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Click here to subscribeA .177” BSA Airsporter “S” underlever air rifle, number EP 02037 (1979-83), with fully adjustable rearsight and fitted with AGS 4 x 40 telescopic sight, the pale walnut stock with chequered fore end and pistol grip, the butt with cheekpiece and rubber heel. GWO & C, retaining most original blued finish (the foresight removed, a few small patches of light surface rust); with its polystyrene lined printed carton (some wear) and instruction sheet/parts list.
A 19th century Austrian steel socket bayonet, for V. Lorenz rifle c.1854, pointed 48cm cruciform blade 56cm overall; a Russian Mosin-Nagant socket bayonet, 43cm pointed cruciform blade, 51cm overall; a 19th century socket bayonet for a musket, 41cm triangular blade 54cm overall; another, earlier with brass mounted leather scabbard; etc (4)
The following two lots comprise WWI father and son groups, both recipient?s taken Prisoner of War and became casualties.Five: I.G.S. 1854, 2 clasps Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. A.W. Abercrombie 1st Bn York L.I); Q.S.A., 1 clasp Cape Colony (Capt A.W. Abercrombie 1st Connaught Rang.); 1914 star with clasp, British War and Victory medals (Lt. Col. A.W. Abercrombie). Very Fine, with miniature pair: IGS 1854 2 clasps and QSA 1 clasp; Memorial plaque to Alexander William Abercrombie; 2 Connaught Rangers officer?s bronze lapel badges; photograph of grave.Plate 2 Note: Born India 6th June 1865. Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry May 1885; Captain Connaught Rangers December 1892. Major December 1904; Lieutenant Colonel November 1911. Staff Service: Spec. Service S Africa 14th Feb 1900 to 12 March 1900; D-A-A-G. S Africa 13 March 1900 to 14 November 1904; Stn Staff Off 1 Cl India 12 Dec 1903 to 31 May 1908; Brig. Maj India D-A-A-G India 1 June 1904 to 11 December 1908; General Staff 2nd grade Gibraltar 3 June 1910 to 1 Dec 1911.Embarked with 2nd Bn Connaught Rangers August 1914 and taken Prisoner of war two weeks later. See ?The Connaught Rangers? by Jourdain and Fraser, Volume II p414 ?Lieut Colonel Abercrombie with the Head-quarters party and the small force of about a hundred Other Ranks, mostly of C Company, accompanying the Commanding Officer, was, as Captain Roche (now Major) states, on approaching Le Grand Fayt village between 6 and 7pm, informed by one of the inhabitants that the British troops had withdrawn, and that there were no Germans in the village. This information was false. When entering the village heavy rifle fire was opened suddenly by a strong force of the enemy, concealed in houses and enclosures. Major Sarsfield, with Lieutenant G.E. de Stacpoole, succeeded in making their way through the village, and by taking a by-road eventually rejoined the other companies of the battalion. Lieut-Colonel Abercrombie, with Captain Roche, Lieutenant Hardy and some fifty men also got through the village. They then took up a position about five hundred yards to the west of Le Grand Fayt, which they held until about 7.30 p.m. The position was then outflanked on the right by the enemy and thereupon became untenable. Lieutenant-Colonel Abercrombie now ordered the party to retire, but he had no instructions as to his next course, nor knowledge in what direction the rest of his battalion were to be found. In those circumstances he moved off to the north west, the direction in which he had been previously going. At 8.30 pm the party were again fired at by the enemy from a wood on the south; but, as it was now becoming dark, there was no halt and they pushed on. At 11 pm a peasant informed Lieut-Colonel Abercrombie that English troops were in Maroilles, a small town about a mile distant. That place was made for, and, on entering Maroilles, the party was met by Colonel Thompson, RAMC, in charge of two ambulances, which were just then evacuating the place. Colonel Thompson informed Colonel Abercrombie that there had been fighting in the town on the previous day and the enemy had been driven off. Seeing the worn out condition of the party Colonel Thomspon suggested that the best thing to do was to put the men into a house he had been using as a hospital, where there was plenty of food. English troops, he said, were expected to be back in Maroilles next morning. Lieut-Colonel Abercrombie and thirty men then went into a house that had been used as a French hospital; and Captain Roche, Lieutenant Hardy and nineteen men into the house that had been used as an English hospital. The men were hardly inside the houses when the town filled with Germans, who entered from two different directions. Colonel Thompson who had gone off to rejoin his ambulances, was made a prisoner. The enemy however did not enter the two hospitals that night, although they billeted in the village. At 6 am on August 27th the enemy discovererd the
Five: Distinguished Service Order, George V (dated Oct.13 1915 and top mount reverse named A.R. Abercrombie), in Gerrard case of issue; Military Cross, George V, (reverse engraved A.R. Abercrombie The Queen?s Regt. Belgium 1915) in case; 1914 star with clasp (2. Lieut A.R. Abercrombie The Queen?s R), British War and Victory medals (Capt), with miniature DSO in jeweller?s case gilt lettered with his initials A.R.A., and miniature MC. Pair of The Queen?s Regt officers bronze lapel badges, memorial plaque to Alexander Ralph Abercrombie; letter to recipient?s mother regarding his Mentioned in Despatches on 31.5.1915, 30.4.1916 and 7th April 1918 and the three M.I.D certificates in their original envelopes (some wear and soiling). Plate 2 Note: Alexander Ralph Abercrombie, son of Lt. Col Alexander William Abercrombie, (previous lot), born 14.10.1896 and educated at Haileybury and Sandhurst. Joined the Queen?s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) on 1.10.1914. Whilst attached to the East Surrey Regiment he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry shown at the VC action at Hill 60 Near Ypres 19th-21st April 1915 where he was wounded (London Gazette 22.06.1915); the following year he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt (London Gazette 14.4.1916), citation reads ?For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After an assault he found himself with one man only in the hostile saphead. Lieutenant Abercrombie sent this man back for support, and bombed, meanwhile, along the sap. When his supply of bombs was exhausted, he fell back, and with rifle fire held the sap for 3 hours single handed. He has done most excellent work?. He was mentioned in dispatches on three occasions: LG 31st May 1915 as 2nd Lieutenant attd E Surrey Regiment; 30th April 1916 as Lieutenant attd R.E.; and 7th April 1918 as Captain. He was captured whilst commanding his men at Le Cateau in October 1918 and, like his father, was taken prisoner of war. His death came at Magdeburg 31.12.1918, aged 22, from wounds received on 9th October, 1918. A plaque in St Peter?s Church Portsmouth acts as a joint memorial to father and son.
An historic 14th century relic from Ypres Cathedral Church of St Martin, being a carved wooden shield bearing the ancient coat of arms of the Ecclesiastical Court of Ypres, 24? x 16?. See opposite title page. Note: the shield is accompanied by a typewritten 12 page history by Hayter Preston, Art Critic for The London Reference entitled ?Soldiers Risk For a thing of Beauty?. The condensed story of its fascinating past is as follows: The cathedral was completed in 1370 with the shield proudly in place and it survived many wars; Richard II would have seen it as would the army of Charles VI of France and Spanish soldiers under Phillip II. During the French Revolution sympathisers were unable to disfigure it as it stood 60 feet above the ground. The Cathedral was heavily bombed during 1915 during which 130 people were killed seeking its protection.During this period the shield was spotted by a young British officer who felt that the original carving should be protected. In view of the height ladders were out of the question. With the shelling continuing by day the officer, with the help of an American volunteer in the British Army (from Detroit), decided to remove it from the ruins to a place of safety at night. The two men rigged up gun limber ropes and a ball of cord and with the aid of a rifle and a blank grenade they fired the cord over the top of the gable. Once the gun rope was secure the job was completed over two nights. It meant climbing up and chiselling in the stonework around the shield. They worked for three hours than gave up at 4.a.m. Between sessions the Germans had dropped a shell clean through the gable six feet below which gave a foothold obviating the necessity of coming down for a rest. The shelling at times was intense from the seventeen inch howitzers concentrated on the Cathedral Square. Once removed the officer took the shield to his mess and it became an item of great interest and he brought it back to England during his leave in 1916. Upon his return to France the officer received a head wound which caused memory loss which lasted ten years, but upon recovery he remembered where he had put it in store. Fortunately he was able to retrieve it. The American soldier who had helped him was sadly killed three weeks after the removal of the shield. During a visit to the British Museum he saw a Fifteenth Century guide to Ypres, printed in 1400, the coloured cover displaying the coat of arms which confirmed its date. The author of the article states that he has examined the pear wood shield embellished with thick coatings of paint and, in his long experience as a professional critic of art, declared that he had never seen a finer example of 14th century carving. With this lot is dated correspondence from the Ambassade De Belgique, the Sunday Express and the Imperial War Museum. We would like to point out that this shield was offered to the Belgian Government in 1955 for re-installing into the refurbished cathedral but they declined as a modern replacement had already been re-instated.
An interesting presentation barograph/barometer, in its panelled veneered case, with drawer in pedestal base, and silver plate engraved ?C C Waugh Esq In recognition of many kindnesses to the Officers of the 2nd Battalion London Rifle Brigade during their stay in Haywards Heath, Nov 1914-May 1915? with a quantity of graph sheets d. 1954-56. GC
The following two lots comprise WWI father and son groups, both recipient’s taken Prisoner of War and became casualties.Five: I.G.S. 1854, 2 clasps Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. A.W. Abercrombie 1st Bn York L.I); Q.S.A., 1 clasp Cape Colony (Capt A.W. Abercrombie 1st Connaught Rang.); 1914 star with clasp, British War and Victory medals (Lt. Col. A.W. Abercrombie). Very Fine, with miniature pair: IGS 1854 2 clasps and QSA 1 clasp; Memorial plaque to Alexander William Abercrombie; 2 Connaught Rangers officer’s bronze lapel badges; photograph of grave.Plate 2 Note: Born India 6th June 1865. Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry May 1885; Captain Connaught Rangers December 1892. Major December 1904; Lieutenant Colonel November 1911. Staff Service: Spec. Service S Africa 14th Feb 1900 to 12 March 1900; D-A-A-G. S Africa 13 March 1900 to 14 November 1904; Stn Staff Off 1 Cl India 12 Dec 1903 to 31 May 1908; Brig. Maj India D-A-A-G India 1 June 1904 to 11 December 1908; General Staff 2nd grade Gibraltar 3 June 1910 to 1 Dec 1911.Embarked with 2nd Bn Connaught Rangers August 1914 and taken Prisoner of war two weeks later. See “The Connaught Rangers” by Jourdain and Fraser, Volume II p414 “Lieut Colonel Abercrombie with the Head-quarters party and the small force of about a hundred Other Ranks, mostly of C Company, accompanying the Commanding Officer, was, as Captain Roche (now Major) states, on approaching Le Grand Fayt village between 6 and 7pm, informed by one of the inhabitants that the British troops had withdrawn, and that there were no Germans in the village. This information was false. When entering the village heavy rifle fire was opened suddenly by a strong force of the enemy, concealed in houses and enclosures. Major Sarsfield, with Lieutenant G.E. de Stacpoole, succeeded in making their way through the village, and by taking a by-road eventually rejoined the other companies of the battalion. Lieut-Colonel Abercrombie, with Captain Roche, Lieutenant Hardy and some fifty men also got through the village. They then took up a position about five hundred yards to the west of Le Grand Fayt, which they held until about 7.30 p.m. The position was then outflanked on the right by the enemy and thereupon became untenable. Lieutenant-Colonel Abercrombie now ordered the party to retire, but he had no instructions as to his next course, nor knowledge in what direction the rest of his battalion were to be found. In those circumstances he moved off to the north west, the direction in which he had been previously going. At 8.30 pm the party were again fired at by the enemy from a wood on the south; but, as it was now becoming dark, there was no halt and they pushed on. At 11 pm a peasant informed Lieut-Colonel Abercrombie that English troops were in Maroilles, a small town about a mile distant. That place was made for, and, on entering Maroilles, the party was met by Colonel Thompson, RAMC, in charge of two ambulances, which were just then evacuating the place. Colonel Thompson informed Colonel Abercrombie that there had been fighting in the town on the previous day and the enemy had been driven off. Seeing the worn out condition of the party Colonel Thomspon suggested that the best thing to do was to put the men into a house he had been using as a hospital, where there was plenty of food. English troops, he said, were expected to be back in Maroilles next morning. Lieut-Colonel Abercrombie and thirty men then went into a house that had been used as a French hospital; and Captain Roche, Lieutenant Hardy and nineteen men into the house that had been used as an English hospital. The men were hardly inside the houses when the town filled with Germans, who entered from two different directions. Colonel Thompson who had gone off to rejoin his ambulances, was made a prisoner. The enemy however did not enter the two hospitals that night, although they billeted in the village. At 6 am on August 27th the enemy discovererd the presence of Lieut Colonel Abercrombie and his party, together with five men of other regiments. They had to surrender and were made prisoners, afterwards proceeding with the Germans as far as St Quentin. From there they were sent off to Germany. Captain Roche and his party remained in concealment in outhouses of the English hospital until 7 pm on August 27th. Although numerous forces of the enemy kept marching through Mariolles all day none of the Germans apparently entered the English hospital house until the evening. They then made prisoners of Captain Roche’s party.” Lieut-Colonel Abercrombie remained a Prisoner of War until his death on 5th November 1915 at the age of 50 and was buried at the Berlin South Western Cemetery.A letter from the War Office, addressed to Mrs Abercrombie encloses a translation of her husband’s death certificate which shows cause of death as bladder illness.
Five: Distinguished Service Order, George V (dated Oct.13 1915 and top mount reverse named A.R. Abercrombie), in Gerrard case of issue; Military Cross, George V, (reverse engraved A.R. Abercrombie The Queen’s Regt. Belgium 1915) in case; 1914 star with clasp (2. Lieut A.R. Abercrombie The Queen’s R), British War and Victory medals (Capt), with miniature DSO in jeweller’s case gilt lettered with his initials A.R.A., and miniature MC. Pair of The Queen’s Regt officers bronze lapel badges, memorial plaque to Alexander Ralph Abercrombie; letter to recipient’s mother regarding his Mentioned in Despatches on 31.5.1915, 30.4.1916 and 7th April 1918 and the three M.I.D certificates in their original envelopes (some wear and soiling). Plate 2 Note: Alexander Ralph Abercrombie, son of Lt. Col Alexander William Abercrombie, (previous lot), born 14.10.1896 and educated at Haileybury and Sandhurst. Joined the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) on 1.10.1914. Whilst attached to the East Surrey Regiment he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry shown at the VC action at Hill 60 Near Ypres 19th-21st April 1915 where he was wounded (London Gazette 22.06.1915); the following year he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt (London Gazette 14.4.1916), citation reads “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After an assault he found himself with one man only in the hostile saphead. Lieutenant Abercrombie sent this man back for support, and bombed, meanwhile, along the sap. When his supply of bombs was exhausted, he fell back, and with rifle fire held the sap for 3 hours single handed. He has done most excellent work”. He was mentioned in dispatches on three occasions: LG 31st May 1915 as 2nd Lieutenant attd E Surrey Regiment; 30th April 1916 as Lieutenant attd R.E.; and 7th April 1918 as Captain. He was captured whilst commanding his men at Le Cateau in October 1918 and, like his father, was taken prisoner of war. His death came at Magdeburg 31.12.1918, aged 22, from wounds received on 9th October, 1918. A plaque in St Peter’s Church Portsmouth acts as a joint memorial to father and son.
An interesting presentation barograph/barometer, in its panelled veneered case, with drawer in pedestal base, and silver plate engraved “C C Waugh Esq In recognition of many kindnesses to the Officers of the 2nd Battalion London Rifle Brigade during their stay in Haywards Heath, Nov 1914-May 1915” with a quantity of graph sheets d. 1954-56. GC
A substantial spelter figure in 16th century dress holding a dagger to his side with arm outstretched, a spelter figure of a figure standing and holding a rifle, a pair of cranes standing upon a square based raised on four supports in the Chinese style, a cast iron door stop in the form of Judy, a pair of bookends in the form of horseshoes, etc
Three WWI miniature medals - 1914-1918, Great War for Civilisation and India General Service Medal with clasps for Waziristan 1919-21 and Afghanistan N.W.F 1919; a Birmingham silver Masonic Jewel marked Exalted 19 September 1922 (cased); enamelled Birmingham silver Society of Miniature Rifle Club Junior Division pendant, a Special Constabulary Faithful Service Medal engraved to Roland J. Loveridge, and a Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Women and Children medal
A substantial spelter figure in 16th century dress holding a dagger to his side with arm outstretched, a spelter figure of a figure standing and holding a rifle, a pair of cranes standing upon a square based raised on four supports in the Chinese style, a cast iron door stop in the form of Judy, a pair of bookends in the form of horseshoes, etc
8 Elastolin, Lineol etc German WW11 infantry. Sentry with box, painted in white with red and black stripes. Soldier with wire cutters, soldier with aircraft direction paddles. Soldier with ammunition box and rifle. Machine gunner laying down firing. Spotter with binoculars. Plus a radio operator with map reader, tinplate machine gun, search light and exploding flames. QGC-GC some age wear/cracking. Plate 4
An Elastolin German gun emplacement with “barbed wire”. Measuring 32cm x 18cm rough ground effect with fencing “barbed wire” to the foreground, round pillbox to one end and rectangular box to the front. Manned by German soldiers – soldier with flame thrower, Officer with binoculars, 4 soldiers firing rifle and a soldier with searchlight. QGC-GC some age wear/cracking. Plate 4
A Britains by Ertl 2000-2002 issue - “Napoleonic Wars” series. Comprising 4 sets – “Waterloo French Imperial Guard with cannon”, No.00289. “Waterloo Royal Artillery unit with cannon No.00290. 95th Foot British Rifle Brigade No.17255 and British 92nd Foot Command set No.17364. All boxed. Contents as new Mint.
Shooting & Hunting Miscellany : Hawker P. : Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all That Relates to Guns and Shooting, 1844 (9th.Ed.); Teasdale-Buckell G. : Experts on Guns and Shooting,1900; Walsh J. : The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle, including Game and Wildfowl Guns, Sporting and Match Rifles and Revolvers, Vols. 1 & 2. Vol.1 1882. Vol.2 Facsimile Limited Edition, 1986. (390 of 1500); Greener W. : The Gun, 1967; Payne-Gallwey R. : Shooting, Moor and Marsh, 1887. 2nd.Ed. Badminton Lib. All 8vo. Hb. of varying dimensions, all with either engraved or photographic illus. together with contemporary advertising features. CONDITION REPORT: Hawker title with a basic rebind; Walsh Vol.1. binding complete but requiring repair. Others good to vg.
MILITARY INTEREST An aluminium trench art regimental ring, engraved with the crest of the Devonshire Regiment; with two leather dogtags `E.W. HEARN-2ND LIEUT-DEVON REGT- C of E`, and another for the same; and a novelty fold out propelling pencil in the form of a wood and metal rifle with a steel pen knife blade; also a Victorian silver ring, 11g gross
1997 Official Ryder Cup Commemorative Set of Irons – ltd edition no. 311/2500 made by Mizuno hand forged blades from 3 iron to SW with inlaid gilt Ryder Cup logo to the toe, fitted with Precision Rifle shafts with Ryder Cup colour decal labels and Lamkin grips – each hosel is numbered 311, unused in the original box c/w embossed COA signed by Richard Hills Director of Ryder Cup Ltd
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