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Click here to subscribeVilis K Michaels. On The Other Side. A WW2 paperback book, signed and inscribed by the author. 222pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Francis K. Mason. The Hawker Hurricane. A good Hardback book from WW2. First edition, signed by the author. 255 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
TURING (ALAN)Autograph letter signed ('Yours Alan') to Alfred William Beuttell ('Dear Mr Beuttell'), returning his notes on the Monte-Carlo system '...with a few notes on what I imagine is the explanation of its success...', going on to say '...I remember your telling me a few months ago that a method for calculating the illumination level on the working plane in a room was rather badly needed. Of course one could not expect to get a simple & accurate formula for anything so complicated...', followed by detailed explanations illustrated by an equation ('...It is illuminated by a uniform point source of candle power I placed at the centre... I am sure there is no need for me to say how one would apply it in practice... I just thought this one might be of use to you...'), sending '...Regards to everyone, and please don't feel there is any need to answer these ravings of mine...'; together with the above-mentioned four-page analysis of the Monte-Carlo system headed 'Gambling System', concluding '...The general effect is when that for short runs one most probably wins or else once loses an unexpectedly large sum. As the length of the run is increased the chances of winning becomes more remote & is negligible for 100,000 spins...', 7 pages in all on King's College headed paper, light dust staining, creased at folds, rust stain from old paperclip, 8vo (178 x 134mm.), Cambridge, 2 February [19]33Footnotes:'PLEASE DON'T FEEL THERE IS ANY NEED TO ANSWER THESE RAVINGS OF MINE': ALAN TURING'S ANALYSIS OF THE MONTE-CARLO GAMBLING SYSTEM & WORK ON A NEW METHOD OF LIGHTING.Turing's analysis of the Monte-Carlo Gambling System is couched in the language of mathematics and equations but put simply, by working out the probability of winning at increasing increments of 150, 1,520, 4,560 and 30,400 spins he proved mathematically that the longer you play, the probability of losing money increases – '...for short runs one most probably wins or else one loses an unexpectedly large sum. As the length of run is increased the chances of winning becomes more remote...', he confirms.The recipient of our letter, Alfred William Beuttell (1880-1965) was the father of Turing's schoolfriend Victor Beuttell (see the following lot). After leaving Sherborne, the boys remained close and Turing spent much time with the Beuttell family. Alfred had made his fortune by inventing and patenting the Linolite electric strip reflector lamp (better known now as the striplight) in 1901, his first important contract being a system of continuous lighting for the Coronation of Edward VII, manufactured by the Edison and Swan Electric Company with whom he had a long association. Buoyed by his company's success pre-war he enjoyed the life of a wealthy bachelor – flying (he met Bleriot and watched the Wright brothers), motor racing and sailing. He spent several months at Monte Carlo operating with some success his own gambling system. Stories of having lived for a month on his winnings piqued the young Turing's interest whilst staying with the family over Christmas 1932 after the death of Victor's mother in November: '...He showed Alan his gambling system, which Alan took back to Cambridge and studied. On 2 February 1933 he wrote back with the result of his analysis, which was that the system yielded an expected gain of exactly zero, and that accordingly Mr Beuttell's winning had been entirely due to luck and not to skill...' (Hodges, A., Alan Turing: The Enigma, 2014, p.89). Our letter is hitherto unpublished, but his biographer Andrew Hodges mentions it with reference to a letter Turing wrote to his friend Norman Routledge in 1953 mentioning the odds of being arrested for homosexuality: '...Alan Turing used logarithms of betting odds as the key to the work he had done for the 'racket' of cryptography, and his sustained fascination with probability is illustrated by that reference [in Routledge's letter] to a one-in-ten chance of being caught. In his 1953 stoic humour there is a link with innocent Anti-War undergraduate days of twenty years earlier when he analysed Alfred Beuttell's Monte Carlo gambling system...' (Hodges, p.xxxi). Whilst his analysis here was a light-hearted exercise, Turing's work on probability had wider implications, and his research paper, The Applications of Probability to Cryptology, in which he applied vigorous probability analysis to a wide range of cryptoanalytic problems, was key to the decryption work undertaken at Bletchley Park.Turing also helped Beuttell in his pioneering work in the scientific measurement of illumination. In 1927 Beuttell had taken out patents on a new invention, the 'K-ray Lighting System', designed to allow uniform illumination of pictures of posters within a glass box and in Turing he found the perfect person to find the right formula for the curvature of the glass. Turing '...suddenly produced the formula, without being able to explain it, which agreed with Alfred Beuttell's calculation. But Alan went further, and pointed out the complication which arose through the thickness of the glass, which would cause a second reflection on the front surface. This made necessary a change in the curve of the K-ray System which was soon put into application for exterior hanging signs, the first contract being with J. Lyons and Co., Ltd, the catering chain... it always delighted Alan that a mathematical formula could actually work in the physical world. He had always liked practical demonstrations, even though he was not good at them...' (Hodges, p.73-4). By the early 1930's Beuttell's work as a specialist lighting consultant brought him large projects such as the illumination of the Freemason's new headquarters in London, which Turing also advised on. Our letter provides a formula for the illumination of the floor of a hemispheric room lit from its centre, a problem which they had previously discussed ('...I just thought this one might be of use to you...'). During the Second World War, the Linolite company became the main supplier of hose clips for the de-icing systems of bomber aircraft but reverted back their main activity in 1945. The company remained in Malmesbury until its closure in 1993.A photograph of Alfred Beuttell at the time this letter was written and a copy of his biography The Man Who Made Linolite is included in the lot.Provenance: Alfred Beuttell (1880-1965); Victor Beuttell (1915-1993); and thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DICKENS (CHARLES)The Works... Edition De Luxe, 30 vol., number 453 of 1,000 sets, numerous plates on india paper mounted after Robert Seymour, Hablot K. Browne, George Cruikshank, George Cattermole, John Leech and others, some volumes with facsimile part wrappers bound in, modern red half morocco, gilt panelled spines with raised bands and black title labels, large 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1881-1882This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MIXED, selection, inc. Copes Smoke Room Booklets, Nos. 1, 4, 7 (heavy scuff to cover) & 10; part of Dukes printed album, Singer views (12), aircraft recognition cards (Packs K & L), posters, uncut sheets; modern collectors cards, Terminator 2 (retail box), Pixar Heroes, X-Men, Bill & Ted, Sainsbury Create the World (with album) etc., FR to MT, Qty.
Vintage boxed Scalextric Buildings and Figures, MM/A201 Event Board and Hut with Car names and numbers and speakers, MM/A233 Entrance Building , A/211 First Aid hut, all good condition, boxes fair, F/302 T.V Camera and Crew set, generally good condition, rubber base with detached piece and area pushed in, box fair, A/228 Refreshment Kiosk, good lacks tea urn and flag, box good, A/208 Control Tower, both speakers lack retaining pins, box one end flap detached, F/303 Starter on Rostrum, lacks flag, MM/A212 Start/Finish Banner, good box lacks end flaps, and a K/703 Control Centre kit box only, (9 items).
Matchbox Lesney Major Packs & Kingsize Models, boxed: K10 Pipe Truck, missing acetate window to box, K18 Articulated Horse Van, missing acetate window to box, K-3 Hatra Tractor Shovel, M1 BP Petrol tanker, M4 Fruehauf Hopper Train, M9 Inter State Double Freighter, unboxed: M5 Allis Chalmers motor scraper, No 3 Garage & Home Stores, models are in fair to excellent used original condition, boxes are fair to good, with age/edge wear, M1 missing one end flap, M-9,M-4 K10, K18, missing internal packing. (9 items)
Quantity of unboxed Matchbox Lesney Superfast/Kingsize Models, including: 9 x 11f Car Transporters, orange cab,7 x 20e Range Rover Police patrol, 2 x 22e Blaze Buster, 9 x 59f Porsche 928, 7 x Sky Busters, Super Kings K-7 Racing Car Transporter with 24d Team Matchbox racing car in metallic red, K-35 Massey Ferguson 595 Tractor and Trailer, plus others all in fair to near mint original condition .(58 items)
Six Matchbox Adventure 2000 Boxed Models, K-2001 Raider Command (missing rockets), K-2002 Flight Hunter, K-2003 Crusader, 3 x K-2004 Rocket Strikers (missing rockets), models are in near mint original condition,complete with combat figures, one K-2004 has very slight damage to black plastic rocket hatch, original boxes are in fair to excellent, K-2001 is missing acetate window to box.(6 items).
Seven Boxed Matchbox Lesney Battlekings/Seakings,K-103 Chieftain Tank,K-107 155mm S.P. Howitzer, K-116 Artillery Truck and Field Gun, 2 x K-118 Kaman Seasprite helicopters and 2 x K-305 Submarine Chasers, models are in mint original condition, boxes are fair to good, with age wear. (7 items)
Five Boxed Matchbox Speedkings, including,K-45 Marauder Racing Car,K-48 Mercedes 350 SLC, K-50 Street Rod,K-52 Datsun 240Z and K-64 Fire Control Range Rover, models are in near mint to mint original condition, boxes are fair to very good, some edge/age wear, K-45 has a small tear to one end flap. (5 items)
Six Boxed Matchbox Speedkings, including,K-41 Brabham F1 Racing Car,K-44 Surtees F1 Racing Car, K-53 Hot Fire Engine, K-38/41 Bandolero in a K-61 box, K-62 Emergency Doctor and K-64 Fire Control Range Rover, models are in near mint to mint original condition, boxes are fair to good, with edge/age wear, K-64 acetate window is torn. (6 items)
Five Boxed Matchbox Speedkings, including, K-47 Easy Rider Chopper Bike,K-54 AMX Javelin, red body, K-56 Maserati Bora, silver body, K-59 Ford Capri MKII, K-60 Ford Mustang MKII, green glass, models are in near mint to mint original condition, boxes are fair to good, edge/age wear, K-47 acetate window split (5 items)
Four Boxed Matchbox Superkings, K-3 Bedford Grain Transporter ‘Kelloggs’ K-8 Mercedes Animal Transporter, complete with farmer and cattle, K-20 Peterbilt Wreck Truck (missing inner card packing) and K-21 Ford Transcontinental Truck & Trailer models are in near mint to mint original condition, boxes are fair to good, edge/age wear.
Seven Boxed Matchbox Superkings Commercial Vehicles, including,K13 Aircraft Transporter, K-27 Miss Embassy Powerboat & Transporter, 2 x K-28 Bedford Skip Truck Hales Containers,K-29 Ford Delivery Van, TAA Airlines, K-42 Traxcavator Road Ripper and K-80 Its Only Rock n Roll Dodge Custom Van, models are in near mint to mint original condition, boxes are fair to good, edge/age wear/dusty. (7 items)
Three Boxed Matchbox Superkings Commercial Vehicles, including, K-17 container truck “Gentransco” K-20 Peterbilt Wreck Truck and K-33 Scammell Cargo Hauler ‘Gauntlet International' models are in near mint to mint original condition, boxes are very good, edge/age wear, K-20 box has tear to one end flap. (3 items)
Five Boxed Matchbox Superkings Emergency vehicles,K-49 Ambulance,K-65 Plymouth Emergency Rescue, K-66 Jaguar XJ/12 Police Patrol with two Police motorcyclists, road signs etc. and K-67 Dodge Monaco Fire Chief, models are in near mint to mint condition, boxes are fair to good original condition, with edge/age wear.(5 items).
Collection of Matchbox Superkings Die-cast boxed models, including, K-39 Snorkel Fie Engine, K-10 Car Transporter, K-130 Peterbilt Digger Transporter, K-135 Mercedes Benz Garage Transporter, K-121 Peterbilt Wreck Truck, K-100 Ford Sierra XR4i, K-25 Digger & Plough, K-44 Bridge layer, Harley-Davidson Café Racer 73320, Jaguar XJ220, three car value pack, two car value pack, 6 car value pack, Y-3 1912, MB-22, MB-31, plus, set missing box but in plastic insert and four loose models, models range from good to mint condition, loose in fair to good, boxes have edge/age. (21 items)
An Art Deco diamond and pearl brooch, the shaped rectangular plaque of geometric openwork design, set with three principal old brilliant-cut diamonds, the centre set with rose-cut diamonds with two pearls to the border of single-cut diamonds together with a case for Bravingtons,width 6.5 cms, height 2.8 cms Condition: Overall condition very good for age. Well designed and made with fine piercing.Main diamond with an estimated spread weight of 0.80cts, the other two each with an estimated spread weight of 0.60cts,Overall, I-K colour, SI/PK clarity.pearls well matched for creamy white colour with good lustre Setting not marked but tests as platinum
A single stone diamond set ring and another diamond ringthe single stone brilliant cut diamond approximately 0.40 carats, mount stamped 18ct, together with a two stone diamond set cross over ring, marks worn, tests for gold (2)Both K/LCondition: Single stone, overall good, crossover worn and large surface chip to diamond
A single stone diamond set ring and two opal and diamond set ringsthe single stone brilliant cut diamond approximately 0.25 carats and set between diamond shouldered 18ct gold mount, together with an 18ct gold mounted diamond and twin pear shaped opal set ring and a small opal and two stone diamond set ring, 18ct gold mount (3)sizes respectively I, K and DCondition: Good condition for all three items
Two Continental ruby and diamond dress ring and another ringcomprising a square cut ruby and diamond set twist ring, Continental .750 marks, a twin navette ruby ring and a cultured pearl twist ring with diamond point detail to shoulders, both M, K/L, N bearing Continental gold marks and testing for gold 3)approx. 8.7g, sizes respectively Condition: Ruby rings overall good, pearl ring two diamonds a.f.
Italian Model 1860 heavy cavalry troopers sword with single edged fullered blade 895mm in length, German maker marked "S&K" (Schnitzler & Kirschbaum). Additional mark of "2L". Wire bound black leather grip. Steel guard. Overall length 1040mm. Complete with heavy steel scabbard with single suspension ring.
WW2 Third Reich Luftwaffe Hand Painted Plaque with the insignia of I Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1. Size 605mm x 397mm. Reverse has handwitten penciled inscription "4 G 1" along with "Uffz Stuchli K mitnehmen". Wood is 20mm thick. Two screws to which a length of electrical wire is attached for hanging. Weight 3.6kgs.
A single stone diamond ring, the brilliant cut diamond claw set in white metal to yellow metal mount, stamped '18ct', ring size M, weight approx 2.1gCondition report: Diamond weighs approx 1.00cts, colour estimated K/L, clarity I1-I2 (one fracture appears to reach surface of pavilion facets), general wear to mount but no significant visible damage
WW2 Bomber Command Operationally Used Captain of Aircraft Maps. .A selection of 5 maps Newcastle to Prague and corrected to 1944. Each map gives details of the route to and from the target with heights and details of the date, target and aircraft code letter. Some with calculations and notes to the reverse. Comprising: 23/12/44 Trier K. ... 28/1/45 Coligne Y. ... 1/2/45 Munchen Gladbach K. ... 14/2/45 Chemnitz K. .... 1/3/45 Kamen K. .... Also a Petrol Log for a Lancaster with some pencil notes. Overall GC used condition (6 items) . . . .Targets and dates are confirmed. The vendor believes the maps relate to 90 Squadron RAF.
Four: Mechanician F. R. R. Edmunds, Royal Navy, who was serving in H.M.S. Highflyer when she attacked and sank the German armed merchant cruiser, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Río de Oro on the coast of Northwest Africa, on 25 August 1914 1914-15 Star (K.10328, F. R. R. Edmunds, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.10328 F. R. R. Edmunds. Act. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.10328 F. R. R. Edmunds. A-Mech. H.M.S. Comus.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Fernley Robert Richard Edmunds was born on 13 April 1892, at Exeter, Devon, and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II, on 21 February 1911. He was appointed to H.M.S. Highflyer on 10 February 1914, and was serving in her when she attacked and sank the German armed merchant cruiser, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Río de Oro on the coast of Northwest Africa, on 25 August 1914. He transferred to H.M.S. Dolphin in April 1916, and was advanced to Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Victory II, on 25 May 1917, before being appointed to H.M.S. New Zealand, in July 1917. Advanced to Stoker Petty Officer on 1 May 1919, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1926. He was appointed Mechanician, H.M.S. Comus, on 4 February 1927, and was shore pensioned in February 1933. He was recalled for War service in H.M.S. Colombo (Ceres) on 15 June 1939, and was finally released from service in July 1945.
Four: Stoker Petty Officer R. Armstrong, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.1080, R. Armstrong. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.1080 R. Armstrong S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.1080 R. Armstrong. S.P.O. H.M.S. Diligence.) nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Richard Armstrong was born on 13 May 1889, at Poplar, London, and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Acheron, on 30 July 1908. He was advanced to Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 19 February 1914, and was promoted Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Shannon, on 1 July 1915. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1923, and was shore pensioned on 29 July 1930. Recalled for War service in August 1939, to H.M.S. Pembroke II, he was discharged in November 1944.
Four: Leading Stoker J. C. Chappell, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.13767 J. C. Chappell, Sto. 1 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.13767 J. C. Chappell. L.Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.13767 J. C. Chappell. L.Sto. H.M.S. Royal Sovereign.) the first three polished, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore fair to fine, the last better (4) £100-£140 --- John Charles Chappell was born on 6 November 1892, at Croydon, Surrey, and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 29 January 1912. On the outbreak of the Great War he was serving in H.M.S. Boadicea, and in 1917, was posted to H.M.S. Attentive II and later H.M.S. Victory X, for service in the anti-submarine Patrol Vessel, H.M.S. P19. He was advanced to Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Victory II, on 11 November 1918, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1927. He was invalided to shore from the Royal Naval Hospital Chatham, suffering from epilepsy, on 31 January 1934.
Three: Leading Stoker G. Smith, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (303830. G. Smith. Sto.1 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (303830 G. Smith. L. Sto. R.N.) very fine Three: Stoker First Class W. J. Baker, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.2642 W. J. Baker. Sto.1 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.2642 W. J. Baker. Sto.1. R.N.) very fine (6) £80-£120
Four: Leading Stoker E. Webb, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Superb at the Battle of Jutland 1914-15 Star (K.10106, E. Webb, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.10106 E. Webb. L.Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.10106 E. Webb. L.Sto. H.M.S. Iron Duke.) very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Edward Webb was born on 16 May 1892, at Bethnal Green, London, and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory II, on 9 January 1911, being advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Drake, on 6 June 1912. He was posted to the Bellerophon Class Dreadnought Battleship, H.M.S. Superb in November 1915, and served in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was advanced to Leading Stoker on 1 October 1917, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1926. He was discharged to pension in January 1933, but was recalled for War service in February 1940, serving in H.M.S. Victory II, and H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth. He was released from service in August 1945.
Four: Stoker First Class G. H. Easter, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.18899, G. H. Easter, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K. 18899 G. H. Easter. Sto. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.18899 G. H. Easter. Sto. 1. H.M.S. Centurion.) polished, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- George Henry Easter was born on 26 July 1893, at Colchester, Essex, and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid, on 26 April 1913. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Exmouth on 26 April 1914, and served during the Great War initially in H.M.S. Leander for service in H.M.S. Leopard until 1 July 1917 when he was appointed to the ‘B’ Class torpedo boat destroyer H.M.S. Griffon. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1931, and was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Effingham (Dauntless), on 15 July 1935. He was recalled for War service on 22 October 1939, and was posted to H.M.S. Dolphin, finally being released from service in August 1945.
Four: Able Seaman A. G. Rowe, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.16161, A. G. Rowe, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (J.16161 A. G. Rowe. A.B. R.N.) emblem loose; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.16161 A. G. Rowe. A.B. H.M.S. Columbine.) worn, therefore good fine or better Four: Stoker Petty Officer T. W. Rowe, Royal Navy, who served with the battle cruiser H.M.S. Lion at the Battle of Jutland 1914-15 Star (K.213, T. W. Rowe, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.213 T. W. Rowe. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.213. T. W. Rowe, Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Hercules.) contact marks overall, nearly very fine (8) £200-£300 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916 (minesweeping and minelaying operations). Albert George Rowe was born in Gosport, Hampshire in September 1888. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in March 1907, and advanced to Able Seaman in June 1912. Service during the Great War included with H.M. Ships Dreadnought, Daphne and Godetia. Thomas Warren Rowe was born in Exeter, Devon in August 1887. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd in October 1905, and advanced to Chief Stoker in September 1922. Service included with H.M.S. Lion (battle cruiser), June 1912 - March 1920, during which time Rowe served with her at the Battle of Jutland where she was Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty’s fleet flagship of the Battle Cruiser Fleet. The Lion was hit a total of 14 times during the battle, including sustaining near-catastrophic damage to Q-turret, and suffered 99 dead and 51 wounded. Although mortally wounded, Major Francis Harvey, Royal Marines, the Q-turret gun commander, ordered the magazine and turret to be flooded, which although costing him his life saved the magazine from exploding, which would undoubtedly have sunk the ship; for his bravery and self sacrifice he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Rowe was Shore Pensioned in October 1927.
Five: Marine F. J. Norris, Royal Marines, who was wounded in service on 29 July 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Director of Naval Pay and Pensions enclosure; together with the recipient’s original parchment Certificate of Service and a Certificate of Wounds and Hurts, dated 29 July 1944, the medals all official later issues, extremely fine Five: K. Cotterill, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, with named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. K. Cotterill, 45 Pinnox Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire’; together with an H.M. Destroyer naval cap tally, nearly extremely fine (10) £80-£120 --- Francis John Norris was born in Ayr on 5 April 1924 and joined the Royal Marines on 8 April 1942. He was injured in service on 29 July 1944, his Certificate of Wounds and Hurts stating ‘... was engaged in loading the main magazine in H.M. LCG(L) 10, with cases of cordite. He, together with Corporal Burns, were in the act of carrying and positioning a case of cordite which was accidentally caused to trap Norris’s fingers against a protruding angle iron, causing a fracture of the middle finger of the right hand.’ He was released Class ‘A’ Reserve on 31 May 1946. Sold with an original group photograph, and a large quantity of copied research, including a typed transcript of the recipient’s diary covering part of the Second World War.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.13301 C. A. Clayton. Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Kent.); E.II.R., 2nd issue (KX.162994 W. J. Gray. P.O.M. (E). H.M.S. Ajax); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (D.783 T. Lear, Sean. 1Cl, R.N.R.) light contact marks, generally very fine and better (3) £80-£120 --- Sold together with a photograph of H.M.S. Kent.
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