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Lot 4101
A Manuscript receipt book - Gabriel 'Chummy' Tschumi (1883-1957), Master Chef to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII & King George V. A circa late Nineteenth Century half calf album containing 178 pages of manuscript cookery receipts, the verso of front end paper signed and inscribed "recipes from my service with the Royal Family by Gabriel Tschumi", the recipes divided into categories of dish with m/s tabs at head of pages for soup; fish; meat; savouries; sauces; sweets; etc, the manuscript receipts probably spanning the first half of the 20th century, pages m/s numbered from 263-441, p290 with manuscript heading "Recipes from my service with the Royal Family by Gabriel Tschumi" & many manuscript receipts on the following 24 pages by Tschumi and categorically in his hand, including those for, Balmoral Shortbread; Bavarois au Chocolat; Windsor Castle Carrot Pudding; King Edward VII Yorkshire Pudding; "Queen Alexandra's Favourite Dish - Poulet d'Avoise"; "Recipes from my service with King George V...Curry Sauce and Bombay Duck"; "Buckingham Palace Mutton Pies"; Invalid dishes prepared for King George V when...convalescing at Bognor in 1929 - Pomme de Terre d'Avoise" etc etc, numerous other m/s receipts throughout the book spanning a broad timespan, of which many others probably in Tschumi's hand. Tschumi was a Swiss national who was appointed a cook's apprentice in the kitchens of the Royal Household at 16, and went on to serve as master chef to QV, KE VII & KG V following several successive promotions. He received his long and faithful service medal in 1930 and retired from Royal Service in 1932. He worked at Buckingham Palace, Balmoral, worked on Edward VII's 1902 Coronation banquet & was responsible for the Wedding breakfast for the Duke and Duchess of York April 26 1923. After retirement from Royal Service he worked at Welbeck Abbey, Sandringham and Marlborough at various points. The album 8vo, attractive contemporary half leather with decorative gilt tooling over marbled cloth covered boards, backstrip scuffed at edges, extremities slightly worn, internally some spotting and toning but generally clean/VGC
Lot 189
19th century tortoise shell casket with silver-plated mounts, six piece 19th century ivory dressing table set, British Troops Berlin medallion, Hong Kong Rifle Association medal, other medals, Sorrento ware inlaid hand mirror, brass porthole clock, carved boxwood card case, cased and miscellanea Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 212
Military Uniform comprising WWII Battledress Blouse pattern 1949, with two brass pips to epaulettes and East Riding Yeomanry badges, size 13, 1951 & trousers size 14, 1951 military tunic by Rogers & Company, with Yorkshire Yeomanry buttons and regimental ribbon bar, two Forage peaked caps, Dress cap, Beret, some by Herbert Johnson, service cap, No. 1 dress uniform tunic with chain epaulettes, Yorkshire Yeomanry buttons & badges with medal bar and a side cap with Manchester Regt. badge
Lot 439
Continental silver pocket watch, stamped Fine Silver and inscripbed 'Exhibition Prize medal Paris', Swiss silver pocket watch stamped 935, gold-plated pocket watch by Walham and one other silver continental watch stamped Lec 800 (4) Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 221
A First World War Medal Group Of Three, Awarded To Private R C Trimmer, R. Suss. R. and to include the 1914-1918 War Medal, The 1914-1915 Star and The Victory Medal, together with a First World War Medal group of two, awarded to Private F Trimmer, R. Suss. R. and to include the 1914, 1918 War Medal and The Victory Medal. A George VI Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, awarded to D W L Trimmer, P.O. HMS Victory and a First World War Medal of two, awarded to Corporal T Waddington, MGC and comprising a 1914-1918 War Medal and a Victory Medal
Lot 108
Silver medal, commemorating the Jewish soldiers of the Allied Armies issued in 1975 on the 30th anniversary of the Defeat of Nazi Germany, commissioned by Beit Lohamei Haghetto, the Ghetto Fighter’s House in Israel, located at Kibbutz Mordecai, minted by the Shekel Mint, numbered 935 or 235, boxed, missing presentation plaque and certificate, owned by Harold Wilson
Lot 109
The Knesset medal, bronze, designed by Jacob Zim 1971, number 11047, in box inscribed ‘With best wishes from Jerusalem, to the Rt. Hon Sir Harold Wilson, dated Oct 31st 1977, 59mm diameter, along with a Hebrew University medal suspended in clear resin, designed by Dudu Shenhav 1965, celebrating the first Hebrew university to be established in Palestine in 1925, 59mm diameter of medal [2]
Lot 110
A framed Hofstra university medal and presentation plaque commemorating the 5th annual presidential conference at Hofstra University in 1986, also the 50th anniversary of the university, the subject matter being Lyndon B Johnson: A Texan in Washington (note: Harold Wilson received the Hofstra Presidential Medal in 1983), a Hofstra medal inscribed to Harold Wilson on the occasion of the Dwight D. Eisenhower International Presidential Conference, dated March 1984, a Hofstra enamel pin badge, along with a key to Rochester, Minnesota and a mounted jet to Pensacola, Florida with Sir Harold Wilson,s name below [5]
Lot 111
A silver plated bronze medal showing Hubert H Humphrey to one side, the reverse ‘presented by the Hubert H Humphrey institute of public affairs, struck by the Medallic Arts Company of Danbury, Connecticut, boxed with presentation plaque to Sir Harold Wilson from Leonard H Marks, 1977, 6.9 cms diameter, along with a silver medal from the Guinness Rindalbourne parliamentary delegation to Romania led by Harold Wilson, hallmarked London 1985, by Asprey & Co. Ltd, 5 cms diameter, [2]
Lot 112
Two commemorative medals for Harold Wilson, the first inscribed to Lord Wilson of Rievaulx for the seventh Félix Neuberg Lecture at the university of Gothenburg where he gave a lecture entitled “Europe’s Financial Institutions: The World Challenge”, 6.9 cms diameter, along with a mounted medal from the Central Connecticut State University with plaque to Lord Harold Wilson for the Vance Distinguished Lecture March 28, 1984, medal 7.5 cms diameter, square base 10.1 cms, Height 1.9 cms
Lot 87
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E) Medal, being a civil issue and housed in the original Royal Mint case (af) with gilt lettering, complete with ribbon together with miniature (2) Harold Wilson was Director of Economics and Statistics at the Ministry of Fuel and Power in 1943–44, and received an O.B.E for his services.
Lot 93
A cased gilt brass large presentation Key to the Freedom of Washington D.C in original case with two plaques engraved: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HAROLD WILSON PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND January 31, 1975 - PRESENTED BY WALTER E WASHINGTON Mayor of Washington D.C; a Franklin Mint silver-gilt official Mayors medal of the United States Conference of Mayor, the case with plaque engraved: PRESENTED BY WALTER E WASHINGTON Mayor of Washington D.C but not dedicated to Harold Wilson together with a gilt metal presentation Key to the Freedom of The City of Tallahassee Florida and a small pin badge cast as key with suspended enamel shield denoting The City of Petersburg Florida (4)
Lot 94
A collection of awards/medallions without personal inscriptions including: An Encyclopaedia Britannica 1768-1908 medallion (cased) BP Forties Field medallion, dated: 3rd November 1975 (cased) United Nations 20th Anniversary (International Co-Operation Year 1965) silver medallion, uncased (US silver 161 grams) A Pope Paulus VI silver medal, uncased A Jurong Town Hall medallion, the reverse dated 1974, cased A Singapore Housing and Developments Board medallion, cased (6)
Lot 95
A collection of Continental awards/medallions without personal inscriptions including: Russian bronze medal, cased 1966 Russian enamel and white metal pentagon shaped medal and triangular , cased Russian CCCP 1755 1955 commemorative medal, in high relief, cased Czech medal the reverse showing: Narodni Divadlo v Praze 1868-1968 (National Opera Centenary) cased Hotel Bucuresti Romania 1972 medal Republic Socialista Romania medal, in leather embossed case (6)
Lot 96
A collection of Continental awards/medallions without personal inscriptions including: King Juan Carlos I medallion, the reverse dated: 22 Noviembre 1975, cased Chinese silver medal depicting scene of Beijing city, cased Ramboullet silver medal, cased Ebernard Karls University of Tubingen 500 Jahre (year) commemorative medal, cased Two Mexican Friend of the Reserve (Chamela-Cuixmala) medals (both cased) (6)
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