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Lot 309
Royal Worcester pot pourri vase, the ovoid body painted with apples, grapes, peaches and blackberries on a mossy ground, signed K Creed, the crown pierced cover with spire finial and scroll detail, inner cover with button finial, the shoulder with moulded scroll decoration, the base with gilt leafage, printed marks to base, shape No 2048 S/S, 24cm high
Lot 949
A George VI General Service Medal, with Palestine Bar awarded to 2658143 Guardsman JW Sinclair C.GDS, missing ribbon; another awarded to 4271728 Fusilier K Davison Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, with ribbon; and a third, awarded to 43890 56 Gunner H.A. Gray Royal Artillery, with ribbon; together with a South Atlantic medal, AIR01 (G) P R Stubbs D191225V HMS Hermes, with ribbon. (4)
Lot 962
A group of WWI medals, including the British War Medal, the Victory Medal, the Mercantile Marine War Medal, and miniatures, including the 1914-15 miniature medal, awarded to 63638 Private J R Rhynas Durham Light Infantry; together with five British War Medals awarded to Patrick Murphy, 222953 Flight Sergeant J B Steel RAF; S4-217904 Private AF Smith Army Service Corps; and Thomas Macey; A Victory medal awarded to 181754. Sergeant J Fishburn Yorkshire Regiment; a Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct medal, 1914 Volunteer TW Spence. STO Royal Naval Reserve; a Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct medal, K. 57783 W. Sykes AIS.P.O. HMS Windsor; and a Lusitania medal, boxed. Ribbons on miniature only, with box.
Lot 2108
Sweet (Alex E.) and Knox (J. Armoy) On a Mexican Mustang through Texas, 8vo, cloth (rebacked), plates, 1884; Cody (W.F.) The Adventures of Buffalo Bill, 8vo, pictorial cloth, plates, New York & London, 1923; Cox (M.B.) Left on the Prairie, 8vo, pictorial cloth, plates, 1905; Ferguson (Emily) Open Trails by "Janey Canuck", 8vo, cloth, d-j, frontispiece, 1912; Rak (Mary K.) Mountain Cattle, 8vo, cloth, 1936, and 11 others (16).
Lot 2140
Recent English Architecture 1920-1940, Selected by the Architecture Club, small 4to, cloth, d-j, plates, advertisement, 1947; Stephen (D.), Frampton (K.) and Carapetian (M.) British Buildings 1960-1964, 4to, cloth, d-j, plates, 1965; Goss (A.) British Industry and Town Planning, 8vo, cloth, d-j, illustrations, 1962; Merlin (P.) New Towns, 4to, wrappers, illustrations, 1973; Evans (H., ed.) New Towns: the British Experience, 8vo, wrappers, plates, 1972; Washington Development Corporation, Washington New Town Master Plan and Report, oblong folio, boards, d-j, 1966, and 2 others (8).
Lot 286
A YELLOW METAL PEARL AND AMETHYST RING testing as high carat gold, having a central oval cut amethyst flanked by two pearls to the pierced and shaped setting, the moulded band marked PA, ring size N; sold along with a 9ct gold and clear stone dress ring, the large central emerald cut clear stone claw set to the twisted and scrolled setting, marked 375, ring size K, and a yellow metal and smoky quartz dress ring having a large emerald cut stone and wire construction, unmarked testing as 9ct gold. 19grams(total).
Lot 630
A collection of five medals, British War Medal 208996 Corporal J.F. Dixon RAF, 1914 August-November Mons Star to 6957 Private Fred W. Waddington 1/K R.RIFL joined 3/4/06 sickness 8/2/17, British War Medal 11223 to Private R. Parrington Royal Lancashire Regiment, British War Medal 2159 to Private J. Carey R.A.M.C. and Victory Medal 19577 to Private R. Chapman A.CYC.CORP (see illustration).
Lot 209
§ GERARD BURNS (SCOTTISH B. 1961) A NEW JOURNEY Signed, oil on canvas 60cm x 60cm (23.5in x 23.5in) “A New Journey” by Gerard Burns features his niece in a scene near his home in North Lanarkshire. The work was commissioned by the Rt Hon Alex Salmond MP MSP, First Minister of Scotland, to use as his official 2009 Christmas card. Proceeds from the sale of the painting are to be donated to the following four charities: Cross Out Child Poverty, J-A-C-K’s Fund, Mary’s Meals, and CLIC Sargent.
Lot 306
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Capt. K. McDonald, A.S.C.) edge bruising otherwise nearly extremely fine £450-500 Kenneth McDonald was born on 14 August 1873 and entered the Royal Marines as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1891. Promoted Lieutenant in 1892, he transferred to the Army Service Corps in 1894. With the Army Service Corps he served in the Sudan campaign of 1898 and was awarded the Queen’s and Khedive’s medal. He then served in Sierra Leone expedition of 1898-99 and was promoted Captain in the latter year. Captain MacDonald then served in the Boer War where he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 27 September 1901). With copied research.
Lot 367
Africa General Service 1902-56 (2), 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (12 Pte. Kapringanga, 1st K. African R.) replacement suspension, copy 2nd clasp, some edge bruising, fine; another, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (1179 Pte. Chimenia, 2nd K.A. Rif.) copy clasps, edge bruising, badly worn, poor (2) £120-150 Medal to Kapringanga with copied roll extract confirming clasps. Medal to Chimenia with copied service papers and roll extract confirming clasps.
Lot 545
2nd Volunteer Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment The Prince of Wales Volunteers Tribute Medal 1901, obverse: Prince of Wales’s plumes, 9ct. gold and enamel, 11.75g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, reverse inscribed, ‘Private T. Byrne from the officers 1901’, extremely fine £300-400 The above medal is illustrated in Boer War Tribute Medals, by M. G. Hibbard, ref. ‘K.3’.
Lot 561
German Correspondence of the Great War, letters (3) and cards (7); together with an unrelated German Photograph Album with approx. 60 photographs re the Great War, varied condition (lot) £60-70 It is believed the papers relate to the request from K. A. Klucken of Duisburg to the German Army, to release one of his sons from the front because he had lost two already. The request was apparently turned down because another son was currently at home, badly wounded.
Lot 615
Gordon, L. L., British Battles and Medals, 1st edn, Aldershot, 1947, xv + 294pp, illustrations; Gould, R. W., and Douglas-Morris, K. J., The Army of India Medal Roll 1799-1826, London, 1974. 123pp; together with other references (27), by Debrett, Jane’s, Hieronymussen, Taprell Dorling, Bloomer, Wilkinson, Purves, Akers, etc [29]. Publishers’ bindings £40-50
Lot 679
India, Special Service Medal 1984, 1 clasp (in Hindi), Suraksha (15367970 Hav. Saji, S. Sigs.); Samar Seva Star 1965 (15 HC. Gaur Singh, B.S.P.); Pashchimi Star 1971 (110050960 Nk. Ankush Parathy, Arty.); Raksha Medal 1965 (6633789 Hav. K. M. Jacob, A.S.C. Sup.); Sangram Medal 1971 (3351881 Sep. H. Singh, Mahar R.); Op Vijay Medal 1999 (15118990 Nk. B. Singh, Arty.); Op Parakram Medal 2000-01, unnamed; Sainya Seva Medal, 1 clasp (in Hindi), Jammu Kashmir (6254870 L-Hav. Ajmer Singh, Sigs.); Ucchh Tungta Medal 1984 (1268380 Hav. K. Chander, Arty.); 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1997 (14417526 Gnr. Rajesh, Arty.); 20 Years Long Service Medal (14466879 L. Hav. Bsmeena, Arty.); 9 Years Long Service Medal (14221413 Sigmn. B. K. Singh, Sigs.) all with ribbon; together with a mounted set of six copy medals, very fine and better (18) £70-90
Lot 782
Pair: Stoker 1st Class G. E. Greetham, Royal Navy, killed in action at the Battle of Jutland, 1 June 1916, whilst serving on H.M.S. Ardent British War and Victory Medals (K.21785 Sto. 1, R.N.) extremely fine (2) £160-200 George Edward Greetham was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, on 11 May 1894. A Machinist by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 28 January 1914. On the outbreak of war he was serving on the destroyer Racehorse, April 1914-January 1915, being advanced to Stoker 1st Class in December 1914. He was posted to the destroyer Ardent and the depot ship Hecla in January 1915. The Ardent formed part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet at the battle of Jutland, 31 May/1 June 1916. In the early hours of the 1 June, the lone destroyer ran foul of the German fleet as it steamed through the ‘soft tail’ of Grand Fleet. Caught in a blaze of searchlights she became the target of every German gun that could bear upon her and was swiftly destroyed. Four officers and 74 ratings, including Stoker Greetham were killed; only one officer and one rating survived the sinking. With copied service paper.
Lot 802
Three: Private K. R. A. Martin, Parachute Regiment General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25111958 Pte., Para); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, no clasp, for Macedonia, unnamed; Operational Service Medal 2000, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (25111958 Pte., Para) with rosette on ribbon, generally extremely fine (3) £900-1000 Notes with the lot state that he served with the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment in East Tyrone, 1999 and September 2002-March 2003; on Operation ‘Essential Harvest’ in Macedonia, August-September 2001, and in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 2001-March 2002. Since leaving the army he has served in Iraq as a ‘Close Protection Bodyguard’, 2005-06.
Lot 806
A fine C.S.I., C.I.E., Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain J. E. Pedley, Indian Army, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was latterly a senior member of the Indian Civil Service The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central cameo bust of Queen Victoria and rose diamond set legend, a few stones lacking, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue with full neck cravat; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamels, with full neck cravat; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. J. E. Pedley, K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. E. Pedley); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. J. E. Pedley, 57 Rfls. F.F.); Jubilee 1935, the last six mounted as worn, some contact wear, otherwise generally very fine or better (8) £5000-6000 C.S.I. London Gazette 13 June 1946: ‘John Edward Pedley, Esq., C.I.E., M.C., Indian Civil Service, lately Adviser to His Excellency the Governor of the United Provinces.’ C.I.E. London Gazette 8 June 1939: ‘John Edward Pedley, Esq., M.C., Indian Civil Service, Collector, Gorakhpur, United Provinces.’ M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917 Temp. Lt. John Edward Pedley, K. R. Rif. C. John Edward Pedley was born at Rangoon, Burma in December 1891, the son of Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel T. F. Pedley, of the Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers. He was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Oxford, and was commissioned into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps In December 1914, from the ranks of King Edward’s Horse which he had joined in November 1911. He first went to France on 25 July 1915, where he served in the 12th Battalion, attached to the 6th Battalion, and won his M.C. in 1916. He was subsequently wounded in the right leg on 25 April 1917 - ‘several small fragments of shell in the right calf and below the knee joint’ - and was transferred to the Indian Army Reserve of Officers at the end of the year. He was subsequently employed in the Third Afghan War as a Captain in the 57th (Wilde’s) Rifles, I.A. In 1920 Pedley joined the Indian Civil Service and a long and distinguished career ensued, one of his final appointments being as a Member of the Board of Revenue in the United Provinces shortly after the 1939-45 War. Among other appointments in the interim, Pedley was placed in charge of the Gorakhpur district in the late 1930s, an unenvious position that resulted in the award of his C.I.E. in 1939. An accompanying newspaper cutting quotes the following citation, as read out at the time of his investiture: ‘You joined the service in 1920 after four years’ service in the British and Indian Armies, during which you were awarded the Military Cross. From 1924 to 1928 you were Registrar of the Allahabad High Court. Thereafter you served as a District Officer and have been in charge of the large districts of Lucknow, Meerut and Bareilly. Since September 1937, you have been Collector of the very large and important district of Gorakhpur with over three million inhabitants, which was then in an unsatisfactory state owing to agrarian unrest and political agitation. You have fully justified your selection for this difficult charge. You handled the general situation, including at one stage a troublesome communal problem in Gorakhpur city, with great success; and by sound and cool-headed judgement combined with firmness and urbanity you restored confidence in the district administration among all classes of the population and effected a great improvement in the general agrarian situation. You have done most valuable work in Gorakhpur, and it is with great pleasure that I now deliver you the insignia of the Companionship of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire.’ Pedley was awarded his C.S.I. in 1946 and retired to the Isle of Man, where he died in April 1972. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including original warrants for the C.S.I. and C.I.E., edges slightly cut and damaged, together with related investiture pamphlets and congratulatory letters for the latter award from the Governor of the United Provinces, and his wife, both dated June 1939; and commission document for Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, dated 21 February 1919.
Lot 840
A good Second World War B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Master at Arms R. Calvert, Royal Navy, a veteran of the 1915 Konigsberg operations off East Africa who went on to serve as M.A.A. of the submarine depot ship Cyclops with ‘ruthless efficiency’ in the Second World War British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Military (M.A.A. Robert Calvert, C./M. 36386); 1914-15 Star (K. 20773 Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K. 20773 S.P.O., R.N.); Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (M. 36386 R.P.O., H.M.S. Hawkins); Coronation 1953, unnamed, very fine and better (8) £350-400 B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1945. The recommendation states: ‘He has served as Master at Arms of H.M.S. Cyclops since she commissioned nearly five years ago in September 1939. Utterly reliable, and infallible in his knowledge of the King’s Regulations and Service Routine, he is a stickler for discipline and ruthlessly efficient. He has devoted himself entirely to the good of the ship and with complete loyalty to his superiors, and has run the Regulating Department of the depot ship with tireless energy and drive. Although aged 51 he exacts a high standard from himself, and will always be found on duty from early morning till last thing at night.’ Robert Calvert was born in York in December 1892 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in December 1910. A Stoker 1st Class by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, which found him serving in the cruiser H.M.S. Pyramus, he went on to serve in the same ship off East Africa in 1915. Pyramus arrived from New Zealand off the Rufigi Delta in January 1915, her eight 4-inch guns being a welcome addition to the watch against the Konigsberg. And those same guns went into action on 6 February, when she sunk the Adjutant, which had earlier that day fallen into enemy hands - ‘a conflagration broke forth and the prize was still burning next dawn’. Three days later, in company with the Pioneer and Weymouth, Pyramus returned to try and finish off the job, but, as it transpired, the Germans were eventually able to refloat her. And on the day that the monitors Severn and Mersey so famously engaged and sank the Konigsberg in July 1915, the Pyramus was employed immediately off Rufigi Delta, with the intention of closing the Kikunja mouth so as to engage any guns or entrenchments on the banks. As it transpired, as a result of the high water, the Pyramus was able to get inside the river proper, and ‘fairly deluged both shores’ with her eight 4-inch guns, a bombardment not lost on the ill-fated crew of the Konigsberg. Retuning to home waters, and following a period ashore at Vivid II in late 1916, Calvert joined the cruiser Doris, and was still aboard her at the end of the War, in the rank of Stoker Petty Officer. A Master at Arms by the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, Calvert was appointed to the submarine depot ship Cyclops, which establishment was based at Rothesay in the Clyde Estuary. Here he served until the end of the War, a period that saw the depot serving the needs of the 7th Submarine Flotilla, in addition to running a variety of training courses - candidates for the latter included the first intake of X-Craft personnel, shortly to win numerous decorations for their famous strike against the Tirpitz. The only Robert Calvert on the Coronation 1953 roll is the Senior Custodian of the Lord Great Chamberlain’s Office. With copied research.
Lot 2
The Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and post war O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant Colonel K. G. Menzies, Welsh Guards, who served with the 2nd Life Guards in France in 1914 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (2. Lieut., 2/Life Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); War Medal 1939-45 (Colonel K. G. Menzies, O.B.E. M.C.); French Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1917, good very fine (7) £1200-1500 O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946 (Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary), Welsh Guards). M.C. London Gazette 26 July 1918 (Lieutenant, Welsh Guards) ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the troops on the flank were seen to be retiring, he took a message through an intense barrage to warn the supporting companies. In subsequent operations he has displayed great courage and initiative. (Boyelles, 28-30 March 1918)’ Croix de Guerre London Gazette 6 November 1918 (Lieutenant, Welsh Guards). Lieutenant Colonel Keith Graham Menzies served as a subaltern with the 2nd Life Guards in France and Flanders from 8 October 1914, transferring to the Welsh Guards the following year. He was present in the action at Hohenzollern on the night of 15 October 1915 when 25 Welsh Guards bombers under his command and 25 men from the 4th Grenadier Guards were rushed up to help a battalion of the Sherwood Foresters who had lost all their bombers. In July 1917 he was in command of No. 3 Company during the attack on Boesingh Chateau where he commanded the first assault wave and in July 1919 the honour fell to him and one other officer to parade the 2nd Welsh Guards Colours through Paris at the Victory March. He was promoted to the rank of Major in July 1926 and Lieutenant Colonel in August 1945. Regimental History refers.
Lot 96
Four: Major A. K. Robb, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, who was recommended for the award of a D.S.O. for gallantry on the North West Frontier of India in 1898, subsequently being killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne on 20 September 1914 - though severely wounded in a bayonet charge he continued to lead his men, falling at last within forty yards of the enemy’s trenches India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut., 2nd Bn. Durham Lt. Infy.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Major, Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Major) nearly extremely fine (4) £800-1000 The following is extracted from The Bond of Sacrifice, Volume II: ‘Major Alexander Kirkland Robb was born at Poona, India on the 26th August 1872. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, and afterwards at Aberdeen University, proceeding to the R.M.C. Sandhurst. On leaving the college he passed out first with honours, and was awarded the Anson Memorial Sword. Major Robb was gazetted to the 2nd Durham Light Infantry as 2nd Lieutenant on the 20th May 1893, becoming Lieutenant on the 21st May 1896, Captain 19th February 1900, and Major 23rd August 1913. He was on active service, attached to the Yorkshire Light Infantry, in the Tirah campaign of the north western frontier in 1897 and 1898. Here he greatly distinguished himself, volunteering with only one non-commissioned officer and one private to keep the enemy off a peak on the flank, which had it been captured, would have exposed the British force to a heavy flanking fire. Major Robb fought with his revolver only, using up all his cartridges. To the surprise of all, he and his comrades returned safely when the order to retire was given. For his gallantry Major Robb was twice mentioned in despatches and received the Tirah Medal with two clasps. Colonel Seppings, Commanding the Yorkshire Light Infantry, wrote to Major Robb’s own Commanding Officer a most appreciative report of his conduct in this campaign; and Major Robb’s Commanding Officer, writing to the Brigadier-General said: “The Yorkshire Light Infantry are speaking in the highest terms of young Robb at the fight in the Shin Kamar.” Later Major Robb was attached to the Burma Intelligence Branch in connection with the Chinese Boundary Commission for reconnaissance duty during the cold season of 1899-1900. He was Adjutant of the Rangoon Volunteer Rifle Corps 1902-07. Returning to England, he served at the depot of his regiment, Newcastle-on-Tyne from 1910-12. In September 1912 he was appointed Adjutant of the Durham University Officers’ Training Corps and Lecturer in Military Education. The University recognised his services by granting him the honorary degree of M.A. in June 1913. On mobilisation for the Great War he was called to his regiment in August 1914, and early in September proceeded to the front with his battalion. At the Battle of the Aisne, in his battalion’s first engagement on the 20th September 1914, having reached the trenches the night before, Major Robb was severely wounded, but continued to lead his men, falling at last within forty yards of the enemy’s trenches. He was carried to the rear, and died of his wounds the same night.’ Major Robb was originally recommended for the award of a D.S.O. for his gallantry on the North West Frontier in 1898 and of his services in this campaign, The Durham Light Infantry, by the Hon W. L. Vane states: ‘Lieutenant Robb and Second Lieutenant Gibson were attached to the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Light Infantry; this battalion formed part of the reserve brigade at Rawal Pindi, but later was moved to Mamanai in the Bara Valley; on the 29th January 1898 it formed part of a column under Colonel Sepping, which when operating with other columns from Jamrud and Ali Musjid, was heavily engaged and suffered serious loss. Lieutenant Robb behaved with great gallantry in this action and was recommended for the D.S.O.; the recommendation was, however, not entertained.’ Of his death The Aberdeen University Roll of Honour states: ‘Though severely wounded in a bayonet charge, he continued to lead his men up to about thirty yards from the enemy trenches. The story of how he was brought in by a Private of his battalion does honour to his rescuer; and scarcely less to him, showing as it does the devotion which he inspired. Major Robb died in a hospital at Troyon the same night. He was an officer whom his regiment had cause to love and honour, a brave leader and a courteous and considerate friend.’ Major Alexander Kirkland Robb is buried in Vendresse British Cemetery, France.
Lot 228
A Georgian gold, enamel and diamond ring, circa 1800, the navette blue enamel panel applied with a rose cut diamond spray in a silver and gold backed mount with an engraved underside, above trifurcated scrolled shoulders on a foliate scroll shank, finger size K **condition report: Overall wear commensruate with age and use. Minor nicks and scuffs to the enamel, no chips or cracks. All diamonds are present, on possibly replaced. Some wear and minor loss of definition to the shank.
Lot 231
A Georgian gold, emerald and half pearl ring, circa 1780, the central foil backed cut cornered emerald claw set in a fluted closed backed cut down collet within a surround of half pearls, above bifurcated shoulders applied with daggers on a plain shank, finger size K **condition report: Overall very light wear. Slight surface abraisions to the emerald, no cracks or chips, foiling good. All half pearls present and appear original, one with a small crack, one with small nacre loss. Possibly later re-shanked. No other signs of damage.
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