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Lot 7
A group of Corgi World War II Luftwaffe diecast scale model planes, comprising: Europe and Africa Series Junkers JU 87B-2 Stuka, No. AA32505; Europe and Africa Series Junkers JU 87B-2 Tropical Stuka - III, No. AA32504; The End of the War In Europe Series Ne262A-1A - Yellow 5, No. AA35702; Luftwaffe Over the Desert Focka-Wulf FW190A-4, No. AA34304; Messerschmitt, No. AA27102A; and Heinkel HE111 H-5, No. AA33713. (6)
Lot 123
A superb Second War 1943 ‘immediate’ Typhoon pilot’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader I. J. ‘Dave’ Davies, Royal Air Force, a former Corporal Clerk who went on to shoot down 3 FW 190’s during a scrap over the streets of Margate, 1 June 1943 - his first ever engagement with enemy aircraft. A stalwart of 609 Squadron, he went on to add a Dornier 217 to his tally before being posted to command 198 Squadron in time for D-Day operations. Davies successfully led his squadron in an attack on the HQ of the German 84th Corps in a chateau near St. Lo, which was totally destroyed by rocket salvoes, 6 June 1944. His luck ran out when he was shot down by flak whilst attacking gun positions in support of American troops near Cherbourg, 22 June 1944 - ‘He tried to coax it to safety but to no avail and, at 200 feet, Dave bailed out, but he was too low and his parachute was only partially open when he hit the ground’ Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (590433. L.A.C. I. J. Davies. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted on card for display, with named Air Council enclosure and ‘ticker tape’ entitlement slip, both laminated, nearly extremely fine (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 3 September 1943, the original recommendation states: ‘Flying Officer I. J. Davies joined No. 609 (WR) Squadron, in April, 1943, after long service in Training Command, and previously as Air Gunner. Apart from taking his full share in Day Defensive Patrols which occupied most of the Squadron’s flying time, he at once showed enthusiasm for individual offensive sorties by day and night, whenever the opportunity offered, and in his first attempt damaged the one locomotive (despite flak) and 2 barges, leaving one in a sinking condition. He also has taken part in a number of shipping attacks and larger scale offensive operations. On June 1st he was patrolling base with another pilot when he saw some 15 FW 190’s attacking Margate. He at once engaged them, destroying one over Broadstairs, a second in mid channel and a third off Ostend, being attacked on the way having to evade 2 more enemy aircraft which tried to attack off their own coast when his own ammunition was exhausted. This was Flying Officer’s Davies first combat with enemy aircraft. His score is as follows: 3 FW 190s destroyed, 2 Locomotives and 2 Barges damaged, 1 Motor Trawler damaged (shared). He has also bombed Abbeville and Drucat airfields at night. Covering Remarks by Sector Commander: F/O Davies’ action in destroying three enemy aircraft during the attack on Margate was an outstanding achievement. I fully endorse this recommendation.’ Additional detail of Davies’ remarkable ‘scrap’ over Margate is given the squadron history, The Story of 609 Squadron - Under The White Rose, by F. Ziegler: ‘Davies attacks four FW 190s which are gunning the streets of Broadstairs. Chasing down after them between the houses, with his own guns blazing, he just has time to see one pull up and its pilot bale out before giving chase to another six which are headed out to sea - five in a ‘vic’, with one in the ‘box’. Firing on the last from 600 yards, this aircraft obliges by ‘weaving’, and closing the range he fires twice more, and it crashes into the sea in a great fountain of water. But he himself has to turn, he is alone, but resuming his original course at full boost, spots another pair of 190s, with a third to port. Saving his last second’s worth of ammo till he is well within range, he attacks the last and it bursts into flame. They are now exactly over Ostend, and the others turn to counterattack. Time to go home. Score: Three. A quite breathtaking story which certainly caught the attention of the public when it was published in the National Press on 3 September 1943.’ Idwal James Davies was to later sit for a portrait by Cuthbert Orde, and his life and service are recorded in an article by Wing Commander J. Routledge thus: ‘Let me tell you the story of the recipient of one group of medals in my collection and see if I can convince you that twentieth century awards can compete in interest and in every other way with earlier medals. Idwal James Davies was on February 15, 1915 at Abertridur, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan. At the age of 15, he left his school-friends and the comfort and security of his family to join the R.A.F. as an apprentice clerk. He enlisted on October 29, 1930 and given the service number 590433. His apprenticeship was enjoyable, albeit somewhat long in comparison with today’s service apprenticeships and it was not until February 18, 1933 that his training was complete. He passed out as a Leading Aircraftman (LAC) in the trade of Clerk, General Duties... The first real excitement for young Dave, as he was known throughout his service career, came in October 1935 with a posting to Iraq, from where he moved on to Palestine in August 1936... Yet he was a discontented young man, whose heart was never in clerical work as he yearned for more excitement. His mind was forever in the air and he dreamed of emulating the aviators that he mingled with. He took every opportunity to get airborne and despite his secretarial role managed many flights as an unofficial air gunner. One particular pilot who befriended Dave in those Palestine days was Pilot Officer J. C. Wells [later Group Captain and D.F.C. and Bar]: their paths would cross again in years to come. With promotion to Corporal on August 15, 1937 and further advancement to the temporary rank of Sergeant, on the outbreak of World War Two, things were beginning to move for Dave, though he was still far from content. The taste he had experienced for flying was still there and had left in him an avid desire to become a fighter pilot. Surely, now that we were at war his services would be needed; clerks were two-a-penny, but fighter pilots...? He pressed his case and was eventually accepted for pilot training, which started in August 1940. He quickly proved himself to be a natural aviator and successfully completed training in April 1941, being awarded his wings and simultaneously being granted a commission as Pilot Officer (service number 63418) in the General Duties Branch (London Gazette May 2, 1941). He was now over 25 years of age, a little old to be starting a career as a fighter pilot. The air battles of France and Britain had been fought and the ex-clerk felt it was now too late, believing that his chance of glory had been missed. His above average flying ability and his maturity in comparison with the many teenagers coming through training combined against him and it should have been no surprise, albeit still a great disappointment, that Pilot Officer Davies found himself retained on instructional duties, the first of a series of such tours in Training Command. Not what the ambitious Dave would have planned for himself and as Charles Lovell would have said, “Not a lot of romance in that.” Dave was appointed to the rank of Acting Flying Officer on May 23, 1941 to give him some authority in his new position and he quickly became something of a character, admired by his students and fellow instructors alike. He was something of a rebel. There were moments of madness which, in a peacetime airforce, could have ruined him. At R.A.F. Little Rissington, in the spring of 1942, he was tried by General Court Martial for “Whilst on active service improperly and without permission flying below the prescribed height&rdq...
Lot 335
A rare Indian Navy Officer’s China 1842 Medal awarded to Lieutenant, later Commander, A. M. Grieve, who during his service was reputed to be one of the ablest surveyors in the Indian Navy China 1842 (A. J. Grieve, Lieut. H.E.I.C. S. Sesostris) edge bruising, otherwise very fine or better £1,400-£1,800 --- Of the 577 medals issued to European crew of H.E.I.C. Ships, just 37 were recorded as known giving a survival rate of around 6%. As such medals to H.E.I.C. ships are very rare. Of these medals, just 7 medals were recorded as known to Officers ranked Lieutenant or above. Albany Moore Grieve was born on 21 June 1817 at Llanfair Kilgedin, Monmouthshire and joined the Indian Navy as a Midshipman on 20 May 1831, and served aboard Elphinstone (1833-35), Coote (1835), Palinurus (1837), and Shannon (1838-39). A memorial signed by twenty four officers, including Midshipman Grieve, was sent in February 1838, stating that they agreed to abide by certain changes to service conditions, namely the conversion of the Indian Navy from sailing to steam vessels, and that they would stay in the service despite the stagnation in promotion prospects. Grieve was promoted to Lieutenant in 1841 (seniority date of 11 October 1841) and served in the First China War 1841-2, when it seems he initially served aboard the 6-gun paddle-steamer sloop, Atalanta in 1841. Atalanta was attached, and was mentioned in despatches for his part in the storming of the French fort and line of the batteries in front of Canton on the 26th of May 1841. Atalanta returned to Bombay in August 1841 and it seems likely that Grieve joined the 4-gun steam Sesostris at some point between June and August 1841 as Sesostris on arrived on Station in shortly before Atalanta left. At the capture of Amoy, on the 26th of August 1841, the Sesostris and Queen steamed up to the long battery, consisting of seventy-six guns, on the right of the harbour; these allowed them to come very near without firing. The first shot was fired at the Sesostris and was followed by eleven others before she returned the compliment; she then, however, kept up a good fire from three of her guns, passed along the whole length of the battery (more than half a mile) till she came opposite the white semicircular battery, behind which the suburbs of the town on this side of the hill commence ; here she remained all alone for more than half-an-hour, firing shot and shell at the battery and into the town in right good style, when she was relieved by the Wellesley and Blenheim. More details of Atalanta and Sesostris service can be found in the books included with this medal. In late 1845 he did important work when employed as an assistant surveyor on the Arabian Coast whilst aboard Palinurus (1844-50), also producing an unpublished survey, a large scale plan of Masireh Island and Straits in 1846 and in 1848, Grieve was employed in surveying the Somali coast in Africa. Reputed to be one of the ablest surveyors in the Indian Navy, he served in command of Euphrates from 1853 until promoted to Commander on 3 July 1856. Grieve commanded the sailing Sloop-of-War Clive during the Persian War, and was closely involved in the bombardment of Mohammerah on 26 March 1857, when the firing of simultaneous broadsides with Falkland into the opposing batteries ‘drew forth expressions of admiration from nautical spectators aboard the on-looking transports’. It was later reported that ‘this eminent surveyor and smart officer died suddenly on 17 January 1858’. Sold with copied research. Note: Grieve’s India General Service Medal with clasp Persia was sold in these rooms in March 2020.
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Lot 31
British Isles. De L'Isle (Guillaume), Les Isles Britanniques ou sont le Rme. d'Angleterre tiré de Sped celuy d'Ecosse tiré de Th. Pont &c. et celuy d'Irlande tire de Petti..., Paris, 1702, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, large uncoloured allegorical cartouche and mileage scale, 475 x 620 mm, together with De Vaugondy (Robert). Britannicae Insulae Tribus modis distinctae..., Paris, circa 1750, engraved historical map with contemporary outline colouring, 410 x 535 mm, with another copy similarQTY: (3)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750. De L'Isle 1 state 5. The second item is not recorded in Shirley.
Lot 37
Folding Maps. Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of the County of Warwick from actual Survey, made in the years 1820 & 1821, Dedicated to the Nobility, Clergy & Gentry of the County by the Proprietors and Published for them by George Pringle Junr. C. & J. Greenwood..., 1822, large-scale engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, table of explanation, compass rose and uncoloured vignette of Warwick castle, stained and toned, occasional splits along old linen, slight wear causing small holes where old folds cross, the map edged in blue silk, 1320 x 1050 mm, together with Kitchin (Thomas). A New Improved map of Oxfordshire from the Best Surveys and Intelligences..., J & C Bowles & Robert Sayer, circa 1767, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, large uncoloured cartouche, some overall dust soiling, 715 x 525 mm, with Hodskinson (Joseph). The County of Suffolk, reduced from the large map in Six Sheets..., William Faden, Jany. 1st. 1787, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, toned and stained overall, some marginal fraying with slight loss to the printed surface, slight insect damage, 585 x 780 mm, plus Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland, Divided into Hundreds..., circa 1767, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, large uncoloured cartouche, some overall dust soiling, small holes where old folds cross, margins painted black, 550 x 690 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, worn and frayed, and Cary (John). A New Map of Derbyshire, Divided into Hundreds Exhibiting its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c. 1823, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some dust soiling and slight staining, 550 x 485 mm, marbled endpapers, with another 20 maps similar, including examples by or after Ordnance Survey, Bartholomew, Smith, Wyld, Cruchley, Geographia, Couchman, Bailey and Morden, various sizes and condition QTY: (26)
Lot 44
Maps. A collection of approximately 200 maps, 17th - 19th century, including Speed (John). Anno Darbieshire described, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Derby and vignette of Buxton, strapwork cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, short split at head of central fold, slight staining and spotting, small margins, 390 x 515 mm, English text on verso, together with another approximately 200 county maps, road maps and town plans, with examples by or after Lewis, Langenes, Luffmann, Blome, Kitchin, Moule, Laurie & Whittle, Hall, Morden, Conder, J & C Walker, Carey, Pigot, Seller/Grose, Weller and Von Reilley, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition. QTY: (approx. 200)
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Lot 46
* Maps. Saxton (Christopher & Hole G.), Glocestriae comitatus olim sedes Dobunorum [1627], hand-coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, trimmed to the image along the lower margin, border extended, small area of loss, replaced in facsimile, 280 x 310 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Mercator (Gerard). Anglia Regnum, circa 1600, engraved map with sparse potline colouring, large strapwork cartouche, toned overall, central fold repaired on verso with resultant staining, 350 x 470 mm, framed and double-glazed, French text on verso, with Morden (Robert). Wiltshire [1695 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, 340 x 405 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Saxton (Christopher & Kip W.). Wiltoniae comitatus herbida Planicie nobilis vulgo Willshire pars olim Belgarum [1627], hand-coloured engraved map, strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, thread margins, 275 x 345 mm, framed and glazed, and Cary (John). A Map of Wiltshire from the best Authorities, 1805, hand-coloured engraved map, 520 x 405 mm, framed and glazed, together with Lea (Philip). Isle of Wight, Sussex, part of Wiltshire, Surrey and Kent, circa 1695, hand-coloured engraved map, trimmed to the neat line, some creasing, 280 x 425 mm, framed and glazed, with another eight British county, road, regional and town maps, including examples by or after Dawson, Moule, Pigot, Mercator and Carington Bowles, all framed and glazed, plus a Levasseur map of the 'Departement de L'Herault' 310 x 430, framed and glazedQTY: (14)
Lot 47
Maps. Smith (Charles). Smith's New Map of England and Wales and part of Scotland including the Turnpike and principal Cross Roads..., 1821, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, compass rose, mileage scale and table of explanation, slight staining, marbled endpapers, 1145 x 940 mm, contained in a contemporary reverse calf slipcase with 'envelope style' lid, case heavily worn and rubbed, together with Cox (Thomas). A Topographical, Ecclesiastical and Natural History of [Surrey], circa 1720, folding uncoloured engraved map of Surrey by Robert Morden, map size 175 x 210 mm, 127 pages of descriptive text, modern endpapers, modern half calf over marbled boards, 4to, with Hinton (John, publisher). The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure..., volume XL, 1767, engraved allegorical frontispiece, 7 engraved plates and three folding strip road maps, upper hinge and joint weak and cracked, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, 8vo, plus Royal Commission on London Traffic (publishers). Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into and Report upon the Means of Locomotion and Transport in London, 1905, four large folding lithographic maps, descriptive text, publishers printed paper wrappers, lacking rear cover, upper cover frayed and torn with loss, folio, with another 12 folding maps, including examples by or after Ordnance Survey, Atkin & Co. Geographia, Walker and Brown & Co., various sizes and conditionQTY: (16)
Lot 830
Gun Care & Powder Scales collection lot, all new items: Reloading Scale by MTM Case Guard: Bisley adjustable alloy backed recoil pad: Neoprene anti shock shoulder pad: Remington Trigger Block: Over & Under Shotgun Muzzle protector: 2 tin of Power Air Gun Oil: 2 Birchwood Casey Super Black Touch Up Pens: Jar of Abbey Blu Gel: .410 shotgun cleaning kits x 2.
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