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Lot 30
The Victory Medal awarded to Hospital Orderly Miss Elsie E. Bowerman, Scottish Women’s Hospital Unit, who was a prominent member of the Women’s Social and Political Union and served as Christabel Pankhurst’s Political Agent in the 1918 General Election- six years earlier she had survived the sinking of the Titanic Victory Medal 1914-19 (E. E. Bowerman); together with the recipient’s Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, bronze, the edge engraved ‘Mess Ord. Elsie E. Bowerman’, good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Elsie Edith Bowerman was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 18 December 1889, and was educated at Wycombe Abbey and Girton College, Cambridge. Whilst at Girton she joined the Women’s Social and Political Union in 1909, and the following year established a branch in the College. Her mother, Edith, was also a member of the W.S.P.U., and was one of the ten members chosen to accompany Emmeline Pankhurst on her deputation to the House of Commons on ‘Black Friday’, 18 November 1910; she also went on the next deputation three days later, when she was dealt a severe blow on the head by a policeman and her coat was torn to pieces. In 1912 Elsie Bowerman and her mother embarked for America on the Titanic, and were aboard her when she sank during her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912. She later wrote: ‘The silence when the engines stopped was followed by a steward knocking on our door and telling us to go on deck. This we did and were lowered into life-boats, where we were told to get away from the liner as soon as we could in case of suction. This we did, and to pull and oar in the midst of the Atlantic in April with ice-bergs floating about is a strange experience.’ On the outbreak of the Great War Elsie Bowerman supported the decision of the W.S.P.U. to help Britain’s war effort. She took part in the Women’s War Procession in July 1916 and was then asked by Evelina Haverfield to go out to Serbia as a Hospital Orderly with the Scottish Women’s Hospital Unit. According to Elizabeth Crawford in her book The Women’s Suffrage Movement, ‘In September 1916 Elsie Bowerman sailed to Russia as an Orderly with the Scottish Women’s Hospital Unit. With this unit she travelled via Archangel, Moscow, and Odessa to serve the Serbian and Russian armies in Romania. The women arrived as the allies were defeated, and were soon forced to join the retreat northwards to the Russian frontier.’ While awaiting her passage home, she witnessed the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg. Returning home, she joined the Women’s Party, an organisation established by Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst. Following the passing of the Qualification of Women Act 1918, Christabel Pankhurst became one of the 17 female candidates who stood in the 1918 General Election, and Elsie Bowerman was appointed her political agent. Contesting the Smethwick seat, she lost narrowly to the Labour candidate by 775 votes. In 1922 Elsie Bowerman established, with Flora Drummond, the Women’s Guild of Empire, a right-wing league opposed to communism, the campaigns of which culminated in 1926 in a great procession in London and a meeting at the Royal Albert Hall demanding an end to the General Strike and the abolition of trade unions. Called to the Bar in 1924, as one of the first female barristers, she practised on the the south-eastern circuit until 1938 when she joined the Marchioness of Reading in starting the Women’s Voluntary Service. During the Second World War she worked for the Ministry of Information (1940-41) and as a Liaison Officer for the B.B.C.s North American Service (1941-45). After the War she spent one year at the United Nations in New York where she was in charge of the Status of Women section. She died in Eastbourne, Sussex, on 18 October 1973.
Lot 544
A scarce British War Medal in Bronze awarded to Muleteer Georhiou Christos, a Greek Cypriot serving with the Macedonian Mule Corps British War Medal 1914-20, bronze issue (3863 Muleteer Macedonian Mule C.) replacement copy suspension, edge bruise, otherwise nearly very fine, scarce £60-£80 --- Georhiou Christos, a Greek Cypriot, attested into the Macedonian Mule Corps and served during the Great War in Macedonia from 21 August 1916 to 18 November 1916. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and copied medal roll extract.
Lot 20
A rare Great War campaign group of five awarded to Ambulance Driver, Sergeant Winifred Mordaunt, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who was amongst the very first F.A.N.Y’s in France, was twice Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct during an air raid 1914-15 Star (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-18, with bronze star; together with the recipient’s First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-18 Service Medal, with four riband Stars denoting pre-War Service; and a Sandown Races Bronze Medal, 1882, reverse numbered ‘1088’, light contact marks, therefore generally very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Provenance: A. Flatow Collection, Spink, November 1998; Julian Johnson Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2017. M.I.D. London Gazette 24 December 1917 and 25 May 1918. Winifred Mordaunt, later Mrs John Geare was the daughter of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet, of Walton Hall, Warwick. She served during the Great War as an Ambulance Driver for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front from November 1915. She was based with the Ambulance Motor Convoy at Boulogne, and Pat Beauchamp (a contemporary of hers at Bouglone) in her book Fanny Goes To War gives the following insight: ‘It may be interesting to members of the Corps to know the names of those who formed that pioneer Convoy. They are: Lieutenant Franklin, M. Thompson (Section Leader), B. Ellis, W. Mordaunt, C. Nicholson, D. Heasman, D. Reynolds, G. Quin, M. Gamwell, H. Gamwell, B. Hutchinson, N. F. Lowson, P. B. Waddell, M. Richardson, M. Laidley, O. Mudie-Cooke, P. Mudie-Cooke and M. Lean (the last three were new members).... We arrived at Boulogne in time for lunch, and then set off for our camp thirty kilometres away, in a British Red Cross touring car borrowed from the “Christol Hotel.” We arrived there amid a deluge of rain, and the camp looked indeed a sorry spectacle with tents all awry in the hurricane that was blowing. Bell tents flanked one side of the large open space where the ambulances stood. A big store tent occupied another and the cook-house was in a shed at the extreme corner, with the Mess tent placed about as far from it as possible! We had no telephone in those days, and orderlies came up from the Casino hospital and A.D.M.S. with buff slips when ambulances were wanted. At that time the cars, Argylls, Napiers, Siddeley-Deaseys, and a Crossley, inscribed “Frank Crossley, the Pet of Poperinghe,” were just parked haphazard in the open square, some with their bonnets one way and some another - it just depended which of the two drives up to camp had been chosen. It will make some of the F.A.N.Y.’s smile to hear this, when they think of the neat rows of cars precisely parked up to the dead straight, white-washed line that ultimately became the order of things!’ Mordaunt advanced to the rank of Sergeant, and Beauchamp goes on to mention ‘Winnie’ on several occasions throughout the book. She is also mentioned in F.A.N.Y. Invicta by Irene Ward, including Mordaunt’s post-war involvement with the organisation, when she was elected as a member of the Headquarters Staff Committee: ‘From the beginning of the inter-war period rather different personalities exercised control and the whole administrative machine was overhauled. Franklin was the first Commandant. It was also agreed to establish a more regular central committee to decide on Corps policy. The Headquarters Staff Committee consisted at first of Franklin, Joynson, A. H. Gamwell, Lowson, Mordaunt, Russell-Allen, Baxter Ellis, Mosely, Peyton-Jones, Walton and Waddell (soon to become Colston and Washington).’ Mordaunt is recorded as having been awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct during an air raid, and her two M.I.D.’s are amongst just 15 to the F.A.N.Y. for the whole of the Great War.
Lot 675
A fine Royal Humane Society Lifesaving pair awarded to Sergeant Farrier W. Bridge, Royal Horse Artillery, for a rescue at the Grand Canal in Dublin on 30 January 1886 Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Sergt. Farrier Walter Bridge. R.H.A. 30 Jany 1886.) with integral bronze riband buckle; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1816. Sgt. Farrr. W. Bridge. R.H.A.) rank officially corrected on latter, very fine (2) £160-£200 --- R.H.S. Case number 23,017.
Lot 345
Three: Cadet Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Solomon, Jewish Lads’ Brigade, Birmingham Cadet Corps Defence Medal, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. A. B. Solomon, 68 Woodbourne Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham 17’; Jubilee 1935 (Cadet Lieut-Colonel A. B. Solomon Birmingham Cadet Corps J.L.B.) contemporarily engraved naming; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R. (Cadet Lt Col. A. B. Solomon.) in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Birmingham Special Constabulary Long Service Medal 1916, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘A. B. Solomon’; ands a Birmingham Special Constabulary Reserve lapel badge, silvered and enamel, the reverse numbered ‘229’, generally very fine and better (5) £200-£240 --- The Jewish Lads’ Brigade was founded in 1895 by Albert Edward Goldsmid, a self-declared ‘nationalist Jew’ and the British Chief of ‘Chovevi Zion’. As a Zionist Anglophile, he made a successful career as a staff officer in the British Army. Whilst Colonel at Cardiff, he inspected the local Church Lads’ Brigade and commented that something similar should be arranged for Jewish lads. His aim was to help poor Jewish boys, particularly between the time they left school and the time they could join Jewish Working Mens’ Clubs. A lasting function of the Brigade was to facilitate cultural integration. Members of the Brigade served with distinction in the Boer and First and Second World Wars. In 1974 the Jewish Lads’ Brigade joined with the Jewish Girls’ Brigade to form the ‘Jewish Lads and Girls’ Brigade’. Archie B. Solomon was the Officer Commanding the Jewish Lads’ Brigade (Birmingham Cadet Corps), which was affiliated to the 5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Sold with copied research.
Lot 113
The rare ‘Algiers’ and ‘Anchor’ type L.S. & G.C. pair awarded to Colour Sergeant J. Pickford, Royal Marine Artillery Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (James Pickford.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse with scarce ‘inverted’ reverse (James Pickford Colour Serjeant Royal Marine Artillery 21 Years) pierced with two rings for suspension, together with a small bronze medallet to commemorate the action off Algiers, minor edge nicks, generally very fine or better (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Christie’s, July 1983. Awards of the L.S. & G.C. medal issued between 1833 and 1835 were struck with the reverse accidentally inverted relative to the obverse. Fewer than 20 examples from this period are known to have survived today, and even fewer in combination with the Naval General Service Medal. James Pickford was born in Cameley, Somerset. He attested for the Royal Marine Artillery at Wells in March 1814, to join the Portsmouth Division. Pickford advanced to Corporal in November 1828, and to Sergeant in January 1834. His service included with H.M.S. Impregnable during the bombardment of Algiers on 27 August 1816. The latter occupied a vulnerable position during the bombardment and was exposed to the concentrated fire from shore batteries and an accurate raking fire from the heavily armed Lighthouse Battery. The Impregnable lost nearly a quarter of her complement, suffering 50 killed and 164 wounded as a consequence of the action. Pickford advanced to Colour Sergeant, and served with H.M.S. Salamander from March 1834. The ship was paid off on 3 March 1835, and Pickford was discharged to pension 21 May 1835 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in May 1835, with a Gratuity of £7). Although the Royal Marine Artillery was disbanded in 1832, two Artillery Companies remained in being including Pirckford’s 2nd Company - and they were attached to the Portsmouth Division. After service, Pickford was employed as the Master of the Catherington Union Workhouse in Horndean, Hampshire, in the 1850s. He continued to be employed in that capacity for the next 20 years, and died aged 85 in Catherington, Hampshire, in 1880. Sold with copied research.
Lot 63
An Order of St John group of ten awarded to Sergeant J. Elam, 2nd London Volunteer Rifle Corps and St John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s breast badge, silver and enamel; Defence Medal; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Private J. Elain (sic)); Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze (J. Elam, Sergt.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Sgt. J. Elam); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (1887 C. Sjt: J. Elam, 2/Lomdon V.R.C.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal, unnamed, with three additional service clasps; St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (Sergt. J. Elam. No. 1 Dist.) mounted court-style as worn, very fine (10) £400-£500
Lot 34
Miscellaneous Nursing Insignia. A small selection of Nursing insignia, including Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service cape badge, silver (2), together with two related miniature awards, one in silver the other bronze; Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge, silver; Queen Alexandra’s Military Families Nursing Service cape badge, silver, together with the related miniature award; British Red Cross Society War Service 1914-18 Medal, bronze; Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B230776’; Volunteer Medical Service Medal, with two Additional Award Bars (Miss Alice Hunt); two Queen Mary Nursing Guild Badges, gilt and enamel, one with clasps for 1916, 1917, and 1918; a Royal Star and Garter Home Nurses Badge, bronze and enamel, the reverse named ‘Dorothy Hutchinson Dec. 1939’, in fitted case; and a Belgian Queen Elisabeth Medal, bronze and enamel; together with a St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘41068 Charles S. Priddle’, with 25 date clasps for 1912-1916 and 1919-1938 inclusive ,the reverse all engraved ‘141068’, generally good very fine £100-£140 --- Silver War Badge no. B230776 was awarded to Staff Nurse T. E. Docwra, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Sold with a large quantity of postcards, photographs, newspaper cuttings, and other nursing related ephemera, including photographs of the Boer War Hospital Ship Princess of Wales.
Lot 130
Pair: Colonel J. F. Craig, Royal Artillery Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: J. F. Craig. N/2. Bde. R.A.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. “N” Battery, 2 Brigade, Royal Artillery, was later awarded the Honour Title “The Broken Wheel” for an incident during the battle of Tel-El-Kebir. It having been decided to attack at dawn after an approach march by night, the latter difficult operation was carried out by the two infantry and one cavalry divisions moving in line, in an echelon from the left with all the seven field batteries, also in line, in an interval between the two infantry divisions. The left-hand infantry division arrived first at the enemy's entrenchments in the half light and was met by a blaze of fire. Their attack was not at first completely successful, but with the aid of their supports, they and the other division forced their way into the entrenchments where hand-to-hand fighting continued. Meanwhile, the guns had been halted until there was enough light to see what was going on; but, as dawn broke, they were ordered forward to come into action inside the entrenchments in positions from which they could engage the defences in enfilade. N/2 galloped forward with the rest and, in the words of an officer of the battery, writing just after the battle: ‘All of a sudden the smoke lifted like a curtain and we found ourselves close to a long line of entrenchments... We at once went on and Major Branker found an angle in the line just in front where the ditch was not so deep, so the right gun galloped straight at it. It went with a bump into the ditch, and stuck fast on the face of the parapet, with most of the horses over; but a lot of 42nd [Highlanders] rushed to our help, and we lifted and shoved the gun over; but found one of the wheels smashed to pieces’. Although one of its guns had thus come to grief, N/2 brought its remaining guns into action inside the entrenchments and engaged the rearward parts of the defences with effective shrapnel fire in enfilade at 1,000 yards’ range. The enemy, facing destructive fire from both their front and flank were soon broken up and with victory secured, N/2 gained their prized Honour Title. John Francis Craig was born on 26 July 1856, and entered the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant on 2 February 1876. He was A.D.C. to the Governor of Mauritius from December 1880 to February 1881, and from April 1881 to February 1882. He served in the Egyptian war of 1882, including the battle of Tel-El-Kebir (Medal and Clasp; Bronze Star). Promoted to Captain in January 1885, he was Adjutant of the Clare Artillery Militia, from 1887 to 1894. He went on half-pay in the rank of Colonel in November 1907, retired in February 1910, and died in 1922.
Lot 672
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Thos. Collins A.B. H.M.S. “Dee” Vit. Peric. Expos. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 28th July 1863) fitted with ring suspension, extremely fine £120-£160 --- R.H.S. Case No. 17,130: ‘On 28th July 1863 at the River Thames, Woolwich a seaman of H.M.S. Tamar accidentally fell overboard, Collins jumped overboard, dived twice but could not save him. Bronze unsuccessful medal award to Collins.’ Thomas Collins was born in County Cork, Ireland, in July 1826. He joined the Royal Navy in July 1844, and advanced to Able Seaman in February 1852. His service included with H.M.S. Cleopatra between March 1849 and September 1853 (entitled to I.G.S. with ‘Pegu’ clasp); H.M.S. Princess Royal between January 1854 and February 1856 (entitled to Baltic Medal); and H.M.S. Dee between June 1863 and February 1864. Collins advanced to Boatswain’s Mate in October 1862, and Quarter Master in April 1866. He was discharged in August 1870, after 25 years and 42 days’ service. Sold with copied research and service papers.
Lot 677
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Gunner W. Malone, R.A. 31st. Aug. 1895.) with replacement integral bronze riband buckle, in original Warrington fitted case of issue, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £120-£160 --- R.H.S. Case number 27,968. The original citation states: ‘At great personal risk, attempted to rescue two persons who were unfortunately drowned at Spithead, on the 31st August 1895.’ The Morning Post of 23 October 1895 adds: ‘Gunner W. Malone, Royal Artillery, for attempting to save H. Gibbins and R. Short, whose boat capsized about 200 yards from the Horse Sand Fort, Spithead, August 31, when Malone nearly lost his own life (case sent by the Officer Commanding Royal Artillery, Portsmouth).’
Lot 13
Seven: Mary E. Symons, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, later French Red Cross, who served as Directress of the Rimberlieu Hospital 1914 Star (M. E. Symons, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (M. E. Symons); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917; Reconnaissance Medal, First Class, gilt, with rosette on riband; Medal of Honour, First Class, gold, the reverse inscribed ‘Mme. Symons, Rimberlieu 1915-1917’, with rosette on riband; Medal of the Societe Academique d’Histoire Internationale, gilt, with rosette on riband, good very fine (7) £600-£800 --- Mary E. Symons, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 September 1914. Later, working for the French Red Cross she was the Directress of the Rimberlieu Hospital, at Château Rimberlieu situated to the north of Compiegne. The hospital contained some 80 beds and was from the outset staffed entirely by British personnel. In 1916 an annex containing another 30 beds was added.
Lot 674
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George Dewe Gunner, R.A. 24th. Feby. 1876.) with integral bronze riband buckle, suspension claw crudely repaired, therefore good fine £80-£100 --- R.H.S. Case number 19,868. George Dewe was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for a rescue in Bermuda.
Lot 268
Three: Sergeant F. Hinchliffe, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 25 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (5432 Sjt. F. Hinchliffe. R.A.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, very fine and better (3) £70-£90 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918. Frederick James Hinchliffe was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in 1880. A policeman in civilian life, he attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 1 December 1915 and served on the Western Front with No. 148 Heavy Battery from 17 July 1916. According to the recipient’s Army Service Record he died of wounds on 25 March 1918, likely in consequence of the German Spring Offensive. Hinchliffe’s widow Alice later received his effects which were posted to ‘Toll Bar House’ in Mansfield. He is buried in the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Lot 349
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel E. V. Thomas, Royal Artillery Korea 1950-53, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major E. V. Thomas R.A.) officially re-impressed naming; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; United States of America, Bronze Star Medal (E. V. Thomas Maj) good very fine (3) £180-£220 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 April 1945 (Burma and Eastern Frontier of India); 10 January 1946 (Burma); 19 September 1946 (Burma); 10 October 1952 (Korea). Bronze Star Medal London Gazette 30 October 1953 (Korea). The original citation states: ‘Major Evan V. Thomas, Royal Artillery, British Army, a member of Headquarters, Royal Artillery, 1st Commonwealth Division, distinguished himself by meritorious service in Korea from 21 December 1951 to 22 September 1952. As Counter Bombardment Officer of the 1st Commonwealth Division, responsible for the assimilation of information pertinent to the disposition of enemy mortar and artillery emplacements, he carried out the multifarious duties incident to his key position in an exemplary manner. Through his administrative ability and sound judgement, he quickly effected a capable organisation of the counter bombardment staffs within the division which enabled it to function with maximum operational efficiency. He skilfully co-ordinated the activities of Commonwealth and Eighth United States Army, integrated them into a smoothly functioning team. The decisiveness, the singular ability to surmount the most intricate administrative obstacles, and the undeviating devotion to duty displayed by Major Thomas materially furthered the cause of the United Nations in Korea and reflect great credit upon himself and the military profession.’ Evan Vaughan Thomas was born on 9 July 1913. A Gentleman Cadet from Royal Military Academy, he was to be raised 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Artillery on 1 February 1934, and subsequently: Lieutenant on 1 February 1937; Act. Captain on 1 February 1940; Temp. Captain on 1 May 1940; Captain on 1 February 1942; Major on 1 February 1947; Act. Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 June 1945; Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 September 1945; and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 April 1955. Thomas was retired on 19 July 1958.
Lot 686
C.Q.D. Medal 1909, silver, unnamed as issued, complete with ring suspension, minor edge bruising, good very fine £200-£240 --- In the early morning of 23 January 1909, the White Star Line’s R.M.S Republic, sailing from New York to Gibraltar, collided with the Italian liner S.S. Florida in fog off the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. The White Star Line’s R.M.S. Baltic responded to the C.Q.D. call sent out by radio. Three passengers died in the collision; the remaining passengers from the Republic were transferred, first to the less-damaged Florida, and then, on her arrival, to the Baltic. The Republic sank the next day whilst under tow to New York. The saloon passengers of the two White Star Liners subscribed to a fund to provide medals to the crews of the three ships involved, in recognition of the fact that they saved more than 1,700 lives. Three silver-gilt medals were given to the three captains, with the officers and crew given silver and bronze medals. This was the first occasion on which the C.Q.D. distress call had been sent by wireless transmission.
Lot 138
Pair: Major A. C. Pearson, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 2nd in Command of the R.M. detachment at Abu Klea and Mentioned in Despatches Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Captn. A. C. Pearson, R.M.L.I.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, good very fine and rare (2) £2,600-£3,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 1998. Only four Royal Marine Officers were present with the Camel Corps at Abu Klea, including Lieutenant C. V. F. Townshend who was later to come to prominence as the defender of Kut in 1915. Aylmer Charles Pearson was born in Upton St Leonards, near Gloucester, on 2 August 1849, and entered the Royal Marine Light Infantry as a Lieutenant at the age of 19 in 1868. Promoted to Captain in July 1881, he took passage aboard the S.S. Duncan in May 1884 to Egypt, where he joined the Royal Marine Battalion at Port Said, and later Suakin. He was detailed for Special Service and Second in Command of the Royal Marines Detachment, comprising 4 officers and 86 N.C.O.s and men, for service as the 4th Company of the Guards Camel Regiment, Nile Expeditionary Force. He was present at the battle of Abu Klea, the actions at Gubat and Metemmeh, and the attack on the convoy on 13 February 1885. When his Commanding Officer Major W. H. Poe was severely wounded and invalided, he commanded the Royal Marine Camel Corps from 22 January 1885, until its return to England the following July. Pearson was referred to in Lord Wolseley’s despatch in the London Gazette of 25 August 1885 as ‘deserving of special mention.’ He was promoted to Brevet Major on 15 June 1885, ‘in recognition of services rendered during the recent operations in the Sudan’, and received the medal with two clasps and the Khedive’s bronze star. He saw no further active service and retired on full pay in August 1891, and later became a Recruiting Officer at Cambridge for a brief period. He died on 4 February 1938 at the age of 88.
Lot 243
Family Group: Three: Private W. C. Hopkins, 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment 1914-15 Star (4617 Pte. W. C. Hopkins. 2-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (4617 Pte. W. C. Hopkins. 2-Lond. R.) mounted for wear; together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘294721’, extremely fine Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. C. Hopkins. V. Div.) in named card box of issue; together with the related miniature award, extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- William Charles Hopkins attested for the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment, on 2 June 1915, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 October 1915. Transferring to the Labour Corps, he was discharged due to sickness on 3 December 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 294721. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar.
Lot 331
A SCOTTISH BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A YOUNG BOY AFFIXING A MILITARY BELT TO WAIST the boy modelled with curly hair and in school uniform of ankle boots, shorts and collared shirt, standing with legs apart on a square base, made by McDonald & Creswick, unsigned, circa 1910s / 1920s, 27cms highProvenance: by descent to the present owner via the McDonald family of McDonald & CreswickComments: in good condition without apparent defects or issues
Lot 290
A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Padmasambhava, 18th/19th centuryAdorned with a five-skull crown and multiple necklaces and bracelets, he carries a vajra in his right hand and a scorpion in his left, set on a lotus base.9.5cm highProvenance:Acquired by Lt-Col Thomas Moore Kirkwood (1865-1933) while serving with the Indian Army in Tibet from 1903-04, thence by descent to the vendor.Footnote:The hollow base of this figure is filled with tightly rolled paper scroll prayers and offerings, in the Nepalese tradition. Such figures are often sealed with a metal plate to the underside but this example either never had a plate or it has been lost.Condition:Wear to gilt in places.
Lot 270
Hidemasa, an inlaid root wood carvingMeiji eraThe natural root form inlaid with mother-of-pearl and lacquered with trailing leafy vines, signed to a silver tablet.21cm high x 33cm wideFootnote:It is likely that this piece was intended as the base for a sculpture or okimono, perhaps a bronze bird of prey.
Lot 90
A Burmese gilt bronze figure of a seated monk, late Qing DynastyModelled in kneeling position and wearing flowing robes, his hair in tight curls, the hands resting in a mudra on his lap, set on a plain base with inscribed lozenge tablet to the front.32cm highProvenance:Property of a deceased estate in South Shropshire.Condition:Generally good overall with some typical wear to the gilt in places.
Lot 91
Two Chinese bronze vases, Qing DynastyThe first of bottle form with loop and ring handles, set on an integral base, 14.3cm high, the second of slender baluster form with twin mask 'handles', 14.7cm high. (2)Condition:The first: Small dent to rim. Hole to base. General minor signs of age.The second: Patchy wear to surface lacquer, area of verdigris tarnishing to the shoulder, small dents to the foot rim.
Lot 1367
An assortment of collectors' items including a bronze Victorian medal awarded to Harry G. Cooper Inorganic Chemistry 1889, awarded by the Science and Art Department for Proficiency in Science, three further medals including a hallmarked silver example, Manchester & District Medical Golfers' Association, a lighter, etc, leather cased hip flask, travelling cups, etc.
Lot 1506
An aesthetic movement French bronze and gilt metal mantel clock with circular finial above the dial set with applied blue enamel cabochons bearing Roman numerals, indistinctly signed, with Japy Freres movement, height 36cm.Condition Report: Name on face is rubbed and worn, twelve numeral is slightly loose but still attached. Wear, rubbing to metalware, we offer no guarantee of working order, one chain has become loose but still present. No part of the chain appears to be missing, although we cannot guarantee this.
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