WWII – Stalag 383 POW Camp a remarkable scrap book kept by a British POW John Rymer at Stalag 383 POW camp containing a wealth of mementoes of his incarceration in the camp – which by WWII standards was known as a ‘cushy billet’. The scrapbook carries photographs illustrations documents and ephemera relating to the considerable number of amateur theatricals and musicals which the inmates staged during the War including performances of HMS Pinafore The Gondaliers The Importance of Being Earnest etc. Each production is featured with a remarkably (almost professionally) produced programme with a typed cast list and photographs of the production which again one might consider to be in the West End if you didn’t know that this was in a POW camp. The whole book provides an almost surreal impression of POW life in the camp. While other allied POWs were digging tunnels and suffering terrible depravation in order to try to escape it seems that the inmates at 383 were having a jolly good time of it. The history of the camp bears In the case of 383 it appears that the Germans had despaired of the various antics of NCOs at other camps in getting out of work duties so they were almost exclusively sent to 383 – built on gentle slopes in the middle of peaceful wooded countryside south east of Nuremberg. NCOs were sent from all over Germany to the camp which had swelled to 4000 inmates by April 1943. Instead of being crammed into draconian conditions the inmates enjoyed small dormitory huts housing 14 or less. There they enjoyed sports walking – and the theatre which was particularly popular. One inmate wrote home that he was ‘14 pounds heavier than when he joined up.’ In the end the inmates were forcibly removed by the Germans in late April 1945 and handed over to the Americans. One wonders what their thoughts on ‘liberation’ must have been !this out – it was almost exclusively given over to NCOs – and as anyone in the forces knows a band of NCOs will always get the best for themselves.
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India Sikh Punjab three letters including : Maharajah Bhupinder Singh of Patalia typewritten letter signed dated June 12th 1922 to Leslie Jones inviting him to come with his wife and ward to stay at Chail the Nawab of Bahawalpur autograph letter signed dated February 20th 1906 to Leslie Jones Principal Aitchison College Lahore acknowledging his letter inviting him to the College dinner and sports and regretting that he cannot attend because he is on tour in his State letter of Louis Dane Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab dated March 14th 1913 to Leslie Jones congratulating his college’s recent sporting achievements.
Corgi Toys, 219 Plymouth Sports Suburban Station Wagon, cream body with fawn roof, red interior with smooth flat hubs, minor paint loss, box missing end flaps (VG,Ba/f), and Dinky Toys, 449 Chevrolet El Camino pink-up, off-white lower, turquoise upper and red interior, some paint chips (G,Ba/f)
8 boxed Corgi and Dinky toys to include; Dinky 186 Mercedes Benz 220SE, RAF blue with off-white interior (G,Ba.f), Dinky 258 USA police car, no aerial but good (G,Ba/f), Corgi 408 Bedford AA service van (G,Ba/f), Dinky 263 Superior Criterion ambulance, with patient (G,Ba/f), Dinky 414 rear-tipping wagon, blue and grey body, 1 wheel replaced (G,Ba/f), Dinky 195 Jaguar 3.4 saloon, grey with red interior (F-G,Ba/f), Dinky 796 Healey sports boat on trailer, steering wheel broken (P-F,Ba/f), and Corgi Toys 417 Land Rover breakdown truck (G,Ba/f) (x8)
3 boxed Corgi toys to include 224 Bentley Continental Sports Saloon, Silver lower with black upper body, red interior, playworn, 1 end flap missing to box but fair (F-G-BF), Corgi, 231, Triumph Herald Coupe, white and gold body but playworn (F-BP-F), and Corgi Toys, 252 Rover 2000, metal green, tyre cover a/f (a/f-BG)
3 boxed Matchbox 1-75 series diecasts to include; No.11 ERF ESSO petrol tanker, red body, metal wheels and gold trim with ESSO transfers to rear (G,BG), No.16 transporter trailer in tan (NM,BVG), and No.48 Meteor sports boat and trailer, blue hull with light brown deck, black trailer with metal wheels (G,BG) (x3)
Mixed boxed diecasts to include; Polisti, Corgi, Minichamps, Martoys etc, various subjects to include; F1, Range Rovers, Military and Sports cars, some boxes a/f but all models appear complete, models include; Airfix 1/32 scale Bedford RL Trude (VG,BG), Polistil VW Cabriolet (VG,BF-G) etc (x24)
PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OVER A Sports Marketing 1790 Biathlon Trainer .177 Calibre Air Rifle, numbered 04113584, with grey plastic cut-away stock and Diopter sight, in a BSA green cloth bag; two Junior Training Rifle Rests. with sight adjustables; two BSA Walnut Air Rifle Stocks, with chequered semi pistol grips and fore-ends; a BSA Beech Break Barrel Air Rifle Stock, with semi pistol grip and length adjustable butt; two Charging Adapters (8)
SOME RECORDS OF THE ANNUAL GRASMERE SPORTS compiled by Hugh W Machell^ the forward by The Rev H D Rawnsley MA^ illustrated from photographs^ published by Charles Thurnham & Sons Carlisle & Simpkin^ Marshall & Co Ltd^ London^ 1911^ of this Edition de Luxe only 250 copies have been printed of which this is No 117. Knock and wear to boards^ yellowing to pages^ viewing advised.
Military fobs, medalets, cap badges and sundry, including: 9 carat gold and enamel medal by W. H. Haseler Ltd., Birmingham 1913, for the ‘Worthington Evans Cup’, 3.2cm long, in a fitted case; two other 9 carat and enamel gold medals, in cases (18.2g gross); silver army sports medalets, many Hampshire Regiment, including: a silver medal by B. H. Joseph & Co., Birmingham 1913, for the ‘Army Football Association Cup’, 3.1cm long, in a fitted case; a silver and enamel medal by Henry Slingsby & Son, Birmingham 1910, for the ‘Aldershot Football Association’, 3.3cm long; eight other silver medals; together with other badges and other items
A group of five early Post War Dinky vehicles, a No.39E Armstrong Siddely Coupe in grey with blue interior, a No.38C Lagonda sports Car in green with dark green seats, a 38D Alvis Sports Car in green with black interior, a 38B Sunbeam Talbot Sports Car in blue with grey interior and black wheels, a Fire Engine in red with black ridged wheels complete with bell and ladder
Fishing – The Badminton Library Of Sports And Pastimes, large paper edition 183/200, Pike And Other Coarse Fishing, half leather binding, scrubbed to spine and edges, hand cut pages, 2 x similar bound Badminton Library shooting books, “Moore & Marsh” and “Field & Covert”, wear to spines, generally clean interiors, worth rebinding. (3).
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