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Two WW1 German 37mm Shells and Heads brass shells. The bases stamped 'Patronenfabrik Karlsruhe 1917' and 'Karlsruhe 1903'. Both complete with steel heads with copper driving bands. Together with a WW2 incendiary bomb tail fin ... A WW2, 2 inch, mortar tail fin ... Alloy fuse head. 5 items.

Interesting Set of WW2 Bomb Damage Postcards 37 x black and white postcards showing bomb damage to houses, shops and a factory. A few cards with writing to the reverse including Beckton Road, Douglas Road, and Ravens Croft (possibly Canning Town London). Together with a small number of WW2/ post war posted letters ... RAF Service & Release book, together with various paperwork. Quantity.

Irish Military: [Curragh Camp] Private Vincent Hannigan, D. Squadron. A cloth bound Field Book with m/ss notes and drawings of bombs, bomb making, cross sections, methods and plans, multiple pages, dated "Bombing, Oct. 1916 - Private Hannigan," as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Various souvenir crested china, to include large scale pieces, WH Goss Glamorganshire, ancient Welsh bronze Crochon 10cm high, Arcadian Northampton crab, cups, saucers, vases, Chester Goss German Bomb Dropped On Bury St Edmunds, etc. (a quantity)

A RARE 16IN. TAMPION FROM THE BATTLESHIP H.M.S. RODNEY, CIRCA 1927, heavily cast in brass with central device surrounded by rope grommet border and suspension hooks behind -- 19in. (48cm.) diameter, Provenance: UK Private Collection., H.M.S. Rodney was the second of the two ~Nelson~ class battleships ordered under the 1922 Building Programme, both of which were laid down on 28th December that year. Whilst the order for the nameship (H.M.S. Nelson) went to Armstrong~s on the Tyne, that for Rodney went to Cammell Laird at Birkenhead and she was launched there on 17th December 1925. Displacing 33, 950 tons (38, 000 fully loaded), she measured 710 feet in length with a 106 foot beam and had impressive armour protection ranging up to 16in. in thickness . She and her sister were the only British battleships to mount 16in. guns and, in addition to nine of these grouped in threes on her main turrets, she also mounted 12-6in. guns, an array of anti-aircraft weapons and 2-24in. torpedo tubes submerged forward. Completed in August 1927 at a final cost of 7.6 million, she served first in the Atlantic Fleet (1928-32) and thereafter in the Home Fleet from 1932-41. In April 1940, whilst acting as flagship to Admiral Forbes, she suffered bomb damage during the operations off Norway but was soon repaired and back in service in time to take part in the hunt for the Bismarck in May 1941. Ordered to leave the convoy she was escorting and join the chase for the German raider, her engineers achieved speeds thought to be impossible given some earlier problems with both her engines and boilers, and it was Rodney which scored the first hit on Bismarck with her third salvo. After Bismarck had been sunk, Rodney then returned to convoy escort work until laid up for a major refit (December 1941 -- May 1942) after which she was in action supporting the North African landings in November 1942. In June 1944 she participated in Operation Neptune, the naval contribution to the D-Day landings and later, on 12th August, she knocked out an unseen German battery on Alderney with a celebrated 16in. salvo fired over a hill. By the end of the War she had steamed 156, 000 miles since her 1942 refit and was long overdue for another; post-War financial stringency dictated economy however and it was eventually decided to scrap her in February 1948.

A WELL PRESENTED AND MODELLED WATERLINE MODEL OF THE BATTLESHIP H.M.S. IRON DUKE, FLAG SHIP AT JUTLAND 1916, the laminated and carved wooden hull with lined paper plating and decks, with details including winches, main and secondary armaments, deck rails, companionways, fitted boats in davits, tripod mast with director firing, and other details, display at anchor with boarding sponsons out, on a painted green sea within glazed wooden case, overall measurements -- 12« x 47 x 13«in. (32 x 119.5 x 34.5cm.), The formidable Iron Duke, the nameship of the class of four battleships, was laid down in January 1912, launched in October the same year and completed in March 1914. Built at Portsmouth, she displaced 25, 000 tons, measured 580 feet in length with a 90 foot beam and carried a main armament of 10 x 13«in. guns. Additionally armed with 12 x 6in. guns, the first British big-gun warship to be so, she and her sisters could steam at 21 knots and were the last coal-burning battleships in the fleet. Flagship to the Home Fleet when first commissioned, she became flagship to the C.-in-C. (Admiral Jellicoe) upon the outbreak of War and, in this capacity, was present at the Battle of Jutland. Thereafter with the 2nd Battle Squadron until the end of War, she was in the Mediterranean from 1916-26 and then in the Atlantic until 1929 after which she was reduced to a training ship. Relegated to Scapa Flow as a depot ship in 1939, she survived the Second World War despite bomb damage and was sold for scrapping in 1946.

A reproduction Dutch style bureau of bomb form with well match figured walnut veneers, the fall flap enclosing a fitted interior of small drawers and pigeon holes with chequered inlay banding over three long drawers, raised on claw and ball feet

A 1917 PATTERN WWI ERA USA REMINGTON RIFLE BAYONET AND SCABBARD, the blade is marked with the usual circular Remington 1917 mark and exploding bomb on other side, the leather scabbard and frog is embossed 1916, also an Eastern white metal hand dagger and leather scabbard, the dagger having the makers marks William Rodgers, 'Cut my Way' and made in Sheffield, England

A WWII ERA GERMAN 2LB INCENDARY BOMB CASING, marked to base Az8312.308a, Rh.S 143 etc, a British WWI era sectionised 16lb shell with fuse and bag of shot and a British WWI (1916) 18lb MKII shell case

A LARGE PLASTIC CARRY DISPLAY CASE, containing a small collection of Grenades and fuses as follows ..... French 1914 model Ball Grenade, WWI lemon shaped Grenade, British WWI Mills Bomb, WWI British Number 14 Grenade, French WWI Citron Grenade, British WWI Number 24 Rifle Grenade, German WWI Discus Grenade, US M42/M46 Cluster Bomblet (inert) 1944 2lb shell case, 2lb high velocity shell, British WWI 101 percussion fuze, plastic model of a MKI 247 Grenade

A WWI ERA U.S. ISSUE P17 BAYONET, and scabbard/canvas frog, the bayonet has the 1917 and W in circle logo, to the other side is the US and Exploding Bomb logo

WW2 PAINS ARP PRACTICE INCENDIARY BOMB; INERT ; card tube with fuse to side and makers instruction label to top

A Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer,complex double sided circular slide rule designed by the Lovelace Foundation, based on The Effects of Nuclear Weapons revised edition 1962, giving survival rates from the initial blast, radiation sickness following and rate of 1st and 2nd degree burns for yields between I kilotonne and 20 megatonnes

FAMOUS MEN: Selection of signed pieces, cards, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various Admirals, Field Marshals, Authors, Politicians, Lawyers, Publishers etc., including Ernle Chatfield (A.L.S., in part, 'It is not possible yet to say what the advent of the Atomic Bomb will mean to the Navy. I think the new form of energy will be developed so as to increase the value of ships in many ways. Whether the ultimate effort will be to their advantage or disadvantage remains to be proved…', to a gentleman, 2nd October 1945, written two months after dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, 6th August 1945), Bernard Quaritch, Philip Walhouse, Frederick Lambart, William Birdwood, John Russell, Walter Nash, Charles Trevelyan, Ben Smith, Alec Halford Smith (T.L.S., in part, 'I regret to inform you that I do not see any prospect of our being able to take fresh entrants to the College at Michaelmas 1947. The number of our own men returning to us from the Forces is so large that we have had to close our entry lists' to Charles Jones, 22nd March 1946, on the printed stationery of New College, Oxford), Benedict Sumner, Charles Russell, Francis Baring, Henry Herbert, Alexander Lindsay, Francis John, Edgar Cecil, William Birkett (an A.L.S., replying to a query regarding defamation, in part, 'The fact that a book was privately printed in a limited edition of 50 copies would make no difference at all to the principle of Liability for Libel. What a plaintiff would have to prove would be (a) Publication to a Third Party, (b) of Deflamatory words referring to him…' to Miss Stewart, 11th December 1927(?)), Edward Eliot, Stanley Baldwin, William Allen, George Osborne Morgan (regarding a 'scandal' and agreeing to a ask a question on the subject to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies in Parliament, May 1890), Mike Bagshaw (A.L.S. regarding experiences as a navigator, 29th October 1946), Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood (A.L.S., in full, 'I have to request the favour that you will take charge of any proxy to be used at the election to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum on the 10th inst.', 4th July 1837), Earl of Derby (signed Free Front envelope panel, 1837), Ronald Tree, Henry Ruthven Moore, W.D. Ross etc. Nineteen are neatly corner mounted to 4to pages bearing neat ink calligraphic biographies in the hand of a collector to the verso. With some creasing, dust toning and minor tears etc. About G to about VG, 43 

After Christian August Lorentzen Copper Engraving Plate, entitled 'Bataillen Kiobenhauns' 2nd April 1801, approx 54 x 36 cms. This Danish print gives a good impression of the thick of the fighting at about noon on 2 April 1801, with the Danish floating batteries moored between the attacking British line and the city. Copenhagen was not directly exposed to attack though the main naval dockyard in the foreground was subject to some shelling from bomb vessels. To the top left, beyond the mast-crane are the small offshore Lynetten battery and the larger offshore Trekroner Fort, being attacked by Nelson.

R&B LPs - Authentic collection of 18 x LPs. Artists/titles are Authentic R&B (Stateside UK 1964 comp - VG/VG+), The Mighty Clean and Mickey Baker - Let The Good Times Roll (Polydor 2460-185 - Ex+ very clean record/VG+), Bo Diddley - S/T (UK Pye NPL 28026 - neat Ex/Ex) and Hey! Bo Diddley (NPL 28025, very unusual to see Ex+ condition record/Ex neat sleeve too), Big Mamma Thornton, Ray Agee, Larry Darnell, Floyd Dixon, Curtis Jones - Now Resident In Europe (Blue Horizon S 7-63207- Ex/VG+), H-Bomb Ferguson - Life Is Hard, Al Kooper, The Yardbirds inc. Five Live (Charly), Remember and Featuring Eric Clapton and introducing 'Spider' John Koerner - Spider Blues (EKL 290 original pressing from 1965 - Ex+ very clean record/Ex), The Return Of Ray & Glover, Blues, Rags And Hollers and Running Jumping Standing Still. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.

Selection of Cloth Formation Signs of the Royal Engineers, consisting of embroidered 26th Engineer Group, 2x embroidered 27th Engineer Group, 3x printed 29th Engineer Group, 3x printed 1st Port Task Force RE, embroidered 2nd Port Task Force RE, embroidered 3rd Port Task Force RE, 3x printed 3rd Port Task Force RE, variation circular Bomb Disposal RE, embroidered Bomb Disposal RE, bullion embroidered Bomb Disposal RE, 3x printed Transportation Training Centre RE, felt slouch hat pagri badge, RE ribbon pagri badge, 7x embroidered RE Training Brigade, 6x printed Royal Engineers Army Emergency Reserve Transportation Units, 4x embroidered and 1 printed Royal Engineers Army Emergency Reserve Field and Works Units, 3x printed Royal Engineers Emergency Reserve Movement and Control, printed RE Army Emergency Reserve Resources Units, embroidered Tyne Electrical Engineers, 3x embroidered 113th Assault Engineer group, embroidered 250th Independent Field Squadron Royal Engineers, embroidered 116th Engineer regiment, embroidered 115th Fortress Engineer regiment, printed Engineer Base Singapore and heavily mothed 46th Field Squadron Royal Engineers. Apart from the last, all remain in good condition. (53 items)

Insignia of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Logistic Corps Including assorted patterns of cloth (mainly black lettering on khaki or dark blue on scarlet) and metal shoulder-titles, buttons (KC and QEC). Together with officers' cap-badges in gilt, white metal and enamel, and a beret-badge in embroidery, and ORs' in anodised metal; and another card, showing RAOC Conductors' and Ammunition Technicians' badges, including Conductors' Royal Arms badges in metal or embroidery (gold on coloured cloth and worsted on khaki); Ammunition Examiners' qualification badges, in worsted embroidery on khaki or in brass for wear on khaki drill; and Ammunition Technicians' post-1950 flaming bomb insignia in brass, gold embroidery on coloured cloth or worsted on khaki. (2 cards, 55 items)

Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Brevets, 1940s - 1950s Two cards of 1940s types, padded and unpadded types for Pilot, Air Gunner, Bomb Aimer, Wireless Operator-Air Gunner, Observer, Flight Engineer, Navigator and Navigator-Wireless. One card mostly post 1953 types for Pilot, Electronics Officer, Navigator, Flight Engineer and Flying Technicians and Surgeon, Service Dress and Mess Dress. (3 cards 28 items)

Royal Australian Air Force Flying Brevets Padded and flat types - Pilot, Observer, Air Gunner, Bomb Aimer, Navigator, Flight Engineer, Signaller. (1 card, 16 items)

Polish Air Force in Great Britain Aircrew Brevets. Metal flying badges for Bomb Aimer, Flight Engineer, Meteorologist, Wireless Operator, Observer, Signaller. (1 card, 6 items)

Royal Air Force Pilots Brevets 1940s-1990s. One card of brevets, padded and flat types, Service and Mess Dress - Bomb Aimer and Air Gunner. One card of brevets, Service and Mess Dress types - Air Electronics Officer, Parachute Instructor, Air Quartermaster, Air Loadmaster, Meteorological Observer and Fighter Controller. (2 cards, 19 items)

RAF Skills and Trades Badges, 1940s - c. 1960s. One card of Marksmen's badges - embroidered types pre and post 1948; prototype woven variant; gilding metal and anodized Tropical types with RAF Medical Service badge and Assistant Provost Marshal shoulder-strap slip-on. One card of RAF Physical Training Instructor badges - gilding metal and embroidered Hand & Clubs badges; embroidered King's and Queen's crossed sabres uniform and athletics vest badges. One card of RAF Trade Badges - Air Sea Rescue, Bomb Disposal and Parachute Instructor - two unofficial ASR embroidered badges - the only official ones were printed; Parachute Instructor early and late type arm badges pre 1944; Bomb Disposal badge BG embroidered. (3 cards, 22 items)

Engineer Trade and Qualification badges, Buttons and Shoulder Titles A card of badges of Qualified instructors, drivers, Bomb Disposal personnel and divers, two in metal, the remainder in khaki or coloured cloth, embroidered in worsted or gold; a card bearing gilt/brass, white metal or silver-plated, and anodised buttons for officers and other ranks of the Regular and Volunteer Engineers, all Royal Cyphers from VR to EiiR, including seven of Edward VIII; and another card displaying cloth shoulder titles including a WW1 pattern RE title in white on khaki cloth, three pre-1941 RE titles on khaki cloth, six ROYAL ENGINEERS titles on scarlet cloth, and 5 similar titles displaying a regimental number below, together with three Arm of Service strips and sundry items. (3 cards, 110 items)

Handmade painted papier mache bomb/rocket.

Postcards, to include a bomb site, British villages and towns, France, etc, (qty)

Album of World War I postcards - depicting bomb damage in France and Belgium from 1914-1918

Silver Plated Ware - a Sheffield Old Plate coffee pot, sucrier and cream jug; a bomb shaped teapot; egg cups and stand; etc qty

An oak and aluminium military related bomb or shell, on a square base, 40cm wide

A large continental walnut bomb shape vitrine with oak drawer linings and back panels.

An inert Second World War German Luftwaffe aerial bomb fuse

A trepanning "plug" taken from an unexploded Second World War Luftwaffe Esau aerial bomb, bearing labels reading ASAU, Ford Square, Whitechapel, London, 10 cm diameter, together with related press cuttings [The core was recovered by Warrant Officer Nigel Daly, 33 Explosive Ordnance Division, Royal Engineers, during the 1989 de-fusing of the bomb. The previous year Daly had been awarded the Queens Gallantry Medal for his part in a similar operation]

A Second World War wall-mounting bomb direction indicator from Sir Winston Churchill's Cabinet War Room bunker codenamed "Paddock" and located at Brook Road, Dollis Hill under a corner of the Post Office Research Station site, of opaque glass and metal construction, 28 cm wide x 15 cm deep x 79 cm high With the threat of War imminent, plans for the standby cabinet rooms of the British Government began in 1938, with construction commencing in 1939 below the site of the Post Office Research Station. Comprising forty rooms over two floors, the bombproof facility was designed to protect the British Government and war leadership should the war rooms at Westminster be damaged or destroyed. Used on two occasions, the cabinet rooms were finally decommissioned in 1944, after which they used by the British Post Office as staff rooms before finally falling into disrepair following water ingress. It was during this period that this indicator was salvaged. It can be seen in photographs of the cabinet rooms before work began.

A Second World War Royal Marines Commando green beret, bearing a label with inscription Ex/1189, T A M Cooke (otherwise un-marked), together with related campaign medals, "Royal Marines" and "Commando" embroidered titles, "housewife" sewing kit, KD belt, passport, Order for Release from Naval Service, and numerous photographs Thomas Alexander Menin COOKE, born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, 15 January 1919. Educated at Erith County School and the City of London School before joining Westminster Bank as a Junior Clerk in 1936. During WWII served with the 1st Royal Marines Battalion and after completing Commando training at Achnacarry in October 1943, with 42 RM Commando (3 Commando Brigade). In November 1943, sailed from Gourock aboard HMT Ranchi. At the end of November 1943, the convoy of which the Ranchi was part, came under attack from a formation of Luftwaffe bombers. A bomb hit the Ranchi's forecastle, penetrated the deck and then exited through the vessel's other side before exploding in the water. The vessel subsequently diverted to Alexandria for repairs. 42 RM Commando re-joined 3rd Commando Brigade at Kedgaon in January 1944. The unit then underwent training near Belgaum before moving to Cocanada. From there sent to Trincomalee, Chittagong and then to Maungdaw where they relieved the 1st Ox and Bucks. In January 1945, they took part in an unopposed landing at Akyab Island. Later that same month, joined the assault on the Myebon peninsula and Kangaw, culminating in the battle for Hill 170. In late 1945, the Brigade was sent to Hong Kong to carry out policing duties. Marine Cooke was released from service on 27 February 1946. After the war, he worked for the Standard Bank of South Africa in Nyasaland. He died in Ipswich in 2001.

IRELAND, press stills, 1960s-1970s Troubles, inc. Joe Cahill, Bernadette Devlin, riots, protesters, soldiers, armed police, fires, battle of Berkeley Street, bomb damage etc., 8 x 10 and smaller, mainly with typed annotation to backs, G to VG, 48*

Post-Falklands continuation training. Arming logs, attack logs & Vulcan tanker photos, photocopy press cuttings etc. Also five 28lb practice bomb safety pins removed pre flight.

Polish metal detecting finds including Nazi Luftwaffe cross cartridge case SS aluminium matchbox holder and a German bomb head

Flavio Costantini signed limited edition print 'Emile Henry Throws a Bomb, Rue St.Lazare', 2/100, approximately 53 x 68cm

A SET OF CARL ZEISS BINOCULARS and a larger Russian pair by "Bomb" (cased)

An RAF cluster bomb, de-activated

WW2 Bomb split pin with original tag

DAMBUSTERS: 8x10 inch photo signed by Dams raid veteran George Johnson DFM, who took part in the raid as bomb aimer in Lancaster T for Tommy and actor Richard Todd, who played Guy Gibson in the film. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

DAMBUSTERS: 8x10 inch photo signed by Dams raid veteran George Johnson DFM, who took part in the raid as bomb aimer in Lancaster T for Tommy, dams raid participant Ray Grayston (Flight Engineer, Knights crew) whose bomb breached the Eder Dam and actor Richard Todd, who played Guy Gibson in the film. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

FALKLANDS VULCAN PILOT: 8x12 inch photo signed by Martin Withers DFC who flew the Vulcan, notably on Operation Black Buck One, to bomb the airstrip at Port Stanley during the Falklands War. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

Tonino Lamborghini Lighter, with case, Porsche design lighter, bomb lighters, Omega lighters etc.

A 19th Century Continental court sword with shagreen handle and brass cross hilt, the blade with gilt decoration of open book, skull and cross bones, cross of Lorraine, triangle and Maltese cross, housed in a brass mounted leather scabbard with leather outer case, together with an RAF bomb sight D, brass compass No'd 6E/276A.M. beneath a crown and 53138K in wooden box, inscribed "Delicate Instruments To Be Handled with Great Care" and a fuel can inscribed "Esso Ethyl"

ASSORTED COLLECTABLES comprising an unusual bakelite and chrome model of a Second World War incendiary bomb of multi-piece construction, 41cm long; together with a Second World War signal mirror, in its leather sleeve; various Great War postcards; and other items.

WWI Trench Art Bomb Fuse Desk Bell

Postcards, a collection of cards loose and in four modern albums, Edwardian loose French and later in albums themed with cars but also including, Germany, city scenes focusing on cars, WWII German parade/Staff car, Berlin Wall, Brandenburg gate, Germany- bomb damage, advertising cards (reprints), German wall showing division, loose Edwardian French, mainly historic buildings and scenic, Good.

Dinky Toys 604 Land Rover Bomb Disposal Unit, with unmade Surveillance Robot Kit, 668 Foden Army Truck, 690 Scorpion Tank, 612 Commando Jeep, in original boxes, E, boxes G-VG (4)

A wooden RAF Blenheim style Bomber Airplane, with metal cockpit and gun positions with opening bomb doors, with one bomb, painted silver with RAF roundels, possibly made during or just after WW2

A continental walnut bomb shaped bureau and bookcase, the bureau of one long and two short drawers raised on shaped supports, the fall flap with floral marquetry detail enclosing a fitted interior, the bookcase with astragal glazed panelled doors beneath a shaped pediment, 100 cm wide approx

John Minton (1917-1957) - Allegorical scene with figures and unicorn on a shoreline, oil on canvas, signed 'Minton' top left, further annotated to frame verso, 76 x 61cm Condition Report / Extra Information Francis John Minton was a prolific artist who also produced illustrations for Elizabeth David's influential cookbook 'A Book of Mediterranean Food' and the Leader Magazine, as well as posters for London Transport, wallpapers, stage sets and textiles. His tragically short life encapsulated a very particular moment in British art history; from early success with exhibitions at LeFevre Gallery and the Royal Academy, through a short stint in the Pioneer Corps during WWII, heady days as part of the Soho art scene (counting Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon amongst his friends), to influencing young artists while teaching at Camberwell College of Arts, the Central School of Art & Design, and the Royal College of Art. Minton's art reflected both his surroundings and his innermost feelings; ranging from gloomy bomb-scarred urban scenes, pastoral landscapes, and touching portraits of friends & lovers, to later colourful views from his travels in the West Indies. John Minton committed suicide in 1957 at the age of 39. It is thought that he felt artistically side-lined by the incoming abstract art trend, which was compounded by his on-going struggle with his homosexuality in a less tolerant age, and an increasing reliance on alcohol. Examples of Minton's work are held by the Tate, Leeds Art Gallery, and in the Royal College of Art collection amongst others, while a major exhibition to mark Minton's centenary took place last summer at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester. This particular painting was produced while Minton was studying at St John's Wood School of Art (1935-1938), and greatly influenced by fellow student Michael Ayrton's enthusiasm with the work of neo-romantic artists. It is referenced in Frances Spalding's 1991 biography of John Minton 'Dance till the Stars Come Down' as follows; "Eric Newton… praised the Group as a whole for imposing simplicity of form on difficult subjects but regretted a certain heavy-handedness and a lack of spontaneity in the handling of paint. These criticisms also apply to the picture with which Minton won a prize for composition during his last term at the Wood and which he gave to Ken Lawrence. Its careful arrangement of allegorical figures and a unicorn on a shore again testify to his study of Italian art"Minton gave the painting to Ken Lawrence, who was an old school friend from their time together at Reading School between 1932-35. The current owner inherited the painting from Lawrence in 1990, but remembers it hanging in his home from the late 1940s onwards.

Great War Victoria Cross winner Lt G Insall VC MC and his Air Gunner A M Donald signed 1968 50th Ann RAF cover. Very rare autograph and more so as both he and his gunner signed. For most conspicuous bravery, skill and determination, on 7 November 1915, in France. He was patrolling in a Vickers Fighting Machine, with First Class Air Mechanic T. H. Donald as gunner, when a German machine was sighted, pursued, and attacked near Achiet. The German pilot led the Vickers machine over a rocket battery, but with great skill Lieutenant Insall dived and got to close range, when Donald fired a drum of cartridges into the German machine, stopping its engine. The German pilot then dived through a cloud, followed by Lieutenant Insall Fire was again opened, and the German machine was brought down heavily in ploughed field 4 miles south east of Arras. On seeing the Germans scramble out of their machine and prepare to fire, Lieutenant Insall dived to 500 feet, thus enabling Donald to open heavy fire on them. The Germans then fled, one helping the other, who was apparently wounded. Other Germans then commenced heavy fire, but in spite of this, Lieutenant Insall turned again, and an incendiary bomb was dropped on the German machine, which was last seen wreathed in smoke. Lieutenant Insall then headed west in order to get back over the German trenches, but as he was at only 2,000 feet altitude he dived across them for greater speed, Donald firing into the trenches as he passed over. The German fire, however, damaged the petrol tank, and, with great coolness, Lieutenant Insall landed under cover of a wood 500 yards inside our lines. The Germans fired some 150 shells at our machine on the ground, but without causing material damage. Much damage had, however, been caused by rifle fire, but during the night it was repaired behind screened lights, and at dawn Lieutenant Insall flew his machine home with First Class Air Mechanic T. H. Donald as a passenger. Insall could not personally receive his VC, however; he and Donald had fallen wounded into captivity on 14 December 1915 after engaging Hauptmann Martin Zander and his gunner. While in captivity, he was promoted to lieutenant, on 1 April 1916. Insall escaped on his third try, on 28 August 1917, and made it home over the Dutch border on 6 September. He returned to duty as the Flight Commander of A Flight, 50 Squadron, with the temporary rank of captain, on 11 January 1918. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

A modern album, containing over one hundred Edwardian and later postcards including Reg Carter Suffragette cartoon, WWl French embroidered silks, Halloween greeting, WWl Scarborough bomb damage, R38 airship disaster, real photographic and printed street scenes, maritime etc

Alix Jennings, oil on canvas, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting a bomb damaged chapel, signed and dated 1942, 25" x 30", framed.

Military Interest Resin Figure Of Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Soldier Bronzed resin figure in the form of a soldier diffusing a bomb, raised on square wood base with brass plaque reading ' To SSGT W Gosling from the members of the WO's & SGT's mess 32 Engr Regt (EOD) Very good condition

John Larder. Operation Chastise, artist signed limited edition print, also signed by various servicemen involved, and an artist signed print depicting the bouncing bomb etc.

World war 2 aviation print. Sunrise over Lavenham 32x18 aces edition 2 of 5 coloured print mounted of the 487th bomb group Lavenham around their aircraft before another long and hazardous mission deep within Germany.1st Lieutenant Bernard Barney Nolan talks to his crew as they assemble. Signed by Bernard Barney Nolan and the artist. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

World war 2 aviation print. The Deadly Skies 33x24 coloured print mounted Kings cross edition 4/10. On the 5th August the B17s of the 487th Bomb group approach their target which was the oil and manufacturing plants of Magdeburg. On nearing their target, the B17S made a bogey call the new rocket powered ME163 made a run on the 12 aircraft formation. Signed Bernard Barney Nolan 487th BG 837th sqn pilot 13 24 B17 and the artist Matt Holness. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95