A post-War O.B.E., Great War ‘Battle of Langemarke’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Brigadier J. N. Ritchie, Royal Field Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War at Fleurbaix in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Langemarke Nov. 1917, J.N.R.’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Maj. J. N. Ritchie.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1942, with integral top riband bar, mounted for wear; together with the related miniature awards, very fine and better (9) £1,000-£1,400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1968: Brigadier James Norman Ritchie, M.C., T.D., D.L., Honorary Director, Shropshire and West Midland Agricultural Society M.C. London Gazette 17 December 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in getting his guns into position under very great difficulties. Later, succeeded under heavy shell fire in taking ammunition up to the guns by pack transport at a time when other transport had failed to get through.’ James Norman Ritchie was born at Liverpool on 7 July 1896 and was educated at Loretto School, Edinburgh, and the South Eastern Agricultural College. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) on 4 February 1915, he was posted to the 4th West Lancashire Brigade Ammunition Column, R.F.A., and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 June 1916. Awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry at Langemarke, he was advanced Acting Major on 15 November 1917, and commanded “C” Battery, 286th Brigade, R.F.A. in 1918. He was recorded as missing in action on 9 April 1918, and subsequently found to have been taken prisoner of war at Fleurbaix. Held at Stralsund (Dalholm) P.O.W. camp, he was released on 17 December 1918. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 7 November 1917). Post-War Ritchie joined the 240th (Shropshire R.H.A.) Medium Battery R.A. (T.A), becoming their Commanding Officer in 1929. He transferred to the 60th Medium Battery in 1933, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1937. He served during the Second World War with the 6th A.A. Training Group as Commander 1941, and was advanced Brigadier in 1942, being awarded the Efficiency Decoration that same year (London Gazette 2 October 1942). He retired on 12 December 1945. In later life Ritchie was a Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire, as well as serving as Chairman of the Shropshire Territorial Army, and was High Sheriff. A well-known breeder of sheep and Hereford cattle, he served as Director of the Shropshire and West Midland Agricultural Society, ands was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1968 New Years’ Honour’s List, being invested with his insignia at Buckingham Palace on 12 March 1978. He died in April 1970. Sold with copied research.
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A Northern Russian Expeditionary Force ‘honorary’ M.C. group of six awarded to Marquis V. Vivien de Châteaubrun, a Russian national who served with the Slavo-British Allied Legion from July 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. V. Vivien de Chateaubrun.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914 1916, mounted court-style, good very fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- Recommendation for M.C. dated 17 January 1919 and signed by General Needham, Commander-in-Chief, Northern Russia Expeditionary Force: ‘This officer joined the S.B.A.L. as one of the earliest volunteers on 7 July 1918, and took part in the original landing at Archangel on August 2nd, proceeding to the Railway front 6 days later. While with Colonel Guard’s force his behaviour both in command of troops and on special service carrying important despatches was always of the utmost gallantry: On one occasion, disguised as a peasant he carried an urgent cipher message to General Finlayson’s Headquarters through 80 miles of hostile territory in face of great natural difficulties and obstacles. His health broke down owing to these exertions, but he nevertheless continued to carry out patrol work of the utmost value until November 23rd, when he was ordered to return to Archangel for duty with General Savvitch. The conduct of this Officer has throughout been of an order demanding the highest courage, determination and energy.’ As an ‘honorary’ award to a foreign national this M.C. was not announced in the London Gazette. His Medal Index Card indicates that he applied for the British War and Victory Medals through the Russian Embassy on 30 September 1919, and that he was issued with a duplicate M.C. in December 1924. Marquis (Victor) Vivien de Châteaubrun was born at Gatchina, near St. Petersburg in 1896. He served as a page to the Empress Alexandra and became an Officer in the Imperial Russian Grenadier Guards where he was decorated for bravery on numerous occasions. Following the Revolution he became one of the earliest volunteers to join the Slavo-British Allied Legion. He went to England following the Civil War, became a British national in 1940 (London Gazette 13 June 1940) and served with the Rifle Brigade during the Second World War. After the war he took over the Blue Cockatoo restaurant in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. He died in 1976. A ribbon bar as worn by Marquis Vivien de Châteaubrun was sold by Morton & Eden in their sale of 30 November 2010. It comprised ribbons representing the Military Cross, British War and Victory Medals, French Croix de Guerre, Order of St Anne, Order of St Stanislaus, Order of St Anne, Order of St Vladimir, Tercentenary Medal 1913, and Battle of Poltava commemorative 1909, and was accompanied by a framed copy of his M.C. citation, as above, a Military I.D. Card with photograph of 1942, and a typed letter from Colonel N. Abaimoff listing his Russian awards, dated 14 July 1923.
An Order of St John group of four awarded to Divisional Superintendent A. G. Ryder, Caterham St John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamels, the reverse engraved ‘Sopt. A. G. Ryder, Caterham Division S.J.A.B. 24th July 1942’; Defence Medal; Coronation 1937; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension with four additional service bars (16814 D/Supt. A. G. Ryder. Caterham Div. No. 8 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1937) mounted for display, very fine (4) £140-£180 --- Order of St John, Serving Brother, London Gazette 1 January 1943. Alfred George Ryder was born on 27 June 1901, and joined the Caterham Division of the St John Ambulance Division as a Private on 12 December 1922, and was promoted to Corporal in February 1927. At this time Superintendent ‘Riley and his enthusiastic band did not of course possess motor (or even horse) ambulances. When they were notified of an illness or accident, two men would leave the Ambulance Station pushing between them a wheeled litter. This was a strange looking trolley which supported a stretcher covered with something like a pram hood and running on solid wheels. At that time the Caterham and District Hospital was the nearest General Hospital and admitted accident cases. Normally there was no resident physician, but a local G.P. was called in to give whatever treatment was necessary. This means of transport survived until 1928 when the first motor ambulance was obtained. The move was precipitated by an accident where a girl was knocked down and quite seriously injured in War Coppice Road. George Ryder and Mr Smith were called out and ran pushing the litter all the mile and a half - uphill nearly all the way - only to find that when they arrived a passing car had taken the casualty away.’ (A copied typescript history of the Caterham Division, included with the Lot, refers.) George Ryder was promoted to Ambulance Officer in June 1933, and became Divisional Superintendent of the Caterham Division in May 1934. Ryder was in charge of the A.R.P. Ambulance Section during the 1939-45 War. Headquartered at the Ambulance Station at the beginning of the war, he later moved his H.Q. to Waterdene. When the A.R.P. became Civil Defence, Ryder continued to run this after the war until his death. In 1947, the Surrey Ambulance Service was formed and some St John Stations were to become part of the Service, George Ryder being one of them, a position he held until his death in February 1962. Sold with an extensive file of research including several copied photographs.
A Second War 1940 B.E.M. awarded to Ernest Twyford, Clerk of Works, R.A.F. Station, Brize Norton, late Lieutenant, Canadian Infantry British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ernest Twyford) edge prepared prior to impressed naming as usual; 1914-15 Star (75098 Cpl. E. Twyford. 29/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. Twyford.); Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, together with set of five miniatures including M.I.D. oak leaves, both sets mounted as worn, nearly very fine (6) £200-£260 --- B.E.M. (Civil) London Gazette 24 June 1940: ‘Ernest Twyford, Clerk of Works, R.A.F. Station, Brize Norton.’ Erneat Twyford was born at Wellington, Somerset, on 1 December 1887. Prior to enlisting into the 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, at Vancouver B.C. on 7 November 1914, he had served for 7 years 6 months with the 5th Somerset Light Infantry, and was a carpenter by trade. He served with the 29th Battalion in France from 20 May 1915, and was wounded in action in both legs and right wrist on 26 September 1916. He was commissioned as temporary Lieutenant in the 1st reserve Battalion on 3 February 1917, serving also at the British Columbia Regimental Depot. He was discharged at his own request in the British Isles on 31 May 1919. Sold with copied research including Canadian record of service.
A Second War ‘Civil Division’ B.E.M. group of four awarded to G. R. Hardacre, Post Office Overseer, late Sapper, Royal Engineers British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Robert Hardacre); 1914-15 Star (83200 Spr: G. R. Hardacre. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (83200 Spr. G. R. Hardacre. R.E.) very fine (4) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1941: George Robert Hardacre, Overseer, Heard Post Officer, Carnforth, Lancashire. George Robert Hardacre was born and raised in Carnforth and attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School. Attesting for the Royal Engineers he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 November 1915. He had joined the Postal Service in 1910 and by 1941, was Overseer, at Carnforth. He served in the Home Guard in the Second World War. A press cutting from the Lancaster Guardian of 3 January 1941 refers to his postal career on the occasion of the award of the B.E.M. and refers to his ‘brilliant organisation of postal deliveries and collections during the great blizzard of January, 1940’; the commentary also refers to him personally making deliveries through seven foot snowdrifts.
A Second War ‘Home Service’ B.E.M. pair awarded to Mr R. L. Wheeler, Principal Foreman of Works Maintenance at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Reginald L. Wheeler) in damaged card box of issue; Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, in its card box of issue together with Home Secretary’s enclosure addressed to the recipient in Farnborough, Hampshire, nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180 --- B.E.M. (Civil) London Gazette 15 June 1945: ‘Reginald Leslie Wheeler, Principal Foreman, Works Maintenance, Royal Aircraft Establishment.’
MacLean, Sorley An early ALS discussing Scottish Literary Renaissance figures and work 6 manuscript pp. on 3 leaves, each 17.5 x 23cm, dated 25-9-41, signed 'Somhairle', addressed to Douglas [Young], discussing mutual acquaintances including Sydney Goodsir Smith and Hugh MacDiarmid ("...I am interested in your new opinion of Sydney. I was never quite sure myself. I have always liked him immensely and like him better as I know him better. He does have much of the Toller in him potentially but also a fair amount of what would be called the 'bourgeois-decedent' element. So has Grieve for the matter of that."), his own life, as he cites family concerns preventing him from participating in the Spanish Civil War, and giving feedback to Young on one of his translations from Gaelic to English; MacLean also expresses his worries relating to the war
Spanischer Kavallerie-Karabiner, Mod. 1857/59, Oviedo, datiert 1864 Runder 57 cm Lauf mit achtkantiger Kammer und blanker vierfach gezogener Seele im Kaliber .577. S/N 854, nummerngleich inkl. Schaft. Fast vollständige, originale Brünierung des Laufes. Expressvisier mit metrischer Einteilung (100/300/400). Über der Kammer diverse Abnahmen und Jahr der Fertigung. Glattes Perkussionsschloss mit "Krone/AR" und "1864". Eiserne Garnitur. Nussholzschäftung mit "Oviedo" und Jahreszahl im Kreis. Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren. Angelenkter Ladestock mit Messingdopper. Reitstange. Kleinteile mit diversen Abnahmen. Mechanisch in Ordnung. Länge circa 96 cm.Bis auf wenige Unterschiede dem British Pattern 1853 nachempfundene, sehr seltene Waffe des Spanischen Königreichs und dessen Kolonien. Von der Konföderierten Armee wurden während des US-Bürgerkrieges auch Waffen dieses Typs beschafft, was den Karabiner auch für US-Sammler interessant machen dürfte.Zustand: I - IIA Spanish M1857/59 cavalry carbine, Oviedo, 1864 Round barrel, length 57 cm, octagonal chamber. Bright rifle bore with four grooves, calibre .577. Serial number 854. Matching numbers, incl. stock. Original finish of barrel better 90%. "Express sights" with metric graduation 100/300/400. Various acceptance marks and production year on top of chamber. Smooth percussion lock marked "Crown/AR" and "1864". Iron furniture. Walnut stock marked "Oviedo" and date in circle. Signs of age and wear. Hinged ramrod with brass tip. Small parts with various acceptance marks. Mechanically sound. Length circa 96 cm.A few modifications apart this rifle was built after the British Pattern 1853. This rare gun of the Spanish empire was also purchased by the American Confederate Armies during the civil war, which makes it a desirable collector's item for Civil War collectors.Condition: I - II
Perkussionsrevolver Colt Mod. 1860 Army, USA, 1862 Kal. .44 BlackPowder, Nr. 41631, nummerngleich. Rauer, leicht korrodierter Lauf, Länge 8". Sechsschüssig. Fertigung 1862. Auf dem Lauf einzeilige Standardfirmierung , die Trommel mit dünner Rollgravur. Diverse Inspektormarks "C" und "D" an Lauf und Trommel. Alle Teile blank teilweise feine Narben. Abzugsbügel mit vorderem Griffband Messing. Glatte Nussholzgriffschalen, links Kartusche noch erkennbar. Diverse Schrauben ergänzt. Mechanisch in Ordnung. Länge circa 36 cm.Interessantes Belegstück aus der Zeit des US-Bürgerkrieges. In neuzeitlicher Holzkassette mit diversem Repro-Zubehör, Schlüssel liegt bei. Maße circa 38,5x18,5x5,5 cm.WBK: Achtung - ErlaubnispflichtigZustand: IIIA percussion revolver Colt Mod. 1860 Army, USA, 1862 Cal. .44 BlackPowder, SN. 41631, matching numbers. Barrel length 82, frosted bore, some pitting. Six shots. Production date 1862. Single-line standard markings on the barrel, the cylinder with faded roll engraving. Various acceptance marks "C" and "D" on barrel and cylinder. Original finish rubbed off, some pinpricking. Trigger guard and front grip strap brass. Smooth walnut grips, the marking on the left one still visible. Some screws a replacement. Mechanically sound. Length circa 36 cm. An interesting specimen of a civil war-era gun!In recent wooden case with accessories (replicas) and key, dimensions 38.5 x 18.5 x 5.5 cm.WBK: Attention - For this gun we will need to obtain an export license for you, based on your import permit (if needed in your country) or through your firearms dealerCondition: III
A 19th Century Infantry officer's Sword, either a French 1821 Pattern, or a US Civil War 1855 Pattern, having polished wooden ribbed hand grip, with brass two band guard, with florally decorated quillion, and full brass back strap, the single edged, single fuller blade with French inscription to the spine 'R Ronge fils fabit d'armes a lege' the back strap having engraved initials within wreath, complete with matching brass and leather scabbard, also with the initial markings (2)
Trade cards, a collection of approx. 55 modern trade cards sets, all wrapped & appear complete, various issuers & subjects inc. Topps, Cardz, Edge, Skybox, Upper Deck, Eclipse & others subjects include American Civil War, WW2, Robocop, Superman, TV & Film, Thunderbirds, Science Fiction and much more (vg/ex)
SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, USA A 50-70 SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL'1868 TRAPDOOR', serial no. 39961, for between 1868-72, with round 32 1/2in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, folding ladder rear-sight, top of breech-block dated '1870' and marked with an eagle's head above crossed arrows and 'U.S', 'Allin' closure catch, plain top-tang, plain lock of civil war style dated 1863 on the tail and marked 'U.S. SPRINGFIELD' together with an eagle and shield device forwards of the hammer, walnut three-quarter stock, iron furniture and flat-tipped jag-ended clearing-rod, some surface corrosion spotting and staining, 51 1/2in. overall, weight approximately 9lbs.. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
Artist: El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890-1941). Title: "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge". Medium: Original color lithograph. Date: Composed 1919. Printed c1926. Dimensions: Image size: 18 1/4 x 22 1/8 in. (464 x 562 mm).Lot Note(s): Edition unknown, presumed very small. Off-white wove paper. Margins. Fine, strong impression. Overall good condition with no serious issues. Minor edge tears, not into the image. The work could be conserved easily. It has not been hinged. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Lissitzky-Kuppers 40. Comment(s): An extremely important print and arguably El Lissitzky's most famous image. Our example compares favorably with the example printed c1926 which sold for $41,400 at Swann Galleries, New York City, April 21, 2005, lot #70. In this propaganda object published during the Russian Civil War, the intrusive red wedge symbolizes the Bolsheviks, who are penetrating and defeating their opponents, the White Movement. Lazar Markovich Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist, and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the former Soviet Union. His work greatly influenced the Bauhaus and constructivist movements, and he experimented with production techniques and stylistic devices that would go on to dominate 20th-century graphic design. [27851-5-16000]
Wargaming, Hinchliffe - A collection of 28mm (or similar) English Civil War painted metal figures from an unconfirmed maker (possibly Hinchliffe). Lot includes 15 mounted Parliamentarian figures, together with 13 Royalist Pikemen. Figures are painted to a Very Good standard and show signs of use and play but overall appear to be in Excellent condition.Lot descriptions reflect the cataloguer's opinion only and do not constitute a guarantee. If in doubt, intending bidders should either attend public viewing or request a written condition report. All sales are final.
A WWII Second World War medal group awarded to one Albert Edward Dingle 107773 of the Royal Navy who was KIA 3rd May, 1940 aboard HMS Afridi. The medal group comprising his 1939-45 Star, War Medal and Atlantic Star. All with original ribbons, and medal card. Housed in their original issue box. Supplied with a Commonwealth War Graves Commission sheet with brief history. HMS Afridi was one of 16 Tribal-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy shortly before the beginning of Second World War in 1939. Completed in 1938 the ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet where she served as a flotilla leader. Afridi was briefly involved enforcing the arms blockade on the combatants in the Spanish Civil War. The ship returned home shortly after the start of the Second World War and was assigned convoy escort duties. She played an active role in the Norwegian Campaign of April–May 1940, escorting convoys to and from Norway. Afridi was sunk by German dive bombers on 3 May as she was escorting the evacuation convoy after the failure of the Namsos Campaign.
A rare original WWII Second World War Home Front Civil Defence / ARP Air Raid Precautions related Public Information poster ' How To Get Help '. The poster details who members of the public should turn to for certain help after being bombed out of their homes. Printed for HM Stationery by Fosh & Cross, of London. Folded, but generally excellent condition for age. Measures 76cm x 51cm, approx.
An original WWII Second World War Civil Defence ARP Air Raid Precautions officers side / forage cap and x5 cloth patches. The navy cap with yellow piping having the hallmarked ARP Air Raid Precautions badge to the side. The cloth patches comprising a pair of Warden shoulder titles, x2 Civil Defence patches and x1 Plymouth patch.
Russian Civil War interest - a collection of original Russian Civil War era miniature medals mounted on a miniature cavalry sabre. Medals to include the Order of St Anne, Order of St Stanislaus, Order of St George, Order for Liberation of Kuban 1918, Badge of General Kornilov Ice Campaign and others. Measures approx 9cm.
An original WWII Second World War British Civil Defence Zuckerman steel helmet - notation for Fire Watcher (SFP). The helmet and liner both dated 1941, with maker's marks for CC&S Ltd. Supplied with a rare and original pair of folding eye shields / protectors - with remnants of original foam padding to the inside and slip-over eyeshield sections. Rare pairing.
An original WWII Second World War Civil Defence steel Brodie helmet. The helmet impressed to rim for BMB (Briggs Motor Bodies) and dated 1941. Complete with liner and canvas chin strap. Liner dated 1940. Painted to front ' BRO ' with insignia of a bomb, possibly for Bomb Reconnaissance Officer (or similar). Interesting helmet.
Packet: circa 60 share certificates/bonds, 1863-1927 including American Civil War Confederate States February 20 1863 Act, $1000 7% bond, pink paper, vignette of Stonewall Jackson, 7 coupons; White Star Line 1927, Rhodesian Gold Trust 1899, Crystal Palace Co 1899, Wondalli (Deccan) Gold Mines 1896, Oriental Bank Corporation 1853, The Rhodesia Gold Fields 1899, The New Oriental Bank Corporation 1892, The Borneo Diamond Exploration Syndicate 1889, Eagles Nest (Mount Margaret) Gold Mining Co 1896, The Cuban Land and Development Co 1905, The Mauritius Gas Co 1884, Silati Gold Mining Co 1895, The British Borneo Trading and Planting Co 1891, The Consolidated Rubber and Balata Estates 1918, The Anglo-Russian Trust 1913, Fortis Powder & Explosives Co 1893, The Ammonia Gas Purifying and Alkali Co 1883, The Mammoth Gold Mines 1896, The Middlesborough Town and Lands Co 1894, The Dry Docks Corporation of London 1887, The Lake View South Gold Mine (WA) 1899, The Klerksdorf Gold and Diamond Co 1904 etc etc* vat on buyers premium for this lot *
An English Cromwellian/Civil War period lobster tail helmet with hinged visor, three bar face guard and fixed neck guard, length approx 40cm.Provenance: The Captain Allan Marshall Collection.Additional InformationKnocks, scuffs, scrapes and heavy pitting, general wear. There are also splits to the right side of the visor and further smaller in other places, as well as casting flaws.
An English Civil War/Cromwellian period pikeman's pot helmet, internal aperture approx 20 x 18cm, and a liner/skin for a helmet (2).Provenance: The Captain Allan Marshall Collection, the former purchased from Garth Vincent Antiques Arms & Armour in 2010.Additional InformationWear commensurate with age throughout.
Miguel Oslé Sáenz de Medrano (Spanish, 1879-1960)A monumental patinated bronze figure of 'The Prisoner'the shackled semi-nude male figure clad in a loin cloth, his left arm behind his head, on square plinth base, the base signed and dated 'MYL OSLE MCMXXXV', 200cm high overall.Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's London, 16 November 2006, lot 161By repute formerly part of Miguel Osle's monument commemorating the loss of sixty three members of Barcelona Football Club during the Spanish Civil War between the July 1936 and the April 1939. Although a monument that was possibly planned prior to the war (as the work is dated 1935), it was erected outside the front of the old stadium, 'Les Corts' (opened in 1922 and closed in 1957) but was removed when the building was demolished to make way for its replacement 'Camp Nou'. The monument incorporated two larger than life male nudes, a helmeted soldier and the present figure, a chained prisoner. Many of the players and supporters that the monument came to commemorate fell during the bloody conflict between the Republicans or Loyalists (as Catalonia was a strongly Republican area) and Franco's Nationalists.Affectionately known as Barca and a Catalan institution, FC Barcelona was founded in 1899 and the club motto 'Mes que un club (More than a club)' reflects the pride of Barcelona's citizens. The sculptor Miguel Oslé Sáenz de Medrano was himself a club member which is presumably why he felt so strongly to work on the monument, although he may have utilised a work that had been previously planned in the preceding years before the conflict. Miguel collaborated on a number of monuments with his brother Llucià in Barcelona and another Civil War memorial by Llucià is situated in the Parc de Montjuïc.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR TPAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Deutscher Krieg (Austro-Prussian War) -- Photographer: JohannTheodor Meier. Bahnhof Eger. June 19, 1866. Albumen print with rounded corners. 14 x 30 cm. Mounted to original board (traces of use, strong vertical crease in left side, soiled), with gilt title and date printed below the image on the mount.The location and date "Bahnhof Eger am 19. Juni 1866" is printed in gilt letters below the image on the mount. On this day Prussia declared war against Austria and its federal troops. The direct cause was the mobilization, by the Bundestag in Frankfurt, under the leadership of Austria. The railroad station at Eger was obviously one of the most important railroad junctions for troop transports towards Königgrätz and other war locations. In this image one can see over 30 locomotives and a large number of wagons on 6 or 7 rails ready for departure. The importance of railroads was quickly recognized by Prussia after the American Civil War of 1861/65, where for the first time the crucial role of railroads in the rapid transport of troops had been clearly demonstrated. Such an early German photograph that so keenly demonstrates the importance of the railroad during the war is extremely rare. – Some scuff marks and surface soiling, stronger verticle crease in left side, otherwise in good condition.
Trussell (John, 1575-1648). A manuscript transcription of extracts from John Trussell's Continuation of the Collection of the History of England, possibly in the author's hand, circa 1640s, 10 pages of handwritten manuscript on 6 folio leaves, written in a small neat 17th century hand on laid paper, four words struck through on the first page, the text consisting of an epitome or précis of Trussell's history of the English kings Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III, modern blanks at front and rear, marbled endpapers, 20th century sprinkled half calf (by Riviere & Son), with two red morocco gilt spine labels, a few minor marks, slim folio (30 x 18.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESManuscript attributed to John Trussell of Winchester (historian, poet and Mayor of Winchester in 1624 and 1633). A 20th century typewritten slip of paper inserted into this volume reads 'A manuscript of six leaves attributed to the seventeenth century historical writer John Trussell (fl. 1620-1642), being a transcript of extracts from his Continuation of Samuel Daniel's History of England.' Trussell's Continuation of the Collection of the History of England: beginning where Samuel Daniell Esquire ended... was first published in 1636. This manuscript extract may have been circulated amongst a small circle of educated readers prior to or during the English Civil War.
Broadside - Towle (Christopher). The present schools as Mr. Towle, teaches in for the year of 1783, as viz. Oxford, Coventry, Northampton, Daventry Woburn, Newport-Pagnell, Wellingborough, Wolston, and Hill..., Newport-Pagnell: Printed for B. Leverett, where every article of letter-press printing is reasonably performed, [1783], single-sheet broadside, ornamental border, slight wear where previously folded, margins trimmed close to border, generally in good condition, folio (35 x 21.2cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC T228549. One location only (British Library). This is the earliest recorded piece of printing from Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, and the printer Leverett is otherwise unknown. A lengthy broadside handbill for an 18th century dancing master, asserting the value of dance to all branches of human achievement and offering instruction in virtually all the arts and sciences. Towle, based in Coventry but obviously itinerant, here offers tutoring by the fortnight or quarter. The key to life, in his view, is the ability to dance, "No man can be well prepared in any sort of genteel trades, professions, sicances [i.e. sciences], employments, servitudes, music, the army, or navy, unless they can dance exceedingly well; dancing will make make a man stand and walk, and look, and speak well; to be courteous, and civil, obliging, and complaisant, and genteel, and of a fine forgiving merciful disposition ... I have known and heard of persons who as been good dancers, to advance themselves from a Quirsiter to a Bishop, from a Private Man to a General, from a Cabinboy to a Admiral ... dancing gives a person a easy looking and speaking, to his superiors and inferiors, it takes off those slow and effeminately proud deluding look that some of the sectary make of ... in short dancing is the very greatest support to trades and manufactures of all sorts, and professions of every kind that can be mention'd, and all those sort of persons who has any thing to say against dancing are enemies to the whole community &c." Through Towle's training a boy of twelve can be brought to expertise with the gun and sword in 12 months, "he will prepare a person that must go to sea, to understand the use of the sails upon any sort of vessel, beginning at a scull or oar, up to a first rate man of war"; likewise he professes expertise in 20 musical instruments, and undertakes concerts, balls and assemblies on request. He will give instruction in "all sorts of English, French, Italion [sic], and Flemish, slow and quick dances", but prefers the English forms "The English dances that he teaches, is ten thousand times preferable to all the foreign-dances" and are useful "in the single-stick, quarter-staff, broad-sword, small-sword, wrestling, boxing, running, jumping, swimming, ringing, and horsemanship of all sorts, painting, drawing, stage-players of all sorts, music, surgery, in ev'ry circumstance of fraction and dislocation, &c." Christopher Towle's home establishment was a ladies boarding school in Coventry, where he offered "Needle-work, spelling and reading, at 12.l. 12.s. per year ... music, dancing, writing, French, and drawing, at usual prices to be paid for separately."
* Charles I (1600-1649). King of England, Scotland & Ireland, 1625-49. Document Signed, 'Carolus R', Beverley, [Yorkshire], 19 July [1642], in Latin, a Royal letters patent to Henry Earl of Bath, Edward Viscount Chichester, Edward Seymore and others, appointing Commissioners of Array for Forces in Devon for the defence of the county against the King's enemies, also calling for beacons to be put in place to give warning of danger, a little ink loss affecting lettering of one or two words near the centre of lines 5-14, a few letters rubbed with a little loss of lettering near lower right margin not affecting sense, blank upper margin clipped at centre [to accommodate tag at lower margin when folded], lacks pendant Great Seal, a little yellowing at extremities (probably from previous framing for display), decorative initial 'C' and signature of the King upper left, countersigned Willys lower right, endorsed 'A Commission of Array for the County of Devon, Willys', 27 x 51 cm, accompanied by an old printed transcription and English translation on two card sheets with mounting remains to extremities where presumably displayed with the documentQty: (1)NOTESAlthough long obsolete, commissions of array were revived by King Charles I in 1642 at the start of the Civil War, in an unconstitutional manner, without Parliament having been consulted, in order to counteract the equally unconstitutional Militia Ordinance enacted by Parliament in 1642 without the usual Royal Assent. Both decrees were issued in order to attempt to gain control of existing militia forces and to raise further troops. The Commission of Array issued by the king thus sought to muster a Royalist army at the onset of the English Civil War. Commissioners were appointed for each county, generally from leading members of the local aristocracy and gentry who might be assumed to wield great influence over their feudal tenants and the population in general. The commissioners proceeded to the major population centres and read out in public gatherings the text of their commission. Frequently such innovative royal decrees, uncertain in precedent and purpose, were met with open hostility on the part of the local inhabitants who suspected them as being instruments designed for general suppression of the people. Opponents of the king, whilst playing down the role of the Militia Ordinance in augmenting civil strife, portrayed the Commission of Array as being a sign that it was the king and not Parliament who was the real aggressor in the developing conflict. 28 Commissioners of Array were appointed in Devon.
Folio Society. The Campaigns of Wellington, 3 volumes, edited by Ian Fletcher, 2007, The Civil War, A Narrative, 3 volumes, by Shelby Foote, 2nd printing, 2010, original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, The Wooden World, an anatomy of the Georgian Navy, by N. A. M. Rodger, 2009, The Reason Why, by Cecil Woodham-Smith, 2015, On The Psychology of Military Incompetence, by Norman F. Dixon, 2016, together with 41 further volumes of military history Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8voQty: (50)
Hywel-Jones (Ian). The Victoria Cross and the George Cross, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 2013, colour & black & white illustrations, publishers original blue faux leather in slipcase, 8vo, together with; The Century Co. [publisher], Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, 4 volumes, New York, 1884-1888, numerous black & white illustrations, minor marginal toning, publishers original uniform gilt decorated cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, large 8vo, and Oman (Charles et al), A History of the Peninsular War, 9 volumes, mixed editions, Oxford: Clarendon Press/ New York: AMS Press/ London: Greenhill Books, 1902-99, monochrome maps, some minor toning, publishers original cloth, volumes 8 & 9 in dust jackets, volumes 1-5 spines faded & slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other WW1, Peninsula war & other military reference, including publications by Army Records Society, HMSO, Yale, Greenhill Books, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves )
Constance Markievicz (1868 - 1927) Her personal copy of John Inglesant; A Romance; Inscription on front pastedown - Constance Gore Booth from her mother Feb 4/87 / Better late than never / May 30 - .st. A nineteenth birthday present to Constance Gore-Booth, later Countess Markievicz, a key Easter Rising, revolutionist, suffragette and the first woman elected to the British Parliament. An important presentation copy of a Victorian romance that goes on to resemble the first owners own life. The eponymous hero is an Anglican, despite being educated partly by Jesuits, and remains so, largely on the advice of his Jesuit mentor, despite strong temptations to convert to Roman Catholicism. Even so, he finds himself involved in intrigues between the Roman Catholic Church and the High Church party of the Church of England, and becomes a courtier of Charles I. He fights on the Royalist side in the English Civil War, is wounded at the battle of Edgehill, and fights at Naseby. As a result of his role in negotiations on the King's behalf in Ireland, he is tried and condemned for treason; he only narrowly escapes execution.
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[CONFISCATED EDITION] MAD [M. DRIZO]So it was...: caricatures. Odessa: Life, 1918Rare.The publication, published under the pseudonym «MAD,» included about 60 caricatures reflecting political events from March 1917 to March 1918 (World War I and the Civil War, February and October revolutions). They were united by Drizo in his book «Was like that...», in Odessa in September 1918 and was subjected to confiscation by the German military authorities.
Miscellaneous History & Biography. Small collection, comprising: Life of Herbert Henry Asquith, Lord Oxford and Asquith, by J. A. Spender and Cyril Asquith, limited edition numbered 18 of 100, signed by both authors, in two volumes, London: Hutchinson, 1932, worn half-calf; Memoirs of the Verney Family During the Civil War, by Frances Parthenope Verney, in four volumes, London: Longmans, 1892, gilt cloth; Verney Letters, edited by Margaret Maria Lady Verney, in two volumes, London: Ernest Benn, 1930, worn gilt cloth (8)
Worldwide accumulation in carton and shoebox, strong eclectic lot of albums, stockbooks and stockcards etc. Many of the stockcards would make individual lots in auction, one with 6 penny blacks, decent quality with one four-margins and impressive red mx, other cards with China sets and cover, USA incl. 1904 Louisiana set (less 3cts) well-centred MNH, Saar SG.295 MNH, scarce Spanish civil war, over £3,000 cat. in Bulgaria 1930s mint sets incl. SG.326/3232 vlh, Indo-China orphelins surcharges set to 5fr mint signed Diena (SG.82-87, Cat.£350), Turkey 1914 200pi mint with multiple signatures (SG.515 cat.£450), Anatolia overprints on revenues, Swiss 1950 UN ovpt set mint (SG.LU1-20, cat.£700), Belgian Congo 1886 5fr mint (SG.5, cat.£600), Monaco 1909 10c sepia p/due two shades mint, one signed (SG.D32, cat.£600 each), Portugal 1931 Pereira set mint (SG.859-64, cat.£375), and plenty more with catalogue vals in three figures. Also strong miniature sheets throughout incl. Poland-Dachau red cross m/s types imperf and perf, E.German Marx/Engels MNH, Iran, Japan 'lady looking back' imperf, Croatia WWII 'Na Rad' m/s MNH, better Romania m/ss 1930s, approx. £2,000 cat. in Yugoslavia m/ss, etc. Vast total catalogue with generally excellent condition. A fabulous lot for breaking down for internet sale.
Worldwide, carton of old auction lots with Latin America country collections on vintage album pages, much Portugal and Colonies, Spanish civil war, Egypt from 19th century to miniature sheets, plate numbers, etc. incl. Syria 1954 Arab Postal Union set of three in imperf corner control imprint pairs, also some useful Asia in loose glassines etc. incl. China. Somewhat chaotic, careful inspection needed.
Spain Colonies collections in thirteen stock books (plus sundry loose material on pages and in packets), some duplication in places, with ranges of Antilles incl. 1866 ¼r overprint mint, Rio De Oro incl. ''A000.000'' Pta. values mint; Elobey, Annobon & Corsico 1903 and 1907 sets with ''A00.000'' controls; Sahara 1924 Camel set ''A000.000'', Red Cross and Exhibition sets mint; Guinea 1903 to 5p ''A000.000'', 1905 overprinted set to 4p mint (4p signed Calves), 1931 Republic set mint, 1949 to 10p unmounted mint; Fernando Poo incl. 1896-98 and 1897-99 5c surcharges ranges, Fiscal issues overprinted, 1903, 1905 and 1907 sets with ''A000.000''; Ifni 1949-50 set mint; Puerto Rico 1874 25c mint blocks of four and six, 1876 type 8 overprint 1p mint, 1890 40c mint, 1893 Columbus 3c mint and used, Revenues and Telegraph issues; Philippines 1862 5c unused, 1877-79 12c in blue on 25m black mint (signed Schlegel), Revenues incl. mint blocks; Cuba incl. strong 19th century types, good Telegraph and Fiscal issues; Morocco 1903-09 sets to 10p mint and used, 1914 set mint, 1915-16 set mint, 1926 Red Cross set unmounted mint, Tangier 1929 Exhibition set mint; Cape Juby 1937 Anniversary of Civil War set mint etc. (1000's)
Medals and effects of Flight Lieutenant Thomas Miller Dow (b.1890) of the RAF Volunteer Reserve and also the Indian Civil Service including two WWII war medals, two Defence medals, one set of matching miniatures, an Edinburgh University medal for Latin 1910 [THOMAS M DOW] in Kirkwood issue box, and Edinburgh University Athletic Club feather weight boxing medal 1912 [T M DOW], a silver gilt Masonic medal by Barton's of Bangalore in issue box, a Pilot's Log Book for Dow of the Scottish Flying Club (Moorpark Aerodrome) and Bengal Flying Club (Dum Dum Airfield India) with records between 1933 to 1939 and for aircraft including DG Moth, Gypsy Moth, Gipsy Hornet, etc., Covenant document 1915, Masonic group photograph, group photograph of 100 Squadron RAF Lancaster Bombers 1944-45 (F/L Dow pictured), private pilot's license CA10 1933 for Dow, a Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve certificate dated 29th April 1940 to Pilot Officer Dow, Indian Civil Service certificate to Dow 1928, Rangpur India Gaibandha certificate 1932, Bengal Flying Club enamelled badge, 21st Punjabs regiment badge etc.
WWII war medal, 1939-1945 star and Italy star in issue boxed addressed to R Davidson of 36 Liberton Brae Edinburgh, a WWI victory medal turned into a brooch [14528 GNR J HAWKINS RA], Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem enamelled star, miniature star and collar badges, a Lodge Solomon 1209 Edinburgh Masonic medal, military badges including Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Scots Greys, ATS, Civil Defence Corps button etc
Bluebie and friend the childhood blue Farnell teddy bear and miniature Schuco of Jill Grice, Bluebie - a 1920s blue mohair Farnell teddy bear with unusual flat black boot button eyes, pronounced muzzle, remains of brown stitched nose, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, unusual long slender body and inoperative squeaker --16in. (40.5cm.) high (balding, a few small holes, thinning and discoloured to white); and a miniature 1920s Schuco teddy bear (completely bald and worn); an original photograph of Jill aged 2 holding another bear and a small photograph of Jill aged 9 standing in the garden holding nine bears, Bluebie is in her right arm - Bluebie (a mispronounced Bluebell) was given to Jill Grice on her birthday on the 24th April 1929 in Ceylon where her father was a civil engineer on a tea plantation. They moved back to Hatch End in Middlesex in 1934, where they lived until Jill married in 1952. Jill told her daughter, the vendor, that her father Arthur Leslie Grice (born 1898) carried the Schuco bear with him during World War Two, sadly he died in a mustard gas accident on Thorney Island near Chichester in 1943
Nine stamp albums from A - Z worldwide stamps. Dating c1850s to 1950s. Including Cochin - Blue Three Pies, Hyderabad Victory Commemoration, Ceylon cachet stamp - Robertsons Colombo, Siam 1883 - 1939, Manchukuo 1932 - 1945, early Japan, China German POs 1898 - 1917, Chinkiang Postal Service, Russian Civil War Turkey with margin gum 1920 - 21, Slesvig Plebiscite issues 1920, Spain 1850, Istria and the Slovene Coast 1946, Lubeck German State 1859 - 68, Romania 1865, Russia Pre Soviet 1858-1923, UK mint 1st class £17, Germany Imperial 1872 - 1919 embossed, Berlin Russian Zone 1948 - 49, Greece 1861, Hungary Newspaper stamps 1900 - 1922, Austria 1850 (perfins), Bavaria 1849 - 1920, Danzig 1920 - 1939, St. Thomas and Prince Islands 1870, Samoa Express 1877, North Ingermanland 1920.
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