![[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. An uns](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f7489276-42e3-44e9-9792-a8e300dd03ba/008ac71b-f896-4b96-f2fd-85454e689cd4/468x382.jpg)
[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. An unsigned two-page, 8vo, manuscript inventory for HMS San Josef, detailing the dimensions of the ship, it’s tonnage, stowage in the hold, ballast, guns and masts, neatly entered in rows and columns with brown ink. With a neat tear to the left edge, evidently being taken from a larger document. Together with an unsigned printed 8vo catalogue for ‘An exhibition of autograph letters, books and relics of Horatio, Lord Nelson. From the collection of Morris Wolf, Esq. The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1934’. The catalogue detailing the contents of six display cases used in the exhibition. G to VG, 2The San José was among the Spanish fleet, captured during the battle of Cape St. Vincent, 14th February 1797. During the battle HMS Captain, under the command of Captain Horatio Nelson came out of the line to attack the San Nicolás. After exchanging fire, Nelson led his forces aboard the San Nicolás. While the English were fighting their way aboard, the San José continued to fire upon the Captain and the San Nicolás. The San José then fell upon the San Nicolás and their rigging became tangled. Nelson then took his men from the decks of the San Nicolás aboard the San José, forcing the Spanish to surrender. After their capture the ships were renamed HMS San Josef and HMS San Nicolas respectively. The feat of using one enemy vessel as a 'stepping stone' to capture another was afterwards known in the Royal Navy as ‘Nelson's patent bridge for boarding first rates’.
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PEGOUD ADOLPHE: (1889-1915) French Aviator who became the first fighter ace in history during World War I. A rare vintage signed postcard photograph by Pegoud, the aerial image depicting the aviator landing his plane at the Aerodrome Bleriot having completed a flying loop. A crowd of onlookers can be seen rushing towards the aircraft. With a circular inset portrait of Pegoud and brief printed caption in French at the head of the postcard. Signed ('A. Pegoud') in bold, purple fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area at the head of the image. Autographs of Pegoud are rare in any form as a result of his death at the age of 26 when he was shot down and killed in action during World War I. About EX
617 SQUADRON: An extremely rare, complete set of vintage signed cards by the seven Commanding Officers of No. 617 Squadron RAF during World War II comprising - Guy Gibson (1918-1944) British Wing Commander, the first Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron, 21st March - 3rd August 1943. Victoria Cross winner for his actions during Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid) on the Mohne and Eder Dams in Germany, 16th May 1943. Rare, bold pencil signature ('Guy P Gibson W/C') on an oblong 12mo card. George Holden (1913-1943) British Squadron Leader, the second Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron, 3rd August - 16th September 1943. Extremely rare, dark fountain pen ink signature ('G. W. Holden S/Ldr') on an oblong 12mo card. Harold Martin (1918-1988) Australian Air Marshal, the third (Temporary) Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron, 16th September - 10th November 1943. Pilot of Lancaster ED909/G AJ-P of 617 Squadron on the Dambusters Raid, 16th May 1943. Martin was a crew member of the third aircraft to attack the Mohne Dam. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('Mick Martin') on an oblong 12mo card. Leonard Cheshire (1917-1992) British Group Captain, the fourth Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron, 10th November 1943 - 12th July 1944. Victoria Cross winner for his flying operations during World War II. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('G L Cheshire') on a 12mo card. James Tait (1916-2007) British Group Captain, the fifth Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron, 12th July - 29th December 1944. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('J. B. Tait') on a 12mo card. John Fauquier (1909-1981) Canadian Air Commodore, the sixth Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron, 29th December 1944 - 28th March 1945. An amusing fountain pen ink signature ('J. E. Fauquier, Bomber Command') on an oblong 12mo card, with the additional words 'vs. P. McLaughlin, Coastal Command' beneath his signature, alongside a small original pen and ink colour cartoon sketch by Fauquier showing him standing in a full length pose, in uniform, heavily hitting McLaughlin, also in uniform, over the head with a baseball bat. John Grindon (1917-2002) British Wing Commander, the seventh Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron, 28th April - 8th August 1945. Blue ink signature ('John Grindon, C.O. 630') on a small, slightly irregularly clipped piece, neatly laid down to an oblong 12mo card. Each of the signatures are professionally and attractively matted together in blue, each above individual commemorative covers issued for the Commanding Officers of 617 Squadron and featuring their colour oval portraits. Also included within the frame is a colour reproduction of 617 Squadron's badge, depicting the bursting of a dam, in honour of Operation Chastise, and the amusing double entendre French motto Apres moi le Deluge ('After me, the flood'). Framed and glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 34 x 28. VG to EX The present unique set of signatures represent the only time a complete set of autographs of the Wartime Commanding Officers of 617 Squadron have ever appeared at auction.
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[ARNHEM BATTLE OF]: Roy Urquhart (1901-1988) British Major-General of World War II, General Officer Commanding the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, September 1944. A.L.S., R. E. Urquhart, one page, oblong 8vo, Port of Mentieth, Stirling, 13th November 1983, to Mr. Fulluck. Urquhart thanks his correspondent for their letter although regrets that he is unable to comply with his request but has signed three envelopes. Together with Graeme Warrack (1913-1985) British Colonel of World War II, Assistant Director Medical Services (ADMS) to the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem. An interesting A.L.S., Graeme Warrack, two pages, 8vo, Humbie, East Lothian, 13th May 1978, to Mr. Fulluck. Warrack thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues 'You ask about my involvement in the Arnhem operation - may I commend my book “Travel by Dark”. It is available in paperback…..Simon King is the chap to write to if you can't get a copy at your bookseller! BBC2 did a film of it called “Arnhem - The Story of an Escape” in Nov. 76 and 77 - you may have seen it?'. Warrack further writes 'Being a Scot and a very ordinary one at that - the adventures I experienced at this time were of such an exciting and bizarre nature that I was determined that the years should not allow them to be exaggerated or distorted. So the first part was culled from the diary I wrote when I was in one prison hospital and the latter part during the two years 45 & 46. I was lucky to have this published in 1963 and luckier still to have the BBC take an interest!' VG to EX, 2
WORLD WAR II: David Stirling (1915-1990) Scottish Lieutenant Colonel of World War II, founder of the Special Air Service (S.A.S.). T.L.S., David Stirling, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, South Audley Street, London, 16th February 1976, to Flight Lieutenant D. Fulluck. Stirling thanks his correspondent for their letter and apologises for the delay in replying, further returning two covers (no longer present) which he has signed as requested; Bill Sparks (1922-2002) British Royal Marine Commando of World War II, the last survivor of the Cockleshell Heroes. T.L.S., Bill Sparks, one page, 4to, Canvey Island, Essex, 7th February 1978, to Flight Lieutenant D. Fulluck. Sparks thanks his correspondent for their interest in 'our escapade during the war' and also remarks 'I note that you have been elected honorary member of the R.A.F. escape club, which I am sure you must feel proud to belong to'. Sparks also writes 'During our escape route, we met several R.A.F. boys, and I often wonder what became of them, fine lads, with some hair-raising tales to tell'. Together with a typed statement, unsigned, prepared by Sparks and providing a brief summary of the actions taken by the Cockleshell Heroes during Operation Frankton, in part, 'Our raid took place in december (sic) 1942, on the harbour of Bordeaux….Ten marines in five two-man canoes were disembarked from the submarine Tuna in the bay of Biscay to paddle up the Gironde…..a journey which took us five nights of travell (sic) hiding by day. Two of our men were drowned on the first night, two were captured on the first night, and subsequently shot…..a further two were challenged, but made good their escape for a couple of weeks, before they were betrayed, and eventually shot, leaving four to complete the raid. The other two were captured and shot at a later date, but after the war…..with the aid of my testimony, a German General was imprisoned for life for the execution of our lads. Colonel Hasler and myself escaped…..' Sparks has also added Hasler's address in Scotland at the conclusion. VG to EX, 2
PRIVY COUNCIL: A good D.S. by eight members of the Privy Council of King James I, one page, square folio, n.p., London, 25th March 1607. The attractively penned manuscript document is addressed to the Right Honourable Lords of His Majesty’s Privy Council and states, in part, ‘The demaundes of Thomas Harlowe, Keep[er] of the Gatehowse in Westm[inster] for the diet Lodginge and all other necessaries of all suche Prisoners as beinge Comitted by the Righte Hon[our]ables the Lordes and others…..haue Remayned Prisoners there…..’, continuing to list three prisoners, identified as Richard Zouche, Edmond Browene and John Reynoldes (‘alias Captain Pouche’) and the individual and total amounts owing for each, ‘oweth for his dyett and Lodginge for xiij Weekes at the Rate of xvjs….For Washeinge at the Rate of iiijd…..For a paire of shows ijs vjd to the Barbour xijd…..’. Individually signed at the foot by the eight members of the Privy Council comprising Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536-1624, English Statesman and Lord High Admiral under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. Known as Howard of Effingham, he commanded the English forces during the battles against the Spanish Armada and, after Francis Drake, was chiefly responsible for the victory which saved England from invasion by the Spanish. Howard also served as commissioner at the Gunpowder Plot trial in 1605 and at the time of the present document was Lord Steward, 1603-18; signed ‘Nottingham’), Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (1552-1616, English Peer and Patron of the Arts, Lord High Steward of Ireland 1590-1616; signed ‘Gilb: Shrewsbury’), Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (c.1550-1628, English Aristocrat and an important adviser to King James I. Lord Privy Seal 1616-25; signed ‘E Worcester’ ), Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton (1540-1614, English Aristocrat and Courtier, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1604-14, Lord Privy Seal 1608-14 and First Lord of the Treasury 1612-13; signed ‘H Northampton’), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563?-1612, English Statesman, Secretary of State for England 1596-1612, Lord High Treasurer 1608-12 and Lord Privy Seal 1598-1612. Cecil was the principal discoverer of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605; signed ‘Salisbury’), William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury (1544-1632, English Nobleman, Treasurer of the Household 1601-16; signed ‘W. Knollys’), John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope (1549?-1621, English Courtier and Politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1602-16 and Master of the Queen’s Posts 1590-1621; signed ‘J Stanhope’) and Sir Julius Caesar (1557/58-1636, English Lawyer, Judge and Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1606-14, Master of the Rolls 1614-36; signed ‘Jul. Caesar’). An interesting document featuring a fine grouping of signatures. Some light overall age wear and foxing, small tears and some staining to the edges, only very slightly affecting the text at the head and one stain touching the signature of Knollys. G John Reynolds (d.1607) Captain Pouch. English Tinker and Protestor, the charismatic leader of the Midland Revolt of 1607. The mystical, uneducated Reynolds earned his alias due to the leather pouch he carried with him, claiming that its contents were a special substance giving him and his followers the protection of God and the Crown. Reynolds had been arrested and held in custody, as the present document testifies, before the Revolt had been completely supressed. Later hanged, drawn and quartered, after Reynold’s death it was revealed that his pouch contained nothing more than a lump of locally made green cheese.
EDWARD, DUKE OF WINDSOR: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. A highly important T.L.S., Edward, two pages, 4to, Boulevard Suchet, Paris, 13th March 1939, to Lord Beaverbrook ('My dear Beaverbrook'), on the Duke's personal monogrammed stationery, marked 'Private and Confidential' and with four holograph additions to the text. The Duke announces 'I feel it both important and urgent to draw your attention to the comments on the Duchess and myself which appeared in the Londoner's Log of yesterday's issue of the "Sunday Express"'and adds that while he appreciates the general tone of the article, it contained two definite misstatements which 'confuse the whole situation', further explaining 'Knowing that it is not your intention that anything published in your newspapers should create a false impression which could react adversely upon the Duchess and myself, I think that you may wish to dispel the one created in yesterday's Sunday Express, as soon as and in whatever form you judge to be consistent with "good timing" and dignity.' The Duke continues 'Of course you know as well as I do, that it is for no other reason than for fear lest the attitude my mother and sister-in-law seem likely to adopt towards my wife may provoke some controversy in England and adverse criticism of them in America, that I have been advised to postpone our projected visit to England this Spring, until after the King and Queen's official journey to Canada and the United States. In accordance with the policy of playing my brother's game, I have agreed to another postponement, but, believe me, for the last time.' He concludes 'I know I need not stress the highly confidential nature of this letter, or the grave danger of the information it contains ever being traced back to me. But as I look upon you as one of our staunchest supportest (sic) I am anxious that you should know the truth.' Together with an enclosure originally accompanied by the letter, being a typescript of the two misstatements contained in The Londoner's Log of the Sunday Express which the Duke refers to in his letter, and with his responses, in full, '1. "He lives as a refugee in France not because of the laws of England prevent his return, but because he wishes to do so". While the Duchess and I have received the greatest courtesy in all the countries, especially France, where we have resided since our marriage, I have not lived out of England for over two years by preference. It is true that there exists no law to prevent my returning to my country whenever I wish to do so, but I have remained away out of deference to my brother in order to leave the field clear for him to establish himself on the throne, which it is admitted he has succeeded in doing. 2. "The Duke has set his own conditions of return. He requires that the Duchess of Windsor shall be accorded the title of Royal Highness, and that she shall be received by both the Queens. Until these requests are granted, the Duke has announced that he will not set foot in England". I have never made any such announcement nor would I ever set conditions upon my return to England. Regarding the two stipulations I am alledged (sic) to have made, I wish to say firstly, that while naturally the matter of witholding (sic) the title of Royal Highness from the Duchess is an insult which I as her husband and a member of the Royal Family have always resented far more deeply than she has, we have too many other more important interests to worry over such a triviality. Secondly, whatever may be the behaviour of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth towards the Duchess, it would in no way affect any plans we might make for going to England.' A letter of truly remarkable historical content written in the years following King Edward VIII's abdication and subsequent marriage to Wallis Simpson, and demonstrating that the Duke was under absolutely no illusions as to the attitudes of his mother, Queen Mary, and sister in law, Queen Elizabeth, towards the Duchess of Windsor. Each with two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, and with a very slight, extremely minor paperclip rust stain to the upper left corner of the first page. Otherwise VG Max Aitken (1879-1964) 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Anglo-Canadian Business Tycoon, Politician & Writer, owner of the Daily Express and London Evening Standard newspapers.
HOARE SAMUEL: (1880-1959) British Politician, First Lord of the Admiralty 1936-37 and Home Secretary 1937-39. Important and historical A.L.S., Sam, two pages, 4to, Admiralty House, 10th December n.y. (1936), to Lord Beaverbrook ('Dear Max'), marked Personal. Written on the day that King Edward VIII signed the Instrument of Abdication, Hoare announces 'I have not telephoned or come round today or yesterday as I was, on your advice, sitting back in the final acts of this tragic farce' and continues 'It was clear to me yesterday that the denouement was inevitable. I tried my best to the end to make renunciation possible, but the King would not move an inch. To what depths can folly descend!' Hoare further states 'In any case I am glad and grateful that another crisis brought us together again. It is almost a year to a day since my resignation. The first friendly word from outside came from you. I never forget these things nor shall I forget our talks of the last fortnight, and your manifest wish to help me in my career.' A letter of interesting content written on a pivotal day in the history of the British monarchy. One neat tear to the right edge of a central fold, only very slightly affecting one word of text, otherwise VG Max Aitken (1879-1964) 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Anglo-Canadian Business Tycoon, Politician & Writer, owner of the Daily Express and London Evening Standard newspapers. In June 1936 Hoare became First Lord of the Admiralty and in November 1936 he was (with Duff Cooper, the then Secretary of State for War) sought out by Edward VIII to provide independent advice and counsel on the King's constitutional problems. Initially the King attempted to convert him into a champion of his cause hoping that Hoare would speak up in defence of his right to marry when the matter came up for formal discussion in the Cabinet. In the King's memoirs A King's Story (1951) he recounted this first meeting, "But I failed to win him as an advocate. He was sympathetic; but he also was acutely conscious of the political realities. Mr. Baldwin, he warned me, was in command of the situation: the senior Ministers were solidly with him on this issue. If I were to press my marriage project on the Cabinet I should meet a stone wall of opposition. I saw Mr. Duff Cooper at the Palace later the same day.....He was as encouraging and optimistic as Sam Hoare had been pessimistic and discouraging." Hoare's second meeting with the King took place at the end of November, about which the King wrote, "At this juncture, the scene shifted momentarily to Stornoway House where Max Beaverbrook, ever since his return from America, had worked feverishly to rally support for me in whatever quarters it might be found.....Mr. Baldwin was aware of what Max Beaverbrook was up to; and no doubt hoping to check the forces beginning to rally round my cause, he despatched Sir Samuel Hoare on Sunday, the 29th, to explain the attitude of the Government towards the King. The message which the First Lord of the Admiralty bore was ominous indeed. It was that the Ministers stood with Mr. Baldwin---"no breach exists: there is no light or leaning in the King's direction." Then the First Lord fired his second salvo. "The publicity," he said, "is about to break." Many Ministers, he added, were restless and dissatisfied over the failure of the Press to publish facts of a crisis already the talk of the rest of the world. He stressed Mr. Baldwin's desire that the Press, like the Cabinet, should form an unbroken front against the proposed marriage. It was an undisguised invitation for Max Beaverbrook to change sides. His answer was: "I have already taken the King's shilling, I am a King's man." On 4th December the King learned of an earlier meeting between Beaverbrook and Hoare, of which he commented "So the day had not been all debits as far as I was concerned. From Stornoway House Max Beaverbrook, sensing the favourable upsurge in public opinion, had steadily hammered away on the theme of delay. I must not allow myself, he urged, to be harried and hurried into precipitous action. He had seen Sir Samuel Hoare again, and in conversation with him had formed the impression that many Ministers were troubled by the turn the crisis had taken, and would welcome a withdrawal of my request for advice on the morganatic marriage proposal. But I was wearied to the point of exhaustion." Finally during the morning of 10th December 1936 (the day Hoare wrote the present letter to Beaverbrook) the King signed the Instrument of Abdication.
THEATRE: Small selection of signed 8vo theatre programmes, and slightly larger (1), from the National Theatre and the Phoenix Theatre, by various actors and actresses, comprising Othello (2; each signed by Laurence Olivier, Billie Whitelaw, Maggie Smith and Frank Finlay), The Master Builder (signed by Laurence Oliver (2), Joan Plowright (2), Celia Johnson and Edward Hardwicke, with two loose leaves), a second copy of The Master Builder (signed by Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright), The Recruiting Officer (Signed by Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens etc.) and Ivanov (signed by John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Yvonne Mitchell, Helen Christie, Nora Nicholson and Richard Pasco). Together with a selection of unsigned theatre programmes and magazines etc., including the Old Vic Theatre Company, A Tour of Australia, 1948 (with an inscription to the inside cover, 'Laurence Olivier, with compliments of The British Council, Sydney 28th June 1948'), Royal Shakespeare Theatre Richard III, The Old Vic Company 1914-1963, Plays and Players, October 1955, The National Theatre Uncle Vanya, Theatre World, The Birmingham Post Shakespeare Quatercentenary Supplement etc. Also including an unsigned typed 8vo memo, n.p., n.d. (1965), to Laurence Olivier, stating in part, 'Mr. Grafton Greene, Executive Producer of Rank Documentaries rang. They are going to make a 2-reel film of Sir Winston's funeral and Lying in State and all the ceremonies, which will be the only one of its kind, and they are coming to you first to ask if you would like to do the narration.' Further including an unsigned typed 4to, fifteen-page Studio Shooting Schedule for Big Ben Films Ltd adaptation of Richard III, dated 14th October 1954. G to VG, 25
KEATON BUSTER: (1895-1966) American Silent Film Comedian, Academy Award winner. A good, early vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph of Keaton in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Signed in fountain pen ink to the image, ‘For Josie, For no reason, Buster’, the first two words of the description across a slightly darker area of the image. To the lower right corner of the image Keaton has drawn a small arrow and added the words ‘It don’t go xxx’ in his hand. Very slightly irregularly trimmed to the edges, otherwise VG
SCOTT GEORGE C.: (1927-1999) American Actor, the first actor to refuse the Academy Award for Best Actor (for Patton in 1970). Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Scott standing in a full-length pose, in costume as General Patton from the film Patton (1970). Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. About EX
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY: Small selection of signed album pages, cards and a First Day Cover by various actors and actress who starred in the American bio-pic Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), comprising James Cagney (to a First Day Cover featuring the image of George M. Cohan, postmarked 3rd July 1978), Jeanne Cagney, Joan Leslie, Eddie Foy, Rosemary DeCamp, Walter Huston, and George M. Cohan (dated 29th May 1912 in his hand). Each double matted in red and blue around a 9½ x 7 photograph depicting Cagney on stage and in costume as George M. Cohan, alongside other cast members, in a publicity shot for Yankee Doodle Dandy. Framed and glazed in a sliver coloured frame to an overall size of 30 x 23½. G Yankee Doodle Dandy, a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as 'The Man Who Owned Broadway'.
WILDE OSCAR: (1854-1900) Irish Playwright and Novelist. A.L.S., Oscar Wilde, one page, 8vo, 16 Tite Street, London, n.d. (c.1895), to [Arthur] Humphreys. Wilde informs his correspondent, ‘Copeland and Day have wired that they will make an offer on seeing the proofs… I will call tomorrow on you’. With blank integral leaf. With a small strip of discolouration to the edges and final page, and very minor age wear, otherwise GArthur Lee Humphreys (1865-1946) British Publisher, Manager of the London bookstore Hatchards.Humphreys was the publisher of the privately printed first edition of Oscariana (a collection of aphorisms by Wilde compiled by his wife, Constance), in 1895. Whilst the present letter is undated and therefore may refer to the ‘proofs’ for Wilde’s The Soul of a Man, it appears far more likely that Copeland and Day would be interested in Oscariana due to Wilde’s recent conviction for ‘gross indecency’. That Wilde and Humphreys were wishing to publish with Copeland and Day is not surprising. Wilde was on friendly terms with Day, and his Boston publishing house had already issued the American editions of The Sphinx and Salomé.Copeland and Day, American publishing firm, influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and William Morris's Kelmscott Press.
1904 Aylesbury Buckinghamshire Railway Disaster Original Photographs. A rare selection of three photographs which record the disaster taken by L.G. Payne Photographer of Aylesbury. The first image shows the Station after the crash. ... Image of Engine 1040 damaged after recovery. ... Approach to the station. Images clear mounted onto card Overall size 12 x 10 inchesOn 23 December 1904, locomotive No. 1040 was hauling an express passenger train that was derailed at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire due to excessive speed on a curve. Locomotive No. 1042 was hauling an express passenger train that collided with the wreckage at low speed. Four people were killed
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 1960’s Hand Written Letters. Two examples, the first is dated 13th December 1960 and is addressed to the Countess Waverley and describes a visit by her husband Viscount Waverley MP to Monty’s HQ in Brussels Circa 1944. Clear scarce green ink signature “Yours every Monty”. .... The second hand written letter is dated 9th February 1965 whilst onboard RMS Edinburgh Castle. In this letter is declining an engagement. Signed “Montgomery of Alamein”. GC (3 parts.
Late 19th Century Military Campaign Maps of India. The first map is printed covering the area Balaghat, This printed in 1882 Calcutta. The map has been hand coloured and bears a large amount of hand written notes etc. ... The second map is hand drawn and coloured on a wax vellum paper. Titled Pregnant. GC some service wear. (2 items)Used by Major Charles Hanford Baldwin Clark York & Lances Regiment & Indian Army See lot 484 for his medals and ephemera and lot 970 for his sword.
Shanghai Municipal Police Sports Trophy. This silver plated trophy is engraved to the front “S.M.P. Shanghai Municipal Police Sports First Price 120 Yards Handicap won by J.G. Adams” Height 8 1/2 inches. ... Accompanied by a silver plated teapot, this being presented to Company Sergeant Major Grant on leaving 39 Co. (ST) RGA. (2 items)
A painted cloth panel, depicting the Battle of Adwa (Adowa). The Battle of Adwa was fought on March 1st 1896 between the Ethiopian Empire (Abyssinia) and the Kingdom of Italy. This was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War, was a decisive defeat for Italy and secured sovereignty for Ethiopia. 81cm x 180cm. Notes: Purchased in Addis Ababa before 1974.
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