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Lot 297
A collection of four stone set gold rings to include, an emerald and diamond 18ct gold half eternity ring, width approx 3mm, size K, total gross weight approx 2.5gms, along with an early 20th century sapphire and pearl 9ct rose gold ring with scrolled mount, size R, a blue topaz and diamond 9ct gold ring, size M1/2 and a ruby and 9ct gold floral cluster ring, size K, combined total gross weight approx 5.7gms (4) Further details: good all stones present and intact, minor wear and tear commensurate with age
Lot 1059
Two Royal Worcester Dessert plates, painted with fruit. One painted with peaches and cherries the other painted with peaches and red berries, each within pink, cobalt blue and raised gilt borders. Signed R Sebright.Date: Circa 1912 Size: 22cm diameter Condition: In good condition, no damage or restoration.
Lot 722
J R MILLER (SCOTTISH 1880 - 1912), TWO WATERCOLOURS PASTORALE, HOLLAND and IN THE MAAS, HOLLAND watercolours on paper, each signed, each titled label verso each framed and under glassimage size 30cm x 22cm each, overall size 46cm x 39cm eachQty: 2Label verso: The West-End Gallery of Fine Arts, Glasgow
Lot 939
Postcards, a mixed subject collection of 14 cards, with 3 Suffragette comic cards illustrated by Lawson Wood, McGill, and Birn Bros no. E18, interior view of Savoy baths, Big Circus at Earls Court, rail ad for R&W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Newcastle, Beatles and Ali (RP), Cliff Richard (RP), Churchill (2), theatre ad 'The Orchid' illustrated by Kinsella (mainly gd)
Lot 101
Trade cards, Baines, Rugby, 6 shaped cards, Play Up Watsonians (2 different, R. Welsh & H.T.O. Leggott inset), Play Up West Hartlepool (Yiend inset), London Scottish (J. Gowans inset), Play Up London Scottish (J. Gowans inset) and Bective Rangers (J.H. O'Conor inset). All from the McGregor Bonner Collection. (some slight faults, gen. gd) (6)
Lot 553
BREITLING A CHROMED NICKEL KEYLESS WIND OPEN FACE STOP WATCH, NO. 1230421 Movement: Cal. R 320, 7 jewels Case: Chromed nickel case, snap case back Dial: White Size: 55mm Signed: Dial, movement Accessories: Breitling card box Together with a Hebdomas silver keyless wind open face pocket watch with day and month, 8 day movement, white dial, silver three piece hinged case, 49mm
Lot 62
AN EDWARDIAN MATCHED SILVER OVAL THREE PIECE TEA SET THE TEA POT AND CREAM JUG BY JOHN ROSE, BIRMINGHAM 1905, THE SUGAR BOWL BY G. & R. BRYAN, BIRMINGHAM 1905 The teapot with a wooden oval finial and loop handle, engraved with foliate swags and a shield shaped vacant reserve 23cm (9in) long 620g (19.95 oz) gross
Lot 354
A DIAMOND DRESS RING The brilliant cut diamond within a polished white setting, estimated to weigh 0.70 carat total, to channel set graduated step cut diamond shoulders, with gold coloured borders, unmarked Size/dimensions: finger size R 1/2 Gross weight: 12 grams Condition Report: The diamond is bright and lively, colour estimated H, clarity VS. There is some wear to the setting commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 335
A PERIDOT AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING AND A MATCHING PAIR OF EAR PENDANTS LONDON 2007 The 18 carat white gold ring with an oval cut peridot within a surround of brilliant cut diamonds, to diamond set shoulders, approximately 0.32 carats total, together with a matching pair of peridot and diamond ear pendants, approximately 0.22 carats total, with shepherds hook fittings, stamped 750 with rubbed hallmark Size/dimensions: finger size R 1/2, earrings 2.1cm long Gross weight: 8.2 grams Condition Report: There is some light wear to the settings, all diamonds bright and lively, peridots bright Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 290
FOUR DRESS RINGS Comprising a blue enamelled dolphin ring, stamped 750 with control mark A.76; a coin set broad band ring, stamped 585; a smoky quartz dress ring, stamped k18; and a 9 carat gold bombé dress ring, with undulating wire decoration Size/dimensions: second finger size R; third N; fourth N 1/2 Gross weight: 29 grams Condition Report: All rings have wear. The first ring has chipping to the enamel, the finger size is not noted as it is slightly bendable and has been slightly bent out of shape Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 136
FOUR SILVER CADDY SPOONS WITH SHELL SHAPED BOWLS To include: a George III fiddle pattern caddy spoon by Josiah Snatt, London 1808, engraved H, 9cm (3 1/2in) long; a George IV fiddle pattern caddy spoon by Thomas Millington, Birmingham 1827, 9cm (3 1/2in) long; a George III caddy spoon by John Love & Co., Sheffield 1789, 8cm (3 1/4in) long; and a fiddle pattern caddy spoon, partial maker's mark only, engraved R. P. L. over H. A., 8.5cm (3 1/4in) 40g (1.3 oz) gross Condition Report: There is no condition report available for this lot and is sold as found Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 201
A COLLECTION OF SILVER AND SILVER MOUNTED ITEMS To include: a pair of rectangular cigarette boxes by C. J. Vander Ltd., Birmingham 1986, with engine turned decoration, 9cm (3 1/2in) long; a silver and enamel vesta case by William Neale & Son, Birmingham 1892, painted with a boat, 5cm (2in) high; a silver and enamel capstan inkwell by Walker & Hall, Birmingham 1923, the cover with blue guilloche enamel, 12.5cm (5in) diameter, loaded; a silver cigarette case by Alexander Clark & Co. Ltd., Birmingham 1932, with engine turned decoration and engraved H. M. R, 9cm (3 1/2in) high; a silver mounted cigarette box, hand mirror and button hook 509g (16.35 oz) gross weighable Condition Report: There is no condition report available for this lot and is sold as found Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 45
A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER SHAPED CIRCULAR SALVER R. & S. GARRARD & CO., LONDON 1897 With a beaded raised moulded border, engraved John Usher Hogarth April 13th 1920 beneath and on three ball and claw feet 31cm (12 1/4in) diameter 861g (27.7 oz) Condition Report: Marks are clear Stands well Engraving clear Heavier scratches to the surface Light scratches and wear commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 139
NINE SILVER FIDDLE PATTERN CADDY SPOONS To include: a George III caddy spoon, London 1808, engraved R, 9cm (3 1/2in) long; a George IV caddy spoon by William Eaton, London 1825, the bowl engraved with foliate swags, 10m (4in) long; a Victorian caddy spoon by George Adams, London 1850, engraved RJH, 9.5cm (3 3/4in) long; a Victorian caddy spoon by George Unite, Birmingham 1850, engraved with a circular vacant reserve and a floral swag, 9cm (3 1/2in) long; and five other fiddle pattern caddy spoons 109g (3.5 oz) gross Condition Report: There is no condition report available for this lot and is sold as found Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 1327
A LIME-GREEN GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN TEAPOT AND COVER, QING DYNASTYChina, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Of ovoid form with a tall handle opposite to a slender, arched spout, decorated to each side with a gilt-bordered panel enclosing a poem about tea written in iron-red above the glaze and dated Dingsi year of the Jiaqing period (1797), all reserved against a lime-green ground decorated with lotus sprays. The neck with a band of ruyi and finely painted scrolls interspersed with flowerheads. The associated, domed, cover is similarly decorated with a lotus scroll and surmounted by a bud-shaped finial painted in iron-red and gilt. The base enameled in turquoise with an apocryphal six-character Jiaqing reign mark.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and few light surface scratches. The cover is a replacement, also dating to the late Qing dynasty, but not fitting perfectly.Provenance: Finish private collection, acquired in the Dutch auction market in 2020.Weight: 508.3 g incl. coverDimensions: Height 15.5 cm incl. coverThe teapot illustrates the continued influence of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795) at court after his abdication in 1796 and even after his death in 1799. Its form, painted decoration, and composition follows the style developed at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen that catered to Qianlong's taste. The poetic inscription was also composed by the then retired Qianlong Emperor on the 10th lunar month of 1797. Titled 'Brewing Tea', the poem is collected in the First Anthology of Imperial Poetry, and has been translated by S.W. Bushell as follows:Finest tribute tea of the first pickingAnd a bright full moon prompt a line of verseA lively fire glows in the bamboo stove,The water is boiling in the stone griddle,small bubbles rise like ears of fish or crab.Of rare Ch'i-Ch'iang tea, rolled in tiny balls,one cup is enough to lighten the heard,And dissipate the early winter chill.(S.W. Bushell, Oriental Ceramic Art, London, 1981, p. 239).
Lot 1398
A KHMER-STYLE BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHAThailand or Cambodia, c. 17th century or later. Cast as Ganesha seated in dhyanasana, holding his broken tusk in his right hand and a bowl of sweets in his left, dressed in a short sampot and adorned in beaded jewelry, the face with almond shaped eyes, the trunk curled upwards, and the head surmounted by a foliate tiara and a conical headdress. Condition: Good condition with minor wear, nicks, scratches, and casting flaws. Fine patina with malachite encrustations.Provenance: German private collection.Scientific Analysis Report: An Expert Report from Antiques Analytics - Institute of Scientific Authenticity Testing, test report number AA 23-04043, dated 19 May 2023, written and signed by Dr. R. Neunteufel, concludes that the observed surface alterations are not in contradiction with the dating above. A copy of the report accompanies this lot. Weight: 6 kgDimensions: Height 26.8 cm
Lot 489
AN ANTLER MASK NETSUKE OF HANNYAUnsignedJapan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Boldly carved from a tubular section of naturally hollowed antler, the elongated face set with a devious expression with sharp fangs, and two small horns protruding from its finely incised hair. The eyes and nostrils pierced and the forehead extending in an exaggerated arch. Large central himotoshi to the thick bar in the back. The antler finely stained and bearing a superb, deep patina.HEIGHT 6 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor wear and typical natural flaws to the materialProvenance: Ex-collection Richard R. Silverman. European collection P. Jacquesson, acquired from the above on 29 September 2005. Richard R. Silverman (1932-2019) was a renowned Asian art collector with one of the largest private collections of netsuke outside of Japan. He lived in Tokyo between 1964 and 1979 and began to collect netsuke there in 1968. From the 1970s onward, he wrote and lectured about netsuke and was an Asian art consultant for Christie's, Sotheby's, and Bonhams. His gift of 226 ceramic netsuke to the Toledo Museum of Art constitutes perhaps the largest public collection of these miniature clay sculptures in the world. After moving to California, Silverman became a member of the Far Eastern Art Council at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1984. In 1993, he joined LACMA's Executive Board. He served on the board of directors for the International Society of Appraisers from 1986 to 1994 and served nine years as chair for the City of West Hollywood Fine Arts Commission. Richard Silverman was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun for his decades-long promotion of Japanese culture.Museum comparison:Compare a related antler mask netsuke, formerly in the Trumpf collection and now in the Linden Museum Stuttgart, inventory number OA 18928.
Lot 293
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Acting Lance Corporal W. Foundling, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, late Lancashire Fusiliers Military Medal (47560 Pte. -A.L. Cpl.- W. E. Foundling. 13/R. Innis: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (1540 Pte. W. Foundling. Lan. Fus.) edge bruise to BWM, the MM polished, very fine (3) £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 January 1919.
Lot 386
Three: Private F. E. Crisp, 9th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 1914-15 Star (17810 Pte. F. E. Crisp, Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17810 Sjt. F. E. Crisp. Suff. R.) generally good very fine Pair: Private J. Cutmore, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (320574 Pte. J. Cutmore. Suff. R.) generally good very fine (5) £50-£70 --- Frederick E. Crisp served during the Great War with the 9th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in the French theatre of War from 31 August 1915.
Lot 461
Five: Major J. R. Mottershaw, Postal Section, Royal Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in the Middle East 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., reverse officially dated 1959, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, with OHMS transmission box fro the Second War awards, addressed to ‘J. R. Mottershaw, Esq., 41 Greenhill Drive, Bramley, Leeds’; and the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, lacquered, extremely fine (5) £120-£160 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 24 June 1943. John Roland Mottershaw was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Postal Section, Royal Engineers, on 6 April 1940, and was advanced Captain on 8 January 1946, and Major on 1 September 1952. He was awarded the Army Emergency Reserve Decoration in 1959 (London Gazette 11 September 1959), and was awarded a second Award Bar in 1963 (London Gazette 19 March 1963). He retired, having reached the age limit, on 1 December 1965, retaining the rank of Major. Sold with a Royal Engineers cap badge and a pair of Royal Engineers cuff-links.
Lot 608
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone (22614553 Gdsm G R Lambert Coldm Gds) officially impressed naming, together with a copy Coronation 1953 and four privately purchased and privately named unofficial awards comprising: Suez Canal Zone medal, named on the edge and dated ‘1951-54’; British Forces Germany medal, 1 clasp, Germany, named in reverse field and dated ‘1955-56’; The Cold War medal, 1 clasp, Cyprus, named on the edge and dated ‘1951-54’; National Service medal, named on the edge and dated ‘1951-56’, mounted for parade wear, good very fine (6) £140-£180
Lot 378
Three: Private W. Fordham, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 1914 Star (6492 Pte W. Fordham. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6492 Pte. W. Fordham. Suff. R.) generally very fine (3) £120-£160 --- William Fordham was born in Chesterton, Cambridge, in May 1885. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front from 15 August 1914. Fordham was taken Prisoner of War at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914.
Lot 301
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private W. Groom, Royal Irish Rifles Military Medal, G.V.R. (41364 Pte. W. Groom. 8/9 R. Ir: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (41364 Cpl. W. Groom. R. Ir. Rif.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918.
Lot 405
Three: Private T. Arnold, Royal Irish Fusiliers, who died in Bulgaria on 30 September 1918 1914-15 Star (15576 Pte. T. Arnold. R. Ir. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (15576 Pte. T. Arnold. R. Ir. Fus. ); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Arnold) good very fine and better (4) £140-£180 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2010. Thomas Arnold was born in Hackney, Middlesex, and attested for the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Tottenham. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 7 August 1915, and died in Bulgaria on 30 September 1918, aged 27 years. He is buried in Plovdiv Central Cemetery, Bulgaria. Sold with copied research.
Lot 560
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, date clasp a tailor’s copy (4653 Cpl. A. R. T. Richards, 41st. Coy. 12th Imp: Yeo:) good very fine £100-£140 --- Anthony Reynell Threlfull Richards was born in London in 1874 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Newport, Isle of Wight, on 8 January 1900, having previously served in the Hampshire Carabineers. He served with the 41st (Hampshire) Company, 12th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 31 January 1900 to 8 June 1901, and was discharged on 15 June 1901. He saw further service as a Major with the Hampshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps during the Great War, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extracts; and other research.
Lot 407
Three: Private P. McPhilips, Royal Irish Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (10852 Pte. P. Mc.Philips. R. Ir. Fus.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (10852 Pte. P. Mc Philips. R. Ir. Fus.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (10852 Pte. P. Mc.Phillips. [sic] R. Ir. Fus.) contact marks, good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Patrick McPhilips was born in Castlerahan, Co. Cavan, in 1893 and attested for the Royal Irish Fusiliers on 27 October 1911. He served in India from 4 March 1913 to 13 October 1914; in France during the Great War from 19 December 1914 to 8 October 1917; in Egypt from 27 December 1917 to 21 May 1919; and in Mesopotamia from 18 October 1919.
Lot 369
Four: Private J. R. Wood, Labour Corps, late Whaley Bridge Division, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (1643 Ord: J. R. Wood, St John Amb: Bde:); British War and Victory Medals (214697 Pte. J. R. Wood. Labour Corps.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1643. Pte. J. R. Wood. Whaley Bridge Div.) very fine (4) £400-£500
Lot 77
A Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire awarded to Chief Section Leader (Steward) Rosa Hayter, Women’s Royal Naval Service Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Military), privately engraved ‘R. Hayter. C.S.L. W.R.N.S. 21.7.1919’, in John Pinches fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- Medal of the Order of the British Empire London Gazette 9 May 1919. Rosa Hayter joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service on 1 July 1918. Sent initially to H.M.S. Victory as Steward, she was raised Chief Section Leader and was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1919, one of just 22 to the W.R.N.S.
Lot 294
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private G. Smith, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, late Royal Irish Rifles Military Medal, G.V.R. (44444 Pte. G. Smith. 1-R. Innis. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (21920 Pte. G. Smith. R. Ir. Rif.) edge bruising, heavily polished and worn, therefore fair (3) £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 June 1919.
Lot 424
Three: Private A. Frost, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (41748 Pte. A. Frost. Suff. R.) name partially officially corrected on BWM; Defence Medal, very fine 1914-15 Star (20538 Pte C. L. Foyster. Suff: R.); together with Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1864 Sjt: B. Firman. Suff: R.) generally very fine (5) £50-£70
Lot 695
A Selection of Books on the Battle of Waterloo 1815. Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars, by Brigadier-General Vincent J. Esposito and Colonel John Robert Elting, published by Faber and Faber, London, 1963, with 169 maps andcharts and 13 half-tone illustrations, hard back, in outer card case, very good condition Waterloo, by Commandant Henry Lachouque, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1975, 202pp, with numerous illustrations, hard-back, in dust-jacket, good condition Napoleon and Waterloo, by Major A. F. Becke, Kegan Paul, London, 1936, 320pp, with maps and index, hard-back, reasonable condition With Napoleon at Waterloo, by Edward Bruce Low, Francis Griffiths, London, 1911, 240pp, with photographic plates and index, hard-back, reasonable condition The Battle of Waterloo, Ligny, & Quatre Bras, published by L. Booth, London, 1852, 475pp, with numerous engravings and index, hard-back, reasonable condition The Waterloo Campaign, by Napoleon Bonaparte, edited and translated by Somerset de Chair, Folio Society, London, 1957, 158pp, with maps, hard-back, good condition The Campaign of Waterloo, by John Codman Ropes, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1910, 402pp, with detached maps and index, hard-back, reasonable condition A Rough Sketch of the Field of Waterloo, by Henry R. Addison, Brussels, 1839, 179pp, with detached maps and appendices, hard-back, fair condition A Voice from Waterloo, by Sergeant Major E. Cotton, Privately Published, 297pp, with numerous appendices, hard-back, reasonable condition The Armies at Waterloo 1815, by Ugo Pericoli, Sphere Books, London, 1973, 174pp, with numerous colour illustrations, soft-back, good condition Men of Waterloo, by John Sutherland, Frederick Muller, London, 1967, 320pp, with numerous photographs, and index, soft-back, good condition The Hundred Days, by Antony Brett-James, Macmillan, London, 1964, 242pp, with index, hard-back, with dust-jacket, good condition Together with a set of illustrated ‘Guarde Impériale Eclaireurs’ Plates; a set of illustrated ‘Hubers Uniform Plates’; various booklets and pamphlets relating to Waterloo; two original sketches; and some pressed flowers reputedly recovered from the Field of Waterloo, good condition (lot) £140-£180
Lot 69
An Order of St. John group of four awarded to Private J. E. Death, Devonshire Regiment and Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War Medal 1914-20 (64919 Pte. J. E. Death. Devon R.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, silver, with three Additional Award Bars (3061. Sgt. J. E Death. (Ipswich 1st.) Div. No.10 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1923) very fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- John Ernest Death lived at Lister Road, Ipswich, and initially served on convoy duties with the British Red Cross in his home town. Called up for active service in June 1916, he remained in England with the 2/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and is recorded upon his MIC as entitled to the BWM only. Transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 July 1919, he took employment in Ipswich as an Assistant Elementary Schoolmaster and was later decorated as a Serving Brother in the Order of St John of Jerusalem, as notified in the London Gazette of 3 January 1930.
Lot 272
A Great War ‘Battle of Cambrai’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant H. W. Chatt, 12th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, for gallantry at La Vacquerie on 1 December 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (R-5058 Sjt: H. W. Chatt. 12/K.R. Rif: C.); 1914-15 Star (R-5058 Pte. H. W. Chatt. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-5058 Sjt. H. W. Chatt. K.R. Rif. C.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was holding a trench with a small party, when the enemy made two bombing attacks in strength, which drove his men back. Rallying them, he led them forward again, and, himself throwing bombs and attacking the enemy by means of rifle fire, succeeded in driving the enemy right back. He displayed the utmost coolness and gallantry throughout, and his conduct was a fine example to all.’ Accompanied by a 20th (Light) Division gallantry certificate reporting the gallant conduct of ‘No. R/5058 Sergt. H. Chatt, 12th K.R.R.C. on 1.12.17 at LA VACQUERIE, where he rallied the men & drove the enemy back, and was instrumental in defeating further enemy attacks.’ Henry W. Chatt came from Deptford, London, and served with the 12th K.R.R.C. in France from 23 July 1915. Sold with copied photograph of Corporal Chatt and his wife on their wedding day, D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards, and Battalion War Diary Summary for November and December 1917 which gives detailed account of the action near Gonnelieu and La Vacquerie on 31 November/1 December.
Lot 335
Three: Private Richard Leaver, 10th Foot Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (Richd. Lever 10th Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Richd. Lever. 10th Foot.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (R. Lever, 1st Batn. 10th Regt.) the first two with edge bruising and contact marks, better than good fine, the third with heavy scratch behind Queen’s head, otherwise better than very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Private Richard Lever died on 22 September 1858. Sold with copied medal roll entries.
Lot 432
Pair: Private J. Crombie, Royal Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (350119 Pte. J. Crombie. R. Highrs.); Memorial Plaque (John Crombie) traces of adhesive to reverse of plaque, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- John Crombie was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, and attested there for the Royal Highlanders. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action on 12 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the campaign medals.
Lot 258
‘Terrible trials were averted by those brave airmen, who rose from fog-enveloped aerodromes with little prospect of ever reaching earth again alive. Many a time the report “nothing seen” would be rendered; but seeing nothing themselves they were frequently seen by their prey and so frustrated many a raider. If the list of unknown heroes were being compiled these would assuredly figure amongst the first.’ (The German Air Raids on Great Britain, by Captain J. Morris refers) An early and rare Great War ‘Defence of Great Britain’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain R. C. L. Holme, Royal Flying Corps, late Somerset Light Infantry, who distinguished himself in the fight against raiding Zeppelins with 39 (Home Defence) Squadron, alongside such pilots as ‘Bomber’ Harris and William Leefe-Robinson. Transferring to 33 Squadron, Holme crashed on take-off whilst attempting to intercept one of the 16 airships intent on raiding London - one of which, SL11, was shot down by Leefe-Robinson during his V.C. winning exploits on 2-3 September 1916. Holme suffered badly both physically and mentally as a result of his crash - having to be removed from underneath his burning aircraft. Despite these setbacks, he went on to be posted to France as a Flight Commander with 29 Squadron and gained ‘Ace’ status in SE.5a single seater fighters during 1918. Holme survived the War, only to tragically die as a result of injuries and burns sustained as a passenger in a Vickers Vernon which crashed in Baghdad in October 1922 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. R. C. L. Holme. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. C. L. Holme. R.A.F.) generally very fine or better (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2000. M.C. London Gazette 24 January 1917 (Home Honours): ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ One of a handful of known ‘Home Defence’ gallantry awards for the Air Defence of Great Britain during the Great War, five of which were awarded in respect of gallantry during 1916 and 1917 - these including a V.C., a D.S.O., a Second Award Bar to the M.C., and 2 M.C.’s (the latter including Holme’s award). These early awards were for actions against Zeppelins, whilst the remainder were primarily for actions against Giants and Gothas in 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 25 January 1917: ‘For distinguished services rendered in connection with the War.’ Robert Charles Lyon Holme was born in Reading, Berkshire, in November 1896, and in his youth resided in Norton-sub-Hampden, Somerset, and Barnes, London. He was educated at Repton and Sandhurst, and was commissioned into Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry 11 November 1914, the day after his 18th birthday. Holme served with the Regiment in France from December 1914 to March 1915. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps later that year, and despite being initially seconded as an Observer to 16 Squadron, Holme qualified on a Maurice Farman for Aviator’s Certificate No. 1665 at the British Flying School, Le Crotoy, on 28 August 1915. He had already been in combat with 16 Squadron, with Second Lieutenant H.M. Goode as his pilot, on 17 June 1915. On this date the pair carried out a reconnaissance in a BE.2a over Seclin, armed only with an automatic rifle, when they engaged an Aviatik bi-plane: 'The German machine was first seen going south over Gondecourt, where upon we changed our course in order to get within range – when within about 200 yards we made a sharp turn heading north and opened fire, we followed him as far as Loos firing all the time. By then he had increased his lead to some 1,000 yards and was losing height rapidly, we then turned and continued our reconnaissance. During the later point of the combat we were in range of the Lille anti-aircraft guns which had opened an ineffective fire.' (Combat Report refers) A ‘Dash’ with ‘Bomber’ Harris Holme was officially seconded as a Flying Officer (Observer) in the Royal Flying Corps in September 1915, and left 16 Squadron the same month. He was posted for Home Defence duties, for the defence of Great Britain, in December 1915. Holme carried out further training as a pilot, and served with 39 (Home Defence) Squadron (BE.2cs) at Sutton’s Farm and Hainault Farm, Hounslow. By the start of the new year, he was up in the air trying to intercept Zeppelins: ‘On the night of 25/26 April 1916, one of Holme’s squadron colleagues, Captain A. T. Harris, became the first to use the new and still experimental Brock explosive bullets against a raiding Zeppelin (LZ97). (Harris would gain undying fame in the Second World War as ‘Bomber’ Harris). Soon after closing with LZ97, Harris’ Lewis gun jammed and whilst he was clearing it, the Zeppelin slipped away into the surrounding gloom. Holme and another colleague spied the same Zeppelin in the distance, coned in the light of searchlights, but it was too far away to be caught.’ (The Military Cross to Flying Personnel of Great Britain and the Empire 1914-1919, by H. Giblin and N. Franks refers) Holme, Harris and one Lieutenant W. Leefe-Robinson (later V.C.) had attempted an attack on one of five raiding Zeppelins that night. Both Harris and Leefe-Robinson were unsuccessful, and Holme took up the pursuit. However, he encountered a fuel problem and was forced to make a dead-stick landing at Chingford. Hunting Zeppelins with Leefe-Robinson Holme advanced to Temporary Captain, and transferred as a Flight Commander to 33 Squadron (BE.2cs) at Bramham Moor. The Squadron was engaged on Home Defence duties, protecting the Midlands and the North against Zeppelin raids. On the night of 28-29 July 1916, the Squadron received information from the Humber Garrison Commander that hostile airships (six Imperial Navy Zeppelins) had been sighted 40 miles east of the mouth of the Humber proceeding due west. At this time, however, a thick fog in the vicinity of the aerodrome precluded any attempt being made to despatch aeroplanes. At 2 a.m. a further report was received of a Zeppelin proceeding from Driffield towards Hull. The weather being slightly clearer by this time, Lieutenant Holme was the only pilot to ascend from Bramham Moor, but at 3,500 feet above the aerodrome could barely see the landing flares and as the fog was becoming thicker he was forced to descend. So bad was the weather that he was forced to abandon his attempt to stalk Kapitanleutnant Koch’s L24, which had been reported in the Hull area. On the night of 2-3 August 1916, six Zeppelins raided England, whilst the Squadron was operating from Beverley. Although the German force confined their raid to the eastern counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 33 Squadron sent out a protective patrol over Hull and the Humber. Holme took off at 2.25 am and patrolled towards Driffield, then turning south he circled round Hull at 10,000 feet. Visibility was bad and he could see nothing on his own level, so descending to 8,000 feet he went out over Hedon to the coast and followed it north to Atwick, where Holmes stated: 'I now saw a searchlight at Beverley giving me the pre-arranged signal that all was over, accordingly I throttled to come down. My lights had gone out and wishing to keep my headlamp until near the ground I came down without it to 4,000 feet. When trying my engine I got into a mild nose dive but came out of it all right and landed without damage at 3.35 am.’ Exactly one month later, on the night of Leefe-Robinson’s V.C. victory over SL11, Holme crashed on take-off in BE.2c 2661 at one o&rsqu...
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