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Medals and Militaria

Auction date Thursday 9 May 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Helen Abraham


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Thursday 9th May at 10.30am


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 150

Lot 95 Unsold
A WORLD WAR II DAMBUSTERS 617 SQUADRON RAID PRINT
possibly by Robert Taylor, non-titled and unsigned by artist, signed in pencil by fourteen members of the crew including John Bell, Harry Johnson, Larry Curtis, Terry Kearns, 60cm x 38cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 96 Sold
A LARGE COLOURED PRINT OF THE ARTILLERY COMPANY AT THEIR MANOEUVRES
hand-coloured print, engraved by R. Havell, painted by G. Forster, representing 'The Honourable Artillery Company Paysing in Review before their Illustrious COLONEL His Royal Highness Prince Augustus', 59cm x 33cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 97 Sold
R. ACKERMANN'S COSTUMES OF THE INDIAN ARMY, NO. 2
'Bengal Light Cavalry' (Officer), hand-coloured print, engraved by J. Harris, drawn by Henry Martens, London 'Published March 25th 1845, by Rudolf Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street', 30cm high x 22.5cm wide
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 98 Sold
R. ACKERMANN'S COSTUMES OF THE BRITISH ARMY (THE NEW SERIES) NO. 9
'1st Life Guards', hand-coloured print, sculpt. by J. Harris, drawn by Henry Martens, London 'Published June 1st 1858, by Rudolf Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street', 30cm high x 22.5cm wide
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 99 Sold
R. ACKERMANN'S COSTUMES OF THE BRITISH ARMY NO. 19
'6th Dragoon Guards Officer (Carabiniers), hand-coloured print, J. Harris sculpt., H. Daubrawa, pinx. 'Published January 12th 1844, by Rudolf Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street', 22.5cm long x 29.5cm wide
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £60 - £80
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 100 Unsold
R. ACKERMANN'S COSTUMES OF THE BRITISH ARMY NO. 39
'The Honourable Artillery Company, Officer and Private', hand-coloured print, engraved by J. Harris, painted by H. Martens, 'Published August 10th 1848 by Rudolf Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street', 29.5cm long x 22cm wide
Estimate: £60 - £80
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 101 Unsold
SIX FRENCH WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS OF KAISER WILHELM II
early 20th century, 'VISE PARIS', 1-6/134, illustrating individually the atrocities of the German and Prussian forces and collectively forming a caricature of the Kaiser's face, 27.5cm x 26cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 102 Sold
A FIVE REICHSMARK BANK NOTE
believed to be signed by Adolf Hitler, 1942, now framed and mounted, 13.5cm x 7cm
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £30 - £50
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 103 Unsold
ANTONIO ARIAS BERNAL (1914-1960)
1940's World War II Latin American Anti-German Propaganda posters, including, 'The Cactus', 18cm x 25cm (linen backed); 'La Union es la fuerza', 36cm x 50.5cm (non backed); and another untitled, depicting the Union of the Nations against Fascism, 36cm x 50.5cm (backed), marked in the left hand corners 'El Coordinade de Asintos Interamericanos, Washington' (3)
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 104 Unsold
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
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 105 Sold
A DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM ARMBAND & DAF BOOK
armband in good condition, the book has entries up until 1943, the staples inside are missing, some pages loose
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 106 Unsold
A LATE 19TH CENTURY LOG BOOK OF A NAVAL CADET ON BOARD H.M.S. BELLEROPHON
the 'Log of the proceedings of HMS Bellerophon 78 Guns R.L. Baynes Esq. C.B. Captain Commencing October 2nd 1847 and ending 6th October 1848 Kept by John P. Gardiner Naval Cadet', bound in blue calf, 33cm long; together with photo of H.M.S. Bellerophon (2)
HMS Bellerophon was built in 1818 at Portsmouth dockyard and was named after the ship that served…
Estimate: £300 - £600
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 107 Unsold
BUCHAN, JOHN, 'THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME - FIRST PHASE'
published by Thomas Nelson and Son, London, complete with folding map, blue paper bound, together with thirty other war-related books by John Buchan (31)
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 108 Unsold
A WORLD WAR II WEBBING MAP CASE FROM THE CYPRUS CAMPAIGN (1955-1959)
stamped 1944 inside, with 'SIGNAL TRAINING (ALL ARMS) PAMPHLET No. 4 WIRELESS SIGNALLING SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 VHF 1957', and a modern military map of the Troodos Mountains (3)
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 109 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF PAINTED AND CARVED SOLDIERS
of various battalions including Guards Bandsmen, the Scottish Rifle Brigade, Guards Riflemen, Light Infantry, the Frontier Force and the Punjab Infantry (a lot)
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 110 Sold
A WWII PERIOD WOODEN MODEL OF A BOMBER AIRCRAFT
realistically handpainted, 85cm long x 92cm (wingspan) wide
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £80
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 111 Sold
A PAIR OF 9CT GOLD ROYAL FLYING CORP CUFFLINKS
20th century, oval double headed, with riveted 'RFC' emblem surrounded by laurel leaf and with crown atop to one side and enamelled stripes to the other, 2cm heads (2)
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 112 Sold
AN ENAMELLED 15CT GOLD ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS SWEETHEART BROOCH
4.5cm wide, (c.5.6g)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 113 Sold
A WORLD WAR I COIN BRACELET
with ten white metal coins (of various denominations including some from Italy, France, Germany, and Uruguay), pierced and joined with base metal rings, one naively engraved 'G.H. CHATWIN 996 C.E XV HUSSARS'
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 114 Unsold
A WORLD WAR II ANTI-PARTISAN COMBAT BADGE
marked 'B&NL' for Berg & Nolte, Ludenscheid, behind the pin
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 115 Sold
A WWII ANTI-AIRCRAFT FLAK BATTLE BADGE
marked with 'A' under the pin for F.W.Assman und Sohne, Ludenscheid
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 116 Sold
A WWII GENERAL 25 ASSAULTS BADGE
marked with 'R.K' for Rudolf Karneth, Gablonz, on the reverse
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 117 Unsold
A WORLD WAR II ANTI-PARTISAN COMBAT BADGE
possibly made from tombac, without marks
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 118 Unsold
A ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY HELMET PLATE
1878-1905, a die stamped brass plate with the flaming grenade, 'GIBRALTAR' and motto surrounding the globe, with two vertically mounted pin posts, 12cm high

Worn until 1905 when the white helmet was adopted.
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024

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