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Click here to subscribe§ Derek Davis (1926-2008), a canoe-shaped dish, circa 1950, internally decorated with a stylised leaf over a dark green ground, signed to underside8.5 x 50.5 x 17.5cmProvenance:The collection of Quentin StevensonA small firing crack to one end, visible for app. 10mm internally. Otherwise, in seemingly good condition, free from damage and repair.
Hasbro Action Man range of Super Bikes, Manta Mission, canoe, Thunderwing Jet Pack & Island Racer, all boxed (8) (2 boxes)The items in this auction are located offsite and as such, we have limited access to provide postage quotes. Therefore, we are only able to offer a discretionary post and packing service on small, singular items. Due to the fragility of lots in this auction, we would strongly advise using a professional packing service in most instances.
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, large group of Asian currency and related objects to include two Thai Silver Lat or Canoe Money, c. 18th-19th centuries, 40mm and 90mm long; two Chinese cash swords and knife money, Thai gaming tokens, Korean annulets, Burmese opium weights and Chinese opium scales etc £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Unknown Artist (Continental, 19th Century) Oil on Canvas Undated, unsigned, depicting a night scene of a canoe near docks, in an arched gesso on wood frame Property from: a Private Collector, Addison, Illinois Height: 35 1/2 inches, Width: 28 inches (canvas)Frame Size: 47 inches by 37 inches Condition: canvas laid on board, craquelure overall, nails showing on some edges, bubble upper right, over-painting on edges, scuffing left side, dirt accumulation, frame having finish wear including chips nicks, missing plaster, cracks at seams and missing paint Disclaimers: not examined out of the frame Category: Fine Art > Paintings Estimated Sale Time: 10:19 am (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5
Action Man and Similar vintage loose/unboxed group to include (1) Palitoy (x2) flock head figures, dressed in 'Indian Brave' outfits with accessories; (2) Cherilea Canoe; (3) Pony Parade - Pony; (4) Marx Toys Canoe; (5) Marx Toys Johnny West - Chief Cherokee figure - generally Fair to Good, not checked for completeness - see photos. (6)
An excessively rare Second War ‘Cockleshell’ operations D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Quarter-Master Sergeant J. M. King, Royal Marines, a member of the elite Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment (R.M.B.P.D.) Just two wartime raids were carried out by the hand-picked operatives of the R.M.B.P.D., most famously Operation ‘Frankton’, the ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ strike against enemy shipping at Bordeaux in December 1942, and Operation ‘Sunbeam’, a similar canoe launched attack against targets in Leros in June 1944 Sergeant King was well-known to the likes of ‘Blondie’ Hasler and Bill Sparks, having trained beside them in the lead-up to the ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ raid, but it was for his part in ‘Sunbeam’ - described as one of the most brilliant sabotage operations of the war - that he was awarded his immediate D.S.M., one of only three such awards to the R.M.B.P.D. On that memorable occasion, in a damaged canoe ‘with water up to their knees’, and in the face of several challenges from enemy sentries, he and his comrade nonetheless placed six limpet mines on an Italian destroyer: they duly detonated with the desired result Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sergt. J. M. King, PLY/X. 1457); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (PL.X 1457 J. M. King, D.S.M. Sgt. R.M.) minor edge bruise to DSM, light contact marks, good very fine (7) £30,000-£36,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.M. London Gazette 28 November 1944: ‘For gallantry in a hazardous operation in the Aegean.’ The recommendation for his immediate award states: ‘Sgt. King was in charge of one of the canoes during operation SUNBEAM. This operation was undertaken to damage shipping in the defended port of LEROS. Sgt. King’s canoe was holed before entering the harbour, he however showing great determination continued with his task using a sponge to plug the hole, and entered the harbour. Here, although challenged he avoided detection and managed to place six limpets on the hull of an enemy destroyer. On the deck of the destroyer were several armed men and there was a sentry on the jetty. By this time the water in the canoe was around his knees. He however with the help of his crew, Marine RUFF, successfully left the harbour undetected and made the R.V. on the Island of CALINO some 8 miles distant. Sgt. King showed great skill and resolution in continuing with this already hazardous task in a badly damaged canoe. The destroyer was badly damaged and had to be sent to PIRAEUS for repairs.’ James Malcolm King was born in Glasgow on 9 June 1918 and joined the Royal Marines in November 1935. His pre-war appointments having included tours of duty in H.M.S. Rodney and H.M.S. Gloucester, he volunteered for ‘special service’ in the newly established Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment in July 1942. Under the watchful eye of his new C.O., Major H. ‘Blondie’ Hasler, King was quickly promoted to Acting Temporary Sergeant and took up appointment as the unit’s Physical Training Instructor, a fact referred to by Bill Sparks in The Last of The Cockleshell Heroes, who credits King with establishing the unit’s haphazard assault course. Sparks adds: ‘To build our assault course we used old tyres, ropes and anything else we could think of, but often with disastrous results. Our improvised equipment sometimes collapsed just as a man leapt on to it, or through it or under it, and the injuries were sometimes severe enough to have the victim rushed to hospital. Eventually the hospital complained that they were getting to many casualties from the R.M.B.P.D. To Blondie this was all water off a duck’s back. He didn’t take any notice and nobody was going to make him deviate from that …’ For the duration of their arduous and intensive training, which of course involved many hours at sea in their Cockle canoes, the 34-strong rank and file of the R.M.B.P.D. were divided into two sections. When, at length, it was time for Hasler to select the Operation ‘Frankton’ team for the raid on Bordeaux harbour in December 1942, King was not in the chosen section, a decision that likely saved his life. The story of his comrades – who became known as the ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ - needs no elaboration here, although it is not without interest that Bill Sparks, one of the two survivors, was a member of King’s section in the Aegean at the time of Operation ‘Sunbeam’. Operation Sunbeam Overall command of the R.M.B.P.D.’s ‘Earthworm’ detachment, as the Operation ‘Sunbeam’ men were known, fell to Captain W. Pritchard-Gordon, R.M., whilst Lieutenant J. F. ‘Jasper’ Richards, R.M. led the operation on the night. As had been the case in Operation ‘Frankton’ the participating cockle canoes were all given names. Thus, Richards and Marine Stevens manned Shark; King and Marine Richard Ruff Salmon and Corporal Horner and Marine Fisher Shrimp. The marines and their canoes were embarked in M.L. 360, in readiness for the planned raid on enemy shipping in Portolaga harbour, Leros, the motor launch hugging anchorages on the Turkish coastline as it awaited the signal to launch the raid. That signal arrived in the afternoon of 16 June 1944, when confirmation was received that potential targets had arrived in convoy at Portolaga. Cecil A. Hampshire’s The Secret Navies takes up the story: ‘Soon afterwards the motor launch left the anchorage on silent engines and headed seawards, increasing speed to 16 knots as soon as she was clear of the land. The marines blackened their faces and hands and made a final check of their stores and weapons. In addition to eight limpet mines, each cockle was to carry a walkie-talkie radio, silent Sten gun, grenades, fighting knives, camouflage nets for canoe and crew, spare paddles, a baling sponge and canoe repair outfit, first aid box, 24-hour food pack, cigarettes and matches in watertight compartments, chart, compass and compensator and, not least, a bird call. All limpets were armed with four-and-a-half-hour delay fuses. The weather was ideal, dark and moonless but with plenty of starlight, a gentle swell and a slight mist over the land. After rounding the southern tip of Kalymnos and turning northwards, the motor launch reduced speed to 12 knots fore the final run-up to the dropping zone. During this last leg of the voyage the marines, clad in their cockle suits, squatted silently around their gear on the upper deck, each man engrossed in his own thought.’ And of subsequent events in respect of Sergeant King and Marine Ruff in Salmon, Cecil A. Hampshire continues: ‘A few minutes later the semi-waterlogged Salmon appeared out of the darkness, with King paddling and the weary Ruff stoically bailing out. That they had managed to complete the operation at all was nothing less than remarkable, for they had been bedevilled by a leaking canoe throughout. On entering the harbour they were almost immediately challenged by the bomb patrol vessel. But as she made no move to follow this up, the hails were ignored and Salmon pressed on towards her first objective. Half an hour later they were again challenged, this time from the shore, the shout being heard also by Richards and Stevens in Shark ahead of them. For a few moments the raiders remained perfectly still, then moved off again le...
LG Sarjant: A collection of eighteen watercolours of 19th century North American , in an album, showing assorted landscape and outdoor scenes including several of Native American camps and figures, on horseback, encampments with tents / wigwams, horse-drawn sleighs, figures in feather headdresses, fishing scene, landscapes, several logging scenes with huge log raft on river, steam, sail and tug boats, figures on two-hull canoe, fireside forest scene, snowy camp, etc. 25cm by 17.5cm each image
A PAIR OF WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS AND 'CANOE SHAPED' SHALLOW TRAYalso including a white metal trinket box, bud vase, three Turkish slipper ashtrays and a tray with bird with outstretched wings on the handle, in addition to three paper knives and a set of children's Robert Welch cutlery (a lot)
Papua New Guinea. A Lower Sepik River betel nut mortar and a 'canoe' bowl. The first carved with four standing figures atop a rounded mound holding a carved bowl on their head, H18.5cm; the second in the form of a 'canoe' with bird shaped prows, on a rounded mound, L21cm.Lots 1-58 in this auction are all from the same collection, the majority of which was collected in Papua New Guinea in the 1970s and 1980s.
Papua New Guinea. A Humboldt Bay Walamo canoe prow and a Sepik River example. The first carved with fish, painted in black, rust ochre and white, L41.5cm; the second carved with an ancestral face, with a hollowed out 'canoe' to the back, with remains of red and white paint, L57cm.Lots 1-58 in this auction are all from the same collection, the majority of which was collected in Papua New Guinea in the 1970s and 1980s.
A 9ct gold charm bracelet, the bracelet with oval bar links alternating to round links, to a half solid bolt ring clasp, 195mm long, Birmingham 1970, suspending thirteen charms, comprising a straw hat, a canoe, an Eire map, a royal carriage, a kangaroo, a goblet, a poodle, a kookaburra, a boxing glove, a spinning wheel, a harp and a dancer, all hallmarked or tested as approximately 9ct gold, and a gilt metal lion charm, 24.21g Condition ReportClasp secures.Marks and scratches to surfaces.Tarnish.
Webber, John (1751/2-1793) [Views in the South Seas] London: J. Webber, No. 312 Oxford Street, 1788-92. 16 soft-ground etched plates with grey and sepia wash (sheet size 56.9 x 39cm, plate size 44.5 x 32.5cm), each signed ‘J. Webber’ in the plate, on wove paper watermarked J Whatman (without dates), most with tissue-guards, without text as issued [Beddie 1871; cf. Abbey Travel 595 & Beddie 1869-70 & 1872, Tooley 501]. Bound with an extensive set of the engraved plates from James Cook and James King, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 1784. 65 in total (of 87), including folding general map (numbered 1), one other folding chart (36), Death of Cook plate (unnumbered), and plates numbered 4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-18, 20-23, 25-30, 31, 33, 35, 38-43, 45-52, 54, 56-58, 60-68, and 70-78, occasional spotting to margins, heavier and more widespread spotting to chart (36), Death of Cook plate and plate 78, plate 21 tissue-guard ripped, many tissue-guards adhering at points to verso of facing plate.Binding: contemporary red half morocco, spine lettered in gilt ('Prints to Cook & King's Voyage'), marbled sides, light wear to extremities Glasgow Philosophical Society (ink-stamp to verso of folding chart). The extremely rare true first edition of John Webber's spectacular suite of views from Cook's third and final voyage, apparently the only complete copy ever offered at auction, depicting scenes in New Zealand, Macao, Krakatoa, Kamchatka, Tahiti, Moorea, and Pulo Condore in what is now Vietnam.Webber was the official draughtsman on the voyage and issued these 16 views privately during the years leading up to his death. Whereas his drawings for Cook and King's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, published in 1784, had been engraved by other artists, for Views in the South Seas he learnt the soft-ground etching process in order to make the plates himself. The work has consequently been identified as one of the first works in the now revered tradition of illustrated accounts of exotic lands by artists who were involved in every stage of the production process, exemplified by the Daniells' Oriental Scenery (1795-1814): these artists ‘saw the sights, drew the pictures and worked them up, then back in Europe carried out the processes of plate preparation, and supervised the printing and colouring. This elimination of all intermediaries gave these works immediacy and vastly improved accuracy' (Gerstle & Milner, eds., Recovering the Orient, 1994, pp. 118-19). In 1808 Webber's views were republished by Boydell with the addition of hand-colouring and text, and with Boydell's imprint on each plate.A copy of Webber's edition containing 15 of the 16 plates was offered at Christie's, 8 April 2009, and a set of 12 loose plates appeared at Sotheby's in 1960. The Abbey collection contained a copy of Boydell's edition only. Beddie's Bibliography of Captain James Cook (2nd ed., 1970) describes under catalogue number 1870 a copy containing ‘16 hand-coloured plates bound together … [showing] the same views as in the Boydell edition … arranged in a different order’.The views, here bound in a slightly different order from that of Boydell's edition, comprise:The Narta, or Sledge for Burdens in Kamtchatka. A Sailing Canoe of Otahaite. View in Queen Charlottes Sound, New Zealand. Waheiadooa, Chief of Oheitepeha, lying in State. A View in Oheitepeha Bay, in the Island of Otaheite. Boats of the Friendly Islands. View of the Harbour of Taloo, in the Island of Eimeo. A Toopapaoo of a Chief, with a Priest making his offering to the Morai, in Huoheine. The Resolution beating through the Ice, with the Discovery in the most eminent danger in the distance. Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the method of Drying Fish at St Peter & St Paul, Kamtschatka. A View in the Island of Pulo Condore. A View in the Island of Cracatoa. View in Macao. View in Macao, including the Residence of Camoens. The Plantain Tree, in the Island of Cracatoa. The Fan Palm, in the Island of Cracatoa.
Roland W. Reed (American, 1864-1934). Gelatin silver print photograph titled "Moose Call - Ojibwe," depicting a figure in a canoe with a roll of birch bark to imitate the call of a moose. Photograph originally taken ca. 1908. Signed in negative and in pencil along the lower left. Inscription along verso reads: the moose call - Ojibway - copyrighted by R.W. Reed - copyright renewed by R.F. Williams.The image was described by Roland Reed in his journals as thus:The Indians of long ago could imitate the call or cry of any animal or bird. This Indian has a roll of birch bark and is "calling the moose." A moose may be feeding back in the woods, and, hearing what seems to be the call of his mate, may answer. Then he will start for the lake from where he thinks the call came, and where he thinks his mate will be drink-ing, or feeding on lily pads. The Indian hunters will be hiding in the brush on the lake shore, and, when the moose appears, they will try to get in a telling shot with their stone-tipped arrows. If they are success-ful, the camp will have a “"moose-meat feed." This Indian's name was Ke-ne-we-gwon-ay-aush, or Eagle-Feather-Wind.Sight; height: 19 in x width: 15 in. Framed; height: 20 3/4 in x width: 17 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: There are no visible tears, creases, or major losses. A few areas of skimming, mainly along the lower center edge. An area of discoloration along the lower right corner, possibly water damage. There is a slight undulation to the sheet throughout. The work is framed under glass; light wear to the frame. The work has not been inspected out of frame.
Two Massim bowlsTrobriand Islands, Papua New Guineathe larger with relief carving to the exterior edge,56cm and 35cm diameter,a Massim model canoe, 42cm long, a Massim canoe shape ornament with birds and polychrome decoration, 58cm long and a Massim finger drum with a reptile skin, 30.5cm long. (5)ProvenanceHarry Beran, Cambridge (1935 - 2021)
Triang Spot On 702 Set - to include (1) GP Sailing Dinghy on Trailer - white including cover, blue hull and yellow trailer (2) Humber Super Snipe - Light blue body, red interior with black steering wheel and 2 X figures, chrome trim and side mirrors, black roof rack with 2 X luggage cases (3) Ford Zephyr - Red body, grey interior with black steering wheel and 2 X figures and (4) Morris 1100 - Light blue body, red interior with black steering wheel, chrome trim, grey roof rack with red and blue canoe (complete with paddle) - All have cast spun hubs - Conditions are generally Good Plus-to-Excellent Plus, lovely bright examples in a Good Plus-to-Excellent Presentation lift-off-lid box ( some small graffiti on side price box and base)
Featherstonhaugh (G. W). A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1847, lithograph frontispieces, 2 folding maps (the larger neatly reinforced to verso), smaller black and white illustrations in-text, light marginal toning, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt armorials of The Society of Writers to the Signet to covers, rebacked, spine lettered in gilt, 8vo, together with:Rees (L. E. Ruutz). A Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow, from its commencement to its relief, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858, portrait frontispiece, folding map (with adhesive tape repair to verso of inner fold), original red blindstamped cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withBarrow (John). The Life of George Lord Anson, London: John Murray, 1839, portrait frontispiece, endpapers renewed, 20th-century sprinkled calf, earlier morocco label preserved, 8vo, with 4 other related travel worksQTY: (8)
Old Cigarette & Tobacco Tins to include: Dill's Bbest Smoking Tobacco, G Phillips Grand Cut Virginia, Hignett's Pilot Flake, Prince Albert Crimp Cut Tobacco, Canoe Shag Tobacco, Salmon & Gluckstein Snake Charmer Cigarettes, Lambert & Butlers Bright Flake Pkt, Wood Bros Oriental Mixture, Martins Stratford Golden Strand Smoking Mixture, R.J Lea Boardman's Mildest Tobacco, Ogden's Lanyard Circular, Imperial Old Gold Cut Virginia, Mirandas Dream Cigarettes, Glasgow Presbyterian Mixture, State Express 555, Imperial Negrohead Gold Block, Hignett's Wild West Tobacco, Afrikander Colonial Flake, Dr Rumney's Snuff, Thomas Bear & Sons Queen Of The Fancy Flake Gold Leaf, Foursome Cigarettes, J.G Dill's Best Cut Plug, Ogden's Walnut Plug Sliced, Godfrey Phillips B.D.V Tobacco, Imperial Tom Tough Rich Old Flake, John Duncan & Son Cigarettes, Wills Gold Flake Cigarettes, Barons Cigarettes, De Reszke Cigarettes, John Dix Old Chart Dark Negrohead Tobacco, Lloyds Bondman, R.J Lea Indian Fakir, Wills Cut Golden Bar, Ogden's St Bruno Flake, Clan Mixture Smoking Tobacco, Philip Morris Revelation Pipe Tobacco, Larus & Bro Edgeworth Ready Rubbed, Craven A Cigarettes, The Three Castles Cigarettes, 3 Kings Sliced Plug, Cavalier Cigarettes, Carreras Craven Empire Deluxe Mixture, Gallagher's Rich Dark Honeydew. 44 tins in total housed in two wooden display cabinets.Please note: All tins are empty unless otherwise stated. We can offer in-house postage on the tins, but any cabinets are collection only.
***To be discussed with customer/or return to suit*** 'Gaerren' Mole Island Bear by Kelly Dean - Moel Eyris Studio at Henwoodie, New York. Sat inside his fishing canoe, 'Gaerren' stood at 14.5" tall dressed in a recylced seal fur gilet, is formed of German 'Schulte' mohair with fully jointed limbs, German glass eyes, leather nose and paw pads with armatured arms, paws and fingers so he is poseable and able to hold his paddle. Complete with a 36" long birch bark canoe, fish creel, gathering baskets, tridents, paddles, string of painted fish, fish net and an enveloped portfolio containing a certificate of authenticity, map of Moel Eyris and postcards. Original cost was over £1000 as a seldom seen artist piece. Shipped over from the states, this comes with it's original shipping box. In as new condition, carefully stored by the vendor. (1)
A white Adidas GB Canoeing shirt, signed in black pen on the front by London 2012 Canoe Slalom C2 Olympic Champions Tim Bailie and Etienne Scott and set in a montage with three colour photographic prints, one of which is also signed and a legend insert, framed and glazed, measuring 25 1/2 x 24 1/2 ins.
A large collection of postcards, the majority British topographical views, including photographic postcards titled ‘Victoria Square, Worksop’, ‘Rochester Bridge’, ‘The Village, Bantham’, ‘Belstone’, ‘Bampton Fair’, ‘Meet of D. & S. Staghounds, Dunster’, ‘Weight of Dress 200 lbs, The Diver at Winchester Cathedral’, ‘Bournemouth Aviation Meeting, Grahame White with a Lady Passenger’, ‘Colin Sullivan British Canoe Champion…’, ‘Meet at Withyham, Sussex’, ‘Main Gate, H.M. Dockyard, Portsea’ and ‘Shakespeare Express GWR Ashley Down, Bristol’.
Hasbro Action Man, a large quantity of loose modern issue action figures, various instruction leaflets / ephemera / catalogues, vehicles and accessories, including, 4X4, Stealth Action Jet, Canoe, plus others, all generally Fair to Good, all parts are not checked for completeness - see photo. (qty)
Collection of various 80s onwards toys and games to include quantity of various GI Joe Action Force figures and vehicles featuring Z Force Mobat Tank, Z Force Jeep, Red Shadows Laser Exterminator Cannon, Silent Attack Canoe & Beaver, Red Shadows Muton, Space Security Trooper, Deep Sea Defender, Space Force Commander Sky Raider, etc, boxed Heller Humbrol Air Force One, horse and cart, etc
ELASTOLIN/LINEOL Konvolut aus über 50 Massefiguren, Masse, überwiegend gemarkt, bestehend aus 34 amerikanischen Ureinwohnern, meist zu Pferde (insgesamt 26 Pferde) und 19 Cowboys, sehr ausdrucksstark in der Bewegung eingefangene Figuren, wie auch die Lassos. Seltene Exemplare anbei, wie z.B.: ein Mann an einen Stamm gefesselt, H 11 cm, ein Marterpfahl, H 19, 5 cm oder Reiter in der Rückwärtsdrehung. 1 Pferdegespann ohne Wagen, 1 Kanufahrer ohne Kanu und eine Feuerstelle, L 10, 5 cm. Teilweise beschädigt, Fehlstellen, Risse.| ELASTOLIN/LINEOL collection of over 50 mass figures, mass, mostly marked, consisting of 34 Native Americans, mostly on horseback (26 horses in total) and 19 cowboys, very expressive figures captured in movement, as well as the lassos. Rare specimens enclosed, such as: a man tied to a trunk, H 11 cm, a torture post, H 19.5 cm or rider in backwards rotation. 1 horse team without a cart, 1 canoeist without a canoe and a fire stall, L 10.5 cm. Partially damaged, missing parts, cracks.
The unique East and West Africa medal pair awarded to Commander F. G. Dundas, Royal Navy, Principal Naval Officer to the Imperial British East Africa Company and recommended for the D.S.O. whilst Head of the Marine Department of the Niger Coast Protectorate during the Brass River Expedition in 1895 East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Brass River 1895 (Commr. F. G. Dundas, R.N.); Imperial British East Africa Company Medal 1888-95, silver, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine and unique to a Naval officer (2) £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Frederick George Dundas was born in 1846 and entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet aboard the Training Ship Britannia in June 1859, when aged 13 years. He was promoted to Midshipman in 1863 and to Acting Sub Lieutenant on 5 July 1865. After studying at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth 1864-65, he was appointed to his first ship H.M.S. Wivern (February 1866), and was promoted to Lieutenant on 21 January 1867. He next joined Jumna (May 1867) and whilst in this ship the Admiralty Board expressed their satisfaction of his conduct in saving the crew of Bucenta, a merchant ship wrecked off the South West Prong, Bombay, with a lifeboat crew from Jumna on 8 June 1869. He subsequently served aboard Research (June 1871), Lord Clyde (September 1871), Swiftsure (May 1872), Daedalus (May 1874), R.N. College for Torpedo Course (July 1877), and Mallard (August 1878). He was superseded from the latter vessel for failure to observe proper conduct and rendering an unsatisfactory explanation. He was next appointed to Indus (October 1879), Vigilant (October 1884) additional for service with the Coast Guard at Galway, and Neptune (August 1887) for service with the Coast Guard at Ilfracombe. He retired due to age with the rank of Commander on 16 June 1890, having served in the Royal Navy for just over 30 years. Following retirement from the Royal Navy he was, in 1891, appointed Commissioner and Principal Naval Officer to the Imperial British East Africa Company, and successfully explored and surveyed the rivers Tana and Juba in the Company's Steamer Kenia. In the former river, after ascending 350 miles to its extreme navigable point, he left the vessel and proceeded with a caravan through an unexplored region to Mount Kenia, making the ascent of this 10,000 ft mountain from the southward. In July 1893 the Kenia started up the river Juba, Commander Dundas being the only European aboard. He succeeded in reaching Bardera, 387 miles upstream, a town of the up-country Somalis who eventually became quite friendly and one of the Sheikhs with two Chiefs went in the vessel 20 miles further up to the Rapids, where the wreck of Baron von der Decken's steamer, the Guelph was lying, three rocks being through her bottom. Commander Dundas was the first and only European to have been to Bardera since Von der Decken's ill fated expedition 27 years earlier, when he was murdered with five of his companions, only two escaping down river by canoe. In June 1893 he was appointed Superintendent of Marine in the Niger Coast Protectorate under the Foreign Office and served in the Brass River Expedition of 1895. He was mentioned in the Despatch of Rear Admiral F. G. D. Bedford, Commanding the Brass River Expedition, dated 26 February 1895: ‘The Yakoba was piloted up the creek with great ability by Captain Dundas, late R.N., the Head of the Marine Department of the Niger Coast Protectorate. She was anchored off Sacrifice Island as a General Depot and proved most useful. Captain Dundas has done excellent work surveying and piloting and has been most indefatigable and useful to me in many ways’. Captain E. H. Gamble R.N., reported in his Despatch that ‘Captain Dundas has worked very hard for us’. Dundas was recommended for the Distinguished Service Order but being on the Retired List was adjudged to be ineligible; but he was granted a Naval Pension of £50 per year on 3 April 1896. In 1897 he was appointed Naval Adviser to the Chinese Government for a term of three years under the immediate orders of the Viceroy Chi-li, to whom alone he was responsible, by which means the difficulties with individual Chinese Admirals would be avoided. He was received at Portsmouth on 9 February 1897, for a three week course of Instruction in Gunnery & Torpedo, preparatory to his proceeding to Tientsin as Instructor of Cadets with the Chinese Navy. Commander Dundas died on 5 March 1899. The pair is accompanied by a printed map of the River Juba surveys conducted by Dundas taken from The Geographical Journal of March 1893.
Timpo Swoppet and Airfix Plastic soldiers plus a fort Comprising:Timpo: A selection of Wild West etc mounted and 19 figures on foot. All are generally in good condition but a few of the horses tails are missing. Lot also includes a canoe, raft and a jail.Airfix: a) 1:72 scale x ten original boxes comprising: cowboys, Indians, Romans, Waterloo British Cavalry, Waterloo French Infantry, Waterloo French Artillery, Wagon Train, American Civil War Confederate Infantry, Ancient Britons, 1st WW Germany infantary plus a few other loose figures in red boxes. b) 1:32 scale Australian Infantry, Military series Strong Point and Coastal Defence. c) Three tins of miscellaneous figures.Wooden Fort "Fort Cheyinne". A wooden dis-assembled fort in good condition.
Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (F.55035 Pte. H. MacKinnon) very fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Harold MacKinnon was born at Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 21 April 1916, and attested there for the Cape Breton Highlanders on 27 March 1940. He drowned whilst on a leave pass at Barrie, Ontario, on 30 August 1941; accompanied by Private T. W. Burke, they rented a canoe and paddle over to the beach near Clark’s Tannery; a short distance from the shore the canoe listed suddenly, and filled with water. Private Burke hung onto the upset canoe and was subsequently rescued, whilst MacKinnon made for the shore, but suddenly disappeared beneath the water and drowned. His body was recovered and he is buried in his home town. Note: The first 5,000 or so Canadian Memorial Crosses issued to Canadian personnel who died during the Second World War were from residual Great War stock, bearing George V’s cypher ‘GRI’; subsequent issues bore George VI’s cypher ‘GviR’.
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