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Click here to subscribeThe Tales of Hoffman: A rail with a pale blue and dark blue pink bowed dress and brown wig with orange bows, a blue and silver jacket, a blue and white stripe suit, various wool and tweed jackets and peasant wear. Approx. 36 items.The Tales of Hoffman, composed by Offenbach, first performed 1881. The Plot: Hoffmann, a poet, keeps falling disastrously in love, with a mechanical doll, a vamp and a dying young singer. Discouraged, he takes to drink instead.
Scarce 1940 Royal Air Force Combined Pattern Mae West / Parachute Harness, heavy green canvas suit with two large zips to the centre and lower pockets. Provisions for the fitting of the clip on seas or chest parachute. Manufactured by Irving Air Chute of Great Britain Limited and dated 24 Oct 1940 and 4 NOV 1940. AID acceptance stamp. Mint un-issued example.
WW2 Royal Air Force Sidcot Flying Suit, of heavy canvas material with removable fur collar. Zips to the front, cuffs, sides and legs of the suit. Complete with the fixed waist belt. Interior of the suit has the original size label to the inside and air ministry stamp. Used example but still remaining in generally good condition.
Rare Special Operations Executive (S.O.E) “Striptease” Jump Suit, very well worn example of the camouflage jump suit issued to SOE agents for parachuting into occupied territories during WW2. The suit has two large front zips and various external and internal pockets. The suit is heavily worn and has a number of areas of damage, the zips are corroded and worn. No labels or markings visible in the smock. Most of the smocks you find on the collectors market today are mint un-issued examples that have remained in the government stores and later sold off as Army Surplus. This smock was found by the current vendor on the Czechoslovakian border and was discarded by a WW2 SOE agent who parachuted into the occupied territory.
Defence for the Left Arm from a 19th Century Full Suit of Armour, comprising elbow cop with embossed medial ridge with roped turned over edges, fore arm and upper arm plates en-suite, edge of upper arm pierced for attachment to a pauldron. Maximum 41cms. Good condition and age patina, small leather strap and several rivets renewed.
Grouping of Royal Air Force Insignia, consisting of early 1918 period arm eagle, 3x variations of RAF physical training trade badges, embroidered physical training instructors trade badge, Mountain Rescue embroidered trade badge, tropical issue Rescue Volunteer badge, embroidered master aircrew arm badge and embroidered 30 Squadron flight suit badge. Various conditions. (9 items)
Lily Cole signed 10x8 swim suit colour photo. English model, actress and entrepreneur. Cole pursued a modelling career as a teenager and was listed in 2009 by Vogue Paris as one of the top 30 models of the 2000sComes with a PSA/DNA certificate with a matched hologram sticker on photo. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95.
[IMMELMANN MAX]: (1890-1916) German Oberleutnant, the first German Flying Ace of World War I, officially credited with 15 victories. A pioneer of fighter aviation, Immelmann was the first pilot to be awarded with the Pour le Mérite (Blue Max) and was also conferred with the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern and the Iron Cross First & Second Class. Immelmann was Killed in Action at the age of 25. TEUBERN EHRHARDT VON (1890- ) German Leutnant of World War I, a close friend of Immelmann who flew as Observer to the Ace on several occasions after joining Feldflieger-Abteilung 62 in 1915. A.L.S., Ehrhardt v. Teuben, one page, 4to, Gemunden, Hunsruck, 23rd August 1972, to [Hans] Rossbach, in German. Teubern thanks his correspondent for their letter, pictures and albums and continues 'I am not sure I understood your letter correctly…..Unfortunately, there is not enough space for a personal dedication on the side of the picture itself, so I signed it on the back. We can always change that on another picture….'. Together with a L.S., Ehrhardt v. Teubern, on two sides of a plain postcard, Gemunden, 23rd April 1977, also to Hans Rossbach, in German. Teubern thanks his correspondent for their postcard and adds that he remembers him fondly, continuing 'Unfortunately we are not available on Saturday. A very good friend has taken ill, and we are constantly travelling. Beginning of May would suit fine, any day except Saturday'. With two file holes, one slightly affecting the signature, and with some minor water staining, only very slightly touching the signature. Also including five unsigned photographs (3.5 x 5.5 and slightly smaller) of Teubern, each of the different poses depicting him in uniform during World War I, accompanied by various colleagues including Immelmann, and a carbon typed copy of a letter from Rossbach to Teubern in German, 6th June 1972. Generally VG, 8
LITERATURE: A selection of World War I dated A.Ls.S., by various female writers, novelists and poets etc., mainly British, comprising Rose Macaulay (in part, 'This is, I hope, the last letter I shall write during the war. In fact, I hope it is over already, though we have not yet got the news of it here. I expect there will be great peace celebrations on the Front', 10th November 1918), Maud Diver (in part, 'It has always been my hope that someday some of my novels - at least - might be translated into French. But you are a critical people, with a high literary standard, which I fear I am scarcely likely to reach. I was also told - sometime before the War - that the ideals of my principle characters were too high to suit French taste. But since the war has made you better known to us, it seems to me, rather, that France is the country of fine ideals par excellence…..The news from Flanders is good & (if only the weather will do its proper share in the work) I hope it will be better still before very long…', 15th November 1917), Katharine Tynan Hinkson (in part 'I cannot tell you how much we love France. We have had a dream of sending an Irish brigade to France. I would gladly have given my sons to France. One is now fighting…..he is only 19. And the other just 18 is at the military college, Sandhurst. When it was evident there were not going to be any more recruits for England from here we tried to make a move in the direction of an Irish Brigade for France, but if it would be sanctioned….it is not easy to get at the people just now. Most of the born fighters went out in the beginning I suppose & the rest are disaffected. What is left is not the fighting sort……If an Irish Brigade for France had been sanctioned early in the War it would have been a huge success. The whole business has been badly mismanaged here', 24th February 1917), Eliza Humphreys ('Rita', Mrs. Desmond Humphreys), Violet Hunt Hueffer (in part, 'My husband, Ford Madox Hueffer has been fighting by your side in France & is now home; he has been “gassed”', 4th May n.y.) and Norma Lorimer (stating that she feels writing fiction 'is a waste of time' at this terrible time, 16th September 1917). All of the letters were written to the French soldier and autograph collector Frank Pellissier during World War I. Most with very small, extremely minor pinholes to the upper and lower edges and light age wear, generally about VG, 6
A Welsh Wool poncho with decorative fastening in black/white, 1960s, together with a brown/cream Welsh Wool cape with a metal zip and ? collar 1960, a cobalt blue two piece suit in a crepe mix fabric, 1970/80, pleated detail on jacket, diamante fastening. A Aquascutum checked country suit in dark blue/brown check, flap pocket on jacket pleated skirt from lower hip, 1980s, camel tortoiseshell buttons. A strawberry pink Boude Denh ? jacket in a boude ? mix, covered buttons, late 1960 early 1970. A black wool long line jumper and matching beanie hat, decorated in red fluted braiding, 1960 (6)
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