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Lot 409
The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star in silver-gilt and enamels, fitted with gold pin for wearing, both pieces officially numbered ‘622’, with evening dress sash and fitted velvet pad from case, nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
Lot 410
The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star in silver-gilt and enamels, fitted with gold pin for wearing, both pieces officially numbered ‘1289’, complete with full neck cravat and miniature evening dress cravat, in its Collingwood of Conduit St., Ltd. case of issue, extremely fine £600-700
Lot 549
Borough of Southwark, Cross for Air Raid Service during the Great War, obverse: shield of Southwark, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to H. M. Reece, July 23rd 1919, 1914-1919’, 37 x 35mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918; Bomber Command Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Victoria Cross, uniface copy, with broken eyelet and lacking suspension; miniature dress medals (6) - 1914-15 Star trio, mounted as worn; Bomber Command Medal; General Service Cross; Voluntary Service Medal, mounted as worn, about very fine and better (10) £60-80
Lot 572
Order of the Bath, full dress sash attributed to Admiral Lord Lyons, G.C.B. (Civil and Military), G.C.M.G., K.C.H. (1790-1858), circa 1850, together with a partial sash bow arrangement to the same; and another full dress sash with gold swivel-rings for attaching badge attributed to Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty (1767-1837), circa 1830, the second a little fragile but commensurate with age, otherwise good condition £50-100
Lot 618
Mayo, J.H., Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, 2 vols, London, 1897, lxxxviii + 618pp, 55 plates, other illustrations in text, original red cloth with bevelled edges, t.e.g., some wear at extremities and backs faded, internally very fine and clean; Irwin, D.H., War Medals and Decorations issued to the British Military and Naval Forces and Allies from 1588 to 1910, 4th edn., London, 1910, [x] + 536pp, 18 plates, original decorated cloth, some minor wear and a few pages slightly spotted, otherwise a fine copy of the best edition; Luard, J., A History of the Dress of the British Soldier, London [1852], the 1971 reprint, xxiv + 171pp, 50 engraved plates, copy no.385; Johnson, S.C., The Medal Collector, London, 1921, 320pp, 24 plates; Gillingham, H.E., Spanish Orders of Chivalry and Decorations of Honour, New York, 1926, 165pp. including 39 plates; Gillingham, H.E., South American Decorations and War Medals, N.Y., 1932, 178pp including plates; Gillingham, H.E., Ephemeral Decorations, New York, 1935, 45pp, plates; Joslin, E.C., The Standard Catalogue of British Orders Decorations & Medals, 1st edn, London, 1969, xiv + 114pp, illustrations in text; Purves, A.A., The Medals Decorations & Orders of the Great War 1914-1918, Ldn., 1975, xi + 199pp, illustrations in text, dj; Oosthuizen, P., Boer War Memorabilia, The Collectors’ Guide, Edmonton, 1987, xxxii + 239pp, illustrations in text, dj; together with other titles (5), by Thies, Hieronymussen, etc., good and better condition (16) £60-80
Lot 636
A mounted group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Major-General Eric Paytherus Nares, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., Cheshire Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. (sic), 1st issue; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine, M.I.D. oak leaf; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, in glass-fronted case, good very fine (9) £40-60 Eric Paytherus Nares was born on 9 July 1892, the third son of Ramsey Nares of Kingston-on-Thames. Educated at Marlborough College and Sandhurst, he entered the Cheshire Regiment in 1911. He served throughout the Great War in France and Flanders, was twice wounded and three times mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.C. and Bar. Awarded the brevet of Major in 1919, he gained the rank in 1927; becoming a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1936; Colonel in 1937 and Major-General in 1943. He served in Palestine 1936-39 where he was A.A. & Q.M.G. of the 8th Division and twice mentioned in despatches. During the Second World War he served in North Africa, was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the C.B.E. in 1941. Post-war he was awarded the Legion of Merit, Commander Class in 1946 and the C.B. in 1947. Major-General Nares died on 18 June 1947.
Lot 761
Three: Serjeant C. G. Minchington, Royal Irish Rifles, who died in France, 24 April 1917 1914-15 Star (7-4364 L. Cpl., R. Ir. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (4364 Sjt., R. Ir. Rif.) mounted as worn, medals good very fine (lot) £100-120 Clarence Geroge Minchington was born in and enlisted at Jersey, Channel Islands. Serving with the Royal Irish Rifles, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 December 1915. Serving with the 7th Battalion he died on 24 April 1917, aged 23 years. He was buried in the Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Together with unofficial medals (3); dress miniature Defence and War Medals, in case; copy and damaged Iron Cross 1914, and badges (4)
Lot 776
Pair: Private W. Walsh, Liverpool Regiment British War and Victory Medals (21803 Pte., L’pool. R.); together with four miniature dress medals: Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, V.R.I cypher, lacking top bar; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R.; Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), V.R., edge bruising, contact marks; India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 1st issue, no clasp, the miniatures fine and better; the pair, good very fine (6) £40-60
Lot 805
A rare Second World War K.C.B., Great War Greek mainland operations D.S.C. group of seventeen awarded to Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser, Royal Navy: having been decorated for his command of a seamen company in a costly action in Athens in December 1916, he rose to senior command in the 1939-45 War - including service as a Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. Far East at the time of the loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gold, gilt and enamel centre, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. F. E. Palliser, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lieut. A. F. E. Palliser, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oakleaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; The Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, with swords, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gilt and enamel centre, in its case of issue; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, with bronze palm, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, and three sets of mounted tunic ribands, the centre-piece of the Orange Nassau breast star chipped, otherwise generally good very fine or better (Lot) £3500-4000 K.C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1945. D.S.C. London Gazette 23 March 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Lieutenant A. F. E. Palliser was in charge of a detachment of Exmouth’s seamen at the Zappeion.’ Arthur Frances Eric Palliser was born in Richmond, London in July 1890 and was educated at Bradfield College, and the R.N.Cs Dartmouth and Greenwich. Appointed Sub. Lieutenant in March 1910, and advanced to Lieutenant one year later, he was commanding the destroyer H.M.S. Albacore on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Shortly thereafter, however, he came ashore to an appointment at the gunnery establishment Excellent, but he returned to sea in the flotilla leader Exmouth in February 1915, and witnessed active service in the Dardanelles. So, too, in the landing at Piraeus, Greece on 1 December 1916, when he had charge of the seaman company which came under fire from Greek troops, an incident described in detail in Blumberg’s Britain’s Sea Soldiers. On that day, an Anglo-French force comprising 3,000 seamen and marines landed at Piraeus in the early morning hours, and proceeded inland to occupy a variety of prominent defensive features - Palliser and his men were charged with taking possession of the Zappeion, about one kilometre east of the Acropolis, a task successfully accomplished in spite of intermittent fire throughout the day. Indeed local opposition proved costly, the Allied force suffering casualties of 60 officers and men killed, and 167 wounded, prior to a negotiated withdrawal back to the harbour at the end of the day. Palliser was awarded the D.S.C. and remained actively employed in the Exmouth until returning to the gunnery establishment Excellent in September 1917. His final wartime appointment was in the cruiser Comus, in which capacity he was employed from February 1918 until the end of hostilities. Gaining steady advancement between the Wars - thus to Commander in December 1924 and to Captain in June 1931 - he served as Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. China 1936-38, and, on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, was once more serving at the gunnery establishment Excellent. Then in May 1940, he was appointed to the command of the battleship Malaya, in which capacity he witnessed extensive action in the Mediterranean, up until March of the following year, when his command was seriously damaged by a torpedo strike delivered by the U-106 - due to heavy flooding, the battleship took on a list of 7 degrees, but Palliser managed to nurse her into port in Trinidad. In the interim, the Malaya had escorted assorted Malta convoys and carried out bombardments of Italian positions at Bardia in August 1940 and of Genoa harbour in February 1941, on which latter occasion one of her 15-inch armour piercing shells hit the south-east corner of the Genoa Cathedral’s nave - luckily the relatively soft masonry failed to detonate the fuse and the shell remains on view in the nave to this day. With Malaya effectively out of action for repairs, Palliser was advanced to Rear-Admiral and appointed Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. Far East, in which capacity he remained employed until 1942, a period encompassing the loss of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales. Much has been written about the loss of Force Z, so, too, of Palliser’s role as Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, who was flying his flag in the Prince of Wales. To all intents and purposes, it fell to Palliser to “read” the movements being made by his senior at sea, radio contact being prohibited until the enemy had been joined in battle, and to provide his senior with intelligence reports. In the circumstances, therefore, Palliser actually performed his duties adequately, and, in fairness, the fateful decision not to engage the support of the Royal Air Force rested more heavily on the shoulders of Phillips - a conclusion reached by Patrick Mahoney and Martin Middlebrook in their definitive history - Battleship: ‘It is sometimes suggested that Rear-Admiral Palliser, Phillips’s Chief of Staff at Singapore, was the one to blame for the disaster that followed, having failed to read his commander’s mind and to arrange for air patrols to be over Force Z at Kuantan that morning. We cannot agree with this view. Palliser and Phillips had been together for six weeks, and Phillips had had ample opportunity to ensure that Palliser was ‘tuned in’ to his likely movements and needs. No one in Prince of Wales has ever stated that Admiral Phillips showed any sign of disappointment that Palliser failed to provide fighters for him that morning ... ‘ Appointed to the Staff of the C.-in-C. India later that year, Palliser was awarded the Grand Officer’s grade of the Order of Orange Nassau for his services to the Dutch Navy while on detachment to the Staff of Admiral Hart, U.S.N. (London Gazette 19 January 1943); a “mention” for his good work in S.W. Pacific (London Gazette 2 February 1943), and the C.B. for his subsequent work as Flag Liaison Officer in Delhi (London Gazette 2 June 1943). Having then briefly commanded the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Palliser was advanced to Vice-Admiral in February 1944, and served as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Supplies and Transport 1944-46, work that led to his appointment to K.C.B., which insignia he received at an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 8 February 1945. Latterly C.-in-C. East Indies Station, Palliser was advanced to Admiral in May 1947 and was placed on the Retired List in the following year. He died in Kensington, London in February 1956. Sold with Twelve Years’ Military Adventure, Volume I (London, 1829), with ink inscription, ‘A. F. E. Palliser, London, 1951’, together with The Order of Merit, by Stanley Martin (London, 2007), with author’s presentation inscription to Bridget Rendel.
Lot 816
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain M. Murphy, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (Lieut. M. Murphy, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. M. Murphy), together with a set of related miniature dress medals, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (8) £700-900 M.C. London Gazette 7 November 1918: ‘During an attack he worked continuously for 36 hours attending the wounded under heavy fire and evacuated a large number of cases. It was due to his splendid energy that the evacuation of the wounded was so successfully carried out.’ Michael Murphy first entered the French theatre of war as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in early November 1914 and, according to his MIC entry, later served in the rank of Major in the Indian Medical Service. Sold with original Army Order 219 dated 28 September 1918, announcing the award of his M.C., together with original Buckingham Palace telegram requesting his attendance at an investiture to be held on 20 February 1920.
Lot 841
A rare Second World War B.E.M. group of eight to Company Sergeant-Major P. T. Benson-Ryal, Worcestershire Regiment and Intelligence Corps, awarded for his services with the British Military Mission to the Egyptian Army British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (6340681 C.S.M. Patrick T. Ryal); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6340681 Cpl. P. Ryal, Worc. R.) surname officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, unofficial ‘8’ emblem on ribbon; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (6340681 Sjt. P. T. Benson-Ryal B.E.M., Int. Corps); note variation in surname, together with a mounted set of eight miniature dress medals, very fine and better (lot) £350-450 B.E.M. London Gazette 6 January 1944. Recommendation states: ‘During his three years service with the British Military Mission to the Egyptian Army, C.S.M. Ryal has shown outstanding zeal and devotion to duty. His work throughout has been characterised by great keenness, efficiency, smartness and reliability. Through the exercise of unbounded tact and ability he has rendered exceptional service in fostering good relations between Egyptians, both military and civil, and their British colleagues, and has done much towards instilling confidence in British intentions. In addition to his military duties, he has rendered, under the direction of the Embassy immeasurable service in the political sphere. He has toured the whole area round Asuit constantly and has, to all practical purposes, transformed a potential Anti-British group of towns and villages into a peaceful area in which British ideas are accepted with confidence. He is in my opinion worthy of the award for which he is recommended both for his military and his civil services which are of outstanding merit.’ Company Sergeant Major Patrick Thomas Benson-Ryal, B.E.M., enlisted into the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment in 1928 at the age of nineteen. He served with the Worcestershire Regiment 1937-48, Cheshire Regiment 1948-49 and the Intelligence Corps 1950-52. On the termination of his colour service engagement in June 1952 his Commanding Officer described his conduct as ‘exemplary’; in his testimonial to Benson-Ryal’s service, he writes ‘Sergeant Benson-Ryal has been in the canal zone of Egypt since June 1950. During the whole of this time he has been employed on civil security duties. He has always been very hard working, intelligent, honest and of sober habits. A very smart clean trustworthy N.C.O. who has a wide knowledge of Egyptian affairs. He also has a working knowledge of Arabic, police and customs, popular with everyone he has come into contact, and has done sterling work in the Middle East.’ Benson Ryal was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Army in 1961 and in the Essex Cadet Regiment in 1963. Sold with a quantity of related items, including: Prize Medals (3) named; cap badges (6); Regular Army Certificate of Service Booklet; Record of Service Card; Buckingham Palace forwarding slip for the B.E.M. named to ‘Company Sergeant-Major Patrick T. Ryal, B.E.M., The Worcester Regiment’; Commission Document appointing him a 2nd Lieutenant in the T.A., 1961; Essex Army Cadet Force Identity Card; notebooks (2); letters (3); many photographs - mostly annotated.
Lot 845
Sold by Order of the Recipient’s Direct Descendants Robert Mugabe: “Why are your men trying to kill me?” Lieutenant-General Peter Walls: “If they were my men you would be dead.” The highly important Malaya Emergency and Rhodesia “Bush War” group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, G.L.M., D.C.D., M.B.E., arguably one of the greatest counter-insurgency leaders of modern times, who, having commanded ‘C’ Squadron, 22 Special Air Service Regiment in Malaya, rose to the command of the Rhodesian Army under Ian Smith during the U.D.I. and briefly of the Zimbabwe Armed Forces under Robert Mugabe on independence in 1980 - at one time he had 45,000 men under his command and his protracted defence of Rhodesia must surely rank as one of the finest military achievements of all time Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980, in silver, officially numbered ‘0110’, with its case of issue; Rhodesian Grand Officer of the Legion of Merit (G.L.M.), neck badge and breast star, in silver, gilt and enamel, the latter fitted with four loops to reverse for wearing and in its case of issue; Rhodesian Officer of the Legion of Merit (O.L.M.), breast badge, gilt and enamel, in its case of issue; Rhodesian Defence Cross for Distinguished Service (D.C.D.) (Lt. Gen. G. P. Walls), with its case of issue; Rhodesian General Service Medal (Brig. G. P. Walls); Rhodesian Exemplary Service Medal, with Bar (Brig. G. P. Walls); The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Major C. P. Walls, S. Rhod. Mil. F.), note first initial; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn where applicable, together with a set of uniform tunic ribands, minor official correction to unit on the G.S.M., otherwise generally good very fine (11) £30000-40000 M.B.E. London Gazette 1 May 1953. The original recommendation states: ‘Major Walls has commanded the Rhodesian Squadron in the 22 S.A.S. since its arrival in Malaya in 1951. Although he is young and has no previous experience of commanding a unit of this size, his work had been quite outstanding; the Squadron has been absorbed into a British Army unit most successfully. The success of the scheme initiated by the Southern Rhodesian Government, whereby Southern Rhodesians were made available to fight against the communists in the Far East, is, in the case of the present Squadron, due to a great extent to the untiring efforts of Major Walls. He has set a very high standard of conduct, determination and courage throughout his tour with the Regiment, and his qualities of leadership are such that the Squadron has developed into a first rate fighting unit.’ George Peter Walls was born in Southern Rhodesia in July 1926, the son of one of the colony’s pioneer pilots, George Walls, who had served in the Royal Naval Air Service in the Great War. Educated at Plumtree School, Peter, as he was known, entered Sandhurst towards the end of the 1939-45 War, and was commissioned in the Black Watch, but, on learning that he was to be transferred to another regiment, chose to resign and ‘return to my beloved Rhodesia rather than serve in any regiment other than the Black Watch.’ With the S.A.S. in Malaya 1951-53 Commissioned into the Northern Rhodesia Regiment on his return, he was just 24 years of age when in early 1951 he was given command the Southern Rhodesia Far East Volunteer Unit (S.R.F.E.V.U.), afterwards designated ‘C’ Squadron, Malayan Scouts (S.A.S.), an unusual appointment for one so young, as recalled by Trooper Geoff Turner-Dauncey in S.A.S. Rhodesia, by Jonathan Pittaway and Craig Fourie: ‘S.R.F.E.V.U. was placed under the command of Lieutenant Peter Walls, a young Staff Corps officer who had served in the British Army with the Black Watch. He was appointed Temporary Captain to signify his position as the senior officer in the unit. As a Squadron Commander’s rank is that of Major, he was then appointed Acting Major. The intention was that on arrival in Malaya, a British Major would be appointed Squadron Commander of ‘C’ Squadron, and Major Walls would revert to the rank of Temporary Captain. This never happened, so the young Lieutenant, Temporary Captain, Acting Major Walls still in his twenties had the responsibility of being an operational commander for the complete duration of his Far East tour. I have no doubt that this experience stood him in good stead during the years that followed and in due course enabled him to become the supreme commander of the Rhodesian Forces.’ ‘C’ (Rhodesia) Squadron, Malayan Scouts (S.A.S.), arrived in the Far East in March 1951, where it was once more re-designated, this time as ‘C’ (Rhodesia) Squadron, 22 S.A.S. Regiment, and Walls quickly set to work in training his men in readiness for the jungle warfare ahead, himself being an early member of the team which carried out experimental “tree-jumping” as a means of entry into the deep jungle terrain. Mick Coetzee, another contributor to S.A.S. Rhodesia, takes up the story: ‘The answer was to drop directly into the jungle and since clearings were almost non-existent, dropping into trees was the only way. A member of ‘C’ Squadron was tasked with studying tree-jumping. The first experiment was conducted in a rubber plantation. Another experiment was to drop from a helicopter and this was actually tried over water. The difficulty was that there was no slipstream to assist in the development of the chute. Using helicopters was also expensive. The biggest helicopter in service was the S55 which had a ten-man capacity. Getting down to the ground from the tree was a problem. A hand-over-hand descent using knotted rope was successful but the physical effort required left the soldier almost exhausted on the reaching the ground. The hobby of the Regiment’s Medical Officer at the time was climbing in the Swiss Alps and he came up with the idea of the abseiling technique for making the tree-to-ground descent. For training purposes a scaffold was erected in camp and individuals were taught the technique. An experiment with the technique in the jungle proved successful. Unfortunately Peter Walls was wounded in the lower jaw at the moment the helicopter touched down on the helipad. It was speculated that the pieces of metal extracted from his jaw and lower face had come from the helicopter rotor which broke on touchdown.’ By January 1952, Walls - recovered from his injuries - was ready to take ‘C’ Squadron into action from a new base at Sungei Besi camp in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, the Rhodesians mounted no less than four operations in the months ahead, namely “Helsby” in Perak, “League” in Pahang, “Copley” in Kelantan and “Hive” in Negri Sembilan. In Rhodesia S.A.S., Trooper Geoff Turner-Dauncey describes the type of conditions the Squadron faced on such operations: ‘From the moment we stepped into the jungle until we returned to base we got soaked, and stayed wet, from the humidity, crossing rivers and swamps, and the soaking vegetation caused by monsoon rains. In that humidity, one has to learn to cope with impetigo skin diseases including ringworm, leeches and other ailments. Insect and leech bites began to fester, and ringworm, many forms of eczema, and athlete’s foot resulted in widespread ulceration of the skin. Ointments only aggravated rotting fleah, so where possible penicillin wound powder was applied to open sores. With our operational dress torn and rotting, and stinking of sweat, rifle oil and decaying vegetation, it was common practice to burn our clothes on returning to base. For a while troops returning to base from operations looked rather like clowns: wearing just P.T. shorts, sandal
Lot 846
The mounted group of miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, G.L.M., D.C.D., M.B.E., Rhodesian Army, late Special Air Service Regiment, comprising: Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980, silver type; Rhodesian Legion of Merit (G.L.M.); Rhodesian Legion of Merit (O.L.M.); Rhodesian Defence Cross for Distinguished Service (D.C.D.); Rhodesian General Service Medal; Rhodesian Exemplary Service Medal; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military), type 2; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R.; Coronation 1953, together with a set of related uniform tunic ribands, all but the third mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (10) £200-300
Lot 849
A fine wardrobe of uniform as worn by Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, comprising Black Watch officer’s khaki tunic, by Wm. Anderson, Edinburgh, label named and dated January 1946, with buttons and single War Medal 1939-45 riband, together with two related kilts in the regimental tartan; Rhodesian Army dark green tunics (2), one with General Officer’s rank insignia, and both with buttons, Airborne Wings and medal ribands, together with one pair of related trousers; Rhodesian Army full-dress dark blue tunic, lacking rank insignia but with buttons, Airborne Wings and medal ribands, and a pair of related trousers; scarlet evening dress jackets (2), with rank insignia and buttons, complete with a related waistcoat, pair of trousers and dress shirt; camouflage jacket, with General Officer’s rank insignia and Airborne Wings, and name label ‘Walls’, and related pair of trousers; short-sleeve camouflage tops (4), two with Airborne Wings and all with name label ‘Walls’; a parachute smock; one light, and one dark green shirt; a quantity of military ties; two pairs of spurs, and a large quantity of khaki webbing, including water bottle and revolver cases, generally in excellent condition (Lot) £500-1000
Lot 850
Assorted rank and unit insignia worn by Lieutenant-General Peter Walls, comprising a pair of full-dress gilt bullion shoulder boards with General Officer rank insignia, a pair dark green shoulder boards with similar rank insignia, and plain khaki epaulettes (8 pairs), including ‘S.A.S.Rhodesia’, ‘Northern Rhodesia’ and ‘R.L.I.’ types; together with Airborne Wings (2), one gilt/silver wire embroidered; and unit sleeve patches (8), generally in excellent condition (Lot) £200-300
Lot 853
Rhodesian Honours & Awards, by Reuteler, Salisbury, comprising 34 different dress miniature medals representative of the nation’s awards, the majority in silver, in original velvet-lined, red leather case, complete with explanatory pamphlet and certificate (No. 403 of 500), case covers a little scuffed, contents extremely fine (34) £150-200
Lot 239
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (D. Fife, R. Sappers & Miners), good very fine £900-1100 Only 7 clasps for Egypt were issued to the Royal Sappers and Miners. David Fife was born in 1776 at Arbroath, Angus, and was attested in Dundee for the Royal Sappers and Miners as a Wheeler on 4 August 1797, aged 21. In April 1800 he joined a special detachment of 33 sappers, under Major Mackerras, R.E., accompanying the 17,000-strong force to Egypt, which was then occupied by Napoleon. The force from Britain, led by General Sir Ralph Abercromby, assembled at Marmorice Bay, in Turkey, on 2 January 1801. Prior to the landing in Egypt, Major Mackerras, R.E., the Commanding Engineer, with a party of sailors from H.M.S. Peterel, led a reconnaissance party on the night of 27 February to select a landing beach on the Egyptian coast at Aboukir Bay. They were attacked on their return by a French gunboat and Major Mackerras was killed, and the rest of the party taken prisoner. Captain A. Bryce, R.E. was then appointed the new Commanding Engineer, and the assault fleet arrived in Aboukir Bay on 1 March 1801, during a heavy storm. Early on the morning of 7 March, ships` boats were rowed to the shore, and the infantry of the 1st Division were landed, with seven sappers from H.M.S. Ajax. The remaining 26 members of the sapper detachment, aboard the Asia transport, were landed the next day from ships` boats and dispersed in small parties of about four each to the several brigades of the army. The opposed landing was successful but British casualties were high, 500 men having been killed or wounded. The troops then advanced towards Alexandria, and the French took up a position at Mandora Tower which was attacked on the 13th. The French withdrew to the west towards Alexandria itself, which lies on a thin neck of land with the sea on the north and Lake Mareotis on the south. The two armies faced each other on this strip from 13 to 21 March, on which latter day the French attacked the British position and broke through. Wheeling left, it encircled the 28th North Gloucestershire Regiment, which, attacked both in front and rear, earned its right to wear two badges on the head-dress, one in front and one behind. After severe fighting though, the French surrendered to Major Stirling of the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, and the French handed over their Standard. General Abercromby was wounded in this battle and Lieutenant-General Hutchinson assumed command; he contained the French garrison in Alexandria and attacked Cairo. On 21 May, the day after the investment of Cairo by the British, the French force of 14,000 men surrendered. General Menou, still besieged in Alexandria, refused to surrender, so a landing was made to the west of the town. After the destruction of Fort Marabout and the surrender of the garrison there to the 54th West Norfolk Regiment on 21 August, a massive bombardment began of the French forces in Alexandria on the 26th. Severe fighting ensued both to the west and east of the town, which finally capitulated on 2 September, and the last French troops then evacuated Egypt. Some of the sapper detachment returned to England in February 1802, the remainder in August 1803. Fife received War Prize Roll payment for his services in Egypt. After nearly 12 years service, Fife was promoted 2nd Corporal on 1 December 1808. In 1816 he was serving with the 2nd Company 3rd Battalion,and was discharged at Woolwich on 23 January 1817, suffering from debility, having served for 19 years 207 days. He was pensioned at 1s. 4d. per day and returned initially to Dundee, in Angus. He eventually lived in Portsmouth, where he died on 27 March 1858, aged 82; sold with copied research.
Lot 417
Friedrich Goldscheider (Austrian 1845-1897) AN ART NOUVEAU GILT PAINTED PLASTER FIGURINE ‘ROSE’ modelled as a young dancing girl dressed in a flowing gilt painted dress, her headdress and open sandals inset with simulated opals, on a circular base incised ‘Rose’ impressed ‘Fabrique en Autriche’ along with numbers 3020, 81, 15, moulded sculptors tabled mark. 81cm(h).
Lot 579
A 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURE, watercolour on an oval ivory panel, a young man in period clothing, within a gilt slip and ebonised frame with oak leaf and acorn form hanging mount, 8cm(h) x 6cm(w); sold along with a 19th century portrait miniature print, of oval form depicting a military gentleman, the reverse with hand written inscription ‘General Gillespie died in the arms of Major McMahon at the battle of Sobian India’, in a near matching frame 9cm(h) x 8cm(w); and an early 20th century portrait miniature print of a young woman in opulent dress, within a sectioned ivorine frame. 5cm.
Lot 56
‡ Dress Miniatures: Distinguished Service Order Group of Miniature Medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel John Edward Norfor Heseltine, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Ten: Distinguished Service Order, George V, in silver-gilt and enamels, Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal, 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals with oak leaf for Mention in Despatches, Defence and War Medals, FRANCE, Légion d’Honneur, BELGIUM, Order of the Crown and French and Belgian Croix de Guerres (10), the miniature Légion d’ Honneur a Second Restoration issue, mounted for wear, generally extremely fine, contained in a Spink and Son case
Lot 149
Miscellaneous Medals: Afghanistan 1878-80, disc only, having had the suspension removed (7322 Gunr. J. Adams. A/4th Bde. R.A.), very fine; other defective medals (4), comprising British War Medals (3), and a General Service Medal 1918-62 disc; Second World War Group, awarded to 5621901 A.M.P. Burridge, Queen’s Royal Regiment, six, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, Italy, France and Germany Stars, Defence and War Medals, mounted for wearing, with Soldier’s Release book and photograph of recipient, Second World War Naval Group, six, 1939-45, Atlantic, Africa, Burma, Italy, France and Germany Stars, War Medal, Naval Accounts box of issue to Mr T Ramft, extremely fine; Second World War and I.S.M. Trio, Defence and War Medals, Imperial Service Medal, Elizabeth II type 2 (Thomas William Henry Holder), good very fine or better; other Second World War Stars and Medals (6), Imperial Service Medal, Elizabeth II type 2 (Harry Ridley); Dress Miniatures (14), including a George V D.S.O., Q.S.A, Great War Trio and Delhi Durbar group of six; together with miscellaneous mainly East German medals and badges (24), many very fine (64)
Lot 163
‡ Dress Miniatures: Military Cross, George V, in silvered 18 carat gold, 26mm, with gold retaining pin suspension, in Wilson and Gill fitted case, good very fine; Distinguished Service Order, Elizabeth II, in silver-gilt and enamels, 19.5mm; miniature Victoria Cross mounted on riband bar, 9mm; silvered ‘dog tag’, Great War Period (2nd Lt J. E. Weatherly Royal Berks Regt Wes.); 17th Hussar badge, 19th century, in white bone, with crowned garter bearing the inscription PENINSULA WATERLOO XVII HUSSARS, 39 x 30mm; silver locket, 18th or 19th century, with print of Charles I, 19 x 17mm generally very fine (6)
Lot 361
‡ Dress Miniatures: Mounted Group of Six: GERMANY, Franco Prussian War1870-71, non-combatant issue, William I centenary 1897, unofficial War Merit Medal, SWEDEN, Order of the Polar Star, in silver-gilt and-gilt and enamels, NORWAY, Order of Olav, Type 1, BELGIUM, Order of Leopold, all in silver, gilt and enamels, mounted on a triple gilt Godet chain, very fine or better (6)
Lot 362
‡ Dress Miniatures (9): GERMANY, MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ, Order of the Wendian Crown, breast star, in silvered metal, with enamelled centre; PRUSSIA, Order of the Red Eagle, in silver-gilt and enamels, with enamelled riband; ICELAND, Order of the Falcon, type 1 (1921-44), in silver-gilt and enamels; JAPAN, Order of the Sacred Treasure, in gilt metal, with enamelled centre; SERBIA, Milosh Obilich Gold Medal, in silver-gilt; SPAIN, Order of St. Ferdinand, in gilt and enamels; and ephemeral or unofficial medals (3), fourth lacking retaining pin, generally very fine (lot)
Lot 4
A sapphire and diamond ring the shaped oval sapphires set in a cross formation with three diamonds, pierced gallery, 18ct gold shank; together with a ruby dress ring; a small pearl set bar brooch; a Victorian paste garnet brooch of scrolling form; and a late 19th century panel brooch set double border of pastes surrounding a blue paste (5)
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