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Militaria in association with The Tank Museum

Auction date Saturday 14 May 2022 11:00 - 17:30 BST

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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of 13

Lots per page:

Total lots: 305

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
129 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
£50 - £100 £320 View
130 A LARGE WWII GERMAN NAZI BANNER
circa 1940's
£200 - £300 £500 View
131 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
£50 - £100 £130 View
132 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
£30 - £50 £30 View
133 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…
£50 - £100 £100 View
134 A WWII GERMAN MILITARY ENAMEL SIGN
15cm x 12cm
£100 - £200 £110 View
135 A WWII GERMAN MILITARY ENAMEL SIGN
16cm x 12cm
£100 - £200 £110 View
136 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
£80 - £150 £140 View
137 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…
£50 - £100 £40 View
138 A RARE BLACK FOREST PAINTED CRIMEAN WALL CLOCK
circa 1870, with eight day movement striking on a gong, 35cm x 28cm
£150 - £250 - View
139 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
£100 - £200 - View
140 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…
£200 - £400 - View
141 TWO GERMAN CAST METAL LUFTWAFFE WALL SIGNS
and German epaulettes (a lot)

Provenance: Lampard Collection.
£50 - £100 £340 View
142 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…
£200 - £300 £220 View
143 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.
£200 - £400 £280 View
144 ANDREW MOLLO: "UNIFORMS OF THE SS"
vols I, II, IV and VI (4)
£20 - £40 £90 View
145 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…
£50 - £100 - View
146 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.
£50 - £100 £50 View
147 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
£100 - £200 £180 View
148 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…
£400 - £600 £2,200 View
149 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…
£100 - £200 £90 View
150 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…
£40 - £60 - View
151 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 …
£200 - £400 £550 View
152 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
£100 - £200 £400 View

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