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Lot 126
A Royal Household R.V.M. group of nine awarded to Mr. C. E. Taylor, Livery Porter to the Privy Purse at Buckingham Palace Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1910-1930’ (C. E. Taylor); Portugal, Kingdom,Don Carlos 1, Coronation medal 1889; France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, bronze; Persia, Medal of the Order of the Lion and Sun, silver; Denmark, Frederick VIII, silver Medal of Recompense, mounted for display, nearly very fine or better (9) £400-£500 --- R.V.M., Silver, awarded 3 June 1932. Charles Edward Taylor entered the Royal Household in 1897 and in 1901 was appointed a Livery Porter to the Privy Purse at Buckingham Palace. He was awarded the Faithful Service Medal in May 1930. Foreign awards have not been confirmed.
Lot 17
Four: Lance-Corporal F. Sims, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in the Battle of Ctesiphon in the Persian Gulf on 22 November 1915 1914-15 Star (9280 L. Cpl. F. Sims, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9280 Pte. F. Sims. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a 43rd Light Infantry Company Football prize medal engraved ‘Won by “E” Company’ ‘Company Football Tournament 1906 - 07’; a 43rd Light Infantry Prize silver teaspoon; a small bronze crucifix; and a very small copper medallion bearing the head of King George V, and with the Lord’s Prayer in miniscule letters to the reverse, very fine and better (3) £80-£120 --- Frederick Sims was born at Stratton St. Margaret, Wiltshire and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Wantage, Berkshire. He served with the 1st Battalion in the Asiatic theatre of War from 5 December 1914, and was killed in action at Ctesiphon in the Persian Gulf on 22 November 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Lot 215
Three: Leading Seaman S. Higgs, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Lion at the Battle of Jutland 1914-15 Star (J.31136, S. Higgs, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.31136 S. Higgs. A.B., R.N.) mounted for display with traces of adhesive to reverse of VM; together with a gold prize medal (9ct, 7.36g), the reverse engraved ‘H.M.S. Resolution Winners Kings Cup 1922-1923 S. Higgs’; and a bronze prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘Runners-Up 1st B.S. 2nd Div. Ships Football Compt. 1922-23. Resolution’, generally very fine or better (5) £140-£180 --- Sydney Higgs was born in Stone, Staffordshire in May 1897. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1914, and advanced to Leading Seaman in January 1919. Higgs served with H.M.S. Lion (battle cruiser) from January 1915, and served with her at the Battle of Jutland where she was Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty’s fleet flagship of the Battle Cruiser Fleet. The Lion was hit a total of 14 times during the battle, including sustaining near-catastrophic damage to Q-turret, and suffered 99 dead and 51 wounded. Although mortally wounded, Major Francis Harvey, Royal Marines, the Q-turret gun commander, ordered the magazine and turret to be flooded, which although costing him his life saved the magazine from exploding, which would undoubtedly have sunk the ship; for his bravery and self sacrifice he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Higgs was discharged by purchase in August 1923.
Lot 217
Seven: Leading Signalman W. C. Eglinton, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, who was recommended for the D.S.M. for his gallantry during the Syrian Coast Landings, January to February 1915, instead receiving the French Croix de Guerre 1914-15 Star (195404. W. C. Eglinton, L.Sig., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (195404 W. C. Eglinton. L. Sig. R.N.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (195404 (Dev. B. 4099) W. C. Eglinton. L.S. R.F.R.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze palm emblem on riband, contact marks, nearly very fine (7) £200-£240 --- William Charles Eglinton was born in Pimlico, London, on 20 December 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 21 September 1897. Advanced Leading Signalman on 27 May 1910, he was shore discharged on 19 December 1911, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Recalled for War service, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Doris from 2 August 1914 to 11 August 1916, in H.M.S. Vivid I and II from 12 August 1916 to 36 May 1917, and in H.M.S. Colleen from 27 May 1917 to the cessation of hostilities. For his services in H.M.S. Doris during operations in the Syrian Coast Landings, January to February 1915, Eglinton was recommended for the Distinguished Service Medal, the recommendation stating: ‘... has landed nine times and carried out his important signalling duties under fire between the shore and ship with coolness and skill.’ In the event, he was not awarded the D.S.M., and instead received a French Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 1 April 1919). His Jubilee and Coronation medals were awarded in his roll as a Messenger. Sold with copied research, including a full account of the Syrian Coast Landings, and a photographic image of the recipient.
Lot 235
Five: Air Mechanic Second Class C. West, Royal Naval Air Service, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Chief Fire Officer, Filey, Yorkshire 1914-15 Star (L.Z. 2586 C. West. A.B. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (F.46735 C. West. A.M.2. R.N.A.S.); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, with ‘Ten Years’ clasp, the edge officially numbered ‘12961’ and additionally engraved ‘Charles West’, the reverse engraved ‘Hayes & Harlington U.D. Council Fire Brigade’; Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal, silver (Chief Fire Officer C. West. Filey. 27:10:47.); together with Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Primo Charles West 5.6.1925.’, with Middlesex Shield on riband, and top ‘St. Margaret’s Lodge No. 165’ suspension bar, nearly very fine and better (6) £140-£180 --- Charles West was born in London on 9 September 1897 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 3 July 1915. He transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service on 16 January 1918.
Lot 339
South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (G. F. Paterson. Engr. R.N. H.M.S. “Orontes.”) good very fine £400-£500 --- George Fraser Paterson was appointed Assistant Engineer, Royal Navy, in August 1859; Engineer, Royal Navy, 12 June 1871; retired September 1883. ‘Was serving on board the gunboat Slaney in the third China war, took part in the attack and capture of the Taku Forts, 21 August 1860 (China Medal, Taku Clasp, 1860); in the gunboat Bouncer in 1862, was engaged against the Taeping rebels, and was present at the destruction of four pirate junks by the Sphinx and Bouncer, on the Yang-tse-Kiang in the same year; Engineer of Orontes during the war against the Zulus in South Africa, in 1877 to 1879 (Zulu Medal); Engineer of Achilles during Egyptian war, 1882 (Egyptian Medal, Khedive’s Bronze Star).’
Lot 500
The group of eleven miniature dress medals attributed to Colonel St. G. L. Steele, C.B., 2nd Bengal Lancers, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with gold ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, N.E. Frontier 1891, Waziristan 1894-5; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98; China 1900, no clasp; British War and Victory Medals; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Khedive’s Star, undated; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, display mounted, good very fine (11) £200-£300 --- C.B. London Gazette 19 June 1911: ‘On the occasion of His Majesty’s Coronation’. St. George Loftus Steele was born on 31 March 1859, son of Major-General A. Loftus Steele. Educated at Marlborough College, he entered the Indian Army in 1878. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, he served in Egypt at the action of Kassassin and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal and Clasp, Bronze Star). Appointed Captain in the Indian Staff Corps in 1889, he served on the North East Frontier of India in the Manipur Expedition together with Lieutenant C. J. W. Grant, I.S.C., who gained the only V.C. during this campaign. Steele was mentioned in despatches (Medal and Clasp). Still on the frontier following the attack by the Waziris on the Afghan Boundary Delimitation Party, under the command of Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, Steele was again in action gaining the Clasp to his medal. Having been previously promoted to Captain in his regiment, the 2nd Bengal Lancers, he found himself once again in the sands of the Sudan on the Dongola Expedition in 1896 with the Commissariat Transport Department of the Egyptian Army (Queen’s Sudan Medal and Egyptian Sudan Medal). He next served on the Tirah Expedition of 1897-98, once again under Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, and was once again mentioned in despatches for his services as a Section Commandant on the Line of Communication (Medal and two Clasps). As a Major he next served with the British Contingent of the China Expeditionary Force 1900-01, being mentioned in despatches for good service in duties connected with the communications (Medal). Promoted to Colonel on 1 June 1907, he was subsequently Assistant Quartermaster General to the 1st Peshawur Division and was present during the King’s visit to Delhi for the Durbar in 1911 (Durbar Medal), also receiving the C.B. in the King’s Birthday Honours of that year. In 1914 he held the position of Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General on the Staff of the Indian Army. He was sent on special duty to Canada and U.S.A., 1917-18, and, being fluent in Russian, was sent to Vladivostok in 1918 as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General. In the following year he was appointed Commissioner for Holland (Russian P.O.W. Camps) with the British Red Cross Society. Colonel Steele retired from the army in 1919 after a military career spanning more than 40 years, much of which was in the Field. He latterly resided at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and died there on 13 July 1936, aged 78. For the recipient’s full size awards, see Lot 78.
Lot 531
Royal Naval Air Service Insignia c.1915-19. Comprising gilt winged O (Observers) shoulder/sleeve badge with bolt fixings, and another smaller version in gilding metal; a gilt KC over eagle sleeve badge mounted on gilt back plate with bolt fixings; a gilt winged A (Attached Officer) shoulder/sleeve badge mounted on gilt back plate with bolt fixings, another in gilding metal, and a smaller version in gilt; an RNAS Armoured Car Section cap/collar badge in bronze with lugs; a bronze pair of matching collar badges; 2 silvered cap/collar badges armoured car with no. 2 below with blades (one absent); and 16 officers and other rank buttons, good condition (27) £300-£400
Lot 533
Royal Flying Corps insignia c.1915. Comprising an Officers cap badge; a pair of collar badges; and a pair of shoulder titles and brevet badge all in bronze; a pair of RFC gilding metal shoulder titles lugs to the rear; a pair of RFC bronzed shoulder titles with lugs; an Officers cap badge in bronze with blades; an other ranks cap badge with lugs, and another with pin fitted; 12 RFC officers / other ranks buttons; and a scarce shoulder title in gilding metal T RFC Hants mounted on original back plate with lugs, good condition £200-£300
Lot 540
Miscellaneous Aviation Items. Comprising 2 South African Air Force brevet badges; various sundry South African badges and shoulder titles; 2 Australian bronze air mechanic sleeve badges; a gilt eagle stamped ‘FIX’ to the rear, possibly French, pinned; 4 colonial buttons; and a silver embroidered wing, possibly Belgian; together with assorted copy and restrike metal and cloth items including cap tallies, brevet wings, cap badges &c., generally good condition (lot) £50-£70
Lot 77
The superb Egyptian War C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel D. Hammill, Gordon Highlanders, who led the 1st Gordons in the charge of the Highland Brigade at Tel-el-Kebir, and again commanded the regiment at the battles of El-Teb and Tamaai, and in the Nile Expedition The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1857, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with swivel-ring gold bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 4 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut-Col. D. Hammill. 1/Gord: Highrs.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Third Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamels; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, the first with chipping to obverse wreath, otherwise very fine or better (4) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: A. J. Henderon Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2007. Denzil Hammill was born at New Brighton, Cheshire, on 11 July 1840, and was commissioned as an Ensign into the 75th Regiment on 16 January 1858. He rose steadily through the ranks to that of Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1880, when he succeeded to the command of the 1st Gordons. He served throughout the Egyptian War of 1882 in command of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, when the Highland Brigade stormed the trenches in the dark, the 1st Gordons between the Camerons and the Black Watch, led by Colonel Hammill and Major Boyes, who jumped their horses over the parapet amidst a hail of fire from the enemies trenches. For his services during the campaign he was mentioned in despatches, made a Companion of the Bath and received the 3rd Class of the Medjidie. Hammill next served in the Soudan Expedition under Sir Gerald Graham in 1884, again in command of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, and was present at the battles of El-Teb and Tamaai; ‘surely soldiers never saw a finer sight than the Gordons presented when, led by Colonel Hammill and Major Boyes, both mounted, they advanced over the rifle pits to storm the battery at Teb.’ Hammill was again mentioned in despatches and received the brevet of Colonel. He subsequently commanded the 1st Gordons in the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 and with the River Column under Major-General Earle. In addition to his other honours, Hammill received the Egyptian medal with four clasps and the Khedive’s Bronze Star. He retired and was made Honorary Major-General in October 1885. Sold with full research and muster details.
Lot 78
The 1911 Coronation C.B. group of eleven awarded to Colonel St. G. L. Steele, 2nd Bengal Lancers, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: St. G. L. Steele. 2nd Bengal Cavy.); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, N.E. Frontier 1891, Waziristan 1894-5 (Capt. St. G. L. Steele S.C.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Cpt. St. G. L. Steele Cmt. Trnspt Dpt E.A.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn. St. G. L. Steele 2d Bl: Lcrs:); China 1900, no clasp (Major St. G. L. Steele 2d Bl. Lcrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Col. St. G. L. Steele.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Colonel St. G. L. Steele, A.Q.M.G., 1st Pesh. Div.) privately named; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (Capt. St. G. L. Steele 2d Bl. Lcrs.) the last ten mounted court-style for display, the second with contact pitting from star, good fine, otherwise generally very fine and better (11) £2,000-£2,600 --- C.B. London Gazette 19 June 1911: ‘On the occasion of His Majesty’s Coronation’. St. George Loftus Steele was born on 31 March 1859, son of Major-General A. Loftus Steele, and was educated at Marlborough College and later the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in 1878 and transferred to the Indian Army in 1880. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, he served in Egypt at the action of Kassassin and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal and Clasp, Bronze Star). Appointed Captain in the Indian Staff Corps in 1889, he served on the North East Frontier of India in the Manipur Expedition together with Lieutenant C. J. W. Grant, I.S.C., who gained the only V.C. during this campaign. Steele was mentioned in despatches (Medal and Clasp). Still on the frontier following the attack by the Waziris on the Afghan Boundary Delimitation Party, under the command of Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, Steele was again in action gaining the Clasp to his medal. Having been previously promoted to Captain in his regiment, the 2nd Bengal Lancers, Steele found himself once again in the sands of the Sudan on the Dongola Expedition in 1896 with the Commissariat Transport Department of the Egyptian Army (Queen’s Sudan Medal and Egyptian Sudan Medal). He next served on the Tirah Expedition of 1897-98, once again under Lieutenant-General William Lockhart, and was once again mentioned in despatches for his services as a Section Commandant on the Line of Communication (Medal and two Clasps). As a Major he next served with the British Contingent of the China Expeditionary Force 1900-01, being mentioned in despatches for good service in duties connected with the communications (Medal). Promoted to Colonel on 1 June 1907, Steele was subsequently Assistant Quartermaster General to the 1st Peshawur Division and was present during the King’s visit to Delhi for the Durbar in 1911 (Durbar Medal), also receiving the C.B. in the King’s Birthday Honours of that year. In 1914 he held the position of Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General on the Staff of the Indian Army. He was sent on special duty to Canada and U.S.A., 1917-18, and, being fluent in Russian, was sent to Vladivostok in 1918 as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General. In the following year he was appointed Commissioner for Holland (Russian P.O.W. Camps) with the British Red Cross Society. Colonel Steele retired from the army in 1919 after a military career spanning more than 40 years, much of which was in the Field. He latterly resided at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and died there on 13 July 1936, aged 78. For the recipient’s miniature awards, see Lot 500.
Lot 85
The Second War 1945 North West Europe ‘Paarlo’ M.C. group of eleven awarded to Captain Robert Maxwell, Queen’s Royal Regiment, who fought across Europe from the Normandy Landings to the capture of Berlin. Later rising to prominence as a flamboyant and controversial media magnate, Member of Parliament, fraudster and suspected spy - his mysterious drowning off the Canary Islands in 1991, ruled accidental by a subsequent inquest, left behind financial scandal and a fallen business empire and continues to excite speculation and conspiracy theories Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1944, bronze, unnumbered; Czechoslovakia, Republic, Military Medal for Merit; War Commemorative Medal 1939-45; Bulgaria, People’s Republic, Order of Stara Planina, First Class neck badge, 68mm, silver, gilt and enamel, in (damaged) case of issue; Finland, Republic, Order of the White Rose, Second Class set of insignia, by Tillander, Helsinki, comprising neck badge, 51mm, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, 78mm, silver, with gilt and enamelled centre and gilt retaining pin; Poland, People’s Republic, Order of Merit of the People’s Republic, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 60mm, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, 81mm, silver and gilt, with silver and red enamelled centre; together with the related miniature awards, these also including Swedish Order of the Polar Star, the four campaign medals all official later issues, generally extremely fine (lot) £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, January 1993, when sold by direction of the Joint Court-appointed Receiver to the Estate of the late Robert Maxwell, M.C. M.C. London Gazette 12 April 1945: ‘For gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe’ The original recommendation states: ‘During the attack on Paarlo on 29 January 1945, Lieutenant Maxwell was leading his Platoon when a heavy artillery concentration fell on and near the Platoon killing and wounding several men. The attack was in danger of losing momentum but this Officer, showing powers of leadership of the highest order, controlled his men with great skill and kept up the advance. During the night another Platoon of the Company was counter attacked and partially overrun. An attempt to restore the position with another Platoon failed but Lieutenant Maxwell repeatedly asked to be allowed to lead another attempt; this request was eventually granted. This Officer then led two of his Sections across bullet swept ground with great dash and determination and succeeded in contacting the Platoon who had been holding out in some buildings. Showing no regard for his own safety he led his section in the difficult job of clearing the enemy out of the buildings, inflicting many casualties and causing the remainder to withdraw. By his magnificent example and offensive spirit this officer was responsible for the relief of the platoon and the restoration of the situation.’ Robert Maxwell was born Ján Ludvîk Hyman Binyamin Hoch in 1923 in the small town of Slatinské Doly in Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslvakia (later Hungary and now Solotvyno, Ukraine). He was one of seven children born into a poor Yiddish speaking Orthodox Jewish family, many members of which died in Auschwitz after the occupation of Hungary by the Nazis in 1944. Having left home for France in 1939, aged 16, Maxwell joined the Czechoslovak Army in exile in Marseilles in May 1940 but after the fall of France and evacuation of the British Army, he transferred in Britain to the Pioneer Corps and subsequently in 1943 to the North Staffordshire Regiment. He served throughout the campaign across Europe from the Normandy Landings to the fall of Berlin, was commissioned into the Queen’s Royal Regiment in January 1945 and the same month won the Military Cross at Paarlo, Netherlands: 'During the night 29th/30th [January 1945] about fifty enemy crossed the river in assault boats and, preceded by heavy shelling and mortaring, made an unexpected counter-attack on “A” Company in Paarlo. The Germans got into the houses held by 8 Platoon (Lieutenant M. L. Baker) and there was fierce fighting in the dark. In one house Lance-Corporal Dennis most gallantly held them at bay with his Sten gun until 7 Platoon, splendidly led by Second-Lieutenant R. Maxwell, counter-attacked with tank support and cleared the enemy from the village. Our artillery then took a heavy toll as the Germans withdrew across the river. Ten prisoners were taken and there were numbers of other casualties, including the enemy company commander. Our losses were seven killed and wounded...’ (History of the Queen's Royal Regiment. Vol VIII 1924-1948, compiled by Major R. C. G. Foster, M.C. refers). Maxwell received his award from Field Marshall Montgomery. He achieved the rank of Captain by the end of the war and afterwards for two years was a press censor for the foreign office in Berlin, becoming a British citizen in in 1946 and changing his name to Robert Maxwell in 1948. Using contacts gained during the Allied occupation, Maxwell made a start in business by becoming the British and United States distributor for Springer Verlag, a publisher of scientific books. In 1951 he bought a controlling stake in Butterworth Springer, renamed it Pergammon Press and rapidly built it into a major publishing house. By the 1960s, Maxwell’s business success had made him hugely wealthy and in 1964, representing the Labour Party, he was elected Member of Parliament for Buckingham, holding the seat until 1970. In 1984, he acquired Mirror Group Newspapers, giving him control of six British Newspapers, including the pro-Labour Daily Mirror, and precipitating a media war between himself and Rupert Murdoch, the proprietor of the News of the World and The Sun. Maxwell rescued the third division football club Oxford United from bankruptcy in 1982. As chairman, he helped to lead them to the top flight of English football in 1985 and the club won the League Cup the following year. By 1991 Maxwell’s business empire was heavily in debt and struggling to remain solvent. On 5 November 1991, he was found to be missing from his yacht, Lady Ghislaine (named after his youngest daughter) which was cruising off the Canary Islands. His naked body was later recovered from the Atlantic Ocean. The official ruling at an inquest held in December 1991 was death by a heart attack combined with accidental drowning although three pathologists at the inquest had been unable to agree on the cause of death. Maxwell was afforded a lavish funeral on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. The ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state occasion, was attended by many dignitaries and politicians and no fewer than six serving and former heads of Israeli intelligence listened while Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir eulogised him stating ‘he has done more for Israel than can today be told’ (Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad by Gordon Thomas refers). Robert Maxwell’s death triggered the complete collapse of his publishing empire. As lenders rushed to call in their debts, it emerged that Maxwell had used hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies’ pension funds in an unauthorised attempt to save his businesses from bankruptcy. In 2003, Foreign Office papers were released which revealed that British intelligence officers had suspected Maxwell of being a Soviet agent with one report describing him as ‘a thoroughly bad character and almost certainly financed by Russia’. ...
Lot 2305
A contemporary bronze and glass table lamp modelled as a planet with rings, height 32cm, width 34.5cm, together with a further contemporary glass lamp modelled as a rocket, height 32cm (2).Additional InformationA few slight scratches here and there and slightly grubby in parts, the bronze base of the one lamp with some minor wear, these are sold as decorative items only, assessment from a qualified electrician must be sought before installation into the home.
Lot 70
DOUG HYDE (born 1972); a limited edition box set comprising a bronze sculpture, 'Box of Love', height 13cm, four prints, and a hardback book. (D)Additional InformationGood condition, minimal wear.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 1069
G. MARLIN; a late 19th/early 20th century French bronze bust of a boy smoking a cigarette, signed to the shoulder, numbered 115, and also with bronze guarantee foundry mark, on veined marble base, height 23cm.Additional InformationGeneral age wear patina throughout, with some rubbing to the raised areas, marble base with a few small chips here and there.
Lot 1596
JENNINE PARKER; a Continental limited edition bronze sculpture, 'Peace', 190/195, raised on marble plinth base, height 43cm, with certificate and original box. (D)Additional InformationMinor wear but good condition.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 1570
A pair of early 19th century bronze candlesticks, raised on a double knopp stem terminating on a octagonal plinth base, height 26cm also further metalware including tankards, brass ejector candlestick, circular brass pin dish with fleur de lis, brass fender, length 136cm, a Victorian inlaid mahogany work box and two Continental porcelain lamps.Additional InformationThe metalware with numerous dents, knocks, tarnishing. The work box is lacking interior, the lamps with minimal wear.
Lot 257
GARY BENFIELD (born 1965); oil on canvas laid on board, 'Bronze', signed lower right, 54.5 x 70cm, framed. (D)Additional InformationThe main image is good, minor wear, scuffs and scratches to the frame.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 1594
JEAN BAPTISTE DANIEL-DUPUIS (1849-1899); an Art Nouveau bronze plaque, one side decorated with a nude maiden drinking from a fountain, the other with a cherub, signed lower left, 6.5 x 3.5cm, together with a French Art Nouveau bronze seal modelled as a nude bather, two plated copper menu holders, one modelled as a fish, the other as a Japanese basket weaver, with a Trench Art book, two Continental white metal figures of a young boy and girl, and a gilt metal RAF brooch and associated pendant (6).Additional InformationThe plaque with general age wear and rubbing throughout, some surface scratches, etc, the bronze seal with a two tone patina throughout and some knocks and scuffs around the base, the two menu holders have heavy wear to the the plating throughout, and the Trench Art book also with heavy wear throughout, the RAF brooch is poorly soldered to the yellow metal mount.
Lot 1302
A collection of horticultural medals, predominantly bronze/copper with white metal examples, also a white metal and gilt star-type badge inscribed to reverse 'George Tutill, manufacturer Regal Depot 83 City Road, London' and a gilt crown suspending bullion tassels and gilt star badge by the same maker.
Lot 1051
Three 19th century desk paperweights comprising a bronze example modelled as a hand wearing a ring with cast gilt mount, length 10.4cm, and two brass examples modelled as shoes/boots, one of two part construction with registration mark to underside (3).Additional InformationWear commensurate with age and use; two-part boot slightly loose. General age wear patina to all pieces. One of the shoes is loose at the joint.
Lot 1439
A WWII Japanese Samurai/Katana sword, with bronze tsuba with floral detail and shagreen leather grip, length 93cm, with bronzed metal scabbard.Additional InformationRusting, pitting and wear to the blade. The scabbard with large areas of loss, dents and knocks. blade cutting length is 66cm. It is not possible to remove hilt to see if it is signed. The press button on the handle does work however, the scabbard does not fit fully to close over the press button. This could be because of the dents to the end of the scabbard.
Lot 1297
LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY; two marine medals, the first in silver awarded to William Alexander Wright of Widnes with following research note 'For gallantly rescuing a boy who had fallen into the River Mersey at Westbank, Widnes, on January 23rd 1904. Wright ran considerable risk, and only succeeded in grasping the boy just has he was being carried through the piles of the new bridge. He also attempted the rescue of a second boy, but after diving three times he had to be assisted out of the water in a very exhausted state', the second in bronze awarded to James Finlinson 'For rescuing a man in peril of drowning in the East Float, Birkenhead, on 30th October 1925'; also to swimming proficiency medals, the first in silver awarded to Charles B. Elder pupil in the Liverpool Institute High School for proficiency with the object of saving life 7th July 1897', and the second in bronze awarded to Samuel Maskel of Lister Drive Modern School 17th December 1954.
Lot 1030
A 16th century bronze twin handled mortar with crowned Tudor Rose decoration in relief, diameter 16.4cm.Additional InformationWear commensurate with age and use, rubbing, scratches, some old casting flaws including crack to one of the handles, surface oxidisation, dents, for further information refer to illustrations.
Lot 1590
BECKER; an Art Nouveau gilt bronze inkwell modelled as a snake emerging and biting an apple, signed in capital and with indistinct stamp to the underside, height 8cm.Additional InformationThe glass ink liner with a rim chip, the gilt bronze detailing has age wear patina throughout of rubbing, scuffs and scratches, general rubbing and wear to the underside of the base and the inkwell is grubby in parts.
Lot 1591
AFTER MICHELANGELO; a 19th century bronze figure of 'The Thinker (Lorenzo de Medici)’ on rectangular base with engraved signature, height 37cm.Additional InformationGeneral age wear patina throughout giving it a dark colour. Dust and dirt within the folds of the bronze and a few light scratches at the base. Two slightly glossier patches to the bronze at the base.
Lot 262
A box containing a Satsuma ware vase decorated with chrysanthemum style flowers, 15 cm, a pierced silver photograph frame, 18 cm high, a bronze model of "Stag and doe" inscribed "PJ Mene", 14 cm high, a bronze model of a "Horse", 17 cm high, together with assorted Border Fine Arts Beatrix Potter models, Isle of Wight glassware, etc and three boxes of sundry items
Lot 27A
An unusual pendant, designed as the Star of David and set with a Jewish coin dated 42-43 CE; a bronze Prutah of King Harod Agrippa I of Judaea (37-44 CE) to the centre, the pendant is accompanied by a Certificate of Antiquity dated 15-2-59, stating the coin is an antient Jewish coin hand struck in bronze in a stamped 14 ct mount, set on a 9 ct yellow gold belcher chain, hallmarked Birmingham 1978Condition Report: 9 ct gross weight 10.6 grams14 ct gross weight 4.5 grams
Lot 303
Group of ancient mainly bronze Byzantine coins, including, three Justin and Sofia, follies 565-578, Theup and Niko mints, six anonymous follies,depicting Christ 969-1082 A D, eleven other follies unidentified, and eleven coins of other denominations, and a Greek silver coin (32) Provenance :Collected by the French grandfather of the owner, an amateur scholar and enthusiast of ancient civilizations who assembled the small collection of jewellery and coins in Europe and later in Syria where he was stationed during the 1930's.
Lot 323
A collection of coins and medals which includes an 1840 bronze wedding medal of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and an 1851 bronze medal from the Great Exhibition both in excellent condition but slightly rubbed, a World War 1 Victory medal to W J MASON O.C.C. R.N., an India silver 1 rupee 1917, a Mexico silver 2 reales 1782, British crowns 1891 and 1896, a Charles I half groat with shield reverse and small quantities of other British and foreign coinage.
Lot 3709
Boulle-PenduleUm 1900, Stil Louis XV. Holzgehäuse mit separatem Sockel. Reiche Boulle-Marketerie in rot gefärbtem Horn und Messing. Vergoldete Bronze-Zierbeschläge. Figurenaufsatz in Form eines Engels. Bronzezifferblatt und Emailkartuschen. Pendulenwerk mit Halbstundenschlag auf Glocke. Pendel mit Federaufhängung. Gangfähig. Schlüssel vorhanden. H 83 cm.- Leichte Altersspuren, kleine Schadstellen im Furnier.
Lot 3701
Kaminuhr NapoleonFrankreich, um 1820. Gehäuse aus brüniertem Messing und feuervergoldeter Bronze. Reich verzierte, ziselierte Beschläge. Figurenaufsatz in Form des Kaisers Napoleon aus fein ziselierter, feuervergoldeter Bronze. Guillochiertes, versilbertes Metallzifferblatt mit römischen Ziffern. Stahlzeiger. Französisches Pendulenwerk mit Halbstundenschlag auf Glocke. Pendel mit Fadenaufhängung. Gangfähig. Kein Schlüssel vorhanden. H 53 cm.- Altersspuren, kleine Schad- und Fehlstellen
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