A FINE SECOND WORLD WAR PATHFINDER`S DFM GROUP OF FIVEawarded to FLT LIEUT ARTHUR EDWARD KEELING, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nos 49 and 53 squadrons, comprising Distinguished Flying Medal 1575572 SGT A E KEELING RAF, 1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany clasp and War Medal, mounted, Flt Lieut Keeling`s Pilot`s Flying Log Books with entries from January 1942-March 1943 and April 1943-August 1944, his illustrated diary when a prisoner of war in Stalg Luft III, RAF Pay and Service and Release BookS, German identity card, photographs of Stalg Luft III and the liberation (taken with a camera found in a desk drawer in the German Officer`s mess the day following Hitler`s suicide), the RAF cloth wings insignia from Flt Lieut Keeling`s battle dress, official letters, telegram and ephemera, together with the medals (and two photographs) of his father Arthur Henry Keeling comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, 18400 PTE A H KEELING A CYC CORPSDFM: London Gazette, 4 February 1944. The citation for the DFM reads: This airman has completed numerous sorties, including eight attacks on Berlin. In this phase of operationS against targets in the capital of the Reich, Sergeant Keeling has displayed great keen-ness and determination and has set an example worthy of the highest praise. He is a most efficient captain and pilot.Provenance: The recipient, thence by descent to the present vendor.+++
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A 1935-1939 DEFENCE MEDAL TOGETHER WITH A LETTER FROM THE RECORD OFFICE RAF GLOUCESTER DATED 8TH SEPTEMBER 1948 AND A WAR MEDAL 1939 -1945 IN ORIGINAL BOXES TO L.A. HALLS ESQ, 50 VICTORIA STREET, GLOUCESTER TOGETHER WITH A VICTORY MEDAL TO 24132 PTE. H. BURGESS. OXF & BUCKS. L.I. AND A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF BUTTONS.
Norah McGuinness HRHA (1901-1980) Shells and Rusted Wire Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 56cm (16 x 22") Signed Exhibited: Norah McGuinness Exhibition, The Dawson Gallery, April 1968, where purchased by the current owner Derry born artist Norah McGuinness won a three year scholarship to study at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin at the age of 18, where she was taught by Harry Clarke, Patrick Tuohy and Oswald Reeves before moving to London to study at the Chelsea School of Art. In 1923 she won an RDS medal and the following year exhibited for the first time at the RHA. During these years McGuinness supported herself by designing sets and costumes for the Abbey and Peacock theatres and illustrated books. Under the advice of Mainie Jellett she travelled to Paris to study for a period under André Lhote. In 1957 she was elected an honorary member of the RHA, but resigned in 1969. A founding member of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, she served as president from 1944 to 1971. McGuinness exhibited regularly at the Dawson and Taylor Galleries as well as in London, Paris and New York. She also represented Ireland at the 1950 Venice Biennale with Nano Reid. A retrospective of her work was held at Trinity College Dublin in 1968 where she was awarded and honorary doctorate in 1973. Her work can be found in the National Gallery of Ireland, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Ulster Museum and Crawford Gallery.
William John Leech RHA (1881-1968) Interior of a Cafe (1908) Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 83.8cm (29 x 33") Signed and dated 1908 Provenance : Purchased at the RHA 1909 by the Hon. Lawrence Waldron; Subsequently bought by Senator Brennan who left it to Harry Clarke,who in turn left it to Lennox Robinson; Purchased from the Dawson Gallery, Dublin 11/12/1950 for £150 (A photocopy of the original receipt will be given to the new owner) by the present owner's father and thence by descent. Exhibited: Royal Institute of Oil Painters, 1908, Cat. No. 400 priced £80; Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 1909, Cat. No. 81 priced £63 where purchased by the Hon. Lawrence Waldron; Salon des Artistes Français, Paris, 1914; where awarded a bronze medal; Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 1969, "William John Leech Memorial Panel" No. 4; "Irish Art from Private Collections 1870 - 1930" Wexford Arts Centre, 1977, Cat. No. 29; "The Irish Impressionists", The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1984, Cat. No. 117; "The Irish Impressionists" The Ulster Museum, Belfast Cat. No. 117; 1996 The National Gallery of Ireland "William John Leech: An Irish Painter Abroad" Cat. No 4; 1997 Exhibition above toured to Musée des Beaux Arts, Quimper and the Ulster Museum Belfast. Literature: "Painters of Ireland: 1660 - 1920" by Anne Crookshank and The Knight of Glin 1979 P275 (Ill. p 278) 'The Irish Impressionists" by Julian Campbell NGI 1984 P260 "Leech in Brittany" by Dr Denise Ferran Irish Arts Review 1993 P227 "William John Leech" by Dr Denise Ferran 1992 p12 - 13 "Les Peintres de Concarneau" by H. Beleoch 1993 France P154 "William John Leech: An Irish Painter Abroad" by Dr Denise Ferran 1996 P103 (Ill p105) Some suspicion and slight distancing of the peasants from the artist/viewer can be detected in this work of 1908, which combines the group of peasants and their bar interior into a meticulously finished studio painting. The old peasant sitting becapped at the extreme left is the subject in 'A man with a bottle' (private collection). Since that is dated 1903, it seems probably that Leech worked on this painting for a long time. Here the man sits amicably drinking a cup of coffee with two of his friends - one of whom has a small liqueur glass on the table in front of him. All three look toil-worn with shoulders rounded by work in the fields, with bent backs and expressively painted boned hands. It is especially in the face of the standing figure that the viewer can detect distrust and suspicion. It is possible that Leech worked from a photograph or a postcard to complete the details of the bar interior, especially in the row of bottles above the bar, and added the figures from studio poses. The exaggerated space in the foreground, which directs the eye to the figures in the middle distance, suggests the angle of a camera lens, and the questioning gaze of the standing figure captures a momentary 'off guard' expression. The well stocked shelves of bottles and china cups which glisten in the reflected light and shine under the brass lamp may possibly be those of the Hotel des Voyageurs, where Leech stayed from 1907. Leech conveys the intimacy of this darkened interior, disturbed by the intrusion of light from the left, perhaps from a door, just opened. The gentle, withdrawn figure of a young girl reading, silhouetted against the lacy curtains of the lighted window, creating depth with light on dark, in a series of decreasing rectangles. The painting of the head and shoulders of a young red-haired woman in the framed picture on the wall of the cafe interior indicates the direction Leech's painting style was to take. Its simplified, bold areas of paint, lightened palette and strong play of light depart from the more academic treatment of the room's interior. 'Interior of a cafe' is a carefully constructed composition which combines drawing from life into a meticulously 'finished' studio panting. Here he makes use of sunlight and shadows to contrast the lighted areas of the three faces engrossed in conversation in dramatic chiaroscuro against the brown shadows which verge into black. To the right, enveloped in shadow, is the figure of a fourth man who waits, leaning on the counter, seeking service. When Leech exhibited 'Interior of a cafe' at the RHA in Dublin in 1909, the review in The Irish Times declared: "His interiors of French cafes are distinguished by a brilliance of execution, a realistic treatment, and a mastery of composition, which makes them singularly attractive." Leech had exhibited another work, 'Interior of a kitchen - Brittany' (whereabouts unknown) at the RHA in 1908, showing his interest at that time in the intimiste world of darkened interiors. The work failed to sell, however, and Leech exhibited it at the Royal Institute of Painters in Oil that October. It was possibly this work which was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1913, for which he was awarded a Bronze Medal. Leech later stated that the Salon work was bought by an American gallery in Philadelphia, but extensive research has failed to trace it. Leech also exhibited an Interior of a cafe in the Sinn Fein-organized exhibition 'Aonach', in Dublin, in December 1909. The review in Sinn Fein recognized that 'The picture of the Interior of a Cafe shows him to be a skilled draughtsman, possessing masterly technique..." Dr. Denise Ferran
F.E. McWilliam RA (1909-1992) Woman of Belfast (No. 16 1972) Bronze, 60cm high (24") Signed with initials and numbered 1/5 Provenance: The Dawson Gallery, where purchased and thence by descent to the current owner (receipt dated 27/12/73) Born in Banbridge, Co. Down, McWilliam studied at Belfast College of Art for two years and then at the Slade School of Fine Art in London where he studied under Henry Tonks and Randolph Schwabe. His intentions of becoming a painter had been altered when he met Henry Moore at Slade and decided to focus instead on sculpture. McWilliam held a studio at Port d'Orléans in Paris for a year before returning to England. On a return trip to the French capital with his wife, Beth, he visited the studio of long established modernist sculptor Constantin Brancusi. In 1936 McWilliam attended the International Surrealist Exhibition at the new Burlington Galleries in London, and in 1938 he exhibited with the British Surrealist Group. His first solo exhibition was at the London Gallery in the following year, where he noted that his Surrealist sculptures were 'rather bare-toothed in conception but very beautiful in execution.' McWilliam's work spans sculptural mediums such as wood, bronze, lignum vitae and aluminium. His sculptures and drawings have been exhibited widely in Ireland and the UK, including the Ulster Museum (Belfast), Hannover Gallery (London), the Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin) and the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery (Cork). His first American exhibition was held at the Felix Landau Gallery (Los Angeles) in 1963. His works have been purchased by institutions such as the Tate Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, London and the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden). McWilliam was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Literature by Queens University in 1964, and in the same year he was described by Roland Penrose as 'an inventor of styles.' In 1971 he won the Oireachtas gold medal for sculpture and was appointed a Fellow of University College London. In 1989 McWilliam was appointed a Senior Royal Academician, and the Irish Times said that his work was 'unmistakably his own, craftsman-like, humorous, imaginative, with a playful, poetic, slightly capricious element that sets it apart.' The F.E. McWilliam Museum in Banbridge opened in 2008, a fitting tribute to Northern Ireland's most famous sculoptor.
A FAMILY GROUP OF MEDALS, to include Private G C Darby, Second Northumberland Fusiliers, Queen Victoria, South Africa medal with clasps for Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, Edward VII South Africa medal with clasps for South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 and George V For Faithful Service medal. Together with five London County Council King`s medals for 1911, 1911-12, 1912-13 and 1914-15, 1913-14. And a Queen Elizabeth II For Faithful Service medal awarded to Robert George Darby. In original box marked Imperial Service Medal. (12).
2nd World War Medal Group to 5612621 W.O.II A Cornish R.E. Includes: WW2 star, Africa star with 8th army clasp, defence and war medals, general service medal with `Palestine` clasp and army long service and good conduct medal with regular army bar (total of 6). Overall good condition but with some fading to the ribbons.
WW1 1914 start trio to W.H. Heagarty CPL 6487 1/Devon R together with volunteer long service and good conduct medal marked 5900 BNDMN W. Heagarty 1/Devon & Somerset Rev. Note: the victory medal is also misspelt `H Heggarty`. Together with discharge certificate showing enlistment as musician. Medal strip with silver rosette etc. Also together with WW1 pair to pte 465 W. Heagarty rifle brigade. From the family.
WW2 RAF medal group to 1634972 CPL F Kirby 84 group provost and security unit B.A.O.R. Includes WW2 star and medal, defence medal and France/Germany star, together with PTI badge, RAF car badge and civil service motoring association badge ephemera, including one page flyer "9 beach group daily news" 22/6/1944 etc. CPL Kirby`s home was in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
P.O.W. WW2 group 1939/45 star, Italy star, France/Germany star and WW2 medal. To PTE A West 1bn para no. 6106420 AAC. Wounded and taken prisoner at Arnhem 19/9/44. First held in camp 12A then 4B. POW no. 91615, ex. Queens Regiment. This lot was sold by us 30/11/2010 and had been given to the original vendor by the recipient. Together with a limited edition colour print "The Bridge at Arnhem" by Alan Fearley, signed by MAJ General John Frost CB, DSO, MC (1913-1993) who was commander of the Advance party.
A fine DSO Boer war group to Brigadier General C.F. Watson C.M.G. D.S.O. The Queens Royal West Surrey regiment. CMG. DSO (1901 Edward crown), QSA medal with clasps - care colony, laings nek, transvaal, relief of ladysmith, orange free state, tugela heights. KSA medal with clasps - South Africa 1901 and 1902. 1914 star with clasp, war medal, victory medal with M.I.D., IGS with clasp Burma 1930-32, French legion of honour. (total 9), in a spink display case. Medals excellent condition, some ribbons faded. Together with a superb framed photo of Captain Watson taken before his wedding in January 1906 wearing full dress uniform and wearing his DSO and Boer war medals. Also included are 2 point-to-point programmes from 1914 showing Captain Watson entered for a silver cup race on his horses called `Nancy`. He won! Charles Fredric Watson was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 22/1/1886 and fought in the Boer war with the Queens Royal West Surrey regiment. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. (London Gazette 27/9/01). He went to France with the B.E.F. soon after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and by September was in action. He was wounded and mentioned in despatches. Following a series of promotions on the staff he was sent to the Palestine campaign to command the 180th brigade, 60th division. He was the first officer to enter Jerusalem. At some point in the campaign he was wounded again. In 1922 he commanded the 2nd BN, the Royal Worcestershire regiment. This was followed by a period on half pay until selected as Brigadier General in command of the Rangoon brigade. He retired from the army in 1931 and died on 12/7/1948. From the family.
Two Palitoy Action Man figures: Combat Soldier with painted hair, wears trousers, tunic, boots, belt, helmet with shovel, four grenades and gun; British Infantryman with `life-like` hair, wears trousers, tunic, belt with flask in pouch, helmet, with gas mask, gun, satchel, plastic ID tag, Victoria Cross medal. Both G-VG, some wear/fading to uniforms. Together with a Croix de Guerre French Resistance medal, and an Official Equipment Manual.
Palitoy Action Man Russian Infantryman, c.1960s: 1st type action man wears tunic, trousers, fur hat, over the shoulder case with binoculars, belt with pistol in holster, boots, Order of Lenin medal, machine gun with round magazine (some glue residue to gun), tripod, two grenades, metal ID tag (no chain). Together with a Soldiers of the Century Intelligence Manual. Missing ammo box. Overall VG clean condition, unboxed.
Palitoy Action Man German Stormtrooper, c.1960s: 1st type action man wears M1935 German Stahlhelm helmet with tricolour shield decal to one side and black shield with white eagle on other side, tunic with eagle emblem, trousers, Iron Cross First Class medal, jackboots, cartridge belt with two sets of three cartridge pouches, pistol in holster, field pack, 2 x stick grenades, sub-machine gun, and plastic ID tag (no chain). Overall VG condition, couple of dark marks to one side of face and two small patches of discolouration to tunic.
Collection "Alfred Nobel" 1) Nobel Prize medal for literature, gildet silver, the medalet for the participants in the choice of the Nobel laureate(s) in literatur - The Sweedish Academy, design "Erik Lindberg, 1901", framed, glazed, size 10 5/8 x 13 in., very rare! - 2) Portrait of Alfred Nobel, embossed brass sheet, signed "K. O. Broady", framed, size 8 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. - And: 3) Showcase "Primers of Nobel", cut-away models, size 14 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. Konvolut "Alfred Nobel" 1) Nobelpreismedaille für Literatur, Silber vergoldet, vergeben für die Mitglieder der Akademie, Entwurf "Erik Lindberg, 1901", gerahmt, verglast, Maße: 27 x 33 cm, sehr selten! - 2) Portrait von Alfred Nobel, geprägtes Messingblech, signiert "K. O. Broady", gerahmt, Maße: 21 x 25 cm. - Und: 3) Schaukasten "Zündkapseln von Nobel", Schnittmodelle, Maße: 37 x 42 cm. Condition: (3+/-) Starting Price: €160
Collection of GDR and USSR Medals, from 1945 About 60 decorations, medals, clasps, pins and medals, including Lenin medal (copy), "Stolpe" medal, Stalingrad heroe medal and medal for the conquest of Berlin, and others. - Add-on: GDR flag, license plate and swimming cap. - A collection of very interesting objects of German and European history. Sammlung Orden der DDR und UdSSR, ab 1945 Ca. 60 Auszeichnungen, Orden, Spangen, Anstecknadeln und Medaillen, inklusive Lenin-Orden (Kopie), "Stolpe-Orden", Orden für Stalingrad-Helden, für die Eroberung Berlins, für sozialistische Helden der Arbeit und viele weitere. - Dabei: DDR-Fahne, Autokennzeichen und Badekappe. - Sehr interessante Objekte deutscher und europäischer Zeitgeschichte. Condition: (2/-) Starting Price: €180
MEDALS - EDWARD VII PROOF SILVERED BRONZE MEDAL FOR THE ROYAL ENGINEERS BALLOON SCHOOL AT FARNBOROUGH, conjoined busts of Edward and Alexandra on obverse, with British Dirigible No. 1 "Nulli Secundus" over London on reverse. The dirigible was destroyed by hi gh winds after landing in the Crystal Palace grounds on October 10th 1907. The medals were not issued due to this disaster, making this a rare survivor
COINS - A COIN STOCK BOOK OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN COINS, to include;- GB George V 1918 Penny minted at the Kings Norton Mint, an Edward Prince of Wales bronze Medal commemorating a Royal visit to Natal South Africa 1925, Indian quarter Anna of 1917, GB select ion of silver sixpence and three pence coins etc.
The Naval General Service Medal with bar Persian Gulf 1909-1914 to 238117. J.MORRIS. A.B. H.M.S. ALERT, The 1914-15 Star to 238117, J.MORRIS, L.S., R.N. The 1914-18 British War Medal and the 1914-19 Victory Medal to 238117 J.MORRIS. P.O. R.N., The 1939-45 Star, The Defence Medal, The War Medal and The Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V Admiral`s bust to 238117 J.MORRIS. P.O. H.M.S. BENBOW, mounted in a frame, eight dress miniature medals mounted court style with a wooden box and related paperwork, including; Certificate Of Service in The Royal Navy, Record Of Examinations in Gunnery and further certificates, including; a Commendation by Commander-in-Chief.
The 1914-15 Star to 9226 PTE T.MORRIS. R.FUS: The 1914-18 British War Medal and The 1914-19 Victory Medal to SR-9226 PTE.T.MORRIS. R.FUS. with a ribbon bar and the First World War period bronze memorial plaque detailed THOMAS MORRIS, with a card case, who died 20th December 1914 and is buried at The Ration Farm Military Cemetery.
A collection of mostly militaria, including; two brass First World War period shell cases, two side caps, a belt, an armband detailed FIRE GUARD, various cloth and textile badges, medal ribbons, paperwork and ephemera, a quantity of uniform buttons, mostly relating to Fire Brigades, various cap and other badges, a Polish medallion, cased, enamelled and other lapel badges, a small locket containing photographs of ARRAS, a brooch detailed BAPAUME, a Third Reich knife, epaulettes, a book shaped lighter, RAF buttons, tokens and sundry.
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