Princess of Wales’s Private Military Hospital, The Gables Souvenir Medallion, by Warrington & Co., London, 57mm, gilded bronze, the obverse featuring the bust of the Princess of Wales, with her hospital ship off the South African coast and ‘Transvaal War 1899-1900’ in the fields to left and right, with the circumscription, ‘Souvenir of the Princess of Wales’ Private Military Hospital. The Gables, Surbiton’; the reverse featuring the front of the Gables, with ‘For Sick & Wounded from S. Africa’ in the exergue, with the circumscription, ‘Maintained by Mr & Mrs Alfred Cooper as an adjunct to H.R.H’s. Hospital Ship’, in fitted presentation case, the lid with gilt inscription below the Prince of Wales’s feathers, minor test mark to edge, otherwise extremely fine £240-£280 --- Referenced in B.H.M. 3664; Eimer 1846. ‘Two of the original offers of convalescent homes eventually developed into hospitals attached to and administered by the authorities of neighbouring military hospitals. The first of these was a hospital provided by Sir Alfred Cooper in his private theatre at The Gables, Surbiton. The theatre was admirably arranged and fitted out as a hospital for 30 patients, and was specially provided with a view to receiving the invalids who came home on board the “Princess of Wales” Hospital Ship. Its establishment consisted of a matron, two nursing sisters and a non-commissioned officer supplied from the garrison at Kingston-on-Thames. It was under the administrative medical charge of the medical officer in charge of the station hospital at Kingston-on-Thames. Local medical practitioners and consulting surgeons from London carried out the professional work. This hospital was kept constantly occupied from April 1900 to 24 January 1901, and the number of patients admitted and maintained in it during this time was 133’ (H.M.S.O. Report by the Central Red Cross Committee on Voluntary Organisations in Aid of the Sick and Wounded during the South African War (1902) refers).
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Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II (2), Commander’s neck badge, 83mm including crown suspension x 52mm, gilt and enamel, bilingual motto, with neck riband; Gold Medal of the Order, gilt, French motto; Military Cross, First Class, gilt and enamel; Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze; Medal for Agricultural and Industry, First Class, silvered, gilt, and enamel, generally good very fine (6) £80-£100
A Massachusetts Minuteman Medal awarded to Private D. M. Sidlinger, 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, later Private, Company D, 17th United States Infantry Massachusetts Minuteman Medal, bronze (Daniel M. Sidlinger, Prvt. B. 6th. Regt.) extremely fine £240-£280 --- Daniel M. Sidlinger was born in Maine in 1839 and enlisted in Company B, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia at Townsend, Massachusetts, on 20 May 1861. He was mustered out at Boston on 2 August 1861. Two months later he enlisted on 29 October 1861 for three years in Company D, 1st Battalion, of the newly formed 17th United States Infantry which saw heavy duty with the Army of the Potomac in all of its major engagements before being removed from the line in October 1864. In 1862 he served in the Seven Days Battle, at Second Bull Rim, Antietam and Fredericksburg, where he was wounded. In 1863 the regiment was engaged at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and in the Bristoe and Mine Run Campaigns. The following year it was engaged in the battles of the Overland (Rapidan) Campaign and in the battles of the Siege of Petersburg. It was ordered to duty at Fort Lafayette in New York Harbour in October 1864 and Sidlinger was mustered out on 29 October of that year. After the war Siflinger returned to Maine for a while but for over 20 years down to his death he lived in the small community of Sabula, Jackson County, Iowa. In 1894 he joined the Chauncey Lawrence Post No. 163 of the Grand Army of the Republic (Department of Iowa). He was awarded an invalids pension in 1895 and he died on 6 April 1919, being buried in Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Linn County, Iowa. The Massachusetts Minuteman Medal In 1902 the State of Massachusetts authorised the production of the Minuteman medal to be awarded to all ‘3 month’ Militiamen who answered Lincoln’s ‘first call’ for troops in April of 1861. The medals themselves were issued with officially impressed naming, giving the name, rank and unit of the soldier, in a similar style to British Campaign medals. Approximately 3,800 veterans were eligible to claim this medal; however, as they were only awarded on application, many remained unissued. Overall, approximately 159,000 men from this State fought for the Union, thus only a fraction actually received a medal. Of the men that were in these original Militia units, the majority went on to serve in other units during the War. Sold with copied research.
Princess of Wales’s Private Military Hospital, The Gables Souvenir Medallion, by Warrington & Co., London, 57mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the bust of the Princess of Wales, with her hospital ship off the South African coast and ‘Transvaal War 1899-1900’ in the fields to left and right, with the circumscription, ‘Souvenir of the Princess of Wales’ Private Military Hospital. The Gables, Surbiton’; the reverse featuring the front of the Gables, with ‘For Sick & Wounded from S. Africa’ in the exergue, with the circumscription, ‘Maintained by Mr & Mrs Alfred Cooper as an adjunct to H.R.H’s. Hospital Ship’, nearly extremely fine £100-£140
London Fire Brigade Long Service Medal, bronze (Fireman S. A. Morley); together with a Pacific Star; a Defence Medal; a Royal Life Saving Society Swimming Proficiency Medal, bronze ‘M. Thompson Oct. 1936’; and seven Army Temperance Medals, all silver, all unnamed, generally nearly extremely fine (11) £60-£80
The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Parker, O.B.E., M.C., D.C.M., Royal Welsh Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military Division) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R.; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1911; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze palm; Order of Merite Agricole, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to the last, very fine and better (12) £360-£440 --- Provenance: Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.C. London Gazette 18 February 1915. D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. Edward Augustus Parker was born in Peckham, London about 1867 and enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in December 1886. Having then served with the 1st Battalion in the Hazara Expedition of 1891 (Medal & clasp), he was appointed Sergeant-Major in October 1898 and participated in the operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, including the action at Frederickstad on 20 October 1900. He was wounded on the latter occasion, mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901, refers) and awarded the D.C.M. Subsequently commissioned as a Quarter-Master, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, in the 1st Battalion in April 1904, he was a member of the regiment’s Coronation Contingent in 1911. Advanced to Q.M. & Captain in April 1914, Parker joined the 1st Battalion in Flanders in early October and was consequently witness to the severe fighting that followed. Following an abortive attack on Menin on the 17th, the Battalion - numbering 1150 officers and men - took up positions on the Broodseinde Ridge: within three days, as a consequence of severe enemy shelling and numerous infantry assaults, the unit’s strength was reduced to 200 officers and men. On the 29th, the Battalion was reinforced by 200 men and moved to new positions just east of the village of Zandvoorde. The Germans attacked in force on the following day, supported by 260 heavy artillery guns, and managed to get behind the Battalion’s line: it was all but annihilated, just 90 men answering the roll call on the 31st, among them Parker, the only surviving officer. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 17 February 1915, refers) and awarded the M.C., both distinctions undoubtedly reflecting his ‘gallantry in the Field’, as cited in a reference written by Major-General H. E. Holman at a later date. He was invested with his M.C. by King George V at Windsor Castle in April 1915, one of the first officers to be so honoured. Parker was subsequently appointed to the Staff, initially serving as A.D.C. to the G.O.C. 7th Division (November 1914-May 1915), and afterwards as a Camp Commandant In IV Corps H.Q. (May 1915-February 1916), and Camp Commandant 4th Army (February 1916-March 1918). Then following a brief spell as Camp Commandant, Supreme War Council, he returned to his post in 4th Army and remained similarly employed until the war’s end. He was awarded the O.B.E. and five times mentioned in despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916, 4 June 1917, 7 April 1918, 20 December 1918 and 5 July 1919, refer); in addition he was appointed a Chevalier of the French Order of Merite Agricole (London Gazette 7 October 1919, refers), and awarded the Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 24 October 1919, refers). Parker, who had been advanced to Q.M. & Major on the recommendation of Lieutenant-General H. Rawlinson, G.O.C. IV Corps, in May 1915, was appointed Q.M. & Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1923, shortly before his retirement. He died in December 1939. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s pre-attestation recruit’s form; warrants appointing him to the rank of Sergeant-Major and Quarter-Master (1898 and 1914); his M.I.D. certificates for French’s despatch, dated 14 January 1915, and Haig’s despatches, dated 30 April 1916, 8 November 1918 and 16 March 1919; and an old copy of General Rawlinson’s letter recommending him for advancement to Q.M. and Major, dated 5 May 1915.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (Civ: Dental Surg: A. Berlyn.) officially impressed naming, very fine and rare £200-£300 --- “Mr A. Berlyn, L.D.S., is appointed Dental Surgeon to the troops at the Base, with effect from 7 Feb 1901, at the rate of £1 per diem and rations.” (Lines of Communications, Cape Town, 12 February 1901, refers). Abraham Berlyn is featured in the 1913 edition of Who’s Who in South Africa with a photograph and short biography as follows: ‘BERLYN, Abraham, L.D.S., F.P.S., Bronze Medal in Dental Surgery; served in late Boer War, attached R.A.M.C., Queen’s Medal, 3 clasps (sic); first Dental Surgeon gazetted in Army Orders; Dental Surgeon; b. 7th Oct., 1869, at Birmingham; 2nd s. of Moses Berlyn. Educ. Queen’s College of Medicine and Mason Coll. of Science, Birmingham; m. 1907 Susannah A. Willdaneh, Newlands, Cape Town; 1 dau. Practised in Birmingham, England 1891-6. Author of original treatise on the care and treatment of children’s teeth. Came to South Africa in 1896. Hobby: Microscopical work. Add. 29, Downing Street, King William’s Town.’ Sold with copied research including medal roll confirming both clasps.
A West Virginia ‘Honorably Discharged’ Civil War Medal awarded to Private H. West, 5th West Virginia Infantry Regiment, later 1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment, who served throughout the Civil War and who was twice wounded, firstly in the Battle of Kernstown (Second Winchester) on 24 July 1864, and secondly in the Battle of Opequan (Third Winchester) on 19 September 1864 West Virginia Civil War Medal, ‘Honorably Discharged’ type, bronze (Harrison West. Co. G 1st. Reg Vet Inf Vols.) in original named card box of issue, good very fine £300-£400 --- Harrison West, a farmer from Ohio, enlisted in Company C, 5th West Virginia Infantry as a private soldier, on 12 August 1864, and was mustered in at Ceredo, West Virginia on 2 September 1864, for three years. On 15 February 1864, he was mustered in as a veteran volunteer. After the 5th was mustered out in September, its later recruits and its veteran volunteers continued in service as a battalion of the 5th, and West served with Company G of that battalion until 9 November, when this battalion and another from the 9th West Virginia Infantry were consolidated to form the 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry. West served with the 1st in Company G until 22 July 1865 when he was mustered out with the regiment at Cumberland, Maryland. The 5th and its successor the 1st served in West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland. Highlights in the 5th’s history include: Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson’s Shenandoah valley campaign, including the Battles of McDowell and Cross Keys, the Battles of Cedar Mountain, Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia (including the Second Battle of Bull Run); Crook's Raid on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, including the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain; Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg; the Battle of Kernstown (or Second Winchester); and Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the Battle of Opequan (or Third Winchester). On 24 July, West suffered a gunshot wound to his right heel and was admitted to the General Hospital, Patterson Park, Baltimore on 1 August. He was back in September in time to be wounded again (on the 19), but he seems to have remained with the 5th and later the 1st until he was mustered out the following year. Sold with copied research.
A scarce Defence of Ookiep pair awarded to Private R. Harvey, Namaqualand Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (248 Pte. R. Harvey. Namqlnd: T.G.); Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (R. Harvey) initial corrected on last, otherwise good very fine (2) £2,800-£3,400
The historically important Great War Memorial Plaque to Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum who was lost at sea when H.M.S. Hampshire struck a mine off Orkney on 5 June 1916 - he was the highest ranking British officer to die in action during the Great War Memorial Plaque (Horatio Herbert Earl Kitchener of Khartoum) good very fine £6,000-£8,000 --- Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, the great Victorian soldier, and the face of the famous Great War recruiting poster, was killed in action when H.M.S. Hampshire, conveying him on a diplomatic mission to Russia, struck a German-mine off the Orkney on 5 June 1916, and sank within 15 minutes with the loss of 737 lives. He was the highest ranking British officer to die in action during the Great War. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton. Earl Kitchener’s group of campaign medals, on display at the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, are all official replacements for those lost at sea in 1916, together with replacement Great War medals, and are all marked as such. Various of his original issue Great War medals and bronze memorial plaque, deemed superfluous in the light of his replacement set, have appeared on the market over the years. His original Victory Medal has previously been sold in these rooms, most recently in March 2017. Lord Kitchener’s Memorial Plaque was reputedly the first one to be produced at the Acton Factory, and a small number (some sources say 4, others 6) are known to have been cast, presumably as trial pieces. Another casting of his plaque (note the slight difference in the alignment of the letters in his name) was also used in various newspaper reports announcing the institution of the Memorial Plaque.
Austria, Empire, Military Merit Cross, Third Class, silver and enamel, with War Decoration wreath; Military Long Service Decoration, Officer’s cross for 25 years’ service, bronze with silver eagle to centre, very fine Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, 61mm including wreath suspension x 43mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, in Walravens, Brussels, embossed case of issue; Escapees Cross, bronze, good very fine Poland, Republic, Order of Virtuti Militari, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with black enamelled arms, and with rosette on riband, nearly extremely fine Serbia, Kingdom, Cross of Mercy, gilt and enamel; together with the related miniature award, very fine Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the White Elephant, 3rd issue, Officer’s breast badge, 63mm including crown suspension x 38mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, reverse of crown marked, with rosette on riband, nearly extremely fine (7) £120-£160
Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange Nassau, Civil Division, Bronze Medal; Cross of Merit, bronze; Commemorative War Cross, bronze, mounted for wear, with Fa. A. Tack, Breda label to reverse; Cross for Order and Peace, bronze, with clasp for 1945, mounted for wear, with Fa. A. Tack, Breda label to reverse, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100
An unattributed Canadian group of four 1939-45 Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Canada, Special Service Medal, 1 clasp, NATO OTAN, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (C.4301 Lt. K. Brading. R.N.V.R.) renamed; Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine (6) £60-£80
A rare West Virginia ‘For Liberty’ Civil War Medal awarded to First Sergeant W. H. Malsed, Company A, 11th Regiment West Virginia Infantry, who died of disease at home on 1 July 1864 whilst on furlough as a veteran volunteer; previously, on 2 September 1862 he was captured with the regiment and paroled on the same day at Spencer, Roane County, Virginia, by Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins in the notorious incident that led to the dismissal from service of Colonel J. C. Rathbone and Major George C. Trimble of the 11th West Virginia in January 1863 West Virginia Civil War Medal, ‘For Liberty’ type, bronze (Wilm. H Malsed 1st Sergt. co. 1 11th. Reg Inf Vols.) in original named card box of issue, good very fine £600-£800 --- William Henry Malsed, a farmer, aged 21 years, was mustered in at Wheeling, West Virginia, on 29 June 1861 for three years, as a private in Company A, 11th West Virginia Volunteers. He was with the regiment until his death three years later save for certain absences, not all fully documented. On 2 September 1862, he was captured with his regiment and paroled at Spencer, Roane County, Virginia, the same day by Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins in an incident that led to the dismissal from service of Colonel J. C. Rathbone and Major George C. Trimble of the 11th West Virginia in January 1863. The incident is commemorated locally by a metal historical marker-plate which reads: ‘On September 2, 1862, during the Jenkins Raid, Union Col. Rathbone (11th West Virginia Volunteers) surrendered the town [Spencer] to Jenkins without firing a shot in its defense, much to the disdain of men under his command. As a result of their actions, Rathbone and his subordinate, Maj. George Trimble, were dismissed from the service in January 1863 for “cowardly conduct” in a “burlesque” of operations.’ Malsed was advanced to the rank of Sergeant on 1 May 1863 and First Sergeant on 15 September 1863. In February 1864, he absented in charge of recruits and he was hospitalised as sick, on 8 March 1864. He evidently re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer since he was absent from the hospital and May and June having gone on veterans’ furlough on 8 May 1864. Whilst at home he died of disease on 1 July 1864. Unaware of this, he was recorded as a deserter on the hospital rolls on 29 July 1864 for failing to report back! The 11th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry served in West Virginia mainly as a railroad guard but it was engaged in several skirmishes whilst Malsed was with the regiment.
A Polish Second World War ‘Monte Cassino’ group of eight awarded to Platoon Tomasz Widelski, 6th (Children of Lwów) Armoured Regiment Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1920, bronze, unnumbered; Army Medal 1945, bronze; Monte Casino Cross 1944, bronze, the reverse officially numbered ‘30939’, with bronze ‘Monte Cassino’ device to riband; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display together with the recipient’s riband bar and various cloth and metal unit insignia including the badges of the 2nd Warsaw Panzwr Division and the 2nd Polish Corps, generally good very fine (8) £500-£700 --- Sold with various named certificates for the above medals, including confirmation of the numbered Monte Cassino Cross; and copied research.
An unattributed Greek Cross of Valour group of six Greece, Kingdom, Cross of Valour, Gold Cross, silver-gilt and enamel; Royal Order of George I, Military Division, Knight’s breast badge, with crossed swords, silver-gilt and enamel; Military Merit Medal (2), second with bronze laurel wreath on riband; War Medal 1940-41, bronze, Land Operations type; Medal for National Resistance 1941-45, bronze, mounted court-style as worn, some enamel restoration to first, and the first Military Merit Medal presumably a Second War Distinguished Conduct Medal lacking the date bar, otherwise very fine (6) £80-£100
Six: Sergeant W. I. F. Mills, 1st (The King’s) Dragoon Guards 1914 Star (5853 Sjt. W. I. F. Mills. 1/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (1DG-5853 Sjt. W. I. F. Mills. 1-D. Gds.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (D-19533 Sjt. W. I. F. Mills. 1-K.D. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (390443 Sjt. W. I. F. Mills. K.D.G.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Lc. Col. W. Mills. K.D. Gds.) regimentally impressed naming; mounted for display purposes together with the recipient’s Army Rifle Association Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ,Sgt. W. Mills, 1st. K.D.G. Henry Whitehead Cup Winners 1922’, very fine and better (7) £340-£400 --- William Isaac Fleming Mills was born in Middlesex in 1890 and attested for the 1st Dragoon Guards at Aldershot on 24 March 1904, aged 14, as a Musician. He served with the Regiment pre-War in India, and was awarded the Delhi Durbar Medal through the massed bands allotment, and then with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 November 1914. He saw further service in post-War Iraq, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1922. He was discharged to pension on 28 March 1925, and died in Rochford, Essex, on 16 November 1966. Sold with copied research, including a group photographic image featuring the recipient.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (10935 Tonga Syce Shahda S & T. Corps) officially engraved naming, suspension a little bent and slack, polished, otherwise nearly very fine and rare £200-£300 --- 10935 Shahda is confirmed as a Tong Syce on the roll of ‘Messrs. C. Dhanji Bhai Company’s TONGA TRAIN’ as being entitled to the bronze medal (and clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State ‘if sanctioned’). A despatch in the London Gazette of 16 April 1901, reports: ‘My thanks are due to Khem Bahadur Dhanjibhoy, a Parsee gentleman, long resident in the Punjab, who presented tongas for ambulance purposes. These tongas were horsed and fully equipped with drivers and all necessary gear. They proved most useful.’ Sold with copied medal roll and gazette entry.
Germany, Third Reich, Olympic Games Medal 1936, silver, an early heavy example with its full length riband; together with a Social Welfare Medal, a nice quality example with all finish remaining with its watered silk riband; and an Eastern People’s Medal Second Class in bronze with swords, with some minor discoloration to the bronze colour on the tips of the swords and the central motif, with its green riband and dress fitting pin, nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240
A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain I. H. McClure, Intelligence Corps, late Motor Cyclists Section, Royal Engineers, who served during the Great War in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, and Poland; was four times Mentioned in Despatches; and was awarded the Italian War Merit Cross. A keen amateur pilot in the inter-War years, he once flew from London to Constantinople in a D.H. Moth, and was later Director of Operations, Services and Intelligence, in the Department of the Director General of Civil Aviation at the Air Ministry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with copy clasp, erased; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. I. H. Mc.Clure.); Italy, Kingdom, War Merit Cross, bronze, good very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazettes 1 January 1916; 15 June 1916; 15 May 1917; and 11 December 1917. Italian War Cross London Gazette 21 August 1919. Ivor Herbert McClure was born in London on 9 October 1890, the son of the Rev. Canon Edmund McClure, and was educated at both Eton and Harrow, and at Clare College, Cambridge. Fluent in French, with a good knowledge of German and Italian, and a smattering of Flemish, Spanish, and Dutch, he attested initially for the Motor Cyclists Section, Royal Engineers, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from September 1914, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps on 20 February 1915. He served on the Staff of the Intelligence Corps at Rouen, and was promoted temporary Captain on 1 March 1916. During the Great War his duties took him to France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, and Poland, and for his services during the Great War he was four times Mentioned in Despatches, was awarded the Italian War Cross, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He relinquished his commission on 28 September 1919. Post-War, McClure was a keen amateur pilot, and received his Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate no 8108 on 9 June 1927. His aircraft of choice was a D.H. 60G Moth, and in April 1930 he purchased from Captain Geoffrey de Havilland himself aircraft G-AAAA. As head of the Aviation Department, Automobile Association, he was a regular visitor to the skies over Europe; on one occasion he flew from London to Constantinople by way of Brussels, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, and Sofia on the outbound journey, and then via Bucharest, Krakow, Breslau, Berlin, Hannover, and Amsterdam on the return leg. He was also a regular contributor to Flight magazine. In 1937 he was appointed Director of Operations, Services and Intelligence, in the Department of the Director General of Civil Aviation at the Air Ministry. He subsequently emigrated to Quebec, Canada, and died on 25 April 1981. Sold with the recipient’s civilian Pilot’s Log Book, covering the period from 2 April 1927 to 25 September 1933, including his flights from London to Constantinople; his F.A.I. Aviator’s Certificate; a Silver cigarette case, inscribed ‘Presented to Lieutenant Ivor H. McClure by the Staff of the Intelligence Corps at Rouen, as a small token of their appreciation, November 1915’; various photographic images and other ephemera; and much copied research, including various extracts of Flight magazine.
A Great War 1918 ‘French theatre’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain R. D. Flunder, 1/7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (T.F.), late Private, 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry), Canadian Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (13231 Pte R. D. Flunder. 5/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. D. Flunder.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, very fine (5) £700-£900 --- M.C. London Gazette 4 October 1919: ‘He commanded a battalion during the operations near Menin, on 14th, 15th and 16th October, 1918, with great skill and gallantry. His thorough organisation and the perfect handling of his men at the start ensured success. The complete confidence which he inspired in his men contributed very largely to the success of the operations.’ France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 22 November 1918. Ralph Daniel Flunder was born in Arlesey, Bedfordshire in February 1889, and served in the Bedfordshire Yeomanry for four years prior to emigrating to Canada. He initially served during the Great War in the ranks with the 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Flunder was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1/7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (T.F.) in January 1916. He was appointed Acting Captain and Company Commander in October 1917. Flunder was granted the rank of Captain in December 1921.
ELECTRONIC / AMBIENT - RARITIES PACK. An intelligent pack of 5 x LPs/ 12". Artists/ Titles include Aphex Twin inc Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (first pressing, no barcode, Ex/ VG+), On (WAP39, VG+/ VG+), Black Dog Productions - Bytes (WARP LP8 LTD, bronze vinyl, Ex/ VG+), Squarepusher - Ufabulum / Enstrobia (WARPLP228X - Ex/Ex) and Gescom - Key Nell (SKA007, no sleeve, Ex record).
A NAZI GERMANY STATE FARMERS MERIT AWARD FOR AGRICULTURE, it is bronze gilt and the reverse has the following 'Provinzial-PFERDE - Ausstellung 1935', the front features an eagle and a Swastika, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request
A THIRD REICH GERMAN SS SHOOTING PLAQUE, this is bronze and features a central male figure standing on a plinth which has the text ' 1 Sleger Schlessen, SS MNNKELER' , this has SS runes to each top corner of the plaque and the date 24/10/1942, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request
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