Studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt. (British, 1646-1723) Portrait of Isabella Bennet, Duchess of Grafton (1667-1723), standing, three-quarter length, beside a water fountain oil on canvas 134 x 107cm (52 x 42in) Provenance: According to a label on the reverse, bequeathed by Sir Godfrey Kneller to his pupil, Edward Byng; to his sister, Elizabeth Byng, who married the Reverend William Wray, Rector of Broadchalk, Wiltshire, and presumed thence by descent Other Notes: Isabella Bennet was the daughter of Lord Arlington and the first wife of the 1st Duke of Grafton. The original composition, of which this is apparently a studio version, hangs, according to a note on the reverse of the painting, in the King's Private Dining Room at Hampton Court Palace Neckline has been altered for purposes of Victorian modesty. Oil on canvas which has been lined. At the upper right comer is an impact damage which has caused a small tear. The paint layer is in a stable condition overall but has suffered from some wear. The blue pigment used in the dress appears to have degraded, leading to a mottled appearance. There is overpaint in many areas of the portrait, especially the background. The overpaint is slightly milky but generally acceptable from a normal viewing distance. The modern frame is in a good condition.
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A pair of William IV oak hall chairs, with applied brass armorial crests to the panel backs with leaf carved detail, on octagonal tapering turned legs (2) 89 x 45cm (35 x 18in) Provenance: Probably Titsey Place, Surrey Katherine Maria Gresham (1770-1808), daughter of Sir John Gresham heiress to Titsey Place married William Leveson Gower (1779-1851), a younger son of Admiral the Hon. John Leveson Gower and first cousin of the Marquess of Stafford, later the 1st Duke of Sutherland in 1804. Katherine died four years later in 1808. Earl Granville's (Leveson-Gower) family crest usually has a better restrained collar chain on the walking wolf, it may also be noted that it is also the crest of LOWE of Highfield, Nottinghamshire. The grasshopper is the crest of GRESHAM, originally of Greasham, Norfolk.
Henry William Standing (British, fl. 1894-1931) The Deal is Done; and A Bay Shire with white blaze, in ribbons, being trotted out both signed " H W Standing 1911" watercolours (2) 36 x 54cm (14 x 21in) Old stretcher bar marks can be seen from the front on the first one - the second has a little sun (?) damage upper left-hand corner.
Harry Hall (British, 1815-1882) "Ackworth", a thoroughbred racehorse signed and dated "Harry Hall 1865" lower right oil on canvas 69 x 90cm (27 x 35in) Other Notes: Ackworth was a brown colt foaled in 1861 by Fazzoletto out of Consternation. He initially raced for a bookmaker named Harry Hill. Trained by John Day, he showed little form until running third in the 1864 Cesarewitch, after which he was sold for a lot of money (about 2,000 guineas) to the notorious Marquis of Hastings. On 25th October 1864, he beat 37 others in the Cambridgeshire and scored the Marquis' first major triumph, winning by a head at 13 to 1. The Hastings colours were Scarlet with a White hoop and cap and Ackworth was ridden by Tom Cannon. The horse won 6 races in 1865 but later lost his form, having been sold along with all the other horses owned by Hastings when he completely ran out of money. Hastings initially won a lot of money but within 4 years he lost his entire estate - over £100,000 due to the victory of Henry Chaplin's Hermit in the 1867 Derby. This has been the subject of numerous books as Hastings had eloped with Chaplin's fiancée Florence Paget. We are grateful to David Oldrey for his assistance with this catalogue entry. Oil on canvas which has been lined. The canvas and paint layer are in a good condition overall. There are a few areas of retouching across the surface. The varnish is thick, glossy and slightly yellowed with fly spots. The frame is in a poor condition and the gilding is actively flaking.
Fleming (Ian) The man with the golden gun, published by Jonathan Cape, thirty Bedford Square London, First Published 1965, © 1965 by Glidrose Productions Ltd, in Richard Chopping dust jacket, together with Octopussy and The Living Daylights, First published 1966, Octopussy © 1965, 1966 by the literary executors of Ian Fleming deceased The Living Daylights © 1962 by Ian Fleming, in Richard Chopping dust jacket, Goldfinger, second impression 1959, in facsimile Richard Chopping dust jacket, For Your Eyes Only, second impression 1960, in facsimile Richard Chopping dust jacket, Thunderball, First published 1961, © 1961 by Gildrose Productions Ltd, in facsimile Richard Chopping dust jacket, Dr No,copyright © 1958 by Glidrose Productions Ltd edition issued by the Book Club, in original dust jacket, You Only Live Twice Second impression April 1964, in original Richard Chopping dust jacket, From Russia, With Love, reprinted 1958, in facsimile dust jacket, Live and Let Live, First published 1954, this edition first published by the reprint society Ltd, by arrangement with messrs. Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1956, in facsimile dust jacket, The Spy Who Loved Me, sixth impression March 1964 in facsimile dust jacket and On Her Majesty's Secret Service,second impression, frontispiece portrait missing
Children's Books - Kipling (Rudyard), The Second Jungle Book, second impression, first edition, With Decoration by J. Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E., Macmillan and Co., London 1895, pp: [vi], 240, contemporary blue cloth gilt as issued, S. Bush & Son, Booksellers, Bromley, Kent, their ticket to verso pastedown, 12mo
Scout Movement - Baden-Powell (Lieutenant-General Robert, 1st Baron): The Downfall of Prempeh: A Diary of Life with the Native Levy in Ashanti, 1895 - 1896, first edition, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia 1896, pictorial gilt green buckram, 8vo; The Matabele Campaign, 1896: Being a Narrative of the Campaign in Suppressing the Native Rising in Matabeleland and Mashonaland, first edition, Methuen & Co., London 1897, pictorial gilt green buckram, 8vo; Indian Memories [...], first edition, Herbert Jenkins Limited, London 1915, colour plates, pictorial cloth as issued, 8vo; Adventures and Accidents, first edition, Methuen & Co. Ltd, London 1934, h/b, d/j, 12mo; Lessons from the 'Varsity of Life, fourth impression: cheap edition, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., London 1934, terracotta cloth, 12mo; Hampton (Lord), Scouting Sketches [...], first edition, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., London 1925, green cloth, 12mo; etc
Local Interest - Provincial Imprint, Mander (James), The Derbyshire Miners' Glossary; or, An Explanation of the Technical Terms of the Miners, which are used in the King's Field, In the Hundred of the High Peak, in the County of Derby, and in the Open Customary Lordships within the Same; Of those also within the Soc or Wapentake of Wirksworth or Low Peak, in the Same County; together with the Mineral Laws and Customs within those Districts, to which is subjoined an Appendix, Containing the Customaries or Bye-Laws, Made and Confirmed at the Barmote Courts, Held within the Manors of High and Low Peak, first octavo edition, Printed at The Minerva Press, For the Author, By Geo. Nall (sic), Bakewell 1824, pp: [xvi], 131, title-page with a full-page engraved plate by Orlando Jewitt (1799 - 1869) of The Miners' Standard-Dish, for the Wapentake of Wirksworth, later 19th century black buckram,the spine preserving the original gilt lettered title-label, 8vo
Local Interest - Glover (Stephen): The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby: Drawn up from Actual Observation and from the Best Authorities; Containing a Variety of Geological, Mineralogical, Commercial and Statistical Information, Illustrated by a Map of the County, and Numerous Copper-Plate and Wood Engravings by the First Artists, edited by Thomas Noble, Esq., two-volume set, Henry Mozley and Son, Derby 1831 - 1833, illustrated with a fold-out map to title page of volume I, further engraved full-page and text illustrations throughout both volumes, conforming contemporary publisher's green cloth, printed paper labels to spines, Plain Armorial bookplates to each pastedown: John Gretton, Stapleford, large paper copies, 4to, (2); Hopton Hall Copy, The Peak Guide, Containing the Topographical, Statistical, and General History of Buxton, Edensor, Castleton, Bakewell, Haddon, Matlock, and Cromford: with an Alphabetical List of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, and Several Road Sketches; Ornamented with a Map, Plans and East View of Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall, Willersley Castle, Bakewell and Matlock Churches, Ancient Monuments and Armorial Bearings, edited by Thomas Noble, Esq., Printed for the Publisher by Henry Mozley and Son, Derby 1830, contemporary publisher's cloth boards, upper cover with printed paper title label, as issued, 20th century buckram spine, contemporary ink manuscript ownership inscription to recto pastedown: Charles Hurt junior, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, April: 5: 1831, 8vo, [3]
Botany and Horticulture - Countess of Lonsdale's Copy, Miller (Philip, F.R.S.), The Gardenders Kalendar (sic); Directing what Works are neceffary (sic) to be performed Every Month in the Kitchen, Fruit, and Pleafure-Gardens (sic), As alfo (sic) in the Confervatory (sic) and Nurfery (sic) [...], With a List of the Medicinal Plants [...], A fhort (sic) Introduction to the Science of Botany, illuftrated (sic) with Copper Plates, fourteenth edition, Printed for the Author [...], London [n.d., 1765], pp: xv, [i], 50, 376, [21], advert [i], 5 engraved plates (losses & faults), contemporary calf, raised bands to spine, gilt lettered oxblood morocco title label to spine, Festoon, Wreath and Ribbon Armorial bookplate to verso of title-page: The Right Hon.ble Lady Mary Lowther, 8vo Condition Report: Old worming to front prelims and first part of book with some faults and loss to text; plates incomplete and with faults, various; binding original with some wear.
Coins, GB and Europe, Charles II: 1662 silver crown, first draped bust right, rose below, 37mm, Spink no. 3350; 1668 shilling, second draped bust right, 28mm, Spink no. 3375; 1679 4d, 12mm, Spink no. 3384; William III: 1696 silver shilling, 24mm, Spink no. 3497; 1696 6d, 20mm, Spink no. 3520; Elizabeth I, 1574 6d, Fourth Issue, large bust looking sinister, 20mm, Spink no. 2561B; George III: 1819 crown, 1817 & 1819 halfcrowns (2); Victoria, 1844 crown; Edward VII, 1910 3d; Germany, Electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, 1775 thaler, 37mm; France, Louis XV, 1731 ecu, Bayonne mint; etc
Miscellaneous - Romany/Gypsy Interest - Evens (G. Bramewell): Out with Romany Again, signed by the author, first edition, University of London Press Ltd, 1938, h/b, d/j, small 8vo; others, Out with Romany: Adventures with Birds and Animals, first edition, 1937, h/b, 12mo; Out with Romany Once More, first edition, 1940, h/b, d/j; Out with Romany by Meadow and Stream, first edition, 1942, h/b, d/j, 12mo; Out with Romany By Moor and Dales, first edition, 1944, h/b, d/j, 12mo; Through the Years with Romany, first edition, 1946, h/b, d/j, 8vo; The Spirit of Romany, first edition, 1949, h/b, d/j, 16mo; Illustrators and Illustrations - Gibbings (Robert): Sweet Thames Run Softly, first edition, 1940, h/b, 8vo; Lovely is the Lee, first edition, 1945, h/b, d/j, 8vo; Over the Reefs, first edition, 1948, h/b, d/j; The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, with Some Recollection by the Artist, first edition, 1959, h/b, 4to; other wood engravers' works, including Lennox Paterson & Agnes Miller Parker; Lawrence of Arabia, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph, first public edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1935, contemporary buckram as issued, 4to; Forester (C.S.), The Good Shepherd, first edition, 1935, h/b, pictorial d/j by David Cobb, small 8vo; late Victorian and early Edwardian pictorial bindings; John Buchan, fiction and non-fiction, various; qty
Law and Legal History - Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, In the Reigns of the Late King William, Queen Anne, King George the Firft (sic), and His prefent Majefty (sic), Taken and Collected By the Right Honourable Robert Lord Raymond, late Lord Chief Juftice (sic) of the court of King's Bench, two-volume set, Printed by Henry Lintot [...], In the Savoy, 1743, volume I title-page with three-fold engraved portrait of Lord Raymond by George Vertue (1684 - 1756) pp: volume I, [xiv], 1 - 746, table [47], advert [i]; volume II, [xii], 747 - 1591, table [40], full contemporary panelled calf, raised bands to spine, each recto endpaper inscribed in ink MS: Thos. Hinckley, Lichfield, small folios, (2); Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas, and Exchequer Chamber, and in the House of Lords, From Easter Term 36 Geo. III 1796 To [...] Hilary Term 44 Geo. III 1804, Both Inclusive With Tables of the Cafes (sic) and Principal Matters, By John Bernard Bosanquet, of Lincoln's Inn, Efq (sic), Barrister at Law, and Christopher Puller, of The Inner Temple, Efq (sic), Barrister at Law, three-volume set, A. Strahan [...], London 1800 - 1804, contemporary panelled calf (disbound but all boards present), each recto endpaper inscribed in ink MS: Thos. Hinckley, Lichfield, small folios, (3), [5]Thomas Hinckley was an attorney based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, practicing from the 18th through to the first years of the 19th century, and was a noted landowner in the city as well as the village of Polesworth, Warwickshire.
Modern First Editions - Science Fiction, Wyndham (John): The Chrysalids, first edition, Michael Joseph, London 1955, pp: 239, h/b, pictorial d/j designed by Brian Wildsmith, 12mo, &, The Midwich Cuckoos, first edition, Michael Joseph, London 1957, pp: 239, h/b, pictorial d/j designed by Dick Hart, 12mo, (2); Lewis (C.S.), Till We Have Faces, first edition, Geoffrey Bles, London 1956, pp: 320, h/b, pictorial d/j by Biggs, 12mo, [3]
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Miniature Children's Books - Trimmer (Mrs [Sarah]), A Description of a Set of Pirnts (sic) of English History; Containing in a Set of Easy Lessons, first edition?, Part II only, Printed by John Marshall [...], London [n.d., c. 1792?], pp: [ii], 247, marbled paper covers, contemporary printed paper title label to upper cover, 48mo
Medals, Queen Victoria, South Africa, First, Second and Third Kaffir Wars & the Boer War: South Africa Medal (1853), unnamed, later silk ribbon en suite; Queen's South Africa (1900), Cape Colony clasp, named to 23145 Pte. J. Love T.M.T. [Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, S.A. Unit], silk ribbon, [2]
The Hackness Hall Copy, Whitehurst (John), An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth; Deduced from Facts and the Laws of Nature, to which is added an Appendix, Containing some General Observations on the Strata in Derbyshire [...], first edition, Printed for the Author, By J. Cooper [...], London 1778, pp: [xvi], ii, [ii], 199, Plates I - VIII on two fold-out and two full-page engravings as called for, contemporary mottled calf, gilt lettered red morocco title-label to spine, Plain Armorial bookplate to recto pastedown: Sr Rd Bempde Johnstone, Bart., verso pastedown with early 20th century bookseller's ticket pasted in, later with Thomas C. Godfrey, inserted paid receipt dated 1947, £1:2, 4to
Children's Book - Haggard (H. Rider), Allan Quatermain: Being an Account of His Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Bart., Commander John Good, R.N., and One Umslopogaas, first edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., London 1887, pp: [x], 278, [ii], illustrated with 20 wood engravings by James Cooper (1823 - 1904) after drawings by Charles Henry Malcolm Kerr (1858 - 1907), contemporary black cloth, upper-cover and spine lettered in gilt, 12mo
Local Interest - Mawe (John), The Mineralogy of Derbyshire: with a Description of the Most Interesting Mines in the North of England, in Scotland, and in Wales; and an Analysis of Mr. William's Work, Intitled (sic) "The Mineral Kingdom", Subjoined is A Gloffary (sic) of the Terms and Phrafes (sic) ufed (sic) by Miners in Derbyshire, first and only edition, Printed and Sold by William Phillips, London 1802, pp: xv, 211, illustrated with one full-page engraved map and three-full page engraved geological plates, later buckram boards, 8vo
![Breweriana - [Ellis (William)], A Supplement to the London and Country Brewer [...], By the Author of the Three former Parts,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6b29b9c9-e055-458d-9837-aa01011b2b26/897a356d-1b87-46a2-894a-aa02009054fd/468x382.jpg)
![Kipling (Rudyard), Kim, first edition, Macmillan and Co., Limited, London 1901, pp: [viii], 413, [i], adverts [ii], 10 full-p](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6b29b9c9-e055-458d-9837-aa01011b2b26/cda42538-73f9-415b-9a6b-aa0200906199/468x382.jpg)
Topography - Robinson (William, Gent., F.S.A.), The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Edmonton, in the County of Middlesex; comprising an Account of the Manors, the Church, and Southgate Chapel, with other Interesting Matter [...], first and presumably only edition, Printed for the Author [...], London 1819, pp: xiii, [i], 331, thirteen engravings as called for: title-page with fold-out thirty-fold [...] Map of the Parish [...] Shewing (sic) the Allotments in the Common Fields & Common Marshes as divided by Act of Parliament in the Years 1801 & 1802, engraving with contemporary hand-coloured cartographic delineations, 53cm x 73cm, further Plan of the Orsett Estate, and further topographical and antiquarian studies and reproduced portraits, contemporary Regency calf gilt lettered and tooled spine with plain calf boards, the upper board with ironic MS label: Keep in the Family, repeated to top margin of recto endpaper, inscribed in pencil Baron Platt with additional tipped-in ink MS letter from Newnham Lodge, Hook, Hans, indistinctly signed and dated 1942, citing the book was the his grandfather's Sir Thomas Joshua Platt [KC], "most commonly known as Baron Platt", [1788/90 - 1862, British judge who served as Baron of the Exchequer], 8vo
An early 19th century Italian Grand Tour arrangement of twenty-four plaster intaglio impressions, novelly arranged in a scholar's book, the verso board enclosing bust-length profiles of the first twelve Roman Emperors, the Twelve Caesars: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian, each impression within a plain gilt border and numbered in ink MS, their numeration corresponding to the contemporary ink MS inventory in the pastedown, recto conforming with the greats of the Italian Renaissance, comprising Ludovico Ariosto, Petrarch, Torquato Tasso, Dante, Giovanni Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Rapahel, Titian, Michelangelo, Correggio and Galileo Galilei, each impression within a gilt gadrooned border and numbered in ink MS, marbled edges, green calf spine gilt, 25cm high, c. 1820
A Victorian vellum patent to Henry Stothert of Bath, engineer, 17th April 1852 for Improvements in the manufacture of manure for 14 years within the Kingdom and wider possessions; engraved mast head and borders, attached great seal of England 6.25 inches (16 cm) buff, in tinned black enamelled case 6.75 (17.2cm) dia. attached with blue and yellow tag, 30 x 20.5 in (76.2 x 52 cm). Also four page 10 x 12 in (25.4 x 30.5 cm) vellum description in Latin, each leaf signed signed Jas Hay MacKenzie & Archibald W Neill C D, endorsed 'Sealed at Edinburgh the thirty first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and fifty two', with similar boxed great seal (of Scotland) in red wax, in tin lacking lid, attached gold thread with cardboard box of issue, filed as British patent no. 14,073Henry Stothert (1797-1860) was the fourth son of George Stothert who had taken over the foundry of Thomas Harris and was agent at Bristol for the products of Abraham Darby's Coalbrookdale foundries. He later moved from domestic products to casting iron for the construction industry. Henry re-founded the company at Bath, called 1844 Sothert, Rayno & Pitt, having from the 1830s been associated with the building of the GWR line and an acquaintance of I K Brunel. He filed numerous patents covering a large variety of inventions.
Local Interest - Wirksworth: The Riber Castle Copy, Provincial Imprint, Hackett (Richard R.), Wirksworth and Five Miles Round: An Historical Sketch of the Principal Events of Interest Connected with the District, with Brief Notices of its Remarkable Personages, first edition, J. Buckley, Wirksworth [n.d., 1863], illustrated with full-page line engravings, contemporary buckram, gilt lettered upper cover, crested and monogrammed yellow bookplate to recto pastedown: John & Caroline Smedley, Riber Castle, Matlock, Derbyshire, family library stamp to verso endpaper: J. Smedley, Lea Mills, Matlock, 12mo; the later and larger limited second edition, numbered 2/75, F.W. Brooks, Wirksworth 1899, tipped-in b/w photographic plates, 8vo, [2]
Travel/Exploration - Signed & Dedicated Copy, Campbell (W.W.), East Africa by Motor Lorry: Recollection of an Ex Motor Transport Driver, first and only edition, with Photographs, Sketches, and a Map by the Author, John Murray, London 1928, pp: xii, 318, adverts [iv], recto endpaper autographed and inscribed by the author in ink MS: To my friend Mr "Dick" Ba*in with best wishes from the Author "Will" Campbell [...] Nottingham, original blue cloth gilt as issued, 8vo
![Local Interest - Mining Sammelband, two works in one volume: [Steer (George)], The Compleat (sic) Mineral Laws of Derbyshire,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6b29b9c9-e055-458d-9837-aa01011b2b26/ab8a8333-0807-41d6-a372-aa0200907149/468x382.jpg)
Local Interest - Mining Sammelband, two works in one volume: [Steer (George)], The Compleat (sic) Mineral Laws of Derbyshire, Taken from the Originals: I. The High Peak Laws, with their Cuftoms (sic); II. Stony Middleton and Eame (sic), with a new Article made 1733; III. The Laws of the Manour (sic) of Ashforth-i'-th'-Water (sic); IV. The Low Peak Articles, with their Laws and Cuftoms (sic); V. The Cuftoms (sic) and Laws of the Liberty of Litton; VI. The Laws of the Lordfhip (sic) of Tideswell; And all their Bills of Plaint, Cuftoms (sic), Crofs-Bills (sic), Arrefts (sic), Plaintiff's Cafe (sic), or Brief; with all other Forms neceffary (sic) for all Miners and Maintainers of Mines, within each Manour (sic), Lordship, or Wapentake, first and only edition, Printed by Henry Woodfall [...], London 1734, pp: vii, 172, bound with, Provincial Imprint, New & Additional Customs, Articles, Rules & Orders, For the District, Under the Provisions of The High Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts Act, 1851, Made Under the 56th Section of the Same Act, By the Steward & Grand Jury, at a Great Barmote Court, Held at Monyash on the 5th April, 1859, [Printed by] Messrs W. and W. Pike, Derby, Roberts, Chesterfield, and J. Goodwin, Bakewell, 1859, pp: 18, 20th century brown half-morocco and marbled paper boards, gilt lettered spine, 12mo
First day cover stamps to include three Operation Overload - The Air Forces, The Amies and the Navies, each signed by Air Vice Marshal James Edgar Johnson, Vice Admiral Sir Peter Berger and Richard Todd respectively, one other commemorating the D-day Landings, three cigarette albums containing cards depicting aeroplanes and two model Matchbox aeroplanes
“Historical Records Of The First or Royal Regiment of Dragoons” . Original EditionWritten by General De Ainslie published 1887. A history of the Regiment covering 266 pages with a large index. Complete with colour illustrated plates. Original scarlet and dark blue cloth cover with gilt tooled regimental device. GC minor age wear and foxing.
225th Parachute Field Ambulance D-Day 6th June “Top Secret” Landing Maps, Photograph Archive. Pegasus Bridge Interest.This is the archive of Douglas Protheroe a medic with the 225th Parachute Field Ambulance unit which on the night of the 6th June dropped in the vicinity of Pegasus Bridge and he then served in the Advance Dressing Station in the Café Gondrée at the bridge. Comprising: Map “Defences Troarn” classified as Top Secret until issued then secret. This shows detail of the area, bridge lengths, flood areas etc. ... Aerial Photograph, possibly of Drop Zone. ... Issue Map 7F/2 1:80,000 (1943) Sheet including the reference area of the drop zone and Pegasus Bridge. ... Map 7 F/1 Caen. ... Map Sheet 153 NW (May 1944) 1:25,000 Bonnebosq. Map Sheet 7F 1:100.000. ... Military Issue Map Case. ... Original printed Journal of the 225 Para Field Amb Normandy Edition (July 1944). ... An number of original editions of “Pegasus Goes To It” including 1 to 6 (June 1944) (10 total). Large fragment of silk parachute stamped “National Automotive Fibres Inc Dec 18 1943”. ... Far East Silk Map. ... etc. A digital image of Douglas Protheroe is also available.Mr Douglas Protheroe enlisted into the Army as a conscientious objector, transferred to the RAMC, he like many of his fellow thinkers wanted to do his part and volunteered for the dangerous duties with the Parachute Field Ambulance with the 6th Airborne Division, 5th Parachute Brigade, 225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance, which had formed at Castle Cary on 7th June 1943. It was in this capacity in the early hours of the 6th June his aircraft lifted into the night sky, to be one of the first units to land in France. His aircraft was unable to find the drop zone at 01.05 hrs and the pilot went around again locating the Zone the unit dropped at 01.20 hrs, their RV being a copse shown on map 7 F/2. near Bénouville Bridge for ever now known as Pegasus Bridge. He was selected and help set up medical aid post at Café Gondrée with Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce Harvey. The unit served in France for 77 days before shipping back to the UK. Douglas Protheroe remained with the unit and saw action in the Ardennes during the winter of 1944 and then took part in Operation Varsity the “Rhine Crossing”. Following VE day the unit prepared for the Far East. He remained with the Army until 1951. The biographical information is supplied by the vendor.
WW2 Operation “Corkscrew” Invasion of Pantelleria. Original “Bigot Secret” Papers.These are the original papers for the preparation of the Invasion of the Italian island of Pantelleria (between Sicily and Tunisia) on 11 June 1943, prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. This set is numbered 38. Gives details of units to be assigned, Royal Navy ships with names of vessels, order of battle etc, with a few pencil notes. From the archive of Col W.L.R. Benyon RWF.Operation Corkscrew took place on the 11th June 1943, the Italian Garrison refused to surrender about an hour before the amphibious assault landed the Royal Navy Ships opened fire. However as the first British Commandos hit the beach the entire Italian Garrison surrender, have being given permission to do so by their HQ in Rome. Sir Winston Churchill, was to record later in his memoirs that the only British casualty of the operation was a man bitten by a mule.
German Third Reich cased 25 year Faithful Service Decoration by Friedrich Keller, Oberstein.A fine silvered example with black enamel swastika on cornflower blue ribbon and brooch pin; housed in red fitted case of issue by Friedrich Keller, Metallschmuckfabrik, Oberstein, the lid with silver embossed ‘25’ within circular device. VGC Following the first mention of such awards in late 1935, the Faithful Service Decorations were instituted by Adolf Hitler on 30th January 1938, designed by Professor Richard Klein
German Third Reich Hitler Youth and Reichsbahn belt buckles.The first of plated steel bearing circlet ‘Blut und Ehre’; eagle with HJ diamond swastika to centre. Reverse with raised circular RZM logo and M4/44 ... the second of lightly pebbled steel bearing circlet ‘DEUTSCH REICHSBAHN’ with central winged wheel over swastika. GC (2 items)
Royal Navy Officer’s Sword of Lt Cdr J.M. Glaser DSC Fleet Air Arm Pilot.A very good attributed example of a George VI example. The blade with etched decoration and retailers name of Gieves to the forte. Solid gilt metal folding guard, this with engraved name “J.M. Glaser.” The white shagreen grip with twist wire binding and lion’s head pommel. Housed in leather scabbard with gilt metal mounts. Also bullion and blue silk line sword knot. Bullion bright and fresh. Near parade condition. Accompanied by sword belt with gilt clasp.The Recommendation of the award of the Distinguished Service Cross 12th May 1945 Acting Lieutenant Commander HMS Queen. “Lieutenant Commander Glaser led 853 Squadron during the attack on U-boat depot ships at Kilbotn with skill and resolution, although his aircraft was hit by flak he continued to direct operations coolly and efficiency. I consider the success of the attacks carried out by the Squadron was in great measure due to his leadership and to the confidence which his Squadron has in him”. Extra Comments from the Rear Admiral Commanding First Cruiser Squadron: “Fully concur. This was 853 Squadron’s first real strike and verdict is due to Lt Cdr Glaser that it was so successful”Recommendation for the MID 7th May 1944 HMS Fencer. “As Air Staff Officer he was unfailing in his devotion to duty and unsparing of himself during the operations involved in the passage of a recent North Russia Convoy and it’s attack by a U-boat pack. At one time for 72 hours he was continuously briefing the crews of aircraft and controlling the operations of those aircraft, when airborne, from the Air Operations Room, during which time he had no sleep or rest. Owing to the position of the bridge and its poor communication, I had to rely on him completely, giving him only the broadest outline upon which to base his decisions. At no time had I any worry as to the aircraft being used but to their best ability. In addition he is the Ship’s signal Officer. He is of outstanding ability for one of his age and seniority, is well able to accept responsibility and in possesses of sound powers of judgement.”This sword and DSC medal group sold Bosleys 3rd July 2013
Victorian Royal Engineers Officer’s Sword by Wilkinson Sword of London in 1857A rare example made in the first year of the introduction of the pattern. The 1857 pattern sword, with slightly curved single edged blade with etched decoration of a crowned VR cypher, the forte with cutler’s details of Wilkinson London and the blade is numbered “8154” (1857”). The hilt is of the Royal Engineers 1857 pattern, with brass guard with floral decoration. The shagreen grip retaining twist wire binding. Housed in polished brass scabbard. GC etching clear.
Royal Navy HMS Queen Charlotte Captain’s Servant four clasp Naval General Service Medal. Unique Combination.Awarded to “JOHN COLEPACK”, bearing four clasps “1 June 1794”, “23rd June 1795”, “St. Vincent” and “Egypt”. Unique name on the Naval General Service Medal Roll all four clasps confirmed. John Colepack during the “Glorious First of June” was serving onboard HMS Queen Charlotte 100 guns Flagship of Admiral Lord Richard Howe as Captain’s Servant. At the action of the 23rd June 1795 which resulted in the capture of three French Ships of the Line he was still with the Queen Charlotte with the rank of Boy 3rd Class. In February 1797 with the rank of Boy 1st Class he was serving onboard the Sloop Bon Citoyenne 20 guns and took part in the action with the Spanish Fleet of Cape St.Vincent. The clasp for Eygpt is confirmed as he was serving as an ordinary seaman again with the Sloop Bon Citoyenne. Ex Gray Collection 1898 and Phillips Collection 1925.
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