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A Meissen Porcelain Figure of Alexander the Great, circa 1750, modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, emblematic of Greece from the Four Monarchies series, the standing figure wearing a plumed helmet, moulded breast plate, pink and gilt cuirass and yellow lined pink cloak, standing with his right arm raised, a sword at his hip and Cerberus at his side, on a scroll moulded base, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue to the reverse, 22cm high See illustration For a similar figure see Christie`s King Street, 31.3.08, European Ceramics & Glass Sale, lot 76
*Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.). An original steel helmet, painted black and stencilled in white AVRO and painted in white A.R.P., with chin-strap, together with a similar helmet painted red and stencilled in white P&P (Phillips & Powis), Fire Guard, the underside of the rim with provenance label, complete with chin-strap and adjustable leather head protector (2)
*RAF Documentation. Flight Sergeant E.M. Power, Royal Air Force, a collection of original documentation, etc., including the personal Identity Book, Airman`s Service Pay Book opened 20.8.41 showing details of career by rank, includes will dated 23.8.41, various vaccination certificates, personal photographs illustrating aircraft flown, cockpit detail of a Vultee BT12, some photos inscribed, others damp damaged, a service and release book for A.C.W.I. E.M. Power, together with a leather flying helmet marked F/S Power complete with ear pieces, intercom leads, oxygen mask and tube (a lot)
*A WW2 German Luftschutz M38 steel helmet, with gold `Luftschutz` decal, stamped `RL2 39/21` with official information decal to inner rear skirt with leather lining and chin strap, together with another Luftchutz helmet retaining nearly all of its blue finish and clear gold `Luftchutz` decal, leather lining and chin strap, no markings (2)
*A late 19th century Prussian boy`s sword, the 58.5cm slightly curved steel blade with brass crossguard, downswept quillon, langets and stirrup hilt, cast with heraldic helmet, the wire-bound wooden grip with engraved brass back and lion`s head pommel, 68.5cm overall, in its black leather scabbard with brass mounts and two hanging straps (1)
*A fine U.S. Society Sword, the 77cm straight plated blade, etched `G.F. Foster Son & Co. Chicago, Ill.`, further etched `J.Koller` within scrolls and anchor, the reverse with `A.O.M.W.` within scrolls and a heraldic knight bearing a flag, all finished in gilt, brass cruciform crossguard with anchor and reverse with knight`s head, swollen ebony grip with knight`s helmet pommel joined by chain to the cross guard, 95cm overall, in its plated scabbard with elaborate gilt metal mounts, and leather carrying case with shaped metal plate engraved `G. Paige, Norfolk VA` (1)
*A fine quality Officer`s brown fur busby of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, white bag to the crown laid with silver braid trim and purl button, the busby with three lines of silver gimp cord and purl button, with horsehair plume, with black leather sweat band and cream leather with burgundy silk lining printed in gold `Hawkes & Co, Helmet, Cap, Sword & Accoutrement Makers, 14 Piccadilly London`, in metal tin bearing engraved brass plaque for `N.O. Laing 4th Hussars` (1)
*A 19th-century German brass fireman`s helmet, c. 1870, from Wurttemburg, the brass skull with raised comb and integral helmet plate, manufacturers plaque for `J.G. Lieb Sohn A.G. Blaubeuren`, lacking liner, together with A German leather fireman`s helmet, 19th century, the leather skull with plated comb and mounts, helmet plate of Frankenberg, with black, with National cockade (black, white and red for Germany) and provincial cockade, plus an Austrian firemans helmet c.1920, the black leather skull with brass comb and lions head fittings, red band with leather liner (3)
*A French brass fireman`s helmet, c.1900, the brass skull with raised comb, plume holder and `Sappeurs Pompiers La Rigamarie` helmet plate, original leather liner, together with a British Auxiliary Fire Service 1945 military pattern steel helmet, with leather liner and webbing chinstrap, plus a British WW2 National Fire Service steel helmet, of the No 8 Fire Force Area, West Bridgford Nottingham, stamped 1940, with leather lining and webbing chinstrap, and a Civil Airport leather fire crash helmet, 1967, yellow, with leather lining and chinstrap, manufactured by `Jas Hendry (Glasgow) Ltd, with face visor fittings (lacking visor) (4)
*A post WW2 German M35 steel helmet, painted red with leather liner and chin strap, a type used by the Volunteer Fire Brigade of Waldmanshofen, Wurzburg, Bavaria, together with a German polycarbonate fireman`s helmet c. 1966, white with leather liner, produced by the Berlin based company Aver & Co for Civil use and as a new trial helmet for the German Fire Service used by the Civil Defence (T.H.W.) and the Red Cross, plus a German steel fireman`s helmet c. 1960, yellow with yellow and red rank markings and helmet plate of Bavaria, leather liner chin strap and neck curtain, manufactured by `Schmohl & Sohn K.G. Munchen` (3)
*A Victorian Officer`s black leather helmet of the Queen`s Own Worcestershire Yeomanry, with brass front plate laid onto silvered plate, plated mounts, lion`s head ear bosses, raised comb with graduated piercing with red and white horsehair, plated chin scales, leather sweatband with white silk lining printed `Cater & Co 56 Pall Mall London`, in metal tin with `Hawkes & Co` brass shield shape plaque and a further brass plaque engraved `W.T. Hodgkin Esq The Royal Dragoons` (1)
*A collection of police memorabilia, including a post-WWII Metropolitan police officer`s tunic, with eight silvered buttons, three pips and buttons to each shoulder strap, a Metropolitan police helmet, two turned wooden truncheons, four pairs of Victorian iron handcuffs, a Metropolitan police whistle and key (10)
A VERY FINE PAIR OF CARVED IVORY AND SILVER-GILT GERMANIC KNIGHTS, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY. Each finely modeled with ornate repoussed armor in the form of Germanic knights, one with a winged helmet with moveable visor and each with traditional weaponry, the faces well carved in ivory and with each figure atop a reticulated silver plinth. Stamped 17th century style German hallmarks. Height 9.5 inches and 11.25 inches (24 and 28.5 cm).
AN EXCEPTIONAL GERMAN CARVED IVORY AND SILVER MOUNTED TANKARD WITH ROMAN BATTLE SCENE, HANAU, CIRCA 1880-1890. The cylindrical form masterfully carved in high relief with a chaotic Roman battle scene of mounted horseman battling Turks below a silver compressed domical cover with embossed and chased horsemen in strapwork reserves and surmounted with a well carved Roman feathered helmet finial. The ivory handle emanating from an elephant head mount, well carved with an amusing seated soldier displaying sword and shield. The shaped silver foot embossed with lounging Roman soldiers within strapwork cartouches, and with later Augsburg marks. Height 16.5 inches (42 cm). Provenance:Scott Defrin, European Decorative Arts Company, New York, NYLiterature: “Objects for the Collector: Featuring works by F. Barbedienne” pages 38 & 39, illustrated.
A VERY FINE SIGNED AND DATED FRENCH CARVED IVORY TRIPTYCH FIGURE OF A NOBLEMAN, 18TH CENTURY. Carved in full round. He holds a helmet with plume, the hinged torso opens to reveal a scene, presumably of death. Exquisite detail throughout, signed on base "A. Corre" and dated "1774". Resting on a wood plinth sitting on an ivory disc. Height of ivory 9.5 inches (24 cm), overall height 11.25 inches (28.5 cm).
A LARGE NEOCLASSICAL CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A ROMAN STATESMAN, 20TH CENTURY. Fully carved in a round life-sized figure, the head in white marble with a modeled gray marble helmet, set in a carved marble shoulders and chest with conforming armor and raised on a square plinth. Height 38 inches.
An interesting lot of militaria, comprising a collection of Great War battlefield recoveries, including a Great War German sniper/machine gunner’s breastplate and contemporary helmet, various models of hand grenade (inert), a gas alarm hand bell, the side of a rare Chauchat machine gun magazine; together with a Great War German soldier’s wooden box, with metal plate stamped ‘Jos. Brucke’ and with an Ehrenkreus, an inert French shell, and other items.

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