Braun ''Schneewittchensarg'' SK 55 von Dieter Rams, Deutschland, Anfang 1960er Jahre. Plattenspieler und Radioteil, matt weiß lackierter Korpus aus Eisenblech, Wangen aus hellem Holz. Deckel aus Plexiglas, Lautsprecher in der Front. Leicht verschmutzter, aber recht guter Zustand, keine größeren Kratzer im Gehäuse oder Plexiglas. Mit Farbstift wurden Sender neben dem Tuner notiert (mit entsprechenden Mitteln wohl reversiebel). Funktion nicht geprüft, 24 x 58 x 30 cmBrown ''Snow White Coffin'' SK 55 by Dieter Rams, Germany, early 1960s. Record player and radio part, matt white lacquered body of sheet iron, cheeks of light wood. Lid made of plexiglass, speakers in the front. Slightly dirty but quite good condition, no major scratches in the case or plexiglass. Stations next to the tuner were noted with colored pen (probably reversible with appropriate means). Function not tested, 24 x 58 x 30 cm
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PUNK / POWER POP - 4 RARE UK 1ST PRESSINGS 1979 PUNK / POWER POP SINGLES. 1. THE PLAGUE - IN LOVE (1979 , UK PINK VINYL PRESSING, EVOLUTION RECORDS), PINK VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED) ORIGINAL FOLD OVER P/S is EX+/EX++, plus extra spare label sticker. 2. THE IGNERENTS -RADIO INTERFERENCE (1979 UK 1ST PRESSING, RUNDOWN RECORDS), VINYL is EX++/ EX+++, ORIGINAL P/S is VG+ / VG++ (minor stain on front). 3. THE FANS - GIVING ME THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYES (1979 UK 1ST PRESSING, FRIED EGG RECORDS), VINYL is EX+++ / NEAR MINT, P/S is EX/EX+ (minor writing on back). 4. THE STICKERS - SHAKE ME (1979 UK 1ST PRESSING, RELIABLE RECORDS), VINYL is EX/EX+, P/S is VG++/VG+++ (Sellotape on back).
PUNK / POWER POP - 3 UK 1ST PRESSING 1981 PUNK / POWER POP RARE and IN-DEMAND private pressing singles. 1. X-PUPILS - MONTPELLIER MEWS E.P. (1981, UK 1ST PRESSING, SKOOL RECORDS), VINYL is EX+++ / NEAR MINT, ORIGINAL HOME MADE P/S is in EX / EX+ condition. 2. THE FALSE IDOLS - 10 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT (1981, UK 1ST PRESSING, CAVEMAN RECORDS), VINYL is EX++ / EX+++, ORIGINAL P/S VG+++ / EX. 3. CARL GUSTAV & THE 84?S - I WANT TO KILL RUSSIANS (1981, UK 1ST PRESSING, CONVULSIVE RECORDS), although vinyl is unplayed, this was a radio station copy and the track ?I WANT TO KILL RUSSIANS? was scratched off, so that no one will play it, that side is unplayable, the other side is EX+++, ORIGINAL HOME MADE SLEEVE is EX/ EX+.
PUNK PROMOS. - 8 UK PRESSING PUNK PROMO, DEMO SINGLES from 1979-1982. 1. THE DAMNED - NEW ROSE / NEAT NEAT NEAT (DEMO, PROMO COPY, UK PRESSING, STIFF RECORDS, BUYDJ 238) VINYL is EX+/ EX++ (light scuffs only + minor writing on side B. label) + ORIGINAL BLACK DIE CUT SLEEVE. 2 STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - LISTEN / LISTEN (1982, PROMO DEMO ONLY EDIT COPY, UK 1ST PRESSING, CHRYSALIS RECORDS CHSDJ 2580), SPECIAL PROMO ONLY RADIO EDITS, VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), never came in a P/S. 3. GENERATION X - DANCING WITH MYSELF / UNTOUCHABLES (1981, DEMO PROMO COPY, UK 1ST PRESSING, CHRYSALIS RECORDS GENXDJ 1), VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), NEVER came in a P/S. 4. GANG OF FOUR - DAMAGED GOODS (1980, DEMO PROMO COPY, UK PRESSING, FAST PRODUCT RECORDS), VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), comes in an old white die cut sleeve. 5. GANG OF FOUR - AT HOME HE?S A TOURIST (1979, DEMO PROMO COPY, UK 1ST PROMO PRESSING, EMI RECORDS), VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), comes in an old white die cut sleeve. 6. COCKNEY REJECTS - I?M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES (1980, DEMO PROMO COPY, UK 1ST PROMO PRESSING, EMI RECORDS), VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), comes in an old white die cut sleeve. 7. REZILLOS - DESTINATION VENUS (1978, DEMO PROMO, UK PROMO PRESSING, SIRE RECORDS), VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), ORIGINAL COMPANY SLEEVE is EX+++ (library sticker on back that can be removed) 8. RICH KIDS - MARCHING MEN (1978, DEMO PROMO COPY, UK 1ST PRESSING, EMI RECORDS), VINYL is EX+++ / NEAR MINT, P/S is VG+.
NEW WAVE / PUNK UK TEST PRESSING 7?? SINGLES - 5 UK ORIGINAL NEW WAVE / PUNK TEST PRESSING 7" SINGLES. 1. TALKING HEADS - ONCE IN A LIFE TIME (1981, UK TEST PRESSING 1ST PRESSING, SIRE RECORDS), TEST PRESSING VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), comes in an old white die cut sleeve. 2. THE FRESHIES - I?M IN LOVE WITH THE GIRL ON A CERTAIN MANCHESTER MEGASTORE CHECK-OUT DESK (1980, UK TEST PRESSING, PROMO ONLY EDIT VERSION, SIRE RECORDS), This is a PROMO ONLY RADIO EDIT VERSION of this single, not available commercially, TEST PRESSING VINYL is EX+++ / MINT- (PLAYED ONCE, writing and stickers on labels), + ORIGINAL PROMO STICKERED DIE CUT SLEEVE. 3. ELVIS COSTELLO - GREEN SHIRT (1985, UK TEST PRESSING 1ST PRESING, F-BEAT RECORDS), VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), comes in an old white die cut sleeve. 4. THE PASSENGERS - TWO LOVERS / SOMETHING ABOUT YOU I DON?T LIKE (1979, UK 1ST TEST PRESSING, SELF RELEASED ISSUE P 1), band later changed their name to PROPAGANDA, VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), comes in an old white die cut sleeve. 5. DARRYL READ - LIVING ON BORROWED TIME (1980, UK 1ST TEST PRESSING, MONARCH RECORDS), VINYL is MINT-, comes in an old white die cut sleeve
PUNK / NEW WAVE / POST PUNK / MOD REVIVAL 7? SINGLES - 39 PUNK / NEW WAVE & POST PUNK 7? SINGLES INCLUDING: THE DAMNED, THE CLASH, THE RUTS, GENERATION X, BUZZCOCKS, THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS, FRONT, BLONDIE, DEVO, TELEVISION, U.K. SUBS, TONIGHT (withdrawn single), THE STRANGLERS, RADIO STARS, THE METEROS, THE PIRATES, THE RECORDS, ELVIS COSTELLO, THE SMIRKS, DEAD END KIDS, THE MOTORS, JAMES KING AND THE LONE WOLVES, NEON, MICK FARREN, PLUMMET AIRLINES, KILLING JOKE, SQUEEZE, VIC GODARD & SUBWAY SECT, TOM ROBINSON BAND, EARTH QUAKE, THE PLEASERS, DR. FEELGOOD, ELTON MOTELLO, R.E.M., various years and conditions although VINYL will be mainly VG+ to NEAR MINT and picture sleeves between VG and EX+++.
. PSYCHOBILLY / PUNKABILLY / ROCKABILLY SINGLES - 6 RARE 1ST PRESSING PSYCHOBILLY / PUNKABILLY 7? SINGLES, including TEST PRESSING !!!. 1. THE STING-RAYS - ON SELF DESTRUCT E.P. - RARE UK TEST PRESSING + HOME MADE SLEEVE, only 80 copies were made and given away at one gig !!! (1983, UK 1ST TEST PRESSING, BIG BEAT RECORDS), TEST PRESSING VINYL is VG+++/ EX, HOME MADE XEROX P/S is in VG condition (sellotaped as were all done). 2. FRENZY - I SEE RED (1986, UK 1ST PRESSING, ID RECORDS), VINYL is EX+++ / NEAR MINT, P/S is EX+/ EX++. 3. THE FALCONS - PSYCH WAR (1989, JAPAN 1ST PRESSING, PLANET RECORDS), VINYL is EX+++ / NEAR MINT, FOLD OVER P/S is EX++/ EX+++. 4. THE METEORS - METEOR MADNESS E.P. (1981, UK BLACK LABEL PRESSING, ACE RECORDS), VINYL is VG++ / VG+++ (light scuffs only), THICK CARDBOARD P/S is in EX+/ EX++ condition. 5. THE STARGAZERS - GROOVE GROOVE BABY EP (1981, UK 1ST PRESSING, EPIC RECORDS), VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), P/S is MINT-. 6. THE STARGAZERS - AIN?T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS (1982, UK 1ST PRESSING, EPIC RECORDS), VINYL is EX++/ EX+++ (UNPLAYED, but has some light sleeve scuffs, P/S is MINT-. (radio station timing written on back).
MOD REVIVAL - PAUL WELLER - "MODERN CLASSIC", SIGNED UK 1ST PRESS 1998 DOUBLE ALBUM. Original UK 1st PRESSING double album GO DISCS ILPSD 8080, SIGNED ON THE FRONT by PAUL WELLER in person, VINYL IN MINT / UNPLAYED (ARCHIVE), GATEFOLD SLEEVE is MINT + MINT INNERS + MINT PRINT, this came from an EX- BBC radio executive who worked with Paul Weller on many occasions
PUNK / NEW WAVE / POWER POP SIGNED PROMO LP - JILTED JOHN - TRUE LOVE STORIES, ORIGINAL UK 1978 PROMO COPY, signed on the back by JILTED JOHN (AKA John Shuttleworth, AKA Graham Fellows), signed ?To Mike, Best Wishes, Jilted John?, signed at a BBC Radio session in 1978. Also comes with the limited SNAKES AND LADDERS GAME, and PROMO GOLD STAMPED on back. (1978, UK 1ST PROMO PRESSING, EMI RECORDS), VINYL is MINT- (UNPLAYED), PROMO GOLD STAMPED, and SIGNED SLEEVE is EX+++, + LIMITED SNAKES AND LADDERS GAME INSERT in MINT- condition
PUNK / MOD REVIVAL TOUR POSTER - A RARE ORIGINAL PROMO TOUR POSTER for THE RADIO STARS and THE REACTION (PRE- TALK TALK, Mod revival band that included Mark Hollis on Vocals) on the 28th of October 1978 at the Birmingham Union. Poster size is: 51cm x 76cm / 20? x 30? approx. CONDITION is VG+ (ROLLED, NOT FOLDED)
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MISCELLANY Sixteen magazines from diverse sports and entertainment. Sports Reporter April 1949 and November 1949, Sporting Mirror March 1949, The Cricketer July and August 1949, "England keep the Ashes" 1954/55, Boxing News August 1947 and March 1950, Boxing Programme Freddie Mills v Enrico Bertola 1947, Wimbledon Tennis programme 23/6/1947 (1st Day ), World Sports February 1955, The Radio Times covering the 1966 World Cup (July 9-15), "The Motor" magazine January 1938, "The Autocar" September 1948. Comes with Pink Floyd concert programme 7/8/1980 in London (with 2 tickets and newspaper cutting) plus David Gilmour On A Island World Tour 2006. Some faults. Fair to generally good
Photography - India - Indian Partition - an album of photographs, compiled by Lieutenant C J Popham R.E, att King George V's Own Bengal Group, Royal Indian Engineers December 1946 - October 1947, att. Royal Pakistan Engineer Centre, October 1947, comprehensively annotated, Karjat Station, Bombay-Poona; The Red Fort, Delhi; Juma Musjid Mosque; Janta Manta, Delhi; All India Radio, Delhi; The Qutab; Eso Dhandhera Just Before Partition; Partition - Loading the First Baggage Train; others
Wireless, Radio and Communication History - an Edwardian silver desk model, of Marconi's Disc Discharger, the first means of producing musical notes in the transmission of Wireless telegrams, patented in 1907 and used for long distance correspondence, Cornish serpentine base, 9cm high, London 1912, fitted morocco box
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA post-War ‘Aden’ B.E.M. for Gallantry pair awarded to Private A. D. Kent, 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, who on two separate occasions gave essential initial first aid and care to comrades who had been grievously wounded in terrorist explosions, keeping them alive during the crucial ‘golden hour’ until they could receive skilled medical care British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (23921727 Pte. Anthony D. Kent, R. Anglian); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Radfan, South Arabia (23921727 Pte. A. D. Kent, B.E.M., 1. E. Anglian) nearly extremely fine (2) £600-£800 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 14 September 1965: ‘On 12 March 1965, Private Kent was with his platoon carrying out duties in aid of the civil power based on Sheikh Othman Police Station. Although trained as a stretcher bearer, he was a normal member of a rifle section. At about 2030 hours a terrorist rocket exploded in Platoon Headquarters wounding the Platoon Sergeant and the radio operator. The Platoon Sergeant, Sergeant Smith, received extremely severe facial injuries, the front of his face above the lower jaw being blown free and attached only by a skin flap. Private Kent immediately gave first aid to Sergeant Smith, who was bleeding profusely and for the next twenty-five minutes prevented him from either choking or bleeding to death. It is the opinion of Wing Commander E. R. Griffiths, the consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery at the RAF Hospital Steamer Point, who saw Smith on Admission, that the first aid treatment given by Private Kent was a major contribution towards Smith’s survival. On 31 December 1964 Private Kent had also been present immediately after a mine exploded in the Wadi Taym, killing Private Fraser, gravely wounding Corporal Andrews and seriously injuring Private Barrell. On that occasion also, Private Kent administered first aid and treatment to both the living casualties until skilled medical assistance arrived. Private Kent was eighteen in July 1964. On both these occasions the skill of this young soldier exercised under difficult and dangerous conditions undoubtedly helped save the lives of his comrades.’ Antony David ‘Tony’ Kent was born in Norwich in 1946. After leaving school he enlisted in the army and was able to join his local county regiment, which at that time was 1 East Anglian Regiment (being renamed 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment from 1 July 1964). In January 1964 it departed from Felixstowe for a two-year residential tour in Aden as a garrison battalion. It was based at the modern Waterloo Barracks on the isthmus joining the mainland to Aden city, which was built in and around an extinct volcano (mostly surrounded by the sea). Kent was a member of 7th Platoon, ‘B’ Company, and was also trained for stretcher bearer duties during conventional war, which suggests that he was taught basic first aid skills and also became a member of the regimental band (which traditionally provided first-aid parties in battle). The first manifestation of the serious trouble that was to ensue occurred, not in Aden itself, but in its hinterland, in the mountainous area known as the Radfan, through which the road from Aden passed on its way to the Emirate of Dhala, 80 miles to the north, where there was a British garrison. The Dhala area was close to the Yemen frontier and had always been turbulent. Sending convoys from Aden to Dhala required a two-day operation with an escort of armoured cars and infantry, who secured the hills overlooking the route by placing picquets. Service in the Aden hinterland resembled the years of skirmish and ambush on the North-West Frontier of India; the burning sun and lack of water, the craggy, scrub-covered hills, the wild tribesmen, each with his rifle, the wheeling hawks, the stone villages with every house built like a miniature fortress. The 1st East Anglian Regiment became involved in the operations amid the towering peaks and fertile wadis of the Radfan mountains in early May 1964. Throughout the month and into June the force steadily drove the hostile tribesmen from the area, until only the final objective of the Force Commander remained to be captured, the Jebel Huriyah, which at 5,500 feet was the highest peak in the Radfan. On the night of 10-11 June 1st East Anglian scaled the heights of the great Jebel, their route up the jagged slopes lit by flares dropped by Shackleton bombers. By 04.50 hours they were on the summit, looking down at the lights of Aden city 40 miles to the south. The Regiment held the mountain-top for a week, until it returned to Aden on 18 June. September 1964 and the months that followed found the 1st Battalion Royal Anglians, as they had become, carrying out internal security tasks in Aden city, with its Companies rotating on detachment at Dhala and at another frontier outpost to the east, Mukeiras. The Battalion spent two more periods in the Radfan before the end of the year. During the second, 7 Platoon was tasked to patrol the well-populated, fertile Wadi Taym, and suffered three casualties from a land mine on the last day of 1964. Private Fraser was killed and Corporal Andrews and Private Barrell severely wounded. The 18 year-old Kent distinguished himself by giving first aid and caring for the two wounded men until qualified medical personnel arrived. As the Egyptian-backed anti-British terrorist campaign began to build up in 1965, the Battalion had the following responsibilities for the first three months: manning joint military/police headquarters, providing foot patrols, four pairs of mobile patrols, a platoon at immediate notice, and cordons and searches of highly insalubrious areas in Crater and Sheikh Othman, a totally Arab town on the mainland through which the road to Dhala passed. One of the terrorists’ main aims was to eliminate the local Special Branch and undermine the police force through murder, intimidation and infiltration. This effort was effective, and it caused the flow of information and intelligence to dry up. On the evening of 12 March, a Belgian-made Blindicide improved bazooka was used to fire a HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) rocket-propelled grenade capable of punching through a metre of concrete and then releasing a shower of molten copper fragments. The target was Sheikh Othman police station, now a lone fortified outpost in a totally hostile area. Most of the local police had either been killed, had resigned or been forced to flee, so the station was in effect an army base. Whoever fired the Blindicide knew the internal layout of the police station, because they targeted the Operations Room. The personnel on duty in the Operations Room at the time were all from 7 Platoon headquarters of 'B' Company. The explosion seriously wounded the Platoon Sergeant, Sergeant Smith, and destroyed the wireless and the landline telephones. Private Elba-Porter, the platoon signaller, was wounded in the face and shoulder. Though temporarily blinded in one eye, he fetched another radio set and continued to pass orders so that effective counter-measures could be taken. 120 locals were rounded up for search and questioning. Private Kent, who was close to but not inside the Operations Room at the time ...
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe Royal Warrant Holders Association Medal awarded to the fashion designer Hardy Amies, who rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while organising sabotage assignments with the Special Operations Executive in Belgium during the Second World War and subsequently built a hugely successful fashion label, his designs finding favour with the young Princess Elizabeth who granted him a Royal Warrant on her accession to the throne Royal Warrant Holders Association Medal, E.II.R., 1977 Silver Jubilee Medal (Hardy Amies) nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Edwin Hardy Amies was born on 17 July 1909 at Maida Vale, London and was educated at Latymer Upper School and Brentwood. It was suggested that he should work for a scholarship to Cambridge, but Amies wanted to become a journalist. His father arranged a meeting with R. D. Blumenfeld, the editor of the Daily Express, who told him: ‘We don’t want academics in the journalistic world. We want men of international culture. Send him abroad to learn French and German. Make him work.’ After spending three years in France and Germany - learning the languages and working for a customs agent, an English School and a wall tile factory - Amies returned to England and became a weighing-machine salesman for W & T Avery. It was his mother’s contacts in the fashion world together with his own facility with the written word that secured him his first job in fashion. His vivid description of a dress, written in a letter to a retired French fitter and brought to the attention of the owner of the Mayfair couture house Lachasse, made a strong impression. The wearer of the dress was the owner’s wife. In early 1934, with no previous experience, he succeeded the designer manager, Digby Morton, who had left Lachasse to set up his own house. By the time war intervened, he was designing the whole collection. At the outbreak of the Second World War, with his language experience, Amies was called to serve in the Special Operations Executive. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from Officer Cadet Training Company on to the British Army General List on 18 May 1940, and was transferred from the General List to the Intelligence Corps on 15 July 1940. Amies suspected that S.O.E.’s commander Major General Colin Gubbins did not regard a dressmaker as suitable military material; but his training report stated: ‘This officer is far tougher both physically and mentally than his rather precious appearance would suggest. He possesses a keen brain and an abundance of shrewd sense. His only handicap is his precious appearance and manner, and these are tending to decrease’. Posted to Belgium, Amies worked with the various Belgian resistance groups and adapted names of fashion accessories for use as code words, while he organised sabotage assignments and arranged for agents to be parachuted with radio equipment behind enemy lines, into the Ardennes. Amies rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, but outraged his superiors in 1944 by engaging famed photographer Lee Miller and setting up a Vogue photo shoot in Belgium after D-Day. In 1946, he was created an Officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown on 17 September 1948 by the prince regent of Belgium. Amies was an integral part of Operation Ratweek, an assassination project developed by the S.O.E. to eliminate double agents and Nazi sympathisers in Belgium. In 2000, a BBC 2 documentary entitled Secret Agent named Amies as one of the men who helped to plan the killing of dozens of Nazi collaborators, but Amies disclaimed all knowledge of the matter. Hardy Amies was quirky, yet conservative; for example, having his British Army uniform tailored on Savile Row. Years later, Hardy recalled that Kim Philby was in his mess; and, on being asked what the infamous spy was like, Hardy quipped, ‘He was always trying to get information out of me, most significantly the name of my tailor.’ On demobilisation, Amies bought the lease of a house in Savile Row, built by Lord Burlington in 1735 and damaged in the Blitz, and set up his own business. It was not long before he was designing clothes for Princess Elizabeth. ‘A very grand lady asked me to make coats and skirts for what she called her “gels”’, he recalled, ‘and they turned out to be ladies-in-waiting to Princess Elizabeth. The Princess saw them and asked me to make clothes for her visit to Canada in 1948.’ His royal warrant dated from her accession to the throne. The Queen wore a Hardy Amies pink silk dress and coat for the Silver Jubilee and a Hardy Amies yellow coat on her 60th birthday. In 1950, recognising a need for cheaper, instantly available clothes, Amies expanded his business by opening a ready-to-wear boutique. He designed uniforms for the police, British Airways, the South African defence force, male nurses at Broadmoor and the staffs of W H Smith, the London Hilton, and Wall’s ice-cream. In 1967, he was commissioned by director Stanley Kubrick to design the costumes for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). In 1973 Amies sold his business to Debenhams, with a view to further expansion, but in 1980 bought it back with the profits of his success with menswear in Canada, Australia, Japan, America and New Zealand (where, he estimated in 1979, 55 per cent of men wore suits in whose design he had a hand). Eventually, he had more than 40 overseas licensees. Handsome, with aquiline features and a full head of hair, Amies was proud of his athletic figure and played tennis well into his eighties. His other principal love was gardening, and he built from scratch an elaborate traditional garden. Hardy Amies was appointed CVO in 1977 and KCVO in 1989. In 2000, Amies sold the house to the Luxury Brands Group and announced his formal retirement. He died at home in 2003, aged 93, and is buried in the village churchyard at Langford, Oxfordshire.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA United States of America Second War Silver Star group of eight awarded to Commander J. F. Walling, United States Navy, who was posted Missing in Action, presumed killed, when his Submarine the U.S.S. Snook failed to return from a War patrol in the South China Sea, May 1945 United States of America, Silver Star, two-piece construction, with silver star placed upon a silver gilt star-shaped base, unnamed as issued; Purple Heart, two-piece construction, bronze gilt and enamel, reverse officially named ‘Comdr. Jon F. Walling USN’; China Service Medal, bronze; American Defense Service Medal, 1 clasp, Fleet, bronze; American Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze; with two bronze star emblems on riband; World War II Victory Medal, bronze; United States Navy Expert Rifleman Medal, bronze, all with original ribands with brooch pinback mounting); together with the recipient’s Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia with three stars, silver; and a Submarine Service Badge, bronze, nearly extremely fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Silver Star awarded 30 January 1943. The Citation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action in the line of his profession as Diving Officer of the U.S.S. Flying Fish (SS-229), during successful attacks against one enemy Kongo Class battleship and one enemy patrol vessel. One attack against a patrol vessel was followed by a severe enemy counter-attack during which the Flying Fish was severely damaged. With a badly leaking after trim tank, with an up angle of eighteen degrees and with depth charges exploding very close aboard, it was only by his skill and calm courage that proper depth was maintained and the boat was capable of returning to port. His courage and skill were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.’ Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia awarded posthumously. The Citation states: ‘The U.S.S. Snook, on an offensive war patrol in confined and heavily patrolled enemy waters, failed to return as scheduled. Although there is no information as to the number of successful attacks delivered against the enemy during during this patrol, this vessel has continuously distinguished herself since her first appearance in enemy waters by her successful and relentless attacks against the enemy and it is believed the Snook undoubtedly was pursuing just such bold and aggressive tactics up until the time she was declared missing. As Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Snook, Commander John Franklin Walling’s skill, daring, courageous leadership and unfailing devotion to duty contributed directly to his ship's many successful attacks against the enemy. The Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, forwards this commendation in recognition of the splendid performance of duty, which was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.’ John Franklin Walling was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on 2 February 1912, his hometown listed as Nantucket, Massachusetts. He was appointed a Midshipman on 15 June 1931, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis as an Ensign, U.S. Navy, on 6 June 1935. After service in the cruiser U.S.S. Tuscaloosa from 28 June 1935 to 1 June 1937, he transferred to the Submarines, and was assigned to U.S.S. S-37 on 12 November 1937. Advanced Lieutenant (Junior Grade) on 6 June 1938, and qualified for command of submarines on 21 August 1940. Walling served initially during the Second World War in the U.S. Submarine Flying Fish from 10 December 1941, and received a Commendation on 19 October 1942 for his efforts while Engineering Officer of the Flying Fish: ‘The U.S.S. Flying Fish sank a 450 ton patrol vessel and seriously damaged a 29,300 ton enemy battleship, during the second patrol conducted by that submarine in enemy waters. This thirty-four day war patrol was made in an area adjacent to a strongly fortified, major enemy island base in the Pacific area, where antisubmarine measures were persistent and effective. After each submarine attack, aggressively, courageously and effectively consummated by the commanding officer, enemy depth charge and bombing attacks were made on the submarine. Although the Flying Fish was damaged by these attacks, the commanding officer dauntlessly patrolled his station until forced to effect jury repairs and return to a friendly base. As the Engineering Officer of the U.S.S. Flying Fish, your performance of duty was an important and material contribution to the success of this mission. The Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, is pleased to commend you on your splendid performance of duty.’ Advanced Lieutenant, Walling would earn a further Commendation, and the Silver Star, for the first attack on a Japanese Kongo class battleship on 28 August 1942, his Commendation, dated 12 January 1943 stating: ‘On the third war patrol conducted by the U.S.S. Flying Fish, she attacked and sank two Japanese destroyers of 1,368 tons each, both of these attacks being aggressively, courageously, and effectively conducted. As Executive Officer of the U.S.S. Flying Fish, your performance of duty was an important and material contribution to the success of this mission. The Commander Task Force Forty-two is pleased to commend you on you splendid performance of duty.’ Appointed Lieutenant-Commander on 1 May 1943, Walling was given the command of the U.S.S. Marlin from this date, and was advanced Commander on 1 March 1944. On 5 December 1944 he assumed command of the U.S.S. Snook and commanded her during her eight War patrol in the Pacific, 25 December 1944 to 17 February 1945. Departing for her ninth War patrol on 25 March 1945, she left Guam with orders to patrol Luzon Strait, the South China Coast, and waters along the east coast of Hainan. Her last radio message was near the Luzon Strait on 8 April 1945, and the submarine was never heard from again, the circumstances of her loss never determined. Japanese records of anti-submarine attacks do not account for her sinking and she had been fully informed of the location of minefields in the Sakeshima Gunto area. It is possible that she was the victim of a Japanese submarine. Five Japanese submarines were lost in waters of the Nansei Shoto during April and May of 1945, therefore, one of these may have sunk the Snook before its own sinking by United States warships. The official statement from the United States Navy states: ‘Presumptive 6 May 1946 - Officially determined to Missing in Action as of 5 May 1945, having served aboard the U.S.S. Snook when that submarine failed to return from a war patrol in the South China Sea. In compliance with Section 5 of Public Law 430, as amended, death is presumed to have occurred on the 6th day of May 1946.’ In all, 84 of the crew perished. Walling has no known grave and is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Philippines. Sold together with a Commendation Letter for the Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia; the recipient’s rank insignia shoulder boards; three embroidered Commemorative Patches (’Fish’; ‘U.S.S. Flying Fish’; and ‘U.S.S. ...
Nomura (TN Toys of Japan) - A boxed battery operated tinplate Mystery Police Car by Nomura (TN Toys), measuring approximately 25cms in length. The open top Police Car with tin printed interior contains a Policeman figure wearing plastic cap, a tinplate radio and spare wheel to rear, with siren and light on bonnet. The battery compartment appears clean, and the model appears to be in Very Good condition. The box with detached but present flap to lid , plus pen marking, with tears to base, is in Poor condition with major storage wear and imperfections.
Cigarette cards - a collection of cigarette card albums, W.D. & H.O. Wills and John Player & Sons including albums of Wild Flowers, an album of Railway Engines, albums of Radio Celebrities, albums of Motor Cars, albums of Film Stars, album of Association Footballers 1935 - 1936 etc (quantity)
A quantity of cased cameras to include a Six-20 'Brownie E' Kodak, a Halina camera, a cased HP Photosmart photo printer in carrying case, three pairs of cased binoculars to include Belmont Deluxe Swift 8x40 wide field 472ft at 1000yds, a Century 10x50 field of view 97m at 1000m, a pair of Noctovist Mk II 8X30 binoculars and a boxed model radio controlled Mercedes-benz SLS ANG, etc.
A BOXED UNBUILT SUPERMARINE S5 SCHNIEDER TROPHY FLOAT PLANE FOUR CHANNEL RADIO CONTROL MODEL KIT, of glass fibre, wood and aluminium construction, 56'' wingspan, either an Arrow Models Kit or a Crusader Kit (plan is marked Arrow but the building and flying notes are marked Crusader), contents not checked, no engine or RC equipment but majority of larger components appear present and in good condition, with a small quantity of related literature, box damaged, with a pair of boxed Reality Craft RC Flight Masters Extreme 64 Flight Simulator Transmitter/Controllers, No.RCSIM 45, Mode1, not tested but both appear complete and in fairly good condition, these are simulator controllers NOT radio controllers, no instructions, box damaged (2)
Mark Schuler (American, B. 1951) "Ulysses Deep Space Probe" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the Great Britain 22p Europe in Space stamp issued April 23, 1991. On October 6, 1990, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral. Six hours later, the crew of Discovery opened its payload doors to deploy valuable European cargo -- the deep-space probe Ulysses. This extraordinary joint NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) venture culminated decades of intensive research and development by the ESA's unique commonwealth of science. Slated to be the first spacecraft to explore the polar regions of the Sun, Ulysses ignited the first of its three upper-stage motors within seventy minutes after discharge from Discovery and rocketed toward Jupiter, its first stop during a five-year mission. The probe carried a payload comprised of instruments designed to measure the solar wind, the heliospheric magnetic field, radio bursts and plasma rays, solar energetic particles and galactic cosmic rays, interstellar neutral gas and cosmic dust. Encountering Jupiter in 1992, Ulysses utilized the enormous planet's gravitational pull to propel itself out of elliptic orbit into direct solar orbit. For the next two hundred and thirty-five days, Ulysses hovered between 70 and 80 degrees solar latitude, conducting its priceless research and relaying information back to Earth. Image Size: 14.5 x 12.5 in. Overall Size: 20 x 18 in. Unframed. (B13197)
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