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Lot 187
A PATINATED BRONZE MODEL OF THE WARWICK VASE LATE 19TH CENTURY Traditionally modelled after the Antique original, the applied masks between the entwined vine handles, egg-and-dart rim, unmarked 19cm high, 31cm wide Atop a scagliola simulated porphyry pedestal base, 10cm high, 15.5cm wide 29cm high overall The Warwick Vase is an ancient Roman (2nd century and partially restored) marble vase with Bacchic ornament that was discovered at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli circa 1771 by Gavin Hamilton. Hamilton, a Scottish painter-antiquarian and art dealer in Rome, sold it to Sir William Hamilton from whom it passed to his nephew the 2nd Earl of Warwick from whom it takes its name. It is now held in the Burrell Collection near Glasgow, Scotland. Condition Report: Wear to the surface consistent with age and handling, some discolouration, the interior dirty and discoloured, marks and rubbingThe base with chips and losses to edges and extremities, a shadow to the base where the vase has sat for yearsOverall with marks, knocks, scratches, and abrasions consistent with age, use, and handling Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 503
WILHELM VOLZ (1855-1901), A GERMAN PATINATED BRONZE MODEL OF A SPARTAN WARRIOR EARLY 20TH CENTURY The helmeted figure modelled Heroically nude but for a sash and holding his shield aloft, on a rectangular base signed to one edge and atop a grey marble plinth 52cm high overall Provenance: From a Private Collection in Northamptonshire
Lot 520
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BATHING CLASSICAL MAIDEN, PROBABLY DIANA LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY Modelled seated and barely draped atop a naturalistic base 28.5cm high Condition Report: Probably previously atop a plinth base. Uneven wear to patina to body mostly from handling, use and age- Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Potential buyers should note that condition reports are matters of opinion only, they are non-exhaustive and based solely on what can be seen to the naked eye unless otherwise specified by the cataloguer. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description. If you have physically viewed an item for which you request a report, the condition report cannot be a reason for cancelling a sale. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 195
A CONTINENTAL BRONZE FIGURE OF A FEMALE FARMHAND NAPPING PROBABLY DUTCH OR FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY The figure modelled sitting on an outcrop, her tool across her body and her head resting on her right arm, on a red marble base Indistinctly signed to the rear Jtanniers (?) 52cm high Provenance: From a private collection in Northamptonshire
Lot 192
A FRENCH GILT METAL FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK LATE 19TH CENTURY With eight-day bell striking movement, signed C.J. & Co, with white enamel Roman numeral dial centrally signed for Hry Marc, within a lapis lazuli mask, the case surmounted by two bacchanalian putti and with flanking scrolls terminating in feet and with further toupee feet 46cm high Condition Report: Overall will require attention, the elements of the case are loose and detached, the movement dirty, the case gilt worn and verdigris overall, dirt to the deeper recesses, the minute hand hangs limply at the half hour mark and swings when touched - movement untested but likely requiring attention before use in a domestic setting, no keys or pendulum present. Dirt and deposits to the movement, requiring a clean as well some remedial workAs catalogued this is made of gilt metal, there appears to be some bronze elements (cherubs appear to be bronze, other elements appear to be spelter or similar) Some chips and losses to the enamel dial, cracking and crazing too Please see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 279
Four: Warrant Office Class II W. J. Parminter, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5178823 W.O. Cl.II. W. J. Parminter. 6-Glouc R.); together with an Army Rifle Association Bronze Medal, the reverse engraved ‘R.Q.M.S. W. Parminter 1936’; and a silver pocket watch, the reverse engraved; Recruiting Prize 1930 C.S-M. W. Parminter (6) £400-£500
Lot 589
Four: Stoker Petty Officer A. A. Reeds, H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert, Royal Navy Jubilee 1897, bronze (A. A. Reeds Sto. H.M.Y. Alberta); Coronation 1902, bronze, reverse engraved ‘Presented To A. A. Reeds R.Y. Alberta’; Coronation 1911 (A. A. Reeds. Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Alberta); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (A. A. Reeds, Sto., H.M.Y. Victorial & Albert.) impressed naming, generally nearly very fine or better (4) £280-£340 --- Albert Arthur Reeds was born in Landport, Hampshire, in January 1866. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in June 1885, and advanced to Stoker Petty Officer in July 1906. His service included with the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert from June 1887 to May 1912 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in September 1900), during which time he spent the majority of service with the Royal Yacht Alberta - which was the tender to the much larger Victoria and Albert. Reeds was shore pensioned in May 1912, only to be re-engaged for service with H.M.S. Victory II in August 1914 (entitled to BWM). Sold with Parchment Certificate of Service, and copied research.
Lot 798
Miscellaneous Women’s Services Insignia. A good selection of cap badges to the Women’s Services including, bronze Forage Corps, another gilding metal example, Queen Mary’s AAC, Women’s AAC, Navy & Army Canteen Board, another lapel for 1917, Women’s volunteer Reserve, a pair of Expeditionary Force Canteen shoulder titles, 1915 Women’s Land Army workers arm band, another badge, another 1939-45 example, and a Women’s Army Pensions Department Cloth badge, generally good condition (12) £200-£240
Lot 125
Four: Commander W. A. L. Q. Henriques, Royal Navy, who served ashore in Egypt in the Armoured Train and had an impressive record for saving lives during his career Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Lieut. W. A. L. Q. Henriques, R.N. H.M.S. “Malabar”); British War Medal 1914-20 (Commr., R.N.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed; Royal Humane Society, small successful bronze medal (Sub. Lieut. W. A. L. Q. Henriques, R.N. 16 July 1671 (sic)) last with integral top riband buckle, together with related group of four miniature medals mounted on a Hunt & Roskell quadruple silver buckle brooch, and a ‘Queen Mary’s Carpenters of War Hospital, Central Surgical Supply Depot’, oval bronze lapel badge, the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. Henriques R.N. Oct. 1915 -’, generally very fine or better (lot) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Web, December 2006. William Abraham Ludington Quixans Henriques was born on 25 September 1850, and entered the Navy as a Naval Cadet in June 1865, becoming Midshipman in March 1866, Sub Lieutenant in December 1870, and Lieutenant in December 1874. He served in China in 1866, as Midshipman in H.M.S. Pelorus, and was present and assisted in the destruction of several piratical villages and junks in the Lejemon Pass, near Hong Kong, for which the officers engaged received the thanks of the Governor of Hong Kong. Whilst Midshipman of H.M.S. Juno in 1869, he jumped overboard on two occasions and saved the lives of two marines who had fallen overboard in Portsmouth Harbour, one being in heavy marching order. As Sub-Lieutenant of H.M.S. Monarch, on 16 July 1871, he jumped overboard to save E. Ringsford, A.B., and J. Breshnahan, Pte. R.M.L.I. (Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society). In East Africa from 1873 to 1875, as Sub-Lieutenant of H.M.S. Thetis, he was present at the capture and destruction of several slave dhows, and the liberation of 600 slaves, including the expedition up the Mtusi River, resulting in the taking of three large dhows after a determined resistance by the Arab slave dealers. He subsequently received Prize Money for one Slave Dhow, name unknown, captured on 16 July 1874, and another, name unknown, captured on 29 October 1874. In 1874 he also rescued the crew of the galley which had capsized on the bar at Pangany, after dark and under circumstances of great difficulty, for which he received the thanks of Captain T. Le H. Ward. Heriques served throughout the war in Egypt in 1882 as Lieutenant in H.M.S. Malabar, including service ashore, and was twice under fire in the Armoured Train (Medal & Khedive’s Bronze Star). Whilst in Malabar, he rescued the Boatswain who had fallen overboard at night, the ship going at 11 knots under steam and all possible sail. He was publicly thanked in the presence of the ship’s company by Captain Grant for going away in the lifeboat. Promoted to Commander and Retired in September 1895, Henriques was re-employed during the Great War from March 1917 to late 1918, borne in H.M.S. President for ‘Miscellaneous and Special Service’ as Commander on the Active List.
Lot 108
The Great War A.R.R.C. attributed to Matron Elizabeth J. Milne, Brechin Infirmary Auxiliary Hospital, Forfarshire Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; together with a Society of Science, Letters, and Art Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Elizabeth Milne, Needlework, Dec. 1906.’, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 6 August 1919: Miss Elizabeth Jane Milne, Matron, Brechin Infirmary Auxiliary Hospital, Forfarshire.
Lot 715
A miscellaneous selection of Nursing and Medical badges, comprising Cardiff Infirmary; Edinburgh City Hospital (C. Mc.Quarrie 15th. Oct. 1901 to 15th. Nov. 1904); Plaistow Trained Nurse; General Nursing Council for England and Wales (J. R. Townsend S.E.A.N 27657 28.2.47); Maternity Nursing Association; Royal Medico-Psych Association Certified Nurse (E. C. Smith 43043); Medico-Psychological Association (Sarah Brassington); Birmingham Asylums Committee (Sarah Brassington May 1916); Women’s Industrial Nursing Service; St. John Ambulance War Service (Sgt. W. A. Naughton 17th Middx: V.A.D. 5230); British Red Cross Society Practical Nursing; and an unknown Nursing medal (L.B.M.H. March 1909), some silver or silver and enamel, the majority bronze, generally good condition (12) £160-£200
Lot 596
Pair: Staff Sergeant H. Kearns, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, late Coldstream Guards and Military Foot Police Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, with bronze single star Second Award Bar (H Kearney) mounted court-style for display and mounted for display alongside cap badges for the Coldstream Guards and the Military Police; and a KC cap badge and collar badges for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Henry Kearney was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and attested for the Coldstream Guards on 23 December 1919. He transferred to the Military Foot Police on 31 May 1921, before taking his discharge on 26 December 1926. Emigrating to Canada, he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Calgary, Alberta, on 2 December 1927, and was promoted Corporal on 1 May 1932; Sergeant on 1 September 1940; and Staff Sergeant on 1 October 1949. He was stationed throughout Canada, from Whitehorse, Yukon, to Montreal, Quebec (and several places in between), and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 October 1949, and a Bronze Bar on 7 August 1956. He retired to pension on 1 December 1956, and died at Vancouver, British Columbia, on 18 March 1974. Sold with copied service papers.
Lot 756
Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Books pertaining to Wing Commander J. G. Calvert, D.F.C., 640 Squadron, Royal Air Force, a Halifax pilot who completed a tour of 33 night time and daylight sorties against some of the most heavily defended enemy targets in the Ruhr valley; post-War, he subsequently flew another 163 sorties during the Berlin Airlift 1948-49 Five Log Books, the first a Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Log Book covering the period 5 September 1942 to 7 June 1948, well-annotated with details of all operational sorties undertaken; the second to fifth the recipient’s post-War Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book covering the periods August 1948 to June 1951; July 1951 to September 1953; September 1953 to December 1958; and May 1959 to March 1965, some pages slightly loose, and the spines damaged and reinforced with sellotape throughout, otherwise good condition (5) £400-£500 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 22 May 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘On the night of the 2nd February 1945, this Captain was detailed to attack Dusseldorf and during the bombing run his aircraft was attacked by a J.U. 88. In spite of this Flying Officer Calvert was determined to hold the same course, in order to allow the Bomb Aimer to release his bombs on the objective. The decision on the part of the pilot to disregard the danger of fighter attack called for the highest degree of fortitude and determination to successfully conclude his mission. Once again, on the night of the 17th December 1944, the target being Duisburg, this Captain's aircraft was attacked by an enemy night fighter a few miles from the target, and a running fight followed, with the result that the enemy aircraft was claimed as destroyed. Although considerable height was lost during the combat, Flying Officer Calvert settled down to a bombing run and it was not until his bombs had found their objective that the pilot set course for base. The above are but two of the instances where this officer has shown the utmost disregard for his personal safety, placing the satisfactory completion of his mission before all other considerations. He has also led his Squadron on daylight attacks to the most heavily defended Ruhr cities, displaying leadership and courage of the highest order. I therefore have no hesitation in recommending this officer for the non-Immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. Remarks by Station Commander: During his operational tour this Officer has carried out a number of varied and difficult sorties which have included a series of attacks, both by day and by night, on Ruhr targets, and others of equal importance throughout Germany which were vital to the enemy's war effort and where the opposition was powerful. During this time Flying Officer Calvert has displayed consistent flying skill and efficiency of a high order, and his courage and dash have always served as a valuable example to other crews. His fine offensive spirit and operational record fully merit the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’ James Gordon Calvert was born in August 1923, and commenced his training at No. 32 E.F.T.S. in Alberta, Canada in September 1942. Returning to the U.K. in October 1943, and having attended further courses, he was posted to No. 640 Squadron, a Halifax unit operating out of Leconfield, Yorkshire, in early October 1944, in which month he completed six sorties, including two strikes against the Krupps works at Essen, a raid on Cologne, and two trips to Holland against enemy gun positions in support of the 1st Canadian Army. Calvert flew another half dozen operations in November, all against German targets, the first to Dusseldorf on the night of the 7th-8th, when his Halifax was coned by searchlights amidst heavy flak - and attacked by a Ju. 88. Bochum having been attacked on the 8th-9th (’Intense flak. Two searchlights’), and Gelsenkirchen on the 9th-10th (’Heavy flak. Saw several a/c go down’), he flew on strikes against Julich, Munster and Sterkrade. In December, after a sortie to Solst, Calvert and his crew were ordered to attack Osnabruck on the night of the 6th-7th, his Flying Log Book once more noting heavy flak - and a feathered port outer engine. Duisburg ten days later proved even more challenging, his Halifax being attacked on four occasions by an enemy night fighter ... ‘Destroyed same. Lost 6,000 feet.’ And a sharp reminder of ever present threat of enemy night fighters came again on the night of 5-6 January 1945, during a raid on Hannover, Calvert noting ‘Bags of N. Fighters. 32 lost on this night’s sortie.’ Luckily his trips to Dortmund, Ludwigshaven and Stuttgart in the same month appear to have been of a smoother nature. February 1945 witnessed Calvert flying several more sorties, including strikes against Mainz, Goch and Wanne Eickel, but it was an attack against Worms on the night of 21st-22nd that proved the highlight, his Flying Log Book noting, ‘Intense searchlight activity. Moderate flak. Saw seven a/c shot down by fighters.’ While in March, the final month of his operational tour, he appears to have enjoyed smoother trips against Hemmingstedt, Homburg and Witten. Tour expired, he was awarded the D.F.C. and posted to Transport Command. Post-war, Calvert joined No. 47 Squadron, a Hastings unit based at Dishforth, in which capacity he flew a remarkable tally of 163 sorties during the Berlin Airlift, between November 1948 and August 1949. He then instructed on Meteors with Flying Training Command, in addition to similar duties on secondment to the Luftwaffe in the early 1960s. Having then been advanced to Wing Commander, and attended the N.A.T.O. Defence College in Rome, he was posted to N.A.T.O’s Southern Europe H.Q. in Naples, from which latter establishment he returned to the UK in 1975; shortly after which, as a result of ill-health, he was placed on the Retired List. Sold with details of the recipient’s operational sorties, taken from the Squadron Operations Book; copied birth and death certificates; various newspaper cuttings; and other ephemera, including a NATO Defense College bronze medallion embossed ‘Wing Commander J. G. Calvert’.
Lot 673
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Thos. W. Collins, Gunner, R.A. 11. April 1872.) lacking integral bronze riband buckle, good very fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case number 18,904. Thomas W. Collins was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for a rescue at Sheerness in Kent. The story was later published in the Morning Advertiser on 19 June 1872: ‘A comrade named William Waine was bathing on the day in question from the Martello Tower called “Grain Tower,” which is about 400 yards from the shore of Grain Island, on the opposite side of the Medway to Sheerness. The current round the tower is very strong, and Waine was being carried away and was fast drowning, when Gunner George Farley, who was standing on the steps of the tower, jumped into the water with a rope in his hand... [but] the current was so strong that he could not make head against it, and he in his turn was sinking, when another Gunner named Collins jumped in to his assistance and got hold of him... William Waine survived the current and was saved. Gunner Farley, despite the best efforts of Collins - who was forced to choose between Waine and Farley - sank from exhaustion and was drowned.’
Lot 718
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Medal of Merit, French issue, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘R. Drollet par Province de Quebec 1960’, numbered, ‘1429’; Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Service Medal, English issue, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘City of Vancouver to G. U. Renwick, 1968’, numbered, ‘1933’; Ontario Fire Services Long Service Medal, silver, unnamed; Legion of Frontiersmen Medal, British Columbia Provincial Command, silver, unnamed, good very fine Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Kelly, Legion of Frontiersman Legion of Frontiersmen Meritorious Service Medal, Canadian Division (Lt. Col. W. L. Kelly), silvered bronze, beaver emblem on riband; Legion of Frontiersmen Service Medal, Saskatchewan Command (W. L. Kelly), silver, last with edge bruise, good very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009.
Lot 719
Edward Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay 1921, oval bronze medal, the obverse with bust of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), surmounted by Prince of Wales’ feathers, the reverse inscribed ‘Visit of His Royal Highness, Bombay, November 1921’, lacking top suspension ring, good fine Silver War Badge (3), officially numbered ‘RN48388; B63284; B89302’, all complete with reverse pins, good very fine St. John Re-Examination Cross (6), silver, type 2, the reverse engraved ‘William Robinson No. 7899’; gilt, type 2, the reverse engraved ‘Cornelius Gerrard Darnhall Winsford No. 4498 May 24 1886’; silver, type 3, the reverse engraved ‘Elizabeth Barker No. 15255’; silver, type 3, the reverse engraved ‘George Clark No. 21275’, with 1907 dated bar, the reverse numbered ‘21275’; bronze, type 3, the reverse engraved ‘Elizabeth N. Stewart No. 16518’; bronze, type 4, the reverse engraved ‘260381 Florence Brierley’; bronze, type 4, the reverse engraved ‘274605 Dorothy Coates’, good very fine (11) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Silver War Badge RN48388 awarded to Able Seaman E. Frear, Royal Navy. Silver War Badge B63284 awarded to Private J. Gregory, Manchester Regiment. Silver War Badge B89302 awarded to Private J. Gill, West Yorkshire Regiment. Sold with copied research.
Lot 26
Five: Dr. Ruth Nicholson, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who served as Assistant Surgeon at Royaumont Hospital British War and Victory Medals (R. Nicholson); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband; Medal of Gratitude, silver-gilt, unnamed, with miniature rosette on riband; Medal of Honour, Ministry of War for Epidemics, gilt, reverse embossed ‘Miss R. Nicholson 1917’, with miniature rosette on riband; together with the relate miniature awards, these mounted as worn, good very fine and better (5) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013. Ruth Nicholson was born on 2 December 1884, the daughter of the Rev. Canon Nicholson. She was educated at Newcastle-on-Tyne High School and the Universities of Durham and Dundee, taking the degrees M.B., B.S. in 1909; B.Hy., D.P.H. in 1911; and M.S. in 1923. After graduating in 1909 she worked in a dispensary in Newcastle before going to Edinburgh where she became an assistant to Dr Elsie Inglis in the Bruntsfield Hospital. Prior to the War she worked in Gaza in Palestine. With the onset of war she returned home, and after being turned down for a voluntary medical unit she was accepted by the Scottish Women’s Hospitals and became an Assistant Surgeon at Royaumont Hospital from December 1914 until February 1919. After the War she specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology, became Gynaecological Surgeon and Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, and was one of the earliest Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She became the first woman President of the North of England Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and played a prominent part in the Medical Women’s Federation. Dr Ruth Nicholson died in Exeter on 18 July 1963. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s sister, see the following lot (lot 27).
Lot 753
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Red Star, 2nd type breast badge, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘3668509’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and screw-back suspension; Order of the Badge of Honour, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘556286’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension; Order of the Patriotic War, Second Class breast badge, 3rd 1985 type, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘1411922’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and screw-back suspension; Order of Glory, Third Class, 2nd type, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘123103’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension; Medal for Bravery, 2nd type, silver and enamel, unnumbered; Medal for Military Merit, 2nd type, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘465524’; Medal for the Defence of Moscow, bronze; Medal for the Defence of Leningrad, bronze; Medal for Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45, bronze (2); Commemorative Medal for the 800th Anniversary of Moscow 1147-1947; together with a poor quality cast copy of the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky; and a cast copy Medal for the Capture of Berlin, generally good very fine (13) £140-£180
Lot 27
Three: Miss Alison M. Nicholson, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who served as an Orderly at Royaumont Hospital British War and Victory Medals (A. M. Nicholson); together with the recipient’s Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, bronze, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013. Alison May Nicholson was the daughter of Rev. Canon Nicholson and youngest sister of Dr. Ruth Nicholson. She served as an Orderly in the Royaumont Hospital, entering France in September 1916. For the recipient’s sister’s medals, see the previous lot (lot 26).
Lot 98
A R.V.M. awarded to Bombardier C. Piggin, Royal Horse Artillery Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., bronze, contemporarily engraved ‘93769. Br. C. Piggin S. Baty. R.H.A.’ crown suspension loose, nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- George Piggin was born in Norwich and attested for the Royal Artillery on 25 October 1892. Transferred to the Military Mounted Police, he was invalided from the Service as Corporal on 21 January 1911. A letter contained within his Army Service Record notes that he later spent time at the Surrey County Asylum (Netherne Hospital) and died in consequence of a bad fall in 1930.
Lot 668
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal, E.II.R., French issue, with bronze single star Second Award Bar (J. P. Y. Bussieres) in fitted case of issue with metal gilt badge superimposed onto the lid, extremely fine £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- J. P. Y. Bussieres joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in March 1974, and was awarded his Long Service Medal on 29 March 1994. He retired on 16 May 2002.
Lot 24
Three: Dr. Agnes F. Savill, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who served as a Radiologist at Royaumont Hospital British War and Victory Medals (A. Savill); France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, Ministry of War, for Epidemics, 1st Class, gilt, reverse embossed, ‘Miss A. Savill, 1917’, with small rosette on riband; together with the recipient’s Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, bronze, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (4) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. Agnes Forbes Savill, née Blackadder, was born in Dundee in 1876. She graduated first from the University of St. Andrews in 1895 receiving the degree of Master of Arts. Her first degree in medicine, M.B., Ch.B., of the University of Glasgow, was obtained in 1898 and the higher degree of M.D. in 1901. Dr Blackadder married Dr Thomas Dixon Savill in 1901 - he died in 1910. Dr Agnes Savill developed an interest in Dermatology and became a Physician to the Skin Hospital, Leicester Square, London. Early in the Great war she joined the staff of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals, entering France in May 1915. Serving at Royaumont Hospital, near Paris, she was placed in charge of the x-ray and electro-therapy departments. She served there until the end of 1916. The author of several books and papers on her own subjects, she was also editor of her late husband’s Clinical Medicine and in 1955 had published her Alexander the Great and his Time. Dr Agnes Savill died on 12 May 1964.
Lot 99
A Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of seven awarded to acting Warrant Officer Class II A. J. Nutting, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment, who was thrice honoured in the Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Military), unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (161 A.W.O. Cl. 2 A. J. Nutting, 16-Lond. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., named to another recipient ‘562118 Spr.-A.S. Sjt. E. Paine, R.E.’; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style with new ribands but on original wearing bar, together with four related Queen’s Westminster Rifles’ prize medals 1909-12, two in gold and two in bronze, all named to the recipient, dated and in fitted cases of issue; and a silver prize award from the Metropolitan Territorial School of Arms Association, 1912, this also in fitted case, good very fine and better (12) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009. Medal of the Order of the British Empire London Gazette 23 January 1920: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders. M.S.M. London Gazette 18 October 1916: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered during the present War.’ Alfred James Nutting was from Merstham, Surrey, and by profession a director of an old family business, the seed merchants Nutting and Sons Ltd. But he was also a keen Volunteer and Territorial, originally having joined the 13th (Queen’s) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers at Buckingham Gate in London several years before the Great War. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal shortly before the outbreak of hostilities (AO 216 of July 1914 refers), he went out to France as a Sergeant with the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) in November of that year, where, no doubt, he witnessed events of the famous Christmas Truce - gifts were exchanged in No Man’s Land and one of the German officers encountered by the Battalion was originally from Catford. Remaining actively employed on the Western Front, Nutting was to be decorated on three occasions, namely with the Army Meritorious Service Medal; the Royal Victorian Medal in silver, on the occasion of George V’s visit to the Army in the Field in July 1917; and the Medal of the Order of the British Empire. Returning to his family firm after the War, of which he rose to be Chairman of the Board, Nutting was appointed as the Horticultural Trade Association’s representative to the Ministry of Agriculture on the renewal of hostilities, but following the complete destruction of his business premises in Southwark Street, London in 1942, his health declined. He died in Redhill, Surrey in July 1946.
Lot 799
Miscellaneous Women’s Insignia. A good selection of insignia to the Women’s Services including, OSD bronze FANY cap and collar badges and buttons, ATS cap, collars and shoulder titles, WRAC caps collars and shoulder titles, scarce lapel badges Women’s Royal Naval Services, Scottish Women’s Hospital, St. Dunstan’s Hallmarked Birmingham 1934, Women’s Imperial League, Food Preservation & Naval Transport Service 1915, Board of Agriculture Women’s Branch, another example Land Worker, Women’s Land Army cloth shoulder titles, brassard and lapel badge; and sundry cap, collar, and lapel badges, very good condition (lot) £300-£400
Lot 8
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of six awarded to Nursing Sister Helen M. Bennett, British Red Cross and Order of St John of Jerusalem, who was Mentioned in Despatches Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (H. M. Bennett, B.R.C.S. & O.St.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (H. M. Bennett, B.R.C.S. & St.J.J.); Defence Medal; Belgium, Kingdom, Queen Elisabeth Medal, bronze; together with the related miniature awards (but lacking the Belgian medal), these mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (6) £700-£900 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of their valuable services in connection with the war’. M.I.D. London Gazette 24 December 1917. Helen Margaret Bennett was born at Clifton, Bristol, in 1878 and was trained as a nurse at University College Hospital, London, between 1901 and 1905. She was enrolled as a Trained Nurse (Sister) with the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem in August 1914, and served in France from 23 September 1914, initially at No. 2 Hospital, Rouen until May 1915. She served subsequently at No. 4 Hospital, Wimereux, from May to December 1915; No. 17 Ambulance Train from December 1915 to May 1916; No. 1 Hospital, Le Touquet, from May to June 1916; and No. 5 Hospital, Wimereux, where she remained until January 1919.
Lot 379
Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private William Smith H.M. 39th Regt.) original brass hook and ring suspension completely missing and replaced with a top ring and silver straight bar suspension; together with another Maharajpoor Star 1843 (John Reed H.M. 16th Lancers) renamed, the remnants of the original brass hook adapted with ring and bronze straight bar suspension, nearly very fine (2) £300-£400
Lot 269
Five: Sergeant B. Mundell, Scottish Police, later Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (346081 Sjt. B. Mundell. R.A.); Coronation 1911, Scottish Police (P.C., B. Mundell.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-18, with bronze palm, very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Benjamin Mundell served during the Great War with the Forth Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force. His MIC confirms entitlement to a pair, whilst the Great War Service Medal and Award Roll notes ‘M.M.’ after his name; this remains unconfirmed, as is the French decoration.
Lot 28
Six: Miss Maude I. Smieton, later Lady Sanderson, Scottish Women’s Hospitals British War and Victory Medals (M. I. Smieton); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband; Medal of the Society of Aid to Military Wounded, silver; Cross of the Society of Aid to Military Wounded 1914-19, silver; together with the recipient’s Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, bronze, unnamed, some corrosion to CdeG, otherwise good very fine (6) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Colonel D. G. B. Riddick Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. Maude Isolde Smieton was employed as an Orderly, Dispenser and Nurses Aide at the auxiliary hospitals at Villers Cotterets and Royaumont, France, from July 1916 to March 1919. In the Royaumont News Letter, 1968, she recalled: ‘I remember that last week at V.C. (Villers Cotterets). It was at the end of May just before we were to leave the hospital. I was seconded to the theatre and I was to spend all the time, day and night, as orderly with Inglis and some others. We could use only candles as we were under fire. I can see Inglis holding a candle at one side of the operating table and myself at the other, trying to keep our hand steady while loud explosions went on outside. The whole place was a shambles with men lying on the floor everywhere. It was so dark ... it was difficult to know whether a man was dead or alive. ... While Miss Ivens was operating, French soldiers burst into the place and asked us why we had not left as the town had been evacuated. We eventually got away next day, only just in time, as shells were coming over. ... The Americans came to our aid and helped with the wounded. Finally our ambulances from Royaumont came to our rescue. We were glad to see them. ...’ In a letter dated 23 May 1918, Smieton wrote of the last night at Villers Cotterets, ‘I shall never forget that night as long as I live; the sights were too appalling for words. I helped in the X-ray room. Three bombs were dropped quite close to the hospital; and a munition train in the station was bombed and went on fire. ... The doctoresses were simply splendid through it all. ... Seven amputations were done that night by the light of two candles’. Miss Smieton married Harold Leslie Sanderson, D.C.M. in 1922. He subsequently served as Director of Rice, Ministry of Food, from 1941 to 1952, and was knighted in 1946. A member and official of the Royaumont and Villers Cotterets Association. Lady Sanderson died on 11 February 1974.
Lot 547
An interesting Victory Medal awarded to Captain E. W. S. Bardsley, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, attached King’s African Rifles, who was wounded in action in 1915 and joined with his father in becoming a keen advocate for demilitarisation and the establishment of The League of Nations Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. E. W. S. Bardsley.) nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Eric William Schofield Bardsley was born in Litherland, Lancashire, on 18 January 1896, the son of the Reverend Joseph Udell Bardsley of Ulverston Parish. Educated at Eton, he finished third in the college’s Senior Sculls in 1914. Appointed Temporary Second Lieutenant in November 1914, Bardsley served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 September 1915 with 8th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Subsequently attached to the 6th Battalion, King’s African Rifles, the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News of 18 December 1915 records him wounded in action. Evacuated home to his father’s residence at ‘The Vicarage, Lancaster’, Bardsley survived the war and later bore witness to his father becoming a prominent advocate for the League of Nations; the Reverend Joseph Bardsley was appointed Vice President of the Lancaster League of Nations Union in 1921. Regarded as a family of ‘peace pilgrims’, the Lancaster Guardian noted that ‘warm tributes were paid to the Reverend’ upon his death in 1928. According to family repute, Bardsley married Fabienne Eugenie Georgette Tombeur at Marylebone Registry Office on 14 December 1922. He was later awarded a bronze medal by the City of Bordeaux before returning home to Lancashire upon the death of his mother on 7 September 1939; interestingly, his Belgian wife is recorded in Elles ont suivi de Gaulle as joining the Free French in London on 21 April 1943, serving in the administration and health departments.
Lot 590
Three: Police Constable T. Jeffery, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. -T. Jeffery. G. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C., T. Jeffery. G. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., T. Jeffery.) good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Thomas Jeffery was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, on 24 March 1868 and joined the Metropolitan Police at Great Scotland Yard on 16 July 1888. He served with ‘G’ or Finsbury Division throughout his police service, and retired to pension on 21 July 1913. He died on 15 July 1940.
Lot 95
A 1913 Sea Gallantry Medal awarded to Assistant Scout Master W. F. Vowles, Port of London Sea Scouts Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (William Fletcher Vowles, “Mirror”. 25th. October, 1913.) with top bronze riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- ‘At about 11.00 p.m. on 25 October 1913, a collision occurred in Gravesend Reach, River Thames between the steamship Hogarth of Aberdeen and the ketch Mirror of Dartmouth used for the purpose of training Boy Scouts, by which the Mirror was sunk and four lives were lost. When the collision occurred the crew of the Mirror clambered on board the Hogarth, but Mr. Vowles immediately went to the forecastle hatchway and saw that the Boy Scouts were coming on deck. Finding that the Mirror was sinking fast and being uncertain as to whether all the boys had come up, he went below although the water was well up in the forecastle, and, by shouting and splashing satisfied himself that no one was left. As he came up on deck again the Mirror sank bow first and those on board were all thrown into the water. Mr. Vowles then swam to the Hogarth’s port bow, calling for ropes, which were thrown over from that vessel, and seeing Assistant Scout Master Cornall floating unconscious near him, he attempted to rescue him, but Cornall slipped from his grasp and was drowned. Three of the boy scouts were picked up by a boat from the Hogarth and Mr. Vowles and two others were hauled on board that vessel by ropes.’ William Fletcher Vowles, Assistant Scout Master, Port of London Sea Scouts, was presented with the his Bronze Sea Gallantry Medal by King George V on 29 June 1914. He also received a Lloyd’s Silver Medal for this action. On board the Mirror at the time of the incident were Assistant Scout Masters Vowles and Cornall; and 11 Sea Scouts. A memorial to the four who lost their lives was unveiled by Prince Leopold in St. Agatha’s Church, Finsbury Avenue, in 1914.
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A fine Great War ‘Salonika’ M.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 W. J. H. Davis, 153rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (34193 Cpl. W. J. H. Davis. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (34193. Gnr. W. J. Davis. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals; (34193 Cpl. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.) India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (1406053 Sjt. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1406053 Sjt. W. J. H. Davis M.M., R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1406053 W.O. Cl. 1. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.) 5th, 6th and 9th medals loose with last in named card box of issue, remainder mounted for wear, light contact marks in places, otherwise generally very fine or better (lot) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919. Walter James Hollick Davis was born in 1896, and was a native of Maidstone, Kent. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery at Chatham in January 1911. Davis served during the Great War with the 153rd Heavy Battery, R.G.A. in Salonika from 3 July 1915 until 11 May 1918. He served with the Royal Artillery in India from 19 September 1922 to 11 May 1926, and in Aden from 12 February 1932 until 19 March 1934. Davis gained his Master Gunner’s Certificate at Woolwich between 30 March 1925 and 27 March 1926. Having advanced to Warrant Officer Class I, he was discharged on 20 May 1938, having served for 27 years and 128 days (awarded M.S.M. in 1952). Sold with the following related items and documents: R.A. Tug of War prize medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘W. J. H. Davis 1930’; Warrant appointing recipient Warrant Officer Class I, dated 16 October 1935; Regular Army Certificate of Service; Artillery College Master Gunner’s Certificate; named enclosure for M.S.M., dated 23 April 1952, and addressed to recipient at 37 Pembury Road, Bexleyheath, Kent; group photograph (including recipient) of Master Gunners’ Course, 1925-26.
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