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Lot 2108
A heavy Chinese bronze vase of archaic form, decorated with clouds and foliate detailing, with metal lined neck, unsigned, height 31cm.Condition Report: Age patina to the surface throughout with general scuffs and scratches. Three large patch repairs to the metal on the main body (see images), with four small knocks / surface marks. Expectaed age wear marks and rubbing throughout.
Lot 2278
A Japanese Meiji period bronze vase depicting a bird perched on a bullrush, height 26cm, a mother of pearl inlaid hardwood stand with four associated spheres, a bronzed figure of a reclining female, an archaic style cylindrical vessel, and a brass lid (5)Condition Report: Vase with age wear scuffs and marks and a large glue mark from a label, some wear to the base and one of the long leafs is cracked. One of the finials lacking the top section, all others with some General wear and tarnishing. Stand with general wear. Bronze figures with Bernal wear.
Lot 2281
An early 20th century Japanese bronze vase of cylindrical form, relief decorated with butterfly and floral sprays, height 29cm, together with a Chinese blue and white prunus ginger jar (lacking cover) (2).Condition Report: Ginger jar with some glaze imperfections. Bronze vase with a rubbed appearance with knocks to the foot and rim is slightly bent. Light epwear to surface.
Lot 2536
A bronze and polished green stone weighted award set with pair of football boots, pair of shin pads, pair of goalkeeper's gloves, and a football, and a plaque inscribed 'F.A. Non League Club Directory Merit Award 1990/91 Noel White, Liverpool & The Football Association, width 15cm.Condition Report: A few chips to the corners but otherwise OK.
Lot 2608
An early 20th century bronze figure of a Bactrian camel standing four square, length 37cm.Condition Report: There is a repair and inset section to the rear hump, there is a residue to the surface of the metal, there is something within the camel which rattles when moved, it is formed from two sections and has general surface wear throughout.
Lot 457
Three: Police Constable J. S. Bevan, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. J. Bevan. S. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. J. Bevan. S. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. J. Bevan.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- John Sanders Bevan was born in the Parish of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, on 9 November 1871, and was a painter by trade before joining the Metropolitan Police on 27 July 1896, aged 24. He was attached to S Division throughout his service and resigned from the Force on 2 October 1922. Sold with copied examination papers.
Lot 529
Royal Engineers Balloon School and Air Battalion Medals (3): a silver Balloon School medal showing a bi-plane flying over Farnborough, the reverse engraved ‘Best Shot Recruits 1909 Driver F. J. Jeffery.’; a silver Air Battalion medal showing an airship, a hot air balloon, and an aircraft flying over Farnborough, the reverse engraved ‘1911 Best Shot Lce. Cpl. F. J. Jeffery 118 Points.’; and a bronze Balloon School medallion, the obverse showing conjoined busts of H.M. King Edward VII and H.M. Queen Alexandra, the reverse showing an airship flying over Farnborough, unnamed, the first two both in Phillips, Aldershot, cases of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180
Lot 552
A small collection of gold Sweetheart Brooches. Comprising Royal Navy, gold (9ct, 3.25g) and enamel; South African Heavy Artillery, gold (9ct, 4.23g) and enamel; South African Air Force cap badge brooch (S.A.A.F. - S.A.L.M.), gold (9ct., 2.22g); South African Air Force wings brooch (2), both 9ct. gold (3.83g and 2.23g respectively), the reverse of latter engraved ‘To Mummy from Gwen’; together with a Royal Air Force Dental Branch collar badge, bronze, generally good very fine (6) £180-£220
Lot 69
Royal Berkshire Regiment Miscellaneous Medallions. A selection of miscellaneous presentation items, including a 50mm silver shooting medal, in case of issue (No.7901 Sergeant J. Gray.); a 1st Vol. Batt. Royal Berks., 42mm silver medal in case of issue (Camp Cup Lce. Corpl. S. H. Ewins. 1902); and various bronze shooting medals, one named ‘Lnce Sgt. J. C. Daniels’; together with a large quantity of assorted silver and bronze Regimental sporting medallions and fobs, generally very fine or better (lot) £80-£100
Lot 545
Shooting Medals (6): Silver, gilded, one with reverse ‘In Defence’, unnamed as issued; Shooting Medal, Silver, with reverse ‘In Defence’, (Private T. J. Wheddon, M M Rifles); East Rand Volunteer Rifle Association Shooting Medal, Bronze (Farrar Cup, 26.04.08 won by Wit Rifles R.S.M. R. McArthur Score 95); Cameronians Regimental Medal, Silver (In memory of 2nd. Lieut. M. G. Fraser. Died 1.7.16); Grand National Archery Society Medal, Silver, very fine (6) £40-£50
Lot 604
Eight: J. Kwasiborski, Polish Forces Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1920, bronze; Victory and Freedom Medal 1945, bronze; Monte Cassino Cross 1944, bronze, reverse numbered, ‘48649’; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Vatican, Holy See, Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross, bronze; together with the recipient’s 2nd Polish Corps badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘007857’, suspension post re-soldered; and various other Polish unit badges and cloth insignia, including those for the 3rd Carpathian and 5th Kresowa Infantry Divisions, generally good very fine £300-£400 --- Jerzy Kwasiborski was born on 22 September 1922 and served with the 2nd Polish Corps during the Second World War. Sold with the numbered award booklets for the Monte Cassino Cross and the 2nd Polish Corps Badge; the recipient’s two British Soldier’s Service and Pay Books; and other ephemera.
Lot 89
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain D. Falconer, Gordon Highlanders, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Croix de Guerre Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. D. Falconer. Gord. Highrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. D. Falconer.); Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaves, naming erased; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with silver star emblem on riband, good very fine (5) £700-£900 --- M.C. London Gazette 5 July 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was in command of a convoy of limbers, and removed large quantities of trench stores under most difficult conditions and heavy fire, thus saving much valuable material from falling into the hands of the enemy.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 25 May 1917. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 7 October 1919. Douglas Falconer was promoted Captain, Gordon Highlanders on 19 November 1914, and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 February 1915. Sold with copied research.
Lot 111
An Edward Medal for Industry awarded to Mr. W. C. Simmons, a Porter with the London and South Western Railway Company, for his gallantry in saving the life of a woman, intent on suicide, who had jumped in front of an express train at Bournemouth Railway Station on 20 August 1912 Edward Medal (Industry), G.V.R., 1st issue, with 2nd type reverse, bronze (Walter Charles Simmons) very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, February 2015 E.M. London Gazette 17 December 1912: ‘On the afternoon of Tuesday, 20 August, 1912, as an express passenger train was entering Bournemouth Station, a woman jumped from the platform in front of the engine. The driver promptly applied the brakes and sounded the whistle; but was unable to stop the train until the engine had passed the spot where the woman jumped down. Simmons's attention was attracted by the whistle when the engine was about 12 yards away, and, without an instant's hesitation, he jumped off the platform on to the permanent way, and succeeded in lifting the woman clear of the rails and holding her against another train, which was stationary on an adjoining line, neither of them sustaining injury. There is no doubt whatever that the rescue was effected by Simmons at the risk of his life, and any delay or hesitation would, in all probability have resulted in fatal consequences.’ Walter Charles Simmons was employed by the London and South Western Railway Company as a Porter at Bournemouth Railway Station.
Lot 569
An unattributed M.C. group of seven miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top riband bar; Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver; Al Valore Militaire, bronze, mounted as worn and housed in a Spink, London, case, good very fine (7) £100-£140
Lot 132
A Great War ‘Vimy Ridge’ M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant W. E. Currie, 4th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps, late Royal Army Medical Corps, for gallantry at Vimy Ridge - 9 April 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (1251 Pte. W. E. Currie. 4/F.A. Can: A.M.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (14643 Pte W. E. Currie R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (14643 Pte W. E. Currie R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (1251 Pte. W. E. Currie Can: A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1251 A. Sjt. W. E. Currie. C.A.M.C.) mounted for wear, with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘336052 William E. Currie.’, with eight bronze date bars for 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941,cleaned, Q.S.A. and K.S.A. renamed, generally nearly very fine or better (lot) £600-£800 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in the evacuation of wounded under shell fire during the operations of April 9th 1917.’ William Edwin Currie was born in Aston, Birmingham in October 1880. He was a Goldsmith by trade, and served with 1st Volunteer Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment from 1898 and the Medical Militia from 1899. Currie attested at Aldershot, 23 October 1900, for regular service with Royal Army Medical Corps, and served in South Africa with No. 12 Stationary Hospital. In 1904, he transferred at his own request to the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, serving as 8092. Currie transferred to the Army Reserve in 1908 and was discharged on completion of his engagement, 22 October 1912. Currie emigrated to Canada and was living at Wadena, Saskatchewan when he attested at Winnipeg becoming an original member of the 4th Field Ambulance, CAMC. He disembarked in England on 29 April 1915 and served in France from 13 September 1915 (and distinguished himself at Vimy Ridge). Currie had applied for a Commission, 10 March 1917, and proceeded to Officer Cadet training at Prior Park, Bath on 8 August 1918. While undergoing officer training, he was promoted Acting Sergeant, CAMC, with effect 7 September 1918. While Currie was to be commissioned in the infantry, the war ended before that occurred and he was returned to the C.E.F. on 4 March 1919 and discharged at St. John, New Brunswick 16 days later as Cadet (Acting Sergeant). Currie resided in Ottawa joining the 23rd Field Ambulance, RCAMC in the Non-Permanent Active Militia. He was discharged from the Army in 1940, aged 60. Currie was employed in the Ottawa area and served in the St. John Ambulance. He died at Ottawa Civic Hospital 11 March 1955. Sold with the following related original documentation: Canadian Pay Book for use on Active Service; a souvenir history of 18 Officer Cadet Bn listing staff, graduates, roll of honour and final course nominal roll, annotated by recipient; two named and dated Department of Labour, Ontario Stationary Engineer’s Certificates, Fourth Class; various ephemera relating to commission application and service, and newspaper cuttings. For the medals to the recipient’s brother-in-law, see Lot 205.
Lot 81
A fine Great War O.B.E. and Sea Gallantry Medal group of seven awarded to Lieutenant T. P. Ryan, Royal Naval Reserve, and for the rescue of the crew of the S.S. Glodale off the Murmansk coast in January 1918, and for subsequent duties as Principal Minesweeping Officer at Orkney The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, reverse hallmarked London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. T. P. Ryan. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. T. P. Ryan. R.N.R.); Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (Lieut. T. P. Ryan, R.N.R., “Glodale,” 3rd January, 1918.); Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star with Swords, Fifth Class breast badge, silver and enamel; Russia, Empire, Order of St Anne with Swords, Fifth Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, of Continental manufacture, contemporary Gieves Ltd. court-style mounting, good very fine (7) £1,400-£1,800 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 25 April 1919. Presented by H.M. King at Buckingham Palace 23 July 1920. The recommendation states: ‘H.M.S. Zaria, Kirkwall [Orkney]. Was Principal Minesweeping Officer at Kirkwall from April to October 1918 during which period he organised and maintained the minesweeping vessels in a highly efficient tone. Was a keen and zealous officer in promoting the interests of H.M. Service.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 27 June 1917. The recommendation states: ‘H.M.T. VALE of FRUIN - FOR CONSTANT GOOD SERVICE PATROLLING BETWEEN KOLA AND THE NORWEGIAN COAST DURING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1916 WHILE HOSTILE SUBMARINES WERE OPERATING IN THE LOCALITY. ON ONE OCCASION HE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING WITHIN EASY GUN RANGE OF A GERMAN SUBMARINE BUT HIS FIRE WAS THEN MASKED BY A RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT WHICH THEN CAME FORWARD AND HE WAS CONSEQUENTLY UNABLE TO FIRE.’ (A History of the White Sea Station 1914-1919 (Naval Staff 1921) states that on November 2nd 1916 Russian patrol craft off Vardo (NORWAY) SUCCEEDED IN DAMAGING U.56 TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT SHE SUBSEQUENTLY SANK). S.G.M. (not gazetted) presented by H.M. King at Buckingham Palace 31 October 1918. The Board of Trade report states: ‘LAST NOVEMBER THE S.S. ‘GLODALE’ OF CARDIFF, LEFT ARCHANGEL FOR YUKANSKI AND MURMANSK WITH A CARGO OF MUNITIONS. AFTER LEAVING MURMANSK SHE WAS PROCEEDING TO BERGEN IN TOW OF SOME TUGS WHEN SHE STRANDED ON POINT POGAN ON 15 JANuary (1918). THE VESSEL BROKE IN TWO AMIDSHIPS AND WAS THEN ABANDONED BY HER CREW, WHO LOWERED THEMSELVES BY ROPES ON TO THE ROCKS. THE TOW ROPE OF THE TUG HAD ALREADY PARTED AND THE TUG HAD BEEN LOST IN THE DARKNESS. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE ‘GLODALE’ WAS OBSERVED BY LT. RYAN, WHO HAD BEEN SENT OUT FROM MURMANSK TO LOOK FOR HER, BUT ON ACCOUNT OF THE HEAVY SEAS HE WAS UNABLE TO RENDER ANY ASSISTANCE TO THE CREW. ON JANUARY 3rd HE ARRIVED AGAIN ON THE SPOT IN H.M.T. 'DANIEL HENLEY' AND AFTER GREAT DIFFICULTY FOUND ANCHORAGE. HE THEN WITH THE OTHERS WHO ARE NOW RECOMMENDED FOR THE BRONZE MEDAL SUCCEEDED IN REACHING THE CREW AND IN GRADUALLY TRANSFERRING THEM TO HIS TRAWLER, FOR WHICH PURPOSE IT WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE THREE TRIPS. ON EACH OCCASION THE RESCUERS WERE OBLIGED TO WADE UP TO THEIR WAISTS IN WATER IN ORDER TO GET THE BOAT AWAY FROM THE BEACH. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT THIS TIME WAS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. AFTER THE GLODALE’S CREW HAD BEEN GOT ON BOARD THE ‘DANIEL HENLEY’ SHE RETURNED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MURMANSK BUT OWING TO THICK FOGS WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH THAT PORT UNTIL THE 5th JANUARY.’ The following letter FROM R. EVANS, MASTER OF S.S. ‘GLODALE’ TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD OF TRADE, LONDON, DATED 27th FEB. 1918, states: ‘I THINK IT IS ONLY MY DUTY TO MENTION THE FOLLOWING MATTER TO YOU. YOU WILL VERY LIKELY HAVE HEARD OF THE S.S. ‘GLODALE’ BEING DRIVEN ASHORE ON THE MURMANSK COAST ON THE 1st JANUARY LAST WHILE IN TOW FROM KOLA INLET HAVING HAD HER RUDDER DAMAGED IN THE ICE. MYSELF AND CREW LEFT THE SHIP ABOUT TWO HOURS AFTER SHE STRUCK AND HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY IN SAVING OURSELVES ON A BITTER COLD NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING WE FOUND A HUT ON THE BEACH LEAVING 13 MEMBERS OF MY CREW THERE ALL MORE OR LESS FROSTBITTEN WHILE THE REST OF US, 14 IN ALL, WENT TO LOOK FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE 3rd. Lt. T. P. RYAN, IN CHARGE OF H.M.T. DANIEL HENLEY WAS SENT FROM H.M.S. GLORY TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE AND TO RESCUE US. HE FOUND THE 13 MEN IN THE HUT AND WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY AND RISK TO LIVES RESCUED THEM ALL. LT. RYAN AND HIS CREW BEACHED THEIR BOAT IN A HEAVY SEA AND MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE TRAWLER AND EVERY MAN HAD TO BE CARRIED. THE WEATHER BEING BITTERLY COLD, ABOUT 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND UP TO THEIR KNEES IN SNOW. THE 14 OF US REACHED CAPE SYET LIGHTHOUSE AND WE SHELTERED THERE UNTIL Jan. 4th.’ Russian Order of St Anne, 3rd Class with swords verified by an Admiralty record card, decorated 19 June 1917 (see M.I.D. above). Romanian Order of the Star London Gazette 10 May 1921. The recommendation states: ‘In command of 8 trawlers carrying 28 Romanian aviators from Murmansk to Grimsby under very difficult conditions. During the course of journey two vessels were lost.’ Thomas Philip Ryan was appointed Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve on 14 September 1914, and Temporary Lieutenant on 14 September 1915. He spent the entire war on minesweeping duties, initially at Portsmouth followed by two years in North Russia and finally in the Orkney Islands. He was demobilised on 21 October 1919. Sold with comprehensive research.
Lot 522
Lincoln Great War Tribute Medal (3), 36mm, bronze, obverse featuring the City’s coat of Arms, and inscribed ‘In token of Lincoln’s gratitude’, the reverse depicting Britannia presenting a laurel crown to a victorious returning serviceman, with a warship, artillery gun, and bi-plane in background, and inscribed ‘Served in the Great War 1914-1919’, all unnamed, two in fitted cases of issue; Skegness Great War Tribute Medal, 36mm, bronze, obverse featuring the Town’s Coat of Arms, and inscribed ‘In token of the Gratitude of Skegness’, the reverse depicting Britannia presenting a laurel crown to a victorious returning serviceman, with a warship, artillery gun, and bi-plane in background, and inscribed ‘Served in the Great War 1914-1919’, unnamed, minor edge bruising, generally good very fine (4) £80-£100
Lot 549
Commemorative Medallions (10): Corporation of Glasgow 1914-19, Special Constable, in acknowledgement of services rendered, silver (Peter Atley); Great War, Silver, in case of issue; Cheshire Regiment, Societe Havraise de Tir, silver medal commemorating ‘the first visit of the English volunteers to France, May 1874’, unnamed; Empire Day Challenge Cup, Witwatersrand Rifles, in Elkington embossed case of issue, Bronze ((4187 Sergt. J. Trollope.); Royal Tournament, Bronze, in case of issue (RA.F. Coastal Area Epee v Epee Officers, Sq. Ldr. L.G. le B. Croke 1933); France, Great War, Bronze (Comdr. Noel Martin R.A.F.) Astor County Cup, Shooting Medallion, in Bronze, in Elkington case of issue; John Dickinson & Co. ‘Work Well Done Peace July 19th 1919’, Bronze, in case of issue; Greater Calgary Peace Celebration 1919, Bronze, in case of issue; Admiral Vernon, Portobello Medal, 22nd November 1739, Bronze, the last with edge knocks, polished, otherwise generally very fine (10) £80-£100
Lot 600
Netherlands, Kingdom, War Commemorative Cross, bronze, 4 clasps, Oorlogsvluchten 1940-1945, Oorlogsdienst-Koopvaardij 1940-1945, Krijg ter Zee 1940-1945, Krijg te Land 1940-1945, mounted for wear by ‘Fa. A. Tack, Breda’, good very fine South Africa, Korea Medal, silver, unnamed; together with a U.N. Medal for Korea 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (3) £40-£50
Lot 580
Austria, Empire, Military Merit Medal ‘Signum Laudis’, Karl, bronze, with crossed swords on war riband; Commemorative Cross 1848-1908, bronze (2); together with a Catholic Reichsfrauen Organisation enamelled badge; a silver and enamel Jetton; and a Thai Order of the Crown Fifth Class badge on lady’s bow riband, generally very fine (6) £70-£90
Lot 510
The Incorporated Law Society Boer War Tribute Medal 1899-1902, 51mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the society’s coat-of-arms, ‘The Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom 1902’ around, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented by the President of the Society Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, LLD, DCL, MP, and the Vice President, John Edward Gray Hill, Esq., to Solicitors & Articled Clerks who served in the South African Campaign 1899-1902 and who were entertained by the Society at a Banquet in its Hall on December 18th 1902’, unnamed, very fine £80-£100
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