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Lot 281
Olympics London 1948 memorabilia including Aquatics Directions for Officials and Competitors,Taylor, Walker & Co. Beermat, XIV Olympiad London 1948 badge, Italia v Jugoslavia Aquatics medal, bronze Olympiad medallion, 6 swimming programmes dated July 30th – August 7th, 1948 and Athletic Review magazine, London 1948
Lot 167
MISCELLANEOUS. An Edward VIII Coronation souvenir pin on original card, a Victorian Jubilee medal & a lady's miniature razor in case. Also, a silver identity bracelet named for Capt. L. Norris-Rogers, BAP, R.E. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Lot 183
SILVER MEDAL. A silver medal presented by the Arethusa & Chichester Training ships to 'H.G. Argent AB for 3 years Service at sea with a very good record, Presented by the Committee'. Hallmarked for Birmingham 1915. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Lot 622
Battle of Trafalgar Interest. The Companion Military Order of the Bath awarded to Captain Edward Rotheram, HMS Royal Sovereign Captain of HMS Royal Sovereign in the Battle of Trafalgar, including:- Facsimile of autograph letter of Lord Nelson to the R.H. The Duke of Kent" dated: Victory 22 July 1805.- A memoir relating to the late Capt. E Rotheram describing his actions at Trafalgar among other records of service- A letter to Capt. Rotheram's granddaughter regarding his tombstone/inscriptions etc.- Letter dated 19 September 1815 containing the ribbon and badge of a Companion of the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath awarded to Capt. Edward Rotheram- A copy of the Times newspaper of 7 November 1805 containing various letters from Lord Collingwood regarding the battle and the death of Lord Nelson- A copy of the Times Newspaper of 3 October 1798 containing letters from Admiral Nelson reporting on his Victory at the Battle of the Nile- A letter from Lord Viscount Howick to Capt. Edward Rotheram dated July 29th 1806 enclosing the CB he was awarded, along with Capt. Edward Rotheram's acknowledgement- Two slips of paper seeming to contain the signature of Admiral Collingwood.- Capt. Edward Rotheram's Statement of Service in the Royal Navy.- Capt. Edward Rotheram's wallet with inscription inside- Miniature portraits of Capt. Rotheram and his wife- Painting of Dorothea Rotheram- Marriage certificate of Capt. E Rotheram (5 March 1795)CONDITION: Suspension loop for the medal is tarnished but otherwise all looks to be in good untouched conditioncomes with:a framed engraving by Pickard of Rotheram with later gilt framean early 19th century pastel and gouache of his daughter, Miss Rotheram, later Lambert, in a Victorian bird's eye maple framea pastel portrait of his wife in good condition in period oval gilt gesso frame, 12 inchesa postcard size lithograph of the Captain in a George V silver frame, overall 8 inchesa portrait miniature in rectangular papier mache frame that looks to date to the late 19th century, glass is dirty, condition is faira portrait miniature c.1840 of Dorothea Rotheram wearing a fancy lace collar, glass dirty, miniature in good ordera silhouette of Mary Lucy Wesson relating to the Cardew familya further un-named small watercolour silhouettea red leather cased miniature of the Captain, with some mould under the glass but otherwise in good conditionloose miniature of a bride thought to be his wife, in good condition, held in a fish skin casea 3.5 inch turned wood snuff box stamped Oswalus Tree with label saying Piece of The Royal Sovereign, Grandfather's Shipassorted letters and related paperwork
Lot 626
A Victorian Crimea War group of three to Sergeant R. Swann, 72nd Highlanders, comprising Crimea Medal with Sebastopol clasp, India Mutiny medal with Central India clasp and Turkish Crimea medal, housed in a presentation frameCONDITION: Medals are sealed into a presentation frame and therefore although naming can be just about made out through the glass we have not been able to examine them at close hand, comes with printed details regarding the Regiment.
Lot 624
A WWI MC group to 2nd Lieut John Fraser, Royal Fusiliers, the MC framed and mounted with a photograph of the recipient with the extract from the London Gazette 26 July 1918CONDITION: MC sealed in the frame and not taken out for examination, ribbon a little discoloured, Victory is named to Lieut J. Fraser as is the war medal, comes with a Regimental cap badge and leather case for the MC.
Lot 623
A Victorian Candahar Ghuznee Cabul medal to Assistant-Surgeon Edward Rotheram Cardew, 27th Bengal NI, born 23rd May 1817, killed near Tezin during the retreat from Kabul in January 1842CONDITION: Worn and tarnished condition, only the lower part of the suspension bar present and that is heavily oxidised, medal itself scratched and scuffed, but naming clear.Together with a group of related letters.
Lot 631
A group of two Crimea War medals awarded to Lieut. Henry Cardew R.A., comprising Crimea medal with with Sebastopol clasp and Turkish Crimea medalCONDITION: Crimea medal a little worn from polish or wear and lacking its suspension bar, ribbon heavily faded, named in Henry Cardew Lieut RATurkish Crimea medal name Lieut H Cardew 1855 - worn from polishingtogether with a letter to Mrs Cardew with a short length of lace inscribed 'picked up in the Redan 1855' and a gold braided tassell, other related family paperwork including a letter addressed to Captain Cardew Royal Engineers Quebec And a large period black and white photograph of the recipient wearing the medals housed in a rather tatty frame
Lot 629
A WWII Military MBE group of six to Major Desmond John Dudley TorrensCONDITION: Relatively recently presented in display case therefore we have not been able to access the five medals, the Territorial medal is held in its original case, comes with Notice for Gallantry in Action dated 1st Oct 42 and signed by General Alexander, leather case for MBE and five miniatures, together with original note regarding mention in Dispatches, details of service where personal number is 115777 and details of the award of the MBE for Service in a field dressing station and work in a surgical centre.
Lot 17
The Legion of Honour is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte and retained by all later French governments and régimes. The order's motto is Honneur et Patrie ("Honour and Fatherland"), and its seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand officier (Grand Officer), and Grand-croix (Grand Cross). Nice original period medal with slight enamel damage
Lot 23
To Gunner RHH Buck, British War Medal and Bilingual Victory Medal. BWM named to SAHA(SA Heavy Artillery), and Victory Medal to the SAMCC (South African Motor Cycle Corps). Rare to find South Africabn WW1 medals named to different units. South African Motor Cyclist Corps was sent in 1916 to East Africa with 400 B.S.A. motorcycles. Although a well-known publicity photograph, usually incorrectly labelled as one of the South African Motor Cycle Corps, shows a smiling soldier with a Model H, all of the known photos from East Africa show the use of Model Ks without the enclosed chain drive. The Model K had a cylinder capacity of 557cc, was rated at 4½ horse power and had a primary chain and belt final drive. The magneto was mounted in front of the engine in a position rather vulnerable to wet conditions, although the front mudguard did have a protective lower flap. The S.A.M.C.C. machines had leather gun buckets mounted on the forks for carrying rifles, Lewis guns or signalling equipment
Lot 40
Rhodesian Bush War Group with Zimbabwe Medals to the Rhodesian Air Force. Zimbabwe Impendence Medal 1980 (06331), Zimbabwe 20 year Exemplary Service Medal (5764 WO1 JR Light), Zimbabwe 10 year Long Service Medal (5764 WO1 JR Light) and Rhodesian General Service Medal (5764 Flt Tech JR Light). All medals correctly numbered and named mounted on original ribbon bar.
Lot 15
Natal 1906 medal with bar 1906 officially impressed Tpr A Black Transvaal Mounted Rifles. The Transvaal sent 535 men of the Imperial Light Horse (ILH), Johannesburg Mounted Rifles (JMR), South African Light Horse (SALH) and the Northern, Eastern and Western Mounted Rifles, these were collectively called the Transvaal Mounted Rifles under the command of Lt Colonel W F Barker
Lot 41
Rhodesian Bush War Group with Zimbabwe Medals to the BSAP Reserve. Zimbabwe Impendence Medal 1980 (67784), Rhodesian General Service medal (6777Q F/R RH Humphries), BSAP Police Reserve Long Service medal ( 6777Q F/R RH Humphries). All medals correctly numbered and still in original packets of issue. No ribbons.
Lot 11
Queens South Africa medals with Six battle clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and Wittenbergen. Officially impressed 3655 Pte A Hardy 12th R Lancers. 1st type Queens medal with ghost dates. Kings South Africa medal with two date clasps officially impressed to 3655 Pte A Hardy 12th Lancers. Sold together with small Boer War period portrait photo of recipient.
Lot 22
All officially named to Pte AJ Barnard Kalahari Horse. Sold together with Original OHMS issue envelope, Identification Card to no 63 Trooper / Sgt Adam Barnard of B Coy Kalahari Horse from the period 12th January 1915 to 30th April 1915 confirming service in the 1914-15 Rebellion, OFS DRA Cap badge, Two DRA shooting medals one dated 1937 East London, Silver Boxed Union Defence Force Shooting medal engraved East London Bisley 1925-27
Lot 39
General Service Medal (George VI) bars Palestine, Palestine 1945-48, Defence Medal, WW2 War Medal and Africa General Service medal (Elizabeth II) bar Kenya, and 1953 Coronation Medal. Defence and War Medal unnamed as issued and GSM medal officially named 103 B/Const A Kerr Palestine Police, AGS named M656 CI (R) WA Kerr. Sold with confirmation of both clasps on general service medal. British Constable Palestine Police and later Chief Inspector (Reserve) Kenya Police.
Lot 262
A RARE JAPANESE LACQUER PILLAR HANGING BY KOMA YASUTADA, HASHIRA-KAKE EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH CENTURY The tall rectangular panel decorated in gold, silver and red on a black roiro ground, depicting a beauty dressed in an ornate Western dress decorated with pearls and ribbons, a medal shaped as a Maltese cross in gold and silver tied at her waist, leaning over and smiling gently, with European-style cross-hatching executed in harigaki, a circular hanging hole above and signed Koma Yasutada saku on the edge of the panel, together with a fitted tomobako box and cover, 158cm x 11.4cm. (2) Provenance: formerly the collection of Mike and Hiroko Dean. Illustrated in M & H Dean, Nihon no Shikki, Japanese lacquer - an Exposition, no.109; also Barry Davies Oriental Art, Japanese lacquer, Nambokucho to Zeshin, The Collection of Mike and Hiroko Dean, pp.67-68, no. 67. Hashira-kake are tall panels which were used to decorate hashira, indoor pillars. Mike Dean (d.2013) was a recognised artist who, throughout his career, exhibited paintings in St Yves and across the UK. Together with his wife Hiroko, they built an important Japanese collection consisting of metalwork and lacquer wares. Mike opened Nihon Token (the Japanese sword) in Museum Street near the British Museum and worked for many years on a book dedicated to their lacquer pieces assembled over forty years. The book was published with Kyoto Shoin Publishers in the early 1980s and was entitled 'Japanese lacquer - an exhibition'. Mike and Hiroko were also close friends of Bernard Leach (1887-1979) and Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) and they loaned many of their own Leach and Hamada pieces to museums in Japan.
Lot 116
A DISPLAY CASE FILLED WITH BROOCHES, HAT PINS, BUTTONS AND MEDALS, to include a large quantity of brooches such as Winnie the Pooh, bows, flags, planes etc, a quantity of hat pins of various designs such as a shell, flower, abolone shell, paste set etc, a blue, white and red enamel medal signed 'Walter J.Lovell' Samaritan fund society, a quantity of royal army service cross buttons etc
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