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Click here to subscribeJordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of the Renaissance, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 95mm including crown and flag suspension x 63mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, unmarked; Star, 92mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, silver marks to retaining pin, with full sash riband; miniature award; and lapel rosette, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £800-£1,000
Regimental Medallions (6), Ayrshire Yeomanry (2) (Won by Trooper R. Stevenson 1906; Won by Corpl. R. K. Stevenson ‘D’ Squadron 1909); Royal Scots Dragoons (Special Signalling Prize 1914-15 Won by Sgt. Wm. McIntyre); 15th Hussars (Hockey 1906 B 2 K. Ross); Duke of Manchester’s Light Horse; Scottish Horse, all silver, the first four with yellow metal insets, the last enamelled, generally very fine (6) £80-£100
Four: Sergeant A. W. Allnutt, Royal Berkshire Regiment and Special Constabulary 1914-15 Star (2779 Pte. A. W. Allnutt. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2779 Sjt. A. W. Allnutt. R. Berks. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sergt. Arthur W. Allnutt), first three mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £50-£70 --- Arthur William Allnutt attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with the 1/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 June 1916. After later service with the 5th Battalion, he was disembodied on 23 February 1919.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (A. B. Cutfield, Asst. Surgn.) very fine £800-£1,000 --- Alfred Baker Cutfield was born in 1815 in Deal, Kent, son of John Cutfield, a retired Surveying Master in the Royal Navy. He was apprenticed to Mr Nathaniel Grant, Apothecary, of 21 Thayer Street, London, for a period of five years from 3 December 1829, and from 1831-35 was also a student of the North London Hospital (later University College Hospital, London). Following completion of his studies he passed the examinations for Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) on 5 January 1836, and as a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries (LSA) on 17 March 1836. Shortly after qualification he was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the Medical Service of the Royal Navy with seniority from 25 March 1836. His first appointment was to R.N. Hospital, Haslar, in Gosport, where he remained until 3 August 1837, when he was discharged to H.M.S. Edinburgh. During 1838-39 the ship was part of a squadron looking after British interests on the coast of Mexico. Edinburgh returned to Portsmouth in August 1839 and shortly thereafter Cutfield passed the necessary examinations to qualify him for consideration as a candidate for the future position of Surgeon. The Edinburgh set sail again in September 1839 for the Mediterranean. In July 1840 she was despatched to patrol off the coast of Syria, and in November 1840 was part of the combined fleet under Admiral Sir Robert Stopford which bombarded and retook the town of Acre, which had been held by the Egyptians since 1832, and returned it to Ottoman rule. For his services at the Siege of Acre, Cutfield was one of just five Assistant Surgeons specially promoted to Surgeon by warrant dated 4 November 1840. He subsequently received the N.G.S. medal for Syria, and the St Jean D’Acre silver medal conferred by the Sultan of Turkey. Cutfield, after a short period on the Navy Half-Pay, subsequently joined H.M.S. Champion, as Surgeon, and served on board this sloop from June 1841 to November 1844, for the most part off the coast of South America. During this time, while in Mexico in May 1843, he was subjected to an unprovoked assault by two Mexican sentries, suffering injuries to his face from being struck by the butt of a musket of one of them, resulting in a formal complaint to the Mexican Authorities. After his service in Champion, Cutfield was again placed on Half-Pay, and was allowed on several occasions to turn down further appointments on various grounds including his wife’s confinement and his own ill-health. However, having been found fit to serve in February 1855 and declining an appointment to H.M.S. Hastings ‘For service with Seamen & Marines in the Crimea’, he was finally removed from the Navy List on 5 March 1855, his total service since 1836 amounting to 8 years and 4 months. Following a short-lived partnership with Robert Woollaston as Surgeons and Apothecaries in Tottenham, Cutfield worked as a General Practitioner in Deal, Kent. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in January 1859, and the following year qualified as a Doctor of Medicine at Aberdeen University. He died at Deal on 11 May 1863, and is buried there at St George’s Church. Sold with copied record of service and much other research.
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of Independence, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 92mm including wreath suspension x 59mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, unmarked; Star, 88mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with full sash riband, in Huguenin, Switzerland, case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £500-£700
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria (Dr. H. G. Lewer, N. Nigeria Regt.) retaining bar re-affixed (see footnote), good very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2003 (when sold with the recipient’s other Africa General Service Medal, named to W.A.M.S., with both clasps affixed to the first (N.N.R.) medal); Fred Rockwood Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 2014 (this medal only, reconstituted as originally issued, as it appears in this lot) Horace Gordon Lewer studied at both Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities, an joined the Colonial Medical Service in 1899. He served initially with the Northern Nigeria Regiment (Medal and clasp for N. Nigeria), before transferring to the West African Medical Staff (Medal and clasp for N. Nigeria 1902); the medal rolls clearly show that he was issued separate single clasp medals for each campaign.
A Small Collection of Royal Air Force Trophies. Comprising ‘R.A.F. Boking Championship 1923 Light Weight Winner F/O. G. Lugg’ 90mm tall, 75mm diameter, with handles, silver, with additional wooden base; ‘Tennis Trophy (Indiv.) The Sergts. Messes R.A.F. Cranwell, Presented by Air Commodore C. A. H. Longcroft, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., Winner, 1924, G. W. Mitchell. F/Sgt.’, 103mm tall, 53mm diameter, without handles, silver; ‘R.A.F. Cranwell 1925 Long Jump Second D. L. Grigg’, 51mm tall, 48mm diameter, with handles, silver, with additional wooden base; ‘R.A.F. Aboukir 1928 Mens Handicap Doubles Won by Group Capt. Brooke and Sq/Ldr. Fuller’, 98mm tall, 50mm diameter, without handles, silver; ‘R.A.F. Iraq Command Diving Championship Hinaisi 1936. Fancy Diving. First. L:A:C: M. G. Farr. 84 Sdn’, the trophy in the form of a poised diver, 100mm tall, with outstretched arms, silver, mounted on a wooden plinth bearing the inscribed silver plaque; ‘Ground Studies Trophy Sergeant F. Little Air Electronics School’, 99mm tall, 52mm diameter, with handles, electro-plated, with additional wooden base, all except the diving trophy in the form of silver cups, and all except the last hallmarked; together with ‘The Wakefield R.A.F. Boxing Trophy’ prize medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Lightweight won by A.C.II Milton R.A.F. 1928’, in wooden box, generally good condition (7) £300-£400
The Great War ‘official replacement’ D.C.M., M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant S. H. Murden, 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (17976 Sgt. S. H. Murden. Hamps. R. (Replacement)); Military Medal, G.V.R. (17976 Pte. S. H. Murden. Hamps. R. (Replacement)); British War and Victory Medals (17976 Sgt. S. H. Murden. Hamps. R. (Replacement)) all in named card boxes of issue marked ‘Replacement’ and with Army Medal Office registered packet addressed to the recipient at St Paul’s Hospital, Winchester, extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 25 November 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He fought his machine gun with great courage and skill, inflicting great losses on the enemy. Later, he carried a message under very heavy fire.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Flers, 15 September 1916.’ M.M. London Gazette 10 August 1916. The regimental history states: ‘”Plugstreet Wood”... The battalion’s snipers and machine-gunners scored several successes, and then on June 30th the 15th tried its first raid; three parties under Lts. James and Gates and Sergeant Green leaving our trenches after the enemy’s lines had been drenched with gas. One party got within bombing range and threw its bombs, apparently with good effect, but the others were hampered by our own gas and could not get in, and eventually the raiders had to return, having had eight casualties. Lt. Gates, after seeing his men back into our trenches, returned into No Man’s Land with Corporal Murden and Private Parris to bring back Sergeant Green’s body from close to the enemy’s wire and, despite heavy machine-gun fire, recovered it... Lt. Gates received the M.C. and the two men the M.M.’ Sidney H. Murden was issued with a replacement group of medals in February 1963, this being noted on his D.C.M., M.M. and Medal Index Cards. The Journal of the Royal Hampshire Regiment records his death at St John’s Hospital, Andover, on 13 January 1967. Sold with copied research including battalion war diary entries and extracts from the regimental history.
A fine post-War C.B.E., ‘Pathfinder Squadron Commander’s’ D.S.O., ‘1940’ D.F.C. and post-war Q.C.B.C. group of ten awarded to Wellington and Stirling pilot Group Captain O. R. Donaldson, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 34 operational sorties with 115 Squadron between September 1939 - August 1940, before going on to command 7 Squadron, October 1942 - May 1943. Mentioned in Despatches twice for the Second World War, awarded the Q.C.B.C. for his part during a bomb explosion at R.A.F. Marham in September 1954, and further Mentioned in Despatches for services in the Suez The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, blue enamel damage; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver-gilt; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1940’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Act. Gp. Cpt. O. R. Donaldson. R.A.F.) second clasp loose on riband, as issued, breast awards mounted as originally worn, with Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Emblem and a Path Finder Force Badge, all housed in custom made display case, generally very fine or better, unless otherwise stated (10) £4,000-£5,000 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1953. D.S.O. London Gazette 11 June 1943: ‘Group Captain Donaldson has completed a large number of sorties since the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. During the six months he has commanded the squadron, it has maintained its fine operational record and fresh honours have been achieved. By his sound organisation, thorough training and personal example, he has fashioned a first class fighting unit. Each operation is most carefully planned and executed and nothing which deserved his personal attention is omitted. Group Captain Donaldson’s firm and tactful handling of aircrews, his cheerful spirit and devotion to duty have earned him the unswerving loyalty of all ranks. He is a skilful pilot with a fine record of successful bombing sorties against the enemy. His example as a captain of aircraft has been an inspiration to his unit.’ O.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1948. D.F.C. London Gazette 11 June 1940: ‘One night in May, 1940, this officer was captain of an aircraft detailed to attack focal points behind the enemy’s positions. In the neighbourhood of Hirson he came under heavy anti-aircraft fire which he regarded as indicating that he was near a profitable objective. In spite of the enemy fire Flying Officer Donaldson made five attacks on a road through a nearby wood. As a result a large fire and thirteen violent explosions occurred in what must have been an important enemy dump. He has consistently shown the highest degree of courage and determination.’ Q.C.B.C. London Gazette 25 January 1955: ‘The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the publication of the names of the undermentioned personnel who have been commended for gallantry displayed when two 1,000lb. bombs exploded without warning at Royal Air Force Station, Marham, on 20 September 1954.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945 and 1 January 1946. M.I.D. London Gazette 13 June 1957 (Suez). Oliver Russell Donaldson was born in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada in January 1912. He was appointed to a Short Service Commission as Acting Pilot Officer on probation, General Duties Branch, Royal Air Force in November 1936. Donaldson was confirmed as a Pilot Officer the following year, and advanced to Flying Officer in November 1937. Donaldson was posted as a pilot for operational flying with 115 Squadron (Wellingtons) at Marham. Between September 1939 - August 1940 he flew in at least 34 operational sorties over Germany, Norway, France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark. Donaldson took part in the disastrous attack on the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau when they attempted to move from their berths towards Norway, 7 April 1940. The Squadron were subsequently engaged in attacking enemy shipping of Norway and occupied airfields. When the German attack on France opened, 115 Squadron began raids in Germany and, later occupied Europe. Donaldson was awarded the D.F.C., and advanced to Flight Lieutenant in September 1940. He was proceeding on a well-earned leave to Canada when his Log Book was “lost at sea due to enemy action”. Donaldson advanced to Temporary Squadron Leader in December 1941, and served as commanding officer of 7 Squadron (Stirlings) at Oakington, 2 October 1942 - 3 May 1943. In late 1942 the Squadron was one of five squadrons selected to form the nucleus of the Pathfinder Force. Donaldson was awarded the D.S.O., and advanced to Wing Commander in August 1943. He served as Station Commander of R.A.F. Wyton, July 1944 - February 1945. Donaldson advanced to Group Captain in July 1952, and was rewarded with the Q.C.B.C. for his involvement in the following incident: ‘On 20th September 1954, two 1,000lb bombs exploded on the perimeter track at Marham, killing an NCO. The squadron’s Operations Record Book shows: ‘On Monday 20th September, 2 x 1000lb bombs exploded accidentally some 150 yards from the squadron dispersal and several of the squadron’s aircraft were damaged. The damage to most was very slight but one aircraft WK133 received damage which has entailed placing it CAT3. A piece of shrapnel entered the port lower mainplane skin inboard of rib 6 and ricocheted forward passing through rib 6, the main spar and rib 7, after which it passed through the trailing edge of the aileron. The top skin of the mainplane was slightly buckled along the path of the shrapnel. As a result of this damage, the aircraft needs a complete port mainplane change.’ An additional section records: ‘One airman from the squadron, LAC Hopkins, together with two airmen from 115 Squadron, distinguished themselves by rescuing chief technician Bawley, the tractor driver. The three airmen were approximately 200 yards from the scene of the accident but within 30 seconds they had chief technician Bawley clear of the tractor, this regardless of the fact that there were four more unexploded 1000lb bombs lying on the peritrack and that shrapnel was falling about them whilst they were running towards the tractor. It was unfortunate that, in spite of their efforts, chief technician Bawley died after being admitted to King’s Lynn Hospital.” Group Captain Donaldson retired in May 1957. Sold with copied research.
A post-War M.B.E. pair awarded to Miss Gwendolen Jackson, Women’s Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, with case of issue for the first, very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Sold with original warrant for M.B.E. dated 28 June 1979, together with Downing Street letter from P.P.S. to Margaret Thatcher, dated the month previous, addressed to Miss Jackson at Greenhill, Sheffield, and an investiture photograph of the recipient with family.
A particularly fine Second World War Mosquito navigator's D.F.M. group of four awarded to Pilot Officer L. J. Etheridge, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed 50 sorties over France, Holland and Germany in 1944-45, an action packed tour that included a brace of crash-landings back in England after damage sustained in action - once on one engine with a hung-up 500lb. bomb: so, too, the spectacular daylight raids on the S.S.-occupied Chateau de Fou in August 1944 and S.S. barracks at Arnhem in the following month Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1603309. F/Sgt. L. J. Etheridge. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, generally good very fine (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. D.F.M. London Gazette 8 May 1945. The original recommendation states: 'Flight Sergeant Etheridge has completed 50 sorties with his pilot, Flight Lieutenant Gasson, including three daylight operations. This N.C.O. has proved himself to be an excellent operational Navigator. He has never failed to bring his pilot to the target area, often despite poor weather conditions and without navigational aids. Some of the sorties in which he was engaged involved very deep penetrations into enemy territory, where accurate navigation, without Gee facilities, was vital to the success of the missions. The results obtained by this Navigator and his pilot have been outstandingly good as the following examples will show. On the night of 6-7 August 1944, a moving light was attacked in France and due to the fact that the attack was pressed home to a low level the port engine was hit by a ricochet and caught fire at 1500 feet. The port propeller was feathered and the graviner switch operated. The return flight was made on one engine and Flight Sergeant Etheridge's accurate navigation brought them safely to England. It was found that height could not be maintained with the result that the English coast was crossed at 400 feet and a crash landing made at Ford. On the night of 4-5 October 1944, when carrying out a patrol over Holland and Germany, two trains were found in a railway station at Millingen, which were attacked with bombs and cannon. A large explosion followed the attack and later a fire started. During the same patrol a tug and six barges were found and successfully strafed. Flight Sergeant Etheridge also took part in the successful daylight operations against the chateau south of Chatellerault on 2nd August, trains at Chalons on 25 August 1944 and on the barracks at Arnhem on 17 September 1944. Flight Sergeant Etheridge possesses great determination and coolness in times of crisis. His fine offensive spirit, which is equal to that of his pilot, has gone to make an ideal Mosquito crew. In view of his fine operational record, I strongly recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.' Laurence James Etheridge was born in Hampshire in January 1921. He commenced his operational career with 107 Squadron, a Mosquito unit of 2nd Tactical Air Force's 138 Wing, operating out of Lasham, in July 1944, when, with his New Zealander pilot, Flight Lieutenant L. Gasson, he completed an offensive patrol over Vire-Falaise-Trouville sector on the night of the 24th-25th. Indeed it was to prove the first of a spate of such patrols in support of the Allied landings, 107’s Mosquito VIs targeting enemy troops, transport and communications, often with great success, according to the Squadron's Operational Record Book (O.R.B.), by means of bombing and cannon fire delivered from altitudes as low as 500-1000 feet. Success was also dependent on a bright moon, a case in point being Etheridge's third sortie - against targets in the upper reaches of the Seine, from Rouen on the night of 30-31 July - when 107's Mosquitoes strafed and bombed a variety of trains, bridges, roads and in fact, any moving lights, but not without interference from the usual flak concentrations which had a habit of 'creeping up on the unwary'. Etheridge's next sortie was of the daylight variety, one of a series of famous strikes against the S.S. and Gestapo, in this case an attack on troops of the notorious 158th “Security” Regiment - who had recently murdered members of the S.A.S. - in the Chateau de Fou, south of Chatellerault on 2 August, a spectacular raid captured on camera, and one in which his aircraft, Mosquito A-NT. 136, formed part of the third wave - never the best place to be with aroused defences: ‘In the woods to the immediate south of the Chateau, one large explosion was seen after a cannon attack, possibly from motor transport. Bombs landed all round the Chateau but no direct hit was claimed. Strikes were obtained on the roof in a cannon attack and a small fire was seen to start inside. Aircraft ‘D’ sustained the loss of one engine over the target and crash landed at Thorney Island - crew unhurt. The trip back was uneventful except for a little flak soon after leaving the target, which was successfully avoided by all except F./O. Staple in Aircraft ‘J’ ... It is doubtful if the Chateau was entirely destroyed but troops possibly hiding in the woods would have been eliminated’ (107’s Squadron Operational Record Book refers). Two days later Etheridge was part of a Squadron effort to lend support to the Army in the Caen sector, when 'much activity was seen in the battle zone and flak was very considerable', while on the night of 6-7 August, as cited above, he and Gasson were compelled to return from France on one engine, the other having been set alight by a ricochet from their own low-level cannon-fire - not mentioned, however, is the fact they were carrying a hung-up 500lb. bomb as they made their crash landing at Ford in Sussex and that said bomb exploded just two minutes after they had scrambled clear of the wreckage. Notwithstanding such a close-call, both were back in action over France, chasing trains out of Paris, the very next night. So, too, on the 8th-9th, evidence indeed of 107's constant operational agenda, another three nights of successive operations taking place between the 12th-15th, in one of which further trains were shot up in the Falaise sector. And as if this "three-nighter" agenda were not punishing enough, Etheridge and Gasson were called upon to carry out two sorties on the night of 16th-17th, both of them strikes against barges on the Seine - such was the ferocity of the flak that neither could see the results of their attacks. Bad weather then having intervened, their next sortie was flown on the night of 23-24 August, on a line between Cap D'Antifer and Lens, another on the 24th-25th, and a daylight operation against railway targets at Chalons in the afternoon of the latter date - a spectacular mission in which a number of oil-trains were hit, exploding 'with a terrific mushroom of flame and black smoke', but a mission, too, in which most of the participating aircraft were also damaged by return fire: a vivid portrayal of 107’s Mosquito VIs on a low-level railway strike over France, by David Pentalnd, is available as a limited edition print from Cranston Fine Arts. The Squadron now having moved to Epinoy, France, September started with a deep penetration sortie into Holland and Germany on the night of the 5th-6th, severe jamming preventing the use of GEE and making Etheridge's navigation role all the more difficult, while on the 9th-10th eight of 107s aircraft destroyed a brace of ammunition trains between Metz and Morhange, taking it in turns to carry out devastating cannon and machine-gun attacks. A successful sortie to Holland followed on the night of the 11th-12th, a less successful one on the 13th-14th, while on the 17th Etheridge and Gasson, piloti...
A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. Eton, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for his command of the 21st Howitzer Battery, R.F.A. in 1915 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral to riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Major E. Eton, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. E. Eton); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top riband bar, the first with recessed obverse centre-piece and slightly chipped enamel wreaths, generally very fine and better (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916. Ernest Eton was born in Virginia, U.S.A., the son of A. T. Eton, in 1884, and was educated at Woolwich High School and King’s College, London. Commissioned in the 2nd Kent Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers in 1903, he remained similarly employed until transferring to the London Royal Field Artillery (Territorials) in the rank of Captain in 1908. Advanced to Major in 1912, he served during the Great War as Commanding Officer of the 21st London Howitzer Battery in March 1915, in which unit he won his D.S.O. and was twice Mentioned in Despatches. He was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1916.
Royal Humane Society, Proficiency in Swimming Medallion, silver (2), the obverse exergue of first impressed ‘King Edward’s School, Birmingham, 1930’ and the edge engraved ‘L. J. Tracey’; the obverse exergue of first impressed ‘Charterhouse School, Godalming, 1947’ and the edge engraved ‘W. S. Broadhead’, both in cases of issue, good very fine (2) £80-£100
Regimental Medallions (6), 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Novices Boxing Tournament Bantamweight 1927 Pte. Bullock) gold (9ct., 12.36g); Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles Sittingbourne Troop, Best Mounted and Turned Out Troop Aldershot 1908 (Qr. Mr. H. Bensted); Yorkshire Dragoons (Tent Striking Competition 1907 Tpr. G. Wells); Scottish Horse (Wrestling on Horseback 1905 No 1083 Lce Corpl A M McCulloch ‘H’ Squadron); 10th Hussars Football Tournament Rawalpindi 1911-12 (Runners up Private Thornton 17th Lancers); Berkshire Yeomanry (Berks. Y. Troop F.C. Corpl. N. C. Jefferies), all silver except for the first and last; together with a Regimental Tie Pin Stick, Victorian, possibly cavalry, in leather box, generally very fine (7) £120-£160
A scarce Edward Medal Second Class for Mines awarded to Mr. Archer Cartwright, Under Manager of the Russell Colliery, for his gallantry during the Dudley Colliery Fire on 17 April 1910 Edward Medal (Mines), E.VII.R., 2nd Class, bronze (Archer Cartwright) mounted with the original investiture hook, good very fine £1,500-£2,000 --- E.M. London Gazette 5 August 1910: Mr. Archer Cartwright, Under Manager, Russell Colliery [in a joint citation with Isaiah Walker, Miner, Russell Colliery; Samuel Slater, Miner, Russell Colliery; and Anthony Willets, Miner, Russell Colliery] ‘On the 17th April 1910, an underground fire, in which the lives of two workmen were lost, occurred at the Russell Colliery, near Dudley, Staffordshire- a district where the workings are peculiarly liable to spontaneous combustion. The fire broke out at a point about 114 yards from the bottom of the downcast shaft, and when it was discovered by smoke issuing from the upcast shaft, the Manager of the mine, accompanied by several workmen, proceeded to the spot to try and put the fire out. After working for a considerable time in the heat and smoke, two of the party, Archer Cartwright (Under Manager) and Anthony Willets, were sent to the surface for tools, leaving the Manager and two workmen to proceed with the work of fighting the fire. In their absence, both the Manager, who, feeling the effects of the smoke, had walked back a short distance, and the two workmen were overcome by the noxious atmosphere. Willets, on his return, found the Manager unconscious and dragging him, in spite of his very heavy weight, to the bottom of the shaft, brought him safely to the surface. Willets and Cartwright and a third man named Samuel Slater then descended the shaft in order to try and rescue the two workmen who had succumbed. They found them and attempted to carry them back; but Willets, who was already exhausted by his previous efforts, gave signs of giving way, and Cartwright and Slater also feeling ill-effects, they were all compelled to return and leave the two unfortunate workmen. On their way back, Willets fell down unconscious, and Cartwright and Slater, being unable to help him, made their way with difficulty to the surface. They were able, however, to tell Isaiah Walker of Willets’ condition, and he volunteered to try and bring Willets out. Descending the mine alone, and crawling on his hands and knees under the smoke, Walker managed to reach Willets, whom he found lying on his face about 27 yards from the shaft. Seizing him by the shoulders, Walker managed to drag Willets to the shaft bottom, and then took him up in the cage. Walker again went down the shaft in the hope of reaching the two workmen left in the mine; but this time he was unsuccessful, and was forced to come back.’ The Dudley Colliery Fire ‘On Sunday morning a fire, which resulted in the loss of two lives, broke out in No. 5 Pit, Windmill End, known as the Russell Hall Colliery, Dudley. The victims were John Davies and Tom Robinson. It appears that four men were working in the mine on Saturday night, namely Sam Slater, Isaiah Walker, Sam Brookes, and Joe Hughes. They came up between twelve and one o’clock for their supper, and when they got back down to the bottom of the shaft they noticed something was wrong. There was a smell of fire in the main roadway. They reported this, and immediately went down again. It was then found that the timber in the mine was in flames, and they worked on the fire until four o´clock on the Sunday morning, when the two unfortunate men, Robinson and Davies, relieved them. The manager (Mr. Alderson), and the under-manager (Mr. Cartwright) were also in the workings, together with a miner named Willets. Brookes and Slater went home, but Slater and Walker remained in case they should be wanted. About five o’clock they became anxious and went down again and rendered further assistance. Willets and Mr. Cartwright meanwhile returned to the bank for tools to make a sand dam, the fire having got out of hand, and the emitted fumes being too overpowering. Willets was the first to return, and upon going into the workings found Mr. Alderson lying on the ground in a state of semi-consciousness. With great difficulty he managed to drag him to the pit bottom, and he was quickly conveyed to the bank. It was then recognised that the position of the other two men must be serious, for they were further in the workings than Mr. Alderson. Willets, although suffering somewhat from the effects of the fumes himself, pluckily returned again to the pit in company with Mr. Cartwright and several others. The fumes were so deadly that the rescue party could not endure them for many minutes together, and had to be drawn to the top with great speed. Mr. Cartwright found the bodies of the two men lying in the roadway, and tried to drag them away, but he had to beat a hasty retreat for his own safety. At six o’clock Dr. Dando, who resides nearby, was sent for, and he pluckily descended the shaft as soon as he arrived. The rescue party then attempted to put in a sand dam, which they accomplished with great difficulty. The two men, Robinson and Davies, were found dead at about 9:30 a.m. Many deeds of splendid heroism are reported. Mr. Alderson, the manager, and Mr. Cartwright, his deputy, were overcome on several occasions; in fact, at one time as many as six of the rescue party were lying unconscious in the engine house. Dr. Dando remained down the pit for more than three hours, rendering what assistance he could to the relief parties. Eventually he was overcome by the fumes, and had to be conveyed to the top in a tub. Artificial respiration was resorted to in each case, and when the men came to themselves they reeled as though they were drunk. Most of the men were sent home to bed, and Dr. Dando speaks very highly of the heroism displayed. When called, Dr. Dando lost no time in getting to the pit, hurrying from his house with his dressing gown, wasting no time in getting dressed. The men speak of his actions with the greatest admiration. “I had to restrain a number of the men”, said the doctor in an interview, “from going back in their endeavour to fetch their comrades. It would have been certain death to them. I was proud of these men. I have never seen anything to equal it. They were nobly led by Mr. Alderson, and I cannot say how it is that he is alive today. I am sure that greater deeds of heroism have never before been seen upon a battlefield. When the men were making the dam to keep back the foul air they could not hold the shovel for more than a minute. They then had to go back to the bottom of the shaft to get air, and then rush back again. They worked splendidly. Of course, as the dam was constructed the danger from the foul air became less, and they could proceed with less difficulty.”’ (Dudley Herald, 23 April 1910 refers). Archer Cartwright was born in Lye, Worcestershire, in September 1882, and was presented with his Edward Medal by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace on 2 August 1910. Sold with a large quantity of copied research.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (J. Connor, 90th Lt. Infy.) first letter of surname neatly corrected (engraved), nearly extremely fine £700-£900 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 1999. James Connor was born in Limerick in 1837 and attested for the 48th Regiment at Westminster on 19 June 1855. Transferring to the 90th Regiment in March 1857, he served during the Great Sepoy Mutiny as part of Havelock’s Relief Force and was disabled by gunshot wounds in the left knee at Alum Bagh, Lucknow, on 26 September 1857. As a consequence of his wounds, he was discharged as unfit for further service at Canterbury on 6 July 1858. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Pair: Colonel A. Bruce, Bengal Staff Corps, late 2nd Sikh Police and 12th Bengal Native Infantry Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lt. A. Bruce, 2nd. Sikh Police.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Captn. A. Bruce 12th. N.I.) both with contemporary top silver riband buckles; together with the related miniature awards, these also both with contemporary top silver riband buckles, all housed in a contemporary fitted leather case, light contact marks to first, overall nearly extremely fine (2) £700-£900 --- A. Bruce was commissioned Ensign on 20 October 1852, and was promoted Lieutenant on 23 November 1856. He served with the 2nd Sikh Police during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was present at the action at Sultanpore, and the siege and capture of Lucknow. Promoted Brevet Captain, 12th Bengal Native Infantry, on 20 October 1864, he saw further action during the Bhootan Expedition, and was confirmed in this rank on 12 September 1866. He served as a 1st Wing Subaltern, 12th Bengal N.I. from 22 January 1868 to 1870, before joining the Bengal Staff Corps in that same year, and was promoted Major on 20 October 1872, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 20 October 1878. He retired with the honorary rank of Colonel on 29 November 1881, and died in 1896.
1914-15 Star (271284, W. H. C. Critchley, E.R.A.3., R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (305945 E. Coombes. Sto. 1. R.N.; J.12788 F. A. Vyvyan. A.B. R.N.) last officially re-impressed, nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- H.M.S. Amphion At the start of the Great War, H.M.S. Amphion was leader of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, assigned to the Harwich Force, defending the eastern approaches to the English Channel, under the command of Captain Cecil H. Fox. In the morning of 5 August, Amphion and the 3rd Flotilla sortied into the North Sea to patrol the area between Harwich and the Dutch island of Terschelling for German activity. At 10:15 a ship in the black, buff, and yellow colours of the Great Eastern Railway’s steamers that plied between Harwich and the Hook of Holland was spotted. Fox sent the destroyers H.M.S. Lance and H.M.S. Landrail to investigate and shortly afterwards another destroyer reported that a trawler had seen a suspicious ship, ‘throwing things overboard, presumably mines’ H.M.S. Amphion led the flotilla to investigate and observed that the fleeing ship was deploying mines even then. At 10:45, Lance opened fire at a range of 4,400 yards. The target was S.M.S. Königin Luise, a former Hamburg-Heligoland excursion boat that had been converted to an auxiliary minelayer by the Germans. They had planned to mount a pair of 8.8-centimetre (3.5 in) guns on board, but they did not have the time to do so; her only armament was a pair of lighter guns and 180 mines. On the night of 4 August, she had departed Emden and headed into the North Sea to lay mines off the Thames Estuary, which she began to do at dawn. The fire from the destroyers was ineffective until Amphion closed to a range of 7,000 yards and began hitting the German ship at about 11:15. By noon, Königin Luise was sinking and the three British ships rescued 5 officers and 70 ratings. The flotilla proceeded onwards with their patrol until they reached the Dutch coast around 21:00 and turned for home. Fox was uncertain as to the locations of the mines laid by Königin Luise and laid a course that was seven nautical miles west of where he thought the mines were. He guessed wrongly and led his flotilla over the danger area. At 06:35, Amphion struck a mine that detonated underneath her bridge. The explosion set her forecastle on fire and broke the ship’s keel. The destroyer H.M.S. Linnet attempted to tow the cruiser, but a deep crack across her upper deck showed that she was hogging badly and Fox ordered his crew to abandon ship. Shortly afterwards, her forward magazine exploded, throwing one 4-inch gun into the air that narrowly missed Linnet. One of Amphion’s shells burst on the deck of the destroyer Lark, killing two of her men and the only German prisoner rescued from the cruiser. Amphion then rapidly sank within 15 minutes of the explosion losing 1 officer and 131 ratings killed in the sinking, plus an unknown number of the crew rescued from Königin Luise. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the Great War. William Henry Charles Critchley was born in Devonport on 13 March 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 4 January 1904. Advanced Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class on 1 January 1912, he joined H.M.S. Amphion on 2 April 1913, when the ship was first commissioned, and served in her from the outset of the Great War. He survived Amphion’s sinking, and saw later Great War service in H.M.S. Faulknor at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer on 1 March 1919, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 January 1922, and was discharged to pension on 12 March 1928. Mobilised from 28 September to 3 October 1939, he was recalled for service during the Second World War on 23 August 1939, and served in the U.K. until his release on 16 August 1945. He died in Plymouth, aged 63, on 1 November 1951. Edwin Coombes was born in Torquay, Devon, on 28 January 1885 and joined the Royal Navy on 8 February 1904. Advanced Stoker First Class on 1 July 1906, he joined H.M.S. Amphion on 2 April 1913, when the ship was first commissioned, and served in her from the outset of the Great War. He was killed when Amphion struck a mine and sunk on 6 August 1914, and he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Francis Alfred Vyvyan was born in Plymouth, Devon, on 19 August 1894 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 19 July 1911. He joined H.M.S. Amphion on 2 April 1913, when the ship first commissioned, and was advanced Able Seaman on 21 February 1914. He served in Amphion from the outset of the Great War and was killed when she struck a mine and sunk on 6 August 1914. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
‘Sergeant Fotheringham, a chap I got the D.C.M. for at Ypres, was with me, and he kept bringing the men on in the most magnificent way, and he was wonderful from first to last, and if he had lived would have got a V.C. or bar to his D.C.M.’ (Scots Guard, by Captain W. H. G. Ewart refers) A fine Great War ‘Ypres 1917’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Sergeant J. Fotheringham, Scots Guards, for gallantry at Wijdendrigt on 14-15 September during a heavy gas barrage when he rescued a wounded comrade; he died of wounds received in the battle of Cambrai, 26 November 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (12015 A.L. Sjt: J. Fotheringham. 2/S. Gds:); 1914-15 Star (12015 Pte. J. Fotheringham. S. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (12015 A. Cpl. J. Fotheringham. S. Gds.) together with Memorial Plaque (James Fotheringham) contact marks and polished, otherwise nearly very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 19 November 1917; citation published 6 February 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in charge of a party of men loading trucks. When the enemy put down a heavy gas barrage he collected his scattered parties, superintended the adjustment of box-respirators, and guided them down the track. Hearing that a wounded man had been left behind he returned with two stretcher bearers through a gas barrage and brought him to the dressing station.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Wijdendrigt, 14-15 September 1917’. James Fotheringham served with the 2nd battalion, Scots Guards, in France from 25 May 1915. He won the D.C.M. for gallantry at Ypres in September 1917 and died of wounds received during the battle of Cambrai on 26 November 1917. His death during an attack on Bourlon Wood is described by Lieutenant (later Captain) W. H. G. Ewart in his book Scots Guard: ‘We then found some very windy Highlanders and dismounted cavalry, and we got orders to push on and drive the Bosches out at daybreak. This of course was sheer open fighting, and quite different from anything we had done before except on field days. As soon as it got light the three companies advanced in extended order, and it was not long before the bullets began to fly, and Howard's Company got hung up by machine-guns on the left. Consequently we could not get on. Desultory and sometimes very sharp fighting went on for about two and a half hours. We sniped a lot of Bosches. Then Howard got badly wounded, and it was obvious the Bosches were too strong for us. As a matter of fact we afterwards heard that the north-east part of the wood was held by two Battalions of the Third Prussian Guard Division and must simply have been swarming with them, so we could hardly expect to take it with three companies. Later in the morning we were told the Bosches must be cleared out at all costs, and we had to attack again at two o’clock, with the First Guards Brigade on our right. This was at 1.15, so there was not much time to arrange it, and I had the wind up as never before, feeling certain that it was impossible to take the place owing to the machine-guns which were supposed to be rushed with the bayonet, but which nobody really knew the whereabouts and number of. We lined along a summer ride and went over just at the tail end of a sleet-storm. There was a short and quite useless machine-gun barrage, no artillery. Just after we had gone over, Tyringham tried to stop us, as the Command realised the hopelessness of it, but it was then too late. F Company got ahead on the right and I heard a lot of firing. Sergeant Fotheringham, a chap I got the D.C.M. for at Ypres, was with me, and he kept bringing the men on in the most magnificent way, and he was wonderful from first to last, and if he had lived would have got a V.C. or bar to his D.C.M. When we got to the more open part of the wood I saw what had happened - just as I expected. Menzies, the Company Commander, and Sergeant Maclean with all the leading men of F Company had been laid out together trying to rush the machine-guns. At the same moment the two machine-guns slewed round on to us, and I realised that we were only about fifteen yards from one of them. Of course we flung ourselves down, Sergeant Fotheringham, a man called Grant - the same that was wounded at Neuve Chapelle - in F Company, and myself; and for the next twenty minutes there was nothing but a young oak-tree between us three and eternity. The machine-gun fired absolutely point blank, but could not quite reach us on account of the tree. Most of the platoon got down in a depression about twenty-five yards behind, but about eight men, including two Lewis Gunners, were almost up with us. These kept on firing for all they were worth, and the Lewis Gunners working their guns in the open until they were killed. Every man was killed one after the other, and Grant is the only man left alive besides myself. Then the Bosches started throwing phosphorous bombs at the dead and wounded, which set light to them and burnt them up. I thought I had seen most of the nasty things in this war, but this was the nastiest by a long way. By this time the rest of the men had retired, but we three were still lying behind the tree, unable to move an eyelid. However, after about twenty minutes the Germans got tired of shooting, and we decided to get away if possible one by one. Grant went first, and got across the open all right, though fired at from each side. Then Sergeant Fotheringham volunteered to try and get one of the Lewis guns away. He had his arm shattered at once, but managed to crawl back, only to die at the dressing-station. He was a great friend of mine and I feel his loss very much. I waited about five minutes and then did a lightning sprint on my stomach, and by all natural laws ought to have been hit - the bullets were knocking stones up into my face. However, I got back in the end. It was an experience I shall never wish to repeat, and it is no compensation for the loss of people like Menzies, and Sergeants Fotheringham and Maclean to know that what they were asked to do was absolutely impossible. It is little consolation even to know that the Corps General has been sent home.’ Sergeant James Fotheringham died of wounds on 26 November 1917, aged 27, husband of Hannah Matilda Fotheringham, of Caulfield Road, East Ham, London. He is buried in Orival Wood Cemetery, Flesquieres. Sold with an original photograph of the recipient together with copied research including D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards, annotated Gazette, and War Diary entries.
Four: Corporal A. H. Holt, Royal Fusiliers Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (7005 Pte. A. Holt 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.) some official corrections to naming; British War and Victory Medals (GS-46365 Cpl. A. H. Holt. R. Fus.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Albert Henry Holt) the first with small edge bruise, otherwise toned, nearly extremely fine or better (4) £700-£900 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Card which confirms entitlement to British War and Victory Medals.
Longines Opposition stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch, reference no. L3.617.4, black dial, signed L.263.2 movement, signed inside case stamped 7807 263, Longines bracelet with butterfly clasp, quartz, 36mm (at fault)-Movement - Not functioning - tested with new battery.Dial - mark above the date aperture.Glass - minor light surface marks.Hands - good.Case - light surface marks.Crown - adjusting correctly, when crown in first adjustment position date adjusts correctly, when crown in hands adjustment position date not adjusting.Bracelet - light surface marks, wrist size 8.00'' approx.-Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
A RARE CHINESE MARKET GILDED BRONZE EQUESTRIAN TIMEPIECE QIANLONG/JIAQING C.1780-1800Cast in the form of a stallion, standing with his head lowered and slightly tilted to one side, the front right and rear left legs raised; his back with tasselled trappings and leaf scrolls supporting a thirty hour timepiece by Samuel Biddulph, No.3661, the white enamel dial within red and white paste brilliants, with an eagle finial and a pale yellow marble rectangular plinth, 27cm. (29.5cm overall).Provenance: from the collection of The Hon. Nellie Ionides, (1883-1962), of Buxted Park, sold by Sotheby & Co., London, The Ionides Collections, Part I, 31st May 1963, lot 50.Published:H Alan Lloyd, English Clocks for the Chinese Market, The Antique Collector, January / February 1951, where the above example and nine further clocks from the Ionides Collection are illustrated. Also Christopher Hussey, Buxted Park, The Home of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Basil Ionides, Country Life, 18th August 1950, p.519, where this equestrian timepiece is illustrated on the mantelpiece in the Chinese room together with others, including one in the form of a stag, (see overleaf).Cf. Sotheby & Co., London, The Ionides Collections Part II, 1st November 1963, lot 13 for a related musical clock by James Cox in the form of a stag, and lot 14 for a related watch stand by Joseph Silver, cast as a lion. Later sold, Sotheby's New York, 25th September 2012, lot 495.The Honourable Nellie Ionides (1883-1962), was the daughter of the Shell Oil magnet Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, and Lord Mayor of London, 1902-3. After her first husband, Walter Henry Levy, died in 1923, Nellie married the architect Basil Ionides and they lived at the fine Palladian estate in Sussex, Buxted Park, where they were great entertainers and friends of George V and Queen Mary. Nellie amassed an important collection of Chinese art, part of which was left to the British Museum, and part of which was sold in four sales at Sotheby’s in 1963 and 1964. For further details about Nellie Ionides as a collector, see R Davids & D Jellinek, Provenance, pp.251-255.清乾隆/嘉慶 銅鍍金馬馱鼓式鐘來源: The Hon. Nellie Ionides (1883-1962) 收藏, 購於倫敦蘇富比，1963年5月31日，The Ionides Collections, 第一部分，編號50。出版：H Alan Lloyd, English Clocks for the Chinese Market, The Antique Collector, 1950年一/二月, 上述的馬馱鼓式鐘和Ionides收藏中的另外九個時鐘都有在圖錄中記載; 另見Christopher Hussey所著, Buxted Park, The Home of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Basil Ionides，發表於1950年8月18日的Country Life雜誌的第519頁，該書亦記載了這個馬馱鼓式鐘及其他的時鐘收藏，當中包括一個鹿形時鐘(見後頁)。
A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'LONGEVITY' VASEYONGZHENG 1723-35The cylindrical body painted with roundels containing shou characters and stylised cranes on a pink and blue diaper ground divided by ruyi-head bands, with floral and geometric bands to the foot, shoulder and rim, with dragons and lotus flowerheads to the neck against a blue and white ground of scrolling branches, 40.3cm.The use of the crane together with the shou characters represents longevity and immortality. The crane is the symbol of immortality because its white feathers represent old age, and the ancient Chinese believed that it could live for 1000 years or more. The crane is also a symbol of high rank and represents the first rank for Chinese civil officials. The shou character is itself a symbol of longevity. It can be written in many ways, and calligraphy consisting of one hundred shou characters in different styles is often used as a birthday present for an older person.The decoration to the neck closely follows the painting on a vase from the Alfred Morrison collection, cf. Christie's, November 9th, 2004, lot 11, linking the present vase to the Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, and also the article 'Who Collects Yuanmingyuan?', which discusses the Fonthill Heirlooms.清雍正 粉彩開光錦地鶴壽延年紋瓶
A short sword or dagger with a 34cm single sided, pointed blade with sharpened edge. The handle with inset brass and possibly silver decoration and rounded coral coloured mount, to the front, the reverse lacking decoration, the scabbard with similar inlay and mounts. 49cm overall. With two further daggers, one with decorative shaped blade on a wooden handle and leather scabbard, 30cm, the third with engraved scabbard and grip, 32cm (3) *Condition: First with areas of loss and light pitting and marking to blade, second with scuffing and marks to scabbard, third light marking and rust spots to blade.
A Dyack 'Headhunters' sword with a slightly curved pointed sharpened 52cm blade on a woven and horn mounted handle, the horn elaborately carved. With a two-part wooden scabbard with woven binding and decorative detailing, 70cm overall. With a similar knife with a 19cm sharpened pointed blade on a hardwood handle with simple carved decoration, in a matching two-part wooden sheath with cord binding, 35cm overall (2) *Condition: First with chips and slight areas of loos to horn handle and slight signs of wear throughout. Second with loose binding and some marking to blade.
A Kris type dagger with a 33cm in an oversized scabbard with elaborate scrolling cross bar and brass wrapped body, 47cm x 21cm. Another similar lacking lower part of scabbard. A Dyack type knife with a 33cm blade with pierced back, with hardwood handle and raffia bound scabbard, and another similar with 54cm curved blade, lacking scabbard (4) *Condition: First in poor condition with breaks and damage. Second in poor condition with significant loss to body. Third in reasonable condition, fourth with signs of degradation to the blade.
An interesting Glamourgan Battledress, the blouse dated July, 1945 'Battledress Blouse Serge, Size 9, with Government issue arrow, With red and white 'Home Guard Glamorgan 5' shoulder titles, crown to the shoulders for the rank of Major, Welsh Dragon collar dogs. Medal ribbons for First World War and Victory medals and Second World War Defence and War Medals, with padded RAF wings above in ivory silk thread. The trousers 1949 pattern size 12, dated 1955. It has been suggested that this is a uniform from the period between 1952 and 1957 when the Home Guard was revived to counter the perceived threat from the Soviet Union *Condition: Nice condition with few signs of wear.
A post 1902 Welch Regiment Field Officers Dress Cap in black cloth with broad red band and piping with Regimental cap badge 'The Welch', the peak with broad gilt braid border. With leather band to the interior. 26cm wide. 31cm front to back. And a similar cap with dark blue velvet band and lacking cap badge (2) *Condition: First externally good with light cracking to peak and loss of colour to braid, internally with signs of wear, Second more recent manufacture.
A Pre- First World War Bavarian pickelhaube with raised spike, the mount with four domed fixings, the helmet plate with Bavarian arms above the legend 'In Treue Fest', with applied gilt cross, with chin strap and painted cockades, the interior stamped J.P.B. 1909, possibly with previous owners name in script to the inside of the peak, 20cm high, 24cm front to back *Condition: Scuffs to sides below cockades, chin strap possibly later.
A fine Victorian photograph of Commander Astley Cooper Key in Naval uniform, the ribbons and braid highlighted in red and gilt, oval, 5.4 x 4cm. In original tooled gilt surround and ebonised support, 13.3 x 12cm. With a paper label to the reverse 'Commander Astley Cooper Ket C.B (afterwards Rt Hon Sir Astley Copper Key G.C.B. FRS.'. Astley Cooper Key (1821-1888) had a long, illustrious and well recorded Naval career. He joined the Navy in 1833, he saw much action, not least in the Crimean War, rising to become First Sea Lord by1879 and First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp to the Queen *Condition: Good condition.
A wooden bodied brass five draw telescope marked 'Thos. Harris & Son, Opticians Oppoe, the British Museum, London. 26cm closed, 106cm fully extended. And a Dollond of London three drawer telescope with leather cover. 24cm closed, 72cm fully extended *Condition: Signs of solder repair to one join, light denting and scuffing to surfaces on the first second with light surface marks. Lenses appear in good order.
A collection of copied and original ephemera and research material relating to the First World War including: training pamphlets, postcards, envelopes with censor's stamps, Field Service Postcard, 1918 Ration Book, two Shelter Marshal/Steward armbands, stamps and other items. In three albums *Condition: Mixed condition, some of the ephemeral items showing age and use.
A collection of research material to include a selection of original items including: First Day Covers with military themes to include a cover signed by Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Civil Defence leaflets, propaganda booklets including 'Hello Chaps this is Bombay', Air Raid Precaution booklets, two 'fit and well' telegrams, postcards, postal envelopes examined by censors, Civil Defence Training literature, ration books and many other similar items. Also with a 1914-18 War Medal named to Joseph Mather of the 1/4th Battalion of the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) who was killed in action on the 8th August 1916. All contained in five folders *Condition: Mixed condition, much in good state.
An extensive and well annotated photograph album 'In Memory of my Cruise China Station 1932-4 H.M.S. Kent'. Containing over 700 annotated photographs of various subjects. Dring served with the 403 Fleet Fighter Flight, 5th Cruiser Squadron China, a number of the images identifying Dring amongst his colleagues and with the Fairey Flycatcher S1418 that was launched from the ship and craned back aboard after use. Other images include Malta, Port Said, Ceylon, Hong Kong, the fire at Kai Tak on December 15th 1931, Christmas celebrations 1931, Singapore, Crossing the Line ceremonies, Japanese ships in action bombarding Woosung forts and villages, Admiral Kelly's Cavalry and their Howitzer, H.M.S. Kent in Whampoa dock, trips ashore, full power trials and firing practice, the ships company, local views of people and buildings and numerous other subjects, all with annotations. Kenneth Bellairs Dring joined the R.A.F. as a boy entrant at the age of 15 years old and stayed in the service until demobbed at the age of 53 at the rank of Squadron Leader. This album was created during his time aboard H.M.S. Kent between 1932-4. He served during the Second World War in France and other countries, being made a War substantive Flight Lieutenant on the 1st of January 1943. He was awarded an MBE for entering a burning hanger on three occasions to rescue his men, and was paid £100 for inventing a quick release undercarriage device for aircraft. Service in Amman, Jordan to train engineers followed as did service with the Sudanese Airforce running a squadron for two years, ending up in Norfolk. Following his service he worked for a Hovercraft Company on the Isle of Wight writing the manuals. His family described him as a meticulous man who enjoyed every moment of his service int he R.A.F. H.M.S. Kent was laid down on the 15th November 1924 at Chatham Dockyard. Launched in 1928 she was assigned to the 5th Cruiser Squadron on the China Station. In 1929-30 she was fitted with her aircraft catapult. Eventually paid off in 1945 she remained in the reserve for a number of years before being used as a target before being broken up in 1948. The Fairey Flycatcher was one of the first aircraft specifically designed for operation from aircraft carriers. First entering service with 402 Flight, some 192 such aircraft were produced. The album, 38 x 28cm, in a fitted box 42 x 33 x 9cm. Sold by a descendant of the creator of the album with a selection of copied research including a copied photograph of him amongst a group 'Station Workshops 1943' *Condition: Buming and marks to cover, interior in fresh condition, tissue paper lacking in places and often loose and creased. Outer box distressed.
A copper tobacco box of oval concave form with hinged lid engraved 'H.M.S. Achilles 1908'. 9 x 6cm. H.M.S. Achilles was launched on the 17th June 1905, a Warrior-class armoured cruiser which served with the 2nd Cruiser Squadron, her most notable achievement in the First World War being to sink the German Raider Leopard in 1917. She was sold for scrap in 1921 *Condition: Nice original uncleaned condition.
An envelope posted from Auschwitz Concentration Camp in 1941, addressed to Frau Maria Sikon in Krakau, the senders details given as Simon (?) Sikon, born on the 28th October 1900, number 3300 with address including 'Block 2'. The left hand side of the envelope printed with instructions regarding postage, the last two being: 6. Requests for release from protective custody to the camp management are pointless 7. Permissions to speak and visit prisoners in the concentration camp are generally not permitted. The envelope 11.3 x 16cm. It is suggested that prisoners with a number in this range arrived at the camp on the 30th August 1940. With three further prisoner of war letters, one to a Mr and Mrs Green in Jersey from Leslie Green from Laufen camp, another to South Wales from a German prisoner of camp and a third 'Feldpostbief' letter with third reich stamp (4) *Condition: First with slight tears along top edge, hope above 'Frau' otherwise a good example. The others reasonable for age and material.
A collection of First World War cards featuring the flags of the allies to include a card with a dragonfly, the wings with the flags of Belgium, USA, France and Italy with Great Britain the body 'Souvenir of France'. 27 cards a few with messages and envelopes *Condition: Light spotting in places but colours strong and generally a well chosen collection.
A collection of First World War or later embroidered silk greetings cards 'Greetings from France', 'Heaps of Kisses for my darling' 'Tender Thoughts' and others, some of envelope design with small cards internally, a number with messages to the reverse. With a postcard of five German soldiers and another 'We'll Meet Again' written in pencil from Gnr Turner on November 1st 1916 giving details of trenches, barbed wire and new explosive. With two books on First World War Postcards *Condition: Some light spotting but generally with good colours, a well chosen collection.
A silver topped walking cane decorated with 'Bays' within a laurel wreath and beneath a crown, all within scrolling foliate decoration, apparently unmarked, 83cm. Another similar with Prince of Wales Feathers and banner '5th Battalion The Welsh Regt'. Also apparently unmarked, 81cm (2) *Condition: The first with significant dents to the top and rubbing to the metal, shaft scuffed. The second similar.
A monochrome print 'The Duke of Wellington's Library, study, and sleeping Apartment at Walmer Castle and the Room in which he died. Sept 4th 1852 Aged 84 Years'. Published by T.H. Ellis, London 1852. Framed and glazed in a maple veneered frame, 36 x 42.5cm. And a coloured political cartoon; British Cookery “Out of the Frying-Pan Into the Fire'” published May 1st 1811 by M. Jones. Wellington standing before a large range is basting a large bird 'British Basting Ladle' with the army 'The British Brave' fanning the flames. Overall 44 x 52cm (2) *Condition: First with degradation to paper surface and spotting especially in margins, not examined out of frame. Second with mount to the edge of the print and not examined out of the frame.
A uniface medal 'Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge dated 1832, 6.5cm. A Cambrian Pottery, Swansea One penny Token. A Surgeon's Hall Penny. A small Victorian medal commemorating the laying of the first stone laying and opening of the Royal Exchange, 1844, and a selection of nine further medals (12) *Condition: Mixed first a little damaged, second and third good, fourth good, others mixed.
A white metal medal of H.I.J.M.S. Katori recording the launching in 1905 by W.T. Story, 3.7cm In story case of issue (Eimer 1886), a white metal Heliogoland Bight and Dogger Bank medal, Admiral Byng medal, Pipetamper with Admiral Hood finial and four others (8) *Condition: Mixed states, first two very good condition.
A Bronze medal by Lovis Botte from the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, named to the reverse 'Ecole Normale Primaire D'Instituteurs A Arras' 6.2cm in original gilt tooled leather case. With a Royal Mint Queen Victoria 1897 Jubilee souvenir bronze medal in case of issue, an Edward VII Coronation medal, an 1887 badge and small George V coronation medal (5) *Condition: All in nice condition, first with attractive luster, leather case distressed.
An unusual collection of silver roundells, four similar engraved to one side with a classical subject to include a female head, cupid and others, the other side with various subjects including a gothic style crest possibly related to the Stuart dynasty, classical subjects and a scrolling letter 'W' amongst flowers, and a depiction of America, all with niello type decoration, each 4.8cm wide and c.10.38g or heavier. Two smaller discs, probably by a different hand, one uniface. In a fitted leather case. Possibly engraver's samples or test pieces *Condition: The first four better than the others, in very fresh condition, case with external scuffing.
With a 64cm barrel, marked to the side 'Webley Service Air Rifle Mark II, Manufactured by Webley & Scott, with rotating safety switch, numbered S706 behind the trigger and below the barrel, rising foresight, 106cm overall. Apparently only 1000 first model guns of this type were made *Condition: An attractive example, slight scuffs and marks to the body.
With a 90cm tapering pointed blade of oval section with central fuller, the blade not sharpened, the ricasso marked in French script, possibly dating the sword to 1924. With a three bar guard and oval pommel. With leather sword knot and strap hanger, in scabbard with single ring suspension. 106cm overall. And a reproduction 17th century sword with decorated blade and sculptural grip, 103cm overall *Condition: Light marking to surface throughout on the first, blade clean, the second with light rust.
With a 74.5cm slightly curved blade with fuller and spear point, the blade sharpened for active service and etched with a battleship, Imperial Reichs Crown over a fouled anchor, all amongst scrolling foliage. The guard with double folding inner and outer sections, the larger with fouled anchor, all with further scrolling foliage, with an ivory grip with wire binding, the pommel with lion's head set with red and greed eyes. Mounted with a second World War Kriegsmarine sword knot. The leather scabbard with engraved brass mounts, with twin ring suspension loops. With a black leather sword belt and twin hangers with Reichsmarine buckle marked for A.W. & S. Berlin. The grip engraved internally 'M. Tikrem C.L.' (?) and 'Dohnka'. 89cm overall. With copied research and images of some of Dohnka's ships. Research accompanying the sword suggests that Dohnka relates to Emil Dohnke who was born on the 22nd May 1879, he joined the Imperial Navy in 1896 as an artillery mechanic being promoted to the officer's rank of Lieutenant Ordnance Specialist (Feuerwerks-Leutnenat) on the 19th July 1911. He served in the artillery department of the Imperial Shipyard (Kaiserliche Werft) in Kiel and on the 22nd March 1914 he was promoted to Feuerwerks-Oberleutnant (Lieutenant Senior Grade). Following the beginning of the First World War he was posted to the ammunition depot of the German Navy Corps in Flanders. He appears to have retired from active service on the 30th October 1915 retiring from the Navy in 1918. By July 1st 1934 he had rejoined the Reichsmarine as a Lieutenant Commander and Erganzungs-Offizer (Supplement Officer), a branch of the Navy created for specialists in Artillery, Mine Sweeping or Torpedo operation. He remained at the Naval Arsenal in Kiel rising to the rank of Fregattenkapitan (Commander Senior Grade). He seems to have left the Navy at this time and celebrated his 100th birthday in Hamburg in 1979. A photocopied report of his 100th birthday celebrations is included with copied research relating to this combatant from the First and Second World Wars . A Cites License has been applied for MUVZ2SVW *Condition: Repair to split in scabbard, part of wire grip binding lacking, some light marking to blade.
A George V Naval Officer's Sword named to D.I. Aldrich R.N. With a 79.5cm pointed and partially fullered blade etched with George V monogram and fouled anchor amongst foliage with shagreen wire-wound grip, Lion's head pommel and guard with crowned anchor. The folding catch engraved D.I. Aldrich R.N. With bullion sword knot. In leather and brass mounted scabbard with twin ring suspension, 93cm overall with brown leather travelling cover and lining with a pair of medals for the Coronation of Elizabeth II 1953, and Silver Jubilee 1977, both unnamed as issued and mounted as worn with pin to the reverse. With a miniature for the first and medal ribbons. Also with a collection of buttons, badges and other items. Commander David Ivan Aldrich served with the Royal Navy for forty years joining Dartmoouth at the age of 14. During his long and successful career he was Resident Naval Officer in Bermuda between 1976-78 and Queen's Harbourmaster in Gibraltar from 1980-82. On completing his career he claimed that if he had the opportunity 'he would do it all again' *Condition: Sword recommissioned with signs of degradation to surface and rubbing to decoration. Leather cover with splits to stitching.
Attwell, Mabel Lucie (illus.) Various works illustrated by the artist, comprising - The Water Babies Charles Kingsley (auth.), Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., no date The Lost Princess: a Fairy Tale by Marie Queen of Roumania S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd., first impression, 1924 Fairy Stories from France Doris Ashley (auth.), Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., no date Mother Goose, Nursey Rhymes Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., no date, pictorial gilt green cloth binding, missing plates Lucie Attwell's Fairy Book S.W. Partridge & Co., 1st ed., 1932 (5) Condition Report:No condition report is available. We strongly recommend viewing in person for this lot.
Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Pigling Bland Frederick Warne and Co, 1913, first edition, together with another later printing of the same work The Tale of Tom Kitten Frederick Warne and Co., copyright 1909 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin Frederick Warne and Co., copyright 1903 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., copyright 1906 (5) Condition Report:No condition report is available. We strongly recommend viewing in person for this lot.
Mixed literature, largely classics, including Agatha Christie, a first edition of By Fancy's Footpath by E.M. Dinnis inscribed by the author, The Professor by the Sisters Bronte (Edmund Dulac illus., J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1922) etc. Condition Report:No condition report is available. We strongly recommend viewing in person for this lot.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first deluxe edition, original blue cloth with mounted colour illustration and gilt signature, 1999 and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first deluxe edition original purple cloth with mounted colour illustration and gilt signature, 2000 (2) Condition Report:No condition report is available. We strongly recommend viewing in person for this lot.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first deluxe edition, original green cloth with mounted colour illustration and gilt signature, 1999 and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first deluxe edition, original red cloth with mounted colour illustration and gilt signature, 1999 (2) Condition Report:No condition report is available. We strongly recommend viewing in person for this lot.
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