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Click here to subscribeBINDING: Napier, William: History of the War in the Peninsula. 6 vols. 1828-1840. Cont. full calf; VG; Clarendon: History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, In 8 volumes. 1826. Cont. full calf. Vols; & The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, in 3 vols. Oxford, 1827. Cont. full calf & later spines. (17)
A set of twelve Tiffany silver novelty cocktail picks, 1970s, for the centenary of the American Civil War, each modelled as a rapier-style sword, 7cm long (12)Condition ReportTested as silver. The picks with some bending to the sticks and minor tarnishing throughout. The box with a small tear to the exterior and some marks to the velvet interior tray.
Revell 1:72 scale American Civil War sets (x8), Imex 1:32 scale (x12), Italeri Confederate Cavalary & others including Union Coloured Infantry & American Revolution Militia etc. (x10) (1 box)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.
Britains, Timpo, Lone Star & other plastic Cowboys & Indians, American Civil War & American War of Independence (3 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.
A VICTORIAN OVAL BOG-OAK MOURNING LOCKET,with carved lyre and floral swag appliqué, with engraved dove motif to interior and containing a lock of blonde hair and a photograph of a young Victorian gentleman; together with a profusely carved brooch encompassing the heraldic emblems of Shamrock, Rose and Thistle; together with a throat ornament mount featuring the same carved emblems with recumbent Irish wolfhound to centre; together with two carved Latin crucifix pendants (one damaged); together with 57 spherical beads ; and with a Victorian photograph of the owner Mrs Giffney wearing the items above.Presented with typed correspondence on the subject dating to 1951 from Mr Anthony T. Lucas (1911-1986), former President of The Royal Irish Society of Antiquaries and Director of the National Museum of Ireland.Since Classical Antiquity, humans have endeavoured to impress the inevitability of death and therefore the importance of living. The Latin trope ‘Memento Mori’ (Remember That You Must Die) is expressed through the world’s art, funerary architecture, and jewellery. Motifs such as the skull, the skeleton, the rat, the coffin and the earthworm have been employed throughout Classical history and later to impart a universal understanding of the term. Mourning Jewellery deviates from the former in that it commemorates the death of a specific person, usually by marking their death dates or even utilising their hair, skin or teeth in the fabrication of the piece. The execution of King Charles I in 1649 was arguably the first example of popular ‘Mourning Jewellery.’ Despite the grievances aired during his reign, culminating in the Second English Civil War and the dissolution of the Monarchy, Charles I had many sympathisers to the Royalist cause. After his execution, many of his supporters commissioned jewellery bearing his image and dates secretly engraved on the inside of the ring band or behind a concealed locket. This implied that these nobles had remained faithful to the Royals even during the period of the Commonwealth (1649-1653) and later the Protectorate (1653-1659) up until the Monarchy’s restoration in 1660, whereupon the wearer would hope to be rewarded for their loyalty to the Crown. Later in the 19th century, the untimely death of Prince Albert (1819–1861) provoked the reigning monarch, Queen Victoria into a lifelong state of mourning. The remaining forty years of her reign saw the macabre motifs associated with mourning jewellery evolve into decidedly more romantic imagery of roses, doves, angels, willows and urns. Typically, the piece was set with enamels and other complementary precious stones and ornamentation such as pearls, to symbolise tears, and jet for grief. The blackened wood of the bog oak became an excellent Irish alternative to the more widely recognised Jet used in Victorian jewellery. As a result, the bog oak ornaments, became the ideal transfer for the nationalistic motifs of a country on the precipice of independence. Imagery was favoured which further promoted the national identity of Ireland as an established state with its own identifiable customs and symbols. The most common motifs include round towers, shamrocks, abbeys, Irish wolfhounds and harps, all which serve to perpetuate a national identity for Ireland’s fledgling tourist industry. The use of Bog Oak for decorative purposes was not a novel concept as it had been chosen as the primary material for the Downhill Harp, crafted by Cormac O’Kelly in 1702. However, Mr Patrick McGuirk is generally credited with escalating the demand from what had previously been considered a cottage industry craft. Supposedly, in 1821 McGuirk presented King George IV and The Duchess of Richmond with a carved cane on their visit to Dublin. The Duchess commented that it would be preferable to carve in the native wood of the country. Taking this to heart, McGuirk attempted to carve on bog oak he acquired and finding it quite suitable, he commenced what would become a robust trade nationwide for the next 100 years or so. Joseph Johnson of 22. Suffolk Street, Dublin is credited with patenting a high-pressure moulding mechanism for high relief detail using heat and steel dies. This enabled the production of ornaments to increase, and it became a highly profitable business on a larger industrial scale. Other important names in the trade include John Neate (1796-1838) of Kerry, Cornelius McGoggin (fl.1850-1914) of Kerry and Dublin and William Gibson of Belfast and many more otherwise.Stephanie Brennan August 2024
Russian White Army Posters.- 4 Propaganda Posters of White Army Commanders, comprising General Anton Ivanovich Denikin, General Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin, General-Lieutenant Baron Petr Nikolaevich Vrangel, and General-Lieutenant Vladimir Zenonovich Mai-Maevskii, tear to lower corner of Denikin, a few spots, some minor fraying at edges, one 815 x 605mm, others 640 x 405mm, [c.1919-20] (4) *** A rare surviving collection of commemorative White Army posters, relating to the post-Revolutionary civil war of 1918-1920. General Petr Vrangel was a commander of the Caucasus Volunteer Army in 1919, but was forced to resign in early 1920. General Denikin briefly took his place but was also removed from office and Vrangel was reinstated as commander of the White Army. General Kaledin was a Cossack general and the poster commemorates his position as first elective Cossack leader (Ataman) of the Don Cossack Host, giving his date of death 29th January 1918 (11th February in the Gregorian calendar; he committed suicide). Mai-Maevskii also had some successes at the start of the war but by 1920 he was removed from office and died shortly after, either by suicide or heart failure. Provenance: Brought back to the UK by a British army officer operating in the South of Russia during the civil war; and by descent until 2008.
Russian White Army Poster.- Admiral Aleksandr Vasilievich Kolchak, Supreme Commander, laid down on cloth, minor loss to head affecting one letter, a few tears, 800 x 640mm, framed and glazed, [c.1919-20]. *** In contrast to their Bolshevik equivalent, White Army posters are exceptionally rare as almost all were destroyed by the Soviets. Dating from the height of the civil war, this poster depicts Admiral Kolchak, the head of state of "White" Russia from 1918 until he was executed by the Bolsheviks early in 1920. Provenance: Brought back to the UK by a British army officer operating in the South of Russia during the civil war; and by descent until 2008.
A collection of cards with colored illustrations. Made for Marx Toys Warriors of the World hand painted miniature figures. The cards includes 2 Roman Warriors, 7 Viking Warriors, 1 Pirates, 6 American Cowboys, 5 American Indians, 4 West Point Cadets, 6 American Revolutionary War - Continental Soldiers, 3 American Revolutionary War - British soldiers, 1 American Civil War Confederates, 3 American Civil War Union, 1 U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) - Mexican Soldiers, 4 World War I - French Soldiers, 1 World War II U. S. Marching Soldiers, and 3 World War II - British Soldiers. The stack of cards together measures: 3"L x 2"W x 0.5"H. Issued: Mid 20th CenturyDimensions: See DescriptionManufacturer: Louis Marx & Co. Country of Origin: Hong KongCondition: Age related wear.
This antique Civil War cavalry trooper's sword features a slightly curved steel blade marked on the ricasso with Emerson and Silver, Trenton, N.J., U.S. D.F.M. 1864. It has a three-bar brass hilt and a wire-bound ribbed leather grip. The sword is housed in a matching steel scabbard with two fitting rings. Issued: 1864Dimensions: 40"L x 4.5"WCondition: Age related wear.
Porcelain Fugure of Chang & Eng Bunker, the Original Siamese Twins, 19th Century Porcelain Figurine depicting Chang & Eng Bunker the conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker, born on May 11, 1811, in Siam (modern-day Thailand), were conjoined twin brothers. Their condition inspired the term "Siamese twins," which became synonymous with conjoined twins in general. Of Chinese descent, the brothers were brought to the United States in 1829, where they became famous as curiosities in "freak shows" and exhibitions in America and Europe. Initially, the public was sympathetic towards them, and after a few years of touring under management, they took control of their own performances. They first displayed their athletic skills but later shifted to more formal parlor conversations in English. After gaining financial success, the twins settled near Mount Airy, North Carolina, in 1839, where they became American citizens, married local sisters, and fathered 21 children. In 1874, Chang died, and Eng passed away just hours later. An autopsy revealed their livers were fused. Their remarkable lives have since been fictionalized to symbolize unity and discord, particularly during the Civil War era.
A post-War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant O. N. Fasey, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment, later Senior Executive Officer, Board of Trade The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (350693 A. Sjt. O. N. Fasey. 13-Lond. R.); Defence Medal, good very fine (4) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1958: Owen Nelson Fasey, Esq., Senior Executive Officer, Board of Trade. Owen Nelson Fasey attested for the 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, subsequently transferring to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He joined the Ministry of Pensions as a Clerk in 1921, and moved to the Imports Advisory Committee, Board of Trade, in 1932. Advanced Senior Executive Officer, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1958 New Year’s Honours’ List, shortly before his retirement.
A post-War ‘Civil Division’ B.E.M. awarded to Mr. A. C. Williams, Repairer, Rose Heyworth Colliery, sometime Member of Parliament for Abertillery, Monmouthshire British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Albert Clifford Williams) in Royal Mint case of issue; together with the related miniature award, extremely fine £140-£180 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1957: Albert Clifford Williams, Repairer, Rose Heyworth Colliery, South Western Division, National Coal Board (Blaina, Monmouthshire). Albert Clifford Williams was born on 28 June 1905 and started working in the mines at the age of 14. Appointed a National Union of Mineworkers official in 1934, he was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1957. A Monmouthshire County Councillor, he was elected Member of Parliament for the Abertillery Constituency in a by-election in April 1965, being re-elected in the 1966 General Election (his 88% of the vote share giving him the safest seat of any M.P.). He retired from the Hose of Commons in 1970, and died in 1987.
An unusual 'sole entitlement' casualty British War Medal awarded to Sergeant C. F. Bullock, Royal Malta Dockyard Police (Dockyard Police Group) and Royal Garrison Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (225295 Sjt. C. F. Bullock. R.A.) nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- Charles Frederick Bullock, a groom by trade, was born in Kempsey, Worcestershire, in 1872, and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 20 February 1904 after marrying Miss Carolina Seolito at Malta in 1901. Released upon termination of engagement in February 1916, he joined the Royal Malta Dockyard Police and was soon engaged in maintaining British rule and protecting imperial and allied assets at the Hydraulic Dock, Msida. Malta in the Great War Described as the 'halfway house' of the Mediterranean Sea, midway between Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, the island of Malta offered a valuable anchorage, repair facility and nursing station for hundreds of torpedoed warships and merchant navy vessels. Strategically crucial as an imperial fortress, the British kept control by stifling political development and controlling port operations. Initially employed out of St Paul's Bay and Marsaxlokk on 'contraband control' operations, the Royal Malta Dockyard Police spent the first few years of the war boarding neutral ships and conducting inspections to ensure that any cargoes were not bound for Germany or Austria-Hungary. By early 1917, hastened by the creation of a Dockyard Worker's Union (1916), their attention shifted from outwith the island to inward, as civil unrest amongst the local Maltese populous began to rear its ugly head. Fuelled by inflation and a widespread belief that merchants controlling key commodities, especially grain, were achieving excessive profits - in spite of regulations - large numbers of Maltese began to disobey British rule, leading to considerable pressures being placed upon Bullock and his compatriots. Prolonged tension later turned into violent revolt during the Sette Giugno riots of 7 June 1919, when 4 young Maltese were killed by British soldiers. Likely keen to avoid being further dragged into the nationalist quest for self rule, freedom and independence, Bullock returned to the Royal Garrison Artillery as Sergeant on 24 August 1918. Posted to the 102nd Company, he died of broncho-pneumonia at St. Andrews Hospital, Malta, on 1 December 1918, and was buried at Addolorata Cemetery.
Five: Squadron Leader A. J. Fricker, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps, who successfully destroyed a balloon and sent a Fokker DVII fighter out of control above the Western Front, before being taken Prisoner of War British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. J. Fricker. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Second War card identity disc ‘A. J. Fricker Offr 192398 R.A.F.O.’, nearly extremely fine (5) £300-£400 --- Alan James Fricker was born in Kingston, Surrey, on 9 March 1899, and attested for the Royal Flying Corps on 26 August 1917. Initially sent to Crystal Palace and Eastbourne for Pilot training, he graduated from Cranwell on 23 January 1918, the remarks in his service record adding: ‘V.G. Pilot. Good officer. Recom’d for Scouts.’ Transferred to the R.N.A.S. and sent to Fighting School at Manston, Fricker was advanced Flight Sub Lieutenant in No. 3 Naval Squadron (later 203 Squadron, R.A.F.) and crossed the Channel to Dunkirk on 15 March 1918. Piloting a Sopwith Camel fighter aircraft Fricker recorded four indecisive combats with enemy aircraft between April and July 1918. He also destroyed a balloon - a particularly hazardous feat given the volatility of their hydrogen contents. On 4 July 1918, Lieutenant Fricker and eleven fellow pilots of 203 Squadron were detailed to an offensive patrol at 17,500 feet in the Estaires-Merville locality. The casualty report offers further detail: ‘Pilot left aerodrome at 7-45pm with 11 others on offensive patrol and failed to return. He was last seen at 8-55pm diving in combat with a Fokker biplane 2 miles East of Ypres. Recommended that this machine (D/3370) be struck off strength of No. 203 Sqdn.’ An eyewitness account by a fellow pilot, adds: ‘Whilst on Offensive Patrol we met 4 E.A. I saw Lieut. A. J. Fricker attack E.A. from behind and fire good burst. E.A. went down side-slipping from side to side out of control. Lieut. Fricker has not returned from Patrol yet.’ Recorded as a Prisoner of War, Fricker was finally released from captivity on 14 December 1918. Discharged to the unemployed list on 10 September 1919, it seems likely that he returned to civilian employment as a civil engineer. Appointed Squadron Leader in the R.A.F. Technical Branch (Aircraft Equipment) on 1 December 1941, he died at Ellesborough, near Aylesbury, on 4 September 1966. Sold with copied research.
A post-War ‘Civil Division’ B.E.M. group of twenty-one awarded to Mr. W. W. WÄ™glewski, Polish Forces Poland, Republic, Order of Polonia Restituta, Fourth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Order of Polonia Restituta, Fifth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel; SPK Combatant’s Cross, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘3.5.87 W. W. Weglewski 21.8.87’; Cross of Merit, silvered and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘3.5.1971 W. W. WÄ™glewski Londyn’; Army Medal, bronze, with two Additional Award oak leaf Bars on riband; Air Force Medal, silvered, lacking all enamel, the reverse engraved ‘193860 W. W. WÄ™glewski’, with three Additional Award oak leaf Bars on riband; Cross of Merit, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Walter Wladyslaw WÄ™glewski London 11th November 1970’; SPK Veterans’ Cross, gilt; SPK Cross for the Campaign of September 1939, silvered, the reverse engraved ‘0312 Choi Lot W. W. WÄ™glewski’; SPK Veterans’ Cross, silvered-bronze; Great Britain, British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Walter Wladyslaw Weglewski); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these four all engraved ‘793860 W. W. Weglewski’; European Confederation of Combat Veterans Cross, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Walter Wladyslaw WÄ™glewski 1976’; Belgium, Kingdom, Commemorative Cross of the Royal Federation of Veterans of King Albert I of Belgium, gilt, with bronze, silver, and gold palms on riband; France, Fifth Republic, Combatant’s Cross, gilt; Combat Volunteer’s Cross 1939-45, gilt, the reverse engraved ‘5145 W. W. W. 59452’; War Medal 1939-45, gilt, 2 clasps, Liberation, France, mounted court-style for wear; together with a Hungarian Veterans’ Order, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Walter W. Weglewski W.1.82’; and breast Star, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Walter Wladyslaw Weglewski 27.6.1982’, a number of the awards of modern manufacture, generally nearly very fine and better (22) £600-£800 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 12 June 1976: Walter Wladyslaw Weglewski. For services to the community, State of New South Wales, Australia.
Belgium, Kingdom, Gold Medal of the Order of Leopold II, gilt-bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze, these three mounted on contemporary wearing bar; Civil Decoration for Long Service in the Administration, gilt-bronze; Centenary of National Independence Commemorative Medal; Civil Decoration for Long Service in the Administration, bronze, these three mounted on contemporary wearing bar; Civil Decoration for Long Service, 2nd Class Cross, silver and enamel; Medal to Commemorate the Reign of Albert I, 1909-1934; Order of the Crown, Gold Medal; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze; War Commemorative Medal 1940-45, bronze; Veteran’s Cross 1909-1934, gilt, lacking suspension ring; National Relief and Food Committee Medal, bronze; together with various miscellaneous World Medals, including those from France, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; and Zimbabwe, nearly very fine and better (lot) £60-£80
A post-War ‘Civil Division’ B.E.M. awarded to Mr. J. K. Johnson, House Foreman, Kensington House, British Broadcasting Corporation British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (John Kimberley Johnson.) in Royal Mint case of issue, and contained in original outer named card transmission box, extremely fine £120-£160 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1965: John Kimberley Johnson, House Foreman, Kensington House, British Broadcasting Corporation (London S.W.9.) Sold with the named Buckingham Palace enclosure; 10 Downing Street letter informing the recipient that he had been awarded the B.E.M., dated 28 December 1964; a large number of congratulator letters from various senior officials at the B.B.C.; a postcard photograph of the recipient; and the recipient’s Royal Artillery Discharge Certificate,, in the rank of Gunner, dated 27 September 1933 (after three years with the Colours, and nine years with the Reserve).
Family Group: A Second War B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Steward G. Watkins, Mercantile Marine, who survived a week in an open boat after the M.V. Trevilley was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic in September 1942 British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Watkins); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (George Watkins); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine Six: Donkeyman W. E. Watkins, Mercantile Marine, who survived the loss of both the S.S. Nalon when she was bombed and sunk by a FW 200 Condor off Ireland in May 1940, and the S.S. Nicoya when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic in May 1942 British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (William E. Watkins); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, minor spot of verdigris to MMWM, nearly extremely fine (14) £500-£700 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 10 June 1944. George Watkins was born in Cardiff in March 1899 and, as per accompanying documentation, served as an Assistant Steward in the Mercantile Marine in the Great War. Thereafter, he settled down to a lengthy career with the Hain Steamship Company, a career that lasted until November 1964, when he finally came ashore aged 67 years. The renewal of hostilities found him serving as a 2nd Steward aboard the Tredinnick, from which he removed to the Tresillian in May 1940. But the above cited open boat ordeal stemmed from his subsequent appointment as a Chief Steward in the Trevilley, which ship was torpedoed and sunk by the U-64 in the South Atlantic on 9 September 1942. Four men were killed by the explosion of the torpedo, and the Master and Chief Engineer were taken P.O.W. by the U-Boat’s commander, Karl-Friedrich Merten, a holder of the Knight’s Cross. The remainder managed to get away in three boats, Watkins’ one being picked up by the Portuguese steamer Cubango a week following the loss of his ship. Repatriated via Lisbon, he next joined the Empire Cato, and he was still serving in that capacity when awarded his B.E.M. in the summer of 1944, which distinction he eventually received in March 1947, having been away at sea in the interim. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s Buckingham Palace investiture letter, dated 16 June 1944, together with related forwarding letter owing to the fact he was at sea at the time of the planned investiture; letters from the Minister of Transport and Hain Steamship Company Ltd. regarding the same award, dated in June 1944; his Board of Trade ‘Authority to Wear War Medals for the Mercantile Marine’ - medals issued on 1 June 1927, and similar official form in respect of his 1939-45 War campaign awards; together with a quantity of research, including copied report into the loss of the Trevilley. William Ernest Watkins was born in Cardiff in November 1900 and, in common with his brother George, witnessed active service in the Great War as an Ordinary Seaman in the Mercantile Marine. Unlike his brother, however, he was a ‘one ship one trip’ man, serving in a wide variety of roles aboard all manner of vessels - thus in the 1939-45 War he served variously as a Greaser, Refrigerator Greaser and Donkeyman. He finally came ashore in April 1967. His first wartime appointment was as a Greaser in the Glasgow tramp steamer Blairesk, followed by a voyage in the Royal Mail ship Nariva to the South Atlantic. Then in July 1940, he removed to the Nalon, which ship was bombed and sunk by an FW 200 Condor off Ireland in early November of the same year - fortunately without any loss of life. A stint aboard the Charlton having followed, Watkins removed to the banana boat Nicoya, which ship was torpedoed and sunk by the U-553 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on 12 May 1942 - her slow demise prompted Karl Thurman, the U-Boat’s commander, to slam a second torpedo into the Nicoya, just as Watkins and his shipmates were lowering their boats. Five crew members and a D.E.M.S. gunner perished, but the remainder got away in two lifeboats and three rafts, and reached Fame Point, New Brunswick after a bitterly cold night. Repatriated via California, he served in several more vessels before arriving off Utah Beach, Normandy, in June 1944, in the supply ship Reuben Snow, thereby qualifying for his ‘France and Germany’ clasp. Sold with the recipient’s original ‘Board of Trade Authority to Wear War Medals for the Mercantile Marine’ - medals issued date on 6 June 1921, and similar official form in respect of his 1939-45 War campaign awards, together with his Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society membership card; together with a quantity of research, included copied report into the loss of the Nicoya.
Three: Gunner H. W. Wilkinson, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (315252 Gnr. H. W. Wilkinson. R.A.): Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Herbert William Wilkinson) in Royal Mint case of issue, good very fine Three: Driver C. G. Ransom, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T-390103 Dvr. C. G. Ransom. A.S.C.); Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint case of issue; together with the recipient’s riband bar, edge bruise to BWM, very fine (6) £70-£90
POWER METAL AND RELATED LP COLLECTION - a collection of 30 Power Metal LPs including some Classic, Thrash and Black Metal. Collection to include: Mentalist - Empires Falling - Mentalist Records (MEN005), Dio - Evil Or Divine (BMG - BMGCAT538629660), Triptykon - Requiem Live At Roadburn 2019 - Century Media (19439733451), Brothers Of Metal, Testament, Evergrey, Amorphis, Threshold, Burning Witches, Nightwish (x2), Celtic Frost, Sanctuary, Civil War, Karl Sanders, Crystal Viper (x2), Stormwind, Pounder, Artillery, Nocturna, Rage, Grave Digger (x2), Night Demon, Blitzkrieg, My Dying Bride (x3), Judiciary. Collection generally in Ex+ condition.
ROSESsigned Geo C. Lambdin lower right oil on board68 x 48cm; 26¾ x 19in89 x 70cm; 35 x 27½in (framed)Property from an English Private CollectionBorn and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lambdin studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. During the American Civil War he worked in the Sanitary Commission distributing medical supplies to troops in the field. Many of his earlier works depicted life in camp. In 1868 he was elected to the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In later years, living in Germantown Philadelphia, Lambdin began painting flowers, in particular roses, as in the present example.
An unpublished Great War women's service memoir, "1914-1918 War Memories of Women's Legion Motor Driver Second Class Superintendent M B Maclean", being a typewritten account and period photographs describing the War service of Miss Marjory "Mac" Maclean of Edinburgh, together with a 1981 issue of The Scots magazine containing an article on Maclean, including numerous photographs of Maclean and her fellow servicewomen, Scottish coastal artillery and other soldiers, military and civil mechanised transport vehicles, post-Armistice France and Flanders battlefields, wreckage of the Zeebrugge Raid, photographs of Imperial German soldiers taken covertly by Belgian civilians during the War, German field works and ordnance, etc
An Austrian M1854 socket bayonet for the Wanzl rifle, the cruciform section blade 18½", in its wooden scabbard with iron frog hook, GC (socket lightly pitted, scabbard lacking chape); during the US Civil War large quantities of these bayonets were purchased together with their rifles. Also another continental triangular socket bayonet dated 1858, in its leather scabbard. GC (some wear). (2) £50-100
An Austrian M1854 socket bayonet for the Wanzl rifle, cruciform section blade 18½", in its wooden scabbard with iron frog hook, the bayonet GC (socket lightly pitted, the scabbard split and lacking chape). During the US Civil War large quantities of these bayonets were purchased together with their rifles. £50-80
A rare imported French Model 1840 US Civil War cavalry officer's sword, blade 36" with manufacturers stamps and Klingenthal engraving on back edge (barely legible), brass triple bar hilt with traces of gilt and with wire bound sharkskin grip, in its steel scabbard, one side of which is engraved with panel of scrolls, geometric patterns and name "Col H R Foote". GC, dark patina to hilt. Accompanied by a printed sheet of research into Col Foote which reached no definite conclusion. £300-500
⊕ Hugh Cronyn (lots 186-193)IntroductionYoung, impressionable and fresh from Toronto where he had studied with the Group of Seven painter Frank Johnston, Cronyn departed Canada with an irrepressible can-do New World outlook. His unpublished memoirs recount his pre-war years: his time at the Arts Students League in New York in 1929; the early 1930s in Paris tutored by Jean Despujols and André Lhote; bicycling across the Alps; and on his arrival in England his immersion into bohemian life in West London. From the mid-thirties he rented various studios by the Thames in Hammersmith and met many of the leading artists and writers of the day. One such was Ivon Hitchens, whose second solo exhibition at the Lefevre Gallery he helped hang. But most influential in his circle of friends was the critic, humourist and politician A P Herbert ('APH') and his wife Gwen, herself a painter and stage-designer of note. At their home at 12 Hammersmith Terrace, Cronyn met the likes of Edward Wadsworth, Mark Gertler, Leon Underwood and John Piper. Ceri Richards lived nearby, as did poets Robert Graves and Laura Riding in St Peter’s Square. He went on painting trips to Dorset with Julian Trevelyan, his neighbour at Durham Wharf, and to the French-Spanish border with Ray Coxon and Edna Ginese at the time of the Spanish Civil War. After the outbreak of the Second World War, Cronyn was commissioned into the Royal Navy. Put in charge of the Naval bomb disposal squad in Bristol dockyards, he was the first Canadian to be awarded the George Medal (GM). In 1942 he married Jean Harris and settled in Suffolk where from 1949-69 he was tutor of painting at Colchester School of Art teaching alongside John Nash, Edward Bawden, Carel Weight and Peter Coker. From 1963 the Cronyns began to spend their summers in Quercy in the Lot, first renting a 15th century gatehouse and studio, then a small house, Les Vergers, before buying a dilapidated farmhouse in 1970 in Caufour which they renovated. From 1974 the Cronyns spent the winter months in 3 St Peter’s Wharf, next door to Hammersmith Terrace, in one of the artists’ studios overlooking the Thames constructed by Julian Trevelyan. Cronyn's late paintings of the river, which capture the spectrum of colours as the seasons changed, document the river’s moods from winter mists to intense summer sun, and hang in many private collections.HUGH CRONYN (BRITISH 1905-1996)ROAD OVER THE CAUSSE, QUERCYsigned HUGH CRONYN lower right; dated 1978 on a Highgate Fine Art label on the reverseoil on canvas51 x 76cm; 20 1/4 x 30in63 x 89cm; 24 3/4 x 35in (framed)Quercy - a former province in south west France - lies between lush valleys in the Lot. Causses are flat limestone plateaus that are a feature of the area. The present view follows the track to the towers of the Chateau de Charry, Montcuq which can be seen in the distance (see also lot 193).
FOLIO SOCIETY; titles relating to history, comprising box set of five titles 'The Story of the Renaissance', a box set of three titles 'The English Civil War' by C. V. Wedgwood, 'Nicholas and Alexandra', and 'A Short History of the English People', by J. R. Green, together with the four titles from the Oxford History of the British Empire, being 'The Origins of Empire', 'The 18th Century', 'The 19th Century' and 'The 20th Century' (14).Condition Report: - The slip covers are dusty, the books are in excellent condition
American Civil War James Reid pocket revolver, model 4, circa 1863-1865, combination percussion and metallic cartridge, with 8.5cm octagonal dual ignition barrel, with rosewood grip, marked 2284 the butt, this revolver was designed to be able to be quickly converted from percussion to rimfire by simply removing the nipple assemblies from the rear of the cylinderCondition Report:nipple assemblies missing
Reproduction American Civil War Cavalry trooper's sword, the 88cm slightly curving fullered steel blade marked to the ricasso 'Ames & Co Chicopee Mass.' and 'US ADK 1862'; brass hilt and leather covered grip; in steel scabbard; and Indian reproduction 19th century French court sword (2)Condition Report:Both in reasonably good condition.
dating: 1919 provenance: USA, Gold decoration (14ct) with five diamond-like stones, partially enameled (flag with small chip), the ring marked 'GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 1861 - 1866 VETERAN'. The star on the reverse featuring the inscription 'PRESENTED TO PAST COMMANDER ALLAN W. STUART COLUMBIA POST No 706 DEPT of ILLINOIS GAR 1919'. On the back of the rectangle where the American flag is displayed, there is an original photograph showing Commander Allan W. Stuart wearing this decoration on his chest. Weighs 50 grams. In its original case. An interesting and rare Civil War relic, together with remains of a newspaper article from Kankakee, which mentions Allan W. Stuart and the medal awarded to him that we are offering for sale. dimensions 5.8 x 11.6 cm.
IRISH REPUBLICAN AND FOLK ART INTEREST - PRISONER OF WAR SCRATCH BUILT CROSS, 1942 constructed from matchsticks, marbled inlay, inset small picture of a cottage in fields, stepped base, inscribed MADE BY P.BROWN. TINTOWN 1942 to undersideNote: The Curragh Camp (or Tin Town) is a military base in County Kildare with roots to the 16th century. During the Irish War of Independence (1919-21) and Civil War (1922-3) it was used for internment.During WWII, it was again used for this purpose by the government of Éamon de Valera. This came during The Emergency and the IRA's S-Plan. This cross was made by someone at the camp during this period, with others being known.Further information is available below as per an online resource,'Internment During the EmergencyDuring the Emergency (1939–1946), internment of Irish Republicans was again instituted by the Fianna Fáil government of Éamon de Valera. On 3 September 1939, the Irish parliament Oireachtas enacted the Emergency Powers Act 1939, which gave the government the power to intern foreign nationals and Irish citizens. During the IRA's campaign of bombing and sabotage in England from 1939 to 1940 (the S-Plan), many Irish republicans were deported and interned in the Curragh. IRA members who were arrested by the Garda Síochána (the police and security service of Ireland) were also interned in the Curragh under the Offences against the State Acts 1939–1998 for the duration of hostilities.' 46.5cm high
M.B.E. B.E.M. group of four, ATS., the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire MBE civil, British Empire medal W/144911/S/SGT JOYCE W. KING, Defence medal and War medal 1939-45. In original boxes. (MBE London Gazette 1974, Higher Education office. Dpt. Health & Social Security BEM London Gazette 14th June 1945)
the doors with brass sliding locks enclosing nine drawers with turned bone handles, containing a variety of specimens and other objects, including tree seeds, vegetable ivory palm, lava, coral, shells, animal parts, alligator's egg, an iridescent beetle, fossils, wax seals in turned wood containers, pieces of Civil War (?) soldier's hardtack (with arrow impression), some items in hand-written paper scraps/envelopes, height 29cm, width 43cm, depth 27cm. *CR One handle missing, surface marks, scratches, moulding missing from both sides.
Cast metal soldiers to include Scottish Highlanders in green kilts, bandsmen in bearskins, etc. also three Britains boxes for Whitejackets from HM Royal Navy, Gloucestershire Regiment and The East Yorkshire Regiment. Britains American Civil War Gun Crews 4465 Federal ACW Gun Team with Gun and 4435 Confederate ACW gun team with Gun, both boxed. Britains field gun, cannon etc.
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