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Lot 533
A group of small silver items including a Royal Artillery hockey medal, Birmingham, 1930; a modern silver-gilt and enamel Masonic medal; 3 silver napkin rings; a modern silver book mark (inscribed); 4 Albert guards; an Irish razor blade pendant; a cross with rayed finish; a German silver brooch with Irish harp and date "1897"; a German spoon with shovel bowl and rose finial; a Bedfordshire Police football prize medal inscribed "1931"; five Edwardian silver water polo prize medals; 2 small silver and enamel medals; an ID bracelet; a WWI naval sweetheart brooch to HMS "Thames", Chester, 1915; an unmarked Masonic fob (tests as low carat gold) and a quantity of bric-a brac, weighable silver 150 gm.
Lot 531
A group of 15 various medals and medallions, includes membership badge to Casant's Club, Regent St.; a medallion for the 1862 Universal Exhibition of London by A. Bovy; various other International and Industrial Exhibition medallions; a prize medallion 1906/7 for Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen; an LCC prize medal for Parliament Hill Athletics Finals Tug of war, 1945; a commemorative medallion for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee; a medal issued by the proprietors of the Holborn Restaurant to a Miss Ford in 1894; a Handel Festival Crystal Palace medallion, 1857; a large French brass medallion depicting the Ile de la Cite dated 1927; a large commemorative medal for the Belgian composer Adolphe Biarent signed "Darville 1949"; a Paul Rembrandt commemorative medallion signed "Durand editit" and dated 1844; a commemorative medal for the 1911 Coronation presented by the Borough of Fulham etc.
Lot 588
Militaria:- A copper-plated brass cigarette box applied with badge of Coldstream Guards and with regimental ribbon under glazed border; a medallion issued by the British Society in the Argentine Republic to celebrate the Prince of Wales's visit to that country in 1925; A Great War medal (no ribbon) to 135735 Private F. Houghton, 42nd Canadian Infantry, also a miniature medal of same; various badges including Royal Marines and two Green Howards; an East German belt plate; a tiny cap pistol; an ARP badge; a red-enamelled Civil Defence Instructor's badge; a part-enamelled Civil Defence Corps badge; a rank crown; a Royal Artillery sweetheart brooch; an enamelled crown coin; various brooches and brass buttons; a 19th century silver-on-copper livery button; a Coldstream Guards regimental Christmas card; two WWI field service post cards dated 1917 and 1918; and a carved chalk plaque with badge of Royal Corps of Signals and inscribed to back "P.O.W. Egypt 1942"
Lot 51
An elaborately embroidered gentleman's court coat, French, 1860-80, lavishly worked to shape with gold thread ribbons, fleur de lys, short stand collar, scarlet wool cuffs, lined in scarlet silk faille, with fleur de lys embroidered buttons, medal loops (beckets) to upper chest, chest approx 97cm, 38in CONDITION REPORT: Silk lining is distressed, slight moth damage, lacking one chest button, one sleeve seam needs re-stitching at the shoulder. Embroidery overall is generally good. Wear to silver edging embroidery front left edge near hem. Seam needs re-stitching and 2cm split at edge of top of left shoulder.
Lot 7
ALEXANDER SAMOKHVALOV (RUSSIAN 1894-1971)Girl in an Interior, 1940oil on canvas96.5 x 67.5 cm (38 x 26 1/2 in.)titled, dated and inscribed with a confirmation of authorship on the verso by Maria Samokhvalova, the artist`s daughter, in 1993PROVENANCEProperty of a former United States Senator, who acquired the painting in Moscow circa 1993 LOT NOTESAlexander Samokhvalov is regarded as one of the founders and brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting. The present lot, Girl in an Interior reflects the pre-war life of the Leningrad intelligentsia, and is a continuation of the series of Samokhvalov’s works dedicated to young Russian women – builders of new life. This composition was created in 1940 – three-year after the artist’s famous Girl in a Football Shirt was awarded the gold medal at the International Art Fair in Paris, (which also included Pablo Picasso’s Guernica). The tenderness, refinement, and intimacy of this portrait is a rare work by a master of Soviet Socialist Realism and heir apparent to Petrov-Vodkin.
Lot 24
MIKHAIL EMILIANOVICH VATUTIN (RUSSIAN 1860-1930)The Pawnbroker, 1896oil on canvas66.5 x 53.2 cm (26 1/4 x 21 in.)signed and dated lower rightLOT NOTESIn 1896, Mikhail Vatutin, then a student at the Moscow Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, won the silver medal of the Imperial Art Academy for a genre-painting entitled The Pawnbroker. Quite likely, this prize-winning work is the same as the painting featured in the present lot. The following year, Vatutin began his studies at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Art under the tutelage of Vladimir Makovsky, one of the leading painters of the time and a founding member of The Wanderers group. Vatutin studied with Makovsky for three years before completing the program and returning to Moscow, where he continued to live and work for the remainder of his life. Vatutin exhibited regularly and is represented in private and museum collections, including the Dnepropetrovsk Museum of Art.
Lot 121
LINDBERGH CHARLES: (1902-1974) American Aviator who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20th - 21st May 1927. An excellent vintage signed 10 x 7.5 photograph, the historic image depicting Lindbergh standing in a full length pose on the balcony of a Parisian building on the occasion of the aviator being a guest of honour at a reception organised by the Aero-Club de France following the completion of his historic flight the day before. Lindbergh is accompanied on the balcony by American Ambassador Myron Herrick and two United States flags can be seen flying either side of the large circular emblem of the Aero-Club de France. Photograph by Henri Manuel of Paris and signed by him in pencil to the lower photographer's mount and also featuring his blindstamp to the lower left corner of the image. Signed ('Charles A. Lindbergh') in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. Matted in black and cream to an overall size of 15 x 12.5. VG Henri Manuel (1874-1947) French Photographer who served as the official photographer of the French government from 1914-44. Myron T. Herrick (1854-1929) American Politician, Governor of Ohio 1904-06 and Ambassador to France 1912-14 and 1921-29. Herrick hosted Lindbergh in Paris after his successful New York to Paris Atlantic crossing and the Ambassador wrote of the experience 'The next day [22nd May 1927, the day on which the present photograph was captured] serious business began. The President wanted to see him, Monsieur Poincare wanted to see him, the Aero Club arranged a reception, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate both invited him to pay them a visit and suspended their sitting to receive him; a medal was struck in his honour, the city of Paris gave him a reception, he was decorated, feted and adored. He deserved it all, and it was fine to see him bearing himself throughout like the charming young gentleman he is'. The Aero-Club de France played a significant role in Lindbergh's historic flight. The certification of the aviator's flight required several documents to prove the performance. A sealed barograph, an instrument working with atmospheric pressure, was loaded on the Spirit of St. Louis; its six-hour cylinder recorded the altitudes flown and proved that the flight was uninterrupted. The start of the flight was attested by the US National Aeronautic Association and the Procés-verbal established by the Aero-Club de France on Lindbergh's arrival attested that the barograph was found sealed and reported that 322 litres of gas (85 gallons) remained in the sealed tanks. This Procés-verbal was signed by no less than 13 French officials, as well as Myron Herrick, the Belgian Air Attaché Willy Coppens and, of course, Lindbergh himself. Charles Lindbergh emerged from virtual obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame as a result of his solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927. He became an instant hero and his feat inspired an enthusiastic interest in aviation. (See also lot 170).
Lot 34
NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A good A.L.S., Nelson & Bronte, four pages (the conjugate leaves very neatly split at the central vertical fold, and now two separate leaves), 4to, HMS Amazon, (although mailed from Deal, Kent), 14th October 1801, to his mistress Emma Hamilton ('My Dearest Friend'). Nelson announces 'Tomorrow week all is over no thanks to Sir Thos. [Troubridge] I believe the fault is all his, and he ought to have recollected that I got him the medal of the Nile. Who upheld him when he would have sunk under grief & mortification. Who placed him in such situation in the Kingdom of Naples that he got by my public letters titles, the Colonelcy of Marines, Diamond Boxes from the King of Naples, 1000 ounces in money for no expenses that I know of. Who got him 500£ a year from the King of Naples and however much he may abuse him, his pension will be regularly paid. Who brought his character into notice, look at my public letters. Nelson that Nelson he now Lords it over, so much for gratitude. I forgive him but by God I shall not forget it' and further reports of the weather ('the day is very bad, blows rains & great sea') and adds that he is anxiously waiting for Emma's letters, 'they are my only comfort for they are the only friendly ones I receive'. Nelson also writes of Captain Somerville who is aboard the Amazon with his wife and family and who has only £100 a year to maintain them, remarking 'He has been begging me to interceed (sic) with the Adm.[iralty] again but I have been so rebuffed that my spirits are gone & the great Troubridge has what we call cowed the spirits of Nelson but I shall never forget it.' The admiral resumes his letter having just received Emma's 'kind letters' which have 'given me great comfort' and asks 'Pray tell Sir Willm. that if I can I will write to him this day but certainly tomorrow. I have much to do from Admiralty orders, letters &c. I rejoice at your occupation…Have you done anything abt. the turnip field. Say everything that is kind for me to Sir Wm., Mrs. Cadogan &c. I have delivered your message to Sutton & Bedford. You may rely on a visit.' Nelson concludes 'Ever my Dear Friend your affectionate half sea sick Nelson & Bronte' although continues with an extensive postscript, signed with his initials N & B, sending thanks for 'Revd. Drs letter & Mrs. N[elson's] Her going to Swaffham is mentioned 7 times & in the Postscript. It put me in mind of the directions for the Cardinal. I have laughed but she is [a] good wife for him or he would have been ruined long ago. His being a Doctor is nonsense, but I must write tomorrow & congratulate him or else the fat will be in the fire', and finally confirms that he has written to Sir William at Merton. The final page bears the address panel, entirely in Nelson's hand and signed ('Nelson & Bronte') by him, addressed to Lady Hamilton at 23 Piccadilly in London and dated Deal, 14th October (annotated by Emma Hamilton 'the date of the year' and with 1801 added in another, unidentified hand; Hamilton's words somewhat smudged). With the almost complete remnants of the black wax seal (in two sections as originally broken). A letter of interesting content and good association, with many references to Nelson's contemporaries. Some light creasing and overall age toning and with a few small tears to the final page (evidently caused by the breaking of the seal), not affecting the text or signature, about VG Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) Lady Hamilton, second wife of Sir William Hamilton. Mistress of Lord Nelson. William Hamilton (1730-1803) Scottish Diplomat, husband of Emma Hamilton. British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples 1764-1800. William Nelson (1757-1835) 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte. Anglican Clergyman and elder brother of Lord Nelson, referred to as the 'Revd. Dr.' in the present letter. By a special remainder William Nelson succeeded in his younger brother's titles upon his death in 1805 and was further honoured as Earl Nelson and Viscount Merton in recognition of his brother's achievements. William Nelson's wife, also referred to in the present letter, was Sarah Yonge (c.1749-1828). They were married at Swaffham in Norfolk on 9th November 1786. 1801 had been a busy year for Nelson, both domestically and in service. In January, he met with his wife, Frances 'Fanny' Nelson for the last time. With their marriage effectively over, the heartbroken Fanny, was taken in by Nelson's father, Reverend Edmund Nelson, whilst Horatio Nelson's open cohabitation with Emma Hamilton scandalised polite society. In the same month Nelson was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Blue and appointed second in command to Admiral Sir Hyde Parker whose fleet were to sail to the Baltic. In February Emma Hamilton gave birth to Horatia, Nelson's daughter, at 23 Piccadilly, the home of Sir William Hamilton (and to where the present letter was addressed). Nelson received the news whilst at Torbay, preparing to sail, and was overjoyed at the birth. On 2nd April 1801 Nelson participated in the Battle of Copenhagen during the War of the Second Coalition. The British naval fleet, under the command of Parker, defeated a Danish fleet anchored just off Copenhagen, with Nelson leading the main attack. He famously is reputed to have disobeyed Parker's order to withdraw by holding the telescope to his blind eye to observe the signals from Parker. The signals had given Nelson permission to withdraw at his discretion, yet he declined. Copenhagen is often considered to be Nelson's hardest-fought victory, ranked among battles such as the Battle of Trafalgar, as the Danes offered a very steadfast resistance. The British public viewed the Battle of Copenhagen as a great victory and as a result ministers in England called for Nelson to take over Parker's command. Nelson was subsequently appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet and made Viscount Nelson of the Nile and of Hillborough. Nelson was writing to Hamilton almost daily from HMS Amazon in October 1801, however the present letter is not published in The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton (1814) and neither is it published in The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson (Vol. IV, 1799-1801, ed. by Nicolas and published by Henry Colburn, London, 1845) or in Nelson - The New Letters (ed. by White and published by the Boydell Press, 2005).
Lot 54
A lot to include an 18ct yellow gold collar stud, hallmarked Birmingham 1889, weight approx. 2.5g, two yellow metal collar studs, a miniature WWI trio with 14/15 star, a WWI War medal to 4391 W Humbles 16th London Regiment, WWII War and Defence medal with box, a gold plated Waltham U.S.A crown wind full hunter pocket watch, a plated Walker & Hall teapot, a boxed set of six hallmarked silver handled butter knives, two boxed sets of EPNS cutlery, a set of six EPNS fish knives and forks, a single fish knife, an anointing spoon, a St Christopher charm and an England badge.
Lot 493
A mid 19th Century Crimea medal and Turkish Crimea medal to C Lakin of the 6th Dragoons, Crimea medal having three bars for; Sebastopol, Inkermann and Balaklava, engraved to edge of medal 'C. Lakin 6th Dragoons', the Turkish Crimea medal engraved to edge 'No 856 C Lakin 6Ds', both having ribbons, together with cased daguerreotype of C Lakin. Plus two later silver hallmarked pendant fobs, hallmarked Birmingham 1930 and Chester 1912.
Lot 566
German paper work group to Sergeant Karl Jung to include certificate for second class war merit cross with swords, dated 20th April 1944, certificate for Westwall medal dated 31st May 1940, together with Reichssportabzeichen sports book, stamped to front 26th August 1939, with certificate plus embroidered bronze badge. (5)
Lot 38
A World War l medal group awarded to Z-1494 Private H Winham of The Rifle Brigade To include 1415 Star, War Medal and War Civilization Medal, Princess Mary Christmas Box dated 1914, a collection of World War ll medals to include 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal and War Medal, further cap badges, Masonic Medal etc.
Lot 388
A Victorian South Africa war medal with the clasps of belfast .laings nek .cape colony South African 1901 awarded to J.L Titherley, Liverpool Regiment. And a leather bound and gilt leather tool edge citation certificate in folding case by 56 Lord Street Liverpool signed by soloman harry may goodwin wallasey june 1901. And a Second World War medal two photographs.
Lot 169
An Imperial German War service memorial plaque, comprising a finely cast representation of a 1914 Iron Cross centred by a laurel-garland-framed aperture containing a photographic portrait of a soldier, set in a watered satin ground with Iron Cross medal ribbon within an broad ebonized frame, 40cm x 40 cm
Lot 68
A George V Distinguished Conduct Medal to 102341 Sapr R Davis, 175 / Tlg Co RE. "Awarded for conspicuous courage and devotion to duty near Hooge, 1st / 2nd December 1915. Sapper R Davis twice carried out the actual mining into a German gallery, after his officer had been wounded, he was the first to attempt to re-enter the gallery"
Lot 74
A First World War 3rd Dragoon Guards and Machine Gun Corps gallantry medal group comprising 1914 Star, British War and Victory medals to 2061 Pte R Rollo, 3/D Gds, together with Military Medal to 50562 Pte R Rollo, MGC, also 1914 Army Boxing Championship Egypt light weights runner-up medal to the same, one other, a bronze boxing medallion, MGC cap badge etc
Lot 75
A Second World War RAF campaign medal group, that of Corporal V T Corne, RAF VR and including a Mention in Despatches notice, a wallet of documents and three photograph albums depicting his experiences during the North Africa and Italy campaigns, a photographic portrait and sketches by the same
Lot 76
A Great War and Second World War family medal group comprising a 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory medals with Silver War Badge to 180563 Sapper William F Penlington, 42nd Field Company, Royal Engineers, and a group of Second World War campaign medals of 553022 RSM Frederick H Penlington, 8th King's Royal Hussars and RAOC, including Mention in Despatch notice
Lot 79
A First World War Royal Flying Corps casualty group comprising Edward VII Volunteer Long Service Medal and miniature to 141 Sgt H Devlin, 1st Volunteer Battalion Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, together with British War and Allied Victory medals with Memorial Plaque to the former's son Lieutenant Henry Little Devlin, a 1903 2nd Greenock Company Boys Brigade silver fob to Pte Henry Devlin, an Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders swagger stick and two sets of RFC pilots' wings, one having a metal horseshoe device affixed verso Henry Little Devlin, transferred from the A&SH, 2nd Lieutenant upon appointment as a flying officer on 17 March 1917, temp Lieutenant 1 April 1917, shot down and killed in his 9 Squadron RE8 by German ace Erwin Bohme at Boesinghem, 19 September 1917
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