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Click here to subscribecomprising a 1912 dress uniform with original buttons and collar badges, with paper label for the Royal Army Clothing Factory, '6 DR. GDS./ OCT. 1912', with a 1914 medal inscribed '3790 PTE. C. H. SMITH/ 6TH D. GD.S'; and an 1871 pattern trooper's brass dress helmet for 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), with laurel spray, rosettes, side bosses and leather-backed fish scale chin strap, cruciform spike with original horsehair plumeHelmet 32cm high
Eight Boxed Corgi collectors cars mostly film & TV related to include Green Hornet 1:36 scale CC50902, Knight Rider 1:36 scale CC05601, Blues Brothers CC06001, The New Avengers Steed's Range Rover 57604, The New Avengers Gambit's Jaguar 57405, Dukes of Hazzard Dodge Charger CC05301, Back to the Future Delorean CC05501 & Lock Stock Big Chris CC01901. (8)
Raise Up A fine 1/48th scale travel agent model of an SE210 Caravelle by Raise-Up of Rotterdam circa 1960, the impressive metal model in Swiss Air Livery and with aircraft number HB-ELF to the upper and lower tip of wing, with manufacturers label printed in red to the undercarriage, some light scratches and wear commensurate with age, but in completely unrestored and in original condition, 69 cm wingspan x 65 cm long, displayed on a matching chrome standQty: (1)Footnote: The Caravelle was a French jet airline produced by Sud Aviation and was one of the first jet-propelled commercial airplanes. It was built from 1958 to 1972 and was used by Air France, Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss Air and Finn Air.
WWII. German Prototype Missile Designs, March 1945, contemporary typescript report in German on the prototype designs for the Fire Lily, or Orange Lily (Feuerlilie) F55 surface-to-air missile (Flakrakete), in development at the Hermann Goering Research Institute, near Braunschweig (Brunswick) in central Germany, consisting of 8 single-sided typescript leaves containing a general description and overview, numbered 1-8, plus 5 leaves of single-sided typescript describing the means of jet propulsion (Antrieb) with minor pencil annotations (with an additional copy of the first four leaves on propulsion, heavily corrected and augmented in German by a contemporary hand in pencil), an additional leaf entitled Zusammenstellung der Forderlichen Teile fur ein Gerät SG20 (Compilation of required parts for a SG20 device), 5 handwritten tables of data on the various prototypes (pages numbered 1-4 and 4a), and Roneo copies of 6 folding technical drawings (of the M-62, SC50, M62-1, M62-2, M61-1, and M62, dated 28.2.45, 9.3.45, 8.3.45, 6.3.45, 6.3.45, 28.2.45 respectively), minor fraying to extreme margins of one or two leaves, without loss, hole-punched to left margins, text leaves 30 x 20.5 cm or slightly smaller, technical drawings measuring 29 x 85 cms or smaller, all now contained in modern soft plastic binderQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Private collection, Wiltshire. This typewritten and photocopied document describes secret research carried out at the Hermann Goering Institute, also known as the Aeronautical Research Insitute, near Brunswick (or Braunschweig), in the early months of 1945. The research institute facilities consisted of wind tunnels to test scale models and focused on issues such as directing missiles and identifying the best means of propulsion. The site was carefully camouflaged and never bombed directly; by the end of the war about 1500 people were working there, including around 150 scientists. The American army occupied this site on the 11th of April 1945, and, contrary to prior orders from Berlin to destroy all documentation, thousands of pages of aeronautical research were handed over to the Allies. In July 1945 the Americans transferred the site to the British, who questioned the remaining scientists and brought some of the remaining apparatus back into use under the control of the Ministry of Aircraft Production. The author of the initial portion of the document is not given, but it was very likely composed during the period of Allied control sometime in 1945. The six technical drawings are dated February and March 1945 and were thus created during the war itself. The information provided is highly technical and concerned principally with questions of propulsion. Of the seven prototypes suggested, A1 was driven by powder (perhaps saltpetre or ammonium nitrate), and A2-7 by a mixture of liquid oxygen and alcohol, subsequent to a powder ignition. A scale model was tested in the wind tunnel, and then A1 and A2 prototypes were actually tested, although A2, the first use of complex fuel, stalled immediately due to instability. A3 was never tested due to war circumstances. Feuerlilie, or 'Orange Lily', a two-stage supersonic surface-to-air missile, never came into production. It would have been a weapon of great strategic importance, designed for easy mass production, and planned to reach a height of 20km with a range of 50km, and a payload of 150kg of explosives. Its operation was simple, under the radio control of an observer. The mass production of such a weapon would have made it possible to shoot down Flying Fortresses and Lancasters and could have transformed the balance of power in the sky over Germany. As a defensive weapon, Orange Lily was given less attention by Goering (and the Third Reich leadership in general), than aggressive weapons such as the V1 and V2, which were more in tune with Nazi ideology. This document offers a tantalizing glimpse of a weapon whose prompt and effective development might well have changed the course of the war. We are grateful to E. D. R. Harrison, former lecturer in Modern History at the University of Salford for his important contribution to this catalogue note.
Apprentice Training Aids. A collection of apprentice aluminum training aids, comprising scale aircraft skin with access panel, 49 x 91.5cm, section of a wing leading edge, 42cm high x 20cm wide and stressed skin with ribs and stingers, mini wing section with slat and frame section, a large semi-monocoque fuselage section, 77cm high x 61cm diameter plus an aircraft panel, finished in white, green and red, 76.5 x 60cmQty: (8)Footnote: Provenance: 2152 (North Bristol) Squadron ATC.
Battle of Waterloo. A fine model 9lb field gun, the 20cm long bronze barrel with GR cypher (drilled touch hole) mounted on a wooden carriage with four large 12 spoke wheels, fitted with all corresponding accessories including a bucket and ramrod, approximately 70cm long, presented in a glass display case with brass plaque engraved 'British Royal Artillery brass 9lb Field Piece, as employed at Waterloo on June 18. 1815. Built in England to the scale of 1/10th, for Major Estcourt Cresswell M.C. late 15/19th The King's Royal Hussars sometime Captain Coldstream Guards, Gun Number 011 in a Limited Edition of 156', case size 25cm high x 80cm wide x 41cm deep, together with a Panorama Sketch Battle of Waterloo, printed circa 1815Qty: (2)
B.A.C./Sud Aviation 'Concorde'. A collection of approximately 100 maps, circa 1978 (1"=3000 scale) each measuring Concorde's Carbon Monoxide level in a 1 Hour Average, issued by the U.S. Department of Transport Federal Aviation Administration, they include John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Dulles Airports, 39.5 x 40cmQty: (Approximately 100)
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (13029 Tpr: N. Green. 51st Coy 19th Imp: Yeo:), toned, good very fine, with a portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform, 7 letters written from the recipient to his mother whilst stationed at Mafeking (1900-01), two Philip's Large Scale Military Maps of South Africa for Orange Free State, W. & S. Frontier (with annotations around Mafeking) and Durban to Pretoria, plus a WWI period map for Gallipoli and other related ephemeraQty: (1)Footnote: 13029 Trooper Noel Green was born in San Mathews, Ealing in 1878, he served during the Boer War with 51st Padget's Horse Company 19th Battalion and was discharged from service on 24 June 1901. The letters give an informative insight into Green's time in South Africa, detailing the aftermath of the Siege of Mafeking noting the shell and bullet damage to buildings, escorting Boer prisoners and general movements around South Africa. Green re-engaged for service during WWI and was commissioned Lieutenant with the Sherwood Foresters and was wounded on 1 July 1915.
Model Ship. Wooden scale model of the ship 'Charles M [sic] Morgan', with three fully rigged masts, deck fittings and life rafts, planked hull, mounted on a wooden display stand, 66cm long x 67cm highQty: (1)Footnote: Charles W. Morgan was an American whaling ship built in 1841, she served during the 19th and 20th century being used to harvest the blubber of whales for whale oil. She resides in Mystic, Connecticut.
Model Ship. Wooden scale model of the 'U.S. Constellation 1798', with three fully rigged sales, deck fittings including brass cannon and figures, life rafts and planked hull, presented on a wooden display stand, 95cm long x 75cm highQty: (1)Footnote: USS Constellation was a 38-gun frigate of the United States Navy. She was named by George Washington to reflect a principle of the United States Constitution. Launched in 1797, her first duties were to provide protection for the American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War (1801-1805).
Model Ship. Wooden scale model ship of 'Juan Sebastian Elcano', with four fully rigged sails, deck fittings, life rafts, white and black planked hull, presented on a wooden stand with plaque inscribed 'J.S. Elcano, Spanish Training Ship 1927', 101cm long x 59.5cm highQty: (1)Footnote: Juan Sebastian Elcano was a training ship for the Royal Spanish Navy. Named after the Spanish explorer Juan Sebastian Elcano, captain of Ferdinand Magellan's last exploratory fleet and the man who completed the first circumnavigation of the world.
Ivelaw-Chapman (Ronald, 1899-1978). A fascinating WWII archive relating to a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and his time as a prisoner of war Including typed service memoirs ‘Evader’ and P.O.W. (Germany) – 1944 to 1945 (10 pages); the typed account of his evasion continuing from his capture in a contemporary exercise book with a 36-page journal and 10-page separate continuation of his time as a prisoner of war, June 1944 to April 1945, all in pencil, giving an account from first interrogations at Dulag Luft, Chartres, and time spent in solitary confinement there and hospital treatments at Oberursal, Hohemark and Frankfurt, with additional exercise book entries about books read, etc., plus 3 airmail letters to his mother loosely inserted; a manuscript letter to Ivelaw-Chapman written by Erich Killinger (German Commandant) about treatment to Chapman during his time as a P.O.W. , 5 December 1948 (3 pages); photographs of the recipient and personal photographs including an aerial photograph, inscribed verso ‘Drogland Aerodrome, 10 Squadron R.F.C. March 1918’, 21.4 x 16.2cm, another large scale photograph of Chapman in a the cockpit, Armed Forces Information Office, Ministry of Defence stamp verso, 24 x 28.5cm; a page with 6 snapshot photographs of Chapman as a P.O.W., inscribed ‘Photos of RI-C taken at Hohemark in Oct 1944 and sent home to MI-C’, a magazine article is affixed to the reverse titles ‘Greatest Day in the Life of a P.O.W.’ and inscribed ‘Photos of the Liberation on 27 Mar 1945, by American Troops of Hohemark Hospital where RI-C spent 9 months. RI-C by then was at Buchenbuhl’; telegrams and letters, inter-war period circa 1929 including a telegram via Iraq Telegraphs congratulating Chapman on his Air Force Cross. Letters written from Chapman to Sir Norman detailing his damaged aircraft, Jugdulluck, 1 February 1929; a letter written by from Mademoiselle Lecomte to Chapman, dated 13 May 1947 detailing her husband’s death in a German labour camp at Wilhelmshaven. Monsieur Lecomte was shot and captured at the same time as Chapman; two folders of letters relating to the award of the and K.B.E. (June 1951) and K.C.B. (June 1953); many personal papers, birth and death certificates, order of service and other related documents, all contained in a small brown leather briefcase with embossed initials ‘R.I.C.’, 12cm high x 40cm wide x 25cm deepQty: (a case)Footnote: Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman GCB, KBE, DFC, AFC (1899-1978), was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and RAE and, commander-in-chief of the Indian Air Force. Ivelaw-Chapman was born in British Guiana and came to England in 1903. He was educated at Cheltenham College, before joining the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 where he served as a Bristol Fighter pilot over the Western Front with 10 Squadron. By WWII Ivelaw-Chapman had advanced to Wing Commander and was part of the operations staff at RAF Bomber Command headquarter, by June 1940 he was promoted to Group Captain and appointed station commander at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. In 1941 he returned to a staff job at the Air Ministry involved in D-Day planning. On the night of 6/7 May 1943 Ivelaw-Chapman was flying a second pilot of a 576 Squadron Lancaster on a mission to bomb an ammunition dump at Aubigne, France. His aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and Ivelaw-Chapman went on the run. Churchill ordered the French resistance to do all they could to help him return to England and he was to be killed if he was in danger of being capture by the Germans because of his experience and extensive knowledge. Ivelaw-Chapman was captured by the Gestapo on 8 June 1944 but the Germans failed to realise his seniority and importance and treated him as an ordinary prisoner of war. He was released by the Americans on 16 April 1945. Post-War service saw Ivelaw-Chapman promoted to Air Marshal and seconded to the Indian Government. Having left India in 1922 as a Flying Officer, he returned as the Commander and Chief of the newly independent nation's Air Force and was the penultimate officer to hold the post.
Lydda Airport. A collection of approximately 130 monochrome photographs, relating to Lydda Airport in Palestine, 1935-1944, several depicting the construction of the airport during 1935, scenes also include: the inauguration of Tel-Aviv landing ground, 1938; the airport building under construction, 1938; artist's scale model for the airport; various aircraft, aircrew, staff and officials at the airport (including Anthony Eden and Sir Harold MacMichael), all contained in clear polyester sleeves, 30 mounted with photo corners onto captioned thin card backing, the remainder loosely inserted, various sizes, approximately 123 x 172mm and smaller, contained together in a card boxQty: (1)
Corgi WWII and Korean War 1:50 and scale model vehicles, to include CC60011 SdKfz7/1 and anti-aircraft gun and 3 German infantry figures - Holland 1944, CC60416 M16 Quad .50 halftrack and US infantry figures - France 1944, CC60301 Bedford QLT Troop Carrier, 55601 US Army Diamond T Wrecker, CC60302 Bedford QLR Administration and Command Headquarters, and others including two Atlas Editions models, (12), (boxed),
Corgi Aviation Archive AA35706 1:72 scale model of Me 262A-1a - Major Walter 'Nowi' Nowotny, Kommando Nowotny, Achmer/Germany, November 8th 1944, AA32510 Junkers Ju-87B-2 Stuka - T6+BM, 4/StG2 Immelmann, Tmimi, Cyrenaica 1941 and AN32107 Messerschmitt BF109E JG-3 'UDET', Gruppenkommandeur Hauptmann Hans von Hahn, (3), all boxed,
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