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Click here to subscribeAn early 20th century style aquamarine and diamond ring, the step cut aquamarine, approx. 9 x 7 x 5mm, with stepped shoulders set with small round diamonds in millegrain mounts, with plain band all in white metal stamped '18ct', size P, (3.5g)Condition: Very light abrasions to stone (only visible through x10 loupe).Side stones missing.Light wear to band (shows signs of being re-sized).
WALDSTATTEN ALFRED VON: (1872-1952) Austo-Hungarian Generalmajor of World War I who held senior positions on the Armeeoberkommando (General Staff) and exercised significant influence over Emperor Karl I of Austria and Generaloberst Arthur Arz con Straussenberg, Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army. A good, small series of seven World War II date A.Ls.S., Frhr. v. Waldstatten, nineteen pages (total), 8vo and 4to and one written on a correspondence card, Leitersdorf, 1939-44, all to Franz Bohme ('Lieber Freund Bohme!'), in German. In a distinctive, attractive hand Waldstatten writes a series of interesting and lengthy letters to his friend, discussing military matters and the progress of the Germans in World War II, stating, in part, 'Very seldom has a letter afforded me so much pleasure as your interesting lines. I sense in them how you, as the successful commander of such first-rate, victorious troops, feel the urge to give rein to your well-justified feelings of pride and happiness. And the fact that…..you thought of your old instructor in tactics makes me extremely happy…..I do not want to be an armchair strategist, but…..on the first press reports from the front, it is as if the two sides were meeting each other in an exercise. In so doing, I thought more of outmanoeuvring the Polish army on the Vistula than of completely pinning them down so that that would lead on to the encirclement and annihilation of the Poles. I knew too little of the latest and most effective weapon of war - the fast-moving armoured division - to evaluate its powers adequately. One thing I do know - if I were still an instructor at a military establishment, I should put in a word for the impetuous, daring types who were ready for command much more strongly than I did 30 (!!) years ago…..The achievements of the army are fabulous - I feel myself once again proud to be a German, proud of the German army - at heart, all of us Austrians were equally good and genuine Germans…..There is a heap of tactical, organisational and even strategic questions which I should particularly like to put to you. But I shall not keep you from your command duties…..Let's wait for times of peace. Shall we have to wait a long while for them? Who could give an answer to that question?' (20th September 1939, just a few weeks after the outbreak of World War II), 'I congratulate you very warmly and genuinely on your high decoration….I have followed your victorious advance through France on my wall map of the war…..continually amazed at the areas said to be strong and important which could be hurried, or rushed, through! It was fantastic what was achieved in this regard…..Poland, France; will you now be denied the opportunity of gathering new laurels in England?' (20th June 1940, less than a month before the Battle of Britain commenced), 'Once again I have the occasion to congratulate you most warmly. You are actually now on the penultimate step to the highest military rank, a 'fighting General of Infantry'; this is magnificent, and I congratulate you most warmly' (28th September 1940), 'In the East, in the West, in the South - at every point of the compass you have magnificent successes to show! What more can Mars, the god of war, offer you? With the Greek gods you must already be on the best of terms! Thirty years ago, who would have surmised that you would win the laurels beside the Aegean Sea and - as I expect - in Greece as well?' (27th April 1941), 'I became an officer 50 years ago; in that profession I could serve only 26 years…..I feast on the memory of those 26 years in my real calling…..All that you have been able to take part in, with such rich success, is indeed enviable. Especially in the Balkans, you had a whole host of most interesting problems to solve. “Fortune in war remains kind only to the man who is expert at his job” is an observation whose truth has been proved over the centuries. I cannot surmise where you are stationed on the Russian front, but I know for certain that it is there that the greatest conceivable actions will take place….' (16th August 1942), 'You keep the information you give about your own activities in very general terms, and thus very much in accord with proper military practice in such matters: it allows me to make only very broad surmises about where you are operating. Perhaps one will read your name shortly in Tunis…..since you are always posted to places where something is wrong….' (19th November 1942), 'It is certainly a cause for astonishment that you have been able to stand up physically to what is already 4 ½ years of all kinds of hardship on the battlefield - of which 3 have been spent in Russia!!.....The news you have sent has naturally interested me very greatly. It's a pity that I cannot follow your operations on a map. Where may your position be? I opt for the area around Nevel or Vitebak….In any event, it looks - overall - very difficult. Without having an accurate picture of the defences, I should argue for a landing in the Bremen - Hamburg area. May you succeed in winning the greatest strategic - yes, the decisive - victory of the war!!...But - in my opinion - one cannot exclude the thought that all the great excitement is one huge American bluff!' (9th January 1944). Each of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes, all of which are hand addressed by Waldstatten and three are also signed by him in the return address panels to the verso. A fine group of letters for their content and association. VG, 7 Franz Bohme (1885-1947) Austrian General in the Wehrmacht, Commander of the XVIII Mountain Corps in the Balkans and Commander-in-Chief in German occupied Norway during World War II.
REGGAE 45s. Crucial selection of 14 x 7". Artists/titles/cat. numbers are Al Campbell & Horace Andy - Dance Hall Business (JA original issue on Exterminator - clean Ex condition), Dennis Brown - Slave Driver (LAS 20), Max Romeo - One Step Forward and Wet Dream (Ocean dark blue label), Symparis - Skinhead Moon Stop (Treasure Isle TI-7050), Aswad - Africa (WIP 6312), Tony Tribe (DT-419), Lee Perry (WIP 6370), Johnny Clarke (VS 173), Third World (WIP 6413), Barry Brown, Trinity (DH 001), U-Roy (CBN 319) and Dave And Ansil COllins (TE-901). Condition is generally VG to Ex.
60s/70s SOUL/FUNK 7". Excellent collection of over 90 x 7" to get the floor moving. Artists/titles/cat. numbers include Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step (Sue WI-340 - nice Ex with original company sleeve), Dynamic Concept - La Da Da (PX 105), Mongo Santamaria - Cloud Nine(58-4086), Jimmy Breedlove - I Can't Help Lovin' You (DDS 110), Donnie Elbert (2092-040), James Brown (2001-163), Pleasure (FTC 115), The Skatalites, Etta Thomas, Bill Moss (Pama PM 765), The Courtships (USA 6), African Music Machine (CS 9002), Aretha Franklin, Ashford & Simpson, King Floyd, Phil Cordell, Don Covay, Eddie Floyd, The Bar-Kays, Four Tops, Bo Diddley, Geno Washington, Jimmy Gilmer and Lamont Dozier. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
OO Gauge Hornby R286 'Wild Swan' Locomotive 60021 without box, loose coaches, various model toys, Bachmann HO Maintenance of way vehicles Rail detector Step Van w/ highrailers, Tuf-Toys cars, and a selection of various rolling stock, Cooper Craft, Triang, Mainline, general condition appears A/G (Quantity) Box
An Art Deco style emerald and diamond three stone platinum ring, the central square step cut emerald approx 0.75ct, two baguette cut diamonds set each side, with four small old cut diamonds to the shoulders, size JCondition: Good, all stones present and in good order, settings secure, minor wear and tear only to shank
A diamond dress ring, the central rectangular panel set with step cut diamonds, within a pavé set brilliant cut diamond surround, to pavé set diamond shoulders, approximately 2.16 carats total, stamped 750, finger size M Please note the diamond weight should read approximately 1.90 carats total
A mid 20th century beaded necklace, the plaited beaded back to white paste orbs with circular cut white paste set spacers and black paste polished and textured beads, to a blue, white and black bead tassel; and a 1930s silver coloured black paste set bangle, the step cut black pastes in channel settings, with engraved sides, 7.5cm inner diameter
A smokey quartz dress ring, the circular cut smokey quartz within a lobed surround, stamped 9ct, finger size O 1/2; together with the step cut smokey quartz in a four claw setting, the shank stamped 9ct, finger size Q; together with a 9 carat gold garnet set cluster ring, hallmarked London 1961, finger size S; a band ring, and a single hooped earring
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