked in the Mariner rocket ship and joined the expedition under Sir J. B. Warren in the River Chesapeake; was engaged in the attack on Craney Island, at the capture of Hampton and Ocracoke under Sir George Cockburn, and taking of the Anaconda Brig and Atlas Schooner, at Hart Island &c. Disembarked at Quebec in October 1813 for service in Canada, then invaded by the Americans, was detached to the Upper Province in command of a part of the Rocket Detachment, served in a Winter Expedition on the ice to Four Corners. He commanded the marine artillery at the capture of Oswego and was mentioned in the public despatches of Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Drummond published in the Gazette; employed in constructing a field work in the Bay of Quinte; during the attack and siege of the enemy’s army in their fortified position on the Niagara Frontier, of which Fort Erie formed a part, Lieutenant Stevens was almost daily under fire at the batteries for six weeks; afterwards at the defensive position at Chippewa, Lieutenant Stevens was entrusted with the construction of a field work for the defence of the right of the position at Wishoun’s point, in close presence and under occasional fire of the enemy; at the conclusion of the war Lieutenant Stevens returned to England in command of some men to be discharged. In the performance of arduous duties and trying exposures during the Niagara Campaign, Lieutenant Stevens’ health once more suffered as a consequence from typhus or camp fever. In July 1816 Lieutenant Stevens was again selected for service and was present at the battle of Algiers on the Books of the Queen Charlotte near the person of Lord Exmouth. Lieutenant Stevens was employed in firing 3pr rockets into the embrazures of the enemy’s batteries and afterwards detached by Lord Exmouth to fire 8-inch carcasses at the hulls of several frigates laid up in the mole, some of which by these means were burnt. Captain Stevens possesses a document from Lord Exmouth in which His Lordship is pleased to express his sense of Lieutenant Stevens’ humble exertions in the following sentence, “your indefatigable zeal on that day fell under my immediate observation and very deservedly excites my admiration and applause.” In 1824 Lieutenant Stevens was a third time selected for service, on this occasion to take charge of a new description of Sea 11.5 inch mortar in the Infernal bomb, invented by Sir William Congreve, destined for service at Algiers under Sir H. B. Neale; there was a demonstration before the city but no other military operations on this occasion. In July 1835 he was appointed superintendent of the Marine Artillery Laboratory at Portsmouth, which establishment originated in his proposition and was organised by him. Stevens was, at various times over the course of the following ten years, employed on the Continent and directed to communicate with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, including visits to the Port of Brest, Vienna, Black Sea, Constantinople, Denmark, Sweden, Paris, and the principal military forts of France and Holland. These visits were conducted over short periods in order that he might not unnecessarily be absent from the laboratory too long at one period. Since Captain Stevens has been superintendent of the laboratory the instructions of the establishment have been extended to the whole of the officers and seamen gunners of the Excellent, as well as to other officers of the naval college, including captains, commanders and lieutenants. Retiring, on promotion to lieutenant-colonel, from the direction of the laboratory, Lieutenant-Colonel Stevens received the approbation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (Vide D.A.G’s letter of 28 August 1848). He afterwards visited Schemforde in Schleswig to ascertain and report on the causes that led to the destruction of the Danish 84 gun ship Christian VIII and capture of the Geffion of 42 guns by the Holstein batteries manned by Russian artillery. Major-General Stevens died on 25 February 1866, aged 76, and is buried in Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth. Sold with research including copied record of service.
Lot 40
Three: Private Thomas Tutt, East Kent Regiment, who was wounded and gassed in June 1915, and was killed in action at Morval in September 1916 1914-15 Star (SR-10403 Pte. T. Tutt. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-10403 Pte. T. Tutt. E. Kent R.) extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Thomas Tutt served in France with the 1st Battalion from 12 March 1915. He was wounded and gassed at Dichy-bush in June 1915, and killed in action at Morval on 15 September 1916, the first occasion that tanks were used. Sold with a copied news cutting with photograph announcing his death which states: ‘Deep regret was felt in Great Chart when it became known that Private Thomas Tutt, the Buffs, had been killed in action in France on September 15th. Previous to the war he had been employed at the Great Chart Post Office for five years and was highly esteemed. He was the second son of Mr and Mrs J. Tutt, of Great Chart, and was born at Kingsnorth twenty-three years ago. He attended the British School, Ashford, and the Great Chart School. He served in the Special Reserve and was called up on August 9th, 1914. In January, 1915, he went to France. On June 6th following he was wounded and gassed at Dichy-bush and sent home, but returned willingly to France to his work of bomb throwing. The officer commanding the battalion sent his sympathy to Private Tutt’s parents and wrote that “he was shot through the heart soon after our advance had begun, being killed instantaneously. He was carried away that night by stretcher bearers and buried somewhere behind the line. B Company suffered severely in officers on that day, three being killed and one wounded. A temporary wooden monument I have had erected to mark the place where we lost so many officers and men on that day.” One of his comrades wrote that he was greatly beloved by the all and that he died “like a soldier.” In this photograph of him, which was taken at the Front shortly before he was killed, it will be seen that he is wearing a trophy, a German helmet. Much sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs J. Tutt, as their eldest son fell in action in France, on July 1st.’ See the previous lot for the medals awarded to his brother who was killed in action on 1 July 1916.
Lot 90
An Important Archive of Previously Unseen WWI Photographs, , each mounted on card pages, images, 21.5cm c 16cm, image include battlefield scenes, bomb-damaged buildings, prisoners, large canons being loaded, large truck-mounted guns, injured and dead troops, trenches, a tank on the battlefield, the final image is a portrait of a soldier possibly the photographer? 26 images in total
Lot 377
Funko - 29 Boxed Funko Pops! featuring GPK, Retro Toys, Books, Tennis, Games, Comics, etc to include 4 x Books (04 Cat In The Hat, 07 Fox In Socks, 24 Waldo & 06 Sam's Friend), 3 x Retro Toys (01 Stretch Armstrong, 04 Cavity Sam & 32 Mr Monopoly In Jail), 3 x Sesame Street (03 Oscar The Grouch, 04 Bert & 05 Erne), 2 x Garfield (20 Garfield & 21 Odie), 2 x Sports Legends (01 Muhammad Ali & 04 Babe Ruth), 2 x Football (84 Joe Montana & 91 Dan Marino), 2 x Tennis (03 John McEnroe & 04 Bjorn Borg), 76 WWE John Cena, 73 Ad Icons Energizer Bunny, 01 Boxing Mike Tyson, 01 GPK Adam Bomb, 387 Games Bendy And The Inc Machine Fisher, 99 Basketball Harlem Globetrotters, 74 MLB Mookie Betts, 79 Coca Cola Bottle Cap, 182 Basketball Freddy, SE Frontline Heroes & 421 Stranger Things Eleven With Eggos, ex (2 boxes)
Lot 69
GLUB (Madrid, 1969).Untitled, 2022.Enamel painting on canvas.Signed and dated on the back.Measurements: 94 x 116 cm.Born in Madrid in 1969, he graduated in Fine Arts, specialising in painting, in 1998. He began painting in the streets of the city in 1986. For a few years he only made signatures within the Madrid graffiti movement, the so-called flecheros. Glub's signature is already part of the history of graffiti, together with the popular Muelle, as one of its pioneers. He has continued the style of the native signatures of Madrid up to the present day. A few years ago he moved permanently to Valencia, very close to Alicante, the city he used to frequent and "bomb" with his graffiti in his youth.On the other hand, in 1989 Glub burst onto the Spanish hip hop scene producing more elaborate graffiti, in the aesthetics of New York graffiti, at a time when this movement was just beginning in Spain. He is therefore considered one of its precursors, part of what is known in hip hop as oldschool or old school. He has also continued to create graffiti within this movement up to the present day, covering a wide range of styles.In 1992 Glub exhibited his paintings for the first time in a Madrid gallery, as part of a group exhibition of the most emblematic graffiti artists of the time. In parallel to making graffiti, he has also been painting pictures. In 2009 he published online "Relatos de un escritor de graffiti", his own texts with collaborations of renowned graffiti artists such as: Trase, El niño de las pinturas, Erik, Suso 033, Besdo, Dolar One, Remebe, Grito, Vato, Vota Dier, Einsamkeit, Tarantini, Ape, Suis, Wendy, Loco13, Jeosm, Bboe and the illustrator Pepe Valera. In keeping with the altruistic philosophy of his graffiti art, this book is free and can be downloaded on the Internet. A year and a half before, he self-published "Memorias en graffiti", a book in Spanish and English, with his personal story in relation to graffiti and the birth of the movement in Madrid in the 80s. It narrates the evolution of his style in the first person, together with photos of his own and others' works.
Lot 395
A superb Double-Pice of the first issue of George II East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1728, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. avspicio regis et senatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 18.24g/9h (Prid. 99 [Sale, lot 467]; Stevens 2.97; KM. 166). Struck slightly off-centre, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare, especially in this condition; only four specimens recorded by Snartt in private hands £700-£900 --- Provenance: E. Wodak (Melbourne) Collection, ticket C.E. Pitchfork Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Auction 48 (Melbourne), 11-13 July 1995, lot 2078 [acquired c. 1970-1] Bt A.P. de Clermont (London) February 1997. Owner’s ticket. Erich Wodak (1902-58), numismatist and electronic engineer, b Uherské Hradiste, CZ, became a naturalised Briton in 1949, although his work as a linguist in World War II meant he worked principally in Malaya and Australia. A specialist in Indian coins whose aim was to revise James Atkins’ 1889 work on the British Colonial series, at the time of his early death he was Curator of Coins and Medals at the National Gallery, Melbourne. In the two decades prior to 1728 the need for small change in Bombay was met by tin coins, but in that year a large shipment of copper goz was received from Persia. The decision was taken to strike a new series of copper coins, initially by overstriking the goz issues and then by restriking them into double pice, pice and half-pice over several years, up to and including 1749
Lot 396
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1730, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. avspicio regis · et senatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 19.10g/7h (Prid. 100 [Sale, lot 468]; Stevens 2.98; KM. 166). Traces of Persian undertype visible, very fine and well-centred, extremely rare, especially in this condition, very few specimens known £400-£500 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction (London), 18-19 October 1982, lot 468, ticket. Owner’s ticket
Lot 397
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1733, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. avspicio [r]egis et [s]enatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 18.73g/9h (Prid. 101 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.99; Stevens website image 734, this coin; KM. 166). Good fine and exceptionally rare, more attractive than its grade would imply and with a full date, only two specimens in the Snartt survey, both in the British Museum £500-£700 --- Provenance: D. Fore Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction 84 (London), 25-6 September 2013, lot 1937. Owner’s ticket
Lot 398
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Double-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type, 1735, crown dividing g r, bomb below, rev. [av]spici[o r]egis et [s]enatus angliæ [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 17.89g/6h (Prid. 102 [not in Sale]; Stevens 2.102; Stevens website image 737, first coin; KM. 166). Fine and with a full date, exceptionally rare, only three specimens in the Snartt survey, all in the British Museum, and only one other with a full date on the Stevens website £400-£500 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction 35 (London), 13-15 October 2003, lot 1722 P.J.E. Stevens Collection, Part IV, Stephen Album Auction 26 (Santa Rosa, CA), 15-17 September 2016, lot 2060, ticket. Two owner’s tickets
Lot 401
East India Company, Bombay Presidency, Early coinages: English design, copper Half-Pice in the name of George II (1727-60), GR type [1728+], large crown with loops on arch dividing g r, bomb below, rev. [avspicio r]egis e[t s]enat[us a]ngl[iæ] [Under the patronage of the King and Parliament of England] in four lines, floral ornament above, 4.48g/8h (Prid. 105 [Sale, lot 469]; Stevens 2.108; KM. A173). Obverse about very fine, reverse fine, rare £90-£120 --- Provenance: Bt K. Wiggins (Crowborough, UK) May 1985. Owner’s ticket
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