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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.

Page:

of 14

Lots per page:

Total lots: 319

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
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
153 A SHAKO PLATE WORN BY PRIVATE ROBERT LEGG OF THE 40TH FOOT AT WATERLOO
The plate is very toned and is mounted in a Victorian-era frame, probably framed circa 1880.
The reverse of the frame has the following written on it. ' From the home of Edward Legg from Tolpuddle …
£100 - £200 £950 View
154 A FRAME OF WWI GERMAN EPAULETTES TAKEN AS SOUVENIRS DURING TRENCH RAIDS
the frame looks to be around 1930's to 1940's. On the reverse is written 'Daddy’s Trench Raiding Souvenirs.'
One set to a Leutnant (Lieutenant) in the 360th taken at 'Epehy'
One set to a Hauptmann …
£200 - £400 £500 View
155 AN ORIGINAL COPY OF 1917 IDENTIFICATION OF THE GERMAN WARSHIPS AND TORPEDO BOATS.
with an Imperial German U-Boat Badge, .
£80 - £150 £100 View
156 A FRAME CONTAINING AN SS SYMBOL AND SIGNATURE WITH EAGLE STAMP.
housed in an oak frame. 13" x 15"
£500 - £1,000 - View
157 A 1893 GERMAN MANUAL 'DRAWINGS FOR FOREIGN ARTILLERY AND ARTILLERY MATERIAL'
published by the Artillery School in Berlin on 15th April 1893.
£50 - £100 - View
158 A QUANTITY OF VINTAGE BLACK & WHITE POSTCARDS OF BATTLESHIPS
including: HMS York, HMS Hood, HMT Nvasa, St. Julian and others (a lot)
£80 - £120 - View
159 A LOGBOOK AND EPHEMERA BELONGING TO WARRANT OFFICER ALBION HUDSON,
a Navigator on 144 Squadron. Hudson and his crew are featured in the 1945 film 'Ship Busters.'

An Airforce release book belonging to the recipient, his training notes, observers wings; Logbook with…
£200 - £400 £420 View
160 A PAIR OF MILITARY CHARCOAL PORTRAITS
One of Captain Thomas Hinde-Thompson, 78th Highlanders. died in 1905 aged 71 years. Grandfather to Mary and Tom Thompson. The other a portrait of William Thompson, Great Uncle to Maryann Thompson…
£100 - £200 £160 View
161 ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS: A DRUM
with hand-painted military logos, made by A.F. Matthews & Co. London, dated 1942; and four ice buckets in the form of military drums (5)

Provenance: From the collection of Lance Corporal Dennis…
£80 - £150 £380 View
162 BOOSEY & HAWKES LTD OF LONDON: A MILITARY BRASS AND COPPER BUGLE
stamped with a military crows foot, dated 1938, 28cm long
£50 - £100 £40 View
163 VITRINOX: A SWISS PEN KNIFE SHOP ADVERTISING DISPLAY
in the form of a pen knife, with moving blades, "The Original Swiss Army Knife"

Provenance: From the collection of Lance Corporal Dennis Jones, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.
£80 - £150 £360 View
164 A BRONZE INKWELL
in the form of a tank turret, with inscription stamped inside the lid "Cast from the metal of the ex-surrendered German battleship Helgoland dated 1922" by Thomas W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield
£80 - £150 £220 View
165 A SET OF FOUR MILITARY LEAD FIGURES OF DESPATCH RIDER'S;
a model of a Sherman tank, made by Manic Toys, England; two lead models of field cannons; a searchlight and others (a lot)
£80 - £150 £70 View
166 HENSOLDT & WETZLAR: A PAIR OF BINOCULARS
6 x 30. 1942/1767, no. 543521, in the original leather case
£80 - £150 £80 View

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