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Click here to subscribeGeneral Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (5329786 Pte. J. R. Howard. R. Berks. R.) very fine, and a two clasp medal scarce to unit £100-£140 --- James R. Howard attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment, which whom he also saw service, post-War, during the Iraq and North West Persia campaigns.
A post-War C.B.E. group of six awarded to Engineer Rear-Admiral H. S. Roome, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. H. S. Roome. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. H. S. Roome. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with a Boy Scouts Medal of Merit (H. S. Roome 18-5-60) good very fine (7) £600-£800 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1949. M.I.D. London Gazette 8 March 1918: ‘For services in Destroyers and Torpedo Boat Flotillas during the period ending 31st December 1917.’ Henry Steward Roome was born on 7 May 1896, the son of Engineer Rear-Admiral G. W. Roome, C.B.E., and was educated at the Royal Naval Colleges Osborne, Dartmouth and Keyham. He was appointed Midshipman on 15 September 1913, and joined H.M.S. Bellerophon on 7 April 1914. He was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant 8 days later and to Lieutenant on 15 October 1917. He served in Grand Fleet Destroyers, being appointed to Cheerful in December 1915; Narborough, April 1916; Oriana, August 1917; and Lark, June 1918 (Despatches). He was appointed to R.N. College, Keyham, in August 1918; Lieutenant-Commander (E), July 1925; Commander (E), December 1928; Captain (E), June 1940; Rear-Admiral (E), April 1947. A.D.C. to the King, 1946-47. He served during the War of 1939-45, H.M. Dockyards, Devonport and Sheerness, and at the Admiralty. He was Manager of the Engineering Department at H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, from 1945 until his retirement in 1950. He retired to Pencelli, near Brecon, and died on 21 December 1981.
A Great War ‘Fresnoy, September 1918’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private C. Still, 1st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, late 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, serving with whom he was wounded in October 1914 and mentioned in Haig’s despatch of April 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (74116 Cpl. C. Still. 1/M.G.C.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (8811 Pte. C. Still. 2/R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (8811 Cpl. C. Still. R. Suss. R.) medals unmounted, very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 12 March 1919; citation published 2 December 1919: ‘On 24th September, 1918, near Fresnoy, he was sent forward in charge of a machine-gun team to consolidate with the infantry. He showed great courage and determination in keeping his gun in action and covering the front line post, and later he pushed his gun forward in front of the infantry, and materially assisted in checking the enemy counter-attacks. On the night of the 24th, although severely wounded himself and having his No. 2 gunner killed, he did excellent work in endeavouring to silence the enemy’s enfilade fire. In spite of his wound, he remained at his post until ordered to withdraw.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 24 May 1918 (Haig’s despatch of the 7th of April 1918): ‘Still, 8811 L./C. C. (now 74116 M.G. Corps.) Royal Sussex Regiment.’ Charles Still was born in 1888 and enlisted at Chichester on 11 September 1907, aged 18 years 10 months. He was discharged to Reserve in June 1912 and mobilised on 7 August 1914, serving with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, in France from 31 August 1914. Wounded by a gun shot in the scalp on 3 October 1914, he was treated at No. 2 General Hospital at Havre. In September 1915 he was invalided to England via Versailles with an abscess of the foot. He returned to France in September 1916, and transferred to 2 Company M.G.C. on 11 July 1917, this unit later being designated 1 Battalion, M.G.C. Still was severely wounded whilst winning his D.C.M. on 24 September 1918, and was discharged as a Lance-Sergeant on 9 September 1919. Sold with copied research including D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards, service papers, gazette notices, and 1/M.G.C. war diary extracts.
A post-War C.B.E., Great War 1918 ‘German Spring Offensive’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain F. C. Braby, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was twice wounded and Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, with miniature width neck riband, in Central Chancery case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Lt. F. C. Braby. 2/8th. Lan. Fus. Attd. 197 Inf. Bdg. H.Q. Somme France March 1918’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. F. C. Braby.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, lacquered, good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- C.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 2 June 1962: Frederick Cyrus Braby, Esq., M.C., D.L., Chairman, Industrial Coal Consumers Council. M.C. London Gazette 26 July 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a determined enemy attack under intense machine-gun fire. He collected all men in the vicinity and organised a successful defence. He checked and inflicted considerable casualties on the enemy, handling his men with skill and courage. Later in the day, he did good service in carrying important messages through heavy machine-gun fire to the rearguard.’ The Battalion War Diary additionally states: ‘For gallantry on 25 March 1918.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1918. Frederick Cyrus Braby was born on 1 May 1897 and was educated at Charterhouse School and the University of Manchester. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers and served with the 2nd/8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 February 1917 (wounded twice, Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Cross). He saw further service post-War in the Territorial Army. In civilian life Braby served as Director of the family firm Fredrick Braby and Co. Ltd., and was the firm’s Chairman from 1942 to 1965. He was President of the Engineering and Allied Employers’ London and District Association, and Chairman of the Industrial Coal Consumers’ Council and the British Non-Ferrous Metals Association. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent in 1955, and was a County Commissioner of the Boy Scouts Association for Kent from 1952 to 1967. In addition, he served on the committees of numerous Charitable organisations. For his services he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1962. He died on 15 July 1983. Sold with the recipient’s original Bestowal Document for the C.B.E., with accompanying correspondence from the Prime Minister’s office and the Central Chancery; original Document appointing the recipient a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Kent; various newspaper cuttings; and much copied research, including Battalion War diary extracts and other ephemera.
Three: Private D. L. Hatcher, Royal Berkshire Regiment, late Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (42790 Pte. D. L. Hatcher. Hamps. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (5329307 Pte. D. L. Hatcher. R. Berks. R.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Douglas L. Hatcher attested for the Hampshire Regiment for service during the Great War, and served with the 2nd Battalion before transferring to the 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He served post-War with the 1st Battalion during the North West Persia campaign.
‘F... you! Have you surrendered?’ and upon receiving a negative response he cried, ‘Well why the f... don’t you go on firing!’ Captain Pakenham to an opponent during the battle of the ‘Glorious First of June’, according to a contemporary (perhaps apocryphal) account. The important and rare Post Captain’s Naval Gold Medal awarded to Admiral of the Red the Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham, G.C.B., Captain of the 74-gun H.M.S. Invincible at the memorable ‘Glorious First of June 1794’ Naval Small Gold Medal 1794-1815, the reverse engraved in capitals ‘THE HON: THOMAS PAKENHAM CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. THE INVINCIBLE ON THE 1 OF JUNE MDCCXCIV + THE FRENCH FLEET DEFEATED +’, enclosed within plain gold band and glass lunettes, small integral ring for suspension from later gold wire straight suspension, fitted with gold three-pronged ribbon buckle, good very fine £60,000-£80,000 --- Provenance: Shown by Spink at British Numismatic Society, February 1927; Baldwin’s 1936; Glendining’s, May 1946 (£115); John Barnett Collection 1963. For Earl Howe’s dramatic and overwhelming victory on 1 June 1794, His Majesty King George III presented Gold Chains to six of the seven Flag Officers, as well as to the Captain of the Fleet, Sir Roger Curtis, Kt. (the First Captain of the Queen Charlotte). It was then announced that His Majesty had signified his intention to institute a Naval Gold Medal to reward the admirals and captains who were ‘conspicuous for courage and conduct’ in that action, as well as those who might distinguish themselves on future occasions. Immediate measures were then taken to design and manufacture these new medals, but it was nearly two and a half years before they were ready. The larger medal was given only to Flag Officers, Commodores and Captains of the Fleet, which in this case meant all seven recipients of the Gold Chains to which they now appended the large medal. The smaller medal went to fifteen captains of ships of the line, whilst captains of the 11 repeating frigates, which did not lie in the line of battle, were ineligible for the award. The Honourable Thomas Pakenham was born on 29 September 1757, fourth son of Thomas, 1st Lord Longford. He was the younger brother of Captain Lord Longford who commanded the America 74 at the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778, and was the uncle of Major-General Sir Edward Pakenham who was killed at the Battle of New Orleans in 1814. He entered the Royal Navy at an early age in 1771 on board the Southampton frigate, with Captain John MacBride, with whom he moved to the Orpheus in 1773. In 1774 he was on the coast of Guinea with William Cornwallis in the Pallas, and in 1775 was Acting-Lieutenant of the Sphinx on the coast of North America. In the following year he was promoted by Lord Shuldham to be Lieutenant of the frigate Greyhound, and while in her saw much boat service, in the course of which he was severely wounded. In 1778 he joined the Courageux, commanded by Lord Mulgrave, in the fleet under Keppel, and was present in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July. In the following spring he was moved into the Europe, going to North America with the flag of Rear-Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot, and on 21 September 1779 was promoted to the command of the 14-gun sloop Victor, newly captured from the enemy. He was then sent to the Jamaica station, where, on 2 March 1780, he was posted by Sir Peter Parker the elder, as Captain, to the 22-gun San Carlos, as a reward for his distinguished services as Acting-Captain of the Bristol, under Commodore Cornwallis. His old wound, however, received while in the Greyhound, broke out again, and compelled him to return to England in the autumn. In December 1780 he was appointed to the Crescent of 28 guns and 198 men, attached to the fleet under George Darby, which relieved Gibraltar in April 1781, and was sent on to Menorca in company with the Flora, under William Peere Williams-Freeman. On their return journey, in passing through the straits, they fell in, on 30 May, with two Dutch frigates. In the ensuing Battle of Cape St Mary, one of the Dutch frigates, the Castor (commanded by Pieter Melvill van Carnbee), struck to the Flora, while the other, the 36-gun Den Briel, overpowered and captured the Crescent. The Crescent was immediately recaptured by the Flora, the Den Briel making her escape; but both Crescent and Castor had received so much damage in the action that they fell into the hands of two French frigates on the way home, 19 June, the Flora escaping. Pakenham had, however, refused to resume the command of the Crescent, maintaining that by his surrender to the Den Briel his commission was cancelled, and that when recaptured the ship was on the same footing as any other prize. For the loss of his ship he was tried by court-martial and honourably acquitted, it being proved that he did not strike the flag until, by the fall of her masts and the disabling of her guns, further resistance was impossible. In the month of July following, Captain Pakenham was tried by a court-martial at Portsmouth, for having struck his colours to the Dutch frigate, and the following highly honourable sentence was pronounced: ‘The Court are unanimously of opinion, that the Hon. Captain Pakenham throughout the action, in a variety of instances, behaved with the coolest and ablest judgement, and with the firmest and most determined resolution; and that he did not strike the Crescent’s colours until he was totally unable to make the smallest defence; the court therefore doth unanimously and honourably acquit the Hon. Captain Pakenham. The Court cannot dismiss Captain Pakenham, without expressing their admiration of his conduct on this occasion, wherein he has manifested the skill of an able and judicious seaman, and the intrepidity of a gallant officer; and from the great and extraordinary number of killed and wounded on board the Crescent, as well as the state she was in at the time of her surrender, their highest approbation of the support given by the officers and men to their Captain, and of their courage and steadiness during the action; a circumstance that, at the time it reflects honour on them, does no less credit and honour to the discipline kept up by Captain Pakenham.’ He was therefore at once appointed to the frigate Minerva, of 38 guns, which he commanded in the following year at the relief of Gibraltar by Lord Howe. At the commencement of the war with revolutionary France, in 1793, we find him commanding the Invincible, of 74 guns, attached to the Channel Fleet, under the orders of Earl Howe. On the glorious 1st June, in the following year, that ship acquired at least her due portion of renown, having, by her heavy and animated fire, in a little while, so crippled and annoyed a French 84-gun ship, that she bore up and became an easy conquest to the Queen Charlotte. On this memorable day, the Invincible lost her main-top-mast; had her fore and main lower-masts and yards shot through; rigging and sails much cut; 14 men killed and 31 wounded. So little, however, did her commander think of his ship’s casualties, that on seeing the crippled state of the Queen Charlotte, he sent an officer expressly to say to the Earl Howe, Commander-in-Chief, that the Invincible was sufficiently manageable to bear his flag. The boat that conveyed this message afterwards took possession of the subdued ship. The honours that were conferred upon Earl Howe and his brave associates, were commensurate with the victory they had achieved, Captain Pakenham being one of the officers who were named in his Lordship’s official despatch, as having ‘particular claim to his notice’, and subsequently honoured with a gold medal for...
Pair: Warrant Officer Class II E. Borton, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (200393 W.O. Cl. 2. E. Borton. R. Berks. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3705 Sjt: Cook E. Borton. R. Berks: Regt) edge bruises, some polishing to BWM, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £50-£70 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 25 May 1917 Henry Ernest Borton, a Baker from Pangbourne, Berkshire, was born on 6 September 1875. He attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 6 February 1893 and served during the Second Boer War in South Africa (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal; and a King’s South Africa Medal with the two date). He attested for further service on 26 May 1914 and served on the Western Front with the 1/4th Battalion from 30 January 1915. Appointed Company Sergeant Major on 26 December 1915, he was Mentioned in Despatches in May 1917. Post war he re-engaged as a Territorial on 19 April 1920 and served until 10 August 1930. He died, aged 81, in Reading, Berkshire, on 15 February 1957.
Waterloo 1815 (Ely Gladall, 2nd Reg. Life Guards.) fitted with contemporary elaborate silver post and straight bar suspension surmounted by flaming grenade device, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise better than good fine £2,200-£2,600 --- Provenance: Purchased Spink, February 1980. Ely Gladhall was born in the Parish of Batley, near Halifax, Yorkshire, and enlisted for the 2nd Life Guards at Doncaster on 25 September 1802, aged 19, a weaver by trade. He served 21 years 86 days, including 2 years allowance for Waterloo, and was discharged at Windsor on 19 December 1821, in consequence of ‘Length of Service.’ His conduct was described as ‘Good, and he is hereby strongly recommended to the favourable consideration of the Board [for pension] having proved himself an excellent soldier.’ Residing at Halifax, he was duly admitted to an Out-pension of 9d per diem on 7 February 1822. He continued to take his pension at Halifax until his death on 6 February 1862. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Seven: Captain S. O. Belcher, Royal Berkshire Regiment, later Army Education Corps 1914-15 Star (11247 Sjt. S. O. Belcher. R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (11247 Sjt. S. O. Belcher. R. Berks. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (7730737 W.O. Cl. 1. S. O. Belcher. A.E.C.) mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine (7) £160-£200 --- Stanley Oswald Belcher was born in Cookham, Berkshire in 1893. He attested into the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front with the 5th Battalion from 30 May 1915. He continued to serve post war, transferring to the Army Education Corps and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving as Regimental Sergeant Major. Commissioned Lieutenant on 14 April 1939, he served at home during the Second World War, and was promoted Captain. He died in Aldershot, Hampshire, on 2 November 1963.
A fine post-War C.B.E., ‘Pathfinder Squadron Commander’s’ D.S.O., ‘1940’ D.F.C. and post-war Q.C.B.C. group of ten awarded to Wellington and Stirling pilot Group Captain O. R. Donaldson, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 34 operational sorties with 115 Squadron between September 1939 - August 1940, before going on to command 7 Squadron, October 1942 - May 1943. Mentioned in Despatches twice for the Second World War, awarded the Q.C.B.C. for his part during a bomb explosion at R.A.F. Marham in September 1954, and further Mentioned in Despatches for services in the Suez The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, blue enamel damage; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver-gilt; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1940’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Act. Gp. Cpt. O. R. Donaldson. R.A.F.) second clasp loose on riband, as issued, breast awards mounted as originally worn, with Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Emblem and a Path Finder Force Badge, all housed in custom made display case, generally very fine or better, unless otherwise stated (10) £4,000-£5,000 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1953. D.S.O. London Gazette 11 June 1943: ‘Group Captain Donaldson has completed a large number of sorties since the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. During the six months he has commanded the squadron, it has maintained its fine operational record and fresh honours have been achieved. By his sound organisation, thorough training and personal example, he has fashioned a first class fighting unit. Each operation is most carefully planned and executed and nothing which deserved his personal attention is omitted. Group Captain Donaldson’s firm and tactful handling of aircrews, his cheerful spirit and devotion to duty have earned him the unswerving loyalty of all ranks. He is a skilful pilot with a fine record of successful bombing sorties against the enemy. His example as a captain of aircraft has been an inspiration to his unit.’ O.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1948. D.F.C. London Gazette 11 June 1940: ‘One night in May, 1940, this officer was captain of an aircraft detailed to attack focal points behind the enemy’s positions. In the neighbourhood of Hirson he came under heavy anti-aircraft fire which he regarded as indicating that he was near a profitable objective. In spite of the enemy fire Flying Officer Donaldson made five attacks on a road through a nearby wood. As a result a large fire and thirteen violent explosions occurred in what must have been an important enemy dump. He has consistently shown the highest degree of courage and determination.’ Q.C.B.C. London Gazette 25 January 1955: ‘The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the publication of the names of the undermentioned personnel who have been commended for gallantry displayed when two 1,000lb. bombs exploded without warning at Royal Air Force Station, Marham, on 20 September 1954.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945 and 1 January 1946. M.I.D. London Gazette 13 June 1957 (Suez). Oliver Russell Donaldson was born in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada in January 1912. He was appointed to a Short Service Commission as Acting Pilot Officer on probation, General Duties Branch, Royal Air Force in November 1936. Donaldson was confirmed as a Pilot Officer the following year, and advanced to Flying Officer in November 1937. Donaldson was posted as a pilot for operational flying with 115 Squadron (Wellingtons) at Marham. Between September 1939 - August 1940 he flew in at least 34 operational sorties over Germany, Norway, France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark. Donaldson took part in the disastrous attack on the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau when they attempted to move from their berths towards Norway, 7 April 1940. The Squadron were subsequently engaged in attacking enemy shipping of Norway and occupied airfields. When the German attack on France opened, 115 Squadron began raids in Germany and, later occupied Europe. Donaldson was awarded the D.F.C., and advanced to Flight Lieutenant in September 1940. He was proceeding on a well-earned leave to Canada when his Log Book was “lost at sea due to enemy action”. Donaldson advanced to Temporary Squadron Leader in December 1941, and served as commanding officer of 7 Squadron (Stirlings) at Oakington, 2 October 1942 - 3 May 1943. In late 1942 the Squadron was one of five squadrons selected to form the nucleus of the Pathfinder Force. Donaldson was awarded the D.S.O., and advanced to Wing Commander in August 1943. He served as Station Commander of R.A.F. Wyton, July 1944 - February 1945. Donaldson advanced to Group Captain in July 1952, and was rewarded with the Q.C.B.C. for his involvement in the following incident: ‘On 20th September 1954, two 1,000lb bombs exploded on the perimeter track at Marham, killing an NCO. The squadron’s Operations Record Book shows: ‘On Monday 20th September, 2 x 1000lb bombs exploded accidentally some 150 yards from the squadron dispersal and several of the squadron’s aircraft were damaged. The damage to most was very slight but one aircraft WK133 received damage which has entailed placing it CAT3. A piece of shrapnel entered the port lower mainplane skin inboard of rib 6 and ricocheted forward passing through rib 6, the main spar and rib 7, after which it passed through the trailing edge of the aileron. The top skin of the mainplane was slightly buckled along the path of the shrapnel. As a result of this damage, the aircraft needs a complete port mainplane change.’ An additional section records: ‘One airman from the squadron, LAC Hopkins, together with two airmen from 115 Squadron, distinguished themselves by rescuing chief technician Bawley, the tractor driver. The three airmen were approximately 200 yards from the scene of the accident but within 30 seconds they had chief technician Bawley clear of the tractor, this regardless of the fact that there were four more unexploded 1000lb bombs lying on the peritrack and that shrapnel was falling about them whilst they were running towards the tractor. It was unfortunate that, in spite of their efforts, chief technician Bawley died after being admitted to King’s Lynn Hospital.” Group Captain Donaldson retired in May 1957. Sold with copied research.
A post-War M.B.E. pair awarded to Miss Gwendolen Jackson, Women’s Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, with case of issue for the first, very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Sold with original warrant for M.B.E. dated 28 June 1979, together with Downing Street letter from P.P.S. to Margaret Thatcher, dated the month previous, addressed to Miss Jackson at Greenhill, Sheffield, and an investiture photograph of the recipient with family.
A fine Great War ‘1916 Somme’ M.S.M. group of three awarded to Lance Corporal J. J. Nicholls, 5th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 12 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (1703 L. Cpl. J. J. Nicholls. C.A.M.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1703 Pte J. J. Nicholls. 5/F. Amb: Can: A.M.C.); Memorial Plaque (John Jeffery Nicholls) generally nearly extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917. John Jeffery Nicholls was born in Kingsbridge, Devon in October 1891, and was the son of Mr and Mrs J. J. Nicholls, of 12 Barton Villas, Dawlish, Devon. Nicholls served during the Great War with the 5th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps on the Western Front. He was awarded the M.S.M. in recognition of ‘his splendid achievements during the 5th Field Ambulance tour of the Somme in September 1916 (Courcelette).’ Lance Corporal Nicholls, according to the CEF Burial Registers - “Died of Wounds - while with a comrade guiding a medical party in two motor ambulances to the Regimental Aid Post of the 24th Battalion, located in a Chateau on the northern outskirts of Iwuy, an enemy shell burst on the road between the cars and Private Nicholls was severely wounded in the thighs by shrapnel. He was immediately taken to No. 10 Field Ambulance where he died”. His injuries consisted of shrapnel wounds to his thighs, a fractured right femur and perineum damage. Lance Corporal Nicholls died of wounds, 12 October 1918, and is buried in the Queant Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Sold with copied research.
1914-15 Star (2) (18162 Pte. L. Hurford. R. Berks: R.; 18862 Pte. H. S. Radburn. R. Berks. R.) rank and initials double struck on latter; British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (8339 Sjt. A. Illsley. R. Berks. R.; 8446 Pte. J. R. McLean. R. Berks. R.; 3508 Pte. F. H. Russell) generally very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Leonard Hurford attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War on 27 May 1915 and served with the 8th Battalion on the Western Front from 16 December 1915. Appointed Sergeant, he was discharged, as a consequence of wounds, on 6 March 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B186,493. Harry Sidney Radburn attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War on 19 July 1915 and served with the 5th Battalion on the Western Front from 1 December 1915. Appointed Lance Sergeant, he also served with the 8th Battalion and was discharged, as a consequence of wounds, on 4 July 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. D248232. Albert Illsley was born in Speen, Berkshire in 1880. He attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1906 and served in India with the 2nd Battalion. He served with his Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914, before later service with both the 5th and 1st Battalions. On 9 September 1916 the Reading Mercury included his name in a casualty list, as being wounded as a Lance Corporal. Upon his recovery, he was later appointed Sergeant and was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette, 11 February 1919): on 3 October 1918, The Newbury Weekly News reported: ‘Another Newbury man has won the Military Medal. This time it is Sergt. A. Illsley, 1st Royal Berks. Regt., for deeds of gallantry in the recent push on August 22nd.’ Moste likely Illsley was awarded the M.M. for his actions at Quesnoy Farm, near Rumilly, France. Illsley was killed in action near Rumilly, on 9 October 1918, and is buried in Forenville Military Cemetery, France. James Roderick McLean attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served during the Great War, on the Western Front, with the 1st Battalion, from 12 September 1914. He saw later service with the Labour Corps, Somerset Light Infantry and Army Ordnance Corps. Frederick Henry Russell attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served during the Great War. He saw later service with the Labour Corps, 8th (Post Office Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment and the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Sold together with two impressed identity discs.
Four: Sergeant J. Spicer, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-15 Star (41468. Gnr. J. Spicer. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (41468 Sjt. J. Spicer. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (41468 Gnr. J. Spicer. R.A.) nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- John Alfred Spicer was born in Brighton on 31 July 1894 and served with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 June 1915, latterly as a member of the Trench Mortar Battery. He saw further service post-War in Iraq with the 5th Medium Battery, R.G.A., and was hospitalised in Bombay in September 1920 suffering from Malaria. He died in Brighton on 21 December 1967. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘North Africa’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major G. E. J. A. Robinson, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force), for his gallantry in rescuing the crew of H.M.S. Tara from captivity at Bir Hakim in March 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Capt. G. A. Robinson. Notts. R.H.A. 1916, Halazin Jan. 23rd., Bir Hakim March 17th.’; 1914-15 Star (Capt. G. E. J. A. Robinson. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major G. E. J. A. Robinson.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1922, with integral top riband bar; Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn and housed in a Spink, London, fitted case; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted and housed, good very fine and better (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1916. George Edward James Antoine Robinson was born in Penzance, Cornwall, the son of George Robinson and his wife Alexina, née Corin, on 11 December 1869 and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Practising medicine in Nottingham, he was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Lieutenant on 8 October 1908, and served during the Great War with the 1st/1st Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery. ‘He was awarded a Military Cross for his part in the rescue from arduous captivity in the Libyan desert, of nearly 100 British sailors captured by the Turks when their patrol vessel H.M.S. Tara was torpedoed by U35 off Sollum on 5 November 1915 - the sailors had initially been handed over to the custody of Senoussi warriors who force-marched them through the desert, eventually incarcerating them in an underground cistern at Bir Hakim. Word of their plight eventually reached a motorised detachment operating under the command of the Duke of Westminster more than 100 miles away. In an exploit worthy of the Boy's Own Paper, the rescue column dashed across the desert in Rolls-Royce armoured cars and scouting vehicles, with only the vaguest directions to guide them and two native guides who could not agree where Bir Hakim was. The 92 captives were close to starvation when they were found, and Dr. Robinson had to use all his medical skills in supervising the distribution of food rations sufficient to satisfy their cruel hunger, but not so large as to over-tax their digestions. They were quickly evacuated to the hospital at Alexandria.’ (Genealogy of the Corin Family refers). For this same operation the Duke of Westminster was awarded the D.S.O. Interestingly, Robinson would almost certainly have travelled aboard H.M.S. Tara in her former guise; for before being requisitioned for War service, she was the L&NW Railway steamer Hibernia, ferrying between Holyhead and Dublin. For his services during the Great War, in addition to being awarded the Military Cross, he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 21 June 1916 and 5 June 1919). He was also recommended for a ‘Mention’ on 19 June 1917: ‘Owing to the remarkable way this Medical Officer has attended to the health of this unit only one man has gone to hospital (and he returned to duty within 12 days) since this unit left Kantara in January 1917 and especially during the period of 1 March to 31 May 1917.’ Post-War, Robinson continued in medical practice in Nottingham, and died in July 1952. Note: The recipient’s Italian Al Valore Militare is unconfirmed.
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain G. D. Boissier, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut: G. D. Boissier. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. D. Boissier.) mounted court-style for wear, light contact marks, lacquered, nearly very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918. Geoffrey Dumaresq Boissier was embodied as a Private in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force) on 31 August 1914 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion on 29 December 1914, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 July 1915. Wounded on 24 March 1916, he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant on 12 May 1916, and held the rank of Temporary Captain from May 1916 to March 1918 whilst serving in Salonika. He was released on 2 May 1919, retaining the rank of Captain. Post-war he lived at ‘Shrublands’, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research.
Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Smith, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver post-loop and straight bar suspension, polished and worn, otherwise good fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Samuel Smith was born at Fresonfield, near Halston, Norfolk, and enlisted for the Grenadier Guards at Norwich on 10 May 1804, aged 25, for unlimited service, a labourer by trade, having 2 years previous service in the 13th Light Dragoons. He was discharged at Windsor Barracks on 2 November 1818, in consequence of ‘being wounded in the Hand at the Battle of Waterloo’, where he served in Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Stables’ Company. Stables was himself wounded at Waterloo and died from his wounds on the following day. Sold with copied discharge papers and Company medal roll.
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASETRANSITIONAL C.1640The flared neck painted with a scene of a figure offering a tribute of a vase containing three halberds to an official who stands beneath a willow tree and is flanked by attendants holding fans, the central section has two further figures on a bridge in a mountainous landscape, above a band of pointed leaves to the flared foot, the different registers, rim and foot incised with anhua bands, the base incised with a cursive '1658', 45cm.Provenance: the collection of Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010).The halberd was the weapon associated with Lu Bu, a warrior in the Yuan dynasty novel, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The ancient weapon symbolises rank in military achievement. During the Tang dynasty it was customary for official households of the third rank and above to post a halberd at their gate. The halberd is a pun for ‘rank’, it represents rapid promotion.明末清初 青花平升三級紋花觚來源：Nicolas de la Mare Thompson（1928-2010）收藏。Nicolas是朱湯生（1941-2011）的哥哥，朱湯生曾於1992-2003任職蘇富比亞洲藝術部主席。
A post 1902 Welch Regiment Field Officers Dress Cap in black cloth with broad red band and piping with Regimental cap badge 'The Welch', the peak with broad gilt braid border. With leather band to the interior. 26cm wide. 31cm front to back. And a similar cap with dark blue velvet band and lacking cap badge (2) *Condition: First externally good with light cracking to peak and loss of colour to braid, internally with signs of wear, Second more recent manufacture.
Five albums of ephemera, research material and other items to include: overprinted BMA Eritrea stamps and similar, Air Mail envelopes, Envelopes opened by censors, a few badges, 'The Post Office at War' and other propaganda works, Air Raid Precautions Booklets, ARP guides, a postal cover signed by Bob Stanford Tuck, Battle of Britain cover signed by Gareth Clayton, others signed by Johnnie Johnson, Hugh Dundas, Harry Broadhurst, G. Wellum, N. Rutter, Bernard Chacksfield, John Thomson, E. Deanesly, and others. An album of research material relating to Medal of Honour Winners including further postal covers. All in five folders *Condition: Mixed condition, mostly good.
Ransome, Arthur A collection of books published by Jonathan Cape including Coot Club, Winter Holiday, Great Northern, The Big Six, Secret Water, Peter Duck, We Didn't Mean to go to sea, The Picts and Martyrs, Missee Lee, Swallow Dale, Swallows and Amazons, Pigeon Post, and a number of other titles by and about Ransome Condition Report:No condition report is available. We strongly recommend viewing in person for this lot.
A post-war military leather sporran, ink-stamped internally with War Dept. Broad Arrow and 1949 date, additional marked by hand in ink "M.S. Blair, A. & S. H." (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders; together with a brown leather Sam Browne belt, also marked in ink for M.S. Blair and an eastern dagger with inlaid grip (3) Condition Report:Available upon request
Viscount Portal of Hungerford signed RAF Benson flown cover. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (21 May 1893 - 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War and rose to become first a flight commander and then a squadron commander, flying light bombers on the Western Front. In the early stages of the Second World War he was commander-in-chief of Bomber Command. He was an advocate of strategic area bombing against German industrial areas and viewed it as a war winning strategy. In October 1940 he was made Chief of the Air Staff and remained in this post for the rest of the war. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Three George II silver plates engraved with the Royal Cypher & Crown, London, 1744, John Hugh le Sage, each engraved with the initials GR (George Rex) bordering the cypher, the group comprising two oval meat dishes (23.5 x 32cm) and a dinner plate (24.3cm dia.,), the oval dishes engraved with F&C (8) to reverse, the circular plate with F&C (72), total weight approx. 68.4oz (3) Note: For similar examples to the dinner plate in this lot (with same Cypher and the F&C inventory number see Lot 149, Sotheby's, Arts of Europe, 3rd July 2012 Provenance (with thanks to Pursuivant Research): The Royal arms and the initials of the Barony of Fauconberg and Conyers, put on in the early 20th century, suggest that these dishes were originally issued by the Royal Jewel house to Robert D'Arcy (1718-1778), 4th Earl of Holderness and 8th Baron Conyers, in 1744 as British Ambassador (a post he held until 1746).They then descended through his family with the Barony of Conyers (one which unusually can be inherited by women and in the female line). The provenance of these pieces is therefore assumed to be: Robert D'Arcy (1718-1778), 4th and last Earl of Holderness and 8th Baron Conyers; Amelia Osborne (nee D'Arcy) (1754-1784), Marchioness of Carmarthen and later Lady Amelia Byron, 9th Baroness Conyers in her own right; George William Frederick Osborne (1775-1838), 5th Duke of Leeds and 10th Baron Conyers; Francis Godolphin D'Arcy Osborne (1798-1859), 6th Duke of Leeds and 11th Baron Conyers; Sackville Lane-Fox (1827-1888), 12th Baron Conyers; Marcia Pelham (nee Lane-Fox) (1863-1926), Countess of Yarborough also 13th Baron Conyers in her own right; Sackville George Pelham (1888-1948), 5th Earl of Yarborough and 14th Baron Conyers. Condition Report: The plates are in good overall condition. However, all show signs of wear including nicking, scratching and pitting commensurate with age and use. Some wear to the engraved crests commensurate with age. Some tarnish spots. Hallmarks slightly rubbed but all legible.
A Leica M6 35mm rangefinder camera, 1992, chrome, serial no. 1931932, held in original packaging, with camera strap in separate box, warranty card, instruction manual with additional information booklet, Leica passport, and various marketing materials, together with a Leica Summicron-M 50mm f/2 lens, no. 3593438, with lens cap and mount cover, original soft leather carry case and packaging, a Leitz Canada Tele-Elmarit 90mm f/2.8 lens, no. 2257894, with lens cap and mount cover and third party soft leather carry case, and a Leica SF-20 electronic shoe-mounted flash, no. 115979, with guarantee card, instruction manual, soft leather carry case and original packaging (lot)Roseberys do not guarantee the working operation of any camera offered for sale. Condition Report: Leica M6 body: some brassing to the cover of the battery compartment, small paint loss to the bayonet release button, light scratching to lens mount, consistent with use. Some light dust build-up in the bright-line frame illumination window, but this does not affect optical performance. Viewfinder appears clear and bright, advance lever appears to be functioning as intended with smooth operation. Rangefinder window appears clean and clear. Automatic frame counter works as intended, window is clear with minor dirt build-up around the edge. Frame preselector lever works as intended, frame lines appear clear and sharp. Baseplate hatch lifts as intended. Interior of film chamber is in good condition. Film-loading spool works as intended. Not tested with film. Film rewind level works as intended. Battery contained within the body, appears to be in good condition. Light meter appears to be working as intended. Shutter speed dial appears to be working at all speeds, shutter release button is functioning as intended with crisp release. Flash sits in the hot shoe as intended. Flash function not tested with batteries. ISO film speed dial runs smoothly. Some general minor surface dirt to the metal case and leatherette grip and in the crevasses around fittings, hot shoe, and eyelets. Summicron-M 50mm lens: Some general dirt buildup to edge of aperture ring. Aperture and focusing rings are smooth and operate as intended. Aperture blades have no oil or buildup. Front lens element has filter attached, which can be removed with ease. Both filter and front lens element have very minor dust that would not affect optical performance. Some minor dirt to the exterior metal of the lens, lettering is clear and sharp. Red bayonet alignment button is missing. Front and rear lens caps working as intended. Tele-Elmarit 90mm lens: Some brassing and rubbing to the exterior metal of the lens especially on the focus ring and aperture ring. Aperture and focus rings operating smoothly and as intended. Some buildup of dirt to the lens mount. Some minor dirt to the front element of the lens. Some minor oil on the aperture blades. Front and rear lens caps working as intended. Leica SF-20 flash has not been tested with working batteries, appears in good cosmetic condition with very few signs of wear. Roseberys do not guarantee the working operation of this or any camera offered at auction, and cannot guarantee that the above contents of this camera and accessories will continue to perform as described post-sale.
Samuel Henry Baker (British 19th century), Coston Hackett, study of a country church, pencils. 21x32cm approx. Together with A Watson Turnbull, uncoloured etching of a Windmill, signed in pencil. 20x27cm approx. Framed. Together with an original engraving of Swansea Post Office. 28x37cm approx. Framed. (3) (B.P. 21% + VAT)
KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)Edo period (1615-1868), early to mid-19th centuryFour oban tate-e bijinga prints: the first of Fukuroi: Kuratayanai Enishi (Post Station Fukuroi: Enishi of the Kurataya) from the series Keisei dochu sugoroku/Mitate Yoshiwara gojusan tsui (A Tokaido Board Game of Courtesans: 53 Pairings in the Yoshiwara); the second titled Aki no hi no kosame (Light Rain on Autumn Day) from an untitled series; the third of Nihonzutsumi no rakugan/Tamayanai Tamagushi (Descending Geese on the Nihon Embankment/The Courtesan Tamagushi of the Tamaya) from the series Shin Yoshiwara hakkei (Eight Views of the New Yoshiwara); the last of Aoyama Sendagaya no Fuji (Mount Fuji from Sendagaya, Aoyama) from the series Fuji no yuki (Snow on Mount Fuji); all variously published and all signed Keisai Eisen ga; all moutned on card. The smallest: 35cm x 22.7cm (13¾in x 8 15/16in); the largest: 38.5cm x 26cm (15 1/8in x 10¼in). (4).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
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1938An oban tate-e print, titled along the left margin Tsuki no Kiyosumien (Moon over Kiyosumi Garden), depicting in the foreground the reflection of a stone lantern in the pond sheltered beneath neatly trimmed pine trees on a moonlit evening, dated Showa jusannen ichigatsu saku (Work of January, Showa 13 [1938]), but probably a post-war printing, published by Watanabe Shozaburo with a round Watanabe seal at bottom right, signed Hasui with Kawase seal; framed and glazed. Overall: 68cm x 50.2cm (26¾in x 19¾in); image: 38cm x 26cm (15in x 10¼in).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1933An oban tate-e print, titled along the bottom margin Osaka Soemon-cho no yu (Evening at Soemon-cho, Osaka) from the series Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen (Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition), depicting a night-time winter scene showing two maiko walking past a teahouse, their highly colourful kimono and elaborate obi trailing behind them, illuminated by the light streaming from an open door, shadows of figures discernible in the distance, in the foreground a couple walking closely together in the chilly night, dated Showa hachinen shigatsu saku (Work of April, Showa 8 [1933]), but probably a post-war printing, published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with a round Watanabe seal at bottom left; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 39cm x 26.5cm (15 3/8in x 10½in).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
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1931An oban tate-e print, titled along the right margin Shinagawa depicting a canal landscape in the rain, in the left foreground two women hidden beneath traditional-style janome umbrellas chatting at the waterfront, a solitary man crossing a wooden bridge on the right, from the series Tokaido fukei senshu (Selected Views of the Tokaido), dated Showa rokunen sangatsu saku (Work of March, Showa 6 [1931]), but probably a post-war printing, published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with a round Watanabe seal at the bottom right corner; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 38.7cm x 26.7cm (15¼in x 10½in).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
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1930An oban yoko-e print, titled along the left margin Soshu Shichirigahama (The Seven-League Beach in Sagami Province) depicting a man and woman dressed in yukata walking their dog along the beach on a moonlit summer's evening, dated Showa gonen jugatsu saku (Work of October, Showa 5 [1930]), but probably a post-war printing, published by Watanabe Shozaburo (unsealed); signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 26cm x 39.8cm (10¼in x 15 5/8in).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
An Umayyad monochrome moulded pottery ewer Syria or Mesopotamia, 8th/ 9th Centuryof square form on four short feet with ridged neck surmounted by a flaring cup, simple handle to one side, moulded and decorated to the body with a cruciform to two sides, surrounded by overlapping circle motifs, all under a green glaze 23.1 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Collection of Bahram Mirza 'Sardar-i-Massoud' (1885-1916), Paris, thence by descent.Lots 28 - 35:A private collection of Islamic ceramics formerly ownedby Qajar Prince, Bahram Mirza 'Sardar-I-Massoud'.This collection boasts a treasure trove of rare and exquisiteexamples of early Persian and Umayyad ceramics, whichhave been in private hands for over a century. The ceramicsin this collection are a testament to the skill and artistry ofthe craftsmen who created them. From the intricate floraland calligraphic patterns of the early Persian ceramics to theelegant monochromatic simplicity of the Umayyad example,each work in this collection is a masterpiece of form anddesign.Bahram Mirza was the son of, Massoud Mirza Zelle Sultan,the powerful Qajar Governor of Isfahan and son of Nasser AlDin Shah Qajar, one of Persia's longest ruling monarchs. He was an avid collector of Islamic art, and his passion for these works is evident in the quality and diversity of the pieces in thiscollection. As a member of the Qajar dynasty, Prince Bahramwas deeply connected to the cultural and artistic traditions ofIran, and his collection reflects his deep appreciation for therich artistic heritage of the Islamic world.The provenance of these ceramics is impeccable, having beenpassed down through several generations of Prince Bahram'sfamily. After the death of Nasser Al-Din Shah, Bahram Mirza'sfather Zelle Sultan had a fraught relationship with subsequentkings Mozzafar Al Din Shah and Muhammad Ali Shah, whosaw him as a potential contender for the throne, in 1907, ZelleSultan was eventually dismissed from his post and went intoexile in France in 1910. His son, Bahram Mirza, accompaniedhim into exile, where he continued his education and pursuedhis interests in art and culture. However, Bahram Mirza's lifewas cut tragically short when he died at the young age of 30in a German torpedo attack on the British SS Sussex uponan attempted return to Iran.He was survived by his thirteenbrothers who would continue to play a prominent role in thepolitical and cultural life of Iran throughout the early 20thCenturyThe green glaze featured within the present lot is distinctive of a group of early Islamic ceramics, which is characterised by a monochrome glaze (often green) and stamped and moulded decoration. They can be dated to the Umayyad or early Abbasid periods on the basis of a number of inscribed pieces (Arthur Lane, Early Islamic Pottery, London, 1947, pl. 3-5). There is also evidence that ceramics of this type were made in Eastern Iran, based on a bottle with inscription stating that it was made in Gurgan, now in the LA Mayer Memorial Foundation (inv. No. C40.69). For an example of an Umayyad monochrome moulded pottery ewer sold in these rooms, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 29 March 2022, lot 20. The lot features a comparable flaring cup and simple handle in addition to a similar decorative scheme incorporating the use of both cruciform and overlapping circle motifs.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Postcards & Social History - a collection of RP postcards and mostly group photography including The Archbishop of Canterbury at Haverfordwest, Proclamation of King George V, Haverfordwest; Haverfordwest grammar school association football team 1912-13, Bowen General election 1910, Little Langland, Mumbles; Post Office staff; Llangwm parish parade; school classes, etc qty
An Edwardian style negligee necklace having a pair of translucent blue pear shaped drops suspended from a pair of oval cabochon cut stones, the white metal trace link chain 40cm long, drop 45mm; a pair of yellow metal earrings marked 375, the 10mm drops set with faceted auroa crystals, pierced fittings with post and butterfly.
Medals - Nine post-WW2 United States of America medals, to include two Good Conduct Medals (Army); Korean Service Medal; two United Nations Korea Service Medals; two National Defense Service Medals; Republic of Vietnam Service Medal; and an Army Reserve Achievement Medal; most with ribbons.Qty: 9
WWII, four, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal, attributed to 1630917 Gnr George W Hunt 113th Regiment Royal Artillery, framed and official and other documents, books and ephemera of the recipient, including letters and envelopes with army post office / passed by censor cachets and book, Cockney War Stories
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