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Lot 304
The Incredible Leonard McGrath Galway Dual Star G.A.A. Medal Collection An important and unique collection of All-Ireland Medals, Provincial Medals and other related material relating to Leonard Mc Grath, to include: (a) A 9ct gold shield shaped and pierced Medal with cross hurls on the obverse inscribed "Erins Hope" the reverse inscribed "Jun. H. League 1917"; (b) A 9ct gold circular Medal, the obverse with engraved Provincial Arms (Connaught) and Shamrocks, the reverse inscribed "Connacht Senior Finals Championships 1922, won by Galway (c) A 9ct gold All-Ireland Winners Medal Celtic Cross with pierced decoration, central harp and Eire across, the reverse inscribed "All Ireland Hurling Championship 1923, won by Galway - Leonard McGrath," hallmarked. · Having been perennial whipping boys for years, the Tribesmen came of age, they beat Kilkenny in the Leinster Final 5-4 to 2-0, Galway claimed their first title with a resounding 7-4 to 4-5 victory over Limerick. (d) A circular 9ct gold Medal with pierced and engraved design, the obverse with shield of Connaught Coat of Arms and inscribed "Connradh Connacht," the reverse inscribed "Senior Football Championship 1925, won by Galway," hallmarked. (e) A 9ct gold All-Ireland winners Medal, Celtic Cross with central shield shaped harp and Eire across the centre, the reverse inscribed "All Ireland Football Championship 1925, won by Galway ( L. Mc Grath) hallmarked. · Galway played Mayo in the Final in Tuam, in front of a crowd of 16,000. The result was a score line of 1-5 to 1-3, in a championship that saw both Cavan and Kerry expelled due to ineligible players. This however brought All-Ireland glory to Galway for the first time. (f) A shield shaped 9ct gold Medal the obverse engraved with Provincial Coat of Arms for all provinces the centre with raised football design, the reverse inscribed "Inter Provincial Football Competition 1925 - Won by Galway" hallmarked. * This match was arranged to generate funds for the lost Revenue for the G.A.A. due to the unsettled championship of 1925. It was known as the Replacement All-Ireland. (g) A 9ct gold circular Medal, the obverse with side profile of a Queen, and inscribed "An Bainriogan Tailte," the reverse "Aonach Tailteann - Baile Atha Cliath 1924 - Football L.J. McG (Leonard Mc Grath) hallmarked. · This was the first of this revival Irish Sporting and Cultural Festival which was an International event. It also ran in 1928 and 1932, before its abrupt ending. (h) A circular silver gilt Medal, the obverse depicting a Rugby scene with figures, the reverse "I.R.F.U." C.B. (Connaught Branch) Senior League 1926 - 27, hallmarked. · The 1926/1927 Championship saw Galwegians beat U.C.G. 3-0. This was their second title of 4 in a row. (i) An engraved and pierced Celtic Cross design silver Medal, inscribed "Feis Breandáin Naomhra, Baile Ioca Riach (Ballinasloe) 1925, hallmarked (j) A Celtic Cross design silver Medal, inscribed "Feis Bhreandaina Beal a Atha na Shiaigh 1926, hall marked (Faller, Galway) (k) A bronze circular Medal "Sligo Feis Ceoil" decorated with typical motifs (uninscribed). (l) An attractive silver cross shaped pierced and engraved Medal with centre shield shaped Relief inscribed "L.Mc.G", the reverse inscribed 'S.M.L.C. 2 Years', hallmarked. (m) A large bundle of Musical Scores including 'The Rose of Tralee'; 'Down by the Sally Gardens'; 'The Green Hills of Ireland', and many more; mostly inscribed by Leonard McGrath. Used during his competitions at various singing events and Feis Ceoils. Leonard McGrath was born in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. As a young boy he returned to his parent's native land and was reared in Galway. He qualified as a teacher in 1918 at St. Patrick's College. In 1922 he came to the fore and was a member of the Galway Senior Hurling XV, winning a Connaught title. He was subsequently chosen and starred at full forward to win Galway's first Hurling All Ireland. He showed his versatility in sports by also been chosen to represent his adopted county in football and played on the winning 1925 team, which also was the county's first title in Football. He became the county's first dual star, and only player to achieve success in both codes. McGrath is a member of an elite group of only 16 players to achieve this accolade, in the G.A.A.'s long history. He also played rugby and was a member of the winning Galwegians team beating U.C.G. 3-0 in the 1926-27 Season. This brought with it a caveat, he was duly expelled from the G.A.A. for playing a 'Foreign Sport'. Off the field he was a highly regarded singer and participated in many Feis Ceoils, and other singing competitions. He excelled in Golf and Cricket. A true all-rounder on and off the field, a forgotten member of Irish sport. A Unique Collection. Provenance: By direct Family descent. (1)
Lot 104
BYZANTINE PROCESSIONAL CROSS EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 6TH CENTURY A.D. cast bronze, composed of four flaring sections, each with double circular terminals, the horizontal arms with smaller rings on the underside which would have once held the bronze alpha and omega, presented on a bespoke stand (Dimensions: 49.5cm tall) Provenance: Private collection, Europe, acquired prior to 1972
Lot 51
MOSSI LION BURKINA FASO cast bronze, shown standing, with open maw, upturned ears and coffee-bean eyes, with fine detailing to the mane, long torso and curling tail (Dimensions: 45.5cm long) Provenance: Acquired 1950's by a French government official in Burknia Faso, thence by descent Private collection, Scotland
Lot 77
COLLECTION OF BRONZE AGE AND LATER BLADES AND IMPLEMENTS NEAR EAST TO WESTERN EUROPE, BRONZE AGE TO cast and worked bronze, the collection consists of a range of weaponry, hair pins and utilitarian objects; one Western European early Bronze Age flat axe, one Near Eastern middle Bronze Age spearhead with curled tang, one Luristan late Bronze Age axehead, one Near Eastern Bronze Age arrowhead, two Near Eastern Bronze Age dagger blades, one with integral tang, the other with perforations and seperate rivets, a pair of European Bronze Age hairpins, one with a spiral head the other with a cup design and two Roman doctors tools (12) (Dimensions: longest 24cm) (Qty: 12) Provenance: Private collection, Scotland
Lot 79
URARTIAN BELT URARTU, IRON AGE III, C. 7TH CENTURY B.C. engraved bronze, of typical form, with incisions along the border for attachment to a leather backing, decorated with images from mythical scenes; goats, lions and otherworldly creatures are hunted by archers , the panels are separated by images of flowers, palm and date trees, mounted on a plexiglass backing, with an Axel Guttmann collection label reading "AG. R 248" (Dimensions: 42.5 cm diameter) Provenance: Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, exhibited at Mr. Guttmann's private museum outside Berlin, collection number AG. R 248. Note: For a similar example please see The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 52.123.
Lot 81
PERSIAN PHILAE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE, 6TH - 4TH CENTURY BC hammered bronze, produced from a single sheet of bronze, the exterior with a series of petals in fine repoussé work, the base of the bowl with a raised section (Dimensions: 21cm diamter) Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom, reputedly acquired at a Swiss auction house in the 1950's.
Lot 82
LURISTAN HORSE BIT CHEEKPIECE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS, EARLY 1ST MILLENIUM B.C. cast bronze, at the centre stands a horned deity, flanked at either side by mythical beasts that he appears to be taming or mastering, his midriff forms the loop through which the bit would have been placed, presented on a bespoke mount (Dimensions: 12.5cm tall) Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired 1990's. Note: For a similar example please see: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, accession number 1961.33.
Lot 83
ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN HELMET PERSIA, C. 4TH - 5TH CENTURY A.D. hammered and applied bronze, of domed form, decorated with seven boss-shaped elements independently affixed to the front, interior marked with inventory number "393" (Dimensions: 21 cm tall) Provenance: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26th September 1980, Lot 186 (a scan of the original catalogue page can be provided upon request).
Lot 86
GREEK GREAVE GREECE, 4TH CENTURY B.C. hammered bronze, to protect the left shin, with four perforations along the edge for the attachment of leather straps (Dimensions: 39cm long) Provenance: Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, exhibited at Mr. Guttmann's private museum outside Berlin
Lot 87
ANCIENT GREEK HELMET OF ILLYRIAN TYPE ARCHAIC PERIOD, 600 - 550 B.C. hammered bronze, domed helmet with a pair of raised parallel ridges, each with smaller ridges at the outer edge, with long, triangular cheek pieces and flaring neck guard, the borders with rounded studs and sections of bronze wire (Dimensions: 23cm tall) Provenance: Private collection, Europe, acquired 1980's. Private collection, United Kingdom Note: Passed from father to son, helmets were amongst the most prized items of the ancient hoplite. This striking example belongs to the class known as Illyrian. It is distinguished by the open face without a nose guard and parallel ridges running along the top intended for the attachment of a crest. Though found across the ancient Greek world, it is most commonly encountered in the modern Balkan states which correspond to ancient Illyria. Though the Illyrian tribes adopted it en masse , the first known examples were uncovered much further south on the Peloponnese and date to around 700 B.C. The shape of the Illyrian evolved over time to offer improved neck protection and allow better hearing in battle. Scholars now recognise four subgroups which span from 700 – 400 B.C. The present example belongs to type III and dates to 600 – 550 B.C.
Lot 88
APULO-CORINTHIAN HELMET SOUTHERN ITALY, C. 350-300 B.C. hammered bronze, with two small eye holes, nose guard and dual raised brow ridges, neck guard behind, the interior with collection label "AG 512" (Dimensions: 26.5 cm long) Provenance: Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, exhibited at Mr. Guttmann's private museum outside Berlin, collection number AG 512. Sotheby's, London, Antiquities, December 1985, lot 130 Published: Born, H. 1993. Restaurierung Antiker Bronzewaffen. Note: The famous Corinthian helmet was popular throughout the Ancient Greek world on account of its ease of production (from a single sheet of hammered bronze) and the fearsome visage it presented to the enemy. We see here the Italic variant, known as an Apulo-Corinthian. Unlike the classic variety, the Apulo-Corinthian was worn on the top of the head like a cap. This is clearly evident in the present example, where the aperture for the eyes is far too small to have been functional and was therefore purely decorative. Scholars now believe that the Greek Corinthian helmet was always worn pulled back over the head other than in the immediate melee conflict due to the extreme heat suffered by the wearer. Therefore the development of the Italic variety reflects how the original Corinthian was worn the majority of the time. The early Italic examples feature a far closer design to the Corinthian, with open eyes and a nose-guard raised in relief. As time went on, these details became mere decorations on the face as we see here. As such, the later Apulo-Corinthian still reflect the influence on their origins but more accurately demonstrate the reality of how they were worn.
Lot 93
ROMAN BRONZE HORSE WESTERN EUROPE, 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D. cast bronze, shown at a gallop, the front legs raised, the mouth slightly agape, bridle and mane finely modeled, with an open cavity on the back, presented on a bespoke mount (Dimensions: 11.5cm long) Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1980's
Lot 95
OVER LIFESIZE ROMAN ARM 1ST - 3RD CENTURY B.C. gilt bronze, a fragment from an over lifesize statue, depicting the right arm, bent at the elbow, presented on a bespoke mount (Dimensions: 42cm long) Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1980s. Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 24th June 2014, lot 346. Private collection, United Kingdom
Lot 99
ANCIENT CELTIC SHIELD WESTERN EUROPE, 5TH CENTURY B.C. hammered sheet bronze, of circular form with an outer border of small raised dots, moving inwards a series of concentric ridges to a central dome and large bronze rivet projecting from the centre, pierced with multiple perforations, raised on a bespoke mount (Dimensions: 40.6cm diameter) Provenance: Private collection, Swizerland, acquired prior to 1990 Bonhams, New Bond Street, London. Antiquities, 1st May 2013, Lot 240 Private collection, United Kingdom Note: This shield is the work of a master metalsmith active at some point in the 5 th century B.C. producing arms and armour for the elite of society. Of circular form and produced from a single sheet of bronze; the design features a series of concentric bands rising into a domed boss at the centre decorated with a repoussé border of small dots. Its design suggests an origin in Ireland or perhaps the British Isles, indeed a similar example can be found in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, no. IA:1872.15. As an actual defensive weapon, it is wholly impractical for use in battle. A sword or spear would comfortably punch through the sheet bronze and research shows that whilst the vast majority of shields found dating to this period are constructed from metal, actual shields used in combat would have most commonly been formed of bark or hide. Instead, this piece was created as a work of art, to be worn and displayed on particular occasions, festivals and religious events. In a society where worked metal remained a highly valuable commodity, the shining polished bronze would have dazzled and impressed. The individual who owned this shield would have been of chiefly rank, their status demonstrated by their ability to commission and own prized objects such as this. The most important aspect of this shield though is not its original design, but the series of diamond shaped perforations which are visibly present across the entire body. These are spear marks - but as previously mentioned this was not an object to be used in combat. In order to understand what is going on here we must look into ritual practices that there were written about in contemporary Roman sources and have been attested by modern archaeologists. The ancient Celts were a polytheistic society, their deities, much like those of the Mediterranean, required constant appeasement through sacrifice and gift giving. This gifts provided to the gods needed to be items of the highest value possible to society, so metalwork; with its rarity, beauty and complex production was often selected. A number of studies have demonstrated that the deposition of artefacts in sites linked to water; rivers, lakes and springs - was a particularly widespread custom amongst the Celts in the Bronze and Iron Ages. In fact, we continue this practice today when we throw coins into wells to make a wish. In short, water was seen as a threshold or gateway to the divine world where the gifts could be received and prayers answered. However, before the object could be given, first it had to be broken or “killed”. Swords would be bent, razors or shears blunted and shields pierced. To explain this practice, one theory contents that the gift could not be given until the “power” of the object was broken and its spirit removed. A more modern parallel would be the Polynesian concept of mana , the life force that permeates not only people, but objects. Any article worn or owned by an individual can become imbued with mana through their accomplishments and personality. In this context, ancient Celtic shields such as the present example such would have been seen as personal to such an intense extent that it is hard to comprehend. They were not simply the property of an individual, they were an indivisible part of them. As such, this remarkable shield is a window into both ancient Celtic craftsmanship and ritual practice more than 2,500 years ago.
Lot 364
An unattributed WW2 group of Canadian campaign medals & U.S. Bronze star (7). All in original boxes un named as issued. 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Overseas Service Medal 1939-1945 & United States Bronze Star. The first 6 all Canadian issue medals, all medals un-named as issued & housed in their original award boxes.
Lot 392
Nazi Germany Legion Condor Spanish Cross, with swords in bronze, by CE Junker, Berlin. Pre war quality, die struck, multi piece badge, with remains of bronze wash, mainly to recesses, with pebbled maltese cross, LW eagle on sword pair, with central rotating swastika. Concave reverse shows CEJ stamp to centre, with wide vertical pin and resoldered large catch.
Lot 411
WW2 German lot of Kriegsmarine & Luftwaffe badges (7). Includes Black Wound badge, Narvik Shield, early tombak type, with 3 of 4 fixing pins/no cloth, Krim shield, 1 fixing pin /no cloth, Coastal Artillery Badge, by Schwerin/no catch, High Seas Fleet Badge, Day Fighter Clasp, in bronze by Osang, these last two swastikas filed off. Includes Weimar era Kyfhauserbund gilt medal.
Lot 431
Nazi Germany Kreissieger trade badge for the Hitler Youth/Deutsche Arbeits Front 1939. Multi-piece, bronze washed, die struck tombac construction Kreis level badge with multi-coloured enamel work, with refinished red enamel to HJ Diamond. Concave reverse with vertical pin & catch, being marked AG. THAM GABLONZ a.N.
Lot 465
Lot of U.S. military medals & badge (9). WW2 era boxed Purple Heart & single Purple Heart, boxed Bronze Star, boxed Victory World War II, Post 1980’s boxed Kuwait Liberation Medal, boxed National Defence Service, American Defence Medal, National Defence Medal & 1960’s Army Staff Identification Badge (slight damage to enamel).
Lot 509
WW2 US Navy Admiral’s uniform peaked cap, belong to Vice Admiral Willis Augustus ‘Ching’ Lee, who as commander of Composite Task Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, died just 10 days after the official Japanese surrender. Lee was most famous for being the commander in charge of the naval fleet which repelled the Japanese naval attack on Guadalcanal in November 1942, as well as being a skilled sport shooter, winning seven medals at the 1920 Olympic Games, being the most successful athlete of the entire games.The cap features a tan waterproof body, with black woven centre band, with U.S.N. 2-piece eagle, service worn gold braid chinstrap & twin gilt buttons, with a double row of bullion oak leaves embroidered direct woven to the black felt top of the flat leather peak. The interior shows the maker details for Art Caps of New York, with clear protective cover, showing his name Lee, Willis A BB-56, mid brown leather sweatband, gilt embossed named W. A. LEE. Light wear to underside of crown, but in overall very good condition, approx. size 6 1/2.Willis Augustus ‘Ching’ Lee Jr. (May 11, 1888 – August 25, 1945) entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1904. While at the Naval academy, his Chinese-sounding last name, compounded by his fondness for the Far East earned him the nickname "Ching" Lee. Following graduation, Lee joined the academy's rifle team twice. He was assigned to the battleship Idaho from October 1908 to May 1909, before returning to the naval academy and re-joining the rifle team. In July 1913, Lee re-joined Idaho, and in April 1914 he transferred to the battleship New Hampshire to participate in the occupation of Veracruz. During World War I, Lee served on the destroyers O'Brien and Lea.Lee participated in 14 events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He won 7 medals (5 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze), all in team events. It would not be until Alexander Dityatin in the 1980 games that anyone would beat the record. Lee attended the Naval War College in the late 1920s, and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1936. During the 1930s and early 1940s, Lee was several times assigned to the Fleet Training Division, commanded the light cruiser Concord, and served on the staff of Commander, Cruisers, Battle Force. In early 1942, following his promotion to the rank of rear admiral, Lee became Assistant Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet.Lee's specialty in life was gunnery. At the age of 19 in 1907 "he became the only American to win both the US National High Power Rifle and Pistol championships in the same year." In 1914 during the Veracruz campaign in Mexico he drew the fire of three enemy snipers, thereby exposing their positions and then shot them at long range. He understood the powerful guns of a battleship as an extension of the law of ballistics and adapted his expertise to the new age of technology. When Admiral Lee engaged the Japanese Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō's battleship Kirishima on the evening of 14 November 1942 in the waters off Guadalcanal, he became naval history's first battleship commander to conduct a "gunfight" primarily by radar remote control. In August 1942, Rear Admiral Lee was sent to the Pacific to command Battleship Division Six, consisting of the battleships Washington and South Dakota. Flying his flag in Washington, Lee engaged an Imperial Japanese Navy surface fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Kondō during the second night of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of 14–15 November 1942. While riding in the battleship Washington, which served as his flagship during this sea-fight, Lee's battleship decisively gunned the battleship Kirishima into a wreck, resulting in her scuttling shortly afterwards. With 300 Imperial sailors still entombed within her hull, she slid into Ironbottom Sound, leaving Admiral Lee's flagship Washington the only American battleship during World War II to sink an enemy battleship in a "one on one" gunfight.[10]Lee, who "knew more about radar than the radar operators", used the SG radar installed aboard Washington to skilfully manoeuvre his ships during the night.Lee was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions at the battle, promoted to Vice Admiral in 1944 and placed in charge of the Pacific Fleet's fast battleships, as Commander, Battleships, Pacific Fleet. In May 1945, he was sent to the Atlantic to command a special unit researching defences against the threat of Japanese kamikaze aircraft, the Composite Task Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. While serving in that position on 25 August 1945, Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee died suddenly after suffering a heart attack, ten days after the Surrender of Japan. He collapsed and died in a motor launch that was ferrying him out to his flagship in the harbour at Portland, Maine.
Lot 70
19th century Japanese dagger kabutowari helmet breaker knife & tanto bag. Made of bronze & copper metal with leather hilt wrap & silver wire mountain design grip this 45.7cm long traditional Samurai Helmet piercer makes a very fine display weapon. Completed with cotton Tanto bag that carries 2 names in Japanese characters to inner surface.
Lot 191
CHINESE QIANLONG PERIOD GILT BRONZE SQUARE LANTERNwith a domed lift up lid with a pierced jade finial, the lid decorated with lotus flowers and dragon head terminals with suspended bells to the corners, the sides set with reticulated panels of white jade with a shou character below a bat in flight, the diaper ground with ruyi panels and lotus scrolls, standing on four pairs of decorative bracket feet, now converted for electricity, 33cm high
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