An extremely rare Quetta earthquake R.R.C. pair awarded to Staff Nurse G. Lincoln, Indian Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, on original Ladys bow for wearing; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (S.-Nurse G. Lincoin, I.M.N.S.), note surname spelling, extremely fine (2) £1200-1500 One of just five appointments to the R.R.C. in respect of the Quetta earthquake. R.R.C. London Gazette 19 November 1935: For services rendered in connection with the recent earthquake in Baluchistan. Georgina Lincoln was actually serving as a Staff Nurse at the British Military Hospital in Quetta at the time of the disaster. Situated in the north-west of the Indian Sub-continent, Quetta was first established as a base by Sir Robert Sandeman in the late 1870s, and by the 1930s was an important military centre for conducting operations on the North West Frontier. However, on 31 May 1935, the city was completely destroyed by one of the worlds worst ever earthquakes, a disaster which resulted in some 35,000 casualties - all surviving military and nursing personnel were quickly seconded for rescue work, the climate and the extensive damage making their task a most harrowing one. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including letters of congratulation on the award of the R.R.C. (3), including one from the Principal Matron, Q.A.I.M.N.S. (You must have had a terrible time there ... ), and the Senior Officer of the Medical Directorate, G.H.Q., India; together with a period photograph of Miss Lincoln being invested with her award by Lieutenant-General Sir W. W. Pitt-Taylor, the G.O.C. of Western Command (India), on 3 May 1936; a related newspaper cutting, and an official movement order for Sister (Mrs.) G. Cox, I.M.N.S., dated 4 October 1946, by which date she had married an Indian Army officer.
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A particularly fine Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer S. J. L. Evans, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Unshaken of the famous ôFighting Tenthö: in addition to sinking an impressive array of enemy shipping, Unshaken several times embarked Major ôAppleö Appleyards S.A.S. ôSmall-Scale Raiding Forceö and captured the Italian submarine Menotti, Evans skipper being handed a unique receipt from his Flotilla C.O. on bringing the latter prize into Grand Harbour Valetta on 11 September 1943 - Received from Lieutenant J. Whitton, R.N., one Italian submarine named Menotti and sixty-one crew Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C.E.R.A. S. J. L. Evans, PM/X. 46521); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX. 46521 S. J. L. Evans, C.E.R.A., H.M.S. Unshaken), mounted as worn, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, the first and last polished, thus generally nearly very fine or better (14) £1800-2200 D.S.M. London Gazette 18 April 1944: For gallantry, skill and devotion to duty in successful patrols in H.M. submarines. The original recommendation states: During 12 Mediterranean patrols Unshaken has sunk by torpedo one destroyer, three merchantmen and two schooners. By gun action, one schooner destroyed, one 4,000-ton merchantman damaged and a suspension bridge on the Tunisian coast shelled. Other incidents include three special operations with military personnel on Pantellaria, the machine-gunning of German troops evacuating from Castia, and enforcing the surrender of the Italian submarine Menotti, deliberately contravening the armistice regulations. For outstanding efficiency and devotion to duty as C.E.R.A. in charge of the Engine Room Department of Unshaken during the above patrols and showing coolness and determination under difficult conditions. Samuel Joseph Lindop Evans, a native of Weymouth, Dorset, was decorated for his gallant deeds in Unshaken during successful war patrols in the Mediterranean in the period March to September 1943. The Unshaken arrived at the Fighting Tenths base at Lazaretto, Malta in March 1943, in the middle of a ôSpriteö alert, intelligence having reported the high risk of an Italian human-torpedo attack, but was quickly out on patrol. The definitive history of the Flotilla, The Fighting Tenth, by John Wingate, D.S.C., takes up the story: Unshaken, being the newcomer, sailed for her first patrol to the ostensibly quieter area east of Tunisia ... First she shelled a schooner hauled up on a beach, but was warned off by spirited action from shore batteries. Then off Sousse on 8 April, Jack Whitton sank the 1,245-ton Foggia with one of his three torpedoes. Lingering off Kelibia in the hope of catching a reported convoy, Unshaken continued southwards to beat up an important road bridge until shore batteries again forced her to desist. In common with other submarines of the Fighting Tenth, Unshakens operational agenda extended to clandestine operations, Wingate describing a series of intelligence gathering patrols in the lead-up to operations ôHuskyö, Major J. G. ôAppleö Appleyard, D.S.O., M.C.* and fellow members of 2nd S.A.S. being embarked: Then on the 18th [May 1943], Appleyard and his No. 1 Small-Scale Raiding Force sailed in Unshaken (Lieutenant Whitton) to make a periscope observation of the islands beaches where assault troops could be landed. The recce proving satisfactory, on 20 May Unshaken turned for home. Halfway back to Malta she was met by an M.T.B. with an aerial escort which Jack Whitton describes as an impressive and lively umbrella of three Spitfires, each clearing the periscope standards by inches. The M.T.B. had come to collect Appleyard, to save time. He was safely transferred and soon disappeared with his escort. Unshaken returned to Lazaretto the following day. The second attempt at the snatch job began on the 24th, when Unshaken again sailed with the S.A.S. party. The conditions being good, the inflatable dinghies paddled off into the darkness. After scaling the vertical and crumbling cliff, they eventually pounced on a sentry whose terrified yells alerted the defenders. Reinforcements were immediately on the spot, a burst of automatic fire killing Sergeant Herstall, a policeman from Bristol. The raiders escaped down the cliff by sliding down it from top to bottom. Whitton and Unshaken were waiting for them and they reached Lazaretto on 30 May. And of operations in June, Wingate continues: Immediately to the south of Unison was Unshaken (Lieutenant Jack Whitton), released from her expeditions with Major Appleyard and now patrolling off Syracuse and Augusta. Close inshore, on the afternoon of 22 June, she hit a laden schooner, Giovanni G. (69 tons), with two torpedoes at a range of 2,400 yards. The schooner disintegrated. This was a historic moment. Small though she was, this schooner earned a place in the history of the Fighting Tenth, for she had been sunk by the one thousandth torpedo to have been fired in action by a U-class submarine of the Tenth Flotilla. Capture of the Italian submarine ôMenottiö Having then had two close encounters with enemy submarines, one of which tailed Unshaken back to Malta in mid-July, but was attacked by the Polish submarine Dzik, thereby saving her from almost certain destruction, and sunk the naval transport Asmara,Unshaken achieved her greatest success - the capture of the Italian submarine Menotti on 9 September 1943, at the time of Italys capitulation. Wingate continues: On the morning of 9 September she [Unshaken] was making her way south around the heel of Italy when the hydrophone operator reported: High Speed revs. Suspecting an enemy submarine, Whitton ordered Diving Stations. The problem was whether this was a German U-boat or an Italian one. Through the periscope it was hard to tell: the enemy submarine was hull-down, the conning tower glinting in the bright morning sun. Whitton takes up the tale: At about 1500 yards range, and with but a few minutes to go before firing torpedoes, I had a long and careful look at the target: the submarine was Italian. She was also flying her ensign and had an unusually large number of chaps on her bridge, whom I could clearly see were gazing north-west and, no doubt, at their beloved country a few miles away. With that bunch on the bridge, she was hardly in a position to do a quick dive ... We would try to stop her, then board her. By chance, Whittons great friend and the flotillas spare C.O., Lieutenant ôShaverö Swanston, happened to be along for the ride. Whitton now appointed him commander of the boarding party, with orders to take over the Italian submarine. Unshaken surfaced and fired a warning shot across the U-boats bows: There were even more chaps on the bridge than before; I suppose they had come up to see what the hell was coming next. By this time Unshaken was alongside, stopped, with our bows against the Italians bow. The boarding party, led by Shaver brandishing a .45 were jumping across. They raced along the forward casing and climbed up the enemys conning tower. The objective: to secure the conning tower hatch and so stop him diving, then to subdue any further resistance. But there was no resistance. The enemy C.O. wanted to go to Brindisi; Whitton wanted to go back to Malta. A somewhat heated exchange followed, Whitton writes, as the two COs, each on his own bridge, side by side, voiced their intentions: Brindisi, he shouted. Malta, I yelled. Brindisi ... Malta ... Percy Westmacott, the Number One, passed up Whittons uniform cap, to give proceedings a little more dignity. I put it on. Also the 3-inch gun, still manned, and ready for action, was ordered: Load one round HE. The loading number, a seaman with considerable initiative, held up the 3-inch high explosive shell; he displayed it, rather like a music hall conjuror, to a very impressed Italian audience. He then slipped the round home into the gun, slamming the breech shut. The muzzle of the gun was trained on the Italian captains stomach, at a range of about thirteen feet. Shaver, who was standing close to him, was requested to stand aside. With a shrug of his shoulder and hands in the air, the Italian agreed: Malta. We were both now singing from the same song sheet - and I dont think my cap did the trick. With Shaver Swanston and the boarding party in control, the Italian boat, Menotti, would sail for Malta. Four Italian hostages were kept in Unshaken to encourage their shipmates to behave. Now began the two-day passage for Malta, mainly on the surface so that Unshaken could keep an eye on her charge. Each evening the two submarines closed while Whitton made sure all was well. Swanston complained at the dirt and lack of discipline, but he evidently had no problems with the officers who roundly expressed their loathing of the Germans in particular and the war in general. Menottis captain later told Whitton: He had no orders to proceed to an Allied port, except a signal which he considered false, the Allies having made use of captured Italian cyphers. He was upset at being defeated; he loathed the Germans but did not mind surrendering to the British. Unshaken, with her prize, arrived back at Malta on 11 September, as Whitton says, to pass through an impressive collection of Italian naval ships anchored off the Grand Harbour. That afternoon Unshakens CO was handed what must be one of the most unusual receipts noted in history. Typed on HMSO crown-embossed paper by the Lazaretto type-writer, it was addressed to His Majestys Submarine Unshaken and dated Saturday 11 September 1943. Signed by George Phillips as Captain (S) 10, it read: Received from Lieutenant J. Whitton, R.N., one Italian submarine named Menotti and sixty-one crew. As a result of this, and other actions, Whitton and his ôJimmy the Oneö, Westmacott, were awarded D.S.Cs, three ratings D.S.Ms and several crew members mentioned in despatches. Evans received his D.S.M. at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 31 October 1944; also see Lot 487 for his fathers Honours & Awards.
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Louis James Lemyre) with associated slip in card envelope; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (B.62078 Cpl. R. W. Smith) suspended from an ornate silver brooch in the form of a ribbon bow; with a further silver ribbon bow brooch, good very fine and better (3) £90-110 Sapper Louis James Lemyre, Canadian Railway Troops, died of phthisis (tuberculosis) on 17 January 1920, aged 24 years. He was buried in Gravenhurst St. Pauls Roman Catholic Cemetery. He was the son of Annie Lemyre, of Gravenhust, Ontario, and the late Almidy Lemyre; and the husband of M. Lemyre, of 849 Lansdowne Avenue, West Toronto, Ontario.
Egypt, Sashes (3), Order of Mohammed Ali; Order of El Kemal, watered silk; Order of the Nile, Republic type - darker and heavier weave - all are full sashes complete with bow; Order of the Nile, Kingdom type, 4th Class, lengths of ribbon complete with rosettes (8), contained in original (damaged) card box, very good condition (11) £100-140
A PAIR OF ROYAL DUX PORCELAIN FIGURAL VASES modelled as a classical youth wearing a goatskin and holding a bow and quiver, and his female companion in a draped robe, both seated on Art Nouveau moulded flower holders, raised on similar waisted bases, pink patch marks, model 446 and 447, 17 1/2" high
A set of six cast dessert spoons with gilt bowls, the handles with portrait bust finials, above figures and with tied bow surmounts and a pair of similar dessert spoons, the handles with enameled finials, above figures and with tied bow surmounts, probably Dutch, last quarter of the 19th century, retailed by Hunt & Roskell Ld, with a fitted case.
A George V sovereign 1925 SA, in a 9ct gold circular pierced pendant mount, fitted to a 9ct gold bow brooch fitting, a gold, seed pearl and pale blue gem set brooch, designed as a dragonfly, a lace pin detailed 1897 and a silver and enameled brooch badge, with a St George and The Dragon motif at the centre.
A gold bar brooch, the oval front mounted with a half pearl within a star shaped setting, a gold and peridot set bar brooch, a brooch designed as a hunting horn, two gold wedding rings, two oval shell cameo brooches designed as portraits, an opal single stone bar brooch and a colourless paste set brooch designed as a bow.
Circle of Jeremiah Meyer - Oval Miniature Bust Length Portrait of a Lady wearing a Feathered Headdress and Lace-edged Cream Dress with Ribbon Bow, late 18th Century watercolour on ivory, approx 5.5cm x 4.5cm, within a gold frame, the reverse with a central `C` contained within a leaf and flowerhead border on a blue enamelled ground. Provenance: Beverly Battersby.
R. Royby - Tondo Miniature Portrait of a Lady wearing a Wide-brimmed Hat, White Shawl and Pink Dress, and Tondo Miniature Portrait of a Lady asleep beside a Kitten, a pair of late 19th/early 20th Century watercolours on ivory, both signed, each diameter approx 5cm, both within gilt metal frames with bow surmounts.
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