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Imperial German WWI Period Water Bottle and Small Metal Jug/Drinking Vessel the ovoid alloy bottle covered in beige studded cloth with outer leather strap and brass ‘dog clip’ attachment, the sewn on leather strap is stamped ‘JC BERLIN/1915’, the alloy fastener perished and in pieces but present; the metal jug with double handles and stamped ‘BEHR Bing A?/16/Nurnberg’ stamped on the reverse ‘1/4 L’ ‘18JR’, both items in good condition for age (2) £200-300
£200–£300
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, bronze (To William Davies for Meritorious Service 17th Oct. 1922) lacking suspension, attempted erasure of naming - this very faint in places, edge bruising, fine; Medal for Life Saving, 35mm., silver, obverse heraldic shield, reverse inscribed, ‘Good Conduct Medal, Walter Orme 1885’ (For Saving the Life of T. Edwards in Alexandria Harbour Egypt) with ornate silver brooch bar, edge bruising, about very fine; Royal Society...
£140–£180
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s, embroidered sequin and cloth investiture star, paper backing but no maker’s label, circa 1820-30, 80mm diameter, minor loss of a few sequins, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce thus £300-400
£300–£400
Early 19th C Royal Naval Officer’s Waist Belt the 2.7 cm wide blue leather belt complete with lion’s mask and double headed snake clasp (lacking securing section), two further circular gilt lion’s mask bosses for the long sword belt sling and the frog hook sections, the long sword sling complete with double headed lion’s mask gilt adjuster, requires some cleaning but good overall condition for age £120-160
£120–£160
Dundee Tribute Medal 1900 (2) gold, 25mm. dia., 8.75g. (inc. chain) obverse: engraved coat-of-arms of the city; reverse inscribed, ‘Dundee Volunteers / service in / South Africa /with freedom of city / Albert B. Greig / 1900’, no hallmarks, with gold chain for neck wear; another, silver, 22mm. dia., 8.00g. (inc. chain) engraved as above, no hallmarks, with silver chain for neck wear, good very fine, scarce (2) £1500-1800
£1,500–£1,800
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Piper’s Caubeen Badge a fine quality example in solid die cast silver plate or unmarked silver complete with loop fasteners and provision for supporting a plume, very fine condition £80-120
£80–£120
A ‘Church Lads’ Brigade’ group attributed to Sergeant Bugler Harold Victor Thompson Church Lads’ Brigade Medal (3), bronze, 2 clasps, 1911, 1912, complete with brooch bar; another, bronze, 3 clasps, 1915, 1916, 1917, complete with brooch bar; another, gilt and enamel, 2 clasps, 1917, 1918, with brooch bar; Church Lads’ Brigade L.S. Medal, silver, with ‘45 Years’ bar and ‘Long Service’ brooch bar; together with a loose ‘40 years’ bar and Church Lads’ Brigade cap...
Sports Medals awarded to Corporal R. A. Parsons, 1st Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (8) - three 30mm. dia., silver with gold shield bearing the cypher ‘RAP’, reverses inscribed, ‘1st A. & S.H. 1933, 100 Yds. Sprint’; ‘High Jump’ and ‘Long Jump’; another two, 29mm. dia., silver, reverses inscribed, ‘L.A.C. R. A. Parsons XCI Highlanders’; another, 39mm. dia., bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘High Jump Cpl. Parsons’; another, 32mm. dia. bronze, reverse inscribed,...
£60–£80
An O.B.E. group of eight attributed to Captain Guy Wemys Alcock, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, all unnamed, mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £150-200
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Field Marshal’s Baton, a rare case for a Field Marshal’s Baton, by Garrard & Co. Ltd, Goldsmiths, Jewellers, &c. to the King, approximately 62cm overall, some wear to red velvet covering at either end but generally good condition £1000-1200
£1,000–£1,200
A fine Second World War night fighter ace’s D.S.O., D.F.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader R. G. “Tim” Woodman, Royal Air Force, who claimed at least seven confirmed victories in Mosquitos of No. 169 and No. 85 Squadrons in 1944-45: a close range, low-level pilot, he once opened fire on an Me. 110 at just 20 yards range, his Mosquito being severely damaged by the resultant flying debris, and on another occasion he pursued his victim down to tree-top height over occupied France...
£8,000–£12,000
World War I Slip-on Shoulder Titles all embroidered white on khaki, comprising two pairs of ‘facing’ bugle horn over ‘Durham’, a single ‘Border’, a single ‘R.A.M.C’ and a pair of ‘3H’ (3rd Hussars) some with slight surface moth otherwise good overall condition (8) £100-150
£100–£150
A fine Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant M. G. Anderson, 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, late Canadian Engineers, who was twice wounded in 1916, again at the time of winning his decoration on Hill 70 in August 1917 - by a gunshot to the face - and yet again in the fighting at Drocourt-Queant in September 1918, when he fell victim to a gas shell attack Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Lieut. M. G. Anderson, Hill 70, August 15th 1917’; 1914-15...
£1,600–£1,800
Embroidered Commando Arm Badges comprising 23 red dagger on navy cloth ground and one red embroidery on khaki example, good overall condition (24) £200-300
Numbered Commando Shoulder Titles comprising red embroidery on dark navy No. 1, No. 2, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7 Commando, the No. 7 with slight moth damage otherwise good overall condition (5) £100-150
An original Great War Aviation Section, Signal Corps, U.S. Army Pilot’s Flying Log Book appertaining to Samuel B. Kirby, Jnr., with training entries covering the period March 1918 to January 1919, and subsequent reserve training flights from August 1923 to September 1927, and four fights in an Aero Chief in July 1943, together with his Individual Record Card in green sleeve on the inside of the back cover, the front cover dark stained to top, otherwise generally in good condition £100-120
£100–£120
Numbered Commando Shoulder Titles No. 1, No. 5 (2), No. 6, No. 7 (2), good overall condition (6) £100-150
‘Commando’ & ‘No. 9 Commando’ Embroidered Shoulder Titles all of good quality and featuring white on black embroidery, very good condition (4) £200-300
A fine Second World War Coastal Command operations D.F.C. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader A. W. Martin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Battle of Britain veteran who was decorated for successful anti-U-boat operations over the Bay of Biscay in the summer of 1943, not least his part in the destruction of the U-462 on 30 July Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Air...
£4,000–£5,000
WWI Period ‘South Africa’ Cloth Shoulder Title and Four WWII Period Foreign Cloth Shoulder Titles the first in white embroidery on khaki then three red embroidery on khaki ‘Belgium’, ‘Czechoslovakia’ and a further ‘Czechoslovakia’ but with a red border outline plus a white on light blue embroidered ‘Palestine’, all in good condition (5) £120-160
The Royal Scots 4th Volunteer Battalion Silver Bracelet, an interesting item constructed of fine quality unmarked silver by Anderson & Co., with double hinges one secured by a long silver pin, one side mounted with the glengarry badge of the 4th Volunteer Battalion the Royal Scots and this with an oval gilt backing to St. Andrew, 6.8 cms in height, approximate diameter when closed is 6 cms, very good condition £100-150
Parritt, Brigadier B. A. H. & Waibel, J. M., A Dangerous Game, British Colonial Warfare on the Indian Sub-Continent 1854-1892, Loose Page Publishing, 2010, three of four volumes of set No. 50, Volumes I, 270pp.; II, 173pp., & IV, 156pp., each signed by Brigadier Parritt, card covers, very good condition, scarce and excellent resource (3) £150-200
£150–£200
Orders of Chivalry Prints by Baxter c. 1840 fourteen fine colour prints 36 cms x 28 cms, four variable for the Order of the Bath, one for the Order of the Thistle, one for the Order of St. Patrick, three for the Order of St. Michael and St. George, four (two the same) for the Royal Hanoverian Order, one unknown but featuring the coronet of a Royal Prince; together with an album of photographs for the 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment taken at Quetta and Baluchistan in 1911; ‘The Times...
WW1 Naval Memorials three bound memorials for Plymouth, Chatham and Portsmouth compiled and published by The Imperial War Graves Commission in1924, commemorating all ranks of the Royal Navy and the Empire who fell in the Great War and have no other grave than the sea. Chatham is an original, the other two are reprints, good condition (3) £80-120
An Army Distinguished Service Cross group of ten named to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry T. Cherry, C.O. 3rd Battalion 10th Armoured Division Army Distinguished Service Cross, unnamed, modern production; slot brooch; Silver Star, edge numbered, ‘84315’, reverse hand engraved, ‘Henry T. Cherry Jr’, two bronze oak leaf clusters on ribbon, slot brooch; Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s badge, enamelled, reverse hand engraved, ‘Henry T. Cherry Jr’, slot brooch; Bronze Star, unnamed, slot...
£400–£450
WWII Period French Commando Badges of British Manufacture comprising two officers’ fine quality examples - the first in heavy die stamped unmarked silver, the second in heavy die stamped bronze, both featuring the Free Cross of Lorraine, a sailing galley, Commando knife and title scroll ‘Figure I er Bllon F.M. Commando’ the scroll with anchor finials; a die stamped bronze other ranks Commando (?) cap badge featuring a shield bearing the Free Cross of Lorraine upon a dagger with...
£400–£600
Imperial German Epaulette Straps a pair to the 43rd Field Artillery red fused grenade over 43 on navy blue with light blue edging, a pair to the 55th Field Artillery red fused grenade and 55 on grey cloth and a pair to the 9th Infantry embroidered cream 9 on navy blue with red edging, slight stitching faults to the last pair otherwise very good condition (6) £120-150
£120–£150
An Army Distinguished Service Cross group of six named to Technical Sergeant Clarence E. Bowman, 73rd Armoured Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armoured Division, who was killed/died 26 March 1945 Army Distinguished Service Cross, reverse hand engraved, ‘Clarence E. Bowman’, slot brooch; Purple Heart, enamelled, unnamed, slot brooch; Army Good Conduct Medal, unnamed; American Campaign Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, one bronze star on ribbon; Victory Medal 1945,...
£250–£350
Imperial German Epaulette Straps a pair to the 17th Regiment metal 17 and two rank stars on green cloth with silver lace surround and white edging, a pair of metal 18 and three rank stars on green cloth with silver lace and yellow edging, a pair with embroidered 19 on dark green cloth with silver lace, some moth damage to the first pair otherwise good condition (6) £150-200
Imperial German and Later Epaulette Straps one pair embroidered ‘19’ upon black with red trim one of them bearing a gun metal No. 3 button, an officer’s single example silver cord with black fleck on scarlet bearing a gilt fused grenade and ‘67’ complete with Imperial crown button, a pair of officer’s silver twist cord examples with gilt metal ‘67’ and two rank stars and dimpled alloy buttons, a pair with dark green cloth bearing single rank star and silver lace surround with...
A well documented Army Distinguished Service Cross group of eight named to Air Trooper and Specialist 4th Class Larry E. Godlewski, 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry, wounded in action, Vietnam, 6 November 1968 Army Distinguished Service Cross (2) unnamed, slot brooch, with lapel badge, in plastic case; another, more modern, reverse machine engraved, ‘Larry E. Godlewski’, slot brooch, no case; Purple Heart (2), with oak leaf cluster, unnamed, slot brooch, with lapel badge, in case; another,...
£1,000–£1,400
A scarce early Vietnam War Army Distinguished Service Cross group of eleven attributed to Major Antonio L. Haenni, Artillery, attached Special Forces Army Distinguished Service Cross, slot brooch; Legion of Merit, Legionnaire, crimp brooch; Bronze Star, slot brooch; Purple Heart, enamelled, slot brooch; Army Commendation Medal, crimp brooch; National Defense Service Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; South Vietnam, Gallantry Cross, with bronze palm on ribbon; Armed Forces Honour...
£400–£500
Germany Third Reich Period Officer’s Cap Collar Patches and Part Waist Belt Plate etc., a selection of badges associated with officer Von Wilfrid Felter comprising a cap badge featuring central metal cockade with silver embroidered leaves, an all metal and enamelled cap badge featuring oak leaves enclosing a roundel with a compass and hammer in the centre on a red enamel ground the central section from an alloy waist belt clasp, an alloy eagle over swastika badge, a National cockade alloy...
Germany Third Reich Period a Captured Polish Soldier’s Side Hat, Soviet Army Captain’s Shoulder Board and German Workers Arm Bands, the first in khaki cloth bearing a gilding metal die stamped Polish eagle cap badge stamped on the linen sweat band ‘1931’ and further stencilled on the fabric ‘1931 Warszaw/Wizinski’, the shoulder board yellow braid on maroon bears two small brass stars. Both items captured by Officer Von Wilfrid Felter - the first during the Polish Invasion 1939,...
£150–£250
An impressive Silver Star group of fifteen named to Colonel Everett Davis, U.S. Army Air Force Silver Star, unnamed, full wrap brooch; Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s badge, enamelled, reverse engraved, ‘E.D.’, crimp brooch; Soldier’s Medal, edge numbered, ‘595’, unnamed, slot brooch; Purple Heart, enamelled, edge numbered, ‘103567’, unnamed, with two oak leaf clusters, slot brooch; Air Medal, reverse machine engraved, ‘Everett Davis ASN 0-380521’, full wrap brooch;...
£600–£800
A World War 2 ‘N.W. Europe’ Silver Star group of fourteen named to Colonel Daniel B. Cullinane Jr., Armoured Infantry Silver Star, reverse machine engraved, ‘Daniel B. Cullinane Jr.’, slot brooch; Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s badge, enamelled, reverse machine engraved, ‘Daniel B. Cullinane Jr’, with oak leaf cluster, crimp brooch; Bronze Star, reverse machine engraved, ‘Daniel B. Cullinane Jr.’, slot brooch; Meritorious Service Medal, reverse machine engraved,...
A Silver Star group of fourteen awarded to Chief Warrant Officer Samuel E. Waller, 2nd Battalion 19th Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division and 2nd Battalion 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Silver Star, unnamed, crimp brooch; Bronze Star, unnamed, with ‘V’ emblem and oak leaf cluster, slot brooch; Joint Service Commendation Medal, unnamed, with oak leaf cluster, crimp brooch; Army Commendation Medal, reverse machine engraved, ‘Samuel E. Waller’. crimp brooch; Army Good...
A Silver Star group of ten named to Sergeant W. F. Becker, Unted States Marine Corps Silver Star, unnamed, crimp brooch; Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s badge, enamelled, unnamed, crimp brooch; Navy and Marine Corps Medal, unnamed, crimp brooch; Purple Heart, enamelled, unnamed, crimp brooch; Navy Achievement Medal, reverse hand engraved, ‘ Sgt. W. F. Becker U.S.M.C.’, crimp brooch; U.S.M.C. Good Conduct Medal, reverse hand engraved, ‘William Becker 1st enlistment 1964-1967’;...
£250–£300
United States Navy Insignia three carded display examples mainly current or near current issues, very good overall condition may contain some reproductions, sold as viewed, not subject to return (53) £100-200
£100–£200
A ‘Vietnam’ Silver Star group of ten named to C.W.2 Daniel A. Lambdin, U.S. Amy, killed in action, 20 July 1966 Silver Star, reverse machine engraved, ‘Daniel A. Lambdin’, crimp brooch, with lapel and riband bars in case of issue; Distinguished Flying Cross, slot brooch; Bronze Star, ‘V’ emblem on ribbon, crimp brooch; Purple Heart, enamelled, oak leaf cluster, crimp brooch; Air Medal, ‘V’ emblem on ribbon, crimp brooch; Army Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service...
£300–£350
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