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Lot 275
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2716440 Gdsmn. G. Griffin, I. Gds.) extremely fine £500-600 Guardsman G. Griffin was killed in a terrorist ambush in Palestine in 1938, an incident referred to in the Irish Guards Journal: ‘Excluding the many encounters between patrols and small gangs, and the almost nightly engagements between Officers, road patrols and snipers, the Battalion fought in six actions against rebels, and perhaps an account of one, which will long be remembered by Irish Guardsmen, may not be without interest. At 4 p.m. on 18 August the Brigade Intelligence Officer was driving through the hills about twelve miles from Nablus, escorted by one armoured car and one section from the Battalion mounted in a truck. On reaching Deir Bajjala, the truck, which was the leading escort, was blown up by a mine and at the same time came under heavy fire from a gang of fity at about 80 yards range. As the immediate result, Guardsman Griffen (sic) was killed, all the remainder of the section were wounded, and the Section Commander, Sergeant Millar, who was slightly wounded in the back, received a bullet through his helmet. The machine-gun in the armoured car jammed, the Lewis gun on the truck had been put out of action by a bullet, and the only weapons in the action against the advancing Arabs were the rifles of the Brigade Intelligence Officer, the Brigade Interpreter and Sergeant Millar. The situation was now extremely serious and, although wireless calls had been sent up for air and ground assistance, no immediate reinforcements could be expected. Accurate and rapid fire from these three rifles, assisted by Guardsman Murphy, who, although badly wounded, continued to fire, did infact keep off the gang, but by the time reinforcements had arrived the Arabs had crept to within thirty yards and were being heavily engaged by Sergeant Millar with hand grenades. Two aeroplanes arrived on the scene, one of which was shot down and both the pilot and observer were killed. Shortly afterwards, two armoured cars arrived, followed by No. 4 Company’s mobile column ..’ The enemy gang was subsequently driven off, leaving behind ten killed. Sold with an original National Forces of Eire discharge certificate for ‘R103 Pte. George Griffin’, dated 25 April 1924. #500-600 276. General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2694698 Gdsmn. R. Henderson, S. Gds.) nearly extremely fine £180-220 2694698 Gaurdsman Reginald James Henderson, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards was killed in action in North Africa on 26 September 1940, aged 24 years. He was buried in El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt.
Lot 216
A COMPOSITE GERMAN ARMOUR FOR FIELD AND TOURNAMENT USE, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND LATER comprising close helmet with heavy rounded one-piece skull rising to a low comb (one small internally patched repair), fitted at the nape with conical plume-holder, and formed with a hollowed rim to fit over a collar, visor with prominent step beneath its centrally divided vision-slit, prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at each side with a circular arrangement of eight holes around a further central hole, later bevor fitted at its right side with forked support for the upper bevor and formed at its neck with a hollowed rim continuing that of the skull, the bevor and upper bevor each secured at the right side by spring catches, the visor secured by a wing headed screw, gorget of three lames front and back, hinged on the left and secured at the right, medially-ridged breastplate projecting forward over the belly, boxed at each side, flanged outwards at its V-shaped lower edges to receive a single fauld lame, fitted with a pair of gussets formed en suite with the neck-opening, the inside thickened over the left of the chest, a pair of tassets of five lames, Italian late 16th Century backplate stamped with the letters GP for Gioco del Ponte at the base, a pair of full arm-defences, each comprising large pauldron of five lames, vambrace with tubular upper cannon surmounted by a turner, fully enclosed articulated couter with small pendant-shaped wing, tubular two-piece lower cannon, a pair of fingered gauntlets each formed of a long flared and pointed cuff embossed over the ulna, and fitted with a separate inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate decorated with a roped transverse rib, shaped finger-lame, scaled finger-defences and hinged thumb-defence with matching scales, a pair of leg-defences, each comprising cuisse of a main plate and short upper extension plate, winged poleyn of three lames, tubular two-piece greave with integral broad-toed sabaton of ten lames, the armour finely etched in its main bands and borders with scrolling leafy tendrils and flowerheads on a stippled ground, and in its subsidiary borders with narrow guilloche bands, the principal edges with finely roped turns, and the etching retaining some gilding: on a fully articulated stand on an oak plinth (expertly releathered throughout) Provenance The Roselius Haus, Bremen The helmet with its distinctive upper bevor is similar to those worn in the Saxon tournaments of the latter part of the 16th Century. See L. Rangström 1992, p.98, no. 80 and p. 351.
Lot 217
AN IMPORTANT BASINET, WESTERN EUROPEAN, EARLY 15TH CENTURY formed in one piece with a medially-ridged crown rising to a high point, the lower edge arched over the brow and turned outwards at the sides and rear, the base encircled by a series of small stitch-holes for the attachment of a lining, and each of its sides pierced above them with a pair of rivet-holes for the attaching a chin-strap, the left rear one retaining its rivet (the apex of the crown rusted through at the front, the lower edge chipped at three points, pierced at each side with a pair of small wiring-holes and the rear with an early patched repair), and in dark patinated condition throughout 26.5cm; 10 3/8in high An almost identical helmet, formerly in the collection of the French collector Georges Pauilhac, is now in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (Inv. No. M.Po.676). See J-P. Reverseau 1982, pp. 22-3, fig. 25. This basinet is an extremely rare example of that from which the sallet probably evolved. Its crown can be compared in form with that of a kettle-hat in the Museé du Louvre, Paris, known from documentary evidence to have been owned by King Charles VI of France in 1411. See M. Fleury 1988, pp. 150-5. Similar helmets are depicted in contemporary French manuscript illuminations such as the Histoire Romaine, dated to circa 1410 [Biblioteque National Français, Paris, ms fr. 264, fol.138, illustrated in F. Autrand et al 2004, pp. 43 and 45]. They can also be seen in numerous early 15th century Spanish paintings such as the altarpiece of St George, by a Valencian artist, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and a Crucifixion scene by Jaume Cabrera in a private collection, Barcelona (C. M. Kaufmann, 1970, p. 72, fig. 6; and M. de Riquer, 1968, fig. 144.
Lot 231
A ZISCHÄGGE, PROBABLY GERMAN, MID-17TH CENTURY formed of a one-piece hemispherical skull embossed with six radiating ribs, fitted at its apex with a pierced finial on a circular washer, at its brow with a flat peak with sliding nasal-bar stamped at its leaf-shaped lower end with the letter 'M' and retained by a locking screw, at the nape with a flaring neck-guard of four lames, the main edges of the helmet decorated with plain inward turns, and blackened throughout (cheek-pieces missing) 21cm 8 1/4in high Provenance Glandyfi Castle
Lot 232
A RARE ENGLISH BURGONET, PROBABLY GREENWICH, CIRCA 1630 with two-piece skull joined along the crest of a low comb, embossed on each side with a trio of stepped flutes interrupted by a central chevron (the right side with an internally patched repair), fitted with pivoting peak embossed with further chevron patterns, later plume-holder, and articulated neck-guard of three downward-lapping lames, the lowest turned outwards and embossed en suite with the peak (the point repaired), and of a pair of fretted brass hinges for cheek-pieces (incomplete, cheek-pieces missing), and studded throughout with domed brass rivets (pitted, areas of delaminations, losses) 21.5cm; 8 1/2in high A very similar helmet is preserved in the Royal Armouries Museum Leeds (inv. no. IV. 159). Other related examples are preserved in the York Castle Museum (Acc. No. T188), Warwick Castle, Hatfield House, the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, London, and another in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. IV. 2016). See D. Blackmore 1990, fig.13 and T. Richardson 2004, pp. 33-37, figs 1-3.
Lot 234
AN ITALIAN BLUED AND GILT CUIRASSIER'S CLOSE HELMET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low roped medial comb and fitted at the nape with a chiselled and gilt steel plume-holder in the form of a winged dragon, obtusely pointed peak, flat upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots with gilt heads of rosette form, and two gorget-plates front and rear, the upper bevor formerly secured to the bevor at the right side by a swivel-hook and pierced stud (the hook now missing), and pierced with fourteen vertical-ventilation slots separated by roped and gilt ribs, the bevor secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a hinged hasp and turning-pin, the main edges of the helmet decorated with roped and gilt inward turns, its surfaces decorated on a blued ground with transverse gilt bands interrupted by alternating cusps and fishtailed projections, their lower edges bordered by pointillé trefoils issuing from cusps (the gilding and bluing extensively refreshed) Provenance Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 March 1970, lot 63 The helmet is closely similar in form to examples of early 17th century Italian make preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acc. Nos 38.148.1 and 26.210, the Art Institute, Chicago, The Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Inv. No. CA 4371, and the Wallace Collection, London, Cat. No. A 63 (L. G. Boccia & E. T. Coelho, 1967, figs 415, 421 & 424-5; and W. J. Karcheski, 1995, p. 33).
Lot 254
A FINELY CONSTRUCTED MINIATURE FIELD ARMOUR IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1580 comprising close helmet with roped comb, visor with a pair of vision slits, bevor with three circular arrangements of breathes on the left and lower bevor retained by a press stud, gorget of four articulated lames front and back, breast and backplate, the former with medial ridge and carrying a skirt of two lames, a pair of tassets each of four lames, full arm defences, a pair of gauntlets (finger lames missing), full leg defences with winged poleyns, articulated sabatons, the principle lames decorated with central notches, and with recessed borders and roped turns throughout: on a wooden stand 64.8cm; 25 1/2in high A similar miniature armour formerly in the Renwick Collection was sold Sotheby & Co., 21st May 1973, lot 32. Another was sold Thomas Del Mar Ltd, 26 June 2007 lot 265 (£6000 including premium).
Lot 339
A COMPOSITE CUIRASS, MID-17TH CENTURY comprising heavy one-piece breastplate formed with a medial ridge, V-shaped waist-line, raised neck-opening and short outward flanged lower edge, each side of the chest pierced for a stud for attaching a shoulder strap (missing), and with the neck and arm-openings with plain turns, and backplate incised with lines at the neck and arm-openings, and stamped with three marks, a maker's mark A beneath a crossbar, the quality-control mark of the London Armourer's Company for the Commonwealth period (1649-60) comprising the letter 'A' beneath a helmet, and the cross of St George within an escutcheon, and retaining one lame of a shoulder strap on each side (pitted and painted black throughout) 42cm; 16 1/2in high (2) Inv. nos. A185 & A156 For other pieces of armour bearing the same marks as this backplate see T. Richardson 2004, p. 22.
Lot 3139
A mid-17th Century fine tent stitch and needlework panel, depicting Abigail playing a harp with her female musicians greeting David, the victorious general wearing a plumed helmet, accompanied by soldiers within a landscape, various animals nearby including a leopard, stag and a kingfisher with a fish in its beak, in the distance figures amongst flowering and fruit-laden trees, a river and castle beyond, approx 36cm x 50cm, within an ebonized and tortoiseshell frame.
Lot 536
A George III silver cream jug, makers mark rubbed, London 1805; of helmet shape and bright cut decorated, a silver helmet shaped cream jug, Welby & Welby, London 1906, a silver circular mustard on three supports, Selfridges & Co, Birmingham 1934, and a silver oval mustard pot, retailed by Harrods, London 1914, 477g
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