A Crimea Group of Three to Captain H. Vaughan of the 68th Regiment, Crimea Medal, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Captn. H. Vaughan. 68th Regt.) Regimentally impressed, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, later suspender, Turkish Crimea Medal, Crimea (British Issue), un-named as issued. The 68th of Foot (Durham Light Infantry). On the night of the 14th of November 1854, a hurricane struck the Allied armies besieging Sebastopol, tents, stores and the shipping in Balaklava harbour were whirled away to destruction. Col. Henry Smyth, commanding the 68th Durham Light Infantry wrote in his dairy: "Such a sense of confusion. Caps flying away and in the middle of the storm the big drum of some other regiment came rolling through our lines, it was impossible to stop it`, during that winter and the two that followed, the Durhams fought, froze and died of cholera in their Crimean trenches. The 68th sailed from Malta for the Crimea in September 1854 on board the Cunarder S.S. Cambria, it was: ...in the highest state of discipline and in excellent order. The regiment embarked 872 strong, including 29 officers and staff but before it ever landed in the Crimea four of its number were already dead of cholera. The first few months saw little action for the men of the Durhams, this was to change on the 5th of November, The Russian army flung itself against the weakest sector of the Allied lines, near Inkerman Two companies of the 68th had just returned from the trenches and two others were on their way to relieve them, these four companies together with an equivalent force of the 20th and two of the 46th Regiments were rushed up the line The morning was cold and damp and the 68th wore their greatcoats as they marched forward, as one of their officers commented in 1870 The 68th at guard-mounting used to wear the greatcoat over accoutrements, and this was the manner in which the 68th marched down to the great fight on the morning of Inkerman; of course, it was soon found necessary to halt the regiment in order that the men might throw off their greatcoats to get more easily at their ammunition on the field of battle. So the Durham`s and the Durham`s alone, fought in red on Inkerman day, a distinction jealously prized by regimental tradition By now the British Guards and Russian Infantry were locked in a savage hand to hand struggle for the Sandbag Battery, on the edge of the plateau commanding Sepastopol. The point had already changed hands several times when a Russian relief column, three battalions of the Selinghinsk regiment, attempted an attack on the Guards flank, "a dark mass of long brown and grey coats, flat caps and blue steel` was how Captain Torrens of the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers saw them. The Divisional Commander, Lt. Gen Sir George Cathcart, directing operations, rode to the head of the 68th and 46th and ordered them to charge the Selinghinsk. Down the hillside, through the scrub, dashed the British troops, the impetus and ferocity of the charge exploded into the Russian ranks and hurled them in head-long flight into a ravine below, outnumbered six to one the British had swept the Selinghinsk from the field During the action, the Russian Yakutsk Regiment had been clambering unobserved up the nearby Quarry Ravine and now they joined the fray, pouring a withering fire on the rout below, the 68th in their red coats were already a mark for every Russian gun in the vicinity, "our ranks were fearfully ploughed wrote Lt. Battiscombe. Gen. Cathcart and several of his staff were struck down in an instant, his last words were "well done, 68th`, and the regiment retired under covering fire from a French battalion. 243 Durham`s fought at Inkerman, 69 were killed, wounded or captured, among them Brevet Lt. Col. Harry Smyth At the end of the campaign Cholera had claimed more Durham`s lives than the enemy ever did, 45 soldiers died in battle, disease killed 243, in the first quarter of 1855, 119 perished through illness and that January 327 went sick, at the end of the month onlt 150 men were fit for trench duty Nearly all the older officer`s had seen service in the Crimea, wrote a respectful young subaltern who joined the 68th after the campaign was over, the majority of them were splendid fellows, that long siege had been a wonderful school for forming of manly characters. Their hair was not cut short, as in the present day, but was worn long over the ears, and they had large fuzzy whiskers with moustaches that went straight into them, they smoked much and some of them drank a good deal, but they carried their liquor well Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
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A Fine C.M.G.`Fighting,Boer War` D.S.O Group of Eleven to Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Berkeley, 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment. a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George Companion`s (C.M.G.) neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel. b) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel with integral top-riband bar. c) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, member`s (M.B.E.) breast badge, silver hallmarked 1919. d) Queen`s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Drietontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Lieut. C.R.Berkeley. D.S.O. Welsh. Rgt.). e) King`s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Lieut. C.R. Berkeley. D.S.O. Welsh Rgt.). f) 1914 Star, with bar (Captain C.R. Berkeley. D.S.O. Welsh:R). g) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaves (Lt. Col. C.R. Berkeley. D.S.O. Welsh: R.). h) India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lt. Col. C.R. Berkeley. Welch R.). i) France, Republic, Legion of Honour, Knights breast badge, silver gilt and enamel, wreath suspension, minor white enamel damage. j) France, Croix De Guerre, 1914-1916 with palm. Mounted for wearing, together with related dress miniatures. Lt. Colonel Christopher Robert Berkeley was born on the 18 January 1877, son of Major Henry William Berkeley. He was educated at Oratory School, and at Sandhurst, and joined the Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Regiment 8 September 1897, becoming Lieutenant 5 July 1899. He served in the South African War from 1899 to 1902, and was present at the Relief of Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg, and the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein (severely wounded), Vet River and Zand River operations in the Transvaal, May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 2 November 1900, including action at Belfast; operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899-1900; operations in the Transvaal 30 November 1900, to 31 May 1902 serving from 14 April, 1902, as Assistant Provost-Marshal. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 February and 10 September 1901]; received the Queen`s Medal with six clasps, the King`s Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Christopher Robert Berkeley, Lieutenant, Welsh Regiment. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". He was promoted Captain in the Welsh Regiment 13 May 1904; was Adjutant from 11 March 1904 to 10 March 1907, and Adjutant of Militia and in the Special Reserve from 27 February 1908 to 26 February 1912. Captain Berkeley served in the European War; was Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade, BEF, 26 February 1915 to 15 April, 1916, being promoted Major 1 September 1915 and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 1 January 1916; was employed as DAA and QMG, 15th Division, France, 16 April to 27 August 1916; as AA and QMG, 15th Division, 28 August 1916 to 25 October 1918, then becoming AQMG, QMG`s Branch, GHQ, France. He was wounded; mentioned in Despatches six times; was created a CMG in 1917 and an OBE in 1919, and received the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme. Lieutenant Colonel Berkeley married, in 1919, Nest, youngest daughter of Colonel J A Bradney, CB, of Talycoed Court, Monmouth The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, The First Battalion, The Welch Regiment. In October 1899, the Republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State declared war on Great Britain. At first the war went badly for the British, Ladysmith and Kimberley were besieged and attempts to relieve them failed. By the time the 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment arrived in South Africa, Lord Roberts had been appointed commander of forces, their first object along with others, was to relieve Kimberly. Having managed to cut off the Boer main force after their retreat, the 1st Battalion faced Cronje and the rest of his army at Paardeberg, and on the 18th February 1900 the battle began, the 1st were heavily engaged and received special mention for a gallant charge, by the 27th of that month, Cronje and his men surrendered, the British advance continued on to Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State On the 10th March a strong force of Boers barred the way at Driefontein, posted on the heights, the 1st Battalion were ordered to storm these positions, whilst the Yorkshires and the Essex moved on either flank. The ground was bare and offered little cover, the advance was made fifty yards at a time under heavy fire, two other battalions were thrown into the fight, and eventually the whole line fixed bayonets and charged. This action cost the lives of 140 men including the Adjutant, Captain Lomax, who had behaved with the greatest gallantry. The advance continued, both Bloemfontein and Pretoria were captured mainly unopposed with little fighting, although the battalion were once again engaged at the action of Diamond Hill, garrison duties followed, until peace was declared in 1902 The battalion were awarded two Companions of the Bath, six Distinguished Service Orders and twelve Distinguished Conduct Medals. Losses included five officers and sixty seven soldiers killed in action, while four officers and one hundred and thirteen soldiers died of disease and accidents. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
A C.B., Great War, Group of Six to Colonel J. A. Bradney, 2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment. a) Knight Bachelor`s Badge, first type, inscribed to reverse (Sir Joseph Bradney. Knt.C.B., Knighted by King George V. 28. Feb.1924), silver-gilt and enamels. b) British War and Victory Medals (Col. J.A. Bradney). c) Delhi Durbar 1911 (Col.J. A. Bradney. C.B.2.Bt. Monmouthshire Regt). d) Territorial Decoration, GRV, inscribed to reverse (Col.J. A. Bradney. C.B. 30. Aug.1912). e) Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, (Colonel J.A. Bradney. 3rd V.B.S.W. Bors). Mounted for wearing, in case of issue, inscribed "Col. Sir Joseph Bradney C.B. Tal-y-coed, Monmouth` Sir Joseph Bradney was a historian, genealogist and writer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born on 11 January 1859 and educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Bradney is credited with creating the park and garden at Tal-y-coed Court, Monmouthshire, Wales in the late 19th century. In 1904 the first part of his 12 volume, unfinished, History of Monmouthshire was published. After its success several other books, articles and editions followed. Bradney served his country in a variety of military and governmental roles and was a member of several scholarly societies including the Court and Council of the National Library, the Court of the National Museum of Wales, the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. Bradney died on 21 July 1933. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
A Great War Pair to Stoker First Class C. Lansdowne Royal Navy, British War and Victory Medals (K.39785 C. Lansdowne. Sto.1 R.N.). A Second World War Unattributable Group of Four, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medals, mounted for wearing, very fine, (6). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
A Second World War Distinguished Service Medal to Signalman R. A. Pell, Royal Navy, GR VI (Sig. R. A. Pell. LT/JX. 310257), in case of issue, extremely fine, together with related paperwork including an award letter from the Admiralty dated 1st January 1946:. "Sir. I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to inform you that they have learnt with great pleasure that, on the advice of the First Lord, the King has been graciously pleased to award you the distinguished service during the war in Europe This award was published in the London Gazette Supplement of 11th December 1945 I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant. Signalman Raymond Arthur Pell, D.S.M.` Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
A "Battle of the River Plate` Royal Navy Group of Seven to Chief Engine Room Articifer F. J. Curnow: 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Burma Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, ERII (MX. 59983 F.J. Curnow. C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Ranpura.) together with certificate of service (enlisted 10 May 1939) and showing service abroad, mounted for wearing, good, very fine. H.M.S. Exeter 25 August 1939 - 12 April 1940,. The Battle of the River Plate, HMS Ajax, Achilles and Exeter engaged the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee on Wednesday 13th April, off the estuary of the River Plate on the coast of Argentina and Uruguay, in which was to be the first major naval battle of the Second World War. "The Graf Spee, despite having correctly identified Exeter, initially suspected that the the two light cruisers were smaller destroyers and that the British ships were protecting a merchant convoy, the destruction of which would be a major prize. Despite the lack of air reconnaissance Langsdorf called upon the immediate acceleration of the Graf Spee`s diesel engines, He closed on the British squadron at twenty four knots in the hope of engaging the steam-driven ships before they could work up from cruising speed to full power, this was to prove a costly mistake. Lansdorf could have manoeuvered to keep the British ships at a range where he could destroy them with the Graf Spee`s 11 inch shells while remaining out of range of the Royal Navy`s 6 and 8 inch weapons, instead the Royal Navy executed their own battle plan, Exeter turned to the North-West whilst Ajax and Achilles, operating together, turned to the North-East to separate the Graf Spee`s fire Admiral Graf Spee opened fire on Exeter at 19,000 yards, her opening salvo proved to be fairly accurate and by her third she starting hitting her target. An 11 inch shell burst over the Exeter`s mid-ships, splinters from this shell killed the torpedo tube`s crews, damaged the ship`s communications, riddled the ship`s funnels and searchlights. Minutes later a shell hit her B-turret, puttings its guns out of action, shrapnel swept the bridge, killing or wounding all personnel except the Captain and two others. At this point Exeter turned so that she could fire her port torpedoes, and received two more direct hits, one hit A-turret and put it out of action, the other entered the hull and started fires, at this point Exeter was severely damaged, having only Y-turret still in action, minutes later she listed heavily to starboard, taking water forward, but she still steamed at full speed and fired the one remaining turret. After an electrical fault this final pair of guns failed and Captain Bell was forced to break off the action` HMS Bonaventure 15th May 1940 - 31st March 1941 (Sunk, May 31st 1939). HMS Bonaventure was a Dido-class cruiser built by Scotts of Greenock and launched on the 19th April 1939, she served initially with the Home Fleet on completion, and escorted WS convoys. While on such duty with WS5a on 25th December 1940, the convoy was attacked by Admiral Hipper, although no damage was incurred or inflicted. Almost immediately afterwards the ship was ordered to the Mediterranean, on the 28th of December, Bonaventure intercepted the German blockade runner Baden (8204 tons) off Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, a capture was not possible due to bad weather, so Bonaventure sank the ship with a torpedo Bonaventure was a part of Force "F` during the Operation Excess convoy to Malta in January 1941, she was attacked by the Italian torpedo boats Circe and Vega south of Pantelleria, but sank Vega on the 10th January. She then participated in the Greek campaign, but on the 31st March 1941, whilst escorting a convoy from Greece to Alexandria, she was torpedoed and saunk by the Italian submarine Ambra, south of Crete with the loss of 139 lives. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Major Cyprian Bridge (1807-1885) Military Topographer of the First Maori War (1845-47). English School, 19th century, portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, rectangular, 7cm x 9cm After Hone Heke`s attacks on the flagpole at Kororareka, the War in the North began with the invasion of the town on the 11th of March 1845 and continued until the sack of Ruapekapeka pa on the 11th of January 1846. Over these ten violent months regular British forces learned for the first time what it was to face a Maori foe, many men died during frontal assaults on pa that were impregnable by such tactics The British were again repulsed in May at a pa built by Heke near Okaihau and again at Ohaiawai in July, where they suffered heavy losses. The final Maori stand was made at Te Ruki Kawiti`s pa Ruapekapeka, where nearly two hundred defenders faced a combined British and Auckland volunteer force of over sixteen hundred. Equipped with heavy artillery, this proved to be a easy victory for the Imperial forces, who quickly overran the Maoris when most of them were at their customary prayer meeting outside the pa Two soldiers made extended visual records of this war, Lance-Sergeant John Williams of the 58th Regiment, and his superior, Major Cyprian Bridge. Their pictures are vital historical documents of the first pakeha war, and have been used in illustrations in histories from as early as 1859. Even so, direct information about the pictures and their production is both rare and scattered, like the pictures themselves "The British soldier found the Maori on the whole the grandest native enemy that he ever encountered. Gurkhas and Sikhs were formidiable before them; Zulus were formidable after them, but all these had copied European discipline. The Maori had his own code of war, the essence of which was a fair fight on a day and place fixed by appointment, which the best and bravest man should win. The British soldier, therefore, held him in deepest respect, not resenting his own little defeats, but recognising the noble side of the Maori, and forgetting his savagery` Sir John Fortescue Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
A Collection of Military and Political Cartoons, 19th Century, Hand Coloured Engravings, including Napoleon, "Make Peace With`, This hieroglyphic portrait of the destroyer is faithfully copied from a German print, with the parody of his assumed titles, The hat of the destroyer represents a discomfited French eagle, maiming and crouching, after his conflict with the eagles of the north. His visage is composed of the carcases of the victims of his folly and ambition, who perished on the plains of Russia and Saxony. His throat is encircled with the Red sea, in allusion to his drowned hosts. His epaulette is a hand, leading the Rhenish Confederation, under the flimsy symbol of a cobweb. The spider is an emblem of the vigilance of the Allies, who have inflicted on that hand a deadly sting!, framed, glazed and mounted, 51cm x 25cm Talleyrand`s Plan for Invading Great Britain - Destruction of the French Gun-boats or little Boney & his friend Tally in high glee, framed, glazed and mounted, 32cm x 24cm Nelson Forever - Scene at the back of Covent Garden, Bowstreet, framed, glazed and mounted, 30cm x 23cm A Game of Chess - "Check to your King, remember it is not the first time, and I think all my few manoeuvres will completely convince you that I am better acquainted with the game I am playing than you are aware of` - "Curse it I shall lose this game, you are too much for me`, framed, glazed and mounted, 31cm x 25cm, (8). A 19th Century Side-arm, single-edged curved blade, 43cm doubled to its last third with saw-backed edge, brass hilt in the form of a mythical creature. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
![[Books]. Nicholson, Colonel W.N. The Suffolk Regiment 1928 to 1946, The East Anglian Magazine Ltd, Ipswich no date. Scarlet c](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2776235/186_468x382.jpg)
[Books]. Nicholson, Colonel W.N. The Suffolk Regiment 1928 to 1946, The East Anglian Magazine Ltd, Ipswich no date. Scarlet cloth, plate illustrations from photographs, folding maps, octavo; Godfrey, Major F.A. The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1946-1959, first edition, Cooper, London 1988. Scarlet cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; and another work, (3). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
![[Books]. Edmeades, Lieut.-Colonel J.F. Some Historical Records of the West Kent (QueenÕs Own) Yeomanry 1794-1909, first edit](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2776235/190_468x382.jpg)
![[Books]. Sketches by a Kent Yeoman 1914-1918, Melrose, London no date. Stiff paper covers, illustrations throughout, quarto;](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2776235/195_468x382.jpg)
[Books]. Sketches by a Kent Yeoman 1914-1918, Melrose, London no date. Stiff paper covers, illustrations throughout, quarto; Starr, Louis.The War Story of Dillwyn Parrish Starr, for private circulation, Putnam, London 1917. Maroon cloth, portrait frontispiece, octavo; and three other works of First World War interest, (5). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
A Great War, 1917 Bristol F2B Fighter, Laminated Mahogany Two-Blade Propeller, the ten hole boss stamped "200hp Sunbeam Arab 1, D 3080, P2650, G618, N17 AB 8210`, 3.1m high The Bristol F2B (Brisfit). By 1916 British Air-Command had decided that a replacement for the slow and very vulnerable BE2 series of aircraft was badly needed. Bristol at this time had designed a two-seater aircraft of girder construction, to overcome the restricted forward view for the pilot, the upper wing was placed only 12 inches above the fuselage, the pilot`s line of sight was obstructed only by the airfoil section, thus rendering good visibility forwards, upwards and forward, downward, the necessary distance between wing planes was obtained by moving the lower wing under the fuselage.The revised model F2B fighter/reconnaissance took to the skies, with its improved 275hp. Rolls- Royce Falcon engine, quickly becoming a tremendous success The engine was liquid cooled and the radiator, first deployed as side-mounted, was soon changed and located up front giving the nose a characteristic outline. The armament was a Vickers .303 machine gun mounted under the hood, with shooting synchronized to fire through the propeller arc through a round outlet in the upper part of the radiator. For the observer there was a Lewis machine gun mounted on a Scarff ring mount. As production increased during 1917 it became difficult for Rolls-Royce to keep up demand, and other engine alternatives were tried and employed, among them the Siddeley Puma, Hispano-Suiza 200 hp and the 200hp Sunbeam Arab The Sunbeam Arab being finally chosen, although others continued to be tested since the Arab variants proved to be somewhat under-powered, and the installation also altered the nose contours and exhaust stack arrangement. In September and October 1917, orders for 1,600 F2Bs were placed and by the end of the Great War, the Royal Air Force had 1,583 F2Bs in operation. A total of 5,329 aircraft were eventually built mostly by Bristol. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
A Great War Pair to Lieutenant F. C. Stevenson, British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. C. Stevenson), very fine. A Great War Pair to Driver W. P. Rainbow, Royal Artillery, British War and Victory Medals (179155 Dvr. W. P. Rainbow. R.A.), fine. Lieutenant Frank Chown Stevenson of the 4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment and Nigeria Regiment W. A. F. F., died on the 22nd of September 1917, and is Remembered with honour at the Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania At the outbreak of the Great War Tanzania was the core of German East Africa. From the initial invasion in April 1915, Commonwealth forces were involved in a protracted and difficult campaign against a relatively small but highly skilled German force under the command of General von Lettow-Vorbeck. When the Germans finally surrended on the 23rd of November 1918, twelve days after the European armistice, their numbers had been reduced to 155 European and 1,168 African troops. Dar es Salaam was the capital of German East Africa. On the 8th of August 1914, the first recorded British action of the war took place, when H.M.S. Astraea shelled the German wireless station, and boarded and disabled two merchant ships Konig and the Feldmarschall. The Royal Navy systematically shelled the city from mid August 1916, and at 8am on the 4th September the deputy burgomaster was received aboard H.M.S. Echo to accept terms of surrender. Troops, headed by the 129th Baluchis, then entered the city. On the 12th September 1916, Divisional GHQ moved to Dar es Salaam, and later No. 3 East African Stationary Hospital was stationed there. The town became chief sea base for movement of supplies and for evacuation of sick and wounded Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Robert Taylor, Limited Edition Print, "The Dambusters`, signed in pencil by:. Air Marshal Sir Harold (Mick) Martin, KCB, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC, RAAF. Corporal Ken Lucas. Flight Engineer Sergeant Raymond Ernest Grayston. Flight Lieutenant Joseph Charles McCarthy, RCAF, DSO, bar to Distinguished Flying Cross. Flight Lieutenant William "Bill` Reid, VC. Flight Sergeant W.C. (Bill) Townsend, CGM, DFM. Group Captain Lord Leonard Cheshire, VC. Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur T. (Bomber) Harris. Flying Officer Geoffrey Rice, DFC. Sergeant George Leonard (Johnny) Johnston, DFM. Squadron Leader David John Shannon, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar. Squadron Leader Ken Brown, CGM, CD and Bar. Squadron Leader Les Munro, CNZM, DSO, QSO, DFC, JP. Warrant Officer Norman Cyril Jackson, VC. Wing Commander Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd, VC. On 16th May 1943 nineteen Lancasters of 617 Squadron under the leadership of Wing Commander Guy Gibson attacked the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams which provided water for the great armament industries of the German Ruhr. The dam faces of the Moehne and Eder were smashed and vast flood waters released. On arrival at the Moehne Dam, Gibson attacked first and scored a direct hit with his Barnes Wallis bouncing bomb. The next aircraft in was hit by flak, and blew up crashing just beyond the dam. Robert Taylor`s print shows the number three aircraft, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Mick Martin making his determined run in, just releasing his bouncing bomb and heading through the devensive curtain of gunfire. Guy Gibson`s aircraft is flying in front and to the starboard of Martin`s in an effort to distract the flak. In spite of this Martin collected a shell right through a wing tank, but his bomb scored another direct hit. Gibson and Martin, then flew in with each of the two successive attacks either distracting the defences of attempting to suppress them with fire from their own air-gunners. The cumulative effect of the fourth direct hit breached the Dam and 150,000,000 gallons flooded the Ruhr valley washing away factories, railway bridges, electric pylons but above all greatly reducing water supplies, necessary to the armament industrial processes. The total cost of the overall operation to 617 Squadron was 56 members lost from 133 original flyers, and eight Lancasters destroyed and four damaged. Gibson was awarded the VC and 32 other aircrew were decorated for this most famous of all air offensive actions. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Attributed to George Dodgson Tomlinson (1809-1884) after John Jackson (1778-1831) - Oil painting - Half length portrait of Lady Dover (Georgina Agar-Ellis - married George James Welbone Agar-Ellis, Second Viscount Clifton, created First Baron of Dover in 1831), wearing a feather trimmed hat and ermine trimmed red velvet jacket, relined canvas 36ins x 28ins, in overpainted moulded and swept frame
Chateau Pontet Canet, 1970 Pauillac 1 bottle Chateau Rauzan Segla, 1970 Margaux, second growth 1 bottle Chateau Cantemerle, 1970 Medoc 1 bottle Chateau La Lagune,1970 Medoc, third growth 1 bottle Chateau La Louviere, 1970 Graves 1 bottle Chateau Matras, 1970 Saint Emilion 2 bottles Chateau Pavie, 1970 Saint Emilion, first growth Level very top shoulder 1 bottle Chateau de Sales, 1970 Pomerol 1 bottle Above 14 bottles
Chateau Pontet Canet, 1979 Pauillac 2 bottles Chateau Dauzac, 1979 Margaux, fifth growth Level very top shoulder 1 bottle Chateau D`Angludet, 1979 Margaux Level top shoulder 1 bottle Clos du Marquis, 1979 Second wine of Chateau Leoville Las Cases Saint Julien 1 bottle Chateau Maucaillou, 1979 Moulis 1 bottle Chateau Belgrave, 1979 Medoc, fifth growth 1 bottle Chateau Fonroque, 1979 Saint Emilion 1 bottle Clos Fourtet, 1979 Saint Emilion 1 bottle Chateau Larmande, 1979 Saint Emilion 1 bottle Chateau Lagrange, 1979 Pomerol 1 bottle Chateau Nenin, 1979 Pomerol 1 bottle Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou, 1979 Saint Julien, second growth 1 bottle Chateau Figeac, 1979 Saint Emilion, first growth 1 bottle Above 14 bottles
Chateau Pichon Lalande, 1981 Pauillac, second growth 1 bottle Chateau Baronne Pilippe, 1981 Pauillac Level very top shoulder 1 bottle Chateau Lascombes, 1981 Margaux, second growth 1 bottle Chateau D`Angludet, 1981 Margaux 1 bottle Chateau Leoville Las Cases, 1981 Saint Julien, second growth 1 bottle Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou, 1981 Saint Julien, second growth 1 bottle Chateau La Lagune, 1981 Medoc, third growth 1 bottle Chateau La Mission Haut Brion, 1981 Graves 1 bottle Chateau Canon La Gaffeliere, 1981 Saint Emilion 1 bottle Chateau Figeac, 1981 Saint Emilion, first growth 1 bottle Chateau L`Arrosee, 1981 Saint Emilion 1 bottle Chateau Cissac, 1983 Medoc 1 bottle Above 12 bottles
Four sets (6 pieces) Indian `Mina` embroidered garland regalia. North India or Bombay Presidency depicting Anglo type heraldic imagery with supporting prostrate animals, also elephants, camels etc. in sideview etc. Possibly for graduation ceremony or Marriage, sequinned and gilt embroidered thread - contained in Harrod`s box dated 1961. 1960 or first half of 20th century
A good Burmese large silver bowl, c.1900, by Maung Yin Maung, the heavy bun body deeply repousse decorated with figures, a chariot, tiger and elephant within arcaded panels between stiff leaf and scroll borders, 26cm. There was a brief flourishing of high quality silversmithing under British rule in Burma at the end of the nineteenth century until the outbreak of the First World War. The Gold Medalist Muang Yin Muang was one of the most highly regarded craftsmen, his work featuring in `Modern Burmese Silverwork`, 1904, where a very similar bowl is illustrated, pl III. The story is that of an early existence of Gaudama Buddha who offers an elephant to the Palace Bramins, but is banished and leaves in a chariot
A Victorian silver gilt six piece Canova pattern christening set, by George Adams, London 1865, the knife handle 1864, comprising a mug, bowl, dish, spoon, fork and knife, monogrammed, 25 oz to include loaded knife, in a modern mahogany fitted case. This pattern first appeared in 1850 and was exhibited by Chawner and & Co at the Great Exhibition in 1851, being based on Canova`s `Hebe`, `Sappho` and the `Dancing Girl Reposing`.
Northern Pottery, A Don Pottery Vase, c.1800, of ribbed trumpet form under a mock-agate glaze, chips, 12cm; a buff-bodied Cradle sponged in manganese, 10cm and a Mug with joggled hoops, chips, 7cm (3) no. 9; no. 6. Label to first records another in Nottingham Castle. A similar example is illustrated in the Don Pottery 1801-1893, John Griffin, 2001, no. 229
A rare Bernard Palissy bowl, probably c.1553, moulded and typically coloured with glazes of blue, green and treacle with two angels on a devil`s head holding a crown above a wreath of three fleur-de-lys, very badly damaged, foot lost, 27.5cm F.P. 1. The iconography suggests the coronation of Henry IV (1553-1610) the first Bourbon King, a Protestant who gave the Huguenots freedom of worship at the Edict of Nantes, 1598. The angels are symbolically crushing evil. It was the rediscovery of Palissy (1510-89) by Victorian potters that led to the craze for majolica
Japanese Earthenware, A wide-bodied tea bowl with a spray of chrysanthemum first half 19th century; five tiny sake bowls enamelled and gilt with fish centred on a ju character, mid 19th century; a tall Kutani beaker with figures, early 19th century; a plate, c.1910 with chrysanthemum, signed Kichiyama and a modern black-ground chawan, stamped mark (9)
Two mechanical magic lantern slides, with crank handles, the first a kaleidoscopic slide, with paper label for `W.M. Clarke, Dealer In Homeopathic Medecine, Ice, Artists`s Colours Teeth Carefully Extracted`, (3 1/2" diameter), a kaleidoscope windmill slide and three Dutch mechanical Christmas slides (5)
A quantity of Hornby Dublo rolling stock and accessories, all within original blue boxes, comprising a signal cabin, two open wagon (NE), two cattle trucks (GW), two goods vans (LMS), one goods van (ER), a high sided wagon (LMS), a horsebox (NE), a petrol wagon `Power Ethyl`, an oil tank ` Royal Daylight`, a D3 corridor coach LMS FIRST/THIRD, a D3 corridor coach LMS FIRST/THIRD, buffer stops, one x 2 D1 water cranes, two isolating switch points and a box of EDB1 straight rail (19)
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