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*Forde - Dover. A rare pre-war motoring travellers car badge, c. 1930s, having decorative enamelled design of Naval Ensign motif in lifebuoy border surround, and with applied enamelled flags of European Nations to bar below including Third Reich, each separately applied with screw-mounts, some plating and enamel loss & wear; together with GB `Foreign Touring Club` pre-war motorist`s car badge, nickel-plated bronze by Caxton & Co, Westminster. One of the first regular Car Ferries plying from Dover to France, was HMS Forde, a converted naval warship brought into service after the Great War 1914-1919. Forde renamed from HMS Fleetwood was sold to Townsend Bros in 1928 and converted into a car-ferry between Dover & Calais, fitted with a stern door which folded down onto the quay. However, this was unusable, and the cars were craned on. During the Second World War Forde served under the Admiralty as a salvage vessel. Afterwards she was refitted at Southampton and returned to Dover as a car ferry on 12 April 1947. She was withdrawn in October 1949, sold to Bland Line, renamed `Gibel Tarik` serving as a car-ferry between Gibraltar and Tangiers, finally being withdrawn in 1954. (2)

An assorted boxed quantity of 19th Century and later architectural salvage to include door handles, brackets, coat hooks and knockers etc.

An assorted boxed quantity of 19th Century and later architectural salvage to include door handles, brackets, coat hooks and knockers etc.