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Lot 100
Fifteen contemporary silver and other dress rings, all unmarked but many certainly the work of Rita Ferguson including an enamel Egyptian style bust ring (comparable to the plaque in lot 96), etc. Rita Ferguson (Mrs Charles) was a silversmith based in Edinburgh, having a studio on York Place and then working from 214A Braid Road. Notably, she made the Edinburgh freedom of the city casket that was presented to Sir Winston Churchill. Provenance: by family descent.
Lot 18
A 10ct yellow gold amethyst dress ring along with an 18ct sapphire and diamond cluster ring. The amethyst ring set with an oval mixed cut amethyst with an approximate carat weight of 1.41 carats, to a sculptural design flowing through to split shoulders into a flat shank. Stamped 10K. Ring size T 1/2. The cluster ring set with a round mixed cut sapphire with an approximate carat weight of 0.56 carats further set with eight round eight cut diamonds with a combined approximate carat weight of 0.08 carats, two trumpeting shoulders with cheniers flowing down to a slim shank (rubbed). Hallmarked: W.E.G., Birmingham, 1993. Ring size M.
Lot 40
RMS Titanic survivor Millvina Dean signed 2012 White Starline special A G Bradbury FDC. Only 50 covers were signed in 2004 and the stamps added in 2012. Dean was nine weeks old when she boarded the ship. Her father felt its collision with the iceberg on the night of 14 April 1912 and, after investigating, returned to his cabin, telling his wife to dress the children and go up on deck. Dean, her mother, and her brother were placed in Lifeboat 10. Her father did not survive, and his body, if recovered, was never identified. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 141
An Art Deco white glazed vase large Sylvac pottery vase containing a selection of walking canes, some with silver knobs, a mahogany wall hanging wall hanging corner shelf, four drawer table top collectors cabinet, a dial telephone, two Edwardian girls dresses with embroidered decoration and another with woollen hand smoked dress Location:
Lot 132
A post-War ‘Royal Yacht’ C.V.O., C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Captain J. S. ‘Fish’ Dalglish, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M.S. London during the Yangtze incident and was the first Commanding Officer of Her Majesty’s Yacht Britannia The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘C553’, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (Cdr. J. S. Dalglish. R.N.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; together with the related miniature dress medals, both sets mounted for display, good very fine (9) £2,800-£3,400 --- C.V.O. London Gazette 1 January 1955: ‘For services in H.M. Yacht Britannia.’ C.B.E. London Gazette 8 June 1963. M.I.D. London Gazette 11 June 1946: ‘For winding-up operations in the Far East.’ James Stephen Dalglish, widely known as ‘Fish’, was born in Kensington, London, on 1 October 1913, eldest son of Robin Campsie Dalglish, later Rear-Admiral. He was educated at Ampleforth and Dartmouth, and in January 1931 joined the battleship Rodney as a Naval Cadet. He was promoted to Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 1 January 1934; Sub-Lieutenant, 1 May 1934; Lieutenant, 1 June 1935; Lieutenant-Commander, 1 June 1943; Commander, 30 June 1948; Captain, 30 June 1954; retired, 31 August 1963. In August 1939 Dalglish was appointed to Kempenfelt as Gunnery Officer of the 18th Destroyer Flotilla, but after less than a month he was posted back to Excellent, where his duties included gunnery training of the armed merchant cruisers. In February 1940 he began a two-year posting in Faulknor, leader of the 8th Destroyer Flotilla, engaged on patrols in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway, and then to Gibraltar as part of Force H, escorting warships and convoys to Malta. In February 1942, following a refit at Southampton, Faulknor escorted convoy PQ9 to Murmansk. In April 1942, Dalglish commenced an 18-month appointment on the staff of the gunnery school at Chatham. Having been promoted to Lieutenant-Commander, Dalglish was appointed to the cruiser Swiftsure in September 1943. He served in this ship for the rest of the war, at home and in the Mediterranean, before sailing for the Far East in October 1944, where Swiftsure took part in Operation Iceberg which lasted until the end of May 1945, when the last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was crushed. Following an appointment in April 1947 as Staff Officer Force T, the naval component of the British occupation force in Japan, Dalglish was appointed Staff Gunnery Officer of the 5th Cruiser Squadron at Hong Kong and serving in Sussex. After his promotion to Commander in June 1948, he successfully applied to remain in Hong Kong as Fleet Gunnery Officer on the staff of Admiral Alec Madden. In April 1949, Admiral Madden decided to visit Shanghai for St George’s Day, and he and his staff embarked in the cruiser London. At this time civil war was raging between the Communists and the Nationalists. The capital of Nationalist China was Chungking, which lay on the upper Yangtze. On 20 April the frigate Amethyst was proceeding upstream to relieve another ship as guard-ship there. As she approached Chungking, about 140 miles upstream from Shanghai, she suddenly came under heavy fire from communist batteries on the north bank. One of the first shots struck the bridge, badly injuring the captain and helmsman. Amethyst then went aground and while thus immobilised was hit several more times, suffering 17 killed and 10 wounded. Some of the ship’s company, including the wounded, were evacuated to the south and an uneasy truce developed. Admiral Madden decided that London should go to the assistance of Amethyst and, on the 21st, advanced upstream with her battle ensigns flying. As a staff officer, Dalglish had no particular duties but was assigned to “A” turret where, in his own words, ‘I had precisely nothing to do but to sit at the back of the gunhouse talking with the Ordnance Artificer’. Long before reaching Amethyst, London came under heavy fire, ‘the Communists opened fire at a range of less than a mile with solid armour-piercing (anti-tank) bullets and larger high explosive shells from field guns. London was a very big ship and difficult to miss at that close range, the former penetrated the ship like butter and the latter wreaked terrible damage... London opened fire with everything and I have little doubt that our 8-inch, 4-inch and pom-pom gunfire caused havoc ashore... Poor London was hit over 250 times! The turret I was in was put out of action by armour-piercing bullets severing the electric cables and then an H.E. hit on the turret roof flipped off one of the three armour plates and we were open to the sky! We were achieving nothing for Amethyst so we eventually turned in the river and retreated, with nineteen dead and many more wounded.’ London returned to the U.K. and was eventually scrapped. Admiral Madden and his staff, meanwhile, transferred to the cruiser Belfast, and returned to Hong Kong. Soon after, Dalglish returned to the U.K. and was cheered to receive news during the voyage of Amethyst’s successful escape from the Yangtze. On his return from the Far East Dalglish had a period ashore, first attending the Joint Services Staff Course, then instructing the Sub-Lieutenant courses at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Towards the end of 1952, he was selected to be Executive Officer of the Royal Yacht which was still under construction on the Clyde. First, however, he had to have experience in command and, for the first three months of 1953, he commanded the destroyer Aisne. He took up his appointment to the Royal Yacht (subsequently named Britannia) on 8 April 1953. He and the other officers supervised the final stages of construction, fitting out and selection of the ratings - it was a sought after posting, with over 1,000 applicants for just 200 vacancies. The new company then had to be trained in the peculiarities of service in a Royal Yacht - for example, orders had to be given and executed silently. Dalglish was gratified to learn that the Queen would tour the Commonwealth in early 1954 in the liner Gothic and that the Flag Officer Royal Yachts would accompany her which meant that Dalglish would be the first (acting) Captain of the Britannia. On 14 April 1954, Prince Charles and Princess Anne embarked, escorted by various members of the royal household, and Britannia sailed for Malta, where she arrived on 22 April. The Flag Officer and other officers from Gothic took up their appointments, and Dalglish reverted to his role as Executive Officer. Britannia then sailed for Tobruk where, on 1 May, the Queen and Prince Philip embarked for the final stage of their journey. The following day, the Mediterranean Fleet, commanded by Lord Mountbatten, executed an impressive manoeuvre, steaming past Britannia at 25 knots at a distance of only 300 to 400 yards. On 15 May Britannia conveyed the Queen up the Thames to the Pool of London, right by the Tower. It was a grand occasion, with hundreds of thousands of spectators, hundreds of boats crammed with people, everyone cheering and waving and sirens hooting. Dalglish was still aboard Britannia for the July/August trip to Canada but, having been promoted to Captain in June 1954, left the Yacht in October. He received further recognition for his services to the roy...
Lot 387
Four: Warrant Officer Class II and Acting Regimental Sergeant Major J. E. Frost, 15th Hussars 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (2784 Sjt. J. E. Frost. 15/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2784 Sjt. J. E. Frost. 15-Hrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (536735 W.O. Cl. 11. J. E. Frost. 15 19 Hrs.) mounted for wear, scratches to obverse of B.W.M., otherwise good very fine (4) £260-£300 --- John Ernest Frost attested for the East Surrey Regiment at Kingston upon Thames on 25 May 1908, before transferring to the 19th Hussars on 1 August 1908, and then to the 15th Hussars in 1910. He served with the 15th Hussars during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914 and fought in the retreat from Mons, and the battles of the Aisne and Marne, and was hospitalised after having been gassed at Ypres in May 1915. He was later re-numbered 536735, and attended an Officer Cadet Battalion in June 1918, but was not commissioned. He subsequently serving in the 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment, from January 1919 and reverted to 15th Hussars in February 1920. He was appointed to the Permanent Staff, Staffordshire Yeomanry, on 27 July 1923, and was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order No. 150 of 1927. He died at the Military Hospital, Tidworth Garrison, as an Acting Regimental Sergeant Major, on 25 June 1928. Sold with a large framed portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; a large quantity of original mounted photographs including several group photographs of the 15th Hussars; mounted wedding photograph with the recipient in uniform; photograph of “B” Squadron 15th Hussars Soccer Team, in which the recipient is named; Officer Cadet Group Photographs, presumed to include the recipient; N.C.O.’s “C” Squadron, Bedburg Germany February 1919; plus a quantity of other related and family photographs; also a hand-written summary of his army service up to the Somme 1916; together with a quantity of postcard-size group photographs of 15th Hussars and sports teams with several identifying the recipient; several small photographs of the recipient in dress uniform; together with a quantity of ephemera including several Field Service Postcards and two original certified copy marriage certificates.
Lot 688
A rare 'sole entitlement' British War Medal awarded to Able Seaman D. C. Godsiff, Admiralty Yard Craft Service, who operated auxiliary vessels at Chatham Dockyard British War Medal 1914-20 (D. C. Godsiff. Service with the Royal Navy.) in slightly damaged named card box of issue to ‘Civ.17’, extremely fine £120-£160 --- Daniel Christopher Godsiff was born at Chatham, Kent, in 1891. A civilian contractor, he served during the Great War with the Admiralty Yard Craft Service operating tugs, harbour ferries, launches and lighters. Posted aboard the 700-tonne tug Advice, Godsiff likely had an extremely busy war at Chatham; the tug crews worked to the tides on 12-hour days and were responsible for shepherding up to 205 ships of the Chatham Division Fleet in and out of the dockyard. As civilians working for a civilian service, the men of the A.Y.C.S. wore dark woollen suits and flat hats. Some adapted parts of the naval type 'No. 8 working dress blues'. Placed under a form of naval discipline, they answered to the Captain of the Dockyard and were issued On War Service badges to wear on their clothing to avoid white feather abuse. The grim reality of war made its impact felt very early on for the people of Chatham. The loss of the cruisers Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy on 22 September 1914 resulted in the deaths of some 1500 Chatham Division personnel and sent shock waves through the close-knit community. The U-Boat menace and regular attrition of life from mines heaped considerable pressure on the A.Y.C.S., especially when required to tow disabled ships from the North Sea and Thames Estuary back to the dockyard, often in inclement weather. The tug Advice was further utilised in the salvage of the steamship Irthington from 9 to 14 July 1917. Aside from the threat at sea, the evolution of warfare meant that Chatham dockyard found itself the target of the first night raid by Gotha bomber aircraft on Britain. At 11pm on 4 September 1917 the unprepared and fully illuminated town was struck by bombs from four enemy aircraft which created havoc. The Drill Hall housing large numbers of naval personnel suffered a direct hit which sent thousands of shards of plate glass screaming down from the roof upon the sleeping men: 'Some had never woken up. Apparently the shock appeared to have stopped their hearts. They were stretched out, white, gaunt, drawn faces, with eyes nearly bolting out of their heads. Others were greatly cut up, mangled, bleeding, and some were blown limb from limb. It was a terrible affair and the old sailors, who had been in several battles, said they would rather be in ten Jutland's or Heligoland's than go through another raid like this.' Known at the time as the 'Chatham massacre', a total of 136 sailors died. The end of the war brought peace to Chatham, but it wasn't long before resentment boiled to the surface, this time over the award of medals and war gratuities. Despite working alongside Royal Navy personnel, the civilian A.Y.C.S. men found themselves ineligible for both, the Admiralty arguing that they received higher rates of pay than naval ratings during the war, with the presumption that they had already been compensated. Raised in Parliament by Sir. T. Bramsden, Sir C. Kinloch-Cooke and Dr. Macnamara, a 'middle ground' was found where the crews of vessels engaged in open water rescues were recognised. Godsiff and 10 crewmates aboard Advice received the BWM, with a further 20 civilians of the Chatham tug fleet receiving the same. Recorded in 1939 as still aboard the tugs at Chatham, Godsiff died in January 1951. He rests in the Palmerston Road Cemetery.
Lot 862
Belgian Fascist Lapel Pins. 9 Lapel Pins, comprising lozenge shaped sponsoring members of the Germanische SS. 3 circular lapel badges for wearing on civilian dress, all maker marked on the reverse side L Zoll Antwerp. 2 VNV Flemish National Union lapel pin badges. Green enamel badge for the Youth Movement. Rexis members lapel badge in red enamel. 1 further badge lapel size NSJV Youth Branch of the VNV, generally good condition and all rare (9) £260-£300
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