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Lot 113
ROYAL NAVY INTEREST. A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY LIEUTENANT JOHN HIATT worked with polychrome silks on canvas, mainly in Rococo stitch, with a trellis design decorated with stylised flowers and animals, crowns and a bird, above a cream coloured band, with the name and date upside down 'Lieutenant John Hiatt Royal Navy 1807', together with another sampler by his wife Ann Fishley, also worked with Rococo stitch and with similar colours, with stylised flowers and a bird, above a brightly coloured tulip and a band in petit point with the name and date 'Ann Fishley October 1803', both in later glazed ebonised frames (2) 24.4 x 16.7cm (max) Provenance Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller. Catalogue Note Lieutenant John Hiatt served on board of the HMS Namur at the defeat of the Spanish fleet off Cape St Vincent during the Peninsula War in 1797 when he was just 13 years old. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1802 for his general services. In 2008 a St Vincent medal belonging to Midshipman John Hiatt was auctioned in London. Literature The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.142 for a discussion of these samplers.
Lot 353
VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BOX & COLLECTABLE CONTENTS along with Otis King Model K calculator boxed with instructions and a Venetian silver overlay atomiser scent bottle, contents include Birmingham 1876 silver WSH football medal dated '96-'97 commemorative medallion Coronation of HM King George V and Queen Mary struck by the maker's of Elect Cocoa, other badges and medallions by Thomas Fattorini and others, Waterman's fountain pen, white metal pencil, brass sovereign case (A/F) and other interesting items
Lot 84A
A small turned wooden box, purportedly inlaid with wood from the mulberry tree planted by William Shakespeare at New Place, Stratford upon Avon, containing a small replica Shakespeare Jubilee medal, the interior lids bearing written paper labels to that effect, 6.5cm diameter, together with a cased pair of opera glasses, a blue and white porcelain box and cover and a water dropper (4)Condition report: The inlay lifting slightly. Some knocks and wear. Surface wear to opera glasses. Leather worn and rubbed. General wear to porcelain.
Lot 223
A medal group awarded to Major Herbert N Jackson, The India General Service medal with Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 bar and The British War Medal 1914-1918, both stamped '2256008 DVR, H.H. Jackson RA', a photograph album with Indian and Afghan views including H/N/ Jackson seated beside an field gun 'halfway up the Kybher Pass' and further views of the Khyber, twenty-four in total, a postcard, presumably depicting Jackson in uniform and thirteen further postcards, nine humorous by W. Quinn, two Afghan Reace Delegates 1919 Camp Landikotal in the late Afghan War 1917 and one otherProvenance: The Peter and Pat Crofts CollectionCondition report: Medals a little tarnished, ribbons dirty.Postcards with expected wear.Album and contents good.
Lot 466
OF KOREAN WAR INTEREST AN RAF OFFICER'S SWORD AND EPHEMERA, 82cm clean blade by Wilkinson, serial no. 99194, etched with scrolling foliage, crowned Royal arms and crowned RAF device, regulation pierced brass hilt incorporating an EIIR cypher and the RAF device, eagle's head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard, complete with knot, together with assorted RAF devices and badges and a Korean War medal, F/LT J. MAPPIN. Sword associated with the grouping.
Lot 16
MILITARY AND MARITIME INTEREST, an archive of medals, Longines Prima gold plated pocket watch, cuttings and paperwork relating to Captain Emil Ulrich Wahlstrand, comprising a British War medal and a Mercantile marine medal for War Service 1914-1918, both named to E.U. Wahlstrand, he served with the Merchant Navy in WWII on Civilian Shipping in War Zones, together with a boxed French Marine Merchande Courage et Devouement medal engraved 'E. WAHLSTRAND 1933', together with press cuttings and ephemera relating to Rescue of Souls from a French ship 'L' Atlantique' which was in distress and burning mid - Channel on 4th January 1933, Wahlstrand was Captain of SS. Ford Castle at the time of the incident and he and his crew were subject to an act of heroism as they dashed to rescue survivers and escaping the flames, the lot comes with a Longines Prima 18ct gold plated pocket watch with presentation inscription to the dust cover, a plated watch chain, black and white photograph of the Captain, birth, marriage and death certificates, etc (parcel)
Lot 96
WWI medals to include The Military Medal for BARVERY IN THE FIELD (Newspaper clipping reports: "as a result of successfully raiding the enemy's trench during the battle of the Somme"), Victory & War Medal awarded to 472396 (all inscribed) Bravery Medal: 472396 Cpl F.J. COATES 2/COY CAN: M.G.S. Victory & War read 472396 SJT F.J. COATES C.M.G. BDE. Also badges and tags and paperwork (Canadian Expeditionary Force Discharge Certificate plus had written War notes etc
Lot 1467
Lt. Col. George White Hawkes, Distinguished Service Order (George V) Military Cross, 1914-15 star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, together with the equivalent dress medals, also together with a file containing a citation appointing him an officer in Land Forces, 28/12/14, copies of photographs of Hawkes in uniform pre WWI and WWI, a cash account following his death, 3/12/34, two letters of that same year, etc (brother to Corlis St Leger Gillman Hawkes and William Cotter Williamson Hawkes)
Lot 1468
Brigadier General Corlis St Leger Gillman Hawkes, Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George neck badge (CMG) Distinguished Service Order (George V) Queens South Africa Medal (Capt R.F.A.) with Cape Colony Tugela Heights Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal and South Africa 1901 clasps, 1914 Star with 5th August - 22nd November 1914 clasp (Major RFA) - British War with oakleaf and Victory Medals (Brig. Gen.) French Croix De Guerre, with associated dress medals, together with copies of photographs, Boer War and WWI, War Office letter, certificate in Signalling 1907 and other documents, two dog tags and a 9ct gold locket engraved "Buie" together with an inscribed presentation Volume of Orders, Decorations and Medals of the World by Capt. H Jocelyn, 1934 (brother to George White Hawkes and William Cotter Williamson Hawkes)
Lot 1469
Lt. Col. William Cotter Williamson Hawkes, Distinguished Service Order (George V) 1914-15 Star (Major 12th Pioneers) British War Medal and Victory Medal (lt. Col.) French Legion of Honour Medal together with a file containing photographs and death certificate (see also lots 1210 and 1212) (see also lots 1210 and 1212) (brother to Corlis St Leger Gillman Hawkes and George White Hawkes)
Lot 116a
7 vintage Action Man dolls and 2 other doll figures, all in military uniform, 6 have gripping hands (of which 2 have damage to hands). One is a German Kommendant with pistol in holster and Iron Cross medal. Lot includes additional clothing, weapons, 'Special Operations Kit' bag and other accessories. All unboxed (9)
Lot 666
WING COMMANDER REX SOUTHERN SANDERS OBE (1922-2017) WWII medal group comprising DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) engraved with date 1944, AFC (Air Force Cross) engraved with date 1953 & Bar, 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Burma Star, Defence medal, War Medal, GSM (General Service Medal) with Asia 1945-46 bar, with miniatures, Royal Canadian Air Force Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book commencing 12th August 1942 - 29th July 1954 detailing various operations with signed certification that F/Lt R Sanders had completed his first tour of operations consisting of 33 1/2 sorties including Berlin, Royal Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book commencing 18th November 1941 - 23rd May 1942, Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers commencing 6th August 1954 - 21st November 1962, together with Legion of Honour French order of merit, cased Bomber Command ribbon, cased medallion recognising service in early Cold War overflights 1950-56, DFC and AFC cases ETC Provenance: direct from family Obituary written by Graham Pitchfork for The Telegraph: Spy Flight’s Navigator Dies aged 94Wing Commander Rex Sanders, who has died aged 94, was the lead navigator of a select nine-man RAF team that flew USAF reconnaissance aircraft on a series of top secret, and highly risky, spy flights deep into the Soviet Union in the early 1950s.London-born Rex Sanders joined the RAF in April 1941 and trained as a navigator in Canada. After completing his training in the UK he was posted to No.78 Squadron based in Yorkshire and operating the four-engine Halifax.Within a few weeks of his arrival, Bomber Command embarked on its most intensive period of operations with the beginning of what became known as the ‘Battle of Berlin’. Sanders made a number of sorties to the ‘Big City’, which he described as ‘quite difficult’. He also attacked other major cities before the bombers were switched to targets in France in preparation for the D-Day landings.On the night of June 5, 1944 he attacked gun batteries on the Channel coast unaware that the air and sea invasion was about to begin. He recalled, “Coming back my radar showed the Channel chock-a-block with ships. I told the crew: 'This is it'.”Sanders was rested after completing thirty-three operations. In eleven months his crew were only the third in their squadron to complete a full tour of duty. Well over half had been lost. He was awarded the DFC. After the war he specialised in navigation and in 1951 he was selected for a ‘special flight’. In August three RAF crews flew to a USAF base in Louisiana to train on the North American RB-45C four-engine jet reconnaissance aircraft. The leader of the team was Squadron Leader John Crampton and Sanders was his navigator. In the following February the crews were briefed on their secret flight codenamed ‘Ju-Jitsu’. Four RB-45Cs were flown to an RAF base in north Norfolk where they were shorn of their USAF markings and repainted with RAF roundels (one aircraft was to act as a spare).After Crampton and Sanders had flown a practice flight along the Berlin Air Corridor to test the Soviet reaction – there was none – Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave approval for the top-secret flights. The three aircraft took off on April 17, 1952 and headed for Denmark where they refuelled from airborne tankers. Crampton then turned south east for Russia flying at 36,000 feet. Electronic intelligence was gathered and photographs taken of the targets and, after an uneventful flight, the aircraft landed back at Sculthorpe after a ten-hour flight.The three crews returned to normal duties but the special unit was reformed in April 1954 for another series of flights. On the 28th, Crampton and Sanders headed for Kiev; the longest of the three flights. Sanders had just taken some photographs when the RB-45 came under anti-aircraft fire. Realising that his aircraft had been identified and was being tracked by ground radars; Crampton applied full power and turned west, towards Germany, some 1,000 miles away. General Vladimir Abramov, Commander for the Kiev region, revealed in later years that he had ordered MiG fighter pilots to try and ram the spy aircraft but they were unable to reach 36,000 feet to intercept the RB-45C.This highly clandestine Cold War episode remained a closely guarded secret until 1994 when the BBC and the Daily Telegraph disclosed some details. Sanders was among retired RAF personnel interviewed on BBC's Timewatch programme a few years later. The RAF and USAF commanders considered the flights valuable and Crampton and his crews were decorated, Sanders receiving the AFC, adding a Bar for the second flight.After completing the RAF Flying College Course, when he made a hazardous flight to the North Pole in a Canberra, Sanders specialised in guided weapons before he served in charge of operations on a Thor Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile Site in Norfolk.After two years as the Air Advisor to the Pakistan Air Force he assumed command of RAF Aberporth on the Welsh coast from where air defence missiles, including the Bloodhound surface-to-air guided missile, were tested.His final appointment was a five-year tour in the MOD Operational Requirements Directorate. His secret work resulted in his appointment as OBE. He retired in December 1977.(Photograph 9 of Rex Sanders included in the obituary - not included in lot) Auctioneer's Note: Wing Commander Rex Southern Sanders DFC AFC & Bar OBE was a Royal Air Force navigator who won a DFC for his service during the Second World War and an AFC for his part in secret photographic and radar reconnaissance missions behind Soviet lines during the Cold War in the 1950's. Operation Jiu Jitsu - the cover story was that the RAF was evaluating the mid air refueling capabilities of the RB-45 when secretly vital intelligence was being gathered on the Soviet infrastructure, defences and offences. Sanders was the lead navigator of a select nine-man RAF team that flew USAF reconnaissance aircraft on a series of top secret, and highly risky, spy flights deep into the Soviet Union in the early 1950s. In August 1951, three RAF bomber crews flew to a USAF base in Louisiana to train on the North American RB-45C four-engine jet reconnaissance aircraft. The following February the crews were briefed on the operation. Four RB-45Cs were flown to an RAF base in north Norfolk, where they were shorn of their USAF markings and repainted with RAF roundels. Comments: viewing in person highly recommended
Lot 11
UN-DATED NEW ZEALAND MEDAL TO BOARDMAN 68TH FOOT Correctly impressed169 John Boardman 68th FootCondition VF ( edge bruising but naming unaffected) John Boardman was born in Bolton in 1840. In civilian life, he worked as a Labourer, he attested in 1858, aged 18. Boardman was based in the West Indies and served in New Zealand for two and a half years. He was discharged at Manchester on April 11th 1868.
Lot 12
1864 TO 1866 NEW ZEALAND MEDAL TO DONALDSON 68TH LT INFY Correctly impressed 45 Chas Donaldson 68th Lt InfyCondition GVFCharles Donaldson was born in Sheffield in 1817. In civilian life, he worked as a Collier; he attested aged twenty in 1837. He served in the 68th for over twenty-one years, two and a half of which were spent in New Zealand.
Lot 13
1864 TO 1866 NEW ZEALAND MEDAL TO CANNING 68TH LT INFY Correctly impressed 4176 Jas Canning 68th Lt InfyCondition GVFJames Canning was born in Londonderry in 1828. He attested, aged 27 in 1855, he had been a Servant before joining the army. He was discharged on February 19th 1877, after having served nearly twenty years; Canning served over two and a half years in New Zealand.
Lot 14
1864 TO 1866 NEW ZEALAND MEDAL TO MCCANN 68TH LT INFY Correctly impressed 3565 George McCann 68th Lt InfyCondition VF ( edge bruising) George McCann was born in Seagoe, Lurgan, Armagh, in 1837. He attested in November 1854, aged 17, giving his occupation as Weaver. He served for 21 years, seeing active service in the Crimean War and nearly three years in New Zealand. McCann was discharged at Sunderland on July 29th 1876.
Lot 142
SOUTH ATLANTIC MEDAL J O BURNS RFA Correctly impressed - J/C/R J O Burns RFA OlmedaCondition - GVFWith wearing pin and rosette. RFA Olmeda was a OI - Class Tanker which was commissioned in 1963 and launched for service in 1965. The vessel was one of the first ships to sail south and saw extensive service during the Falklands War as a fast refuelling ship. Olmeda took part in Operation Keyhole from 19th to 20th June 1982, a special operation to recapture the South Sandwich Islands.
Lot 145
CAMPAIGN GROUP TO PTE BAUGHURST PRINCE OF WALES ROYAL REGIMENT CSM Northern Ireland - correctly laser engraved - 25173187 Pte M S D Baughurst PWRRIraq Medal - correctly laser engraved - 25173187 Pte M S D Baughurst PWRROSM Afghanistan - correctly laser engraved - Pte M S D Baughurst PWRR 25173187Condition GVF
Lot 158
CAMPAIGN PAIR TO CAPTAIN WILSON 12TH BENGAL CAVALRY Afghanistan Medal 3 clasps; Peiwar Kotal, Charasia and Kabul. Correctly engraved Lt W B Wilson 12th Ben Cavy1854 Indian General Service Medal, bar Burma 1885 - 7Correctly engraved Captain W B Wilson Bn LGWith original framed photograph of the recipient wearing his Afghanistan Medal Condition GVF. William Bernard Wilson was born in Nocton, Lincolnshire, on April 23rd 1847. He attended Repton School and Clifton College before gaining a place at Cambridge University. After completing his degree, he became a Cornet in the 4th Hussars in 1869, promoted to Lieutenant in 187. He was transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps in 1874. He was promoted to Captain in 1881 and Bevert Major in 1884. He saw active service during the war in Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880 and was Mentioned in Despatches during the campaign in Burma 1885 -87.Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1895, he served as Assistant Judge Advocate-General in India from 1893 until 1897 and Deputy Judge Advocate-General from 1897 until his retirement in 1907. His final promotion was to Brevet-Colonel in 1901. Colonel Wilson passed away in 1919.
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