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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 164

A BOX CONTAINING WORLD WAR TWO MEDALS, CAP BADGES AND EPHEMERA, to include, 1939-45, Burma Stars, Defence & War Medals, together with four Cap badges, RAC, 3rd Carabenieres, two x York & Lancaster Regt, three x Coronation & Jubilee Medallions and lots of original documents, Soldiers book etc relating to Trooper 7963387 Rex Horsfall Royal Armoured Corps, including a poor quality copy of the Star War Map, also included is a WWI British War Medal, named 203827 Pte E Horsfall, W York Reg't

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 165

WORLD WAR ONE MEDALS, to include British War & Victory Medal pair, named 376589 Pte J Evans, Manchester Regiment & Victory Medal named 145105 DVR C. Nicholl. RA.

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 167

A BOX OF WORLD WAR ONE PERIOD CAP BADGES ETC, to include South Staffordshire, West Yorkshire, Royal Warwickshire, Machine Gun Corps, together with medallions, pin badges, Sweetheart Badges and a British War Medal named A-1933 Pte G.Bridges, KRRC (Kings Royal Rifle Corps)

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 169

GERMAN WORLD WAR TWO 'OST-MEDAILLE' MEDAL, Winter War in the East Medal, un-marked example with ribbon, but research point to it being by the maker Eugen Schmidhaussler of Pforzheim, 28 variant

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 173

THE SIGNIFICANT AND WELL DESERVED BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL GROUP TO A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN, WHO SERVED IN THE NORTH AFRICA, ITALY, & NORTHERN EUROPE CAMPAIGNS, INC GERMANY & SERVED WITH THE INTELLIGENCE CORPS, BEING ONE OF THOSE FROM 45 SECTION F.S.S. WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH THE ARREST, DETENTION & INITIAL INTERRORGATION OF HEINRICH HIMMLER, 135702 A/W.O. Class 2 Grenville GRAYER, group is as follows, all loose ready for wear or mounting, British Empire Medal GRI plain cypher in original box of issue, named 135702 AWO CL 2 Grenville Grayer. I.C. (Intelligence Corps) 1939-45, Africa, Italy, France & Germany Stars, Defence & War Medal. All un-named as issued, with this group is an original Shoulder Cloth Insignia Patch for Thirty Corps and a Bronze coloured Souvenir Medallion celebrating 30 Corps, struck in Belgium, with its original box, GRAYER joined the Army in 1939 and initially served with the R.A.S.C., but sometime between the North Africa/Sicily/Italy Campaigns Grayer returned to the UK and joined the Newly formed Intelligence Corps, completing his training in Scotland attached to the 45th Field Security Section, by this time with the rank of Sgt, working with amongst others a Sgt Britton, who would feature heavily with Grayer and his section at the end of the War, like thousands of other allied troops the Intel Corps, were heavily involved in the preparations for D-Day, Grayer entered the Invasion on D-Day +2 (June 8th, 1944) and would see action and involvement whilst serving in 30 Corps, Commanded by Leuit-General Sir Brian Horrocks, who would achieve fame for his valiant efforts in Operation Market Garden in September, 1944, as the War progressed and German forces retreated Grayer and 45 FSS found themselves in Northern Germany when the Nazi's surrendered in May 1945, During the morning of May 20th, 1945, a group of five German officers and seven other ranks were detained at the Bridge control at Bremervorde, they were handed over to 45 FSS for checking etc, It became apparent that three further Germans were in the vicinity and on May 22nd they were taken into custody by Sgt Britton and NCO’s from the section at the same check-point, information from immediate relatives of Grayer point to the fact one of the Germans, looked suspicious, and although he had recently issued papers stating he was a Sgt Heinrich Hizinger, Grayer was suspicious and this resulted in his initial questioning, Hizinger was asked to write a page of ‘lines’ to test his handwriting etc, the papers he was in possession of also caused concern as it was known that high ranking Nazis were copying these papers to avoid their true identities, during this time of Detention, Hizinger eventually revealed his true identity and whilst being examined by a Doctor, bit down on a cyanide capsule resulting in his death, Grayer liberated the following two items as ‘Tropaion’ or Trophies of War, page of written lines, written by Himler whilst being detained, Silk Toiletry bag in blue/cream coloured material, recovered from Himmler's possessions, the archive also includes an original photo of the recipient with colleagues from 45 F.S.S. Intel Corps, original papers and folder of paperwork from 30 Corps Intelligence Summary No 500 includes many intercepts showing life at the front from the German perspective, many other items of papers, photos, forms etc, include a photocopy of the arrest report of Himmler, which was signed by those present, including Grayer, a wealth of other paperwork including media from the time one photo showing Grayer, from the paper Nord Eclair September 1944, also present is a large double side silk Escape style map, all things considered an amazing archive

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 175

SMALL GLAZED FRAME CONTAINING WORLD WAR TWO MEDALS, as follows 1939-45, Italy Stars, Defence & War Medals, together with a loose War medal (no ribbon)

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 176

A GROUP OF WORLD WAR TWO MEDALS INCLUDING GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, to include 1939-45, Burma Stars, Defence & War Medal, together with Geo VI General Service Medal, (Malaya Bar) named 21005754 Dvr. K.R.Foxall. Royal Signals, mounted on a wearing bar, original ribbons contained in a gold flake tin

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 179

A MERCHANTILE MARINE WAR & BRITISH WAR MEDAL PAIR, on a wearing bar, named John P Cain, approximately 133000 of the Marine medal issued in bronze

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 180

A SMALL ARCHIVE OF MEDAL & MATERIAL RELSATING TO SERVICE IN THE BOYS BRIGADE, to include copies of the Boys Brigade Song Book and 1933 Jubilee Book, together with Boys Brigade Side Cap complete with metal badge, boxed Imperial Service Medal, named Duncan Moodie Pearson with the original award document, small AIF WWI era badge mounted on card, together with a small black and white photograph of Pearson

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 183

PALESTINE/WORLD WAR TWO GROUP OF MEDALS, 1939-45, Africa Stars, Defence & War Medal & General Service Medal Geo VI Palestine Bar, named 3908692 Pte P.Deardon, South Wales Borderers, together with a sewn/embroidered crest on cloth for the RASC

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 184

GENERAL SERVICE(CANAL ZONE BAR) & CADET FORCES MEDAL PAIR, on a jacket pocket wearing slide, GSM ERII named to 22798440 CFN (Craftsman) K.G.Butterfield REME, some slight discrepancies in naming and depth of lettering, the bar has not been attached correctly, Cadet forces medal, ERII with bar, named Fl. Lt. K.G.Butterfield RAF VR(T)

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 198

A WORLD WAR ONE ARCHIVE OF MEDALS, DEATH PLAQUE, PHOTOS, etc to include, WWI Victory Medal named 93031 GNR F Walker R.A., Memorial Death plaque in Card folder, named Frederick Walker and a WWI silk postcard 'From your loving Son' written on reverse 'Love from Frederick July 29th, 1917 Belgium',**2 days before his death** Frederick Walker was KIA on 31st July 1917, on the Belgium front, and is buried in the Huts Cemetery in Belgium, he was 19 years old, WWI Princess Mary tin, two boxed medals, National Service & Defence Medal, various pin badges, Cap badges, buttons etc, a boxed 9ct gold hallmarked Birmingham Medallion from the BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Co) to a Victor Smith for long Service 1895-1923 approximate weight 11.1 grams, two framed Military Photographs and a large formal photo of a WWI period Soldier

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 200

A BOX CONTAINING SEVERAL ITEMS OF ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS UNIFORM, to include jackets, trousers, blazer etc, some with shoulder insignia, medal bar etc, may be related to R Follows (not confirmed) and a wall mounted Perspex Spitfire Clock

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Richard Winterton Auctioneers
Lot 227

A WOODEN MADE HERALDIC SHIELD, made to display two swords and daggers in a cross design, possibly European, all items present but some damage to scabbards etc, together with a replica Japanese short Katana sword, a French Ysataghan Bayonet, which the blade has been heavily painted over, no maker marks visible, a short sword, with the markings Pro deo et patria (For God and Country) possible European manufacture, complete with scabbard, but too long for this weapon, blade approximately 44cm, a Tourist style Kukri dagger, complete with scabbard and two smaller daggers and an original boxed RAOB GLE medal named to Bro Albert Brown

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Rendells Auctioneers & Estate Agents
Lot 886

E.C. Cornwell: a small jewellery box containing a 1914-1918 war medal, a Great War medal, three Royal Air Force Fighter Squadron enamel badges, two Devonshire Regiment cap badges, etc.

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Rendells Auctioneers & Estate Agents
Lot 1730

A 9' 6" vintage Mitre-Hardy 'The Alder Trout Fly Rod' No.76255 three section split cane rod in original canvas bag - sold with a 10' 5" antique Chas Farlow, Maker, 191 Strand, London, Prize Medal 1862 four section fishing rod with three dark wood sections and lighter repaired cane top, also an 8' combination three section split cane rod in canvas bag

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Gardiner Houlgate
Lot 693

Civil ladies division Order of The Member of The British Empire MBE medal and ribbon, hallmarked silver, Garrard & Co. London, 2.5", in a Garrard & Co. Ltd fitted case; together with a miniature MBE dress medal, 1.25" (2)-** Presented to Maude Ellafred Evans, later Maude Ellafred Castle-Smith (1892-1974) 3rd June 1919.

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Gardiner Houlgate
Lot 694

WWII defence medal; together with an MBE miniature medal and miniature Defense medal in Spink & Son Ltd box; also a "Lusitania" German replica medal in box with papers; also a Colonial and Indian Exhibition London 1886 medallion in box

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1045

German coin collection of 16 Commemorative Limited Edition Silver Proof like issues of 5 and 10 mark coins, the 1927 Silver Hindenburg Memorial medal with silver engraved 1930s 5 mark and other coins.

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1217

Silver plated 1897 Jubilee Medal in Original Case with 1902 Gilt Bronze Coronation medal in Original Case and a small coin collection.

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1290

Collection of British Royal Mint Silver Proof Coins in Original Case with Certificate of Authenticity, includes 1997 Golden Wedding £5, 1981 Charles and Diana Wedding Crown, 1990 Piedfort 5p, 1994 D-Day 50p, 1977 silver jubilee crown, Australian 1995 Kookaburra 1oz, 2000 Millennium £5, 1996 Football £2 and a CN commemorative medal for the Fourth Railway Bridge.

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1358

Coin collection of modern and post 1947, includes 7 x £5 coins, 5 x £2 coins, Elizabeth II Coronation medal in Original Case with original packet, Bank of England Gill £5 note, Somerset £1 and Fforde 10 shilling note,with other coins and commemorative Crowns.

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1369

Small Collection of World Coins and Banknotes. Includes WW2 Banknotes for Greece, Italy and France, three old Moroccan copper coins, 1984 Los Angeles Olympic commemorative medal, with other coins and commemorative coins.

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Criterion Auctioneers Ltd - London & Bath
Lot 94

James Wyon- A leather cased 19th century James Watt First Class silver medal from The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Dated 1833, awarded to I.I. Wilson, 1864. Weight 53.7g.

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Chaucer Auctions
Lot 177

Athletics, Katarina Johnson Thompson signed 10x8 colour photograph. Johnson Thompson (born 9 January 1993) is an English heptathlete. She won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and broke the British record with a score of 6,981 points, which ranks her at No. 6 on the all-time heptathlon lists. Good condition Est.

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Welshpool Smithfield
Lot 187

NATIONAL SERVICE MEDAL, COMPACT CASE ETC NATIONAL SERVICE MEDAL, COMPACT CASES, BOTTLE STOPS, PAPER KNIVES ETC

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Bonhams
Lot 224

HOLLOWAY JINGLESJOHN (NACY A., editor) Holloway Jingles. Written in Holloway prison during March and April, 1912. Collected and Edited by N.A. John, Glasgow, FIRST EDITION, signature of C[onstance] L[ouise] Collier on title, half-title, stitched with the original white, purple and green ribbon in pictorial printed wrappers with 2 views of a prison cell, edges frayed, covers near detached with tears to spine, 8vo, Glasgow, W.S.P.U., [1912]Footnotes:RARE ASSOCIATION COPY BELONGING TO ONE OF THE HOLLOWAY PRISONERS convicted following the organised window-smashing which took place in London in March 1912. Only one copy of the pamphlet has been traced in auction records, as part of a lot sold in 1983, whilst WorldCat lists just six copies, three on each side of the Atlantic.The poems, along with the sketches for the front cover, were smuggled out of Holloway by two of the prisoners, one of whom was Nancy John, a member of the Glasgow section of the WSPU who edited the anthology: 'Miss John, one of our best speakers, bewailed the fact that she hadn't even hit the window, and yet she got two months' (unpublished memoir of Helen Crawfurd, Agnes Macdonald Collection, Edinburgh Central Libraries). The sixteen contributors include Emily Davison (the final piece, 'L'Envoi'), and 'Laura Grey' (Joan Lavender Bailie Guthrie, 1889-1914), who went on hunger strike whilst serving her six months' sentence, and was forcibly fed. She was subsequently awarded a hunger strike medal, but it is thought she had became addicted to veronal, which was used to ease pain caused by force feeding, and she took her own life two years later, at the age of twenty-five.Another of the prisoners in Holloway was Constance Louisa Collier, who would have been 58 in 1912, and to whom this copy belonged. Collier is recorded as having been a 1911 census 'resister', declaring 'As I have no parliamentary vote because women are not persons - I decline to fill in the census paper which is for the enumeration of the persons in the country. C.L. Collier' (reprinted in Jill Liddington, Vanishing for the vote: Suffrage, citizenship and the battle for the census, Manchester University Press, 2014). Provenance: C.L. Collier, signature dated August 1912 on half-title; Rev. Frederick Hankinson (1875-1960); Reginald Andrew Couzens (b.1904); thence by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 266

DOWNING (EDITH)Hunger-strike medal awarded by the WSPU to Edith Downing, in silver and enamel construction, the top bar fitted with pin and the obverse engraved 'For Valour', the suspension bar in silver and enamel (the reverse engraved 'Fed by Force 1/3/12' and the obverse with striped enamelled bars), the disc 22mm. diameter, engraved on the obverse 'Hunger Strike', and on the reverse 'Edith Downing', maker's name engraved on reverse of top bar ('Toye 67 Theobalds Rd/ London'), overall c.75 x 40mm.; in original purple roan presentation box, lined with green velvet, padded silk inner lid with dedication to Downing printed in gilt, box c.60 x 102mm., [1912]Footnotes:HUNGER STRIKE MEDAL OF WELSH-BORN SUFFRAGETTE AND SCULPTOR EDITH DOWNING.Edith Elizabeth Downing (1857-1931) was born in Cardiff and spent most of her working life in Chelsea, where she became known primarily for her bronze and marble busts and figures. In 1908 she joined the Chelsea branch of the WSPU along with her sister, using her artistic talents to support the cause, helping to organise processions with Marion Wallace-Dunlop and selling her work to raise funds.Her first arrest came in 1911 when she broke a window of Somerset House and was sentenced to a week in jail. The following year she was again arrested for throwing a stone through a West End shop window during a mass WSPU window-smashing campaign. This time she was sentenced to three months in Holloway Prison, where went on hunger strike and was forcibly fed. A vocal critic of police and prison brutality, hers was one of the embroidered signatures on the Suffragette Handkerchief. On her release in June 1912, Downing was awarded the WSPU medal. Her sister Caroline was also awarded a medal, which is now part of the collection in the Houses of Parliament.The military-style medals were awarded by the leaders of the WSPU to suffragettes who had gone on hunger-strike in protest at not being recognised as political prisoners. They hang on a length of ribbon in the WSPU colours from a silver pin bar engraved 'For Valour' in the style of the Victoria Cross. On the obverse is engraved 'Hunger Strike', and the reverse is engraved with the name of the recipient. Some medals had silver bars added in recognition of periods of hunger strike, or striped enamelled bars to denote forcible feeding. Edith Downing's medal has a silver bar engraved 'Fed by Force 1/3/12', actually the date she was imprisoned prior to going on hunger strike and being forcibly fed.The medals were made by Toye & Co. at a cost of £1.00 each, and were first presented in St James' Hall in early August 1909, to women who had gone on hunger strike while serving sentences in Holloway Prison. Downing's medal comes in its original purple box with green velvet lining, and the wording on the inside lid, printed in gold on white silk 'Presented to Edith Downing by the Women's Social and and Political Union in recognition of a gallant action, whereby through endurance to the last extremity of hunger and hardship a great principle of political justice was vindicated'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 267

DOWNING (EDITH)Silver 'Portcullis' or 'Holloway' brooch awarded to Edith Downing, depicting the portcullis of the House of Commons, two hanging chains and superimposed broad arrow in purple, green and white enamel, with safety chain and pin, stamped 'SILVER and Toye & Co/London' on reverse, 25 x 20mm., [1909]Footnotes:Known variously as the Portcullis Badge, Holloway Prison Brooch and the Victoria Cross of the Union, the silver brooch was presented by the WSPU to women imprisoned at Holloway Prison for militant suffragette activity. Designed by Sylvia Pankhurst and manufactured by Toye & Co. London, it includes the portcullis symbol for parliament, the chains of imprisonment and the broad arrow of the prison uniform picked out in purple, white and green enamel, the colours of the WSPU. Having been initially mentioned in Votes for Women on 16 April 1909, the first brooches were presented by Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, Annie Kenney and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence at a large meeting at the Albert Hall on 29 April to coincide with the meeting in London of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance. It was presented with the illuminated addresses also designed by Sylvia Pankhurst that had been awarded to released prisoners since September 1908.This brooch was awarded to Welsh-born suffragette and artist Edith Downing (1857-1931). Whilst producing artwork and sculpture to raise proceeds for the WSPU and collaborating with Marion Wallace-Dunlop on numerous processions, pageants and tableaux, she was also involved in more dangerous militant protest. On 18 November 1910 she was arrested after being involved in the brutal 'Black Friday' disturbances, during which she declared that she nearly lost her life (Crawford, p.172). In March 1912 she was again arrested after breaking the window of a fine art dealer in Regent Street as part of a 200-strong protest and sent to Holloway for four months where she took part in hunger strike (for which she received a Hunger Strike Medal) and was forcibly fed.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 213

DUVAL (NORAH)Autograph album bearing ownership inscription of Norah Duval of Westfield Terrace, Chapel Allerton, containing c.20 signatures, pencil drawings and watercolours, including an inscription by Emily Wilding Davison dated 11 March 1913 ('Who would be free herself must strike the blow!'/ 'Rebellion against tyrants, is obedience to God!' 'Deeds, not Words!'), green cloth, worn, 97 x 153mm., 1911 to 1913 [dated 8 August 1911]; with a leather presentation case for a Hunger Strike Medal bearing the lettering inside 'Presented to Norah Duval by the Women's Social & Political Union in recognition of a Gallant Action whereby through endurance to the last extremity of hunger and hardship, a great principle of political justice was vindicated', 60 x 100mm.; together with a cartoon by Cecilia Forbes-Robertson depicting Norah Duval standing over a bemused policeman, having just smashed a window, toffee hammer in hand, signed 'C.F.R/ 1912', pencil and watercolour, 262 x 180mm., and another caricature of Norah Duval by an unknown artist, in crayon, 260 x 156mm., [n.d.] (4)Footnotes:'DEEDS NOT WORDS': Emily Wilding Davison inscribes an autograph book for Norah Duval.Norah was the daughter of militant suffragists Emily and Ernest Duval and sister of Elsie, Victor, Barbara and Millicent. She followed in the family tradition and was incarcerated in Holloway for militant acts and was a recipient of the Hunger Strike Medal (not included in the lot). Her autograph album bears the address of the art critic Frank Rutter, a long-time friend of the Duval family with whom she was staying. It was at his wedding in 1909 that Victor met his future wife Una Dugdale and in 1913 he gave Elsie Duval a reference to find work in Europe after her escape from the Cat and Mouse Act, also allowing his house in Leeds to become a haven for those recovering from hunger strike. It is probably through Rutter that the Duvals met the Forbes-Robertsons. Cecilia studied at the Royal Academy in 1917, exhibited between 1917 and 1921. Her brother was the artist Eric Forbes-Robertson, whose wife Janina painted Barbara Duval's portrait also in the present sale. Provenance: Sotheby's, 15 December 1987, lot 244 (part).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Bonhams
Lot 214

DUVAL (ELSIE)Illuminated printed address bearing stamped signature of Emmeline Pankhurst ('E. Pankhurst') presented to Elsie Duval 'On Behalf of all Women who will win freedom by the bondage which you have endured for their sake, and dignity by the humiliation which you have gladly suffered for the uplifting of our sex, We, the Members of the Women's Social and Political Union, herewith express our deep sense of admiration for our courage in enduring a long period of privation and solitary confinement in prison for the 'Votes for Women' Cause...', beneath large chromolithographed Angel of Freedom vignette, within a purple, green and gilt foliate border incorporating the portcullis and prisoner's arrow motif, calligraphic name of recipient, one leaf, printed by 'Weiners, London, W.', light dust-staining, framed and glazed, address 486 x 318mm., with frame 680 x 505mm., unexamined out of frame, [September 1908 onwards]; with a similar printed certificate addressed to Elsie Duval, bearing the stamped signature of Emmeline Pankhurst ('E. Pankhurst'), within a black and white foliate border beneath the WSPU roundel in purple, white and green, one leaf, dust-staining, marks and small tears, framed and glazed, 380 x 275mm., with frame 570 x 455mm., unexamined out of frame (2)Footnotes:These illuminated addresses were designed by Sylvia Pankhurst to incorporate the purple, green and white colours that the WPSU had adopted in June 1908 and were presented to ex-prisoners who had suffered for the cause. The 'Angel of Freedom' device was a strong 'brand' logo also used on other WPSU artefacts such as the tea-service and medallion included in this sale. From April 1909, the meeting of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance, the addresses were accompanied by a Holloway Brooch (not present).Elsie Duval (1892-1919), a member of the WSPU from 1907, was born into a family of passionate supporters of the suffrage movement and was the first woman to be released from Holloway under the so-called 'Cat and Mouse Act' in 1913. Her mother, Emily Duval, was arrested on six occasions between 1908 and 1912 and her brother Victor founded the Men's Political Union for Women's Enfranchisement. Elsie too was arrested many times and served several sentences in Holloway. In 1912 she was arrested after smashing the window of Clapham post office and sentenced to a month's imprisonment during which she was force-fed nine times and subsequently awarded the Hunger Strike Medal by the WSPU. After being accused of arson, she fled to Europe with her husband, only returning at the beginning of the First War when an amnesty to suffragettes was in place. Her weakened health meant that she succumbed to influenza in 1919, as did her sister and fellow-suffragette Barbara.Provenance: Sotheby's, 15 December 1987, lot 244 (part).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Setdart Subastas S.L
Lot 22

CLAUDE MICHEL "CLODION" (Nancy, 1738 - Paris, 1814)."Triumph of Bacchus". Early 19th century.Patinated bronze.Veined marble pedestal.Signed on one side.Measurements: 37 x 23 x 19 cm ; 40 cm (height with pedestal).Patinated bronze sculpture representing the triumph of Bacchus. In this group of sculptural figures there is the Roman God of the vine and the wine, Bacchus with a classical half-naked maiden and a beautiful pair of cherubs, one dancing while holding a tambourine and the other sitting on the shoulders of Bacchus during a bacchanal.Claude Michel, known as Clodion, was born in Nancy, but in 1755 he moved to Paris to study in the studio of his uncle, the sculptor Lambert Sigisbert Adam, with whom he remained for four years. After his uncle's death he became a pupil of Jean Baptiste Pigalle, Madame de Pompadour's favourite sculptor. His work soon began to be recognised and in 1759 he won the grand prize for sculpture at the Académie Royale. In 1761 he was awarded the first silver medal for studies on models, and a year later he was awarded the Grand Prix de l'Académie Royale, consisting of a pension to further his training in Italy. Clodion was very active in Rome between 1767 and 1771. On returning to Paris he set up his own studio, where he worked with his brothers depicting mythological scenes, groups of dancers, nymphs and bathers in a language somewhere between Rococo and Neoclassicism. His works were in great demand, from the Parisian salons to Catherine II of Russia. Clodion's works are held in the Louvre (Paris), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg), the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), the Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles), the Frick Collection (New York) and the Kimbell Museum (Forth Worth, Texas), among many others.

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Setdart Subastas S.L
Lot 90

JOSEP MARIA SUBIRACHS SITJAR (Barcelona, 1927 - 2014)."Seguretat.Terracotta.Unpublished work. Under the prior knowledge and supervision of Judit Subirachs, bronze copies of this sculpture can be made.Signed on the back.Attached certificate of authenticity issued by Judit Subirachs, daughter and curator of Subirachs' work.Measurements: 55 x 42 x 20 cm.This terracotta is contextualised in Subirachs' first period, when the young artist began to work as a collaborator in the workshop of the Noucentista sculptor Enric Casanovas. Although the master died a few months later, Subirachs has always acknowledged the profound artistic legacy he left him. Corredor-Matheos said of this early period: "The measure, clarity and balance that emanate from Josep Maria Subirachs' early terracottas are also recognisable in later sculptures, when the artist would have opted for another aesthetic". Although the present work lacks any of the characteristic features of Subirachs's later sculpture, it is an exceptional example of the Catalan's mastery of modelling technique and excellence in the rendering of physiognomies.After entering the workshop of a gilder who was fond of sculpture at the age of fourteen, where he modelled his first works in clay, in 1942 he entered the workshop of the sculptor Enrique Monjó as an apprentice. Five years later he began to work as an assistant to Enrique Casanovas. In 1948 he made his debut at the Casa del Libro in Barcelona, and in 1951 he travelled to Paris to complete his training, with a scholarship from the Institut Français in Barcelona. He returned to his native city in 1953 and was awarded the Sculpture Prize at the Jazz Salon. After two years working and exhibiting in Belgium he returns to Spain, and in 1958 he is awarded the Gran Premio San Jorge by the Diputación de Barcelona and the "Julio González" by the Cámara Barcelonesa de Arte. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Asia and the United States, and in 1988 he was awarded the Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. In 1980 he was elected member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Jorge. He is represented at the Centro Reina Sofía, the MACBA Museums in Barcelona, Ibiza, Seville and New York, the Fine Arts Museums of Bilbao, Birmingham, the Vatican, Taipei and Nebraska, the Museo al Aire Libre del Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, the Petit Palais Museum in Geneva and the Millesgärden in Stockholm, among others.

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Setdart Subastas S.L
Lot 91

JOAN REBULL (Reus, 1899 - Barcelona, 1981)."Girl".Stone sculpture.Signed on the lower right-hand side.Measurements: 62 x 27 x 20 cm.This work is an eloquent example of the most personal work of Joan Rebull, an artist who develops a language with classical aesthetic roots, based on the principles of nobility, beauty and proportion, which nevertheless uses an idealisation and a synthesis of forms in accordance with the avant-garde and not with the models of Classical Antiquity. Thus, we are faced with a serene, balanced child portrait with a certain immutable, archaic and almost sacred character in the perfection of its proportions and structural lines, which establishes a bridge between the ancient idols and avant-garde plastic research.Considered to be the most outstanding Catalan sculptor of his time, Joan Rebull began in the world of sculpture in his native city under the guidance of the sculptor Pau Figueres. In 1915 he moved to Barcelona to begin his artistic training at the La Lonja School of Fine Arts, while at the same time working in the workshop of the marble worker Bechini. In 1916 he made his solo debut with an exhibition at the Centro de Lectura in Reus, and the following year he founded, together with other artists, the group known as "Els Evolucionistes" (The Evolutionists), which aimed to counter the Catalan Noucentisme. In 1921 he received a grant from the Círculo Artístico and travelled to London and Paris, where he was particularly impressed by the ancient art housed in their museums. Between 1926 and 1929 he lived in the French capital and took part in the Salon des Indépendants, although he also sent works to exhibitions in Barcelona. In Paris he was the first artist to be contracted by the prominent Catalan art dealer Joan Merli. On his return he was appointed president of the new Montjuic Salon (1932) and a member of the Sant Jordi Academy (1934), took part in various exhibitions in Madrid and Barcelona and, in 1938, won the Campeny Prize at the Salon d'Automne in Barcelona. After the war, he went into exile in Paris, where he took an active part in artistic life, taking part in the exhibition "Le Jeune Sculpture Française" and the Salons d'Automne. He returned to Barcelona in 1948, and three years later won a great prize at the I Bienal Hispano-American Art Biennial in Madrid. In 1962 he was appointed professor at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts, and shortly before his death he was awarded the gold medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya. A child of noucentista perfectionism and a great draughtsman, Rebull worked with great technical mastery and confidence in the path to follow. His sculpture is direct and anti-rhetorical, based on a serene and essential vision of reality. His style can be defined as a reencounter with the source of classicism, from which he never copies the consequences. He is represented in the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Reina Sofia National Centre, Barcelona City Hall, the Monastery of Montserrat and the Palau de la Música Catalana, among other centres.

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Lot 102

GINNER (CHARLES)Drawing entitled 'Los Indios En El Gran Chaco', signed and dated 'Charles Ginner/ 28.VII.1912', on a page taken from an autograph book, pencil and coloured crayon, 98 x 145mm., 28 July 1912Footnotes:This unusual drawing by Charles Ginner (1878-1952) is quite unlike much of the artist's traditional output and was removed from an autograph book belonging to Norah Duval, a member of a militant suffragette family, who was incarcerated in Holloway, and was a recipient of the Hunger Strike Medal. The album bears the address in North Allerton of the art critic Frank Rutter (1876-1937), a long-time friend of the Duval family, and with whom Duval stayed whilst he was curator of the Leeds Art Gallery. In 1908 Rutter founded the Allied Artist's Association, in order to help artists such as Charles Ginner, with whom he worked closely on the hanging committee of the third Allied Artist's Exhibition in 1910. In July 1917, with Harold Gilman, he co-published the journal Arts and Letters.Provenance: Norah Duval; Hankinson-Goode Collection (see Bonhams, Women Through History sale, 23 March 2022).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 133

SENDAK (MAURICE)An extensive collection, assembled over the past 30 years, of the works of Maurice Sendak, comprising some 340 volumes covering virtually all of Sendak's works in first edition, later editions, and foreign translations, together with several hundred printed ephemera such as proofs, posters, pamphlets, brochures, programmes, cards, leaflets, greetings cards, point of sale displays and exhibitions catalogues, and objects such as Wild Thing dolls, t-shirts, tote bags, badges, etc., a sample of the highlights including:(i)7 books inscribed with original drawings, comprising (all in publisher's bindings):- Where the Wild Things Are, first edition, inscribed on half-title 'For Vera, Indeed – a first! Maurice Sendak May '92' with drawing of the head of Moishe the Wild Thing, first issue dust-jacket, price-clipped, lightly toned, 8mm. tear to front panel, slightly longer tear at foot of spine [Hanrahan A58], oblong 4to, [New York], Harper & Row, 1963; - ibid., later edition, inscribed on half-title 'For Dan for Christmas 1983, from Robert and Frank and Maurice, Dec. 25, '83' with large drawing of Moishe in Christmas hat saying 'Boo!', dust-jacket (price-clipped, tears and repairs), oblong 4to, Bodley Head, 1983; - ibid., 25th anniversary edition, number 150 of 250 copies signed by Sendak on half-title and with drawing of Moishe signed and dated 'Oct. '88' loosely inserted, oblong 4to, [New York], Harper & Row, 1988; - AYME (MARCEL) The Wonderful Farm, early edition, illustrations by Sendak, drawing of a seated pig signed 'Maurice Sendak' on front free endpaper, dust-jacket (price-clipped, spine toned) [Hanrahan A2], 8vo, New York, Harper, 1951; - The Magic Pictures: More about the Wonderful Farm, early edition, drawing of a leaping pig (with 'Oink!') signed 'Maurice Sendak' on front free endpaper, first issue dust-jacket, spine toned, tear at foot of rear panel [Hanrahan A10], 8vo, New York, Harper, 1951;- Higglety Pigglety Pop!, first edition, inscribed on front free endpaper 'Aug. '68 For Bevan, All best wishes! Maurice Sendak' with drawing of the cat-milkman, dust-jacket (price-clipped, spine toned) [Hanrahan A68], square 12mo, [New York], Harper & Row, 1967; - OPIE (IONA AND PETER) I Saw Esau, number 285 of 300 copies signed by Iona Opie and Sendak, with drawing of baby in romper suit dated 'May '92' below, slipcase [Hanrahan A136], 8vo, Walker Books, 1992(ii)Over 90 books signed and frequently inscribed by Sendak, including: - EIDINOFF (M.L.) and H. RUCHLIS. Atomics for the Millions, first edition of the first book illustrated by Sendak, signed on front free endpaper and dated 'Oct. '84', library mark on rear pastedown, endpapers toned, rubbed [Hanrahan A1], 8vo, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1947; - ibid., first UK edition, signed on half-title and inscribed 'For Vera', endpapers spotted, lightly rubbed, shelfmark on spine, 12mo, George G. Harrap, 1950;- Where the Wild Things Are, first edition, inscribed on half-title 'to Mary B. Stancisto, Maurice Sendak, Jan. '71', early issue dust-jacket with Caldecott Medal label and blurb and price $3.95, spine panel very lightly toned, oblong 4to, [New York], Harper & Row, 1963; - ibid., first UK edition, signed on half-title and inscribed 'to Vera', dust-jacket lightly toned, oblong 4to, Bodley Head, 1967(iii)Miscellanea, including: - American Booksellers Association 1991 poster, colour lithograph, number 172 of 275 copies, numbered lower left and signed and dated '91 lower right, 780 x 620mm.; - Pictures by Maurice Sendak, number 471 of 500 copies with signed reproduction of drawing of a Sealyham terrier, portfolio containing 20 prints [Hanrahan A78], the box 650 x 430mm., New York, Harper & Row, 1971; - ibid., UK version, number 4 of 1,000 copies, no signature called for, Bodley Head, 1972; - another copy, number 421; ibid., German version, number 799 of 1,000 copies, no signature called for, Zurich, Diogenes Verlag, 1972; - Fly By Night, galley proofs, stamped 'First Proof 61229 Jun 25 1976', green paper wrappers [cf. Hanrahan A95], 4to, [New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976]; - ibid., proof sheet with 16 illustrations, folded, 640 x 950mm.; - fax sent by Ursula Nordstrom of Harper & Row, to 'Dear Colleague', enclosing statement of Sendak on the censorship of the naked baby of In the Night Kitchen by librarians, 3pp., stapled, 4to, 24 April 1972; - Higglety Pigglety Pop!, proof sheet with 14 full-page illustrations and 8 vignettes, printed on thick paper, numbered '20' in felt-tip and 'light' in pencil', folded [cf. Hanrahan A68], 910 x 600mm., [?New York, Harper & Row, 1967]; - I Saw Esau, complete set of unbound, unfolded colour proofs [cf. Hanrahan A136], 4to, Walker Books, 1992; - several Wild Thing dolls, unopened in original packagingFootnotes:'In a lifetime of making and illustrating books, Maurice Sendak has contributed to American literature an astonishing body of creative work... from the early, brash illustrations for Atomics for the Millions to... the richness of imagery and imagination in picture books such as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen' (Stephen K. Urice, Sendak at the Rosenbach, 1995). The present collection is surely one of the most extensive and thorough in private hands; a full list is available on request.Provenance: Property from a London private collection.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 311

A Victorian Crimea medal, with Sebastopol bar, un-named, a Battle of Jutland memorial medal, 1916, a Lusitania medal, a 19th century oval Perth Grammar School medallion, 1823, and an 1836 five francs coin. (5)

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Lot 106

A 9 carat yellow gold Northants Football Association Medal, Lower Junior Cup Winners 1923-24, A M Underwood, hallmarked Birmingham 1923. 4.8g, in original Fattorini Box,.

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Lot 110

John Bacon, Sculptor, silver medal 1864, JS Wyon for the Art Union of London. Reverse - Bacon's statue of Samuel Johnson - this statue stands in St Paul's Cathedral. 55mm diameter.

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Lot 111

209293 DVR R.Booth R.E.- World War One British War Medal and Victory Medal with ribbons.

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Lot 295

A collection of vintage costume jewellery, green and coral scarab bead necklace, 40cm; ceramic and pewter brooches; paste buttons; hatpins; pair of cufflinks; clear diamante paste brooches, buckles, bracelet, necklace; marcasite brooches and two rings all in two wooden boxes; a twin compartment domed jewel box named N Sternberg 15 Market street Manchester containing badges - silver General Nursing Council, 1951 Festival of Britain enamel badge; modern cased Women's Voluntary Service Medal.

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Lot 123

A silver and enamelled medal. Birmingham 1931. By Spencer and Co. Approx. 15 grams. Est. £30 - £40.

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Lot 124

OF ROYAL INTEREST: A silver and enamelled medal. London 1939. By Firmin and Sons Ltd. Approx. 15 grams. Est. £30 - £40.

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Lot 125

A silver medal. Birmingham1918. Approx. 20 grams. Est. £20 - £30.

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Lot 126

OF ROYAL INTEREST: A silver and enamelled medal. London 1932. By Harbert and Co. Approx. 24 grams. Est. £30 - £40.

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OF ROYAL INTEREST: A silver and enamelled medal. Birmingham 1936. By Spencer and Co. Approx. 21 grams. Est. £30 - £40.

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Lot 128

OF ROYAL INTEREST: A silver and enamelled medal. London 1911. By Harbert and Co. Approx. 22 grams. Est. £30 - £40.

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Lot 129

OF ROYAL INTEREST: A silver and enamelled medal. London. By Harbert and Co. Approx. 21 grams. Est. £30 - £40.

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OF ROYAL INTEREST: A silver and enamelled medal. London 1938. By H T Lamb and Co. Approx. 23 grams. Est. £30 - £40.

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Lot 105

Ireland,Emergency Service Medal 1939-45, Air Raid Precautions issue with one bar. In box of issue and typed card to William Beavan Searell with Red cross shoulder title, ribband etc. Extremely fine. (Lot)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 106

Korea,Order of Military Merit, 4th Class. In case of issue with riband bar for uniform. Scratch to centre of medal otherwise very fine or better. The case in need of light repair. (Lot)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 109

Norway,Medal for Heroic Deeds, small silver medal in fitted case of issue. With a copy soldier's badge. Extremely fine. (Lot)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 111

The Second World War D.S.O., D.F.C. and bar, D.F.M., Battle of Britain group of seven to Wing Commander W.J. 'Sticks' Gregory, Royal Air Force, Air Interception Radar Operator to the WW2 Night Fighter ace Wing Commander J.R.D.'Bob' Braham,Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., dated 1945, in silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., dated 1942, with second award bar, dated 1943; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (75103 F/Sgt W.J.Gregory R.A.F.); 1939-1945 Star with Battle of Britain bar; Atlantic Star with Air Crew Europe bar; War Medal; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R. (Flt.Lt W.J.Gregory. RAFVR.). Both bars are later tailor's copies, otherwise very fine to good very fine. (Lot)Footnotes:D.S.O. London Gazette 17.7.1945.Since being recommended for a bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross, this officer has taken part in many operational missions over enemy territory, in the course of which he participated in the destruction of eight enemy aircraft. In June 1943, whist supporting an attack on Cologne, his aircraft was damaged, the port engine being set on fire by enemy fighters. By his skill as a Navigator, Squadron Leader Gregory enabled his pilot to avoid the attacks of the enemy aircraft and assisted him during the return flight. On another occasion, he and his pilot engaged two enemy fighters in a combat which lasted 25 minutes, destroying one of the enemy. In May 1944 Squadron Leader Gregory assisted his pilot to destroy a Focke Wulf 190 while returning from a sortie against Aalborg. Shortly afterwards, the aircraft was severely damaged by a Messerchmitt 109. With their petrol draining rapidly from the damaged tanks, they attempted to fly the aircraft to base, but were forced down on the North Sea and were picked up after 30 minutes by a Naval vessel. For the past seven months, this officer has fulfilled his duties of Station Navigation Officer, in which capacity his experience and advice have been most valuable.D.F.C. London Gazette 4.8.1942.This officer has taken part in the destruction of six enemy aircraft at night. He has shown great skill and devotion to duty.Bar to the D.F.C. London Gazette 16.7.1943.As observer, this officer has completed much operational flying and, by his outstanding ability, has proved himself to be a most valuable member of aircraft crew. By his personal example, tuition and zeal, Flight Lieutenant Gregory has contributed materially to the high standard of efficiency of the observers of his squadron. Since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross he has taken part in many sorties and has contributed to the destruction of at least 4 enemy aircraft.D.F.M. London Gazette 17.10.1941.In August 1940, Flight Sergeant Gregory whilst flying in a Blenheim with the late Pilot Officer Rhodes on a night patrol, intercepted a Heinkel 111 which Rhodes over-shot and Gregory, with great coolness, gave the enemy aircraft a long burst from the beam gun with a single Vickers gas-operated gun, destroying the enemy aircraft. Again, in July, 1941, by quick and accurate work on the A.I., he enabled Flt.Lt.J.R.D.Braham, D.F.C., to destroy a Junkers 88 at 6,000 feet in the Thames Estuary and again on 12th September, 1941, although his pilot was apparently overtaking an enemy aircraft very rapidly, by clear and precise instructions, he enabled his pilot to destroy yet another enemy aircraft. Flight Sergeant Gregory has been in the Squadron since 19th May 1940, during which time he has always shown great keenness to contact the enemy and has been an inspiration to the other operators. I therefore most strongly recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.Air Efficiency Award London Gazette 21.3.1946.The lot additionally comprises: The framed warrant for the Distinguished Service Order; two RAF log books one of which is his official one whilst the second is a mirror of the first but with further information and 'extra flights' throughout his flying career; Warrant for promotion to Flight Lieutenant dated 16th February 1949; Caterpillar club badge engraved on reverse (Sgt W.J.Gregory); Caterpillar Club badge engraved on reverse (Sgt W.Gregory Pres by Irvin Co); Silk handkerchief; Caterpillar club membership card; Goldfish club membership card; Bullet marked cigarette case engraved internally (W.J.G.) this was one of his father's most treasured possessions where fighting over Dunkirk this case no doubt saved his life (newspaper article states); two silver plated dishes given to him by the Officers and NCO's of 29 Squadron on the occasion of his marriage; R.A.F. shields for 29, 141 and 926 Squadrons; a photograph frame made from the tip of a pre WW2 aeroplane with photograph of him in uniform; a letter relating to his visit to Buckingham Palace dated 20th November 1942; a letter relating to his D.S.O. dated 19th September 1946; A signed Guildhall reception booklet dated 22nd July 1980 with signatures including Bob Stanford-Tuck, James 'Ginger' Lacey, John Cunningham; An R.A.F. Museum Battle of Britain commemorative plate, a Bristol Beaufighter plate; a framed cartoon entitled 'Caterpillar'; a framed cartoon entitled 'Gay Paree'; an E.II.R. period Officer's cap; a telegram dated 19th July 1945 congratulating him on his D.S.O.; two RAF ties; a signed unframed print entitled 'Moment in Time'; a photograph album with mainly wedding photographs; a signed first day cover; 30 assorted photographs during his career; a copy of Royal Air Force Review December 1947 where he is pictured outside Buckingham Palace collecting a medal; a copy of Fly Past from November 1995; a copy of You magazine from 1990; seven assorted newspapers; a copy of the Telegraph dated 9th October 2001 which includes his obituary; 2x WW2 newspaper cuttings and 1 x Post WW2 newspaper cutting all relating to him.Wing Commander William James Gregory was born at Hartlepool on the 23rd November 1913, he was the son of a builder and was educated at the Lister Sealy School. Prior to WW2 he worked as a plasterer with the family business, and was additionally the drummer in the Debroy Somers Band earning the nickname 'Sticks' which stuck with him throughout his lifetime.He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 1st April 1939 as an Airman u/t Observer and trained at No.32 EFTS at Greatham, County Durham.Gregory was called up on the 1st September 1939 and was posted to Prestwick in November where he begins flying, training in both Map Reading and Navigation at No.1 A.O.N.S.. In April 1940 he transfers to No.9 Observer's course at R.A.F. Penrhos, a month later he is posted to 29 Squadron flying on board Blenheims where he has a night Convoy Patrol on the 22nd May. He is then posted to 29 Squadron on the 25th May 1940 based at Debden as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, then to become Observer/Radio Operator and finally Radar Operator.He teams up with Braham for the first time on the 12th July 1940 for an 'X' raid (Crashed), a further 'X' raid with P/O R.A.Rhodes on the 6th August and on the 8th again with Rhodes his log book notes Hostile Raid (Crashed). He further carries out a number of 'X' raids and patrols with Rhodes and other pilots in August where on the 18th they shoot down an He.111 into The Wash, his first kill. For September 1940 he is involved with various patrols but no serious action. For October he only flies on the 10th as Anti-Aircraft cooperation and Patrol. In November he carries out a total of five Hostile Patrols being shot at by our own Ack Ack on the 20th, with a further two patrols for December. His entries for January 1941 record five flights but interestingly his log book is signed by Guy Gibson who was Commanding B Flight, he additionally signs it on behalf of the Wing Commander Commanding 29 Squadron. In February he carries out five Hostile Patrols, one with Braham, as well as a Flare T... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 112

A Great War Civil O.B.E. group of three to Mrs A.D.K.Anderson, Royal Red Cross,The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., 1st type, Civil Division; Defence Medal; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with four bars (Amy D.K.Anderson.). Mounted as worn and housed in box with gold lettering of A.D.K.A. embossed on the lid. The suspension loop on the first slightly bent, otherwise extremely fine. (3)Footnotes:O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1918.With a copy of Waverley Abbey Military Hospital, Farnham, Surrey, as given to Colonel Anderson from Farnham. This booklet has a number of black and white photographs of the facility during WW1.Mrs Amy Anderson became the Commandant of Red Cross Detachment No. 56 in Surrey Division before the war. During the war, the family gave up Waverley Abbey the family home to the government for it to become the Waverley Abbey Military Hospital. It opened in September 1914, thus becoming one of the first country houses to be converted into a military hospital. Amy was appointed as Commandant of the hospital, with her daughters becoming nurses: Misses Amy, Elizabeth, Anne and Margaret. Miss Amy went on to work at the Astoria Hospital in Paris in 1916 until the end of the war. Miss Elizabeth was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 2nd class, for her nursing service during the war. The Andersons' son fought in WW1 becoming Second-Lieutenant Rupert Darnley Switheen Anderson and by 1934 he was a Lieutenant-Colonel.The Anderson family saw more than 1,000 wounded soldiers each year that the military hospital was open, seeing around 5,000 soldiers throughout the entirety of the war. They were visited by members of the royal family in 1916, 1917 and 1918.Whilst Amy was Commandant of Waverley Abbey, Rupert fought in and survived the war. He served as a Major in the 5th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment and also in the Royal Air Force during the end of the war. He was awarded an O.B.E. in WW1 for his services to the Territorial Army and the Air Force. In January 1918, towards the end of the war, Amy Anderson was also appointed an O.B.E for her help in the upkeep of Waverley Abbey and for her service towards the soldiers that stayed there.In 1919, when the war had ended, Waverley Abbey Hospital was closed. It had been open for 4 and a half years under the care of the Anderson family and to celebrate, they hosted a farewell dinner for the hospital staff.Later that year, Rupert conveyed a part of the Waverley estate to Horace Trimmer, downscaling due to most of his daughters (and his son) marrying and leaving home. By 1931 Amy and Rupert had downscaled even more, expressing in a letter to Lord Farrer of Abinger that 'one cannot afford that kind of amusement' and that they were not 'justified with a large family' any more.Throughout his time in Waverley Abbey, Rupert became integral to the Farnham community. He was the President of the Tilford Institute, Chairman of the managers of the Church of England School, Vicar's warden and he founded Loyal Rupert Anderson Lodge of Oddfellows.Amy Anderson was also at the forefront of town affairs becoming chairwoman of a committee advocating the use of Farnham castle for the Bishop of the Diocese in 1930.Major Rupert Darnley Anderson died on the 23 December 1944, aged 85, from natural causes. He was cremated and his ashes were buried in Tilford churchyard. Mrs Amy Anderson died on the 25h August 1951, aged 84.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 113

A Great War M.C. group of seven to Colonel P.T.Pirie, Gordon Highlanders,Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medal with later MID Oakleaf (Capt.P.T.Pirie.); 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal with MID Oakleaf. Very fine or better. (7)Footnotes:M.C. London Gazette 12.12.1919.M.I.D. London Gazette 21.12.1917; 9.7.1919; 23/26.7.1940.Colonel Patrick Taldo Pirie was born on the 17th March 1897. He was the eldest son of Colonel D.V.Pirie whose father was Scottish and his mother French. Although he was educated at Winchester he spent much of his youth at the Chateau de Varennes, Savennieres the home of his grandmother's family, Rousseau de Labrosse.On the 4th August 1914 he was in the House of Commons with his father who was then Member of Parliament for North Aberdeen. After Lord Grey's speech declaring that a state of War existed between Great Britain and Germany. Colonel D.V.Pirie introduced his son to the Foreign Secretary with the words 'Here is your first recruit'. So it was that Colonel Pirie's commission bore the date 4th August 1914.From May 1916 until the end of the War Lieutenant Pirie as he then was and Captain as he soon took part in the fighting in France and Flanders and was awarded the Military Cross.Having decided to make the Army his career he served in the Army of the Rhine, the Black Sea, Malta, Egypt, India and the Sudan as well as at home. He was adjutant of the 1st Battalion from 1924-1927 and was later on the Staff of the Depot. From October 1936 to December 1938 Colonel Pirie was British Officer Instructor at the French Staff College and it was during his stay in Paris that he became engaged and was married, late in 1938, at Berne during a short spell of official duty in Switzerland.From Switzerland Major Pirie as he then was went to the Senior Wing of the Staff College and the day after the war was declared he disembarked at Cherbourg. Later he assumed command of the 6th Battalion. Many of that Battalion will remember being drawn up on the pier at Dunkirk together with a number of French soldiers while Colonel Pirie sent them forward two by two: two French, two Scots- a task in which his command of the French language was invaluable.Colonel Pirie was later posted to North Africa and terminated his military career in Germany. In 1952 he retired to his home in France.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 117

A Great War M.M. and pair to Private S.Redford, London Regiment,Military Medal, G.V.R. (321796 Pte S.Redford. 2/6 Lond:R.); British War and Victory Medal (4301 Pte.S.Redford. 6-Lond.R.). Together with a box for WW2 medals addressed to F/O J.S.Redford. Good very fine or better. (Lot)Footnotes:M.M. London Gazette 4.2.1918.Private Stanley Redford was born in 1893, he enlisted at 57a Farringdon Road on the 30th May 1915. He left Southampton for France on the 25th January 1917.He transferred to the Army Pay Corps as 23119 at the end of his service. His date of Disembodiment was on the 2nd May 1919.Sold with copied service papers and MIC confirming pair.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 118

A Great War M.M. and pair to Private H.Stevens, 6th London Regiment,Military Medal, G.V.R. (322078 L.Cpl H.Stevens. 6/Lond:R.); British War and Victory Medal (4739 Pte.H.Stevens. 6-Lond.R.). Extremely fine. (3)Footnotes:M.M. London Gazette 17.4.1917.Private Harry Stevens was born at Broadway in Dorset. He enlisted at 57a Farringdon Road on the 21st July 1915. He serves in France from the 13th March 1916. He is attached to the Transportation Depot at Boulogne on the 15th April 1917. He is discharged on the 13th May 1919.Sold with photocopied service papers and MIC card.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 119

A Great War M.M. group of three to Corporal N.Barron, Gordon Highlanders, 14th London Regiment,Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-20482 Cpl.N.J.Barron. 1/Gord: Highrs:); British War and Victory Medal (S-20482 Cpl.N.Barron. Gordons.). Light contact marks, very fine or better. (3)Footnotes:M.M. London Gazette 11.2.1919.His Medal Index Card confirms his pair but also as 522011 14th London Regiment.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 120

A Great War M.M. group of four to Private T.Martin, Gordon Highlanders,Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-17513 Pte T.Martin. 1/4 Gord: Highrs:); British War and Victory Medal (S-17513 Pte.T.Martin Gordons.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Thomas Martin). Very fine. (3)Footnotes:M.M. London Gazette 6.8.1918.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 121

A Second World War M.M. group of three to Sergeant G.I.Littlejohn, Gordon Highlanders,Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2874433 Sjt.G.I.Littlejohn. Gordons.); 1939-1945 Star; War Medal. Some light contact marks and edge bruises to the first, otherwise very fine. (3)Footnotes:M.M. London Gazette 11.10.1945.Sergeant George Littlejohn belonged to the Balmoral area and joined the Gordon Highlanders at the end of 1929. He served with the 2nd Bn from May 1930 until September 1931 and joined the 1st Bn in India where he served until 1934. He went to Palestine with the Bn and left for Edinburgh in 1935, and served at Redford Barracks until he had completed his engagement at the end of 1936. In 1938 several reservists were invited to rejoin the colours and he took advantage of this and by September 1939 he went to France with the 1st Bn as Intelligence Sergeant and served with distinction in the 1940 campaign. He was taken POW at St.Valery (16562) (Camp 383). He died on the 29th May 1979 at Harrogate.Sold with assorted research and photocopied newspaper cuttings from the time he was captured and again when released etc.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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