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Lot 636

WWII German Propaganda Collecting Tin Stamped "Gausud-Hannover-Braunschweig" Af

Lot 333

* DEINEKA, ALEKSANDR 1899-1969 Design for a Propaganda Poster signed Collage with watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, 25 by 16 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Norway.

Lot 865

An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V last issue, with `Regular Army` suspension to `1853648 Sjt. C.E. Seal. R.E.`, fitted to a ribbon bar also showing the ribbon of the 1939-45 Star, together with a silver fob medal, detailed `R.E.B.L Winners 1918 Bugler C.E. Seal`, and a silver gilt and enamelled RAOB jewel, detailed `Propaganda Jewel Presented to Primo C.E. Seal 1923`.

Lot 747

Russian revolutionary propaganda book dated 1907

Lot 504

Beller (Janet) Street People New York 1980 § Kalisher (Simpson) Propaganda and other Photographs New York 1976 § Mark (Mary Ellen) and others. Homeless in America Washington 1988 § Morton (Margaret) Fragile Dwelling New York 2000 photographic illustrations the first two original wrappers the rest original cloth dust-jackets; and c.15 others documentary photography mainly America v.s.(c.20)

Lot 348

PROPAGANDA THE ART OF PERSUASION: World War II. By Anthony Rhodes an Allied and Axis Visual Record 1933-1945. pub by Angus & Robertson London 1975 isbn. 0207957793 hardback with original dust jacket well illustrated.

Lot 98

Glass Mango set rare set of ornamental" commemorative mango stand and container the last with a portrait of Mao in a radiant sun and extensively inscirbed ` Respect and Wishes to Chairman Mao for a Long Life Commemorate Great Leader Chairman Mao who gave this cherished gift - Mango - to Capital Workers Peasant Mao Tse-tung Thought Propaganda Team` coloured glass mango 120mm. long on glass stand placed with glass container 195 x 200 x 100mm. this with small chips in two lower corners unmarked c.1970. ***In 1968 Chairman Mao was presented with a given of seven mangos by a delegation from Pakistan. As he disliked the fruit he bestowed then as gifts to seven Worker-Peasant Mao Zedong Thought Propaganda Teams. This set commemorates that event which was also meant to mark Mao`s displeasure at the factions within the Red Guard " leading to these teams being sent in to factories and universities to restore order.

Lot 620

* WWI. "Blood or Bread" by Henry Raleigh, Boston, Forbes, c.1918; "Keep this Hand of Mercy at its work", by R.G. Morgan, American Red Cross, c.1918, together two col. litho. propaganda posters, the first depicting a soldier carrying a wounded comrade, with the words `Others are giving their blood. You will shorten the war - save life if you eat only what you need, and waste nothing`, blank margin frayed and chipped in places, 725 x 535 mm (28.5 x 21 ins), the second depicting a giant arm with a Red Cross armband coming out of the sky to protect women, children, and wounded soldiers from a battlefield, with the words `War Fund Week. One Hundred Million Dollars`, blank margin a little creased and frayed in places, 697 x 522 mm (27.5 x 20.5 ins) (2)

Lot 45

* WWI - 87a Squadriglia Aeroplani. An album of 229 mounted b&w photos, c. 1918 and sl. later, the majority aerial views mounted four to a page on 29 leaves, the first 23 images (approx. 15 x 11cm) relating to Italian aerial bombings of the Asiago plateau region in North Eastern Italy and Libya, the majority of the remaining mostly similar size images being aerial views of Italian towns, buildings and countryside, including Pisa, Venice, Rome, Capo d`Istria, Verona, Bologna, Triest, one image of Quito with a signed presentation inscription from observer Ettore Lodi to his friend Felice Pozzo, dated April 1923, views of the Italian lakes, three images showing the villa of the poet and fighter pilot D`Annunzio near Lake Garda, one leaf with five aerial images of Mount Etna erupting, five images showing the smoking Mount Vesuvius (1922 and 1925), some images with caption codes and dates in the negative, many neatly captioned in white on mounts beneath, contemp. plain stiff wrappers with spine tie, sl. rubbed and soiled, oblong folio. One aerial photo of the Belvedere Piazza and the Principe Ugenio in Vienna is dated 9th August [1]918 in the negative. This would have been taken during the Flight of Vienna, an epic action performed by the Italian poet and nationalist patriot Gabriele D`Annuzio on 9th August 1918. He flew with eleven Ansalto S.V.A. from his team, the 87a Squadron ("La Serenissima") in a round trip of some 750 miles. They dropped 50,000 propaganda leaflets with text written by D`Annuzio himself. Besides the photographs there is one pen and ink plan showing the electric power station at Cavedine with the locations of three bomb strikes marked in red. (1)

Lot 593

Rolfe (Frederick `Baron Corvo`). The Cardinal Prefect of Propaganda and Other Stories, 1957, t.e.g., original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, limited edition, 182/250, together with Letters to R.M. Dawkins, 1962, t.e.g., original contrasting cloth, glassine wrapper, a few tears, 8vo, plus In his Own Image, 1901, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1901, text block with slight marginal toning, original cloth, spine faded with minor tears at head and foot, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others by Rolfe including Chronicles of the House of Borgia, 1901, The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole. A Romance of Modern Venice, 1934 and Virginia Woolf`s Orlando, 1928 (14)

Lot 96

An interesting WWII photograph album compiled by T/223261 Driver K Bloor (65 Company RASC, 7th Armoured Division), with photographs of Egypt, Syria, Burma including Burmese, Chinese and British Troops, India, Italy, various warships etc, also photographs of K Bloor, a letter granting seven days special leave dated September 1941, German propaganda leaflet etc.

Lot 132

A collection of eight interesting anti-nazi propaganda images, unframed, titles including Pillar of Culture, The Gripp Gets Faster, A Good Conscience Is A Soft Pillow etc, the majority depicting Adolf Hitler.

Lot 212

Catechism. Cathechismo da doutrina cristam/Cristan text in Portuguese and romanised Marathi half vellum with the library stamp of Donaueschingen Rome Propaganda Fide 1778 Olivieri (Antonio) Enciclopedia Morale e Civile... wood engraved portrait contemporary paper boards Cosmopoli 1724 Lentulo (Scipione) Italicæ Grammatices Præcepta ac Ratio contemporary limp vellum worn device to upper cover lacking ties soiled Jean Crespin 1567 sm. 8vo(3)

Lot 612

A collection of approximately 75 1930`s Nazi propaganda cigarette cards depicting Hitler etc (one set & 2 part sets)

Lot 615

Heinrich Hoffman: 3 x 1930`s German propaganda books, "Hitler Bauf Gross Deutschland", "Hitler in Bohmen, Mabren, Memel" and "Hitler in Seiner Heimat"

Lot 598

Collection of twelve Chinese propaganda posters, 1960`s and 70`s, mostly featuring Chairman Mao, woodblock prints and photographic images, various sizes,

Lot 1127

Germany, Third Reich, oddments, inc. six cigar packets, some with contents, two passes, eight propaganda photographs, etc., mixed condition (small lot)

Lot 681

KIMON EVAN MARENGO (KIM) A Series of five small war-time printed posters depicting eastern themes(( anti-German propaganda for the Middle East ), unframed, 13 x 8 in

Lot 442

Postcards - selection inc. WW2 Japanese propaganda cards (6), some local topographical inc. Henley, Southampton, Gibraltar tourist pack and a few modern Edinburgh tram postcards (gen gd) (30+)

Lot 138

An Artillery Officer`s Dress Uniform, of a jacket, waistcoat and trousers, with stay-brite buttons; a French Kepi, with black patent leather peak; a German Post War Shako, with white metal helmet plate; a Collection of Twenty Six German Third Reich Propaganda Posters, published on a weekly basis by the Nazi Party`s Central Propaganda Office (4)

Lot 599

GOEBBELS JOSEPH: (1897-1945) German Politician, Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany 1933-45. Vintage signed 4 x 5.5 photograph of Goebbels in a profile head and shoulders pose. Signed (`Dr. Goebbels`) in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Some corner creasing, otherwise about VG

Lot 178I

Attributed to Chikanobu, The Great Festival of Nikko Shrine, circa 1897, three oban, each approximately 34cm by 22.2cm; and Four Other Prints, including an equestrian propaganda print (7)

Lot 519

A WWII Fascist Party Propaganda Postcard Depicting Italian, German and Japanese Armies Sinking the Allied Fleet, another military postcard, and a Kukri with bone hilt and sheath decorated with brass mounts.

Lot 302

Eighty Three Pre-War Postcards, including nine embroidered silks, 1st world war propaganda, real photo Woodmansey 1906, cricketer J.F.Byrne, topography, comic and greetings, housed in a tin.

Lot 148

* Uptton (Clive, 1911-2006). A set of original illustrations for a Lilliputian tale, pub. Princess magazine, 1964, together fifteen grisaille watercolour illustrations, on artist's board, most signed, image size approx. 250 x 420 mm (10 x 16.5 ins) and sl. smaller. Clive Uptton was a prolific cartoonist, poster artist, illustrator and painter. He studied at Southend Art School and then at the Central School of Art in London, but turned professional before completing his studies. Some of his earliest paid work was as an illustrator for the Strand Magazine, and he also contributed regularly to Good Housekeeping, Woman's Illustrated (including stories by Barbara Cartland), Tit-Bits, Tatler, Radio Times, Look & Learn, Sphere (including covers), John Bull (including covers) and others. In 1940 he became political cartoonist on the Daily Sketch and Sunday Graphic, and later worked for the Ministry of Information and National Savings Committee producing propaganda cartoons, drawings and paintings. Perhaps Uptton's best- known wartime work was his large and prophetic D-Day landings drawing, 'This is the Year' and 'We Kneel Only to Thee', both of which were widely reproduced as posters. Uptton later won prizes for his posters in the National Outdoor Advertising Awards in 1958 and 1959. He continued to work as a landscape and portrait painter (commissions included portraits of Harold Macmillan and Anthony Eden) and as a book illustrator (notably for Warner Press) until 1987, when his eyesight began to fail. (15)

Lot 4

Ireland 1971 u/mint o/p propaganda stamps 1916-1971.

Lot 5

Ireland 1972 u/mint o/p propaganda stamps 30.1.72.

Lot 6

Ireland 1971 u/mint o/p propaganda stamp DAIL ULADH.

Lot 7

Ireland Sinn Fein u/mint propaganda stamp.

Lot 210

Ten Miniature Third Reich Propaganda Booklets "Der Fuhrer" circa 1938/40, each featuring a photograph of Adolf Hitler to the cover, 5cm by 3.5cm, together with related ephemera.

Lot 425

GOEBBELS JOSEPH: (1897-1945) German Politician, Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany 1933-45. Large signed 10 x 14 photograph of Goebbels seated in a half length pose wearing an armband featuring the Nazi swastika. Signed ('Dr. Goebbels') in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the base of the image. The signature is written across a dark area although is legible. Signed photographs of Goebbels of this size are rare. Some surface and corner creasing and a large tear to the right edge (repaired with sellotape to the verso), not affecting the signature. FR

Lot 451

GB: WWII PROPAGANDA FORGERIES OF 1937 DEFINITIVE'S TO 3D ALL "USED"

Lot 365

Anon FFI, WW 2 propaganda showing the Allied Leaders, original poster printed by L'imagerie Francaise - 40 x 58 cm Condition Report: Condition A

Lot 65

GERMANY WWII BOOKS-VARIOUS including 'German War Art'; 'Hitler's Germanic Legions'; Waffen SS'; 'Hitlers Propaganda Machine'; 'The SS German Regalia'; 'Luffwaffe'; 'Der Fuhrer', etc. (29)

Lot 1591

W.W.I. Propaganda Leaflets. Interesting collection of 23 leaflets of various sizes to agitate German troops. 1 printed in Hebrew 1915-1917.

Lot 556

A quantity of booklets, periodicals, ephemera, etc, the property of the late Flt Lt S P Barnard, O/C 214 Squadron Bomber Command, RAF Stradishall, who flew mainly Vickers Wellingtons, including HMSO booklets "Merchant Airmen" and "We speak from the air Broadcasts by the RAF", 13 other HMSO booklets, a booklet "Gladiators over Norway" by Victor MacClure, several meteorological handbooks, 24 issued of "Tee Emm" between April 1944 and October 1945, 2 coloured propaganda (?) posters, several programmes for post war Services of Thanksgiving, an LP record of the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Works of Sir Barnes Wallis, etc. Generally GC (some items worn)

Lot 154

Gaston Le Beuze (fl. 1940-1942). A la Vraie Galette. Watercolour. Signed, inscribed and dated 1943 . lower left. 26.5cm x 34cm. Satirical criticism of Germans and French collaborators during the German Occupation of France (1940-44) are rare. Their discovery at the time may well have led to the artist's deportation or even a death sentence. The following three watercolours by Gaston le Beuze are, like the photographs of Paris occupe taken by Andre Gandner, important testimonies to their time.. During the German Occupation, restrictions were controlled by Hermann Goering and issued by the French municipalities. Most of the food was rationed and distributed on a monthly basis in exchange for ration cards or tickets, assigned to the public according to their status.. In A La Vraie Galette, Gaston Le Beuze's bright humour mocks the corruption that arose from this system through black market profiteers. The pancake seller's sign reads: Galettes sans tickets la pice 1Fr, 50 Il ne sera plus fourni de papier. Les clients seront servis sans emballages. Faites l'appoint. Merci (Pancakes no ticket 1,50 francs each. No paper given. Clients will be served without wrapping. Please give the exact change. Thanks.) Profits were often outrageous, aimed at other war profiteers, who made their fortunes through collaboration. Two men in the queue read Paris-Soir and La Gerbe, both newspapers that promoted Nazi propaganda. The high bourgeoisie are equally ridiculed in this work; the autocratic lady holds a purse embroidered with a coronet which seems to be stuffed with money. In the background, a well-dressed Parisian female shares the sidewalk with a German soldier (with obvious connotations) and the shelter sign (Abri) places the scene in its historical context. . Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

Lot 339

A postcard album relating to WW1, including official photographs, Tuck's Oilettes, propaganda examples and related scraps

Lot 366

A Collection of German Third Reich Memorabilia, including a 1936 Olympics Cigarette Card Album, published by Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, a 1938 presentation edition of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, and a similar English edition, propaganda postcards and photographs of Hitler and party officials German aircraft, view of Hamburg; three English Royal Souvenir Books; a Times Special Coronation Edition Newspaper, for George VI etc.

Lot 424

A Third Reich issued album containing glued in photographs of Nazi party personnel and propaganda photographs of Hitler Youth and similar c.1930's

Lot 454

A British propaganda imitation Iron Cross bearing the names of locations damaged by the German army in 1914 "Louvain" etc. It is thought that at least some of these were made at the "Albion" Iron Works at Leigh in Lancashire 1914/15. Together with a German Wound Badge (2)

Lot 302

A WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTER - 'Enlist in the Navy', after G. Wright with colorplate by The Gill Engraving Company, New York, unframed, 21" x 29".

Lot 350

A Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, dated 1922, after a design by Alisa Rudolfovna Golenkina, the centre decorated with a torch bearing man riding a winged horse over burning classical buildings, the border with a slogan in Cyrillic characters translated to ' We shall set the world ablaze with the fire of the Third International' stamped green IPF monogram of Nicholas II painted 242/2 hammer, sickle and cog and dated 1922, 23.5cm This is one of Golenkina's best known designs, using Alexander Apsit's composition from a poster entitled 'Proletariat of the World Unite', in 1919. See Kudryavtseva,'Circling the Square: Avant Garde Porcelain from Revolutionary Russia' Exhibition Catalogue, Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House, 2004-05 where an identical plate is shown on p. 100. Another can be found in Revolutionary Ceramics, Soviet Porcelain 1917-27 Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, 1990, pl. 25 which illustrates the German language border.

Lot 351

A Soviet porcelain propaganda plate, dated 1920, after a design by Zinaida Viktorovna Kobyletskaya, the centre decorated with a red star bursting with bolts of blue and purple lightning and gilt showers, the blue underglaze border with a Cyrillic character slogan 'Long Live the Eighth Congress of the Soviets, 1920', obliterated Tsar mark in green, hammer sickle and cog and date 1921, chip and hairline 31cm, See Revolutionary Ceramics, Soviet Porcelain 1917-27 Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, 1990, pl.29 for a similar dish

Lot 115

Approx. fifty seven postcards mainly relating to troops and WWI including a group of rp's of OTC Mytchett- Felstead, OTC Camp Tidworth c.1910 - 1913; some Allies propaganda cards; a Christmas greetings card 1904 from the ATT Coy Officials in British Central Africa of North Eastern Rhodesia postmarked "Blantyre" and others ++mixed

Lot 141

Fourteen rp cards of military hospitals including Bath War Hospital, a selection of WWI propaganda cards; WWII German photographic card of a crashed aeroplane; an album glued with French WWI and other cards and others similar (a lot) ++mixed

Lot 237

Nazi Sticker Book Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen - Tagesberichte 1939. Herausgegeben vom Oberregierungsrat im Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda Ernst Braeckow. Das Bildmaterial stellte bereit: Prof. Heinrich Hoffmann 1. Hard covers , large oblong folio, spine somewhat distressed. With approx 367 machine printed photographs, postcard size, tracing the events of the year 1939, including shots of many historic events, including the signing of the Russian/German treaty, the Munich Conference with Neville Chamberlain, and the fighting which broke out later in the year after Britain declared war. Some damp staining to some images, but majority in good condition. This is a rare and highly sought after volume with photographs taken by the celebrated German photographer Heinrich Hoffman, it also stands as a fine primary source of information on the events of the crucial year when war broke out seen from the perspective of the Nazi propaganda machine.

Lot 307

Judaica – formation of the State of Israel – the Irgun historic document typed on one side of a folio sheet, being the original issue of a propaganda message to the British forces in Israel during the mandate period, issued by Menachim Begin’s Irgun organisation, marked ‘True Copy’ to head and addressed : ‘The Soldiers of the Underground to the Soldiers of the Occupation Army’ ‘It is not our intention to try to convince anyone of the justice of our cause for we don’t expect any good will from those who have deprived us of our country. But we know that a long and bitter struggle lies ahead in the course of which it is unavoidable that many Jewish soldiers and many British soldiers should fall. And it is only fair that these people know at least why they may be killed. ‘Most of you have been in this country for quite a long time. You have learned what the word “Terrorist” means, some of you say even have come into direct contact with them (and heartily desire not to repeat the experience) but what do you know about them ? Why does a young man go underground ? To answer that question we can use the simplest example. Remember 1940 ‘Then it seemed quite possible that your island country would be conquered and subjugated by Hitler hordes. If that were the case ? What would you have done ? Would you have gone underground and fought the invader by all available means. This is exactly our position. We have a country. It has been ours from time immemorial. But you have invaded our country. You have to deprive us of our home and our freedom. So we must fight you. You are our mortal enemy. You rule here, which is illegal and immoral, is a parallel of a mass assassination of a whole people, which wants to live as free men. We will fight you. It can’t be helped. Nor does it help to speak about “Law and Order”. Law and order means that each shall rule his own house and live on his own soil. ‘That right is our cause for which we are ready to fight to the last. ‘Where is yours ? Bevin’s stupidity. Oil. Their lordship’s income. Is that worth dying for ?’ A remarkable document which amounts to a manifesto for terrorist action – which was ultimately successful. It also raises the question as to who are ‘terrorists’ and who are ‘freedom fighters’. Menachim Begin, leader of the Irgun was branded a ‘terrorist’ by the British and the rest of the western world mainly for the actions in bombing the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, and the brutal murder of the two British Army intelligence Sergeants (who were hanged and their bodies booby trapped so that the ambulance crews who came to retrieve them were also killed and injured). At one point the British put a reward on his head of £10,000 – dead or alive. Yet, after that latter incident, the British withdrew from Palestine, leading directly to the creation of the State of Israel. Begin went into politics and eventually became Prime Minister of Israel, making world headlines for his conciliation with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in the Camp David Agreements. For this, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. So were the Irgun terrorists, or were they freedom fighters ? Was Begin a murderer or a legitimate freedom fighter ? It’s a significant debate which raged through the troubles of Northern Ireland and continues in the Middle East today.

Lot 284

A Collection of Twenty One Third Reich Shoulder Straps, Collar Patches and Insignia, including a Deutsche Arbeitsfront armband, two Air Raid Warning Service cuff-titles, an Army Propaganda Company cuff-title, an Anti-aircraft Gun Commander shoulder badge etc; an Raf Insignia; a Parachute Regiment Insignia; a Naval Badge (24)

Lot 285

Adolf Hitler-Mein Kampf, one volume, given as a prize and with written presentation inscription dated 1944, with Wehrmark stamp; an English Translation copy; Two packets of propaganda photographs. Three volumes of The Trial of German Major War Criminals, published London 1946 (7)

Lot 1177

A rare and emotive Second World War clandestine operations M.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. W. O. Newton, an ‘F’ Section, S.O.E. agent who was parachuted into France as a saboteur instructor in June 1942, captured in April 1943, and brutally tortured before being sent to Buchenwald: his brother suffered the same fate but both survived to be liberated by the advancing Allies in April 1945 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with related G.VI.R. ‘Loyal Service ‘badge and original O.B.E. warrant, this in the name of ‘Alfred Willie Oscar Newton, Lieutenant in Our Army’ and dated 13 August 1945, the medals very fine and better, the warrant torn in several places (Lot) £400-500 M.B.E. London Gazette 30 August 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer was parachuted into France with his brother on 30 June 1942 as a saboteur instructor to a circuit in the unoccupied zone. In this capacity he worked for a period of nine months, throughout which period he showed outstanding courage and devotion to duty. He travelled continuously and organised and trained sabotage cells in various regions, in particular Lyon, St. Etienne and Le Puy. These groups subsequently carried out effective sabotage on enemy industrial installations and railway communications. Newton was arrested in April 1943 with his brother and incarcerated at Fresnes, where he spent over a year in solitary confinement. He was later transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp where he suffered grave hardships. He was liberated in April 1945 when American forces occupied the camp. For his courageous work in the French Resistance and his remarkable endurance during his two years in captivity, it is recommended that he be appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division).’ No better summary of the wartime story of S.O.E’s famous ‘Twins ‘, Alfred and Henry Newton, maybe found than that published in E. H. Cookridge’s Inside S.O.E.: ‘The two saboteurs selected for the job by Buckmaster [the destruction of the German radio station at St. Assise] were Alfred and Henry Newton, twin sons of a former Lancashire jockey who had been a racing trainer in France and had lived there with his family for many years. The brothers had become well-known on the Continent as variety artistes, ‘The Boorn Twins ‘, performing a comic tap-dancing act. When the Germans invasion came, Alfred and Henry, who had both married French girls, decided to try and bring their families to England. Alfred Newton had three children, Gigi 10, Jimmy 9 and Coco 3. They trecked in night marish conditions along roads crowded with refugees to Penzon in the Vendome. There the men were apprehended by the Vichy police, interned as ‘enemy aliens ‘and put into a works battalion. After many difficulties the twins escaped to Spain, were arrested by Franco’s police and taken to the internment camp at Miranda de Ebro. They were not released until Christmas 1941. At the British Embassy in Madrid they learned that their families had been evacuated from France by the Red Cross and brought to Lisbon for repatriation to Britain. During the sea journey they had all been drowned, when their ship, the Avoceta, was torpedoed in an Atlantic gale on 25 September 1941. By the time the brothers arrived in London they had but a single thought between them - vengeance on the Nazis. They were given an opportunity almost immediately. I know of hardly another case where a rank-and-file agent was directly enrolled with S.O.E. Nearly always the volunteers came from the Forces. But the story of the Newton twins had become known to British Intelligence officers at Gibraltar and was reported to Headquarters in London. When they arrived aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Hesperus in Liverpool, they were taken to a Field Security Officer, given tickets to London and asked to see a Major at the War Office. This officer gave them an address near Baker Street. The address was 6 Orchard Court, Portman Square, and the man who welcolmed them was Major Lewis Gielgud, the chief recruiting officer of the French Section of S.O.E. Henry Newton spoke for them both: ‘Give us a couple of tommy guns and a bunch of hand grenades and we know bloody well what we’re going to do. ‘Major Gielgud had some difficulty in explaining that it was not as simple as that. But he realized that he had two men who would shirk no task, however dangerous or difficult. He decided they were ideal material for training as saboteurs. For several weeks, at Special Training School No. 17 for industrial sabotage at Hertfordshire, the twins were put through their paces. They were circus acrobats and as tough as they come. When the Chiefs of Staff ordered the destruction of St. Assise transmitter, Buckmaster had no doubt whom he wanted for this job. At last the big day came. Peter Churchill was to be dropped ahead of the Newtons, who had become ‘Arthure ‘and ‘Hubert ‘, two French artisans, to conduct them to the German radio station. The signal heralding their arrival to the local reception group was to be: Les durs des durs arrivent (The toughest of the tough are arriving). The target was of the utmost importance. The St. Assise station was used by the German naval command for directing U-boats in the Atlantic. Its destruction would have caused a breakdown in these communications and probably saved the lives of many British and Allied seamen. Many weeks of preparations preceded the despatch of the two saboteurs. The Newton twins were taken to the big S.O.E. radio station at Rugby and shown all over its installation, to learn what they had to look for at St. Assise. A ‘safe house ‘was prepared at Le Pepiniere, eight kilometres from St. Leu, in the vicinity of the German transmitter. R.A.F. reconnaissance aircraft brought back scores of aerial photographs of St. Assise and the twins were briefed for endless hours. On 28 May Buckmaster and Major Guelis, the briefing officer, came to Wanborough Manor with the latest report of the Meteorological Department, which forecast perfect weather. Eventually they all drove to Tempsford airfield. ‘Arthure ‘and ‘Hubert ‘, rigged up in old suits of an authentic French cut, were put aboard a Whitely, with a load of propaganda leaflets from the political Welfare Executive which were to be scattered on the way. But the aircraft developed engine trouble and the S.O.E. men had to be transferred to a Wellington. Just when they were inspecting their parachuting gear, ‘Gerry ‘Morel ran on to the tarmac. ‘The operation is off. Sorry, you’ll have to get out, ‘he told them. The twins were livid.’ However, as confirmed by the activities described in the above recommendation, the ‘Twins ‘were indeed actively employed in France shortly afterwards. Cookridge continues: ‘A few weeks later Alfred and Henry Newton were dropped on another mission - to teach sabotage to Resistance groups in the Lyons area. They were getting into their stride and did some excellent work when, through the betrayal of a V-man, an Alsatian named Robert Alesch who posed as a priest and was known as ‘The Bishop ‘, they were caught by the Gestapo. The twins underwent unspeakable torture at the Gestapo H.Q. at Lyons, at the hands of it notorious commander, S.S. Sturmbann-Fuhrer Barbie and his thugs. They never gave any of their comrades away and spent the last two years of the War at Buchenwald, where they had a miraculous escape from the gallows, and were freed in 1945.’ Robert Alesch was tried and executed after the War.

Lot 455

J. Hatchard. 'Britons to Arms!' a propaganda paper relating to the threat of the Corsican Usurper, Bonaparte, printed by J Brettell, 16.25 x 12.75in (41 x 32.5cm).

Lot 104

A WWI propaganda postcard together with a selection of other WWI postcards including embroidered silks and bomb damage

Lot 982

1936 Olympic Games: Olympia-Heft series, a complete set of 26 booklets, published by Propaganda-Ausschuss die Olympischen Spiele Berlin 1936

Lot 339

A parcel of wartime propaganda posters issued by the Peace Pledge Union

Lot 1264

William H Wallis, early 20th century- "HMS Victory, Portsmouth Harbour"; watercolour, signed and titled, 51x79cm. Note: On 12 January 1922 HMS Victory was moved into the oldest drydock in the world: No. 2 dock at Portsmouth for restoration. In 1928 King George V was able to unveil a tablet celebrating the completion of the work. In 1941 'Victory' sustained some damage from a bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe that impacted into her dry dock causing damage to the hull. German Radio Propaganda claimed that the ship had been destroyed by a bomb, the Admiralty had to issue an urgent denial. HMS Victory's active career ended on November 7 1812; it is said that when Thomas Hardy was First Sea Lord , he told his wife on returning home, that he had just signed an order for Victory to be broken up. She burst into tears and sent him straight back to his office to rescind the order. Though this story may be fantasy, the page of the duty log containing the orders for that day is missing, having been torn out. (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

Lot 1546

A. A.Gulliland photographer, An archive of mostly photographic negatives and black and white photographs taken throughout Europe c.1930-1939. mainly of radio and television interest including transmitters, masts, and technical equipment. The photographs mainly depicting Nazi leaders, events, propaganda, and broadcasting equipment, ( a lot). (A.A. Gulliland was Berlin correspondent for "World-Radio", the Technical and Foreign Journal of the B.B.C.)

Lot 151

A QUANTITY OF GENERALLY WWII MILITARY RELATED EPHEMERA INCLUDING RATION BOOKS, INFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS, PLANE I.D BOOKLETS ETC.

Lot 242

Declaration - Robert Freebairn - King James III His Majestyes most gracious declaration to his subjects of England, James III. Perth: Robert Freebairn, 1715, approx 40 by 31.5cm, previous folds, torn at folds, framed and glazed Note: Robert Freebairn was the first printer of Perth. He fled from Edinburgh in 1715 and, with a press commandeered in Aberdeen, began to print Jacobite propaganda in the city.

Lot 575

A quantity of photographs/postcards/documents relating to Sailor Samson Pearch R.N. including HMS Invincible; Hitler/Musolini propaganda cards; approx. 30

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