A mounted group of fifteen miniature dress medals Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of the Renaissance, with first class rosette on riband; Order of the Star of Jordan, with first class rosette on riband; Order of Independence, with first class rosette on riband; Medal for the Battle of Karama 1968; Silver Jubilee Medal 1977; Saudi Arabia, Order of Abdul Aziz Al Saud, with first class rosette on riband; Morroco, Kingdom, Order of El Mohammed I, with first class rosette on riband; Iran, Empire, Order of Pahlavi, with first class rosette on riband; Spain, Kingdom, Order of Naval Merit, with first class rosette on riband; Malaysia, Federation, Order of the Defender of the Realm; Ethiopia, Empire, Order of the Queen of Sheba, with first class rosette on riband; China, Republic, Order of the Brilliant Star, with first class rosette on riband; Mexico, Republic, Order of the Aztec Eagle, with first class rosette on riband; Austria, Second Republic, Order of Merit, with first class rosette on riband; France, Fifth Republic, National Order of Merit, with first class rosette on riband, the miniatures all collectively silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, mounted court-style for wear, generally nearly extremely fine (15) £600-£800
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Belgium, Kingdom, A Selection of approximately 50 miscellaneous 20th Century Belgian Decorations and Medals, including Military Cross; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., with bronze palm; Civic Decoration type 1, First and Second Class, type 2, First and Class; Labour Decoration, First and Second Class; Commemorative Medal for the Great War; Centenary Medal 1930; Congo Medal for Native troops, in bronze, Leopold III issue and Democratic Republic of Congo, Civic Merit Cross, generally very fine (lot) £200-£240
Estonia, Republic, Fire Brigade Medal, silver, very fine Finland, Republic, War Medal 1918; Helsinki Physician’s Long Service Badges (4), for 30, 25, 20 and XX years, the first in silver-gilt, the latter three in silver, hallmarked 1957, 1953, 1974 and 1945 respectively, good very fine Sweden, Kingdom, Patriotic Society Medal, Gustav V, silver; Militia Postal Services Medal, silver; SLK Medal, silver; Air Raid Warden’s Medal, bronze; together with a Danish municipal cross, silver, good very fine (11) £120-£160
France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire (2), silver, gilt, and enamel, both with eagle suspensions, the first with significant blue enamel damage, the second with gilding all rubbed, therefore good fine France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire (19), silver and enamel, all with trophy of arms suspension, 17 of the suspensions hinged, 2 ringed, one in case of issue, some enamel damage in parts, generally very fine (21) £180-£220
Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross First Class, without Swords, silver, with indistinct manufacturer’s number to retaining pin, possibly ‘50’ for Karl Gschiermeister of Vienna, in original case of issue, extremely fine £100-£140 --- Sold together with two Bestowal Documents, named to Ernst Rabe.
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge (2), silver with iron centre, the first unmarked but in original blue packet titled to the outside with the maker of Jakob Bengel; the second with manufacturer’s mark ‘27’ to the suspension ring indicating Anton Schenki, Vienna; Third Reich National Faithful Service Medal, silver and enamel, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140
Tommy Steele signed 6x4 black and white photo. Steele, is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Redmond O Hanlon signed first edition hardback book titled Congo Journey. Signature can be found on the inside title page. 1996 Published and Copyright. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
David Croft signed first edition Autobiography hardback book titled You Have Been Watching. Signature can be found on the inside title page. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Sharks Silent Hunters of the Deep introduction by Ron and Valerie Taylor Hardback Book 1987 First Edition published by Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Like Us Encounters With Primates by Thomas Marent Hardback Book 2014 First Edition published by White Star Publishers. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Ben Mendelsohn signed 12x8 colour photo. Mendelsohn is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in The Year My Voice Broke. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Ben Mendelsohn signed 12x8 colour photo. Mendelsohn is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in The Year My Voice Broke. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
English Actress Judi Bowker Signed Butterflies Royal Mail First Day Cover. Signed in blue ink. 4 Butterfly Stamps with Two 13 May 1981 Postmark. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Darius Campbell signature piece featuring a colour photograph and a signed white card. The colour photograph is complete with a signed white card approx. 6x4 signed in blue marker pen dedicated to Paul. Darius Campbell Danesh was a Scottish singer-songwriter, actor and film producer. He first came to prominence as Darius Danesh when he appeared in the first series of Popstars in 2001, and the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest Pop Idol. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Cigarette cards four vintage albums comprising WDandHO Wills Radio Celebrities first and second series signed 10 x 8 inch colour photo both fully completed along with John Player and Sons Film Stars second series signed 10 x 8 inch colour photo complete and third series signed 10 x 8 inch colour photo contains 46 of 50. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
James Galway signed Northern Ireland Pictorial Definitives FDC. This first day cover celebrates The Mountains of Mourne and has 4 official stamps and two postmarks dating 6th March 2001. It is limited edition number 2977 of 5000 and includes information insert card. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Jenny Seagrove signed 3x5 white album page. Seagrove is an English actress. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and first came to attention playing the lead in a television dramatization of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance and the film Local Hero. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Jacqueline Marval 1866 1932 A Retrospective Exhibition 1989 First Edition Softback Book published by Crane Galler. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
1984 Europa official Benham FDC BOCS(2)19 to celebrate Britain's first emergency support vessel. Postmark 25th May 1983. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Michael Gough signed 4x4 white album page. Gough was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwood in Dracula. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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[Mappin & Webb] The Romance of The Jewel by Francis Stopford printed for Private Circulation 1920 first edition with a foreword by Mappin & Webb and illustrated with 22 plate, some in colour, and with coloured initial letters, bound in gilt lettered leather backed boards with colour & gilt decoration and peacock on front
19th/20thC painted pine haberdashery or collector's chest of seven graduated compartmentalised drawers containing a plethora of watch and clock making parts, pocket watches, movements and tools. First drawer: approximately 75 pocket watch movements and parts including fusee, named examples including Heywood of Transvaal, Watt & Co, Gloucester, Whitfield Cirencester, Symons London etc. Second drawer: watch glasses and parts. Third drawer: watch glasses and parts, a few pocket watch movementsFourth drawer: wrist and pocket watch movements, parts and accessoriesFifth drawer: a large array of clock / watch parts, manufacturing and repairing materials including pin wires, hands, music box mechanism, fusee chains etcSixth and seventh drawer: clock parts
A scarce Kenya Campaign Medal for the Shifta Campaign pair awarded to Warrant Officer Class II P. J. Bunting, Royal Signals Kenya, Republic, Campaign Medal 1963-67, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23213056 S. Sgt. P. J. Bunting R. Signals.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted; an an unofficial British Forces Germany 1945-89 Commemorative Medal (23213056 WO Bunting P. J. 1958-1974), with related miniature award, edge bruise to LS&GC, otherwise good very fine, the first scarce to British personnel (3) £240-£280 --- Approximately 65 Kenya Campaign Medals awarded to British personnel who served with the Kenyan Forces in operations against the Somali Shiftas for 30 days (not necessarily continuously) between the period 12 December 1963 and 30 November 1967, and given permission to wear per Defence Council Instruction 276 of 1968. P. John Bunting attested for the Royal Signals in early 1956 and was awarded the Kenyan Campaign Medal for service with the Kenyan Forces against the Somali Shiftas during the period 12 December 1963 and 30 November 1967. Sold with copied research including extracts from The Wire which contains a photographic image of the recipient.
Spain, Franco Period, Order of St Hermenegildo, Knight’s Cross, gilt and enamel; War Cross, silver, gilt, and enamel, lacking reverse retaining pin; Air Force Merit Cross, First class, gilt and enamel, lacking reverse central medallion; Constancia and Militar Cross, gilt and enamel; together with a Morocco Campaign Medal 1915 in bronze; five Homage Medals 1925, one gilt, four in bronze; and a 1936-39 Campaign Medal, gilt and blackened metal, generally very fine or better (11) £100-£140
A Second War Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of Lenin pair awarded to Lieutenant V. N. Kovalenko, 235th Guards Rifle Regiment Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Gold Star Medal of a Hero of the Soviet Union, 2nd type, gold, reverse impressed, ‘1402’, rectangular riband suspension with screw-backed fitting, suspension ring twisted; Order of Lenin, 5th type, variation 1 breast badge, gold, platinum, and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘15797’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension, very fine and better (2) £5,000-£7,000 --- Vasily Naumovich Kovalenko was born at Ivanovoselische, Globinsky District, Poltava Region, Ukraine, on 3 December 1920, and joined the Red Army in 1940. He served during the Great Patriotic War from July 1942, and as a Guards Senior Lieutenant commanded an Artillery Battery of the 235th Guards Rifle Regiment, 7th Guards Army, Steppe Front, during the forced crossing of the Dnieper. On 26 September 1943 his battery was amongst the first to land on the opposite bank of he river, near Borodaevka, and in the fight for the bridgehead it destroyed two weapon emplacements and eliminated a large group of enemy soldiers. On 10 October 1943 Kovalenko skilfully directed the fire of his battery during the repelling of the enemy counterattack, and as a result two enemy tanks were disabled and their crews captured alive. For his gallantry he was appointed a Hero of the Soviet Union on 26 October 1943. Kovalenko graduated from Leningrad Highest Artillery Officer School in 1945. The following year he transferred to the Reserve, but was recalled in 1952 and served for a further four years, being advanced Captain. He subsequently retired to Odessa. In addition to the Gold Star Medal of a Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin, he also received the Orders of the Patriotic War, First and Second Class; two Orders of the Red Star; and various campaign medals. Sold with the recipient’s original Bestowal Document for a Hero of the Soviet Union, in embossed red leather folder; the recipient’s original Awards Booklet, which confirms both numbered awards; a presentation silver cigarette case, given to the recipient on his 40th birthday, with inscription to reverse; and copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
A United States of America Second War Army Good Conduct pair awarded to Private First Class Arthur F. Perry, 103rd Infantry Regiment, who was killed in action 15 January 1945, during the battle for Luzon Island United States of America, Army Good Conduct Medal, slot brooch ‘Arthur F. Perry’; Philippines Liberation Medal, slot brooch, very fine (2) £60-£80 --- 36170413 Private First Class Arthur F. Perry, from White Cloud, Newaygo County, Michigan, served with the 103rd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division. He died on 15 January 1945 and is buried at Manila American Cemetery. ‘The 103rd Infantry Regiment landed on the island of Luzon (Philippines) on 9 January 1945 and was one of the leading elements during the Battle of Luzon. As the left wing of the invasion force, they pushed inland, encountering stiff opposition from fanatical Japanese enemies. The 103d Infantry went ashore at 0700, with the 152nd following at 1300 to set up firing positions on the beach. The landing was unopposed and the regiment moved inland by column of battalions, with 3rd in the lead, followed by 2nd, and 1st in support. As the day went on, Japanese resistance began to increase. Using 75mm guns, the Japanese would initiate long-range ambushes on the 103rd, retreating when approached by riflemen. This delaying tactic did not inflict many casualties, but it did slow the regiment’s advance. The next day saw the 103rd making good time but it was still slowed by harassing enemy attacks. Riflemen, acting in conjunction with artillery fire, steadily advanced and destroyed several of the Japanese guns. Everything changed on the morning of 11 January, when 2-103 Infantry began the assault on Hill 200. It was a heavily fortified position, with caves, tunnels, and trenches dug into the hillside for both infantry and artillery. It took five days of brutal fighting to take the hill, characterised by heavy supporting fire from the 152nd FAB, the 105mm howitzers in the 103rd’s Cannon Company, and the 103rd’s organic mortars. The rest of the battalion worked on securing the perimeters around the hill with aggressive patrolling, which sparked intense fighting. By 16 January, Hill 200 and its environs were in U.S. hands. An enemy armoured counterattack in the vicinity of barrio Potpot resulted in a long night for the men of 3-103rd Infantry, as they fought off the attack and destroyed eleven Japanese tanks.’
A United States of America Vietnam War Bronze Star and Air Medal group of nine awarded to Staff Sergeant Willard S. Hudson, Tactical Communications Chief 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), the ‘Black Knights’ United States of America, Bronze Star, bronze, engraved ‘Willard S Hudson’, with oak leaf cluster emblem on riband; Air Medal, bronze, engraved ‘Willard S Hudson’, with oak leaf cluster emblem on riband; Army Commendation Medal, bronze, engraved ‘Willard S Hudson’; Army Good Conduct Medal, with five knots emblem on riband; Vietnam Service Medal, one silver and one bronze stars on riband; National Defense Service Medal, bronze; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, bronze; South Vietnam, Service Medal, 1 clasp, 1960, all with crimp brooches; Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm, generally very fine or better (9) £200-£240 --- Air Medal, 26 June 1970, Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile) 19th Artillery: ‘For meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight August 1969 to June 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam.’ (certificate dated 26th June 1970). Air Medal second award – no details, probably similar for July to December 1970. Bronze Star, 3rd July 1970, Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile) 19th Artillery: ‘For Meritorious Achievement in ground operations against hostile forces during the period August 1969 to August 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam.’ Bronze Star second award – no details, probably similar for September to December 1970. Army Commendation Medal: ‘For Meritorious Achievement during the period April 1970 to June 1970 in the Republic of Vietnam.’ Silver and bronze stars to Vietnam Campaign Medal for six Campaigns: Vietnam Defense Campaign 1965-66; Tet Counter Offensive 1969; Vietnam Summer, Fall, 1969; Vietnam Winter, Spring, 1969-70; Sanctuary Counter Offensive 1970; Southwest Monsoon 1970. Willard S. Hudson was born on 29 September 1941, in Apopka, Florida, and enlisted into the Army on 7 January 1964. He was posted to 39th Transport Battalion, Fort Benning, Georgia, and became a switchboard operator with 616, then 515 Transport Battalions, also at Fort Benning. Promoted to PFC at the end of January 1964. He served in Vietnam between 23 July 1965 and 10 November 1965, with 515th Transport Company, “Road Runners”, at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. There, the 515th had the primary mission of transporting troops and cargo from port facilities to their final destination, often times the front lines themselves. Hudson was hospitalised in Vietnam for about a month in September, reason unknown. On 19 November 1965, he was at Fort Buckner, Okinawa, as Communications Specialist, where he gained artillery experience, becoming a Tactical Team Chief. In November 1966, he was posted to the Republic of Korea, as Tactical Communications Chief, where he remained until December 1967. In May, while in Korea, he was promoted to Sergeant and on 1 January 1968 he was in Germany where he remained until April 1969. On 5 June 1969, he was back in Vietnam for his second tour, serving as Tactical Communications Chief, A Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalr. Division (Airmobile). Promoted to Staff Sergeant in August 1969, in October he joined the 1/13th Signal Battalion, in December, 1/5th Cavalry, and in May 1970, the 2/19th Artillery, all units of the 1st Cavalry Division. Hudson left Vietnam for the final time on 9 December 1970, and was posted to Germany on 1 February 1971. On 3 February 1974, he joined 716th Military Police Company, at Fort Riley, Kansas, serving with various Military Police units at Fort Riley until the end of January 1976, when he was posted to Korea as Communications Chief, of the 2nd Military Police Company, 2nd Infantry Division. He was back at Fort Riley by mid-January 1978, where he remained in various security positions until he retired on 31 January 1981. He died on 12 September 1986, aged 45. Sold with a file containing original award certificates for the Bronze Star, Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal, with original citations for the first two, together with service papers and other research.
The Kaisar-I-Hind First Class in Gold attributed to the Reverend H. H. Weeks, Methodist Episcopal Mission to North India Kaisar-I-Hind, G.V.R., 1st class, 2nd type, gold, with integral top suspension brooch bar, in its H.M. Mint Calcutta case of issue, extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Kaisar-i-Hind Medal of the First Class London Gazette 1 January 1931: ‘The Reverend Harry Hanson Weak (sic), M. E. Mission, Garhwal, United Provinces.’ Sold together with a pencil note and a further typed note that reads: ‘“Kaiser-I-Hind” gold medal for Public Service in India 1931. Awarded to Rev. H. H. Weeks, Methodist Episcopal Mission to North India. Presented at an Official Durbar in Lucknow, United Provinces, in October, 1931, by Governor Meston, I.C.S. Govt. of India. Mrs Week, and son Douglas, were present.’
A pre-War K.C.V.O. group of four awarded to Admiral Sir James Goodrich, K.C.V.O., Royal Navy, the last Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific; he was recalled for service during the Great War as a Captain and Commodore 2nd Class in the Royal Naval Reserve The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s, set of insignia, comprising neck badge and breast star in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, reverse of the badge officially numbered ‘K238’, the reverse of the star officially numbered ‘238’ and with gold pin for wearing, with neck cravat in its Collingwood Jewellers Ltd fitted case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Capt. Sir J. E. C. Goodrich. K.C.V.O., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Commre. 2 Cl. Sir J. E. C. Goodrich. R.N.R.) extremely fine (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- K.C.V.O. 26 June 1908: ‘Admiral Superintendent of H.M.’s Naval Establishments, Gibraltar.’ M.V.O. 4th Class 27 April 1903: ‘Commanded H.M.S. London; H.M.’s Mediterranean Cruise.’ James Edward Clifford Goodrich was born at Maisemoor Court, Gloucester, on 28 June 1851. He was educated at H.M.S. Britannia and promoted Lieutenant, with three first-class certificates, in 1872. He was promoted to Captain in 1895 and, in June 1902, he was appointed in command of the new battleship H.M.S. London, which was commissioned for service in the Mediterranean Fleet, and left Portsmouth in early July for Gibraltar. Briefly returning to home waters in August, London served as flagship for the Coronation Review for King Edward VII at Spithead on 16 August 1902, before she was back with the Mediterranean Fleet. He received the M.V.O. in April 1903 on the occasion of the King’s visit to Naples. He then served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station, from his appointment in October 1903 to its closure in February 1905. Improved communications, the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the need to concentrate warships in British waters to counter the developing German High Seas Fleet, meant that the station was closed down at sunset on 1 March 1905. He was appointed Rear-Admiral in October 1905, and was appointed Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Establishments at Gibraltar from August 1906 to September 1909, having received the K.C.V.O. in the King’s Birthday Honours in the previous year. He was promoted to Vice-Admiral on 30 April 1910, and to Admiral on 3 June 1913, Retired 4 June 1913. Goodrich was recalled for service in the Great War as Temporary Captain, Royal Naval Reserve, on 16 November 1914. He was appointed in command of the Yacht Bacchante on 25 January 1915, and to the Yacht Jeannette on 15 February 1915. On 19 October 1916 he was appointed in charge of Auxiliary Patrol Force V (Peterhead) as Temporary Commodore 2nd Class R.N.R. in Yacht Jeannette. He relinquished his command on 22 June 1917. Admiral Sir James Goodrich afterwards lived at Stinchcombe Manor, Dursley, and was a J.P. for Gloucestershire. He died on 21 December 1924.
An important Medical C.B. group of three awarded to Inspector-General Stephen Woolriche, Medical Department The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, Georgian hallmarks, date letter partially obscured but probably 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, with narrow gold swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees (S. Woolriche, Medl. Charge of 7th Divn.); Waterloo 1815 (Stephen Woolrich, Dep. Insp. of Hosp. Medical Staff.) fitted with replacement silver clip and ring suspension, some minor chips to the first, light edge bruising and contact marks to the last two, otherwise very fine and better (3) £8,000-£10,000 --- Stephen Woolriche was born on 3 June 1770, and was a surgeon’s mate when he was gazetted as Regimental Surgeon to the 111th Foot on 30 May 1794. From March 1798 to 22 May 1806, he was on half-pay, when he exchanged on full-pay to the 4th Foot. He was appointed Surgeon on the Staff on 18 June 1807, and as Deputy Inspector of Hospitals on 26 May 1814; Brevet Inspector of Hospitals, 9 December 1823; retired half-pay, 25 May 1828; Inspector-General of Hospitals, 22 July 1830. Woolriche was one of the first seven officers of the Army Medical Department upon whom the C.B. (Military) was conferred for the first time in 1850. He died at Quatford Lodge, Bridgenorth, Shropshire, on 29 February 1856. He served in Holland in 1799 under Sir Ralph Abercromby and the Duke of York; with the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807; and, with the rank of staff-surgeon, was principal medical officer with the reserve, commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley at the battle of Kioge; after four years colonial service, he joined the Peninsula army, with which he served from the battle of Salamanca until the end of the war; and was present in charge of the 7th division of the army, commanded by Lord Dalhousie, at the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, for which he has received the War Medal with two Clasps. At the renewal the of war in 1815, he joined the army at Brussels, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and was appointed to take charge of field-duties in the event of a general action; in this responsible situation he was present at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, where he was occupied several days and nights before the field was cleared of the numerous wounded, including British, Belgian, French, &c. &c. In 1827 he embarked for Portugal with the army, under Sir William Clinton, as chief of the medical department on that service. (Hart’s Army List 1856 refers).
German Second World War Martin Bormann Birthday Congratulations Letters. 3 letters from 3 different sources addressed to Martin Bormann, Hitler’s political secretary, congratulating Bormann on his 43rd birthday. The first letter is punch holed for filing with red ink staining to the upper left hand side from the Deputy Leader of the General Government in Krakow, Poland, full ink signature and English translation. The second letter from Franz Xaver Schwarz, the NSDAP Treasury Secretary, dated 16 June 1942 to Bormann with birthday congratulations, full pen signature and English translation. The third letter dated 17 June 1943 from Dr. Lammers the Reich Chancellery Secretary with red ink stain to the upper left hand side with full Lammers ink signature, plus English translation, good condition (3) £80-£100
German Third Reich Medals and Awards. Comprising a 1936 Olympic medal without ribbon, good finish remaining; an Italian Africa medal with its original multi coloured ribbon, although frayed, this is the high quality bronze example; a SA Sports badge, this is an individual awarded piece numbered 59740 maker marked Lauer; a War Service Cross First Class with swords, screw back with all finish missing, still fitted with its uniform locating pin and its securing disc; a Third Reich Wound Badge in black, single stamped version, some slight paint loss to the high points; an Eastern Peoples award First Class in silver without swords, the majority of finish missing, complete with correct pin, hook and hinge; and an Eastern Peoples Second Class with swords, bronze example, with good finish remaining and its original green and white ribbon, generally good condition (7) £200-£240
German Mixed Awards. Comprising a Mothers Cross in gold, excellent condition, some slight scratching to the white enamel to the centre, gilt superb. Third Reich War Service Cross First Class without swords, excellent finish, non maker marked. 25 year Long Service Old Comrades pin, undamaged enamels. A miniature version of the Bavarian pre Third Reich industrial award. Imperial and Third Reich awarded Lifesaving DLRG badge with original pin, hook and hinge. A Luftwaffe cap cockade in aluminium with both fitting pins present. An unidentified plaque 55mm x 90mm, shield shaped with the outline of an art deco style eagle and swastika on a bulls eye design behind, three pre drilled holes for either a plaque uniform fitting. NSKK circular plaque in unusual construction of Bakelite, 50mm diameter for NSKK meeting on 10 April 1938, maker marked on the reverse side Richard Sieper & Sohne of Ludenscheid, generally good condition (8) £160-£200
The outstanding and well-documented Second War C.B.E., Great War ‘Cherisy, 1 September 1918’ D.S.O., ‘Canal du Nord, 27 September 1918’ Second Award Bar, and ‘Hill 70, August 1917’ M.C. group of thirteen awarded to Brigadier J. P. Girvan, 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion, the most decorated officer of the 15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Infantry Battalion in the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with Second Award Bar, lacking integral top ribbon bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (27071 Pte. J. P. Girvan. 15/Can: Inf:; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. P. Girvan.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp, unnamed as issued; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed (Major J. P. Girvan D.S.O. M.C. 48th Highrs. of C.) complete with integral top suspension brooch; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Major J. P. Girvan D.S.O. M.C. 48th Highrs of C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914 1916, with bronze Palme, silver awards all dark toned from long-term display, generally good very fine and better (13) £6,000-£8,000 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946: ‘Brigadier J. P. Girvan, D.S.O., M.C., V.D., Canadian Army.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 1 February 1919: Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., 15th Bn., Can. Inf., 1st C. Ont. R. ‘For conspicuous gallantry opposite Cherisy on 1st September, 1918. He commanded his battalion with the greatest skill and ability, pushing resolutely forward in face of extreme machine-gun fire, and after a personal reconnaissance continuing his advance and capturing and consolidating a position some 6,000 yards in front of the jumping-off line. His courage and leadership were admirable.’ D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 8 March 1919; citation published 4 October 1919: Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., 15th Bn., Can. Inf., 1st C. Ont. R. ‘For marked gallantry and ability in the attack on Canal du Nord on 27th September, 1918. Crossing the canal on light bridges, and the River Agache by planks, under heavy machine-gun and sniping fire, he pushed on. He personally attacked and captured an enemy machine gun, shooting the gunner and turning the gun on the enemy. He went on and assisted in capturing Chapel Corner and the village of Marquion, and then gained his final objectives. His courage and dash were a fine example to his command.’ M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1917; citation published 7 March 1918: Capt. (A./Maj.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., Canadian Inf. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Throughout an attack he led his company with the greatest skill and courage, continually going forward into our own barrage at great personal risk in order to check men who were advancing too fast. He directed his men amidst the fiercest shelling, and it was due to his gallant personal example that hostile counter-attacks were fruitless. His reports were invaluable, and it was largely due to him that the enemy were held back from the captured ground.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 16 March 1916. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 1 May 1917. John ‘Jack’ Pollands Girvan was born born on 28 November 1887, at Kingarth, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. In 1907, he became a clerk in the Civil Service. He was a fine athlete, winning numerous championships as a member of the Argonaut rowing club. He belonged to an active militia when he attested on 14 September 1914, at Valcartier, Quebec. During the Great War, he married Nursing Sister Jean Elizabeth Sword. Girvan sailed on 3 October 1914, with the first contingent, arriving in England on 16 October 1916. On 4 February 1915, the 15th Battalion battalion paraded in light marching order for ‘Inspection & Review’ by H.M. the Kin, followed by the March Past, at North Larkhill camp. The following week, they boarded S.S. Mount Temple, at Avonmouth, on 12 February 1915. After a very rough voyage with high seas, they arrived at St Nazaire, in France, on 15 February 1915. Two days later, they arrived at Hazebrouck in Belgium, moving into billets at Caestre the next day and into billets in Armentieres on 23 February 1915. The 15th Battalion entered the trenches for the first time on 24 February 1915, suffering their first casualty on the night of the 27th. They entered the trenches at Rue Petillon, on 6 March 1915, pulling out three days later. In April 1915, the Canadians moved to the Ypres area and took part in the battle of Kitchener’s Wood (Second Battle of Ypres). The 15th Battalion held the line against the German chlorine gas attack, but suffered heavy casualties. The battalion was at the apex of the Canadian position on 24 April. The 15th Battalion suffered the heaviest casualties of any Canadian unit, with over 647 casualties, being hit by the heaviest of the gas, and was overrun by the Germans. Girvan’s No. 1 Company, was on the extreme right flank of the Battalion’s three forward companies and was very lucky to have survived. In the battle of Festubert, on 15 May 1915, the battalion again suffered heavy casualties. Girvan was promoted to be Sergeant, in the field, ‘A’ Company, 15th Battalion, on 11 June 1915. He was appointed to Temporary Commission, and posted to 15th Battalion on 26 September 1915; granted 5 days leave, 17 October 1915; granted 7 days leave, 5 January 1916; to be Captain, 27 April 1916; granted leave of absence from 25 May to 2 June 1916. On 3 June 1916 the Battalion conducted the first Canadian counter-attack of the war against Observatory Ridge, in opening stages of the battle of Mount Sorrel, again suffering heavy casualties. Now a Major commanding No. 3 Company, he was wounded during the battle of Flers–Courcelette on 24 September 1916, by a bullet wound which penetrated his right chest at the sternum, and travelled down and lodged in abdominal muscle. He was admitted to 2nd Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, on 27 September 1916, and to Yorkhill War Hospital, Glasgow, on 1 October 1916. He was discharged on 18 October 1916, but was declared unfit for service for three months and granted leave to Canada, 21 October 1916 to 21 January 1917. Girvan returned to England in late March of 1917, and was appointed Acting Major on 28 April 1917. Then, awarded the Croix du Guerre, on 1 May 1917. Here he spent several months in Bramshott Camp, Hampshire, where his future wife Jean Sword was undergoing training at the camp hospital, and they undoubtedly spent some time together. Girvan returned back to France where, on 30 July 1917, he was indemnified for loss of kit. He was in command of No. 1 Company leading the forward assault of the 15th Battalion during the battle of Hill 70, and was awarded the Military Cross for this action in which the 15th Battalion assaulted and captured Puits 14 and Bois Hugo as part of the Canadian Corps assault on Hill 70 near Lens, France. The battalion was in the first wave of the assault on the Corps’ exposed and vital left flank. Having secured all their objectives on the morning of 15 August 1917, the battalion defended its position for a day and half against numerous German counter attacks until it was relieved and withdrawn from the line. Girvan was struck off the strength of the 15th Battalion to attend a Command Officers Course at Aldershot on 27 June 1918 for 8 w...
The ‘Tirah 1897-98’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Captain J. A. L. Haldane, Gordon Highlanders, afterwards General Sir Aylmer Haldane, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., who famously commanded the armoured train at Chieveley when he and Winston Churchill were captured with others and imprisoned in Pretoria from where they each escaped; after the Great War he rose to be G.O.C. in Mesopotamia where he successfully suppressed the Arab Rebellion of 1920-22 - his published writings included How We Escaped from Pretoria (1901) and his autobiography A Soldier’s Saga (1948) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar, the ribbon additionally fitted with 1st type ‘laurel’ Second and Third Award Bars [to which he is not entitled]; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Capt. J. A. L. Haldane 1st Bn. Gordon Highrs.) naming officially engraved in running script as usual; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn. J. A. L. Haldane 1st Bn. Gord: Highrs.) naming officially engraved in running script as usual, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3) £4,000-£6,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 20 May 1898: ‘James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane, Captain, Gordon Highlanders. In recognition of services during the recent operations on the North-West Frontier of India.’ The insignia were presented to him by the Queen at Windsor on 25 June 1898. James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane was born on 17 November 1862, only son of the late D. Rutherford Haldane, M.D., and Mrs Haldane. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Wimbledon School, and passed with Honours, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, joining the Gordon Highlanders on 9 September 1882, as Lieutenant. He was Adjutant from 1 September 1888 to 31 January 1892, and became Captain on 8 April 1892. Captain Haldane served with the Waziristan Field Force in 1894-95, as Orderly Officer to Sir William Lockhart, Commanding the Force (Medal with Clasp). He served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low in 1895 with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders (Medal with Clasp). He was A.D.C. to General Sir William Lockhart, 1896-99, and served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in 1897-98 with the Tirah Expeditionary Force as Deputy Assistant Adjutant Head Quarters Staff, and was present at the actions of Chagra Kotal and Dargai, and at the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes. Reconnaissance at and around Dwatoi and action of 24 November 1897. Operations against the Khani Khel Chamkanis. Operations in the Bara Valley 7 to 14 December 1897. Operations in the Bazar Valley 25 to 30 December 1897. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 April 1898); received two Clasps to his India medal, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Haldane served in South Africa 1899-1902, with the 2nd Gordon Highlanders, taking part in the operations in Natal in 1899, including the action at Elandslaagte, where he was severely wounded. He was in command of the Chieveley Armoured Train on 15 November 1899, when it was ambushed by the Boers. The incident is chiefly remembered by the fact that Winston Churchill, who was present whilst serving as a newspaper correspondent for The Morning Post, was also taken Prisoner of War that day - his gallant conduct in action and daring escape from captivity captured the public’s imagination, propelled him into Parliament, and set him on the road to becoming Prime Minister. A full account of the incident is recorded in his Autobiography, My Early Life: ‘Nothing looks more formidable and impressive than an armoured train; but nothing is in fact more vulnerable and helpless. It was only necessary to blow up a bridge or culvert to leave the monster stranded, far from home and help, at the mercy of the enemy. This situation did not seem to have occurred to our commander. He decided to put a company of the Dublin Fusiliers and a company of the Durban Light Infantry into an armoured train of six trucks, and add a small six-pounder naval gun with some sailors landed from H.M.S. Terrible, together with a breakdown gang, and to send this considerable portion of his force out to reconnoitre towards Colenso. Captain Haldane was the officer he selected for the duty of commanding this operation. Haldane told me on the night of November 14 of the task which had been set him for the next day and on which he was to start at dawn. He did not conceal his misgivings on the imprudence of the enterprise, but he was of course, like everyone else at the beginning of a war, very keen upon adventure and a brush with the enemy. 'Would I come with him?' He would like it if I did! Out of comradeship, and because I thought it was my duty to gather as much information as I could for the Morning Post, also because I was eager for trouble, I accepted the invitation without demur. The military events which followed are well known and have often been discussed. The armoured train proceeded about fourteen miles towards the enemy and got as far as Chieveley station without a sign of opposition or indeed of life or movement on the broad undulations of the Natal landscape. We stopped for a few moments at Chieveley to report our arrival at this point by telegraph to the General. No sooner had we done this than we saw, on a hill between us and home which overlooked the line at about 600 yards distance, a number of small figures moving about and hurrying forward. Certainly they were Boers. Certainly they were behind us. What would they be doing with the railway line? There was not an instant to lose. We started immediately on our return journey. As we approached the hill, I was standing on a box with my head and shoulders above the steel plating of the rear armoured truck. I saw a cluster of Boers on the crest. Suddenly three wheeled things appeared among them, and instantly bright flashes of light opened and shut ten or twelve times. A huge white ball of smoke sprang into being and tore out into a cone, only as it seemed a few feet above my head. It was shrapnel - the first I had ever seen in war, and very nearly the last! The steel sides of the truck tanged with a patter of bullets. There was a crash from the front of the train, and a series of sharp explosions. The railway line curved round the base of the hill on a steep down gradient, and under the stimulus of the enemy’s fire, as well as of the slope, our pace increased enormously. The Boer artillery (two guns and a pom-pom) had only time for one discharge before we were round the corner out of their sight. It had flashed across my mind that there must be some trap farther on. I was just turning to Haldane to suggest that someone should scramble along the train and make the engine-driver reduce speed, when suddenly there was a tremendous shock, and he and I and all the soldiers in the truck were pitched head over heels on to its floor. The armoured train travelling at not less than forty miles an hour had been thrown off the metals by some obstruction, or by some injury to the line. In our truck no one was seriously hurt, and it took but a few seconds for me to scramble to my feet and look over the top of the armour. The train lay in a valley about 1,200 yards on the homeward side of the enemy’s hill. On the top of this hill were scores of figures running forward and throwing themselves down in the grass, from which there came almost immediately an accurate and heavy rifle fire. The bullets whistled overhead and rang and splattered on the steel plates like a hailstorm. I got down from my perch, and Haldane and I debated what to do. It was agreed that he with the little naval gun and his Dublin Fusiliers in the rear tru...
A Great War O.B.E. Group of five awarded to ‘The Fighting Bishop’ Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Reverend Adam Urias de Pencier, Archbishop of the Metropolitan of British Columbia, who served with the 6th Canadian Chaplain Service, attached to the 62nd Battalion (British Columbia) Candian Infantry, who was also a notable local boxer The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, hallmarks for London 1917; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, emblem on each campaign medal (Hon. Lt. Col. A. U. De Pencier); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted as originally worn, ribands somewhat frayed, generally very fine or better (5) £600-£800 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 29 May 1917 and 28 May 1918. Adam Urias de Pencier was born 9 February 1866 at Burritt’s Rapids, Ontario, Canada, and was the great-great grandson of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Following his education at Kemptville (Ottawa) and Trinity College Toronto, he was first ordained as an Anglican priest with the Church of England in Canada in 1890 at Navan. He made good progress in his career, taking up various ecclesiastical positions in Canada at St Albans, Uxbridge, Toronto, Brandon, Vancouver, and was made Bishop of New Westminster in 1910. During the Great War de Pencier volunteered for overseas service and was given the rank of Honorary Captain in August 1915 with the 56th Canadian Chaplain Service, attached to the 62nd Battalion CEF. In his Christmas address, he is recorded by Melissa Davidson in her thesis ‘Preaching the Great War: Canadian Anglicans and the War Sermon 1914-1918’ as having said: “Let us clearly apprehend that it is by mobilizing the Spiritual forces of our Country and by beseeching God in prayer that the material supply for the Nation’s need will most effectually be obtained.... I call upon you by virtue of the office to which God has called me, to use this greatest of all weapons, this power of the Spirit, for the conquest of our foes, both our individual, personal sins, and our national vices and enemies.” De Pencier travelled with the 62nd Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry to France in January 1916. He later served as Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class on attachment to No 1 Canadian General Hospital between late 1916 and 1918, and was made Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in April 1918, being twice mentioned in despatches. De Pencier also served for some time at Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl in 1918, and was made OBE in that year. Returning to Canada, he is recorded as having taken part in a night of boxing at Vancouver University, where he: ‘Young’ De Pencier - ‘The Fighting Bishop’ (then aged 53!) took on ‘Battling Berto’ fought in a three-round ‘no-decision’ fight, which was recorded as having been ‘fast and even’. Bishop de Pencier died in 1949. Sold with copied research.
An extremely rare ‘Sudan Campaign’ R.R.C. and Order of St. John group of four awarded to Superintendent Sarah E. Webb, Army Nursing Service, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, who was erroneously awarded the Royal Red Cross First Class a second time - this before Second Award Bars were possible - and was Mentioned in Despatches for her services in the Boer War Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Associate’s shoulder badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Superintendent S. E. Webb); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Supt. S. E. Webb) cleaned and mounted for display; together with a Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service cape badge this fine, and related miniature cape badge, good very fine (5) £2,400-£2,800 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 15 November 1898: Miss Sarah Emily Webb, Army Nursing Service ‘In recognition of her services in tending the sick and wounded in Egypt, in connection with the recent operations in the Soudan.’ Miss Sarah Emily Webb was born in Ireland on 30 April 1856 and joined the Army Nursing Service at Netley on 1 May 1886. She served with them in Egypt and the Sudan, and was awarded the Royal Red Cross 1st Class for her services in tending the wounded and sick following the Sudan Campaign. As a Superintendent she saw further service in the Boer War, was Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ Despatch (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and was erroneously awarded the Royal Red Cross 1st Class a second time (London Gazette 27 September 1901). As Second Award Bars to the Decoration were not introduced until 1917, Miss Webb was instead created an Honorary Associate of the Order of St. John (London Gazette 26 June 1902). Appointed a Matron in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service on 17 February 1903, Miss Webb resigned from the service on 17 June 1904. Then aged 44 years, she married Major Andrew Hosie, R.A.M.C., at St. John’s, Waterloo Road, London, on 7 June 1904. After their marriage they made their home at Barsham Lodge, Sandown, Isle of Wight. With the outbreak of war in August 1914 she offered her services and was appointed Matron of Parkhurst Hospital, Isle of Wight - a position she held until her resignation due to ill-health in April 1916. Following on from this she was subsequently awarded the Silver War Badge. She died at her sister’s home at 47 Garville Avenue, Rathgar, Dublin, on 29 July 1944. Sold with a copy of The Tale of a Field Hospital by Sir Frederick Treves; and copied research.
A Papua New Guinea, Abelam, painted basketry old yam mask, probably first half of the 20th century, with radial four-tier 'crown' over hooked nose and ring ears39cm highProvenance:Gifted to the vendor by a relative who was a doctor serving in Papua New Guinea in the 1960s/70sminor scetions dry/minor splits, dyes fading
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