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Collection of WWI items to include: medal group with Queen's south Africa Medal, having clasps for South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, together with 1914-15 Star awarded to Private W H James, Sussex Yeomanry, with companion 1914-18 War Medal and 1914-19 Victory Medal, an album of black and white postcards Arras Apres Le Bombardnent, two trench art brass letter knives named to 'Audruiq 1916', needlework panel Sussex Yeomanry 1914-18, Battle Honors needlework rectangular panel 1914-18 Sussex Yeomanry and another similar Palestine etc. Sussex Yeomanry. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Französische Gartenbank "Arras" grün geschmiedetes Eisen, gerundete, verstrebte Sitzfläche, 2 volutenförmige Armlehnen, wellig verstrebter Stand mit 4 Tierklauenfüßen, L ca. 150cm, H ca. 80cm, Sitzhöhe ca. 44cm, Patina/Witterungsspuren

TRENCH ART; a pair of pin dishes, each set with 1937 pennies, diameter 12cm, and a brass matchbox holder incribed 'ARRAS, 1919' (3).

WWI Diary/Journal of Col. T. B. Watson, R.A.M.C., attached 17th Field Ambulance B.E.K. France, Ypres/Somme, Covering the period: March 22 1915 to April 3rd 1916; and containing many personal notes and newspaper clippings for most of the theatres of war and countries. Some of the subjects covered: German atrocities, British POWs, wounded, captured Germans, spies, U-boats, promotions, VC winners, individual accounts of battles at Gallipoli, attacks on shipping and installations, Royal Flying Corps exploits, Etc. PLUS: A Military photograph album, France and Germany, April to Sept. 1919; Boulogne, Coblenz, Cologne, Etaples, Calais, Arras, Siegburg (Lancashire Division Horse Show and Gymkhana August 1919), Bethune, etc., and including two pages of signatures. Covers worn and pages detached (2)

2 WW1 medals -The Great War for Civilisation and 1914-1918 medal marked 44063 Pte. H. Yeadon Durh.L.I and ARRAS cap badge in Thorne's Toffee tin

WW1 military interest - a collection of First World War Official War Photographs postcards, Valentine's Aircraft Recognition cards, and French Cartes Postales, issued by the Daily Mail. The lot to include post cards from Battles Pictures series 1, series 5, series 4 etc. Depicting scenes of trench warfare, ruins across France including Monfaucon, Reims, Fort de Vaux, Monts de Champagne and Villes-sur-Tourbe. Including a 1915 woven silk scene of the ruins at Arras in a post card mount. Just over 100 postcards in lot.

France, Louis XVI (1774-1793), 2 Sols, 1792w (pellet below w), Arras, 24.48g/6h (Dup. 1722; Gad. 25). Extremely fine, very rare thus £200-£260

WWI Military Medal trio and ephemera; a Military Medal awarded to 65502 Bombadier J Todd 135 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, also with the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, included are sweetheart silks, gifts from France, correspondence from officers and friends of Mr J Todd, many photos of him and his comrades prior to active service and whilst on active service, a trench map of France sheet 51b NW edition 9.Cap badges, collar dogs and buttons, his regimental tie and many other interesting items of the period. Provenance: On Friday the 18th January 1918 in Xlll Corps Routine Orders line 1342 reads Honours and Awards: The Corps Commander has awarded the Military Medal to 65502 Bombardier J Todd, RGA for Gallantry and devotion to duty in repeatedly repairing and maintaining telephone lines under heavy hostile shell fire.135 Siege Battery saw action at the Battle of the Somme, Battle of Arras, The German Spring Offensive, and the Hundred days offensive. The Garrison's Headquarters was in Tynemouth and they deployed to the Western Front in the Summer of 1916.Mr J Todd survived the war and was able to represent his unit at wreath laying ceremonies which can be seen in some of the photographs included in this lot.

Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Major J. Leckie, Machine Gun Corps, who died of wounds on 29 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. Leckie.) extremely fine Three: Captain R. W. Leckie, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. W. Leckie.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, contact marks, very fine (6) £800-£1,000 --- M.C. London Gazette, 3 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette, 25 May 1917. John Leckie was born in Edinburgh on 10 June 1891. He attended George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, from 1897 to 1908, afterwards attending Edinburgh University, where, as a member of Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps, he was commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment in June 1915, for service during the Great War. Transferring into the Machine Gun Corps, he served on the Western Front from 1 July 1916 and was attached to the 56th Division, with whom he fought on the Somme, at Arras and Cambrai, and was four times wounded. Advanced Major, he was further wounded before Bullecourt and died of wounds on 29 August 1918. He is buried in Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, France. Robert Westlands Leckie, older brother of the above, was born in Edinburgh on 22 February 1887. He attended George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, before New College and Edinburgh University, where he joined the Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps and was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in September 1914 for service during the Great War. According to the Watsonian War Record, he served in Egypt and Salonika before serving on the Western Front in 1917 where he was wounded the following December. Later appointed Royal Artillery Education Officer at Forth Garrison, he was advanced Temporary Captain in June 1919. Post-War, he was ordained into the United Free Church, taking Holy Orders in Edinburgh, where he later died in 1968. Sold with copied research.

Three: Private C. Clark, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who died of pneumonia in Syria on 26 November 1918 British War and Victory Medals (37281 Pte. C. Clark. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (Clarence Clarke [sic]) the plaque pierced with four holes around edge (three subsequently plugged), therefore fine; the pair nearly extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (1569 Pte. O. G. King. Essex. R.) good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Clarence Clarke was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, and attested for the Army Service Corps at Keighley. Transferring to the Essex Regiment, he served with the 5th Battalion in the Egyptian theatre of War, and died of pneumonia in Syria on 26 November 1918, presumably a victim of the influenza pandemic. He is buried in Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon. Oliver George King was born in Great Tey, Essex, in 1895 and attested for the Essex Regiment at Halstead. He served as a Corporal with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915, before being discharged on termination of engagement in 1916, and subsequently re-enlisted in the regular forces, seeing further service with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front. Promoted Sergeant, he was killed in action during the attack at Monchy-le-Preux on 14 April 1917, on which date the Battalion was almost wiped out. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied Medal Index Card, which shows that King’s British War and Victory Medals should have been issued with the rank of Sergeant; why it shows Private is presumably due to an error at the Mint.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (4606 Pte. J. Warren. 5/Lcrs.) very fine £500-£700 --- William John Warren was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and attested for the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers at Canterbury in January 1895. He served with the Regiment in India from November 1896 to March 1898, and in South Africa between March 1898 and July 1900 and October 1901 and April 1902. One of the two squadrons of the regiment present at Elandslaagte took part in the famous charge on 21 October 1899. As the Boers mounted their horses and started to retreat, the 5th Lancers charged them three times as darkness was setting in. Many Boers were cut down and two field guns were captured, with total enemy casualties of around 350. Warren was discharged on 27 January 1907, having served for 12 years with the Colours. Warren resided in Holloway, London after service and re-engaged with his old regiment at Highbury during the Great War. He served with the Regiment on the Western Front (entitled to BWM and VM), and was killed in action aged 41 during the first day of the Second Battle of Arras on 9 April 1917. Private Warren is buried in the Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais, France. Sold with copied research.

LARGE COLLECTION LATE 19TH C. PHOTOGRAPHS, almost exclusively by French photographer Paul Robert (1866-1898), with architectural images of La Rochelle, Arras, Beaucaire, Grenoble and other French town/cities and chateaux, mostly with blind stamp 'Paul Robert, Paris, lower left, (approx. 30)Provenance: private collection CardiffComments: loose, unframed, various conditions, thin paper

A Wedgwood Florentine 'Arras Green' dinner service comprising two tureens with lids (one cracked), three plates, side plate, two tea plates and six smaller plates, eight bowls and two gravy boats with saucers

First World War history. A collection of eleven Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918). The lot comprising three copies of Arras Lens-Douai and the Battles of Artois, Rheims and the Battles for its Possession, The Yser and the Belgian Coast, Battlefields of the Marne 1914 I The Ourco Chantilly - Senlis - Meaux, The Somme Volume I, Amiens before and During the War, Lille Before and During the War, Ypres and the Battles of Ypres, and the Marne Battlefields 1914. All in original wraps or cloth bindings, occasional bumping & marks to boards, ownership inscriptions etc. 8vo.

A set of 6 Wedgwood Florentine Arras Green Dinner plates W4170 Together with two Aynsley Cabinet plates signed D.Jones

A LARGE ARRAS GARDEN SUITE EARLY TO MID 20TH CENTURY Cast and wrought iron and comprising table 170cm diameter, and a group of eight chairs, two with maker's labels for Société anonyme Saint-Sauveur-lès-Arras

The bench with a slatted back and seat, scrolling arms and a cast seat. With a brass label for ' Usine S. Sauveur Arras'.150cm wide x 80cm highQty: 1Some wear to the paint and minor marks due to external use, otherwise good condition

Viscount Montgomery (son of WW2 leader) signed 1997, Great War Arras and Vimy Ridge cover GW34. Set with Biography and French Vimy stamps on A4 Page with corner mounts so can easily be removed if required. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Tasse mit Unterschale. Joseph François Boussomaert Arras (1729-1782). Porzellan, mit kobaltblauem Fond, gold gesäumt, und erhabenen Vögeln in Gold, teilw. radiert; am Boden gemarkt „AR“. (Gold berieben)

A green patinated garden bench, signed S. Sauveur, Arras.Dimensions: (L:66 x W:151 x H:80 cm)

* Screen. A large wooden room divider, late 18th century, a large 4-part hinged wooden room divider, the panels joined with leather (partially perished) and re-inforced with later metal hinges, the front panels decorated with a large mid-17th century etched and engraved hand-coloured map by N. Cochin of the Siege of Arras, the map on sixteen conjoined sheets consisting of a panorama and a siege map, the margins decorated with separately printed floriate strips, with the title excised and pasted along the base, the title reads "Le Siege D'Arras Leve par la Deffaite des Ennemis, 1654", varnished overall, slight surface abrasion and staining, the reverse of the panels with a plain paper design with separately printed borders, each panel 1920 x 530 mm, overall size approximately 1920 x 2125 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:RCIN 723105. An aerial view and prospect of the siege of Arras. The city was besieged by the Spanish, commanded by Louis de Bourbon, the Prince de Condé (1621-86) from 3 July to 25 August 1654, during the Franco-Spanish War (1635 - 59). The Spanish were defeated in battle on 25 August 1654 by a French relief army under the command of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne (1611-75). This example retains the separately printed title which is pasted along the base of the image. The word 'Defaite' in this title panel is spelt with two 'F's whereas the title in the Museum of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France copy contains only one 'F'. The Museum's copy also retains the columns of letterpress text, (in French and Latin) which were pasted to the vertical margins, with a further eight columns (two blank) of text pasted along the lower border.

Range of Silk Christmas, Greetings & Postcards, some military, including Christmas (x6), Arras 1915 Illustrated, To My dear Wife From Your Loving Husband, To My Dear Wife, To My Dear Baby, To My Dear Little Girl, Home Sweet Home, To My Dear Love, Never Say Die, Happy Christmas War 1914.16, Forget Me Not, Greetings From France, 1918 Souvenir From France, Sincere Birthday Wishes, total quantity 19. Plus four further postcards war related.

François Bonvin (Vaugirard 1817-1887 Saint-Germain-en-Laye)Nu féminin huile sur toile marouflé sur panneauoil on canvas laid down on board65 x 39.8cm (25 9/16 x 15 11/16in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, ArrasPrivate CollectionLiteratureG.P. Weisberg, Bonvin, 1979, n. 85, (ill. p. 202).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Family Group: Three: Corporal B. B. McLaren, Royal Engineers, who served at Gallipoli and died in Malta on 21 June 1915 1914-15 Star (72231 2. Cpl. B. McLaren. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (72231 2. Cpl. B. McLaren. R.E.) some polish residue, very fine Pair: Corporal J. E. McLaren, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (4841 Pte. J. E. McLaren. K.O.Y.L.I.) very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Bernard David McLaren, a G.P.O. lineman from York, was born in 1881 at Willbery, North Riding of Yorkshire. He attested into the Territorial Force in August 1914 and transferred to the Royal Engineers, with whom he served in Gallipoli from 29 April 1915. Having fallen ill, he was evacuated to Malta, where he died on 21 June 1915. He is buried in Pieta Military Cemeterey, Malta. Joseph Edwin McLaren, younger brother of the above, attested into the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front with the 1/5th Battalion and was killed in action on 27 March 1918. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Pair: Private A. E. Rowell, 43rd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Canada, who was killed in action near Vis-en-Artois in August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (693292 Pte. A. E. Rowell. 43-Can. Inf.) together with Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (693292 Pte. A. E. Rowell) extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Albert Edward Rowell was born at Doddington, Cambridgeshire, on 31 December 1896, and attested for the 43rd Infantry Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Canada, at Saskatoon on 18 December 1916. He was killed in action by an enemy shell whilst his battalion was taking up new positions in the vicinity of Vis-en-Artois on the night of 27 August 1918. He is buried in Vis-en-Artois British cemetery, Haucourt, 8 miles south-east of Arras. Sold with original Memorial Scroll (Pte. Albert Edward Rowell, Canadian Infantry Bn.); card identity disc and various related badges; two studio portrait photographs; another group photograph and one of his temporary wooden grave marker; a letter home to his siblings dated just six days before he was killed; and various official correspondence concerning his death and burial.

Possibly Unique and Historically Important WWI Photographic Archive of Jack Turner, Royal Canadian Artillery, consisting of approximately 510 original photographs taken illicitly by Corporal B H (Jack) Turner, 2nd Canadian Siege Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery. The photographs portray the unit’s service at the Somme, Vimy, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Lens, Arras, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, Valenciennes, Mons, Cologne and England. The images cover daily routines, comrades, trenches, guns in action, graves, carnage in the mud, German prisoners and much more. Most of the high quality contact prints (approximately 5.7 cm. square) were processed and printed by candlelight at the Front, and his German camera and equipment were hidden in the gun limbers, he wrote home in code for more film according to his daughter. Four hundred and thirty-three prints are contained in five albums and 73 prints are loose, most have his hand-written descriptions on the reverse. Accompanying the albums are also six large format (c.25 x 27cm.) photographs processed and mounted by him post-War and a large hand-coloured (40 x 47 cm.) photograpgh of four of his comrades; His annotated copy of ‘A History of the Second Canadian Siege Battery, June 1915-May 1919’ by Harold H Simpson with several of his own and official photos added. Jack and his unit were from Prince Edward Island, Canada and after the War, Jack became a farmer returning to photography only in the 1960s when he used a shed as a darkroom for his larger prints. This grouping is probably the best photographic archive we have ever had the pleasure to bring to market, the images capture all the horrors of WW1. Front line photography is extremely rare to find as cameras were restricted in the front lines due to the fear of the horrors of trench warfare getting back home and harming the war effort. This archive is a must for any serious collector, historian or institution

Braun u. Hogenberg.: Arras. - Gröningen. - Rouen. 3 Gesamtansichten. 3 Bl. Radierungen aus Braun & Hogenberg, um 1580. Je ca. 15 x 47 cm. Jwls. unter Passep. u. Glas gerahmt (nicht ausgerahmt). - Tls. etw. gebr. u. etw. stockfl.

World War One trench art model of a tank, inscribed Arras / Bus 1919, 18cm long

A WW1 death plaque, in memory of PT. George Thomas Froud, 29275, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died aged 28 on 30th of December 1917, son of the late George Thomas and Matilda Ann Froud, of 25 County Rd. , Maidstone, Kent. Previously wounded at the Battle of Arras, 13th April 1917, remembered with honour at Chatby War Memorial.

24x WWI Aftermath Photographs, image size 22.5 x 15 cm. mounted on cards, including Bailleul, Ypres, Rheims, Red Cross wagon and nurses, disabled tank, Arras, La Boisselle Crater, Lille, Bapaume and Albert. Good condition. (12 cards)

Grouping of WWI Memorabilia and Curios, HMS Ganges (1821-1930), Birmingham & Iron Duke timber souvenirs; Arras & Blankenberghe silver spoons. Trench art, German aircraft splinter, rivet burr from the Dreadnought ‘Thunderer’, Thames Ironworks 1910-11, RFA & Haig shot glasses and an invalid embroidered belt. (Lot)

Capt. Edgar Shamper, No.5 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Canadian Corps Championships original aerial photos, five (c. 22cm x 18cm) of the Canadian Corps Championships/Sports Day at Tinques, near Arras, France on 1st July 1918, taken by Capt. Edgar Shamper, No.5 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, with an interview transcript of his widow Vera (nee Carter). One photo explains in his own hand how he dropped the prints to Gen. Currie while the games continued, with an original well-used Corps Championships programme; Shamper’s Trench Map of ‘Foot Hill’ including Bailleul, scale 1:20,000, showing trenches corrected to 19.6.1918.

A 19th Century silk stumpwork depicting Arras Cain killing Abel, 47.5cm x 65cm

Luftfahrt - Ballonfahrt - - Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier. La vie et les mémoires de Pilâtre de Rozier, Ecrits par lui-même, et publiés par M. T. Mit 4 Holzschnitt-Tafeln auf einem gefalteten Blatt. Paris, l'Éditeur, Belin, Bailly, Merigot, 1786. 4 Bll., 148 S. 8°. HLdr. d. 19. Jh. mit goldgepr. RTitel, Marmordeckel und -vorsätze (etwas berieben). Ohne das Frontispiz-Porträt des Autors. Mit 5 zusätzlich eingebundenen Bll. (4 vorgebunden, 1 nachgebunden) mit hs. Abschrift des späten 19. Jh. von Autographen und Archivalien der Archives Départementales in Arras und eines Autographen der Bibliothèque nationale Pilatre de Rozier betreffend. - Erste Ausgabe der Memoiren des berühmten Physikers und Ballonfahrers (1756-1785), der 1783 die erste Ballonfahrt zwischen dem Château de la Muette und der Butte aux Cailles unternahm. - Titelbl. mit zeitgen. hs. Besitzeintrag. Gutes Exemplar. Aviation - Balloon flight - With 4 woodcut plates on one folded sheet. 19th century half leather with gilt title on spine, marbled boards and endpapers (somewhat rubbed). - Without the frontispiece portrait of the author. With 5 additional bound-in fols. with autograph copies from the late 19th century of autographs and archival documents from the Archives Départementales in Arras and an autograph from the Bibliothèque nationale concerning Pilatre de Rozier. - First edition of the memoirs of the famous physicist and balloonist (1756-1785), who made the first balloon flight between the Château de la Muette and the Butte aux Cailles in 1783. - Title page with contemporary ownership inscription. Good copy.

WW2 BOB fighter pilot Barron, Norman 236 sqn signed 70th ann Battle of Arras RAF flown cover with biography details fixed to A4 page. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Postcards, Silks, 4 embroidered silks showing 3 French place names and 1 'Greetings from Balcock' in the UK. The French cards show 'Souvenir du 15th RJA Albi' with historical gentleman carrying a walking stick to the right; Arch de Triumph in the centre of vertical card and the caption 'Souvenir de Paris', and the church (vertical card) at Arras-Beffroi (mixed condition)

A Great War Western Front ‘V.C. recommendation’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal A. G. A. Harris, 3rd Dragoon Guards, for conspicuous gallantry near Monchy le Preux on 11 April 1917, on which occasion he had his hand practically severed at the wrist and was again wounded in the leg whilst attempting to deliver a message Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13272 Cpl. A. G. A. Harris. 3/D. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (GS-13272 L. Cpl. A. G. A. Harris. 3-D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-13272 Pte. A. G. A. Harris. 3-D. Gds.) very fine and better (4) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When carrying messages he was badly wounded twice in succession. Attempting to proceed and finding he was unable to, he crawled back and reported his condition.’ Annotated gazette states, ‘Near Monchy, 11 April 1917.’ The following recommendation for the award of the Victoria Cross was submitted on 14 April 1917, by Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Burt, Commanding 3rd Dragoon Guards: ‘No 13272 L/Cpl Harries A. G. “B” Squadron 3rd Dragoon Guards, on 11th April 1917 at Arras, South of Monchy le Preux when sent on a message he had his right hand practically severed at the wrist but continued to try and proceed, was wounded again in the leg and crawled back to his Troop Leader to report he was unable to deliver the message. He advanced 100 yards with his arm shattered and crawled back 300 yards after being hit a second time - for V.C.’ (Battalion Ward Diary refers). Alfred George Acton Harris enlisted on 29 March 1915, and served with the 3rd Dragoon Guards in France from 17 October 1915. He was discharged on 7 November 1917, due to wounds received in action at Monchy le Preux. Sold with copied gazette notices and War Diary extracts.

A Great War ‘Arras operations’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant J. Walker, 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, for gallantry in the capture and defence of the village of Rouex on 23 April 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (725255 Sjt: J. Walker. 1/7 A. & S. Hdrs.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1840. Cpl. J. Walker. A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1840 A.W.O. Cl. I. J. Walker. A. & S.H.); Jubilee 1935; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2968685 W.O. Cl. II. J. Walker. D.C.M. 7-A. & S.H); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with additional service clasp (2968685 W.O. Cl. II. J. Walker. D.C.M. 7-A. & S.H.) mounted court-style for display, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 17 July 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When all the officers had become casualties he took charge of the remains of the company and succeeded in capturing and holding a village in spite of heavy artillery and machine gun fire.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Rouex, 23 April 1917.’ James Walker was born in Glasgow in 1892 and was a machinist when he enlisted into the 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Territorial Force) in 1913, declaring three years’ previous service with the 7th H.L.I. He landed in France on 15 December 1914, and served with the 7th A. & S.H. throughout the War and remained in service up to the Second World War. In August 1939 he was posted to the 12th (Home Service) Battalion of the A. & S.H. Sold with good copied research including a coloured image of him wearing his D.C.M., trio and first T.A. medal.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Sergeant T. Wilson, Royal Field Artillery, who was twice wounded in action Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (103989 Cpl. -A. Sjt:- T. Wilson. D162/Bde: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (103989. Dvr. T. Wilson, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (103989 Sjt. T. Wilson. R.A.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £700-£900 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 20 August 1919. Thomas Wilson was born in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, on 30 April 1891, and having emigrated to Canada in 1908, when 18 years old, he returned to Britain and worked as a baker in North Berwick. Following the outbreak of the Great War he volunteered for service on 24 August 1915 and served during the Great War with 'D' Company,162nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, part of the 33rd Division. The Company embarked from Southampton landing in France on 13 December 1915. The 162nd Brigade first went into action on 13 February 1916 and were involved in major actions in the Battles of the Somme including the Battle of Albert (1-13 July), the Battle of Bazentin (14-17 July), and the attacks on High Wood (22 July - 7 August). Promoted Corporal on 19 February 1917, Wilson saw further action in the Arras Offensive (9-24 April), the Hindenburg Line (12 September - 12 October) and Operation Hush on the Flanders Coast. The Brigade also saw action in the 3rd Battles of Ypres (31 July - 10 November). The first award of the Military Medal to Wilson was for actions in the 3rd Battles of Ypres whilst a member of D (Howitzer) Battery. On 22 September Wilson was wounded by gas on 22 September 1917, and was awarded his first Military Medal on 4 October 1917 which was gazetted the following February. He was promoted Sergeant, and was awarded the Second Award Bar to the Military Medal for ‘Operations on the Western Front’ between October and December 1917 year. He was also awarded a Divisional Certificate for distinguished services on the 25 April 1918, during the retreat from Kemmel Ridge. He was wounded again on 2 May 1918. In May 1921, Wilson returned to Canada and settled in South Porcupine. He was awarded the British Empire Service League Canadian Legion Medal '1937-40', and remained in Ontario for the rest of his life before his death, aged 73, on 26 June 1964. He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. His son, Thomas Peter Wilson, served during the Second World War with 434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in December 1944. Sold with the recipient’s British Empire Service League Canadian Legion Medal, the reverse engraved ‘Tho’s Wilson, S. Porcupine, Br #287. 1937-40’, with top ‘Past President Branch’ riband bar; and copied research which states that Wilson requested that his Military Medal be personally presented to him by H.M. the King (although it is not clear whether this request was granted).

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal J. McQuade, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, later Royal Dublin Fusiliers, serving with whom he was killed in action in October 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (12460 L. Cpl. J. McQuade. 2/K.O.S.B.) nearly very fine £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. John McQuade was born in Belfast and enlisted into the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Glasgow. He later served with the Leinster Regiment and with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, serving with whom he was killed in action on 4 April 1917. He is commemorated by name on the Arras Memorial. Sold with copied research including Medal Index Card showing entitlement to British War and Victory Medals.

Seven: Sergeant R. Kirk, Coldstream Guards, later Corps of Military Police and 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade, who was reprimanded for shooting down a Luftwaffe plane during the Evacuation at Dunkirk, and later became a Gold Medal winning philatelist General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2656638. Gdsmn. R. Kirk. C. Gds.) number officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for display; together with the recipient’s Dunkirk Medal, traces of verdigris to F&G Star, otherwise good very fine (8) £180-£220 --- Reginald Kirk, a native of Wincobank, near Sheffield, attested for the Coldstream Guards in 1934 for four years where he took part in the Trooping the Colour and guarding of Buckingham and St James' Palaces and the Tower of London in 1935. His unit had a rare inspection by King Edward VIII at Wellington Barracks. He served with the 3rd Battalion in Palestine in 1936, where he had a painful encounter with a scorpion. Discharged on 12 August 1938, having served in an exemplary manner, he spent a short time at Sheffield Post Office, before he was back in as a reservist in June 1939. At this time the authorities were building up the Corps of Military Police (about a 1000 Guardsmen had joined the Military Police), and Kirk followed, joining them on 2 September 1939, two days before the declaration of the War. Kirk went with the Military Police to Arras with the British Expeditionary Force on 7 September 1939. On 10 May 1940 the Germans cut off Arras and the Channel Ports. On that morning, having heard heavy gunfire, Kirk took a motorbike to escort Staff Officer Colonel Herbert to Brussels, they were stopped at the Belgian border and let through after some arguments, and returned back to Arras later going through towns which were sometimes under fire from dive bombing Stukas. ‘A few days before Dunkirk evacuation, Kirk acted on his own initiative and found himself in trouble. A flight of Stuka dive bombers flew 400 feet over the flat Belgian fields. He had kept his short Lee Enfield Mark III loaded with five rounds, he pointed it an aircraft’s length in front of one of the Stukas and fired all the rounds off at the Luftwaffe Aircraft, he hit it and it crashed into the sea, he was ecstatic but there was no commendation for Reg Kirk, in fact he was quizzed “Who told you to fire on that plane?” by the miserable Sergeant “Tombstone Joe”. He had to produce his Army Book and told “You’ll be on an Army Form B252, a charge sheet”, fortunately for him the Commanding Officer had moved on, and the process of dealing with this simply fizzled away.’ Serving in Italy in 1943 Kirk volunteered for the 2nd Parachute Brigade, to complete the War as a Paratrooper. On one occasion he was photographed as his unit landed in Salonica, Greece in late 1944 by flat bottom landing craft. Demobilised in November 1945, he transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 27 August 1946. Returning to the Sheffield Post Office, Kirk subsequently became a keen philatelist, and built up a good collection of Hong Kong stamps, followed by a collection of covers, envelopes and post-cards carried by vessels of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. At the World Philatelic Exhibition in Stockholm he was awarded a gold medal for his display of P & O covers between 1836 and 1914. Sold with copied research.

Miscellaneous Plates, some railway comprising: cast iron Tenderplate BR3 1098 dated 1954, believed to be ex Standard Class 2 Mickey Mouse 78024, broken missing corners: Fauvet Girel Paris, Arras, Lille, alloy x4; Simotra Paris, cast iron; Franco Belse, cast iron; CFMF Balbigny, France x2 brass; STS London x 4 alloy; SNCF plate stamped with class 25C; Wagon Repair Plates. (19 items)

A collection of 19th and 20th century jewellery. The jewellery to include a pair of 9ct gold cufflinks 4.6g. A Canada brooch pin. A Cherbourg ancho brooch pin. An ARRAS brooch pin with bird and leaf. A maple leaf brooch, A slide with monogram initial 'R'. All weights, measurements and sizes are approximate.

An original WWI First World War Death Plaque / Commemorative Plaque for one Robert John Jarvis. KIA during the first few days of the German Spring Offensive, in March 1918. Along with a photograph of Jarvis' grave at a War Cemetery.  Robert John Jarvis was born in the 1st quarter of 1898 at Uphill, near Weston super Mare, the son of Robert William Jarvis and Mary Ellen Jarvis (née Marshall). He first features in the 1901 Census, when he was three years old and one of two children living with the family at Uphill. By the time of the 1911 Census, Robert John Jarvis was thirteen years old and at school. The family were still living at Uphill (2 Arch Villa).... (he was) The third Somerset bellringer to die during the Kaiserschlacht. 307300 Private Robert John Jarvis of the 2/7th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), who died of wounds on the 24th March 1918, aged 20. Jarvis was also a bellringer at Uphill (Somerset) and a member of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Association of Change Ringers. Private Robert John Jarvis died of wounds on the 24th March 1918, aged 20. He is now buried in London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse, south of Arras. The CWGC records available on their website show that the body of Private Jarvis was one of many graves that were concentrated at London Cemetery after the end of the war. The map co-ordinates on his burial record (51B.L.10.b.0.7) confirm that Jarvis had originally been buried in Erchin German Cemetery, which was some miles behind the German lines. (taken from: https://opusculum.wordpress.com/2018/03/24/private-robert-john-jarvis-sherwood-foresters/)

An interesting collection of I world war maps of France and Belgium including Arras and others each stamped Not to be Published. In a canvas map case Beaumetz scale 1: 50 000.

Wehrpass Dr.med. Schrader Bielefeld WK1 Teilnahme Serbien und Schlacht von Verdun. Seit 1915 Stabsarzt. 1938 Stabsarzt zur Verfügung. Orden: Militärverdienstmedaille 1910, EK 2.Klasse 1915. Recht viele Einträge: 1894 Infanterieregiment 28. -1914 Landwehr Feldlazarett 7. -1915 Kriegslazarett IV.AK. -1916 III. Infanterieregiment 24. -1916 Trainersatzabt. 7. -1916-1917 Infanterieregiment 15. -1918 Reservelazarett Bad Oyenhausen. -1918 Feldartillerieregiment 69/70. Gemäß beiliegender Bescheinigung folgende Kämpfe: -1915 Arras. -1915 Serbien. -1916 Verdun

A First World War Trench Art Dinner Gong, made from a German brass shell case, the top stamped 129 POLTE MAGDEBURG JULI 1915, and later stamped SOMME, ARRAS, LONGUEVAL, HEBUTERNE, GUEDECOURT, GAVRELLE, FRICOURT, MONCHY, YPRES, CAMBRAI, PILKEM, BOURLON, LANGEMARK, FLESQUIRES, PASCHENDALE, HAVRIN COURT, 10TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS XX, set with a fuse to form the suspender, now with an oak barleytwist stand with beater, shell case 24cm diameter, 23cm high, stand 64.5cm high, 50cm wide.

Badge. North Somerset Yeomanry NCO's arm badge. Good die-stamped white metal crowned star bearing ARMA PACIS FULCRA circlet and central crowned GvR cypher. Toned loops. VGC Fought at Ypres, Frezenberg, Loos, Arras, Scarpe, Amiens, Beaurevoir, Cambrai etc. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE

A fine Great War ‘Third Battle of the Scarpe’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major A. W. Lavarack, Royal Fusiliers, who was decorated in 1917 for his part in the capture of Oppy, near Arras, commended by the C.O. of the 17th Royal Fusiliers for his ‘suggestions’ and ‘coolness’ during the Battle of Cambrai, and wounded in action during the German Spring Offensive Subsequently appointed Secretary and later President of the English Golf Union, Lavarack selected and accompanied two gifted amateur golfers to Baden Baden Golf Club in Germany in the aftermath of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, successfully masterminding a last-minute victory in the Golfpreis der Nationen Trophy, more commonly known as the ‘Hitler Trophy’ over the much-fancied young German pairing Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Oppy Village. Major A. Whitley Lavarack. 17th. R.F. June. 1917.’; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. W. Lavarack. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Major A. W. Lavarack.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917. Arthur Whitley Lavarack was born at Willesden, Middlesex, on 25 December 1883. Given the nickname ‘Tiny’ on account of his 5 foot 2 inch stature, Laverack spent his childhood and teenage years in Hendon and Austria, devoting his time to engineering and invention. Granted a patent in America for a ‘recreative switchback apparatus’ bearing a heavy resemblance to a Cornish wheelhouse of the 1800s, his creativity was only stifled by the outbreak of the Great War. Appointed Second Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 4 November 1915, he is recorded by author Edward Wyrall as one of the original contingent of the 17th (Service) Battalion. Sent to France on 16 November 1915, Lavarack joined 30 officers and 994 other ranks in the Annezin, and later Cuinchy, sectors. According to Wyrall, life at Cuinchy was pretty miserable: ‘In the front line, water and mud - anything from waist to knee deep - produced a condition almost indescribable. The hours men spent crouching against the walls of the trenches (for to show one’s head meant almost certain death from a sniper’s bullet) were passed in dull agony... shell holes and mine craters frequently overlapped one another, mostly full of stinking water, foul from decaying bodies which still lay beneath the turgid surface.’ Engaged at Guillemont and the Battle of the Somme, it was said that a subaltern’s life in the Royal Fusiliers at this time was worth only about a week’s purchase, so dreadful were the casualties among the officers. At the Battle of the Scarpe on 3-4 May 1917, two ‘fresh’ companies of the 17th Royal Fusiliers moved forward to assist the Canadians, one to Arleux Loop and the other to the old British line west of the loop. Noted as present by Wyrall, Lavarack was awarded the Military Cross. Oppy proved a turning point for the Battalion, for as Wyrall noted: ‘The old Battalion which had landed in France in 1915 was becoming extinct’. The surviving officers were now in command of inexperienced men, with strong leadership being ever more vital. On 30 November 1917, the Germans launched a savage rain of shellfire onto the Bapaume-Cambrai Road. Keen to retake the salient held by the Royal Fusiliers near Vendhuille, prodigious numbers of infantry left their trenches at 9 a.m. and began to swarm around British front line units. Holding back the surging masses of grey-clad figures, Captain W. N. Stone and Lieutenant S. Benzecry were both recommended for the V.C., the former being posthumously awarded the decoration in the London Gazette of 13 February 1918. Wyrall notes that the Commanding Officer of the 17th Battalion was keen to praise others: ‘...to Captain and Adjutant A. W. Lavarack, for the suggestions that he made and the coolness which he maintained which were of invaluable assistance to me, especially as both my signalling and intelligence officers were wounded earlier in the fighting.’ The early days of the Spring Offensive brought further challenges for Lavarack and his comrades. Facing a ‘grey avalanche’ at Miraumont, Courcelette, Le Sars and Loupart Wood, Wyrall notes an onslaught no less in magnitude than that faced by Stone and Benzecry in the Rat’s Tail a few months previously. Wounded in action, Lavarack was fortunate to reach the sanctuary of a casualty clearing station. Returned home at the cessation of hostilities, he then determined to spend the next 40 years enjoying the manicured fairways of the best golf courses up and down the breadth of the British Isles - in somewhat marked contrast to the Western Front. Appointed Paid Secretary to the English Golfing Union in 1934, Lavarack soon found himself meeting the German Führer who was considering a ‘spin off’ spectacle after the Berlin Olympic Games: ‘A difficult interview with Hitler is one of the odder golfing memories of Major A. Whitley Lavarack, who succeeds Mr. Alan Sowden, of Ilkley, as president of the English Golf Union at the Union’s annual meeting in London today. Major Lavarack, who has been secretary of the Union since 1925, spent much of his early life in Austria. When Hitler came to power, there was some talk that he would ban golf in Germany. Herr Heinkel (sic), the then president of the German Golf Union, asked Major Lavarack to use his influence to put over the golfers’ point of view. An interview was arranged. After Major Lavarack had explained the game and extolled its health-giving virtues, Hitler said impatiently: “If I allow my people to play golf it must be arranged that we win everything.” Major Lavarack said diffidently that this was not always possible. Hitler replied sharply: “If we do not win all the time I shall plough up the courses”.’ (Recollections of Major Lavarack, published in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, 10 March 1954). It is difficult to understand why mid 1930s Germany held any interest in golf or golf tournaments at all, more so why the Führer would spend his own reichmarks on an amber-laden plate trophy. Germany had no golfing tradition, nor champions, and only around 50 courses. More pointedly, author Alan Fraser in his book The Hitler Trophy notes that ‘Hitler was to golf at that time what Tiger Woods is to painting today’. With time at a premium, the Head of the German Golf Union successfully sourced two talented amateur players, but was unable to convince the I.O.C. to admit golf into the programme for the 1936 Olympic Games. Instead, Karl Henkell arranged what he hoped would be a prestigious addendum, an international tournament that would be close enough in time, if not place, to be recognised as part of the Olympiad; christened Der Grosse Preis der Nationen, the tournament was designed to allow golf to wrap itself around the Olympic flag, offering further spectacle for the top German dignitaries. Emboldened by the success of a pre-Olympic tour of America, Henkell sent invitations to 36 countries inviting them to compete at Baden Baden Golf Club; 28 immediately declined. With an increasing awareness of German clubs expelling Jewish players, Switzerland and Sweden soon followed. This left England under the stewardship of Lavarack as one of the remaining half-dozen to accept, alongside France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Netherlands. Accompanying Lavarack to Baden Baden were English golfers Tom Thirsk and Arnold Bentley. A seasoned pair, they faced 72 holes of strokeplay with the combined scores of both players determining the winner. From the calm surrounds of his Black Forest digs, Lavarack sent telegrams to his men: ‘Bes...

Four: Driver T. H. Martin, Army Service Corps 1914 Star, with copy clasp (T-24105 Dvr: T. H. Martin. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T-24105 Dvr. T. H. Martin. A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (T-24105 Dvr: T. H. Martin. 35/D.T. A.S.C.) heavy polishing and contact marks from Star, therefore good fine (4) £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 14 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the forces in France during the present war.’ Thomas H. Martin attested for the Army Service Corps in January 1906. Drafted to France 11 August 1914, he served throughout the Battle of Mons with No.5 Field Ambulance, Army Service Corps, joining the subsequent retreat. According to the National Roll of the Great War, he also took an active part in the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, Ypres (I and II), Neuve Chapelle, Loos, the Somme and Arras, and in the Retreat and Advance of 1918. Awarded the M.S.M. for ‘conspicuously good work’, Martin was discharged in March 1919.

Pair: Corporal E. H. Dunnett, 12th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (East Anglian), who was killed in action on the Western Front 18 July 1917 British War and Victory Medals (21180 Cpl. E. H. Dunnett. Suff. R.) generally very fine or better Pair: Private J. Chambers, 7th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 28 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (43937 Pte. J. Chambers. Suff. R.) good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (50534 Pte. J. W. Atkinson. Suff. R.; 27727 Pte H. C. Everett. Suff. R.) generally very fine or better (6) £70-£90 --- Edward Henry Dunnett was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk. He served during the Great War with the 12th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (East Anglian), and was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 July 1917. Corporal Dunnett is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. John Chambers was born in Pentlow, Essex. He served during the Great War with ‘D’ Company, 7th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, and died of wounds on the Western Front, 28 April 1917. Private Chambers is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Pair: Lieutenant A. G. MacKay, 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, attached Royal Flying Corps, who served as an Observer with 12 Squadron, and was killed in action on 18 May 1917 when his BE2e was shot down by the German ace and Pour le Merite recipient Lieutenant Karl Allmenröder - often flying as wingman to the Red Baron, this was Allmenröder’s 15th victory of the War, out of an eventual total tally of 30 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. G. Mac Kay.) good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Gordon MacKay, a native of Montreal, Canada, attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, and was posted to the 20th (Reserve) Battalion. He served during the Great War attached to the Royal Flying Corps, and was killed in action on 18 May 1917 when his BE2e of 12 Squadron, piloted by Second Lieutenant Benjamin Strachan, with MacKay as Observer, was shot down by the German ace and Pour le Merite recipient Lieutenant Karl Allmenröder. The casualty report stated that they did not appear to notice their attacker until it was too late, and although MacKay returned fire, the wings of their machine crumpled as they folded back and upwards, giving neither man any chance of escape as they plunged to the ground. This was Allmenröder’s 15th victory of the War; he went onto score a further 15 kills, giving him a total tally of 30 victories, before his own death on 27 June 1917. MacKay is buried alongside Strachan in Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.

6th-5th century B.C. Modelled in the half-round, the figure wearing a conical hood with open front, detailed facial features and ribbed beard, left arm bent, right arm drawn across the body in the folds of a mantle, vertical border to the left chest; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. figure in similar pose in the British Museum under accession no.643.7. Collection J. Gréau, Terres Cuites Grecques, Vases Peints et Marbles Antiques, Paris, 1891, p.100-101, no.388, where this piece is drawn. 48 grams, 83 mm (69 grams total, 10.9 cm high including stand) (3 1/4 in. (4 1/4 in.)).Ex. Julien Gréau (1810–1895) who was an omnivorous French collector with a predilection for antiquities. Collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras and Rouen, thence by descent. bwith Millon & Associes Auctions, Paris, 6th December 2021, lot 41 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of Collection J. Gréau, Terres Cuites Grecques, by H. Hoffmann, 1891, where this piece is published. [No Reserve] 

650-600 B.C. With flared base, press-moulded facial detail, irregular arms encircling a naïve figure of a swaddled baby; old inked collector's number '113' to reverse and label with same; later drilled hole to underside. 87 grams, 82 mm (3 1/4 in.).Collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras and Rouen, thence by descent. with Millon & Associes Auctions, Paris, 6th December 2021, lot 41 [Part]. [No Reserve]

650-600 B.C. Of piriform profile with lateral loop handles below the broad shoulder, short neck with flared mouth; bands of painted geometric ornament to the shoulder and equator; circular vent to one face and similar to the reverse with horizontal bar; old collector's labels '8.', 'No.357' and 'Chypre'; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 96 grams, 14 cm high (393 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand) (5 1/2 in. (6 1/8 in.)).Collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras and Rouen; thence by descent. with Millon & Associes Auctions, Paris, 6th December 2021, lot 6. [No Reserve]

650-600 B.C. With globular body, three stub legs, flared mouth with spur to the lip; loop handle to the rear; bands of incised geometric ornament. 119 grams, 10.6 cm (4 1/8 in.).Collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras and Rouen, thence by descent. with Millon & Associes Auctions, Paris, 6th December 2021, lot 1. [No Reserve]

HENRY SAINT-CLAIR (1899 Arras - 1990 Sotteville) Öl(-skizze) auf Karton, "Spielende Kinder am Strand", unten rechts in Öl signiert "H. St. Claire", ca. 50,5x61,5cm, gerahmt (58,5x69cm)

Postcards, WW1 Bomb Damage, 40 cards to include LLs, places include The Somme, Arras, Louvain, Ypres, Festubert, Padua, Verdun, Bethune, Dixmude, Peronne, Reims etc. (gd)

Three Years With The 9th (Scottish) Division by Lieut. Colonel W D Croft CMG DSO Published by John Murray London 1919 First Edition (Second Impression). The author became the commanding officer of 27th (Lowland) Brigade of which the 9th Scottish Division was part and the book covers his experiences of the WW1 battles on the Somme, Vimy, Arras, Ypres, Gouzeaucourt etc. The book measures approx 14cm x 20cm, hard back with gilt lettering on spine, a gilt thistle on front cover, gilt page edging to top edge, 303 pages, with illustrations and folding maps at rear. The book shows some light signs of age otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

WW1 Rare Battlefields of France and Belgium. My Tour Of The Battlefields, 1921 by John Hall Published by Roberts & Newton Ltd Crouch End London 1921 First (and probably only) Edition signed by the author on the title page and inscribed To J. Butler Esq. with the writer's best wishes Sincerely Yours John Hall 6, 8, 23. This is a very interesting and unusual book. John Hall undertook a tour of The First World War battlefields in October 1921 accompanied by his son in law, Mr S G Wood. This book is his account of his travels and makes very interesting reading (unusually this auction cataloguer made the effort to find the time and read most of this book!). Mr Hall meets all sorts of characters and hires a car (called Henry) to transport him to various battlefield sites in France and Belgium. Mr Hall has a camera with him and takes photographs of the numerous places, people and sites that he visits including the British tank cemetery at Menin Road Ypres, Hell Fire Corner, Arras, Cafe St Pierre, a mine crater at Messines, Hooge Wood, Kemmel cemetery, Hop Store cemetery, Nieuport, Paris etc. Inside the book was a vintage presentation card with a Lest We Forget poem, a JH monogram and the address of Dunelm, 36 Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead, E11. An internet search could not find this book mentioned anywhere but an Estate claim notice in the East London Observer for Friday 28th July 1944 was found that notes John Hall died 3rd July 1944 late of 36 Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead. This is a fascinating and rare (possibly unique) book and measures approx 14cm x 21.5cm, 50 pages, hard back, nicely printed pages containing text and numerous interesting black and white photographs that have not been published elsewhere, no dust jacket, the book shows some light signs of age , wear and has some marks on the front and back covers otherwise is in very good condition (see photographs)Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10