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Lot 79
Six Commedia dell'Arte figures, a Meissen figure of Punchinello, 16cm high;a Derby figure ‘Coulmbine’,No.199, 15cm high;a Komodie ceramic figure of Anselmo, after Franz Anton Bustelli, 19th/20th century, wearing a brown cloak, and clutching a walking stick, on circular base, incised 79, 16cm high;a Meissen figure of a figure pulling a dog’s tail,17cm high anda Samson figure of a harlequin,11cm high, anda young dancing maiden,10.5cm (6)
Lot 107
A Set of Thirty One Yellow Metal and Gem Set Stick Pins, each with a single coloured gem in a cut down collet setting, in a fitted case numbered and with key, no gold marks. The pins are numbered with Roman numerals and appear complete, but two are wrongly marked: 14 and 18 stones are in wrongly numbered pins.
Lot 1604
A 9ct gold saxophone stick pin, a similar initial pin and tiepin and five various unmarked items, including a turquoise-set stickpin, a pearl and lapis lazul-set tiepin, a pearl and lapis lazuli bar brooch, an amethyst, peridot and pearl-set bar brooch and another bar brooch with pearl-set flower (8)
Lot 230
LATE VICTORIAN EIGHTEEN CARAT GOLD CAMEO SET STICK PINthe pin 79mm long and with twisted engraving, with a cameo set terminal, the green and white cameo carved to depict a classical soldier with helmet facing right, 22mm high and within a ropetwist and sphere border, Birmingham marks for 1900-01, maker A.B, 7.4g, in a fitted purple velvet lined leather case
![[BURNS STEPHEN]: (1921-1943)British Flight Sergeant, Rear Gunner of Lancaster ED936/G AJ-H of 617 Squadron on the Dambusters](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/20a823bd-ed1f-405b-a860-a79301069063/dd6f50cb-e137-4605-b1d0-4ed736f0e60f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 307
[BURNS STEPHEN]: (1921-1943)British Flight Sergeant, Rear Gunner of Lancaster ED936/G AJ-H of 617 Squadron on the Dambusters Raid, 16th May 1943. A pair of dark brown leather flying gauntlets used by Burns during World War II, and being the gloves worn by him on the Dambusters Raid. The gauntlets were issued by the Air Ministry and each feature official stamps and markings to the inside, the right hand glove with the clearer markings and featuring the date 1940. The gauntlets measure 14.5" in length and have straight working zips with the original oval leather pullers attached. Interestingly, and somewhat poignantly, the left hand glove bears the ink ownership name of W[illiam]. A[lbert]. Gillen. Some overall age wear, G Provenance: Accompanied by a copy of a typed inventory of the Burns Archive prepared by a previous owner in 2001 when he acquired the material from Dorothy Mundon, the sister of Stephen Burns. The present gauntlets are listed on the inventory, and also included in the lot is a copy of a handwritten letter from Mundon to the previous owner explaining that she has been through the inventory and that it is correct, and further stating that 'flying gloves worn by Steve in Dams Raid' are included. William Albert Gillen (1917-1943) Canadian Flight Sergeant who served with the RAF in 57 Squadron at the same time as Burns. Gillen was killed in action on 9th January 1943. There could be a number of reasons why Burns was later to wear the gloves of his flying colleague, although it would appear most plausible that Burns would have subsequently been handed the gloves for his own use following the tragic death of Gillen. Following Burns' involvement in the Dambusters Raid he returned home to Dudley for a short period of leave during which time he gave the gloves to his younger brother, Freddie. Burns flew as Rear Gunner in Pilot Officer Geoffrey Rice's crew for the Dambusters Raid of 16th May 1943 and the near fatal events of Lancaster ED936/G AJ-H are well documented, not least by Alan Cooper in his book The Dam Buster Raid - A Reappraisal 70 Years On (2013), in which he wrote 'Geoff [Rice] himself was not immune from trouble as he reached the Zyder Zee, hugging the surface of the water which was dark and unforgiving, he hit the water. He pulled up the stick but the damage was already done. The underside of the Lancaster was torn out and with it the bomb. So much water came in that Sergeant Burns, his rear gunner, was up to his knees in water and at one time the water came over his turret. The tailwheel had been forced up into the aircraft, breaking the main spar of the tailplane and finishing up near the Elsan toilet, which was near the rear door'It has also been written that Burns, to avoid drowning, smashed the Perspex windows of the rear turret, evidently whilst wearing the present flying gauntlets, so that the water could drain out, having remarked to Rice 'Christ! It's wet at the back, Skipper'.Items of flying clothing (especially those with exceptional provenance) used by any of the crew members from the eleven Lancaster bombers who successfully returned to RAF Scampton at the conclusion of Operation Chastise very rarely appear at auction and are highly desirable.
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