WORLD WAR II CORRESPONDENCE OF (SECTION 8?) PVT. GIRARD H. HARRISGrouping of 12 war-date letters and covers from Pvt. Girard H. Harris, 593rd Engineers Amphibious Reg., covering his training at Camp Carrabelle (near Panama City, FL), Aug 7-Dec. 7, 1942, most 4pp. 8vo. The content of the letters, along with the fact that Harris has remained behind while his regiment has shipped-out to California, leads us to believe that he may have been in line for a Section 8 discharge, i.e. mental instability. In part: "...Received instructions on what to do before we use the boats... we were preparing for inspection...the general takes the rifle from you, looks it over... then throws it back at you... my knees were knocking... he spotted your two pictures behind my bunk... He said 'You have a very lovely wife'...[at base hospital] we have a fellow that just came in who thinks he's Napoleon. He looks it too. Something tells me I'm in the right ward... the fellow that tried to cut his wrists was put in another ward... he dove through the window and ran down the road... my outfit is out on Catalina Island... Carrabelle has been condemned but the Army has overruled it...[he encloses a miniature pair of panties and promises to replace them with a larger pair when he returns home]...There is a possibility I might be coming home... I haven't eaten in a week... Quite a few boys didn't come back from town last night... when they showed up this morning they were all battered... someone was beating them up and rolling them of their money... it happens every pay day... the men gambled again... a lot of them have gone broke... they were betting as high as $40 a hand... I never saw so much money floating around... bombs, torpedoes and mines might be found on the shores. We were told not to touch them or pick up any fragments... Tomorrow I should know if I'll get home for Christmas. Of course, a lot may have to depend on the outcome of my session with the Board... the Medical Board won't meet again ... until after Christmas...". Sold with an unrelated soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., Camp Adair, OR, Oct. 13, 1943 enclosing three photos of a young lady and noting: "...I don't know what to think about Dot. But she sure in hell seems a little wackie to me. You ought to see some of her letters... Here is some pictures I got from Dot... You can do anything you wish [with] them. Burn them up or throw them away or do what you want with them...". Also with nine war-date A.L.S.'s of Pvt. Alan I. Burnap, each 2pp. or more, all written from the South Pacific, 1942-43 with covers but as Burnap was very careful about content due to censorship restrictions, the content is mundane at best. 22 pcs.
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U.S. ARMY MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BULLETINSLot of two American M.I.S. issued by the War Department, Washington, August and September, 1944, each 5 ½" x 9", about 90pp. These bulletins were used for "informal discussions with troops" and these issues include some fine content, including Japanese reconnaissance methods, German box mines, "Ruses on Kwajalein", German rifle grenades, Japanese defense plans for Eniwetok, Japanese sniper training, and much more.
GERMAN DOG HANDLER WITH HIS SHEPARDGerman army soldier's photo album containing 60+ photographs, 18 showing the same soldier with a German Shepard whom he is clearly charged with handling. The soldier and dog are shown at a guard post outdoors, in the field, and at a military installation. Other photos include rifle training, meetings of officers, the soldiers being moved by road and rail, group shots, etc. Such images portraying dogs with their handlers are rarely seen. Very good.
GERMAN FUNERALS AND GRAVE SITESA large grouping of about 170 original photographs on an interesting topic: German funerals for soldiers and officers and German grave sites in the field. Present are images of the most elaborate...and the simplest graves and soldiers' farewells, from a helmet and rifle leaning against a simple wood cross to affairs attended by an honor guard with a long funeral train. Various sizes, average about 2" x 3".
PAIR OF WORLD WAR I AND VICTORY MEDALS AWARDED TO 15949 PTE. FRANK TYSOE NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT, SIX BUTTONS, SEVEN 4th NORTHAMPTON RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS BUTTONS, TWO SILVER AMATEUR NORTHAMPTON ATHLETIC CLUB MEDALS, CASED, "THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, 1860" BRONZE MEDAL BY GEORGE G. ADAMS, 48mm, CASED, ANOTHER MEDAL, SHAVING MIRROR IN LEATHER CASE INSCRIBED "CAPTAIN W. HUGHES, NORTHAMPTON", BAYONET IN SHEATH, TWO WHITE METAL INITIALS "W" AND "H" AND PIPS ETC.
Collection of various Britains military figures, mixed subjects and regiments to include 4x US Navy White Jackets, standing at slope, pre-war Italian Bersaglieri, 5 various British Khaki Infantry, 1 Mounted, Australian Infantry Officer in service dress with slouch hat, 7x US West Point Cadets in summer dress, 1 with missing arm, 4x US Marine Corps, standing at the slope, 2x Sudanese Infantry, pre war from set 116, 1 missing rifle, 2x Kings African Rifles, 2x Gurkha Rifles from set 197, Polish Infantry Officer, Royal Marines Marching Officer, Royal Navy Officer, and various other examples
A vintage leather Leg o' Mutton gun case bearing paper label inscribed "from William Evans Limited Gun and Rifle Manufacturers London" CONDITION REPORTS Measures to the exterior approx 18 cms in length - would fit barrel length of 30.5" snugly. The case has scratches, bumps etc to the leather and is scuffed conducive with age and use. The stitching is coming away in a variety of places and the leather hinge to the back is ripped to one end and is very cracked and soft. There is a brass plate to the back. There is a buckle to the front but no strap. The closing mechanism works however there is no key so unable to tell if it locks. The carrying handle is worn to the edges and showing sings of splitting. There is also a rip to the leather on the lid and the join is gapping to the back of the lid. Has wear and tear conducive with age and use - see images for further details
Rifle Regiment officer's pattern 1854 sword. Well engraved blade with 'H.A. Cotching. 6th D.L.I. 4th June 1915' Engraved in the design. In dark brown leather covered scabbard with knot. Also some ephemera pertaining to Major Houghton Aldgate Cotching, a history of himself and connections to the Palestine Railway, Haifa.
Victorian 1st Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps Other Ranks Helmet Plate, white metal crowned eight pointed star with laurel wreath, central strap with “1ST DERBYSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS”, centre with voided strung bugle. Two lug fittings to the reverse (possibly old repair). Plate has been heavily polished to the obverse with detail loss between laurel wreath and strap.
Victorian 4th Monmouthshire (Tredegar) Rifle Volunteers Pouch Plate 1860-1864, brass plate in the form of laurel wreath with crowned circlet bearing motto “VULNERATUR NON VINCITUR” with wounded animal to the centre. Two screw post fittings to the reverse of the plate. The 4th Monmouthshire (Tredegar) Rifle Volunteers was raised and commanded by Samuel George Homfray. The motto is the family motto of the Homfray family. The company was disbanded in 1864. (Ref: K D Pickup)
Selection of British Military Cap Badges, of various periods and regiments, including Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Rifle Brigade, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Army Educational Corps, Royal Irish Fusiliers, RFC (pin fitting to reverse), plus others. Various conditions and fittings. (20 items)
Quantity of OTC Schools and Cadets Badges & Shoulder Titles, of various periods, including blackened London Rifle Brigade Cadets cap badge with slider, St Bees School CCF cap badge with two lug fittings, Edinburgh University Training Corps (TA) cap badge with slider, Marlborough College brass cap badge with lug fittings, bronzed Repton OTC cap badge with slider, MERCHANT TAYLORS OTC blackened shoulder title, brass UNIVERSITY OF LONDON OTC shoulder title, brass BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL OTC shoulder title, Leys School OTC chrome cap badge with lugs, Canford School OTC chrome cap badge, crude Askes School Hatcham brass cap badge with slider, Charterhouse OTC bronzed badge with lugs, plus others. Some collar badges and other badges. Various conditions, viewing strongly recommended. (42 items)
Selection of British Military Badges, including other ranks 9th Lancers headdress plume socket badge, bronze Rifle Brigade field service cap badge with pin fitting, brass Sussex VTC cap badge with slider, Victorian brass East Lancashire cap badge, brass The Wiltshire regiment cap badge, 16th Foot brass glengarry badge, other ranks Victorian Suffolk regiment pagri badge, Cornwall Rifle Volunteers glengarry badge 1874-99, white metal Kent Volunteer Fencibles cap badge with slider fitting, plus other items. Various conditions, viewing strongly recommended. (25 items)
Victorian Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers Officers Cross Belt Plate, fine quality silvered example being a half oak leaf and palm leaf wreath with crowned circlet bearing regimental details and castle to the centre. Three screw post fittings to the reverse. One twig in the wreath missing to the bottom of the plate.
Victorian 15th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Other Ranks Home Service Helmet, in semi relic condition. Blue cloth cork body retaining the original blackened Victorian crowned other ranks helmet plate to the centre. Leather backed linked chin scales with one side rosette remaining. Cross base to the top but no spike. Interior retains the remains of the leather sweatband. Some wear to the cloth body of the helmet. Ideal restoration project.
Great War George V Military Medal (M.M) Group of Four Machine Gun Corps Late Rifle Brigade, group consists of George V Military Medal “18014 PTE E HURST NO 5 COY MGC”, 1914-15 star “131 PTE E R HURST RIF BRIG”, British War and Allied Victory medals with rank of “A SJT”. Medals remain in good condition. Private Edward Robert Hurst enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, Transferred to the 5th Company Machine Gun Corps on its formation as part of 2nd Division, 1st November 1916. He was discharged 8th February 1919. Military Medal appeared in the London Gazette 19th February 1917, probably awarded for the Battle of Ancre in November 1916. He was also awarded the Silver War Badge (List No MGC/624)
Selection of Third Reich Plaques, consisting of a memory of my service small wooden plaque fitted with cap cockade, miniature bayonet, steel helmet and scroll; bronzed German steel helmet sitting on K98 rifle which has come loose from a wooden base with 1939; bronze plaque commemorating a German Administrative School (HEERS VERWALTUNGS SCHULE) in Munich, showing a German soldier standing behind the school with trees around and at the bottom LEHRGANG 54 16.3-15.10. 1940. Mounted onto wooden base; memorial white metal plaque of German Freikorps martyr Albert Leo Schlageter, NSDAP eagle plaque (missing central swastika), mould for Field Marshall insignia and white metal plaque with DEUTSCHES ECK. Various conditions. (7 items)
Great War Brass Three-Drawer Quick Focus Telescope, housed in its leather covering. Brass work stamped “THE 22/25 SPOTTER J H STEWARD LTD LONDON”. Silver engraved plaque to the front “PRESENTED TO THE HYTHE RIFLE CLUB BY COL H STREET DSO”. Telescope is mounted onto its 1914 dated Siemens Bros & Co Ltd tri-pod. Some scuffing to the leather but generally good condition. Accompanied by a brown leather military holster.
Austrian M95 Mannlicher Steyr Bayonet with two piece wood grips, steel langet with muzzle ring stamped 129E. Housed in steel scabbard. Blade with fuller to back edge. Some evidence of sharpening to the blade. Acceptance stamp and makers mark to the forte. Accompanied by a Danish Krag rifle bayonet made by Alexander Coppel Sonlingen with original steel mounted leather scabbard and a European 19th century socket bayonet with triangular blade and various stampings. Various conditions. (3 items)
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