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Lot 15
TWO RUBY AND DIAMOND RINGS; DIAMOND RING1st: The cabochon ruby between shoulders set with brilliant-cut diamonds, 2nd: Set with undulating rows of circular-cut rubies and single-cut diamonds, by Piaget, 3rd: Set with a cluster of brilliant-cut diamonds, diamonds approx. 1.55cts total, 1st with London import mark, 2nd signed Piaget, ring sizes approx. K-M (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 175
AQUAMARINE, RUBY AND DIAMOND DRESS RING AND EARCLIPSThe ring set with a step-cut aquamarine, between step-cut ruby shoulders and brilliant-cut diamond accents, with earclips of similar design, rubies untested, ring size approx. K (sizing band), earclip length 1.5 cm (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 30
CULTURED PEARL, ONYX AND DIAMOND DRESS RINGOf cluster design, set with a 13.0mm cultured pearl within an onyx surround, framed by a two-tier surround of brilliant and baguette-cut diamonds, with quatrefoils of similarly-cut diamonds to four points, diamonds approx. 2.50cts total, ring size approx. K½For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 45
TWO INTAGLIO SIGNET RINGS, 19TH CENTURY1st: The carnelian signet ring carved to depict the 'Watney' family armorial crest, 2nd: The bloodstone signet ring carved to depict an armoured hand holding a branch above the initials BF, ring sizes approx. M1⁄2 and K (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 5
SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING AND EARRINGS1st: The ring set with four oval-cut sapphires, framed by single-cut diamonds, 2nd: Each of cluster design set with a circular-cut sapphire and single-cut diamonds, ring size approx. K, earrings 1.0cm (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 67
SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RINGThe oval-cut sapphire within a brilliant-cut diamond halo surround, diamonds approx. 0.70ct total, ring size approx. K½Footnotes:Accompanied by a report from The Gem and Pearl Laboratory stating that the sapphire, measuring 10.0 x 7.2 x 4.2mm, is a natural sapphire with no indication of heat treatment, the geological occurrence common to Thailand, Australia, East Africa etc.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 295
A PAIR OF DIAMOND EAR STUDS AND A DIAMOND PENDANT NECKLACE The ear studs each set with an old European cut diamond in a six claw setting, approximately carats total; together with a diamond set pendant, the four graduated old European cut diamonds in claw settings, approximately 0.66 carats total, suspended from a belcher link chain Size/dimensions: studs diameter 4mm; pendant 1.6cm long, chain 38cm long Gross weight: 3.3 grams Condition Report: The diamonds are all present and correct bright and lively, colour estimated I-K, clarity mostly VS2-SI2. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 296
A PAIR OF DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE CLUSTER EARRINGS AND RING CIRCA 1970 The squared clusters centred with a step cut sapphire, within a surround of brilliant cut and step cut diamonds, approximately 0.84 carats total, stud fittings, together with a similar dress ring, the step cut sapphire with canted corners within a surround of brilliant cut and baguette cut diamonds, approximately 0.90 carats total, the tapered shank stamped 18k Size/dimensions: studs 1.1cm wide, finger size K Gross weight: 11.1 grams Condition Report: All stones present and correct, diamonds bright and lively, some light scuffs to to the settings, scratches to the back of the shank Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 311
A SINGLE STONE DIAMOND RING The old European cut diamond estimated to weigh 3.00 carats, in a six claw setting, to a polished shank Size/dimensions: finger size N 1/2 Gross weight: 6.2 grams Condition Report: The diamond approximately 9.8mm x 4.95mm. Colour estimated j/K, clarity I3, numerous inclusions Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 331
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND RING The broad pierced gold coloured panel centred with a trio of circular cut emeralds with brilliant cut diamond borders, approximately 0.52 carats total, the shank with sizing beads Size/dimensions: approximate finger size F 1/2 Gross weight: 8.3 grams Condition Report: The ring has some general wear commensurate with use, the setting is unmarked, but testing as higher carat gold, there is a small mark to the inner shank from testing, not visible when worn. Sizing beads make the finger size approximate. Diamonds are bright and lively, the emeralds are bright, all stones have typical inclusions, diamonds SI-I, colour estimated H-K. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 334
CREPERIO ENRICO, A 1970S ITALIAN SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND PANEL RING The textured and scrolled lobed panel set with two brilliant cut diamonds and a circular cut sapphire, in claw settings, approximately 0.12 carats total, the shank stamped 750 with Italian control marks and CE maker's mark Size/dimensions: finger size K Gross weight: 9.7 grams Condition Report: Some light wear, the diamonds are bright and lively Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 336
AN ITALIAN LAPIS LAZULI AND DIAMOND PANEL RING The rectangular lapis lazuli panel between two rows of eight cut diamonds, approximately 0.12 carats total, to trifurcated shoulders Size/dimensions: finger size K Gross weight: 4.6 grams Condition Report: The lapis panel has a lot of abrasion, it is of matt appearance rather than polished, there is wear to the settings around the diamonds, some of the settings around the corner points of the diamond have losses, but the currently stones appear secure still. General wear to the setting Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 344
CREPERIO ENRICO, A 1970S ITALIAN DIAMOND PANEL RING The textured oval panel with scrolled detail, set with a trio of eight cut diamonds, approximately 0.03 carats total, the shank stamped 750 with Italian control marks and maker's mark CE Size/dimensions: finger size K 1/2 Gross weight: 7.4 grams Condition Report: Some chipping to the enamel, some lead solder at the back of the fittings behind the diamond panel Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 453
THREE GEM SET RINGS Two half eternity diamond rings, set with brilliant cut diamonds, in 9 carat gold settings, approximately 0.11 carats total each, lasered partial hallmarks; together with an oval cut synthetic ruby and brilliant cut diamond cluster ring, partial Birmingham hallmark Size/dimensions: first finger size N and K; cluster N 1/2 Gross weight: 5.7 grams Condition Report: Minimal wear, all stones bright and lively Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 129
COLLECTION OF WWII-PERIOD THIRD REICH BADGES, PATCHES AND INSIGNIA,including Reichsbund Kleingartner, RZM German Labour Front, Gautug Essen 1939, SA Sports Badge, Winterhilfswerk 1934-35 Badge, Mother's Medal Second Class miniature, 1939 War Merit Cross, Kreigsmarine, Luftwaffe, Wehrmachtsgefolge, Custom Official, Tag Der Arbeit 1935, also epaulettes and a bullion tassle
Lot 818
PAIR OF ANTIQUE DELFT VASES - HOLLAND. A pair of delft vases probably 19thc, painted on one side with a fisherman and another figure by the water with boats in the distance, the reverse with two figures within a landscape scene with the lady dismounting from a horse. With rams head masks to the shoulder of the vase, and the neck painted with foliage. Painted mark to the base, 'K and curving line, 40'. 31cms high. (2). * One vase, large chip to rim and footrim, general crazing/cracking to the surface over time., , One vase, chip to rim and couple of grazes to the rim, one ram with chip to the eye area, two large chips to footrim and small area of added colour to side of foot. **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of £8
Lot 641
A Mixed Selection of Motion Picture Cine Cameras, to include a Bell & Howell Sportster, a Pathescope H, a Kodak Royal, a Kodak Brownie Movie Camera, a Magazine cine Kodak, a Zeiss Ikon Movikon K, a Revere 8, a Eumig C3 M, a Fujica Single 8 P1, & othersNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
Lot 706
A Collection of Microscope Slides, comprising of a set in a flip front case to hold 144 slides, slides include a number by N.B.S. with an unusual slide by P. K. Sartori and a number of experimental mirrored slides, a small number of slides in a smaller flip front case; a set of amateur slides in a wooden case (3 cases)
Lot 810
A Large Collection of Early Photography Books, Collection of photographic books comprising: The Practical Photographer – Volume 5, by Percy Lund & Co, 1894; The British Journal Photographic Almanac, by Henry Greenwood & CO, 1941; The Practical Photographer – Volume 2, by Percy Lund & Co, 1891; The Year–Book Of Photography, by Thomas Bolas, 1886; The British Journal Photographic Almanac, by George E. Brown, 1922; The Ilford Manual Of Photography, C. H. Bothamley, A Handbook Of Photography In Colours, by Thomas Bolas, 1900; A History And Handbook Of Photography, by J. Thomson, 1878; Practical comprising of: Photography, by O. E. Wheeler; Bromide Printing, by F. C. Lambert, 1909; Photo Handbook, by Alec. J. Jones; The British Journal Photographic Almanac, by Henry Greenwood & Co, 1947; The Photographic Studio, by T. Bolas, 1895; Burton’s Modern Photography, by W. K. Burton, 1887; The Optics Of Photography And Photographic Lenses, by J. Traill Taylor, 1898; The Portrait Studio – Third Edition, by Henry Greenwood & Co; Photography For Amateurs, by T. C. Hepworth, 1890; Everybody’s Guide To Photography, by “Operatorâ€; A Practical A.B.C Of Photography, by E. J. Wall; Photography On Tour, by Iliffe & Sons Limited; The ‘Kentmere’ & ‘YTO’ Photographic Papers & Cards, by Kentmere LTD; The British Journal Photographic Almanac, by George E. Brown, 1915; Three-Colour Photography, by Von Hübl, 1915, (a lot)
Lot 175
Johnston (W. & A. K. publishers). Dedicated to her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen, The Edinburgh Cabinet Atlas Comprising Maps Illustrating the Modern Geography of every Country of the World..., 1839, decorative calligraphic title, torn and crudely repaired, contents and index, 44 (of 45 engraved maps, lacking Austria) all with contemporary outline colouring, and two uncoloured engraved comparison plate, some staining, dust and finger soiling, but largely confined to the margins, some pencil marginalia, later endpapers, the rear endpaper with a library blind stamp, modern leatherette boards with a facsimile title page pasted to the upper cover, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.
Lot 234
* Moore (Lieutenant Joseph). Sixteen plates from 'Views taken at and near Rangoon', London, Kingsbury & Co. & Thomas Clay, October 1, 1825 - January 2, 1826, sixteen aquatint views by G. Hunt, H. Pyall, T. Fielding and R. Reeve, all with bright contemporary hand-colouring, five plates tipped on to near-contemporary paper, slight marginal dust soiling and staining, occasional short marginal closed tears, 'Inside View of the Gold Temple' with longer repaired marginal closed tear, but not affecting the printed image, each approximately 320 x 420 mm, together with two subscribers sheets from the same workQTY: (18)NOTE:The plates consist of. Scene upon the Terrace of the Great Pagoda at Rangoon..., Inside View of the Golden Temple..., View of the Lake and part of the Eastern Road from Rangoon..., Scene upon the Eastern View from Rangoon..., The Position of part of the Army previous to attacking the Stockades on the 8th July 1824, The Gold Temple of the Principal Idol Guadma..., Scene upon the Terrace of the Great Dagon Pagoda at Rangoon taken near the Great Bell, One of the Birman Gilt War Boats..., The Attack of the Stockades at Pagoda Point on the Rangoon River..., The Attack of the Dalla Stockade by the Combined Forces..., View of the Great Dagon Pagoda at Rangoon and Scenery Adjacent..., View of the Landing at Rangoon of part of the Combined Forces from Bengal and Madras..., The Attack on the Stockades near Rangoon by Sir Archibald Campbell K. C. B...., View of the Great Dagon Pagoda and Adjacent Scenery taken on the Eastern Road from Rangoon, The attempt of the Birmans to retake the Stockades of Dalla..., [and] The Storming of the Fort of Syriam...,
Lot 323
Charles I. Basilika. The Works of King Charles the Martyr: with a Collection of Declarations, Treatises, and other Papers Concerning the Differences Betwixt His Said Majesty and His Two Houses of Parliament. With the History of His Life; as also of His Tryal and Martyrdome, 2nd edition, London: Ric. Chiswell, 1687, additional engraved title, without frontispiece and also lacking all three double-page plates, 19th century endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, old reback preserving spine and red morocco title label, upper board near detached, extremities worn, folio, together with:[Godbolt, John], Reports of certain cases, arising in the severall courts of record at Westminster; in the raignes of Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and the late King Charles ... Collected by very good hands, and lately re-viewed, examined, and approved of by the late learned Justice Godbolt..., London: Printed by T.N. for W. Lee, 1653, occasional early marginalia, some toning and spotting throughout, contemporary calf, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, 4to,Degge (Simon), The Parsons Counsellor, with the Law of Tithes or Tithing..., 2nd edition, corrected, London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for Henry Twyford, 1677, fore-margin of title browned, some light dust-soiling, contemporary sheep 8vo, Dudley and Ward (John Ward, Viscount), The Law of a Justice of Peace and Parish Officer: containing all the Acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench, 3 volumes, London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan ... and sold by W. Griffin, 1769, occasional light toning, contemporary calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, joints cracked and light wear, 4to,Sanderson (Robert), A Preservation against Schism and rebellion, in the most trying times..., 3 volumes, London: Charles Rivington, 1722, contemporary panelled calf, joints lightly cracked, 8vo, plus other 17th and 18th century antiquarian including 3 odd volumes of Historical Collections by John Rushworth, 1680-1721QTY: (16)
Lot 351
Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, 1st edition in book form, later issue, London: Chapman and Hall, 1838, half-title, frontispiece, etched title, 41 etched plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Halbot K Browne, spotting, browning to plates (as expected), advertisements to endpapers and pastedowns, original variant blindstamped purple cloth gilt, some wear, 8vo, together with:The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, half-title, frontispiece, 39 etched plates, plates browned, contemporary black morocco gilt, worn, 8vo, with 3 others reprints by Dickens QTY: (5)
Lot 447
Lépicié (M.). Catalogue Raisonné Des Tableaux Du Roy, Avec Un Abrégé De La Vie Des Peintres, Fait par ordre de Sa Majesté, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1752, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated mottled full calf with gilt armorial decorations to the front & rear boards, slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, large 8vo, together with:Bedford (W. K. R.), Malta And The Knights Hospitallers, London: Seeley And Co, 1894, 4 monochrome plates plus 25 in-text illustrations, bound with The Picture Gallery Of Charles I, by Philip Claude, London Seeley And Co., 1896, 4 monochrome plates plus 32 illustrations, and Whitehall Historical And Architectural Notes, by W. J. Loftie, London: Seeley And Co., 1895, 4 monochrome plates plus 23 illustrations, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, bound in contemporary gilt decorated half vellum, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusSeeley (J. R.), Life And Times Of Stein; Or, Germany And Prussia In The Napolonic Age, 2 volumes, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879, monochrome portrait frontispiece, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some toning, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform hilt decorated red half morocco bound by R. W. Smith, volume 1 front board sympathetically repaired, slightly rubbed to head & foot, and other 18th, 19th & early 20th-century art reference & literature, including Catalogue Of The Pictures In The Collection Of The Hon, Sir John Ward...At Dudley House, Park Lane, Privately Printed, 1927, period inscription to the front endpaper by Wilfred Parling (?), original gilt decorated blue half calf, 8vo, all leather bindings, some foreign language & odd volumes, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toApproximately 60 volumesQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 455
Bennett (Arnold). Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People, 1st edition, London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1913, monochrome illustrations by E. A. Rickards, some light spotting & toning, original brown cloth spine to boards, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Pope (Mildred K. & Eleanor C. Lodge, editors), Life of the Black Prince, by The Herald of Sir John Chandos, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910, inscribed by Eleanor C. Lodge to the front endpaper, gutters cracked, some light toning throughout, original white cloth spine to blue boards slightly toned & marked, 8vo, plusNoel (B. W.), Notes of a Tour in the Valleys of Piedmont,1st edition, London: James Nisbet And Co., 1855, monochrome folding map to the front, some light marginal toning, original blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century history reference, including Historic Devices, Badge, And War-Cries, by Mrs. Bury Palliser, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1870, original red cloth, 8vo, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves )
Lot 1385
RACKHAM (A), AESOP'S FABLES; full page colour plates, pictorial green cloth, London, William Heinemann, 1912, with Greenaway (K), Little Ann and Other Poems, pictorial boards, London, Frederick Warne & Co, also A Day In A Child's Life, Out Of The Way Pets with pictorial blue cloth, Summer Rambles Round Manchester, limited edition of 250, and six other books (11)
Lot 165
An early 20th century Japanese Fukugawa porcelain vase decorated with a three claw dragon amongst clouds, on lilac ground, stylised painted mark to base, height 24cm.Footnote: This vase was presented to John Lankester Parker OBE by the Japanese Aviation firm Kawanishi when Mr Parker, representing the British Aviation firm Short Brothers, visited to instruct and supervise the production of the Short-Kawanishi K-F1 flying boat in the early 1930s; three photographs depicting this visit are included in this lot.Additional InformationVase appears in good condition, some very light general wear and dirt.
Lot 673
ERIC RAVILIOUS FOR WEDGWOOD; an alphabet mug in blue, height 8cm, with a Richard Guyatt Queen Elizabeth II 1953 Coronation mug (2).Additional InformationBoth a little grubby and the larger with minor rubbing to the gilding but essentially ok. Tiny pin head size nick to the rim on the alphabet mug just above K. No chips or cracks.
Lot 10
A Short History of Lebanon by Philip K Hitti 1965 First Edition Hardback Book with 248 pages published by Macmillan and Co Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Lot 300
The Triumph of French Painting Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse by S K and W R Johnston 2000 First Edition Softback Book with 160 pages published by The Baltimore Museum of Art some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Lot 38
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling 2007 First Edition Hardback Book with 607 pages published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Lot 8
The Biography of President Von Hindenburg by A M K Watson 1930 First Edition Hardback Book with 316 pages published by Albert E Morriott Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Lot 110
Four: Major K. H. Devitt, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery, later Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (Lieut. K. H. Devitt. Hants & I. of W. R.G.A.) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Capt. K. H. Devitt. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major K. H. Devitt.) minor edge bruising to first, good very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- Kenneth Hayward Devitt was born in Upper Clapton, Middlesex, in 1882 and served with the Service Company, Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War. He saw further service with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from May 1915. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extracts.
Lot 125
Six: Surgeon Captain K. H. Jones, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (Surgn. K. H. Jones, R.N., H.M.S. Waterwitch); 1914-15 Star (Ft. Surg. K. H. Jones, M.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Commr. K. H. Jones. R.N.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Russia, Empire, Order of St Stanislaus, Second Class neck badge, with swords, gold and enamel, by Eduard, St Petersburg, the first five mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- Kenneth Hurlstone Jones was born on 10 February 1873, at Manchester, and was educated at Owens College Manchester and Victoria University, M.B., Ch.B. (2nd class Honours), 1897. On graduation he joined the Royal Navy, serving in home waters until sent to H.M.S. Waterwitch on the China station, where he earned his first medal. In 1905, after a short period on half pay, he joined R.N.H. Hong Kong. In 1908 he was promoted Staff Surgeon on his return to the U.K. In 1909 he published an article in “Ibis” entitled “Notes on birds seen on the Trans-Siberian Railway”, so it is possible he returned to the U.K. overland. His papers show he was interested in natural history and several papers in a range of journals were to follow. He then held a range of appointments, being promoted to Fleet Surgeon in 1913 ante-dated to 1911. In World War 1 after a period on H.M.H.S. Agadir Jones joined the Duke of Edinburgh, serving on her at Jutland. He was awarded the Order of St Stanislaus (London Gazette 5 June 1917) for his services at Jutland, and also the Order of the Crown of Belgium (London Gazette 29 August 1917). After the war he served in a range of establishments, being discharged in 1924 with an honorary step in rank to Surgeon Captain. He was a Fellow of the Zoological Society, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a member of the Council of the R.S.P.B. He died in November 1938 at Canterbury aged sixty five from a coronary thrombosis.
Lot 144
A poignant campaign group of three awarded to Lieutenant G. K. Cathles, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment. Cathles received a severe gun shot wound to the face, 25 January 1915, leading to 17 months in hospital and 13 different operations. Offered an honourable discharge from the Army, instead he decided to volunteer for a commission in the Kite Balloon Section, Royal Flying Corps. The latter was short-lived with his nerves shattered, and once again he would have been offered a way out. However he persevered, and served as an Equipment Officer and then a Technical Officer with 144 Squadron in Egypt. Then in an astonishing turn of events that confirmed his determination, he was declassified from Technical to Flying Observer in August 1918. It was a decision that was to cost him his life - when he went up in a D.H.9 piloted by the Canadian ‘Ace’ Captain A. L. Fleming, M.C. and was killed in a flying accident, 11 August 1918 1914 Star (2316 Pte G. K. Cathles. 14/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. K. Cathles. R.A.F.) with privately made memorial plaque in silver mounted on wood depicting the Royal Air Force Eagle above the force motto, additionally engraved ‘George Kinloch Cathles Served Royal Air Force Aug 12th 1914 - Aug 11th 1918’, generally good very fine or better (3) £600-£800 --- George Kinloch Cathles was born in October 1894, and educated at Hornsey County School, Highgate Grammar School and the South London Polytechnic. He was employed as a Shipping Clerk with a firm of East Indian Merchants prior to the war. Cathles enlisted in the 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment, 17 August 1914, and served with the Battalion in the French theatre of war from 16 September 1914. He suffered a severe gun shot wound to the face, 25 January 1915, and spent the next 17 months in hospital undergoing 13 different operations. Cathles was offered his discharge from the Army, but choose to apply for a commission in the Kite Balloon Section of the Royal Flying Corps. He was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant, 9 September 1916, and appointed as a Balloon Officer, 26 October 1916. Cathles served with No. 24 Kite Balloon Section in France from November 1916. However, his operational service in balloons was very short-lived and it appears that his nerves were shattered and he was readmitted to hospital on Christmas Day 1916. There then followed months of treatment and sick leave and a R.F.C. Medical Board arraigned on 8 May 1917 gave the following verdict, ‘His nerve for balloon work has gone, and in my opinion he is not likely to stand the strain of general service in any branch.’ Cathles continued to persevere and was re-appointed as an Equipment Officer 3rd Class in August 1917. He was promoted Temporary Lieutenant and posted to Egypt in March 1918. Cathles served as Technical Officer with 144 Squadron at Port Said, and then in an astonishing turn of events that confirmed his determination, he was declassified from Technical to Flying Observer in August 1918. It was a decision that was to cost him his life. Cathles went up in a D.H.9 with Canadian ‘Ace’ Captain A. L. Fleming, M.C. (with 8 Victories to his name) as his pilot. The aircraft crashed with the pilot surviving, and Cathles being killed - ‘the cause of the accident was in our opinion due to the machine being stalled on a turn thus causing it to go into a spin coming out into a nose dive and owing to a lack of height the pilot was unable to extricate himself.’ (Court of Inquiry findings refer). Lieutenant Cathles is buried in Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Sold with extensive copied research.
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Lot 157
Three: Steward K. MacDonald, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914-15 Star (K. Mc [sic] Donald, Std., M.F.A.) British War and Victory Medals (K. MacDonald, Std., M.F.A.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Telegraphist H. T. Sharp, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.40910 H. T. Sharp. Tel. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (5) £60-£80 --- Kenneth MacDonald. A number of men with this name served with the Mercantile Marine during the Great War, including a man with this rate who was killed in action whilst serving with the Mercantile Marine Reserve, in H.M.Y. Sanda, when she was sunk by gunfire, off the Belgian Coast on 25 September 1915. Harry Thomas Sharp, a Grocer’s Assistant from Brighton, Sussex, was born on 14 January 1899. He attested for the Royal Navy, as a Boy, on 18 May 1915. Advanced Telegraphist on 11 September 1915, he saw service during the Great War in H.M.S. Glasgow from 18 January 1916 to 26 February 1918. He was discharged to shore on 7 April 1920.
Lot 227
Six: Sergeant K. W. Coates, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (518789 L.A.C. K. W. Coates, R.A.F.) in named card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘518789 Sgt. Coates, K.W., c/o S.H.Q., 216 M.U., Royal Air Force’; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (518789 Sgt. K. W. Coates. R.A.F.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (6) £140-£180
Lot 26
A Second War ‘Pacific Operations’ D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander A. C. K. Yates, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: decorated for his gallantry and skill in ministering to the wounded of the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Indefatigable during Japanese “kamikaze” attacks in 1945, he went on to win the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Marine Medal while serving as Ship’s Surgeon in the R.M.S. Queen Mary in 1955 - one newspaper declaring the latter incident to be ‘one of the most daring rescues ever carried out by a giant liner’s crew’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45; Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Marine Medal, bronze (To Arthur K. Yates for Gallant Service, 30/1/55), mounted as worn, good very fine or better (7) £3,600-£4,400 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 23 October 1945: ‘For gallantry, skill and great devotion to duty during operations performed in collaboration with the United States Pacific Fleet in the capture of Okinawa and the Nansei Shoto area, over the period 26 March to 20 April 1945.’ Arthur Charles Kingsgate Yates qualified in medicine at Sydney University in 1922, and served as an Honorary Assistant Gynaecologist at the Royal South Sydney Hospital before coming to the U.K. in 1925, where he was appointed a F.R.C.S. (Edinburgh). Later on, however, he journeyed South to take up an appointment as a Clinical Assistant at the Great Ormonde Street Hospital for Sick Children in London. The War Years Joining the “Wavy Navy” as a Surgeon Lieutenant in November 1939, Yates was serving as a Temporary Acting Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander in the cruiser H.M.S. Hermione by March 1941, in time, therefore, for her part in the Bismarck episode later that year and, indeed, for the action in which she rammed and sank the Italian submarine Tambien off Tunis that August. In fact, as a component of “Force H”, the Hermione went on to see extensive action in the Mediterranean right up until her loss on 16 June 1942, when she was torpedoed north of Sollum by the U-202 - she went down stern first with eight officers and 79 ratings out of her complement of about 450 men. It is probable that Yates was present on the same occasion, for he is still listed as her Surgeon in the Navy List of February 1942. Having then returned to the U.K., where he enjoyed a long posting ashore at President, Yates joined the aircraft carrier Indefatigable. And by early 1945, her F.A.A. aircraft were hotly engaged against assorted Japanese targets in “Operation Iceberg”, when she lent support to the U.S. landings at Okinawa. It was at the commencement of the latter operation, on 1 April 1945, that Indefatigable became the first British victim of a kamikaze aircraft, being hit on the flight deck above her “island” superstructure, the detonation of the Zero’s 500lb. bomb wrecking both flight deck barriers and the briefing room. Moreover, in so far as Yates was concerned, it also wrecked the flight deck sick bay - eight men were killed instantly, and the final casualty total was four officers and ten ratings killed, and 16 wounded. Nor were these the only casualties with which Yates had to contend, F.A.A. aircrew sometimes returning wounded from operations. A case in point would be Sub. Lieutenant D. M. James, R.N.V.R., an Avenger pilot, who was seriously wounded in the thigh by 13mm. shellfire on 17 May 1945 - he carried out an emergency landing on Indefatigable’s flight deck and was taken below to Yates but sadly died of his wounds later that day. Following repairs at Sydney, the Indefatigable returned to an operational footing, and her aircraft were in action right up until 15 August 1945, on which date they fought the last air-to-air combat of the War. Throughout this period she remained under threat from further kamikaze attacks. Most probably, however, the catalyst behind the award of Yates’ D.S.C. dated back to Indefatigable’s first painful experience of “The Divine Wind” on 1 April 1945. High drama in the North Atlantic As evidenced by Yates’ subsequent award of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Marine Medal, his post-war career also took him to sea, and his part in the rescue of two injured seamen from the S.S. Liberator in the North Atlantic on 30 January 1955, was certainly one of high drama - all the more remarkable then that the Queen Mary’s captain later reported that his surgeon ‘looked as fresh and smiling as if he was just going in to bat for his home team in Sydney, Australia’. The Society’s records state: ‘At 15.40 hours on 29 January 1955, the Queen Mary received a radio message from the S.S. Liberator asking for medical aid for two members of crew who were seriously injured. A reply was dispatched immediately informing the Master that the Queen Mary would proceed towards Liberator. A rendezvous was made and the Liberator was reached at 0.30 hours on 30 January. At 2.01 hours the Queen Mary lowered No. 1 sea boat in charge of Mr. L. K. Goodier, Senior 1st Officer, which took across the Ship’s Surgeon, Dr. A. C. K. Yates, and the ship’s Second Dispenser Mr. A. J. Chapman. The Liberator’s gunwale was about 30 feet from the water line and she was rolling heavily. With the ship’s roll and the high sea the boat, when alongside the Liberator was rising and falling approximately 25 feet up and down the ship’s side, against which it was being thrown heavily. When the boat first arrived there was a ladder over the Liberator’s lee side, but so far aft that the boat could not approach it owing to the danger of getting water under the counter, or of going on to the propeller which was half above water. The ladder was eventually moved to amidships, but because of the language difficulties it was decided to put a seaman on board to assist the surgeon and to convey the 1st Officer’s requirements as to boat ropes and lowering lines. Able Seaman Marrington jumped on to the ladder when the boat was on top of a sea - the next sea brought the boat higher up the ship’s side and but for his agility he would have been crushed between the ship and boat. When Marrington got on board he had a line lowered for the Surgeon and Dispenser, who were hoisted up clear of the boat and on to the ladder. From the time the boat left the Queen Mary the wind and sea had been increasing in force to a fresh gale, high sea and heavy confused swell with fierce rain squalls. After getting the Surgeon and Dispenser on board the 1st Officer considered it was too dangerous to lie alongside, or in the lee of the Liberator while the surgeon was examining the injured men, so he returned to lie in the lee of the Queen Mary.’ At this juncture, it was decided to hoist the No. 1 sea boat back aboard the Queen Mary, the latter’s captain remaining convinced that the prevailing conditions would make it near impossible to return to collect Yates and colleagues. He was, therefore, very surprised to receive a radio message reporting that he did indeed intend to return to the Queen Mary with the two injured men. The Society’s records continue: ‘At 3.33 the boat was again lowered and sent away with a different volunteer crew in charge of Mr. P. A. Read, Chief Officer, and reached the Liberator at 03.48 hours. They then took aboard Dr. Yates, the Dispenser and the seamen from the Queen Mary and the two injured seamen from the Liberator and returned to the Queen Mary at 04.27 hours. The second boat’s crew experien...
Lot 32
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. attributed to Lieutenant C. F. K. Ekensteen, Australian Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Lt. K. Ekensteen, Prémont. Sept. 1918’, complete with original pin brooch, nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- M.C. London Gazette 8 March 1919. The original Recommendation states: ‘During the operation east of Joncourt on the morning of 6th October, whilst supporting the 30th American Division, this officer was detailed to take charge of a mounted reconnaissance patrol. The advance did not proceed according to programme and this officer assuming the part of an intelligence officer moved along the advanced line of the Regimental front throughout the day, forwarding the most useful information as hostile machine gun positions that were definitely holding our infantry advance. Throughout the day although exposed to heavy machine gun and artillery fire, the Artillery Group were kept informed of the position of our infantry and the artillery were thus enabled to give the utmost support to the advancing infantry. With an utter disregard for personal safety, this officer communicated the position of our troops when it was very difficult to ascertain the situation.’ Clive Frederick Keith Ekensteen was born at Watson’s Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He enlisted into the ranks of the Australian Artillery on 20 September 1915, as Gunner No. 7171. He embarked for Egypt on 18 November 1915, and landed there on 21 December 1915. He was subsequently posted to 5th Field Artillery Brigade, destined for France, landing there in March 1915. He was transferred to the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column and was commissioned Second Lieutenant ‘in the field’, on 26 November 1917. On 21 May 1918 he was transferred to the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, with which he was to earn the Military Cross. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 9 March 1918. Note: The date and location engraved to the reverse of M.C. does not tally with the official Recommendation, although, in common with similar cases, it may be that the recipient, not having seen a copy of the Recommendation, was unaware of the exact circumstances for which he had been awarded the M.C. Sold with copied research.
Lot 33
A good Second War Pathfinder’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Lancaster Flight Engineer, Warrant Officer H. R. Hart, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 55 operational sorties during his service with 61, 156, and 405 Squadrons, including being employed as Master Bomber and Deputy Master Bomber crew on several occasions. After the war he flew Lincolns with 617 Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine or better (lot) (4) £2,000-£2,400 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 20 February 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Warrant Officer Hart is a highly efficient Flight Engineer who is now on his second tour of operations. He has participated in attacks on many heavily defended enemy targets, included amongst which are Berlin, Mannheim and Stuttgart. He has a thorough knowledge of his trade and inspires confidence by the cool and efficient manner in which he performs his duties even when strongly engaged by the enemy. Undoubtedly, the fine fighting spirit evinced by this Warrant Officer, combined with his superior technical knowledge, has done much to ensure that the fine operational record of his crew has been kept at a very high standard.’ Harold Ross Hart was born in Leicester in April 1924, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in August 1942. After initial training as a Flight Engineer, he was posted to No. 1661 Conversion Unit, Winthorpe in July 1943. Hart was posted for operational flying with 61 Squadron (Lancasters) at Syerston in August 1943. He flew in 6 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Nuremburg (his first ‘Op’), 27 August 1943, ‘Attacked 3 Times & Shot Up By Lanc. W/Op Injured. Ailerons U/S’ (Log Book refers); Munchen Gladbach; Berlin (3) and Mannheim. Hart was posted to the Path Finder Force N.T.U. at Upwood in February 1944, and then for operational service with 156 Squadron (Lancasters) as part of No. 8 Group, Path Finder Force at Upwood in March 1944. He flew in at least 35 operational sorties with the Squadron, crewed initially with Pilot Officer W. J. Taggart (an Australian) as his pilot and then with Squadron Leader K. J. Lawson (D.S.O. and Bar, D.F.C.) from 11 July 1944, including: Stuttgart; Frankfurt; Nuremburg, 30/31 March 1944, when 95 aircraft were lost as part of Bomber Command’s biggest loss of the war; Rouen; Cologne; Dusseldorf; St. Ghislain, 1 May 1944, when the crew were employed as Deputy Master Bomber; Mont Didier (2); Bougnenais; Hasselt, 11 May 1944, when the crew were employed as the Master Bomber; Aachen; Tergnier; Tours, 11 June 1944, as Master Bomber; St. Pol, 14 June 1944, as Master Bomber; Biennais; Revigne; Cagne; Rollez; Coulen Villers; Foret de Croc; Acquet; Stuttgart (2), including 25 July 1944 when he flew with the Squadron’s Commanding Officer Wing Commander T. L. Bingham-Hall as his pilot; Battle Area, 30 July 1944; Bois de Cassan; Pauillac; St. Quentin; Eindhoven; Kiel (3); Connantre; Russelheim; Stettin; Le Havre (2); Schalven; Frankfurt, 12 September 1944, ‘Hit by Flak’ (Log Book refers); Calais and Saarbrucken. Hart transferred with his pilot, now Wing Commander Lawson, to 405 (Vancouver) Squadron, R.C.A.F. (Lancasters) at Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire in October 1944. The Squadron was also a member of No. 8 Group, and Hart flew in 7 operational sorties with them, including: Stuttgart; Cologne (2); Warne Eickel, 9 November 1944, ‘Hit by Flak’ (Ibid); Julich; Freiburg, 27 November 1944, ‘Hole in Nose Two Bombing Runs’ (Ibid) and Karlsruhe. The latter raid marked the end of Hart’s second tour of operations. The following month Wing Commander Lawson and 4 other members of his crew were killed when they were shot down returning from a raid to Nuremburg. Hart was posted to the Empire Air Navigation School, Shawbury in February 1945, and stayed at this posting until June the following year. Subsequent postings included to 50 Squadron (Lincolns) at Waddington, December 1946 - April 1947 and 617 Squadron (Lincolns) at Binbrook, April 1947 - September 1947 (including taking part in the ‘Good Will Tour’ of the United States of America). The remainder of Hart’s service was split between 50 and 97 Squadrons, before finishing at Shawbury and No. 7 R.F.S. Desford in August 1952. He was discharged as a Warrant Officer and after the war resided at 13 Wheatley Road, Stocking Farm Estate, Leicester. Sold with the following original related items: Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book (10 July 1943 - 23 September 1953); R.A.F. Service and Release Book; named Buckingham Palace enclosure for D.F.C.; Path Finder Force Badge Award Certificate, dated 8 December 1944, with named enclosure for Badge; annotated crew photograph and newspaper cuttings.
Lot 349
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22274117 Cpl. K. Williams. R.E.) good very fine £60-£80 --- Keith Williams was born in 1933 and enlisted for the General Service Corps and Royal Engineers at Brighton on 16 February 1949. He rose to the rank of Sergeant and was discharged on 15 December 1968, having served for over 19 years. He re-enlisted into the Royal Corps of Transport (T.A.) on 15 September 1970 and was discharged on 31 October 1972, on his own request. Sold with the recipient’s soldier’s ‘Red Book’ Certificate of Service and later T.A. Discharge Certificate; together with four original photographs of the recipient in uniform.
Lot 355
Defence Medal (NX33200 J. E. K. Tate); War Medal 1939-45 (11) (Major T. C. F. Rolls; Rev N. H. Bland.; 241586 H. V. Dolman; C166731 J. J. Fransch; N56989 A. Majiyezi; VK 35338 E. P. Blake; NX6798 G A Prendiville; NK23101 A. Cook; R.N. H.M.S. Cey/184023 Alexander Sailor; William J. Seymour; S. Wait) the first eight officially impressed, the last three privately engraved, generally nearly very fine and better (12) £60-£80
Lot 440
A large quantity of Documents, Wartime Photographs, and other Ephemera. Including a Commission Document appointing Theodore Francis Edwards a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps, dated 17 August 1935; Wartime photographs attributed to members of the Dunscombe family, specifically Sub Lieutenant E. W. Dunscombe, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (31 photographs); Lieutenant T. A. Dunscombe, Royal Artillery (4 photographs); and Dorothy Dunscombe, Auxiliary Territorial Force (4 photographs); Wartime photographs and Army Training Manuals attributed to Captain A. Thorne and Lieutenant P. Turnbull, both Grenadier Guards, principally related to bomb and mine laying and disposal; Documents and photographs relating to Flight Lieutenant F. M. Fuller, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; a small lot of photographs attributed to the Samuels and Kirkland families of Newton le Willows, Yorkshire, together with a small silver R.A.F. wings sweetheart badge; and a Father and son pair of Metropolitan Police pension certificates and Metropolitan Police J. Hudson & Co., Whistles, to Police Constable H. Parker, ‘K’ (Bow) Division, and Police Constable H. A. Parker, ‘M’ (Southwark) Division, generally good condition (lot) £60-£80 --- Sold with copied research.
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