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JULY 20 BOMB PLOT SURVIVORS A wonderful schematic diagram of the conference room at the 'Wolfsschanze', or 'Wolf's Lair' where on July 20, 1944 a bomb was detonated in an attempt to kill Adolf Hitler, the diagram signed by nine German generals, staff officers, and aides who survived the blast. The hand-drawn image, executed on a piece of light cardboard, indicates the place, date, Hitler's location at the large map table, and the location of the bomb placed behind a table leg by Oberst Claus von Stauffenberg. It appears that each signer has signed the piece in the place at which he was located when the bomb exploded. Those signing include: ADOLF HEUSINGER (1897-1982), KARL BODENSCHATZ (1890-1979), KARL JESKO VON PUTTKAMER (1900-1981), ERNST JOHN VON FREYEND (1909-1990), HANS ERICH VOSS (1897-1969), OTTO GUNSCHE (1917-2003), NICOLAS VON BULOW (1907-1983), HERBERT BUCHS (1913-1996), and WALTER WARLIMONT (1894-1976). Lightly toned at margins, else very good. A rare assemblage of signatures.

(1894 - 1975) German vice admiral, head of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence section of the German armed forces (Abwehr), the number two man to Wilhelm Canaris. An important 4pp. folio, partly-printed D.S. and 4pp. of notes entirely in his hand, written in the Mondorf prisoner-of-war-camp, June 5, 1945, a 'fragebogen', or 'Personnel Questionnaire' issued by the Allies and whose completion was required of all high-ranking military officers. Buerkner lists his biographical details, political organization memberships, writings, speeches, travel, income, promotions and so on. More importantly, he lists all of his travels, including several trips to a secret 'German general', and most closely follow what would later become targets of Nazi aggression. Interestingly, both of Buerkner's bosses were hanged: Canaris for his involvement in the bomb attempt on Hitler's life, and Alfred Jodl, following his conviction for war crimes. Very slightly worn at the margins, else very good and worthy of further research.

LUDWIG BECK (1880 - 1945) Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, resigned in 1938 in protest of Hitler's decision to take Czechoslovakia. Beck joined the resistance, was implicated in the July, 1944 bomb plot, and was executed in his office after two suicide attempts. Rare T.L.S. on his official letterhead, 1p. 4to., Berlin, Jan. 15, 1938 to 'Ludi': 'Thank you for sending the documents...regarding the shooting competition...I shall pass the documents on to the army education department...'. File holes at left, else fine.

MEMPHIS BELL SIGNED NOSE ART A great Memphis Belle souvenir, a section of green-painted fuselage, 9 x 9 in. (sight) with a hand-painted replica of the nose art found on the original Memphis Belle. This piece of art has been signed in block letters in yellow paint by the veteran who painted the original nose art on the Memphis Belle and many other B-17s in the 91st Bomb Group, ANTHONY STARCER (1919-1986). An attestation of this fact is affixed to the verso, signed by the founder and president of the Memphis Belle Memorial Association. Limited edition no. 94/100. Our consignor claims that this is a portion of the fuselage of the aircraft following restoration, but we cannot independently confirm this claim.

Quantity of Goss Armorial items including WWI tanks, motorcyclists, unusual Grafton china figure entitled 'Over The Top' with the Arms of Lowestoft, further model of the Melrose Cup with the Arms of the Manor of St Blazey also a model of the Sheringham bomb commissioned by Burtram Watts (propeller lacking) qty

AA99189 70 Years Of The Spitfire 3 Piece Set, AA31925 70 Years Of The Spitfire Mk LFIXE, AA31907 Mk Vb, AA31908 MkVb and AA38703 MkXIV with Doodlebug flying bomb (all E boxes E-G) (5)

AA99189 70 Years Of The Spitfire 3 Piece Set, AA31925 70 Years Of The Spitfire Mk LFIXE, AA31907 Mk Vb, AA31908 MkVb and AA38703 MkXIV with Doodlebug flying bomb (all E boxes E-G) (5)

Family Group: Three: Lieutenant S. R. Perry, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, late Honourable Artillery Company, who was killed in action at Gincy on 17 September 1916 1914-15 Star (2298 Pte. S. R. Perry. H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. S. R. Perry.) good very fine Pair: Captain L. B. Perry, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L. B. Perry.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B45550’, nearly extremely fine Pair: The Reverend Canon H. C. Perry, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department British War and Victory Medals (Rev. H. C. Perry.) mounted as worn, very fine (7) £300-£400 --- Stephen Ralph Perry was born in 1893, the son of the Rev. Samuel Edgar Perry, Vicar of Littleport, Ely, and was educated at Tonbridge School. Following the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company on 8 September 1914, and served with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 23 January 1915. Commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, on 16 January 1916, he served with the 12th Battalion in the Ypres Salient, and then on the Somme, and was killed in action at Ginchy on 17 September 1916: ‘That morning, the Germans made a strong counter-attack and occupied a portion of our trench. Lieutenant Perry promptly led two platoons across the open, and after some very sharp fighting the trench was recovered, but whilst directing operations on the top of the parapet he was struck simultaneously by a bomb ands a rifle bullet, and died five minutes later. The two subalterns who were under him were both awarded the Military Cross. His Commanding Officer wrote: “A more gallant officer never came to France. He was a universal favourite, and we all feel his loos deeply. I saw his end, and a better one no man could wish for. He was most gallantly leading his men against the enemy and appeared to be utterly regardless of his own safety, when he was struck by several bullets... I do hope it will be some comfort to you to know that, as he had to go, the end came in such a way that you can always most justly think of him with the greatest pride”.’ Perry was buried at Ginchy, near to where he fell. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Lionel Banks Perry was born on 31 December 1884, the son of the Rev. Samuel Edgar Perry, and brother of the above, and was educated at Tonbridge School and Queens’ College, Cambridge. He undertook his medical training at St. Thomas’s Hospital (House Surgeon 1909-10), and was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 16 May 1917. He served during the Great War in Salonika attached to the 80th Field Ambulance, 26th Division from 28 June 1917, before being invalided home with malaria in 1918. He relinquished his commission on account of ill health contracted on active service on 30 November 1918, and was granted the honorary rank of Captain. He died, accidentally drowned, at Mundelsey, Norfolk, on 18 July 1926. The Reverend Canon Henry Charles Perry was born in 1887, the son of the Rev. Samuel Edgar Perry, and brother of both of the above, was educated at Tonbridge School and Queens’ College, Cambridge. Ordained Deacon in 1911, and priest in 1912, he was appointed Chaplain at Bedford School in 1913, and served during the Great War as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, from 1917. He later served a Rural Dean of Bedford, 1944-48, and was appointed an Honorary Canon of St. Albans in 1951. Sold with extensive copied research.

Baltic 1854-55 (J. Todd, R.M. H.M.S. “Hecla”) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with post-1873 suspension claw, several indentations to lower rim below naming and possibly restored from a circular mount, otherwise very fine £180-£220 --- Joseph Todd joined Hecla on 21 March 1854. This was his first ship and he was a Private 3rd Class, born in Guildford, aged 19 years 9 months. He was discharged to the Storeship Tyne for passage on 24/25 May 1854, having been invalided; from her he was discharged to Melville Hosp PPL on 20 June 1854. As the ship was at sea on 14 and 28 May and at Deptford on 29 June it is probable that Melville was a hospital ship based there. Hecla was a wooden paddle sloop launched at Chatham Dockyard in January 1839. It was in this Hecla (Captain W. Hayhurst Hall) and in this campaign that the first act of courage to be recognised with a Naval Victoria Cross occurred. Acting Mate (Midshipman) Charles Lucas tossed a burning enemy bomb overboard. Todd cannot have witnessed this as Lucas's action was on 21 June 1854, four weeks after Todd left the ship, but he may have been involved in the actions ashore one day (unknown) which resulted in the "Hecla Stone" being brought back and placed on Southsea Common. Sold with research including photographs of the Lucas V.C. group of medals and of a contemporary sketch of Lucas performing his act of gallantry.

1914 Star (No. 1868 Sepoy Jaimal Singh, 58/Rfls.) traces of verdigris, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Jaimal Singh, a native of Jhangpur, Jagraon, Ludhiana, Punjab, served with the 58th Vaughan’s Rifles during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action/ died of wounds on 13 November 1914. The Battalion War Diary for this day states: ‘On the night of the 13th November, the gap was rushed by a party of 50 men. A party of the same strength was sent from the reserve... and got into the gap, from which the few occupants fled... A bomb was then thrown into the trench and the party retired under a heavy rifle fire. This fire, however, was very wild and high, our casualties being 1 man killed and 3 wounded (1 man wounded since died).’ Jaimal Singh has no known grave and is commemorated on the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, France.

A fine Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private L. Schofield, Rifle Brigade, who was decorated for his gallantry in the ‘liquid fire attack’ at Hooge in July 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (B-3164 Pte L. Schofield. 5/Rif: Bde:); 1914-15 Star (B-3164 Pte L. Schofield. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (B-3164 Pte. L. Schofield. Rif. Brig.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1915, with bronze palme, mounted on card for display, edge bruise to BWM, otherwise generally good very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. During a pause in a counter-attack, he went down the line and helped three wounded men, returning at once to his place. He did this again during another pause and finally when the attack was concluded, he crept out and brought in two wounded officers, regardless of any personal danger.’ France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 14 February 1916. Leonard Schofield was born in Manchester in August 1891 and enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in September 1914, and was attached to the 8th Battalion at the time of winning his D.C.M. for the ‘liquid fire attack’ at Hooge on 30 July 1915, an action that resulted in battalion casualties of nearly 500 men killed, wounded or missing - and the award of the V.C. to 2nd Lieutenant Sydney Woodroffe. An account of the action appears in The War Record of the 8th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, from which the following extracts have been taken: ‘About 3.15 a.m. the Germans attacked. It had already been reported that they were very active in the front and the whole front line was standing to as usual at that hour. Part of the front line trenches were subjected to an intense bombardment which lasted only about two or three minutes, then suddenly sheets of flame broke out along the front and clouds of thick black smoke. The Germans had turned on liquid fire, apparently from hoses which had been established just in front during the night. Under cover of the flames swarms of bombers appeared on the parapet and in the rear of the lines. The mass of them had broken through and were moving right and left. The fighting became very confused and the machine guns were soon all out of action... Nearly all the platoons were overwhelmed and the Germans established themselves along the whole of our front, and were at once strongly reinforced by machine-guns and rifles. They then attempted to bomb down the two communication trenches, “Old Bond Street” and “The Strand”, but were blocked about half way up and held throughout the day. From the beginning of the action Zouave Wood had been subject to a violent artillery bombardment and all communications were difficult and all telephone wires cut. Reinforcements meanwhile arrived about 9 a.m. from the Brigade in the shape of one company of the K.R.R.C. The remains of the Battalion held the northern edge of Zouave Wood... At 2.45 p.m. exactly the counter-attack started: ‘D’ Company on the right advanced as if on parade. The enemy’s machine-guns and rifles had not been silenced in any way by the bombardment. The whole ground was absolutely swept by bullets. The attack was brought to a complete standstill about half way to its objective and no reinforcements could reach it. The same thing happened on the left, up “old Bond Street”. The second counter-attack failed. The remnants of the Battalion held on to the communication trenches until dark, and the front line of Zouave Wood was gradually taken over, first by the 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade and then by the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. At 2 a.m. on the 31st, the Battalion was taken out of action having suffered the following casualties: Six officers killed, three missing (almost certainly killed), and ten wounded (19 out of 24). Other ranks: 80 killed, 262 wounded and 132 missing (479 out of 758). Five cases of shell shock. Four machine-guns out of five were lost or disabled by enemy fire. The men fought without water or rations throughout the day.’ Schofield was discharged at Winchester as a result of wounds in September 1917, but was appointed a Flight Cadet in the Royal Air Force in May 1918, from which service he was discharged for a final time in May 1919.

A good Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ trench raid D.C.M. awarded to Lance Corporal H. E. Bradley, 2/23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment, who not only accounted for a number of the enemy with his bombs during the raid, but also rescued his wounded commanding officer Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5473 L. Cpl H. E. Bradley. 2/23 Lond: R.) good very fine £500-£700 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 29 September 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. He carried his wounded officer from the enemy’s trenches, through the wire, bound up his wounds, remained all night by him in a ditch and finally guided a party to his rescue. Though his hands were badly torn by wire he then led a search party for another wounded man.’ Harry E. Bradley served during the Great War with the 2/23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment on the Western Front (entitled to Great War pair and Silver War Badge). He served as part of the 181st Brigade, 61st (2nd/2nd London) Division baptism of fire during the crater fighting and trench raids on Vimy Ridge, June - October 1916. Bradley distinguished himself during one such trench raid, 7 August 1916, and the Divisional History gives the following additional details: ‘The second raid was carried out by the 2/23rd, the old “Loyals” of the 181st Brigade, on the night of August 7th. It was made by two parties; one comprising Second Lieutenant I. D. Hunt with two N.C.O.’s and eighteen men, the second under Second Lieutenant Flight, with a similar number of other ranks. Both parties started from the sap-head, covered by a heavy box barrage from the right Artillery group and trench mortars. They were met within a minute of zero by a fierce enemy fire, showing that the enemy had been forewarned. The raiders also found a number of Germans lying in wait for them in the trench to be raided. Lieutenant Hunt, within a few seconds, had six of his party put out of action, and was consequently delayed. Lieutenant Flint, in charge of the other party, was more fortunate, and got through the enemy’s wire without casualties. Lieutenant Hunt’s party, severely shaken by the losses at the start, became practically knocked out, and had barely reached the wire when the barrage “cease fire” signal was made. They could do little more, and the survivors had to withdraw, and were back by 10.30pm. Some time after the second party returned, reporting that Lieutenant Flint and two men were missing. It was impossible to discover their whereabouts or what had happened to them, till between midnight and one the next morning, when one of the two missing men returned. He reported that Lieutenant Flint had been wounded, and lay in an old trench with Lance Corporal Bradley, the missing man, looking after him. The man went out with a search party, but could not find his way, having lost all idea of direction in the dark. Finally, at 7.30, an officer’s party, on hearing a call for help, went out and brought back both Lieutenant Flint and Corporal Bradley. What had happened to the second party, it is told, was this. On getting through the wire it had split up into three groups, Lieutenant Flint going with the centre part of eight. Directly they entered the trench a German was seen outside a dug-out, and a bomb was thrown. Three more bombs were thrown into the dug-out, apparently with effect; then, while three of the men formed a bombing block, Lieutenant Flint, though wounded in the arm at the outset, and Lance Corporal Bradley, rushed along towards the far end of the trench. They met several Germans, who showed fight, but bolted after two had been killed. Pressing on they flung bombs down three dug-outs in succession, from which yells and cries were heard as the bombs burst. The two again pushed on and met more Germans; these flung bombs at them, wounding Lieutenant Flint in the arms, thigh, and leg, and he Bradley had to retire, but unpursued. They met a private of Lieutenant Flint’s party, and he, with Bradley, got the Lieutenant out of the trench with difficulty, which like all German trenches in the sector was several feet deep with vertical planked sides. The two were helping the officer back across No-Man’s Land when he fainted; unable to move him further, they placed him in an abandoned trench, where Bradley stayed in charge of him, while the other man went for help, eventually reaching the Battalion. The two other other groups of Lieutenant Flint’s party had worked for some distance down a German trench, but met no enemy; withdrawing safely when the recall signal went up. Of the raiders one man was killed, twelve, including the Lieutenant, were wounded, and one man was missing. Lieutenant Flint received the M.C. and Lance Corporal Bradley the D.C.M.’

The outstanding ‘1916 Pozieres Ridge, Somme’ M.M. awarded to Armourer-Sergeant, later Captain, G. Harry, 26th Australian Infantry Battalion, originally recommended for the D.C.M. for this action, he was later commissioned and appointed Intelligence Officer Attached 7th A.I. Brigade H.Q. A veteran of Gallipoli, Harry went on to be awarded a Military Cross for The Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, 1917, a Bar to His M.C. for The Battle of Amiens, August 1918, and was wounded in action - 9 October 1917 and 1 September 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (634 Ar: Sjt: G. Harry. 26/Aust: Inf: Bn:) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. The original recommendation states: ‘Lieut. Harry as Intelligence Officer of the 7th A.I. Brigade during eight days prior to the attack on 20.9.17 on Westhoek Ridge, was occupied reconnoitring the front over which the attack was to be made, and in noting the enemy barrages. This work entailed being constantly under heavy enemy shell fire almost continuously. His courage and devotion to duty cannot be too highly spoken of. As a result of his plucky and clever reconnaissance, Battalions were assembled for the attack in forward positions where they were immune from hostile shelling, and up to the time of their actually taking part in the assault, these Battalions suffered no casualties. It is certain that but for this reconnaissance, many casualties would have occurred during the assembly of these Battalions while they waited to go over.’ M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 7 November 1918. The original recommendation states: ‘During the operations on the 11th August 1918, South of Framerville, near Amiens, the situation on the right flank was very obscure. Lieut. Harry went forward right out into the gap between the Right Battalion of this Brigade and the Left Battalion of the neighbouring Division, under heavy machine gun and rifle fire. In spite of the enemy barrage, he proceeded to within 100 yards of the Hun posts, and though his clothing was pierced by enemy weapons fire, he went on and obtained information required. He showed remarkable courage and determination.’ M.M. London Gazette 21 September 1916. The original recommendation (for a D.C.M.) states: ‘Previous to the attack on the 4th August 1916, Sergeant Harry although a non-combatant put in a strong plea to take part in the attack. The O.C. Battalion Dump became a casualty on the way up and Sergeant Harry took over his job. Despite the fact that he was once completely buried and later was severely shaken by a high explosive shell he stuck to his job gamely for the 50 hours during which his Battalion occupied the trenches. He personally acted as guide for carrying parties across the open from the dump to the captured trenches on many occasions at great personal risk. In all his duties in the attack on Pozieres Ridge he showed great courage and control.’ Gilbert Harry, by trade a Gunsmith was a native of South Brisbane, Queensland. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 13 May 1915, and served with the Australian Ordnance in Gallipoli from 16 September 1915. Harry transferred to 26th Infantry Battalion A.I.F., and served with them in the French theatre of war from August 1916. He distinguished himself in particular on the Somme during the attack by ANZAC forces on Pozieres Ridge, 4th-6th August 1916 (see D.C.M. Recommendation): ‘The assembly of the assaulting troops on the evening of the 4th was not accomplished without considerable confusion and loss, for the German artillery fire was heavy on communication trenches and "jumping-off" positions. All difficulties, however, were overcome by the determination and energy of subordinate leaders, and, for the most part, the leading waves moved forward punctually at 9.15pm in order to get close to the barrage before it lifted. South-east of Bapaume road Br.-General W. Holmes’s 5th (N.S.W.) Brigade attacked with the 20th Battalion on the right and the 18th on the left. Here O.G.1 was captured easily, but hand to hand fighting occurred before O.G.2 fell to the third and fourth waves of the assault. This trench was so badly damaged by the British bombardment that it was not easily recognised, and some of the more ardent spirits ran into the British barrage as they pushed forward beyond. Consolidation began promptly, Lewis-gun posts being established along the site of O.G.2. On the right, the 20th blocked the entrance to Torr Trench and formed a defensive flank for the attack of the 68th Brigade (left of the Fourth Army) on Torr Trench had failed. Between the Bapaume road and the track leading to Courcelette, the 7th Brigade (Br.-General J. Paton) employed three battalions: from right to left, the 27th (South Australia), 25th (Queensland) and 26th (Queensland and Tasmania), the 22nd Battalion of the 6th (Victoria) Brigade forming the extreme left of the frontal attack. Here, as elsewhere, the foremost infantry reached O.G.1 on the heels of the barrage, finding the German wire no obstacle; but the third and fourth waves were caught in the hostile protective barrage, and suffered considerable loss. There was some loss of direction in the advance, so that the O.G. line between the Bapaume road and "The Elbow" were assaulted by only three companies of the 27th Battalion, the other battalions crowding to the left. Nevertheless, O.G.1 was everywhere occupied without much trouble, and the attack swept on to O.G.2. Near the road on the right this trench had been obliterated and was not occupied by the 27th Battalion; neither was the site of the windmill, also included in the objective of the 7th Brigade. Farther to the left the Australians caught the German machine gunners before they could open fire, many of the defenders being bombed in their dug-outs, and after some sharp fighting most of O.G. 2 fell into Australian hands. German dead, grim testimony to the effective fire of the British artillery, lay in hundreds about and beyond the captured trenches. The main task of the infantry had been accomplished in less than an hour. On the left flank, however, the prevailing wind was unfavourable for smoke, and a detachment of the 23rd Battalion (6th Brigade), which was to link up with the O.G. lines along the Courcelette track, was checked by fire of a machine gun from the north. It was not until late on the 5th August, after this machine gun had been captured, that the left flank was made secure. Patrols had pushed forward in the darkness, the British barrage ceasing at midnight for a time to facilitate reconnaissance. Consolidation began under a fierce hostile bombardment. The intention was to hold the captured position by Vickers and Lewis-gun posts and a small infantry garrison; but the inevitable German counter-attack developed before the preparations were completed. About 4 am on the 5th the 7th Brigade saw lines of Germans advancing up the slopes from Courcelette; the fire of the machine guns took heavy toll of them, and some came forward to surrender. Those who sought cover in shell-holes were bombed by Stokes mortars. The 27th Battalion, assisted by the 28th (W. Australia), then pushed forward and dug in round the windmill and on the O.G. 2 position near the Bapaumes road. On the right flank of the 26th Battalion, north of the Elbow, about one hundred Germans tried to bomb their way in shortly before 5 am. They were driven off by Lewis-gun fire, leaving ten prisoners behind - the Australians had now captured more than five hundred Germans.’ (Official History of the War, Military Operations, France and Belgium, The Imperial War Museum, refers). The Australians had successfully captured the crest of the Pozieres Ridge and they received the congratula...

British 3kg Practice Smoke and Flash Bomb No.2 MK.1 SR 800, good stencilling, in used condition missing its nose cone and has some scuffs but a fair example.

A TRAY OF RAF RELATED COLLECTABLES TO INCLUDE A CHRISTMAS ISLAND H BOMB TEST 1957-58 PENNANT FLAG, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, CAP ETC

GROUNDHOGS - LP PACK (INC SIGNED). A wonderful pack of 7 LPs by legendary blues-rock group Groundhogs. Titles include Thank Christ For The Bomb (LBS 83295, signed cover. Blue Liberty label. Record has some light surface marks, VG/ sleeve has some staining, VG), Blues Obituary (LBS 83253, black Liberty label. Ex/ Ex), Who Will Save The World: The Mighty Groundhogs (UAG 29237, Ex/ fold-out sleeve Ex), Split (LBG 83401, black labels. Ex/ VG+), Solid (WWA 004, includes insert. Ex/ textured sleeve Ex)Crosscut Saw (UAS 29917, Ex/ VG+) & Hogwash (UAG 29419, VG/ VG).

Regimentally Important East Yorkshire Regiment Great War 1915 Bombing Party Distinguished Conduct Medal Group of Five Including a Verified Award of the Greek Military Cross Third Class, One of Only Two Awards to the Regiment, Distinguished Conduct medal GV, “9277 PTE. E. LUCAS 2/E. YORK:REGT.”, 1914-15 Star medal, “9277 PTE. E. LUCAS E. YORK: R.”, British War and Victory medals, “9277 SJT. E. LUCAS E. YORK. R.”, Greek Military Cross 3rd Class, reverse with date 1916-17, unamed as issued. Medals court mounted for display.Distinguished Conduct Medal - London Gazette 16th November 1915, ‘For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on 29th/30th September 1915, near Vermelles. During German counter attacks he was continually leading parties of bomb throwers. By his coolness and daring he set a fine example.’Greek Military Cross, 3rd Class - London Gazette 7th October 1919, 9277 Serjeant Edward Lucas D.C.M., 3rd Battalion, Est Yorkshire Regiment (Tonbridge, Kent). 1 of only 2 awards to the Regiment.Born in the village of Marden, Kent, 21 year old Edward Lucas was a farm labourer living in Tonbridge when he enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment on 18th May 1909. He served in India for nearly 5 years before arriving in France on 15th January 1915. At dawn on 29th September the Battalion was in the trenches near Vermelles when the German forces launched a heavy bombing attack. 2 squads of bombers from the East Yorkshires went to reinforce the South Staffords and beat off the attack. 2 hours later the Germans broke through the line to the left of the Battalion and once again the bombing squads went forward and broke up the attack and reoccupied the vacated trenches. The fighting continued all day long and during the afternoon the enemy made a heavy attack on the trenches held by the Middlesex Regiment, once again the bomber of the East Yorkshires went into action and drove the enemy back retaking all the captured line allowing the Middlesex Regiment to reoccupy their former positions. German attacks carried on through to the 30th but made little progress. In September the Battalion suffered casualties of 24 Other Ranks killed, 90 wounded and 6 missing. The following month the Battalion moved out to Salonica. During his wartime service Edward Lucas was wounded twice, GSW to the thigh in May 1915, and slightly wounded in January 1918 he also contracted Malaria and in September 1918 he was hospitalised with influenza finally being demobilised on 24th January 1919.

Inert Bomb AAD No2 Mk1, Wire Barrage Rocket Type, complete with the 7.5 inch and 30 inch parachutes. Much of the original paint finish to the metal section and still with the paper “DANGER” tag. Accompanied by photocopied paperwork giving technical details and illustrations of how the bomb works. Produced to counter low flying and dive bombers etc. This lot is inert (Empty and Safe) and legal to own in the UK. We are not able to offer in house post and packing on this lot. Please make sure that you are able to make collection of this lot if you bid. Please note only available to bidders in the UK or those who can arrange for collection.

An Interesting WW2 Royal Navy Medal Group of Six to a Petty Officer Who Survived the Sinking of H.M.S. Hereward in 1941 and Spent the Rest of the War as a Prisoner, group consists of Naval General Service medal GVI (1st type) with clasp Palestine 1936-1939, “JX.137436 E.F. BAXTER P.O. R.N.”, 1939-45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star, Italy star, War medal 1939-45, all un-named as issued. Accompanied by a selection of original ephemera, card box of issue for the N.G.S., card box of issue for Second World War medals (64 Rodwell Road, Weymouth, Dorset) with Admiralty issue slip, Certificate of Service, Torpedo History sheet, Trade Certificate (Leading Torpedoman), Uniform photo, Masters Certificate (6thJuly 1967). Ernest Frank Baxter was born in Dover, Kent on 28th September 1915. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in July 1932. In August 1940 he joined the destroyer H.M.S. Hereward and was on board when she evacuated 450 members of the garrison of Heraklion, Crete on 29th May 1941. Later that day the ship was attacked by German Ju.87 dive bombers and struck by a bomb just in front of her forward funnel, turning for the coast of Crete she was subject to further air attack and sunk with the loss of 4 Officers and 72 crewmen, Ernest Baxter was one of the 89 surviving crew members, who along with most of the evacuees were picked up by the Italian Navy. Imprisoned in 4 different camps in Italy he eventually escaped from Camp 70 with 7 other prisoners on 8th September 1943 when the Italians surrendered. Sheltered by local farmers they made their way towards the advancing Allied forces but on Christmas Day 1943 Ernest and some of the party were captured by German forces. Transferred to Germany he then spent time in Moosburg and Marlag & Milag Nord camps until his release in April 1945. Ernest Baxter died in Weymouth in June 1994.

TRIP HOP / HIP HOP / ABSTRACT / DOWNTEMPO - 12" COLLECTION. Mellow vibes guaranteed in this great collection of around 37 x (almost entirely) 12". Titles / Artists include David Axelrod - David Axelrod (7494801419), The Dub Funk Association - The Pendulum Version (SV 04), Custerd - Boom Bang Bombay, Barrio Beats Featuring: Master O.C. & Winston, True Hustlers - Mental Midgets Gotta Go, Numarx - Do You Wanna (MARX 1002), Bomb - Can-U-Dig It!, Espiritu - Man Don't Cry, Definition of Sound - Now Is Tomorrow and Blue Foundation - As I Moved On. The condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.

CARTIER Armbanduhr Modellserie Tank, Handaufzug, Schweiz um 1980, verg. Sterlingsilbergeh. inkl. orig. Lederband m. verg. orig. Dornschl., Zifferblatt Tricolor (RG/GG/WG), Mineralglas bomb., Schmuckkrone, Boden 4-fach verschr., Basiskal. von ETA, M. ca. 28 x 21 mm, Nutzsp. altersbed., EZ 3CARTIER wristwatch series Tank, manual winding, Switzerland around 1980, gold-plated sterling silver case including original leather strap with gold-plated original buckle, dial Tricolor plated (pink/yellow/white gold), mineral glass arched, jeweled crown, case back screwed-down 4-times, base calibre from ETA, measures approx. 28 x 21 mm, signs of use due to age, condition 3

BREITLING Armbandchronograph Crosswind Referenz B13055, Automatik, Schweiz um 1998, Edelstahl/Gold kombiniert inkl. Lederband m. orig. Faltschl., Boden & Krone verschr., bomb. & entsp. beschichtetes Saphirglas, Lün. mit Goldreitern eins. rast. drehbar, 30 Min.- & 12 Std.-Stoppz., Datum, Basiskal. ETA 7750, D. ca. 42 mm, EZ 2BREITLING chronograph Crosswind reference B13055, self winding, Switzerland around 1998, stainless steel/gold combined including leather strap with original deployant clasp, screwed-down case back & winding crown, sapphire crystal, unidirectional revolving bezel with gold flags, 30 minutes- & 12 hour- register, date, base calibre ETA 7750, diameter approx. 42 mm, condition 2

BREITLING Herrenarmbanduhr Modellserie Chronomat Referenz D13050, Automatik, Edelstahl/Gold kombiniert inkl. Pilotband, Lün. m. 60er Teilung eins. rast. drehb., bomb. Saphirgl. entsp. beschichtet, schwarzes Kontrastzifferbl. m. gold. Hilfszifferbl., Anz. v. Std., Min., kl. Sek., Datum & Chronographenz., Boden & Krone geschr., Basiskal. Valjoux 7750, D. ca. 40 mm, L. ca. 20,5 cm, orig. Etui & Pap., demnach gek. 05/1996, Überh. empf., EZ 2-3BREITLING gents wristwatch series Chronomat reference D13050, self winding, stainless steel/gold combined including pilot-bracelet, unidirectional revolving bezel with 60-minute graduation, arched sapphire crystal, black contrast dial with gilded sub-dials, display of hours, minutes, constant second, date & chronograph, screwed down case back & winding crown, base calibre Valjoux 7750, diameter approx. 40 mm, length approx. 20,5 cm, original box & papers, sold in May 1996, overhaul recommended at buyer's expense, condition 2-3

Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party by Graham Greene 1980 First Edition Hardback Book published by The Bodley Head Ltd some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99

World War II Dambuster Grant McDonald signed 66th Anniversary The Operations of 617 Dambuster Squadron V 1 Flying Bomb Site Pas De Calais FDC PM The Dambusters 617 Squadron Royal Air Force Scampton Lincoln. 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

A regimental copper bugle, a pair of military binoculars and a bomb shell ashtray (3)

Atomic bomb.- 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, some corners creased, original wrappers, extremities creased and lightly chipped, spine browned, light surface soiling, [PMM, p.253 no. 422e], 8vo, 1945.

NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) Travels with my Aunt, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, small stain to upper cover, short tear to spine head, 1969; A Sort of Life, 1971;The Human Factor, 1978; Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party, 1981, first editions, dust-jackets signed by designer Michael Harvey, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, slight creasing to edges; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (7).

Early 19th Century inlaid oak-cased 8-day painted dial longcase clock, probably by William Peplow, Wellington, 13-inch break-arched Roman dial erroneously inscribed 'W. Tetlow Wellington', with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar crescent, within floral spandrels and shell-painted arch, in crossbanded case (with incendiary bomb damage to right side), 215cm high

The Dam Busters, a FDC signed by 6 famous names of the 617 squadron. Postmarked 21st June 1972. Flown in Vulcan B Mk2 to RAF Scampton with 'Scampton 23 June 1972' rubber stamped to back. Commemorating the 617 Squadron Reunion and the opening of the Cheshire home in Toronto, Canada. Signed by: Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (1887-1979). Inventor of the bouncing bomb that was used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise, (the Dam Busters raid), 16, 17th of May 1943. Frederick William Winterbotham (1897-1990). "Ultra" Intelligence Operative who enabled Operation Chastise by adding to Barnes Wallis's correspondence to top brass. Air Chief Marshal Ralph Alexander Cochrane (1895-1977). Commanded No. 5 Group RAF and oversaw the 617 Squadron Dam Busters Raid. David John Shannon (1922-1993). Pilot of "L for Leather" aircraft, he made the first run on the Dam Busters raid, hitting the Eder Dam. Geoffrey Rice (1917-1981). Pilot of "H for Harry" aircraft, he lost his Upkeep bomb due to flying so low it was dislodged by a wave in the English Channel and so he returned to base. Leonard Cheshire (1917-1992). Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron from November 1943 to July 1944 and founder of the Leonard Cheshire charity. 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

A collection of military brass shell cases canon balls and a fragment of German incendiary bomb (a lot)

Postcards, Comic, a good mixed scouting selection of approx. 38 cards inc. part set (5/6) 'Boy Scouts' (no artist or publisher). Artists include Reg Carter, Dudley Buxton, A.E Kennedy, Tempest, Spurgin, G.A.S, Colbourne, McGill etc. Themes include first aid, cooking, romance, good turn, patriotic, off to war, waiting for bomb s, guard duty, tramp etc (mixed condition)

Postcards, an Art Deco glamour mix of 10 cards, inc. 3 cards illustrated by Xavier Sager 'The Merry Widow', lady sitting on bomb, and creepy gentleman . Lady with a hat box (Kirchner, fair), Pierrot and 18th century couple illustrated by D Gobbi (2). Also Chiostri, Hardy etc (mixed condition)

Stereoscopic Cards, 'Realistic Travels Publishers' series 'By Royal Command Of Their Imperial Majesties King George V and Queen Mary', approx. 60 cards showing WW1 military scenes to include weapons, trenches, The Somme, gas attack, bomb damage Lowestoft, army balloon on fire, dug out etc. (gd) (approx. 60)

A rare mid-19th century mother-of-pearl-inlaid rosewood dial timepiece with revolving world time indicationJames Cooke, BirminghamThe octagonal case with inlaid border backed by a deep box with curved top and bottom apertures (the doors now absent), with a wall hook at both poles. The 12-inch dial with hinged cast brass bezel, solid, painted dial plate with Arabic minute ring and 43 different world locations featuring a prominent arrow pointer and Greenwich Mean Time below 60; the rotating painted Roman hour dial with I-XII repeated twice around the circumference, one XII being labelled beneath as Midday and the other as Midnight with the centre of the dial carrying two antique globes; Europe, Asia, Africa, and part of Oceania on the left and New Zealand and the Americas on the right below a steel minute hand, both plates being marked REGISTERED DECR2ND 1856 3910. The gut (now synthetic) fusee movement consisting of four knopped and bevelled pillars with an anchor escapement. Ticking, but crutch broken. Together with the pendulum. 42.5cms (16.5ins) high.Footnotes:The writing on the dial 'Registered Decr 2nd 1856 3910' is in reference to a Useful Registered Design application (intellectual property copyright) taken out by James Cooke of Birmingham on 2 December of 1856. The category for the registered design is listed as 'Clock or fingerpiece dial plates'.A dialmaker named James Cooke is listed as working in Birmingham from 1858-1880. Further, a dial making company was established named 'James Cooke and Son' in Birmingham in 1878, the proprietor having been in partnership with Edwin Howell since 1840 as 'Howell and Cooke'. James Cooke and Son would go on to make a new dial for the Shepherd clock at the Royal Observatory after the previous one suffered a bomb strike in October 1940. The new dial was installed in April/May 1947. James Cooke and Son was voluntarily wound up in 1980. Further information can be found on pages 84-90 of the March 2015 issue of the Antiquarian Horological Society Journal. An advert in the November 1953 Horological Journal for James Cooke and Son proclaims that they have been trading since 1840. Interestingly, the hemispheres which form part of the dial seem to be painted versions of James Wilson's dial transfer hemisphere maps, which were used on 13' painted longcase dials for moon phase apertures (see The Longcase Clock Reference Book by John Robey pg. 602) around 1793/5. James Wilson was a Birmingham dial maker who traded from 1777 until his death in 1809. Another dial maker took over his premises but closed the business permanently in 1811/12. As the transfers James Wilson used on his longcase dials are the same size as those on this clock, it does not seem unreasonable to suggest that 28 years after closing, a partnership of dial makers used some old stock transfer plates to print the hemispheres for their copyrighted world time dial.With grateful thanks to Tony Corsini of the British Library who was instrumental in tracing the Registered design mark to James Cooke & Sons.See Bateman, D. (2015) 'The replacement of the war-damaged Shepherd dial at Greenwich by James Cooke & Son of Birmingham', Antiquarian Horology, Volume 36(1), pgs. 84-90 (Accessed 23 March 2022) and Birch, E. W., Tremayne, A. (1940)'Early Dial Makers', The Horological Journal, Volume 82(2), pgs. 62-63 (Accessed 23 March 2022).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

18 Airfix unmade kits. Scales 1:48. 1:72, HO/OO etc. Including Short Sunderland III. V1 Flying Bomb & Gloster Meteor III. Hawker Hurricane Mk 1. 2x Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1. Bedford QLT & QLD Military Trucks. 'Harrow' Locomotive. Fairey Battle. 2x Brewster Buffalo F2A-1. Stuart U.S. Light Tank M3. Airfield Control Tower. R.A.F. Refuelling Set. Polish Lancer 1815. All boxed, minor wear to some. Contents believed to be complete. £80-120

Edwin Whitney-Smith (British, 1880-1952): 'The Baltic Fountain', an important and impressive patinated and polished bronze figural fountain commissioned for the Baltic Shipping Exchange, London, 1907cast by the A. B. Burton Foundry, Thames Dittonthe female nude probably representing a sea nymph, holding aloft a model of a galleon in her upheld hands, standing on a shell and rockwork plinth issuing four sea serpent head spouts, signed and dated within the cast E. Whitney Smith, 1907, above a circular dished basin, raised on an octagonal open plinth cast with seaweed and foundry inscription A. B. Burton, Founder, Thames Ditton, the spreading circular base cast with sea scallop shells above a capitalised Latin presentation inscription to the outer border translating as 'This fountain was given by Edward Power and Edward John Power, father and son, well known/distinguished merchants (67) who for many years were members of the Baltic co/council/consigliore and who were its leaders 1907.', 281cm high x 136cm diameter approximatelyFootnotes:Bonhams is delighted to offer the Baltic Exchange fountain in our 'Fine Decorative Arts: Through the Ages' sale.The fountain, which formerly sat in the lobby of the Exchange's headquarters at 38 St Mary Axe, London however cannot be housed in the new designs of the building.Earlier this year the sale of the fountain was postponed while alternative options were investigated. One of these options was to donate the fountain to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. However, it was then concluded that the piece was 'outside the Museum's collecting remit'. The amount raised will go towards funding a new Baltic Exchange lifeboat at Salcombe for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI).'The Royal Academy Exhibition', The Building News, April 26th, 1907, Vol 92, p. 607.'Of the other works in the Central Hall, Mr. E. Whitney Smith's 'Drinking Fountain,' No. 1664, is the most delicately beautiful, with its fanciful base of seaweed, and its group of large shells surrounding a rock, on which a nude figure stands, holding the hull of an ancient galleon in her outstretched arms;...' Edwin Whitney-Smith: Born in Bath, Somerset, Edwin Whitney-Smith studied sculpture at Bath and Bristol Schools of Art. He also worked as assistant to William Harbutt, the inventor of plasticine and headmaster of Bath art school. Smith subsequently moved to London and began exhibiting at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon. Shortly afterwards, he began to hyphenate his name and thereafter styled himself as 'Whitney-Smith'. He received many commissions for portrait busts as well as creating small statuettes and, as was typical of his generation, a number of war memorials. Amongst his portrait sitters of note were the art critic Adrian Stokes, the painter Sir Alfred Munnings and perhaps also very pertinently given the maritime theme of the offered lot, the Liverpool shipping magnate, Sir William Forwood. In spite of several Academician proposals by prestigious sculptors and artists of the day during his career (including the sculptors Frederick William Pomeroy, Henry Alfred Pegram and Francis Derwent Wood in 1922 and the artists Samuel John Lamorna Birch and William Russell Flint in 1935), he was unsuccessful in being elected to the Royal Academy although ironically, the renowned sculptor Sir William Reid Dick, who was an early assistant in his studio in the early 1900s went on to secure his own membership two years after Whitney-Smith's death in 1954. The A. B Burton Foundry, Thames Ditton:As one of Great Britain's leading firms of bronze founders, the Thames Ditton Foundry operated from 1874 to 1939 under various owners producing numerous fine major statues and monuments. Established by Cox & Sons, a large firm of ecclesiastical furnishing suppliers, it cast ornaments and statues in bronze for sculptors and commercial suppliers. From 1902 to 1933 the firm came under the sole ownership of Arthur Bryan Burton (1860-1933). Originally apprenticed to Cox & Sons, Burton had later opened his own foundry in Kingston but returning in 1897 to become a co-owner with Arthur John Hollinshead. Burton served as a councillor on Surbiton Council, deacon of Surbiton Park Congregational Church, Sunday school teach, benefactor of the Scout Movement and a Special Constable during World War I.Works of particularly note cast by A. B. Burton from the same period include George Frederic Watts's Physical Energy in Kensington Gardens dating from the same year as the Baltic Exchange fountain, Adrian Jones equestrian statue of the Duke of Cambridge in Whitehall dating from 1909 and the forty-ton Quadriga on the Wellington Arch in Hyde Park Corner dating from 1910-11 which is one of the largest bronzes ever cast in Britain.The Baltic Exchange:Baltic Exchange Ltd, a community of hundreds of shipping companies and tracker of maritime transportation markets, was based at 24-28 St Mary Axe in the City of London. The exchange can trace its roots back to 1744 in Threadneedle Street. It was incorporated as a private limited company in 1900.In the early 20th century the firms main premises designed by Smith and Wimble and completed by George Trollope & Sons were opened in 1903. The building had an impressive and distinctively Cathedral-like trading hall housing an unusual stained glass war memorial completed after the first world war (now in the permanent collection of the National Maritime Museum). The building was subsequently used as a film location for a number of period drama films including Howards End, released in 1992.In 1992 on 10 April, the facade and parts of the building were badly damaged by an IRA bomb attack which very sadly saw three people killed and ninety one injured. The fountain suffered some minor damage in the attack but was later re-instated in the replacement modern premises which were rebuilt on land adjacent to the original site.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[ATOMIC BOMB]: COCKCROFT JOHN (1897-1967) British physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics 1951 in recognition of splitting the atomic nucleus. During World War II Cockcroft served as Assistant Director of Scientific Research in the Ministry of Supply, working on radar, and was also a member of the committee formed following the Frisch-Peieris memorandum which calculated that an atomic bomb could be technically feasible. Cockcroft was also part of the Tizard Mission of 1940 and was also later instrumental in the development of nuclear power. Manuscript D.S., J D Cockcroft, one page, 4to, n.p., 27th April 1949. Cockcroft responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled World Inquiry, with their manuscript questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your scientific “debut” easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living…..enable you to make yourself known in science? Or did you live solely through your work of laboratory? 3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Which do you consider as your masterpiece?'. Cockcroft provides his answers beneath, in full, '1. Difficult. 2. Yes - to some extent. 3. Disintegration of atoms by artificial means 1932', adding his signature below. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and one minor, neat split to the lower edge, otherwise VG

[MANHATTAN PROJECT]: WHEELER JOHN A. (1911-2008) American theoretical physicist, best known for popularising the term 'black hole'. During World War II Wheeler worked with the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago where he helped design nuclear reactors and later, in the early 1950s, helped to design and build the hydrogen bomb. Typed D.S., John A Wheeler, one page, 4to, n.p., 24th February 1948. Wheeler responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled World Inquiry, with their manuscript questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your scientific “debut” easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living…..enable you to make yourself known in science? Or did you live solely through your work of laboratory? 3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Which do you consider as your masterpiece?'. Wheeler has typed his answers beneath, in full, '1. The most difficult thing about work in science I have found to be the task of picking from all the problems within one's reach those few which are of the greatest importance. 2. My means of living have come always from my work in science and teaching. 3 (a) My work with Niels Bohr on the mechanism of nuclear fission probably has brought my name to the attention of more people than anything else I did. (b) My work with Feynman in Reviews of Modern Physics on Action at a Distance is probably my most original piece of work', adding his signature below. Immediately beneath Wheeler has added a brief T.L.S.¸ John A. Wheeler, n.p., 24th February 1948, to Mr. Corbiere, in full, 'I trust these answers will be found satisfactory. I shall look forward to the appearance of what promises to be an interesting book'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

TIBBETS PAUL: (1915-2007) American Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, Hiroshima, 6th August 1945. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Enola Gay - Mission to Hiroshima by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts, First Edition published by White Owl Press Ltd., Loughborough, 1995. Signed by Tibbets in bold blue ink to the title page, 'Paul Tibbets, B/Gen USAF (Ret), Commander, 509th Composite Group and Pilot, B29 Enola Gay 6 Aug. 1945'. Accompanied by the dust jacket. About EX

ENOLA GAY: Signed 10 x 8 photograph by three crew members of the Enola Gay individually, comprising Paul Tibbets (1915-2007) American Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, Hiroshima, 6th August 1945, Thomas Ferebee (1918-2000) American Colonel in the United States Air Force, bombardier of the Enola Gay and Theodore J. Van Kirk (1921-2014) American Major in the United States Army Air Forces, navigator of the Enola Gay. The cardstock image depicts the three men standing together in three-quarter length poses, each wearing their uniforms, and with the Enola Gay in the immediate background. Signed by each in bold blue inks to clear areas of the image. EX

BOCKSCAR: Signed 8 x 10 photograph by two crew members of the Bockscar B-29 bomber aircraft individually, comprising Charles W. Sweeney (1919-2004) American Major General in the United States Army Air Forces, pilot of the Bockscar, the second aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, Nagasaki, 9th August 1945, and Frederick Ashworth (1912-2005) American Vice Admiral with the United States Navy who served as the weaponeer of the Bockscar, the image depicting the mushroom cloud following the explosion of the Fat Boy bomb on Nagasaki. Signed by Sweeney in bold blue ink and by Ashworth in bold red ink, both to clear areas of the image, also adding their ranks and date of the bombing etc. in their hands beneath their signatures. VG

SELLERS PETER: (1925-1980) English actor and comedian. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Sellers standing in a half-length pose, in RAF uniform, in costume as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, in a scene from the black comedy film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick. Signed by Sellers in bold blue fountain pen ink to a largely clear area of the image. Signed photographs of Sellers from this film are rare and particularly desirable. About EX Provenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.

HAYDEN STERLING: (1916-1986) American actor. Vintage signed 9.5 x 7 photograph of Hayden seated in a full-length pose, in costume as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper, holding a machine gun in one hand, alongside actor Peter Sellers, in costume as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake in a scene from the black comedy film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick. Signed by Hayden in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to the image. EX Provenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.

SCOTT GEORGE C.: (1927-1999) American actor, Academy Award winner. A good vintage signed 10 x 8 photograph of Scott standing in a three-quarter length pose, in costume as Buck Turgidson, with his mistress and secretary, actress Tracy Reed, lying on the bed before him wearing a bikini in costume as Miss. Scott, in a scene from the black comedy film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick. Signed by Scott in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone, largely to the lower white border. About EX Provenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.

A George V silver novelty vesta case, by William Hair Haseler, Birmingham 1915, of First World War shell/bomb pattern, Rd650744, stamped to base 'With The Compliments of Pinchin Johnson & Co Ltd'.

WW1 German 1kg BI Incendiary Bomb. Great Condition-Base Unscrews.

AUCHENTOSHAN SELECTSingle 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.40% ABV / 70clBLAIRMHOR 8 YEAR OLD"Pure malt".40% ABV / 70clCHIVAS REGAL 12 YEAR WITH GLASSBlended whisky.40% ABV / 70cl

Henri Cassiers. 1858 - 1944. Beach scene with bomb barges and fishermen. Watercolor on paper. Dimensions: H 34 x W 51 cm. In good condition.

Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn (British 1870 - 1951)Hydrangeas by the studio windowsigned with monogram (lower right); studio stamp (on stretcher verso) oil on canvas, oval 87.6 x 66.3cm (34 1/2 x 26 1/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith David Messum, London.ExhibitedLondon, David Messum, Wilfrid de Glehn, RA John Singer Sargent's Painting Companion, Exhibition 1998, 1998, no. 12.LiteratureD. Messum, Wilfrid de Glehn, RA John Singer Sargent's Painting Companion, Exhibition 1998, exh. cat., London, 1998, no. 12 (illustrated in colour).In the background, this painting depicts a view of the River Thames and Chelsea Embankment taken from the window of de Glehn's studio in his London house at 73 Cheyne Walk. The house was sadly destroyed during World War Two by a parachute bomb in April 1941 resulting in de Glehn and his wife moving permanently to their Manor House at Stratford Tony. In two other works by de Glehn both depicting the drawing-room of his Manor House, one entitled Head of the Household, and the other My Drawing Room, Stratford Tony, this oval still life of blue flowers can be seen hanging on the wall to the left of the window.The importance of De Glehn's work was recognised during his lifetime as he held numerous one man-shows at Durand Ruel in New York and Paris, The Carfax Gallery, The Fine Art Society, Goupil Gallery, Leicester Galleries, Barbizon House, and Knoedler's in London, and Vose Galleries in Boston. It has been suggested that this painting could have been exhibited at the New English Art Club in 1906, as Hydrangeas, no 123.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Twelve Boxed Matchbox Lesney Superfast Models, including: MB-3e Porsche Turbo, silver, MB-4g 57’Chevy red Cherry Bomb, MB-6e Mercedes 350SL red/white roof, MB-6f Mercedes Convertible, metallic blue with silver side stripe, MB-7e Volkswagen Golf silver body, green stripe ‘Golf’ red interior, MB-9f Ford Escort RS.2000 white body, tan interior, MB-16f Pontiac Firebird, MB-25g Audi Quattro, MB-45d BMW 3.0 CSL orange, green glass, MB-52e BMW M1 silver body, clear glass, MB-59f Porsche 928 and MB-67d Datsun 260-Z models are in near mint to mint original condition, boxes are good to excellent, except for 25g which is fair.(12 items)

Steve Teasdale Pencil Drawn print of Tall Boy Bomb and the Bouncing Bomb used by the 617 Squadron. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Barnes Wallis Dambuster bomb inventor signed on his own RAF Historic Aviators cover. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Bayer (Herbert) Walter Gropius & Ise Gropius. Bauhaus 1919-1928, second printing, inscribed "Für Rosbaud von Gropius 1954" on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, Boston, 1952 § Moholy-Nagy (Laszlo) The New Vision from Material to Architecture, first edition, original grey cloth lettered in red, spine slightly browned, New York, [1930] § Klee (Paul) Pedagogical Sketchbook, first English edition, original cloth, yellow dust-jacket, soiled, rear panel defective, [19543], illustrations, all a little rubbed; and 11 others on the Bauhaus and related, 4to & 8vo (14)⁂ Paul Rosbaud (1896-1963), German scientist and publisher, who spied for the British during the Second World War, alerting them to the German V2 rockets and their failure to assemble an atom bomb.

Inert no 36 Mills bomb hand grenade marked SEG with early tureaded base plug. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Inert no 23 Mills bomb hand grenade marked JGW for James Gibsons Wolverhampton, body drilled, with rod mount base plug. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

W.Britain 18" Heavy Howitzer, patent applied No 658723, housed in the original box, O H & Co Trench Bomb Thrower (boxed and one unboxed, a pair of General Radiophones boxed and Mimic Die Cast Truck loaded with a chain gun. 

After BANKSY, Tesco Value Petrol Bomb, limited edition screen print, numbered 184/300, unframed. 32 x 45 cm overall.

A small collection of early 20th Century crested china including a model Great War Zeppelin incendiary bomb

A signed portrait photograph of Royal Navy Lieutenant Thomas William Gould, one of three Jewish recipients of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War, the photograph bearing Goulds autograph signature verso, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm. [An extract from Gould's award citation reads "On February 16th, in daylight, HM Submarine Thrasher attacked and sank a heavily escorted supply ship. She was at once attacked by depth-charges and was bombed by aircraft. The presence of two unexploded bombs in the gun-casing was discovered when after dark the submarine surfaced and began to roll. Lieutenant Roberts and Petty Officer Gould volunteered to remove the bombs, which were of a type unknown to them. The danger in dealing with the second bomb was very great. To reach it they had to go through the casing, which was so low that they had to lie at full length to move in it. Through this narrow space, in complete darkness, they pushed and dragged the bomb for a distance of some 20 feet until it could be lowered over the side. Every time the bomb was moved there was a loud twanging noise as of a broken spring which added nothing to their peace of mind. This deed was more gallant as HM Submarine Thrasher's presence was known to the enemy; she was close to the enemy coast and in waters where his patrols were known to be active day and night. There was a very great chance, and they knew it, that the submarine might have to crash-dive while they were under the casing. Had this happened they must have been drowned."