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Lot 343
A 4.50 CARAT BURMA NO HEAT SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING in 18ct yellow gold, the 4.50 carat oval cut sapphire encircled by round and tapering baguette cut diamonds totalling 1.70 carats, full British hallmarks, size O / 7.5, 9.1g. Accompanied by a gemmological report stating the sapphire is of Burmese (Myanmar) origin with no indications of heat treatment.
Lot 319
JAMES B. A. 'JIMMY': (1915-2008) British Squadron Leader with the Royal Air Force. A Prisoner of War from 1940-45, James made numerous efforts to escape from various POW and Concentration Camps, most famously from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 as part of the 'Great Escape'. A collection of letters, documents, manuscript notes and drafts etc., some of them signed and completed by Jimmy James, relating to the personal, financial, domestic & medical affairs of James, and some of his wife, Madge, including letters and statements of account from the tailors Thresher & Glenny Ltd., various letters, documents and estate agents particulars etc. relating to the sales and purchases of various properties from the 1980s onwards, mainly in Shropshire, although also including a manuscript inventory compiled by an estate agent of the household furniture and effects at Christmas Farm in Horley dated 17th April 1964, the notebook also containing fourteen pages of limericks in the hand of Jimmy James and most with annotations in the hand of his wife, a small group of letters and documents relating to the rental of holiday flats in East Sussex during the 1990s, a few letters and documents from Lloyds Bank regarding their safe custody service etc., an extensive correspondence regarding Jimmy James's pension including letters to and from the Officers' Pensions Society Ltd., the Government of Canada Pension Commission, the Inland Revenue, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office etc., some dating to the 1950s and including an Application for Disability Pension completed by James and detailing his claim for the loss of teeth due to his war service ('During my time as a POW I received very poor food & little of it…..'), as well as trauma ('My experiences at this time have certainly had a profound psychological effect on my life…..in particular the memory of a Nazi Concentration Camp has stayed with me….'), some medical related documents from the 1990s onwards including a series of letters corresponding to a complaint lodged by James and his wife with the Shropshire Community Health Council against their dental treatment, a folder of correspondence etc. relating to an insurance claim following the theft of some jewelry including the diamond engagement ring given to Madge in 1946, a gold bracelet watch given to her as a wedding present etc., a series of letters between James and British Telecommunications relating to his and his wife's belief that their phoneline was tapped and their conversations being listened into, and further correspondence with The Freedom Association and others regarding 'nuisance noise amounting to harassment' from their neighbour, a few draft letters to Jack Straw and the Home Office concerning a 'warning' given to Madge James not to visit Ireland in 2000, a larger group of manuscript notes made by James in relation to bookkeeping and accounting exams as well as investments in the stock market, some completed with Shaw Schools Ltd. in Toronto in 1936-39 and others dating from the 1970s onwards, and also including a few miscellaneous letters and documents relating to their wills and James's participation in the Hermitage Cup boat race at Lagos Yacht Club, Badagry in 1972 etc. FR to generally G, Qty
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