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Two demonstrator cut-away models of a hand grenade and bomb fuse plus a Zeiss Ikon light meter

Sir Barnes Wallis (Bouncing Bomb Creator) Signed on his own Cover. British stamp with 15 June 76 Postmark. 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

Star Wars - an original vintage Kenner / Palitoy made Star Wars action figure playset ' Y Wing Fighter Vehicle '. Complete, including the top gun and bomb (both sections). No missiles. Unboxed. 

[ Victoria Cross ] A portrait postcard depicting Sergeant William Boulter. [Awarded the Victoria Cross for actions during the First World War, Trones Wood, France, in which he advanced alone under heavy fire while wounded in the shoulder, to bomb a gun team and save a company.]

Moonlight Strike Colour Print by Robert Bailey Signed by 6. Limited Edition 99/300. Signatures include Flight Lieutenant Dallas W. Schmidt, Warrant Officer Stanley G. Reynolds, Flight Lieutenant Jack Reilly and Flight Lieutenant Marie Wright. Overall Print Size: 34 x 23. In MOONLIGHT STRIKE a RAF de Havilland Mosquito of 264 Squadron has been vectored toward an enemy raider, and the on-board radar operator has directed the pilot upon the unsuspecting aircraft in the skies over London in 1943. The FW-190 carries a 500 kg bomb that will not find a target on British soil tonight. Instead, the Luftwaffe pilot will be lucky to survive the bale out from his aircraft that is engulfed in flame after having suffered the blistering fire from the attacking Mosquitos 20mm fusillade. The successful missions the Mosquitos completed have become legend, just as the crews who flew them. Robert Bailey is a master at painting aviation night scenes, and this is one of his best. 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

Post WWII Hon Artillery Company London peak cap with bullion bomb and gilt script badge with silver bullion to peak of cap made by Hobsons, named to Major L.C. Steir

Quantity of Post War Civil Defense items to include tunic, trousers, beret, three ARP helmets etc, gas rattle, two hand held black out lamps, deactivated incendiary bomb, box of bomb shrapnel and bomb fragments and pieces, ARP holdall and respirator bag together with quantity of ARP related ephemera and insignia etc

40th Anniv 1st Major Bombing Raid Lancaster Signed B A Dowty and B Hallows Crew First Announcement of Lancaster's existence made public. Personally Signed by Sgt B A Dowty 44 ( Rhodesia) Sqnd on daring daylight operation to bomb the U Boat engine factory at Augsbury on 17 4 42 his Captain H Crum carried out a textbook belly landing after being attacked by Richthofen Geschwader Messerschmitt Bf 109's evader capture for 17 days and ended up at Stalag X1 A. POW 139357. Served 1st Crew to take Lancaster on Ops. Wg Cdr Brian Hallows OBE DFC 97 Sqn ( Pilot on Augsbury Raid. ). 35 Norfolk Island Battle of Medway Signed H Ady US Pilot in the action at Midway 4 May 1992 Norfolk Island First Day of Issue on Set of 6 50th Anniversary Norfolk Island Coral Sea Battle and Battle of Midway Stamps., Personally Signed by Captain H P Ady Catalina Pilot 'Strawberry 5 ' spotted the Japanese Striking Force and. Certified Copy number 43 of 75 issued Signed Colin Smith. Good condition EstAll 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

* Wallis (Barnes Neville, 1887-1979). Autograph Letter Signed, 'Barnes', Scawfell Hotel, Rosthwaite, near Keswick (on embossed Whitehill House, Effingham, Surrey letterhead), Whit Sunday, 20 May 1945, to Leo describing his fatigue at the end of the war, 'It was not until I had had time to relax that I realised how utterly tired out I was, and have been for some time. For the past year I have had to force myself to go on; and I must have been as near a crash as one would care to go. Fatigue seems to have been sweeping over me here in waves - but, thank God, I seem to have unbent the bow in time, and sleep as I have not done for 25 years!', saying that his wife Molly has been a brick in looking after him and how much joy they get in hill walking, then continuing to say that he has started to design a cathedral, 'Don't laugh at me, my dear Leo - you and Molly are the only people who will hear of it. It is a mental safely valve. I am no painter, musician or author, but express beauty somehow one must, and a cathedral is the logical outcome of many complex psychological experiences. I am also certain that it can never be built, so that is a very harmless vanity... ', continuing at some length about this project, a total of 8 pages on 4 leaves in a large clear hand, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:An interesting and intriguing insight into the mind of the clearly exhausted, but now recovering, mind of the 'bouncing bomb' inventor. The correspondent was his friend Leo d'Erlanger.

Vintage Posters Identical Hill, Siffken & Co., London & Birmingham. Scene of street with bomb damage-measurements 160cm x 64cm - poor condition tears and holes

Posters Scene of Housing with Bomb damage (2). Measurements 150cm x 64cm, poor condition, Hill, Siffken & Co., London & Birmingham

Vanguards a boxed group to include VA60001 Ford Zephyr 4 MK III 'RAF Bomb Disposal', VA06707 Triumph Spitfire MKIII Soft Top (Jasmine Yellow Black Roof), VA06700 Triumph Spitfire MKII (Signal Red), VA34002 Ford Capri 109E (Imperial Maroon / White) plus others similar. Conditions generally appear Excellent to Mint in generally Good to Excellent boxes (Boxes suffer from sun fading). (12)

Reproduction WW2 British Bomb Disposal "Crabtree Discharge" and Dummy Fuze Top. These were used to release the electrical charge in a Germans bomb fuze to stop it from detonating before removal. However, the German caught on to this idea and change the concept to detonating once plugged in. The B.D. continued to use them with the prongs removed to for extracting the fuze with a line and pulley system.

[POLICE / "YORKSHIRE RIPPER" / etc.] a quantity of material from the personal archive of Commander Jim NEVILL (James Francis Nevill, 1927-2007) comprising (1) a folder of material relating to the "Yorkshire Ripper" case, mostly photocopied newspaper cuttings relating to Nevill being called in to assist the West Yorkshire Police, November 1979; but including a) photos & copy transcripts of the "Wearside Jack" letters. b) 2 typed letters, signed, by Clarice Hamilton, regarding her psychic impressions, incl. a small biro portrait. c) copy of Commander Nevill's 7 page report to Chief Constable Gregory, W.Y.M.P., dated 8th January 1980. (2) personal effects, including his warrant badge, 2 presentation pewter tankards (1 from the C.I.D., 1973, etc.). (3) a file of LETTERS & TESTIMONIALS regarding Commander Nevill's receipt of the Queen's Police Medal, January 1978; incl. t.l.s. Clarence Kelley, Director of the F.B.I., and approx.. 60 other signed letters from top-ranking policemen, politicians, civil servants, newspapermen, etc.[Note: Commander Jim Nevill had a most distinguished career, posted to the C.I.D. & the Flying Squad (including work on the Great Train Robbery, 1963). On being promoted to Commander, he was given overall responsibility for the Anti-Terrorist Squad, (he was seconded to the F.B.I. in this capacity), was head of the Scotland Yard Bomb Squad, was involved with the George Markov "Umbrella Case", and, as seen in this archive, was brought into the Yorkshire Ripper Case. On retirement he was appointed Senior Security Officer of Barclays Bank. He was a Freeman of the City of London].

Quantity of design and crafts reference, biographies and textiles reference to include Graham Hughes 'Modern Silver' 1967, 'Making Classic Country Chairs' David Bryant, B. T. Batsford 2001, 'From the Bomb to the Beatles' by Juliet Gardener, Collins & Brown 1999, etc. (3 boxes)

AUCHENTOSHAN 1978 18 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.Bottled: 199758.8% ABV / 70clFill level in high shoulder.

Collection of crested ware ceramics, including military WWI ambulance, the bomb dropped on Scarborough, City of London cenotaph, zeppelin, incendiary bomb dropped at Maldon 1915 from zeppelin by W.H Goss, etc (12)

A collection of ceramics glass and metalware to include an Iittala glass vase, an Alessi cafetiere, a stainless bowl, an Old Hall stainless steel hot water pot, a pewter bomb vase, an Goebel Art Deco wall plaque.

FRANCIS BACON (Dublin, 1909- Madrid, 1992)."Study for a Portrait of John Edwards", 1986.Lithograph, copy 165/180.Signed and justified in pencil.Provenance: acquired at the Galería Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, in 2004. Presents label on the back of the Gallery.Measurements: 67.9 x 49 cm; 97 x 70 cm (frame).Francis Bacon is the author of some of the most striking and unprecedented paintings in contemporary art. His style, obsessive, tormented and heartbreaking, is a clear document of the harshness that Europe experienced after the Second World War. His works are currently fetching stratospheric figures at international auctions, making him one of the most sought-after artists on the art market. A reflection of this is the triptych "Three Studies by Lucian Freud (1969)", which in 2013 reached a record sale price of 142 million dollars at public auction, making it one of the three most expensive works in history. Some of his works can be seen in the most important art galleries in the world, such as the Tate Britain in London (which has one of the artist's most extensive collections), the MET and the Moma in New York, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Museo Reina Sofía."Portrait of John Edwards" defines in the most emphatic terms what Bacon's art was all about. Its protagonist is John Edwards, a young Londoner whom Bacon considered his only "genuine friend" and therefore heir to his expensive fortune. This inheritance consisted, in addition to real estate, of a number of paintings valued at 16 million euros. The two personalities met in 1976 in a shop in Soho, and soon began a strong friendship whose bonds were reflected in the more than 20 canvases that Edwards starred in. As in the present work, Bacon immortalised his close friend as a discomposed, isolated, disturbing and spiritual figure who, far from seeking a concrete resemblance to the character, delved into the spirituality of the person depicted. It reveals the abstraction, fragmentation and distortion that defined Bacon's style, a consequence of the life events that made his existence a fervent time bomb waiting to explode.Born in Dublin to English parents, Francis Bacon began painting as a self-taught artist. When he was only 17, the Paul Rosemberg gallery opened its doors to the painter. There he became acquainted with the work of Picasso, an artist he would admire throughout his career. Like Picasso, other painters made an impression on Bacon's work: Velázquez (whose version of Pope Innocent X he painted, producing at least 40 "popes") and Nicolas Poussin, whose "The Massacre of the Innocents" aroused intense emotion in him. In 1945 he exhibited in London, together with the English artists Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland, his painting "Three Studies for Figures at the Foot of a Crucifixion", a triptych which, according to Bacon himself, marked the starting point of his career. By 1945 he had developed his own unmistakable style. In 1949, the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA) bought an impressive work of his entitled "Painting 146". In 1956 he was invited to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale alongside Ben Nicholson and Lucian Freud. With his work, Bacon decided that the subject of his paintings would be both life in death and death in life. He sought to express his vital condition, which was also linked to his self-destructive side. Michel Leiris suggested to him that masochism, sadism and similar manifestations were really just ways of feeling more human. Portraits and self-portraits constitute an important part of his paintings. Bacon made portraits without poses taken from life, developed from photographs. He portrayed his intimate companions and friends as well as famous people: Peter Lacy, George Dyer and John Edwards, Henrietta Moraes, Isabel Rawsthorne, Muriel Belcher, Lucian Freud, Peter Beard and Michel Leiris, as well as Hitler, Pius XII and Mick Jagger. Some of his works can be seen in the world's most important art galleries, such as the Tate Britain in London (which has one of the artist's most extensive collections), the MET and the Moma in New York, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Museo Reina Sofía.

Vintage Kenner Boxed Star Wars Return of The Jedi Y-Wing Fighter Vehicle, Cat. No 70510 in good complete condition, with two front cannons, top cannon turret, two part bomb, decals have been applied, working laser canon sound, complete with original instruction leaflet and inner packing, outer box is fair, edge/age wear and creases .

Britains three row set 1614, British Infantry in action wearing gas masks, with Officer, two Digging, three Marching, two Machine Gunners, four Charging, six Prone and six Bomb Throwers with set 1613 Charging in gas masks with Officer and 195 British Infantry at the trail in original ROAN boxes (Condition Very Good one bayonet, end of officer stick missing,one arm loop split, one officer legs repaired, boxes Good-Poor) 1950 (39)

Eleven Aircraft Plastic Kits, 1/48 scale: Tamiya Avro Lancaster BI/BIII, 1/72 scale: Revell Avro Dambuster Lancaster with secret bomb, Italeri A.S.51 Hosa Mk.I/MK.II Assault Glider, C-47 Skytrain, Airfix Dog Fight Double Spitfire 1X & ME 110.D,Hawker Hurricane MkI, Hurricane IIB, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1a, Spitfire VB, Heller Spitfire Mk XVI, Spitfire Mk Vb, all in mint unmade condition. (11 items).

The G.C.I.E. set of insignia attributed to Charles, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, sometime Viceroy of India and Grand Master of the Order The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, G.C.I.E., Knight Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash Badge, 87mm including crown suspension x 60mm, gold and enamel; breast Star, 91mm, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with gold retaining pin, complete with full sash riband, some very minor enamel damage to badge, otherwise extremely fine and rare (2) £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Richard Magor Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2003 (when sold alongside the recipient’s other honours and awards) Lord Hardinge was created G.C.I.E. and Grand Master of the Order upon his appointment as Viceroy of India in 1910. The Right Honourable Sir Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., I.S.O., Privy Counsellor, (1858-1944), was the younger son of the 2nd Viscount Hardinge, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the Foreign Office in 1880 and rose rapidly to become British Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1904-06, and, as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, head of the Foreign Office. One of the most brilliant diplomatists of his time and close friend and trusted adviser of Edward VII, he was raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst in 1910, when, forsaking the courts and chanceries of Europe which he knew so well, he fulfilled his lifetime’s ambition to follow in the steps of his grandfather, the Peninsular veteran who was Governor-General of India at the time of the First Sikh War, by becoming Viceroy of India. Hardinge arrived in India in November 1910, ‘full of enthusiasm for his great undertaking; a supremely self-confident figure, tall, spare, upright, with a high forehead and trim moustache, looking younger than his fifty-two years’, at his side a Vicereine who was to acquire a reputation for being every bit as clever as her husband. Hardinge’s first challenge was to reunite Bengal following partition in 1905 which had been the cause of terrorism and assassination attempts during his predecessor’s time. The unification of Bengal to form a Presidency under a Calcutta-based Governor sent out from home gave rise to the momentous decision to move the Imperial capital from Calcutta to Delhi. The move which was to become the principal legacy of Hardinge’s reign was announced by the King-Emperor, George V, at the Delhi Durbar in December 1911 – this third and last of the great Delhi gatherings being by far the most spectacular costing £660,000 against Curzon’s 1903 expenditure of £180,000. In March 1912 the Hardinges vacated Government House in Calcutta to make way for the new Governor of Bengal, and took up residence in Delhi, occupying a large bungalow which was to serve as the winter residence of the Viceroys for the next seventeen years until Edwin Lutyens’ grand design for the Viceroy’s House, New Delhi, was finally completed. Hardinge had strong views on style yet insisted on a woefully inadequate construction budget and a demand for speed that was far from conducive to producing timeless architecture in the grand manner. Indeed Hardinge’s role as patron to Lutyens has been described as ‘one of the classic conflicts of architectural history, comparable with that of Michelangelo and Pope Julius II’. Hardinge’s persistent urging was important however in ensuring that tangible progress was made before outbreak of war, which otherwise would probably have caused plans for the new Imperial capital and a world-class palace to be dropped. In December 1912 Lord and Lady Hardinge made their official entry into Delhi riding in the silver State howdah at the head of a long elephant procession of chiefs and high officials. As they passed through the crowded streets of the old city Hardinge remarked to his wife that something terrible was going to happen. A few moments later his premonition became reality when an anarchist threw a nail bomb at them from an upper storey window causing an explosion which could be heard up to six miles away. Initially it seemed that no harm had been done, but as Hardinge retrieved his topi which was passed up on the end of a lance, Lady Hardinge glanced round to see that the attendant who held the umbrella was dead, ‘his shattered body entangled in the ropes of the howdah’. She then noticed a rent in the back of her husband’s tunic and blood flowing freely from it. In the next instant Hardinge fell forward unconscious. With the help of aides, Lady Hardinge managed to get her husband down from the elephant, which was too terrified to kneel, by means of a hastily assembled pile of packing cases. As Hardinge lay on the pavement with a burst ear-drum among his injuries, he briefly came to and ordered the procession to proceed as though nothing had happened with his Finance Member standing in for him. A car whisked the Viceroy away to Viceregal Lodge, but the servants had all gone to watch the procession and it was left to Hardinge’s twelve year old daughter, Diamond, to make up a bed. A succession of operations to remove nails, screws, and gramophone needles with which the bomb was packed ensued. More serious than his physical injuries however was the psychological one which appeared to make him evermore conciliatory in his dealings with Indians. Furthermore he was observed to have lost much of his self-confidence. He was personally dismayed that terrorism was still a factor in Indian life and was accused of playing to the ‘Indian gallery’. In 1913 he annoyed subordinates and local officials in the United Provinces, by going over their heads and making an unprecedented appearance in Cawnpore to settle a dispute over a mosque which had caused serious riots and was inflaming Muslim opinion across India. He addressed the entire Muslim population of the city and having reproached them severely for their disobedience, proceeded to win the crowd by ordering the release of more than a hundred rioters from prison. Needless to say his dealings with Lutyens became yet more fractious. In 1914 he was hit by a series of personal tragedies. In the spring Lady Hardinge died unexpectedly after an operation carried out in England – a blow by all accounts far greater than the bomb. Later in the year his elder son (Lieut., D.S.O., 15th Hussars) was mortally wounded in France. Then the Viceroy lost three of his A.D.C.s to the war, all three being killed within a few days of each other. Diamond, on whom he became evermore reliant, died aged twenty-six in 1927. With the outbreak of war there was much to distract him from grief. He at once sent large numbers of Indian troops to Europe to help slow down the first German advance on Paris, and reduced the British garrison in India to what was regarded by some as a dangerously low-level yet kept order satisfactorily. He was also responsible for organizing the transport, supplies and medical services for the Mesopotamian campaign under Sir Beauchamp Duff whose appointment as C-in-C he had strongly supported in 1914. Whilst he relied too heavily on Duff (who eventually committed suicide) and can thus be blamed in some part for the Mesopotamian nightmare, he did go to Basra in person as soon as he realized how bad things were to try and improve the conditions of the troops. A post-war commission of inquiry absolved him of all blame. Owing to the war his Viceroyalty was extended for six months beyond the usual term. He returned home and became head of the Foreign Office once more before attaining the absolute pinnacle of the Dipolmatic Service, the Paris Embassy, 1920-22. In 1931...

An outstanding and rare Great War ‘Gallipoli’ C.G.M. group of five awarded to Acting Leading Seaman W. J. Pierce, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Defensively Armed Merchant Ships and a veteran of the Battle of Antwerp in October 1914, for his great gallantry during the Third Battle of Krithia, in which his Battalion suffered over 80% casualties; one of only a handful of men who reached and held the Turkish front-line trench, when a withdrawal was ordered, Pierce, though badly wounded himself, stayed behind to cover the retreat of other wounded men and then carried back a wounded comrade over open ground, completely exposed to enemy fire Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.V.R. (SX.3.226 W. J. Pierce, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bn. R.N. Div.); 1914 Star, with clasp (SX3/226 W. J. Pierce, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (S.3-226 W. J. Pierce. Act. L.S. R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3/226 W. J. Pierce, A.B. R.N.V.R. Sussex Divn.) minor edge nick to CGM, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (5) £15,000-£20,000 --- Provenance: Exhibited in the Royal Marines Barracks, Walmer, Deal when the School of Music was destroyed and heavy casualties inflicted by an IRA bomb on 22 September 1989. Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. Only 13 C.G.M.s ever issued to Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; the combination with both a 1914 Star and a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is excessively rare. C.G.M. London Gazette 13 September 1915: ‘Showed great gallantry on the 4th June in remaining in the enemy’s trench and continuing firing, although wounded, to cover the retirement of other wounded men, and finally in carrying in a wounded man under heavy fire.’ The original recommendation was submitted by Commodore Oliver Backhouse to General Sir Ian Hamilton on 8 June: ‘I desire to bring to your notice the following officers and men of the 2nd R.N. Brigade who performed special meritorious service during the operations on 4th June. In illustration of the fighting I would mention that out of the 36 officers and 911 men who formed the 1st line of advance in the assault of the enemy’s trenches only 6 officers and 279 men escaped injury. The 2nd and 3rd lines of advance consisted of 28 officers and 850 men of whom 3 officers and 493 men were unwounded.’ Hamilton forwarded the list to London, stating that ‘The powers granted to me by His Majesty the King to confer decorations in the field do not extend to this Division which is under the control of the Admiralty, and which is therefore at a disadvantage in this respect compared with the other troops alongside whom they are fighting.’ William James Pierce was born at 7 Fort Road, New Willingdon, Eastbourne on 13 September 1893, one of seven children of a journeyman house decorator (four of his siblings died from TB in childhood). A butcher’s assistant by trade, and a keen footballer, Pierce enrolled in the Eastbourne (No 3) Company, Sussex Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 14 January 1911. He claimed a date of birth one year earlier than was truly the case. Aged 17, he was 5’ 7” with fair hair, blue eyes and “fairly good” physique (32” chest). The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Goes to War The Admiralty War Plan called for the creation of an ‘Advanced Base Force’ to seize or protect naval bases and key harbours that might be necessary to support expeditionary warfare. This concept was inspired by the example of the successful seizure and fortification of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba by the US Marine Corps during the 1898 Spanish-American War. The A.B.F. was to be created by expanding the Royal Marines. As the mobilisation of July 1914 got underway, a Royal Marine Brigade capable of fighting on land was formed by using reservists to expand existing R.M. units. By August the Fleet and shore establishments had been manned to maximum capacity and the Admiralty found it had a surplus of reservists still available, especially men (like William Pierce) who had enrolled in the pre-war Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves. It was expected that these reservists, who already had some naval training, would be needed at sea over time to replace casualties and ‘natural wastage’, but in the short term the most obvious way to keep them still available to the Admiralty was to expand the Advanced Base Force. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, issued the necessary orders on 16 August, and by 22 August Pierce and his fellow R.N.V.R.s were mobilised and concentrated at Betteshanger, near Deal. They bought with them their ‘long pattern’ 50-inch barrel Lee-Enfields (rather than the ‘short’ 44.5-inch model used by the Army). R.N.V.R. units were not issued with any machine-guns. In late August 1914 Ostend was threatened by German cavalry and on 26 August the Marine Brigade was sent to strengthen its defences. On 8 September it was agreed that the First Naval Brigade (comprising the Benbow, Collingwood, Hawke and Drake battalions) and the Second Naval Brigade (comprising the battalions of Howe, Hood, Anson and Nelson) plus the Marine Brigade would be equipped and trained as an Infantry Division (the Royal Naval Division) reporting to the Admiralty. Two important innovations were made. Generally, Divisions are ad hoc organisations to which units are assigned and reassigned as military needs change, so there is not necessarily in the minds of soldiers a lasting identification with a specific division. The naval battalions fought together throughout the War, and were supported by a single Divisional Depot instead of multiple regimental ones (the R.N. Division is the only Divisional formation ever to have been included in the inscriptions on medals). Second, civilians were commissioned from the outset, with a preference for those aged 25-35, who would prove to be more experienced, resilient and talented as leaders than those who formed the majority of junior officers in army units. They were collectively described by Churchill as ‘salamanders born in the furnace’ (WSC’s Introduction to Jerrold’s The Royal Naval Division refers). The Division attracted many well-connected talents, including men such as Arthur Asquith (the Prime Minister’s son), Bernard Freyberg and Rupert Brooke. The R.N.V.R., which provided the majority of officers and men for the original eight naval battalions, had a strong naval esprit de corps and was determined to adopt only the essentials of infantry techniques. Naval terms and traditions were rigorously followed and the naval units never sought to become ‘smart soldiers’. They bowed to superior ability more readily than to superior rank. They were always more difficult (and rewarding) men to command. Antwerp By mid-September the German thrust into France had been defeated, but the Allied attack on the German defences along the River Aisne had ended and the “Race to the Sea” was getting underway. In Belgium, a separate German force had been tasked to defeat the Belgian army, capture the key port of Antwerp and then occupy the entire country. Antwerp was defended by two lines of forts, and on 2 October the Germans broke through the outer line. The Admiralty undertook to send its three brigades to reinforce the defences of the inner line of forts. By 4 October the Royal Marine Brigade had deployed in Antwerp. That day the two Naval Brigades marched to Dover and embarked in transports so overcrowded that it was standing room only for Pierce and the Howe Battalion. At Dunkirk they were issued with 120 rounds of ammunition (mostly to be carried in pock...

A fine Second War ‘Bomb Disposal’ G.M. group of three awarded to Lieutenant W. N. Bennett, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for his gallantry in rendering mines safe off the west coast of Wales, December 1941 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Lieut. William Norman Bennett. R.N.V.R.) engraved naming; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, contact marks and edge bruising to the GM, therefore very fine and better (3) £2,000-£2,400 --- G.M. London Gazette 16 June 1942: ‘For gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty.’ The Recommendation states: ‘This officer has shown the greatest possible zeal and devotion to duty in rendering British mines safe. For a considerable time he had to carry out this duty single-handed without any assistance whatsoever. He has shown a complete lack of fear for his personal safety in highly dangerous circumstances. On one occasion, in the depth of winter, whilst rendering safe a mine which had been washed ashore, he waded out to another which was drifting ashore in a dangerous position in an endeavour to prevent it doing so by mooring it. The seas, however, proved too heavy and the mine eventually exploded ashore. In addition to his keenness and devotion to duty, this officer is absolutely tireless.’ The original letter of recommendation, from the Minesweeping Office, R.N. Base, Milford Haven, ands dated 4 February 1942, gives further details: ‘I have the honour to submit the name of Lieutenant William Norman Bennett, R.N.V.R., for a decoration in connection with his duties in rendering mines safe, which have been washed ashore. Lieutenant Bennett has carried out this duty for many months with great keenness and ability and with complete disregard for his personal safety, particularly in instances where other persons or property have been endangered. Besides rendering mines safe ashore, he has dealt with, by boat, mines caught up with their moorings in such dangerous positions as aircraft landing areas and target areas - not an easy operation even in calm weather.
On one occasion [on 11 December 1941], he waded out to a mine in rough seas in winter in an endeavour to prevent it coming ashore, and on another [on 4 December 1941], being forced to detonate a mine, he had only seven minutes in which to scale a cliff 150 feet in height by Jacob’s ladder in order to get clear. Until the last two months, Lieutenant Bennett has had to work without any assistance whatsoever. In view of the fact that many mines, supposedly safe, had exploded on contact with the shore, Lieutenant Bennett has known that every mine is a potential danger. I have no hesitation in recommending him for his services, so bravely, tirelessly, and cheerfully carried out.’ William Norman Bennett served as a temporary Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, serving in H.M.S. Skirmisher. The act of gallantry mentioned in the G.M. Recommendation took place in the sea off the west coast of Wales near Barmouth on 4 December 1941. Note: A duplicate issue G.VI.R. 2nd type George Medal, correctly named to this man, was sold in these rooms in September 2022 for a hammer price of £1,000; why a duplicate medal was issued to the recipient is unknown. However, given that the medal in this lot is a G.VI.R. 1st type, then the medal in this lot is undoubtedly the original issue. Sold with copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2357 Bomb: J. Kitchener, 77th Bty., R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- Died of disease at Sterkstroom on 6 April 1900.

Alley Cat Prelude-European Sketch limited-edition and two other variants with certificates by Dynamic Forces; Alley Cat Vs Lady Pendragon, limited edition with certificate by Wizard; Alley Cat, No's. 1-6; and Lingerie Edition, No.1; sundry issues of Madam Mirage; Bomb Queen; Danger Girl; Velvet; Cyber Force; Wild Cats; and other titles by independent publishers.

JOHN PIPER, CH British (1903-1992). Sketch "Albert Road, London" in pencil Signed lower right, inscribed on paper backing "Commission for Sir John Betjeman - Oct 1975, "Shell Guides", watercolour 45 x 24cm., on verso in pencil "Bob Lewin" John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (13 December 1903 – 28 June 1992) was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. He was educated at Epsom College and trained at the Richmond School of Art followed by the Royal College of Art in London. He turned from abstraction early in his career, concentrating on a more naturalistic but distinctive approach, but often worked in several different styles throughout his career.Piper was an official war artist in World War II and his wartime depictions of bomb-damaged churches and landmarks, most notably those of Coventry Cathedral, made Piper a household name and led to his work being acquired by several public collections. Piper collaborated with many others, including the poets John Betjeman and Geoffrey Grigson on the Shell Guides, the potter Geoffrey Eastop and the artist Ben Nicholson. In his later years, he produced many limited-edition prints.

Two Zippo lighters RAF Battle of Britain Spitfire, Lancaster Bomber and another Air Corps 91st Bomb Group another Sea Princess lighter

A Worcester Porcelain Sauceboat, circa 1765, painted in underglaze blue with the Man with a Bomb pattern on a scale moulded ground, crescent mark18cm longChip to the spout. The spout and thumbpiece very slightly abraded. Some glaze wear and scratches. No restoration.

Atomic bomb.- Smyth (H. D.) Atomic Energy. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government, first English edition, rusting to staples, original printed wrappers, rust staining to upper cover, light browning to spine and covers, splitting to joint ends, spine ends a little chipped, [PMM, p.253 no. 422e], 8vo, 1945.

Hot Wheels (Mattel) Redline 6419 Peeping Bomb - metallic magenta, blue tinted windscreen (USA base) - overall condition is generally Excellent - nice bright example.

Hot Wheels (Mattel) Redline Vintage Tinplate Buttons/Badges - a group of 28 (all different) including Volkswagen Beach Bomb; Custom Mustang; Deora; Heavyweights Moving Van; Ambulance plus many others - conditions are generally Good to Excellent (some have rusting on rear) - see photo (28)

Johnny Lightning Topper Toys group of original issue Dragsters - all with pale green windows (1) Bug Bomb - metallic purple body, black wall wheels (front engine detached but still present, rear engine missing exhausts); (2) Vicious Vette - metallic blue body, black wall wheels; (3) Custom Mako Shark - metallic onyx green body, redline wheels; (4) Custom Turbine - metallic silver-green body, redline wheels (canopy suffering from usual shrinkage and is loose but still present); (5) Nucleon - metallic gold body, black wall wheels - Good Plus to Excellent unboxed. (5)

ROCK N ROLL/ ROCKABILLY/ BLUES/ R&B - 78RPM SHELLACS (O & R LETTER LABELS). A fine selection of 23 mixed genre 78rpm shellac, all released on labels starting with the letter O & R. Artists/ titles include Larry Dean - Dive Bomb Boogie (1039), The Magichords - The Game Of Broken Hearts (3237), Jimmie Skinner inc Doing My Time (252), I Believe I'm Entitled To You (255), Rhythm Willie - Wailin Willie, Howard McGhee - Lifestream, Al Clauser - Little Black Bronc, Spirit Of Memphis - Standing By The Bedside, David Dean - Too Fine To Be Mine, Marie Adams - My Search Is Over, Prisoners Sing - In The Garden. Tex Grimsley, JB Lenoir, Sonny Sims, Johnny Otis Orchestra, Ramblin Lou, Paul Tutmarc, Earl Robbins, King Pleasure, Larry Vincent, Midred Jones. Condition is generally V+ to Ex+.

SAVOY RECORDS - 78RPM SHELLAC PACK. A pack of 16 x Shellacs. Artists/ Titles include Johnny Otis' Congregation - Wedding Boogie (764), The Marshall Brothers - Mr. Santa's Boogie (825), Billy Wright - Turn Your Lamps Down Low (827), H-Bomb Ferguson - Big City Blues (836), Varetta Dillard - Easy, Easy Baby (847), Varetta Dillard - I Cried and I Cried (871), Elmore Nixon - Elmore's Blues (889), Georgie Stevenson - Teasin' Tan (1123), Luther Bond - What If You (1124), Nappy Brown - Love, Baby (1196), Kelly Owens Orch. - Sweetie and The Debutantes - Just Leave It To Me. The condition is generally V+ to E+.

A scrap book and contents of newspaper cuttings, mostly relating to WW2 bomb damage and blazes around the Sudbury area

A boxed Corgi Aviation Archive 1/72 limited edition (199/300) Avro Lancaster B.1 (Special), 617 Sqn with Grand Slam bomb (model no AA32609). Very good condition. Box good with light storage wear.

Boxed Corgi Aviation Archive set (AA32618) 1/72 special edition Avro Lancaster B Mk1 (Special), LM220 "Getting Younger Everyday", 9 Sqn, Bergen Raid (U-Boat pens), Norway, January 1945 with Tall Boy bomb. Model inspected and in mint condition, accessories never used, no damage or factory flaws noticed. Box good with light storage wear.

WW2 Atom Bomb pilot Paul Tibbets signed US FDC with unsigned b/w photo 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

5 INERT WW2 GERMAN BOMB FUSES

Small qty of vintage toy cars inc Dinky etc (some a/f) t/w Caley's monster Humpty Dumpty joke bomb & Ian Allan Trains book

An inert WW2 No.36 M Mills Bomb hand grenade, complete apart from ring, pin & lever. Marked on the base plug: No.36 M Mk.1 Z WD C 40

A WWI First World War British Army Mills Bomb hand grenade casting fashioned into a match striker. Mounted onto a brass lacquered base with text to the side reading ' Memento Of The Great War Actual Hand Grenade Casting As Used By The Allies. Reg No. 651542. 1915 '.

A 20th Century British Army Paratroopers Bomb Disposal combat uniform shirt / jacket. Lightweight camo fabric with front Velcro pockets and removable cloth patch badges to the upper arm. Size 170/88.

An original WWII Second World War British Army issue No. 36 Mills Bomb hand grenade. Inert, but a complete example with with pin, lever, zinc central tube and original screw-in cap to base. Base marked No 36 MK1 with makers Kenrick & Sons and 43 date.

Lledo Days Gone die-cast including three three-vehicle presentation pack with figures, boxed, together with die-cast vehicles with various decal including Bournville, Robinsons Squashes, Coca-Cola, Straford Blue Bus, Godfrey Davis Ford, Luckhurst Fire Truck, Australian Days Gone Collectors Club, Rapid Cash Transit, London Transport Bus, Redburns Motor Services, The Northern Daily Mail, Acme Cleaning Co. Plus 8 Days Gone Military die-cast vehicles, including a black Model Ford, 1935 Morris Parcels Van, 1934 Mac Canvas Back Truck Army-3 Ton Truck, 1942 Dodge Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal, Morris Light Truck 8th Army, 1934 Mack Sack Truck with Mack Sand Bag, 1939 Chevrolet Panel Van Army Light Ambulance, 1932 Dennis Limousine Army Signals H.Q and three Days Gone Collectors Club Models including 1935 Ford 3 Ton Articulated Truck Club Summer 1995, Club Summer Outing 1926 Dennis Delivery Van Club Winter 1994-95 together with a Days Gone Souvenir of London Special Edition, Days Gone Collectors Club Summer Edition 1995. Box sets including Circus; London's Fire Engines; limited edition of 3000 Days Gone Steam Wagons 0606; limited edition of 3000 Days Gone Age of Steam; 24 carat gold-plated The Golden Days of the Film Industry Limited Edition of 10,000; Lledo Die-Cast Metal Models Special Limited Edition of 12,500. Plus Matchbox - The Unique Connoisseurs' Collection, 1984, in the original packaging with certificate, outer sleeve and key. Includes diecast models of 1911 Model T Ford, 1910 Benz Limousine, 1909 Opel Doctor's Car, 1912 Packard Landaulet, 1911 Daimler, 1911 Maxwell Model Gar Roadster. Limited edition M 1907 of 50,000 sets.

One Hundred vinyl singles, mainly punk rock and new wave, to include The Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King?/Unbearable, The Jam - David Watts/"A" Bomb in Wardour Street, Skids - Into The Valley/T.V. Stars, The Undertones - Wednesday Week/Told You So, The Jam - Funeral Pyre/Disguises, Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant/No Fun, U.K. Subs - Teenage/Left For Dead, U.K. Subs - CID/Live In A Car, The Flying Lizards - Summetime Blues/All Guitars, Skids - Sweet Suburbia/Open Sound, Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United/Sunday Morning Nightmare, Posh - Rough Lover/Chips & Oxy 10, Bernard Butler - Stay/ Hotel Splendide, Ian Dury And The Blockheads - I Want To Be Straight/Thats Not All, David Bowie - Rebel Rebel/Queen Bitch, Tom Robinson Band - 2468 Motorway/I Shall, Japan - Quiet Life/A Foreign Place, The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink/Love My Way and The Wonder Stuff - It's Yer Money I'm After Baby/Ohh She Said , together with others

Dinky Toys boxed model group comprising No. 604 Land Rover Bomb Disposal Unit, No. 667 Armoured Patrol Car, No. 784 Goods Train Set, No. 501 Fiat Strada, and No. 503 Alfetta GTV, sold with a Pilen No. 345 Opel Manta (All VGNM-BVG)

A collection of vintage Hot Wheels Redlines comprising a Beach Bomb, Custom Volkswagen, Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, and Light My Firebird, models in generally very good condition, the Light My Firebird has had its paint removed

2 boxed 1/72 scale limited edition diecast Corgi Aviation Archive Hawker Typhoon models: A rocket equipped Mk1B, 247 Sqn with half invasion markings (model no AA36509, 86/1200), and bomb equpped Mk1B "Pulverizer IV", 440 Sqn RCAF (model no AA36510, 192/1100). Models both in mint condition with unopened factory sealed accessory bags, no damage/factory flaws etc. Boxes good with modest storage wear.

British School, early/mid-20th century- How to deal with an incendiary bomb; pen on paper, 38 x 27.6 cm Please refer to department for condition report

A silver and cut glass scent bomb with embossed decoration, a similar scent bomb and a hammered silver backed toilet mirror with strut stand, 5 1/2" dia

WW1 14th Bn London Regiment Essex Regiment Officer Medal Group. Awarded to Lieutenant Stuart Riviere Calkin who served in France with the 14th (London Scottish) Bn London Regiment before being commissioned into the 1/8th (Cyclist) Bn Essex Regiment.Comprising: 1914/15 Star (3232 PTE S.R. CALKIN 14-LOND. R), British War Medal, Victory Medal (PTE 14 LOND R). Silver War Badge (46088) Pin absent. The medals are mounted as originally worn. Accompanied by miniature medal group mounted as worn Original Ephemera including 1917 Bombing Certificates Photographs. London Scottish badges including: Shoulder titles, Glengarry and sporran badges. etc. Lieutenant Stuart Riviere Calkin enlisted into the London Scottish in 1909 serving 3 years he was discharged in 1912, only to be recalled to the Colours in 1914. He landed in France on the 24th November 1914. He was selected for a commission and returned home being commissioned into the 1/8th Cyclist Bn of the Essex Regiment. He attended the Bomb School at Clapham Common in 1916 and qualified as a Bombing Instructor. In WW2 he once again volunteered and served with the 10th Bn Middlesex Home Guard with the rank of Sergeant. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

German WWII Elektronbrandebombe B-1E 1 kg Incendiary Bomb, excellent markings dated 1938, markings on the tile breaker read "AZ8312* 35b - R h/s/143 38", 'R h/s/143' indicates it was manufactured in the Rheinmetall Sommerda plant, AZ8312* is the fuze designation, with original paint including stencilling on the fin.

A WW2 RAF bomb winch.

WW2 German Luftwaffe Kettenkrad SD. KFZ.2 Half Truck Motorbike Number Plate. These vehicles were used to tow the bomb loading trailers. 17x12cm approximately

A typewritten unpublished eyewiness account of the bombing of Hiroshima written by Father P Siemes, Society of Jesus. Comprising of seven single sided foolscap sheets. Entitled "Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. Eyewitness account of FR. P Siemes, S.J."

WW2 Third Reich Luftwaffe Trade Qualification Badge collection comprising of 18 different trade badges: Armourer: Aircraft Equipment Admin: Air Signals: Searchlight equipment Admin: Motor Transport NCO: Signals: Teletype operator: Telephone operator: Motor Transport NCO: Aircraft warning service: Heavy bomb armourer: Fireman: Admin NCO: Motor Transport Equipment Admin: Sound Locator: Flak Ordnance: Signal equipment Admin: etc.

A mid-20th century chrome table lighter, in the form of a WW II RAF "Blockbuster" bomb, mounted on a wooden plinth with title plaque, h.24cm.