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Click here to subscribeWW2 British RAF Medal group consisting of 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal and War Medal all mounted on a bar with original ribbons to Wing Commander Edward Halls Dally. Complete with Commission Citation for rank of Acting Pilot Officer dated 1936. Also an Advanced Drving Certificate to Wing Commander Edward Halls Dally dated 1956.
WW2 British Royal Scots Fusiliers Medal group to 14440056 Sgt Cornelius Patrick Williams comprising of France & Germany Star, War Medal mounted on a bar plus Defence Medal loose: spare ribbons, a War Medal with missing suspender: identity disks with Roman Catholic medallion: AB64: Certificate of Service 1943 - 1952: WD Driving permit: Booklet 52nd (Lowland) Division Post War Activities: Prayer book: Post Office Saving Book: Kilt brooch: two Regimental buttons: 1941 dated Glengarry cap complete with badge, size 7, maker marked "JL Currie & Co": Wash Roll: Sweetheart embroidery: Hardback book "Mountain & Flood" the history of the 52nd (Lowland) Division 1939-1946 by George Blake 1950: Hand painted wooden plaques x 2 done in Germany 1946/1948, size 28 cm x 22cm and size 31cn x 24cm: a selection of Staybrite cap badges and collar dogs, large framed map showing the progress of the 52nd (Lowland) Division through North West Europe 88cm x 62cm.
WW2 British Medal Group consisting of 1939-45 Star, Burma Star and War Medal 1939-45 complete in box of issue to 1487239 2nd Lt GC Payne, RA. All complete with original ribbons. Along with his identity disks, rank pips, brass RA shoulder titles, buttons, Officers bronze collar dog, WO's rank crown, RA buttons. Also included in the group is a large photo album / journal complied by his wife beggining on Sept 8th 1939 when he enlisted and which covers his entire war from being an enlisted man and home service through to being Commissioned and service in the Far East. Contains large group photos, unit orders, telegrams, press cuttings, post cards, Japanese paperwork, etc. Lt Payne saw service with 20th LAA Regt, 83rd LAA, 60th LAA Regt and 85th (City of London) Medium Regt RA.
WW1 British Scrapbook compiled by Winifred De Mouton, dated Nov 1918, comprising of 56 pages of press cuttings covering the end of the Great War. Size 31cm x 26cm. Along with a second album of press cuttings by the same lady entitled "The Great War Press Cuttings", 10 pages along with some loose, dating from 1919, size 31cm x 25cm: Edwardian un framed portrait photo of a Captain wearing the India medal with 5 clasps and Sam Brown belt, size 14cm x 10cm pasted onto card: Edwardian photo of an Officer with Swagger stick in a Birmingham Hallmarked Silver frame with date letter "k", overall size 12cm x 7.5cm: Edwardian oval framed portrait photograph of an Officer of the Liverpool Regt wearing Field Service Cap, overall size 23cm x 18cm: WW2 Framed portrait photograph of a Lieut of the 16th County of London Regt wearing service dress with Sam Brown. Cap badge fixed to top of frame, overall size 29cm x 20cm. Frame maker marked "JC Vickery, Regent St. W" (6)
WW1 Royal Flying Corps and early RAF interest. An outstanding group to 13412 Lt Stuart Leslie consisting of Army Book 425 Pilots Flying Log Book, first entry 29/11/17, final entry 24/10/18, posted to No 4 Squadron on 3/5/18 and saw active service until 24th October 1918 with over 260 hours total flying time both as a Pilot and Observer. The log entries are detailed and include such items as crash landings, number of rounds fired from the Lewis gun, number of bombs dropped, actions with enemy aircraft, anti aircraft fire, photos taken, etc. Also included are his Soldiers Small book dated with enlistment date of 30/10/15 at the age of 22 years. Next of Kin listed as Father, Henry Cliftonville Leslie: RFC Training Transfer Card with posting date 17/11/17, aircraft types flown, DH6, BE2e, RE8, BE2c, BE12. Hours flown since graduation 10.5 on the RE8.: Booklet "Questions and Answers on the Practical Application of SS 131 for Pilots & Observers, RAF. 2nd Wing RAF", named in pencil to front cover: Form from Artillery & Infantry Co-Operation School, Pilots School with marks on Artillery Co-Operation etc for a 14 day course: Form from the Artillery & Inf Co-Operation school stating on transfer no Clothing statement received from No 69 TS: dated 28/4/18: Three sheets of Foolscap size Standing Orders issued at No 5 School of Military Aeronautics, RFC, Denham Bucks, Sept 1917: A card bound cover loose Lecture book containing all his notes with drawings detailing, aircraft rigging, engines, Ariel observations, Map reading, Instruments, Bombs etc: "A" Form Messages & Signals dated 31/101918 telling him and two other officers to proceed to Armentieres Station signed "Good Bye and best wishes": 9 small rolls of gun camera photographs which are dated 24/7/18 or 25/7/18 and additionally marked Lt Leslie, each showing 4 frames of images, these dates are covered in his log book where it mentions "Camera Gun" on July 24th 1918 and on July 26th 1918: A pair of screen printed aircraft pennants wrapped in brown paper, one a Union Flag measuring 22cm x 12cm complete with tie strings which shows evidence of use and a RAF "Duster" pennant 23cm x 11.5cm: RFC Bronze Sweetheart badge, solid back, pin missing, converted from a collar dog maker marked "JR Gaunt, London": 3 RFC Officers Bronze collar dogs, all unmarked: Wire Bullion Miniature Mess Dress RFC Pilots wings measuring 7.5cm: Pair of RFC Pilots Wings cut from uniform with tunic material remaining, approx 11cm across: A pair of RFC Pilots wings uniform removed, approx 11cm across: A pair of RAF Pilots wings in padded form, uniform removed with threads remaining approx 10cm across: A pair of RAF Pilots wings in padded form uniform removed approx 10cm across: Early RAF cuff rank insignia eagle and metal wound stripe, uniform cut off removed: Single cloth Wound Stripe in wire bullion, uniform cut off removed: Single rank shoulder strap shows evidence of promotion from Lt to Captain as pip differs slightly in style, uniform cut off removed, press stud to underside: Small 31mm gilt RAF eagle with twin prongs to reverse maker marked "Lambourne & Co, Birmingham": Metal Wound Stripe with backing plate: Cloth ribbon bar with War Medal & Victory Medal ribbons and another the same but pin backed: 4 heavy card map boards for use in the aircraft with maps pasted to them showing the Front Lines, Hostile Battery Positions, named to him: A single sided cardboard map board showing Light Railways in Corps area 1918: Six other folding maps showing Belgium and France. Photo of Stuart Leslie in the family home, postcards, pre war German business cards, his Father's 1915 driving licence, etc. All contained within a wooden Teachers Whisky box. Background info: Stuart Leslie was born in Finchley, North London on 19th May 1893 to Henry Leslie and his wife Madeline Nora. He had three younger sisters. In 1911 he was listed in the census as being aged 18 and an "Apprentice, Trimmings, Haberdashery". After the Great War he returned to the family home "Cliftonville", Woodhouse Road, Finchley N12 and to the business. In 1939 he was living with his Mother and two sisters still at the family home and listed as being "Manager Straw and Felt Merchant". He never married and died in 1950.
WW1 British Diary written by Sapper Arthur Edward Diggins, 29th Signals Section, Royal Engineers, 29th Division MEF/BEF. Unpublished. The diary measures 18cm x 12cm with a cardboard cover. It begins on Feb 13th 1916 in Suez and ends on October 11th 1916 on the Somme and covers some 37 pages. It is written in pencil. There are good entries throughout giving details of day to day duties, being shelled and being Gassed for the first time, etc. The most important entry is for 1st July 1916 (First Day of the Somme) in which he describes the events of the day first hand. At the back of the diary are two pages of names and address's of his comrades.Sapper Diggins was born on 26th August 1895 in St Pancras, London. At the age of 16 he was employed as an electrician. He saw service at Gallipoli where he also kept a diary which was posted home and is now lost to time. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, War Medal and Victory Medal. He survived the war and married his sweetheart Alice (Nee Phillips) who is mentioned in the diary. In 1920 they had a son who was also named Arthur. In 1939 he joined the ARP while working as a switchboard electrician for the GPO.
TRIO OF FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS PLUS BRONZE DEATH PLAQUE, in original cardboard envelope to include Star Medal, Victory Medal and Bravery Medal for Private Thomas Sutton - 17803 - C. Company of 7th battalion South Staffs. Regiment - from Tipton, who was killed in action 14/12/1917 aged 24 - buried in grave XX.D.5 at Loos British Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, FranceWritten on rims is: 17803 Pte. T. Sutton S. Staff. Rm.17803 Pte. T. Sutton 1/S. Staff: R17803 Pte. T. Sutton. S. Staff. R.
SEVEN FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS to include Trio (Star Medal, British War Medal & Victory Medal) for Corporal George E. Carrington - 10705 - North Staffs. Regiment, Duo (British War Medal & Victory Medal) for driver Joseph Howell - 1707 - Royal Field Artillary, Single (Victory Medal) for Acting Serjeant George Price - 86853 Machine Gun Corps Cavalry, Single (British War Medal) for Ordinary Seaman 3rd Class Herbert Ernest Low - L7470 - Royal Navy
A SMALL COLLECTION OF VARIOUS GERMAN MEDALS ETC. to include War Merit Cross 2nd Class with swords and ribbon, War Merit Cross without swords, 1941/42 Eastern Front Medal with ribbon, a 1938 Nazi Party Day pin badge, a Wehrmacht Army 4-year long service award, a World War One medal ribbon bar and two Picklehaube Helmet Cockades (Prussia etc.)
•CHRISTOPHER SANDERS (1905-1991) 'Trawlers leaving Whitby Harbour' signed lower left, titled and further signed verso, oil on canvas, 59cm x 69cm Christopher Cavania Sanders was selected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts on April 24, 1953, elected as a Royal Academician on 21 February 2 1961, and became a Senior Academician on January 1, 1981. He exhibited frequently and regularly at the Royal Academy from 1933 onwards and also became a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1962. In 1955 he won a gold medal at the Paris Salon. His obituary in The Daily Telegraph noted that "Sanders's work proved popular and accessible from the beginning of his career" and he "produced paintings that were always intensely personal in feeling and passionate in their view of the natural world". Provenance: By direct descent of the Artist
•CHRISTOPHER SANDERS (1905-1991) 'Crysanthemums' Still life study of flowers, signed lower right, further inscribed and with alternative title 'Group of Sunflowers' verso, oil on board, 58cm x 49cm Christopher Cavania Sanders was selected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts on April 24, 1953, elected as a Royal Academician on 21 February 2 1961, and became a Senior Academician on January 1, 1981. He exhibited frequently and regularly at the Royal Academy from 1933 onwards and also became a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1962. In 1955 he won a gold medal at the Paris Salon. His obituary in The Daily Telegraph noted that "Sanders's work proved popular and accessible from the beginning of his career" and he "produced paintings that were always intensely personal in feeling and passionate in their view of the natural world". Provenance: By direct descent of the Artist
WW1 Medals, Family Group To Include 1915-14 Star, British War & Victory Medals Awarded To S-5407 SJT J ADAMS GORD HIGHRS (Gordon Highlanders) Together With A Record Office Letter Dated 1921 Relating To The Death Of Joseph Adams And The Forwarding Of Medals. Together With A Further War And Victory Medal Awarded To S-9028 PTE W ADAMS A & S HIGHRS (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)
Masonic 9ct Gold Fob of Unusual Form - with secret letters to front of fob, fully hallmarked for 9.375 plus a Masonic gilt medal with the words 'Masonic Charity and Benevolence' instituted by H.R.H. August Fred Duke of Sussex M.W Grand Master. Mounted within a 15ct gold mount. Marked 15ct - 625 to edge of mount and hallmarked for Birmingham 1918.
A box of British and World coins and bank notes, including two Collecta Coin Albums, one with 19th and 20th century British coins, the other less populated, also another small coin album, two UK proof sets, several Roman coins, modern crowns and other coinage and more, bank notes mostly WWII and later German, also a WWII Defense medal
Galloway (Peter) The Order of the Bath, Phillimore, 2006, dust wrapper; idem, The Order of St Michael and St George, for the Order, 2000, dust wrapper; Galloway (Peter) et al, Royal Service Volume I; The Royal Victorian Order, Medal and Chain, Victorian Publishing, 1996, original boards; with fifteen others on decorations, orders and awards (18)
Williamson (Howard) The Great War Medal Collectors Companion, Harwich; private publication, 2011, numbered limited edition of 3,500, signed by the author, original pictorial boards; Harvey (David), Monuments to Courage, Victoria Cross Headstones and Memorials, private publication, 1999, two volumes, dust wrappers, slipcase; Creagh (Sir O'Moore) & Humphris (E.M.), The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1923, Hayward, 1978, original cloth gilt; with a large quantity of others on British gallantry medals, battle orders, etc. (qty)
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