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Lot 761
A wooden lift-top cigarette box containing a silver and enamel Royal Army Service Corps sweetheart brooch, a selection of pen knives including advertising examples for Elders No.7 Whiskey, Glasgow and British Ropes Group - sold with a Peruvian white metal figural bookmark and a WWII ashtray made from battlefield reclaimed metal
Lot 543
A SECOND WORLD WAR GERMAN SA DAGGER AND SCABBARD BY EICKHORN. An SA dagger with a 22cm pointed blade with inscription 'Alles fur Deutfchland' marked for Eickhorn of Solingen and 'RZM M 7/66 1938', with a wooden grip with enamel SA motif and Nazi eagle with wings outstretched, in a brown finished scabbard with single ring suspension, 37cm overall.
Lot 612
AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO HMS TRACKER. A souvenir programme for the commissioning of H.M.S. Tracker commanded by G.C.Dickins Royal Navy 31- January -1943. HMS Tracker, an Attacker Class Escort Carrier was built Willamette in Portland Oregon for the British Navy. A collection of 42 photographs of Tracker and others, many stamped to the reverse 'Official photo'. With an H.M.S. Cap tally, a collection of postcards and other ephemera and a small collection of enamel badges. Also with an interesting message sent at sea October 24th 1943, the message 'Smite him hard for the Lord hath delivered him into thine hands Reply from Duncan Though Smitten thrice - LIke Jonah he remains deep - never to rise again Reply from Starling Good Ho. Congratulations - My turn next if their are any Bastards Left'.
Lot 623
A1920'S OAK PROPELLER CLOCK BY BENSON. The central section of a propeller with eight fixing holes, marked indistinctly in a number of places, the edge and back finished in black stamped '1/Y743/1 Genet Major 7 Cylinder D6 5FT P4 75 FT' with a white enamel dial to the centre marked 'J.W. Benson Ludgate Hill, London, French Made, on three short brass legs, 25cm high, 27cm wide, 12cm deep. With key. This propeller will have been fitted to an engine produced by Armstrong Sidley in 1926.
Lot 865
A WELL DOCUMENTED SECOND WORLD GROUP OF SIX TO A DECORATED POLISH BOMBER PILOT. A group of six comprising 39-45 and Air Crew Europe Stars, Defence and War Medals, unnamed as issued, unworn in delivery box with enclosure slips and ribbons, the box addressed to 782898 W/O Fojud E. 42 Derby Rd, Eastwood, Notts. With a Polish Cross of Valour with Second Award clasp and Polish Award for Military Virtue (Virtuti Militari), silver and enamel, numbered 9518. With ribbon bar for the last two and award certificate for the Order of 'Virtuti Militari'. His record show that he was also awarded a Polish Air Medal with 2 Bars (a small scrap of ribbon amongst the archive supports this award). Other reports suggest the aviation medal was awarded four times and the Cross of Valour three times. With the recipients RAF cloth wings, four cap badge, and an extensive archive of images, documents and associated items including Pay Book, photographs, one of which identifies Edmund Fojud, and an extensive handwritten diary (in polish). 78289 Edmund Fojud was born on the 12th November 1920 in Chojno, Poznan in Poland to parents Wojciech and Maria. He married his wife Betty on the 22nd July 1944. His period of service in the Polish Air force running from the 12th of June 1937 until the 1st October 1946. Records suggest that Edmund joined the Aviation Non-Commissioned Officer school in Bydgoszcz in 1937 and was a competent pilot by the outbreak of the war. In September '39 he was evacuated to Romania then to Syria and he was in France by November. In March 1940 he trained with other Polish pilots as a Bomber pilot in North Africa. Following the fall of France he came to Britain where he was assigned to the 300th Polish Bomber Squadron on the 8th December 1941. Prior to the outbreak of war there had been an understanding that the Polish Airforce would establish ta small number of Bomber squadrons in Great Britain, the 300th Squadron 'Ziemia Mazowiecka' was the first of these being established on the 1st July 1940. Initially based at RAF Bramcote the squadron flew 3,891 sorties during the war. Flying Wellingtons for much of the War they moved to Lancasters from March 1944. The final mission was flown in April 1945 against Hitler's residence in Berchtesgaden. The unit disbanded on the 2nd of January 1947. Fojud flew with the squadron in Wellington Mk IV's during the first half of 1942 when there was a period of concerted high-intensity night bombing across Germany. He flew regularly during April and May attacking a number of different targets including Essen, Dortmund, Rostock, Cologne, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Mannheim. The 1000 Bomber Raids hold a special place in the history of the Second World War, and 300 Squadron played an important part in the three well documented attacks on Cologne, Essen and Bremen. It seems that Fojud flew in the second of these raids. The Operations Record Book for the 300th (Polish) records the actions of 30/31 May when Cologne was attacked: Operations were ordered with COLOGNE as the target and 15 crews were briefed. 15 Aircraft attacked the primary and all told 11580 4lb incend were dropped. At the briefing the crews were informed that this raid woud be the biggest ever attempted to date. Approaching the target seemed to be a mass of flame and smoke rising to a height of 10,000 feet. ... all captains of aircraft state that the target area was well and truly plastered and described the attack as 'PERFECT'. ... 'Jerry appeared to be disorganised and very little ACk-ACk was encountered, ... On the return journey, the reflection of the flames could be seen when crossing the Dutch coast.' The Operations Record Book records fourteen Wellington Mark IV crews as taking part in the second 1000 bomber raid on Essen on the 1/2nd June. Fojud flew in V-1795 with Malec, Paszkowski, Muszynski, Zaleski and Wyporski, probably as 2nd pilot. The report states: 'Primary identified by river Rhine but target could not be pinpointed owing to poor visibility. Bombs were dropped on fire which was already burning, no bursts being observed. Photo was attempted'. Fojud was attacking Essen again on the 5th/6th and 6/7th in Q-1725 as pilot, 'Bombs were seen to fall in the centre of town, no results were observed, but there was one huge fire in the town. His next flight in Wellington IV, V-1382 on the 8/9th with a crew of Offierski, Skubala, Trzeblatowski, Kwiatkowski and Konieczny was to be his most eventful. A typed account of the events of that night in June 1942 signed by Fojud is included with the archive, he describes the flight home in detail: 'Sergeant Pilot Edmund Fojud, V.M., K.W. I was the pilot of a Wellington -- V. for Victory -- We went to the great raid on Essen. Unfortunately for us, while still over Germany we met a Messerschmit 110 which gave us three longbursts of fire at close range and damaged our aircraft very severely. Our rear gunner was seriously wounded, he had sixteen bullets in his arms and legs and he is still in hospital. It all happened in a few seconds. The intercom between the rear-gunner and the rest of the crew was severed. We had been flying at 15,000 feet, but when we had to take evasive action we lost height and found ourselves at only 8,000 feet, just over the top of the clouds. We were flying on only one engine, as the starboard one had been damaged. A few minutes later the damaged engine caught fire. Bullets had pierced the exhaust pipe and flames were pouring through the hole. They caught the fabric on the wings between the engine and the fuselage and it was all burnt off. It was no joke trying to fly back over the enemy territory with the engine burning and making us a very splendid target. We tried to extinguish the fire by opening and shutting the throttle. I got the engine to work, but it had very little power. I had to stop it because of the fire. Our tail trim was damaged and it stuck in a very inconvenient position. I couldn't turn without getting into a spin. Every time I had to turn, I had to try and make it on the port side because of the damaged starboard engine. I pushed with my legs on the rudder and the second pilot had to pull at the same time with his hands. We were very thankful when at last we found we were over the sea, so that we did not need to worry any more about the enemy defences. It was not easy to fly at all, but at least the danger was less when we got away from the Nazi's A.A. fire. Somehow we managed to reach the English coast, and we succeeded in making a fairly good landing at the first aerodrome we came to. We all felt we had been lucky to get back at all and to be able to land without a bad crash, for it was very difficult to do because of the bad trim of the damaged tail-plane. The undercarriage was also hanging down, and the port wheel tyre had been shot away. The armour-plated door was peppered with bullet holes. I think the airscrew looked worse than anything else. All the blades had bullet-holes, and one was as big as a man's fist. Nothing but the best built aircraft could have made that journey with such damage. I would like to say to you how proud we are of our 'V. for Victory', and how glad we are to have been able to bring it safe home. Description cont'd below...
Lot 902
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL FRATERNITY BADGE. A Silver badge of rank with a central image of a man showing compassion to another beneath a black and white enamelled crest and motto 'Fraternitatem Diligite', hallmarked for London 1903, on a purple neck ribbon, in a Kenning & Son case of issue. With a photograph of an unnamed vicar wearing the medal.
Lot 904
A MASONIC BADGE FOR THE ORDER OF THE ROSE CROIX AND TWO OTHERS. An elaborate silver gilt breast badge with red ribbon and silver gilt suspension, the badge with a crown above an enamelled cross and rose mounted on a pair of dividers and pelican feeding her young, silver gilt hallmarked for London 1919 in Kenning and Sons case of issue, a silver gilt and enamel founders badge for the Gray's Inn Lodge, Birmingham 1927 and another gilt metal badge for a Maltese lodge. (3)
Lot 934
A ROMAN COPPER-ALOY AND ENAMEL BROOCH AND TWO OTHERS. A Roman Copper-Alloy and Enamel Disc Brooch, 2nd-3rd Century A.D. The flat-section plate with black and red enamel, the reverse with integral loop holding the remains of the pin spring, the catch missing. 23mm diameter. And two other Roman enamel brooch sections. (3)
Lot 936
THREE ROMAN UMBONATE BROOCHES. A Roman Umbonate Brooch, 2nd-3rd Century A.D. copper-alloy plate brooch with three of four points present having recessed circular projections, likely to have contained enamel. A raised moulded face in the centre. PAS Record ID: DOR-C226B5. 42mm wide. An incomplete Roman copper alloy equal ended brooch, 1st-3rd centuries A.D. PAS Record ID: DOR-C1B294. 47mm wide and an incomplete Roman disc brooch, 2nd-3rd century A.D. All missing the pins, some surface corrosion and small chips. Provenance: The first and second found in Rampisham, West Dorset.
Lot 577
An oak longcase clock, broken pediment over blind fretwork, the 12.5" dial with white enamel chapter ring, Roman hours and Arabic minutes, with complications, inscribed Sam. Stansfield, Stealy Bridge, flanked by reeded columns, the trunk door with floral carving, the base with linenfold carving, 231cm high
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