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Lot 5548
Militaria, World War Two, Nazi Germany/Third Reich: Medal, War Merit Cross, Second Class, military personnel issue with crossed swords, its ribbon bar en suite, (2); Iron Cross ribbon bar, (1); NSDAP, Nazi Party official's uniform button, (1); Luftwaffe Signals flag or pelmet badge, (1); 1937 Reichsparteitag badge, (1); a mother-of-pearl and silver dress stud, applied with a swastika, (1); a cut glass bead, enamelled in relief with a swastika, (1); Imperial German carte de visite portrait photographs of army officers, (4); etc
Lot 257
A DERBY GROUP OF VENUS AND CUPID, C1770, THE GODDESS IN PUCE SPRIGGED DRESS HOLDING FORTH HER RIGHT HAND WHILST RESTRAINING PUTTO WITH THE OTHER, HER RIGHT FOOT ON THE HEAD OF A DOLPHIN, ON ROCKY BASE, 28CM H Old restoration to arms and neck, cupid body and wings. Chip on one of the dolphin's fins. Lacking the apple originally held in Venus' right hand
Lot 707
ENGLISH SCHOOL, C1810, PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF A LADY AND GENTLEMAN, PENDANTS, SEATED HALF LENGTH, SHE IN A WHITE DRESS, HER HAIR IN RINGLETS, HE IN A CAROLEAN ARMCHAIR HOLDING A BOOK, IVORY, 105 X 88MM (2) Both cracked and warped, long laid down on the present wooden support, in near contemporary early Victorian ornate gilt frames with some losses
Lot 719
ENGLISH SCHOOL, MID 18TH C - PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH MASON, NEE COE OF EATON NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, BUST LENGTH IN A BROWN DRESS, WHITE CAP AND BLACK LACE SHAWL, WITH OLD INSCRIPTION ON A LABEL ON THE STRETCHER ELIZABETH THE WIFE OF MR PAUL MASON OF EATON DAUGHTER OF MR STEPHEN COE GRANDSON OF THE REV STEPHEN COE RECTOR OF ORDSALL AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF MR LLEWELYN, OIL ON CANVAS, OVAL, 73 X 82CM, IN 18TH C CARVED PANEL FRAME Localised loss and much dirt. Lined probably in the later 19th c. The frame with old restorations presumably by Edward Wilkinson Carver & Guilder Potter Street Worksop (late 19th c), with small losses and gold painted at later date, generally showing the effects of long term storage in a dusty outbuilding or similar
Lot 118
English School, 19th century, a head and shoulders portrait of a lady wearing a bonnet, watercolour probably on ivory, 5 x 4cm, another of a lady in a burgundy coloured dress and with her hair in ringlets, watercolour probably on ivory, 7.5 x 6cm, a further example of a lady with a pink rose in her hair, watercolour, 8.5 x 6.5cm, a/f, a pair depicting children a/f, with a cased miniature of a seated lady, watercolour, 10.5 x 8cm and a print and an ambrotype-type photograph (8)Condition report: All unexamined out of frames. All frames with chips, dents and scratches, bonnet example with screw for loop broken through front of frame. Rose example lacking elements of paint and frame a/f, children very stained and faded. Photo faded, case for cased example with a very 'bubbled' cover.
Lot 129
English School, 19th century, 3/4 portrait of a young lady wearing a blue dress and a red shawl, oil on canvas, 91 x 71cmCondition report: Painting is an oil on canvas, framed without glazing. The canvas has been relined and some repairs conducted in 1976 including above the left shoulder. The paint has craquelure throughout, the paint condition appears stable, no obvious signs of paint loss or deterioration. There is a scratch on the sitters left sleeve with some paint loss as photographed. The painting was relined, restored and later stretcher and frame 24/12/1976 as detailed on label verso.
Lot 141
Olaf Macleod (Scottish 20th Century), Highland Regiments Dress Uniform Print, signed bottom right, numbered 15/150, 1984, measurements 36 x 24 cm, frame 45 x 32.5 cm.Together with a reproduction print after Stanley Berkeley, the charge of the Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo, measurements 46 x 74 cm (i), frame 75 x 105 (2)
Lot 145
Watercolour of a lady reading on the front step, signed Jordan, dated 1926 bottom right, watercolour, mounted and framed. Measurements 35 x 25 cm, frame 54 x 44 cmtogether with Maria Huldshiniski (20th Century) a portrait of a lady in a blue dress, signed bottom right, oil on canvas, measurements 90 x 72 cm, frame 102 x 82 cm (2)
Lot 257
A Chelsea Cheyne clay figure of a theatrical lady in a yellow dress holding a flower, possibly designed by Gwendolen Parnell, incised marks, dated 1923, 22cm high (restored); together with three 19th century art pottery earthenware figures, perhaps German or Belgian, in treacle and green glazes, the female figures with incised decoration, 27cm high (4)Condition report: Chelsea Cheyne figure has full restorations to the base and further repairs to the outstretched hand. One of the other figures has a repaired break to the head, this figure and the other two similar also have minor chips. Please see images.
Lot 191
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Second War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. R. Dunlop, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; together with companion set of five miniature dress medals and Canadian Memorial Cross, E.II.R. (Lt. Col. W. R. Dunlop, M.B.E.) very fine (11) £200-£260 --- M.B.E. Canada Gazette 16 June 1945. The recommendation states: ‘Major [William Robert] Dunlop was appointed to the Canadian Army in August 1940, and proceeded overseas with No. 9 Canadian General Hospital in September 1943. He acted as Registrar of this hospital and by his example and effort succeeded in raising the administration to an exceedingly high level. He has been unsparing in his efforts towards the efficiency of the hospital and has also been most conspicuous in his pleasant liaison with English hospitals with whom he has come in contact. Major Dunlop is now General Duty Medical Officer with No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.’ Sold with additional research including Canadian Medical Directory entry for 1958.
Lot 230
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross, set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘485’; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘485’, with gold pin for wearing, with evening dress sash, a little tarnished, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £1,000-£1,400
Lot 375
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFamily Group: Four: Private E. W. T. Fiander, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-178094 Pte. E. W. T. Fiander. A.S.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine Pair: Police Constable E. Fiander, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, bronze (P.C. E. Fiander. H. Divn.); Coronation 1902 (P.C. E. Fiander. H. Divn.); together with a Metropolitan Police Coronation 1902 dress miniature, very fine and better (6) £60-£80 --- Edward William Thomas Fiander was born in Lambeth on 11 February 1898, and according to family legend served as chief mechanical engineer to T. E. Lawrence. He died in 1982. Edward Fiander, the father of E. W. T. Fiander, was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, on 23 September 1867, and served as a Lance-Sergeant with the Grenadier Guards, and later as a police constable at Shoreditch, London. He died in Coventry on 10 August 1924. Sold together with 2 miscellaneous badges and 21 miscellaneous coins.
Lot 690
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe Royal Warrant Holders Association Medal awarded to the fashion designer Hardy Amies, who rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while organising sabotage assignments with the Special Operations Executive in Belgium during the Second World War and subsequently built a hugely successful fashion label, his designs finding favour with the young Princess Elizabeth who granted him a Royal Warrant on her accession to the throne Royal Warrant Holders Association Medal, E.II.R., 1977 Silver Jubilee Medal (Hardy Amies) nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Edwin Hardy Amies was born on 17 July 1909 at Maida Vale, London and was educated at Latymer Upper School and Brentwood. It was suggested that he should work for a scholarship to Cambridge, but Amies wanted to become a journalist. His father arranged a meeting with R. D. Blumenfeld, the editor of the Daily Express, who told him: ‘We don’t want academics in the journalistic world. We want men of international culture. Send him abroad to learn French and German. Make him work.’ After spending three years in France and Germany - learning the languages and working for a customs agent, an English School and a wall tile factory - Amies returned to England and became a weighing-machine salesman for W & T Avery. It was his mother’s contacts in the fashion world together with his own facility with the written word that secured him his first job in fashion. His vivid description of a dress, written in a letter to a retired French fitter and brought to the attention of the owner of the Mayfair couture house Lachasse, made a strong impression. The wearer of the dress was the owner’s wife. In early 1934, with no previous experience, he succeeded the designer manager, Digby Morton, who had left Lachasse to set up his own house. By the time war intervened, he was designing the whole collection. At the outbreak of the Second World War, with his language experience, Amies was called to serve in the Special Operations Executive. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from Officer Cadet Training Company on to the British Army General List on 18 May 1940, and was transferred from the General List to the Intelligence Corps on 15 July 1940. Amies suspected that S.O.E.’s commander Major General Colin Gubbins did not regard a dressmaker as suitable military material; but his training report stated: ‘This officer is far tougher both physically and mentally than his rather precious appearance would suggest. He possesses a keen brain and an abundance of shrewd sense. His only handicap is his precious appearance and manner, and these are tending to decrease’. Posted to Belgium, Amies worked with the various Belgian resistance groups and adapted names of fashion accessories for use as code words, while he organised sabotage assignments and arranged for agents to be parachuted with radio equipment behind enemy lines, into the Ardennes. Amies rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, but outraged his superiors in 1944 by engaging famed photographer Lee Miller and setting up a Vogue photo shoot in Belgium after D-Day. In 1946, he was created an Officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown on 17 September 1948 by the prince regent of Belgium. Amies was an integral part of Operation Ratweek, an assassination project developed by the S.O.E. to eliminate double agents and Nazi sympathisers in Belgium. In 2000, a BBC 2 documentary entitled Secret Agent named Amies as one of the men who helped to plan the killing of dozens of Nazi collaborators, but Amies disclaimed all knowledge of the matter. Hardy Amies was quirky, yet conservative; for example, having his British Army uniform tailored on Savile Row. Years later, Hardy recalled that Kim Philby was in his mess; and, on being asked what the infamous spy was like, Hardy quipped, ‘He was always trying to get information out of me, most significantly the name of my tailor.’ On demobilisation, Amies bought the lease of a house in Savile Row, built by Lord Burlington in 1735 and damaged in the Blitz, and set up his own business. It was not long before he was designing clothes for Princess Elizabeth. ‘A very grand lady asked me to make coats and skirts for what she called her “gels”’, he recalled, ‘and they turned out to be ladies-in-waiting to Princess Elizabeth. The Princess saw them and asked me to make clothes for her visit to Canada in 1948.’ His royal warrant dated from her accession to the throne. The Queen wore a Hardy Amies pink silk dress and coat for the Silver Jubilee and a Hardy Amies yellow coat on her 60th birthday. In 1950, recognising a need for cheaper, instantly available clothes, Amies expanded his business by opening a ready-to-wear boutique. He designed uniforms for the police, British Airways, the South African defence force, male nurses at Broadmoor and the staffs of W H Smith, the London Hilton, and Wall’s ice-cream. In 1967, he was commissioned by director Stanley Kubrick to design the costumes for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). In 1973 Amies sold his business to Debenhams, with a view to further expansion, but in 1980 bought it back with the profits of his success with menswear in Canada, Australia, Japan, America and New Zealand (where, he estimated in 1979, 55 per cent of men wore suits in whose design he had a hand). Eventually, he had more than 40 overseas licensees. Handsome, with aquiline features and a full head of hair, Amies was proud of his athletic figure and played tennis well into his eighties. His other principal love was gardening, and he built from scratch an elaborate traditional garden. Hardy Amies was appointed CVO in 1977 and KCVO in 1989. In 2000, Amies sold the house to the Luxury Brands Group and announced his formal retirement. He died at home in 2003, aged 93, and is buried in the village churchyard at Langford, Oxfordshire.
Lot 710
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA large quantity of miscellaneous ribands of World Orders and Decorations, comprising a number of made up full dress sashes; various rolls and partial rolls of riband of full sash width; various rolls and partial rolls of neck and breast width riband; and various rolls and partial rolls of miniature width riband; together with various odd lengths and other assortments, generally extremely good condition (lot) £300-£400 --- Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.
Lot 720
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe mounted group of eight miniature dress medals worn by the Great War fighter Ace W. G. ‘Billy’ Barker, VC., D.S.O. and Bar, M.C. and Two Bars, Canadian Mounted Rifles, Royal Flying Corps, and Royal Canadian Air Force, who with three foreign decorations and three Mentioned in Despatches, is the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada Victoria Cross; Distinguished Service Order, gilt and enamel, with Second Award Bar and integral top riband bar, lacking central medallions; Military Cross, G.V.R., with unofficial Second Award Bar, suspension broken and cross unofficially re-affixed; British War and Victory Medals; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, mounted as originally worn on a J. R. Gaunt, Montreal, riband bar, light traces of adhesive to reverse, generally very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Donated by the recipient’s family to Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Museum. A letter written in August 1995 by Captain Jack Boddington, Curator of Honours at the Museum, states: ‘When received the group of miniature medals was in damaged condition (DSO centre missing and MC suspender broken) and incomplete when compared to Barker’s full sized group, and was therefore relinquished by the Hall of Fame. The Hall Curator has studied the group and has come to the conclusion that when additional medals were to be added (about 1919-20) the damaged condition caused the group to be left as is, and another full group assembled for use by Barker.’ V.C. London Gazette 30 November 1918: ‘On the morning of the 27 October 1918, this officer observed an enemy two-seater over the Foret de Mormal. He attacked this machine and after a short burst it broke up in the air. At the same time a Fokker biplane attacked him, and he was wounded in the right thigh, but managed, despite this, to shoot down the enemy aeroplane in flames. He then found himself in the middle of a large formation of Fokkers who attacked him from all directions, and was again severely wounded in the left thigh, but succeeded in driving down two of the enemy in a spin. He lost consciousness after that, and his machine fell out of control. On recovery, he found himself being again attacked heavily by a large formation, and singling out one machine he deliberately charged and drove it down in flames. During this fight his left elbow was shattered and he again fainted, and on regaining consciousness he found himself still being attacked, but notwithstanding that he was now severely wounded in both legs and his left arm shattered, he dived on the nearest machine and shot it down in flames. Being greatly exhausted, he dived out of the fight to regain our lines, but was met by another formation, which attacked and endeavoured to cut him off, but after a hard fight he succeeded in breaking up this formation and reached our lines, where he crashed on landing. This combat, in which Major Barker destroyed four enemy machines (three of them in flames), brought his total successes to fifty enemy machines destroyed, and is a notable example of the exceptional bravery and disregard of danger which this very gallant officer has always displayed throughout his distinguished career.’ William George ‘Billy’ Barker was born at Dauphin, Manitoba, on 3 November 1894 and attested for the Manitoba Regiment on 1 November 1914, and served on attachment with the Royal Air Force. ‘The value of his services may be measured by the number of decorations and ‘Mentions’ he received - no fewer than twelve - including the Victoria Cross, and French and Italian ones. He began by obtaining the Military Cross for contact patrol at the capture of Beaumont Hamel on 20 November 1916. At the capture of Bullecourt he obtained a Bar to the Military Cross on 9 April 1917, again for contact patrol. He then received the Companionship of the Distinguished Service Order, for destroying enemy aircraft on 5 January 1918. He was awarded a Second Bar to the Military Cross, for destroying enemy aircraft on 24 April 1918; a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order for destroying enemy aircraft on the Western Front, 26 May 1918; the French Croix de Guerre; and the Italian Bronze and Silver Medals for valour for destroying aircraft on the Italian Front. This magnificent record was crowned by the award of the Victoria Cross. He was also three times Mentioned in Despatches.’ (The V.C. and the D.S.O. refers). Barker returned to Canada after the War as Canada’s most decorated serviceman: his ‘haul’ of six British gallantry medals put him level with Mick Manncok and James McCudden, but with his three foreign medals and three Mentions in Despatches, he received a total of 12 awards for gallantry. He was killed in a demonstration flight for the R.C.A.F. at Ottawa on 12 March 1930, aged 35; over 50,000 spectators lined the streets of Toronto for his funeral. Sold together with a signed photograph of the recipient; and an autograph album page signed by the recipient (and several other notable personalities, including the Antarctic explorer Thomas Orde-Lees; the sculptor Kathleen Scott (the widow of Captain Robert Scott, of Antarctic fame); the actor Leslie Faber; the pioneering aviator Herbert G. Brackley; and the Russian Princess Nina and Xenia). Note: Despite being entitled to the 1914-15 Star, for some reason Barker never never wore it, with contemporary photographs of the recipient showing it missing from his chest. it was only after the recipient’s death that his widow, Jean, applied for the Star, prior to donating his medals to the Canadian War Museum.
Lot 721
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe mounted group of four miniature dress medals worn by Physician Frederick Montizambert, C.M.G., I.S.O., Medical Officer, Quebec Military District, during Fenian Raid 1866 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, silver-gilt and enamels; The Imperial Service Order, G.V.R., silver, gilt and enamels; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, silver and enamel; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866, very fine (4) £150-£200 --- Frederick Montizambert was born in Quebec on 3 February 1843. He was educated at Montreal High School; Grammar School, St Johns, Quebec; Upper Canada College; Laval University; Edinburgh University (M.D., 1864)’ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Lennoxville University (D.C.L., 1888). He practised at Quebec up to the time of entering public health service of Canada; served as Principal Medical Officer, Quebec Military District, during the Fenian Raid of 1866 (Medal and Clasp); Medical Superintendent, St Lawrence Service, 1869; General Superintendent, St Lawrence Service, 1894; Director-General of Public Health and Sanitary Adviser of the Government of Canada, 1899; Deputy Minister by Order-in-Council, 1899; Deputy Minister by Statute, 1905; C.M.G., 1916; F.R.C.S., Edinburgh, 1884; I.S.O., 1903; President, Canadian Branch, St John’s Ambulance Association, 1910-14; Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem, in England, 1911; author of numerous reports and papers bearing on public health. Confirmed on the roll for Fenian Raid 1866 as Surgeon, Quebec Garrison Artillery.
Lot 722
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe Lembcke family group of miniature medals: The D.S.O. group of ten miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Royal Fusiliers and Gloucestershire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, these first five mounted as worn; Peru, Republic, Commander of the Order of Ayucucho, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of Aeronautical Merit, including condor suspension, 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel; Bronze Cross of the Society of the Founders of Independence, 1st issue; Centenary of Independence Medal 1921, silver-gilt; Centenary of the Battle of Ayacucho Medal 1924, silver-gilt, these last five mounted as worn, good very fine The group of three miniature dress medals attributed to P. E. Lembcke, Peruvian Army, later Peru’s Consular General and Charge d’affaires in London Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; Peru, Republic, Cross for Callao (1866), being a five pointed star, silver and enamel, mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to last, good very fine (13) £200-£300 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor direct from the granddaughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke. For the two recipient’s full-sized medals see Lots 183 and 604.
Lot 723
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe group of six miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. H. Hailes, Royal Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. [sic], silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue; U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (6) £200-£300 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 24 April 1953: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished flying services in Korea’. The original recommendation states: ‘Major Hailes has been in command of 1903 Air OP Flight RAF since July 1952. He joined the Flight at a time when two pilots had been shot down and two others had changed. There was therefore concern at the possibility of the operational efficiency of the Flight dropping considerably. In the event this did not happen and, in fact, the reverse was the case as the Flight went from strength to strength. The credit for this rests entirely with Major Hailes. From the very outset he was complete master of the situation and displayed leadership of the highest order in all spheres but most particularly from the operational aspect. He himself did far more flying than his duties as Flight Commander called for and it was characteristic of his him that he would always use the most doubtful aircraft leaving the others for the remaining pilots. His magnificent example, efficiency and courage during this difficult period was a great inspiration to the more experienced pilots and filled the younger ones with unshakeable confidence. While going to great pains to train his younger pilots he carried, at the same time, an even greater share of the operational sorties than would have been his in a normal situation. He has personally flown 125 sorties and conducted 166 shoots with guns of the Divisional and Corps artillery. In doing this he has been responsible for inflicting many casualties of both men and equipment on the enemy. The whole Division has the greatest respect and admiration for the Air OP Flight and this is a direct result of the magnificent leadership, courage and conscientiousness consistently displayed by Major Hailes throughout the period. His work in all spheres has been far above what one would expect in the normal line of duty and I recommend services of such a high order be recognised in the form of an appropriate award.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 7 January 1949 (Palestine) ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Palestine during the period 27 March to 26 September 1947.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 27 April 1951: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Malaya during the period 1 July to 31 December 1950.’ John Martin Hunter ‘Jack’ Hailes was born on 27 January 1920 in Maymyo, a pleasant hill station in central Burma where, in the early 1920’s, George Orwell served as Assistant District Superintendent of Police. As a young boy he lived in Mandalay, where his father was a District Superintendent of Railways. He was educated at Cheltenham College, his father’s alma mater. As war approached, Hailes decided to join the regular army and entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in January 1939. As war became inevitable, the pace of his training was accelerated and he was sent to 122 Officer Cadet Training Unit in August. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, on 9 December 1939, with regimental seniority from 4 November 1939, and was posted as a Troop Commander to 51st Anti-tank Regiment, 51st (Highland) Division, which landed in France in January 1940 to join the British Expeditionary Force. The Battle of France On 19 April 1940 the 51st Division was detached from the rest of the B.E.F. It was put under French command and moved to a section of the Franco-German frontier just south of Luxembourg and in front of one of the most powerful and impressive showpiece underground fortresses of the Maginot Line, the Ouvrage Hackenburg, which had been inspected by King George VI. The intent was to stiffen Allied defences at the northern end of the Maginot Line in case of a German attack on the western front during the invasion of Norway. France had briefly invaded German Saar in this sector in September 1940 when its ally Poland was attacked. Since Norway was now under German attack, the French High Command deemed it prudent to anticipate possible enemy action on the Western Front. The Germans did not oblige the French generals by attacking their Maginot defence works. They simply outflanked them and by the end of May had trapped the entire Allied northern forces in the Dunkirk beachhead. Meanwhile, the French desperately tried to form a new defence line along the River Somme in Picardy. Fortress Hackenburg was harassed by German forces but never directly attacked. The 51st Division was withdrawn from Lorraine and moved by train and road to Picardy. It saw much action assisting the French in their futile attempts to repulse the Germans from the Somme bridgeheads at Abbeville. After further clashes at Huchenneville, the Division was reduced to half its fighting strength by 6 June and was desperately short of supplies, especially ammunition. The only remaining option was evacuation by sea. 154 Brigade was rescued from Le Havre and Cherbourg but the rest of the Division was encircled. The Royal Navy landed at the small port of St Valery-en-Caux near Dieppe on 10 June to try to snatch as many men as possible. Unfortunately, the retreat of 51th Division to the coast had been held up, and a thick fog descended during the night of 11-12 which made it too risky for ships to enter and leave the port. All artillery ammunition had run out and the Division was forced to surrender to overwhelming German forces on 12 June. Hailes joined some 10,000 men who were marched off to prisoner-of-war camps in the Reich. Hailes was promoted to Lieutenant on 9 June 1941 and remained a Prisoner of War in various camps in Poland, Germany and Austria until 13 April 1945. After his return to England, Hailes was assigned to a number of refresher courses and training appointments to prepare him for his promotion to Captain on 1 July 1946. Northern Italy, Egypt, Palestine and Malaya Early in 1946 Hailes decided that he wished to become a Royal Artillery Air Observer. The tethered kite balloons of the Great War had been very effective in acquiring targets far behind the frontlines and directing artillery to neutralise them, but balloons were useless for mobile warfare. They were replaced by small light aircraft, fitted with radios. Controlling artillery from the air was a specialised and technical skill, which the RAF had no interest in developing. However, since the days of Trenchard, the RAF hierarchy had insisted that anything that flew ‘belonged to them’. The agreed compromise was that the Air Observation Post (AOP) units themselves were part of the RAF, as were the aircraft and the more skilled members of the ground crew. The artillery would provide all the observers, and the non-technical ground staff. To be an air observer, Hailes had first to learn to fly a...
Lot 791
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteSold by Order of the Family The Governor-General’s Uniform worn by the Rt. Hon. Sir George Stanley, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., C.M.G., who served as Governor of Madras from 1929-34 and Acting Viceroy of India in 1934 Comprising a Court Dress coatee this in navy cloth lavishly decorated with panels of black velvet bearing gold wire leaf and sequin decoration, front, back, tails, collar, cuffs; all large size gilt buttons are present and feature the mounted post 1901 Royal Arms, these all by ‘Gaunt & Son Ltd. London’. Tailored by ‘Meyer & Mortimer 36 Conduit St. London’, for ‘Col. Hon. G. F. Stanley’, order number 9494, dated 1929. This garment would have been worn with ivory coloured wool breeches, long silk hose and court pumps. A Dress coatee for other occasions, again of navy cloth, the collar, cuffs and ‘pockets’ (back & front) again decorated with black velvet panels bearing gold wire and sequin leaf decoration, the large size gilt buttons bear as a mount the Imperially crowned Garter enclosing the Royal Arms (Jennens & Co. London). A pair of Dress trousers in navy blue cloth, the seams decorated with full length broad acorn and scallop pattern gold lace (6.4cm). Nine stiffened white linen collars and a black crepe mourning arm band, four ivory silk ‘knots’ for attachment to the metal ‘collar’ as a G.C.S.I., the whole contained in a japanned metal named carrying trunk, the gilt lace panels are in excellent condition overall, there are only minute moth holes to the Court coatee, slightly more damage to the Dress coat and trousers, small areas of surface moth damage, the gold lace trouser seams in very good condition but part detached (lot) £1,400-£1,800 --- The Rt. Hon. Sir George Frederick Stanley was born on 14 October 1872, the sixth son of the 16th Earl of Derby, and was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Horse Artillery in 1893, and served during the Boer War and later during the Great War, where he was twice Mentioned in Despatches and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He served as a Conservative MP for Preston from 1910 to 1922, and for Willesden East from 1924 to 1929, and held various junior ministerial appointments during his time in Parliament, being appointed a Privy Councillor 1927. Stanley was appointed Governor of Madras in 1929, and was created a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire on his appointment. He briefly served as acting Viceroy of India in 1934, and was created a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India. He retired in November 1934, and died on 1 July 1938. A portrait of the recipient, by Sir Oswald Birley, wearing this uniform together with the Mantle of the Order of the Star of India, is on display in the Madras Mueum. Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.
Lot 792
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA fine quality pair of post-1902 Full Dress Royal Naval Epaulettes attributed to D. J. Pack Beresford, Royal Navy. The epaulettes in the rank of Lieutenant, each engraved underneath ‘D.J.P.B.’, the lined red velvet carrying tin with white painted details; together with the same officer's black leather and gold laced waist belt, this complete with the sword slings and gilt metal post 1902 clasp, the reverse of the clasp engraved with ‘D.J.P.B.’, generally very good condition (3) £300-£400
Lot 793
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA post-1902 Royal Naval Officer’s Full Dress Sword and Uniform Tin attributed to C. E. C. Child, Royal Navy. The 80cm slightly curved bright blade by ‘Larcom & Veysey, Queen St. Portsmouth’, single fuller and etched with a crowned fouled anchor, the Royal Arms and panels of scrolling foliage, solid gilt brass handguard incorporating the crowned fouled anchor, lion’s head and mane pommel and backstrap, wire bound white fish skin hand grip. The turndown locking plate engraved ‘C. E. C. Child RN’; together with its gilt brass bound black leather scabbard; and a black japanned metal Royal Navy uniform tin supplied by ‘Larcom & Veysey’ with brass name plaque ‘C. E. C. Child Surgeon R.N.’, slight staining to the blade and the gilt rubbed off the handguard and scabbard chapes, otherwise good condition (lot) £240-£280 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping. The lot can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.
Lot 309
A collection of ladies clothing, including ladies velvet three quarter length evening dress, in black, further vintage Kate Laure Paris, evening dress in floral pattern, and another floral length evening gown in black, a vintage 1960's ladies evening dress, full length, with purple buttons with a psychedelic floral pattern, a Ronald Joyce after six range, two further evening dressed, one in purple. (6)
Lot 268
Collection of Military uniform formerly the property of Lieutenant Colonel George Sugden, M.C. and Bar, The Royal Tank Regiment, comprising 1949 Pattern Battle Dress Blouse with Mounted medal ribbons and insignia together with trousers and a Field Service Jacket and trousers.Condition report: The Battledress blouse is a size 11 and the trousers are also a size 11, see additional photographs. The field service jacket and trousers do not have any size information
Lot 301
Fine Victorian Naval Officers' sword by Henry Wilkinson ( no 21446), with regulation gilt brass gothic guard and lions head pommel, wire bound shagreen grip and dress knot, broad claymore-type blade with Rams head crest and 'Libertas' motto, narrow double fullers retaining most original polish in brass mounted leather scabbard. The blade 79.5 cm
Lot 1822
1950's and later Ladies clothing including black lace cocktail dress, floral printed ruched dress, Amulette Printed cotton dress, 1960's shift dress etc.Condition report: Seven dresses, one tunic, one skirt. All in good condition, zips working, no staining, no tears, linings intact except black lacy dress which has a little white staining underarms.
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