An impressive post-War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Detachment Quartermaster and Nurse Mona L. Merriman, British Red Cross Society, who was ‘Mentioned’ in the Great War and devoted 70 years of her life to caring for others British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R., on lady’s bow riband (Miss Mona Langshaw Merriman.); Defence Medal; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with eleven Additional Award Bars (Mona L. Merriman); British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18, bronze, with integral top riband bar, very fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1974: ‘Detachment Quartermaster, Surrey Branch, British Red Cross Society.’ Mona Langshaw Merriman was born in Weybridge, Surrey, on 6 June 1889. She served as a nurse during the Great War with No. 58 (Surrey) Voluntary Aid Detachment, including extensive service at the British Red Cross Hospital at Hillfield, Reigate, from November 1914 to April 1918. This is confirmed on the recipient’s Red Cross nursing card, which further adds that she was Mentioned in Despatches. Transferred to Urmston & Fairfield Court Hospitals in Eastbourne from October to December 1918, Merriman concluded her service as Assistant Nurse and returned to the family home in Reigate. Remaining a member of the British Red Cross Society, Merriman received the Voluntary Medical Service Medal for 15 years’ continuous efficient service and 11 clasps representative of a further 55 years of service. A retrospective award stretching back to the creation of the Voluntary Aid Detachments in 1909, her devotion to duty over such a long period of time was confirmed with the award of the B.E.M. in the New Year’s Honours of 1974, the recipient being around 85 years of age at that time. She died in 1987. Sold with a B.R.C.S. ‘For Merit’ badge, enamel and base metal, named to reverse ‘3424 M. Merriman.’
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The Order of St. John of Jerusalem (4), Officer’s (Sister’s) shoulder badge (2), 1st type, silver; 2nd type, silver and enamel, both with heraldic beasts in angles, and both on lady’s bow riband; Serving Sister’s shoulder badge (2), 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background, mounted for wear on a lady’s bow riband, with corresponding miniature award, this in fitted case of issue; 2nd type, skeletal silver badge, on lady’s bow riband; together with two Order of St. John of Jerusalem pin badges, silver and enamel, good very fine and better (4) £100-£140
An exceptionally rare Uganda campaign pair awarded to Miss Gertrude E. Bird, Church Missionary Society, who came to be regarded as the ‘spiritual mother’ of the Ugandan missionaries East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (Miss. G. E. Bird.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, extremely fine and extremely rare (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Ulrich Collection 1952. Gertrude Elizabeth Bird was born in 1864 and lived in Balham, London. A former Lady Superintendent of the Young Women’s Christian Association, she joined the Church Missionary Society in 1894 and was trained at ‘The Olives’, being accepted as a missionary on 4 June 1895. To fully appreciate her remarkable life, it would be appropriate to consider the words of Mr. Albert R. Cook, when speaking of her retirement from the Uganda Mission: ‘Miss G. E. Bird was one of the pioneer lady missionaries in Uganda, and had it not been that she had to leave the mission for five years, from 1909-1914 (being perforce kept at home by family circumstances), she would have had the longest term of service of any Uganda missionary. As it is she had thirty-five years of active work in the Mission. Miss Bird joined the missionary staff in 1895, being stationed for a year at Frere Town on the Coast with the idea of learning sufficient Kiswahili during that time, to be a help to the ladies with the porters of the large missionary caravan which it was purposed to send up to Uganda during the following year. There we found her on October 1, 1896, when our party disembarked at Mombasa, and during the trying two months’ wait at the Coast with its heart-breaking delays in getting the caravan together, and the three months’ strenuous march to Uganda that followed, we learnt to admire the equable temper and the quiet courage of Miss Bird. For it must be remembered that it required a great deal of physical endurance as well as patience and cheerfulness for ladies to undertake such a journey in those days. Few things struck the Prince of Wales more during his visit to Uganda in 1928, than the story of their march. The other two ladies who shared her experience in 1896 were Miss Timpson (now Lady Cook) and Miss Bertha Taylor (now Mrs. Harry Maddox). These three, happily all still alive, arrived at Kampala in Feb., 1897, and Miss Bird was located with Miss Pilgrim to Ngogwe in Kyagwe, where she worked under the Rev. G. K. Baskerville... Here, for nearly four years, Miss Bird found a field worthy of her energies and laid the foundation of her wide knowledge of women’s work in Uganda. Located to Namirembe, she became a real power in Christian work. Visiting, teaching the woman or school children, or taking bible classes, and committee meetings occupied a very full life, and yet I think those who knew her most intimately would agree that it was more what she was than even what she did, that was of greatest value. Few have won a more fragrant tribute from Baganda.’ Bird received the East and Central Africa Medal for her part in staffing the hospital at Namirembe during the Sudanese uprising of 1895-96. Alongside other missionaries, she took care of the wounded and sick Waganda tribespeople. Her Jubilee Medal is further confirmed in the records of the Church Missionary Society: ‘Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Bird, Missionary, Uganda’. Exercising a gracious influence throughout her long life, Gertrude E. Bird died on 17 April 1949. Sold with copied research confirming the above.
Three: Nursing Sister Alice B. Noble, Army Nursing Service Reserve Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister A. B. Noble.) officially re-impressed naming as typically encountered with QSAs to nurses; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister A. B. Noble.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Glendinings, December 1991. Alice Beatrice Noble took her nursing studies at the Royal Hospital in Sheffield and enrolled in Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve as No. 8 on 1 March 1897. Sent to South Africa, she served at No. 5 General Hospital in January 1900, and later nursed at No. 4 General Hospital at Mooi River and No. 12 Stationary Hospital at Ladysmith. She is believed to be one of five nurses of the A.N.S.R. selected to receive the 1911 Coronation Medal.
A Lanco silver purse or travel watch, the cushion-form case leather lined, the square watch with silvered dial, 38mm; a similar Swiss purse watch, the base metal case with snake-skin lining, the flip-up watch with black dial, 31mm; an enamelled white metal brooch watch, the rectangular case with styled bird decoration, suspended from a bow-form brooch, the pull-out watch with silver dial and black Arabic hour markers, 21mm; and a gunmetal buttonhole watch, circa 1910, 30mm. (4)Condition:A Lanco purse watch: Case fair, dial a little tarnished, movement intact but only runs for a few seconds.Swiss purse watch: Case fair to good, dial fair, hands tarnished and missing part of lume, movement not running.Brooch watch: Case fair but with noticeable scratches, dial a little tarnished, movement runs for a few seconds only.buttonhole watch: Case fair, crystal loose, dial good, movement not running.
A lady's 14ct gold open face fob watch Date: Circa 1910 Movement: Jewelled bridge plate, stem wind and set Dial: White enamel with gilt embellishment, black Roman chapter, gold hands Case: Fully engraved with flowers and foliage, the back with cartouche inscribed FAB, stamped K14 inside case back only Size: 25mm Weight: 24g gross Condition:Case: Minor signs of age. Bow is slightly misshapen.Crystal: Tiny bruises and chips to the outer edge.Dial: Good.Hands: Good.Movement: Winds, sets and runs.All watches are deemed to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime with parts replaced. While a watch may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping - it is advised that all watches are inspected and serviced by a qualified jeweller or horologist before full use.
A lady's 18ct gold open face pocket watch Date: Circa 1900 Movement: Bridge plate, signed Stauffer, Chx De Fonds Dial: Turned and engraved gold, black Roman hour markers, blued hands Case: Engraved with foliage around a vacant cartouche, stamped 18k to stem and inside case back Size: 38mm Weight: 36.9g Accompaniments: Plated bow form brooch fob, key and box Condition:Case: Fair to good with some micro-abrasions consistent with age.Crystal: Some very fine and faint abrasions.Dial: Some minor tarnishing spots.Hands: Fair to good.Movement: Winds, sets and runs.Unless otherwise stated, all watches are likely to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime and may have had parts replaced. While a watch may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping - it is advised that all watches are inspected and serviced by a qualified jeweller or horologist before full use.
A 9ct gold open face pocket watch Date: Circa 1953 Movement: Swiss 15-jewel bridge plate Dial: White enamel, black Arabic hour markers, black outer minutes track, subsidiary seconds at 6, blued hands Case: Polished round form, back engraved 'GEH', stamped 9ct to bow, stem and inside back Size: 49mm Weight: 69g gross Condition:Case: Back dented. Fine abrasions throughout consistent with age.Crystal: Fine abrasions overall.Dial: Fine faint hairlines to centre.Hands: Good.Movement: Winds, sets and runs.Unless otherwise stated, all watches are likely to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime and may have had parts replaced. While a watch may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping - it is advised that all watches are inspected and serviced by a qualified jeweller or horologist before full use.
A 9ct gold open face pocket watch Date: Circa 1930 Movement: Bridge plate, 21 jewel, signed Recta, stem wind and set Dial: White enamel, black Roman hour markers and outer minutes track Case: Polished round form, engraved to back HAL, inscription to dust cover, stamped 9ct to bow, stem, back and dust cover Size: 48mm Weight: 76.5g Accompaniments: 9ct gold Albert chain with T-bar, stamped to bar and clasps, weight 31g Condition:Case: Shallow dents to back. Some tiny dents to sides. Fine abrasions throughout consistent with age. Dust cover bears inscription.Crystal: Good.Dial: Good.Hands: Good.Movement: Winds, sets and runs.Unless otherwise stated, all watches are likely to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime and may have had parts replaced. While a watch may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping - it is advised that all watches are inspected and serviced by a qualified jeweller or horologist before full use.
Waltham: A 9ct gold hunter pocket watchDate: Circa 1928Movement: Bridge plate, signed and titled 'Traveler', numbered 26618243Dial: White enamel, black Roman hour markers and outer minutes track, subsidiary seconds at 6Case: Polished, stamped 9ct to bow, stem, case front, case back and dust coverSize: 49mmWeight: 94g gross
A 9ct gold open face pocket watch Date: Circa 1926Movement: 3/4 plate 16 jewel Swiss movementDial: White enamel signed J W Benson, London, black Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds at 6, black outer minutes trackCase: Polished round, stamped 9ct to bow, stem, inside case back, inside dust coverSize: 49mmWeight: 73g grossAccompaniments: 9ct gold chain, 5.5g, original Benson box
A lady's 18ct gold open face pocket watch Date: Circa 1876 Movement: 3/4 plate, signed Ino.Jones, 338 Strand and numbered 29893, stem wind and set Dial: Turned and engraved gold, black Roman hour markers Case: Fully engraved with flowers and foliage, stamped 18ct to bow, stem, back cover and dust cover. Size: 41mm Weight: 61g gross Condition:Case: Negligible signs of age.Crystal: Some very fine and faint abrasions.Dial: A few very minor marks.Hands: Good.Movement: Overwound, not running.Unless otherwise stated, all watches are likely to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime and may have had parts replaced. While a watch may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping - it is advised that all watches are inspected and serviced by a qualified jeweller or horologist before full use.
![A Bow white coffee cup with crabstock handle and applied with prunus sprays, circa 1755-60, 6.5cm [minor glaze flaw to rim].](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/22149dac-dac8-4ef9-8c9b-b0cf00bde8c2/982a40ff-f45a-42b8-8751-b0e000db6e6e/468x382.jpg)
A mixed lot of English & other porcelain, 18th century including a large Chelsea serving dish, red anchor mark and period, 41cm; a similar sauceboat; a Bow blue and white sauceboat; three Worcester dishes; a Worcester hexagonal teapot stand in the Gillyflower pattern etc [the majority damaged].
A European Jugendstil oak dresser, early 20th century, the inverted bow-front top over three frieze drawers, over a central double cupboard flanked on either side by a single cupboard, each cupboard with panelled doors,152.5cm wide 57cm deep95cm highCondition ReportTwo keys. Central drawer with repair to the left side. The top with some scratches and marks. With a thin crack to the left hand side. With some black markings along the left edge. Additional images uploaded.
Large scale scratch built Gypsy/Traveller's Horse Drawn Bow wooden mollicroft roof decorated Caravan, constructed in wood with some metal parts with good interior detail, length (excluding shafts) 15'', with shafts 24'', height to chimney 12'', width 7'', built and finished to an excellent standard, G-VG,
Large scale scratch built Gypsy/Traveller's Horse Drawn Bow Top Canvas roof Vardo Caravan, constructed in wood with some metal parts, length (excluding shafts) 15'', with shafts 25'', height to chimney 16'', width 9'', originally built and finished to an excellent standard, G-VG, one window and arch at rear unattached, (inside caravan)
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