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Lot 612
MISCELLANY - Daphne DU MAURIER (1907-89). The Loving Spirit, London, 1931, original blue cloth (rubbed and scuffed, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION of the author's very scarce first novel. With 20 other books. (21)MISCELLANY - Daphne DU MAURIER (1907-89). The Loving Spirit. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931. 8vo (197 x 130mm). Half title (a few light marginal stains). Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed or frayed, white scuff marks to covers, inner hinges weak, without the dust-jacket). Provenance: Cora [?]M. Cunningham (signature on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION of the author's very scarce first novel. With 19 other books, namely John Galsworthy's The Man of Property (New York, 1908, original cloth, lacks dust-jacket, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION), Dadd's Pocket Library for Car Owners. With contributions by: W. Gordon Aston, Edgar de Normanville and Henry Thornton Rutter (London, 1927, 10 small vols. contained in common slipcase, original vari-coloured wrappers), T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land and other poems (London, 1940, original cloth, dust-jacket, reprint), Virginia Woolf's A Haunted House and Other Short Stories (London, The Hogarth Press, 1943, original cloth, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, backstrip worn with severe loss), Duff Cooper's Old Men Forget (London, 1953, original buckram, dust-jacket, with a one-page typed letter from Duff Cooper to The Lord Marley, dated 3rd July 1940, loosely-inserted ("... I shall be very pleased to see you and your friends to discuss the question of propaganda in the United States ...")), Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (London, 1954, original cloth, lacks dust-jacket, FIRST U.K. EDITION), John Braine's Room at the Top (London, 1957, original cloth, dust-jacket), John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman (London, 1969, original cloth, dust-jacket, ex-library copy with many stamps, turn-ins of dust-jacket attached to pastedowns with browned adhesive tape), Malcolm Bradbury's The History Man (London, 1975, original cloth, dust-jacket), Graham Swift's The Sweet Shop Owner (London, 1980, original cloth, dust-jacket, ex-library copy, with stamps) and John Charmley's Duff Cooper. The Authorized Biography (London, 1968, original buckram, dust-jacket), all FIRST EDITIONS except where indicated. The lot sold not subject to return. (20)
Lot 647
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Pigs Have Wings, London, 1952, original red cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 10 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS (except one) in dust-jackets. (11)WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Pigs Have Wings. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black, dust-jacket with price of 9/6 unclipped (jacket torn with slight loss to corners, some light staining). Provenance: pencil inscription on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION. McIlvaine A73. With 10 other books by the same author, namely Ring For Jeeves (London, 1953, original red cloth), Performing Flea (London, 1953, original blue cloth), Bring On The Girls (London, 1954, original red cloth), Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (London, 1954, original red cloth), Something Fishy (London, 1957, original red cloth, bookplate of Peter Apap Bologna), Over Seventy. An Autobiography with Digressions (London, 1957, original red cloth), Cocktail Time (London, 1958, original blue cloth), Barmy in Wonderland (London, 1958, original green cloth, reprint, "Autograph Edition" [first published in 1952]), and A Few Quick Ones (London, 1959, original red cloth), all FIRST EDITIONS or FIRST U.K. EDITIONS (except in one instance, where indicated) in dust-jackets. (11)
Lot 534
A Box of Over Fifty LPs That Should Be Given Close Attention, notable titles include Soft Machine - The Soft Machine (Probe CPLP 4500) 1968 original die-cut sleeve, and Forth (CBS S64280) 1971 1st pressing, Matching Mole - Matching Mole (CBS S64850) 1972, Spirit - Clear (CBS S63729) 1969, Derek And The Dominos - Layla (Polydor 2335009) 1970, Faust - The Faust Tapes (Virgin VC501) 1973 and many more by Pretty Things, Hot Tuna, Red Hot Burritos, Joe Walsh, Genesis, Youngbloods, Kevin Ayres and Joe Egan.
Lot 616
A Very Interesting Selection of Nine L.P's and Two Box Sets, included is Rolling Stones - Bravo Rolling Stones (SHZT 531) German import, Emile Ford - My Kind Of Country Music and Love Letter, both signed (unverified) Fabian - The Fabulous Fabian, NRBQ - Scraps and NRBQ (2), Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (reprise RS6365), Phil Spector - wall Of Sound (WOS001) box set and Jerry Lee Lewis - Classic 1956-1963 recordings eight CD box set with the original book.
Lot 105
James Lawrence Isherwood F.R.S.A., F.I.A.L. (British 1917-1989) "The Spirit of Alamein", signed by both the artist and Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in pencil in the margin, numbered 70/75, published in 1971 by Henry Donn of Whitefield, Manchester, limited edition colour print.image size 40.5cm x 50.5cm (16in x 19.75in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The print is in very good, original condition with strong colours and no obvious faults to report. The mount board has some staining along the lower edge. The print is framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Lot 343
Robert Harrop Camberwick Green - Seven boxed models to include; The Mayor & Philby in the Mayoral Car (CG68), 'Wee Windy Winkie' bust (CGMILL08), Captain Snort with the Cannon (CGS04), Mickey Murphy 'A Crowning Glory' (CGQDJ2), Windy Miller 'Festive Spirit' (CGCS08), etcFootnote: NOTE: Contents not checked. Buyers are reminded to satisfy themselves with the contents and condition prior to bidding.
Lot 973
A 19th century glass double spirit measure, height 13.8cm, together with two Georgian glass salts, an urn and cover and a glass stand, engraved 'Isabella Shippen 1857' (5).Provenance:Michael Trethewey. A Gentleman of Taste.We are delighted to be selling in this sale and over forthcoming sales, items from the estate of the collector Michael Trethewey. Michael had an unerring eye for quality. He was a frequent visitor to these auction rooms, an elegantly dressed, unassuming man who bought well and had a singular passion for old-school antiques.
Lot 648
Joseph Antoine Bernard, 1866 Vienne, Isére – 1931MÄDCHENAKT, UM 1906Gesamthöhe: 59 cm. Auf der Sockelplinthe Signatur in Kursiv „Bernard“ sowie Gießermarke „CIRE PERDUE A. HEBARD“. Darunter schwarzer Marmorsockel.Das Mädchen mit zusammengenommenen Knien und zum Kopf erhobenem rechtem Arm steht auf einem mitgegossenen quadratischen Plinthensockel. Der trotz seiner bildnerischen Qualität nur wenig bekannt gewordene Bildhauer arbeitete in einem an der Klassik, aber auch am Impressionismus orientierten Stil, was etwa in der Ausführung des Haares sichtbar wird. Er wurde an der École des Beaux-Arts im Atelier von Pierre-Jules Cavelier (1814-1894) ausgebildet. 1927 erschien eines seiner Werke auf dem Titel „Spirit of Forms“ von Elie Faure. A.R. (1291011) (11)Joseph Antoine Bernard, 1866 Vienne, Isére – 1931YOUNG FEMALE NUDE, ca. 1906Total height: 59 cm.Cursive signature “Bernard” on plinth and foundry mark “CIRE PERDUE A. HEBARD”.
Lot 22
Colin Middleton RHA RUA MBE (1910-1983)Abstract with Toy TrainOil on board, 90 x 90cm (35½ x 35½'')Signed with monogramProvenance: : Commissioned by Noel Campbell for Morelli's icecream parlour on the Promenade, Portstewart, Co. Derry, circa early 1970s. Literature: Dickon Hall, Colin Middleton: A Study, Joga Press, 2001, full page illustration, page 79 The variety and range of Colin Middleton's work is often commented on as its most notable aspect. Closer acquaintance with it reveals a unity that carries between styles and periods, both in technique and imagery. In each painting Middleton seems to be looking forward and back. Throughout the six decades that he painted, Middleton never left his initial training as a damask designer far behind, although at times this influence is almost submerged within paintings. Middleton's move to the north coast of Northern Ireland in the late 1950s marked a sharp break in his work; he found a landscape and, through this, a manner of painting that coalesced to express the point at which he found himself as a man and as an artist. During this period, Middleton seems to have been ready to re-introduce elements of his design background into his painting. This work demonstrates the complexity of design and visual inventiveness of which Middleton was capable. The series was painted for Morelli's cafe, famous as an ice cream parlour, on the seafront in Portstewart. This was arranged by Noel Campbell, a local architect who had been instrumental in a number of commissions for murals Middleton received in the late 1960s and 1970s. It was as rare then as it is now in Northern Ireland for an artist to be thus involved in architectural projects, so this panel has an historical resonance as well as occupying a very particular place within Middleton's career. The planned location, an ice cream parlour in a holiday town, might well have influenced their bright colours and energetic exuberance, as well as a choice of imagery likely to appeal to children. There are no known photographs of the panels installed in Morelli's, or any record of how the paintings were intended to be arranged. The diverse formats suggest that the location imposed certain demands upon the artist; the square format of two of the paintings was almost ubiquitous in Middleton's work at this time, but the elongated panels are unusual. The cross-fertilisation of ideas does suggest that they were closely hung to be viewed together. One panel (lot 27) dominates by virtue of the multitude of ideas with which it seems to vibrate. A simplified rendering of what appears to be a llama or alpaca is repeated on various scales, overlapping and creating a dizzying and confused sense of spatial recession. Small panels are placed within these with simplified and angular depictions of fish, a cockerel, a dog and a cat. The latter two recall the notation of Ancient Egypt and the dog is highly reminiscent of depictions of Anubis, the Egyptian jackal headed god (the alpaca might also be read as an image of a Pharaoh dog). In fact these panels carry some overtones of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The alpaca shape is subtly repeated in the forms of the little house, the train and the girl, all reminders of the holiday spirit. A similar fish image was used by Middleton for the sign of a fish and chip shop in an early painting of Belfast, presumably here another reminder of summer in Portstewart. Middleton's vocabulary is derived from the shapes of objects in the visible world which over decades he has pared into the most visually effective and communicative signifier capable of carrying its meaning. These panels are more than just narrative, although they seem to contain so much. It is up to the viewer to find a personal interpretation or just to enjoy their stimulating presence. Dickon Hall
Lot 30
Alexandra Wejchert RHA (1921-1995)UntitledBronze, 84cm high including base (33'')Alexandra Wejchert trained as an architect in her native Poland before moving to Ireland in 1965. Wejchert’s large-scale sculptural works in innovative materials including coloured perspex, plexiglass and neon became emblematic of the new spirit of progress in 1970s Ireland. Wejchert also worked very successfully in metal, her giant stainless-steel piece outside the former Allied Irish Bank Centre in Ballsbridge and her golden wall-relief in the Irish Life Building in Lower Abbey Street are two standout works.She also received many major commissions from businesses and institutions including the Bank of Ireland; University College Dublin, and Trinity College Dublin.
Lot 35
Ferrari spirit flask, in green patterned leather flask, Motoring Spirits flask for the classic Ferrari Sports Car owner, approx 9.2 cms together with a Ferrari black leather wallet approx 10 x 7.5 cms together with a Ferrari Showroom green onyx pen holder with the original and correct pen and two North American Racing Team Ferrari 'Prancing Horse' fender stickers. (5)-
Lot 33
Registration No: ADV 399X Chassis No: SCAZS0003BCH03072MOT: September 2022Current ownership since 1988 and just 4 former keepers39,765 recorded miles 'ATOC'Finished in two-tone Ice Green over Forest Green paintworkOffered with a collection of old MOT's back to 1989V5c, collection of invoices and £7,500 worth of expenditure by Balmoral in 2009PLEASE NOTE: It's noted in the MOT history the odometer on this lot is not working in 2013The Fritz Feller-penned Silver Spirit debuted at the 1980 Paris Salon. It was not entirely new, however, and employed the floorplan of the outgoing model as well as its proven OHV 6750cc V8 powerplant. The opulent incomer was lower and longer than the Silver Shadow and featured a considerably larger glass area. Courtesy of its finely-tuned Girling hydraulic self-leveling suspension, it was said to provide the best road-holding ever offered by the marque. It was also the first Rolls-Royce to feature a retractable version of the Spirit of Ecstasy - it automatically withdrew into the safety of the radiator shell if dislodged from its standard position. There were a total of four iterations of the Silver Spirit, via which it remained in production until 1998, by which time BMW had obtained an interest in the manufacturer and the Spirit was replaced by the BMW V12-powered Silver Seraph. Vendor Condition Ratings:Bodywork: 'Good’Engine: 'Good'Electrical Equipment: 'Good'Paintwork: ‘Good'Gearbox: 'Good'Interior Trim: 'Good'Footnote: For more information, please contact:James McWilliamjames.mcwilliam@handh.co.uk07943 584760
Lot 348
Maggi Hambling (b.1945)Rite of Spring I, 2016signed and dated (to reverse)oil on canvas25 x 35.5cm. Provenance:Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames. "Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' embodies the moment of sap rising, light banishing darkness, the earth moving. These paintings are my response to the spirit of the music"
Lot 139
A fine and poignant Battle of Britain Fighter Ace’s D.F.C., A.F.C. group of seven awarded to Spitfire pilot, Squadron Leader T. S. ‘Wimpy’ Wade, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - undoubtedly a character, and respected by his contemporaries as one of 92 Squadron’s most capable pilots. Joining the Squadron at the same time as Brian Kingcome and Geoffrey ‘Boy’ Wellum, Wade went on to form a close friendship with another of the Squadron’s Aces - Tony Bartley. Wade’s ability in the air was reflected by the number of his victories, damaged, shared or otherwise, but his aggression and willingness to get close in and take risks was also reflected by the number of times he had to make a forced-landing or was shot down after a ‘dogfight’. In total - on 5 separate occasions, 3 of which occurred during the Battle - including his narrowest escape, when waiting upside down in a Spitfire which he expected to catch fire, on Lewes Race Course, having been shot down by cross-fire from a formation of Dornier 17s.... Wade was subsequently employed as Chief Test Pilot to Hawker Aircraft, and after multiple dices with death during the war, he finally succumbed to a peace time test flight, and was killed whilst flying a Hawker P 1081 over Sussex, 3 April 1951 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1941’; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Act. Sqn. Ldr. T. S. Wade. R.A.F.V.R.) mounted court-style for wear, generally good very fine (7) £50,000-£70,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 16 July 1941: ‘This officer has displayed great skill and determination in his numerous engagements with the enemy and has destroyed at least 6 of their aircraft. His efforts have contributed materially to the successes achieved by the squadron.’ The original recommendation states: ‘This officer has been engaged continually in operational flying since May 1940, and has proved to be a pilot of skill and determination and has contributed much to the success of his squadron. He has destroyed 6 enemy aircraft, shared in the destruction of 2 more making his total destroyed 6 and 3/4 and has probably destroyed a further 6.’ A.F.C. London Gazette 1 September 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer has been commanding officer at this unit since October 1943, and previously was Flight Commander in the Fighter Wing of the Central Gunnery School, from its formation in August 1941. During his whole career, he has shown conspicuous devotion to duty and outstanding flying ability. He has been largely responsible for the success of the school in improving marksmanship throughout Fighter Command. In particular, he has completed very close formation flying with another Spitfire aircraft, in order to make aimed releases of 500lb bombs in 60 and 70 to provide photographic evidence to clear this type of aircraft for operations in these conditions. His enthusiasm and efficiency have always been of the highest order.’ Trevor Sydney Wade was born in 1920, and educated at Tonbridge School. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1938, and carried out pilot training at No. 19 E. & R.F.T.S., Gatwick. Wade was called up at the outbreak of the Second World War, and commissioned in April 1940. He was posted for operational flying with 92 Squadron (Spitfires), and joined the Squadron during it’s recuperation after a mauling in the Battle of France and covering the evacuation from Dunkirk. Tony Bartley [see lot********] records Wade’s arrival at the Squadron along with some other notable characters: ‘May 26th [1940]... Brian Kingcome moved in with his bulldog ‘Zeke’. They looked and acted somewhat alike. Two other recruits were Geoffrey Wellum and Wimpy Wade. Geoff was 18 years old and very unsure of himself. Wimpy borrowed my Spitfire to get in some more time on the type, and straightaway slow rolled it at nought feet over the airfield, so was forthwith accepted in our league.’ (Smoke Trails in the Sky refers) The Squadron had lost two Flight Commanders and the Squadron Leader, Roger Bushell, over Calais on 23 May 1940. Kingcome was posted to 92 Squadron as Flight Commander, and he revelled in the spirit and personalities of his new Spitfire Squadron, ’To my mind 92 Squadron always had the special ingredient which sets certain people or groups apart from the rest - a small, indefinable quality in the alchemy that gives an edge, a uniqueness. This quality can never be duplicated or planned for, but somehow it comes into being and is aptly called ‘spirit’. It always begins at the top, and 92’s exceptional spirit undoubtedly had its origins in the outstanding personalities of the original squadron and flight commanders. It then continued to flourish in the fertile soil of the rich mix of characters who made up this exceptional fighting unit: determined, committed young men, intent on squeezing the last drop of living from whatever life might be left to them at the same time as they refused to take themselves or their existence too seriously. They came from all walks of life... there was Neville Duke and ‘Wimpy’ Wade, both outstanding airmen who survived the war with distinguished and much-decorated careers and became household names as test pilots. There was also Allan Wright, an ex-Cranwell cadet, extremely bright and professorial even in those far-off days, but a determined and successful pilot, and then the youngest of them all Geoff Wellum, aged 17 and known as ‘Boy’ because of his age. And there were Don Kingaby and ‘Titch’ Havercroft, two of the R.A.F.’s most successful NCO pilots, both of whom finished up as Wing Commanders, Don having a unique distinction in earning a D.S.O... and three D.F.M.s... Above all, there was Bob Tuck, extrovert and flamboyant... In the air he was a total professional, none was more highly respected.’ (A Willingness to Die, B. Kingcome refers) The Battle of Britain The Squadron was withdrawn to Pembrey for a rest on convoy patrols. Wade shared in the Squadron’s frustration at this prospect, and thought that they ‘languished in South Wales.’ They also carried out Night Patrols, and on one such occasion Wade found himself in a spot of bother over Swansea Bay. Met with awful weather conditions and R/T failure, he was forced to bale out over Exeter, 28 July 1940. His Spitfire, N 3287, crashed two miles south-west of Chudleigh. Wade moved with ‘A’ Flight to Bibury: ‘At the beginning of August and to our disgust and despondency A Flight was moved to Bibury and put mainly on night fighter patrols. This was the last straw, when every day we heard on the news what our old friends in 11 Group were doing in the front line. Bibury was a pretty little Cotswold village, and a great contrast to the sordidness of Llanelly. We were billeted in an old coaching house that belonged to a widow who trained racehorses. The second day after we arrived, we were attacked, without warning by a Junkers 88. I [Tony Bartley] had just finished a luncheon sandwich, and was watching what I had thought was an Oxford trainer circle the airfield, when, to my horror, it dived down at our dispersal point, machine guns blazing. A stream of bullets ploughed into the ground behind my heels as I dived into a ditch, while a stick of bombs came tumbling out of its belly. I lay mesmerised by the falling projectiles, and could not take my eyes off them until they disappeared into the gr...
Lot 348
A Second War Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal group of six awarded to Major George Raymond Barker, U.S.A.F., a B-29 Superfortress pilot who flew ‘the Hump’ from India to China and the far East, attacking Japanese targets all over the far East; he then flew the long haul from Tinian Island in the Pacific on the first heavy bomber raid on Japan, completing 35 combat missions with 468th Bombardment Group, 8 of which were by night United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross, bronze, slot brooch; Air Medal, bronze, with oak leaf cluster emblem on riband, wrap brooch; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze, with one silver and two bronze star emblems on riband, crimp brooch; Victory Medal 1945, bronze, crimp brooch; Philippines Liberation medal, bronze and enamel, crimp brooch; Presidential Unit Citation riband bar, very fine or better (6) £400-£500 --- George Raymond Barker was born on 18 May 1917, at Butte, Montana and enlisted into the U.S. Army as a Private on 3 August 1937. Discharged on 3 November 1940, he immediately re-enlisted as an Aviation Cadet. Promoted Sergeant, 3 November 1941 and Master Sergeant, 23 June 1942, he began flying training in February 1942, and by December he was piloting the B-17 heavy bomber. He was Honourably Discharged from training on 22 June 1942, and immediately commissioned wartime 2 Lieutenant. Promoted Lieutenant on 18 February 1943 and Captain, 3 April 1944, Barker was assigned to 795th Squadron, 468th Bomb Group (The Billy Mitchell Bomb Group), 58th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force, in June 1944. Equipped with B-29's the group moved, via Africa, to Kharagpur, India in June 1944. Barker flew combat missions flying over “the Hump” to carry supplies from India to staging fields in China, before entering combat with an attack on railroad shops at Bangkok, Thailand, on 5 June 1944. From bases in India, China, and Ceylon, he mined shipping lanes near Saigon, French Indochina, and Shanghai, China, and struck Japanese installations in Burma, Thailand, French Indochina, Indonesia, Formosa, China and Japan. Targets included iron works, aircraft factories, transportation centres and naval installations. Barker’s regular B-29 aircraft (42-24734) named “Miss Lead” crashed at Tinian on return from a mission on 8 June, but was repaired. On 20 August 1944, as part of the 468th Bomb Group, Barker took part in the first US air raid on Japan since the “Doolittle Raid” in April 1942. 64 B-29 Superfortresses took part in this daylight raid on the iron and steel works at Yawata, Japan. For this raid the 468th received a Distinguished Unit Citation as follows: ‘The 468th Bombardment Group (VH), XX Bomber Command, is cited for outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy on 20 August 1944. The group dispatched 29 B-29 type aircraft to its forward bases and all aircraft were airborne on D-day as a part of the XX Bomber Command. Fighter opposition was successfully overcome on the way to the target. Despite a steady hail of intense and accurate flak concentrations which accounted for the destruction of one airplane, and damage to a second, causing it to crash on the return to the mainland of China, and despite continuous enemy fighter attacks employing suicide ramming tactics which accounted for the destruction of two or more of their aircraft, the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) succeeded in destroying the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata on the Jap mainland. In the accomplishment of its primary mission, 15 enemy aircraft were damaged or destroyed. The success of its part of the mission by the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) was especially outstanding in that the method of attack used called for the utmost in daring and skill. The first daylight raid over the Japanese home islands since the historic raid of Tokyo in April 1942 proved the real effectiveness of daylight precision bombing by B-29s. The hazards of mechanical failure, fighter opposition, flak, and barrage balloons on the mission of over 3,000 miles were all overcome by the valor and high professional ability of all members of the 468th Bombardment Group, XX Bomber Command, and by their courage, cooperative spirit, and tireless energy the individuals of the group have reflected great credit on themselves and the Army Air Forces.’ The Group evacuated the advanced bases in China in January 1945 but continued operations from India, bombing storage areas in Rangoon, Burma, a railroad bridge at Bangkok, Thailand, railroad shops at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, and the dry dock in Singapore harbour. Barker flew further missions against Japan after the Bomb Group repositioned to Tinian Island in the Marianas group in February 1945. They also took part in mining operations, incendiary raids on area targets, and high-altitude missions against strategic objectives. The group dropped incendiaries on Tokyo and Yokohama in late May 1945, being awarded a second Distinguished Unit Citation for the attacks as follows: ‘The 468th Bombardment Group (VH) is cited for outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy. During the period of 23-29 May 1945 the destruction of the militarily important industrial areas of Tokyo and Yokohama was completed, despite the fierce enemy anti-aircraft fire from these most heavily defended points of the Japanese mainland. On 23 and 25 May 1945, the heroic efforts of all personnel of the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) contributed materially to the destruction of an additional 22.1 square miles of vital industrial area in Tokyo, bringing to 56.3 square miles the total area devastated within that city, the center of Japan’s war industry. Before the Japanese had time to recover from this staggering blow to their morale and war potential, this group participated in a daring daylight strike on 29 May 1945 against the city of Yokohama, a single attack in great force, which reduced to rubble 6.9 square miles of the city’s most important industrial area. The success of this series of missions, flown as they were in rapid succession and over vast expanses of open sea, despite dangerous tropical weather conditions and intense enemy opposition, is a reflection of the exemplary devotion to duty demonstrated by the ground personnel and of the great professional skill, tenacity, and courage of aircrews. The achievements of the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) during this period of sustained effort reflect great honor on themselves and the armed forces of the United States.’ The group received another Distinguished Unit Citation for a daylight strike on an aircraft plant at Takarazuka, Japan, in July 1945, citation as follows: ‘The 468th Bombardment Group (VH) is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action against the enemy. On 24 July 1945, this group and one other group of the 58th Bombardment Wing were ordered to knock out the Kawanishi aircraft plant at Takarazuka in a daylight precision bombing attack. This mission was of utmost strategic importance because the plant was known to manufacture components of a dangerous Japanese navy fighter. Inspired by the importance of the mission, both air and ground personnel worked tirelessly to insure maximum success of the strike. As a result, 42 airplanes of the group reached the target area. At the assembly point, the aircraft encountered continuously pointed fire that continued all the way into the target. The fire was so accurate and concentrated that twenty-three of the forty-two B-29s were damaged. Despite this savage fire the 468th Bombardment Group (VH) calmly and heroically held the compact formation necessary for maximum bombing accuracy and dropped 245 tons of explosives on the aircraft factory. When the group retired from the target area, the Kawanishi plant was 85% dest...
Lot 128
A post-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain (Quartermaster) G. J. Gillings, Royal Signals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2317281 W.O. Cl.2.G. J. Gillings. R. Signals.) mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £240-£280 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 June 1953. The original Recommendation, dated 16 January 1953, states: ‘Captain Gillings has been Quartermaster of 7 Training Regiment, Royal Signals, for the past five years during which time, amongst his other duties, he has been responsible for clothing and equipping upwards of sixty thousand Regular and National Service recruits. It is mainly due to his personal efforts in this line that the very high standard of dress and turn-out of Royal Signals soldiers has been possible. During his service with this Regiment, Captain Gillings has carried out his duties in a manner worthy of the highest praise. He has ever given of his best and has in no way spared himself in the execution of his duty and in any other Unit activity. His little spare time has been devoted to the interests of the Regiment, and in every way he has given far more than his duties require of him. His conscientiousness, spirit of co-operation, loyalty, devotion to duty, and utter disregard of self have been an outstanding example to all ranks of the Regiment.’ Gordon Jack Gillings served with the Royal Corps of Signals throughout the Second World War and, having been advanced War Substantive Regimental Sergeant Major, was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 10 April 1945. He was promoted Captain (Quartermaster) on 26 October 1948, and relinquished his commission on 1 December 1953, retaining the honorary rank of Captain.
Lot 130
‘I turned to my driver and whispered, “It’s going to kick off”. At that very instant an RPG exploded in the air in front of us. Machine gun fire erupted from the shadows and engulfed the two WMIKs that led the patrol. Seeing muzzle flashes of enemy weapons, I established a target and fired 200 rounds immediately at the Taliban gunman, then both WMIKs trained their Heavy Machine Guns and Grenade Machine Guns onto the firing points and opened up. The space between our position and the Taliban’s is filled with tracer, birds fall out of the sky as they are cut down from the hail of steel projectiles. This is truly dead man’s land... All the while the dirt road is being ripped up by enemy bullets, the air is exploding with RPGs detonating as air bursts. Taliban 82mm mortar bombs are landing sending huge piles of soil, smoke, and high explosives into the air. If one finds its mark it will kill an entire team. We are surrounded on 3 sides, pinned to our attacking position...I turn to my crew, and tell them that I must get ammo. I jump out of the vehicle and snag myself. I am still attached to the vehicle radio net, so I unclip, and start to run back to the company. This kit and armour are almost double the weight of that I had in Iraq, so it is slow going. I look forward and focus on getting to the company. The ground splashed with dust like a puddle in torrential rain, as the Taliban attempted to bring me down, I didn’t notice it at the time, but was told after by my crew.’ The Recipient’s personal memoir. The outstanding and excessively rare Afghanistan 2007 ‘Battle of the Sluice Gate’ C.G.C., ‘Iraq 2003’ M.I.D. double gallantry group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer Class II J. T. ‘Tommo’ Thompson, 42 Commando, late 40 Commando, Royal Marines, who was awarded the C.G.C. for his display of utterly selfless bravery which led to the defeat of an overwhelming number of Taliban during an ambush and intense prolonged firefight at Habibollah Kalay, Helmand on 10 January 2007; he had previously been Mentioned in Despatches for exceptional gallantry at the rescue of his Delta Company colleagues who had become surrounded during a lethal engagement with Feyadeen forces at Al Yahudia, Iraq, 2003. On 10 January 2007, his entire company having been ambushed and pinned down under an overwhelming weight of fire deep in Taliban territory, Thompson displayed conspicuous gallantry, immediately engaging five separate enemy firing points with suppressive fire, thus allowing the company to dismount whilst he himself became the focus of withering and accurate fire. Suffering burst eardrums from the proximity of RPG and machine gun fire, and with his vehicle hit by numerous enemy rounds, he continued to engage the enemy despite the personal dangers - ‘Running low on ammunition following prolonged engagements, Thompson realised that many colleagues were still dangerously exposed. Without any regard whatsoever for his own safety, he remained in the killing area, engaging the enemy at a range of only 50 metres. His utterly selfless and courageous actions allowed the company to win the firefight.’ Thompson’s stand-out courage in the face of enemy fire had already been brought to notice with a mention in despatches in the early days of the Iraq War: elements of his 40 Commando Delta Company having been ambushed near Al Yahudiyah, Southern Iraq on 30 March 2003, Thompson’s decisive action and willingness to expose himself to considerable danger under oppressive incoming fire - despite having already been stunned by an enemy rocket propelled grenade - disrupted the hitherto dominant enemy, regained the initiative and almost certainly saved the lives of a number of his team Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially inscribed ‘PO55927F Cpl J T Thompson, RM’, reverse lower arm officially dated ‘2007’; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Mne J T Thompson PO55927F RM); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (Mne J T Thompson PO55927F RM); Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Mne J T Thompson PO55927F RM); Jubilee 2012, unnamed as issued; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 (Sgt J T Thompson CGC PO55927F RM); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sgt J T Thompson CGC RM PO55927F) mounted as originally worn, generally nearly extremely fine (7) £120,000-£140,000 --- The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross was instituted as a result of the 1993 review of the British honours system and is second in seniority only to the Victoria Cross. The C.G.C. was awarded for the first time as a result of the Bosnian War in 1995 and to date 61 such awards have been made. C.G.C. London Gazette 19 July 2007: ‘For gallant and distinguished services in Afghanistan during the period 1st October 2006 to 31st March 2007.’ The original recommendation states: ‘Place: Habibollah Kalay, Helmand, Afghanistan Date: 10 January 2007 During the deployment of Juliet Company on Operation Herrick 5 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Corporal Thompson has on countless occasions displayed exceptional bravery and leadership, particularly under fire. His open and un-armoured vehicle has led the company group throughout, and as such he has always been at the forefront of many engagements with the Taliban. On numerous occasions his vehicle has been hit by small arms fire and shrapnel. Unperturbed, he has constantly put himself in harm's way as he personally seeks to fight the enemy. His indomitable spirit is truly inspirational to the remainder of his company and he is invariably the last to disengage from a firefight. On 10 January 2007, during an operation deep in Taliban held territory near Gereshk, Thompson displayed conspicuous gallantry. The operation also required the company to conduct searches in the Taliban stronghold of Habibollah Kalay, the scene of numerous previous engagements and where the enemy had time to prepare defences. The enemy's numbers proved to be far greater than expected and contributed to the intensity of the ensuing fight. At first light, as the company was moving into position with Thompson's vehicle leading as usual, they were ambushed on three sides with an overwhelming weight of fire. Nothing new for Thompson, but the remainder of the company also began to receive fire from multiple directions. Dangerously exposed and realising that the entire company was pinned down from behind him, Thompson engaged five separate firing points. He soon became the focus for the enemy and received withering and accurate fire. His dedicated actions suppressed the enemy sufficiently for the company to dismount from its protected Viking vehicles. Suffering a burst eardrum from the proximity of RPG and machine gun fire, and with his vehicle hit by numerous enemy rounds, he continued to engage the enemy despite the personal dangers. Despite having only one functioning weapon system on his vehicle and running low on ammunition following prolonged engagements, Thompson realised that many colleagues were still dangerously exposed. Without any regard whatsoever for his own safety, he remained in the killing area, engaging the enemy at a range of only 50 metres. His utterly selfless and courageous actions allowed the company to win the firefight. Conducting a hasty ammunition re-supply and swapping his broken machine gun, Thompson returned to the fight, yet again at the front of the company. For the remainder of the battle he provided fire support to 1 Troop as it seized a significant weapons cache. This contact was the fiercest the company had endured during the 6-month tour. That mission success was achiev...
Lot 83
Two boxes of sundries to include a Fairweather Collection figure of John Bull limited edition 152/750, Schabak die cast model of Concorde, die cast model of Vulcan, various aeronautical ephemera including Tattoo mugs, bag of Union flags, box of books on the subject of Rolls Royce, steam railways, classic cars, colour print of Concorde "Power, Grace and Glory", colour print of "Spirit of Fairford" with Stealth bomber and fighter jets, print of the Mall with Lancaster fly by and print after Don Breckon "Sunday working" depicting seven men not working and steam train
Lot 201
A Naga woven rattan, goat hair, and boar tusk mounted warrior's hat, early 20th century,enwrapped with dried yellow orchid stems, 25cm highFootnote: Used to announce the status and achievements of the wearer, the present lot is an example of a hat worn by Naga warriors during ceremonies and celebrations. Usually worn alongside jewellery and other body decorations, the materiality of these garments, which are often embellished with goat hair and boar tusks, functions both to invoke the spirit of the animal and to indicate the masculinity and virility of the wearer.Condition report: Good condition throughout
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