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Click here to subscribeAN 1876 NCO`S SWORD, dated 1903, the 32 1/2"" single fullered blade with broad arrow date stamp, marks for MOLE Birmingham and privately engraved with the names of the owner`s fellow soldiers, three quarter basket hilt with pierced honeysuckle design and Edward VII cypher, wire shagreen grip and steel scabbard, 39 3/4"" overall
A RARE HARDY THE ""FAIRY"" PALAKONA SPLIT CANE ROD, 9` three piece, agate line guides, dark green and black whippings, correct spare tip, cigar cork handle, stained wood reel seat with metal fittings, sleeve and bamboo hard case with leather top and Hardy Brothers Ltd stamp, together with a green heart and brass net of the same age (2)
A late 19th century figured walnut table polyphon, circa 1892 playing 15.5 inch discs the bed plate stamp '6 6' to the bottom left hand corner and '4 5' to the right hand side with twin comb and long bed plate, cast with the polyphon brand, the case with marquetry decorate stepped lid opening to reveal a monochrome print to the interior depicting horse drawn sledges over raised geometric panelled sides with three quarter bobbin turned corner pilasters on a flared base and short bracket feet, along with thirty three 15.5 inch discs 56.5cm wide, 34cm high, 52cm deep NOTE; This polyphon is similar in design to the example shown in the Musical Box, A guide for collectors, by Arthur W J G Ord-Hume, page 201, plate No.209 which shows a similar example of a table polyphon but with a drawer to the base
A GROUP OF NURSING MEDALS TO DOROTHY AYRES comprising British Red Cross Society Proficiency in Nursing medal, with bars for 1934 & 1940 (10389 D. Ayres.); British Red Cross Society Proficiency in First-Aid medal, with bars for 1936 and 1940 (15433 D. Ayres); British Red Cross Society Proficiency in First Aid in Chemical Warfare medal, with bars for First Aid in Chemical Warfare 1938 and Anti-Gas Training 1938 & 1939 (984 D. Ayres); British Red Cross Society medal, with bar for Hospital Cook; British Red Cross Society For Merit medal, with bar for 1938 (2817 D.M. Ayres); and Voluntary Medical Service Medal (Mrs Dorothy Marguerite Stamp Ayres), with two five-years service bars; and a small quantity of related documentation and other items.
AFTER LIONEL EDWARDS - four coloured hunting prints, signed bottom left CONDITION REPORTS Cotswold picture approx. 52 x 34 cm, overall very faded, wear, with staining and foxing, bears Trade Guild blind stamp, bearing initials "XXRH" and printed in top right border "Printed and published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, His Majesty's Printers, 4 Middle New Street, London EC4" Bordon print approx. 41 x 29 cm, also very faded, printed to top right border "Published by The Sporting Gallery Ltd., 70 Jermyn Street SW1" Dauntsey print with several large brown stains, some fading, scratches, wear. The other print with some fading, some stains and discoloration, wear. All with some undulations to paper.
A quantity of GB used and uncirculated stamps, to include 1952-1954 first definitive issues, 1958 Commonwealth Games including 6 joined stamps, 1965 Post Office Tower editions, Coastlines, Golden Jubilee stamps, a quantity of first day covers and a small quantity of stamp related ephemera etc in two albums and some loose. (2)
After F Matania (1881-1963) `How the staff is informed of movements at the front` and one other monochrome print:, signed in pencil lower left, blind Fine Art proof stamp, 23cm x 35cm. * Biography. Born in Naples his talent for illustration was quickly recognised by the editor on an Italian periodical. Moving to Paris in the 1920`s brought his work to the attention of The Sphere for which he produced some of his best known work including the sinking of the Titanic and his war illustrations.
India – Sikh Azad Hind Medal^ Photograph and Stamp 1940s. A collection of Sikh Azad Hind memorabilia^ a photograph of a Sikh Soldier^ a stamp depicting a Sikh Gunner and a Bravery medal. British-ruled India^ it was made up of Indian prisoners of war and expatriates in Europe. Because of its origins in the Indian independence movement^ it was also variously known also as the “Tiger Legion”^ and the “Azad Hind Fauj”. Initially it was raised in 1941 as part of the German Army^ and from August 1944 was attached to the Waffen-SS. Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose initiated the legion`s formation^ as part of his larger efforts to win India`s independence by waging war against Britain^ when he came to Berlin in 1941 seeking German aid to bring down British rule in India. The Azad Hind Army consisted of Hindu^ Muslim and Sikh soldiers fighting for the independence of India.
Rare Act from the Highland Rebellion 1745 – Printed Act of Parliament dated October 17th 1745 ‘for the more effectual disarming the Highlands in Scotland...’ folio 16pp plus title^ disbound and in fine condition. One of the seminal Acts which followed the Highland Rebellion of ‘Bonnie’ Prince Charlie. Determined to stamp out the Jacobites once and for all^ the British Parliament brought in draconian measures such as this one which not only disarmed the Highlanders but also banned the wearing of the Tartan. A highly important document in the history of Scotland
Brunel and the problem with broad gauge – Great Western Railway – The Broad Gauge^ bane of the Great Western Railway Company^ 4th ed 1846. 8vo 57pp^ modern binding^ generally good with withdrawn stamp of the British Library of Political and Economic Science pamphlet collection. Brunel’s broad gauge was proved to be not only safer than Stephenson’s standard gauge but also provided for greater speed. However controversy raged over the two systems with Brunel’s eventually losing out. Prov: ex collection of Michael G Max
India – Punjab – Second Sikh War Letter – rare and finely detailed six page letter written during the second Sikh war by a British Army officer to his wife^ dated Hoshiarpur^ December 1848. The letter is interestingly written in double cross hence getting maximum use of paper space. ‘… the affairs of Ramnugger (battle) and defeat of Shere Singh [Attariwala] had been a deserving one…’^ he further writes.. I hope to get a good copy of the Grunth – the holy book of the Seikhs which has been found here…I have of spoil [war spoil] a set of Quoits worn by an Akali^ who I found wounded in the ditch – and a shot fired over my head from the rear of the battery…The letters has a wax seal^ a postage stamp mark for DEC^ and an inscription or signature in Urdu/Persian. Seems like two letters posted as one covering the news from the Sikh wars^ as an early page reads November 1848. Too much to de-cypher. The second Anglo Sikh war was fought in 1848-49 when the Governor of Mooltan rebelled against the British administration of the Punjab after the First Sikh War. Raja Shere Singh joined the rebellion but their forces were crushed and after a series of Battles the Sikh soldiers were defeated at the battle of Chillianwala. Scarce
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