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A 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL WHITE METAL BOX, the cover embossed with cherub decoration, various hallmarks to the base, 6.5cm diameter, together with a SELECTION OF SILVER ITEMS comprising; a silver bladed folding fruit knife, a silver seal, a silver h andled button hook and a silver mounted leather cigar holder
Lot 531
TWO SETS OF TWELVE EARLY 20TH CENTURY SILVER PLATED DESSERT KNIVES AND FORKScomprising a Mappin & Webb Prince's plate set, with floral engraved blades and square ivory handles, inside original fitted oak case and a Walker & Hall set, with floral spray engraved blades, embossed collars and mother of pearl handles, inside original mahogany case, larger box 34cm long
Lot 540
EDWARDIAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASEmaker Smith & Bartlam, Chester 1908, of rectangular form engraved and chased with floral design, roundel engraved with monogram, gilt interior, 12.5cm long; together with a George V silver cigarette case, maker Adie Brothers Ltd, Birmingham 1927, of plain rectangular form, engraved 'Bobbie, For he's a jolly good fellow', 11.5cm long and a late Victorian silver pill box, maker Deakin & Francis Ltd, Birminghham 1898, embossed with c-scroll design with fluted rims, 5cm long, approximately 323g gross (3)
Lot 513
UNUSUAL LATE 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN SILVER EGG AND VINAIGRETTE SETmaker's mark 'PA', Moscow, assay master's mark for Anatoly Apollonovich Artsybashev dated 1889, 84 zolotniki, probably an Easter surprise egg, the egg engraved and chased in scrolling design, egg interior with yellow enamel panel with two scrolling arms to hold the vinaigrette, the vinaigrette in the form of a book, the front cover with matching scrolling design, gilt interior with foliate design pierced grill, the egg with silver stand, inside a later Art Deco walnut veneered fitted box, the box lid with enamel initails 'MП', approximately 256g gross, egg 8.5cm long, box 28.5cm long
Lot 557
LATE VICTORIAN PIERCED SILVER BON BON BASKETmaker Henry Matthews, Chester 1898, of lobed circular form with pierced lattice work and embossed in scrolling floral design, on four bracket feet, with single pirced swing handle, 11.5cm in diameter; together with a George V silver cigarette box, maker William Osborn Ltd, Birmingham 1926, engine turned design to lid, engraved with initials 'GCP' and date '23rd March 1928', damage to lid hinge, 11.5cm wide and a George V silver cigarette case, maker Joseph Gloster Ltd, Birmingham 1925, engraved with scrolling design and initials, 9cm long, approximately 464g (box base loaded) (3)
Lot 103
A Second World War Battle of Britain and gallantry medal group, comprising Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar to Group Captain E. Norman Ryder, the cross engraved April 3rd 1940, with 1939-1945 Star and Battle of Britain clasp, Aircrew Europe Star, 1939-1945 War Medal with Oak Leaf, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal and a Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau Knight's Cross (Military Division). The group also includes a cased Caterpillar Club badge to F/Lt E. Ryder D.F.C, Order of Orange-Nassau lapel pin, guilloche-enamelled silver RAF lapel badge retailed by Gieves of London, and an enamelled 56 Squadron lapel badge, together with two RAF Pilot's Flying Log Books covering the period August 24th 1936 until July 1963, a letter dated 1st December 1940 which accompanied the Iron Cross belonging to Feldwebel Wilhelm Erdniss, various original Wartime and later photographs, a signed Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary menu, a page of typed observations by Ryder on the Battle of Britain written 52 years in retrospect entitled 'A Tall Order', the Grant of Commander of the British Empire, signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Grant of the Order of Orange Nassau, an original charcoal and chalk framed and mounted portrait of Ryder by Captain Cuthbert Orde, dated 4th January 1941, 36 x 28 cm, and featured in his volume ‘Pilots of Fighter Command, Sixty-Four Portraits’, published 1942, together with sundry ephemera and books, including a post-War scrapbook archive pertaining to the 50th Anniversary Bleriot Air Race, containing photographs, ephemera, and pasted press clippings complied by Ryder, alongside an RAF produced film of the race, and a reel-to-reel sound tape of the dinner given for Lord Brabazon by the Royal Aero Club (for which Ryder was later Secretary General), including speeches by 'Freddie' Gough and the Duke of Edinburgh. Ryder both captained the winning team and participated in the event as a contestant. The scrap book contains many original photographs of the event and contestants, together with items such as Ryder's Competitor's License, congratulatory letters and a menu for the Celebration Dinner given by the Royal Aero Club.Edgar Norman Ryder was born at Risalpur, India on the 28th November 1914 where his father was a serving Army officer, although at the age of 10 he moved to England where he attended St. Albans School in Hertfordshire. In 1931 he joined the Royal Fusiliers at Hounslow and served until 1934 when he became a mathematics master at Tredennick School in Worcester. Two years later Ryder joined the RAF on a short service commission, first posted to 9 Flight Training School Thornaby, and then in June 1937 joining 41 Squadron at Catterick. It was from this squadron that three years later, on 3rd April 1940, Ryder took off alone in bad visibility and low cloud to investigate enemy aircraft attacking fishing boats in the North Sea off Whitby. He soon sighted a Heinkel 111 and shot it down into the sea off Redcar, the crew later being rescued by trawler. Ryder's own aircraft was hit in the exchange and he too was forced to land at sea. The spitfire he was flying immediately sank, and at a considerable depth he managed to extricate himself and struggle to the surface, where has was rescued by the trawler Alaskan, which he had been sent to defend. For this action he was awarded the DFC on 15th April 1940. This is reported to have been the first occasion on which a Spitfire was crash-landed at sea with the pilot surviving, and was also the first RAF aircraft lost due to enemy action in the defense of Great Britain during World War Two. Ryder himself however, with typical modesty, maintained that he was simply the first Spitfire pilot to be shot down during the war. In the September of 1940 Ryder and No 41 Squadron moved to Hornchurch, at which time was subject to up to five Luftwaffe raids daily. “It wasn’t long” said Ryder, then a Flight Commander “before we founded the Honourable Order of Fog Worshippers. We all bowed down, touching the ground with our foreheads three times, praying for the fog that would give us a break. Ryder recorded some of his thoughts on the Battle of Britain in a type-written document included in this lot, which he entitled 'A Tall Order'. "We had to weave our way through the lower bomber formations to gain the height to take on our true assignment - the 109 escort, and did so in line astern; this is when the weak link really became serious - if a pilot broke the line, those following would naturally follow, and the poor chap ahead of the weak link had no back cover and DID NOT KNOW IT. I lost a good friend in this fashion. […] My rule was that [new recruits] stayed with me to the point of attack, and then broke off to return to base - this to be done three times. […] One’s eyes became skinned in time, and then you could see things you had no hope of doing so in the early stages. Some would return with bullet holes in their Spits, yet professed to having seen or felt nothing, those who didn’t return - the same explanation possibly.” In November of 1940 Ryder was involved in another noteworthy incident when he shot down an Me109 piloted by Feldwebel Wilhelm Erdniss, which crash landed at Horton Park. Erdniss was arrested at the scene of the crash, where he was found attempting to bury his Iron Cross, for fear of it falling into enemy hands. Once in custody he requested that it be given to the man who had shot him down. Erdniss was aged 28, had six years’ service with the Luftwaffe and is described in the letter which accompanied the Iron Cross on its delivery to Ryder as 'a very good type, indeed rather a fine fellow’. Ryder held on to the cross until after the war, when in 1956 he sought out Erdniss in Germany and returned the decoration so graciously given. The event was captured by Movietone News footage in a segment entitled ‘War-Time Echo’ which can still be viewed via the internet. In January 1941 Ryder was given command of 56 Squadron at North Weald, moving in the role of Wing Commander to the Kenley Wing in the June of that same year. It was during this period that he was awarded a bar to his DFC, gazetted on 29th July 1941 for being ‘on operations continually since the outbreak of war and (showing) extraordinary powers of endurance.’ At Kenley his role was to lead Circus missions over Northern France, which he carried out over the summer of that year until being downed over France on the 31st October. On this date Ryder led two squadrons (485 New Zealand and 602) as a close escort to Hurricane II bombers attacking barges along the Bourboug Canal, just inland from Dunkirk. This was a low Ramrod operation, known as Circus 109. The operation was completed but Ryder’s Spitfire V (a presentation aircraft named Southland II) was hit by ground fire and he was forced to land. Ryder was captured and taken to Stalag Luft III (later the scene of the Great Escape). After six months’ captivity he was interned at Oflag XXIB, Schubin. From this latter camp Ryder managed to escape in 1943, hiding in a heavy box at the back of a truck. He was recaptured two days later when he was discovered selecting an aeroplane to steal, and was sent back to Stalag Luft III for his efforts. His final five months as POW were spent in Stalag IIIA in Luckenwald. For distinguished service as a POW Ryder received a Mention Despatches, gazetted 28th December 1945.After the war Ryder was offered a permanent commission with the RAF. He was made a member of the Order of Orange-Nassau for service with the Netherlands Air Force, and January 1958 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Ryder took early retirement from the RAF on 28th October 1960 as a Group Captain, and subsequently settled in Arizona, USA with his wife Jeanne, where he died in 1995 aged 81
Lot 251
THE 2008 UK HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES £5 SILVER PROOF COINin box with booklet; along with The 2009 UK Robert Burns £2 Coin, in box, with booklet; The 2008 UK Queen Elizabeth I Piedfort Silver Proof Coin; The 2002 United Kingdom Silver Proof One Pound Coin, in box, with booklet and a Solomon Islands $25 Silver Proof Coin, in box, with booklet
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