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Britains WWI Trench Sections 51014 1/32 scale Sniping Pit with trench approach, sniper position, trench periscope, hood, backdrop and grille, and 51016 1/30 scale Regimental Aid Post with roof, two kettlesand a lantern in original boxes (Condition Very Good, boxes Good) 2012 and 2013 (11 in two original boxes)
WW1 TRENCH PERISCOPE. A First World War trench periscope by the maker 'Dixey, Bond Street, London', khaki painted metal tubular body with wooden handle, makers details stamped to top, the item is believed to have belonged to Major Charles Wilson who served with the Lincolnshire Yeomanry during the First World War in Egypt, Palestine and France, Major Wilson was Mentioned in Despatches by General Allenby, C in C Egyptian Expeditionary Force (London Gazette 14th June 1918, page 7049), he was part of the Wilsons of Sharrow (Sheffield) tobacco company family, the item comes directly from family.
A interesting collection of WW2 and later Militaria, including; four WW2 and later Helmets, two with labels ''W.S.M. Ltd and R.M. Ltd'', a Beret by ''Compton(Headdress and Gloves)Ltd'', water Bottle, a webbing Holster by M.E.C. dated 1952, a WW2 25 pdr ammunition Case stamped ''P 60 MC II 1943'', a WW2 Periscope M8 dated 1943, a morse code Tapper stamped ''KEY W.T. 8 AMP No2'', a linen container including contents for Joint Services Dressing, First Aid, Field, Camouflaged, sterile, etc(a lot)
An assortment of Royal Coronation related toys and memorabilia. Comprising a boxed diecast Royal State Coach, a Moko by Lesney Royal Carriage, a boxed Hovis Coronation Periscope, a 1953 programme for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the sheet music for Ronald Jamieson 'In a Golden Coach There's a Heart of Gold'
The unique Second War ‘attack on the Tirpitz’ C.G.M. group of four awarded to Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class E. Goddard, helmsman of H.M. Midget Submarine X6, whose skipper Lieutenant Donald Cameron was awarded the Victoria Cross, as too was the skipper of X7, Lieutenant Basil Place; the crew-members from X6 were all taken prisoner and were being interrogated aboard the Tirpitz when their charges exploded underneath the battleship Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (E.R.A. 4th E. Goddard, P/MX 89069) with case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. Edmund Goddard, Chestnuts, Headley, Newbury, Berks’, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (4) £40,000-£50,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, October 1983. Exhibited: ‘An Exhibition of Important British Gallantry Awards, 1800-1950,’ Sotheby’s, May to June 1992. C.G.M. London Gazette 22 February 1944: ‘For gallantry, skill and daring during the successful attack by His Majesty’s Midget submarines X6 and X7 on the Tirpitz.’ Edmund ‘Eddie’ Goddard was born in 1921 and, after his education at St Edward’s School in Oxford, started as an apprentice tool maker in Coventry. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy but found, instead of travelling the world by sea, he was fire-watching on the roof of the Royal Naval Barracks in Portsmouth. As a result he volunteered for ‘special and hazardous service’, not knowing what that might entail, and found himself on the early X-craft training programme. The attack on the Tirpitz The occupation of Norway in 1940 provided the German Navy with ideal fjord anchorage for its capital ships. Safe in the knowledge that the Royal Navy lacked the strength to be constantly on patrol, the Kriegsmarine was free to menace the North Atlantic trade routes at will. When harboured in the fjords, the German battleships were far from the open sea, out of reach of surface ships and conventional submarines, and well beyond the range of the R.A.F.’s heavy bombers. The Tirpitz, in particular, acted as a major influence over the movements of the British Home Fleet, and consequently a way had to be found to attack her where she spent most of her time - in harbour. The answer to the problem was the four-man Midget Submarine or X-craft. At fifty feet in length the X-craft was small enough to penetrate the fjord defences and yet large enough to carry a four-ton charge and to operate unsupported for several days. In May 1942, six operational X-craft were ordered from Armstrong Vickers, and the call went out to volunteers for ‘special and hazardous service’. Thorough and dangerous training began in the waters around the Isle of Bute in the summer of 1943, and by September 1944 the crews had been brought to ‘concert pitch’. On the 10th, news came that the Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Lutzow were all at anchor in the fjords. Using conventional submarines as tugs, the X-craft were towed over 1,000 miles to their starting points before embarking on their individual assigned missions. But, during the eight-day journey to the slipping position, tragedy struck when X9 (Sub-Lieutenant E Kearon) parted her tow in foul weather and disappeared without trace. X8 also ran into difficulties and had to jettison her explosive charges. After exchanging the passage crews for operational crews, X5, X6, X7 and X10 slipped their tows, on time and in the planned positions. Ahead lay a 50-mile journey fraught with danger. X10 (Lieutenant K. R. Hudspeth) was detailed to attack the Scharnhorst but various mechanical failures meant that this attempt had to be abandoned. X6 (Lieutenant D. Cameron), in which E.R.A. Goddard was helmsman, X7 (Lieutenant B. C. G. Place, D.S.C.) and X5 (Lieutenant H. Henty-Creer) were all detailed against the Tirpitz. Acting independently the three X-craft began their journeys to the Tirpitz lying in Kaa Fjord on 20th September. The first obstacle to be negotiated was a minefield and this X6 crossed on the surface. At 1 a.m. when Stjern Sound was entered, Cameron discovered that X6’s periscope was leaking, a defect that was to have serious consequences later on. By noon they had reached the Alter Fjord and that evening they arrived at their predetermined waiting positions close to the entrance to the Kaa Fjord. After ‘a rather disturbed night charging, making good defects and dodging traffic,’ it was found that X6’s port charge was defective, and so Cameron re-set the fuse to fire one hour after release. Shortly after 5 a.m., Cameron was able to make out a small Coaster, heading up the fjord towards the great battleship and leading the way through the open gate of the anti-submarine boom net that enclosed the Tirpitz. Once inside, X6’s periscope proved almost entirely useless, and so the final approach had to be made half blind. At 7.20 a.m., X6 broke surface just 80 yards from the Tirpitz and was sighted. Whilst the German sailors rushed to their battle stations, X6 dived beneath the last line of defence, a 50-foot anti-torpedo net. Passing under the Tirpitz’s keel, X6 hit an obstruction, and Cameron, thinking that they must have struck the net on the far side, decided to check his position. X6 came up under Tirpitz’s port bow and manoeuvred astern, bringing the Midget Submarine to a position abreast “B” turret, where her four-ton amatol charges were released. With a useless periscope there was little possibility of reaching the open sea and so Cameron gave the order to scuttle X6 and give themselves up. Under a hail of small arms fire, Goddard threw open the hatch and, followed by Kendall, Lorimer and Cameron, stepped aboard a German launch into captivity. In an interview many years later for the B.B.C. documentary ‘Target Tirpitz’, Eddie Goddard recalled: ‘We were taken on board Tirpitz’s quarter-deck and told to empty all our pockets, which we did. Then we were taken below, and put in a corridor, and I heard lots of clanging of chains and whatnot, and I thought, oh dear, they’re going to move the ship before our charges go off. Eventually the charges did go off, which shook us a bit; all the lights went off, and a foam extinguisher started to pour forth on my German guard who didn’t like it very much. He grabbed me by the neck, and we went up on deck, and I was very disturbed the ship didn’t appear to be sinking. ‘They lined us up before a group of guards with tommy guns; they were all very hostile and murmured Schweinhund and other things. Then an interpreter came along and asked us how many boats were there and so on, but we just gave them our names and numbers. He got very annoyed and said that if we didn’t play, he’d have to shoot us. He pointed at Lorimer and said to me, if you don’t give me the information, I shall have to shoot your comrade too. Oh, well, I said, you just go ahead and shoot him.’ Meanwhile Place had successfully laid X7’s charges, but his attempt to escape was fraught with misadventure. He tried frantically to get through the net but X7 was still stuck in it when the charges went off at 8.12 a.m. The impact in fact blew her clear of the nets but her compasses and diving guages were out of action, and the boat was difficult to control and broke surface several times, whereupon Tirpitz’s guns opened fire and inflicted damage on her hull and periscope. As X7 sat on the bottom with almost all her high-pressure ai...
U-Boats and Submarines An extensive collection of mostly reference works. Hessler, G., Withers, A.J. and Großbritannien (eds) (1992) The U-boat war in the Atlantic: 1939 - 1945. Facs. ed., 2. impr. London: HMSO (German naval history); Akermann, Paul. (2002) Encyclopeadia of British Submarines 1901-1955. 2nd ed. Penzance, Periscope Publishing; Stern, R.C. (2002) Type VII U-boats. Repr. London: Brockhampton Press; McCartney, I. (2003) Lost Patrols: Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel. Penzance: Periscope; Holt, P. (2015) HM Submarine A7: An Archaeological Assessment. A Report on the Results of the A7 Project 2014. Oxford (GB): Archaeopress (BAR, 613); Korganoff, Alexandre (1977) Sous-Marins de Poche et Torpilles Humaines 1914-1978. Forces Sous-Marines, Paris; Submarine Environmental Assessment (SEA) - Submarine Dismantling Project (SDP) (2011). MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol BS34 8JH; Aydemir, Oguz (2000) WW2 - U-Boats off the Turkish Black Sea Coast Istanbul, Turkey. Tina - Turkish Institute of Nautical Archaeology; Jurgen Rohwer. (1983) Axis Submarine Successes 1939-1945. 1st English ed. Cambridge, Patrick Stephens; Horton, E. (1974) The Illustrated History of the Submarine. London: Sidgwick and Jackson; Offringa, H. (2004) Raising the Kursk. 1st edn. Insch: Lipstick Pub; Showell, Mallmann1 (1973) U-Boats Under the Swastika - an introduction to German submarines 1935-1945. 1st edn. Purnell Book Services Ltd; Messimer, D.R. (2002) Verschollen: World War I U-boat losses. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press; Niestlé, A. (1998) German U-boat losses during World War II: Details of Destruction. London: Greenhill Books; Compton-Hall, R. (1983) Submarine boats: the beginnings of underwater warfare. London: Conway Maritime Press; Nilsson, T. (1989) Ubåtsattack i södra Kalmarsund 1915. Karlskrona: Föreningen Marinmusei vänner i Karlskrona; Kemp, P. (1999) U-boats Destroyed: German Submarine Losses in the World Wars. London: Arms & Armour; McDonald, K. (2003) The Tin Openers: the ssecret underwater war against the U-Boats 1914-18. [First edition]. Storrington, West Sussex: Historic Military Press; Courageous Society (2013) HMS Courageous - a veteran of the Cold War (One vol). 1st. Plymouth; Keatts, H. (1987) Field reference to sunken U-boats. Kings Point, N.Y. : Eastport, NY: American Merchant Marine Museum Press, United States Merchant Marine Academy ; Distributed by Fathom Press; Skinner, R.W. (2003) The Saint and the Sparrow: the Sinking of U-309. Storrington: Historic Military Press; Bunch, J.W. (2017) U-boats off the Outer Banks: Shadows in the Moonlight. Charleston, SC: The History Press; Kemp, P. (1990) British submarines of World War One. London : New York, N.Y., USA: Arms and Armour Press ; Distributed in the USA by Sterling Pub. Co (Warships fotofax). With thirteen other works and facsimilie map titled The Graves of the U-Boats. Approximate Positions. (Q)
dating: first quarter of the 20th Century provenance: Germany, Iron-foil frame keeping most of the original grey-green dye (about 75-80%). Marked 'LEITZ / WETZLAR'. Wooden butt. With lashing to mount the rifle at the top of the frame. The mirror optics (working) allow to see from a distance at a higher height. A wire ran from the trigger of the rifle to the trigger of the simulacrum so that the trigger of the Gew 98 could be operated through the periscope butt. The butt plate is provided with a gate featuring a compartment to insert spare mirrors. The frame can be folded to be easily carried. Some signs of use and time. Periscopes of this type were used during Trench warfare to allow soldiers to fire safely without exposing their heads above the trench line. height open circa 53 cm.
WW2 Dated Periscope No 14Agreen painted, tubular body. Top angled lens with removable top shield and leather lens cover. Lower angled, adjustable lens. Removable wooden handle. Top of body marked "Periscope No 14A MKIII" dated 1945. Complete in its fitted, fibreboard case with webbing strap. Clean condition.
A 1943 WWII GUN SIGHT, A MILITARY PERISCOPE AND A CASED RADIO DEVICE, the periscope has a broad arrow and M.532 Reyloc London, it comes in its original case along with the attachment to mount and hold it, the radio is French and would be used on a military vehicle, it appears to be in good condition but we cannot check to see if it is in working order, the gun sight is number 39 mk11.S and serial number 15967
A Q- Ship Casualty Group awarded to Stoker 1st Class David Arthur Collingham. H.M.S. Bergamot, Killed in Action when Bergamot was sunk by U-84 on the 13th of August 1917 comprising 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (K.28401 D.A. Collingham. Sto. 1. R.N.), toned fine (2)HMS Bergamot was an Anchusa-class sloop of the Royal Navy, which had a short career during World War I. Built by Armstrong Whitworth, the ship was laid down on 1 January 1917, launched on 5 May, and commissioned on 14 July.Four weeks later, on 13 August 1917, under the command of Lieut-Commander Percy T. Perkins, she was sunk in the Atlantic 70 nautical miles north-west of the harbour of Killybegs by the German submarine U-84, commanded by Walter Rohr.U-84s War Diary describes how he sighted a lone merchant ship, with no defensive armament (an unusual sight by 1917). Bergamot evidently sighted the U-boat's periscope, as she began to zig-zag at high speed. U-84 fired one torpedo – which hit on the port side – and Bergamot broke in half and sank in four minutes. Surfacing, U-84 sighted an unusually large number of crew (70) and pieces of wood floating. The U-boat's log identifies the possibility of Bergamot being a "trap ship". One of the indicators being the narrow beam in relation to the length of the ship, a sure sign of a warship.The torpedo struck her on the port side at 13 minutes to 9, entering the auxiliary engine room and destroying the dynamo and the bulkhead separating the auxiliary engine room from the main engine room. All the lights went out. Bergamot launched a "panic party" in lifeboat no.1, containing 31 men, but the ship lurched to port, both the bow and stern rising out of the water, and she sank too quickly for the ruse to be successful.U-84 approached Lifeboat no. 2 and asked where the captain was. They were told, "In the other boat, Sir" although actually he was on a small raft being towed by no.2 at the time. U-84 had both her deck guns trained on the lifeboat, but they believed the story and headed for lifeboat no. 1, now about two miles away. There, they went close alongside and hauled the ship's steward aboard, probably because he was the only one with a collar and tie on, and looked like an officer. Luckily, he stuck to the cover story, although questioned severely by Rohr as to "where bound, what cargo?" and was told to go back to his lifeboat, after having been given a glass of port wine and a cigarette, and after also transferring a wounded man that the submarine had picked up to the boat. With a cheery, "See you after the war!" the submarine disappeared into the night mists.At the moment of the explosion, Bergamot's first officer, Lieutenant Frederick W. Siddall, and her probationer surgeon, Robert S. Smith were both in her wardroom. The explosion jammed both of the watertight doors leading into this compartment, and Siddall was rendered unconscious. Smith piled the wrecked wardroom furniture up in order to reach the skylight in the roof, and then dragged the unconscious Siddall up and out of the compartment. Having reached the main deck, Smith worked on both Siddall and a wounded petty officer, who was lying on the deck with a broken leg and arm. By this time the ship was clearly sinking so Smith inflated his casualties life vests and lowered them both into the water.As Bergamot sank one of her depth charges exploded, badly wounding Siddall and again rendering him unconscious. Smith towed both his casualties to lifeboat no.2, which had left the sinking ship, containing 47 survivors, and then worked on Siddall for 25 minutes, administering artificial respiration, until he again recovered consciousness. Smith then treated the other injured survivors in no.2 over the 48 hours that the lifeboats were adrift until they were picked up. For these lifesaving actions, Surgeon Robert Sydney Steele Cathcart Smith was awarded the Albert Medal.The lifeboats became separated through the first night. Lifeboat no.2 set course for Loch Swilly, about 100 miles away, They sailed and rowed for three days before being picked up by the Admiralty trawler Lord Lister. Lifeboat no.1 reached the rocky shores of County Donegal where they were taken ashore by the coastguard.David Arthur Collingham was born on the 19th of March 1884 in Lincolnshire he joined the Royal Navy on the 21st of October 1915 stating that he was an Iron Founder. He joined Bergamot on the 14th of July 1917 and was Killed in Action on the 13th of August the same year. He was the son of Hannah Collingham of 32 Old Bargate, St Botolph’s, Lincoln, he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial on Panel 22.Sold with an excellent file of 9 original pieces of Paperwork including the Original Royal Navy Telegram to Hannah Collingham stating:-“I regret to have to inform you that information had been received by this Department to the effect H.M.S. Bergamot was sunk by an enemy submarine on the 13th instant, and that David Arthur Collingham, Stoker 1st Class, Official No. K.28401, who according to the latest records at the Admiralty was serving aboard, was not amongst survivors who have been landed. It is reported, however, that one or two Officers or men were recovered from the water by the enemy submarine. In these circumstances it is regretted that your son must for the present be regarded as “Missing”An original photograph of David in uniform, Commonwealth war Graves details, Copy Service Papers, Copy Medal Roll confirming a his Pair, Copy Pension Records.
FLEMING IAN: (1908-1964) British author, creator of the secret agent James Bond. T.L.S., Ian, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, Kemsley House, London, 2nd May 1957, to R. W. Thompson (´My dear Tommy´). Fleming announces ´What an extraordinary kind thought to have written such a warm and splendid letter. I couldn´t have been more pleased, although there is surely a touch of the old Thompson hyperbole in your praise´ and continues ´I do hope all goes well with you and that being a writer in your own time and not a hireling has proved the right choice. I am sure it was. Your wine is far too new for the aged fiascos of Fleet Street´ before concluding ´I shall never forget that bed of roses story about you - in Belgium I think it was - at the end of the war. One day James Bond must emulate that exploit´. Letters in which Fleming refers to James Bond are scarce and desirable, particularly so when demonstrating a creative connection to a 007 story as the present example does. One area of paper loss to the upper right corner, and with a small tear, not affecting the text or signature, GReginald William Thompson (1904-1977) British army officer, journalist, author and friend of Ian Fleming. Thompson served in World War II and was promoted to Captain before being transferred to the Intelligence Corps for training. After demobilisation, he joined the Kemsley Newspaper Group and travelled extensively as a war correspondent for The Sunday Times, attending and reporting on the Nuremberg Trials. True to his word, Fleming would revisit ´that bed of roses story´ in From a View to a Kill, one of five short stories featuring James Bond which were published in For Your Eyes Only (1960). The relevant passages read as follows: ´....there was a low mound, perhaps a tumulus, covered with brier roses.....inside the mound, deep down in the earth, was the most professional spy unit that had ever been devised......a shiver of excitement and anticipation, almost of fear ran down Bond´s spine.......Instead of the periscope, a rose-stalk aerial would rise up from the bush.....deep down under the earth off would go the high-speed cipher´.
A First World War Mk.IX Trench Periscope by R & J Beck Ltd., numbered 28452, in brass with traces of khaki paint, with screw-off elm handle; a British 1907 Bayonet by Sanderson, the ricasso with bend mark, various inspector's marks and issue date for October 1918, with steel mounted leather scabbard and webbing frog (2)
Four Sutcliffe Tinplate Submarines, The famous Unda Wunda, grey/red body, with shop display card, with key, missing periscope, clockwork motor not working, unboxed Sea Wolf, with periscope,replacemet rocket on deck, clockwork motor not working, boxed Sea Wolf, clockwork motor working, missing key, box is excellent and Nautillis from Walt Disneys 20,000 leagues under the sea, with key, working clockwork motor, in excellent original condition, illustrated box is fair, some sellotape repairs. (4 items)
Sutcliffe - A boxed Sutcliffe 'Nautilus' clockwork submarine from the Walt Disney film '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'. The model in mint green comes with key and periscope and appears to be Mint condition, and is contained with a Very Good - Excellent lift off with some lid box with some light wear, and comes with its original insert. Model is untested. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (K)
DAS BOOT (1981) - Kapitanleutnant Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock's (Jurgen Prochnow) Leather U-boat Jacket - Kapitanleutnant Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock's (Jurgen Prochnow) leather U-Boat jacket from Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot. Kapitanleutnant wore his jacket when he checked for approaching ships through the U-96's periscope.This gray and brown leather double-breasted jacket features a Bermans & Nathans wardrobe tag on the interior labeled "Herr Jugen 15313 No. 1 U-Boat," dark brown woolen inner lining, and eight silver-color metal buttons engraved with nautical symbols. It is intentionally distressed and discolored with liquid splotching by production, and it exhibits minor holes in the lining and stiff buttons from wear.Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000Bidding for this lot will end on Friday, August 16th. The auction will begin at 9:30AM PDT and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on Thursday, August 15th, Saturday, August 17th or Sunday, August 18th.
Two Corfield Periflex 35mm cameras. To include a Gold Star Periflex. Serial No. 810204 22. With an L39 Corfield 50mm f2.8 Lumax lens, ERC and instruction manual. Together with an M42 mount Interplan-B body, with body cap. Serial No. 911114 73. Condition Report: Gold Star - Shutter and periscope both working nicely. Not tested for accuracy. Shutter selection knob stiff.Interplan B - Shutter is not working. No visable damage to the shutter. Crank will not advance nor cock shutter.
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