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Memorial Plaque (2) (Francis King; David Thomas Winders) glue residue to reverse of first, minor patches of staining to second, very fine and better (2) £60-£80 --- Three men named Francis King were killed in action or died of wounds or illness during the Great War including Second Lieutenant Francis King, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who died on 12 April 1917. Aged 22 years, he is commemorated upon the Arras Memorial. Sold with copied service record relating to Second Lieutenant F. King and CWGC entries. David Thomas Winders was born in Lancashire and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Cape Town on 25 June 1917. Disembarked at Rouen as Private on 19 February 1918, he was killed in action on 30 April 1918. The son of Mary Winders of 11 Railway Street, Widnes, Lancashire, he is commemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Sold with copied service record.

A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain L. V. Sutton, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. L. V. Sutton.) the VM officially re-impressed, good very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.C. London Gazette 11 January 1919. ‘During an attack on a wood, when his company commander became a casualty, he immediately took command and led them to the final objective, in spite of strong opposition and a dense fog which made it extremely difficult to maintain direction. His personal endurance encouraged his men to press on, and his skill in handling them resulted in the capture of many machine-guns and prisoners.’ Leonard Victor Sutton was born at Bradford, Ontario, on 3 March 1897. He was educated at Bradford Public and High schools and attended University College, Toronto University, where he was a member of the C.O.T.C. He was appointed Lieutenant in October 1915 and promoted to Captain in September 1918. He served with the 126th Battalion and 109th Battalion in Canada and England from October 1915 to December 1916. He transferred to the 116th Battalion (2nd Central Ontario Regiment) and served in England from December 1916 to February 1917, and then in France until the end of the war. He took part in operations at Arras 1917, Vimy 1917, Hill 70, Ypres 1917, Passchendaele, Arras 1918, Scarpe, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, and Cambrai 1918. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry at Amiens on 8 August 1918, as detailed in his citation above. Demobilised in March 1919, Captain Sutton returned to Canada where he read law with Ross &and Holmested and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1923. Subsequently a partner in Holmested, Sutton, Hill and Kemp (established 1925) he was appointed King’s Council in 1945 and Queen’s Council in 1952.

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Pte. J. Hayes. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. A. B. Hoolahan. 1st. S.A.I.; A/L/Cpl. G. Pullen. 1st. S.A.I.; Pte. E. H. Rochat 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- James Hayes was born in Beaconsfield, Cape Province, around 1891, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 10 August 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he was killed in action on 12 April 1917 and is buried at Brown’s Copse British Cemetery, Roeux, near Arras. Andre Bernard Hoolahan was born in Cape Town in 1895 and initially served with the Cape Cycle Corps before attesting for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 28 August 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he was killed in action on 10 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial. Garnet Pullen, a miner, was born at Middelburg, Mpumulanga, on 13 November 1895, and served on the Western Front with the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry. He was killed in action on 8 December 1917 and is buried at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand. Ernest Henry Rochat served on the Western Front with “D” Company, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, and was killed in action aged 19 years on 17 October 1918. The son of Horace Louis Rochat of George Street, Graham’s Town, Cape Province, he is buried at Ors British Cemetery. Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.

Three: Corporal W. H. Dobson, Army Service Corps 1914 Star, with copy clasp (M1-8617 L. Cpl. W. H. Dobson. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M1-08617 Cpl. W. H. Dobson. A.S.C.) very fine Three: Private R. Dobson, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 May 1917 British War and Victory Medals (30299 Pte. R. Dobson. Durh. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Dobson) slight edge dig to BWM, otherwise very fine Pair: Private G. Dobson, Border Regiment 1914-15 Star (12191 Pte. G. Dobson. Bord. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (12191 Pte. G. Dobson. Bord. R.) some staining otherwise very fine Pair: Private E. Dobson, North Staffordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (14405 Pte. E. Dobson. N. Staff. R.) edge bruise to BWM, otherwise very fine (10) £120-£160 --- William Henry Dobson, a Lorry Driver from Bermondsey, London, was born in 1887. He attested into the Army Service Corps on 28 October 1914 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 22 November 1914. Advanced Corporal, he was discharged on 28 March 1919. Robert Dobson attested into the Durham Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front with A Company of the 18th Battalion, and was killed in action on 18 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Edward Dobson, from Hanley, Stoke on Trent, attested into the North Staffordshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 8th Battalion from 3 August 1915 and received Gun Shot Wounds to both legs on 20 November 1915, at Poperinghe, Belgium. Subsequently discharged on 24 August 1917, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 131652. George Dobson, from Preston, attested into the Border Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 7th Battalion from 17 July 1915. He was wounded on 16 July 1916 and saw further service with the 10th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles and was twice further wounded. He was discharged on 26 April 1919.

Three: Private E. Stevens, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who was killed in action on 12 April 1917 1914-15 Star (Pte. E. Stevens 4th. Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. E. Stevens. 1st. S.A.I.) glue residence to reverse of all, generally very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Emil Stevens, a farmer, was born in Cradock in 1893, the son of John Ward Stevens of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Witnessing initial service in German South West Africa with the Eastern Rifles, Stevens attested at Potchefstroom for the 1st South African Infantry on 6 January 1916 and disembarked at Rouen on 27 July 1916. Posted to the Western Front, he survived the Battle of the Somme but was killed in the spring of 1917 during intense fighting for control of the French city of Arras. Aged 24 years, he is buried in Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux. Sold with copied service record and CWGC entries.

Pair: Private T. E. Brown, 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (536648 Pte. T. E. Brown. 15-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Edwin Brown) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Thomas Edwin Brown, a Civil Servant by trade, was born on 11 February 1897 and attested for the 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, on 9 February 1916. Mobilised on 17 May 1917, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 August 1917, and suffered a gun shot wound to the face and legs on 29 November 1917. He was killed in action on 23 March 1918, the third day of the German Spring Offensive; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.

Rhein.: Wandkarte. "Carte géographique representant le cours entier du Rhin, de la Moselle, de la Meuse et de l'Escaut". Grenzkol. Kupfer-Kte. von M.A. und G.F. Lotter, Augsburg 1794. Mit 2 großen fig. u. ornament. Kart. mit franz. u. dt. Titel. Von 6 Platten gedruckt u. zusammengesetzt; 113:164 cm. Stopp/L. S. 99. - Erstmals 1785 erschienene Wandkarte in Westorientierung in der Begrenzung Heidelberg-Neuchâtel-Arras-Zutphen, Luxemburg u. Metz im Zentrum. - Gering gebräunt bzw. fleckig, die alten Faltstellen mit einige Löchlein od. kl. Einrissen; kl. Wurmloch im Bild, Ansetzstellen tlw. gelöst. D

Small WW1 Autograph Book signed by 21 British soldiers including Sqn Sgt. T. Taylor, ‘A’ Sqn, 1st Life Guards; Sgt. J Ryan, 1st Bn Irish Guards; Pte G Maher, Queens RWS, ‘wounded at Loos 26 Sept 1915’; Cpl W Minor, 8th Leicester Regt, ex 2nd Dragoon Guards, ‘wounded in Mametz Wood at the Somme, July 14th 1916’ and Pte AW Healey DCM, 4th Leicester’s, wounded Oct 13th 1915 and others including a fine Black Watch badge drawing. (with marked cover and some loose pages). A French/German Phrase Book to John Watson of Maze, County Down, Northern Ireland dated 1918 (inside cover detached). Two WW1 postcard books ‘British Advance on the Somme’ (20 cards) and ‘Arras and its Bombardment’ (24 cards) in complete intact condition, and two war maps (6 items)

Small selection of trench art, mostly made into letter openers. Two etched for Arras & Sille. Plus a shooting medal. Eight items total. (8)

WWI PHOTOGRAPH OF 2nd LIEUTENANT, 37th BATTERY, 27th BRIGADE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, killed in action 15th April 1917, Arras, framed and glazed, 71 x 61 cm, with two pages of research

* Wing Commander William Mayes Fry, M.C., Royal Flying Corps. An archive relating to his military service and personal life, including a WWI photograph album containing approximately 200 black and white photographs, all captioned for example No 8 Squadron, ruins of Matigny December 1917, aerial view of German Red Cross Hospital near Roulens, German gun position from E of Arras, Ypres from 3000 ft, September 1917, Hospital other photographs include airships, Ploegsteert Woods, Vickers, BE2C, Sopwith Sniper, SE5 aircraft, Bleriot at Dover and other related photographs, some pages cut and photographs removed, contained in a hardbound album, together with three albums for his time in Iraq, showing Arabs, biplanes and daily genre, a portrait photograph of Fry in RFC tunic with Somerset Light Infantry cap, plus other ephemera, mainly typescript documents and correspondence including: approximately 45 letters, plus copies, from and addressed to 'Willie', 1971-1989, signed from various people including: 'Grid' [K.L. Caldwell], Lord Balfour of Inchrye, Joe Warne, Michael Oakley, Philip Markham, AJ Bauer, A. Ed Ferko, David Luff, etc., typescript documents, some with manuscript editions, including: Willie's early life and career, William Avery Bishop VC, RAF Hawkinge, 1941/42, Henlow: Mobile Lighthouse, Return to Hinaidi, No.7 (Bomber) Squadron, Bircham Newton, Iraq (including rough draft intended for publisher), etc., and various related publications QTY: (5 boxes)NOTE:William Mayes Fry (1896-1992) was one of the few WWI airmen to survive to the 1990s. He was born in Twickenham and joined the army, he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry in 1915 and later trained as a pilot, receiving his pilot license in 1916 and appointed Flying Officer with No 12 Squadron, and then No 11 Squadron, flying BE.2s over the Somme. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 31 October 1916.He joined No 60 Squadron where he flew Nieuport 17 and on 2 May 1917 scored his first aerial victory. Two days later, he shared a victory with Air Marshal William "Billy" Bishop, V.C., C.B., D.S.O. & Bar, M.C., D.F.C.On 13 and 19 May he claimed two more solo aerial victories and his fifth was whilst flying an Albatros D.III. which was driven down out of control on 16 June. He claimed this with Air Commodore Keith "Grid" Caldwell, C.B.E., M.C., D.F.C. & Bar. One of Fry's squadron mates was Albert Ball.On 16 August 1917 Fry was awarded the Military Cross'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Diving to a very low altitude, and under heavy fire, he emptied all his ammunition into the retreating enemy. During the last month, he has brought down four hostile machines. He has done consistent good work as a pilot.'On 1 September 1917 he was appointed Flight Commander and transferred to No 23 Squadron to command "C" Flight. With two aerial victories on 20 November and 4 December 1917. Another on 4 January 1918 and on 6 January he and Frank Granger Quiglet jointly shot down and killed Pour le Merite winner Leutnant Walter von Bulow-Bothkamp and on the 23 January Fry claimed another victory by shooting down an Albatross.Fry transferred to No 79 Squadron and he claimed his final aerial victory whilst using a Sopwith Dolphin to take down a Fokker Dr.I on 11 May 1918.Fry continued his service post war and served in Egypt, being posted to the Depot at RAF Aboukir in 1931, he then moved to No 216 Squadron based at Heliopolis. Fry left the RAF om 1943 but re-engaged for service on the outbreak of WWII. He rose to the rank of Wing Commander and was mentioned in despatches. He retired from service in 1945 and retained the rank of Wing Commander.

A FIRST WORLD WAR MILITARY MEDAL CASUALTY GROUP OF THREE AND PLAQUE TO THE ESSEX REGIMENT. A Great War Group of three comprising George V Military Medal named to 19350 Pte W.E. Horne 11 Essex R. War Medal and Victory Medal to Horne as a Corporal, and Memorial Plaque 'Walter Ernest Horne'. Walter Horne, a married man from 36 Ernest Road, Canning Town, was born in 1881. He was killed in action on the 22nd March 1918 when serving as a Lance Serjeant with the 11th (Service) Battalion of the Essex Regiment. He was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field, Gazette 14th August 1917, page 8421. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He was 37 years old. Mounted for display with copied research and memorial scroll. *CR Good condition.

A FIRST WORLD WAR WAR MEDAL TO A CASUALTY WITH THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. A Great War War Medal named to 57134 Gnr A.T. Percy R.A. With a 'Bell Medal' for miniature rifle firing and a collection of religious awards. Arthur Thomas Percy from Shroton in Dorset died of wounds on the 6th March 1916 whilst serving with the 6th T.M. Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. *CR Tarnished, some wear and dirt to religious medals.

A FIRST WORLD WAR MILITARY CROSS GROUP OF SIX TO THE ROYAL FUSILIERS. A Great War group of six comprising George V Military Cross, unnamed as issued, 1914-15 Star named to 10780 Sjt F. Howard R. Fus. War Medal and Victory Medal to 2 Lieut F. Howard, Second World War Defence and War Medals unnamed as issued. Frank Howard was born in 1888 enlisting as a Band Boy in the Royal Fusiliers. He entered the War in France on the 19th January 1915 and was Commissioned a Second Lieutenant on the 9th April 1917, he served with the 4th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Wounded on the 20th Jan 1917 during an attack from the south of the Arras-Cambrai road, advancing at 0700 hours the battalion came under heavy shell fire but continued to move forward until they had covered about a mile progressing over a defensive system at Tilloy known as 'The Harp'. The Battalion lost 225 Officers and Men on that day. Howard was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty 'He led his company in the attack until severely wounded. He refused to be moved back and although only able to crawl he remained in command. When forced to withdraw he organised and made determined efforts to resume the offensive, shortly afterwards becoming unconscious.' His brother was killed in the same action. He suffered with the wound for years to come due to shrapnel embedded in his body and left the Army in 1919. He reenlisted in the Royal Fusiliers 10th (City of London) Battalion (69th Searchlight Regiment)(Territorial) as an Administrative Officer. Mounted for display with copied history. *CR Good condition.

IMPERIAL GERMANY: THREE WEIMAR VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. Weimar Republic Kyffhauser 1914-18 War Veterans Commemorative medals to include an example with U-Boat clasp, an example with St Quentin, Marne, Arras and Aisne clasps and an example without clasps. Mounted for display with copied research. *CR Good condition with some wear.

A FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO HUBERT LESTER ROLLS. A Memorial plaque to Hubert Lester Rolls. 38412 Hubert Lester Rolls was born in 1895, the son of Thomas and Sarah rolls from Fifehead Neville in Dorset. Initially number 32673 with the Somerset Light Infantry he went on to serve with the 2nd/6th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. He died of disease on the 26th November 1917 at the age of 22. He is buried at Duisans British cemetery, Etrun outside Arras, his headstone reads 'Rest in Peace'. Mounted for display. *CR Good condition.

Gustav Henri Colin1828 Arras - 1910 Paris - Landschaft mit zwei Eseln - Öl/Holz. 27 x 35 cm. Sign. r. u.: Gustav Colin. Rückseitig ortsbez. u. dat.: (undeutlich). 1896. Rahmen.

A Tournai mustard pot and a cane handle, circa 1770-80, the barrel shaped mustard pot with whiplash handle, painted Ronda pattern, swords and crosses mark, and a soft-paste cane handle, possibly Tournai or Arras, mottled in underglaze blue. (3) Condition reports for each lot are available on our website.

° ° Leigh, William R. - The Western Pony ... colour mounted plates (with guards) and other illus.; publisher's gilt cloth, roy. 4to. New York, (1933); Viseur, Jules - Histoire du Cheval Boulonnais. 16 plates (some tinted), text illus., double page map; old red gilt morocco, marbled e/ps., roy. 8vo. Arras, (1897); Baskett, John - The Horse in Art. Foreword by Paul Mellon. num. plates (many coloured); publisher's gilt lettered cloth and pictorial slipcase, oblong 4to. 1980; together with other horse-related books (18)

Pair: Sub-Lieutenant R. H. Pawson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. R. H. Pawson. R.N.V.R.) in named card box of issue, with named Admiralty enclosure, extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Robert Henry Pawson was born on 11 November 1886, the son of the Rev. Lewis Pawson, Rector of Kildale, Grosmont, Yorkshire, and was commissioned temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 22 November 1916. He joined the Nelson Battalion on 23 February 1917, and transferred to the Drake Battalion on 7 February 1918. He was killed in action on 25 March 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major F. W. Bailey, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (404957 C.S.Mjr. F. W. Bailey. 3/Can: M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (404957 W.O. Cl. 2 F. W. Bailey. C.M.Bde); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (7877142 Cpl. F. W. Bailey. R. Tank C.) minor official correction to surname; with Canadian Tribute Medal, gold (10 carat), the reverse with details 'Presented to F. Bailey by the citizens of Newmarket for gallant services in the Great War 1914-18’, generally very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1920: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty, September to November 1918. During the advance from Arras to Mons, he always set a splendid example to his men. In the fighting before Cambrai he repeatedly went through heavy shelling and machine gun fire to ensure that the crews had an adequate supply of ammunition.’ Francis Walter Bailey was born in Richmond, Surrey in September 1887. He enlisted in the C.E.F. in April 1915, embarked overseas with the 35th Battalion in April 1916, and served with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps in France. Sold with copied service papers, and photographic image of recipient in uniform.

A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Commander S. H. Fish, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Commanding Hood Battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division, who was killed in action in the attack on Loupart Wood on 25 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Ty. Sub. Lieut. S. H. Fish, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. S. H. Fish. R.N.V.R.) mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. Sidney Howard Fish was born in 1894, the only son of J. Fish Esq., Superintendent of the Blackburn Philanthropic Assurance Company, and was educated at Ashland High School under Rev. Owen Davies. Matriculating from school, he took up an appointment in the Wigan branch of the Union Bank of Manchester in Ashton-in-Makerfield. On the outbreak of hostilities, he immediately enlisted as an ordinary seaman in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and on 31 January 1915, after intensive training, was granted a commission as a Temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the newly formed Royal Naval Division where he was appointed to the Hood Battalion. On 28 February 1915, the Division sailed from Avonmouth with young Sidney Fish comfortably berthed aboard the Cunard Liner, S.S. Iverna, en route to Port Said and Lemnos, their ultimate destination, unknown to them, Gallipoli. The morning of 25 April 1915 saw the Anson and Plymouth battalions participate in the six-point attack on Cape Helles. The Division's first Victoria Cross was won by a sub-lieutenant of Anson during the beaching of the famous collier S.S. River Clyde. Further north, the 1st brigade, overshadowed by Australians and New Zealanders, landed at Gaba Tepe, better known as Anzac Cove. By 4 May the entire division including the Hood Battalion was ashore and Sidney Fish was immediately pitched into action in the desperate battle of Krithia on 4 June in which the Royal Naval Division was involved in fierce fighting during the attack on the Turkish defences before Krithia in which the Collingwood Battalion was all but annihilated. Miraculously Lieutenant Fish escaped the carnage unscathed but the casualties incurred throughout the Royal Naval Division were so great that it necessitated the disbanding of the all but annihilated Collingwood and Benbow Battalions, their remaining officers and men being assimilated into the other Battalions of the Division. After the evacuation at the end of December, the 1st and 2nd brigades garrisoned the islands of Lemnos, Imbros and Tenedos, whilst the 3rd brigade saw more active service on the Salonika front. In May 1916, however, the division sailed for France to become part of the B.E.F. and was renamed the 63rd (R.N.) Division, being brought up to strength by the addition of the 190th or Army Brigade. This consisted of the 1st H.A.C., 4th Bedfords, 7th Royal Fusiliers and the 10th Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Sidney Fish, recently promoted to Lieutenant joined his comrades in this entirely new theatre of war. At the end of September 1916, after a period of acclimatisation in a 'quiet sector' of the Western Front, the Division moved south to take part in the Somme offensive. At 5.45 a.m. on 13 November both Royal Naval brigades scrambled form their jumping-off bays and, in spite of heavy casualties, stormed three lines of German trenches. They were relieved two days later, having taken more prisoners and advanced further than any other division. In the fierce fighting to capture the German positions, Sidney Fish, like many of his comrades, was severely wounded and invalided back to England to recover from his wounds. Whilst on leave in England recovering from his wounds, he married, in January 1917, Miss Sylvia Hilton, youngest daughter of James Hilton, a mining engineer. In April 1917, the division entrained for the Arras area in preparation for yet another offensive. On St. George's Day, 1917, at first light, as the barrage lifted, the British armies attacked on a nine-mile front. The Royal Naval Division, despite stiff resistance, took all their objectives - one Anson platoon continued to hold theirs against thirteen separate counter-attacks. Later that year, the division was switched to the north and on 26th October, in the ghastly Passchendaele offensive, the 1st and 2nd Royal Marines, Howe and Anson battalions attached, struggling forward sometimes waist deep in mud, against withering machine gun and rifle fire. At the end of 1917 the 63rd Royal Naval Division held the infamous Flesquières Salient, which pushed out into the enemy lines and was always subjected to marked attention from German artillery, machine guns and snipers. Just before Christmas, in an action lasting 30 hours, determined attacks on Welsh Ridge (one of the features of the salient) cost the division 65 officers and 1,355 men, killed, wounded and missing. It was during this bitter fighting that Sidney Fish's leadership and gallantry were brought to notice in the course of one such particularly violent attack by the enemy. When his Battalion Commander and a number of officers were wounded during the early stages of the attack, command of the Battalion devolved on young Sidney Fish who by his outstanding leadership, managed to successfully fight off the German assault, whilst at the same time inflicting heavy casualties on the attackers. For his steadfastness on this occasion he was recommended for award of the Distinguished Service Order but this was downgraded to that of the award of the Military Cross which was gazetted on 1 January 1918. Promotion quickly followed and young twenty-three year old found himself advanced to the position of second-in-command of his Battalion as Temporary Lieutenant-Commander. Taking up his new appointment, he was soon called into action. Three months later, in the great German Spring offensive of March 1918, the division continued to hold the Flesquières Salient whilst units on their flanks were overrun or destroyed. Finally, at 7 a.m. on Sunday 24 March, as the British Fifth Army continued to retreat, the six battalion commanders of the division, in the absence of any contact with higher command, ordered a withdrawal to avoid capture or certain annihilation. After quickly exhausting all its remaining reserves of men and material in this final effort, the German offensive finally petered out; the advance was held and on 8 August 1918, the British counter-offensive commenced. During the German retreat, the Royal Naval Division were ordered to advance on the Grevillers-Loupart Wood section of the front, with the Hood Battalion as part of the 189th Brigade of the Royal Naval Division, immediately north-west of Loupart Wood. Just prior to the proposed attack of 24 August, Commander Egerton of the Hood Battalion, succeeded temporarily to the command of the 189th Brigade, leaving the twenty-three year old Lieutenant-Commander Sydney Fish to take over command of the Hood. On the morning of 25 August, a heavy mist delayed the impending attack of the 189th and 190th Brigades. In the thick mist, the 188th Brigade made good progress but the 189th Brigade on the right of the attack came up against a heavily defended enemy trench system facing the south-west corner of Loupart Wood. This was to be the scene of vigourous resistance, entailing grievous losses to the Hawke and particularly the Hood Battalion. Here fell the two Battalion Commanders, Commander Jones of the Hawke and Lieutenant-Commander Fish of the Hood, both survivors of many more desperate encounters. Taking cover in the numerous shell holes the Hood Battalion set to work with their Lewis Guns to master the enemy's fire. At about noon the German resistance broke and Sidney Fish urged his men forward to secure the German machine-gun lined trenches. Th...

WW2 British RAF Buttons, single Army officers rank pip, WW1 lapel badge "Arras", West German Army Panzer marksmans badge, copy Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde lapel badge no. 304

A WWI German 4.2 inch Artillery shell case, height 50 cm, etched to the surface with 3rd Div Royal Field Artillery badge and the Battle of Arras, April 1917.Condition Report: There is some distortion to the rim, some pitting to the body and some brass missing to the sides

° ° Leigh, William R. - The Western Pony ... colour mounted plates (with guards) and other illus.; publisher's gilt cloth, roy. 4to. New York, (1933); Viseur, Jules - Histoire du Cheval Boulonnais. 16 plates (some tinted), text illus., double page map; old red gilt morocco, marbled e/ps., roy. 8vo. Arras, (1897); Baskett, John - The Horse in Art. Foreword by Paul Mellon. num. plates (many coloured); publisher's gilt lettered cloth and pictorial slipcase, oblong 4to. 1980; together with other horse-related books (18)

Collection of early 20th century postcards to include topography, railways, shipping, and costal views, etc, housed in a four-volume post cards bookcase, 19cm long, together with two carte postales postcard booklets relating to Arras, France and the Great War

Memorial Plaque (3) (Albert Edward Ramsbotham; Harry William Lever; Frederick Tindall) very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Albert Edward Ramsbotham served during the Great War as a Private with the 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, and was killed in action on 5 July 1917. He is buried in Albuera Cemetery, France. Harry William Lever served during the Great War as a Corporal with the 4th (Royal Fusiliers) Battalion, London Regiment, and was killed in action on 15 May 1917. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Frederick Tindall, there are two Great War casualties of this name, one served as a Private with 1/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment and was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. The other served as a Private with the 1/4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and was killed in action on 9 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, France. Sold with copied entries from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register, and copied research from Soldier’s Died in the Great War.

Pair: Trooper W. Ascough, Household Battalion, who was severely wounded in action at Arras and was later evacuated home after the Battalion suffered 70% casualties over four days during the Battle of Passchendaele in October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (2531 Tpr. W. Ascough. Household Bn.) in flattened named card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Willie Ascough, a groom coachman, was born at Harbury, Warwickshire, in 1887, and originally enlisted for the Coldstream Guards on 24 June 1916. Placed in Reserve, he was called up for service on 4 January 1917 and attested at Windsor for the Royal Household Battalion on 7 January 1917. Formed as an infantry Battalion at Knightsbridge Barracks some four months earlier, the troops of the Household Battalion were largely drawn from the reserve units of the household cavalry, the men skilled in horse riding and equine management; much retraining and re-equipment was necessary to convert such cavalry troops into foot soldiers, capable of conducting the increasingly mechanised war on the Western Front. Posted to France 6 May 1917 - likely as Battalion reinforcements - Ascough served as part of 10th Brigade, 4th Division, and witnessed heavy engagement during the final two weeks of the Battle of Arras. Initially successful, the British advance ground to a stalemate as the Germans adapted to the 'set piece' attacks and concentrated ever more artillery pieces to the east of the town. Wounded in action on 24 June 1917, Ascough's Army Service Record notes a severe gunshot wound to his left eye and admittance to the 5th General Hospital at Rouen.  Rejoining his unit in the field 22 September 1917, Ascough was present with the Household Battalion during the Battle of Passchendaele; losses were particularly severe on 9 October 1917 when 45 men of the Battalion were hit by barrage shellfire as they attempted to advance along the Poelcapelle-Schreiboom road. The following day another 50 men were struck by shellfire at the assembly position as they prepared to go 'over the top' at 5.25am and follow the Poelcapelle-Cinq Chemins road towards Requette Farm. Relieved by the 25th Northumberland Fusiliers on the night of 12-13 October, it was later found that of the original 498 men of The Household Battalion who went into action, 348 had become casualties. 13 Officers had also been hit by shrapnel and gunfire, the enemy response so intense that few of the dead could be found and later identified. Sent to No. 10 Field Ambulance and admitted to No. 12 General Hospital, Ascough was evacuated home to England per A.T. Panama on 22 November 1917, suffering from nephritis. Admitted to University College Hospital with headaches, he never returned to active overseas service and was transferred to the Coldstream Guards at Caterham on 4 April 1918, before discharge in February 1919. Having lost so many of its original cohort, approximately 450 men, the Household Battalion was effectively disbanded on 10 February 1918.

A Wedgwood Arras Green Florentine pattern part dinner service comprising soup coupes and saucers, coffee pot, coffee cans and saucers, side plates, medium plates and dinner plates Condition Report:Available upon request

AN ARRAS STYLE WROUGHT IRON COFFEE TABLE AND TWO ARMCHAIRSpainted white and with 'horse hoof' feet, the chairs 84cm high x 64cm wide x 62cm deep, the table 49cm high x 120cm long x 70cm wide (3)

AN ARRAS STYLE WROUGHT IRON TABLE AND FOUR CHAIRSpainted white with 'horse hoof' feet, the chairs 81cm high x 43cm wide x 55cm deep approx., the table 72cm high x 164cm long x 93cm wide approx. (5)

Frankreich.: 12 Kupferstiche aus Gabriel Bodenehr "Force d'Europe", Augsburg um 1720. Blgr. je ca. 18,5 x 29,5 cm. Mit Befestigungsgrundrissen von: Aix-en-Provence, Arras, Bergues, Bethune, Cambrai, Gravelines, Landrecis, Maubeuge, Orleans, St. Omer, St. Venant, Valencinnes. - Vereinz. fleckig.

Frankreich.: Frankreich mit Angränzenden Länderen. Grenzkolor. Kupferstichkarte v. Bodenehr aus Atlas Curieux, um 1720. Blgr. 18 x 22 cm. ╔Dabei:╗Die Grenzen von Frankreich u. Spanien... - Die Grenzen von Frankreich und Spanien an dem Mittelmeer - Arien u. St. Venand ... - Arras Mitt Nahe... 5 tlw. teil- o- grenzkolor. Kupferstichkarten aus Bodenehr, Atlas Curieux, tls. grenzkolor. Blgr. bis 18 x 29 cm. - Tls. leicht gebräunt u. fl.

The Royal Flying Corps Log Book belonging to 2nd Lieutenant, later Temporary Major, Sydney Anselem Sharpe, 40 Squadron Royal Flying Corps who saw the Red Baron in combat drove down 4 Hostile Aircraft and was finally shot down on the 3rd of April 1917  and was made a Prisoner of War .  In World War Two now Temporary Major Sharpe of the Pioneer Corps would be awarded an MBE for Bridge Building in North West Europe. Comprising, Great War pair Lost. MBE Lost, 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-45 Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal with Mention in Dispatches emblem, toned fine (4)MBE The London Gazette April 194616th October 1916 Arras – 1 H.A. (Hostile Aircraft) no firing20th October 1916 Lille 1 ½ drums at Roland Scout20th October 1916 2nd flight that day Patrol 1 Drum at an Albatross21st October 1916 Bomb Raid Lille Archie Holes22nd Offensive Patrol No HA AA Holes 22nd October 1916 Offensive patrol Drove Hun Down (3,000 ft)15 November 1916 Testing New Aircraft Nose Heavy Broke tail skid and rudder4th December 1916 Gun Jammed driven off by 3 HA19th December 1916 HA at 16,000 feet could not reach20th December followed HA from Arras to Loos22nd January 1917 6 HA met who would not Scrap. Red Leader.  (Baron Manfred Von Richtofen – The Red Baron)25th January 1917Drove Hun Down27th January 1917 OP With A Flight With Pell Drove Down a Hun (See Combat Report)2nd February 1917 Scrap with HA over Souchy, Hen and Self 1 large Drum ( See Combat Report)7th February 1917 3 HA over Douai Drove HA Down9th February 1917 Patrol Saw 2 HA over Belhome(?) being Archied could not reach19th March 1917  Line Patrol 4 HA one shot at me in cloud3rd April 1917 MissingCombats in The Air 27th January 19172 Seater - Albatross2nd Lt Sharpe 40 Squadron Offensive Patrol about 12 Noon..FE8 (1) when at a height of 11,000 ft saw H.A. N.E. Of Arras flying south at about 4,000 ft.F.E.8 (1) dived with another F.E.8 (2) whereupon the H.A. immediately dived at the same time opening fire, but without effect.F.E.8 (1) then fired about 20 rounds at a range of 200 yards when the gun jammed.  F.E.8 (1) turned to clear the jamb and saw F.E.8 (2) still diving on H.A. – both firing. After clearing jam F.E.8 (1) turned East and saw F.E.8 (2) flying west, but saw no sign of H.A.  F.E.8 (10n feels confident that he hit H.A.Signe S.A SharpeF.E.8 (2) is 2/Lt Pells MachineCombat In The Air 2nd February 19172/Lt S.A. Sharpe2 Seater – Type UnrecognisedF.E.8 saw H.A. 3 miles W of Souchez about 10,000 ft, under A.A. fire.  F.E.8 approached but H.A. got above and then flew nose down East.F.E.8 got within about 200 yards, turned and followed and whilst diving fired one large drum, without apparent effect – Though F.E.8 believes he hit H.A. H.A very quickly got out of range and F.E.8 then resumed PatrolSigned S.A. Sharpe.Sold with many original photographs, Binoculars, Bugle, Copy Combat Reports, copy MBE Citation

The Boer War, 1914 Trio, Memorial Plaque group awarded to Sapper Nicholas Hackett, 46th and 11th Field Companies Royal Engineers, who was Killed in Action on the 20th of May 1917 during the Battle of Arras comprising, Queen’s South Africa Medal, 3rd type, three clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1091, South Africa 1902, (5155 L. Cpl: N. Hackett. R.E.), impressed naming, 1914 Star, (5155 Sapr: N. Hackett. R.E.), 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (5155 Spr. N. Hackett. R.E.), Memorial Plaque (Nicholas Hackett), very fine (5)Nicholas Hacket was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland.  He enlisted into the Royal Engineers on the 17th of March 1900, serving in South Africa  from the 5th of March 1901 to the 8th of February 1906.  He landed in France on the 17th of August 1914 and served in France &Flanders; until he was Killed in Action on the 20th of May 1917 during the Battle of Arras.  His personal effects, a letter, civilian shirt, silk scarf, nail brush, 2 razors, stick of shaving soap and a hair brush were returned to his wife on the 5th of December 1917, however his body was not located after the war and he is commemorated in Bay 1 of the Arars Memorial.Sold with two Pioneer Badges, many pages of burnt Service Papers, Commonwealth War Graves Commission information, copy QSA Medal Rolls

A 19th century French "Arras" green-painted three-tier plant stand Constructed of iron with lion's paw feet.150cm wide x 65cm deep x 65cm highQty: 1Loss to the paintwork and oxidisation throughout. Minor loss to the bottom right hand side lower bar. One rivet missing on the lower left hand side lower bar.

Painted wrought metal 'Arras' chair, curved frame with horizontal rails and scrolled arms, on hoof feet, in russet brown paint finish, with brass plaque 'Usine, S. Sauveur, Arras' Dimensions: Height: 77cm  Length/Width: 66cm  Depth/Diameter: 71cm

HENRY SAINT-CLAIR (1899 Arras - 1990 Sotteville) Öl auf Karton, "Zwei Damen und ein Herr aufs Meer mit Segelbooten blickend", unten links in Öl signiert "H. St. Clair", verso handschriftliches Zertifikat mit Atelierstempel, ca. 90x60cm, gerahmt (106x76,5cm)

HENRY SAINT-CLAIR (1899 Arras - 1990 Sotteville) Öl auf Karton, "Familie mit Koffern vor Dampfschiff stehend", auf Bug in Öl signiert "H. St. Clair", ca. 80x70cm, gerahmt (85x75cm)

A First World War Silver Sweertheart Brooch, with gold ribbon engraved ARRAS; approximately Forty Second World War Sweetheart Brooches, in gilt metal and enamel, to the Royal Artillery, in various states of repair. (qty)

A watercolour of an owl by Jackie Simmonds 1981. Framed and Glazed. 48cm x38cm. A watercolour of Mitre Court by D H Tuckett. Mounted. 29cm x 24cm.Two Scottish prints, framed and glazed. 33cm x 43cm and a print of the Arras tapestry.

The British War Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant H. L. Tomkies, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, a B.F.2a observer who served with 48 Squadron, and who was shot down and killed by the German Ace Leutnant Karl Emil Schäfer of Jasta 11, during “Bloody April” on 25 April 1917 British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. H. L. Tomkies.) very fine £100-£140 --- Henry Lea Tomkies was born in December 1893, and resided at 6 White Street, Coventry. He attested for the 7th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in October 1914, and advanced to Temporary Lance Sergeant in April 1915. Tomkies was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the 13th (Reserve) Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, and advanced to Lieutenant with the 17th (Service) Battalion (Welbeck Rangers) in April 1915. He was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps to train as an Observer in June 1916, and was posted for operational flying with 48 Squadron (B.F.2a’s) in France in March 1917. The Squadron Commander at the time being Captain W. Leefe-Robinson, V.C. As ‘Bloody April”’ began, the Squadron were serving as part of the 13th Wing of III Brigade based a Bellevue. Tomkies was crewed with the Canadian, Second Lieutenant W. J. Clifford, as his pilot. They took off on an Offensive Patrol around Arras on the evening of 25 April 1917, and were shot down and killed by the German Ace Leutnant Karl Emil Schäfer of Jasta 11 (his 23rd ‘Victory’ out of 30). Both pilot and observer are commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, France. Sold with memory stick, containing extensive copied research, and copied service papers.

Family Group: Three: Private L. Higgins, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 May 1917 1914-15 Star (S-737 Pte. L. Higgins. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (S-737 Pte. L. Higgins. Rif. Brig.) mounted court-style for display, extremely fine Pair: Private T. W. Higgins, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 17 June 1917 British War and Victory Medals (R-21179 Pte. T. W. Higgins. K.R. Rif. C.) mounted court-style for display, extremely fine Pair: Private C. A. Higgins, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 3 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (44082 Pte. C. A. Higgins. K.R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Alfred Higgins) mounted court-style for display; together with the recipient’s London County Council King’s Medal for School Attendance (C. Higgins.) with two clasps, one dated 1911-12, and integral top riband bar, extremely fine (9) £260-£300 --- Lawrence Higgins was born in Clerkenwell, London, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Holborn. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 July 1915, and having transferred to the 7th Battalion was killed in action at Arras on 3 May 1917. He is buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, France. Thomas Walker Higgins, brother of the above, was born in London and attested fore the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Finsbury. He served with the 20th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1916, and was killed in action on 17 June 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Charles Albert Higgins, brother of the above, was born in London and attested fore the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Whitehall. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 3 September 1918. He is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘casualty’ pair awarded to DH.9 observer, Second Lieutenant W. N. Hartley, 49 Squadron Royal Air Force, an 18-year-old who managed to account for three enemy aircraft forced down out of control over the Western Front, prior to becoming the 33rd ‘victory’ of Oberleutnant Lothar Freiherr von Richthofen during the first day of the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. W. N. Hartley. R.A.F.) good very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Walter Noel Hartley was born in Liverpool in December 1899. He was the son of an auctioneer at Hartely & Co. Walter Hartley was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate School, and enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps as soon as he turned 18. He was accepted for officer cadet training in December 1917, and was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force in May 1918. Hartley was posted for operational flying as an Observer with 49 Squadron (DH.9’s) in France on 6 June 1918. Four days later he flew his first operational sortie, a bombing raid on Piennes, crewed with Lieutenant E. D. Asbury as his pilot. This was to prove an eventful first outing, as they, plus the other aircraft that they were flying with, were attacked by 10 enemy aircraft. The combat report provides further detail: ‘We were attacked by ten E.A., five attacking each machine. Pilot [Astbury] engaged one with Vickers, firing short bursts, and one E.A. went down in a vertical nose-dive completely out of control. The Observer [Hartley] fired another burst into another E.A. at short range. The machine went down in a spin out of control turning on to its back, and was followed down close to the ground still out of control. Being attacked by the remaining E.A. it was impossible to observe the actual crashes. During combat an E.A. engaged by the other DH.9 was seen to go down in flames. I consider these machines were driven down out of control.’ This pair carried out a number of bombing raids together throughout the remainder of the month, and they chose to go on the offensive on 29 June 1918: ‘After dropping bombs on objective, formation turned Eastward. About two miles West of Lille several E.A. passed under formation. Pilot [Astbury] dived and fired a burst into an E.A. with Vickers Gun, and then observer [Hartley] fired a long burst into E.A. and after an interval of 15 seconds volumes of white smoke issued from E.A. which turned over and went down completely out of control. Observer watched it go down about 8,000 ft. at the end of which it appeared to be one mass of smoke. 2/Lt. Simpson saw this machine go down completely out of control.’ (Combat Report refers) A similar pattern emerged for the pair throughout July, and they were in combat again whilst on a raid to Mont Notre Dame on 25 July 1918: ‘The formation was attacked by about 15 E.A. 2 E.A. flew past formation to the West of the machine. The Observer [Hartley] fired several small bursts into the E.A. which went down in a spin and appeared to go down out of control. The Observer was unable to follow it down owing to being attacked by several other other E.A. 2/Lt. Scott, Observer, saw this E.A. spin down but did not see it crash.’ (Combat Report refers) August heralded a change of pilots, and Hartley found himself crewed with four different pilots over the course of the first eight days. Combining two forced landings and a engine failure, his luck was to completely run out when finally combined with Lieutenant George Strachan Ramsay as his pilot. The latter being a noted pre-War Scottish footballer, who had turned out for Queen’s Park Rangers, Partick Thistle and Carlisle United. Hartley and Ramsay carried out a bombing raid during the first day of the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918. On their return from Béthencourt Bridge they had the misfortune to pass near the Ennemain Airfield, where the infamous Jasta 11 were based. German fighters immediately took off and gave chase. Hartley and Ramsay were engaged, and shot down in flames by Oberleutnant Lothar Freiherr von Richthofen - the younger brother of the ‘Red Baron.’ The were to become his 33rd ‘victory’, and they are both commemorated on the Arras Flying Service Memorial. Sold with extensive copied research.

Low Countries, FLANDERS, Arras, c. 1180, Petit Denier, 0.36g (Gaillard 39); together with a later Double Patard of Charles the Bold [2]. Fine or better £60-£80 --- Provenance: Both found in Buckinghamshire

Kriegerverein: Deutscher Kriegerbund 1914-18 e.V.: Deutsche Kriegsgefangenen-Erinnerungsmedaille für Heimkehrer, mit Spange ENGLAND.Vergoldet, an von der Ordenschnalle abgetrenntem Bande, mit der aufgelegten Spange ENGLAND, dazu die Spangen VERUN, FLANDERN, CHAMPAGNE, ARRAS und MAAS.Zustand: II

A pair of trench art jugs, both inscribed '50th Northumbrian Division TF1915-1919', 'Marne, Ly, Camaria, Le Cateau', and 'Ypres, Somme, Arras, Péronne, Aisne', height 23cm (2).

Great War RAF flown cover collection, 20 official covers each featuring a historic battle with and image of the troops and aircraft involved. Includes The Somme, Romania, Operation Alberich, Arras and Vimy Ridge, U-Boat War, Air War, Third Ypres, End of War on Eastern Front, Battle of Menin Road Ridge, Polygon Woods, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Austro German Offensive, Cambrai, Operation Michael, Operation Georgette. Flight cachets on cover, info inside and nice Special postmarks. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Quantity of mixed First World War, Second World War and Post War ephemera to include: Hutchinson's illustrated record of Allied & Enemy tanks, John Players ciggerette cards of Aircraft of the Royal Airforce, Dispatch from Field Marshal Sir douglas haig covering the period from 8th December 1917 - 30th April 1918 (Published 1918), Battle honours awarded for the Great War 1914-18, souviner photobook of the bombardment of Arras, Post War National Service documents, Pictorial record with extracts from the speeches of Winston churchil, Journal of the society for army historical research - summer issue 1947, The Battle of Ypres presented by Home and Colonial stores, documentation of Dornier Werke of the Dornier DO 215 aircraft, American WW2 Simsalabim magic show programme, Thrid reich 1944 dated parcel / package postal reciept, copy of Hotspur magazine, War Pictorial, Modern world magazines

THIRTEEN GREAT WAR & LATER SWEETHEART & OTHER BROOCHES including those of Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; Buffs [East Kent Regiment]; Dorsetshire Regiment; King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (silver); Royal Engineers (silver); Royal Field Artillery (silver); Royal Navy (silver); Arras; Armentieres; and other interest. Condition Report : East Lancs brooch lacking pin Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

De Bouge [Jean-Baptiste]. Carte de L’Europe. M. Pruss, 1803, a large engraved map on 45 (of 50) sheets, each sheet approx 45cm x 27cm. Sheets numbered 1 to 49, lacking sheets 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 which are the eastern edge of the map. Housed in half leather solander box.[Braun (Georg) & Hogenberg (Franz)], Arras and Hesdyn Fort, [1572 or later], two hand-coloured 'birds-eye' plans, plate mark 337mm x 465mm and 334 x 453mm respectively;Continental Maps, Six large hand-coloured maps after Valck, Suetter, etc. eighteenth century or earlier. (9)

WWI Trench Art, vases and matchbox cover, crested ware tank and ambulance, commemorative cups, 'Arras' photograph frame, 'Leeds Rifles' box and Middle Eastern powder flask.

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS AND CLIPPINGS - First World War. Approximately 60 black and white photographs, 1930s-80s re-prints, with a small bundle of WW1 clippings and small group of wireless photos.Subjects include:Imperial Russian General StaffWalking Wounded after the Battle of Lys, 1918Casualties after the Battle of Arras, 1918Other Western Front scenes including the interior of the trenches at Hill 60Council of Four - Orlando, Lloyd George, Clemencau and WilsonSigning of the Armisticeand more

NV Moet & Chandon Nectar Imperial Rose 2x75cl 2006 House of Arras, Rose, Tasmania Presented in original gift boxes 3x75cl 2022 Chateau d'Esclans, Rose Whispering Angel, Cotes de Provence 4x75clTotal 9x75cl  

STRATHPEFFER HIGHLAND GATHERING SILVER MEDAL, GEORGE & JOHN MORGAN, EDINBURGH 1950 first prize medal, cast depicting a piper in a hilly landscape, the reverse with Celtic knot motif, along with a Ville D'Arras white metal medal inscribed "A LA MUSIQUE DES CORNEMUSES DE LA GLASGOW C.T."the Strathpeffer medal 4.8cm in diameterQty: the silver medal 65g, the other medal 61g

Victorian silver crossed flags and wreath badge, London 1864, a Dutch white metal circular badge with motto 'CRESCUNT CONCORDIA RES PARVAE', a continental silver Polish 2nd Artillery Group badge by F M Lorioli, a Rouen badge, Arras badge, etc.

WW1 Dead Man's penny commemorating Pvt Walter Bennett of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who died on the 27th March 1918 at the age of 29 years, and whose name is listed on the Arras memorial, France. With accompanying photo of the recipient. 

A family group of four: 1914-15 star (10176 L. Sjt (A. Sjt) E Myson G Gds) VF; and Three: Defence medal, War Medal, Efficiency Medal Territorial, George VI Ind Imp type (757948 Sjt E W A Myson RA) with miniature of last. VF and a WWI wound badge numbered 66004, pin missing. Note: Edward Myson, died 29.3.1918 and commemorated at the Arras Memorial. £80-120

British Army WW1 interest General Sir Edmund Allenby's cap badge with handwritten note 'This cap badge was worn by me at the battle of Arras April - June 1917, and in the campaign of Palestine and Syria September 1917 November 1918' signed Edmund HH Allenby 17 II19, mounted in glazed display case, 24 x 16cm

Great War RAF pilot signed flown cover collection, 20 official covers each featuring a historic battle with and image of the troops and aircraft involved. Includes Battles Pilckem Ridge, Langmarck, Messines, Romania, Operation Alberich, Nivel Offensive, Arras and Vimy Ridge, U-Boat War, Air War, Third Ypres, End of War on Eastern Front, Polygon Woods, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Austro German Offensive, Cambrai, Operation Michael, Operation Georgette. 24 autographs of RAF pilots and crew who flew the covers, 7 by Lord of Abbots Hay. Flight cachets on cover, info inside and nice Special postmarks. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99