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Lot 391A
A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS BELONGING TO INVETERATE COLDITZ ESCAPER COLONEL PETER STORIE-PUGHTo include his Lock and Co bowler hat, silk top hat, army cap, helmet worn during WWII battle in France, hunting horn, and replica set of his medals.MBE - 1946 " for gallant and distinguished services in the field." Peter Storie-Pugh CBE (MBE) MC TD DLWhen Peter Storie-Pugh died, in 2011, he was the last man alive, in the world, to be sent to Colditz Castle in 1940.He went to war in May 1940 as a Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment and was awarded the Military Cross in May 1940 at the battle of Doullens; wherehe was severely wounded. His helmet has the dent caused by falling masonry during the battle. Captured, he was taken to Bapaume Military Hospital, from where he soon escaped.Recaptured on his 21st birthday 11.11.1940, he was sent to Spangenburg Castle in the Harz Mountains. Other PoWs there at the same time included Airey Neave and later Major BruceShand, the Queen’s father. Peter Storie-Pugh escaped from Spangenberg and the author found the bridge under which he hid during this escape. However, he was recaptured at the railwaystation, beaten up and then taken to Colditz Castle. He is credited with being involved in 21 escapes attempts, one through the sewers, another through the attic walls and another over theroof. He was liberated on 16th April 1945 by the Americans and subsequently was awarded the MBE (Mil) for gallantry in Colditz. He held no hostility towards his captors whatsoever andindeed described the Head of Security Hauptman Eggers, as “fair minded, cunning but punctilious” During his captivity he passed his BA in Humanities, from Cambridge University, literallya correspondence course, and he also devised a code to MI9 from inside Colditz which was never broken. After the war Peter Storie-Pugh returned to Queen’s College Cambridge from where he obtained a first-class degree, a rarity in those days, joined to Cambridgeshire Regiment (Territorial Army) and started setting up a farm of pigs and sheep at Tyrells Hall near Cambridge. This farming experience sat neatly with his studies to become a veterinary surgeon and subsequently a don at Cambridge. Astonishingly, he would go on to command the 1st Battalion the Cambridgeshire Regiment, of which her Late Majesty, The Queen was Colonel in Chief, then the amalgamated 1st Bn Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment of which Princess Margaret was the Colonel in Chief and he was appointed Deputy Commander 161 Infantry Brigade (the famous brigade that defended Kohima Ridge in April 1944). On his veterinary side, he was appointed President of the British Veterinary Association the President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and finally set up EuroVet, the European body overseeing good veterinary practice. He was a Commissioner in Brussels for 10 years advising on the European Veterinary matters.He married Alison Lyle, who he met at The West Kent Hunt, in 1946. She was the daughter of Sir Oliver Lyle OBE, Head of Lyles Golden Syrup.Peter Storie-Pugh died in 2011 in France, where he had settled with his second family (Alison died in 1998) obituaries appeared in The Time and The Daily Telegraph; and The Daily Mail did an extensive article on him a few months before he died – this being the last interview of any kind he gave. Photographs of Peter Storie-Pugh: With HM The QueenPost card being sold in Colditz souvenir shopWith Kenneth LockwoodPSP in Colditz. In 1987 about to fly to Leipzig with other Colditz PoWsIn Mess Kit 1973Battalion orders when he was commanding1st Bn The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regt 1962 Replacement medals: Add as first Member of the British Empire (Mil Div) for Gallantry, Military Cross...Military Cross 1940 - for gallantry at the Battle of Doullens1939-45 StarFrance & Germany Star1939-45 War MedalTerritorial Decoration (1951') and 3 Bars
Lot 352
A small group of gold, silver and base metal brooches, comprising a fox mask pin, tested as approximately 9ct gold, a marcasite and enamel stag head brooch, tested as silver, and a base metal hunting horn/stag head brooch9ct gold 3.40g, silver 11.74g (3)Condition ReportCracks and small losses to enamel.Marks and scratches to surfaces.Some surfaces heavily tarnished.
Lot 511
A Morakni Carbon Steel Hunting Knife, black grip, 108mm blade, in a strong leather sheath, with sharpening stone and horn-handled spark rod. Important information concerning this item: By placing a bid on this lot, you agree to abide by these terms and confirm that you are legally eligible to purchase and receive this type of item.
Lot 512
Lionel Edwards (1878 - 1966, British) after, signed (to margin) artist's proof print, 49cm x 34cm, handwritten title to verso 'A Fresh Find - Hind Hunting The Devon & Somerset Staghounds Above Hollowcombe by Lionel Edwards Artist Proof' on label printed for John F Matthews Fine Art Dealer, Minehead.
Lot 513
Three Hunting Prints: Peter Birgel 'Walking Out' ( 48cm x 30cm) from the Wynnstay Collection, signed in pencil to the margin by the artist and by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn; T.N.H. Walsh (19th Century, British) 'Well Up' engraved by C.H.Stock, published 1890 at R Dodson's, 147 The Strand (32cm x 26.5cm); and another Lionel Edwards, initialled TC 33 'Walking Out Broxbournebury (Major Smith Bosanquets') (20.5cm x 20.5cm). All framed and glazed. (3)
Lot 92
CRIMEAN WAR. Cornwallis, Major Fiennes. Letters written from the Crimea, to Several Members of His family, by the late Major Fiennes Cornwallis. Privately printed, 1868. Thin 8vo, iv + 122p. Some light browning, original gilt letter cloth, rebacked with much of original spine laid down. Inscribed in pencil to front free endpaper '? Theobald given by Mrs Wykeham Martin May 1869'.Major Fiennes Cornwallis, born Fiennes Wykeham-Martin (1831-1867). British Army officer and related to the Cornwallis family. Served in the Crimean War with the 4th Light Dragoons and participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade, becoming aide-de-camp to Lord George Paget in the Crimea. Retired from the Army on 5th May 1863 with the rank of Major and died a few years later on 24th April 1867 in a hunting accident.
Lot 205
A pair of 20th century knives, one of which is a Bowie style hunting blade, and the other in the manner of a commando knife. The Bowie style knife is German made, likely dating to around WW2, with makers mark for Jowika Solingen, and featuring an antler grip. The commando style knife is Sheffield made, with the makers mark for William Rodgers, and their trademark ‘I cut my way’. The resemblance to the Fairbairn Sykes commando knife is no coincidence, as Rodgers were producing these in the 1940’s. The grip features a wrapped leather tape. The knives measure approximately 23cm, and 26cm in length respectively. Condition: generally good. The blades to both remain sharp, with the steel having some age related mottling, and evidence of sharpening. The grips are good to each, with minor signs of wear. Both knives are minus their sheathes.
Lot 52
Various English and Continental porcelain models of horses and foals, including: a large Melba Ware model of a brown shire horse with saddle and bridle, 32cm long, another large Melba Ware chestnut horse, a Beswick Pottery dappled grey horse (chipping to ears) and a foal similar, a Russian (Lomonosov) small model of a brown shire horse, the first 30cm high, together with four hunting plates by Wade and Edco in sizes
Lot 250
Quantity of hand-coloured maps and prints, inlcuding:After Robert Morden, East Riding of Yorkshire, 42x48cm;After Robert Morden, Leicestershire, 36.5x42cm;George Vernon Stokes, Spaniel retrieving a duck, lithograph, 13x17cm;hunting and horse racing related prints, Vanity Fair Cricketer, rugby cigarette cards, etc.
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