24th26th Classics Week (Fine Furniture, Interiors, Arts of Africa, Oceania & The Americas)
APRIL
15th & 16th Design
22nd & 23rd Fine Jewellery
28th & 29th Silver & Objects of Vertu
MAY
19th21st Fine Asian Art, Asian Art II, Japanese Works of Art & Interiors
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MEDALS & COINS, ARMS & ARMOUR
TUESDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2025
10.00AM
AT OUR CITY CENTRE SALEROOMS, SP1 3SU
VIEWING AT OUR CITY CENTRE SALEROOMS, SP1 3SU
Friday 28th November By Appointment Only
Saturday 29th November 10.00am – 1.00pm
Monday 1st December 10.00am – 4.00pm
Ned Cowell 01722 341469
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BUYER’S PREMIUM
Each lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 27% (+VAT) on the first £20,000, reducing to 26% (+VAT) thereafter.
CONDITION OF LOTS
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COLLECTION OF LOTS BY APPOINTMENT
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A group of decorations attributable to with the celebrated operatic conductor Fausto Cleva: The Republic of Italy: Order of Merit, Grand Officer’s neck badge and breast star, in fitted case together with a dress miniature badge and accompanied by the corresponding grant of dignity confirming Cleva’s appointment in December 1970; the neck badge of a more junior appointment in the same order, in fitted case with lapel badge; The Kingdom of Greece (193573): The Order of the Phoenix, civil division, Commander’s neck badge, in fitted jeweller’s case with a short length of neck cravat; a gold star, the centre with applied eagle and the shield of arms of the Kingom of Italy in red stones, reverse inscribed ‘Fausto Cleva il Fasciodi Fiume 16.8.1930=VIII’; a small bronze medal, head of Toscanini quartering left, unnamed; and two photographs featuring the composer on the occasion of his being invested with the Grand Officer of the Order of Merit.
Notes: Fausto Cleva was born in Trieste in 1902. His career as a conductor began in Milan, and in 1920 he emigrated to the United States of America where he joined the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He worked with various august institutions as a conductor and he also played the piano as an accompanist to many of the major opera singers of the period. Cleva died of a heart attack in Athens in 1971 while conducting Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, and was posthumously admitted to the Order of the Phoenix, the insignia being collected by his widow Irene, accompanied by his daughter Maria. The gold star offered here, though later dated, appears to bear some relation to the Fiume Enterprise of 191920, in which the city was occupied by Italian Nationalists opposed to its exclusion from Italy’s borders by the Paris Peace conference of 1919.
£600800
The C.I.E. group of three awards to Captain Francis Graham Arnould, C.I.E., I.V.D., Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway: The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion’s neck badge (C.I.E.), minor enamel damage to top right petal, otherwise about extremely fine; Delhi Durbar Medal 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, extremely fine or nearly so; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, George V, silver and silvergilt (CAPT: F. G. ARNOULD. 1/17TH B. B. & C. I. RY: BN: I.D.F.), engraved in serif capitals, about very fine. [3]
Notes: Francis Graham Arnould was born in Kensington in 1875 and was educated at St Paul’s School and at the City and Guilds Engineering College in London. Moving to India, he joined the Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway, in which he rose to the position of Chief Engineer in around 1921. He was commissioned in the Indian Volunteer Force in November 1899 and advanced to Captain in the B.B. & C.I. Railway Battalion in January 1912. In the following year, he married Barbarina Helen Seton (neé Dury) at St Cuthbert’s Church, Kensington (see lot 4). He was awarded the I.V.D. in 1921, the Gazette of India entry (05/11/1921) giving his rank as Major. He retired in 1928, in which year he was also created C.I.E (London Gazette 04/06/1928) for his services in railway engineering. Returning to live in England, he settled on the South Coast where he served as a councillor in Battle, Sussex. In the 1939 Register he is listed as the Head Warden of Battle A.R.P.. He passed away in 1941.
£700900
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A B.E.M. group of medals and insignia to Edith Violet Moutrie, British Red Cross: Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service (British Empire Medal), Elizabeth II (EDITH VIOLET MRS MOUTRIE) with its bow ribbon and pin fitting, in case of issue, appears officially re-named, nearly extremely fine and toned; British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service, wear to gilding, otherwise very fine; Defence Medal, contact marks to truncation, otherwise very fine; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver, with seven B.R.C.S. bars (EDITH V. MOUTRIE.), [4]; together with a B.R.C.S. Proficiency Badge with 1915 bar (760 EDITH HAYWARD), various other B.R.C.S. badges; badges for the Women’s Institute, the Primrose League, the National Hospital Service Reserve, the Women’s Voluntary Service, and other organisations, a White Star Line badge, others; and a quantity of certificates, photographs and other ephemera. [qty]
Notes: Edith Violet Moutrie (née Hayward) entered service with the Britsh Red Cross Society in 1915, and served during both World Wars in Wiltshire and Dorset. Her B.E.M. was awarded in the New Years Honours of 1956 after 41 years of service. She was at that time Commandant of the Dorset 36 detachment based at Swanage, and Divisional Welfare Officer
£200300
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A B.E.M. group of three medals to Mrs Barbarina Helen Seaton Arnould, B.E.M., Women’s Royal Voluntary Service: The Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service (British Empire Medal), George VI, GRI cypher (BARBARINA, MRS ARNOUD), impressed in plain capitals, edge gashed through title, otherwise about extremely fine; Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, small nicks to rim, otherwise about extremely fine; Women’s Royal Voluntary Service Long Service Medal, with Long Service Bar, unnamed as issued, about extremely fine. [3]
Notes: Barbarina Helen Seaton Dury was born in London in 1889. She married Francis Graham Arnould in 1913 and later lived with him in Battle in Kent (see lot 2). In 1939 she became involved in war work and was listed then as District Organiser W.V.S. for Battle, Sussex. She was awarded the B.E.M. in the New Year’s Honours of 1945 as Centre Organiser, Battle Rural District, Women’s Voluntary Services for Civil Defence.
£150250
A George III King’s Messenger’s Badge, silver and silver gilt, the oval badge encircled by a garter with legend in sunken relief, the centre with painted Hanoverian arms to a glazed shieldshaped compartment, the whole surmounted by a crown and with a pendant silver greyhound to an acanthus leaf bracket beneath, fitted for wear with a fixed ring to the reverse of the crown, height excluding greyhound 112 mm, good very fine.
Provenance: The Bamber Collection £3,5004,000
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A rare first pattern Edward VII King’s Messenger’s Badge, silver, silvergilt and enamel, the oval badge bordered by a plain blue enamel band, EVIIR cypher to the centre in relief against a seeded ground, pendant silver greyhound to a scrolling bracket below, fitted for wear at the neck with an oval suspension loop to a corresponding bracket above, with a length of narrow blue silk neck cravat, reverse numbered ‘4’, height excluding greyhound 65 mm, about extremely fine.
Provenance: The Bamber Collection.
Notes: This elegantly austere variant of the Royal Messenger’s Badge, of which only eight were produced, came about because of an objection on the part of King Edward VII to the use of the garter on such badges. The King felt that the badge bore too close a resemblance to the Lesser George of the Order of the Garter, and he was initially unaware of the association between the Garter and the Messengers Service that dated to the reign of Charles II. The matter was soon made clear to the King, and a more conventional design was adopted.
£2,5003,000 7
A rare and possibly unique Queen’s Messenger’s belt buckle made in the American manner, Victoria or Elizabeth II, brass and enamel, a slightly convex rectangular plate with stepped and radiused corners, the Royal Arms in fine relief to a red enamel ground within an arched panel, ‘THE QUEEN’S MESSENGER’ to a brass plate below, all against a general ground of cream enamel and within a roped border, impressed mark of the Bay State Jewelry and Silversmiths Co to the reverse incorporating ‘Patent no 104,012’, and ‘Serial No 82010’, brass loop fitting with embossed eagle and ‘WARRANTED FINEST MINTED BRASS’ to one end of the reverse and a small hook to the other, width 95 mm, minor blemishes to the enamel, good very fine.
Provenance: The Bamber Collection
Notes: This highly unusual form of insignia is presumed to have been made, possibly to special order, for a Queen’s Messenger stationed in the United States of America, perhaps for identification when hot weather and ‘shirt sleeve order’ made wearing a conventional badge impractical.
£100120
The O.B.E., M.M. and M.S.M. group of ten to Sergeant Albert Edward Gardner, East Surrey Regiment and Hampshire Regiment: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Civil Division, Member’s breast badge (M.B.E.), Garrard, London 1933; Military Medal, George V (19857 SJT A. E. GARDNER. 4/HANTS: R.); Queen’s South Africa Medal, second type, 3 clasps: Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6409 PTE A. GARDNER. E. SURREY REGT); 1914 Star with tailor’s copy clasp (L6409 L. SGT A. E. GARDNER 1/E. SURR: R.); British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal with M.I.D. emblem (6409 SJT. A. E. GARDNER. E. SURR. R.); Africa General Service Medal 18991956, George V, clasp: Somaliland 1920 (L13952 W.O. CL. 11. A. E. GARDNER. E. SURR. R.); Defence Medal, unnamed as issued; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (6134101 SJT. A. E. GARDNER M.M. E. SURR. R.); Meritorious Service Medal, George VI, Fid. Def. (6134101 SJT. A. GARDNER. (M.M.). SURREYS.); mounted for wearing, very fine and better, the MSM with official alteration to the service number, [10]; together with this man’s Certificate of Service (Form B 108), and other contemporary documents.
Notes: Albert Gardner enlisted in the East Surrey Regiment in April 1900 and served with 2nd Battalion in the Second AngloBoer War. He entered France with the 1st Battalion on the 16th of August 1914, and transferred to the Hampshire Regiment in September 1915. Initially posted to the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, he was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 14/05/1919) for service in the 4th Battalion. In 1919 he was seconded to the Somaliland Camel Corps, King’s African Rifles and took part in Major (T. Colonel) G.H. Summers’s expedition of JanuaryFebruary 1920 against Muhammed bin Abdullah. He was mentioned in despatches in connection with this service, and by his own account, he took command of a company after all its officers had succumbed to fatigue. He received a further mention in 1922 following the murder of District Commissioner Allan Gibbs, D.S.O., D.S.M., during the Burao Tax riot. According to Gardner, he was given the hazardous task of taking Gibbs’s body to Upper Sheik for burial amid ongoing unrest. He remained in service in Somaliland until 1934, rising to R.Q.M.S. in the S.C.C. and then taking the post of Transport Officer in the Somaliland Police. He was awarded the L.S.G.C. Medal on the 29th of July 1925, and, following his retirement, he was recommended for the M.B.E. for his service in the Somaliland Protectorate. His M.S.M. was also for service in Somaliland, and though the recommendation was made in 1928, the award was at the time contingent upon a vacancy in the list of annuitants. Gardner was still enquiring after his M.S.M. as late as 1943, with the medal apparently not materialising until after 1949. During the Second World War he served in the Colonial Office and Dominions Office Company of the Home Guard, wherein he gave instruction in the use of small arms.
£7001,000
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The Great War D.S.M. group to Able Seaman James Fortune, Royal Navy: Distinguished Service Medal, George V (214738. J. FORTUNE, A.B. SEIGE GUNS. BELGIUM.), official alterations to service number and to ‘BELGIUM’, good very fine; 191415 Star (214738, J. FORTUNE, A.B., R.N.), good very fine; British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (214738 J. FORTUNE. A.B. R.N.), the latter with copy M.I.D. emblem, good very fine and very fine, mounted for display. [4]
Notes: D.S.M. and M.I.D. London Gazette 07/08/1915
James Fortune was born in Millwall, London, in December 1883. He joined the Royal Navy in 1901, and served for 12 years before briefly transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve in December 1913. He returned to the Royal Navy in August 1914, and among other postings, he served ashore with the ‘Royal Naval Siege Guns’ in Belgium, manning the heavy naval guns that were used in counterbattery fire. His D.S.M. was gazetted below the awards of the D.S.C. to two officers of the R.N.S.G. for bravery on the 28th of April 1915 when they removed ammunition from a burning building under “heavy and accurate fire from hostile artillery”. It is probable that Fortune’s D.S.M. was awarded in connection with the same incident. James Fortune was killed in action in the destroyer H.M.S. Strongbow on the 17th of October 1917. Strongbow had been escorting a convey of merchant vessels from Norway when she was attacked and sunk by the German light cruisers Bremse and Brummer.
£300400
The Great War D.S.O. group of seven awards to Major Ernest Puleston Nicholls, D.S.O., T.D., Royal Field Artillery: Distinguished Service Order, George V; 191415 Star (CAPT. E. P. NICHOLLS. R.F.A.); British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal with copy Mention in Despatched Emblem (MAJOR E. P. NICHOLLS); Defence Medal; War Medal 193945; Territorial Decoration, George V, silvergilt, Garrard, London 1918; mounted for display in court style, good very fine or better [7]
Notes: D.S.O. London Gazette 16/09/1918
Ernest Puleston Nicholls was born in February 1870 and educated at Malvern and at Brasenose College, Oxford. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Kent (Royal Arsenal) Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers in August 1903, progressing to Lieutenant on Christmas Eve the following year, and to Captain in November 1906. Upon the creation of the Territorial Force he was appointed to 6th Battery 2nd Brigade. He proceeded to France in October 1915. At the time of his D.S.O. act he was a Major in command of 42 Battery RFA.
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while commanding his battery during an enemy attack. Under the most difficult circumstances he fought off the enemy all day, and in the evening withdrew his battery with the loss of only one gun, which had been destroyed by shell fire. He showed great ability in command”.
The occasion for this appears to have been the withdrawal of 6th Division from Morchies in late March 1918.
The recipient gave further service, in the Second World War, as an officer in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch of the R.A.F.V.R.
£1,5002,000
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A Great War D.C.M. and M.M. partgroup of four to Corporal Frank Hemington, Royal Fusiliers: Distinguished Conduct Medal, George V (2825 L. CPL F. HEMINGTON. M.M. 23/R. FUS:); Military Medal, George V (G 2825 PTE F. HEMINGTON. 23/R. FUS:); British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (GS2825 CPL. F. HEMMINGTON. R. FUS.); display mounted, 191415 Star not present, all with some edge bruising, smoothing, and abrasion, near very fine to very fine. [4]
Notes: D.C.M.London Gazette: 30/10/1918
M.M. London Gazette 13/3/1918
Frank Hemington (or Hemmington these spellings appear interchangeably in the sources) was born in Winchmore Hill in 1893. He entered France in December 1914 with the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers, and later transferred to the 23rd (Service) Battalion (First Sportsman’s). The deed that likely resulted in the award of the M.M. is described in Fred. W. West, ‘The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman’s) A Record of its Services in the Great War’. German snipers were sheltering in a derelict tank near Bourlon Wood, and on the 1st of December 1917 Private Hemington, together with an NCO, approached the tank under heavy fire and killed the occupants with Mills’ bombs. Hemington’s D.C.M. deed took place at Ayette on the 26th of June 1918, on which day the 23rd Royal Fusiliers War Diary notes “At 2.am....”B” Coy carried out a Raid on Enemy Front line”. The citation states that Hemington “...early assumed command of the raiding party and led them successfully..He set a fine example of courage and good leadership”.
£1,0001,500
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The Great War M.M. and Bar group of four medals to Lance Corporal Hugh N. C. Davies, Royal Fusiliers: Military Medal, George V, with second award bar (3856 L. CPL H. N. C. DAVIES. 12/R. FUS.); 191415 Star (3856 PTE. H. DAVIES. R. FUS.); British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (GS3856 CPL. H. N. DAVIES. R. FUS.), edge bruising to the first and third, various contact marks, otherwise very fine, [4]; together with this man’s Silver War Badge, number B335947
Notes: Military Medal London Gazette 27/10/1916
Bar to M.M. London Gazette 23/07/1919
£700900
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A Military Cross, George V, unnamed as issued, ribbon with copy second award bar and top brooch fitting, nearly extremely fine; together with a ribbon bar in a glazed pinback mount; accompanied by a gallantry certificate and a copy of Army Orders supporting an attribution to Lieutenant L. W. Shepherdson, Durham Light Infantry.
Notes: M.C. London Gazettes 26/09/1917 and 09/01/1918 (deed):
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He reconnoitred the assembly area by day and by night with great boldness previous to an attack, and in spite of two collisions with hostile patrols succeeded in laying out the forming up tapes correctly under heavy shell fire. Later, during the attack he displayed the utmost fearlessness and determination in keeping communications and in guiding supporting troops up at a critical moment, under heavy shell fire.”
This action took place near Zillebeke, in the final days of July 1917.
Bar to M.C. London Gazettes 08/03/1919 and 04/10/1919 (deed):
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as battalion signalling officer during operations near Menin on the 14th/15th October, 1918. He established telephonic communication with the companies shortly after they had reached their final objective. He reconnoitred a very advanced position and after wards personally superintended the laying of wires to the most advanced posts. His conduct throughout was of the highest order.”
This action took place near Menin on the 14th and 15th of October 1918.
£300500
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A Great War M.M. group to Second Corporal James Edward Mobbs, M.M., 1st Tunnelling Company, Australian Imperial Force: Military Medal, George V (3644 SPR: J. E. MOBBS. AUST: E.); British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (3644 2CPL J. E. MOBBS. 1 TUN. COY A.I.F.); display mounted, extremely fine or nearly so [3]; offered with an AUSTRALIA brass shoulder title.
Notes: James Edward Mobbs was born in Canowindra, New South Wales, in 1887. In November 1915 he attested for overseas service at Holsworthy, N.S.W., aged 28 years and 11 months. He sailed for the UK in August 1916, and while stationed in Wareham he was penalised for being Absent Without Leave. He proceeded to France in May 1917 to serve in mining operations and was wounded in action later the same month. The enemy detonated a heavy mine causing a crater in NoMan’sLand and causing considerable damage to the Australian tunnels. James Mobbs was evacuated suffering from the carbon monoxide poisoning (“mine gas”) caused by the explosion. He won the Military Medal for ‘bravery in the field’ (London Gazette 03/07/1919) and returned to Australia in July 1919.
£300400
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A Great War Western Front M.M. to Private James Norris, Rifle Brigade: Military Medal, George V (52519 PTEJ. NORRIS. 13/RIF:BRIG:), some bruising to rims, otherwise very fine or better
Notes: M.M. London Gazette 17/06/1919.
£200300
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The North West Europe Military Cross to Lieutenant (Acting Captain) John Walter Smith, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: Military Cross, George VI, reverse engraved ‘1945’ to lower arm, with fitted case of issue and named transmission slip in card outer box; display mounted with an associated* collection of campaign awards, comprising: 193945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 193945; together with a campaign medal transmission slip indicating entitlement to four* awards, and two press cuttings.
Notes: M.C. London Gazette 11/10/1945
Born in about 1919, John Walter Smith was the only son of LieutenantCommander Walter Smith, R.N., and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the R.A.C. in September 1943. His M.C. was gazetted in October 1945 for “gallant and distinguished services in NorthWest Europe” while serving as Acting Captain in 8th Infantry Brigade Workshop R.E.M.E., part of British 3rd Division. The recommendation describes his remarkable courage and leadership qualities in directing forward vehicle recoveries in circumstances of extreme danger in the early months of 1945. In one notable incident on the 24th of March he undertook the recovery of a D4 tractor from the South bank of the Rhine opposite Rees under heavy machine gun and mortar fire. After an arduous approach to the vehicle, it was taken in tow, and Smith ordered his men into the relative safety of their ARV while he took the exposed position on the seat of the tractor. “He has at all times displayed excellent leadership of his men and set an inspiring example by himself choosing, rather than delegating, the most dangerous tasks.”
* Confirmed entitlement is to the 193945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal only.
£500700
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The Bomber Command Distinguished Flying Medal to Flight Sergeant Sydney Loseby, R.A.F., George VI (1399608. F/SGT. S. LOSEBY. R.A.F.), edge abraided near service number, very fine; mounted for display with a madeup campaign group of unrelated medals comprising: 193945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with copy France and Germany Clasp, and War Medal 193945, very fine; together with an RAF ‘Sweetheart’ brooch. [1/3]
Notes: D.F.M. London Gazette 12/12/1944
Flight Sergeant Sydney Loseby served during the Second World War in 514 and 582 Squadrons R.A.F. He flew in at least 49 sorties between 1943 and 1944, against heavily defended targets, including raids in support of the Normandy landings, and attacks on Vweapon sites. The recommendation for his D.F.M. observes that he had volunteered to extend a tour beyond its usual limits, and, serving as a rear gunner, had “carried out his duty in the air with cheerfulness and in good spirits” and “displayed courage of the highest order”.
£1,0001,500
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The D.F.C. group of six to Acting Flying Officer John William Grosvenor Hodgkinson, R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve, who flew as a pilot in the Berlin Airlift of 19481949: Distinguished Flying Cross, George VI, reverse dated 1945, in case of issue, good very fine; 193945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 193945; Air Efficiency Award, George VI IND IMP (W/O J. W. G. HODGKINSON. (745476) R.A.F.V.R.), the last five mounted for wearing, good very fine or better, [6]; together with: the recipient’s flying log book for the period of his service in the Berlin Air Lift; a small collection of photographs, including a view of the recipient receiving his D.F.C. from the King; his uniform tunic; rifle shooting prize medals, and other items.
Notes: D.F.C. London Gazette 20/02/1945
John Hodgkinson was born in Derbyshire on the 2nd of October 1920 and entered the R.A.F. Reserve aged 18. Having trained as an engineer, he flew in bombers during the Second World War, and was awarded the DSO in 1945 while serving in 207 Squadron R.A.F. He married Sylvia (neé Lowe) in Oxford in January 1948, and later that year, he participated, as a pilot, in the remarkable and heroic effort to supply the people of West Berlin during the Soviet blockade. He flew AVRO York transport plane as part of an intensive and hazardous schedule of supply runs between September and December 1948. His log book records flights between Wunstorf and Gatow airfields, and other destinations. He was a keen target shooter, and he died in Oxfordshire in 2001. £1,5002,000
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A Distinguished Flying Cross, George VI, reverse officially dated 1944, ribbon with top brooch fitting, some toning, about extremely fine.
£8001,200
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The Waterloo Medal 1815 to Captain Thomas Macky, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, privately fitted steel straight bar suspension (CAPT. THOs. MACKY, 6th or INNISKILLING DRAG.), engraved correction to name (‘Y’ of ‘MACKY’), edge bruised and with areas of striation, obverse a little rubbed, otherwise good very fine, reverse better, toned; together with a 6th Dragoons button and a button of the 95th Foot. [3]
Notes: Thomas Macky joined the 6th Dragoons as a Lieutenant in June 1804, He was commissioned Captain by purchase on the 3rd of December 1807, and rode at the head of a Troop in the famous charge of his regiment at the Battle of Waterloo. He was a Major from the 6th of July 1821, and exchanged back to Captain in July 1825.
£2,0003,000
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A Baltic Medal 185455, unnamed as issued, some edge bruising, otherwise good very fine and toned; and a Crimea Medal 185456, clasp: Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, good very fine or better and toned. [2]
£250350
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A Crimea Medal 185456 to Private Thomas Berry, 47th Regiment of Foot, 3 clasps: Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (PRIVATE THO’S. BERRY, 47th REGT.), engraved in serif capitals by Hunt & Roskell, contact marks to both fields and bust, near very fine.
Notes: Thomas Berry joined the 47th Regiment in 1838 and took part in the battles of Alma, Inkermann and Sebastopol. He was invalided home from the Crimea in October 1855 and discharged from the Army in 1860. He kept a diary throughout the Crimean campaign which is currently held at the Birmingham City Library. Following his discharge from the army he served in the militia and was the landlord of a number of public houses in Great Yarmouth until his death in 1893.
£300500
A Battle of Omdurman group of three medals to Corporal Arthur James Mansfield, 21st Lancers and Military Mounted Police: Queen’s Sudan Medal 189698 (3515. L/CPL. A. MANSFIELD. 21/ L’CRS.), officially engraved, contact marks including edge bruising and scratching to the field, otherwise very fine and toned; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Edward VII (466 CPL A. J. MANSFIELD. M.M.P.) impressed in plain capitals, nearly extremely fine and toned; Khedive’s Sudan Medal 18961908, clasp: Khartoum, unnamed as issued, about extremey fine and richly toned, [3]; together with ribbon bar, a photographic portrait of the recipient in the uniform of the 21st Lancers, an equestrian portrait in M.M.P. uniform, family photographs, and a small number of documents.
Notes: Arthur James Mansfield was born at Chatham in Kent in 1871 and baptised at the Royal Dockyard Church in November of that year. He grew up in Sheerness, and upon leaving school became a dockyard Labourer. Having moved to London, he attested for the 21st Hussars at Woolwich on the 2nd of November 1892. Mansfield served with the regiment in India between August 1893 and October 1896, when the Hussars were posted to Egypt, having been promoted to LanceCorporal in January 1896. In May 1897 his Regiment was converted to Lancers, and they were the only British cavalry regiment to serve in MajorGeneral H. H. Kitchener’s conquest of the Sudan. At the Battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1897, the 21st Lancers became famous for charging a hugely superior force of the enemy, losing seventy out of 400 men killed or wounded, and winning three Victoria Crosses. Mansfield is confirmed as having charged with C Squadron. He saw further service in the UK, Egypt and Ireland, and was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1911. Arthur Mansfield died in Tottenham in August 1931, leaving his wife Rosa and three children. Offered with research.
£2,0003,000
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A China 1900 Medal to Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class (later Engineer LieutenantCommander) James Henry Humby, Royal Navy, no clasp (H. HUMBY, E.R.A. 2 CL., H.M.S. WALLEROO.), surface marks, toning removed, near very fine.
Notes: James Henry Humby was born in Southampton on the 6th of January 1867. Having worked as an errand boy and been apprenticed at Thornycrofts in Woolston as a boiler maker, he entered the Royal Navy in October 1890 as acting Engine Room Artificer 4th class, on a twelveyear engagement. He served in H.M.S. Walleroo in the China War of 1900 (the Boxer Rebellion), and subsequently in the Persian Gulf and in the Gallipoli Campaign in H.M.S. Swiftsure. He saw further Great War Service in Qships being slightly wounded when torpedoed. He retired from the Navy in 1922, and died in 1932. £100150
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A Boer War VC Action casualty pair of medals to Robert William Dunham, Kitchener’s Horse and Damant’s Horse: Queen’s South Africa, second type, 6 clasps: Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3585 TPR: R. B. DUNHAM. KITCHENER’S HORSE), about very fine and toned; King’s South Africa, both dated clasps (38827 TPR: R. W. DUNHAM. DAMANT’S HORSE), official correction to unit, about very fine. [2]
Notes: Robert William Dunham enlisted in Kitchener’s Horse on the 9th of February 1900, and it was in this unit that he qualified for the first three clasps to the QSA. He transferred to Rimmington’s Guides in April 1900 (having sold a horse to the O/C Kitchener’s Horse) and this unit’s name was changed to Damant’s Horse in the following year. Dunham was dangerously wounded in the action at Tafel Kop on the 20th of December 1901, in which Shoeing Smith A.E. Ind R.H.A. won the Victoria Cross. Discharged as “medically unfit” Dunham was subsequently employed as a civilian clerk in the Army Service Corps. NB. the second initial on the Q.S.A. is a reflection of an apparent error on the medal roll.
£300400
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A Queen’s South Africa Medal 18991902 to Private B. Cleaves, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 2nd type, 3 clasps: Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 (7427 PTE B. CLEAVES. RIFLE BRIGADE.), about very fine.
£70100
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A Great War Trio to submarine warfare casualty Stoker Frederic William, R.N.: 191415 Star (309485. F. WILLAIMS. STO. 1, R.N.), British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (309485 F. WILLIAMS. STO. 1. R.N.), display mounted, good very fine, surname misspelled on Star. [3]
Notes: Killed in action on the 4th of January 1915, in Submarine C31, which was sunk with all hands while patrolling off Zeebrugge.
£100150
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A Great War trio to First Battle of Ypres fatal casualty Lieutenant Gerald Sclater Ingram, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment: 1914 Star, with copy clasp (LIEUT: G. S. INGRAM. THE QUEEN’S R.), extremely fine or nearly so; British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (LIEUT. G. S. INGRAM.), extremely fine. [3]
Notes: Gerald Sclater Ingram was born in July 1890, an only child. He was educated at Winchester and Christ’s Church College, Oxford, matriculating in 1909. He was commissioned in the 2nd Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment in February 1914 from the unattached list, and promoted Lieutenant in September of that year. The 2nd Battalion entrained at Southampton in the 4th October with Ingram in A Company under Captain H. C. Whinfield, and proceeded to Dover for embarkation for Bruges. Over the course of the early month, the Battalion advanced to positions in the area of Malle, East of Antwerp, before retiring by stages upon Ypres, where elements of C and D Companies shot down a German ‘Taube’ aircraft. On the 16th the Battalion moved East again and entrenched on the ZonnebekeLangenmark road, and on the 18th they moved South to oppose a concentration of the enemy in the area of Menin. Lieutenant Igram led a party of men from A Company that surprised six Germans, killing or wounding all, before coming under enfilading fire. By the evening of the 18th the Battalion was back at Zonnebeke, and during a further withdrawal on the 21st, Lieutenant Ingram died under heavy machine gun and rifle fire. £100150
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The H.M.S. Hampshire Casualty group of four medals and the associated Memorial Plaque to Master at Arms William Clark, Royal Navy: 191415 Star (180547, W. CLARK. M.A.A., R.N.); British War Medal and Victory Medal (180547 W. CLARK. M.A.A., R.N.); Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Edward VII (180547 WILLIAM CLARK, SH. CORPL. 1CL., H.M.S. ROYAL ARTHUR.); the first three in their original packaging, about as struck; the fourth in fixed in an oval case with a photograph of the recipient, extremely fine and toned; the Memorial Plaque issued in commemoration of this man (WILLIAM CLARK), in its card holder with commiseration slip; together with an archive of original documents, including: a copy of the recipient’s certificate of service, several portrait photographs, a very poignant collection of letters written by this man to his infant daughter Wilhelmina ‘Queenie’ from H.M.S. Hampshire during the final two years of his life, another letter to his wife Rose and one to him from Queenie, and other items; also a British War Medal 191420 (19793 PTE. A. S. STOKES. SOM. L. I.), extremely fine.
Notes: William Clark was born in Odiham, Hampshire, on the 6th of May 1878. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1894. His character, as revealed by the ephemera offered here, was exemplary, and he rose to the post of Ship’s Corporal 1st Class in H.M.S. Vernon in 1906. He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1911, and rated Master at Arms in 1913. In January 1914 William Clark joined what was to be his final ship, H.M.S. Hampshire. Initially assigned to the China Station, Hampshire returned to home waters at the start of the First World War, and was present for the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. A few days later, en route to Russia with Field Marshal Lord Kitchener as a passenger, Hampshire struck a mine and sank with almost all hands. William Clark was among those who perished.
£300
30
Seven medals named or attributable to Major William J. Stiff, Royal Engineers late 7th Hussars: British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (288850 PTE. W. J. STIFF. 7HRS.), 193945 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 193945 with Mention in Despatches emblem, mounted for wearing, very fine and better. [7]
Notes: William Stiff, having served in the ranks during the First World War, took an Emergency Commission from the Reserve into the Royal Engineers in September 1940. He retired with the honorary rank of Major. As a Temporary Major, Stiff was mentioned in despatches “in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe” (London Gazette 22/03/1945).
£200300
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Three medals to Private William Ward, West Riding Regiment and Royal Artillery: British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (608370 PTE. W. WARD. W. RID. R.), Territorial Force War Medal (1132 GNR. W. WARD. R.A.), together with the Silver War Badge issued to this man, numbered 470509; the medals later mounted with an associated Imperial Service Medal, Elizabeth II (JOHN WILLIAM WARD), and accompanied by the box of issue for this medal; medals good very fine and better, SWB with soldered repair to pin fitting obscuring the first numeral of the serial number.
£200300
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The Great War medals to three Brothers: Two to Private Vester Viney, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment: 1914 Star and bar (7958 PTE V. VINEY. 1/WILTS:R.); British War Medal 191420 (7958 PTE. V. VINEY. WILTS. R.); mounted for wearing in company with a Victory Medal to Private Percy Viney, Devon Regiment (32607 PTE. P. VINEY. DEVON. R.), good very fine. [2/1]
Four to Gunner Nelson Viney, Royal Horse Artillery: 1914 Star and bar (3144 GNR: N. VINEY. R.H.A.); British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (3144 GNR. N. VINEY. R.A.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (3144 GNR: N. VINEY. R.H.A.), mounted for wearing, good very fine. [4]
Two to Private Martin Viney, Army Veterinary Corps: British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (SE22277 PTE. M. VINEY. A.V.C.), good very fine. [2]
Notes: Vester Viney disembarked with his battalion at Rouen on the 14th of August 1914. He was wounded in one of the early battles of the war, and appears to have been taken prisoner, since having died on the 3rd of November 1918 he was interred at Niederzwehren in Kassell.
Percy Viney served in the Devon Regiment and the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Nelson Viney entered France on the 15th of August 1914 with the 3rd Brigade R.H.A.. He received the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1919. Martin Viney enlisted on the 11th December 1915, and was discharged on the 2nd of January 1918, being over military age at 42 years old. He was entitled to Silver War Badge number 296197.
£150250
A Siberian Intervention group of four medals to Sergeant George Robert Lillington, Hampshire Regiment: British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (355102 SJT. G. R. LILLINGTON. HAMPS. R.); Territorial Force War Medal (208 PTE. G. R. LILLINGTON. HAMPS. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, George V (355102 SJT G. R. LILLINGTON. 9/HAMPS: R.), extremely fine or better, the silver medals toned, [4]; framed with a small quantity of 9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment insignia.
Notes: The 1st/9th (Cyclists) Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment spent much of the Great War stationed in the United Kingdom and India, before being deployed to Siberia in October 1918 as part of the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War. According to a later news article, Sergeant Lillington met and married a Russian woman, Ludmilla Martinova, and was captured by the Bolsheviks and detained for several months before returning to the UK to be reunited with her.
£200300
A family collection of medals comprising two groups: Four medals to Corporal Robert Grice, Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Air Force: 1914 Star (38324 PTE R. GRICE. 1/W.YORK:R.); British War Medal and Victory Medal (38324 PTE. R. GRICE. W. YORK.R.); R.A.F. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (334261. CPL. R. GRICE. R.A.F.); mounted for wearing, about very fine, the last with some lustre. [4] Six medals to Sergeant Leonard Grice, Royal Air Force: 193945 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 193945, with Mention in Despatches emblem; General Service Medal 191862, George VI, Fid. Def., clasp: Malaya (507144 SGT. L. GRICE. R.A.F.); R.A.F. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Elizabeth II (507144 SGT. L. GRICE. R.A.F.); mounted for wearing, good very fine, the last two attractively toned. [6]
£300400
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An interesting Second World War group of six medals attributed to Paymaster Lieutenant John Francis Storey, Royal Naval Reserve: 193945 Star, Atlantic Star with France and Germany Bar, Africa Star, Burma Star (no entitlement*), Italy Star, War Medal 193945 with Mention in Despatches Emblem, unnamed as issued, mounted for wearing, good very fine, [6]; together with an enamelled Chief Steward’s badge by Gaunt & Son, and a good collection of associated ephemera, including: the recipient’s M.I.D. certificate, correspondence relating to the wartime operations that he was involved in, certificates relating to sevices in other units as a yound man, photographs including views of Landing Ship Prins Albert, other vessels, and various personnel carrying out landing operations including the Normandy Landings; photographs of the recipient, and other items.
Notes: John Francis Story was born in Ryde on the Isle of Wight on the 22nd of October 1901. He entered public service at an early age, enlisting in the 3rd Cadet Battalion Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight) in 1916. In 1921 he served as a Private in the 8th Battalion Hampshire Defence Force during the miners’ strikes of that year. He made a career in the Merchant Navy, as a Steward in the ferries that served the Isle of Wight. In wartime, he served in the Paymasters branch of the Royal Naval Reserve, spending much of the war in the Infantry Landing Ship Prins Albert (a converted Belgian crosschannel ferry). In Prins Albert Storey appears to have been a participant in and witness to some of the most dramatic episodes of the Second World War, including Operation Anklet (the successful commando raid on the Lofoten Islands, which resulted in the capture of an Enigma coding machine), Operation Biting (the magnificent airborne and commando raid on the enemy radar station and Bruneval in France), the tragic Dieppe Raid in August 1942, various landings in the Mediterranean theatre, and Operation Neptune (the Normandy Landings). In July 1944 Prins Albert sailed to the South of France to land French Foreign Legion troops, and it was in respect of this operation that Storey was mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 27/03/1945).
* It is not known why a Burma has been included in this mounted group. Entitlement is confirmed to the other medals.
£300400
Two medals to Private L. S. Ford, Gloucester Regiment: Korea Medal 1951 (22415236 PTE. L. S. FORD. GLOSTERS.), good very fine; United Nations Korea Medal, unnamed as issued, good very fine, [2]; together with a U.S. Presidential Unit Citation Bar, watered blue silk in a giltmetal frame.
£500800
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Republic of Malaysia: Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal, in fitted case of issue complete with counterpart dress miniature medal and ribbon bar, all items with their brooch pin fittings, medals almost as struck.
Notes: Presented to Captain I. Bamber, RASC, for service in Malaya with 16 Parachute Brigade and Gurkha Army Service Corps during the qualifying period.
£80100
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A highly desirable Suez Crisis El Gamil airborne operations General Service Medal 191862 to Private Joseph Charles Selby, 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment, Elizabeth II, 2 clasps: Cyprus, Near East (23197514 PTE. J. SELBY. PARA.), nearly extremely fine; with envelope of issue.
Notes: Joseph Charles Selby enlisted on the 10th of November 1955 and passed parachute training on the 30th of January 1956 before joining the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment. Posted to Cyprus he returned to the UK on 16 Aug 1956 for refresher parachute training before taking part in the last operational parachute drop carried out by the British army when six hundred men of 3 PARA parachuted onto El Gamil airfield as the first wave of Operation MUSKETEER and captured it from the Egyptians on the 5th of November 1956. Offered with a copy of the recipient’s service record confirming the aforementioned details.
£8001,200
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An Operational Service Medal 2000 for Afghanistan to Private B. Sullivan, Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, clasp: Afghanistan (25235276 PTE B SULLIVAN PWRR), about extremely fine and toned.
£150250
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Two medals to Private M. L. Rueckheim, Princess of Wales Royal Regiment: Iraq Medal 2004, no clasp (PTE M L RUECKHEIM PWRR 25145333), in case of issue, extremely fine; Operation Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, clasp: Afghanistan (PTE M L RUECKHEIM PWRR 25145333), in case of issue, nearly extremely fine, [2]; together with a PWRR fabric tiger badge.
£250300
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Two medals to Private M. M. Waqa, Princess of Wales Royal Regiment: Campaign Service Medal 19622007, clasp: Northern Ireland (25136813 PTE M M WAQA RWRR); Iraq Medal 2004, no clasp (25136813 PTE M M WAQA RWRR); mounted for wearing, good very fine or better [2]
£150250
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Two medals to Private S. L. Barry, Princess of Wales Royal Regiment: Campaign Service Medal 19622007, clasp: Northern Ireland (25156580 PTE S L BARRY RWRR); Iraq Medal 2004, no clasp (25156580 PTE S L BARRY RWRR), mounted for wearing, good very fine or better, [2]; with the box for the first medal.
£150250
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Two medals to Private T. F. McCann, Princess of Wales Royal Regiment: Campaign Service Medal 19622007, clasp: Northern Ireland (25177050 PTE T F MCCANN RWRR); Iraq Medal 2004, no clasp (25177050 PTE T F MCCANN RWRR), good very fine or better. [2]
£150250
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Two medals to Lance Corporal O. S. Nottingham, Princess of Wales Royal Regiment: Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (24869518 PTE O S NOTTINGHAM PWRR); Iraq Medal 2004 (24869518 LCPL O S NOTTINGHAM PWRR), good very fine or better [2]
£250350
A small collection of long service awards, comprising: a Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, narrow suspender (CHAS. PETTY, LDG. SEA., H.M.S. VICTORY.), impressed, nearly extremely fine with some toning and lustre; another (WILLM. READ [?] LG. STOKER H.M.S. NORTHAMPTON), impressed, naming partially erased and edge heavily abraided, otherwise very fine; another R.N. L.S.G.C., George VI, Ind: Imp. (M. 38674 P. W. PEPPER. S. B. P. O. H.M.S. REVENGE.), reimpressed on an erased edge, heavy pitting, fine only; and an Air Efficiency Award, George VI, Ind: Imp: (740602. SGT. D. R. HOBBS. R.A.F.V.R.), extremely fine and toned. [4]
£300400 46
An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Colour Sergeant Thomas Curtis, Dorset Regiment, Victoria (1277. CR. SGT. O:R:C: T. CURTIS. DORSET R.), alteration to unit, contact marks, but at least very fine; together with a Volunteer Long Service Medal to Gunner William Fowle, 1st Dorset Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers, Edward VII (1244 GNR: W, FOWLE. 1/DORSET R.G.A.V.), edge bruising and possible official alteration to unit. [2]
Notes: Thomas Curtis was born in Whitechapel, London, in June 1854. He enlisted in the 39th Foot on the 16th of November 1868 and after a posting to Cork he was sent to India, where a tenandahalfyear period of service had a debilitating effect on his health. He was to spend the final twenty years in the Army on home service (he was examined for service in the Boer War but found to be medically unfit) and the L.S.G.C. medal was his sole entitlement. In retirement, he was employed by the Army Recruiting Staff £120180
Volunteer Force Long Service Medals (2): i) Victoria (Col. Sergt. W. Izatt 3917 3rd V. B. Essex Regt), engraved in running script, some edge bruising and pitting, otherwise about very fine; ii) Edward VII, (2467 SERJT. E. COSSINS. I/SURREY V.R.C.), impressed in plain capitals, very fine. [2]
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Volunteer Force Long Service Medals (2): i) Victoria (No549 QR MASTER SERGT W. MANSELL, 4TH V.B. EAST SURREY REGT), engraved in serif capitals, about very fine; ii) Victoria (2099 PTE J. MCMAGNESS. 4TH V.B. E. SURREY REGT.), impressed in plain capitals, smoothing to bust and reverse text, fine. [2]
£150200
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Long and Meritorious Service Medals (3): Volunteer Long Service Medal, Victoria (1593 C. SGT A. DUNHAM. 1ST BUCKS: V.R.C.), good very fine with some toning; Army Meritorious Service Medal, George V (WR500688 C.Q.M. SJT H. HOWARD. R.E.), some contact marks, otherwise at least good very fine with some lustre; Royal Observer Corps Medal, Elizabeth II, second issue (LEADING OBSERVER G HALL), extremely fine; together with R.O.C. lapel badge.
£300500
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A Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, George V (530404 C.S.MJR: H. P. HALL. 15/LOND:R.), dents to edge at 3 and 9 o’clock, otherwise good very fine or better; together with a Territorial Efficiency Medal (6676041 CPL H. P. SEBBORN. 15LOND.R.), official alteration to number, very fine. [2]
£120180
A small collection of Great War medals to Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses, comprising: three pairs, British War Medal and Victory Medal (M. M. ROBINSON V.A.D.), (I. SMITH V.A.D.), (E. HARRISON V.A.D.); a single Victory Medal (M. A. F. MACRAE V.A.D.); A Durham V.A.D. Worker tribute medal (687 S. B. BRIGGS), all very fine or better; together with a Red Cross hat badge and a pair of Red Cross shoulder titles. [11]
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Eight Victorian medals, detached from their suspensions and set into table mats with the reverses exposed (unless otherwise stated), flanked by lengths of the corresponding ribbon, some having detached clasps set above, and with attributions* on handwritten labels verso, comprising: India General Service 184995, clasp: Pegu (WM Bryant A.B. Winchester); Crimea 185456 (unnamed); Indian Mutiny 1857 (Gunnr Geo. Preston, Rl H. Art); Afghanistan 187880 (A. W. Coakley, Staff); Egypt 1882, clasp: Tel El Kebir (673. Sergt W. Clarkin, 2/R. Ir. Regt.); India 18951902, clasp: Punjab Frontier 189798 (1051, A Cpl A. Cunningham Rifle Bde); Queen’s South Africa, first type, (b) (1490, Tpr O. Spencer, B.S.A. Police); Naval Long Service and Good Conduct, obverse exposed (W. C. Symes, Ch Sto, H.M.S. Andromeda), lacking suspensions, patchy lacquer coatings, exposed faces near very fine to very fine. [8]
Notes: *Please note: names given in parentheses are those on the handwritten labels. We are unable to verify edge details or grade the hidden faces of the medals.
£300400
Great War Medals to two recipients: A part M.M. group to Gunner Daniel Galvin, Royal Field Artillery: Military Medal, George V (67606 GNR: D. GALVIN. 65/BY: R.F.A.); 191415 Star (67606 GNR. D. GALVIN, R.F.A.); British War Medal 191420 (67606 GNR. D. GALVIN. R.A.); very fine. [3]
An M.S.M. group of four to Thomas B. W. Cookson, Army Service Corps: 191515 Star (M2080242, PTE. T.B.W. COOKSON, A.S.C.); British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (M080242 PTE. T.B.W. COOKSON. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, George V (M080242 PTE T.B.W. COOKSON. A.S.C.); extremely fine or nearly so. [4]; with partial postage box and envelopes.
Notes: M.M. London Gazette 09/12/16 For Bravery in the Field.
M.S.M. London Gazette 01/01/18 for Devotion to Duty attached to the 63th (Royal Naval) Divisional Headquarters in France.
Both men were discharged to the Class Z reserve in 1919.
£300400
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A quantity of British campaign medals, insignia, and associated items, including: two Khedive’s Stars, 1882 obverse, one lacking suspension bar; a 1914015 Star (Q.M. & LIEUT: W. J. EMBERSON. R.A.); British War Medal 191420 (203688 PTE. N. WILLIAMS. WELSH R.); four Victory Medals (3360 PTE. F. G. SARGEANT, E. SURR. R.), (L. 4508 F. C. MITCHELL. O. C. 2. R.N.), (37535 PTE. G. A. FRAMPTON. GLOUC.), (-erased-); an Efficiency Medal (Territorial), George VI Fid. Def. (LT. K. JENNINGS R.A.), with accompanying form; various Second World War campaign medals, and other items.
Notes: Lt. Emberson was mentioned in despatches, London Gazette 18/05/1917.
£150250
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A collection of British campaign medal groups, comprising: three: Queen’s South Africa with Cape Colony Clasp (547 BOMBR: T. KINGSWELL. CAPE G.A.); British War Medal and Victory Medal (CPL T. KINGSWELL S.A.N.L.C.); a Great War pair (50872 PTE. G. MC CLELLAND. L’POOL. R.); a Great War pair (LIEUT. R.T.B. SCHREIBER. R.A.F.); a Great War pair (111442 PTE. W. G. LLOYD. TANK CORPS.), together with a Tank Corps cap badge; a Great War pair (223764 SPR. A. C. PRYER. R.E.); a Great War pair (13255. 1. A.M. J. C. PARNELL. R.A.F.); a British War Medal 191420 (241347 PTE. T. C. NEWTH. E. SURR. R); a Victory Medal (54020 PTE. W. J. NEWTH. H.L.I.); grades from very fine to good very fine; together with the Memorial Plaque commemorating Able Seaman A. J. Brading, Howe Battalion, R.N.D. (ARTHUR JOHN BRADING), in its card case. [qty]
Notes: Lieutenant R.T.B. Schreiber was a prisoner of war of the Germans, reported missing on the 6th of April 1917, and repatriated in December 1918.
Arthur John Brading was killed in action on the 30th of December 1917 and in commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial. On this day Howe Division R.N.D. took part in the Battle of Welsh Ridge against a German counterattack following the Battle of Cambrai.
£200300
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A collection of First and Second World War Medal Groups, comprising: a 1914 Star and Bar (6276 PTE W. SAVEALL. S. GDS:), British War Medal and Victory Medal (6276 PTE. W. SAVEALL. S. GDS.), mounted for wearing, very fine, (3); together with a copy of this man’s birth certificate and his ‘Life of Queen Alexandra’; a 191415 Star (K. 2211. A G TOMLINSON STO 1 RN), British War Medal and Victory Medal (K. 2211 A. G. TOMLINSON. STO. 1 R.N.), very fine, (3); together with Silver War Badge RN4351; a British War Medal and Victory Medal (24426. 1.A.M. C. BLADES. R.F.C.), display mounted, very fine, (2); together with a wound stripe and an R.F.C. ‘sweetheart’ brooch;a British War Medal and Victory Medal (124347. PTE. 2. J. ROWNTREE. R.A.F.), display mounted, about extremely fine, the first toned. (2); a 193945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal and War Medal 193945, display mounted, good very fine, (4); together with an R.A.F. ‘sweetheart’ brooch. Notes: William Saveall enlisted in the Scots Guards on the 30th of October 1905. He entered France on the 13th of August 1914, and was discharged on the 8th of May 1917, no longer fit for service owing to wounds and entitled to Silver War Badge 180342. Albert George Tomlinson was born in Stepney in 1887 and joined the Royal Navy on the 6th of March 1909. He was invalided out of the Navy in October 1916. Private 2nd Class J Rowntree served with 12th Kite Balloon Section RAF and died on the 25th of November 1918 of pneumonia brought on by influenza.
£200300
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A Turkish Crimea Medal, Sardinian type, privately impressed (7694. J. MURDEN. 3. BN. G. GDS.)*, replacement foliate suspension, fine; together with another, British type, unnamed as issued, good fine; and a Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine; also with a small quantity of mainly British medals and insignia, including: 193945 War Medals (5), a Defence Medal, a W.V.S. Civil Defence lapel badge, a pair of RFA shoulder titles, various cap badges, and other items. [qty]
Notes: * Private John Murden, also entitled to the British medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
£80120
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Three medal groups to seafaring recipients: i) three to Walter Ernest Sibley, Royal Navy: British War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (J.72885 W. E. SIBLEY. BOY. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (J. 72885W. E. SIBLEY. A.B. H.M.S. DOUGLAS.), display mounted, LSGC with edge bruising. otherwise very fine, (3); ii) two to Thomas William Penny, Merchant Navy: British War Medal 191420 and Merchantile Marine War Medal (THOMAS W. PENNEY), display mounted, good very fine, (2); iii) seven named or attributed to Chief Petty Officer Francis Charles Dean, Royal Navy: 191415 Star (J. 24006 F. C. DEAN. A.B. R.N.), BritIsh War Medal 191420 and Victory Medal (J. 24006 F. C. DEAN. A.B. R.N.), 193945 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 193945, George V Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (J 24006 F. C. DEAN. L. S. H.M.S. VICTORY.), first three heavily rubbed, 1939-45 Star with unusual pitting, LSGC worn and with edge bruising; the last group accompanied by the recipient’s Certificate of Service and other original documentation. [12]
Notes: Walter Sibley was born in Poole, Dorset, in October 1901. His Great War service was as a Boy in H.M. Ships Impregnable and Leviathan, and he then engaged for twelve years’ service in October 1919. Thomas Penney was also born in Poole, in 1872. Documents show that he worked variously as a coal porter and a ‘mariner’. Francis Dean was born in Branksome, Dorset, in June 1896. He volunteered for the Royal Navy in April 1913, with service commencing in June 1914. He was present at the Battle of Jutland in the OrionClass Battleship H.M.S. Monarch, which scored hits on SMS König and also engaged SMS Lützow. He passed professionally for Petty Officer in 1927, and was pensioned in 1936, before returning to the Navy in March 1940 for service in the Second World War.
£250350
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A small collection of foreign awards, comprising: France: Croix de Guerre, 191418 ribbon with bronze star, with a Medaille Militaire, in a contemporary velvet lined frame with a portrait of a soldier; Turkey: Ottoman War Medal (Gallipoli Star), wear to silvering and lacking pin, otherwise about very fine; Poland: Air Force Observer’s Badge, a bronze eagle with lightning bolts, by Gaunt & Sons.
£200300
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Matthew Boulton, Tenth Anniversary of Death 1819, a copper medal by G. F. Pidgeon, bust right, rev. INVENTAS AVT QVI VITAM EXCOLVERE PER ARTIS within a wreath, edge. PATRIS AMICIS M.R.B. CICICCCCXVIIII, 63 mm (E 1114), in a modern semifitted case, scratches and edge bruising but better than good fine.
Provenance: The Michael Baggott Collection. £70100
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Anne, Union of England and Scotland 1707, a silver medal by J. Croker, crowned and draped bust left, rev. a statue of Anne as Pallas, NOVÆ. PALLADIUM. TROIÆ, in a shagreencovered case, 70 mm (E 423), rim dent involving pitting at 7 o’clock. otherwise very fine or better, case warped and worn.
Provenance: The Michael Baggott Collection.
£300400
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Society of Arts, Vulcan Medal, a silver prize medal by G. Mills, head of Vulcan left, ARTS AND COMMERCE PROMOTED, rev. a wreath and engraved award details TO E. SPEER ESQR. MDCCCXXIII FOR HIS CENTRIFUGAL CHECKHOOKS, 41 mm (E 646), in a maroon leathercovered case, struck from slightly rusted dies, extremely fine.
Provenance: The Michael Baggott Collection.
£200300
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Harrow School: a pair of gold academic prize medals: i) Joseph Jones annual memorial prize for Latin verse, 46 mm, head of Ovid left, rev. Latin text in eight lines within a laurel wreath, edge engraved (A. M. GOLDSCHMIDT, 1926.), 57.1 g, in fitted case, extremely fine; ii) Robert Peel annual prize for eloquence in Latin, 43 mm, head of Cicero left, rev. Latin text in eight lines within a wreath of palms and laurels, edge engraved (A. M. E. GOLDSCHMIDT, 1928.), 60 g, in associated fitted case, good extremely fine. [2]
£7,00010,000
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Sutton Seeds: a collection of agricultural and horticultural prize medals awarded to the famous Reading seed company, including: National Chrysanthemum Society, ‘’Collection of Vegetables...Nov. 12. 1889”, gilt, 39 mm; Deeping St Nicholas District Agricultural Society, “1895...Prize Winner Mangel”, silver, 54 mm, cased; The Grand Yorkshire Gala, 1895, gilt, 32 mm; the same, undated, “for a collection of vegetables”, silver, 32 mm; The British Dairy Farmers’ Association, “Awarded to Martin J. Sutton, for Red Polled Bull “Bockmer King”, Dairy Show 1906”, silver, 48 mm, edge impressed with award details, cased; Norfolk and Northwick Horticultural Society, 1907, silver, 45 mm, Birmingham hallmark; The Midland Daffodil Society (2), “Display of Cinerarias”,1910 and 1911, silver, elaborate cruciforms with suspension loops, 55 mm; Midland Daffodil Society, “Flowers and Vegetables”, 1913, silver, 51 mm; Aberdeen Show, “For Sweet Peas”, 1935, silver, 44 mm, cased; and various others including unnamed specimens of he Royal Horticultural Society’s medals and continental bronze examples, mainly high grades, award details engraved unless otherwse stated. [qty]
£150250
A collection of art medals, coins, and associated items, including: Victoria, Visit to the Guildhall, 1837, a copper medal by W. Wyon for the Corporation of London, 55 mm, diademed head left, rev. facade of the Guildhall (E 1304), very fine; United States of America: six giltbronze restrike medals commemorating Presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William H. Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant and Benjamin Harrison, 76 mm; seven from a series of 1960s pewter medals commemorating various events in U.S. history, 38 mm; a British issue Lusitania medal, unboxed; various coins including British late predecimal issues and overseas issues, circulated, grades vary; a small number of early 19th century British token pennys, in low grades; and other items. [qty]
£300400
64 not to scale
COINS
Henry VI, silver groat, annulet issue (142230), Calais (S 1836); and another, rosette mascle issue (143031), Calais (S 1859), each with some clipping, otherwise very fine; together with: Edward IV, second reign (147183), silver groat, trefoils on cusps (S 2096), clipped and worn, fine. [3]
£250350
67
Richard III (148385), silver half groat, London, broken annulet by crown, mm. indistinct, clipped and slight buckling to edge, fine.
£300400
Philip and Mary, silver shilling, undated (1554), facing busts, full titles, rev. mark of value (S 2500, N 1967), pinched at top (possible mounting mark) otherwise good fine or better
£300500
70
68
A small collection of Tudor silver coins, comprising: Henry VIII, groat, second coinage (152644), crown arch within inner circle, mm. lis (S 2337E), heavily creased, otherwise about fine; Edward VI, shilling, fine silver issue (15513), facing bust, rose and mark of value, mm. Y (S 2482, N 1937), a little creased and with edge nick above bust, otherwise good fine; Elizabeth I, sixpence, 1575, rose, mm. eglantine (S 2563, N 1997), good fine; Elizabeth I, penny, London, without rose or date, clipped, fine. [4]
£300400
James I, silver half crown, third coinage (161925), equestrian portrait of the king right, plain ground line, mm. trefoil, no stops on reverse (S 2666), smoothing to portrait, good fine or better
£150250
A small quantity of late Stuart silver coins, comprising: Charles II, crown, 1681, fouth bust, edge T. TERTIO (S 3359), fine or nearly so; threepence, 1679 (S 3386), fine; Anne, shilling, 1707, Edinburgh, E under bust (S 3608), good fine; shilling, 1711, fouth bust, r. plain angles (S 3618), fine; together with a sixpence of William III, rubbed and buckled, date indistinct. [5]
£200300
72
Charles I, gold double crown, tower mint ruffed bust left, no inner circle to obverse, rev. square topped shield, mm. castle, 4.35 g (S 2699), central hole plugged, some edge restoration, otherwise better than fine.
£400500
Poland Thorn: John Casimir, silver thaler, 1649 HDL, crowned and armoured bust left, rev. angel holding oval city arms (KM 32, Dav. 4377), part gilded and rims with restoration suggesting mounting, otherwise near very fine and scarce.
£300400
74
Austrian Netherlands (United Belgian States), insurrection coinage, silver three florins (three guldens), 1790, rampant lion with sword and shield, rev. radial arrangement of shields (KM 50, Dav. 1285), rim holed for mounting at 12 and 6 o’clock, otherwise good very fine, toned.
£250350
75
A small quantity of ancient coins, including: Rome Empire, Crispus (317326), AE4, bust left with shield and spear, rev. an altar with VOTIS XX in three lines, 2.69 g, very fine or better; Roman provincial coinage Egypt, Aurelian, tetradrachm, year 2 (272/3), Alexandria, bust right, rev. eagle with wreath in its beak, 10 g, good fine; a Byzantine silver coin, legend unclear; and other items. [8]
£100150
77
A mahogany coin collector’s cabinet, enclosing five drawers with partitioned sections in differing sizes behind a fall, the tops with a flush folding brass bale handle.
£80120
not to scale
76
A varied quantity of coins, including: George III, silver shilling, 1787, no semée of hearts (S 3743), extremely fine or nearly so; silver threepence, 1762, young bust (S 3753), about extremely fine; George IV, silver crown, 1821 (S 3805), fine; other Hanoverian and later silver issues; and a small selection of base metal coins, various issues. [qty]
£300400
PART TWO OF THE WINTERBOURNE COLLECTION ASSEMBLED BY A DISCERNING WILTSHIRE COLLECTOR
78
Anne, silver shilling, 1705, rev. plain angles (S 3587), about fine and rare.
£100150
79
George II, gold two guineas, 1739, young head with repositioned legend, rev. garnished shield (S 3667B), good fine, reverse better
£1,8002,200
80
George II, gold two guineas, 1739, intermediate laureate head, rev. garnished shield (S 3668), very fine.
£1,8002,200
81
George II, gold guinea, 1735, second young laureate head, larger lettering, rev. shield of arms (S 3674), good fine or better
£700900
82
900
83
£800
fi
800
85
700
87
700
George II, gold guinea, 1760, old head, rev. shield of arms (S 3680), good
ne, reverse better
£700
George II, gold halfguineas (2), 1753, 1755, old head, rev. shield of arms (S 3685), good fine. [2]
£700900
George II, gold halfguinea, 1759, old head, rev. shield of arms (S 3685), centre reverse a little rubbed, otherwise very fine or better.
£500
George II, gold halfguinea, 1760, old head, rev. shield of arms (S 3685), about very fine.
£500
George II, gold guinea, 1750, old head, rev. shield of arms (S 3680), good fine.
£700
George II, gold guinea, 1752, old head, rev. shield of arms (S 3680), very fine or better
1,200
88
George II, silver crown, 1735, young bust, rev. roses and plumes in angles, edge OCTAVO (S 3686), near very fine, reverse better.
£400600 89
George II, silver crown, 1739, young bust, rev. roses in angles, edge DVODECIMO (S 3687), about very fine, reverse better.
£400600
90
George II, silver crown, 1741, young bust, rev. roses in angles, edge
£600800
very fine and toned.
91
George II, silver crown, 1743, old bust, rev. roses in angles, edge DECIMO SEPTIMO (S 3688), pit to lower right corner of French shield, otherwise good very fine or better and toned.
£500800
DECIMO QVARTO (S 3687), good
92
George II, silver crown, 1746, old bust, LIMA below, rev. plain angles, edge DECIMO NONO (S 3689), good fine.
£300400
94
George II, silver halfcrown, 1732, young bust, rev. roses and plumes, edge SEXTO (S 3692), very fine with some lustre.
£250350
96
George II, silver halfcrowns (2), 1743, old bust, rev. roses in angles, edge DECIMO SEPTIMO, good fine or better; 1745, edge DECIMO NONO, flan flaw above bust impinging on edge, otherwise good fine, reverse better (S 3694). [2]
£350450 .
93
George II, silver halfcrowns (2), 1731, young bust, rev. roses and plumes, edge QVINTO, good fine or better; 1736, edge NONO, fine or a little better (S 3692). [2]
£400500
95
George II, silver halfcrowns (2), 1739, young bust, rev. roses in angles, edge DVODECIMO, near very fine, reverse better; 1741, edge DECIMO QVARTO, fine or better (S 3693). [2]
£300500
97
George II, silver halfcrowns (2), 1745, old bust, LIMA below, rev. plain angles, edge DECIMO NONO (s 3695), about very fine with some toning; 1746, obv. reads GEORGIVS (S 3695A), fine or nearly so. [2]
£200300
98
George II, silver halfcrown, 1750, old bust, rev. plain angles, edge VICESIMO QVARTO (S 3696), about very fine, toned.
£200300
100
George II, silver shilling, 1731, young bust, rev. roses and plumes (S 3698), very fine.
£150200
102
99
George II, silver shilling, 1727, young bust, rev. plumes in angles (S 3697), first two digits of date mis-struck or obliterated, otherwise very fine, reverse a little better.
£200300
101
George II, silver shilling, 1737, 3 over 5 in date, young bust, larger lettering, rev. roses and plumes (S 3700), good very fine and scarce.
£250350
George II, silver shillings (2), 1739 and 1741, young bust, rev. roses in angles (S 3701), near very fine and good very fine or better. [2]
£200300
103
George II, silver shillings (4): 1743, old bust, rev. roses in angles (S 3702), good fine, reverse a little better; 1745, old bust, LIMA, rev. plain angles (S 3703), near very fine with some toning; 1750, 1758, re. plain angles (S 3704), good fine and near very fine. [4]
£200300
104
George III, gold guinea, 1766, third (young) head (S 3727), possibly cleaned, about extremely fine.
£1,0001,500
105
George III, gold guinea, 17, third (young) head (S 3727), near very fine, reverse better, rare.
£1,0001,500
106
£700900
107
George III, gold guineas (2), 1775 and 1776, fourth head (S 3728), fine and near very fine. [2]
£1,2001,500
108
£1,0001,500
109
George III, gold guinea, 1778, fourth head, rev. E of REX struck over a slightly smaller E, (S 3728), about very fine and scarce.
£1,0001,500
George III, gold guinea, 1771, third (young) head (S 3727), good fine.
George III, gold guinea, 1777, fourth head (S 3728), nearly extremely fine.
£700900
111
112
£8001,000
114
113
£8001,000
115
George III, gold guinea, 1779, fourth head (S 3728), nearly extremely fine.
George III, gold guinea, 1782, fourth head (S 3728), very fine.
£700900
George III, gold guinea, 1783, fourth head (S 3728), good very fine or better
George III, gold guinea, 1785, fourth head (S 3728), extremely fine or nearly so.
George III, gold guineas (2), 1787 and 1788, fifth head, rev. spadeshaped shield (S 3729), very fine and good fine. [2]
£1,2001,500
George III, gold guineas (2), 1789 and 1790, fifth head, rev. spadeshaped shield (S 3729), very fine and good very fine. [2]
£1,2001,500
George III, gold guineas (2), 1791 and 1792, fifth head, rev. spadeshaped shield (S 3729), nearly extremely fine. [2]
£1,4001,800
117
George III, gold guineas (2), 1793 and 1794, fifth head, rev. spadeshaped shield (S 3729), very fine and near fine. [2]
£1,2001,400
118
George III, gold guinea, 1798, fifth head, rev. spadeshaped shield (S 3729), extremely fine.
£8001,200
119
George III, gold guinea, 1813, ‘Military’ type, sixth head, rev. shield in garter (S 3730), good very fine or better
£1,5002,500
120
George III, gold halfguineas (2), 1778 and 1786, fourth head, rev. garnished shield (S 3734), near very fine and fine.
£700800
121
George III, gold halfguineas (3), 1787, 1791 and 1797, fifth head, rev. spadeshaped shield (S 3735), good fine, very fine and fine. [3]
£1,0001,200
122
George III, gold half guineas (2), 1801 and 1803, sixth head, rev. shield in garter (S 3736), very fine and good very fine. [2]
£700800
124
George III, gold third guineas (3), 1797, 1798 and 1800, first laureate head, rev. date in legend (S 3738), good very fine, fine and good fine. [3]
£700900
127
George III, gold quarterguinea, 1762, laureate head, rev. garnished shield (S 3741), near very fine.
£200300
123
George III, gold half guineas (4), 1804, 1806, 1808 and 1809, seventh head, rev. shield in garter (S 3737), the first two very fine or better, the others very fine or nearly so. [4]
£1,2001,800
125
George III, third guineas (2), 1802 and 1803, first laureate head, rev. date below crown (S 3739), fine and near very fine. [2]
£450550
126
George III, third guineas (5), 1804, 1806, 1808, 1809 and 1810, second laureate head, rev. date below crown (S 3740), slightly creased but fine, fine, fine, near very fine and very fine. [5]
£1,0001,500
128
George III, gold sovereign, 1817, new coinage, legend type A, normal die axis (S 3785), about fine.
£650750
129
George III, gold sovereign, 1818, new coinage, legend type A, normal die axis (S 3785), some scratches and contact marks including some to head and obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine.
£2,0002,500
130
George III, gold sovereign, 1820, new coinage, legend type B, open 2 in date (S 3785C), fine.
£700900
131
George III, gold sovereign, 1821, laureate head, rev. St George (S 3800), at least good very fine.
£8001,000
132
George III, gold sovereigns (2), 1822 and 1823, laureate head, rev. St George (S 3800), very fine and nearly so. [2]
£1,4001,600
133
George III, gold sovereign, 1824, laureate head, rev. St George (S 3800), some surface marks but nearly extremely fine.
£8001,000
134
George III, gold half sovereign, 1817, new coinage, date below head, rev. angular shield (S 3786), extremely fine.
£500800
135
George III, gold half sovereigns (2), 1818 and 1820, date below head, rev. angular shield (S 3786), both about fine.
£700900
136
George III, silver dollar, 1804, Bank of England Issue (S 3768), fine or better; and silver crown, 1820, new coinage, edge LX (S 3787), fine. [2]
£200300
137
George III, silver crown, 1818, new coinage, edge LVIII (S 3787), extremely fine with some lustre.
£300500
138
George III, silver crown, 1819, new coinage, edge LIX, no stops on edge (S 3787), some minor scratching, otherwise extremely fine and toned.
£300500
139
George III, silver halfcrowns (6), 1816 and 1817, large ‘bull’ head (S 3788), good very fine and very fine; 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820, smaller head (S 3789), good fine, very fine, fine and good very fine with some toning. [6]
£350450
140
A quantity of Hanoverian silver coins, comprising: George II, threepence, 1746 (S 3713B), good very fine and toned; George III, shilling, 1763, ‘Northumberland’ type (S 3742), some edge damage, fine or a little better; shilling, 1787, old bust, no semée of hearts (S 3743), good fine; shillings (5), 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820, new coinage (S 3790), good fine, good very fine, very fine, near fine and about extremely fine; threepences (2), 1762 and 1763, young bust (S 3753), very fine; and threepence, 1795, older bust (S 3755), near very fine, reverse better. [11]
£150200
141
George IV, gold two pounds, 1823, large bare head, rev. St George, edge IV (S 3798), very fine.
£1,2001,500
142
George IV, gold sovereign, 1825, second type, bare head with date below, rev. shield (S 3801), very fine.
£8001,000
143
George IV, gold sovereigns (2), 1826 and 1827, second type, bare head with date below, rev. shield (S 3801), good fine. [2]
£1,4001,600
144
George IV, gold sovereigns (2), 1829 and 1830, second type, bare head with date below, rev. shield (S 3801), near very fine. [2]
£1,4001,600
145
George IV, gold half sovereign, 1821, laureate head, rev. ornately garnished shield (S 3802), numerous contact marks but good fine and scarce.
£500600
146
George IV, gold half sovereigns (3), 1823 and 1824, laureate head, rev. plain shield (S 3803), very fine and good fine; 1828, bare head, rev. garnished shield (S 3804), fine. [3]
£9001,100
147
George IV, gold half sovereign, 1825, laureate head, rev. plain shield (S 3803), nearly extremely fine.
£400600
148
George IV, silver proof crown, 1826, bare head, rev. shield, edge SEPTIMO (S 3806), light wear to head, contact marks, good very fine or better, reverse extremely fine, toned, rare.
£2,0003,000
149
George IV, a quantity of silver coins, including: crowns (2), 1821 and 1822 (S 3805), fine or nearly so; halfcrowns (3), 1820, 1821 and 1825, laureate head, rev. garnished shield (S 3807), very fine, near very fine and fine; halfcrowns (2), 1823 and 1824, second reverse (S 3808), fine or better; halfcrowns (4), 1825, 1826, 1828 and 1829, bare head, third reverse (S 3809), all about good fine; and various shillings (8) and threepence (5), in varying grades. [24]
£400600
150
William IV, gold sovereign, 1831, first bust (S 3829), fine.
£700900
152
William IV, gold sovereign, 1836, second head (S 3829B), very fine, reverse nearly extremely fine.
£8001,000
154
151
William IV, gold sovereigns (2), 1832 and 1833, second head (S 3829B), good fine. [2]
£1,4001,600
153
William IV, gold sovereign, 1837, second head (S 3829B), about fine.
£650750
not to scale
William IV, a quantity of silver coins, comprising: halfcrowns (4), 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, W.W. in script (S 3834), very fine, nearly so, good fine and near very fine; shillings (4), 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837 (S 3835), the first near fine, the others about very fine; threepence (5), 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, varying grades, the last near fine only. [14]
£200300
155
Victoria, gold sovereign, 1839 (S 3852), fine, rare.
£1,0001,200
156
Victoria, gold half sovereign, 1845, first your head, date below (S 3859), good fine and scarce.
£300400
157
Victoria, silver crowns (3), 1844 (star stops), 1845 (cinquefoil stops), 1847 (S 3882), all fine or better [3]
£250350
158
Victoria, silver crown, 1847, ‘gothic’ type (S 3883), fine or better
£300400
159
Victoria, silver crown, 1887, Jubilee bust (S 3921), a little hairlining but otherwise extremely fine and with some lustre.
£100150
Victoria, silver crowns (13), 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892, Jubilee bust (S 3921), fine; 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900, veiled bust (S 3937), fine to good fine. [13] £350450
161
Victoria, silver double florins (4), 1887, Roman I in date (S 3922), light surface marks but otherwise extremely fine and with some lustre; 1888, 1889, 1890, Arabic 1 in date (S 3923), good very fine, very fine and fine. [4]
(Dimensions: 36.3 mm each)
£150250
163
Victoria, silver half crowns (4), 1840, 1842, 1843, 1844, young head, two plain fillets in hair, no initials on truncation (S 3888), fine, nearly extremely fine, fine and fine. [4]
£300400
162
Victoria, silver halfcrown, 1839, young head, one ornate and one plain fillet binding hair, WW in relief on truncation, edge plain, die axis ↑↑ (S 3885 or variant), slightly brushed appearance and some surface marks, otherwise good very fine, reverse better, rare.
£500800
164
Victoria, silver half crowns (4), 1845 (5 over 3), 1846, 1849, 1850, young head, two plain fillets in hair, no initials on truncation (S 3888), good fine and scarce, nearly extremely fine, fine and fine. [4]
£300400
165
Victoria, silver halfcrown, 1848, 8 over 6 (S 3888), good very fine or better and rare.
£300400
166 not to scale
167
Victoria, silver florin, 1877, ‘gothic’ type, die number 24 (S 3893), extremely fine or nearly so.
£200300
168
Victoria, silver florins (15), 18711877 (S 3893), near fine to good fine; 1879, no die number under bust, arcs indistinct (S 3896 or 3897), fair; 1880, 1881, 18831886, 34 arcs in border (S 3900), near fine to good fine; 1887, 46 arcs in border (S 3901), good very fine. [15]
£250350
166
Victoria, silver halfcrowns (14), 1874 to 1887 inclusive (S 3889), the first fine, 1879 nearly extremely fine, the remainder good fine to good very fine. [14]
£500700
169
Victoria, silver florins (3), ‘gothic’ type, 1852, 1855 (S 3891) and 1866 (S 3892), the first good very fine, the others nearly extremely fine. [3]
£300400
170
Victoria, silver florin, 1849, ‘godless’ type (S 3890), very fine or nearly so; together with silver florins (9), ‘gothic’ type, various dates, most fair, one fine. [10]
£70100
171
Victoria, silver shillings (6), 1840—1843, 1845 and 1849, young head, no initials on truncation (S 3904), good very fine, reverses generally better, the last with die crack and reverse extremely fine. [6]
£300400
172
Victoria, silver shillings (6), 1846, 1851, 1853, 18601862, young head, no initials on truncation (S 3904), most nearly extremely fine, 1860 very fine only. [6]
£300400
173
Victoria, silver shilling, 1863, 3 over 1 in date, young head, no initials on truncation (S 3904), die crack near date, clash mark on reverse, extremely fine or nearly so and rare.
£300400
174
Victoria, silver shillings (5), 18641867, second young head, die number above date (S 3905), good very fine, the last extremely fine; 1868, third young head (S 3906A), extremely fine. [5]
£350550
175
Victoria, silver shillings (8), 187073 and 1876, third young head, die number above date (S 3906A), the first good very fine, the others about extremely fine; 1880, 1883 and 1885, fourth young head, no die number (S 3907), good very fine, the last nearly extremely fine. [8]
£200300
176
Victoria, a quantity of silver shillings, young head issues, various dates, fair to about fine. [21]
£150200
177
Victoria, silver halfcrowns (6), 18871892, Jubilee bust (S 3924), 1890 with a rim dent but nearly extremely fine, 1892 about extremely fine, all others very fine or better [6]
£300500
178
Victoria, a small quantity of silver coins, comprising florins (6), 18871892, Jubilee head (S 3925), fair to fine; shillings (3), 18871889, small Jubilee head (S 3926), very fine, the last better; shillings (4), 18891892, large Jubilee head (S 3927), the first nearly extremely fine, the others about very fine. [13]
£100150
179
Victoria, silver half crowns (3), 18931895, veiled bust (S 3938), extremely fine or nearly so. [3]
£200300
180
Victoria, silver half crowns (3), 18961898, veiled bust (S 3938), about extremely fine, the last extremely fine. [3]
£200300
181
Victoria, silver half crowns (3), 18991901, veiled bust (S 3938), extremely fine or nearly so. [3]
£200300
182
Maundy coin sets (3): James II, 1686 (S 3418), about very fine and toned; William IV, 1835 (S 3840), the threepence possibly associated, otherwise nearly extremely fine with some lustre; Victoria, 1892 (S 3932), in contemporary fitted case, extremely fine and toned. [12]
£300500
183
Maundy silver coin sets (5): Victoria, 1884, young head (S 3916), nearly extremely fine; 1893, veiled bust (S 3943), extremely fine and toned; Edward VII, 1903 (S 3985), about extremely fine and toned; George VI, 1942 (S 4086), extremely fine; Elizabeth II, 1974 (S 4211), mottled toning, otherwise extremely fine; each set in a later fitted case. [25]
£400600
184
Victoria, silver florins (9), 1893, 1896, 1898 and 1901, veiled bust (S 3939), extremely fine or nearly so; five others, various dates, about fine; shillings (9), 1893, 18951897, 1900, veiled bust (S 3940), extremely fine or nearly so; and four others, various dates, fine to very fine. [18]
£200300
185
Victoria, silver threepence (3), 1842, 1845 and 1849, first young head (S 3914), good very fine, extremely fine and nealy extremely fine. [3]
£200300
186
Victoria, silver threepence, 1846, first young head (S 3914), extremely fine or nearly so and rare.
£200300
187
Victoria, silver threepence (2), 1854 and 1856, first young head (S 3914), the first with a dent in front of th enose, the other with light striations across the head, otherwise about extremely fine. [2]
£150250
188
Victoria, silver threepence (3), 1860, 1863 and 1864, first young head variety (S 3914A), extremely fine or nearly so, the last two toned. [3]
£300400
189
Victoria, silver threepence (3), 1865 and 1866 (S 3914A), good very fine and nearly extremely fine; 1882 (S 3914D), nearly extremely fine. [3]
£200300
190
Victoria, silver three halfpence (2), 1843 and 1862 (S 3915), extremely fine and lightly toned. [2]
£150250
191
Victoria, a quantity of small denomination silver coinage, mainly threepence, various issues, fine to good very fine. [qty]
£200300
192
A small quantity of Hanoverian small denomination silver coins, including: George II, sixpences (5), 1741 (S 3708), fair; 1746, LIMA (S 3710), very fine; 1758 (S 3711), very fine; and two others; George III, sixpences (5), five various; and similar coins of George IV and William IV. [17]
£200300
193
Edward VII, silver halfcrown, 1904 (S 3980), good very fine or better and scarce.
£200300
194
Edward VII, silver halfcrown, 1905 (S 3980), fine and rare.
£80120
195
Edward VII, silver halfcrown, 1910 (S 3980), about extremely fine.
£150250
196
Edward VII, silver crown, 1902 (S 3978), good fine; together with halfcrowns (6), 1902, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909 (S 3980), the first nearly extremely fine, the next near fine and rare, the next three nearly extremely fine, the last very fine. [7]
£400500
197
George V, crown, 1929, fourth coinage (S 4036), nearly extremely fine.
£200300
198
George V, crown, 1932, fourth coinage (S 4036), nearly extremely fine.
£200300
199
George V, crown, 1934, fourth coinage (S 4036), good very fine and rare.
£1,0001,500
200
George V, crowns (6), 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933 and 1936, fourth coinage (S 4036), the first about very fine, the next nearly extremely fine, the remainder good very fine or better [6]
£450550
A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF GOLD COINS
201
James II, gold guinea, 1688, second bust (S 3402, F 295), a little edge damage, good fine.
£700800
203
William III, gold guinea, 1695 (S 3458, F 313), some smoothing to edge, near very fine.
£650750
205
George I, gold guinea, 1716, fourth head (S3631, F 327), fine or better
£650700
207
George III, gold quarterguinea, 1762 (S 3741, F 368), near very fine
£200300
202
William and Mary, gold guinea, 1692 (S 3426, F 303), about fine.
£700800
204
William III, gold guinea, 1700 (S 3460, F 313), bust smoothed, near fine, reverse good fine.
£650700
206
George II, gold guinea, 1759, old head (S 3680, F 344), very fine or nearly so.
£650750
208
George III, gold guinea, 1793, fifth head, ‘spade’ reverse (S 3729, F 356), fine.
£650750
209
George III, gold guinea, 1794, fifth head, ‘spade’ reverse (S 3729, F 356), near very fine.
£650700
211
George III, gold halfguinea, 1804, seventh head, rev. shield in garter (S 3737, F 364), near very fine.
£350450
213
George III, gold sovereign, 1818, descending colon after BRITANNIAR (S 3785, F 371), about fine.
£650750
210
George III, gold thirdguinea, 1803, first head, second reverse (S 3739, F 366), fine.
£250350
212
George III, gold thirdguinea, 1810, second head (S 3740, F 367), near very fine.
£220280
214
George III, gold sovereign, 1820, New Coinage, open 2 (S 3785C, F 371), good fine.
£650750
215
George IV, gold sovereign, 1821, laureate head, rev. St George (S 3800, F 376), good fine.
£650700
216
George IV, gold sovereign, 1825, bare head, rev. crowned shield (S 3801, F 377), good very fine or better
£700900
William IV, gold sovereign, 1833 (S 3829B, F 383), good fine or better
£650700
219
Victoria, gold sovereign, 1872, Melbourne mint, young head, rev crowned shield (S 3854), very fine.
£650700
218
Victoria, gold sovereign, 1864 (S 3853), very fine or nearly so.
£650700
220
Victoria, gold sovereign, 1877, Sydney mint, young head, rev. crowned shield (S 3855), very fine.
£650700
221
Victoria, gold two pounds, 1893, veiled bust (S 3873, F 395), nearly extremely fine.
£1,3001,500
222
George VI, gold proof sovereign 1937, plain edge (S 4076, F 411), minor surface marks and a tiny rim nick, otherwise about as struck.
£700900
223
George III, gold quarter guinea, 1762, laureate head, rev. crowned shield (S 3741, F 368), good very fine or better
£200300
A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF MARIA TERESA THALERS
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Austria: Maria Theresa, silver thalers (28), 1780 SF, restrikes, Birmingham (6) (Hafner 66 & 67a), very fine and better; Brussels (17) (Hafner 68a), four about extremely fine, the others very fine; and seven other various issues, good very fine and better. [28]
£300500
226
Austria: Maria Theresa, silver thalers (12), 1780 SF, restrikes, London, struck c. 193661 (Hafner 63 or variants), near very fine to extremely fine. [12]
£200300
228
Austria: Maria Theresa, silver thalers (5), 1780 SF, restrikes: Milan, struck c. 181528 (3) and c. 182141 (Hafner 36a and 39a), fine, fine, good very fine and near very fine; and Günsburg, struck c. 178188 (Hafner 27 or variant), surface with dark residue, near very fine. [5]
£150200
225
Austria: Maria Theresa, silver thalers (11), 1780 SF, restrikes, Rome, struck c. 193539 (Hafner 71 or variants), fine to nearly extremely fine. [11]
£200300
227
Austria: Maria Theresa, silver thalers (17), 1780 SF, restrikes, Paris, struck c. 193742 (8) and c. 194960 (9) (Hafner 69 and 70 or variants), near very fine to extremely fine. [17]
£300500
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Austria: Maria Theresa, silver thalers (26), 1780 SF, restrikes, Vienna, struck c. 18601900 (7) (Hafner 49a), one good fine, the others better than very fine; c. 185360 (Hafner 49b), very fine or nearly so; c. 190030 (4) (Hafner 54), very fine; c. 193045 (5) (Hafner 57), one with the remains of a soldered suspension ring clipped off, otherwise near very fine; c. 194560 (3) (Hafner H 60), very fine, one much better; c. 196086 (4) (Hafner 61a), good very fine and better; c. 1986 (Hafner 62), extremely fine. [26]
£400600
230
Austria: Maria Theresa, silver thalers (9), 1780 SF, restrikes, Vienna, struck c. 179095 (Hafner 15a), edge damage 5 o’clock, otherwise at least very fine; c. 17951803 (4) (Hafner 19a), near very fine; c. 17951803 (2), rev. AVST.DVX (Hafner 20 and variant), good very fine or better and near very fine; c. 178188 (2) (Hafner 26 or variant), edge bruising, about very fine. [9]
£400600
231
Portuguese colonies: countermarked coins (2): Azores & Mozambique, marks of a crown and ‘PM’ in a circle each struck twice to a Maria Theresa restrike thaler (Hafner 97 & 99), very fine; Mozambique, ‘PM in a circle struck twice to a Maria Theresa restrike thaler (Hafner 99), very fine or better. [2]
Notes: The provenance of countermarked Maria Theresa thalers is subject to academic uncertainty, and it is possible that countermarks are spurious.
£150250
232
Portuguese Mozambique: countermarked coins (2), the first struck with ‘PM’ in a circle, the next with a crowned ‘PM’, the donor coins being Maria Theresa restrike thalers (Hafner 99, 100), very fine and good very fine. [2]
Notes: The provenance of countermarked Maria Theresa thalers is subject to academic uncertainty, and it is possible that countermarks are spurious.
£150250
233
Djibouti, a countermarked Maria Theresa restrike thaler, struck with a seal mark ‘Abd Latíf Má’a alFadah, bi Jíbútí’, and a second mark of ‘830’ (Hafner 102.2), good very fine
Notes: The provenance of countermarked Maria Theresa thalers is subject to academic uncertainty, and it is possible that countermarks are spurious.
£200300
234
235
Qu’aiti: a countermarked Maria Theresa restrike thaler, struck with a circular mark incorporating text (Hafner 110), very fine
Notes: The provenance of countermarked Maria Theresa thalers is subject to academic uncertainty, and it is possible that countermarks are spurious.
£100150
236
Hedjaz & Nejd: a countermarked Maria Theresa restrike thaler, struck with two character marks (Hafner 126), donor coin near fine, countermarks good very fine; and another similar coin, Hedjaz, struck with a bold character mark (Hafner 130), good fine. [2]
Notes: The provenance of countermarked Maria Theresa thalers is subject to academic uncertainty, and it is possible that countermarks are spurious.
£200300
237
Austria: restrike silver thaler, 1780 SF, a mint error, struck offcentre, in PCGS slab, graded MS65 by PCGS.
£100150
238
Austria: restrike thaler, 1780 FS, Vienna, extremely fine or better; together with a quantity of associated numismatic items, including tokens, pseudo thalers, and copies. [13]
£5070
Nejd: two countermarked Maria Theresa restrike thalers, struck with bold character marks (Hafner 122 or variants); and another similar, Hedjaz & Nejd, struck with two marks (Hafner 125); fine or better [3]
Notes: The provenance of countermarked Maria Theresa thalers is subject to academic uncertainty, and it is possible that countermarks are spurious.
£300500
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VARIOUS PROPERIES
239
Celtic coinage: Eppilus, silver unit, Victory advancing right, E.P., rev. ‘EPPIL COMF’ in two lines, 1.12 g, about very fine.
£100150
240
Republic of Florence: a gold florin, 12521533, stylised iris flower or giglio, rev. St John the Baptist, facing full height and wearing a cilice, 3.4 g, slightly creased, otherwise very fine.
£300500
241
Victoria, silver crown, 1847, ‘gothic’ type, edge UNDECIMO (S 3883), edge holed for mounting, otherwise very fine or better, scarce.
£8001,200
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242
George VI, gold proof coin set, 1937, four coins, five pounds to half sovereign, plain edges, in maroon leather case of issue (S PS15), light surface marks; together with another proof set, 1937, fifteen coins, crown to farthing, including maundy coins, in maroon leather case of issue (S PS16), some mottled toning, otherwise about as struck.
£7,0009,000
243
A small collection of silver coins, comprising: Charles II, half crown, 1670 (S 3365), near fine; Anne, shilling, 1712 (S 3617), fine; George III, sixpence, 1787, no semée of hearts (S 3748), near extremely fine; half crown, 1817 (S 3788), good very fine or better; George IV, crown, 1821 (S 3805), fine; Victoria, florin, 1859 (S 3891), good fine; crown, 1890 (S 3921), near very fine; double florin, 1887, Arabic 1 (S 3923), good very fine; shilling, 1887, small head (S 3926), extremely fine or nearly so; India: two rupees, and a rupee fraction, very fine and better. [12]
£300400
245
244
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A small quantity of coins and banknotes, including: George V, gold sovereign, 1911 (S 3996), very fine; a commemorative 2012 Jubilee hallmarked ‘quarter sovereign’, cased with certificate; various base metal commemorative issues; and other items.
£6001,000
A small quantity of silver coins, including: George IV, crown, 1822, edge TERTIO (S 3805), fine or a little better; Mexico Spanish Colony: Charles IV, eight reales, 1790 (KM 108), very fine or nearly so; Portugal: 870 reis, countermark on a Mexican 8 reales, no date (1834) host coin 1812 (KM 440.15), fine, countermark very fine; and other items. [qty]
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246
A small quantity of coins, international, including themes fifty pence issues, British late predecimal low denominations coins, and other items. [qty]
£200300
EDGED WEAPONS
247
A Japanese sword (wakizashi), blade 21.5 in., hon-zukuri with hi, broad hamon based on suguha, giltcopper habaki with neko-gaki, nakago with two ana (one passing through the upper character of the mei), fivecharacter mei (Tanba No Kani YoshiMichi); tsuba and fuchi/kashira of shakudo emblished in with gold and copper suemon-zogan against a nanako ground, the tsuba with a depiction of an eagle in a tree preparing to swoop upon a tanuki; black lacquered saya, kogatana with kozuka embellished in the same manner as the tsuba but depicting peacocks and peonies, kogai en suite, signed blade, kogai and kozuka
£8001,000
248
A Japanese sword (wakizashi), blade 17.75 in., hon-zukuri, horimono representing an arrow, silvered habaki, nakago with twocharacter mei (Nobukuni), openwork iron tsuba with raised rim and perforations representing clouds, fuchi and kashira of shakudo with gilthighlighted botanical details in low relief, black laquered saya with gold and polychrome depiction of a bird on the branches of a flowering tree, kogatana with kozuka of shakudo and displaying a dragon entwined around a sword (ken) in relief against a ground of waves.
£400600
249
A Japanese sword (owakizashi), blade 20 in., hon-zukuri, mumei, copper niju-habaki, iron mokko-gata tsuba with foliate decoration in light relief and matching fuchi and kabuto-gane, black laquered saya, kogatana with kozoka adorned with a pelican; together with a Japanese dagger (tanto), blade 11.75 in., hira-zukuri with hi, mumei, iron hilt fitting of the type often associated with the Satsuma rebellion, black laquered saya with vacant accommodation for a kogatana. [2]
£300400
250
An Indian dagger (khanjar), serpentine blade of patternwelded steel 9 in., with panels of foliage in gold koftgari, smokey quartz hilt with ram’s head terminal, velvet covered scabbard.
£150200
251
A Yemeni dagger (jambiya), broad curved blade 7 in. with medial ridge, hilt of faux amber set with gold ornaments including discs representing Byzantine coins, leather scabbard with tooled decoration.
Provenance: Presented to the current owner’s father in a village in Yemen in 1963.
£300400
A Persian helmet (khulakhud), steel bowl with nasal bar secured by a screw, twin plume holders, squaresection top spike on a baluster stem rising from a round foot, the surface of the bowl decorated all over in low relief with hunting scenes above a frieze of alternating portrait vignettes and panels of text, a mail skirt suspended from the rim.
£250350
An IndoPersian helmet (khulakhud), steel bowl of anthropomorphic type with embossed eyes and nose, brass nasal bar guide modelled as a moustache (bar missing), fluted top spike rising from a flowerhead foot and flanked by curving horns, the surfaces embellished in silver and gold koftgari work with an interlacing pattern of stems and flowerheads, the intervening spaces filled with fine fernlike details, a mail skirt suspended from the rim.
£250350
A Persian helmet (khula khud), iron bowl embossed with turbanned busts and with a radial pattern at the centre, sliding nazal bar held by a screw, top spike, plume holders, mail neck guard; together with two IndoPersian shields (dhal), painted hide, one retaining a stuffed leather knuckle pad but missing one iron boss, the other with four iron flowerhead bosses. [3]
£300400
A Venetian baskethilted sword (schiavona), doubleedged blade 35 in. with low medial ridge, characteristic iron basket guard formed of converging and overlapping flat bars radiating from the quillon ends, thumb loop, heartshaped pommel with chased decoration, wooden grip of rectangular section and swollen at the centre (some grip binding retained separately), 18th century.
£500700 256
A 17th century English baskethilted cavalry sword, doubleedged blade 31.75 in., shallow fuller with the conventional inscription ‘ANDREA FERARA’, running wolf mark, iron guard with a large plate embellished with foliage in low relief, small langets, knuckle bow and side guards joined by scrolling bars, heavy pommel with inscised decoration.
£400600 257
A 17th century light rapier, slender diamondsection blade 38.5 in., slightly bevelled and fluted at the forte and with etched decoration; steel hilt retaining traces of gilding, double shell guards each with a suninsplendour in low relief, shells joined to the large side rings by bifurcated arms and with the intervening space also occupied by Cscroll bars, recurved quillons, fluted quillon block, heavy fluted pommel, wire bound grip.
Provenance: Ex. Hever Castle Collection.
£7001,000
258
An English silver hilted hunting sword, 18th century and earlier, singleedged spearpoint blade 22 in. with twin fullers running almost to the point, fullers inscribed ‘ANDRIA FERARA’ together with orbs and crosses and other conventional symbols, probably 17th century and adapted from a larger sword; fine stirrup hilt in silver with large outer shell, the whole richly embellished in high relief with scrolling foliage and with ‘Green Man’ masks to the shell and to the back strap, a lion mask to the quillon block, hallmark to the knuckle bow of London 1742, sterling mark and town mark repeated to the collar of the shell, reeded horn grip.
£8001,200
259
A Scottish dress dirk bearing the arms of Aberdeen, blade 12 in. with scalloped back edge, retailed by A & J Smith, white metal mounted hilt with bulbous bog oak grip carved with a basketweave pattern accented with white metal beads, the collar and pommel with foliate decoration in low relief and the latter set with a large cairngorm; white metal mounted and black leather covered scabbard with the arms and motto of Aberdeen to the locket and the upper collar and accomodating a nearpair of byknife and fork mounted in the same manner as the dirk.
£300400
260
A scarce British 1888 pattern LeeMetford bayonet, Mk I, 1st type, doubleedged blade 12 in., War Department mark and various control marks, wooden grips with three rivets, clearance hole in grip between rear pair, steelmounted leather scabbard.
£150200
262
Three Indian axes (bulova), the first with angular bifurcated blade, brass and iron top spike and a brass collar to the foot of the slender shaft; the next similar but with a long blade with a recurved edge; the last with blade of similar form to the second but mounted on a plain shaft. [3]
£200300
261
A German Great War period Model 1898/05 bayonet, by Alex Coppel, broad blade 14 in, blade back stamped with inspection marks and ‘17’, twopiece wooden grip, steel scabbard.
£100150
263
An Indian sword (firangi), straight singleedged bifullered blade 38 in., the forte enclosed by flanges rising from the hilt; iron hilt of ‘Hindubasket’ type with large angled plate guard reinforced by a crest, broad knuckle guard of domed section, teardropshaped pommel with stalklike extension; together with an assortment of other edged weapons, including: an Indian dagger (katar), triangular blade later ground to a waisted shape, three Afghan swords (pulowar), two British 1899 pattern gymnasia swords, and other items. [qty]
£300400
264
A small collection of smallswords and related weapons, comprising: an 18th Century French smallsword with 32.5 in. collichmarde type blade, etched decoration to the forte, double shell guard, openwork pommel, copper wire and tapebound grip (purchased at the old Louvre des Antiquaire shoppoing centre); an 18th century singleedged sword with Walloon type hilt of diminutive proportions, the iron guard with chased lattice decoration, spherical pommel; a brass hilted swallsword, stout doubleedged blade 31 in., brass hilt with square guard embellished with green man details and a raised border, quillions, arms and knuckle bow with decorative accents, urnshaped pommel; a later smallsword or court sword with giltbrass hilt, oval guard with fluted border, fluted quillon black and knuckle bow; and a composite sword with slender hollowtriangularsection blade 33.5 in., mated to a British 1798 pattern infantry officer’s hilt. [5]
£300500
265
A small collection of court swords and related weapons, comprising: a 19th century sword with slender triangularsection blade 33.5 in., steel hilt with pierced guard and embossed with classical motifs; a 19th century court sword with steel hilt, oval guard with concentric borders of beading to the inner face, grip and pommel formed of spiralling bands with faceted beads set between them; a late 18th century smallsword with faceted pommel; and two similar swords. [5]
£200300
266
Three 19th century brasshilted uniform swords: i) a French sword attributed to the Paris Fire Brigade, straight doubleedged bifullered blade 30 in., cast hilt with large outer shell embossed with a ship in relief, the grip cast with a twining laurel branch, slender knuckle bow, fluted pommel; ii) a French officer’s sword, of similar form, the flat backed blade 30.5 in. and stamped ‘C&C’. the outer shell embossed with a eagle, the folding inner guard with spring detent; iii) a United States military bandsman’s sword, single edged blade 28.25 in., brass stirrup hilt with beaded grip. [3]
£200300
267
A quantity of edged weapons, comprising: a continental sidearm, singleedged blade 24.5 in. with running wolf mark, hilt in the Austrian manner with small brass guard and three rivets securing the grip, brass mounted scabbard; an Indian sword (tulwar), broad curved blade 31.25 in. with impressed marks of crescents and stars, steel hilt of characteristic ‘IndoMuslim’ type; a Georgian society sword with 30 in. blade, the forte etched and gilt and with two deep fullers with decorative piercings, silver cross guard with flaring arms; a later sword of similar form; a composite sword with straight slender blade and cast brass hilt as of an 18th century infantry hanger; three reproduction rapiers; and a reproduction lefthand dagger. [9]
£300400
268
An Imperial Japanese Army officer’s sword (shingunto), blade 26.5 in., hon-zukuri, regulations mounts, sabbard with leather field cover; together with a bonemounted dagger (tanto), blade 7.5 in., hilt and scabbard carved with robed figures; a Bornean sword (mandau), Csection blade 20.5 in., inlaid in brass with lines of points and with openwork decoration to the back, bone hilt with hair tuft, wooden scabbard; and a kukri, heavy blade 14 in., plain wooden handle. [4]
£300400
269
A British pattern 1846 naval officer’s sword, in scabbard; a British pattern 1897 Infantry officer’s sword, Edward VII, in leathercovered scabbard; and an Imperial German infantry officer’s sword. [3]
£200300
270
A British pattern 1846 naval officer’s sword, light model, by Wilkinson, blade etching including the dedication ‘E.C.C. FROM W.E.C.’, retained in the brass mounted leather scabbard by a spring thumb catch, with leather sword belt; and a midshipman’s dirk, George V, complete with scabbard, the locket engraved ‘C.W.S.D.’. [2]
£150250
271
LieutenantColonel George William Paty, 96th Foot: a British Pattern 1822 infantry officer’s sword, George IV, pipebacked blade 32.25 in. and etched with ‘LT COL PATY 96th REGT’ and the royal cypher, giltbrass ‘gothic’ hilt with royal cypher to the cartouche, steel scabbard. (Dimensions: 94.5 cm OAL)
Notes: General Sir George William Paty, K.C.B., K.H., was born in 1788 and joined the 32nd Foot as an Ensign in 1804. He served in the Copenhagen Campaign of 1807, and afterwards in the Peninsular. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1817, on half pay, he served in the 96th Foot as a Major on full pay between 1825 and 1825.
£150250
272
A British Pattern 1885 cavalry trooper’s sword, blade 34.5 in. with various control marks, sheet steel guard with Maltese cross perforation, inside of guard with various impressed marks including cancelled marks for the 4th Dragoon Guards, steel scabbard with opposed fixed rings.
£200300
273
A British Pattern 1899 cavalry trooper’s sword, Wilkinsons blade 33.5 in., various control marks; sheet steel guard with turnedover inner edge, struck with unit marks of 2nd Dragoon Guards and the Royal Horse Artillery, steel scabbard.
£200300
274
Ontario Regiment: a Canadian presentation pattern 1897 infantry officer’s sword, Elizabeth II, blade by Horster of Solingen, etching including the dedication ‘PRESENTED TO LT. R. STEEL ONT. REGT.’ and ‘THE GENERAL MOTORS SWORD 1978’, regulation hilt with royal cypher, sword knot, steel scabbard.
£150200
270
275
A FairbairnSykes fighting knife, by Wilkinson Sword, First Pattern, second type, knurled grip, short curving cross guard, square ricasso etched with maker’s details, leather scabbard with alloy chape.
£500700
276
A FairbairnSykes fighting knife, by William Rogers, Third Pattern, ringed grip, maker’s details impressed on cross guard, associated leather scabbard.
£150200
277
276A
A British infantry officer's sword, 1845 pattern blade fitted to a George V 1897 pattern hilt, leathercovered scabbard; together with a French model 1866 bayonet, Châtellerault August 1868, steel scabbard; and a riding crop. [3]
£100150 part
A collection of European edged weapons, comprising: a French model 1831 artillery sidearm, heavy doubleedged blade 19 in. and inscribed for Klingenthal 1832, brassmounted leather scabbard; a British pattern 1907 bayonet, in associated Australian acabbard marked ‘MANGROVITE’; another pattern 1907 bayonet, by Remington, steelmounted leather scabbard; a German M84/98 bayonet, wooden grips, steel scabbard; a French model 1874 bayonet, St Etienne 1875, steel scabbard; a French model 1892 Berthier carbine bayonet, steel scabbard; a British Midshipman’s dirk, 1890s; a French model 1866 bayonet; and a late 19th cenury Spanish colonial officer’s machete, flat blade 23.5 in., by Fernando Esser and numbered 947, brass hilt with horsehead pommel and bone grips. [9]
£300500
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278
A collection of knives and daggers, comprising: a Greek or Turkish dagger (bichaq), blade 7.5 in. niello hilt with eared pommel, white metal covered scabbard with repoussé decoration; a small tanto style knife mounted in brass embossed with flowers; a sheath knife by William Rogers, doubleedged blade 6 in, banded leather grip with alloy pommel, leather sheath; a stag handled knife, apparently adapted from a bayonet, with shortened blade, shortened steel scabbard and leather frog; a Lapp style knife with antler scabbard; a knife with a curved grip formed from a boar’s tusk; and a pair of 20th century German daggers with simulated ivory grips. [8]
276A part
FIREARMS
Richard Dyer: a pair of English unmarkedsilvermounted flintlock holster pistols in holsters, late 17th or early 18th Century, 12.25 in. threestage barrels, faceted breech sections engraved with foliate sprays and 'R. DYER' and struck with marks of a cross in a square, bevelled lock plates with a slight downward curve at the tails, plates engraved with scrolling foliage and 'DYER', swannecked cocks engraved en suite, fullstocks with simulated burr finish, domed butt caps of unmarkedsilver engraved with large roses to the centres and with dart borders, separate unmarkedsilver grip spurs of scrolling form surmounted by imp masks, unmarkedsilver side plates of scrolling openwork form, steel trigger guards, wooden ramrods in ringed and beaded pipes, London proof, circa 16901710; the holsters of heavy leather with iron wirereinforced tops, the tops with large covers of embroidered cloth incorporating pockets, holsters likely contemporary. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£2,0003,000
280
Thomas Gregory (1): an early 18th century English flintlock holster pistol, threestage round barrel 9.5 in., maker’s mark to breech section, sighting groove in the tang, curved and bevelled lock plate with border engraving and inscribed ‘T GREGORY LONDON’, swannecked cock, walnut fullstock with brass furniture, spurred butt cap with grotesque mask, openwork side plate of writhing serpent and leaf form, brass escutchon surmounted by a greenman mask and with an impish face below, trigger guard with foliate finial, horn tipped wooden ram rod, London proof. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£7001,000
281
William Walls of Stratford on Avon: a 16 bore brass barrelled flintlock pistol, twostage barrel 7.5 in., octagonal breech section with shell engraving and inscribed ‘Stratford on Avon’ to the top flat, brass lock plate inscribed ‘Walls’, engraved swanneck cock, frizzen spring with roller bearing, walnut full stock with engraved brass furniture, spurred butt cap, scrolling openwork side plate, ornate trigger guard with pineapple finial, horn tipped wooden ram rod, private Ordnance proof, late 18th century. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£400600
282
An 18th century English brassbarreled flintlock holster pistol, twostage barrel 8.5 in. with octagonal breech and swamped round forward stage, flat lock with stepped tail and lineengraved border inscribed ‘Jeffery’, swanneck cock, frizzen spring with roller bearing, doublebridle pan with engraved outer bridle, walnut full stock with flatsided grip and brass furniture, front and rear side nail cups of flower and shell form respectively, associated steel ram rod, provincial proof. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£500700
283
A miniature allmetal wheel lock pistol, of late 16th century style, blued barrel 1 in., scrollengraved giltmetal stock with spherical grip terminal, steel lock with gilt metal components including the wheel housing and the sliding pan cover, lacking its ram rod, probably 20th century and in the manner of Michael Mann. Not deemed to meet the legal definition of a firearm owing to its extremely low potential muzzle energy.
Notes: See the Victoria and Albert Museum accession numbers 3561864, 3571864 and M.1241939 for three miniature wheel lock pistols attributed to Michael Mann.
£400600
284
A 22 bore Balkan flintlock holster pistol, barrel 12 in. with incised decoration including a short rib with scrolling terminal and a glowering ‘green man’ mask, seal marks to the breech; engraved bevelled lock, the tail incised with scrolls in low relief; full stock with moulded foliate decoration, brass furniture including relief carved butt cap and openwork side plate, vestigal ram rod pipes over a carved ridge simulating a rod, 19th century; together with a southern European horn powder flask, goat horn body carved with beasts and foliage and inscribed ‘H. W. LENTZ’, embossed white metal mounts. [2]
£300500
285
An early 19thcentury English flintlock blunderbuss pistol, twostage octagonaltoround brass barrel 3.5 in. with flaring muzzle and line engraved borders to the flats, scroll engraved brass box lock marked ‘WEBSTER’ and ‘LONDON’, safety bar engraved with foliate chevrons, sprung bayonet with hollow triangularsection blade released by sliding the trigger guard to the rear, chequered wooden grip with engraved steel cap, later sidemounted ram rod, Birmingham proof. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£400600
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286
A cased pair of 19th century English .51 bore percussion pistols, octagonal turnoff barrels 3.5 in., side locks with dolphin head hammers, Germansilver frames with sawhandle grips well engraved with scrolling acanthus and urns in panels, Birmingham proof; fitted mahogany case lined in maroon cloth, associated accessories including a barrel wrench, oil bottle, powder flask and a nested pair of turnscrews, also a 54 bore bullet mould. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£7001,000
287
Two 19th century English percussion pistols: the first a box lock pocket pistol, turnoff barrel 2 in., dolphinhead hammer, framed engraved with acanthus scrolls and ‘HOLMES & SON’ ‘DERBY’, Birmingham proof; the next with octagonal barrel 3 in., top flat engraved ‘LONDON’, backaction sidelock engraved with acanthus sprays and signed ‘D. EGG’, walnut stock with steel furniture, captive ram rod, Birmingham proof. [2]. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£300400
288
William Parker (3): an English 36 bore percussion overcoat or travelling pistol, octagonal twist barrel 4 in., top flat inscribed ‘W PARKER. HOLBORN. LONDON’, breakoff breech, acanthus engraved tang, engraved lock inscribed ‘W. PARKER’, walnut full stock with chequered grip, wooden ram rod, London proof. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£300500
289
An English 16 bore percussion pistol, round twist barrel 7 in., breakoff breech, backaction lock with foliate engraving, threequarter stock with German silver nose cap and engraved steel trigger guard, chequered grip, bonetipped wooden ram rod, Birmingham proof. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£150250
290
A 19th century English sixshot ‘pepperbox’ percussion revolver, fluted cylinder 3 in., bar hammer action engraved with foliate scrolls, Birmingham proof. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£250350
291
A 54 bore Adams 1851 patent (improved frame) fiveshot self cocking percussion revolver with rare original spare cylinder, serial number 15133R on frame and on both cylinders, octagonal barrel 6 in. with line engraved borders to each flat, top strap engraved ‘DEANE ADAMS & DEANE No 30 KING WILLIAM ST.T. LONDON BRIDGE’, acanthus scroll engraving to the frame, manual spring cocking catch, sliding safety bar, onepiece wooden grip; in a fitted and baiselined oak case with associated accessories comprising: bullet mould for throwing a spurred bullet and ball, oil bottle, wad punch with central spike, urn screw, nipple key, and cleaning rod; Deane, Adams & Deane trade lable. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£2,5003,000
292
A English 54 bore fiveshot ‘Wedge Frame’ doubleaction percussion revolver, octagonal barrel 6 in. with borderengraved muzzle and acanthus scrolls engraved to the shoulder flats, Webley type twopart frame with ‘WILLIAM DOOLEY LIVERPOOL’ engraved to the top strap within a foliate and beaded border, lower frame with acanthus scrolls and numbered 2746, further engraving to the grip frame and trigger guard, cylinder with numbered chambers, nipples set in deep partitioned wells, underbarrel rammer, chequered wooden grips, Birmingham proof; in a fitted mahogany case lined in green baise and with a William Dooley trade label, associated accessories comprising: powder flask, oil bottle, bullet mould, cleaning rod with concealed worm, nipple key, percussion cap tins, spare nipples and a quantity of bullets. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£1,5002,000
293
A near pair of 54 bore BeaumontAdams fiveshot percussion revolvers, serial numbers 14419 and 14447, sighted octagonal barrels 6 in. and 5.75 in., top flats engraved ‘DEANE. ADAMS & DEANE. 30 KING WILLIAM ST.T. LONDON BRIDGE’, manually set spring capping catches, sliding safety bolts mating with slots in the nipple well partitions, screwin arbor pin locks, Rigby type rammers, onepiece chequered wooden grips with inlets to accommodate the rammer arms, London proof; in a fitted and green baise lined oak case with associated accessories comprising: L.A.C. twocavity bullet mould, powder flask, cleaning rod, nipple key and oil bottle; R. Adams trade label. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as curiosities or ornaments.
£2,5003,000
294
An English 54 bore fiveshot Bentley Patent self cocking percussion revolver, serial number A.735, octagonal barrel 7 in., opentopped frame with acanthus scroll engraving, Joseph Bentley’s patented screwrammer and hammer nose safety, chequered twopiece walnut grip, Birmingham proof; fitted oak case lined in blue baise, associated accessories comprising: powder flask, bullet mould, nipple key, turnscrew, oil bottle, cleaning rod with concealed worm, cap tin. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£1,0002,000
295
An English 54 bore fiveshot ‘Wedge Frame’ percussion revolver of Adam’s type, serial number 1691, octagonal barrel 6.25 in., top strap marked for the retailer ‘J. ADAMS LONDON’, barrel secured to the arbor pin by a wedge through the underlug, to strap extension mating with a slot in the standing breech, double action mechanism, chequered wooden grips, Birmingham proof; in an associated oak case, fitted and lined green baise, with a twocavity bullet mould and a powder flask, trade label for George Gibbs. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£2,0002,500
296
Deane Adams & Deane: a 120 bore Adams 1851 patent (improved frame) fiveshot selfcocking percussion revolver, serial number 11215R, octagonal barrel 4.5 in., with line engraved borders to the flats and a geometric band to the muzzle, top strap inscribed ‘DEANE ADAMS & DEANE (MAKERS TO H.R.H. PRINCE. ALBERT.), No 30 KING WILLIAM ST.T. LONDON BRIDGE’, scroll engraved frame, unusual sliding capping catch, chequered grip with Belgian style fluted cap, London proof; in a fitted and baiselined mahogany case with associated accessories comprising: 120 bore mould to throw a spurred bullet and ball, powder flask, turnscrew, nipple key, oil bottle and cleaning rod; partial Wilkinsons trade label to the lid. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£1,8002,200
297
Deane Adams and Deane: an English 52 bore fiveshot Adams patent selfcocking percussion revolver, serial number 389, octagonal barrel 7.5 in., solid frame with ‘DEANE ADAMS & DEANE (MAKERS TO H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT) 30, KING WILLIAM STT LONDON BRIDGE’ to the top strap and barrel flat, acanthus engraving, early type chequered wooden grip, steel grip cap with shell engraved trap, London proof; in a fitted oak case lined in green baise and with Deane & Son trade label, associated accessories comprising: powder flask, nipple key, turnscrew, cap tin and cleaning rod with concealed worm. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£1,5002,000
298
London Armoury Company: an 80 bore Kerr’s patent fiveshot single action percussion revolver with Victorian Volunteer Movement provenance, serial number 59, octagonal barrel 5.25 in., brass cone foresight and with a sighting groove in the top strap, hinged frame with lineengraved borders, flat rammer, side lock engraved ‘LONDON ARMOURY BERMONDSEY’, onepiece chequered wooden grip, steel butt cap engraved ‘SUSSEX ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS No 16’, London proof; in a fitted and baiselined oak case with instruction card to the lid, associated accessories comprising: twocavity bullet mould, powder flask, turnscrew, nipple key, oil bottle and cleaning rod. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£2,0002,500
Trials Revolver: Deane Adams & Deane: a rare and historic 38 bore BeaumontAdams fiveshot double action percussion revolver, one of 500 ordered for the 1856 Cavalry Revolver Trial at Woolwich, serial number 15928R, sighted octagonal barrel 7.25 in., top strap inscribed ‘DEANE ADAMS & DEANE. LONDON.’, Rigby type ramming lever, frame engraved with War Department mark of a broad arrow over ‘W.D.’, right of barrel struck with Museum of Artillery (Rotunda) mark of a field gun over ‘MA’ and the number 1512, spring cocking catch and sliding safety bar, onepiece chequered grip inlet to receive the end of the rammer arm, London proof; in a fitted and baiselined ok case, together with a War Department marked powder flask, R. Adams trade label. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£5,0006,000
300
Colt: a .31 Model 1849 Pocket fiveshot percussion revolver, serial number 325653, octagonal barrel 5 in. with ‘ADDRESS. COL. SAML COLT NEWYORK U.S. AMERICA’ in one line to the top flat, cylinder with stagecoach scene and ‘COLT’S PATENT’, brass trigger guard and grip frame. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£500700
301
Colt: a .28 Model 1855 fiveshot sidehammer pocket percussion revolver, serial number 15594, octagonal barrel 3.5 in., top flat marked ‘COLTS PT. 1855’ and ‘ADDRESS COL. COLT HARTFORD CT. U.S.A.’ each in two lines, solid frame with sighting groove on top strap, sidemounted hammer, onepiece walnut grip, spur trigger, nickelplated finish. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£300400
302
Colt: a .36 fiveshot Model 1862 Police percussion revolver, serial number 28512, 6.5 in. round barrel impressed ‘.......COLT NEWYORK US AMERICA’ (first part of inscription rubbed), creeping rammer, rebated and halffluted cylinder, nickelplated grip frame and trigger guard, twopiece wooden grip. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£300500
303
Remington: a .44 New Model Army sixshot percussion revolver, serial number 126917, octagonal barrel 8 in., manufacturer’s address to the top flat, solid frame with sighting groove to the top strap, brass trigger guard, twopiece walnut grips; in an associated Read patent brown leather holster, with studfastened flap and tooled border, inner side marked ‘W. M. READ & SONS’ / ‘PAT’D MAY 5. 1885’ / ‘BOSTON’ and numbered 175 / 44 / 1 1/2 to the belt loop. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£500700
304
Starr Arms Company: a .44 Model 1863 Army singleaction percussion revolver, serial number 38099, round barrel 8 in., tipup frame released by a thumb screw, inspectors’ marks ‘M’ and ‘C’ stamped in various positions on the frame and barrel, lower frame impressed with manufacturer and patent details, onepiece wooden grip. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£500800
305
Whitney Arms Company: a .31 Pocket Model fiveshot percussion revolver, second model, third type, serial number 15546, octagonal barrel 4 in., top flat impressed ‘E. WHITNEY’ / ‘ N. HAVEN’, seven groove rifling, rammer with wedgetype latch, iron frame and brass trigger guard, twopiece hardwood grips. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£300500
306
Massachusetts Arms Company: a .28 Maynard Primed sixshot pocket percussion revolver, round barrel 3.5 in., tophinged open frame with manufacturer’s address to the top strap, acanthus engraved action with Maynard’s patent tape primer to the right side, cylinder with etched foliage and having small fireholes in place of nipples, ‘PATENT JAN. 2. 1855’ to the back strap, twopiece wooden grip. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£400500
307
Colt: a .41 rimfire First Model Deringer, serial number 3835, barrel 2.5 in., of teardropsection and rolling to the left to permit loading, iron frame with foliate engraving, spur trigger, integral iron grips with oval panels of chequering, London proof marks. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£300400
308
Colt: a .41 rimfire New Line fiveshot revolver, serial number 9956, Second Model with long cylinder flutes, barrel 2.25 in. with ‘COLT NEW 41’ etched to the left side, ‘COLT’S PT. F. A. MFG. CO HARTFORD. CT. U.S.A.’ impressed to the top, and ‘F. T. BAKER. GUN MANUFACTURER. LONDON’ engraved to the right, solid steel frame, spur trigger, hardwood grips. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£200300
309
Colt: a .41 rimfire Second Model Deringer, serial number 5332, barrel 2.5 in., of teardropsection and rolling to the left to permit loading, iron frame with foliate engraving, spur trigger, chequered walnut grips, London proof marks. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£300400
310
Colt: a .41 rimfire ‘Third Model’ or ‘Thuer’ derringer, standard model, 2.5 in. barrel with ‘COLT’ to the top, bronze frame marked ‘41 CAL’ and with rearing horse trademark, spur trigger, walnut grips, London proof marks. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£200300
311
A collection of miniature pistols, comprising: a 2mm rimfire revolver modelled on the Webley Pryse, .765 in. barrel, hinged frame, double latch with giltmetal arms, giltmetal hammer and ring trigger, scrollengraved frame and cylinder, mothero’pearl grip; a 2mm pinfire single pistol of conventional breakaction type, embossed grip; a pair of miniature percussion pistols, fluted barrels .55 in., scroll engraved boxlocks with giltmetal hammers, giltmetal grips; together with a bullet mould with nipple key and barrel wrench to the arms and two accessory tins. [7] Not deemed to meet the legal definition of firearms owing to their extremely low potential muzzle energy
£250350
312
A scarce English .430 centrefire Webley pattern sixshot single action revolver, octagonal barrel 6 in., solid frame with top strap inscribed ‘LONDON ARMOURY CO., JAMES KERR & CO’S. SUCCESSORS 36 KING WILLIAM ST.’, sliding rod extractor to act on case mouths, swingout loading gate, hammer with high spur, twopiece chequered wooden grip, Birmingham proof, in a fitted oak case. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£1,5002,000
313
An English .442 rimfire fiveshot double action revolver, made by the Birmingham trade and retailed by Trulock & Harriss of Dublin, serial number 39605, barrel 5.75 in. and mated to a long forward extension of the frame, top strap inscribed ‘TRULOCK & HARRISS DUBLIN’, rod extractor actuated via a linkage to a lever on the right of the barrel, tophinged loading gate with retaining detent apparently added as an ‘afterthought’, twopiece chequered wooden grip, Birmingham proof. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£1,5002,000
314
Deringer: a .32 rimfire fiveshot ‘Pocket’ revolver, serial number 254, round barrel 3.5 in. with top rib impressed ‘DERINGER PHILADA.’, tophinged frame with fixed extractor rod, blued finish to the barrel and the fluted cylinder, nickel plated frame, spur trigger, bird’s head grip (lacking grip scales). Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£200300
315
Eagle Manufacturing Company: a .30 (cup primed) Plant’s Manufacturing Co. fiveshot frontloading pocket revolver, serial number 5824, octagonal barrel 3.5 in., top rib impressed ‘MERWIN & BRAY. FIRE ARMS. CO. N.Y.’, brass frame with forwardacting boltstyle extractor, cylinder impressed with patent details, spur trigger, twopiece wooden grip. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
Notes: Merwin and Bray were financiers for Plant’s Manufacturing Company, who retailed arms produced by the Eagle Manufacturing Company. Ref. Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms.
£200300 316
Smith & Wesson: a .32 rimfire No 11/2 Second Issue fiveshot revolver, serial number 965001, round barrel 3.5 in. with top rib impressed ‘SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS.’ and with patent dates, tophinged frame with fixed extractor rod, blued finish, fluted cylinder, spur trigger, rosewood bird’s head grips. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£250350
317
A scarce 5.5mm Beatus Berenger patent breech loading gallery pistol, rifled and sighted octagonal barrel 7 in., acanthus engraved action and furniture, ‘fulminate propulsion’ system with action lever extending under the fore end and acting to rotate the chamber on a vertical axis giving access to a ‘breech cap’ anvil at one end and admitting a ball at the other, cocking lever in place of a hammer, spurred trigger guard, fluted grip, stepped grip cap with prominent finial; offered with a quantity of research. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£2,0002,500
318
A Belgian 5mm pinfire sixshot miniature revolver, octagonal barrel 5.8 cm, engraved cylinder, open frame with engraved decoration and folding trigger, hardwood grips with relief decoration involving eagles, Liege proof. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£80120
319
An interesting 18th century British .76 flintlock musket of cavalry carbine type, wedgefastened barrel 38 in., bevelled lock with crowned ‘GR’ and inscribed ‘WHATELY’S’ across the tail, brass sportingpattern side plate with vacant screw hole possibly provision for a sling bar, stock inlet at the wrist for an escutcheon of Land Pattern shape (lacking), stocked to within 4.25 in. of the muzzle, four ram rod pipes, steel ram rod, private Ordnance proof; together with a compatible socket bayonet, hollowtriangularsection blade 16.5 in. [2] Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
Notes: This arm partly conforms to the Royal Horse Guards or Blues carbine of c. 1765 described by Bailey1, but it is of musket bore and differs in other respects besides. Whately’s may be one of the Whateley family of Birmingham gun and barrel makers who were active in the relevant period2
1. De Witt Bailey, ‘British Military Longarms 17151865’, p. 55
2. De Witt Bailey and Douglas A. Nie, ‘English Gunmakers’, p. 57
£500800
320
An English flintlock blunderbuss, brass barrel 12 in, octagonal breech section with border engraving, flat lock engraved ‘Wheeler’, swannecked cock, roller bearing to frizzen spring, walnut half stock (possibly reduced) with wellengraved brass furniture, sidemounted spring bayonet (possibly later), private ordnance proof marks. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£600800
321
Calderwood of Dublin: an Irish flintlock blunderbuss, brass twostage octagonaltoround barrel 14 in., top flat with Irish Police registration mark ‘DC 1661’, left shoulder flat with the maker’s seal mark, flat lock with swanneck cock, stocked level with an astragal 2.5 in. behind the bell muzzle, brass furniture, partial wooden ram rod. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£500800
322
An 18thcentury English flintlock fowling gun, approximately 14 bore, twostage hexagonaltoround barrel 38.5 in., struck with barrel maker’s mark ‘O.S.’, breakoff breech, lock inscribed ‘BARBER’, swanneck cock, walnut full stock fastened to the barrel by keys and divided below the tail pipe for ease of removal, wellcarved apron with shell detail, iron furniture, trigger guard tang with acorn finial, chequered wrist, wooden ram rod with worm, private ordnance proof. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£300400
323
A British Pattern 1842 percussion Constabulary Carbine, .65 smooth bore barrel 25.5 in., without back sight and pinned to the stock; border engraved lock with crown mark, stocked to within 3.25 in. of the muzzle, brass furniture, Lovell pattern bayonet catch, iron sling swivels, later jag head ramrod; together with a socket bayonet of corresponding pattern, hollow triangular section blade 13 in., inner face with spring retaining catch to secure it in its brass mounted leather scabbard. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£400600
324
An English percussion conversion blunderbuss, brass twostage barrel 13.75 in. with swollen muzzle and border engraving to the breech, flat lock with stepped tail and indistinct signature, drum and nipple conversion from flintlock, shortened stock with later brass nose cap, finely engraved brass butt plate and trigger guard, later folding bayonet with catch incorporated in the forward trigger guard finial, later ram rod pipes to the left of the barrel. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£300500
325
A 19th century English percussion sporting gun, twostage barrel 31 in., scrollengraved lock inscribed ‘HEYWARD TEWKSBURY’, stock with chequered wrist, associated iron ram rod. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£150200
326
Marlin Firearms Company: a .3240 (.32 WCF) Model 93 lever action rifle, serial number 2027, octagonal barrel 26 in., manufacturer and patent details to the top flat, the left shoulderflat marked ‘SPECIAL SMOKELESS STEEL’, action marked ‘MARLIN SAFETY’, tube magazine, twopart stock with steel butt plate. Section 58(2) no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£1,0001,500
327
Winchester Repeating Arms Company: a .3240 (.32 WCF) Model 1894 lever action rifle, serial number 584110, octagonal barrel 26 in., dovetailed fore sight and buckhorn back sight, model 1894 action with chequered panel to the hammer spur, steel crescent butt plate, later sling swivels. Section 58(2)no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.
£8001,200
B.S.A.: a .177 ‘Cadet Major’ air rifle, serial number CA38925, barrel charging, dovetailled foresight and elevation adjustable back sight.
£4060
329
B.S.A.: a .22 ‘Airsporter’ air rifle, serial number G10968L fixed barrel with charging lever under the cylinder, adjustable back sight, rotating loading gate, rubbered butt
£5070
330
B.S.A.: a .22 ‘Centenary’ air rifle, serial number C0676, one of a limited edition of 1,000 rifles, hooded foresight and back sight adjustable for windage and elevation, fixed barrel with charging lever under the cylinder, rotating loading gate, stocked to within 8 in. of the muzzle with ‘schnabel’ type nose cap in contrasting wood, rubbered butt, fitted with a B.S.A. 4x40 telescopic sight.
£380420
Cometa: a .22 model 300 air rifle, serial number 10552, barrel charging design with a safety catch at the rear of the cylinder, fitted with an interesting
B.S.A. reflex sight, complete with original globe type foresight.
£4060
A small collection of antique pistols, comprising: a 14 bore composite percussion holster pistol, barrel 8.5 in., lock with crown mark and ‘Barnes & Co London’ to the tail, full stock with brass furniture, muzzle fitted for a captive ram rod (missing), Birmingham proof; a Belgian box lock percussion double pocket pistol, turnoff barrels 3.5 in., action with decorative engraving and inscribed ‘A. LAPORT ET FILS’ and ‘A. RIO JANEIRO’, swollen grip with butt trap under a German silver shell cover, Liège proof; a near pair of sidelock percussion pocket pistols; and a .32 rimfire Hopkins & Allen ‘Dictator’ fiveshot pocket revolver, barrel 2.75 in., spur trigger, walnut birdshead grip. [5]
£300500
Ƒ 333
A British commercial .303 MartiniEnfield service rifle, serial number 119, barrel 30 in. with tangent/ladder back sight graduated to 500 (sight bed) and 1,300 (ladder) yards, rear hand guard, of standard service configuration with bayonet bar, Birmingham Nitro proof. with a leather sling of the correct pattern. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£300400
Ƒ 334
Sako: a scarce 7.62x54R Finnish M39 MosinNagant bolt action service rifle, serial number 254216, barrel 27 in., tangent/ladder backsight and foresight protected by ears, barrel with ‘SA’ mark and dated 1944, Russianmade action body of hexagonal type, stock with scarce ‘finger splint’ joint, bayonet bar on the upper band, Sako gearwheel mark stamped to the butt, complete with cleaning rod section, Birmingham nitro proof. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£1,0001,500
Ƒ 334A
B.S.A. Co.: a commercial .303 Magazine LeeMetford (Enfield) Mk II bolt action service rifle, serial number 23278, secondary barrel 30.25 in. with Enfield rifling, tangent/ladder back sight, bolt with dust cover and round cocking piece, magazine cutoff, no safety catch, eightround magazine, long range volley sights, butt socket impressed ‘B.SA. Co.’, stocked in standard service configuration with bayonet bar for the Pattern 1888 bayonet, piling swivel, butt plate with trap, butt plate tang impressed ‘BLANCH & SON LONDON’ (retailer) and with the initials ‘W.C.F.’, Birmingham nitro proof. Section 1 A Firearms Certificate or RFD Authority is required to purchase this lot.
Notes: Established in 1809, John Blanch & Son is one of the oldest of the London gun makers. The firm also retailed weapons, including various models of Lee actioned rifles. ‘W.F.C.’ was presumably the original owner.
£400600
Ƒ 334B
R.S.A.F. Enfield: an extremely rare .303 LeeMetford (Enfield) Mk I boltaction cavalry carbine issued to the 2nd Life Guards, serial number 9090B, action dated 1895, secondary (1902) barrel 20.75 in. with fivegroove Enfield rifling, tangent/ladder back sight of C.L.L.E. type graduated to 2,000 yards, bolt with dust cover and turned down handle with flattened knob, safety catch on cocking piece, magazine cutoff, sixround magazine with link loop in front, Dring to the left of the butt socket, sling bar let into right of butt, delta metal butt plate with trap, full stock with springretained barrel band, nose cap incorporating low foresight protector wings and extending to shroud the end of the barrel, clearing rod passing through nose cap, Nock’s form and bolt stamped ‘M.T. 94’ (Morris Tube), butt socket impressed ‘ENFIELD’ over ‘1895’ over ‘I’ all under a VR crown, brass butt disc impressed ‘4.96’ over ‘2ND L.G’ over ‘2’, barrel and action with Victorian Ordnance proof and inspection marks, 1989 Birmingham Nitro proof. Section 1 A Firearms Certificate or RFD Authority is required to purchase this lot.
Notes: The Carbine, Magazine, Lee Metford Mk I, for cavalry only, was approved on the 29th of September 1894. Limited numbers were produced before the Dring sling loop on the butt socket was deleted from the specifications in March 1896 and armourers were given instructions for removing them from existing specimens. A large proportion of these carbines were further modified to the LeeEnfield carbine specification by the removal of the sling bar on the butt and any remaining Dring sling loops, by the addition of screws to secure a leather cover for the back sight, and by changes in other particulars. Yet others were more radically converted for issue to the Royal Irish Constabulary or to colonial forces. The carbine offered here is, therefore, an extremely rare survivor retaining (with the exception of the barrel) its original features. It was once paired with a Morris Tube subcalibre insert for short range target practice, and the butt disc shows that it was issued, in April 1896, to the 2nd Life Guards as carbine number 2.
£1,5002,500
Ƒ 335
Marlin Firearms Co: a .3840 (.38 WCF) model 1889 lever action rifle, serial number 79502, octagonal barrel 24 in., top flat impressed with manufacturer’s details and patent dates to 1889, sideejecting action with solid top, tangmounted folding aperture sight (barrel back sight dovetail with blanking piece), full length tube magazine, chequered semi pistol grip stock with steel crescent butt plate, 2025 Birmingham proof. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
Provenance: The George Geear Collection £500800
Ƒ 336
B.S.A.: a .22LR martini action target rifle, serial number 34955, heavy barrel 25 in. with globe type foresight, tangmounted aperture sight adjustable for elevation and windage (barrelmounted back sight removed bed only remaining), action body with threaded pins to enable easy removal of the barrel and the action parts, Birmingham proof. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£70100
Ƒ 337
Uberti: a .45 Long Colt Model 1873 lever action rifle, serial number 62743, octagonal barrel 24 in., buckhorn back sight, action with sliding dust cover, tube magazine, steel crescent butt plate, Italian nitro proof. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase. £350550
Ƒ 338
Chiappa: a .357 Magnum Model 1892 lever action rifle, serial number 14L21566, octagonal barrel 20 in. buckhorn back sight, tube magazine, steel crescent butt plate, leather wrapped action lever, Italian nitro proof; with original card box. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£350550
Ƒ 339
Marlin Firearms Company: a .357/.38 Model 1894 lever action rifle, serial number 95033534, barrel length reduced to 14 in., fitted with a fibre optic front sight (original sight retained). Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£100150
340
CZ: a .222 Remington Model 527 boltaction sporting rifle, serial number 76077, threaded barrel 23.75 in. (open sights removed), detachable box magazine, Czech proof; fitted with a Schmidt & Bender 6x42 telescopic sight and a bipod and with two spare magazines; with original card box; Wildcat Predator 8 moderator available with rifle if buyer has appropriate variation. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£200300
Ƒ 341
CZ: a .17 Hornet Model 527 ‘American’ boltaction rifle, serial number C389959, freefloating barrel 22 in., threaded and fitted with a muzzle break, detachable box magazine, walnut pistolgrip stock with panels of chequering; fitted with a Meopta ‘Artemis 2000’ 7 x 50 telecopic sight on dedicated CZ 527 ring mounts; available with a .17 Wildcat Panther moderator. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase. NB. a separate variation to the buyer’s FAC will be required for the moderator.
£150200
Ƒ 342
CZ: a .22 WMR Model 512 semiautomatic rifle, serial number B897103, threaded barrel 20.5 in., hooded foresight and fully adjustable back sight, semi pistol grip, detachable box magazine, Birmingham proof; together with a CZ fabric rifle slip. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£100150
Ƒ 343
SAKO: a .22LR Model P94S ‘Finnfire’ boltaction sporting rifle, serial number 261480, threaded freefloating barrel 22 in., chequered hardwood stock with raised comb and cheek rest, fiveround detachable magazine; fitted with a Center Point 416 telescopic sight with object lens shade, and with a spare tenround magazine. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£200300
Ƒ 344
Sturm Ruger: a .22LR Model 10/22 ‘takedown’ semiautomatic rifle, serial number 001245651, sighted stainless steel hand detachable barrel 18.5 in., barrel release in a recess on the underside of the foreend, black syntetic stock, aftermarket extended magazine release, 10 round magazine, Birmingham proof; fitted with a Vortex Crossfire red dot sight and a laser aiming device on a canted mount, and complete with Ruger carrying case, 3 additional ten round magazines, 2 twentyfive round magazines, and the original magazine release lever. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£200300
Ƒ 345
Smith & Wesson: a .22LR Model M&P 15/22 semiautomatic rifle, serial number DEP8358, threaded semifluted barrel 18 in., ventilated hand guard, fulllength sight rail, flipup iron sights, short length of rail under the hand guard, butt adjustable for length of pull, 25round magazine; together with a browning zipup case with five spare magazines, a vertical front grip and a hand stop; also with a Vortex Crossfire 27x32 ‘scout’ scope (extended eye relief) and with original card box; moderator available with rifle if buyer has appropriate variation. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase. £150250
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Mossberg: a 12 bore Model 590 pumpaction FAC shotgun, serial number V0855655, barrel 24 in., vented had guard, synthetic stock with rubbered butt, tube magazine (notrestricted), London proof; with original card box. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£100200
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Uberti: a .31 fiveshot percussion revolver, serial number DO5786, a clone of the Colt pocket model, octagonal barrel 4in., cylinder with stagecoach scene, brass frame, Italian proof; together with a powder flask, a quantity of lead balls, an inline capper, cleaning supplies, and other accessories, and wth its original card box. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£100150
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German Sport Guns: a .22LR GSG1911 semiautomatic long barrelled pistol, serial number A763228, modelled on the M1911 pistol, threaded barrel extension with shroud resembling a moderator, weighted grip extension, dovetailed sights, German proof; in a hard case with spare magazine, instruction manual and cleaning brushes. Section 1 FAC or RFD required to purchase.
£100150
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J. Venables & Son: a 16 bore boxlock ejector double gun, serial number 2673, barrels 28 in.. hollow top rib inscribed ‘J. VENABLES & SON. ST. ALDATES OXFORD’, 2 1/2 in. chambers, action with profuse scroll engraving and inscribed ‘J. VENABLES’, automatic safety, chequered straight hand stock, Anson release foreend, length of pull 14.25 in., Birmingham nitro reproof; in a leathercovered fitted case with cleaning rods and a leather hand guard, J. Venables trade label. Section 2 SGC or RFD required to purchase.
£350450
William Evans: a 12 bore boxlock ejector double gun, serial number 6642, sleeved barrels 30 in., 2 1/2 in. chambers, the action well engraved with scroll and bouquets of roses and inscribed ‘WILLIAM EVANS. FROM PURDEY’S. LONDON’ to a banner in three lines, automatic safety, chequered straight hand stock, Anson release foreend, extended butt, length of pull 14.25 in., Birmingham nitro reproof; in a leathercovered case, fitted and lined in green baise, William Evans trade label; with cleaning rod and various heads. Section 2 SGC or RFD required to purchase.
£200400
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William Powell & Son: a 12 bore sidelock ejector double gun, serial number 10010, ‘damascus’ barrels 30 in., hollow top rib inscribed ‘WILLIAM POWELL & SON. 13 CARR’S LANE BIRMINGHAM’, 2 1/2 in. chambers, border engraved action and locks with scroll engraving around the pins, automatic safety, wellfigured chequered pistol grip stock, Anson release foreend, length of pull 14 in., Birmingham nitro proof. Section 2 SGC or RFD required to purchase.
£300400
Joseph .F. Smythe: a 12 bore boxlock ejector double gun, serial number 1334, ‘Damascus’ barrels 30 in., hollow top rib inscribed ‘J. F. SMYTHE DARLINGTON & STOCKTON ON TEES’, rib with dollshead extension, 2 1/2 in. chambers, action with handsome scroll engraving and inscribed ‘J. F. SMYTHE’, action lever inlaid in gold with ‘VICTORIAN’, automatic safety, chequered straighthand stock, Deeley release foreend, length of pull 14 in., Birmingham nitro reproof; in a brass bound and leather covered oak gun case, fitted and lined in red baize, Smythe’s trade label to the lid; and with accessories comprising: pullthrough, turnscrew, chamber brush, oil bottle, cleaning rod and heads. Section 2 SGC or RFD required to purchase.
£500700
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FN: a Browning patent 12 bore semiautomatic shotgun, serial number 474576, barrel 31.5 in., 2 3/4 in. chamber, scroll embellished action, chequered pistolgrip stock, restricted magazine; and another example of this model, serial number G7133329, barrel 27.5 in., 2 3/4 in. chamber, matt finish to the action, restricted magazine, Belgian proof. [2] Section 2SGC or RFD required to purchase.
£200300
Three shotguns: i) Westley Richards: a 12 bore sidelock nonejector double gun, serial number K727, twist barrels 30 in., ‘WESTELY RICHARDS & CO LONDON’ inscribed to the hollow top rib, 2.5 in. chambers, back action locks with scroll engraving, chequered straight hand stock, Birmingham nitro proof; ii) a Spanish 12 bore nonejector double hammer gun, serial number 16543, barrels 30 in., 2.75 in. chambers, scroll engraved bar action sidelocks with rebounding hammers, chequered straight hand stock, length of pull 13.5 in., Spanish nitro proof (Eibar); iii) an English 12 bore nonejector double hammer gun, serial number 22989, twist barrels 30 in., bar action side locks with rebounding hammers, chequered semipistol grip stock, length of pull 13.25 in., Birmingham black powder proof. [3]. Section 2 SGC or RFD required to purchase.
£300500
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Two shotguns: i) Franchi: a 12 bore semiautomatic sporting gun, serial number D93007, barrel 28 in. with vented top rib, 2 3/4 in. chamber, action body etched with game scenes, restricted magazine, pistolgrip stock; ii) Mossberg: a .410 pumpaction shotgun, serial number R917748, 24 in. barrel with vented top rib, 3 in. chamber, restricted magazine, pistolgrip stock with rubbered butt. [2] Section 2 SGC or RFD required to purchase.
£250350
A group of sporting guns, comprising: a 12 Bore Baikal single gun , serial number C07043; a 12 bore Baikal overandunder gun, serial number 8738564; a 12 bore Jabali sidebyside gun, serial number 58552; and a 12 bore Master sidebyside gun, serial number 127166, [4]. Section 2SGC or RFD required to purchase.
£150250
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425 16 bore Eley Grand Prix shot cartridges, 6 shot and 7 shot, 15/16 oz, 2 1/2 in. cases, boxed. Section 2 SGC or RFD required to purchase. [425]
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A pair of 19th Century continental bronze cannon, twostage ordnances 40.5 in. long including the cascobels and of 2.1 in. bore diameter, breech sections engraved with the Russian Imperial eagle, barrels stepped in front of the trunnions, with tapering chases and swollen muzzles with low astragals, touch holes within teardrop shaped partition,s breeches drilled to receive cannon locks, right trunnions inscribed ‘PO 85 K’, and left ‘No 764’/’No 774’, mounted on wooden carriages of naval or fortress type with iron ring bolts and complete with quions, carriages with some later components, each with a modern steel display base. [2]
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A good quantity of leather holsters and pistol accessories, including British service revolver holsters, semiautomatic pistol holders with magazine compartments, two examples of the Audley patent safety holster (with sprung catch released by user’s trigger finger, an Indian copy of the Audley holster, ammunition pouches, and other items. [qty]
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A good quantity of vintage rifle shooting accessories, including: a singledraw brass and leatherbound spotting telescope inscribed for the London Transport Rifle Club, an oak spotting scope stand of tripod form with leather retaining strap, two aluminium spotting scope stands, five fitted oak pistol cases, a selection of vintage rifle cleaning rods, and other items. [qty]
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A quantity of firearm accessories, comprising: a scarce lozengeshaped pistol powder flask (as found in Webley Longspur cases), three other pistol powder flasks, two gun powder flasks and two shot flasks; and a quantity of Lightwood cartridge loading tools for the .455 CF, including a bullet mould. [qty]
£150250
Seven fulllength fore stocks for the Short Magazine Lee Enfi
e (S.M.L.E.), two with back sight protector ears. [7]
£5080
A quantity of shooting interest items, including: a Kynoch Ltd. ivorine bookmark, five printing blocks for gun trade labels including the B.S.A. ‘Snipe’ gun and the ‘Meteor’ air rifle, a shotgun pullthrough in a leather pouch, a steel oil bottle, a leather legofmutton gun case, and other items. [qty]
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A Sykes patent copperbodied powder flask, with graduated brass spout; another similar, marked ‘Nimrod’; a leather shot flask; and a leather flint pouch with contents. [4]
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A very good lot of military firearm parts and associated items, including: a German MG13 magazine box, complete with three magazines (capacity for 8); another ammunition box; various magazines including: M1 Carbine (30 round), SLR, HK416, and others; cleaning equipment and oil containers; two M1 Carbine stocks; a shoulder stock for a Mk V STEN; other military rifle woodwork; British wartime revolver holsters; a No 36 grenade box; and other similar items. [qty]
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Hensoldt: a mid20th century German 2 3/4 x telescopic rifle sight, German #3 reticle, focusing ring and lockable elevation turret, on claw mounts with a windageadjustable dovetail in the rear mount, leather lens covers, leather case.
£3040
An oak pistol box, the lid with a vacant brass disc, plain corners; the fitted
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Four Parabellum Pistol (Luger P08) magazines, the first with wooden floor
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A rare percussion hand grenade of Hanes ‘Excelsior’ type, spherical cast iron body with ten fixed percussion nipples, two filler holes (one stopped with a conventonal pistolsize percussion nipple, this design patented during the American Civil War by William W. Hanes.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade: a small collection of ephemera, comprising an account of subscriptions to the Survivors Banquet of 1875, two sheets with printed headers, signed below by subscribers, together with the sums of money donated, some signed by name, others such as “A Friend”, or “one that was present”, and “an admirer of gallantry”; together with a copy of the will of Private Thomas Roberts, 11th Hussars, who was severely wounded in the charge and died in Wednesbury in 1882, signed in his own hand; an MS list of subsribers to pay the expenses of Roberts’s funeral, including Corporal John Kilvert, a fellow charger who also retired to Wednesbury; a letter written by John Kilvert from his Wednesbury residence ‘Balaclava House’, thanking an aquaintance for his birthday greetings; and other items. [qty]
£100150
A collection of naval and military telescopes and binoculars, comprising: a single drawer ‘Officer of the Watch’ type telescope, by Ross and numbered 63447, inscribed to E. G. C. Cavendish, R.N., the sliding shade inscribed with the names of this officer’s ships, with objective lens cover and slidngshutter over the incident lens; a pair of Great War field glasses inscribed ‘D. F. HENDERSON. R. INNISKILLING FUSRS.’, by Ross, in leather case; a Great War British Mk VIII trench periscope, by P. & J. Beck Ltd. and dated 1917, with dismountable wooden hande; an Imperial German ‘Officer of the Watch’ type telescope, by Voigtlander & Sohn, marked with a crowned ‘M’ and numbered 1177; a pair of Barr and Stroud 7 x C.F. 41 naval binoculars, with patent sea spray covers; a pair of field glasses by Carl Zeiss; another pair with British Air Ministry markings; and a monocular. [8]
Notes: Evan George Charles Cavendish, O.B.E., was born on the 23rd of February 1891, the son of LtCol. the Honourable W.E. Cavendish, Grenadier Guards. He entered the Navy in 1903. As he rose in rank he overcame initial difficulties to show great aptitude in a variety of seagoing and shore appointments.
Captain Duncan Frank Henderson, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action by phosgene gas during a German attack in the Potijze area on the 9th of August 1916. The Inniskillings lost 7 officers and 81 other ranks killed, but held off the Germans with machine gun fire.
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A rare pair of Second World War Kriegsmarine UBoat conning tower binoculars, by Carl Zeiss, brass with rubber eye cups on hinged mounts, top plate inscribed ‘UDF 7x50’, ‘242785’ and ‘blc’, lever marked ‘HELL’ and ‘DUNKEL’ to actuate an internal sun shade (not functioning), designed to resist the pressure resulting from an emergency dive if left in the conning tower.
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A scarce pair of Second World War Kriegsmarine 8 x 60 binoculars by Carl Zeiss, ‘slim’ type associated with UBoat commanders, top plate marked ‘8x60’, ‘2161635’ and ‘blc’, retaining much textured finish.
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A Luftwaffe cockpit clock, by Junghans, ‘FL 25 591’, in a later wooden case; together with a UBoat ‘UJagd’ stopwatch for estimating target speed, and a Luftwaffe arm band compass. [3]
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An 8day dashboard clock by Waltham, U.S.A., with winder projecting through the face, a type associated with Sherman tanks, set as a mantle clock in a later wooden stand; together with three marching compasses, two unassociated compass cases, and two stopwatches. [8]
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A pair of British officer’s field boots, brown leather, knee high with laced section, the shaft divided at the front and secured by three buckles, inner gusset, complete with wooden trees with labels of Fitzmaurice, Parliament Street, Harrogate; another pair, similar but with plain shafts, wooden trees with brass rings; a pair of black mess wellingtons, with wooden trees; a pair of silver handled boot jacks, London 1913; and a Sam Brown Belt complete with revolver holster, sword frog on hangers, and pouch. [qty]
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Queen Victoria’s Rifles (9th Battalion the London Regiment): an officer’s dress shoulder belt, patent leather with silver whistle and holder linked by a multistrand belcherlink chain to a silver lionmask boss with openwork motto ‘CELER ET AUDAX’, white metal battalion badge, belt pouch with stringed bugle, silver parts hallmarked for J. R. Gaunt & Son, Birmingham 1931.
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A British 1949 pattern battle dress blouse with the insignia and medal ribbons of a decorated Colonel of the Glider Pilot Regiment: with Glider Pilot Regiment shoulder titles, unit patches, rank insignia, aviator wings, and a ribbon bar for the Military Cross, Imperial Service Medal, 193945 Star, Africa Star and Italy Star; blouse dated 1951. Fabric badges appear to be of varying ages and this may be a composite uniform for reenactment purposes; together with battledress trousers and a combat shirt.
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A scarce United States M1938 tank crew helmet, ventilated fibreresin skull and neck guard, leather lining, ear flaps retained against the head by swivelling arms, by Rawlings, size 7 1/4; together with a late 20th century U.S. flight helmet, hard shell enclosing radio ear pieces; a padded tank crew helmet of soviet type; and a leathercovered cork motoring helmet. [4]
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A British TypeC* leather flying helmet, complete with Air Ministrymarked radio earpieces, radio wiring loom, and rubber face mask; together with an R.A.F. officer’s peaked cap, an R.A.F. side cap, a furlined leather motoring helmet by Charles Markson, a 44 Squadron R.A.F. fabric patch, and a pair of motoring goggles.
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A United States M1 combat helmet, steel skull with textured finish, complete with fibreresin inner liner; together with a British Brodietype helmet, an Imperial Japanese Army type 90 steel helmet, and a Norwegian M40 helmet. [4]
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British Military Headdress: a blue cloth home service helmet, fluted brass top spike on a fourlobed foot with rosettes to each foot, bearing a white metal badge of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; together with two khaki No 2 service dress caps, one with the badge of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, the other with that of the King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster); and a vintage bush hat, with leather band and liner. [4]
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A Baden infantry officer’s pickelhaube, brass bound leather skull, brass state helmet plate and chin scales, surmounted by a fluted spike (possibly later) on a fourlobed foot; together with an enlisted man’s pickelhaube, also Baden, white metal helmet plate and fittings, plain spike; and a Prussian police shako. [3]
£400600
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South African Air Force: a sun helmet, khaki clothcovered cork body with pagri, leather liner and brass chain chin strap, the interior marked with a Johannesburg retailer’s name (indistinct) and a broad arrow within a ‘U’. vented brass top button surmounted by a brass figure of a winged gazelle.
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A collection of civil official and service headdresses, comprising: a French fire service brass helmet, with Sapeurs Pompiers Dreuil Les Amiens helmet plate; a German fire service leather helmet, with brass helmet plate and crest; a British Station Master’s peaked cap, the band embroidered with ‘Station Master’ and with a North Eastern Railway badge fixed to the front of the crown; a British naval rating’s cap with Royal Yacht cap tally; a British police helmet with brass rosette tot he top and aSomerset Constabulary helmet plate; together with a British naval bicorn hat. [6]
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A collection of regimental silver cigarette cases, various dates and makers, including: one inscribed ‘Northern Command Bombing and AntiGas Schools to Lt. H. Bentley, 5th Bn: K.O.Y.L.I’, one with the badge of the Royal Artillery, one inscribed ‘R.M.C 19181919 Sgt. Major Phillips 3rd Hussars’, one applied with the badge of The Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, and four others plus a Swiss lighter, with a silver sleeve, approx. weighable approx. weight 29oz. (9)
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A small collection of regimental silver items, including: a cigarette case by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London 1915, engraved with the badge of the Royal Flying Corps, and with the initials of William Sutherland PendeGalloway, plus a cigarette case set with a compass, an R.A F cigarette case, a silver and enamel Ronsen lighter, the front applied with the badge of the R.A.F, and a silver cigarette box, Chester 1909, the cover inscribed ‘Capt. Mervyn Crawshay, October 23rd 1912’, approx. weighable 11.5oz. (5)
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A collection of regimental silver cigarette cases, various dates and makers, including: one to Lieut. G.E. Hinman, R.G.A from The Battery Commander, Kilroot,1919, one presented by the officers of the King’s Royal Rifles, one to Rifleman L. Scholey, celebrating having ‘gained The Military medal in the Great European War’, one from ‘the N.C.O’s and Men of The R.F.C Littlehampton to A.V. McPhail, Xmas 1917’, plus four others and a visiting card case, inscribed ‘Lt. Co., W. M Macfarlane D.S.O, Highland Light Infantry, Killed in Action 19th February 1917’, approx. weight 34.5oz.
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A pair of regimental silver trophy mugs, by Walker and Hall, Sheffield 1912, baluster form, leafcapped scroll handles, inscribed ‘1st Prize Tent Pegging. Patcham Down. July 17th 1913’, and ‘1st Prize Officers’ Riding and Jumping. Patcham Down, July 17th 1913’, both inscribed ‘1st Wessex Brigade R.F.A, Capt. Collins Ammunition Column’, height 13.5cm, plus a George III regimental silver goblet, by William Bateman, London 1818, engraved decoration, later inscribed ‘Q.O.R. Yeomanry, Walsall Troop, May 3rd. 1880’, the reverse inscribed Presented to Corp. W. Thomson by Captain Williams for efficiency in Sword Exercise’, height 13.8cm, approx. total weight 24 Troy oz. (3)
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A Rotol type propeller blade, laminated wood, the leading edge bound in copper, out covering removed for display and markings on the root effaced, 181 cm; together with a twoblade propeller, brass bound wood, the centre set with a brass clock by Sestrel, the hub marked ‘DRGN OHR 1631/1/A’ over ‘D.5.8.3.’ over ‘P.3.9.2.’, 178 cm; and a propeller hub with an enamel dialled clock set to the centre. [3]
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A good collection of shellart and military souvenirs, including: embossed shell cases, a miniature drum made from munitions components and with a pair of wooden drumsticks, cigarette lighters, an alloy desk lighter in the form of a monoplane, and other items. [qty]
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A small collection of militaria, including: a cordite carrier, a pair of candlesticks made from the hilts of Imperial German infantry officers’ swords, an alloy desk lighter in the form of an RAF airman holding a propellor, two naval sword belts, and other items. [qty]
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A fine archive of militaria recording the remarkable career of Major Arthur Rule, 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot, Post Office Rifles, and King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard:
A) His dress miniature medal group, comprising: the Medal of the Royal Victorian Order; Jubilee Medal 1887, silver, with 1897 clasp; Coronation Medal 1902; Coronation Medal 1911; Crimea Medal 195456, 4 clasps: Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol; Meritorious Service Medal, Edward VII; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria; France: Legion of Honour; Turkish Crimea Medal; mounted for wearing in the foregoing order, the Legion of Honour with enamel damage, otherwise all good very fine or better. [9]
B) a quantity of ephemera including uniformed portrait photographs with medals worn (P.O. Rifles and Yeoman of the Guard); a Japanese map of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu; a scrap album recording Rule's service, including his time in the British Garrison of Yokahama and in Hong Kong, and enclosing photographs Japanese scenery and persons, press cuttings, group portraits of British personnel, and other material; a note book part filled with the start of a play written by Rule while serving in the Crimean; a collection of correspondence, and other items.
C) a British light infantry pattern sword presented to Arthur Rule as a Lieutenant in the Post Officer Rifles by the unit's founder, Colonel Du Plat Taylor, blade etched with presentation details, 'gothic' hilt with stringed bugle to the cartouche, steel scabbard. D) a portrait of Arthur Rule, half length, in the uniform of the Post Office Rifles, oil on canvas.
Notes: Arthur Rule was born in Chelmsford, circa 1826. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the army and was sent for training to Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight. He was made a LanceCorporal and in 1845 he sailed to join his regiment, the 20th Foot, in Bermuda. Promoted to Corporal in 1847, he proceeded with his regiment to Canada, where he was stationed until returning to the UK in 1853. Her served throughout the Crimean War including the hard fighting of the Battle of Inkermann. He was wounded in the head and face, and received a Russian bullet in the hand. His officer recommended him for one of the two awards of the Legion of Honour to be allotted to the 20th Foot, and at the Aldershot Review of 1856 he was presented to Queen Victoria. In October of the year he was made Sergeant Major of the Chichester Station, though still under 30 years of age and with only 12 years of service.
In 1858 Sergeant Rule assisted in the establishment of the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in Clonmel, Ireland; and in 1862 he was recommended for a commission, though this proved impossible owing to a shortage of vacancies. The 20th Foot provided part of the British Garrison in Japan in the 1860s and Rule spent 14 months there before returning to Britain to be discharged. He was recommended for admission to the Yeomen of the Royal Bodyguard, and when Colonel Du Plat Taylor formed the Post Office Rifle Volunteers (49th Middlesex) in 1868 he enlisted the services of Arthur Rule as Sergeant Major. Rule was, at last, commissioned Lieutenant in September 1883, and gazetted Captain in 1886, before being granted the honourary rank of Major upon his retirement in 1891. He continued to serve as a Yeoman of the Guard, and was awarded the medal of the Royal Victorian Order in 1901. He died, aged 88, on the 5th of June 1915, in Herne Hill. £400600
LieutenantColonel Desmond Doyne Vigors, Royal Artillery: a collection of his uniforms, comprising: No 1 Dress ('blues') tunic and cap, No 2 Service Dress jacket and trousers, two sets of 1949 Pattern battle dress blouse and trousers, and a threepiece mess uniform, all with Pilot Flying Badge and all but the last with medal ribbon bars representing: 193945 Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 193945 and General Service Medal 191862 with MID emblem; accompanied by two side caps and a beret, and an artillery officer's dress sword with dress and field scabbards; together with: Major Cliffe Henry Vigors, Royal Irish Regiment: his scarlet tunic and corresponding trousers, together with an associated 1897 Pattern infantry officer's sword.
Provenance: By Descent.
Notes: Desmond Doyne Vigors was born in Dublin in 1921 and spent his early years in India where his father was an officer in Hodson's Horse, He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery in February 1940, having trained as a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. He served in the UK until 1943 before being posted to the Middle East, where he served in Egypt, Syria, Libya and Palestine with 31st Indian Armoured Division. Following a transfer to 5th Divison in 1944 (91 Field Regiment) he saw further action in Italy and North West Europe. After the Second World War his duties encompassed flying tours in 654 and 651 Air Observation Post Squadrons, and he served in Palestine, The Canal Zone, Cyprus and Norway. He was promoted Major in 1953, and he was among those mentioned in despatches in February 1958 "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Cyprus for the period 1st July to 31st December 1957". He was promoted LieutenantColonel in 1966 and served as Defence Attache in Addis Ababa. He retired in 1974, and died at home in May 2022, aged 101. He is celebrated among medal enthusiasts as a preeminent scholar of the subject and the author of several works including 'The Three Great Retrospective Medals 17931840 to Artillerymen', 'The Hanoverian Guelphic Medal', and numerous articles and research pieces.
Cliffe Henry Vigors was born in Dublin in 1864 and spent his youth in Bengal, where his father was the Engineer in Chief of the Northern Bengal State Railway. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment on the 29th ot August 1885 and made Captain in March 1893. He retired with the rank of Major in 1904, but with the outbreak of war in 1914 he took a post with the recruiting staff in Ireland, and later served as military advisor to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne. He was made an Officer of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year's Honours of 1919.
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Major George Henderson Central India Horse (38th) Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force: a collection of the Major’s uniform items and his sword: the uniforms comprising: an undress tunic and pantaloons, drab with maroon facings; a shell jacket, mess waistcoat and overalls, drab with maroon facings and gold lace; a sword belt, pouch belt (no pouch) and three sashes; and a pair of mess wellingtons with mess spurs; the sword an India Pattern 1908 Mk I, slender blade 35.25 in., steel guard, walnut grip, in its steel scabbard. [qty]
Provenance: By descent.
Notes: George Henderson was born on the 26th of December, 1882, in Salona, Assam, where his Father was a Tea Planter. He studied at Sandhurst and was commissioned in the Central India Horse on the 27th August, 1902. The Regiment was stationed in Goona, carrying out training and garrison duties and preparing for possible service abroad. In December 1914, the Regiment deployed to the Western Front as part of the 2nd Indian Cavalry Division.
In 1915, Henderson attended the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire and trained to become a pilot with The Royal Flying Corps. He did 30 hours of training and was marked on every aspect as ‘Very Good’ and ‘Above Average’. He joined 15 Squadron, RFC on 22/12/1915 for artillery spotting, reconnaissance, escort and aerial combat duties.
On the 19th of January 1916, Captain Henderson was patrolling in a B.E.2.c. of No 15 Squadron, at 8,500 feet above Courtrai in Belgium when he was attacked by a Fokker and a number of Aviatiks. His aircraft was hit in the carburettor and his Observer was wounded in the eye and passed out. As they limped towards their airfield with their engine reduced to very low revs the enemy renewed their attack, but the Observer, Corporal C H Nott, recovered consciousness and shot down an Aviatik with his Lewis guns. For his bravery Cpl Nott was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette 15/03/1916).
George Henderson commanded No 53 Squadron RFC from January 1917 until February 1919 when (by now part of the RAF) the squadron moved to Old Sarum in Wiltshire. This was its base until being disbanded in October 1919. Henderson relinquished his commission in the RAF in September 1919 and returned to India to serve as an Instructor at the cavalry school at Saugor. Upon his retirement in 1922 he returned to the UK. On the outbreak of the Second World War he took a commission in The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 57.
George Henderson married in 1917 and had a daughter in 1919. He died in 1947, in Hampshire, aged 65.
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The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders: a post1881 dress sporran, the white metal cantle embellished in heavy relief with sprays of thistles and an oak wreath surrounding an applied regimental badge, horse hair front with six tassels, leather body marked for William Anderson & Sons Ltd, Military Outfitters; in its oak and chamois lined tin case.
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H.M.S. Foudroyant: a souvenir plaque fashioned from the famous ship’s timbers and set with a fine electrotyped copper ornament, the oak plaque of rectangular form with a carved panel of leaf sprays against a seeded ground, the centre occupied by a copper shield embellished in high relief with a view of the Foudroyant as she foundered, with ‘MADE FROM THE OLD FOUDROYANT’ to a banner scrolling around two cornucopiae with an anchor between, two shields above divided by the Royal Arms and inscribed ‘LAUNCHED PLYMOUTH 1798’ and ‘WRECKED BLACKPOOL 1897’, the intervening spaces occupied by roses, all within a border of Cscrolls and with an acanthus detail below, 38 x 29.5 cm.
Notes: H.M.S. Foudroyant, an 80gun Third Rate ship of the line, is notable for, among other things, having been the Flagship of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson for part of the period following the Battle of the Nile when he remained in the Mediterranean to support the interests of the Neapolitan Royal Family and to pursue his affair with Emma Hamilton.
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A small collection of militaria, comprising: a FairbairnSykes commando knife, third pattern with ringed hilt, leather scabbard with steel chape; a Prussian pickelhaube, leather skull and brass fittings; and a copper and brass bugle adorned with a Royal Welsh Fusiliers cap badge. [3]
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BOOKS
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A collection of medal & casualty rolls and general military history material, including: ‘D.C.M. 191420 Artillery Citations’; Abbot, ‘Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal 18551909’; ‘South African War Honours & Awards, 18991902’, G. R. Everson. ‘The South Africa 1853 Medal’; ‘Casualty Roll for the Crimea 18541856’, pub. Hayward London 1976; I. T. Tavender (comp.), ‘Casualty Roll for the Indian Mutiny 185759’; J. V. Webb, ‘The Abu Klea Medal Rolls’, London 1981; and various other rolls, together with: ‘The Reminiscences and Recollection of Captain Gronow’ and ‘The Last Reminiscences of Captain Gronow’, Surtees Society 1984; Various volumes of King;’s Regulations and Military Law; Donald D. Howard, ‘Napoleonic Military History / A Bibliography’; and other titles. [qty] £300400 401
Waterloo Campaign et alia: a small collection British Military History Books, comprising: ‘A Collection of Papers Relating to the Expedition to the Scheldt Presented to Parliament in 1810’, printed by A. Strahan 1811, full bound; Christopher Kelly Esqr., ‘The Memorable Battle of Waterloo’, London 1817, rebound, half calf gilt with marbled boards and original label; James Simpson Esq., ‘A Visit to Flanders in July 1815 Being Chiefly an Account of the Battle of Waterloo’ &c., Edinburgh 1815, bookplate of the Right Honourably Lord Grey; The Rev. R. Gleig, ‘Story of the Battle of Waterloo from Authentic Sources’, London 1861; Captain W. Siborne, ‘History of the War in France and Belgium in 1815’ &c., 2 Vols, second edition, 1844, half bound; Siborne, ‘Plans of the Waterloo Campaign’; and G. W. Forrest, C.I.E., ‘A History of the Indian Mutiny’, 2 Vols, Blackwood, London 1906, full bound, prize book plates for the R.M.C. 1914. [9]
£300500
400
Army lists and other personnel records: comprising: ‘List of the Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery’ &c., Greenwich 1815; a revised edition of the same title expanded to two volumes and covering 17161891 and 18621914, varied editions; compilations of monthly Army Lists: 1910 (January); 1921 (Vol 1), 1923 (Vols 1 & 2), 1931 (Vol 3), 1932 (Vol 1), 1933 (Vol 4) and 1935 (Vol 4); Hart’s Army lists: 1847, 1872, 1879, 1891 and 1901; various Army Gradation Lists; Captain T. C. Anderson, ‘Ubique, War Services of All the Officers of H.M.’s Bengal Army 1863’. [qty]
£100150
402
A good collection of campaign histories and Orders of Battle, including: Edmund M. Reilly, C.B., ‘Siege of Sebastopol, an Account of the Artillery Operations conducted by the Royal Artillery and Royal Naval Brigade before Sebastopol in 1854 and 1855’; Captain H. C. Elphistone, R. E., ‘Journal of the Operations Conducted by the Royal Engineers, Part I. From the Invasion of the Crimea to the close of the Winter Campaign 185455’; Major General sir Harry D. Jones, K.C.B., D.C.L., ‘Journal of the Operations Conducted by the Royal Engineers, Part II. From Feby. 1855 to the Fall of Sebastopol, September 1855.’; Sir H. Jones, ‘Siege of Sebastopol, Engineers Operations’, an incomplete set of plans; S. H. Shadbolt, ‘The Afghan Campaign of 18781880’; Anthony FarrarHockely, ‘Official History [of] The British Part in the Korean War’, Vols. I & II; LieutCol. H. F. Joslen (ed), Orders of Battle Second World War 19391945’, Vols I & II; Captain J. H. Parsons (comp), ‘History of the Third Burmese War’ Period V and Period VI; Dyer and Viljoen, ‘The Defence of Canada / In the Arms of the Empire 17601939’; Edgar Holt, ‘The Carlist Wars in Spain’; Grehan and Mace, nine volumes from the Pen & Sword ‘Despatches from the Front’ series, vis.: ‘Gallipoli and the Dardanelles 19151916’, ‘Capital Ships at War 19391945’, ‘The BEF in France 19391940’, ‘Operations in North Africa and the Middle East 19391942’, ‘The War in East Africa 19391943’, ‘The Battle for Norway 19401942’, ‘The Battle for Burma 19431945’, ‘The War in Italy 19431944’, ‘Liberating Europe DDay to Victory in Europe 19441945’; and other similar publications. [qty]
£150250
403
‘Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India’, compiled in the Intelligence Branch Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Headquarters, India, Government Press 19071911, volumes IVI together with supplements for volumes I and II, half calf bound with gilt titles and red labels (8); together with a modern reprint of the Official Account of the Abor Expedition 19111912. [9]
£7001,000
405
‘The History of the Second World War’, H.M.S.O. (pub), a part set comprising: The War in France and Flanders 19391940, The Mediterranean and Middle East (Vols 16 (Vol 6 in 3 parts)), The War Against Japan (Vols 15), and The Defence of the United Kingdom; together with The Hon. J. W. Fortescue, ‘History of the British Army’, Vols I, II, III, IV (2 parts), IV maps, V, VI, VII, VII maps, VIII, VIII maps, IX & X (2 parts), IX & X maps, XI, XII, XII maps, XIII and XIII maps. [35]
£200300
404
The History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Committee of Imperial Defence: a part set comprising various volumes from the series, mixed editions, as follows: France & Belgium 1914 (2 Vols plus 2 map boxes), France & Belgium 1915 (2 Vols plus 2 map boxes), France & Belgium 1916 (2 Vols plus appendices/maps and map box), France & Belgium 1917 (3 Vols plus appendices and map box), France & Belgium 1918 (5 Vols plus appendices and 2 map boxes), Gallipoli (2 Vols and some maps), Macedonia (2 Vols), Italy 19151919, Egypt and Palestine (3 Vols), Mesopotamia Campaign 19141918 (4 Vols), East Africa Aug. 1914 Sept. 1916, Campaign in German South West Africa 19141915, Togoland and the Cameroon. [42]
£300400
406
British and British Indian Artillery: a good collection of reference books, including: ‘Standing Orders and Regulations for the Royal Regiment of Artillery at Home and Abroad’, printed by J. Hartnell and Co. for H.M.S.O., London 1847, halfbound with marbled boards; Farndale, Hughes and Routledge, ‘History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery’, 6 volumes, vis.: Western Front 191418, The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 191418, Between the Wars 191939, The Years of Defeat 193941, The Far East Theatre 194146 and AntiAircraft Artillery 191455; LtCol M. E. S. Laws, O.B.E., M.C. (comp.), ‘Battery Records of the Royal Artillery 17161859’ (two copies) and ‘Battery Records of the Royal Artillery 18591877’; MajorGeneral B. P. Hughes, ‘The Bengal Horse Artillery 18001861’; MacFetridge and Warren (eds.), ‘Tales of the Mountain Gunners’; Major J.J. Crooks, ‘History of the Royal Irish Artillery’; Col. J. R. J. Jocelyn, ‘The History of the Royal Artillery (Crimean Period)’; Col. J. R. J. Jocelyn, ‘The History of the Royal and India Artillery in the Mutiny of 1857’; Major G, Goold Walker, D.S.O. (ed.), ‘The Honourable Artillery Company in the Great War 19141919’; W. R. Kingham, M.A., ‘London Gunners / the Story of the H.A.C. Siege Battery in Action’; Lieut.Colonel G. S. Hutchison, D.S.O., M.C., ‘Machine Guns / their History and Tactical Employment’; Major A. F. Becke, ‘The Royal Regiment of Artillery at Le Cateau, Wednesday, 26th August, 1914’; and other similar titles. [qty] £300500
407
Unit Histories: a collection of regimental and other unit histories including: Alexander Somerville, ‘History of the British Legion and War in Spain’, London 1839, rebound in half calf; Major Richardson, K.S.F., ‘Movements of the British Legion’ &c. second edition, London 1837; Frederick P. Gibbon, ‘The 42st East Lancashire Division 19141918’; Stewart & Buchan, ‘The Fifteenth (Scottish) Division 19141919’; LieutenantColonel G. le M. Gretton, ‘The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1684 to 1902’; Laurie Magnus, ‘The West Riding Territorials in the Great War’; LieutenantColonel H. MoyseBartlett, ‘The King’s African Rifles’; Haywood and Clarke, ‘The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force’, Aldershot 1964; and other titles; together with a body of reference works concerning the King’s German Legion / Hanoverian & Brunswick Forces, including muster rolls and medals rolls, much being facsimile material in hard bindings, copies of MS. research, and microfilms. [qty]
£300400
408
Maria Theresa Thalers: a small collection of reference literature, including: Walter Hafner, ‘Lexicon of the Maria Theresien Thaler 1780’; Cara Semple, ‘A Silver Legend / The Story of the Maria Theresa Thaler’, and other material.
£5070
409
A collection of seven good arms & armour reference books, all in hard covers with dust jackets and comprising: Robert Elgood, ‘Hindu Arms and Ritual’; Robert Elgood, ‘Arms & Armour at the Jaipur Court’; Robert Hales, ‘Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour / A Lifetime’s Passion’; George Cameron Stone, ‘A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor’; Mircea Veleanu, ‘Antique Swords and Daggers’; Peter Hawkins, ‘The Price Guide to Antique Guns & Pistols’ (1973); Sarah C. Wolfe, ‘Naval Edged Weapons in the Ag of Fighting Sail 17751865’. [7] £100150
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VIEWING
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BIDDING IN THE ROOM
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COMMISSION BIDDING
If you are unable to attend the sale you can leave a commission bid. This will be executed on your behalf by the auctioneer who will purchase the lot as cheaply as possible bearing in mind any reserve price and other bids.
TELEPHONE BIDDING
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BUYER’S PREMIUM
The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 27% plus VAT @20% (totalling 32.4% inclusive) on the first £20,000 and 26% plus VAT @20% (31.2% inclusive) thereafter.
CONDITION REPORTS
The relevant department will be pleased to give condition reports on any lot, where practical. All weights and measures given in the catalogue should be regarded as approximate.
The colours printed in the catalogue are not necessarily true.
SALE RESULTS
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PACKING AND SHIPPING
Woolley & Wallis do not offer a packing and despatch service but the following are carriers in our area.
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Please note that we cannot be held responsible for any damage or loss to items once they are in the hands of a carrier.
EXPORTING YOUR PROPERTY FROM THE UK
If you are exporting your property, import taxes, customs duties and other fees may apply at the country of destination. It is also your responsibility to ensure that your shipment can be lawfully imported to the destination country.
Please note that due to the withdrawal of the Retail Export Scheme by HMRC, we are unable to provide VAT refund documentation (C88) for handcarried exports.
In order to qualify for a VAT refund, your lots must be exported by a shipper and valid export documentation must be provided.
PAYMENT AND CLEARANCE
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The following methods of payment may be made:
Bacs, debit and credit cards
Wire transfers should be sent to:
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Debit and Credit cards: Visa, Mastercard, Amex or Union Pay.
Where practical, payment can be made and purchases collected during the auction.
We reserve the right to add storage charges to all lots not collected within 30 calendar days of the sale. This will include a handling fee of £20 (+ VAT) per consignment and a storage charge of £2 (+ VAT) per lot per day. No goods will be allowed to be collected until these charges have been paid.
LOT SYMBOLS
VAT
Lots marked with an dagger (†) are subject to VAT on the hammer price. Lots marked with an omega (Ω) have been temporarily imported from outside the EU and are subject to VAT at 5% on the hammer price and the buyer’s premium. In online catalogues, the Sales Tax % column indicates the rate of VAT on hammer price.
CITES REGULATIONS
Please note that lots marked λ may be subject to CITES Regulations when exported.
The CITES Regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvlaen/importsexports/cites/
ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE
Lots marked with a Φ symbol are potentially subject to a levy.
Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death.
Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below £1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is £12,500.
Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency.
Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:
4% Up to £50,000
3% £50,000.01 200,000
1% £200,000.01 350,000
0.5% £350,000.01 500,000
0.25% In excess of £500,000
Up to a maximum levy of £12,500
FIREARMS
Lots marked Ƒ in the catalogue, or by any other means identified as controlled firearms, are subject to the UK firearms/shotgun licencing regime, and should only be viewed/purchased by individuals with appropriate licences. It is the responsibility of the bidders to ensure that they are legally authorised to acquire the lot that they are bidding for. In the event that such a lot is successfully bid for by an individual who is not authorised to possess it, that individual will be required to pay for it, but will not be allowed to take physical possession of it. The auctioneers will reoffer the lot on behalf of the buyer in a future auction; or may accept instructions to dispose of it by some other legal means, at their discretion.
VALUATIONS
Valuations are a core part of our business and are usually carried out by a senior specialist or directors. Accuracy, speed and above all confidentiality are paramount.
INSURANCE VALUATIONS
Written valuations for insurance can vary from a single item to a large estate. Before starting we discuss the various options available so that the valuation is specifically tailored to individual client’s needs.
For valuations of an entire house contents an itemised bound valuation is produced and can be accompanied by photographs when required. In addition to providing an inventory, written valuations can prevent painful arguments with a loss adjuster in the event of a claim.
Woolley & Wallis valuations are accepted by all leading insurance companies.
PROBATE VALUATIONS
We offer a speedy and professional service for executors and trustees and provide bound valuations for probate and duplicate copies when required. Since security is often a consideration, we can usually arrange for a house to be cleared and sent for auction, our Valuations Department ensures that executors are informed of which sales are involved and the results thereof.
We also carry out valuations for Family Division, Capital Gains Tax, and Private Treaty Sales.
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