by Ronald Gill of Huddersfield; and another uniform; a pair of black boots by Sanders; a new pair of black ankle boots by Crafters, size 11, in the original box; and a French bayonet; and other items (a lot)
Provenance: Captain of the Grenadier Guards, Anthony Chambers Military Collection
DRESS UNIFORM TO BRIGADIER BASIL EDWARD FLOYD– THE COMMANDER OF ROYAL ARTILLERY ON MALTA IN 1940.
Made by Flights of Winchester & Aldershot, Tailors label named to Lieut Floyd. With Lieutenants insignia.
With dress belt, sash and cross guard belt. Private Purchase ruler, boots and scabbard for 1 1897 pattern sword.
Provenance – Sale by order of the family.
Basil Edward Floyd was born in Birmingham in 1887. Floyd was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on September 10th 1910, into the Royal Garrison Artillery. He had been a member of the Territorial Force while at University.
Floyd served on the
Western Front during the Great War, landing there on October 4th 1914 and was…
with manual wind movement, the silver dial with black Arabic numerals, dark steel luminous hands and subsidiary seconds dial, on a black canvas military strap, the case back stamped "A.T.P" no. 39417, with military crows foot, the case c.32mm dia.
with automatic movement, the silver dial with gold baton numerals and hands, on a black leather strap, with inscription to the case back "H.E. Emes Wilkinson Sword 1918-1963"
A RECORD WATCH COMPANY GENTLEMAN'S STAINLESS STEEL MILITARY WRIST WATCH
with manual wind movement, the black dial with subsidiary seconds dial, luminous Arabic numerals and stainless steel luminous hands, the case back stamped D424137H Stahlboden, on a grey NATO military strap, the case c.34mm dia.
AN EBEL GENTLEMAN'S STAINLESS STEEL MILITARY WRISTWATCH
with manual wind movement, the tropical dial with subsidiary seconds dial, black Arabic numerals and dark blue luminous steel hands, on a brown leather strap, the case back engraved with military crows foot A.T.P. 47549, the case c.32mm dia.
AN OMEGA GENTLEMAN'S MILITARY STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH
with manual wind movement, the black dial with luminous Arabic numerals and luminous steel hands, with military crows foot symbol to the dial, on a grey military NATO strap, the case back marked with a military crows foot no. 6645101000 6B/542 1743/53, the case c.34mm dia.
with manual wind movement, the cream dial with gold baton and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, on a military NATO grey strap; and a vintage WWII 1940's Masten-Brille prescription eyeglasses, with original case. These glasses were issued to the German military (2)
G K TWISS: TWO LOG BOOKS FROM THE H.M.S IMPLACABLE,
dating from 1905-1907 and 1907-1908, handwritten notes , drawings and maps, a black and white photograph album showing various photographs of travel, ships etc.
and "Of a disturbance which accompanied it amongst the civil population", 5th edition, revised throughout and slightly enlarged, with five maps and six plans, published by MacMillan & Co. Ltd 1898
ARCHIBALD FORBES: "AFGHAN WARS 1839-42 AND 1878-80"
Portraits and Plans 3rd edition, published Sealy & Co. Ltd, London 1896; "A Year's Campaigning in India" by Julius George Medley 1858; "The Manners & Customs of Society in India" including scenes in the Mofussil Stations by Mrs Major Clemens 1841 (3)
"from the 10th of May until the Fall of Delhi by a Punjab Employee", published in Lahore by The Punjab Press 1858, with hand-written notes to the back of the book; and Reverend William Leeke, MA: "The Supplement to the History of Lord Seaton's Regiment, the 52nd Light Infantry at the Battle of Waterloo" (2)