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Auction date Thursday 9 November 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Head of Sale:

Adam Chapman

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Total lots: 263

WEYMOUTH & MELCOMBE REGIS POLICE WHITE METAL HELMET PLATE
Lot 224a Sold
WEYMOUTH & MELCOMBE REGIS POLICE WHITE METAL HELMET PLATE
a very rare badge with repairs to the prongs on the reverse, overall in excellent condition retaininng much of the original finish
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £250 - £350
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A VICTORIAN 43RD FOOT OFFICERS BADGE
Lot 225 Sold
A VICTORIAN 43RD FOOT OFFICERS BADGE
the badge retains most of its gilt finish and is in excellent condition, the two loops to the reverse are still present
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £50 - £80
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9 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF IMPERIAL BUTTONS
Lot 226 Sold
A COLLECTION OF IMPERIAL BUTTONS
to include buttons from Serbia, two from Montenegro (some chips to the enamel), Spain, and Russia; together with a miniature German Medal pair commemorating the Franco Prussian War; a small WW1 era General Service Button; and a Lenin pin and KRRC economy cap badge, each button is base metal which when produced was gilded, on the obverse each has a plush material on which an enamel crest has been attached
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A QUANTITY OF BRITISH ARMY BADGES AND BUTTONS
Lot 227 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BRITISH ARMY BADGES AND BUTTONS
including the Royal Munster Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers, Lovat's Scots etc. (a lot)
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF BRITISH BADGES AND INSIGNIA
Lot 228 Sold
A COLLECTION OF BRITISH BADGES AND INSIGNIA
including 21 cap badges to Cavalry units, with a mixed lot of British military insignia (a lot)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A LARGE COLLECTION OF SWEETHEART BADGES AND REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION BADGES
Lot 229 Unsold
A LARGE COLLECTION OF SWEETHEART BADGES AND REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION BADGES
including sweetheart badges, Regimental association badges, and tie pins; along with some French Great War era badges, likely bought by British soldiers to send home to loved ones, housed in a teak display case (a lot)
Estimate: £500 - £600
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
THREE GERMAN CLOTH EAGLES PATCHES
Lot 231 Unsold
THREE THIRD REICH CLOTH EAGLES
an Army example on green backing for a dress uniform, looks to be removed from a tunic, a Luftwaffe Eagle for field tunic, and one for a cap
Estimate: £80 - £150
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A PAIR OF KREIGSMARINE BINOCULARS
Lot 232 Sold
A PAIR OF KREIGSMARINE BINOCULARS
stamped 7x50 beh 355454 (T) KF, and M 27430 N, with German eagle and swastika
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A PAIR OF 7 X 50 BINOCULARS
Lot 233 Sold
A PAIR OF 7 X 50 BINOCULARS
the backplate stamped with makers code DEH no. 469510, with a leather neck strap, 50cm long; some surface marks and scratches, in fairly good condition for age and wear
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A PAIR OF 10 x 50 CARL ZEISS JENA GERMAN MILITARY BINOCULARS
Lot 234 Sold
A PAIR OF 10 x 50 CARL ZEISS JENA GERMAN MILITARY BINOCULARS
stamped to the backplate Dienstglas 1948407 MH/6400, 17cm, in the original leather case, stamped hte and with Kriegsmarine emblem; some surface marks and scratches to the case, one eye-piece is cracked, in fair condition for age and wear
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A PAIR OF CARL ZEISS JENA BINOCULARS
Lot 235 Sold
A PAIR OF CARL ZEISS JENA BINOCULARS
stamped to the backplate 399890, in the original leather fitted Carl Zeiss case; and a pair of German military binoculars, stamped to the backplate Diensigias 6x30 Nr24153 H/6400, 12cm in the original leather case (2)
The Carl Zeiss Jena binoculars have some small surface marks and scratches to the case. In fair…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A PAIR 6 x 30 GERMAN MILITARY BINOCULARS
Lot 236 Sold
A PAIR 6 x 30 GERMAN MILITARY BINOCULARS
stamped to the backplate Dienstglas, 228658 DDX, in the original leather case with Kreigsmarine stamped emblem to the top of the case; and a pair of binoculars stamped A. Tubeut, Paris, in the original leather case, stamped with details G. Battle & Co. 1917 and military crows foot (2)
Some surface marks and scratches to the binoculars and the cases. In fair condition for age and…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A HELIO MK V BY ERNEST F MOY LTD
Lot 237 Unsold
A HELIO MK V BY ERNEST F MOY LTD
in the original leather case, stamped with the makers details and no.66, dated 1915 R.N.D. with canvas shoulder strap.
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A SMITHS MILITARY COCKPIT CLOCK
Lot 238 Sold
A SMITHS MILITARY COCKPIT CLOCK
with manual wind movement, black Arabic numerals, dark blue steel hands, fuel cockpit gauge and oil gauge (3)
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £40 - £80
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
AN AMERICAN WWII ERA BLUE STAR FLAG
Lot 240 Sold
AN AMERICAN WWII ERA BLUE STAR FLAG
these flags were hung in the windows of family homes to show that they had a family member serving in the armed forces; in good condition with hanging toggles present
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £20 - £40
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
'A SOUVENIR OF COMBINED OPERATIONS' FLAG
Lot 241 Sold
'A SOUVENIR OF COMBINED OPERATIONS' FLAG
the first white ensign to be flown during The Rhine Crossing, the flag itself is over 33.5" x 18.5" and is housed in a frame of 42.5" x 29", a note in the frame dated 7th April 1945 provides the details of the history of the flag in the Rhine Crossing, it also states it was flown over Kweek School in Arnhem
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £600 - £1,200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'HMS Victory'
Lot 242 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'HMS Victory'
chromolithograph, depicting the ship moored at Portsmouth, 30cm x 45.5cm; together with ‘Battle of Trafalgar- Oct. 21st 1805’, coloured aquatint, plate III from J. Jenkins ‘Naval Achievements’, published 1817, 17cm x 26cm (2)

Provenance: ‘HMS Victory’ was purchased from Steven Rench, bookseller, 11th July 2015.
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
Lot 243 Unsold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
an engraved and hand coloured broadside, published London 1799, 43.5cm x 17.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Preston Antiques Centre, 2013.
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
Lot 244 Sold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE 1799'
engraved broadside, published London 1799, 45.5cm x 28.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Steve Liddle, antiquarian bookseller, 2013.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham (1763-1845)
Lot 245 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham (1763-1845)
watercolour on paper, depicted as a young man in naval undress uniform, inscribed verso ‘Admiral Sir Philip Durham Left by Lady Erskine’, 12cm x 9.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from a dealer in 2013.
Further reading: Hilary I. Rubenstein, Sir Philip Durham in Miniature, The Kedge Anchor Magazine,…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY A portrait of John Alexander Phillips
Lot 246 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY A portrait of John Alexander Phillips
oil on board, inscribed to verso ‘General Phillips (as a boy)’, 24.5cm x 19.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Clevedon Salerooms Fine Arts Sale, 20th November 2014, Lot 146.

Note: John Alexander Phillips was born at Plymouth Dock in 1790, son of Alexander, a Naval Master, and Ann. He was Midshipman on the HMS Bellisle at Trafalgar aged 15. He transferred to the Royal Marines in 1806, was commissioned as a 2nd Lt on the 26th of August 1806, and rose to rank of Lieut-General. Died 17th November 1865, aged 75.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A SMALL 18TH CENTURY IRON NAVAL CANNON
Lot 247 Sold
A SMALL 18TH CENTURY IRON NAVAL CANNON
the tapered barrel with plain trunnions, 28cm long, 5/8” bore

Provenance: Purchased from The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
AN 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE BRONZE NAVAL CANNON
Lot 248 Unsold
AN 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE BRONZE NAVAL CANNON
with tapered barrel and plain trunnions, 24.5cm long, 1/2” bore

Provenance: Purchased from The Hayhurst Collection in 2016.
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A PAIR OF MODEL NAVAL STYLE BRASS CANNONS
Lot 249 Sold
A PAIR OF MODEL NAVAL STYLE BRASS CANNONS
the brass carriages with serpent decoration, 45cm long
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
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9 November 2023

Total lots: 263

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