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Lot 18158
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) : (SG 2) 1840 1d black, plate 2 (very worn plate), SL, 4 margins but very close at left, doubled frame lines at top and right, with part of red CAMELFORD town postmark, incredibly fresh, v.f.u. Brandon Cert. (2006). SG Spec. AS15j, xb. RARE. Cat £18000 (image available)
Lot 18558
Italy - States - Papal States : 1868 40c yellow (Sassone 29a, €35,000++, not the common lemon-yellow shade), a rare vertical block of six, two without stop after figures, fine mint with the lower four being unmounted mint, with Raybaudi 1983 and Chiavarello 1994 certificates. A major rarity ex. The famous Burrus collection. (image available)
Lot 2142
British Post Offices in Siam : (SG 20c) 1882-85 BANGKOK Double overprint 'B' 8c. Orange wmk Crown CA, Perf 14, 1882 Straits ovptd 'B' Type 1, variety overprint double, part Bangkok CDS used example, one of the rarest of the double overprints. An exceptionally difficult stamp to locate in cds condition, due to delicate colour, this being a particularly fine example, described on the BPA colour photo-certificate (2019) as bearing manuscript line at foot, creases (absolutely minimal), soiled (barely) and a little rubbed (hardly), is genuine - most of which, apart from the authenticity, is irrelevant because a better example hardly exists. Crucially, clearly defined double 'B' overprint. Exceptionally rare. Cat £4250 (image available) [US4]
Lot 2348
Burma : 1942 OHMS cover from 'Dy Commr, Chin Hills, Camp Tiddim' (sender's name at lower left) to E.S.Hyde, Addl. Superintendent, Aijal franked at 2a by 1938-40 6p bright blue and 1½a turquoise green with provisional type-written 'OHMS' overprint, tied on arrival by 'AIJAL/LUSHAI HILLS' c.d.s. 2 OCT 42, further strikes of same on reverse. A wonderful Chin Hills provisional cover carried by the emergency runner post, which evidently entered the system away from a normal post office. Very rare. Ex Gerald Davis and with Stanley Gibbons sales card (image available) [US1]
Lot 4527
France : (SG 370-377) 1917-19 War Orphans' Fund set of eight, complete unmounted mint never hinged, 2c + 3c through 5f + 5f blue and black, the two highest values signed. Fabulous fresh original gum hardly ever seen these days. Note the set / high value offered on eBay has no images of the reverse. Stated Yvert 148/155 Euros 9,150= (not corroborated) - BUT an incredibly rare set in this condition as supplied by a major London auction house a few years ago. Please see images of front and back, the two high values design clear of perfs, plus superb colours throughout. Exceptional Cat £2750 (image available) [US4]
Lot 6543
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) : (SG 2var PL8) 1840 1d Black Plate 8. Imprimatur (from the 1st sheet printed). MAJOR RARITY: Very fine and fresh unused (as prepared) imperforate four even margin, right hand marginal imprimatur example lettered SL. Exceptionally rare, unusually with sheet margin attached (only two right hand marginal examples being possible). This being one of only 23 possible imprimatur examples, many of which are in institutional collections. Accompanied by 2001 Brandon photo-certificate. Previously sold for full catalogue value. If you are seeking an imprimatur, you will not find better EXHIBITION Quality Cat £42000 (image available) [US3]
Lot 6602
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) : (SG 7) 1841 1d red-brown, from 'black' plate 9, block of 4, SJ-TK, clear to good margins all around, neat black MC cancels, fine used. RARE, only 2 or 3 used blocks known. Ex. H.O Fraser CORP. RPS Cert. (1984). This item realised £2900 (incl. premium) at David Feldman Auction, Switzerland, in December 2019 (Lot 50074). (image available)
Lot 6708
Great Britain - QV (line engraved) : (SG C10) 1857-63 1d red Stars on white paper, a splendid PLATED study collection written up in an album, with lots of varieties etc, with Plates 27 (31), 34 (25, incl. a block of six), 36 (22, incl. srip of four and five pairs), 37 (7, incl. strip of four), 39 (4), 41 (3, incl. a pair), 42 (23, incl. three pairs), 43 (5, incl. a pair), 44, 46 (8, incl. a pair), 47 (31, incl. a pair), 48 (22, incl. a rare block of nine), 49 (24, incl strips of four and three), 52 (19, incl. two pairs), 55 (27), 56 (8, incl. three pairs), 57 (26, incl. threepairs), 58 (32 , incl. strip of four and a pair), 59 (23, incl. scarce blocks of six used and unused), 60 (28, incl. scarce block of four and six pairs), 61 (10, incl. three pairs), 62 (10, incl. a pair), 63 (7, incl. two pairs), the RARE PLATE 64, 66 (25, incl. two scarce blocks of four and a pair), 67 (4), 68 (5_ and Reserve Plate 17 (18). Generally very good to fine condition, with many scarce and interesting pieces, cat as cheapest versions in excess of £8700, not allowing for any of the scarce multiples etc. (449 stamps). HEAVY/OVERSIZE LOT - OVERSEAS SHIPPING SURCHARGE APPLIES. Cat £8737 [US3]
Lot 7030
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) : (SG 127 PL2) 1874 Wmk Maltese Cross 5s. Pale rose letters A-I, fine mint original gum example, small hinge remnant, vertical crease barely affects appearance. Full perfs, fresh fine colour, centred NE. Plate 2 is rare mint, one could easily pay double our starting price for an inferior adhesive. Cat £15000 (image available) [US4]
![Great Britain - QV (surface printed) : (SG 182) 1883-84 10s cobalt, FA, fine used. RARE. Cat £8250 (image available) [US3]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/99030573-1f1b-40da-bcee-ac8500a111ed/25a93bec-9be4-456d-adee-ac8500a3e150/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7186
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) : (SG 186a) 1888 £1 brown-lilac wmk 'orbs' letters T-A, rare frame broken variety, very fine used exceptional even deep colour, importantly lightly cancelled clear of corner letters and frame break variety, perfectly centred too, design clear of perfs upon all four sides, premium catalogue value example, light boxed plus 'SHEFFIELD' MY 20 (18)89 large part CDS. Charming example of the rare 'orbs' watermark frame broken rarity Cat £13500 (image available) [US4]
Lot 7187
Great Britain - QV (surface printed) : (SG 208var) 1888 1888 6d. 'Jubilee' colour trial. Described by Stanley Gibbons as very fine when originally supplied at £7,000, in our opinion bordering superb condition colour trial printed in green upon rose-red gummed crown wmk paper. Very rare. EXHIBITION Quality Cat £7000 (image available) [US3]
Lot 7919
Great Britain - KGV : (SG 456a) 1935 Silver Jubilee 2½d, the famous Prussian blue, superb mint small hinge trace full fresh original gum example (light historical pencil annotation), fabulous fresh colour, perfs and centering. Unusually we've been fortunate to handle probably more than our fair share(!) of this rare colour error stamp within the past five years. Barely an example encountered is in top condition, most come with minor imperfection / blemish. This is the second time that we have handled this example, the first time realising precisely £10,000=. No faults example, accompanied by clear 1956 BPA Expert Committee photo-certificate signed by philatelic 'glitterati' Robson Lowe amongst others. As fresh today, 64 years later. Accompanied by superb colour 'normal' for comparison. Magnificent and RARE Cat £12000 (image available) [US2]
Lot 8185
Great Britain - QEII (pre-decimal) : (SG 717/20var) 1967 British Wild Flowers (Ordinary) 4d. Very fine unmounted mint original gum se-tenant block of four left hand marginal IMPERFORATE Imprimatur, endorsed 'NPM IMRIMATUR' handstamps on reverse. RARE. Supplied by Stanley Gibbons for £9,000= Cat £9000 (image available) [US3]
Lot 361
A RARE STAFFORDSHIRE BLEU CELESTE AND GILT BONE CHINA EWER,POSSIBLEY BROWN-WESTHEAD, MOORE & CO OR MOORE BROTHERS, C1870, OF FLARED TRIANGULAR SHAPE,MOULDED WITH PANELS OF STRAPWORK AND ACANTHUS LEAVES CENTRED BY BURNISHED GILT RAM'S HEADS, ON LEAFY SCALLOPED FOOT, 37CM H, SHAPE F 6951 Old restoration to socle
Lot 367
A RARE SEVRES COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER, GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE, 1779 OF THE FOURTH SIZE, THE FOND BRUN GROUND WITH CHINOIS OR JAPAN GILT  AND SILVER DECORATION OF A HOUND FLUSHING A DUCK BETWEEN FLOWERS OR SQUIRREL FLANKED BY A CHERRY TREE OR ANOTHER, A MOTH ABOVE WITHIN GILT DENTIL RIM, THE  HANDLE GILT, SAUCER 11CM DIAM, PAINTED CROSSED CROWN (FOR HARD PASTE)  LS, L L AND PAINTER'S MARK L FOR LOUIS-FRANCOIS L'ÉCOT OR GROUND LAYER'S MARK OF FOUR UNDERGLAZE BLUE DOTS  THE SEVRES FIRING RECORDS FOR 1779 CONTAIN AN ENTRY FOR THE (GOLD FIRING) KILN LOADING OF 8 DECEMBER WHICH INCLUDED "7 GOBELETS LITRON "OF THE SMALL, 4TH SIZE DECORATED BY L ÉCOT WITH "FOND BRUN CHINOIS EN OR ET ARGENT" Coffee can good condition, stand - slight wear and faint horizontal crack within the foot ring running from approx 4 o'clock to 10 o'clock (when viewed from the front. Not otherwise cracked or chipped, no restoration
Lot 230
A rare Caughley inkwell, lacking linercirca 1777-88of waisted cylindrical form, the rim pierced with four circular quill holes, fitted with a detachable well, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the 'Bell Toy' pattern, the reverse with a subsidiary print of three vases and a pagoda, the rim and top section with scattered flower sprigs, unglazed base with painted C mark, 5.5cm high(chipped, cracked)
Lot 193
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 websiteFamily Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. pair awarded to Second Lieutenant J. C. Lott, East Lancashire Regiment, late 18th (1st Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 13 April 1918 - together with a rare Memorial Volume commemorating the recipient Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (1758 Pte. J. C. Lott. R. Fus:); Memorial Plaque (John Cyprian Lott) very fine Pair: Lieutenant R. C. Lott, 12th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, later attached General Staff, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Salonika during the Great War British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. C. Lott.) nearly extremely fine (5) £700-£900 --- M.C. London Gazette 17 September 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in leading his company to their objective with great dash and ability. During consolidation he set a splendid example of coolness and disregard of danger, moving about on the top and encouraging his men. On several occasions he has shown exceptional gallantry, within three days personally leading three bombing attacks against a strongly-wired enemy position.’ John Cyprian Lott was born on 28 February 1895 at De Aar, Cape Colony, South Africa the son of the Reverend Reginald Charles Lott and Alice Margaret Lott. He was educated at Sherborne School and Trinity College, Oxford and enlisted as a Private in the University and Public Schools Brigade, 18th Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 2 September 1914, proceeding to France with them on 14 November 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Special Reserve of Officers, 3rd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment on 5 September 1916 and was attached to the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment on 29 September 1916. Second Lieutenant Lott was wounded on 10 March 1917 and 27 March 1918 and was killed in action on 13 April 1918: ‘He was killed in the Trench Line between the village of Merris and Vieux Berquin, when he was hit by a bullet in the left temple and killed instantaneously. His body was buried in the garden at a farm house...During this last fighting under very adverse circumstances, he, in conjunction with orders, by their fine example, largely contributed to maintaining the line under very critical conditions’ (extract from a letter of condolence written in the field, 15 April 1918, from Colonel A. Rickman, 11th East Lancashire Regiment, to Mrs Lott). He is buried in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France. Sold together with a personal memorial volume dedicated to the recipient, not recorded in Tom Donovan’s Bibliography of Personal Memorial Volumes of the Great War 1914-18 and presumably one of a very limited number produced for family members and close friends or possibly unique. Bound in brown leather with gilt borders and lettering, the volume, in very good condition, contains a fine pencil portrait, biographical/career details and very neat handwritten ink transcriptions of tributes and letters of condolence from Lott’s former Commanding Officer, fellow officers and Chaplain. Also sold with an original photograph of the recipient’s wooden cross grave in France. Ralph Charles Lott, older brother of the above, was born in 1892 in Bournmouth, Hampshire. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in 1911 and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant from the Officer Training Corps on 19 September 1914. Promoted Temporary Lieutenant in the 12th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 26 November 1914, he served with his battalion in Salonika from 22 December 1915 and was admitted to the 28th General Hospital on 6 September 1916, suffering from from malaria. Lott was attached to the General Staff, War Office in Salonika in 1916 and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 6 December 1916). He was transferred to the General List on 26 November 1918 and relinquished his commission on 31 July 1919, retaining the rank of Lieutenant. For his services during the war, he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, 5th Class by His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (London Gazette 15 October 1920). Lott’s Medal Index Card shows he applied for his Great War medals, including 1914-15 Star, in 1927, at which time he was Schoolmaster at The School, Malvern Link, Worcestershire.
Lot 205
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 websiteSold by Order of the Family. ‘Our receiving station told us that the message was full of errors in transmission, and that the sending operator had omitted his security check message. Now the operator was a certain Sergeant of Signals, K. A. J. Scott, who had the reputation of being one of the best operators our school had turned out. It was unthinkable that these errors could be accidental. We were forced to conclude that he had been captured and was operating under duress...playing back a set in enemy hands is a skilled operation involving double and sometimes triple bluff...So long as they were convinced that they were fooling us, Scott would be safe...We kept up this elaborate game for three months’ (Baker Street Irregular by Bickham Sweet-Escott refers) The exceptional and important Second War S.O.E. ‘Force 133’ Balkan Operations D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant K. A. J. B. Scott, Royal Signals and Special Operations Executive, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was ‘dropped’ into Eastern Serbia in April 1944, linking up with Major Frank Thompson’s ill-fated Operation Claridges in support of Bulgarian Communist Partisans. As anti-partisan reprisal operations closed in, Thompson took the fateful decision to lead his private army ‘T. E. Lawrence Style’ into Bulgaria, where, with Scott continuing to serve as wireless operator, they were repeatedly ambushed and fought running battles with the Bulgarian Army and Gendarmerie before being ultimately broken up. Starving and exhausted, Scott and Thompson were encircled and captured before being subjected to brutal beatings and threats under Gestapo interrogation. Learning of Thompson’s execution, Scott was then compelled to extract intelligence from S.O.E. Cairo via his wireless set but, cleverly ensuring that Cairo were not deceived, at great danger to himself he disclosed nothing, surviving fourteen nerve-wracking weeks under Gestapo orders until finally, with the Red Army closing on Sofia, he was released, finding his way to London via Istanbul and Cairo as the only British survivor of the mission. To be sold together with an important associated archive of material, elements of which include the recipient’s unpublished autobiography of his war years; private correspondence regarding the Claridges Mission between the recipient and both the author Stowers Johnson and the eminent historian E. P. Thompson, and a rare surviving S.O.E. original typescript of the recipient’s D.C.M. recommendation Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6897910 Sjt. K. A. J. Scott. R. Signals) with named card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6897910. Sjt. K. A. J. B. Scott. D.C.M. R. Sigs.); Bulgaria, People’s Republic, Order of People’s Liberty, breast star, gilt and enamel; Honoured Medal of Georgi Dimitrov 1923-1944, gilt and enamel; together with the recipient’s riband bar, cloth S.O.E. parachute qualification wings and King’s Royal Rifle Corps cap badge, nearly extremely fine (8) £60,000-£80,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 9 August 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field.’ The rare, surviving S.O.E. recommendation, not previously publicly available or held by the National Archives - an original typescript of which is with the lot - submitted by S.O.E. Cairo staff officer and author of the renowned S.O.E. memoir ‘Baker Street Irregular’, Major Bickham Sweet-Escott, states: ‘Sergeant Scott was dropped to join a mission in East Serbia on 7 April 1944. The mission crossed into Bulgaria in early May and on 11 May [sic - actually 18 May], was ambushed by a large party of Bulgarian troops. In the fighting the mission and the Partisans to whom they attached were split up, and Sergeant Scott, together with an officer, were the only British survivors. The wireless transmitting apparatus of the mission which had been dropped into a river during the fighting was rescued by Sergeant Scott at a great personal risk of being captured by the enemy. Several days of flight ensued during which the officer was ill and Sergeant Scott was left alone to face heavy responsibilities. By tact and perseverance he managed to keep the depleted Partisan band together. On 31 May, a second ambush was encountered and Sergeant Scott together with the officer were captured. Questioned under threats and beating by the Gestapo and Bulgar Secret Police, Sergeant Scott consistently refused to give away any vital military or technical information to the enemy. He was kept imprisoned until 9 September, at Bulgar anti-Partisan Headquarters in Sofia, and during the whole of this time made every effort to gain what information he could about the enemy’s activities. He was then compelled to work his wireless transmitting set to Cairo, but by great ingenuity succeeded in indicating that he was operating under duress, with the result that the messages thus sent by the enemy completely failed to deceive us. By this behaviour he put himself in considerable personal danger, since had he been discovered, he would certainly have been shot. Throughout the whole period, 7 April to 9 September, Sergeant Scott has shown considerable initiative, fortitude and steadfastness to duty and has thus contributed positively to the work of the Force in Bulgaria.’ Kenneth Alec John Baliol Scott was born on 1 March 1920 in Lewisham, London and was educated at Dulwich College. On leaving school he joined the The Rangers, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps - Territorial Army and was mobilised in August 1939, being quickly promoted to Signal Sergeant. Volunteering for Special Duties at the first opportunity, he was transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals in August 1943 and, before long, identified as suitable for Special Operations: ‘Eventually Kenneth Scott found himself at one of the most important finishing schools of the war: S.O.E. Middle East Training School for Wireless Operators. Men here had been selected (after volunteering) from every type of unit, and anticipated being sent to work behind the enemy lines with partisans in the Balkans, or on small Allied craft in enemy waters - anywhere, in fact, where danger was greatest and communication most vital. It mattered not what their previous military experience had been, for it was this that really united them - the consciousness that they had left unit and regiment behind, and all belonged to the same firm; and this indeed was the cognomen for their outfit: the ‘Firm’, Force 133 of S.O.E.’ (Agents Extraordinary by Stowers Johnson refers) Completing specialist training - including a five jump parachute course at Ramat David, near Haifa, in late 1943 - he was driven to a privileged district of Cairo serving as the home of S.O.E. Middle East H.Q., where he was to spend a lazy three months relaxing in S.O.E. surroundings, enjoying not just comfortable furnishings but Arab waiters, cooks and houseboys, pending further orders. Then, suddenly at midday on 5 April 1944, orders arrived for him to ...
Lot 32
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 rare Second War C.G.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman G. H. Wright, Royal Navy, who was decorated for exceptional gallantry as Director Trainer in H.M.S. Hastings off Rosyth in March 1941: dangerously wounded in the stomach during an enemy aircraft attack, he remained at his post up until the cease fire was ordered, when ‘he could hold out no longer’ and collapsed - an act of bravery which closely mirrored the deeds enacted by V.C. winner Leading Seaman Jack Mantle off Portland in July 1940 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (J. 111032 G. H. Wright, A.B. H.M.S. Hastings.) officially impressed naming; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J. 111032 G. H. Wright. A.B.. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 111032 G. H. Wright. A.B. H.M.S. Hastings.) generally good very fine (5) £8,000-£10,000 --- C.G.M. London Gazette 8 April 1941: ‘For great gallantry and devotion to duty. When H.M.S. Hastings was attacked by enemy aircraft with machine-gun fire, Able Seaman Wright, the Director Trainer, was dangerously wounded. Though in great pain he kept his courage and carried on with his duties until the cease-fire, when he could hold out no longer. Even then his cheerfulness did not fail.’ The original recommendation states: ‘When H.M.S. Hastings was attacked by enemy aircraft with machine-gun fire on 1 March [1941], Able Seaman Wright, the Director Trainer, was dangerously wounded in the stomach. Although in great pain, this rating showed great courage and devotion to duty in immediately resuming and carrying out his duty until the cease fire was ordered, when he collapsed. This action and his subsequent unfailing cheerfulness set a very high example. Able Seaman Wright is at present in the R.N. Hospital Port Edgar, where his condition is serious.’ George Henry Wright was born at Birkenhead, Cheshire, on 2 February 1908, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 24 July 1924, a butcher’s assistant by trade. After initial training in Impregnable and at the depot ship Columbine I, he went to sea in the battleships Thunderer, December 1925 to January 1926, and Resolution, January to December 1926. Whilst in the latter ship he signed on for 12 years’ Continuous Service and was advanced to Ordinary Seaman from 2 February. Following further time on shore at Vivid I, he went to Egmont II, depot ship at Malta, for brief service in the destroyer Wakeful and then Viceroy, in which ship he remained until November 1929, being advanced to Able Seaman in February of that year. In the ensuing years before the outbreak of war he saw service in the battleship Renown, the cruiser Dunedin, the sloop Laburnum, and the cruiser Delhi. During this period he also qualified as a Diver 1st Class. He was next employed in the sloop Hastings in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea prior to returning to home waters in 1937. On the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939, Hastings was assigned to Rosyth for convoy defence work in the North Sea and in waters off the East Coast, in which capacity, in late November of that year, she picked up 37 survivors from the S.S. Ionian which had been mined off the Newarp Lighthouse. Of events off Rosyth on 1 March 1941, Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Alison stated in his official report that the attacks comprised ‘three machine-gun attacks from about 50 feet and one low-level bombing attack’, in response to which Hastings fired ‘18 rounds of 4-inch controlled fire, a short burst from the 0.5 machine-gun until it would not bear, and the port Lewis gun from the signal bridge’. Of the enemy’s fire, three machine-gun bullets found their mark, one of them seriously wounding Wright, while one of Hastings’ 4-inch patterns was seen to burst close to the aircraft and additional fire from her Lewis gun at 600 yards probably caused damage, as well as rounds from the 0.5 gun before it ceased to bear at 1000 yards range. After recovering from his wounds, Wright was transferred to H.M.S. Drake, the main naval barracks at Devonport, on 18 July 1941. He had received his L.S. & G.C. medal earlier that January and, although he remained in the navy, did not go to sea again. He was invalided out of the Navy from R.N. Hospital Devonport on 1 April 1947. Sold with copied record of service and other copied research.
Lot 320
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 rare and extremely well documented Great War group of seven awarded to Sister Adelaide R. Poole, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, later United States Army Nursing Service, who served with both British and American Forces during the Great War, before post-War service in Serbia and Montenegro with the American Red Cross; her entire service is chronicled in her detailed, most comprehensive, and often poignant hand-written diaries covering the years 1908-21 1914-15 Star (Nurse A. R. Poole); British War and Victory Medals (Sister A. R. Poole); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Fifth Class badge, silver and enamel, Bishop with green robes; Red Cross Medal of Merit, silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; United States of America, Victory Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, France; New York State Service Medal 1917-19, bronze; together with the recipient’s Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge, silver; and United States of America Red Cross Service Medal, gilt and enamel, with top ‘Foreign Service’ riband bar, traces of verdigis particularly to the British Victory Medal, otherwise generally very fine (9) £800-£1,200 --- Adelaide Rebecca Poole was born in Kilburn, London on 30 July 1876, ands was educated at Westbourne Park High School. Moving to the United States of America, she trained as a nurse at New York City Hospital, before working as a private nurse whilst living in Rochester, New York State, where she was also actively engaged in work to combat the spread of tuberculosis. Returning to the United Kingdom, she enlisted in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 24 October 1910, whilst working at View Mount Nursing Home, Inverness. Mobilised for War service, Miss Poole served during the Great War in the Hospital Ship Dieppe from 15 May 1915, before resigning her position in an emotive letter dated 25 February 1916, citing her need to avoid ‘a complete breakdown in health’, whilst serving at No. 1 Stationary Hospital, Rouen. Released on 15 April 1916, she returned to the United States of America. After recovering her health Miss Poole subsequently enlisted in the United States Army Nursing Service, taking her oath of office on 25 March 1918, and was posted to Base Hospital 19 in Vichy-Allier on 19 June 1918, before further service at a number of hospitals in France. Honourably discharged on 20 August 1919, she subsequently saw foreign service with the American Red Cross in Serbia and Montenegro until January 1921, before returning to the United States of America. On 2 December 1927, the Adjutant General’s Office of the War Department, Washington, informed her that she had been awarded the Order of St. Sava, Fifth Class, for her service in Serbia and Montenegro. (Original notification enclosed). Later retiring to Sussex, United Kingdom, Miss Poole died on 10 November 1961, aged 85. Sold together with an astonishing archive of original material including her original service records; an original Chartwell headed letter from Grace Hamblin, personal secretary to Sir Winston and Lady Churchill; Various press cuttings relating to her nursing work in the United States of America and the award of the Order of St. Sava; Original Carte de Viste photos from when she was a child and young lady; an archive of photos from her time nursing in Serbia and Montenegro; newspaper cutting from Rochester, USA. dated 1921 including an interview ‘Nurse, last to return of those who went out with Base Hospital No. 19’; together with her detailed, most comprehensive and often poignant hand-written diaries covering the years 1908-21, this a rare archive, worthy of publication.
Lot 323
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 websiteFive: Police Constable H. G. Lyon, East Sussex Constabulary, late Sergeant Military Mounted Police 1914-15 Star (P.1799. L-Cpl. H. G. Lyon. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-1799 Cpl. H. G. Lyon. M.M.P.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Netherlands, Kingdom, Gold Medal of the Order of the House of Orange, in 24 carat gold, with replacement silver ring suspension, mounted for display, generally nearly extremely fine, rare (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- Henry G. Lyon served during the Great War with the Military Mounted Police in the French theatre of war from 18 December 1915. After the war he joined the East Sussex Constabulary, and was serving as a Police Constable at the time of the Queen of Netherlands private visit to the United Kingdom in 1935. As a result of this visit the Queen authorised 8 awards to the police, including 4 Gold Medals - 2 to police officers stationed at Crieff, 1 at St. Fillans, and to Lyon, who was stationed at Balcombe. The Gold Medal of the Order of the House of Orange was only made in gold between 1930-38. Sold with the Netherland Legation transmittal letter for Gold Medal addressed to ‘Henry Lyon, Esq, Police Constable, East Sussex Constabulary, Balcombe’, dated 30 January 1936; and copied research.
Lot 385
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 websitePair: Nursing Sister A. Douglas British War and Victory Medals (Nurs. Sis. A. Douglas.) in named card box of issue; together with a rare ‘Hartlepool’s Hospitals, for services rendered December 16 1914’ lapel badge, gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- The Hartlepool Hospitals badge was presented to those who served in response to the German bombardment of Hartlepool on 16 December 1914; the first time civilians were attacked on home territory by the enemy.
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