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"Secret Bomb Site" and other games and novelties - Secret Bomb Site game of USA manufacture, with instructions, c.1942, includes various cardboard components, printed military scene, missiles etc - Good Plus including box. Other games include Chad Valley Nursery Clock - tinplate with pendulum, c.1950s, an unboxed Mettoy Clown Jack in the Box, a Chad Valley wooden Cockerel and Soldier Skittles game, ringtail cat puzzle and Christmas pantomime films with viewfinder - Fair to Good Plus, some include boxes. Also included are PG Tipps plastic Monkey figures including large Sergeant Chimp Money Box and 4 x smaller egg cup chimp characters - Good. (13)

Accurate Armour Military resin Model kit group - including KT115 AEC Matador 4 x 4 Gun Tractor, W01 V1 Flying Bomb German Secret Weapon, KT109 Bedford OYD (early) - overall Near Mint/Mint in Excellent boxes. (3)

Dinky 604 Land Rover Bomb Disposal Unit. Mint with good box. Believed to be a prototype/first production run model from the factory. Together with photocopy of the original blueprint for the model.

* Aerial Photography. A miscellaneous collection of military photographs, with others taken by observers during the First World War and photo-reconnaissance aircraft during WWII, numerous images of bomb damage, trench systems, shelled “moonscape” on the Western Front, bombs seen falling on target, direct hits on bridges, railways, airfields, shipping and other targets, most images with neat inscriptions and provenance note (Capt. W. E. Johns), an historic, collection, many unpublished, approx. 90 images, contained in a ring binder (approx. 90)

* RAF WWII Avro Lancaster. A fine presentation trophy model, representing the definitive heavy bomber, c. 1940s, wood and metal construction with good detail including rotating propellers, undercarriage, open bomb doors, dummy bombs (one detachable) gun-turrets and authentic paint scheme etc., the whole surmounting an ebonised plinth base having applied silver plaque engraved & inscribed “National Savings Movement bob-in-the-League - Engineering Industry, presented by the Engineering & Allied Employers Leeds and District Association” and with further applied award shields dated March 1945, April & May 1946, w/span 17in (43cm), height 14in (36cm) (1)

* WWII RAF De Havilland Mosquito. Bomb-release system by HB Precision Co Ltd, Watford, c. 1940s, a framed cased manufacturer’s instructional display showing full mechanism apparatus as installed in the famous twin-engined fighter-bomber, stores ref. No. 9B/2583 (1)

* WWII RAF Bomb-release system. A framed cased manufacturer’s display of a bomb-release system by HB Precision Co Ltd, Watford, c. 1940s, showing full mechanism apparatus, similar variation mechanism as installed in Mosquito and other fighter-bomber machines (1)

A WWII photograph album belonging to William Clark of HMS Cornwall, comprising one hundred and ten black and white photographs and prints of scenes of the war, domestic scenes, geisha and architectural scenes in Shanghai, Tokyo, Canton, Malaya, Russian, Ceylon, Africa and Greece, including a collection of macabre images of air, road and bomb victims on the Yangste

Grafter (British, b.1965). Bomb It, 2010. Spray paint and acrylic on canvas. Unframed. Signed and dated on reverse, 90cm x 66cm (35½ x 26in). Provenance: Submitted for sale by the artist

Hermann Hagedorn - The Bomb That Fell on America. Blandford Press 1946; `The War Illustrated` and `Great War` magazines :- One Box

* Military badges and insignia. Forty cloth shoulder titles, incl. Blues & Royals, East Anglia, XXII/VII Lancers, Bedford and Hertford, ACC (3), RCT, Civil Service Rifles, Queens Surreys, Devon & Dorset, Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery, RAOC, Royal Sussex, Devon Territorials, Essex, Royal Irish Fusiliers, ATS, Leeds Rifles, RCT, East Yorkshire, Grenadier Guards, Royal Horse Guards, Womens Royal Army Corps, Royal Lincolnshire, RAChD, 46 Royal Marine Commando, Staffordshire, The Life guards, Mobile Defence Corps, 17/21 Lancers, Prince of Wales Own Yorkshire, Green Howards, Gloucestershire, West Yorkshire, Royal Anglian, Royal Army Pay Corps, RAEC, Bedfordshire & Foresters, together with approx. 30 British & Commonwealth embroidered bullion cap and collar badges including Yorkshire Regiment, General’s cap badge, Kings, RAMC, Grenadier and Scots Guards to name but a few, plus approx. 40 x WWII (and later) trade and rank cloth insignia, parachute wings from various branches of service, Bandsman, Warrant Officer insignia, Glider, Bomb Disposal, etc., and approx. 45 x WWII (and later) Divisional and Formation cloth signs (approx. 155)

* Royal Flying Corps. An original RFC practice bomb, repainted, and with replacement(?) fins, weight 14 lb, length 21 in (53cm) Apparently found at Hawkinge Aerodrome, Kent. (1)

"Promotional film toys including Tuxedo binos, Shrek Easter egg, Blown Away bomb and Johnny English walkie talkies, quantity "

The Dambusters/ 617 Squadron - Two copies of an untitled colour art print of `A J-P` evading flak after dropping it`s bomb before the dam, signed in graphite and ink to the margin by Alex M Mckie, Gill Charmers, Terry Kearns, Harry Johnson, John Bell, M Colyer, and seventeen other signatures. 44cms x 64 cms including margin ; After John Larder "Operation Chastise", colour print, signed in graphite to the margin by the artist and Gill Charmers, DFC, DFM. 45cms x 63cms including margin. (3)

A vintage brass "bomb" Calorimeter. no.3452, height 29cm, in fitted wooden case.

A Great War De Havilland D.H.10 Laminated Mahogany Two-Blade Propeller, the nine-hole boss with various markings, 120” (304cm). Airco D.H.10 Amiens. The DH.10 was designed by Geoffrey de Havilland to meet requirements of Air Board Specification A.2.b. for a single, or twin-engined day bomber. It was a development of the earlier Airco DH.3 bomber, which had flown in 1916, but had been rejected by the War Office because of a belief that strategic bombing would be ineffective and that twin engines were impracticable. The first prototype flew on the 4th of March 1918, powered by two 230 hp (186 kW) Siddeley Puma engines mounted as pushers. When evaluated by the RAF, the performance of this prototype was well below expectation, reaching only 90 mph (145 km/h) at 15,000 ft (4,572 m) with the required bomb load. Owing to this poor performance, the DH.10 was redesigned with more powerful engines in a tractor installation. The second prototype, known as the Amiens Mark II, was powered by two 360 hp (268 kW) Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engines and first flew in April 1918, showing greatly superior performance and proving to be faster than the DH.9A while carrying twice the bomb load. While shortages of the Eagle meant that the Amiens Mark II could not be put into production, it proved the design for the definitive aircraft, the Amiens Mark III which was powered by the more readily available 395 hp (295 kW) Liberty 12 from America, as was the DH.9 A. Following successful evaluation, large orders were placed, with a total of 1,291 ordered. Fast deliveries of DH.10s were to No. 104 Squadron RAF in November 1918 before the Armistice ended the First World War. Postwar DH.10s equipped 120 Squadron which used them to operate an air mail service to the British Army of Occupation on the Rhine. Amiens were also used by 97 Squadron, later re-numbered as 60 Squadron which deployed to India. It provided support to the Army on the North-West Frontier, being used for bombing operations in the Third Anglo-Afghan war. DH. 10s were also used by 216 Squadron in Egypt, where they provided an air mail service between Cairo and Baghdad starting on the 23rd of June 1921.

A Dinky Junkers JU 87B Stuka 721 in dark satin green and light blue with yellow engine cowling. Boxed with detachable bomb, packing and paperwork. Minor wear. Aircraft VGC-Mint extra decals applied (can be removed). Plate. 2

A small WWI aerial bomb, 7½” overall, with pear shaped cast iron body, soldered tin plate fin and striker pin in the nose. GC

“Fragments from France” No 8 by Capt Bairnsfather, original paper covers with colour inset; 3 newsletters in English, Malay and Chinese, dropped by parachute in Malaya in 1945 informing the population of the bombardment of Japan, dropping the A Bomb and Japanese Surrender; 6 copies of the Daily Telegraph recording abdication of Ed VIII, Coronation of Eliz II, Berlin Wall building, Assassination of Pres. Kennedy, death of Churchill and first moon landing; a radio communication code and list of call signs and frequencies, both printed on silk, and a white on black cloth badge, 3 witches on broomsticks (Force 136, SOE?), framed, 22” x 13”; with details of former owner, who served with the SOE; an interesting lot. Generally GC

Postcards - Album of Real photographic Essex cards with some wonderful social history items including A Wright - Gt Bentley - Horse and Cart, West Mersea, Colchester - Omnibus Empire Day 1908, Coggeshall - Ongars First Aeroplane Visitor 1912, Council Workmen and Traction Engine - Thorpe, Aeroplane Disaster - Aldham Hall, Essex County Council lorry, Mr Page`s team of horses - Bures, Co-operative Society Horse and Cart - Tolleshunt Darcy, W Bright & Sons very well animated card with horse and cart and workers, Coggeshall - Bomb Disaster, Sawmill fire - Colchester, Kings Arms St Osyth, Chelmsford Station (exteriors),Walley Carrier St Osyth with omnibus and passengers, Military Supply Department Gt Bentley 1915, Frating School, Moy Coal Merchants, Trowel and Hammer Marks Tey, King`s Head public house Frating, Orchard Farm Dairy Feering, Horse and Cart Tiptree Mill, Red Lion public house Lower Kirby, Black Boy public house Bromley, Box and Pendine Cottages Thorpe-le-Soken, the home of George Woodard the photographer, Layer Utd Football Club team photograph, Village Pump Goldhanger, Exhibitors` table - Elmstead and Gt Bromley Show, Moore Bros Kelvedon, Omnibus (2), Chelmsford Flood, Kelvedon FC 1923-24, Mt Bures Mill, Ilford Tram, plus others (250+)

Postcards - Album of Suffolk Topographical, Lavenham Salvation Army Band, real photographic cards including Thorrington Post Office shop and staff, West Suffolk Special Police, East Bergholt bus and Wedding guests, St Leonards Church, Colchester Company, Outing in Southwold, horses and wagon, gatherings and groups. German prisoners Shotley 1919, Aldeburgh life-boat hauled up beach by horses with crowds, lion in Bury St Edmunds town centre, children`s outings, church parades, mills and windmills. Many animated street scenes, good social history, village shows and prize-givings, Bildeston string Band, shop fronts, disaster cards including bomb damage, fire damage, firemen and hoses, Ipswich, floods in Framlingham and printed cards (qty)

Postcards - Accumulation of Colchester cards many real photographic including shop fronts, public houses, horse and carriage, factory buildings, animated street scenes, Scout group photograph, Guide group photograph, sports teams, tradesmen and vehicles. Kent and Blaxill fire, damage, firefighters and onlookers. Post Office, Air raid and bomb damage plus seven advertising cards (70+)

Postcards - Colchester real photogaphic cards of damage caused by bomb dropped in Colchester February 21st 1915 including soldier landing in bomb hole, wrecked sheds etc (7)

Six metal advertising signs for Esso, MEB, London Opinion, Evening Mail, The Birmingham Post and a Bomb Precautions sign. (6)

A First World War German Incendiary bomb, 15.25".

Six framed and mounted photographs of World War II fighter planes painted with mascots mounted with replica embroidered badge. Grafton Underwood, B26 Marauder Squadron, Great Ashfield 385th Bomb Group, B-17G Love Em All, B17G Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby and an unnamed plane and badge ProvENANCE; Geoff Stanton Collection see above at start of this section

Framed original and replica American Military air force badges (16) 20" by 15" Three framed 30th Bomb Group badges, Five Framed 390 Bombardment group badges, Modern framed Confederate Air Force badge, and five replica Century bomber badges. ProvENANCE; Geoff Stanton Collection see above at start of this section

Hand painted mascot on cloth reading `918th Bomb Group` framed with a photograph of a pilot Frank Savage and an embroiderd crest ProvENANCE; Geoff Stanton Collection see above at start of this section

A Mdina axe head vase, and a Mdina bomb vase (illustrated)

Military postcards in album. A collection of World War I, Cologne German 1918-1919. Mainly real photographic cards including British Tanks and Crews, Troops on Demob in Homestrasse, Army Band, Churchill, Air Raid damage to buildings and station. Naval crews on Hohenzollern Bridge. Peace Day Parade, Crowds and Generals German retreat one - Rhine, retreat at Hangbrucke crossing, retreat from Perronne, India Artillery in Cologne, General Robertson and Marshall Foch, Tanks and bomb damage. German troops and trenches at Ypres, battlefields and floods etc (qty)

Roger Kemble Furse 1903-1972- `Bomb Damage, The Old Vic`; charcoal, watercolour and gouache, signed, inscribed and dated May `42, 28x40cm: Note: See frontispiece illustration for `A Theatre for Everybody, The Story of the Old Vic & Sadlers Wells` by Edward J Dent, publ 1945 by T V Boardman and Company Limited, London. The illustration is titled `The Old Vic after a raid-from a painting by Roger Furse`.

Seven Royal Marines other ranks helmet plates, two brass ball helmet finials, and a brass RM Artillery sergeant`s chevrons with flaming bomb

"Collection of RAF-related items belonging to Air Vice Marshal Charles Maugham incl air-crew uniform with braids (with AFC), officers cap, jacket, leather flying gloves, paperwork in leather satchel, embroidered badges, squadron plaques & silver plated tray inscribed From officers of the air staff headquarters Strike Command December 1977" Air Vice Marshal Charles Maugham shot to fame when he made headlines in July 1959, when he was CO of 65 Squadron, as the winner of the Daily Mail London-Paris air race that was staged to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Louis Blériot’s pioneering cross-Channel flight. The “Arch to Arc” contest, which began at Marble Arch and ended at the Arc de Triomphe, involved competitors in desperate measures not merely in the air (which was perhaps the easiest part of the course) but on the roads of the respective capital cities and their environs, as the contestants strove first to get from the centre of London to an airfield not too far distant, and then having flown the Channel to get from their landing point in France to the finishing line. He later went on to command 9 Squadron (of sinking the Tirpitz fame), by then a Vulcan nuclear strike squadron at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Maughan mastered the large and powerful Vulcan and kept his squadron sharply focused during its stressful periods on Quick Reaction Alert. QRA, which was in force throughout one of the chilliest periods of the Cold War, involved one aircraft in each of the Vulcan nuclear strike squadrons being on the runway, armed with a nuclear bomb and ready to take off within 15 minutes of the alarm being sounded. The alert was mounted in all weathers, day and night, 365 days of the year. Subsequent appointments included command of RAF Honington and of RAF Waddington, another Vulcan nuclear strike base. As air attaché in Bonn, 1970-73. His two final appointments were as Air Officer Administration at Strike Command, responsible for personnel, 1974-75, and as SASO to the Command, 1977-78, responsible to the commander-in-chief for operational matters on the RAF’s front line. In retirement from the RAF he was General Secretary of the Royal British Legion, 1978-83, and was an independent panel inspector at the Department of the Environment, 1983-94. Air Vice-Marshal Charles Maughan, CB, CBE, AFC, fighter and bomber pilot, was born on March 3, 1923. He died on December 1, 2009, aged 86 "

A Victorian figured walnut bomb pier cabinet, with single door, ormolu mounts, serpentine front and later marble top, cabinet width excluding marble 68cm wide.

OLD ALBUM WITH MILITARY POSTCARDS, MAINLY WWI WITH SONG CARDS, BOMB DAMAGE, MANY RP`S, SENTIMENT, FEW SILKS ETC. (190 APPROX)

LOUIS LETSCH (1856-1940) Pair of oils on board, First War bomb damaged buildings, signed and dated 1916, 15.5" x 19", unframed.

A large American mantle clock, with bell and bomb striking

Dinky Toys: 604 Land Rover Bomb Disposal Unit and 275 Brinks Truck. Both mint and boxed. (2)

8 late Dinky mainly military items AEC Artic Transporter with Chieftain Tank, AEC Artic Transporter with Helicopter, Volkswagen KDF and 50mm gun, Foden Army Truck, Land Rover Bomb Disposal Unit with plastic surveillance robot kit, Armoured Patrol Car. Also USS Enterprise with photon torpedo firing mechanism, Foden Tipping Lorry. Boxed, minor/some wear, contents VGC.

4 Dinky aircraft Realistic display examples from WWII with operating features: USAF P47 Thunderbolt with battery-powered propeller, Junkers JU 87B Stuka with bomb-release mechanism (cap-fired bomb missing), Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc with wheel-operated machine guns, Messerschmitt Bf109E with battery-powered propeller. Display boxed, some wear, items GC or VGC features not tested..

A 20lb practice aircraft bomb, 21½” overall, painted gloss black with white band. GC. This example was found at Hawkinge aerodrome and subsequently extensively restored.

A scarce WWI type Cooper 20lb aircraft bomb, with propeller activated fuze and rare cast iron fuze cap. GC (repainted). This type was adopted by the RFC and continued in use by the RAF, probably into the 1930s. GC (no fuze cap of fuze mechanism, some restoration)

A fully detailed and most interesting original WWII typewritten Police record of German Flying Bombs in Sussex from 13th June to 9th November 1944, and one isolated incident in 1945, with summary of all 907 incidents (total casualties killed 59, and injured 991) and 59 foolscap pages recording each incident, giving date, time, location (by Parish), map reference, depth of crater, no. of casualties, damage and how shot down (damage varies from “Crawley 10.7.44” where 7 people were killed and 23 seriously injured, 10 houses demolished etc, to “Framfield 5.8.44... 2 pigs killed. Also 2 geese and 5 chicken”), in manilla folder entitled “Flying Bombs. Records. F19”; 6 photograph maps showing locations of all Flying Bomb and Rocket incidents in Sussex and SE England, one of which bears the stamp of “Sussex Police Force. War Duties Dept. 9. Oct 1944. Headquarters, Haywards Heath”; 7 (untitled) photos of damage to buildings and shot down aircraft; 2 other photos of damage to Burgess Hill Police Station, Oct 1940. GC

WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. Brief T.L.S., B. N. Wallis, one page, 4to, Effingham, Surrey, 16th March 1978, to Mr. A. Pancott. Wallis thanks his correspondent for their letter, `which my wife and I much appreciate`. Some very light, minor creasing, otherwise VG

A CLARICE CLIFF `IDYLL` PATTERN BOMB SHAPED PRESERVE POT and cover, 4" high

A large quantity of early 20th Century French photo topo cards, many of early street scenes, WWI bomb damage and seaside views including St Malo, Dinan, Dinard, Calvados, Vitre, Rennes and many others, some framed also some empty old postcard albums and postcard reference books etc (a lot) many hundreds of cards

Inert No5 Mills bomb, complete with spring and striker. Base plug made by C.A.Vandervell&Co of Warple Way, Acton Vale, London, W3.

Two Untitled Colour Prints, of Lancaster AJ-`P` dropping its bomb whilst evading flak, signed to the margins in graphite and ink by seventeen airmen including John Bell, MBE; Alex M Mckie, DFM; Terry Kearns DSO, DFC, DFM, Larry Curtis, Gill Chalmers, Chan Chandler etc. 39 x 61cms, unframed; AFTER JOHN LARDER, "Operation Chastise" colour print, of Lancaster AJ-`P` amidst flak, signed in graphite to the margin by the artist and Gill Chalmers of AJ-`O`, 33 x 49cms, unframed. (3)

AFTER MAURICE GARDNER, "Dambusters Take-Off" and "Dambusters Return" colour prints, each signed by the artist and Bill Townsend, Douglas Webb and George Chalmers, surviving crew members of Lancaster AJ-O, unframed. Plate size 23 x 44cms, with certificates; An Untitled Colour Print, of a Lancaster dropping its bomb whilst evading flak, signed to the margin in graphite and ink by John Bell, M.B.E, DFC; Harry Johnson, DFM; and seven others. Plate size 39 x 61cms. Unframed. (3)

* Washington (William, 1885-1956). House of Commons Chamber 1941, & ‘Ayes’ Lobby, House of Commons 1941, a pair of copper engravings, showing bomb damage to the Houses of Parliament in 1941, each signed and titled in pencil to lower margin, plate size 38 x 29cm (15 x 11.5ins), and sl. smaller, matching frames, glazed, with label of Jeremy Cooper Limited, London to verso of each (2)

A Longwy French Art Deco bomb shaped vase decorated with stylised motifs on a cream ground, height 12cm

Britains and other makes: 18 inch Heavy Howitzer in original box; JWB Toy Maxim Gun in original box; Unity Toy Trench Bomb Thrower; various horse-drawn artillery and field guns including Simon & Rivolet; Distler lithographed tinplate 520 Covered Van 120mm, varied condition

A LARGE SELECTION OF GWR AND OTHER BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS including WWII period depicting evacuees and bomb damage. See illustration

A Large Collection of Press and Other Black & White Photographs, mainly 1930`s to 1960`s, subjects include Argentinian subjects including prisoners, wartime manoeuvres and parades, tuberculosis children, naval, sporting, topography, aerial photographs, bomb damage, Adolph Hitler, theatrical, Fire Brigade, cabinet cards and a quantity of film stills, in two boxes.

Eighty Six Pre-War Postcards, including real photo`s of bomb damage at Lens, Chinese scenes and people, regimental, Canadian Pacific Railway etc; An Album of Early Snapshots of Naval Interest

The Easton Gibb and Son Archive - Various Projects: including Ipswich Dock, two volumes 1902 - 1905, one volume 1928 - 1929, one volume Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway, 1894, Grampian Electricity Bill, 1929, two volumes Haifa - Baghdad Railway, 1930 - 1931, sixteen volumes of modern work including Bomb-Proof Shelters, January 1940; with volumes from other companies: Glover and Partners - Reorganisation of ABC Bakery, Camden and Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd - five volumes, Arapuni Hydro-Electric Works and Waihi Tauranga Railway, 1926 - 1929 (F) (a lot)

A FINE SILVER-MOUNTED OTTOMAN GREEK SHAMSHIR PRESENTED BY THE PACHA OF CANDIA TO CAPTAIN F.T.MICHELL R.N., DATED 1829. with curved blade double-edged towards the point and cut with two slender fullers of differing length along the back-edge, silver hilt comprising a pair of quillons with bud-shaped finials, engraved with scrolls and a bouquet of fruit, moulded back-strap engraved with the presentation inscription and date, and a pair of horn grip-scales fitted with a tear-shaped washer on each side of the pommel, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts cast and chased in relief, comprising locket, middle-band and chape each decorated with sprays of flowers, foliage, trophies and bouquets all within an elaborate series of scrollwork frames, and retaining a ring for suspension (one suspension ring missing). 75.5cm; 29 3/4in blade. Admiral Sir Frederick Thomas Michell KCB (1788-1873) was the son of Lieutenant Sampson Michell RN, a Cornishman who died an admiral in the Portuguese Navy in 1809. He was born in Exeter, entered the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth in 1800 and joined HMS EURYDICE (24) as a Midshipman in 1803, serving in a number of ships and locations before being commissioned lieutenant on 29th May 1807. Serving in several more ships in locations from the Adriatic to Brazil, he became 1st lieutenant of HMS BOYNE (98) in March 1815. When Admiral Lord Exmouth was appointed to command a punitive expedition to Algiers in 1816, he took BOYNE`s officers with him into his flagship, HMS QUEEN CHARLOTTE (100). Before the bombardment of Algiers, late in August 1816, Exmouth appointed Michell to command the battering flotilla of 55 small vessels - principally gun, mortar, rocket and bomb ships - in the acting rank of commander and Michell was confirmed in that rank on 16th September 1816. After a decade on half-pay, Michell was appointed to command HMS RIFLEMAN (18) on 27th December 1826 and took her to the Mediterranean.. During the 1820s Greece fought her war of independence from Turkey: Britain, France and Russia were involved to maintain the balance of power and their own interests in the eastern Mediterranean. At the time, Crete was known by its Venetian name Candia and the Sultan ruled the island though a governor, or Pasha; the island`s capital, now Heraklion, was also known as Candia. It was British policy to recognise Crete as Turkish and British ships were welcomed in its harbours by the island`s governor.. The Ship`s Logs of HMS RIFLEMAN for 1829 (The National Archives; ADM 51/3377 and ADM 53/1140) show that she left Malta, bound for Crete, on 2nd March 1829, taking as passengers two Turks, Mustapha Hassan and Mustapha Ali. On 7th March, she anchored in Port Greco, a harbour on the island of Stondia - now Dia Nisida - off the north coast of Crete opposite the city of Candia. On 8th March, she sailed across the strait to Candia, put the captain, Michell, and the surgeon ashore in a yawl, `stood off and on` until the yawl returned and then, having fired a salute of 19 guns - which was returned by the harbour`s Turkish fort - sailed back to Port Greco, leaving Michell - and, presumably, the surgeon and the ship`s two Turkish passengers - in Candia. On 9th March, she returned and sent the yawl for Captain Michell, who returned at 11.30am, whereupon she left Candia harbour, returning a salute of 21 guns from the fort, and made sail for Malta, arriving there on 16th March 1829. For the remainder of 1829, HMS RIFLEMAN cruised in the Mediterranean but did not return to Crete.. It seems most likely that Michell received the sword offered here in March 1829 as a gesture of thanks from the island`s governor, perhaps for conveying the two Turks from Malta. The Turkish governor of Candia 1832-51 was the Albanian Giritli Mustafa Naili Pasha (b. 1798) who, in 1829, would have been known as plain Mustafa Naili and so may have been the `Mustapha Ali` taken aboard Michell`s ship on the orders of C.-in-C. Mediterranean for passage to Crete; he had been active in suppressing Greek insurrections on Crete in the 1820s and passage on a British sloop-of-war was probably the most sure way of returning him safely to the island.. Michell was promoted post captain on 22nd February 1830, commanded the 5th Rate HMS MAGICIENNE (24) at the siege and bombardment of Acre in 1840 and then the 5th Rate HMS INCONSTANT until 1843. In 1852 he was given command of HMS QUEEN (110) and commanded her during the Crimean War, particularly distinguishing himself at the bombardment of Sebastopol 1854-55, after which he was promoted rear admiral and created CB. Michell returned home to live in Totnes, Devon, where he was elected mayor in 1855 and 1858 and where he died. He became a vice-admiral in 1862 and an admiral in 1866, being created KCB in 1867. In addition to the sword given him by the Pasha of Candia/Crete, he received another from the Sultan, as well as a cloak with diamond clasps and several Turkish orders and decorations; as well as the insignia of a KCB, he received that of an Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Naval General Service Medal 1793-1814, with clasps Algiers and Syria and the British and Turkish medals for the Crimean War.

A Second World War Russian Convoys O.B.E. and Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea group of eight awarded to Captain Wilfred Geoffrey Perrin, Merchant Navy, for services aboard the S.S. Dover Hill when she was bombed in the Kola Inlet, North Russia; he led a team of volunteers to locate and defuse an unexploded 1000lb bomb which had penetrated some 22 feet into her cargo of coal, a feat accomplished after two days and two nights hard work, often under repeated bomb attacks The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officers 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Captain W. G. Perrin, S.S. ôDover Hillö, 4th April 1943) mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (8) £1400-1800 O.B.E. London Gazette 12 October 1943. - for services when the ship was bombed and damaged. Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea Lloyds List and Shipping Gazette 5 September 1944. Captain Wilfred Geoffrey Perrin, Master, Dover Hill. For dangerous work in hazardous circumstances. The S.S. Dover Hill, was a cargo vessel of 5,815 tons. She formed part of convoy JW 53 bound for North Russia heavily laden with a cargo of fighter aircraft, tanks, lorries, guns and ammunition. The convoy comprised of twenty eight merchant vessels with an escort of three cruisers, one anti-aircraft cruiser, one escort carrier, sixteen destroyers, two minesweepers, three corvettes and two trawlers. Such a heavily defended convoy emphasizes both the importance of the cargo and the expectation of trouble from enemy attack. The convoy set off on 15 February 1943, in a gale which developed into such a severe storm that six of the merchant ships were so damaged that they were forced to return to Iceland. The S.S. Dover Hill lost much of her deck cargo overboard, including oil drums and crated lorries, but managed to save the tanks and continue her difficult passage northwards. Despite a concerted attack by JU-88 bombers a few days later the remaining twenty-two merchant ships of the convoy arrived at the Kola Inlet on 27 February. A few days later S.S. Dover Hill discharged her cargo at Murmansk, still being subjected to frequent attack from enemy bombers, and afterwards moved out to an anchorage in the Kola Inlet where the ships lay about a mile apart. The German front being only about ten miles away, these ships came under frequent low-level attack by ME-109 fighter bombers. The D.E.M.S. gunners aboard these merchant ships were kept very busy as they patiently awaited their escort home and, indeed, the gunners aboard S.S. Dover Hill successfully claimed one destroyed and one shared destroyed before the incident occurred whereby the names of several members of her crew appeared in the London Gazette. The personal account that follows is that of the ships Radio Officer David Craig, who related his experiences for the online BBC archive WW2 Peoples War: ôI feel that the story should be told why the names of these men should appear in the London Gazette. I write the story as I remember it but I write on behalf of the nineteen men, as we all worked together and none of us did anything different from anyone else. On Sunday, April 4th we were anchored in Misukovo Anchorage a few miles north of Murmansk and I was playing chess in the Officers mess when Action Stations sounded and our guns opened up at the same time. I went through the pantry, looked out of the door, and saw two JU-88 bombers coming up from astern, high up. Our Bofors shells were bursting below them and when they turned away I assumed we had beaten them off and stepped out on deck. This was a foolish thing to do as, unknown to me the planes had released their bombs before turning away. Four bombs exploded close on the port side and one on the starboard side and I was blown off my feet. As I got up our gunlayer came down from one of the bridge oerlikons and pointed out a large round hole in the steel deck a few yards from where I had been standing. It was obvious that the sixth bomb had gone through the main and tween decks into our coal bunkers and had not exploded. We informed the S.B.N.O, Murmansk of the situation and were advised that there were no British Bomb Disposal people in North Russia. We then realised that we would have to dig the bomb out ourselves in order to save our ship. The minesweeper H.M.S. Jason was ordered to anchor astern of us and to come alongside to render assistance if the bomb should explode, although I doubt if there would have been much to pick up. Incidentally, I did enjoy talking to the Jason by Aldis lamp during this time. You must understand that though the Dover Hill was only a battered old Merchantman she was our home and no German was going to make us leave her while she was still afloat. The Captain [Perrin] lined the whole crew up on the after deck and asked for volunteers, and nineteen of us including our Captain formed our own Bomb Disposal Squad. We had no bomb disposal equipment, in fact we only had a few shovels borrowed from our stokehold and nineteen stout hearts when we started digging back the coal, trying to find the bomb. The bunker was full of good British steaming coal which we were saving for the homeward run so we used a derrick to bring it up on deck, hoping to replace it when we got the bomb out. When the Russian authorities heard what we were doing, although they had many unexploded bombs to deal with in the town, they kindly offered to send one of their Bomb Disposal officers to remove the detonator if we could get the bomb up on deck. When we dug about ten feet down into the coal we found the tail fins and, by their size, decided our bomb must be a 1000lb one. Unfortunately the Germans also discovered what we were up to and came back and bombed us again, hoping to set off the bomb we were digging for. Between bomb explosions and the concussion of our own guns the coal used to fall back into where we were digging and things got difficult at times. We had to dig down approximately 22 feet before we got to the bomb, but after two days and two nights hard work we finally got it up on deck. I was standing beside the bomb with two of my fellow officers as our Russian friend started to unscrew the detonator when after a few turns it stuck. He then took a small hammer and a punch and tapped it to get it moving. I can honestly say that every time he hit it I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck standing against my duffle coat hood. After removing the detonator and primer we dumped the bomb into the Kola Inlet where it probably lies to this day. We then moved back to Murmansk for repairs. Of the fifteen ships which had come to Murmansk in February, one had been sunk and four damaged. On 17th May, in company with three other ships we left the Kola Inlet and set out for the White Sea. We arrived in Economia on the North Dvina River where we stayed until 18th July when we moved to Molotovsk (Severodvinsk) and finally on 26th November, with eight other ships, some damaged, we set out for home. Since it was now dark for almost twenty four hours each day and we could only do seven knots maximum speed we went north to the edge of the ice. Knowing that a Russian bound convoy was coming up to the south of us we expected the Germans to attack it and leave us alone. This in fact happened and we eventually arrived in London on 14th December 1943, in time to be home for Christmas.ö After returning from North Russia the Dover Hill was taken over by the Ministry of War Transport and was sunk at Arromanches on 9 June 1944 along with other ships to form an artificial port for the invasion of Normandy.

Abyssinia 1867 (Lieut. J. Withers, 25th Regt. Bomb. N.I.) suspension repaired, minor contact marks, good very fine £350-400 Joseph Withers was first commissioned on 4 June 1858 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 2 October 1860 and appointed Adjutant to the 25th Bombay Light Infantry on 7 February 1862.

A Second World War Middle East operations M.B.E. group of five awarded to Group Captain O. E. Bartlett, Royal Air Force, a long served Explosives Officer (X) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed, generally good very fine (5) £250-300 M.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942. The recommendation states: This officer has been responsible for the organisation of the forward supply of fuel, ammunition and explosives to the Squadrons. By his pertinacity and resourcefulness he has overcome many unforeseen problems. There have been many instances when he has navigated not only the first R.A.F. convoys but also Army convoys. On one occasion he was successful in overcoming Army opposition to a certain journey which he carried out and ensured sufficient petrol for immediate operations. An example of his coolness is found when he took a Royal Air Force convoy through from Maddalena to the Army Co-Operation Squadron attached to XIII Corps, whilst the Army was carrying out a local withdrawal. This action saved the bulk of the aircraft from being lost and ensured reconnaissance for the Army. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1943 and 8 June 1944. Owen Edward Bartlett, who was born in Forest Hill, London in January 1917, was granted a short service commission as a Pilot Officer in the R.A.Fs Equipment Branch in September 1939, his earlier ambition of qualifying for his ôWingsö having been dashed at the Civil Flying School at Reading, where his examiner noted that his general flying was very dangerous. Possibly encouraged by this ôdangerousö assessment, he decided to pursue a career as an Explosives Officer, in which field he qualified in early 1940, and in March of the following year he was embarked for the Middle East. In his capacity as an explosives expert, Bartlett subsequently served in this theatre of war until January 1944, when he was evacuated home on the sick list, a period that witnessed him serving as an Acting Squadron Leader in command of assorted Maintainance Units (M.U.), in addition to periods of attachment to R.A.F. Headquarters in Malta, and in the Levant, Palestine, in 1943. And while ôMalta G.C.ö must have offered plenty of scope for an officer of his trade, it was in fact for his earlier work in command of No. 121 M.U. in North Africa that he was awarded his M.B.E. and two ômentionsö. He ended the War as an Explosives Officer at Greenham Common. Granted a permanent commission as a Flight Lieutenant in September 1945, Bartletts post-war career encompassed many commands, including nuclear bomb storage sites at R.A.F. Barnham and Faldingworth, and having been advanced to Group Captain in January 1967, he was placed on the Retired List in February 1972. He died in July 1979. Sold with the recipients original M.B.E. warrant and M.I.D. certificates (2), these in original envelopes; together with what would appear to be a wartime photograph of him taken in North Africa.