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Lot 166
Large collection of over Fifty Folded Original British Quad film posters including "Oliver", The Guns of Navarone RR, x 2, Papillon, All Quiet on the Western Front d/b x 2, 7th Voyage of Sinbad / 3 Worlds of Gulliver d/b, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Klute, Far From the Madding Crowd, The Black Buccaneer d/b, Black Belt Jones d/b, Springfield Rifle rr, Guns at Batasi x 3, Giant of Marathons, The King & I x 2, Juggernaut, Play Dirty, The Professionals x 2, 55 Days at Peking, La Boheme, Airport x 2, The Ten Commandments, The Robe x 2, Carry on Cleo x 3, Rattle of a Simple Man x 2, 10 Rillington Place, Becket, Tom Thumb, Sweden's Sex Clinic, Ill Take Sweden, What's up Doc?, Cromwell, Camelot, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Ben Hur RR, Barabas, Duel of the Titans, Dog Day Afternoon, Etc. All 30" x 40" in various conditions. (50+)
Lot 1294
A pair of George V hallmarked silver coffee spoons with stems modelled as three golf clubs and with golf ball finials, Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1921, a set of three further golf related spoons, Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1933 and a pair of Rifle Club spoons with cast decorated stems and finials, Rd.518654, Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1908, combined approx 3ozt (7).
Lot 481
Six mid 19th century Staffordshire Pratt type pot lids; "Rifle Contest Wimbledon 1868", "Dr Johnson", "The room in which Shakespeare was born", a maritime scene, a rural scene with animals and figures, and a further example with young women on a swing, a pair of 19th century feather pictures in bois durci type frames, 10.5 x 10.5cm, and three 19th century Staffordshire transfer decorated mugs (11). CONDITION REPORT: Damage to pot lids. Feather pictures OK. Mugs are crazed.
Lot 297
Governor Generals Foot Guards - 2nd Battalion Eastern Ontario Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force - A Rare Guards Great War Canadian Mark I Bayonet for the Ross Rifle of standard production specification, the pommel stamped ‘G.G.F.G. 278 - 7.14’ complete in its brown leather scabbard and canvas frog, bearing broad W.D. arrow and dated 1915, 2nd authorized on 10 August 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 26 September 1914. It disembarked in France on 11 February 1915, where it fought as part of the 1st Infantry Brigade,1st Canadian Division France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920
Lot 339
PROPERTY SOLD BY THE DESCENDANT FAMILY OF THE 8TH EARL OF AIRLIE THE SILVER-MOUNTED GEM-SET SWORD PRESENTED OF DAVID WILLIAM STANLEY, 8TH EARL OF AIRLIE, BREVET MAJOR 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS, BY JOHN FRANCIS LATHAM FOR WILKINSON SWORD COMPANY, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS 1885, NO. 27050 FOR 1885 with polished regulation blade, etched on one face with the presentation inscription in a central panel enclosed by elaborate scrollwork and, on the other, with further scrollwork, Regimental details, the owner's full arms with crest, supporters and motto, maker's details including 'patent solid hilt', and battle honours for Peninsula, Waterloo, Sevastopol, Ali Masjid, Afghanistan (1878-9) and Egypt 1884, silver triple-bar hilt including chequered back-strap engraved with the owner's crest and motto beneath an earl's coronet, composition grips inlaid with a green and red gem set bouquet of rose-cut diamonds on one face and the Regimental device, the Prince of Wales's feathers in enamelled gold, gems and rose cut diamonds on the other, with a portion of its sword knot cord (knot missing), in its silver scabbard, with silver drag and two silver rings for suspension (small dents) 89.0 cm; 35 in blade The presentation inscription reads PRESENTED TO DAVID WILLIAM STANLEY, 8TH EARL OF AIRLIE, BREVET MAJOR 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS BY HIS TENANTS, NEIGHBOURS AND OTHER FRIENDS IN THE COUNTIES OF ANGUS AND PERTH IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF HIS GALLANT SERVICES IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE SOUDAN 1885 Lieutenant Colonel David Stanley William Ogilvy, 6th Earl of Airlie (titled 8th Earl during his life) was born on 20 January 1856 at Florence, Italy to David Graham Drummond Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Airlie and Hon. Henrietta Blanche Stanley. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1874 in the service of the 1st Regiment, joining the Scots Guards the following year and 10th Hussars in 1876. He fought in the Second Afghan War between 1878 and 1879. He succeeded to the title of Lord Ogilvie, 6th Earl of Airlie on 25 September 1881. He fought in the Sudan Expedition in 1884 and the Nile Expedition between 1884 and 1885, being slightly wounded at Abu Klea and again at El Gubat, where he was twice mentioned in despatches. He held the office of Representative Peer for Scotland between 10 December 1885 and 1900. He married Lady Mabell Frances Elizabeth Gore, daughter of Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox Gore, 5th Earl of Arran of the Arran Islands and Lady Edith Elizabeth Henrietta Jocelyn, on 19 January 1886 at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1897 in the service of the 12th Lancers. He fought in the Boer War in 1900, and was mentioned in despatches for gallantry at Modder River, and was again wounded near Brandfort. He was killed in action on 11 June 1900 at Diamond Hill, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, after leading his regiment in a charge which saved the guns. The following is an abbreviated account of the Battle of Diamond Hill, taken from Louis Creswicke's South Africa and the Transvaal War (1901): The Boer rifle-men approached with such audacity with a view to the annihilation of the gunners of Q Battery and the capture of their pieces, that for protection sake the 12th Lancers were ordered to charge. The Earl of Airlie, who already had had his horse shot under him, was seeking a new charger. He joined his regiment in time to lead to the attack, but he found himself exposed to a murderous tornado from the southern slopes of Diamond Hill. Nevertheless, the charge of the valiant band, small though it now was, had a glorious result. Away scudded the Boers to both sides, scattering over the distance towards Diamond Hill, while their oppressive propinquity to the British guns was brought to an abrupt close. This done, Lord Airlie decided, as the horses were too jaded and overworked to engage in effective pursuit, to become no further involved. He was about to withdraw his regiment when suddenly a bullet caught him, and, almost instantly, he fell dead. Thus the Empire lost one of its finest soldiers, one of its most honourable, well-beloved of men. The Wilkinson ledgers record this sword as a silver-hilted light Cavalry sword with patent tang, proofed 16 December 1881 and sold to Rt. Hon. The Earl of Airlie.
Lot 441
A CASED SCOTTISH .451 CALIBRE ALEXANDER HENRY PATENT PERCUSSION SPORTING AND TARGET RIFLE BY ALEXR. HENRY, 8 SOUTH ST. ANDREW ST., EDINBURGH, NO. 657, CIRCA 1858-62 with browned octagonal twist barrel signed in full along the top flat at the breech, the forward section matted, rifled with seven grooves, engraved 'Patent No. 238 Gauge 451' in front of its sprung folding-ladder back-sight, windage adjustable fore-sight, scroll-engraved case-hardened breech with platinum plug, scroll-engraved case-hardened tang, border-engraved flat lock decorated with scrolls, a stag and a tiger, signed beneath the hammer, fitted with blued safety-catch and hammer, the latter en suite with the lock and tang (the interior with surface rust), highly figured half-stock with chequered pistol-grip and fore-end, engraved iron mounts comprising circular butt-trap cover decorated with a lion, butt-plate, serial numbered trigger-guard decorated with a tiger and with a trap for caps with engraved iron cover behind, ramrod-pipe, barrel bolt escutcheons (the barrel bolt head slightly chipped), horn fore-end cap, vacant brass escutcheon and original brass-tipped wooden ramrod, and in untouched condition with traces of early finish (areas of light pitting and patination): in original oak case fitted and lined in pigskin (small scuffs and stains), the case lid with vacant brass escutcheon on the exterior and the interior with maker's label, complete with its accessories (some missing) including nickel-mounted Alexander Henry powder-flask, brass bullet mould, circular brass cap-dispenser, turned hardwood boxes, brass loading rod, patch-cutter, turnscrews and oil bottle 82.0 cm; 32 1/4 barrel Together with a handwritten card inscribed '[this] rifle was made by Alex. Henry of Edinburgh in 1869 for George Martineau, Ensign 6th Surrey Rifle Volunteers, who won 'The Queen's Prize' at Wimbledon in n1868 and bought this rifle with the prize money (£100)….William Martineau, Kincraig, 1st March 1931'. The maker's records state that '...serial no. 657, single .451 patent number 238, 1860' was made for G. Martineau Esq., circa 1857-58.
Lot 457
A .54 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1660 AND LATER with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with six grooves and engraved with a band of beadwork at the breech, flat lock stamped with the maker's initials 'GFT', engraved with a stag hunting scene and a pair of unicorn, fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, flash-guard, and pierced dog engraved with Diana and a cupid, double set trigger, figured fruitwood full stock inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques including a rabbit pursued by a hound over the fore-end, large flowers and a scrolling tendril with monster-head terminal opposite the lock, and a mounted King in pursuit of a hare on the cheek-piece, the latter inset with a dark horn oval engraved with the stockmaker's initials 'J. C. K.', patchbox with sliding cover of engraved staghorn, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, a pair of engraved bone ramrod-pipes, and engraved staghorn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped ramrod 99.0 cm; 39 in barrel
Lot 455
A .700 SWISS TARGET RIFLE, GRENOBLE, CIRCA 1680, FITTED WITH ENGLISH FLINTLOCK BY SAMUEL & CHARLES SMITH, PRINCES STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1831-40 with scratch-rifled multi-stage barrel, cuboid muzzle incorporating the fore-sight, damascened with gold scrolls and marine monsters and faceted behind, the median fitted with a girdle-sight and damascened with further gold scrolls, and the breech with traces of gold decoration, tang previously fitted with back-sight, signed stepped lock fitted with roller, 'dog' safety-catch, rainproof pan, patent steel, and later cock, highly figured Grenoble walnut stock moulded over the fore-end (cracked and chipped), characteristic butt with hook-shaped moulding ahead of the comb, fitted with carved dark wood extension at the rear, iron mounts comprising finely pierced and engraved side-plate decorated with the temptation of Adam by Eve, plain iron butt-plate, trigger-guard shaped for the fingers and with a trigger-support on the right, and no provision for a ramrod 76.5 cm; 30 1/8 in barrel
Lot 69
A .600 CALIBRE TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE, DATED 1229 AH, CIRCA 1814/15 with octagonal sighted twist barrel rifled with nine grooves, retained by five slender and four shaped engraved silver bands, chiselled with a shaped panel encrusted with gold flowers and foliage at the muzzle and breech (light wear), the former fitted with standing back-sight pierced with four apertures, steel tang decorated en suite, steel lock of characteristic form encrusted with gold flowers including the date on the underside of the mainspring (light wear), highly figured burrwood full stock, inlaid over the fore-end and around the lock with brass rondels enriched with minute brass nails, shaped butt (now in two pieces), formed of contrasting panels of green-stained horn, bone and dark hardwood, inlaid with rondels and nails en suite with the fore-end (minor repairs), green-stained barrel bolt escutcheons, trigger-plate and fore-end cap (small chip), and original steel ramrod 72.5 cm; 28½ in barrel
Lot 436
A 5MM FINELY CONSTRUCTED MINIATURE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY ALBERT GRIFFITHS, ARMOURER SERGEANT, 2ND BATALLION 60TH ROYAL RIFLES, CIRCA 1860-80, BY TRADITION PURCHASED BY CAPTAIN, LATER FIELD MARSHALL, ROBERTS AND PRESENTED BY HIM TO THE MAKER with tapering sighted barrel etched in imitation of damascus twist, inscribed 'London' on the flat within a linear frame incorporating a sunburst, the breech inlaid with two gold lines, blued vent, engraved grooved tang, signed engraved lock fitted with cock of late form (mainspring missing), rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip, engraved silver mounts comprising trigger-guard incorporating an external button at the front engaging the trigger, butt-cap, fore-end cap and escutcheon and barrel bold escutcheons, German silver-tipped ramrod and ramrod-pipes: in original fitted mahogany case lined in purple velvet, together with two early photographs of the owner and correspondence regarding its provenance; together with a carved staghorn nozzle from a powder-flask, probably Black Forest, 19th century, and a sliding patchbox cover from a German wheel-lock rifle, early 18th century 8.9 cm; 3 1/2 in barrel (3) Provenance Robin Wigington Collection (1932-2002) The accompanying paperwork states that this '.....miniature rifle was made in India by my great-great-grandfather prior to.....the time of the Indian Mutiny who I believe was serving with the 2nd Batallion 60th Royal Rifles transferred from the 75th Sterlingshire Regiment.....this miniature was made for a regimental charity and was bought by a Captain Roberts who later became Field Marshall Lord Roberts.....he.....later presented it back to my ancestor.....'
Lot 445
A 12 BORE D.B PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY J. PURDEY, 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET, NO. 2725 FOR 1836 with rebrowned smooth-bored twist numbered barrels, signed on the rib, fitted with rifle fore-sight and folding back-sight, engraved numbered breech inlaid with a platinum line, pierced platinum plugs, scroll-engraved tang decorated with a tiger mask, signed scroll-and border-engraved locks, fitted with bolt safety-catches, and decorated with a wild boar and a doe and a stag respectively, highly figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end and grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox with engraved case-hardened iron cover on the right decorated with a stag and a doe, engraved iron mounts, comprising numbered trigger-guard butt-plate, ramrod-pipe, and barrel bolt escutcheons, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original 71.5 cm; 28 1/4 in barrels Literature L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, London 1996, p. 151, recorded as a 16 bore rifle, now smooth-bored to 12 bore. The makers records confirm that this was sold 11th August 1836.
Lot 675
FIVE PAGES OF WATERCOLOUR SKETCHES AND PHOTOGRAPHS from a Victorian album with Grubb family connections relating to Military actions in New Zealand by the 68th and 43rd Light Infantry regiments and Maori Culture circa 1860. Side 1 2 photographs of soldiers on parade possibly the 68th and 43rd Light Infantry, 17 x 22.5cm and 10 x 15cm Side 2 A watercolour view of Rangitoto and North Shore Entrance to Auckland Harbour A pen and ink sketch of Pukehniahina Redoubt at 'Gate PA' at Tauranga with key A watercolour sketch with text verso Interior of 'Gate PA' Redoubt. Commanding Officer Captain Tucker (68th Reg) dated Jan 17 1865 Two Birmese Tattooing Figures Jan 1st 1865 A photograph entitled 'Maoris with Flax Mats', 7 x 7.8cm Side 3 A watercolour sketch of 'Cabbage Tree' A photograph of 'Alexander Grubb saved from the wreck of the Colombo' A watercolour sketch of 'Freemans Bay near Auckland' A watercolour sketch View of Auckland Harbour from Public Gardens A watercolour sketch Auckland Harbour from Wynyard House Verandah A pen and ink sketch of a Tattooed Maori Side 4 A watercolour sketch of The Officers Mess at Maketu Redoubt signed with initials A.G. A watercolour sketch of Flax Drying in Matapulu (?) PA Side 5 A watercolour sketch Strelitzia Regina in Blossom in Domain-Parnell - NZ dated Jan 23rd A watercolour sketch Common Tree Fern signed A.G. and dated 24/3/65 A watercolour sketch 'View from the rifle pits at Te Manga (?) Side 6 A watercolour sketch inscribed verso A Maori Tomb, the end of a Canoe' Side 7 A watercolour sketch inscribed verso 'Interior of Matapihi PA Tauranga N.Z. not a fighting PA' dated 1860 A pen and ink sketch entitled 'Maori Weapons' with key dated 1860
Lot 134
An exceptionally fine late 18th Century middle Eastern Miquelet Flintlock Rifle, the typical fish-tail butt with ivory block, and inlaid ivory panels with etched and coloured decoration, with finely engraved silver trigger guard, the 116cms (45 1/2") long barrel with 9 engraved silver bands, 153cms (60") overall. (1)
Lot 519
Volunteer Long Service Medal and Shooting Prize Group of Twenty awarded to Sergeant Bugler C. Hill, Rifle Brigade, Volunteer Long Service, Victoria (2209 Sergt. Bugler C. Hill 5th V.B.R.B), metal prize medals (12), N.R.A Rifle Club 1880; E Company Champion badge (rev. eng. Presented by Col. Sergt. D.E. McClary and Pt W. Wayland Jany. 1883 Henry E. Millar Captain); NRA Grand Aggregate 1891; E Company Marksman’s badges (2) 1894 and 1895 (both eng. Sergt. Bugler C. Hill; NRA 2nd Prize Grand Aggregate 1906; Central Rifle Club 1912 Championship (C. Hill); CHRC Monthly Medal (C. Hill 1912); English County Club Champion; City Rifle Club; BRSC; uncertain in whitle enamel with black target and cross rifles below: cloth prize badge; City Rifle Club 1889; NRA Bisley 1891; Bedford Cup Competition (5), 1882, 1886, 1896, 1903, 1906, very fine or better (20)
Lot 564
*A Great War and Third Afghan War M.C. Group of Eight awarded to Colonel G.G. ‘Georgie’ Rogers, 1st Gurkha Rifles, awarded the M.C. for his command of the reconnaissance piquets at Khurd Kyber Pass, where his company met and repelled some 2,000 Afghan tribesmen from two hillside positions with rifle, grenade and kukri. A renowned expert in Gurkha dialects and customs and the scion of an established family of Gurkha Officers, he later became an expert advisor for the 1945 film ‘Johnny Gurkha’, comprising: Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lt. G. G. Rogers, 2/1 Gurkha Rfls.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. G. Rogers); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. G. G. Rogers, 2-1 Grks.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, court-mounted on board for display, toned, generally good very fine or better (8). M.C.: London Gazette, 3 August 1920: ‘For distinguished service in the Field in the Afghan War, 1919.’ George Gordon Rogers was born on 9 April 1893, at Dharamsala, India. His father, Colonel G. W. Rogers, D.S.O. of the 4th Gurkha Rifles, had originally raised the 2nd Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1886 and both his paternal and maternal grandfathers were Major-Generals in the Indian Army (The latter, J.S. Rawlins, had commanded the 1st Battalion). George (or “Georgie”) was educated at Bedford College and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, being commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in January 1912. He joined the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Gurkha Rifles in Chitral in early 1913 and served during the operations against rebellious tribesmen in the Swat Valley in August 1915. Soon after he was transferred to the Nepalese Contingent, whose soldiers were sent to help maintain order in India, whilst most of the Indian Army was in France and Mesopotamia. During this period he also served as Staff Officer at the Mountain Warfare School at Kakul, near Abbottabad, for which he was rewarded with an appointment to the Order of the Star of Nepal (this order not present with group). Rogers rejoined his regiment in early 1919, when, having been promoted to Captain, he was given command of ‘D’ Company. Three days after war was declared against Afghanistan in May 1919, his battalion left by train from Nowshera for the Khyber Pass area. They arrived at Ali Masjid on the 10th, and marched the following morning to Landi Kotal where they formed the reserve for an attack on the Afghan positions at Bagh. Hearing the sound of heavy gunfire, the Battalion made a forced march to Loe Dakka on the 17th and found that a Sikh regiment had just captured Sikh Hill. ‘B’ and ‘D’ Companies were sent to occupy it but lacking adequate food or water, and being laden with ammunition and entrenching tools on a very hot day, the had a very tough time of it. That night an Afghan battalion attacked their position on the hill, but was successfully driven off. On 14 June, Rogers provided the piquets and advanced guard for a force sent out to intercept a tribal raiding party (“lashkar”). Surprisingly no opposition was encountered, but two Afghan envoys presented themselves under a white flag, carrying sealed letters from the Amir, and they were duly escorted to Headquarters. On the evening of the 16th Rogers was in command of No. 5 piquet when, at roughly 9.30 p.m., it came under attack from about 80 tribesmen. The attack was driven off with accurate Lewis-gun fire, and on the 27th, Rogers and ‘D’ Company established two new piquets on Conical Hill and West Ridge to protect the Kabul Road, which passed between the two features. On the morning of 13 July, ‘D’ Company under Rogers went to furnish the piquets on the Khurd Khyber Pass for the cavalry reconnaissance, and was so strongly opposed by some 2000 tribesmen that another company had to be called up before the piquets could be set up. Fortunately, Rogers had taken the initiative to set up piquets on two hills about 1,000 yards south-west of the pass which had never before been occupied. The tribesmen had hoped to find the hills again unoccupied, intending to use them to harass the reconnaissance from the flank, but they were foiled by Rogers’ forward thinking. Fierce combat ensued, with the Gurkhas holding one side of the hill and the enemy the other; at times resorting to hand-to-hand fighting with kukris drawn. The orderly withdrawal of the piquets was covered by machine guns and howitzers which inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. The battalion suffered casualties of just three killed and seven wounded in this action, and it was for this operation that Rogers was awarded the M.C. At this time Rogers also played a key role in forming the ‘Gurkhas Scouts’, formed of picked men from the Gurkha regiments nearby. This detachment would lie up after dark in likely approaches and deal with snipers and intruders with hand grenades or kukris, leading to several successful ambushes and providing a strong deterrent. At the end of 1920 Rogers was attached to the 2nd / 6th Gurkha Rifles and deployed to southern Waziristan. According to the regimental history, ‘The men were fresh from the rigours of the Great War and were in no mood to adopt kid-glove methods with the Mahsud tribesmen. This did not fit in with the policy envisaged by the political authorities and so the Battalion was moved (from Kotkai camp) to a quieter area to Manzai where it was thought “incidents” were less likely to occur.’ However in April 1921, the Mahsuds devastated two Punjabi regiments by ambushing a convoy, and thereafter the Battalion spent more time on road-protection duties. After returning to his own regiment, Rogers was then attached to the 1st / 4th Gurkha Rifles, from May 1923 to March 1924, and served with them during the disturbances in the Sikh state of Mabha. Through his upbringing and service, Rogers became a master of Nepalese dialects, mastering both Gurung and Magar, as well as the court language of Kathmandu. He was an expert in Gurkha songs and dances and, as one colleague reported, ‘He was usually found in the centre of a fascinated group of men who hung on his word ... it was in these inter-war years in Dharmsala and the N.W. Frontier that we got to know Georgie well, accompanied him on shooting trips, attended his nautches, and learnt something of our men and their language.’ In January 1929, Rogers was promoted to Major and from 1934 he was senior Major - in effect the second-in-command. He was placed on the Supplementary Unemployed List in 1936, and settled for a time in South Africa, before being recalled in June 1940. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary) and, in November 1940, appointed to be Commandant of the Regimental Centre at Dharmsala. During this time, when the decision had been taken to double the size of the Gurkha regiments, the 1st Gurkha Rifles faced the challenge of raising an extra battalion to replace the 2nd Battalion, which had been lost when Malaya was over-run. The Regimental Centre was thus responsible for both recruitment and specialist training, and Rogers oversaw the enormous expansion of the Centre - at one time commanding some 5000 men. He was promoted to Colonel in May 1943. An officer who trained at the Centre late in 1942 described Rogers as ‘a tall, remote and austere figure. His knowledge of Gurkhas, their languages and dialects was legendary ... the depth and width of his linguistic knowledge was thought to be unmatched among his contemporaries either in the 1st or other Gurkha regiments.’ He died in Maidenhead in May 1966, and was buried at Hampton Cemetery, Middlesex. Offered with a large file of copied research, including several picture post cards, and a photo of the Officers of the 2nd / 1st Gurkha Rifles, 1933, with Rogers shown wearing his M.C. and group. The foregoing catalogue notes are largely adapted from Rogers’ formal obituary by Pat O’ Ferrall.
Lot 103
A muzzle loading percussion rifle of approx .40" bore by Hanson. This classic rifle has a 27 1/4" barrel with one standing and three leaf sights. There is an engraved butt trap and vacant silver cartouche. The lock is good and crisp with sliding safety. Overall in excellent condition with good bore
Lot 138
A bespoke double barrel rifle in .45 Colt cal. N.V.S.N. The extraordinary conversion has been done to the highest standard (find another). Also comes with leg of mutton case and fifty rounds of ammunition. This item can only be purchased by someone with a current valid firearms certificate with permission to acquire or and R.F.D.
Lot 143
A Winchester model 1892 rifle in .38 W.C.F. cal., s/no.608736 c.1911, 24" round barrel with mint bore. This iconic rifle also has a rare Lyman no.21 receiver rear sight fitted. The rifle overall is in excellent condition throughout with high percentage of original finish to metalwork and original varnish to woodwork. This item can only be purchased by someone with a current valid firearms certificate with permission to acquire or and R.F.D.
Lot 134
A .22 R/F Ruger 10-22 carbine with synthetic stock s/no. 24260398. This rifle comes with a Buffalo River sling, three magazines and is threaded for moderator (available if required). Also included with this top of the range Ruger is a Leupold mark 4 4.5-14x50 MI scope. This item can only be purchased by someone with a current valid firearms certificate with permission to acquire or and R.F.D.
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