There are 173487 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribeAn XVIII Century Oak Eight Day Movement Grandfather Clock, Thos Oage Norwich, the hood with a swan neck pediment, brass finials, a square shaped door, column supports, arched trunk door, on a plinth base, brass dial with corner spandrels, chapter ring Roman numerals, name to bottom of dial.
Plt/Off William Walker WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12x8 inch signed in pencil. Image of him in Flying gear. Flight Lieutenant William Louis Buchanan Walker, AE 24 August 1913 21 October 2012 was, at the time of his death, the oldest surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain. His poem Our Wall about the Battle of Britain is inscribed on a special plinth aside the Christopher Foxley Norris Memorial Wall of the Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel le Ferne, Kent. Walker joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve on 2 September 1938 as an Airman u/t Pilot. He then underwent pilot training at RAF Kidlington, Oxford, flying his first solo on 28 September. He was called up on 1 September 1939, the day World War II broke out. He was posted to 1 Initial Training Wing, Cambridge on 15 November. On 17 February 1940, he was posted to RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire to undergo officer training, where he joined 2 Flight Training School. On 18 June 1940, he was commissioned as a pilot officer on probation. He was given the service number 82662. He was immediately posted to No. 616 Squadron RAF, who were based at RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire and flew the Supermarine Spitfire. It was with 616 Squadron that he would fight in the Battle of Britain. On 15 August, the squadron was scrambled to intercept a Luftwaffe attack on the North of England. During this engagement, he flew on the wing of his section leader. The result of the action was a success for his squadron, with six enemy bombers shot down. On 19 August, the squadron moved to London and was based at RAF Kenley. On the morning of 26 August 616 Squadron was scrambled to intercept 40 German bombers. Over Dover and Dungeness, they were engaged by Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters as they climbed to attack the bombers. During this engagement, his plane was attacked by Werner Molders, a leading German fighter ace. His Spitfire was hit from behind and the controls were shot away. With a bullet in his right ankle, he was forced to bail out of the plane at 20, 000 ft. He landed in the English Channel and clung to a shipwreck on the Goodwin Sands. He was pulled from the water by a fishing boat, then transferred to an RAF Whaleback that brought him ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. As the local hospital was too damaged to treat his wounds, he was taken instead to the hospital at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire. He would keep the armour piercing bullet as a souvenir of his experience. After six months recovering, he was posted to an aircraft ferry unit which would deliver new aircraft from their factories to the operational units. His commission was confirmed on 18 June 1941 and he was promoted to the war substantive rank of flying officer. He later transferred to No. 116 Squadron RAF, an anti aircraft unit. On 18 June 1942, he was promoted to war substantive flight lieutenant. He was demobilised in September 1945. As a member of The Few, he was awarded the 1939 45 Star with an additional Battle of Britain clasp. On 24 August 1958, he was granted permission to retain the rank of flight lieutenant. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
A 19th century Victorian mahogany and marquetry inlaid large overmantel mirror. Multiple bevelled edge plate mirrors flanked by turned columns and shelving having arched pediment with inlaid marquetry detailing. Finished with plinth base and the original ceramic bun feet. Measures 141cms high x 112cms wide
An 18th / 19th century Regency mahogany sarcophagus wine cooler celerette. Raised on a plinth skirt base having castors to the underside. The sarcophagus bombe fronted body with s-scroll corner embellishments culimating in figural femal body and head. Above a shaped higed top. The top with 3 brass lock mounts for bronze sculpture top.
An impressive 19th century Victorian mahogany tallboy chest of drawers. Raised on plinth base having a tall body comprising a series of 2 short drawers over 5 graduating deep drawers beneath. Above a flared top. The drawers with knob handles and bramah style key escutcheons. Mahogany drawer linings with brass double barrel locks. Measures 157cms x 122cms x 55cms
A 19th century Regency mahogany twin pedestal sideboard. Raised on twin pedestals with plinth bases and flared arches to the locker doors housing shelves within. Above a large flared sideboard top with blind fronted drawers, the central drawer with embellished details. Finished with a carved and arched gallery back. Measures 126cms high x 199cms wide x 61cms depth
A good large Victorian mahogany triple section library bookcase cabinet of open window form. The three very large upright sections being raised on a plinth base and culminating in a fiared top above. Each shelf being adjustable and supported on brass pegs, the fronts of each shelf with tooled leather arcades. Measures 245cms high ( 8ft ) x 265cms wide ( measured at centre) x 29cms depth ( measured at centre ) The shelves measures 82.5cms wide each by 25cms depth
A 19th century mahogany tambour fronted office clerks filing cabinet lecturn with rise and fall reading slope atop. Raised on a plinth base with tambour rise and fall enclosing shelves within. Above a rise and fall reading lecturn of panel form with pierced gallery back. Measures 123cms high x 50cms wide x 45cms depth
LLADRO WORLD CUP TROPHY Lladro were commissioned to produce a replica World Cup trophy by FIFA in 1974 following the acceptance of the new Trophy in 1974 which was designed by Bertoni of Italy. This Lladro trophy has the Lladro insignia underneath the base of the Trophy together with Copyright Sport-Billy Productions 1978 which is also stamped underneath the base. The ceramic trophy measures circa 34cm in height and comes with a plinth just over 6cms in height. Formerly the property of FIFA referee Neil Midgley. These replica trophies by Lladro were produced in very limited numbers and seldom appear in auctions. Previous examples have sold for over £2,000 in auction. Good
Loading...
