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Lot 745
DUTCH RESISTANCE, Invasion of the Netherlands cover signed by Volkert Stolp and Johannes Christiaan De Keijzer. Volkert Stolp Was made responsible for the removal of about 20 vessels moored in the vicinity of the Jurgens Oil factories which he managed with the loss of only two vessels plus his own ship. Johannes Christiaan De Keijzer was an Engine Room Artificer with the Dutch Navy and in action defending the Wilhelms Bridge in Rotterdam for which he was awarded the Bronze Cross. He escaped Rotterdam in Submarine 024 during the night of 13/14th May 1940. 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. We can ship a 30kg box in UK next day delivery insured up to £100 for £10 which will combine most multiple orders.
Lot 14
After Jean-Didier Debut (French, 1824-1893): Porteur d'eau Tunisien, a pair of bronze spelter figurines of Moorish water carriers, signed Debut, in the manner of Bergman raised on naturalistic rectangular plinth bases. These models are sometimes attributed to Marcel, the son of Jean-Didier Debut. Measures 31cms high
Lot 169
A WW2 North West Europe M.i.D. Group of 3 awarded to Lieutenant H. McCarty, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, comprising: 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.i.D. bronze oak leaf; Group swing mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin, with O.H.M.S. box and transmission slip, extremely fine (3). M.i.D.: London Gazette: 8 November 1945 – ‘for gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe. ’ Lieutenant Harold McCarty was born on 1 August 1916 in Blackburn, Lancs. He was commissioned into the R.E.M.E. from Cadet to Second Lieutenant on 28 August 1943, and was later awarded an M.i.D. as a Lieutenant on 8 November 1945 for ‘gallant and distinguished services’ during the latter part of WW2 in North West Europe. Offered with some original documentation, including original M.i.D. letter.
Lot 177
Miscellaneous: Family Medals (4), comprising British War and Victory (224700 Gnr. F.W. Burdon. R.A.) and Imperial Service Medal, Elizabeth II (Frederick William Burdon), with Army Long Service and Good Conduct, Edward VII (21362 Q.M. Sjt. F. Burden.[sic] R.E.), good very fine and better, I.S.M. in case of issue; and coins etc. (18), including a large Ptolemaic bronze, very good, a gold fanam of Travancore and a copper token penny of Bristol, 1811, both good very fine and sundry English silver, 1897-1911, circulated (22)
Lot 178
Lifesaving: France, Société Générale Des Naufrages, gilt metal, 36mm width, with ring suspension (P.O. J. Dennett. Esq. Director General Britt. Sec.); engraved in upright capitals, very fine. John Dennett (1790-1852) of Newport, Isle of Wight, developed a shore-to-ship line-carrying rocket in 1826-7. Along with many other rockets at that time, used variously for military and naval use (most famously developed by William Congreve), or for whaling harpoons and life-saving, John Dennett’s life-saving rocket also became popular at that time. Developed just four years later than Congreve’s version, Dennett’s rocket was demonstrated with much success before Army and Naval officers and the local Coast Guard. They were taken up and installed at 3 local Coast Guard stations, and soon after in 1832 they were instrumental in the rescue of nineteen men from the wreck of the merchant ship Bainbridge, which won Dennett a major government contract and an enhanced reputation (‘Rockets and Missiles’ by Van Riper, refers). Twenty years later, over 120 Coast Guard stations were equipped with Dennett’s Rocket Apparatus, and many were sent abroad. The Numismatic Chronicle of 1841 records his award of the bronze medal of the Société Général Des Naufrages (known in Britain as ‘The International Shipwreck Society’), for his role as Director General of the British Section. Whether this medal is this same bronze award, or a later award of a higher class (given that it is gilt) is as yet unconfirmed.
Lot 180
Miniatures: A Scarce Great War 18 carat gold miniature D.S.O. & M.C. group of 5, comprising: D.S.O., G.V.R. type, in gold and enamels, marked ‘18 ct’ to reverse of top bar; M.C., G.V.R. type; 1914 Star with clasp ‘5th Aug. – 22nd Nov. 1914’; British War and Victory Medals, the latter with bronze ‘M.i.D.’ spray of oak leaves; swing mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin, all within original ‘The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd.’ Case of issue, D.S.O. in excellent condition, tiny contact marks to other medals, very fine (5)
Lot 195
Miniatures: Admiral Gordon Campbell’s original Great War period Victoria Cross and triple D.S.O. Miniature Group of Seven and other items (see below) personally presented by the Admiral to Dorothy Isobel Mackay Houston, his literary assistant and close friend, comprising: Victoria Cross, in bronze; D.S.O., G.V.R., silver gilt, with two bars; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal, with 6 unofficial silver clasps, Home Seas 1914, Home Seas 1915, Home Seas 1916, Home Seas 1917, Home Seas 1918, “Q-Ships”; Victory medal; France, Légion d’Honneur, Officer’s breast badge in gilt and enamels, with rosette upon ribbon; France, Croix de Guerre with palm, 1914-1918, mounted on bar with reverse brooch-pin, extremely fine, in Spink & Son case. The lot is offered with the following additional items: A metal brooch-mounted V.C. and D.S.O. riband bar, with miniature Victoria Cross emblem on its original 1917 blue ribbon and rosette on D.S.O. ribbon to denote a first bar; A cloth riband bar with miniature Victoria Cross emblem (now loose) upon post-1917 standardised V.C. ribbon, with two rosettes on D.S.O. ribbon to denote first and second bars; An original silver print portrait photograph of Gordon Campbell in uniform, 200 x 150mm, signed both by the recipient and by the Royal photographer Hay Wrightson (1874-1949), of 41 New Bond Street, London, with details to reverse (the portrait as used as the frontispiece for Gordon Campbell’s My Mystery Ships, first published in 1928 and illustrated here as the header to lot 194). Two signed hardback copies of Gordon Campbell’s books A Son of the Sea and Captain Cook (both 1936), each bearing a personal manuscript dedication and thanks to ‘The Boatswain’ (then Miss D. I. Mackay Houston, later First Officer, W.R.N.S., who became Mrs Mackay-Mure) for her assistance with each book, also signed and dated by the recipient. A Son of the Sea additionally bears the printed dedication ‘To D.I.M.H.’, both volumes in good used condition. Four personal manuscript letters from Gordon Campbell to Miss Mackay-Houston, of which three are humorous and playful in nature (one dated 26 November 1939), and the fourth to ‘Beloved & respected Bos’n…’ containing heartfelt, personal advice, written on paper with Admiralty seal, undated, circa 1940. Copied documentation giving specific provenance information. Provenance: All the items in this lot were given personally by Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell to Miss D.I. Mackay-Houston, affectionately nicknamed ‘The Bos’n’, who worked closely with him during his time as Member of Parliament for Burnley and who assisted him with the writing of several of his books. A graduate of the University of London, she became a First Officer with the W.R.N.S. in WW2, remaining a lifelong friend of the Rear-Admiral and his family. Gordon Campbell’s son David became Godfather to her daughter, Christina Jane Mackay-Mure. (7)
Lot 45
China, Nanking Puppet Government, Order of United National Glory, Fourth Class, Commander’s neck badge, in bronze-gilt, silvered bronze and enamels, width 74mm, suspension replaced, generally very fine, in its rather worn case of issue with remnants of original label on the lid also containing the original broken suspension link
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