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Militaria in association with The Tank Museum

Auction date Saturday 14 May 2022 11:00 - 17:30 BST
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Contact our Head of Sale Julian Smith with any enquiries at julian.smith@dukes-auctions.com or on 01305 265080


Auction: 

Saturday 14th May at 11.00am


Viewing: 

Wednesday 11th - Friday 13th May, 10.00am - 5.00pm

From 9am the day of the Auction 

At The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, BH20 6JG


Bidding:

 Live Bidding will be available for this auction through this website. Please ensure your registration is completed early to avoid disappointment. Commission Bidding and Telephone bidding is also available. 

For more information please contact Duke's on 01305 265080 or email enquiries@dukes-auctions.com


Collections:

Collections will be available from The Tank Museum up until 5pm on the day of the auction. Thereafter, all Lots will be transported to the Duke's Fine Art saleroom for collection from 9am on Tuesday 17th May.

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Total lots: 305

ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS: A FLAG
Lot 129 Sold
ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS: A FLAG
with the Royal Inniskilling Dragoons emblem, 120cm x 120cm

Provenance: From the collection of Lance Corporal Denis Jones, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £50 - £100
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A LARGE WWII GERMAN NAZI BANNER
Lot 130 Sold
A LARGE WWII GERMAN NAZI BANNER
circa 1940's
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £300
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A NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE INSTITUTES ENAMEL WALL SIGN
Lot 131 Sold
A NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE INSTITUTES ENAMEL WALL SIGN
76cm x 60cm

Provenance: From the collection of Lance Corporal Denis Jones, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
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COLDSTREAM GUARDS: A NO. 8 COMPANY METAL WALL SIGN
Lot 132 Sold
COLDSTREAM GUARDS: A NO. 8 COMPANY METAL WALL SIGN
50cm x 70cm

Provenance: From the collection of Lance Corporal Denis Jones, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
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A MILITARY METAL SIGN
Lot 133 Sold
A MILITARY METAL SIGN
"Danger Army Ranges. This is a live firing area and is closed to the public. Keep Out", in a red painted pine frame, 80cm x 90cm

Provenance: From the collection of Lance Corporal Denis Jones, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £100
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A WWII GERMAN MILITARY ENAMEL SIGN
Lot 134 Sold
A WWII GERMAN MILITARY ENAMEL SIGN
15cm x 12cm
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
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14 May 2022
A WWII GERMAN MILITARY ENAMEL SIGN
Lot 135 Sold
A WWII GERMAN MILITARY ENAMEL SIGN
16cm x 12cm
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
A ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS COLOURED ADVERTISING POSTER
Lot 136 Sold
A ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS COLOURED ADVERTISING POSTER
"Join The Boys Squadron of The Royal Army Corps", printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd, London, with a picture of a tank and Royal Armoured Corps emblem, 75cm x 53cm
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
A WRENS DANCE POSTER
Lot 137 Sold
A WRENS DANCE POSTER
with inscription "Dance will be held in the R.E.W.O.S Sargeants Mess, Lotus Road, Colombo on Tuesday 20th February 1945 at 8pm. Music by the Royal Marines Band. By kind permission of Captain Harris M.V.O., D.S.C., R.N. Transport will call for you at 7.45pm. Refreshments will be provided. Mess telephone number" stamped W.R.N.S. Welfare Officer, hand-coloured poster, 38cm x 28cm
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
A RARE BLACK FOREST PAINTED CRIMEAN WALL CLOCK
Lot 138 Unsold
A RARE BLACK FOREST PAINTED CRIMEAN WALL CLOCK
circa 1870, with eight day movement striking on a gong, 35cm x 28cm
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
A ROYAL WELSH FUSILLIERS EMBROIDERED PANEL
Lot 139 Unsold
A ROYAL WELSH FUSILLIERS EMBROIDERED PANEL
"In memory of a dear brother killed in France in February 1917", in a glazed oak frame, 38cm x 36cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
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A MAP OF PERAK, 1951
Lot 140 Unsold
A MAP OF PERAK, 1951
and a Chinese military cap and epaulettes belonging to A.G.A. Alabaster. Accompanied by various documentation and black and white photographs etc.

Alabaster was commissioned in the Indian Army in October 1942 after training in India, the 1st Punjab Regiment 1942-44, ending as Company Commander. Staff duties in Northern Command 1944-1946 as a G.S.O. III (Intelligence) and went on in his career to be the Deputy Chairman, Executor and Secretary of Perak State of War Executive Committee.
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
TWO GERMAN CAST METAL LUFTWAFFE WALL SIGNS
Lot 141 Sold
TWO GERMAN CAST METAL LUFTWAFFE WALL SIGNS
and German epaulettes (a lot)

Provenance: Lampard Collection.
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £50 - £100
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM AND PATTERN DOCUMENTS
Lot 142 Sold
A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM AND PATTERN DOCUMENTS
belonging to 2nd Lieutenant John Paley Yorke, who invented new components for searchlights.

With British and American Patten documents for his invention ' Magnetic Deflectors for Electrical Arcs in Lamps, Searchlights and the like’.

Research file on ' Searchlight Experimental Establishment. The report and work were carried out in 1920. Contains his plans and photographs of his design.

The photographs showing the work of the ' Searchlight Experimental Section RE'
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
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14 May 2022
CAPTAIN W.E.FAIRBAIRN: "ALL-IN FIGHTING"
Lot 143 Sold
CAPTAIN W.E.FAIRBAIRN: "ALL-IN FIGHTING"
with a section on rifles by Captain P.N. Walbrdige, a rare first edition, printed by Purnell & Sons Ltd, Somerset and London.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
ANDREW MOLLO: "UNIFORMS OF THE SS"
Lot 144 Sold
ANDREW MOLLO: "UNIFORMS OF THE SS"
vols I, II, IV and VI (4)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £20 - £40
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
CHARLES .E. BALLEISEN: PRINCIPLES OF FIREARMS
Lot 145 Unsold
CHARLES .E. BALLEISEN: PRINCIPLES OF FIREARMS
Associated Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2nd printing June 1947, with an inscription "For Armoury/Corporal J.H. Spiers R.E.M.E. 2nd R. Tank Regiment Munster, Westfalen, West Germany 1953-1956
Estimate: £50 - £100
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
GENERAL SIR CECIL BLACKER, GCB, OBE, MC: SANDHURST SKETCHES
Lot 146 Sold
GENERAL SIR CECIL BLACKER, GCB, OBE, MC: SANDHURST SKETCHES
illustrated by John Wanklyn, dated 1991; The Guns at the Wood, a re-bound copy, limited edition; and a coloured print Woolwich (3)

Proceeds are to go to The Royal Artillery Charitable Fund.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL: A CENTENARY CIGAR CASKET
Lot 147 Sold
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL: A CENTENARY CIGAR CASKET
by Paragon China Ltd, no. 152/500, to commemmorate the Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill, born 30th November 1874. In the original leatherette case
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
LA CORONA: A CIGAR BOX CONTAINING TEN WINSTON CHURCHILL CIGARS
Lot 148 Sold
LA CORONA: A CIGAR BOX CONTAINING TEN WINSTON CHURCHILL CIGARS
together with a letter dated 21st April 1980 declaring they were from Winston Churchill to a person's brother when he was attendant to Mr Churchill during the years of 1940-1945, accompanied by a brown leather cigar box and a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill.
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
THE US PLAYING CARD COMPANY: A DOUBLE PACK OF PLAYING CARDS
Lot 149 Sold
THE US PLAYING CARD COMPANY: A DOUBLE PACK OF PLAYING CARDS
designed by Bernard Baruch, with Winston Churchill's signature diagonally across the cards, in the original box; accompanied by a Winston Churchill mask; a Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill luggage label and others (a lot)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY BOOKS
Lot 150 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY BOOKS
including The Royal Artillery Mess, Woolwich; The Silver Room; The History of the Royal Artillery 1919-1939; The Mess Pictures of The Royal Artillery Mess, Woolwich, and others; and two military prints, The Royal Artillery Band at Woolwich, framed and glazed; the other The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery in the 1990's, coloured print (a lot)

Proceeds are to go to The Royal Artillery Charitable Fund.
Estimate: £40 - £60
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14 May 2022
THE REGIMENTAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL IRISH RIFLES (1793-1912)
Lot 151 Sold
THE REGIMENTAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL IRISH RIFLES (1793-1912)
and other personal effects of Captain Hallum, RIR; including his sword and a medal. The British War Medal being his sole entitlement for the Great War. The medal roll notes 'For overseas service (Switzerland to the UK)'.

British War Medal. Correctly impressed. Capt O C J Hallum.
Condition GVF

Captain Octavius Claude John Hallum was born in Wormingsford, Essex, in April 1860.
He served in the Royal Irish Rifles from 1881 until 1899. He retired but was recalled to service…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 May 2022
14 May 2022
LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY MAJOR BECKE AT GALLIPOLI
Lot 152 Sold
LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY MAJOR BECKE AT GALLIPOLI
including post-war letters detailing the Great War from around the late 1920's to 1930's.
Major A F Becke. With 15 pictures taken at Gallipoli, together with the negatives
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £100 - £200
14 May 2022
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Total lots: 305

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