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

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Head of Sale:

Adam Chapman

Page:

of 11

Lots per page:

Total lots: 263

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
250 A MODEL FIELD CANNON
with copper stepped barrel, on a wooden carriage with copper mounts and ramrod, 84cm long
£100 - £200 - View
251 A LARGE IRON LOCKPLATE
produced for a Rampart gun, with wheel flint-lock, 56cm long (parts missing)
£100 - £200 £110 View
252 A MACHINE GUN BELT 5'56MM
complete with bullets (deactivated)
£40 - £60 £25 View
253 A MILITARY BREN GUN MAGAZINE BOX
containing various 12 Bren Gun magazines
£50 - £100 £90 View
254 A COLLECTION OF THIRD REICH DAGGER PARTS
most of the Army parts have been denazified, sold with a number of Kreigsmarine parts, a poor condition SS dagger handle, with the eagle and Swastika cross guard form a Luftschutz BND dagger
£80 - £150 £240 View
255 NAVAL INTEREST: AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY HORN SNUFF BOX
the white metal oval cartouche mount with shaped border and engraved ‘HM CALLIOPE’, the box 2cm high x 8cm wide x 4.5cm deep; together with two Victorian copper circular salts each with pierced bands…
£50 - £100 £60 View
256 *ALLEN GEORGE NEWMAN (1875-1965), ‘For Justice and Liberty’ and ‘Lafayette We Are Here’
a pair of brown patinated bronze plaques, cast respectively in relief with President Woodrow Wilson and General G. Pershing, each 35.5cm x 23cm, cast by John Polachek, Long Island, New York, each…
£200 - £400 - View
257 PRINTING PLATE OF THE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE FOR THE BOER WAR
bronze, 26.5cm x 21cm, the plate looks to have been used to print certificates for soldiers who served in the Boer War 1900 to 1902
£50 - £100 - View
258 VICE ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN HARDY (1769-1839) An autographed letter to Elizabeth Norgrove
sent from on board the HMS Victory, 25th December 1805, Elizabeth Norgrove was mother of James Norgrove, a marine killed at the Battle of Trafalgar, mounted, 22cm x 18cm
£800 - £1,500 - View
259 VICE ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS FRANCIS FREEMANTLE (1765-1819) A signed letter
dated 1813 and sent from HMS Milford during the Siege of Trieste, two sides 23cm x 18.5cm
£100 - £200 - View
260 VICE ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD KING, 2ND BARONET KCB (1774-1834) A signed order
to Captain F. E. Lock, Commander of HMS Eden, dated 6th October 1818, on headed notepaper, instructing Captain Lock to place himself and his ship under Admiral King’s command, 24cm x 20cm

Provenance…
£50 - £100 - View
261 ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES BULLEN: A SIGNED FREE FRONT ENVELOPE
addressed to John Caton of Woodbastwick, Norwich, dated 1837, 7cm x 14cm; together with a copy of a letter from a seaman on board the Victory, a contemporary copy of James Bagley’s famous letter to…
£30 - £50 £30 View
262 VICE ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BLACKWOOD, 1ST BARONET GCH KCB (1770-1832) A signed letter
three pages, dated March 6th 1814, addressed to a prize agent regarding a schooner captured by HMS Briton in sight of the squadron, 25cm x 20cm

Provenance: Purchased from a private collection,…
£50 - £100 - View
263 VICE ADMIRAL PIERRE-CHARLES VILLENEUVE (1763-1806) A signed letter
written on a single leaf, a ten line order to his officers informing them of the appointment of Admiral Decres to command Forts Manoel and Ricacoli and insisting on the readiness of the reserve…
£800 - £1,500 - View
264 ADMIRAL SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM (1768-1838) A signed letter
to his coach maker from HMS Donegal, addressed to Messrs Cooke, Coachmakers of London, instructing them to deliver his Post Chaise to Captain Godby of the Royal Navy, 18cm x 15cm

Provenance:…
£30 - £50 - View
265 ADMIRAL WILLIAM CARNEGIE, 7TH EARL OF NORTHESK KCB (1756-1831) A signed letter
dated October 6th 1797, a two page letter from the then-Captain Earl, regarding a letter that had not reached his ship the Monmouth, and discussing the road from Dundee to Montrose, 23cm x 19cm
£80 - £150 - View
266 BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A SIGNED LETTER FROM THE WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JOHN COOKE (1762-1805)
a two page signed letter from Louisa Cook, dated 1830, 23cm x 18cm
£50 - £100 £40 View
267 "RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. A. J. SCOTT, D.D. LORD NELSON'S CHAPLAIN"
first edition, published Saunders and Otley, London, 1842; together with an original letter from A. J. Scott to Thomas Ryden Esq that discusses an instant mentioned in the book, pg 256/257, where…
£300 - £500 - View
268 THE POW DISCHARGE DOCUMENT TO NORBERT SMOLKA OF THE KRIEGSMARINE
Smolka joined the Kriegsmarine on the 18th of August 1942, aged 18, a U-Boat Crew member he was taken prisoner and held in a POW camp until 1950, after the War he settled in South Shields
£100 - £200 - View
269 COMMANDER JAMES SPRATT (1771-1853) An autographed letter recounting his famous exploits
when he single-handedly boarded the French “L’ Aigle”, cutlass between his teeth, on two sheets of bifold paper, the last three pages blank

Provenance: Purchased from T & W Auctions, Tunbridge…
£300 - £500 £800 View
270 DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM ARMBAND & DAF BOOK
armband in good condition, the book has entries up until 1943, the staples inside are missing, some pages loose
£50 - £80 - View
271 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'NELSON' SHEET MUSIC
composed by Braham and arranged by Brinley Richards, published by Joseph Williams, London, 1890, 32cm x 23cm; together with an act of parliament ‘to grant a certain annuity to Lady Viscountess Nelson…
£30 - £50 - View
272 A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON ANTIQUE PISTOLS AND GUNS
including: Norman Dixon "Georgian Pistols", "Firearms by Ricketts", "Manhattan Firearms", "English Pistols and Revolvers" by JN George and others
£50 - £100 £30 View

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