The Great War P.O.W. group of four medals to Private Lawrence Cotter, Royal Munster Fusiliers: Queen's South Africa, 2nd reverse, 4 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6526 PTE L. COTTER Medals. RL: MUNSTER FUS.); 1914 Star, clasp missing but entitlement to it confirmed (6526 PTE. L. COTTER. R. MUNS. FUS.); British War and Victory (6526 PTE. L. COTTER. R. MUN. FUS.); mounted for wearing, good very fine. Entered France 13th August 1914 and recorded as having been made a Prisoner of War and interned at Giessen P.O.W. camp. During the retreat from Mons the under-strength 2nd Battalion of Royal Munster Fusiliers fought a heroic rearguard action centred upon the village of Etreux, 27th August 1914. Heavily outnumbered, their obstinate resistance (which included a bayonet charge by a small group of men) bought time for the successful withdrawal of the British 1 Corps. Surrounded and with their ammunition all but exhausted, approximately 260 officers and men had no recourse but to surrender at 9.12pm, and more were captured in the aftermath. References: A private letter of Captain Gower, preserved with the battalion diary; The Royal Munster Fusiliers Association website; Edward Spears 'Liason 1914'.
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Five medal to Corporal Philip Joseph Corbyn, Royal Sussex Regiment, Machine Gun Corps and Home Guard: 1914-15 Star (1939 PTE. P.J. CORBYN. R. SUSS. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1939 A. CPL. P.J. CORBYN. R. SUSS. R.); Khedive's Sudan Medal 1910-22, no clasp present but entitlement to Darfur 1916 confirmed on roll (1939 PTE P.J. CORBYN. 1-4 R. SUSS R.); Defence Medal; mounted for wearing, good very fine, Khedive's Sudan nearly extremely fine and attractively toned; together with a 1935 Jubilee commemorative medal, edge inscribed ARUNDEL BRITISH LEGION. P.J. CORBYN.', in box; and a collection of this man's insignia, photographs and documents. Wasting little time upon the outbreak of war, this man joined 1/4 Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment at Horsham on the18th August 1914, having previously served with the regiment in peacetime. He landed with his battalion at Suvla Bay 8th/9th August 1915. A bayonet wound to the hand was soon followed by a gunshot wound to the neck, resulting in evacuation to England via Mudros on the HMHS Aquitania. He rejoined his unit in Egypt in February 1916. In May of that year he joined the scratch force that invaded Darfur in response to hostile preparations by the Sultan Ali Dinar, where he fought as one of three men from his regiment (Ref. BBM). He transferred to 130th Company Machine Gun Corps at the Suez Canal Defences in July 1916. He gave further service with the 6th Sussex (Arundel) Battalion of the Home Guard between June 1940 and December 1944.
A Great War trio to Lieutenant Dean Bertram Osborne, Royal Sussex Regiment and Royal West Surrey Regiment: 1914-15 Star (G-5724 PTE D. OSBORNE. R. SUSS. R.), official correction to surname; British war and Victory Medals (2. LIEUT. D.B. OSBORNE.); all in boxes of issue, extremely fine or nearly so; together with a photograph of the recipient and a quantity of associated ephemera, including trench maps. Born 1888. Entered France as a Private Royal Sussex Regiment 26/10/15. Sergeant in the 9th Battalion (N.C.O. i/c Divisional Observers) by January 1917. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 31/07/17. Served in Italy and France. Wounded 24/03/18. Promoted Lieutenant 01/02/19. Disembodied Service Category IV 20/03/19. According to a note kept with the medals he led the Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells platoon of the Home Guard in the Second World War.
A Second World War P.O.W. group of three medals to Signalman S. Goodenough, Royal Signals: 1939-45 Star, British War Medal 1939-45 (SGMN S. GOODENOUGH), privately impressed; Efficiency Medal, Territorial, George VI Ind. Imp. (2573424 DVR. S. GOODENOUGH. R. SIGS.), nearly extremely fine. Imprisoned at Stalag IV-F, Hartmannsdorf, Saxony, Prisoner ID 260216
A small collection of medals, comprising: Turkish Crimea, British issue, later suspension (NO 42. CORPL P. MEADE. 1ST DRGN GDS.), privately engraved in serif capitals, good fine; India General Service 1908-35, third obverse, clasp: Burma 1930-32 (3519144 PTE. F. EVANS. MANCH R.), nearly extremely fine; General Service 1918-62, third obverse, clasp: Palestine (3959788 PTE. W.R. LEWIS. WELCH.), good very fine or better; another of this issue, clasp: S.E. Asia, suspension detached and name erased; General Service 1918-62, fourth obverse, clasp: Malaya (22343028 PTE. L.H. HORNER. MANCH.), good very fine or better; General Service 1918-62, sixth obverse, planchet only (T/22969846 DVR. E. BROUGH. R.A.S.C.), lacking suspension, otherwise very fine. [6]
A collection of Great War awards, comprising: a 1914 Star trio (M2- CPL. J. GAYMER. A.S.C); a 1914-15 Star trio (13387 PTE. A.P. POWER. MANCH. R.); 1914-15 Star and BWM (271688 W. HUDSON. E.R.A. 1. R.N.); 1914-15 Star (146 DVR. H.W. WALLBANK. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (1894, PTE. R. MINSON, R.A.M.C.); BWM and VM (24097 A. CPL. J.T. ALLCOCK. NORK. R.); Victory Medal (49059 SJT. T.J. CONLON. MANCH. R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (JAMES E. MC INULTY); Memorial Plaque, in card cover (HERBERT WALTER EDMONDS) mainly very fine or better. [15] Plaque appears to be for 51845 Driver H.W. Edmonds R.F.A., died 12/10/18, France.
A small collection of medals and numismia, comprising: two British War Medals 1914-20 (7162 PTE M HAYES R MUN FUS and M-345942 PTE. H.P. CHARD. A.S.C.), very fine or nearly so; A British Stewards, Cooks, Bakers & Butchers Association medal of the Order of the Cordon Bleu, silver, obverse 'COMFORT AT SEA' about a passenger steamer, Kenning & Son Liverpool, hallmark for London 1909, extremely fine; a copper Portsmouth halfpenny token, 1797, Battle of Cape St Vincent, Neptune crowning Admiral Jervis, about extremely fine; two small shooting prizes; and a miniature War Medal 1939-45. [7]
Four Naval Long Service Medals: Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct to Quartermaster William Hartland, Victoria (WM HARTLAND, QR MR, H.M.S. GANGES), impressed, good very fine; R.N. L.S.G.C., George V (308627 ARTHUR RANDEL, S.P.O. H.M.S. SOUTHAMPTON.), about very fine; R.N. L.S.G.C., George VI, Fid Def (JX.144337 R. PATTISON. C.Y.S. H.M.S. GANGES.), edge bruised and abraided, good fine or a little better; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S.G.C., George V (SS 104597 DEV B 4182 G W WASPE P.P.O R.F.R), very fine or better. [4]
The Meritorious Service Medal to Private A. J. Scott, 1st (Garrison) Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, George V (204641 PTE A.J. SCOTT. 1/GARR. S. STAFF. R.), extremely fine; together with an Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria (1814 QR. MR. SGT. A. JONES. MANCH: R.), good very fine; and another Army L.S.G.C., Victoria (6987. DRIV: E. JACKSON. N/ 3RD BDE R.A.), near very fine. [3] M.S.M. London Gazette 03/09/20 "in recognition of valuable service rendered in India in connection with the war"
Four Long Service Medals: Volunteer Long Service, Victoria, with engraved attribution (3589 CORPL GT. BOOTH. 5TH VOL. B. MANR. REGT.), very fine; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, Edward VII (353 PTE H.H. WOOD. 10/MANCH: REGT), good very fine; Territorial Efficiency Medal (3511425 CPL. J. F. BIRKETT. 6-7- MANCH. R.), toned and about extremely fine; Efficiency Medal (Territorial Army), George VI (2585710 CPL. H. BYE. R. SIGS.), nearly extremely fine. [4]
The impressive Hundred Days Offensive Military Cross group to Captain John Alford Cheston, Royal Fusiliers: Military Cross, George V; British War Medal and Victory Medal (CAPT. J. A. CHESTON.), nearly extremely fine; together with a set of mounted dress miniatures and a Royal Fusiliers collar badge. M.C. L.G.: 31043 02/12/19 The recipient was born in Chelsea in 1889, and followed his father, Horace Cheston, in becoming an architect. He was commissioned in the 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (2nd Sportsman's Battalion), having entered France in January 1917. In September 1918 his battalion took part in an attack in the Canal Du Nord area in which he conducted himself with remarkable bravery and professionalism. The citation for his M.C. reads: T./Lt. (A./Capt.) John Alford Cheston, 24th Bn., R. Fus. During the attack on the strongly held enemy system about the Canal du Nord on the 11th and 12th September, 1918, he led his company deep into the hostile trenches, overcoming a fierce resistance and accounting for numbers of the enemy, besides taking many prisoners. In the heavy bombardment of a counter-attack, he moved his men from the main trench to forward shell holes, thereby saving many lives as the trench was obliterated. His courage and leadership could be depended upon in any emergency. The Battalion diary records that it was "in close support to the 52nd L.I. and 2nd H.L.I. which were attacking the Havrincourt projecting angle of the enemy's line", and that "the whole of the battn eventually went into action......and reached their objectives" Following the war the recipient returned to his profession, becoming the surveyor to the Bridewell and Bethlem Royal Hospital. He was notable for his altruism: his obituary observes that "For [the welfare of the men of his battalion] he felt a measure of responsibility which he was not prepared to delegate to any ex-soldiers' society", and records his work in organising battalion reunions.
The Museum's impressive collection of Inter-Allied Victory Medals, comprising: Belgium, official type; Brazil, unofficial example; Cuba, official type; Czechoslovakia (2), official type, together with a copy; France (3), official type, unofficial type one, unofficial type 2; Great Britain (241622 PTE. A.W. COOK. W. RID. R.); Greece, official type; Italy (3), official type 1, official type 2, official type 3; Japan, official type; Portugal, official type 2; Rumania, unofficial type 3; Siam, official type; South Africa (DVR. W. MATHEWES C.A.H.T.C.); U.S.A., official type 1, clasps: Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St Mihiel, France; together with an example of the 'Polish' striking. [20]
A collection of the medals exhibited at the museum, including: a 1914-15 Star trio (R4-066965 PTE. R. PARNABY. A.S.C.), a Great War Pair (16886 PTE. S. JAMESON. MIDD'X R.), a replica 1914-15 Star with engraved naming, a German Iron Cross 2nd class, various French awards, and other items. [qty]
ϒA fine Indian carved ivory John Company chess set, circa 1825, possibly Berhampur, the blacks and the whites differentiated by base colour, the royals seated as rajahs in howdahs mounted on elephants, the rooks as crenellated towers, the knights as horsemen and the bishops as camel mounted troops; the pawns on one side representing the sepoy troops of the John Company armed with muskets, the opposing Indian side armed with spears; both sides mounted on bases carved with lotus petal motifs to the edges, the kings 11cm high excluding detached finials, the pawns 8.5 and 7cm Provenance: Private Collection, Cornwall.CATALOGUE NOTES: John Company ivory chess sets, sometimes called East India Company sets are relatively rare. They are usually carved to an extremely high level of detail, but there are usually variations in detail from set to set.Cf Christie's South Kensington, the Allen Hofrichter Collection of Chess Sets, 20th September 2000, lot 19 Thomas R Callan, Ayr, Fine Art and Antiques, 15th June 2017, lot 277 Tennants Auctioneers, Yorkshire, Furniture and Works of Art, 20th July 2005, lot 1 ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
An Anglo-Indian padouk dressing mirror, mid-19th century, of large proportions, the shaped mirror plate on heavily acanthus carved supports monogrammed 'R' and 'P' respectively, on a shaped platform base carved with repeated shell and stylised egg and dart borders, on scroll feet, 98cm high, 88cm wide, 31cm deep Provenance: Private Collection, North Yorkshire.
A George III oak and mahogany longcase clock, the 28cm brass dial with silvered chapter ring inscribed Ashton, Ashburn (sic) Roman numerals, date aperture, 30-hour movement striking on a bell, the case with swan neck pediment, shaped rectangular door to waist centred by an oval shell patera, bracket feet, 207cm high, c.1800The signature is that of Samuel Ashton the younger born at Macclesfield 1828, apprenticed to father at Tideswell 1742-49, and moved to Ashbourne c. 1750, leaving his brother Aaron to succeed to their father's business at Tideswell. The two son,s Thomas and Martin, the former working from Tideswell and the latter in partnership with his father from 1791 and his successor until his own death in 1829 [Craven, M & Hughes, R G 'Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Derbyshire' (Mayfield 1998) 57-58.] Condition Report: Generally good. Dial and movement associated with case.
Scotland, Clydesdale Bank PLC 3 x consecutively numbered commemorative £10 2000 MM42 23001 - MM42 23003 & 4 x £5 'Robert Burns' serial Nos R/B 0999153 to R/B 3999153, in a commemorative folder UNC, Bank of Scotland 2 x £1: A/7 1969 & A/2 1970 & Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 10 x commemorative £1 1999 'Scottish Parliament' all prefix SP10 & including two consecutive runs of 5 & 4 all high grade, together with Clydesdale Bank £10 encased in a perspex block, signed by Fred Goodwin with serial No. NAB 002078, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the purchase of Clydesdale Bank by National Australia Bank 1987 - 1997, with cert, in BofI, mint state
A Collection of 21 x Roman Imperial Coins including: Trajan: 4 x brass sestertii: (1) rev. IMPERATOR VIII S C Trajan seated on a platform addressing a group of soldiers, RARE, (2) rev. AQUA TRAIANA S P Q R (OPTIMO PRINCIPI) S C commemorating the construction of the Aqua Traiana aqueduct in 109AD, surface corrosion, (3) rev. Dacia seated on a shield, legend worn & (4) rev Victory inscribing shield, legend worn; Hadrian: 3 x brass sestertii: (1) rev Hilaritas standing left holding palm & cornucopia, two children at her feet, (2) rev Roma seated holding Victory & cornucopia & (x3) rev worn; Maximinus I, brass sestertius, rev. PAX AVGVSTI S C Pax holding olive branch & cornucopia, edge damage between 3 & 4 o'clock; Galba: copper as, rev. Vesta (?) seated holding Palladium & sceptre, legend worn & Alexandrian coinage, 2 x billon tetradrachms, both obv laureate bust of Galba, rev draped bust of Alexandria, star in field; Severus Alexander: silver denarius, rev IOVI PROPVGNATORI Jupiter brandishing thunderbolt; 8 x minor bronze coins: Carausius, Constantine, Tetricus etc & sestertius obv. DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER around bust of Augustus, rev ROMA RESVRGES around Emperor offering his hand to a kneeling female figure, Minerva with shield standing between them; issue of Vespasian(?) or a later Emperor; generally lower grades
A pretty tortoiseshell and floral inlaid small format sewing box with fittings, circa 1840, of rectangular form with canted lid, the lid and front inlaid in mother of pearl and abalone shell with flowering branches, a butterfly and a bird, the lid interior with ribbon trellis over ivory silk and a flush fitted removable tray with cut glass scent bottle, silver thimble with leaf engraved border, an engraved mother of pearl letter knife/bookmark, steel bladed scissors stamped R. M. + Co to floral mother of pearl arms and plain loops, a mother of pearl handled stiletto, single blade knife and bodkin, with an additional bone bodkin, lacking pencil and tweezer/earspoon, 14.5 x 95 x 4.5cm
A white gold and star sapphire floral design ring, stamped 18K, size L, 5.58g gross, a 9ct gold, blue panel and diamond set ring, size L, 2.36g gross, an 18ct gold and diamond pave set and scroll engraved ring, size R, 2.69g gross, a gold smoky quartz ring, stamped 9K, size K, 8.20g gross and another gemset ring (5).
A gold and diamond ring, the central wave shaped panel pave set with round brilliant cut diamonds, between two rows of pave set brown brilliant cut diamonds, shank stamped 375, ring size R 1/2, 4.71g gross and a gold ring, the front decorated with foliate design, stamped 375, ring size S, 6.67g gross.
Artist: Mitchell HooksA linen-backed UK Quad poster for the debut James Bond film "Dr No" (1962). The Mitchell Hooks poster design presents Sean Connery as James Bond. His credentials as a suave but dangerous operator and a man with sex appeal is abundantly clear. Few could have guessed that the film and this poster would herald the development of the global Bond phenomenon. This poster is one of the single most sought after Quads to exist.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)Condition: ExcellentLinen-backed and originally folded. The poster has had very light restoration only (to foldlines and a few spots on outer white margin). Prior to backing there was slight marking above the "R" of "DR." but this has been minimised. Very slight mark on yellow background between the 2 girls closest to Bond. Overall the poster remains in excellent condition with no major restoration.£8,000 - £10,000M
Artist: Frank McCarthyA linen-backed UK Quad poster for the WWII thriller "The Train" starring Burt Lancaster. Illustrated by American artist Frank McCarthy, the poster presents an all-action image with an explosion of colour and detail. An excellent example of the artist's work.30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)Condition: ExcellentLinen-backed, previously folded and with minimal restoration (upper right corner). Slight scuffing to the "R" on "TRAIN" buyt overall in excellent condition.£200 - £300M
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