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12 ERII officers' gilt/silver plated cap badges, including 5th RIDG, 13th/18th H, 15th/19th H, R C Transport, Tanks, Ordnance, Legal Corps, Gurkha Military Police, etc; bronze Gloucester and R Hampshire; 3 collars; 4 others. VGC. (21)

An early 19th century Prussian cavalry sabre, broad, curved SE blade 33?" with pronounced clipped back tip, broad central fuller with British ordnance stamp overstamped with government sale mark, engraved on backstrap P Knecht in Solingen, heavy steel knucklebow and mounts, plain shield langets, ribbed leather grip. GC (cleaned minor age marking overall)

A P1907 bayonet, dated 9/17, hole in pommel, in its scabbard , GC; a Lancaster sword bayonet, pipe backed blade with ordnance stamps, brass hilt mounts (blade and grips AF) and a Gras bayonet with hooked quillon in scabbard (worn and pitted), QGC. (3)

A .65" Yeomanry percussion holster pistol by E. Baker, 15" overall, barrel 9" with London and Baker's proofs, ordnance inspector's mark and engraved "E Baker", plain lock engraved "E Baker", converted from flintlock with nipple drum; walnut fullstock with regulation brass mounts, the sideplate engraved "T" over "S H", the trigger guard engraved "No 10", stirrup ramrod. GWO & generally GC (worn overall, ramrod stirrup missing)

"The Armouries of the Tower of London-The Ordnance" by H L Blackmore, HMSO 1976, "Firearms, a collector's guide: 1326-1900", 1981; "Guns of the World" 1977; and approximately 15 various books of military interest, including "Die Uniformen der Preussischen Garden, 1704-1836", being a reprint of an original publication of 1840 etc. Average GC

A .577" Snider Mark III Cavalry carbine of the Cape Mounted Rifles, 37?" overall, barrel 19" with ordnance proof and inspector's marks; the lock marked with crowned VR and "B S A Co 1871", halfstocked with indistinct ordnance storekeeper's mark on the butt, regulation brass mounts, the butt plate tang stamped "A/36/CMR". GWO & C (slightly worn)

Seven: Major F. Goldby, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Late Somerset Light Infantry British War Medal (6769 W.O. Cl. I.F. Goldby. Som. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35 one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (6769 R.S.M. F. Goldby, 2/Som. Lt. Infy.); Jubilee 1935 (Captain F. Goldby), engraved in running script; Coronation 1937; Defence and War Medals; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st 'Field Marshal's bust' type (5662049 W.O. Cl. I. F. Goldby. Som. L.I.),very fine or better (7)

Five: W.O.II. T.W. Stavin, Royal Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers India General Service, G.VI.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (7585359 Pte. T. Stavin.R.A.O.C.); 1939-45 Star; War and Defence Medals; Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with 'Regular Army' suspension (W.O.Cl. 2 R.E.M.E.), extremely fine, mounted as worn (5)

A Great War D.S.O. Group of Nine to General Sir Henry ap Rhys Pryce, Divisional Commander, France 1918 later Master General of the Ordnance, India Order of the Bath, Military Division, Knight Commander's (K.C.B.) set of insignia by Garrard, London, silver-gilt, gold appliqué and enamel, extremely fine, in damaged case of issue, with riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top riband bar; Tibet, no clasp (Capt. H.E. ap Rhys Pryce 12th Mule Corps); 1914 Star, with Bar (Major. H.E. ap R. Pryce. I.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Lt. Col. H.E. ap R. Pryce), name officially corrected on first medal; India General Service, G.V.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (Col. Comdt. H.E. ap Rhys Pryce, I.A.), officially corrected; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, good very fine and better (10)

Pair of late Victorian silver and enamel Model hats, named Kate and F. S. respectively, maker W.H. & Co. Ltd., London 1895, retailed by Emanuel & Son, Ordnance Row, Portsea.

Reduced Ordnance Survey Around Ringwood, scale 2 miles to an inch, a folding linen backed map in cloth covers, published by George Richmond.

Ordnance Survey Map Of Devon....by Lt. Col. Mudge, scale one inch to one mile, un-coloured, on 8 folding sheets and titled sheet, in original calf covered box, rubbed, 1809. * The First ordnance survey of Devon.

Bartholomew (J.G.). The Royal Atlas of England and Wales, Reduced from the Ordnance Survey, [1895], seventy double-page col. map sheets incl. town plans, all correct as list, occ. minor spotting, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, some fraying to extrems., folio (1)

(Ordnance Survey Landranger Maps) A quantity of 1980's/1990's OS folding maps in photo illustrated covers, the group covering all of England and Wales (123)

Bacon (GW), New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, 1884 100pp of double page maps in colour. Half-leather binding with raised bands from about 1910-20, (almost certainly by a student at Birmingham's Central School of Arts & Crafts, but not stamped or marked as such)

(Ordnance Survey) A quantity of OS 1" folding maps (50+), and a similar number of Bartholemew's 1/2" folding maps, together with others plus a few AA books etc. All pre-1960

Sergeant B Brett, Royal Army Ordnance Corps; a WWII medal group of War and Defence medal 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star mounted on a bar together with sundry other medals, medal ribbons, an extensive collection of booklets, occupation money, service forces information booklets, a rare copy of "Fresh Target", a combat beret with army ordnance badge, a collection of three army ordnance badges and two metal flashes mounted on leatherette strap, sundry other flashes and a good Kukri in heavy stitched leather scabbard with two hanging straps together with his interesting photograph album of his WWII service, especially in Egypt, 1942 and Italy, 1945 with inscribed entries

A Mahogany Cased Hydrometer Set, by L Casella, maker to the Admiralty and Ordnance London

A small quantity of maps including Ordnance Survey one-inch maps

A List of the Officers of the Army Ordnance & Medical Departments, serving under the Presidency of Fort St George 1832 (1)

Box: Ordnance Survey Maps (Box)

A socket bayonet for Lovell musket, blade 17" with ordnance stamps, socket marked 1/M/162, GC; another socket bayonet, AF; and 2nd Model sword bayonet for the Baker rifle, FC (heavily pitted, catch missing)

A rare .65" Tower flintlock artillery carbine, c. 1780, 52" overall, barrel 37" with Tower proofs, rounded lock with swan neck cock, the plate with inspector's stamp and engraved with crowned GR and Tower, slender walnut fullstock with bulbous fore end, the butt with indistinct inspector's stamp and ordnance storekeeper's mark, regulation brass mounts, original steel ramrod and sling swivels. GWO & C (surface rust to steel parts with some light pitting, some bruising, minor damage, and old patched repair to stock) (Please see lot 946 for image)

A quantity of track diagrams, Ordnance Survey maps showing railway lines, some local areas

Ordnance Survey. A collection of 19th and 20th century maps, together with related Ordnance Survey reference (approx. 50)

Ordnance Survey, approx. 300 sheets, mostly 1860s-80s, each sheet measuring approx. 330 x 480 mm (approx. 300)

GOSTLING, WILLIAM. A Walk in and About the City of Canterbury. New Edition. Canterbury, 1825. 8vo., cont. half calf. Engraved portrait frontispiece, folding plan (repaired), plates and text illustrations (as per list). Subscribers list. With 2 others on Kent, and an Ordnance Survey map of the county. (4)

MOGG, EDWARD. Paterson's Roads...Eighteenth Edition, n.d. With Appendix. 8vo., cont. half calf gilt. Folding general map (torn) and 12 other maps, some two to a page. Bookplate of Hugh Robert Hughes of Kinmel, H.M. Lieutenant of Flintshire. With 6 folding maps, 3 of them Ordnance Survey. (7)

Home Guard related items: “With the Home Guard” by Capt Simon Fine; “Advanced Training for the Home Guard” by John Brophy; “The Defence of Blandford Village” by Col Wade; an Ordnance Survey map showing Home Guard positions around Bromley; and 2 other items; also a WWI map of Belgium; a quantity of WWI period Daily Mail official war postcards, series 1-X, in their original packets; some similar French postcards, etc. Average GC

A de-activated .45” Thompson M1A1 sub machine gun, no 36865, stamped Auto Ordnance Corporation, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, with magazine. GWO & C, with COD

An 1888 Mark II second type bayonet, for the Lee Enfield Rifle, ordnance stamps at forte, in scabbard; a 1914 pattern bayonet for the Schmidt Rubin rifle, in scabbard; a No 5 Mark II jungle carbine bayonet in scabbard; and another in scabbard with frog. GC (the first two polished bright). (4)

“The Armouries of the Tower of London: The Ordnance” by Blackmore, line and photo illus, 1976, in DW (worn), “The Age of Firearms” by Held, 1957, fully illus in DW (worn), “Tower of London” by Hibbert, 1971, colour and photo illus, in DW, and 6 other titles. Average GC. (9)

A .65” Indian Native Police percussion carbine, 37” overall, smooth bore barrel 21” with London and ordnance proofs and plain block backsight, the lock stamped with a crown and “Barnett, London”, walnut fullstock, the butt stamped “6/1891” and with Allahabad Arsenal mark, short saddle bar and ring on left, swivel ramrod, nipple protector and chain. GWO & C (patches of deep pitting to lock, some bruises and chips to stock, lock and barrel reblued)

A collection of Ordnance Survey maps mainly South Coast c. 1931, railway maps and a large, loose collection of assorted railway ephemera, comprising First Day Covers, reproduction postcards, railway tickets including LN&S tickets, magazines, railway locomotive photographs etc

a group of twelve very rare military incendiary quoites (pechkrŠnzen),16th / second quarter of the 17th century each formed of twisted bands of straw, hay, horsehair and fiberous cord in a hardened mixture of sulphur, saltpetre and tar, two of a thicker and pronounced donut shape (some with unstable age deterioration) (12) Incendiary quoites of this type would have been commonly included in the ordnance of castles and zeughŠuser throughout the broad sphere of the Empire; very few have survived. Similar examples are recorded in the armouries of the Veste Coberg and of the Princes Esterhazy at Schloss Frakn-er (Hungary).

Bartholomew (John). The Imperial Map of England & Wales according to the Ordnance Survey, with the latest additions, shewing clearly every feature of the country, Railways and Their Stations., Fullarton & Co., c.1875, sixteen double-page maps, hand-col. in outline, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed with some wear, folio (1)

A Quantity of Assorted Ordnance Survey Maps, from WWII (belonged to Somerset policeman of the period) (box)

Maps: Ordnance Survey and other maps including Bacon's cycling road map, Philips Cyclist's map of Surrey, mostly folding linen backed, 1930's and later.

A good Russian pioneer sidearm, broad, heavy saw backed blade, with Ordnance stamps at forte, long brass hilt with crossguard and ribbed grip, in its brass mounted leather scabbard. GC (scabbard leather split)

The River Tyne - Its History and Resources by James Guthrie, published in 1880 by Andrew Reid with wood-cut illustrations and plans, cloth-bound with gilt tooling; together with a six volume set of the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland - a Survey of Topography, published between 1883 and 1885 with coloured maps, plans and engraved plates, edited by Groome, embossed, cloth-bound with gilt tooling. (7).

A quantity of maps in rolls, including an 1828 sectional map of Northumberland by Greenwood, other Ordnance Survey and Bartholomew maps of Northumberland including 1in, 2.5in and 6in, etc. (A lot).

London. Cruchley (pub.), From the Ordnance Survey of the Country Thirty Miles Round London, n.d, c.1840s, folding engraved map in four separate sheets, each hand coloured in outline and sectionalised onto linen, the whole approx. 1060 x 1320 mm, contained in orig. cloth slipcase with paper label (rubbed to extrems.). (1)

London. Davies (B.R, pub.), Davies's Map of the Environs of London, 1855, folding engraved map, hand coloured in outline and sectionalised onto linen, approx. 760 x 1080 mm, contained in contemp. cloth slipcase, together with Ordnance Survey (pub.), London and its Environs, June 1861, engraved map, hand coloured in outline and sectionalised onto linen, approx. 730 x 1190 mm, contained in cloth slipcase with paper label to upper cover, and other folding maps maps of London 1880s-1910s, published by W.H.Smith, Bacon, Collins, Gall & Inglis, Ordnance Survey, etc. (17)

Box: Ordnance Survey Maps

Box: Ordnance Survey Maps

Railwayana: an East Coast Railway folding map on linen, 'Peterborough to Folkingham Spalding to Newark', dated 1847 to maroon leather covers, by Lieut. Colby published Ordnance Map office June 1835, Engraved by Benjamin Baker. 88in by 48in open.

A scarce .75" Tower Land Pattern Brown Bess flintlock musket, c 1775, 58" overall, barrel 42" with Tower proofs, rounded lock with swan neck cock, the plate engraved with crowned "GR" and "Tower", walnut fullstock with ordnance store keeper's mark on butt, regulation brass mouunts, sling swivels, steel ramrod. Good Working Order and Condition, (age wear and dark patina to barrel and lock, small patch in stock above lock, old brazed repair to ramrod and relining of touch hole) (Please see lot 181 for image)

A .704" Brunswick percussion rifle, 49", barrel 30" with Tower military proof marks, fixed and leaf rearsight, bayonet bar to muzzle. Fullstocked, lock engraved with crowned VR, Tower, 1848. Regulation brass mounts including patchbox with hinged brass cover. Stock struck with stockmaker I. Cinder and Board of Ordnance mark, steel ramrod. Good Working Order and Condition (requires cleaning) (Please see lot 189 for image)

A good .62" late model Baker flintlock rifle, 46" overall, twist barrel 301/4" with Tower proofs and folding rearsight, flat lock with bevelled ring neck cock, the plate engraved with crowned "GR" and "Tower"; walnut fullstock with original dark varnished finish, the butt stamped with ordnance store keeper's mark and "IV C R", the fore end with ramrod slit, standard pattern brass mounts, including rounded patch box cover; sling swivels; steel ramrod; fitted with a later leather sling. Untouched Condition, retaining some original browned finish to barrel (action requires attention, light surface rust to barrel, minor defects to stock, including small fracture below lock); (Please see lot 189 for image)

7 Ordnance Survey Maps, Edward Stanford comprising Thame, Tiddington, Tetsworth, Beckley etc. Canvas backed.

Service dress jacket to an officer, Royal Army Ordnance corps with brass and staybrite buttons together with trousers and riding breeches

No.1 Service Dress jacket and trousers to Royal Army Ordnance Corps, King's crown buttons and collar dogs with WWII medal ribbons together with a scarlet cotton dress jacket with gold piping, blue collar and cuffs to Indian Army Service Corps, King's crown to badges

A WORKSPLATE "Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. Limited Caledonia Works No.349.1941. Kilmarnock". As carried by the 80 H.P. 0-4-0 diesel mechanical that emerged from works on 25th January 1941 going new to the M.O.D's Royal Ordnance Factory at Puriton as their "No.2". In May 1957 it went to Abelson at Sheldon, Birmingham; in April 1959 to Haunchwood Brick & Tile Co. Ltd, Warwickshire; in June 1968 to Llanddulas Limeworks & Quarries, Llysfaen Limeworks, and to Mr D.G. Owen of Llandudno by November 1974. Oval cast brass, 163/4"x113/4", face-polished and repainted only.

Cadogan (William, first earl of, 1675 - 1726). Signed document, 24th September 1722, appointing John Croome as labourer for His Majesty's Ordnance, countersigned L. Smett, circular tear around paper seal at head of document, folio, [upon the death of the Duke of Marlborough in June 1722, Cadogan had succeeded to the post of master - general of the ordnance], together with Temple (Henry John, third viscount Palmerston, 1784 - 1865, prime minister), autograph note signed, 4th May 1844, to W.M. Dinsdale thanking him for his communication, 1 page, 8vo, plus a third person letter from Lord Aylmer, requesting that M. Meurice of the Hotel Meurice, Paris, will receive his nephew and 'provide him with a sleeping room', with integral address panel, signed Lord Aylmer, 22nd Decembr 1825, 1 page, 4to (3)

Maps and tourist guides. Comprising an almost complete set of Ordnance Survey 'Landranger' maps (1:50 000 scale), c. 1990s, a few other folding maps, and a large qty. of stately home and county house brochures, tourist guides, etc. (6 cartons)

Miscellaneous books, mostly 19th c., incl. several vols. of The Anglo - Saxon Review, The Chromolithograph, 2 vols., 1868, Orchids by W. Watson, 1890, several folio vols. incl. The Christian's New and Complete Family Bible, pub. C. Cooke, n.d., c. 1780s, Bacon's New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of The British Isles, c. 1890, lacking one map, and a defective copy of the first volume only of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 1583, printed in black letter, with some woodcut illusts. (a carton)

A Quantity of Ordnance Survey Maps, 1960's Sportscar magazines and car manuals (box)

A Charles Crombie Perrier Golfing Print, a watercolour of an elderly lady, and assorted Ordnance Survey maps and games (box)

HARDY, THOMAS (1840-1928). Three A.Ls.S., 1894 and 1914, and an undated part T.L.S., to Lucy Clifford , from Max Gate and Pelham Crescent, 6pp., 8vo., two of them concerning arrangements for a visit; the longest (4pp., 1914) referring to a theatrical production of The Dynasts, and also offering advice about a play outline sent to him by Lucy. “I have not the vaguest idea of what effect it would have if written at length & staged …a play of anybody’s from Shakespeare downwards is more vivid when read than when acted… As to the central conception – that the Krupps, or a woman – Krupp, might bring peace to the world by controlling its ordnance – it is naturally attractive in itself, especially to me, but as the theme of a practical drama which has to draw people to a theatre & make them pay: well, I am in the dark altogether”. With two A.Ls.S., from Florence Hardy, about her husband’s health (1921) and replying to Lucy’s letter after his death (1928) (6)

EDWARD FACON WATSON, By and After Lea Castle Worcestershire two, lithograph in colours, arched top 56 x 76cm, with seven Ordnance Survey Maps relevant to the Lea Castle Estate, scale 1/2500 or 1/10560, 1883 & 1891: with reference sheet, in contemporary portfolio, lettered in gold on a red label LEA CASTLE ESTATE (9) Lea Castle, Wolverley near Kidderminster, Worcestershire was built by the iron master Edward Knight in 1818, who remodelled the earlier house. A kinsman of the antiquary, collector and author, Richard Payne Knight of Downton Castle the house was later sold to the Brown-Westhead family. Two drawings of Lea Castle by James Ward and a collection of picturesque landscape watercolours by C W Bampfylde (see lot 758) a friend of Knight, from Knight's collection were sold in these 'rooms ( ) All in fine clean condition, portfolio with old localised damp stains.