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Lot 81
Freda Skinner (1911-1993), Near pair of stylised horse sculptures, 1941, Bronze, Underside torso signed 'F. Skinner' and issue numbered 2/12 and 4/12, Each 25.5cm high.Footnote:Studied under Henry Moore at the Royal College of Art c.1928 supported by neighbours from Limpsfield, Surrey including Arthur Rackham. Taught at Kingston School of Art and later became Head of Sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art.Provenance:Purchased directly from the artist, and thence by descent. Copy of receipt available.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 120
TWO CHINESE BRONZE SWORDS (JIAN), PROBABLY ZHOU DYNASTY OR EARLY WARRING STATES (1050-221 BC) AND TWO FURTHER SWORDS IN ZHOU DYNASTY STYLE, the first in excavated condition, cast in one piece, with broad double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, moulded guard formed with a low triangular downward point on each face, integral grip with a single raised band and shallow concave pommel (one small chip); the second similar, the grip with two raised bands; the third and fourth with broad blades, hilts of similar form, in aged condition, the first: 44.3 cm overall (4)¦¦Provenance¦Anthony Dove (1938-2021)
Lot 121
A CHINESE BRONZE SWORD (JIAN), PROBABLY ZHOU DYNASTY OR EARLY WARRING STATES (1050-221 BC) AND THREE FURTHER SWORDS IN ZHOU DYNASTY STYLE, the first in excavated condition, cast in one piece, with broad double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, moulded guard formed with a low triangular downward point on each face, integral grip with two raised bands and shallow concave pommel; the second, third and fourth of similar form, in aged condition, the first: 54.8 cm overall (4)¦¦Provenance¦Anthony Dove (1938-2021)
Lot 123
A CHINESE BRONZE HALBERD, PROBABLY ZHOU DYNASTY OR EARLY WARRING STATES AND TWO FURTHER HALBERDS, in excavated condition, cast in one piece, the first with slightly curved terminal blade of flattened-diamond section, pierced along a basal flange with three slots, the tang pierced with a further slot and incised with a brief inscription; the second smaller, pierced with two slots at the base; another, in early Chinese style decorated with traditional scrolls and dragons and another, the first: 20.5 cm (3)¦¦Provenance¦Anthony Dove (1938-2021)
Lot 159
SIX INDIAN AXE HEADS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, the first with curved slender head of flattened-diamond section, and decorated bronze socket; the second entirely of steel and of similar form, engraved with lines and dots around the socket; the third with recurved blade with reinforced points, engraved with foliage at the back and with decorated socket; and three further axe heads, the first: 22.8 cm (6)¦¦Provenance¦Anthony Dove (1938-2021)
Lot 191
A RARE PERSIAN BRONZE CIRCULAR BUCKLER, MID-13TH CENTURY, with broad brim enclosing a raised circular panel with a pierced domed central finial, decorated throughout with rondels dividing calligraphic panels (areas of wear, patinated), 22.2 cm diameter¦¦Provenance¦Tony Bingham¦¦The inscriptions in the cartouches around the border are Arabic benedictions, in the outer band, repetitions of : al-birr wa~l …, ~Piety and …~; In the middle band, repetitions of: al-ta~yid, ~(God~s) support~; In the band around the boss, repetitions of: al-birr wa~l …, ~Piety and …~¦¦For a discussion of this group see Melikian-Chirvani, pp. 98-111
Lot 192
A RARE PERSIAN BRONZE CIRCULAR BUCKLER, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 13TH CENTURY, with broad brim enclosing a raised circular panel with a pierced domed central finial, decorated with rondels and panels of scrollwork around the outside and calligraphic panels enclosing the central finial (areas of wear, patinated), 17.3 cm diameter¦¦Provenance¦Tony Bingham¦¦The inscriptions in the cartouches around the border are Arabic benedictions: al-izz wa~/l-iqbal wa~l-d/awala wa~/l-sa~ad[a](?), ~Glory and prosperity and turn of good fortune and happiness(?)~¦¦Three related examples are preserved in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. For a discussion of this group see Melikian-Chirvani, pp. 98-111.
Lot 193
THREE BRONZE CLOTHING PINS, PROBABLY 8TH/9TH CENTURY; FOUR BRONZE AXE HEADS; A BRONZE SWORD POMMEL AND A LARGE QUANTITY OF BRONZE ARTEFACTS 5TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER, the first tapering to a sharp point, banded at the top and retaining a chain; the second with conical head and the third tapering; the fourth, fifth and sixth with curved blades and sockets at the rear; the sixth with decorated socket; the seventh of brazil nut form and incorporating a fragment of a tang; five Chinese Warring States period belt hooks, of characteristic curved spatulate form, with internal stud and fluted outer face; together with a quantity of bronze buckles, rings, an archaic sword hilt and further fragments, the first: 18.7 cm (qty)¦¦Provenance¦Anthony Dove (1938-2021)
Lot 194
TWELVE ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN BRONZE ARROWHEADS, 800 B.C. TO 400 A.D.; ELEVEN FURTHER ARROWHEADS AND A QUANTITY OF BRONZE BLADES, 900 B.C. AND LATER, comprising an ancient Greek arrowhead, with leaf-shaped head formed with a medial ridge and short haft; another with triple-ridged head; another three, probably Persian, circa 800 B.C., with leaf-shaped heads and short hafts; nine further bronze arrowheads; seven ancient style arrow heads with barbed triple-ridged heads and log hafts; four further ancient arrowheads, with pierced triangular heads and long hafts; a detached blade from a middle eastern bronze shortsword, probably Levantine (Byblos), early bronze age, circa 2400-200 B.C, of tapering flattened-diamond section, pierced with four holes at the base; and thirteen various bronze blades and a bronze billet, (qty)¦¦Provenance¦Anthony Dove (1938-2021)
Lot 275
TWO CENTRAL EUROPEAN IRON MACE HEADS, 17TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER, OF BRONZE, POSSIBLY 13TH/14TH CENTURY, the first with eight shaped flanges, each pierced at the base, and short tapering socket; the second similar, larger (chips); and the third formed with six vertical arrangements of three triangular points, and with a large aperture for a socket, the first: 9.7 cm (3)¦¦Provenance¦Anthony Dove (1938-2021)
Lot 394
A NORTH EUROPEAN GILT-BRONZE SPUR, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY AND A QUANTITY OF BUCKLES AND DRESS FITTINGS, the first formed of an arched heel band (incomplete, rowels missing) and down-turned moulded neck, decorated over the outer surface with punched scrolls and with much early gilding; together with three copper alloy buckles, 17th century; two gilt copper alloy dress fittings, late medieval, and further buckles, the first: 7.0 cm (qty)¦¦Provenance¦Anthony Dove (1938-2021)
Lot 401
ËœA FLEMISH TARGET CROSSBOW, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, with steel bow retained by a pair of robust shaped bronze plaques (string missing), figured tiller with brass-lined bolt channel on top and characteristic rest beneath, fitted with a pair of brass plaques on either side of the nut recess, ivory nut, double set trigger, fixed iron back-sight and iron stirrup and ivory tiller-cap (chipped), 91.5 cm
Lot 414
A FINELY CONSTRUCTED CONTEMPORARY BRASS MODEL OF A 68 PDR PIVOT GUN FOR H.M.S. MIRANDA, BY G. F. GOSAGE, CIRCA 1856-70, with brass barrel formed in five stages, with raised astragal mouldings, swelling at the muzzle and grooved for sighting, fitted with a standing sight behind the second reinforce, raised vent field, rounded cascable drawn-out to a pierced button for an elevating device (missing) and a pair of plain trunnions, on its brass-clad stepped wooden sliding carriage with small brass trucks (one missing); on its bronze-mounted dwarf traversing platform, with carved base with a curved bronze rail at each end, and applied with engraved brass caption, 27.5 cm barrel; 1.7 cm bore¦¦HMS Miranda was a 14-gun (15-gun from 1856) wooden screw sloop of the Royal Navy as part of the Lord John Hay design ~Rattler~ Class of 1847. From 25th February 1854 - 23rd June 1855 she was Commanded by Captain Edmund Moubray Lyons in the White Sea and then the Black Sea during the Russian War. She continued in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean 24th June 1855 - 21st April 1857, commanded by Captain Robert Hall. During the period 4th October 1860 - 13th February 1862 she was in Australia Commanded by Hon Henry Carr Glyn and then New Zealand where she was commanded by Captain Robert Jenkins during the war of 29 August 1861 - 3 June 1865. On 2nd December 1869 she was sold to C. Lewis for breaking up.¦¦Her initial armament comprised fourteen 32 pdr Monk pattern guns and in 1856 she was rearmed with a single 68 pdr gun of on a pivot mount, ten 32pdr Monk~s pattern guns and four 20 pdr Armstrong breech-loading guns. The 68 pdr, on which the present gun is modelled, was based on the Dundas design of 1846. Colonel W. B. Dundas was Inspector of Artillery and of the Royal Brass Foundry 1839-52. His 68 pdr. was introduced around 1840 and was described by Sir Howard Douglas as ~one of the most valuable guns in service~ in his Naval Gunnery of 1851. See Winfield and Lyon 2004 p. 213. ¦¦G. F. Gossage was promoted to Second Class Assistant Engineer in Miranda, 15th January 1862.
Lot 415
A BRONZE MODEL FIELD GUN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, with tapering barrel formed in five stages with raised astragal mouldings, flared at the muzzle, near flat cascable drawn-out to a prominent button, on its bronze field carriage with spoked wheels, the cheeks decorated in low relief with Welsh dragons, crowns and lionhead bosses, and the bed incorporating a sphinx, 19.2 cm barrel, 1.0 cm bore¦¦The gun carriage is based on that now on display in Horse Guards Parade, mounted with a Turkish gun captured by the British in 1801 after the siege of Alexandria during the Napoleonic Wars. The carriage was made in the Royal Carriage Department, founded by J & E Hall, Dartford.
Lot 417
AN IRON MODEL CANNON OF LATE 19TH CENTURY TYPE, DATED 1935, with tapering barrel formed in two stages, swelling at the muzzle, engraved with a cypher and with a brief Urdu inscription at the first reinforce, recessed vent, rounded cascable, compressed spherical button and a pair of trunnions, on its wooden carriage with bronze trucks, the trunnion covers each engraved with a differing cypher, 22.0 cm barrel, 1.8mm bore¦
Lot 419
A BRONZE MODEL NAVAL CANNON IN 18TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY; ANOTHER, SIMILAR; ANOTHER, LARGER, BY E. S. BINNS, BRASSFOUNDER, BLACKBURN, 20TH CENTURY; AND TWO MODEL FIELD GUNS, the first formed in six tapering stages with raised astragal mouldings, raised vent field, moulded cascable drawn-out to a button, plain trunnions, on its stepped wooden naval carriage with wooden trucks; the second similar, on its stepped wooden naval carriage with brass trucks; the third of similar form, with 39.5 cm barrel signed by the founder; the fourth a howitzer, with bronze barrel on its wooden field carriage with iron-shod spoked wheels; and the fifth with tapering brass barrel formed in three stages, on its wooden field carriage with solid trail and spoked wheels, the first: 25.7 cm; 1.0 cm bore (5)
Lot 67
A COMPOSITE INDIAN FULL ARMOUR, 17TH CENTURY, comprising helmet (coif), of heavy rings of D-section wire alternating with solid rings of near square-section wire, with a flap covering the face-opening, extending over the upper chest and the upper back, fitted with a copper alloy tag, mail and lamellar shirt, open at the front, extending to the thigh and with a pair of full length arms, the mail of similar heavy construction, open at the front and fitted with two large plates each with three hasps for closure, and a pair of additional plates on each side, one plate with a faint inscription on the inside, mail and lamellar arm-defence formed of seven rectangular plates, a moulded curved wrist-plate, joined by smaller rings and extending over the hand, and full length trousers (small losses) ¦¦Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A13.¦¦The inscription on the bronze tag reads ~tash beg walad-i aman beg ...~ (Tash Beg son of Aman Beg Khan[?]), probably the owner.¦¦Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)¦
Lot 180
A patinated bronze model of an Arab stallion, with tasselled bridle, signed and dated to the base 'DYER 2004' with presentation plaque to the front reading 'Presented by Hassan Ali Bin Ali, Doha, Qatar', 21.5 cm high x 29 cm longProvenance: Contents of the Estate of Sir Frank Williams CBE and Mrs. Virginia Williams.
Lot 250
A Sino-Tibetan bronze figure of the Buddha Shakyamuni, seated in Padmasana with his right hand in Bhumisparsha pose (extended to touch the ground), on a lotus base, 20.5 cm high, together with another bronze of the Buddha Shakyamuni in same pose, sat on a throne with a dragon back, 16.5 cm high
Lot 98
A 19th century French patinated bronze and marble figural mantle clock, the central enamel dial face with Roman numerals, signed 'Olivant & Botsford, Paris' within a griotte and black marble base with brass plaque with inscription, dated 1860, surmounted by a bronze group of an angel with two cherubs, 40 cm high x 49 cm wide, with bell, pendulum and key
Lot 101
A Comprehensive Second World War Uniform to Colonel A R B Dobson, Royal Corps of Signals, comprising a No.1 Blues Dress Tunic with brass buttons and rank badges, with Second World medal ribbon bar; a No.2 Service Dress tunic with brass buttons, rank badges and Second World War ribbon bars; a Mess Dress scarlet jacket with bullion thread embroidered rank badges and bimetal collar badges, a black waistcoat and a side cap with bullion thread embroidered badge; a No.2 Dress tunic with rank badges to a Lieutentant Colonel, bronze collar badges and brass buttons, with inner pocket label inscribed to the rank of Major and dated 12.8.40, with a pair of matching trousers; a No.2 Dress tunic with brass buttons, rank badges, bimetal collar badges and Second World medal ribbon bar, the inner pocket labelled to the rank of Major and dated 18.7.41, with a pair of matching trousers; a No.2 Dress service cap, size 57cm, with a later post 1953 bimetal cap badge; a Battledress blouse with embroidered cloth rank badges and shoulder titles, Second World medal ribbon bar and lanyard, labelled Size 12A Height 5'9" to 5'10" Breast 42" to 43" Waist 40" to 42", dated 1952; two pairs of battledress trousers, one labelled Siz 18 Height 6'1" to 6'2" Waist 38" to 39" Seat 44" to 45" Leg Seam 34 1/2", dated 1954, and one labelled Size 15 Height 5'11" to 6' Waist 37" to 38" Breech 43" to 44"; a khaki side cap with economy plastic badge; a greatcoat with brass buttons and rank badges; a pair of brown leather long boots with laced and buckle strap fastenings, size 9 with beech trees; two wooden travelling trunks, each stencilled LT.COL.A.R.B.DOBSON (39825) WHITESTOCK, NR. ULVERSTON, ENGLAND, N.LANCS., containing ties, puttees, two pairs of brown leather gaitors, a leather sword frog, a leather marching compass case, two leather Sam Brownes, various leather and webbing straps, a pair of nickel box spurs, various brass rank and other badges etc (qty)Uniforms with some moth damage.
Lot 112
An SS Germanic Proficiency Runes Badge, Bronze Grade, the bronzed metal sunwheel swastika with ribbed arms set with black enamelled SS runes secured to the back by four small clips, with vertical sword shape pin Footnote:- Brought back at the end of the Second World War from Berlin by the vendor's father who was serving with the 7th Armoured Division
Lot 118
A German Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, the reverse with moulded mark R.S.S. and vertical needle shape pin (possibly a copy); a German Bronze Tank Battle Badge, the reverse stamped BWS within a clover leaf, with vertical needle shape pin (possibly a copy); also, a Stalag VIII C POW dog tag and a quantity of 1941 French 10 centimes coins, some in paper rolls.
Lot 140
A Second War ‘Italy Operations’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Private R. B. Mason, Imperial Light Horse/ Kimberley Regiment, Union Defence Force, later Warrant Officer Class I, Cape Flats Commando, South African Defence Force Military Medal, G.VI.R. (612875 V. Pte. R. B. Mason. I.L.H./K.R.) unit officially corrected (see footnote); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these all officially impressed ‘612875 R. B. Mason’; South Africa, South African Defence Force Good Service Medal, silver, for 20 Years’ service, officially numbered ‘870’, on Commando riband; South African Defence Force Good Service Medal, bronze, for 10 Years’ service, officially numbered ‘1892’, on Commando riband, mounted court-style for display with the two South African Good Service awards taking precedence, nearly extremely fine (7) £800-£1,000 --- One of only 20 Military Medals awarded to the Imperial Light Horse/ Kimberley Regiment during the Second World War (6 for North Africa and 14 for Italy). Note: The regimental detail ‘I.L.H./K.R.’ on the recipient’s Military Medal appears to have been officially corrected, at source (the South African Mint). The medal looks as though it was originally named-up to Mason, showing him in the 'B./P.S'. (Botha President Steyn Regiment) - the unit into which he was posted to, on discharged from hospital, after the action in which he was wounded and recommended for an award. Otherwise the medal is correctly named. M.M. London Gazette 31 May 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘On 14 January 1945 at Casaligastro, Map Ref 771268, Private R. B. Mason was a member of a force of 15 men occupying Casaligastro, an isolated post. At 0130 hrs. this post was attacked by an enemy force of 27 men and heavy fighting ensued lasting until 0245 hrs. Private Mason was guarding the entrance to the main house in which the telephone and wireless were housed and was subjected to repeated attacks which he repulsed single handed causing casualties. Private Mason was wounded in the thigh and stomach during the first attack but he continued to fight off the enemy and hold his post. Later, he was again wounded but met the next attack by closing with the enemy and caused a further casualty. Suffering severe pain, he refused to withdraw and continued engaging until the enemy had been finally dispersed. The fact that the enemy force was eventually driven off was due in very large measure to the courage and splendid devotion to duty shown by Private Mason, his behaviour and total disregard for personal safety was an example to all his comrades.’ Robert Bryan Mason was a born in Cape Town on 21 August 1913 and served with the Cape Town Highlanders from 1 July 1934 to 1 February 1938, and then as a Constable with the Swaziland Special Police from 12 September 1940 to 26 July 1944. He attested for service with the Union Defence Force in July 1944, and was drafted to Italy and posted to the Imperial Light Horse/ Kimberley Regiment in late October 1944. He was wounded during the course of a night-time close-quarter fire-fight with a German patrol, attacking at Casaligastro on the night of 14-15 January 1945, for which he was hospitalised and awarded the Military Medal. He was discharged on 1 April 1946. Mason subsequently joined the South African Defence Force and served with the Cape Flats Commando from 18 February 1963 to 16 November 1977, giving a total service of 20 years and 6 days. Recommendation for both the silver and bronze South African Defence Force Good Service Medals, the recommendation states: ‘Warrant Officer Class II R. B. Mason is a sober and reliable member of this Unit, who has displayed loyalty and sincere devotion to duty and can be relied upon to carry out his tasks in the best interest of the SADF.’ Sold with copied research including copies of the recipient’s Union Defence Force and South African Defence Force military service papers which provide a service history from 1934 to 1979.
Lot 162
Pair: Muleteer Shivdial Singh India General Service 1895-1902, silver issue, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (5570 Mule Driver Shivdial Singh 53rd. Sikhs Infy.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, silver issue, no clasp (Muleteer Shivdial Singh.) very fine, the latter scarce in silver to a Native Follower (2) £180-£220 --- Shivdial Singh would originally heave been entitled to a bronze Queen’s South Africa Medal, but following a change in the regulations in 1904 was entitled to exchange his original bronze medal for a silver medal. Sold with copied research article by David Grant regarding the award of silver medals to Native Followers.
Lot 168
An extremely rare Baden-Powell Scouting Badge group of five awarded to Corporal R. L. Picton, 5th Lancers, later Acting-Sergeant, South African Forces Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (5226 Pte. R. Picton. 5th Lancers); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (A/Sjt. R. L. Picton. S.A.S.C.) with lids from original card boxes of issue, together with a related Baden-Powell Scouting Badge, in ‘gold’, with applied silver St. George and the Dragon motif to centre, the reverse officially inscribed ‘For Scouting, from R. S. S. B.-P. 1906’, in its original Elkington, London, fitted leather case, the lid of the case detached but present; and a Pretoria Citizens Service Medal 1914-19, bronze, unnamed, very fine and better and extremely rare (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- Raymond Law Picton served in the 5th Royal Irish Lancers for eight years, being transferred to the Army Reserve in November 1907. The background behind the award of his rare scouting badge is explained in an accompanying original handwritten statement from Baden-Powell, sent to Picton in November 1926: ‘This medal was won by Corporal R. L. Picton, a member of the team of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers which won the Scouting Competition at Aldershot in 1906. The competing regiments were: 1st Royal Dragoons 5th Royal Irish Lancers 8th Hussars. The members of the 5th Lancers team were Lieut. Pym; Sergt. Tredger; Corpl. Picton; L. Corpl. Crane; L. Corpl. Ashton; Pte. McCluny; Pte. Goodman. (signed) Robert Baden Powell.’ This document is accompanied by Baden-Powell’s original covering letter (and South African stamp marked envelope, dated 12 November 1926), in which he writes, ‘ ... I gladly enclose the statement you ask for, and am only so pleased to think that the little token I gave you so long ago, to encourage the development of scouting, was so much appreciated’. During the Great War, Picton enlisted in the South African Army Service Corps at Roberts Heights in February 1917, and, following service in a motor transport unit in German East Africa, was demobilised in January 1919, aged 39 years. Also sold with a quantity of other original documentation, including the recipient’s Certificate of Discharge, dated 15 January 1919 and a Civilian Protective Services, Cape Peninsula Fortress Command, Certificate of Authority, including portrait photograph, dated 14 January 1942.
Lot 194
Family group: Three: Private J. Donegan, 15th (1st Salford Pals) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, later Labour Corps 1914-15 Star (10258. Pte. J. Donegan. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (10258 Pte. J. Donegan. Lan. Fus.) generally very fine The G.S.M. awarded to Private P. Donegan, 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment, killed in action, battle of Hillah, 24 July 1920 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (75305 Pte. P. Donegan. Manch. R.); Memorial Plaque (Patrick Donegan) in card envelope of issue, with Aldershot Command Athletic Association prize medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘Command Relay & Team Race Tournament May 1919 Winning Team 3rd Bn The Manchester Regt. Pte. P. Donegan.’, last in F. Phillips, Military Medallist, Aldershot case, generally very fine (lot) £400-£500 --- John Donegan was born in Drogheda, Ireland in 1864. In 1911 he was recorded as being a Brick Setter’s Labourer residing with his wife and children (including a ten year old son called Patrick) at No. 8 Brooks Buildings, off Booth Street, Pendleton, near Salford. Donegan was an original member of the 15th (1st Salford Pals) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, and served with them in the French theatre of war from 22 November 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps. Patrick Donegan was born in Drogheda, Ireland, and was the son of John and Mary Donegan of 103 Clarendon Road, Salford. He served with the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment and was killed in action with Arab insurgents at Hillah, 24 July 1920. As part of the campaign against Arab insurgents in Iraq in the Kifi - Kufa area on the Euphrates south of Baghdad, a column was despatched. The column commanded by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel R. N. Hardcastle, D.S.O., Manchester Regiment, consisted of three companies of the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment; two squadrons of the 35th Scinde Horse; two sections of the 39th Battery Royal Field Artillery; one company of the 1/32nd Sikh Pioneers; and one section of the 24th Combined Field Ambulance. On 24 July 1920 whilst in the process of preparing a camp for the evening, a large number of insurgents were reported to be approaching. Misled over the actual numbers advancing, an ill-advised decision was made to retreat. The column headed towards Hillah but in a confused night action, the column became disordered and in many places chaos ensued. Elsewhere men fought bravely and and several decorations were won, including a posthumous V.C. awarded to Captain George Stuart Henderson, D.S.O., M.C. & Bar, 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment. Private Donegan is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. Sold with copied research.
Lot 215
Pair: Driver H. Mawdsley, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (79858 Dvr. H. Mawdsley. R.A.) good very fine Pair: Company Quartermaster Sterling, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (WR-317169 C.Q.M. Sjt. E. C. Sterling. R.E.) the VM with unofficial replacement suspension, otherwise very fine Pair: Sapper W. Kinnear, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (75189 Spr. W. Kinnear. R.E.) good very fine Pair: Private W. E. Williams, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (204448 Pte. W. E. Williams. R.W. Kent R.) good very fine Pair: Private H. Hearse, King’s Royal Rifle Corps British War and Victory Medals (R-21197 Pte. H. Hearse. K.R.R.C.); together with the recipient’s wife’s Berkshire Education Committee School Attendance Medal, bronze, 2 clasps, 1904-05, 1905-06, the reverse of both engraved ‘Lily Woodley’; and an unofficial white metal Coronation Medal 1911, good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (103357 2.A.M. S. Day. R.A.F.) very fine (13) £140-£180 --- Mark Edward Williams was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, in 1884 and attested for the 4th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry on 30 September 1916, having previously served with the Smethwick Volunteers. He transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment on 24 February 1917, and served with the 3rd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1917. He further transferred to the Labour Corps on 15 July 1917, and was discharged on 15 November 1919, receiving a small pension on account of repeated treatment for problems with varicose veins, aggravated by the long marches. Sidney Day was born in 1885 and enlisted in the Army on 11 October 1916. Posted to the Royal Flying Corps on 6 October 1917, he transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1917, and thence to the Reserve on 20 April 1919. He died on 30 April 1920. Sold with copied research for all recipients.
Lot 239
Four: Stoker First Class W. H. Langstone, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘A211579 Walter H. Langstone.’, with four bronze date bars for 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1960, good very fine (5) £80-£100 --- Walter Harry Langstone was born at Romford, Essex, on 15 February 1922 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class for the duration of the War on 7 July 1941. He was promoted Stoker First Class on 7 July 1942, whilst in H.M.S. Malabar, and volunteered for service in submarines on 9 June 1944, being posted to H.M.S. Dolphin on 16 July 1944. He was released Class ‘A’ on 28 July 1946. Sold with the recipient’s Parchment Certificate of Service; and Royal Naval Association Membership card.
Lot 456
Three: Attributed to P. J. Paqui Jubilee 1897, silver (To P. J. Paqui) contemporarily engraved naming; Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued, this lightly gilded; Belgium, Kingdom, Civil Decoration, Second Class Cross, silver and enamel, on administrative long service riband, all mounted from a triple top brooch bar, tips of points of cross damaged on last, with resulting enamel damage, therefore nearly very fine (3) £100-£140
Lot 460
Edward Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay 1921, oval bronze medal, obverse, bust of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), surmounted by Prince of Wales’ feathers, reverse inscribed, ‘Visit of His Royal Highness, Bombay, November 1921’, small ring for suspension, attractively toned, nearly extremely fine £60-£80 --- Ref. Puddester 921.3
Lot 465
Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (2), 1st issue, Regular Army (3234094 W.O. Cl.2 R. Higgins, Cameronians.) minor official correction to unit; 2nd issue, bilingual Permanent Force (P4275 S Ser J. N. P. Kotze SAPK); together with a South African John Chard Decoration, silver, reverse with E.II.R. cypher above coat of arms, with ‘JCD’ Additional Award Bar, officially numbered ‘196’; a South African John Chard Medal, bronze, reverse with E.II.R. above coat of arms, officially numbered ‘670’; and the planchet only of a Jamaican Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (K. L. Witter Insp. J.C.F. 20-11-75) generally good very fine and better (5) £120-£160
Lot 493
A Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross Second Class pair awarded to Patrol Leader J. Findlay, Winnipeg Troop, Manitoba, Boy Scout Association Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 2nd Class, 2nd issue, silver, the reverse impressed, ‘Scout Jack Findlay, age 15, 7th Winnipeg Troop, Manitoba, July 1929’, with integral top riband bar; Boy Scout Long Service Medal, bronze and silver, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- Jack Findlay, of St. James’s Rectory, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada was a Scout 2nd Class (later Patrol Leader) in the 7th Winnipeg Troop. Aged 15, he effected the rescue of a Mr Albert Withers who was in danger of drowning. Mr Withers writing of the incident in a letter dated 6 January 1930 (letter not included with lot) stated: ‘One day last summer one of your scouts (Jack Findlay) was spending the day at Winnipeg Beach with me. I was floating on a tube & did not notice that I had drifted so far from shore, suddenly the tube shot from under me & down I went. I cannot swim & should have been drowned had it not been for Jack’s help. He held me up till we got to shallow water. I take pleasure in recommending him for life saving badge. I would have written before but did not know Jack was a scout till lately. Should you need any more information I shall be glad to give same.’
Lot 5
A rare Great War campaign service group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer, later Sub Lieutenant, H. A. Stevens, Royal Navy, who served in H.M’s Armoured Train Déguise in support of the Royal Naval Division in Belgium, 1914-15, and was twice decorated for his service by the Belgian Government 1914 Star, with clasp (201399. H. A. Stevens, Act. C.P.O. Armd. Trains.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S. Lt. H. A. Stevens. R.N.V.R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Military Decoration, A.I.R., 1st class, gilt, with palm emblem on riband, on bravery and devotion riband; Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with Naval Armoured Trains badge, bronze, and bullion cap badge generally very fine or better (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- Only 77 1914 Stars issued to R.N. Armoured Trains. It is believed that only 2 Belgian Military Decorations were awarded to the Royal Navy, and 1 to the Royal Marines, for the Great War. Henry Adolphus Stevens was born in Schull, County Cork, Ireland in May 1883. He was educated at Greenwich Hospital School, from which he entered the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in October 1898. Stevens advanced to Able Seaman in May 1902, and to Petty Officer in September 1912. He served with H.M.S. Royal Arthur from October 1912, and H.M.S. Excellent from February 1913. Whilst serving at the latter, Stevens was drafted for service with the Royal Navy Armoured Trains in Belgium. He served with H.M.A.T. Déguise in Belgium, September-December 1914. Three Heavy Armoured Trains were built in Antwerp in September and October 1914, mounted with British naval guns, and placed under the overall command of Commander A. S. Littlejohns, R.N., with Lieutenant-Commander P. H. Riddler, R.N., as his second-in-command. Known from 9th November as H.M. Armoured Trains Jellicoe (Cdr. Littlejohns) with three 4.7-inch guns, H.M.A.T. Déguise (Belgian Captain Servais) with three 4.7-inch guns, and H.M.A.T. Churchill (Lt.-Cdr. Riddler) with two 6-inch guns, these three armoured trains fought around Antwerp until 7th October, then retreated via Ghent, in support of General Rawlinson’s advance to Ypres. H.M.A.T. Churchill became operational at Oostende after the retreat from Antwerp and in December went into action in the area around Oostkerke against German batteries to the south of Dixmude. From the end of December 1914 to March 1915, the three trains were continuously in action, sometimes in support of an assault (Jellicoe at la Bassée on 10 January), but in particular in counter-battery or bombardment missions in action to neutralise trench lines (Jellicoe at Beuvry 20-24 January, Churchill at Oosterkerke on 28-29 January, and against an observation post at Ennetieres on 11 February, Déguise at Beuvry firing on a rail junction on the 15th, among other targets, and Churchill against a battery at Fleur d’Ecosse on 3 March). The guns of the trains were extremely effective, notably against troop concentrations. On 18 February, H.M.A.T. Déguise fired seven shells at German troops to the South-West of la Bassée. These actions brought the trains within range of the German artillery. The Germans scored hits, but the armour protection and swift manoeuvring of the trains normally protected the crews, except on 25 January when Jellicoe was hit, wounding two men and killing the Belgian engine driver. Between 10 and 13 March, the three trains supported the action at Neuve Chapelle. On that occasion, Field Marshal Sir John French paid a surprise visit to H.M.A.T. Churchill, which was the command train for Commander Littlejohns. Towards the end of March 1915, the three trains were withdrawn from service. Stevens advanced to Acting Chief Petty Officer in December 1914, and was commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in March 1915. He advanced to Temporary Lieutenant in March 1917, and was attached to the Royal Naval Depot at Crystal in 1918. Stevens was demobilised in January 1920. For his services with Déguise he was awarded the Belgian Military Decoration - ‘awarded by Belgian Govt. for service while connected with armoured trains in Belgium’; and the Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 14 September 1918). M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research, including correspondence from Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris from when the above group was in his collection.
Lot 510
Commemorative Plaque for the Zeebrugge Raid 1918. A near rectangular plaque, by Pieter de Soete, 81mm x 42mm, bronze, the obverse featuring Victory rising from a cloud, St George slaying the dragon in the background, ‘Zeebrugge on St. George’s Day. April 23d. 1918’ at base; the reverse inscribed ‘To six very gallant Gentlemen: Lt. R. D. Sandford, V.C., R.N., Lt. J. Howell-Price, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.R., Sto. H. C. Bendall, C.G.M., Ldg. Sea. W. G. Cleaver, C.G.M., D.S.M., Petty Officer W. Harner, C.G.M., E.R.A. A. G. Roxburgh, C.G.M. 1918-1927’, in Fisch, Brussels, card box of issue, good very fine £100-£140 --- London Gazette 23 July 1918: Honours for Services in the Operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend on the night of the 22nd-23rd April 1918: V.C.: Lieutenant Richard Douglas Sandford, R.N. ‘For most conspicuous gallantry. This officer was in command of submarine C.3, and most skilfully placed that vessel in between the piles of the viaduct before lighting her fuse and abandoning her. He eagerly undertook this hazardous enterprise, although well aware (as were all his crew) that if the means of rescue failed and he or any of his crew were in the water at the moment of the explosion, they would be killed outright by the force of such explosion. Yet Lieutenant Sandford disdained to use the gyro steering, which would have enabled him and his crew to abandon the submarine at a safe distance, and preferred to make sure, as far as was humanly possible, of the accomplishment of his duty.’ D.S.O.: Lieutenant John Howell-Price, D.S.C., R.N.R. ‘His assistance in placing Submarine C.3 between the piles of the viaduct before the fuse was lighted and she was abandoned was invaluable. His behaviour in a position of extreme danger was exemplary.’ C.G.M.: Stoker 1st Class Henry Cullis Bendall; Petty Officer Waler Harner; Leading Seaman William Gladstone Cleaver; and Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Allan Gordon Roxburgh: ‘These four ratings were members of the crew of the Submarine C.3, which was skilfully placed between the piles of the Zeebrugge mole viaduct and there blown up, the fuse being lighted before the submarine was abandoned. They volunteered for and, under the command of an officer, eagerly undertook this hazardous enterprise, although they were well aware that if the means of rescue failed, and that if any of them were in the water at the time of the explosion, they would be killed outright.’ The above plaque commemorated the exploits of the crew of the submarine C.3 during the attack on the heavily fortified Mole at Zeebrugge, Belgium, on St. George’s Day, 23 April 1918. C.3’s role was to destroy the railway viaduct connecting the Mole with the main land installations. Towed by H.M.S. Trident, the C.3 moored alongside her objective under very heavy fire. The six man crew (all of whom were decorated for their gallantry) abandoned the submarine, making use of a motor skiff which had been installed on the vessel. At 12:20 a.m. on 23 April 1918 the C.3’s packed cargo of high explosives was detonated leaving a 100 foot gap in the viaduct.
Lot 519
Capture of Portobello, 1739, a copper medal, unsigned, three-quarter length figure of Vernon left, head facing, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 37mm (Adams PBv 32x; Betts –; MI pl. clv, 14), has been gilded overall and fitted with soldered loop and rings for suspension, very fine; together with bronze medal for Battle of Culloden 1746 (Eimer 605, similar) worn, and Loyal Birmingham Light Horse Volunteers 1798, bronze medal ‘Struck to Commemorate the presentation of Colours to the Birmingham Loyal Associations June 4. 1798’ (Eimer 899) fitted with soldered wire loop for suspension, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £60-£80
Lot 523
London, Midland & Scottish Railway General Strike Medal 1926, by E. Gillick, 51mm, bronze, the obverse featuring Britannia seated left holding laurel branch and shield, with the emblems of England, Wales, and Scotland above, and the inscription ‘For Service in National Emergency May 1926’ to side, the reverse showing three females holding up two railway locomotives, with the inscription ‘Largitas Muneris Salus Reipublicae’ below, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £30-£40 --- These medals were struck by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company for presentation to those volunteers who had given service to the company during the General Strike, 3-12 May 1926, and were presented together with an accompanying letter of thanks. The initial letters of the Latin inscription on the reverse (which translates as ‘The immensity of the task, the well-being of the country’) spells out L.M.S.R. Sold with a General Strike Special Constable’s Certificate of thanks, signed in facsimile by the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and the Home Secretary W. Joynson Hicks, dated Downing Street, May 1926, and named to Special Constable Thomas Huntington, Lancashire Special Constabulary.
Lot 530
Army Temperance Association Medals Army Temperance Association India One Year Medal (2), silver (ATAI.2), two with ‘Excelsior’ top riband bar; Four Year Medal, silver (ATAI.4); Seven Year Medal, silver; Victoria Commemorative Medal, silver (ATAI.15); together with an unrecorded Army Temperance Association India Medal with Star of India to reverse, silver; Army Temperance Association One Year Committee Man Medal, silver (ATAH unrecorded); Royal Army Temperance Association Six Month Medal, bronze (RATA.1) with monogram at centre; One Year Medal, silver (RATA.2), all unnamed as issued, generally very fine (9) £60-£80 --- Note: The ‘Excelsior’ top riband bar is more correctly worn from the Three Year Medal to denote a Four Year award.
Lot 531
A Church of England Temperance Society and Band of Hope Abstinence Society group of nine awarded to R. Simms Church of England Temperance Society Cross, bronze, with two clasps, ‘Two Part Singing 1916’, ‘Exhibition 1917’, the reverse of the suspension bar engraved ‘R. Simms.’; Church of England Temperance Society Oval Medal, bronze, with three clasps, ‘Two Part Singing 1912’, ‘Two Part Singing 1913’, ‘Two Part Singing 1915’, the reverse engraved ‘R. Simms.’; Church of England Temperance Society Circular Medal, bronze, with two CETS clasps, ‘One Year’, ‘Two Years’, unnamed; Band of Hope Order of Juvenile Templars Medal, white metal (R. Simms) on original ‘Band of Hope Juvenile Temple’ riband; Band of Hope Membership Medal, white metal, with two clasps, for ‘Two Years - Prayerful’, and ‘Three Years - Faithful’ (R. Simms.) on original ‘Band of Hope’ riband; Band of Hope Small Pledge Medal, white metal, (R. Simms.); Band of Hope One Year Junior Membership Medal, white metal (R. Simms.); Band of Hope Barley Branch Medal, established 1868, white metal (R. Simms.); Band of Hope Large Pledge Medal, white metal (R. Simms) mounted as worn, generally very fine (9) £70-£90
Lot 532
Church of England Temperance Society Circular Medal, bronze; together with a smaller example in white metal; a Boys’ Brigade Squad Medal, bronze; a Girls’ Life Brigade Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, 1926, with top ‘Good Service’ riband bar; a Church Lads’ Brigade Cross, gilt and enamel, 3 clasps, 1912, 1913, 1914; and an unidentified (possibly Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Temperance Cross, silver, the reverse engraved ‘D. White 1927.’, all unnamed except for the last, generally very fine (6) £50-£70 --- Sold with ‘A Guide to Military Temperance Medals’, by David A. Harris, Second Edition; an O.M.R.S. Supplement ‘A Treatise on the Temperance Movement in H.M. Forces’, March 1967; a set of Temperance Movement Riband charts; and a Huddersfield Commercial Bank 1 Guinea Bank-note, numbered AI385, dated 3 April 1810, and signed ‘Benjamin Ingham’, and mounted in a glazed display frame.
Lot 568
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek, with top silver riband buckle; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, with Tokar clasp, with top bronze riband buckle, nearly extremely fine, the latter an example of something that ‘can only happen in miniature’ (2) £100-£140
Lot 577
A Framed Display of Dress Miniatures of the various Jubilee Medals awarded by Queen Victoria Comprising Jubilee 1887, silver; Jubilee 1887, with clasp 1897, silver; Jubilee 1887, Metropolitan Police, bronze; Jubilee 1887, City of London Police, bronze; Jubilee 1887, 1 clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze; Jubilee 1897, silver; Jubilee 1897, bronze; Jubilee 1897, Mayors and Provosts, silver; Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze; Jubilee 1897, City of London Police, bronze; Jubilee 1897, Police Ambulance Service, bronze; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze; Jubilee 1897, London County Council Metropolitan Fire Brigade, bronze; Visit to Ireland 1900, bronze, with integral top shamrock riband bar, all attractively mounted in a glazed display frame, nearly extremely fine (14) £300-£400
Lot 579
A Framed Display of Dress Miniatures of the various Coronation Medals awarded by King Edward VII Comprising Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1902, Mayors and Provosts, silver; Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, silver; Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze; Coronation 1902, City of London Police, silver; Coronation 1902, City of London Police, bronze; Coronation 1902, Police Ambulance Service, silver; Coronation 1902, Police Ambulance Service, bronze; Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, silver; Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze; Coronation 1902, London County Council Metropolitan Fire Brigade, silver; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Visit to Scotland 1903, silver, with integral top thistle riband bar; Visit to Ireland 1903, bronze, with integral top shamrock riband bar, all attractively mounted in a glazed display frame, nearly extremely fine (15) £300-£400
Lot 584
An unattributed Austrian group of six Austria, Empire, Bravery Medal ‘Der Tapferkeit’, Franz Joseph I, large silver medal, 1914-16 issue; Bravery Medal ‘Fortitudini’, Karl I, small silver medal; Bravery Medal ‘Fortitudini’, Karl I, bronze medal; Karl Troop Cross, white metal; together with a Romanian Wounded in Battle award and a scarce East Thuringen Chamber of Industry and Commerce Loyal Labour medal with Third Reich swastika on the reverse side, mounted Austrian-style as worn; together with a matching riband bar, good very fine (6) £140-£180
Lot 588
Belgium, Kingdom, A Selection of approximately 50 miscellaneous 20th Century Belgian Decorations and Medals, including Military Cross; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., with bronze palm; Civic Decoration type 1, First and Second Class, type 2, First and Class; Labour Decoration, First and Second Class; Commemorative Medal for the Great War; Centenary Medal 1930; Congo Medal for Native troops, in bronze, Leopold III issue and Democratic Republic of Congo, Civic Merit Cross, generally very fine (lot) £200-£240
Lot 589
An unattributed Great War Bulgarian group of four Bulgaria, Kingdom, Military Order of Bravery, Soldier’s Cross for Bravery, Fourth Class, dated 1915, silvered; Medal for Military Merit, Ferdinand I, bronze, without crown, on peacetime riband; Long Service Cross, Ferdinand I, Silver Cross for Officers for 10 Years’ service; Great War Commemorative Medal 1915-18, gilt, on combatant’s riband, mounted for wear on original mounting bar but all now on modern ribands, generally very fine (4) £100-£140
Lot 591
Bulgaria, Kingdom, Military Order of Bravery, Soldier’s Cross for Bravery, Second Class, dated 1915, gilt; Order of National Merit, Civil Division, Merit Cross, 47mm, silvered, without crown suspension; Medal for Military Merit, Boris III, bronze, without crown, on modern Wartime riband, very fine and better (3) £70-£90
Lot 593
Estonia, Republic, Fire Brigade Medal, silver, very fine Finland, Republic, War Medal 1918; Helsinki Physician’s Long Service Badges (4), for 30, 25, 20 and XX years, the first in silver-gilt, the latter three in silver, hallmarked 1957, 1953, 1974 and 1945 respectively, good very fine Sweden, Kingdom, Patriotic Society Medal, Gustav V, silver; Militia Postal Services Medal, silver; SLK Medal, silver; Air Raid Warden’s Medal, bronze; together with a Danish municipal cross, silver, good very fine (11) £120-£160
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