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Lot 537
WW2 German Kriegsmarine Officers Car Pennant, fine example of a blue cloth triangular pennant with chain stitched golden Kriegsmarine eagle to the centre of both sides and yellow twist cord border. Flag with leather enforcing edge and still fixed to the original car pole fitting mount. Some moth damage to the flag but otherwise a good example.
Lot 258
Scarce Victorian 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers Officers Lance Cap, fine example of a polished leather bodied helmet with gilt lace braid to the body. Early pattern officers silver gilt helmet plate, without the Empress of India title scroll. Gilt wire to the peak. French blue mortar bord top with bullion cord spanning corner to corner. Bullion plume socket holder with embroidered VR to the centre. Complete with the correct blue over white feathered plume and gilt metal socket fitting. Lion head side bosses with velvet backed linked chin chain. Leather sweatband with crimson lining to the interior. Generally very good condition.
Lot 260
British 1871 Pattern 5th Dragoon Guards Troopers Helmet, brass shell with laurel leaves decoration. White metal helmet plate of star and central garter with a number 5 within. Original leather backed linked chin chain supported by rose pattern side bosses. Cross piece base and fluted plume holder with white over red horse hair plume. Interior of the helmet retains the original leather liner and green leather covering to underside of peak which has an old label having inked name of original owner (not clear). Some light dents to the shell but generally good untouched example.
Lot 3
Two Clasp Naval General Service Medal of Commander Richard Morgan Present at the Boat Service Action in New Orleans 14th December 1814 on HMS Tonnant, The Ship with Connections to the American National Anthem “Star Spangled Banner”, fine example with clasps St Domingo and 14 Dec Boat Service 1814, the medal was awarded to “RICHARD MORGAN”, no rank noted on the medal. Remains in very good overall condition. “Richard Morgan entered the Navy, 15 April 1805, as Fst-cl Vol, on board the Prevoyante store ship, Master-Commander Dan McCoy, and, after serving for a few months off Gibraltar and Cadiz in that vessel and the Colossus 74, Capt Jas Nicoll Morris, joined the Canopus 80, successive flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sir Thos Louis, Geo. Martin, and Chas Boyles. Under the first mentioned of those officers he accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain, enacted a part in the action off St Domingo 6 Geb 1806, assisted as Midshipman at the capture, 27 Sept following, of the French frigate Le President, and after attending Sir John Duckworth’s expedition to Constantinople in Feb 1807, assumed as share in the ensuing operations in Egypt. Under Rear-Admiral Martin, he joined, in Oct 1809, in the pursuit which led to the self-destruction, off Cette, of the French ships-of-the-line Robust and Lion. Removing, in Sept 1811, to the Achille 74, Capt Aiskew Paffard Hollis, he was for about 18 months employed in that ship in the Adriatic, where he aided in blockading the French and Venetian squadrons at Venice, consisting of three line-of-battle ships and a frigate ready for sea, and several of each class fitting in the arsenal. In Feb 1814, having returned with convoy to England, and been for a short time engaged at the blockade of Cherbourg, he became Master’s Mate of the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Keith in the Channel, whence, in the course of the same year, he sailed for North America with Rear-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm in the Royal Oak 74. After witnessing, as Supernumerary-Midshipman on promotion of the Tonnant 80, flagship of Hon Sir Alex Cochrane, the attack on New Orleans, he was nominated, 19 May, 1815, Acting Lieutenant of the Belle Poule troop-ship, Capt Fras Baker. On his arrival home in the ensuing summer he found that he has been officially advanced to the rank of Lieutenant on 6 of the preceding Feb. His succeeding appointments were 19 May 1818, to the Queen Charlotte 100, flagship of Sir Geo Campbell at Portsmouth, where he served until paid off in 1821 – 30 April, 1827, to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag of the Earl of Northesk at Plymouth – 22 Sept 1828, and 28 April 1830, to the Asia 84, and Britannia again, in which ships he continued employed in the Mediterranean and North Sea, under the flag of Sir P Malcolm, until the close of 1831- and 8 March 1833, a third time, to Britannia, as Flag-Lieutenant to the last-mentioned officer in the Mediterranean. He attained his present rank 23 April, 1834; and from 29 March, 1837, until the spring of 1840, officiated as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half pay.” Richard Morgan is on the St Domingo roll as an Ordinary Seaman, serving on HMS Canopus, an 84 gun ship of the line which was heavily involved during the Battle of St Domingo. He is listed as a Supny Midshipman on HMS Tonnant, an 80 gun ship of the line, for the 14th December 1814 Boat Action during the American War of 1812. HMS Tonnant joined the War of 1812 late. She was fitted for sea in the first quarter of 1814, being recommissioned in January under Captain Alexander Skene. In October Captain Charles Kerr assumed command as Tonnant served as the flagship for Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane during most of the campaign in Chesapeake Bay. From her he directed attacks on Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. It was aboard Tonnant that the Americans, Colonel John Stuart Skinner and Francis Scott Key, dined with Vice Admiral Cochrane, Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn and Major General Robert Ross, where they negotiated the release of a prisoner, Dr. William Beanes. After his release, Skinner, Key and Beanes were allowed to return to their own sloop, but were not allowed to return to Baltimore because they had become familiar with the strength and position of British units and knew of the British intention to attack Baltimore. As a result, Key witnessed the bombarding of Fort McHenry and was inspired to write a poem called Defence of Fort M'Henry, later named "The Star Spangled Banner". During the bombardment, HMS Erebus provided the "rockets red glare" whilst Meteor provided at least some of the "bombs bursting in air" that feature in the lyrics. This was the basis for the creation of the American national anthem which is still sung today. HMS Tonnant continued to serve Cochrane as a flagship when he directed the British naval forces at the Battle of New Orleans. Immediately before the battle, boats from Tonnant participated in the British victory at the Battle of Lake Borgne. On 8 December 1814, two US gunboats fired on HMS Sophie, HMS Armide and the sixth-rate frigate HMS Seahorse while they were passing the chain of small islands that runs parallel to the shore between Mobile and Lake Borgne. Between 12 and 15 December 1814, Captain Lockyer of HMS Sophie led a flotilla of some 50 boats, barges, gigs and launches to attack the US gunboats. Lockyer drew his flotilla from the fleet that was massing against New Orleans, including the 74-gun third rates HMS Royal Oak and HMS Tonnant, and a number of other vessels including HMS Armide, HMS Seahorse, HMS Manly and HMS Meteor. Lockyer deployed the boats in three divisions, of which he led one. Captain Montresor of the gun-brig HMS Manly commanded the second, and Captain Roberts of HMS Meteor commanded the third. After rowing for 36 hours, the British met the Americans at St. Joseph's Island. On 13 December 1814, the British attacked the one-gun schooner USS Sea Horse. On the morning of 14 December, the British engaged the Americans in a short, violent battle. The British captured or destroyed almost the entire American force, including the tender, USS Alligator, and five gunboats. The British lost 17 men killed and 77 wounded; HMS Tonnant had three men killed and 15 wounded, one of whom died later. HMS Anaconda then evacuated the wounded. In 1821 the survivors of the flotilla shared in the distribution of head-money arising from the capture of the American gunboats and sundry bales of cotton. This medal is noted as being sold at Sotherby’s November 1986 for £1,200, and no rank is noted on the medal. Only 205 clasps for 14 Dec Boat Service 1814 were issued.
Lot 545
Extremely Rare Third Reich Vehicle Pennant of Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg Reichsminister of War & Commander-in-Chief of the German Armed Forces, superb quality original vehicle pennant which is all finely chained stitched, large central swastika in the battle flag design, with the corners having armed forces down winged eagles and Iron Crosses. All the detail is chain stitched in white thread, adding to the visual effect of the piece. The double sided pennant is housed on its original vehicle fixing pole. This flag is the 2nd model flag for this position, introduced in 1935. Full details of this flag and pictures of it in service can be seen in the reference work “Uniforms & Traditions of the German Army 1939-1945” by Angolia and Schlicht. This is a unique chance to own something belonging to a very important figure in the creation of the German Wehrmacht. General Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg was born on 2nd September 1878 in Stargard, Pomerania, Prussia. He was born into a noble Baltic German family. Joined the army in 1897 and he entered the Prussian Military Academy in 1904. He entered the General Staff in 1908. During WW1 as a staff officer on the Western Front, he was awarded the famous Pour le Merite, better known as the Blue Max. In 1920, Blomberg was appointed chief of staff of the Döberitz Brigade, and in 1921 was made chief of staff of the Stuttgart Army Area. In 1925, Blomberg was made chief of army training by General Hans von Seeckt. By 1927, Blomberg was a major-general and chief of the Troop Office, which was the thinly disguised German General Staff forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. During the time of the Weimar Republic, von Blomberg visited the Soviet Union and was very impressed with the emerging Red Army, this convinced him that a totalitarian dictatorship was the way forward for the Military. Blomberg fell out with his senior commanders and was sent to command the German forces in East Prussia, which was a very small command. It was during this time that he made preparations for the event that Germany would go to war with Poland. Blomberg struck up good relations with the Nazi Sturmabteilung (S.A) in East Prussia, this would allow him a certain amount of fighting men. Blomberg could see the emergence of the Nazi party in Germany and was a great supporter, believing they were the way forward to bring back Germany as a major nation in the newly forming world order. When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, Blomberg was appointed as Minister of Defence, as a result he became one of Adolf Hitler’s most devoted followers. One of his first jobs in his new role was to remove a large number of the armed forces top brass, all of which were people who supported people he fell out with during the earlier years. Von Blomberg fell out with the leader of the SA Ernst Rohm, as Rohm wanted to make the SA take over as the main military force of the Third Reich, something that Blomberg disagreed with strongly. In 1935, the Ministry of Defence was renamed the Ministry of War; Blomberg also took the title of commander-in-chief of the armed forces. In 1936, the loyal Blomberg was the first Generalfeldmarschall appointed by Hitler. He was also the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, the Wehrmacht, although Hitler was the Supreme Commander of the military due to his dictatorial position as the Führer of Germany. Blomberg was opposed to Germany getting heavily involved in the conflict in Spain during the Civil War. As a result this alienated him from the other prominent military leaders in Nazi Germany, mostly Hermann Goring and Heinrich Himmler. The two of them conspired to get him out of power. Adolf Hitler made it clear that he wanted to go to war in Eastern Europe, something which Blomberg did not disagree with, but just wanted to wait until Germany was in a better position, military wise. Hermann Goring and Heinrich Himmler found an opportunity to strike against Blomberg in January 1938, when the general, then 59, married his second wife, Erna Gruhn. Blomberg had been a widower since the death of his first wife Charlotte in 1932. Gruhn was a 25 year-old typist and secretary, but the Berlin police had a long criminal file on her and her mother, a former prostitute. Among the reports was information that in 1932, Erna Gruhn had posed for pornographic photos. This was reported to the Berlin police chief, Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf, who went to Wilhelm Keitel with the file on the new Mrs. Blomberg. Helldorff said he was uncertain about what to do. Keitel in his turn, seeing a chance to destroy Blomberg's career, told Helldorf to take the file to Göring, which he did. Göring, who had served as best man to Blomberg at the wedding, used the file to argue Blomberg was unfit to serve as a war minister. Göring then informed Hitler, who had been present at the wedding. Hitler ordered Blomberg to annul the marriage to avoid a scandal and to preserve the integrity of the army. The upcoming wedding of one of Blomberg's daughters, Dorothea, would have been threatened by scandal. She was engaged to Karl-Heinz Keitel, eldest son of Wilhelm Keitel. Blomberg refused to end his marriage but, when Göring threatened to make public the pasts of Erna Gruhn and her mother, Blomberg was forced to resign his posts to avoid this, which he did on 27 January 1938. His daughter was married in May the same year. As a consequence, Hitler took personal command of the military, he retained the title of Supreme Commander, abolished the Ministry of War and in its place, created the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW) under his control, to be the supervisory body of the Wehrmacht. Keitel, who would be promoted to the rank of field marshal in 1940, and Blomberg's former right-hand man, would be appointed by Hitler as the Chief of the OKW of the Armed Forces. Keitel thus became the de facto Minister of War. Generalfeldmarschall von Blomberg and his wife subsequently went on a honeymoon for a year to the island of Capri. Admiral Erich Raeder decided that Blomberg needed to commit suicide in order to atone for his marriage, and dispatched an officer to Italy, who followed the Blomberg’s around on their honeymoon, persistently and unsuccessfully trying to force Blomberg to commit suicide. Blomberg spent the war in obscurity, Blomberg was arrested by the Allies in 1945 and later he gave evidence at the Nuremberg war trials. Blomberg's health declined rapidly while he was in detention at Nuremberg, facing the contempt of his former colleagues and the intention of his young wife to abandon him. On 12 October 1945, he noted in his diary that he weighed slightly over 72 kilograms. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer on 20 February 1946. Resigned to his fate and gripped by depression he spent the final weeks of his life refusing to eat. Blomberg died on 14 March 1946, his body buried without ceremony in an unmarked grave. Later on his remains were cremated and interred in his residence in Bad Wiessee.
Lot 376
λ An 18th century gold-mounted scent bottle, unmarked, c.1760, plain mounts faceted clear glass body, the stopper on a chain, in a fitted black shagreen case, height 4.2cm, plus a silver filigree scent bottle case of oval cylindrical form, the pull-off cover reveals two clear glass scent bottles, and a George III tortoiseshell scent bottle case, with inlaid silver decoration, the hinged cover opens to reveal a clear glass scent bottle. (3)
Lot 217
A 9 carat yellow gold rope design necklace and a 9 carat ingot and chain, the 5mm gauge hollow rope design necklace 60cm long, approximate weight 11.5gms, the ingot having bark textured finish with bright cut border 45mm x 10mm, approximate weight 6.7gms on a gilt metal flat anchor link chain 65cm long.
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