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German Third Reich. 10 assorted propaganda day badges or ‘Tinnies’.A good selection, all different. All complete with pins. VGC

WW1 Personal Diary of Herbert Frederick John Mann MM Royal Field Artillery.This detailed unpublished 200 page typed diary records the front life experiences and thoughts of Gunner of the Royal Field Artillery during 1918. He describes being gassed at Drocourt, finding a crashed British aircraft, with burned bodies, the action resulting in the award of the Military Medal etc. The typed diary was compiled in 1922 and is complimented by original documents, fold out maps, including a landscape sketch map of the British front line found in a German dug out. Other items include aerial propaganda leaflets etc. Accompanied by original Soldier’s Paybook. ... Also Memorial Scroll for his brother Sergeant George Henry Mann of the South Staffordshire Regiment. The overall condition is good the diary has been professionally rebound in red cloth with gilt tooling.Gunner Herbert Frederick John Mann MM was born at Chesterton Cambridge in 1887, after leaving school at 12 he worked at the Fitzwilliam Museum and later at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital as Chief Clerk and accountant. It was in this capacity he found himself at the start of the Great War. Volunteering his services to the army due to his occupation he was not called to the Colours until October 1917. His embarkation was delayed further and it would not be until April 1918 he set foot in France. The final 100 days saw his Battery in heavy action, at Drocourt he describes being gassed “watching the gas filling the valley”. Surviving this he was once again gassed at Bleharies. He comments that on more than one occasion it was not the German bombs falling on the British trenches but those of the new RAF. He also describes seeing the burnt bodies of pilot and observer next to their crashed aircraft and the more mundane daily activate of sleeping, fleas and rats. The diary records the 2nd September 1918 “our troubles began all day shells were falling closer and closer” the telephone line was cut under heavy fire and he went out to find the break and repair it. Returning to his dug out he was informed the wire was cut again. Out he went again under shell fire and German aircraft bombs, on one occasion a shell falling just 20 yards from him. His dugout received a hit and collapsed. In total he was to venture out on five occasions to repair the line, he was informed the following day his name had been put forward for the award of the Military Medal. In October news was received that his brother George serving with the 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment had died of wounds. On the 11th November he was in a rest camp Numugees when he got the news of the Armistice. Proceeding to Cologne he served with the army of occupation until his discharge in October 1919. He returned to his former job at Addenbrooke Hospital until his retirement in 1948, he died in 1976.

Propaganda Map. Wir fahren und fliegen gen Engeland! Das neue Kriegspiel de Post, published Botho & Hans von R”mer, circa 1940, colour photolithographic anti British German propaganda map, old folds, 305 x 430 mm (1)

Propaganda Map. Nazi War Aims. Grab! Grab! Grab1, circa 1940, colour photolithographic British propaganda map based on a map of Europe showing Germany's expansionist ambitions, old folds, 370 x 495 mm (1)

Kluger (Zoltan, photographer, & others). Aspects of Jewish Development in Palestine. A Photographic Record, submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry by the Jewish Agency of Palestine. Jerusalem: March, 1946, 21 leaves with mounted letterpress title and 63 corner-mounted black and white photographs with printed caption slips in English, photograph sizes ranging mostly from 11.5 x 17.5cm to 23.5 x 17cm, some with wetstamp credit to versos of Z. Kluger of the Orient Press Photo Co., Tel Aviv, folding colour map in pocket to rear pastedown (Palestine To-Day. An up-to-date map of the Holy Land, Prepared by D. Benvenisti & B. Lurye, Special Reprint for the Youth Department of the Zionist Organisation and the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency, Published by Kiryat Sepher Ltd, Jerusalem, 1946), signed presentation inscription in Hebrew in black ink to front free endpaper verso, translating as 'To Sir Simon Marks, in memory of his visit to the land [i.e. Israel]. With love and appreciation, [signed] Ritzka lo Peh. Nisan 4 [i.e. 4th May] 1946', original vellum boards with leather spine and leather spine ties, split along joints at foot of spine, oblong folio (34 x 37cm) An extremely rare photographic record of Jewish development projects in Palestine. This album was produced as a piece of Zionist propaganda for the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. This was a committee of six British and six American representatives appointed in 1945 'to examine political, economic, and social conditions in Palestine as they bear upon the problem of Jewish immigration and settlement therein and the well-being of the peoples now living therein'. The committee travelled to, and heard testimony in, Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto, Cairo, Damascus, Beirut, Baghdad, Riyadh and Amman. This album was presented to members of the committee by the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and includes images of clearing of swamps, building of new villages and towns such as Tel Aviv and progress in settling the Negev desert. There are some 28 aerial photographs, including shots of Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem, which are probably the work of Zoltan Kluger (1896-1977). Born in Hungary, Kluger spent 1933-1958 as chief photographer at the Orient Press Photo Co agency in Tel Aviv, and was a pioneer of non-military aerial photography in Palestine. Believed to be one of only of about 12 copies, this is an exceptional association copy. The London office for the Jewish Agency for Palestine was set up by Dr Chaim Weizmann, with the help of the Marks & Spencer partners, Sir Simon Marks and Israel Sieff. Sir Simon Marks (1888-1964) was president of the Joint Palestine Appeal and honorary vice-president of the Zionist Federation, and following the establishment of Israel in 1948 he worked tirelessly to help the fledgling state overcome its many problems. (1)

A RARE SOUVENIR BRACELET FROM THE M.V. WILHELM GUSTLOFF , 1938 comprising 12 enamelled signal flags spelling WILH GUSTLOFF and German national emblem, with sprung securing clip -- 7¼in. (18.5cm.) long Built by Blohm & Voss and launched in 1937, the Wilhelm Gustloff (named for a Swiss Nazi martyr) was the flagship of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront, a sort of state relaxation arm of the Nazi party - by the time War broke out, the fleet had provided over 10 million cruises. The Wilhelm Gustloff entered service in March 1938 so her intended career was very short, perhaps only eighteen months or so. Requisitioned in September 1939 she had a varied war career - hospital ship, troop transport and even doubled up as Titanic in Goebbels 1942 propaganda film of the disaster (with submariners drafted in as extras). On 30th January 1945 she departed from Danzig crammed with about 11,000 troops and refugees fleeing the Red Army's advance when she was spotted by a Soviet submarine and torpedoed with the loss of about 9,434 including some 5,000 children.

A Chinese Cultural Revolution poster, 1966-1976, of people from Third World countries under a propaganda banner with a Mao quotation reading, 'All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful', 52 x 76cm

Allied Propaganda Poster, laid on board measuring 38 x 39cm of a WWI British or Australian soldier either side of a central character being a captured German WWI soldier with the wording below ‘Whatever is in his pockets you may want it, intelligence needed, hand it over’.

Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque Awarded to Signalman Guy Harrold Woods of HMS Vindictive Killed During the Zeebrugge Raid 23rd April 1918, circular bronze memorial plaque (Death Plaque) named to “GUY HAROLD WOODS”. Remains in very good overall condition. Accompanied by photocopied research papers. Signalman Guy Harold Woods was from 29 Pember Road, Kensal Rise, London. He was killed in action on 23rd April 1918 when serving on HMS Vindictive. He is buried at Dover (St James’s) Cemetery. The raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend on 23rd April 1918 was meant to block the Imperial German navy from leaving the ports and attacking the life line to Britain. The main force of the attack was to be at Zeebrugge, with a smaller offensive launched against Ostend.  In preparation for both however the elderly British cruiser Vindictive was used to land 200 troops at the entrance to the Bruges Canal (at the mile-long Zeebrugge mole), in order that they could destroy its formidable shore batteries. The operation began badly however.  The prepared smokescreen to cover the Vindictive as it landed its troop contents proved ineffective in the face of unexpected winds. Under crippling fire the old cruiser moored in the wrong location, its guns effectively out of action. However an old submarine did destroy the mole connecting the bridge to the shore after it exploded containing explosives. The loss of HMS Vindictive's guns was significant, without their crucial support the shore batteries remained.  In turn their sustained fire also disabled a further three ancient British cruisers - Thetis, Iphigenia and Intrepid - packed with concrete and which had moved into the inner harbour, preventing them from halting and scuttling themselves in their correct pre-assigned locations at the narrow entrance to the canal. Represented at the time as a tremendous British victory by Allied propaganda (with the consequence that its devisor Sir Roger Keyes was ennobled), and by the Germans as a demonstration of their success in holding each port, the Zeebrugge raid did not in reality hinder German operations from either port for more than a few days. Some 500 British casualties were incurred during the operation. A total of eight Victoria Crosses were awarded for the action.

Two framed and glazed WWII propaganda posters

A large collection of WWII military documents and related ephemera, mostly British and German, including a propaganda poster of Hitler with apparent facsimile signature to lower margin in green ink, framed, 27cm by 32cm, together with Soldier's Service books, Identity Papers, logs, stores books, letters and travel passes, including 'In All Innocence', a chronicle by Captain Harry Bailey, documents for Dorothy Alice Taylor of the ATS and further female personnel records and a record of WWII 'Time in Civilian and Army Life by Sgt Frank Monser MM'. (q)

A collection of WWI printed ephemera including a British propaganda pamphlet 'Germany's Dishonoured Army - Additional Records of German Atrocities in France' by Professor J.H. Morgan - Late Home Office Commissioner with the British Expeditionary Force', published in 1915 by The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, together with WWI board game To Berlin, printed and published by Valentine and Sons Ltd, with original box containing counters and die, 7.5 by 7.5cm, discharge papers for Second Lieutenant W. G. Headding, Machine Gun Corps, instructions on how to build a Nissen Bow Hut Mark I, Field Almanac 1916, instructions for use of a Stokes' Trench Howitzer 3 inch Mark I, a collection of Ewardian and later greetings cards, and an RFC RAF photograph frame in the form of the end of a propeller, 28.5 by 29.5cm. (q)

Chinese Mao-era propaganda poster c1967, depicting workers holding a booklet aloft, probably published to promote the 'Long Live the Victory of Mao Zedong Thought Revolutionary Painting' exhibition held at the National Art Gallery, Beijing, in October 1967 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Yan'an Forum, 77cm x 54cm Notes: the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art, May 1942, was a key series of talks held during the Japanese occupation of China where Mao Zedong established his ideals about how all Socialist art should be created for political, not aesthetic, ends. It radically changed the style of art being produced in China, paving the way for Social Realist works such as this poster. The bottom text roughly translates as 'Long live the victory of Chairman Mao's literary and artistic path!' Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

A World War Two Middle East propaganda leaflet, signed KEM. Kimon Evan Marengo (1904-1988), an Egyptian born artist educated at Oxford. KEM was an "Official Cartoonist" working for the Political Warfare Executive, producing nearly 3000 anti-Nazi propaganda cartoons for distribution in North Africa and the Middle East. This example features Hitler is depicted as the mythical figure Zahak, an evil king who had two snakes (depicted as Mussolini and Hirohito) growing out of his shoulders, sitting on a throne, this propaganda leaflet is one from a set of five which were distributed between March and October 1942 in preparation for the Teheran Conference, held in Iran between 28 November and 2 December 1943, framed

A World War Two Middle East propaganda leaflet, signed KEM. Kimon Evan Marengo (1904-1988), this example features Hitler is depicted as the mythical figure Zahak, an evil king who had two snakes (depicted as Mussolini and Hirohito) growing out of his shoulders, and wielding an executioners sword. This propaganda leaflet is one from a set of five which were distributed between March and October 1942 in preparation for the Teheran Conference, held in Iran between 28 November and 2 December 1943, framed

ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II PROPAGANDA POSTER 'Help the Merchant Navy, Your Rations Depend on Them' Issued by the Missions of Seaman, Trafford Road, Salford, 20" x 30" (50.5cm x 76.2cm) some light wear, minor holes and edge nibbles clean bright colours, issued and stored folded

Czechoslovakia (German Occupation of Baunan) 1938 Propaganda Overprints used set of Five Pairs. Scarce

Italy 1942 War Propaganda selection of 8 used stamps with labels.

Czechoslovakian (German Occupation of Baunan) 1938 Propaganda overprint on 5H official, used scarce

Czechoslovakia (German Occupation of Braunan) 1938 50H Vertical Propaganda overprint, used. Rare

Czechoslovakia (German Occupation of Braunan) 1938 Sudetenland Propaganda Overprint Pairs, set used. Scarce (5 Pairs)

Czechoslovakia (German Occupation) 1938 'Wattenberg' Propaganda, (7) used. Scarce

Czechoslovakia (German Occupation) 1939 (8/10) Propaganda 'Schoddan' Overprint set of (9). Fine used, scarce

Czechoslovakia 1945 Set of Imperf paper Revolution un-issued 'Crush Nazi Propaganda, only 240 sets exist!'

Vivienne Westwood b1941, Active Resistance propaganda manifesto, editor Opus, London, 2008, 64/900, artists blindstamp and signed, 90 x 64cm

Rare WW2 German Army Propaganda Company Peaked Cap, very good example with grey piping to the crown and bordering the green central band. Complete with its original aluminium cap insignia. Patent NCO’s pattern chinstrap. Interior of the cap with the original sweatband and quilted cloth lining with celluloid diamond. Very good example showing just light service wear. A very small branch of service within the German army.

Grouping of Third Reich Paperwork and Photographs, interesting selection of items including NSFK flight log book (Flugbuch) of Dieter Quint dated 1943; German Workers ID book “Deutsche Arbeitsbuch”; printed instruction booklet for the Karabiner 43 rifle; Third Reich Propaganda card; large format printed photographs of Early Third Reich interest with printed descriptions on the reverse; 6x black and white photographs of bombed German ship yards; 4x printed black and white images of Adolf Hitler and other party officials etc with printed descriptions to the reverse; grouping of images of German naval interest including U-Boats and Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goring and other officials visiting naval ship. Viewing strongly recommended. Brought home to the UK by the vendors uncle who was serving as part of the Control Commission Germany in Berlin, 1945

Postcard-Germany-1938-WWII-Propaganda Card Soldiers Marching - Unused

Modern porcelain Chinese propaganda figure together with a West German orange glazed vase

[KIRKPATRICK IVONE]: (1897-1964) British Diplomat who served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the outbreak of World War I. Kirkpatrick was severely wounded in action against the Turks during the Battle of Gallipoli in August 1915 and resumed his war service in 1916 employed in intelligence and propaganda activities for the GHQ intelligence service. During the last year of the war Kirkpatrick served as a spymaster in Rotterdam, running a network of Belgian resistance agents operating in German-occupied Belgium. Collection of eleven A.Ls.S. and two T.Ls.S. by a variety of British political figures etc., some of whom served in the War Cabinet during World War I, all written to Ivone Kirkpatrick or his wife (a few before her marriage to the diplomat) between 1924-57, including Austen Chamberlain (3; in one expressing his appreciation to Kirkpatrick for the way he discharged his difficult duties at the Tangier Conference, 'I have no doubt that the successful issue of the conference is largely due to the solutions which you suggested on more than one occasion when, but for your wise use of the discretion left to you, failure would have followed on the dissensions of other powers'; formally thanking Violet Cottell for her work at the Foreign Office and regretting that the strain of the work has compelled her to resign, and in another sending heartfelt congratulations on her forthcoming marriage to Kirkpatrick, 'I wonder whether you had a premonition of this event when you decided to resign from the F.O. If so, I think you were right, for not even the F.O. is as good as that which awaits you'), Lord Curzon (asking Kirkpatrick for the background to a scurrilous article in the Sunday Pictorial, 'Can you tell me if I am guilty? I have no recollection of these riff-raffs whom I am alleged to have kept waiting for 5 months!'), Ronald Graham (3; in part 'I was at first indignant at the F.O. suggestion to send you to the Vatican mission - but they made such a point of it - also that it would be good for you - that I had to give way. I shall be terribly sorry to lose you….I only hope you will get a chance of distinguishing yourself in an independent post'), Clarissa Eden (2; one written just a few days after her husband's resignation as Prime Minister, 'Anthony is very heart broken, but is was, alas, inevitable. The wonder is that he was able to carry on so long after the operations', also including a Christmas greetings card signed by Clarissa Eden, also on behalf of her husband), Elizabeth Cavendish, Lady Salisbury (referring to the Suez Crisis, in part, 'What a horrible situation we are in, and how appalling the Americans are. It makes me so angry to think of the way the Egyptians are treating our people in Egypt - just like the Japanese before this last war. I wish we could cut off the Nile') etc. A few of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes. Some light age wear and traces of former mounting, generally VG, 14

 SWINTON ERNEST: (1868-1951) British Major General of World War I, played an important role in the development and adoption of the tank in the war. Swinton is also credited as having initiated the use of the word 'tank' as a code-name for the first tracked, armoured fighting vehicles. He also served as the official British war correspondent on the Western Front. T.L.S., E. D. Swinton, one page, 8vo, Oxford, 8th October 1940, to F. H. Bellamy. Swinton states that he has studied the draft manifesto of the League of European Security and is in entire agreement with its objectives although continues to add that he doubts he can take a more active part personally, explaining that he is extremely busy 'and there are so many other well-meaning leagues and societies for the future settlement of the world that I am not sure whether these efforts are not being overdone' although concluding by adding that he would very much like to see a list of the names of the supporters who have already been secured in support of the movement. Together with a small selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, T.Ls.S. (2) etc., by other British military and political leaders associated with World War I comprising Ian Hamilton (2; in one sending a contribution to a Bovril Fund and in the other making a donation to an appeal in memory of the Russian General Nikolai Vatutin, 1943 & 1944), William Birdwood, Henry Wilson and Archibald Fenner Brockway (Baron Brockway; a committed pacifist arrested and imprisoned during World War I for his anti-conscription propaganda). Some age wear, laid down (1). FR (1), generally G to VG, 6 

KIRKPATRICK IVONE: (1897-1964) British Diplomat who served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the outbreak of World War I. Kirkpatrick was severely wounded in action against the Turks during the Battle of Gallipoli in August 1915 and resumed his war service in 1916 employed in intelligence and propaganda activities for the GHQ intelligence service. During the last year of the war Kirkpatrick served as a spymaster in Rotterdam, running a network of Belgian resistance agents operating in German-occupied Belgium. A fascinating original manuscript written by Kirkpatrick, being an account of his visit to the Gallipoli Battlefields and Greece, the typescript comprising eighteen pages, folio, n.p. (London), n.d. (1927), on the blind embossed stationery of the Foreign Office, with some holograph corrections and signed ('I.K.') by Kirkpatrick with his initials at the conclusion. The typescript begins with a brief introduction explaining that the account is based on notes made during a recent trip to the Eastern Mediterranean and 'as no-one will have the time or the energy to wade through the whole work' it is divided into three parts, the Gallipoli battlefields, Crete and the Dodecanese, and continues, in part, 'On arrival at Constantinople we had to obtain permits for Gallipoli through the Embassy and wait for the first boat to Chanak….The embarkation was preceded by a scene of hideous confusion on the quay. Swarms of men, women and children were struggling to have their papers stamped at each of three little windows, so arranged that anyone who had finished his business at one window was unable to leave it  owing to the crowd surging round the other. Further confusion was caused by the Customs…..The S.S. Asia was a squalid little boat…..Eatable food is not procurable on board any Turkish ship, so we brought our own…..Needless to say no effort was made to sail punctually…..The night was distressingly uncomfortable…..At 11 a.m. we arrived at Chanak. The War Graves Commission's launch met us…..we went to the police office to have our papers stamped. There we were told that they were not in order and that three photographs were required…..Bored and hungry and dissatisfied we were led through the streets of Chanak to a photographer's booth….our photographs were eventually taken….After an hour we secured the still wet photographs and returned in triumph to the police office, where the same police officer informed us blandly that we had put ourselves to unnecessary trouble, since photographs were not required. The War Graves man with us showed no surprise or irritation at the behaviour of the Turkish police; he was evidently accustomed to it…..at last we crossed the straits….to Kilia Bay, where the War Graves Commission have their establishment. We were met by Captain Rule-Jones, the officer in charge…..Captain Jones gave the impression of ruthless efficiency. He has a difficult task both in dealing with the Turks and in keeping his gardeners, masons and mechanics up to the mark. He told us numerous stories of Turkish official obstruction. Sometimes his letters are returned to him on the ground that the stamp has not been put on straight…..he is not allowed to walk from Chanak to Nagara Point on the ground that he should stick to his own graves and mind his business…..Nevertheless he seems to cope most successfully with his difficulties, and he deserves the greatest credit for the condition of the cemeteries and the battlefields. There are thirty-two cemeteries in all, which have to be visited two or three times a week each. They are beautifully sited and well looked after……The battlefields are almost exactly as they were left in 1915. It is quite easy to find any given portion of trench…..On the afternoon of our arrival we motored to Anzac. The following day we spent on the Suvla battlefield and the following day at Helles. The obelisk at Helles on which are inscribed the names of the 30,000 British missing is extremely fine. It stands as a land mark at the mouth of the straits and can be seen for forty miles…..we made an expedition by car from Chanak to Troy. There is little to be seen there…..Running over the mound of Troy was a Turkish entrenchment built during the war to resist a landing…..', the second part of Kirkpatrick's account relaying his visit to Crete, Mitylene and Smyrna, 'So far as I could judge….the island looked more prosperous than when I was there in 1915…..The town of Smyrna is a melancholy spot, rather like Arras in 1918. Only the Turkish bazaar and the Turkish houses on the hill behind it remain. The rest is a mass of dusty ruins…..We were told that the destruction of Greek villages and the expulsion of the inhabitants all over Asia Minor was having a disastrous effect upon the economic life of the country……Sir Percy Loraine had written to recommend us to Major de Lacy of McAlpine and Sons, who are building a port at Candia, and we therefore expected that he would show us some civility…..We spent four days at Crete. During this time we visited the excavations at Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans and those at Phaestos by the Italian school…..Major de Lacy told us that the incompetence of the Greek administration of Crete did not end with the port. No effort is made to develop the rich resources of the island…..the local officials are as corrupt as they can be…..The population of the island look far from prosperous. We were told that they lived on a little coarse bread and a few olives…..Nevertheless the Cretans have for three thousand years been famous for the docility of their disposition, and there seems to be no reason to anticipate a revolution……The Greeks do absolutely nothing to preserve monuments or antiquities….' and the third part relating to Rhodes and some Dodecanese Islands, including visits to Patmos, Leros ('The only local industry here is Greek millionaires, who own villas and yacht during the summer. On the other side of the island there is an Italian naval base which no one is allowed to visit'), Kalymnos ('It is the only productive island….and exports about one million kilograms of tobacco a year - approximately 12 per cent of the total consumption of Italy'), Cos and Symi ('The local industry is sponge fishing. The fishermen sail as far south as Tripoli in Africa to find their sponges…..It may be of interest to note that Sir Rennell Rodd is an honorary citizen of Symi.') before arriving at Rhodes, 'Certainly the work that the Italians are doing in Rhodes is extremely impressive…..the greatest pains has been taken to maintain the architectural traditions of the island….The island outside the town also bears witness to the material prosperity brought by the Italian occupation…..We were told that the inhabitants still hanker after Greek rule, but we saw no evidence of this. They looked extremely contented and had been well drilled in the Fascist salute, which they executed on any provocation…..There is no British colony in Rhodes. The only British subject is the consul, Mr. Perkins, who is also Lloyd's representative. He is an amiable old gentleman who enjoys the esteem of the Italian authorities…..In Turkey and in Greece the tourist is obstructed rather than helped, but in Rhodes we were encouraged to go everywhere and see everything…..I attach a few picture postcards produced by the Italian official propagandist service….' and finally returning to Athens six days later via the island of Patmos ('The Governor told us that he was taking tactful steps to see that the valuable library in the monastery should be properly looked after') before sailing to Marseilles for their voyage back to England.OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CANNOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA Ltd FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

 [CAWLEY HAROLD THOMAS]: (1878-1915) British Soldier, Barrister & Politician, a Captain and Aide-de-Camp to Major-General William Douglas of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division of the 6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment during World War I. One of the four sons of Frederick Cawley (1850-1937) 1st Baron Cawley, British Businessman and Politician, who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1916-18. The three youngest sons of Baron Cawley lost their lives in World War I, Harold Thomas Cawley being killed at Gallipoli, during the Dardanelles Campaign, at a crater which subsequently became known as 'Cawley's Crater', on 23rd September 1915 at the young age of 37. He was one of 22 Members of Parliament to lose their lives during World War I. MASTERMAN CHARLES (1873-1927) British Politician & Intellectual who worked closely with David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill in designing social welfare projects including the National Insurance Act of 1911. During World War I Masterman played a central role in the main government propaganda agency, serving as head of the British War Propaganda Bureau. T.L.S., Charles F. G. Masterman, two pages, 4to, Wellington House, Buckingham Gate, London, 15th October 1915, to Sir Frederick Cawley, marked Private. Masterman thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks 'If that little article gave you any kind of solace, I rejoice that I wrote it' and continues 'I would have written a personal letter of sympathy but that it seemed almost useless to say anything under these conditions. You have indeed been heavily hit and given your best for the country', further recollecting time spent with his correspondent and 'those jolly boys of yours', and adding 'I believe Harold would have enlarged and developed his position in the House and would have been found in the Government before the end; but his position and record is better than that of any Government Office to-day'. Together with a newspaper clipping, possibly the article Masterman refers to in his letter, bearing the headlines Capt. Cawley's Exploit - How He Unloaded Ammunition Under Fire. Also including an A.L.S., Charles F. G. Masterman, six pages, 8vo, Victoria, London, 10th May 1925, to [Sir Frederick] Cawley. Masterman apologises for the delay in contacting Cawley, explaining that 'the chaos of party politics, influenza, & the need for immediate journalistic writing' has kept him from working on a final revision, adding that he has 'used every scrap of information that you have been able to give me, & am not entirely dissatisfied with the little memoir of Harold' and also stating 'I knew Harold personally & had the great advantage of letters from him. But I have had no letters from Oswald or Stephen, nor any real account from those who knew them intimately'. Masterman further writes 'I don't know what you intend to do with these manuscripts. If you are issuing them privately I would very gladly write an introduction' and remarks 'Anyhow it is a great story, as I have finally re-read it to-day, of courage, loyalty & devotion, which gives you some special if mournful realisation of what you gave for the saving of this nation in its extremity.' Further including the original typed manuscript referred to by Masterman, seven pages (unfortunately lacking the first page), 4to, n.p., n.d. (c.1925), with various holograph corrections, stating, in part, 'Courage - mental and physical, writes Mr. Masterman - was the outstanding element of Harold Cawley's character….In the House of Commons he was at first sensitive and reserved and a little difficult to know…..He was Parliamentary Private Secretary, first to Mr. Runciman, later to Mr. McKenna at the Admiralty and the Home Office……He liked his work and the life of Parliament. But he never came into his own there, nor had time to reveal his real gifts of intellect and character before he died…..For twelve years he had been an officer in the East Lancashire Territorials…..When the war came he had no doubt at all of his duty and action…..Then came the news of the death of his brother in action in France - a brother to whom he was devoted. “I am helped by the report - I hope true - that he finished, as he always rode in life, at the head of the field, and had his share in the capture of the guns”……”There is a splendid dry air in the desert” he writes again, to Mrs. McKenna, “and the lights at sunset are often wonderful. Just then, it sometimes gives you the feeling that it is good to be alive and on a decent horse. I often do a solitary evening ride out into the hills and see the sunset over Cairo with the pyramids in the distance…..Napoleon's fort standing up on a bluff over the old citadel, with the beautiful minarets of the mosque, and the Pyramids behind, built nearly 4,000 years before either of them.” So he describes these days of resting in Egypt, “wintering like so many invalid millionaires” - but days of impatience…..and longing for action - in France; all unconscious that the tremendous tide of war was drifting towards them on the opposing coasts of Europe, and that amongst the tumbled hills of Gallipoli he would find his grave…..At last the call to action comes; and the only thing he was the least afraid of, was (as were thousands of others) of being afraid. He landed at Gallipoli to find a most sanguinary battle in progress……Throughout the summer he was writing the most vivid and courageous descriptions of that long, costly, heartbreaking warfare in impossible country between the Aegean and the Dardanelles…..In the fight of August 4th he wrote home to a friend, “In my battalion every officer but one of those went forward to attack was killed”…..', continuing to describe the circumstances of Cawley's death and concluding '”I hope”, Harold Cawley had written of his brother's death to a friend, “for nothing better than to finish as well when my time comes”'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise generally VG, 4 

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Postcards, Japan, collection of 25 cards inc. fish dealer, street scenes, Red Cross, adverts, Cooks tour to Fujiya Hotel 1903, map 1906, general Togo, Manchuria propaganda, Womens welfare service, military, Imperial Government etc. (mostly gd/vg)

Postcards, WW2, anti-Nazi propaganda inc. cartoon caricature (4), RP style by Barbier (4) inc. Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, also comic 1944/45 era etc. (generally vg) (16)

GERMAN, THIRD REICH, PROPAGANDA. A PRINTED BOOKLET OF "AN ENTIRELY NEW AND NOVEL CINEMA AND LANTERN LECTURE", THE WORLD CHALLENGE OF MODERN GERMANY BY CAPTAIN H[ENRY] PLUNKET WOODGATE, PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LECTURE LEAGUE, SEAFORTH, LIVERPOOL 4PP, C1934

A small collection of Japanese occupation bank notes for Burma issued by the British and used as propaganda during WW2.

A German WW2 hitler propaganda poster depicting hitler on a coin. Messuring approximately 3@cm by 44cm. Pin hole to each corner.

Cuba - Cuban Revolution - Selection of Propaganda Stamps original issue 1950s - 'Our Revolution is NOT COMMUNIST, Our Revolution is HUMANIST', appear unused and in good condition (40)

WWII - 1937 Secret Reports on Germany Booklet - 'Monthly Reports by the Leadership of the Social Democratic Party in Germany' date October 1937. These were reports produced by the illegal Social Democratic Movement in Germany providing the outside world with information on what was actually going on in the country, as opposed to what the Nazi Propaganda Machine was trying to convey. Rare.

WWII - Scarce German Propaganda / Anti-Semitic Handbills in Russian - all in Russian language, with headlines such as 'The Jews are your Eternal Enemies', with the Germans portraying that the Russians are ruled by Jews, another 'Jews like rats, eat the well -being of your people! Kick Jews out the Country!', plus others depicting the 'Jews making money from Death' most with German marks of printing to the reverse, the smaller examples with 'This ticket is valid as a pass for officers, politicians and crews of The Soviet Army to the front of the German Troops' in German to the reverse, in two different sizes, the larger measures 15x20cm, the smaller measures 10x14cm - with light wear as expected, o/w in very good condition (10)

India - Sikh and Allied Prisoners WWI Postcard A German propaganda postcard showing a Sikh soldiers and other colonial and allied troops at a German camp, c.1915

India - Sikh and British Officer WWI Postcard Two vintage propaganda postcards showing Sikh soldiers and their British counterpart and Allies ready to fight for the Kings, c.1915 (2)

India - WWI Propaganda Postcard of a Sikh / Kaiser A first world war postcard titled 'An Indian Reverse for the Kaiser' showing Sikh soldiers and reversing the postcard shows the German Kaiser, c.1915

Stamps: Hong Kong Collection Part II, occupation and postwar envelopes and cards, including Field envelope issued to Japanese forces; two Greater Asia propaganda cards, Imperial Airways Mail Service First Flight envelope 1936, etc. (1)

LENI RIEFENSTAHL(1902 - 2003) signed sepia photograph. German film director, an intimate friend of Hitler who filmed the propaganda classic, Triumph of the Will. Vintage postcard photo, a bust portrait signed in black ink, glazed and framed.

A Barnsfather Bowl by Grimwades. Stamped' Made by the girls of Staffordshire during the Winter of 1917 when the boys were in the trenches fighting for liberty and civilisation', together with a porcelain Verdun monument model a topped by a French infantry helmet. Verdun 1914-18. A framed propaganda print of 'The last Will and Testament of William the Wicked'. WWI Shrapnel etc.

A German Propaganda print of a poster for World War II Dier Sieg Wird Unser Sein! 68 x 49cm together with a print of a Erwin Rommel (2)

NO RESERVE Collane editoriali. Lotto di varie pubblicazioni bibliografiche edite da Sansoni, Federazione Italiana Biblioteche Popolari, Propaganda della cultura italiana e Fondazione Leonardo.Book series. Lot of many works belonging to different book series published by Sansoni, Federazione Italiana Biblioteche Popolari, Propaganda della cultura italiana and Fondazione Leonardo.Il lotto include:The lot includes:4 monografie dalla collana Guide Bibliografiche dell'Istituto Nazionale di Cultura Fascista, pubblicate a Firenze da Sansoni tra il 1936 e il 1940. (Numeri I, III, V, VI: Marino Parenti, Bibliografia Mussoliniana Volume Primo).SI AGGIUNGE: 7 monografie dalla Collezione di manuali bibliografici e guide di lettura pubblicata a Milano dalla Federazione Italiana Biblioteche Popolari. (Numeri dal 3 al 13). SI AGGIUNGE: I primi 6 numeri dalla collana Guide ICS stampate a Roma dall'Istituto per la Propaganda della cultura italiana, 1919-1920. SI AGGIUNGE: 12 monografie dalla collana Guide Bibliografiche pubblicate a Roma dalla Fondazione Leonardo tra il 1921 al 1924.

Ireland's First Major International AthleteMedal: Athletics, Kiely (T.F.) Irish, An important and historically significant solid gold circular Medal, the obverse depicting, in relief, the Goddess of Victorian "Nike and with garland" inscribed "Amateur Athletic Union of the United States [1888]" the reverse decorated with various sporting trophies and implements and inscribed "All Round Championship - June 23rd, 1906, won by T.F. Kiely," hall marked solid gold Boston, approx. 41gms (1.45 ounces). (1)Note:Thomas Francis (Tom) Kiely was born in 1869 at Ballyneale near Carrick-on-Suir in south Tipperary, the son of a farmer. He burst upon the sporting scene in 1890 when at the age of twenty-one he took part in a meeting at Carrick-on-Suir at which he won five prizes. Over the next few years he won success after success. But victory did not come easily: working-class people in his day simply were not given the time for the rigorous training schedules which we regard as the norm today. Moreover, Kiely was also playing football for Grangemockler GAA Club, in the course of which he sustained a number of injuries.In 1904 he took part in the Olympic Games held at St Louis in America, paying his own way and refusing all offers of support. The weather was appalling: torrential rain fell during the contest; the hammer and shot circles had to be cleared of mud before the competitors could perform; the jumping area was just a huge puddle. Nonetheless, Tom Kiely came first in the hurdles, hammer and mile walk, and was highly placed in the jumps, shots and sprints, winning a gold medal as All-Round Champion.Two years later Kiely competed in the American All-Round Championships, held in Boston. He finished second in the sprint, high jump and pole vault, came first in the shot, hammer and broad jump, and ended the day by winning the mile race. He was declared all-round champion and was awarded the gold medal that we offer for sale here.The impact back home of victories such as this, and of the Davin brothers of Carrick, was enormous. All through the 19th century, British establishment propaganda had portrayed the ordinary Irishman as an ape-like savage, stupid and violent and incapable of self-discipline. Yet here were the sons of Irish farmers taking on the best in the world and winning. With citizens such as these, perhaps Ireland could indeed become 'a nation once again'?Tom Kiely bought a farm at Fruithill near Dungarvan in Co. Waterford, married and had eight children. He died in 1951 and is buried in his native Ballyneale, where he is commemorated by a fine bronze plaque, the work of his fellow Celt, Yann Goulet of Brittany.

A quantity of crested china including a Goss WWI propaganda dish with verse beginning 'To Cook a German...'.and an Arcadian china 'Scotch soldier' figure with Southport crest. Condition: hairline crack to one piece, other minor wear to decoration on most pieces including on the gilded decoration and writing on the plate, no signs of any major damage or repairs.

WW2 RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA POSTER - 'Pictorial Presentation of the true Aryan, According to Fascist race-theory the genuine Aryan must be . . . Blond like Hitler, Slim like Goring, Beautiful like Goebbels'. 76cm. x 101cm., printed in England by Stafford & Co. Ltd., 51-2331, 1941, unframed. Illustrated

RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA POSTERS - a group of posters, lithographs, ca. 1930s, with Russian text only, 'KPECT H TPAKTOP . . . ', 88cm. x 56cm., Cheremnich, Michail'; 'K.T.O. TOT BPAR', 55cm. x 71cm. & sold with 2 others, 85cm. x 59cm. & 73cm. x 53.5cm., unframed & fragile. (4)

WW2 RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA POSTERS - a group of posters, lithographs, 'Meeting Over Berlin', 76.5cm. x 50cm., artist Kukriniksky, theme by I. Livshitz, words by S. Marshak, printed England, Stafford & Co Ltd, 51-2331, 1941; 'It's Not Worth Thanks', (Petain to Hitler), 76.5cm. x 51cm., artist N. Radlov, words by A. Raskin, printer Stafford & Co. Ltd., 51-2331, 'Pravada' August 28, 1941; 'Unenviable Function', 76cm. x 50.5cm., artist V. Goryaev, words by A. Raskin & A. Rokhovich, printer Stafford & Co. Ltd., 51-2331, & a duplicate copy, all unframed. (4)

RUSSIAN LENIN PROPAGANDA POSTER - Soviet Union Communism, B. Kohohob, 58cm. x 114cm., 1982, unframed.

WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN - a group of WW2 posters, lithographs. 'War Savings Are Airships', 75cm. x 49cm., artist Sir Norman Wilkinson, printed H.M Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd. London, for National Savings Committee, 51-1121, W.F.P. 183, unframed; 'Hit Back With Your War Savings', 76cm. x 50.5cm., artist Farr, printed H.M.S. Office, J. Weiner Ltd. London, 51-1815, W.F.P. 199, unframed; another showing two RAF.Bristol Beaufighter aircraft over British tanks, 74cm. x 48cm., artist Harold Pym, printed H.M.S. Office, Fosh & Cross Ltd., London, 51-1511, W.F.P. 191; British Empire & Commonwealth Propaganda 'Together' 76cm. x 50.5cm, H.M.S.O., Lowe & Brydone Ltd., London, 1939, unframed; sold with 6 WW2 related printed photos., mostly 38cm. x 50cm. (10)

Valuable duplicated assortment in album from 1841 to around 2000, many useful items include 1841 1d red-brown unused (6), numerous used including 100+ with mcs, a similar quantity with London numbers in mc incl '4' x8, 1841 2d blue incl a few very fine mc used and a few with London numeral mcs, 1870 1_d plate 1 unused, plate 3 o.g., 1858-69 2d used selection incl plate 12 (20+), underprints incl Copestake Moore, OUS, SP 1855-57 6d lilac good used (200+),1862-64 4d to 1s incl 9d x4, 1865-67 9d used neat Dublin numeral, 1867-80 to 2s blue incl 3d rose cds used blocks of 4 (3), 10d brown used neat Alloa cds, 1872-73 6d chestnut (shades) cds used (15), 1873-80 to 1s, incl 1s orange-brown (3), 1881 1d lilac with PEARS SOAP underprint (2), 1887-1900 1s dull green, fresh o.g., used vals to £1 green incl two £1, 1877 Telegraph stamps to £1 used with odd unused or specimen, KEVII unused lightly duplicated to 1s (also single 2s 6d and 10s) incl _d pane with St Andrews cross (no selvedge) and 2d with deformed value tablet, used values to £1, KGV 1912-24 8d and 9d agate wmk inv, 1924-26 block cypher 2_d to 9d wmk inv, 1918-19 BW 2s 6d m/m (6), some used incl Waterlow 10s, 1924 and 1925 Wembleys incl latter 1d used on telegraph form and several sets of both u/m, 1934 re-engraved 2s 6d to 10s (4 sets) m/m, 1939-48 2s 6d brown block of 4 mint, 1948 RSW £1 (20), 1951 to £1 in blocks of 4 u/m, a few KGVI German propaganda forgeries, 1960-67 2_d green phos, wmk incl pane of 6, good selection of postage incl 1988-97 Castles and 2000 recess Machins with total f.v. in excess of £1000, postage dues incl 1_d chestnut mint block of 4 and control strip of 3, condition poor to very fine (Few Thousands)

Collection on pages from 1860s to around 1938 including a number of better mostly used odds from 1920s and 1930s including 1932 Moscow Philatelic Exhibition (m/m), 1933 Stratosphere Flight, 1934 Airship Travel Propaganda, 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue and Spartacist Games, condition mixed in places (300+)

A collection of Russian propaganda posters dating from the 20th Century, featuring caricatures of Hitler, Churchill and other world leaders. Average size measures 33cm-high 23cm-wide.