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Bayern - - Mathias von Flurl. Rede von dem Einflusse der Wissenschaften insbesondere der Naturkunde auf die Kultur einer Nation. Abgelesen zur Stiftungsfeyer der kurfürstl. baierischen Akademie der Wissenschaften ... München, Lindauer, 1799. 28 S. 8°. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Wappen der Herzöge von Bayern auf dem Vorderdeckel, goldgepr. ornamentale Bordüre und Eckfleurons, Marmorvorsätze, dreis. Goldschnitt (etwas berieben, unscheinbar fleckig, hinterer Deckel mit leichtem Abrieb). Erste Ausgabe dieser Rede, die der bedeutende bayerische Gelehrte Mathias Flurl (1756-1823), einer der führenden deutschen Wissenschaftler auf dem Gebiet der Geologie und Mineralogie seiner Zeit, anlässlich des Stiftungsfestes der Bayerischen Kurfürstlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften hielt. Ein schönes, breitrandiges Exemplar in einem dekorativen zeitgenössischen Widmungseinband aus der Bibliothek der Herzöge von Bayern in Tegernsee, begleitet von einem zweiseitigen gefalteten handschriftlichen Brief von Karl Albrecht von Vacchiery (1746-1807), Direktor der historischen Abteilung der Akademie an Herzog Wilhelm von Bayern (1752-1837), der selbst Ehrenmitglied der Akademie war. - Überaus wohlerhaltenes Exemplar in historischem Einband. Bavaria - Cont. leather with gilt stamped coat of arms of the Dukes of Bavaria on the front cover, gilt stamped ornamental border and corner fleurons, marble endpapers, gilt edges (somewhat rubbed, inconspicuously stained, rear cover with slight abrasion). - First edition of this speech given by the important Bavarian scholar Mathias Flurl (1756-1823), one of the leading German scientists in the field of geology and mineralogy of his time, on the occasion of the foundation festival of the Bavarian Electoral Academy of Sciences. A fine copy with wide margins in a decorative contemporary dedication binding from the library of the Dukes of Bavaria in Tegernsee, accompanied by a two-page folded handwritten letter from Karl Albrecht von Vacchiery (1746-1807), director of the historical department of the Academy to Duke Wilhelm of Bavaria (1752-1837), who was himself an honorary member of the Academy. - Exceptionally well-preserved copy in historical binding.

A WW I 1915 Star trio and a unusual Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh miniature sized silver medal 1914-15 Star. 5027 "Pte. R Campbell A. CYC Corps" British War Medal and Victory Medal. WW II Identity card and a letter of reference from John Keay CBE. Bangour Hospital, also a silver miniature medal R.C of P. The Morrison Bequest silver medal for "Meritorious Attendance on the insane" engraved to William Campel 1921.  et cetera 

Militaria, RAF Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book belonging to W Elliott with details from 1942 to 1945 flying Defiants, Stirlings, Ansons, Martinets, Wellingtons, Henleys, Dakotas and Marauders (marked up with the words 'Duplicate Log Book' to the front page being Gunner Elliott's own contemporary duplicate with a hand written letter to confirm that the original and the copy co-exist), together with a 1941 dated, Broad Arrow marked map box marked 'O I/C Tech. Trng.' containing 12 WW2 dated maps and a qty. of other maps to include plotting maps, some marked up. Also a few post war examples (fair/ gd)

A Great War O.B.E. pair awarded to Commandant May Burke, Eastbourne Division, British Red Cross The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918, on lady’s bow riband; Voluntary Medical Services Medal, silver, with one Additional Award Bar (May Burke.) the gilding worn to first, otherwise very fine (2) £160-£200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918: ‘Mrs. May Burke. Commandant, Urmston and Fairfield Auxiliary Hospitals, Eastbourne.’ May Burke joined the British Red Cross in December 1910 and served during the Great War as Commandant of Sussex No.2 (Eastbourne) division. In 1918 she left her home at Compton Lodge in Eastbourne and moved to Edensor House in Bakewell, Derbyshire, reprising her role as Commandant with Derbyshire No. 26 (Bakewell) division. Sold with a photograph of the recipient in uniform and a letter from the British Red Cross dated 20 March 1992, confirming the above details, adding that the recipient was awarded a Mention in Despatches in 1917. This remains unconfirmed.

A fine post-War ‘Burma’ A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Officer Eileen M. Knox, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 2nd issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1949’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Sister E. M. Knox. P.M.R.A.F.N.S.); Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5) £700-£900 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 9 June 1949. The original recommendation states: ‘This Nursing Sister has been employed on nursing and administrative duties in Burma for the last 12 months, she was appointed Matron to 65 M.F.H., Mingaladon in February 1946, at the time the M.F.H. was converting to a station hospital, and she has remained as Matron since that date. During the period that she has been Matron she has worked untiringly for her patients and staff. In spite of the very adverse conditions existing at Mingaladon, and throughout the Command as a whole, she succeeded rapidly in making the Hospital an efficient unit from the nursing aspect. It was due to the efforts of A/Matron Knox and her staff Nursing Sisters that, although faced with a shortage of both supplies and facilities, the comfort and welfare of the patients was achieved with such success. In addition to her work for the Hospital itself, she exerted a degree of tact and firmness in the organisation of the Sisters Mess which was one of the major factors in maintaining an esprit de corps during the difficult post-war transitional period. A/Matron Knox, as the personality responsible for the high standard of morale and efficiency of her Nursing Sisters, has, by devotion to duty in a trying overseas theatre, contributed considerably to the reputation and prestige of her Nursing Service and of the Royal Air Force.’ Eileen Mary Knox was born in Worthing in 1908. Trained as a nurse at the Royal Free Hospital from 1930 to 1933, she registered as SRN No. 76136 on 15 March 1935. Selected for Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service as Staff Nurse with seniority from 12 January 1937, she was sent to R.A.F. Halton for training and then on to Palestine, qualifying for the GSM with clasp. Raised Sister on 21 January 1938, Knox served with No. 10 R.A.F. General Hospital, before joining No. 60 Mobile Field Hospital at Rangoon on 17 September 1945. Appointed Matron of No. 65 Mobile Field Hospital at Mingaladon in February 1946, her valuable work was later recognised with the award of the A.R.R.C. alongside compatriot Senior Sister Lucie Mary Wainwright. Returning to England, she spent the final couple of years of her career at the R.A.F. Hospital, Cosford, before retiring on 12 January 1951. Sold with original Buckingham Palace award letter and copied research.

A post-War B.E.M. group of three awarded to Chief Wren Charlotte G. M. Morgan, Women’s Royal Naval Service British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Ch. Wrn. Charlotte G. M. Morgan, 86. W.R.N.S.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (3) £140-£180 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 9 June 1949. The original Recommendation states: ‘Has served in the W.R.N.S. since 2 October, 1939, first as Quarters Assistant and subsequently as an E.V.T. Instructor. As the senior W.R.N.S. rating in H.M.S. Ganges since September, 1946, she has shown outstanding devotion to duty not only in her normal work, but by devoting most of her leisure time to the well-being of the community. This has included much time spent working at hobbies and handicrafts with Boys in Sick Quarters. She has at all times set a fine example of cheerful and loyal service; her age and seniority combined with her unselfish character have made her the ideal guide and counsellor to the W.R.N.S. ratings.’ Charlotte Gwenllian Mary Morgan lived at Stone Cottage, Holnest, Sherborne, Dorset. The Western Daily Press of 14 March 1981 notes that she died at Yeovil District Hospital on 12 March 1981. Sold with named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the BEM; Admiralty enclosure for the Second World War Medals; and named Admiralty letter announcing the award of the BEM.

A fine ‘Victorian’ R.R.C. group of four awarded to Matron Lenora Maxwell St. John, Indian Army Nursing Service, later British Committee of the French Red Cross and Serbian Relief Fund Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals (L. Maxwell St. John.); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Fifth Class, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop in green robes, minor contact marks and edge nick to BWM, very fine and better (4) £800-£1,000 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 25 July 1899. The Register of the Royal Red Cross, 1883-1994, notes: ‘In recognition of her special devotion and competency in the discharge of her duties and the care bestowed in training British soldiers and Army Hospital Corps attendants in nursing duties.’ Leonora Maxwell St. John (née Muller) was born in Glasgow on 3 July 1862. She was first appointed to the Temporary Army Nursing Service on 12 March 1885 as a replacement for nurses going to Egypt. Admitted to the Permanent Service on 3 July 1887, she later took appointment as Nursing Sister in the Indian Army Nursing Service on 21 February 1888. Promoted Acting Superintendent 21 August 1890, and Lady Superintendent 1 April 1893, she completed two terms of service with the I.A.N.S., ending on 16 March 1899, and was decorated by the Queen at Osborn House on 24 August 1899. In 1903 she married Captain Arthur St. John of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and took the surname Maxwell-St. John. She then served from 1904 to 1914 as a member of the India Office Nursing Board, interviewing candidates for appointment to the I.A.N.S. in London. From 1914 to 1915 she served under the British Committee of the French Red Cross, firstly as Matron of The Auxiliary Military Hospital No. 307, better known as the Anglo-French-American Homeopathic Hospital. Established at Neuilly in a villa on the Boulevard Victor-Hugo in February 1915, it had 40-75 beds and was mostly British staffed. It closed in March, 1916. Maxwell St. John subsequently served with the Serbian Relief Fund in Corfu from 3 June 1916 to 13 September 1916, before crossing to Serbia and witnessing a further year of nursing as Matron of the Serbian Relief Fund Hospital. This latter work was formally recognised by His Majesty The King of Serbia with the award of the Order of St. Sava 5th Class on 31 October 1917: ‘in recognition of services rendered to the Serbian people.’ Sold with extensive copied research including an interesting letter written by the recipient on 12 February 1916 to the Under Secretary of State for India, stating the loss of her R.R.C. decoration during an official hospital visit in France: ‘There was a crush, my cross was wrenched off - probably unintentionally’. She was later informed that a duplicate award could be supplied, on payment of £3. 16s. 6d. Consequently, the R.R.C. decoration in this lot may well be that official replacement.

A Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of three awarded to Forewoman Bertha Bentley, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Military), unnamed as issued, in John Pinches fitted case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (11074 Fwn. B. Bentley. Q.M.A.A.C.) edge bruise to BWM, nearly very fine and better (3) £240-£280 --- Medal of the Order of the British Empire London Gazette 23 January 1920: ‘For services in connection with the war.’ Bertha Bentley served as one of the original members of the Women’s Legion which was created to substitute for Army cooks at home stations. Alongside 6,000 other members of the Women’s Legion she transferred to the Q.M.A.A.C. in September 1917, and later witnessed service in France from 23 October 1918 to 26 November 1919. Sold with an original letter from Eastern Command to Miss B. Bentley, Broom Hill, Esher, Surrey, dated 12 August 1920, discussing the forwarding of the decoration, and a fine original photograph of the recipient in uniform.

A post-War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant M. Byrne, Women’s Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (2073135 Sgt. Mary Byrn [sic]. W.R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (2073135 Act. F.Sgt. M. Byrne. W.R.A.F.) nearly very fine and better (4) £160-£200 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 10 June 1954. Mary Byrne was conscripted into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in early 1942 under the National Service Act. Re-established as the Women’s Royal Air Force on 1 February 1949, Byrne was awarded the British Empire Medal whilst serving with the Technical Training Command at R.A.F. Compton Bassett in Wiltshire, a congratulatory letter accompanying the lot adding: ‘We are all proud of you. Well done!’ She later received her L.S.G.C. Medal in Air Ministry Order No. 672 of 1960. Sold with the original Buckingham Palace award letter, another from Group Officer A. M. Muir detailed above, and two fine photographs of the recipient at the presentation ceremony.

A fine Second War A.R.R.C. group of six attributed to Sister Hilda Cryne, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, who saved the lives of men suffering from smallpox in Algiers Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1943’, on lady’s bow riband; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 16 September 1943. The original recommendation by the Officer Commanding, No. 94 General Hospital, states: ‘During February and March 1943, a number of cases of severe Smallpox were treated in this wing. Only one of the small Nursing Officer staff could be spared for nursing these cases, and Miss Cryne immediately volunteered for this duty. She, assisted by four nursing orderlies, nursed and cared for the patients in the most devoted and unselfish manner - working in tents in cold and very wet weather and under most trying conditions. To her unremitting care some of the worst cases undoubtedly owe their lives. It is a very great pleasure to recommend that an award be made to this Nursing Officer in recognition of, and in appreciation of her most valuable work and outstanding devotion to duty.’ Hilda Cryne lived in Crosby, Lincolnshire, and took her nursing studies at St. Andrew’s Hospital in Bow from 1938 to 1941. Commissioned into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve as Sister on 7 October 1942, she sailed for North Africa and was taken on the strength of No. 94 General Hospital on 21 December 1942. Remarkably, she was recommended for the A.R.R.C. less than six months after joining the service, a feat commensurate with the high degree of risk associated with the smallpox contagion. A letter which accompanies the lot from the recipient’s brother to the present vendor, dated 12 July 1993, adds: ‘She served in both the Italian and African campaigns. She was blown up in an ambulance in Italy and as a result suffered spinal injuries which confined her to a hospital bed for 3 months... The medal (A.R.R.C.) was presented to her in Rhodesia by the Queen Mother, then the wife of the late King George VI.’ Sold with the original Buckingham Palace named enclose to Miss Hilda Cryne, A.R.R.C., two letters from the recipient’s brother, and copied research including a coloured photograph of her.

A fine Second War ‘Waziristan Operations’ North-West Frontier R.R.C. group of ten awarded to Matron Eileen M. Blainville, Indian Military Nursing Service, late Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and Queen Alexandra’s Medical Nursing Service, India, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1941’, on lady’s bow riband; British War Medal 1914-20 (Nurse E. M. Blainville.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (T-Nurse E. M. Blainville.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Sister E. M. Blainville, I.M.N.S.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Matron E. M. Blainville. I.M.N.S.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Matron Mrs E. M. Blainville, I.M.N.S.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935, privately engraved ‘Matron Mrs. E. M. Blainville. - I.M.N.S.’, very fine and better and a scarce ‘double-issue’ of the IGS 36-39 (10) £1,000-£1,400 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 20 June 1941. The official recommendation states: ‘She has once again proved her undoubted worth both previous to and during the present Operations, and, in the face of numerous difficulties, has by her forceful example and tireless energy, been mainly responsible for the high standard of nursing maintained in the Hospital. Her unstinted devotion and personal interest in each and every case has fully merited the confidence which her patients obviously place in her, - confidence which must have brought comfort to many of our unfortunately fatal casualties. She has not spared herself and has expected the same high standard from others to whom, by so subordinating her own interests to those of her patients, she has set a splendid example which others would do well to follow.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 18 February 1938 and 17 December 1942. Eileen Maud Blainville (née Gray) was born in 1887 and married widower Renwith Neville Blainville in 1905. The marriage was short lived with Renwith Blainville recorded in 1911 as a single man boarding at an address in Lewisham. Rather than rest on her laurels - and with two children to support - Eileen Blainville applied to join the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. and was transferred to the Q.A.M.N.S. (India) on 2 November 1917. Appointed Temporary Nurse, she served during the Great War at No. 25 Indian General Hospital and No. 9 Indian General Hospital from 6 June 1918 to 23 March 1919. Transferred to the Indian Military Nursing Service as Sister on 1 October 1926, Blainville served in Rawalpindi in 1927, Peshawar from 1928 to 1930, and at Meerut from 1931 to 1936. Raised Matron on 27 July 1931, she was subsequently transferred to the Combined Indian Military Hospital at Bannu, her work being recognised with a ‘mention’ by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India. She was further selected to receive the 1935 Jubilee Medal. Returned home to England on leave, Blainville returned to India in the summer of 1938 and was awarded the R.R.C. for the devotion rendered to her patients at Bannu. She later received this decoration at a presentation made at Poona on 17 January 1945. Transferred to Secunderabad as Matron in December 1941, she was Mentioned in Despatches once again before taking retirement in January 1945. Sold with the recipient’s original 1935 Silver Jubilee Certificate; M.I.D. certificates (2); a signed letter of congratulations regarding the R.R.C. award from Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Governor-General of India, dated 14 July 1941; and the recipient’s Indian Military Nursing Service Cape Badge, unmarked silver.

Four: Private M. Clarke, Auxiliary Territorial Service 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, all privately engraved ‘W.211146 Pte. M. Clarke.’, nearly extremely fine Four: Corporal D. E. Fuller, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine 1939-45 Star, the reverse privately engraved ‘Sister F. M. Bruce-Taylor’; Women’s Voluntary Service Medal, unnamed as issued, good very fine (10) £60-£80 --- M. Clarke served with the Auxiliary Territorial Service at Whitchurch, Redhill and Bushey Park from 1943 to 1944. She is later believed to have served with S.H.A.F.E. at the Hotel Trianon in Versailles, and as part of the Army of Occupation at Westphalia. For her services during the Second World War she was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 2 August 1945). Sold with an original photograph of the recipient in military uniform and a War Office letter of notification regarding the M.I.D., to Pte. M. Clarke, No. W/211146 A.T.S. Dorothy Edith Fuller was born on 30 September 1916 and enlisted into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force on 23 February 1942. Trained as a Nursing Orderly, she was posted to France on 13 November 1944 and later served as part of the British Army of the Rhine. Demobilised on 3 February 1946, her papers list her home at that time as Tottenham in London. Sold with the original R.A.F. Airwoman Service and Release Book to Cpl. D. E. Fuller, No. 2029096, which contains the following reference: ‘This nursing orderly has worked with me for over a year, for the last 4/12 being in charge of a ten bedded Sick Quarters or small hospital and she has proved herself very efficient at her work using a considerable amount of general nursing and also first aid work. She always got on with her colleagues and subordinates, and can be tactful.’

A Great War ‘Hohenzollern Redoubt, September 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private J. W. Campbell, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, who was later commissioned Second Lieutenant and died of wounds received at the battle of Bethune in April 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9262 Pte. J. W. Campbell. 7/Sea: Hdrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9262 Pte. J. Campbell. 2/Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Campbell.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 November 1915: ‘For conspicuous bravery on the 26th of September, 1915, at Hohenzollern Redoubt. By his perfect example of coolness, bravery and devotion to duty under very heavy fire, he was instrumental in rallying the line when several units were mixed up with his own regiment. Later, under very heavy fire, he got on to the parapet and called to the men to stand firm. His gallantry and example contributed to the steadiness of all ranks.’ The 7th Seaforth Highlanders took part in the battle of Loos as part of the 26th Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division. On 24 September it entered the front line trenches east of Vermelles, ‘immediately opposite the Hohenzollern Redoubt’. Then, on 25 September 1915 the 7th Seaforths attacked and captured the Hohenzollern Redoubt and Fosse 8. They remained in action until 28 September 1915. John William Campbell was born in Glasgow on 5 July 1890. He enlisted into the Seaforth Highlanders in October 1905, giving his age as 18 years 2 months when, in fact, he was just over 15 years old. In June 1912, he was discharged to Section “B” Army Reserve and went on to become a police officer at Methil, Fifeshire. He was recalled to the Colours on 5 August 1914, and posted to his old battalion, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders. He embarked at Southampton on 22 August 1914, bound for France and served with the 2nd Battalion until gassed near St Julien on 2 May 1915, and invalided to England. Having been posted to the 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, he returned to France on 12 August 1915. Following his distinguished conduct at the Hohenzollern Redoubt he was promoted to Acting Corporal on 3 October, and quickly promoted to Sergeant on 30 October 1915, becoming Company Sergeant-Major on 8 December 1915. In April 1917 he returned to the U.K. ‘with a view to a commission’ and, following a course with No. 16 Officer Cadet Battalion at Rhyl, was appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant on 29 August 1917, and posted to the 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. By April 1918 he was serving with his old battalion, 2nd Seaforths, and was mortally wounded near Bethune on 18 April and died of his wounds two days later. He is buried in Pernes British Cemetery. Sold with original War Office letter, dated 14 May 1918, informing his mother of his burial place, and two copies of the Memorial Card with small photograph ‘In Loving Memory of My Dear Son 2nd Lieut. John W. Campbell, D.C.M. 2nd Seaforth Highlanders, who was wounded on 18th April and died on 20th April, 1918, in France, Aged 28 Years’, produced by Craig of Coatbridge; together with copied research including Attestation and Officers’ papers, and War Diary extracts for September 1915 and April 1918.

A scarce Great War casualty M.M. group of three awarded to Unit Administrator Mrs. Margaret A. C. Gibson, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, who used all her leadership experience to prevent serious loss of life during a German air raid on her camp in Abbeville Military Medal, G.V.R. (Unit-Admtr: Mrs. M. A. C. Gibson. Q.M.A.A.C.) unit partially officially corrected - see footnote; British War and Victory Medals (U.Adtr. M. A. C. Gibson. Q.M.A.A.C.) extremely fine (3) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.M. London Gazette 8 July 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an enemy air-raid when in charge of a Q.M.W.A.A.C. [sic] camp which was completely demolished by enemy bombs, one of which fell within a few feet of the trench in which the women were sheltering. During the raid Unit-Administrator Gibson showed a splendid example. Her courage and energy sustained the women under most trying circumstances, and undoubtedly prevented serious loss of life.’ The error to the initials of the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps was corrected in the London Gazette of 29 August 1918, and undoubtedly accounts for the official correction to the naming of the unit on the MM. Margaret Annabella Campbell Gibson was born on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, the elder daughter of The Honourable Thomas Elliott, Auditor-General of Mauritius. Educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, the Glasgow Herald and Dundee Courier newspapers announced her marriage to John MacDougall Gibson, Substitute Procureur and Advocate-General, at St. Paul’s Church, Vacoa, Mauritius, in February 1883. The marriage was brief, Gibson being widowed not long thereafter. Emigrating to South Africa, Gibson was placed in charge of the Princess Christian Hostel at Bloemfontein from 1907 to 1910. Appointed Warden of the Governesses’ Institution, Darbishire House, Manchester, in 1913, she attested for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in July 1917 and went to France two months later as Unit Administrator in charge of the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps camp at Abbeville. At this time military ranks among the Q.M.A.A.C. were more commensurate with factories than army units, with ‘Workers’, ‘Forewomen’ and two grades of ‘Officials’ or ‘Administrators’ replacing private soldiers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Officers. In consequence, it fell to Gibson as senior rank to tutor and chaperone the young women under her command, oversee their living arrangements, and supervise their behaviour. Gibson later detailed these days in letters to her sister, May. Offering very personal insights, she requested everything from woolly socks and snow shoes, to glass for her office windows and pieces of linoleum to cover the cracks on the floors. Clearly fond and proud of her ‘girls’, she was keen to advocate that the popular fantasies at home about promiscuity and adventure had very little foundation; the most glamorous moments came via games of tennis between her lady motor drivers and the somewhat elderly soldiers stationed behind the lines. The German Spring Offensive of 21 March 1918 changed everything for Gibson and her charges. Recognising the importance of communications and administrative centres, the German High Command directed repeated air attacks on Abbeville which was essentially a ‘hub’ through which Allied resources and orders flowed. Further bombing sorties targeted hospitals and important infrastructure, the women of the Q.M.A.A.C. remaining at their posts to the surprise of many back home; the First Chief Controller Helen Gwyyne-Vaughan further stated to the contemporary press that since her members were replacing soldiers, then they must expect to be shot at! These terrible experiences were later said to confirm the women’s right to wear khaki, the bombing redrawing the line separating combatants and non combatants and, by extension, redefining the rights of women who now possessed de facto, combatant status. On the night of 29-30 May 1918, the unthinkable happened at Abbeville when a bomb fell into a protection trench. Eight Workers died in the blast and a ninth died later of her wounds, their average age being just 22 years. With her camp destroyed, Gibson was transferred to Dieppe and was later awarded the Military Medal, the first Q.M.A.A.C. Administrator to receive such an honour. Sadly, she did not live long enough to receive the decoration; sent to the American Hospital at Le Treport, she died of dysentery on 17 September 1918. Sold with the original letter of transmittal for the Great War pair, named to ‘U.A. Mrs. M. A. C. Gibson, Q.M.A.A.C.’, and copied research.

A Second War Middle East ‘Mersa Matruh’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Colonel A. O. Bekenn, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was later Mentioned in Despatches for Burma The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1945, with integral top riband bar, mounted for wear, the Stars lightly gilded, good very fine (7) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 April 1941: ‘In recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East during the period August 1939 to November 1940.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Bekenn has carried out the duties of Senior Medical Officer Mersa Matruh in addition to command of the Field Ambulance. He has shown energy and devotion to duty to a commendable degree. I attribute the very satisfactory state of the health of the garrison in no small measure to his efforts.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 19 July 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ Alexis Oswald Bekenn was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Army) in June 1925, and was advanced Major in August 1939. He served during the Second World War in North Africa, and then in Burma, and was advanced temporary Lieutenant Colonel in August 1941, and temporary Colonel in April 1945. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in that latter year (London Gazette 12 April 1945), and retired having reached the age limit on 25 June 1954, being granted the honorary rank of Colonel. Sold with the recipient’s two original commission documents; original M.I.D. Certificate in OHMS transmission envelope, with M.I.D. award notification card and later War Office letter; various photographs, including various of the recipient being presented with the riband for the OBE; and copied research.

Pair: Stewardess Katherine O’Connor, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Katherine O’Connor) very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Katherine O’Connor was born in York in 1872 and served with the Mercantile Marine during the Great War. A letter from the Department of Trade which accompanies the lot, dated 9 August 1983, states that she later served as Stewardess aboard the Konig Friedrich August from 1 March 1920, Bremen from 19 November 1920, and Sicilia from 22 November 1920. Her last known address upon issue of the Great War medals was 29 Greenford Road, Sudbury Hill, Harrow.

Four: Captain Mary Caisley, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘P. 206848 M. Caisley QAIMNS./R’, very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Mary Caisley was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed on 13 February 1911 and took her nursing studies at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital from 3 August 1932 to 3 November 1935. Joining Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve as Sister on 2 October 1939, she served at Military Hospitals in York, Londonderry and Dumfries, including a two-month attachment to No. 33 General Hospital at Peebles. Sent to Aldershot in 1943, she spent a short period aboard the Hospital Ship El Nil, before being posted to the Hospital Ship Oranje from 20 March 1944 to 10 June 1945. Discharged on 29 November 1945, she was transferred to a commission as Captain in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps Regular Reserve of Officers on 24 November 1950. Sold with a large archive of original documentation including named Identity Card for H.S. Oranje; National Registration Identity Card; Red Cross Identity Certificate; Ministry of Transport Continuous Certificate of Discharge; a post-War passport, bearing portrait photograph, 1960s era; invitation to Buckingham Palace garden party; M.O.D. letter regarding reaching the upper age limit, dated 23 February 1966; and further correspondence, pension details etc.

Four: Wing Commander Helen Kotowski, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, later Women’s Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Sec. Off. H. Kotowski. W.A.A.F.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, edge bruising to last, very fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- Helen Kotowski was first commissioned into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force as Assistant Section Officer on probation (emergency) on 7 October 1942. Raised Section Officer on 7 April 1943, she served in ‘G’ Branch which was the personnel section. Selected for extended service on 14 October 1948, she was later granted a permanent commission in the Women’s Royal Air Force, serving as Flight Officer in the Secretarial Branch. Changing her name by deed poll from Kotowski to Winton, she was promoted Squadron Officer on 1 January 1955 and Wing Commander on 1 January 1963. Sold with copied research and a letter from the Central Chancery confirming entitlement to 1953 Coronation Medal.

Family Group: A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Mr. C. J. Shannon, Clerk of Works, Works Department, Air Ministry British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Cyril James Shannon) in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (2782356 S.A.C. A.B. Shannon. R.A.F.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £180-£220 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 2 June 1944. Sold with Central Chancery letter; two letters of congratulations to the recipient upon the award, together with copies of the recipient’s replies; telegram of congratulations; and copies of both the London Gazette and Air Ministry Order in which the awards were announced.

A Second War A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Nursing Member Beatrice J. Hayward, British Red Cross Society, who was ‘indefatigable’ in her attention to the wounded following an air raid on Gosport, and was later the recipient of a Commander in Chief’s Commendation for a similar event Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1945’, on lady’s bow riband; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘R.N.H. Haslar. She showed outstanding zeal after an air raid, and was indefatigable in her attention to the injured and in reassuring women personnel in damaged quarters.’ Commander-in-Chief’s Commendation 28 May 1944: ‘For good services after an air raid.’ Beatrice Jane ‘Janie’ Hayward (née Eley) was born in Market Drayton, Shropshire, on 25 January 1920. She married William Thomas Hayward at Gripping in Suffolk in late 1939, but the marriage proved a brief one with the loss of her husband on 5 June 1941 in consequence of the torpedoing of the troop transport Anselm by U-96. Enrolling as a Nursing Member in the British Red Cross, Hayward served with the Sussex V.A.D. at Horsham, before being posted to Haslar on 10 March 1944. Billeted at the W.R.N.S. Quarters on St. Michael’s Road, Portsmouth, she was promoted Nursing Member Grade 1 on 10 June 1944 and awarded the A.R.R.C. six months later. Sold with a fine archive of original documentation, including: letter of notification regarding A.R.R.C. award from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated 4 January 1945; letter of notification from the British Red Cross, dated 1 January 1945, noting her ‘outstanding zeal, patience, and cheerfulness, and for courage and whole-hearted devotion to duty while serving in H.M. Naval Hospitals.’; letter of congratulations from the Chairman of the V.A.D. Standing Committee, dated 2 January 1945; notification slip regarding investiture of A.R.R.C. at Buckingham Palace on 3 July 1945; British Red Cross Society letter of congratulations regarding the award of the Distinguished War Service Certificate, dated 7 March 1945, and corresponding note of congratulations from the Commodore and Officers of the R.N. Barracks, Portsmouth; together with a fine assortment of personal correspondence, including a letter from the B.B.C. inviting Hayward to appear on the programme ‘What’s My Line?’ as a Stock Car Racing Driver - something at which she appears to have excelled.

WWI MONS STAR MEDAL, TRENCH ART ETC. A WWI 1914 Star & British War Medal awarded to 1595 Private F. Taylor, 6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment & a trench art, scimitar shape letter opener with bullet handle, inscribed Ypres 1919.  Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING.  The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.

NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU SOULT (1769-1851), FRENCH MINISTER OF WAR: A HANDWRITTEN LETTER TO M. MIZBEL, MEMBER OF THE LONDON INSTITUTE dated 3rd October 1833, thanking Mizbel for his offer of mango trees and requesting 12 trees destined for the 'African colony', 23cm x 18cm; together with a portrait engraving of Soult 21cm x 17cm (2)

First World War British medal group awarded to Corporal Albert Rogers of the Royal Field Artillery comprising; Military Medal (10911 CPL. A. ROGERS .C.109/ BDE. R.F.A), War Medal, Victory Medal (10911 CPL. A. ROGERS. R.A.) and 1914-15 Star (10911 GNR. A. ROGERS R.F.A.), together with a Ypres trench-art tin ring, Ypres brooch, 9ct gold framed locket of Rogers on a unmarked yellow metal chain (5.4g gross approx.) discharge paperwork, Memorandum, and War Office letter to Rogers' mother regarding confirmation of him being awarded the Military Medal

Military history, Second World War, 5-page manuscript letter signed by Brigadier Thomas ("Tommy") Collins (1905-99) recording the surrender of German forces on 4 May 1945, sent from Germany to his sister Dorothy at Ashdon Hall near Saffron Walden. Brigadier Collins, of the Green Howards, was Director of Movements for Operation Overlord, the D-Day Normandy landings. He was a key figure in the planning of Operation Overlord and in the related Intelligence operation to deceive the Germans.On 4 May 1945, the date of the letter, General Montgomery, commander of the 21st Army Group, received the surrender of the Germans at Luneberg Heath. The letter reads: '4/5/45 My dear D. At 5pm this afternoon organised resistance ceased on the fronts on which 21 Army Group is engaged. My first letter, after this somewhat momentous event, is to you as I want in some small measure to render my thanks for the almost incredible job you have performed these last three years. I am more aware than anyone other than yourself, what it has all meant to you and I am very conscious of the vast complications that would have arisen had you not been there to carry on, but it is particularly the former that colours the latter. Tha Rainbows are not addicted to emotion as you may recollect. I do think however that you have probably done one of the most remarkable war job [sic] of any single individual in the British Isles, if one coldly analyses it on a man-hour basis, on a production of domestic facilities basis, or any other standpoint. That you have no visible decoration to show for it is no particular criterion. In fact we are in reasonable company together since (owing to a muddle) I got nothing whatever for actually mounting the invasion from this country, though four of my subordinates got C.B.E.s! [Brig. Collins was in due course given a C.B.E.] My reward & yours lies in the knowledge of the part we have played in beating the boche [sic: lower case] and the satisfaction we get out of contemplating the results of our labours. When you make a cake or I erect a fence in the hedge at Ashdon, we don't expect someone to pop out of the bushes & pin a gong on our chests. So today, I view with satisfaction our combined handywork in the fall of the boche [sic: lower case]. This is our reward and it is a mighty satisfying one. We will celebrate it together when I get back again. Love to you both T.' In the bottom corner, in the same hand: 'From Brig. T. F. J. Collins' Brig. Collins' high praise for his sister Dorothy reflects her decision to return to Ashdon Hall to look after their sick parents, rather than continue her important work as an ambulance driver in Manchester during and after the Blitz. Dorothy Collins (1904-2005) later became a personal assistant to the Duke of Norfolk, and was awarded the MVO. WITH An original election poster for the 1969 Rural District Council election for Ashdon parish, naming Dorothy Collins as a candidate. She was Chair of Ashdon Parish Council in 1977Original issue of The Times, 8 May 1945, "End of war in Europe"Reprint issue of the Cambridge Evening News, 6 June 1944 (the day after D-Day), with coverage of the operation in which Brig. Collins played such a distinguished part.

Signed Photograph of HM Edward VIII, & Others, An Archive of material relating to Sir Harold Bellman, comprising of a large (15cm x 20cm) photograph of Edward VIII by Hugh Cecil, signed in pen and dated 1934 along with 2 other photographs both signed and dedicated to Sir Harold Bellman, along with a number of letters including letters from Kensington Palace from Nicholas Hunt Assistant Private Secretary, dated 1959, a letter from Claremont Road from Sir Frederick Hanley Page concerning meeting Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Princess Margret at London airport, along with a typed schedule, a letter from the Whitehouse from John R. Steelman, (assistant to the president) dated 1949, various programs of arrangements for royal visits to Canada in 1958, Nairobi in 1959and others, along with 2 signed letters from Val-Kill Cottage, New York from Eleanor Roosevelt, along with other various letters Sir Harold Bellman, a notable figure of his time, was born within a Cornish and WM family on February 16, 1886. His early years revealed an adaptable spirit, serving in the Ministry of Munitions during the chaotic World War I era. By 1918, he was involved in a new venture, joining the Abbey Road Building Society - which would later become Abbey National in 1944. His natural knack for leadership led to his appointment as Secretary in 1921. As a remarkable figurehead in the building society movement, he pioneered the Metropolitan Building Societies Association and penned defining works such as 'The Building Society Movement' (1927) and 'The Silent Revolution: the Influence of Building Societies on the Modern Housing Problem' (1928). His tenure as the chairman of the National Association of Building Societies from 1933 and as the president of the International Union of Building Societies from 1934-38 garnered international recognition, particularly from the USA. The year 1935 saw him bestowed with the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur title, alongside the position of an officer of the Australian Order of Merit, and an honorary LLD from the American University in Washington DC in 1939. He and his wife, Kate (nee Peacock) were members of the Fernhead Road WM church in Paddington where they forged a strong bond, made evident when he dedicated a memorial window following her passing in 1959. Sir Harold's far-reaching influence included governance roles at Queenswood School and the LSE, as well as the general treasurer of the NCHO. A staunch supporter of Ramsay Macdonald in 1931, he was honoured with a knighthood the following year. Forever the enthusiastic reader and proficient writer, he penned his autobiography, 'Cornish Cockney: Reminiscences and Reflections' in 1947. This remarkable man concluded his earthly journey in London on June 1, 1963.

A Rare Archive of Naval photograph Albums and Log books relating to Vice-Admiral George William McOran Campbell, R.N. (12 June, 1877 – 23 February, 1948) was an officer in the Royal Navy, including an account of the First ever game of rugby played in Vigo, Spain,First Album – Details Campbells early career and travels, album of 50 albumen photographs from the 1890’s, most captioned to mount, Quarto (cm x Cm) sized album bound in leather, the album bound in black leather with gilt edging, spine in poor condition, boards rubbed, corners bumped, internally pages chipped and edges oxidized, some pages lose, foxing to some pages and photographs, the large albumen photographs are mounted to album pages in both portrait and landscape, the album begins with an image of Cadets titled ‘H.M.S. Britania 91 -92’, continuing with images of teaching staff ‘H.M.S. Britania 91 -92 Adml, Cambell, Plymouth’, a portrait titled ‘George William McOran Campbell R.N. joined (as a cadet) H.M.S. Collingwood January 28th 1893’, an image of H.M.S. Collingwood at sea in the Mediterranean 1893, an image of HMS Britannia and HMS Hindostan as training ships at Dartmouth showing the gangway between the ships titled in pen ‘H.M.S. Britania 1891-92’, images of the great harbour, Malta dated 1893, showing moored tall ships, an image titled ‘H.M.S. Victoria as last seen off Tripoli, Syria, on the afternoon of the 22nd June 1893 photographed by Staff Surg: Collet H.M.S. Collingwood, Enlarged Printed and sold by R.Ellis 43 Sda. Stretta, Valleta, Malta, Copyright, with 2 identical but smaller photographs, one titled in pencil ‘Original photo’, images of Athens including Acropolis 1893, Parthenon, Temple of Thseus, Theatre of Dionysus, photographs of Corfu dated 1894, details of ships guns titled ‘Malta Feb 1894’, crew photograph titled in pen H.M.S. Collingwood 1894’, photograph of H.M.S. Repulse, 1894’ photographs of the guns of H.M.S. Repulse titled’H.M.S. Repulse cleaned for action, photograph of Gibralta sowing a signal station, photograph showing ships at anchor titled in pen H.M.S. Republic, Jan 1894, Channel Fleet Gibraltar 1894’, photograph titled ‘S.Y.M. German Emperors Yacht Hohenzollern 1895 at Kiel’, a large photograph of ships titled ‘United Squadrons Kiel’, photograph titled H.M.S. Sovereign, Fleet arriving at Kiel, 1895’, photograph of a tall ship titled ‘H.M. Brigg Seaflower, 15th March – 15th October 1896’,On the back page is a letter on headed paper from H.M.S. Repulse Channel Squadron dated Jan 27th 1895, titled "Account of football* translated from Spanish papers – Yesterday afternoon at landing place of the sailors of the British squadron played a game of football. It Is a game of ball which has never been seen by us and in its excess of barbarity it is not an attractive one. At each end of the track formed in a square were erected two posts, those on one side representing one camp those of the other the camp of the enemy:- victory belongs to the band of combatants that succeeds in passing an enormous ball between the posts the enemy camp. The ball is thrown from one to another ….at Vigo Copy of Spanish local paper 27th Jan 95, G. W McOran Campbell”* although the author of the article refers to the game as football he is clearly describing a game of RugbySecond Album - , album of approx. 60 albumen photographs from the 1890s, most captioned to mount, Quarto (cm x Cm) sized album bound in leather, the album bound in black leather, spine in poor condition, boards rubbed, corners bumped, internally pages chipped and edges oxidized, some pages lose, foxing to some pages and photographs, the large albumen photographs are mounted to album pages in both portrait and landscape, the album begins with an image of naval officers at Greenwich Navel College titled in pen ‘R.N. Col: Greenwich sept 1897’, photograph of a naval fleet titled ‘R.N.Rw 20th Jun 1897’ with the names of ships in pencil to the side, photograph of officers titled in pencil ,R. Naval Col: Portsmouth 5th Oct to 18th March 1898’, photograph titled ‘H.M.S. ISIS’, photograph titled ‘DORIS’ ‘Aug 6th 1898’, photograph of officers named in pencil, photograph of a procession titled,1st Naval Brigade Leaving dockyard 1899’, the subject of the album than changes to the Boer war, photograph of soldiers with crosses next to their names, above another photograph titled in pencil ‘Officers & men 12th ?? Battery Queens Town, photographs of horse drwn guns and camps, photograph titled ‘Wounded from Graspan arriving at Simmons town’, photograph titled ‘Modda RR Bridge Destruction by R. Es’, photograph of officers in a tent, Photograph titled ‘Field Hospital – Modda RR 12th Dec 1899, photograph of troops with telescope and gun, titled in pencil ‘Joe Chamberlain’, photograph of a destroyed interior titled in pencil ‘effects of shrapnel’, photograph of wounded soldiers, followed by various photographs of troop movements, camps, river crossings, a large show of cannons titled in pencil ‘Naval Battery’,, photograph of a large canon titled ‘4.7 manned by R.M.A. Bloemfontein’, a large and high contrast image of officers titled in pencil ‘Officers R.M. Bloemfontein’, images of Boers titled ‘Groups of Veteran Boers who fought in last war at Majuba’, ‘Boer Prisoners’, ‘Boer Prisoner camp Simons Town’, ‘Parading Prisoners Simons Town’, large photograph titled in pencil to verso of previous page ‘Annexation of Orange Free State Bloemfontein’, at the rear of the album are 4 photograhs titled in pencil ‘George Town Ascension on Voyge Home – augt 1900’ images show the town and harbour, turtles on the beach and sea birds nesting.Log Book 1 – canvas covered, title page reads ‘S.519 (late S. 625) – Established June 1888 (Queens Regulations Article 283) LOG BOOK Mr. G. W. McOran Campbell H.M.S. Collingwood, Period January 28th 1893 to October 1st 1895, London Printed for H.M. Stationary Office by WaterLow & Sons Limited 1890’ detailing the day to day account of events on the ship including delicately hand drawn maps of voyages, deaths, engineering drawing of the ship, detail of torpedo, then a change to H.M.S. Repulse in 1894, warrant for salor to be sent to prison, drawing of H.M.S. Repulse, hand drawn plan of Portsmouth Harbour, various hand drawn charts and maps, large folding hand drawn map titled ‘Chart of Vigo and Arosa Bay shewing position of fleets, hand drawn and coloured detonator,Log book 2 - canvas covered, title page reads ‘S.520 (late S. 625a) – Established June 1888 (Queens Regulations Article 291) Journal Mr. G. W. McOran Campbell mid shipman, Period October 1st 1895 to March 15th 1897, London Printed for H.M. Stationary Office by WaterLow & Sons Limited 1893’ detailing the day to day account of events on the ships H.M.S. Repulse & H.M.S. Seaflower, including delicately hand drawn maps of voyages, engineering drawings, hand drawn plan of Margate Harbour, various hand drawn charts and maps,

A collection of issues of The Exeter News-Letter (New Hampshire) dating from the 1830's onwards and includes some editions from the Civil War period. 30

WW2 German SS A letter signed by Herbert Kappler (1907 1978) dated 19th July 1971, sent from Gaeta Prison in Italy and addressed to Fraulein Pinnhammer with a personal message to her from Kappler written in German (untranslated). The letter measures approx 22cm x 14cm and is in very good condition (see photographs). Herbert Kappler was the German Head of Police and Security Services (Oberbefehlshaber des Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst) in Rome during World War II He was a convicted war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre of 24th March 1944. Kappler was tried by an Italian military tribunal in 1948 and sentenced to life imprisonment at a fortress prison in Gaeta, on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast between of Naples and Rome, eventually escaping to West Germany with the assistance of his second wife in August 1977, six months before he died. The letter is in very good condition (see photographs). 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

RAC Enamel Relief Car sign, round pre war sign with 4 screw holes, old repair to section above letter A, approximately 27mm across

A comprehensive archive relating to Lieutenant DWO Palmer of the East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in the front line trenches of The Somme at Bertrancourt on 4 June 1916. Present are his medals, death plaque, letters to and from his sister Nesta, the telegrams informing the family of his death. Also present is a letter from the War Graves commission, detailing the position of his grave, as well as photographs of the gravestone; a solicitors letter relating to the settlement of the will, and the citation giving permission for a plaque to be erected at his local church; the order of ceremony for the unveiling of the war memorial at Elloughton Cum Brough, and a hand drawn regimental crest. Several photos of Lt Palmer, including a portrait miniature and another in a silver frame (Chester 1901), even a school cricket team picture; also the silver brandy flask, HM Chester 1905, sent back to the family from the front, engraved with the regimental crest and his name.

Second Anglo-Sikh War. Major-General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes KCB KCSI DCL (1819 – 1868). An archive of ephemera compiled in 1850 my Edward Edwards a bookseller and author of Dogpole, Shrewsbury. Edwards has collected cuttings relating to the 'Hero of Multan' and a short letter from Edwardes with a copy of Edwards original letter. A pamphlet and card relating the the publications of Edwardes 'A Year On The Punjab Frontier, In 1848-49'. A Folded letterpress poster announcing the 'Reception of Major Edwards the hero of Moultan' and to 'welcome him on his return to his native country'. The event was at the railway station March 2nd at 'three o'clock'. Poster size 34 x 46 cm when opened. book size H.32 W.25cm.

Otto Viktor Karl Liman von Sanders (1855-1929) war ehemaliger preußischer General der Kavallerie und kaiserlichen deutschen Armee, der während des Ersten Weltkriegs als Militärberater der osmanischen Armee diente und dort als osmanischer Marshall und Oberbefehlshaber bei der Verteidigung der Dardanellen um 1915 eingesetzt wurde. Hierzu veröffentlichte er die Schrift „Fünf Jahre Türkei. Von General der Kavallerie Liman von Sanders“. Verlag: August Scherl, Berlin 1920. Er war maßgeblich dafür verantwortlich, dass die osmanische Armee im Ersten Weltkrieg zu einer effektiven Kampftruppe wurde und den Sieg über die Alliierten in Gallipoli errang. Nach dem Waffenstillstand organisierte er die Heimkehr der deutschen Soldaten, die während des Krieges in der Türkei gedient hatten. In Deutschland zurück und nach Disposition im Jahre 1919, ließ er sich mit seiner zweiten Ehefrau Elisabeth in München nieder und führte einen regen Briefwechsel mit seinem im Osmanischen Reich zur Seite gestellten Adjutanten und freundschaftlichen Gefährten Oberstleutnant und späteren Major Erich Richard Julius Prigge (1878-1955). Erich Prigge – überwiegend als militärischer Memoirist mit seinem Werk „Der Kampf um die Dardanellen“ (Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer: Weimar 1916) oder auch „Gallipoli, der Kampf um den Orient“ bekannt – fand seinen Einsatz unter dem Stab des Marshalls von Sanders, zeitweilig auch als stellvertretender Stabschef der Yildirim-Heeresgruppe. Er kehrte ebenfalls 1919 nach Deutschland/Berlin zurück, heiratete und pflegte weiterhin politisch-militärische Kontakte zu den diplomatischen Kreisen der Republik Türkei und der Balkanländer. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde er als Reserveoffizier in die Wehrmacht für verschiedene Verwaltungsfunktionen in Baden eingezogen. Nach dem Krieg wurde er Geschäftsführer des Badischen Hilfswerks und anschließend des Roten Kreuzes in Baden. Die privaten Briefe sind Zeitzeugen der engen Beziehung zwischen Liman von Sanders und Prigge. In dieser Sammlung sind überwiegend Briefe aus der Feder von Sanders zu finden, darunter wenige Briefe um 1917 während des Aufenthaltes im heutigen Bandirma/Türkei. In den Briefen finden sich vor allem Worte des Dankes, der höflich-sittlichen Lobpreisung, Beglückwünschung zu diversen Anlässen, Reiseberichte, Gesundheitszustände, etc. Eine kleine Besonderheit in dieser Sammlung bildet der einmalige und als Entwurf bezeichnete Brief Prigges an die Witwe Elisabeth von Sanders, einen Monat nach dem Todestag Liman von Sanders. Hierin beschreibt Prigge seinen Freund mit folgenden Worten: „Von vielen bewundert, von wenigen geliebt, von nur einzelnen verstanden ist ein ganz Großer, ein Einsamer, aus dem Leben geschieden. Aus einem Leben, daß trotz aller Erfolge, allen Ruhmes, allen Glanzes für Ihn immer so unendlich schwer war, weil es ja nicht für die Großen, sondern für den Durchschnitt gemacht ist. Wie wenig haben die Kleinen seine großen Eigenschaften erkannt! Seine Erfolge ließen sich nicht übersehen, aber ihren Quellen nachzuforschen war der Masse doch zu mühsam.(…)“ Auch eine Rückantwort der Witwe mit dankenden Worten liegt der Sammlung bei, sowie einige Fotografien mit festgehaltenen Eindrücken von dem Aufenthalt im Osmanischen Reich mit unklarer Zuschreibung. | Collection of letters from the pen of Ottoman Prussian Marshal Otto Liman von Sanders. Otto Viktor Karl Liman von Sanders (1855-1929) was a former Prussian General of Cavalry and Imperial German Army who served as a military advisor to the Ottoman Army during World War I, where he was assigned as Ottoman Marshal and Commander-in-Chief in the defense of the Dardanelles around 1915. On this he published "Five Years of Turkey. By General of the Cavalry Liman von Sanders". Published by August Scherl, Berlin 1920, he was instrumental in turning the Ottoman Army into an effective fighting force in World War I and achieving victory over the Allies at Gallipoli. After the armistice, he organized the return home of German soldiers who had served in Turkey during the war. Back in Germany and after disposition in 1919, he settled in Munich with his second wife Elisabeth and kept up a lively correspondence with his aide-de-camp and friendly companion Lieutenant Colonel and later Major Erich Richard Julius Prigge (1878-1955), who had been assigned to him in the Ottoman Empire. Erich Prigge - predominantly known as a military memoirist with his work "Der Kampf um die Dardanellen" (Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer: Weimar 1916) or also "Gallipoli, der Kampf um den Orient" - found his assignment under the staff of Marshal von Sanders, temporarily also as deputy chief of staff of the Yildirim Army Group. He also returned to Germany/Berlin in 1919, married and continued to maintain political-military contacts with the diplomatic circles of the Republic of Turkey and the Balkan countries. During World War II, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht as a reserve officer for various administrative functions in Baden. After the war, he became executive director of the Badisches Hilfswerk and then of the Red Cross in Baden. The private letters are contemporary witnesses of the close relationship between Liman von Sanders and Prigge. In this collection are mainly letters from the pen of Sanders, including a few letters around 1917 during the stay in today's Bandirma/Turkey. The letters contain mainly words of thanks, polite-moral praise, congratulations on various occasions, travel reports, health conditions, etc. A small peculiarity in this collection is formed by the unique letter of Prigge to the widow Elisabeth von Sanders, marked as a draft, one month after the anniversary of the death of Liman von Sanders. In this letter, Prigge describes his friend in the following words: "Admired by many, loved by few, understood by only a few, a great man, a lonely man, has departed from life. From a life that, despite all successes, all fame, all splendor, was always so infinitely difficult for him, because it was not made for the great, but for the average. How little the little ones have recognized his great qualities! His successes could not be overlooked, but to investigate their sources was too laborious for the masses.(...)" A reply from the widow with words of thanks is also included in the collection, as well as some photographs with recorded impressions of the stay in the Ottoman Empire with unclear attribution.

Militärische Ordonanzwaffen Deutschland - Kurzwaffen (militärisch) : Halbautomatische Pistole Mod.: P. 08 Herst.: ERFURT Baujahr: 1914 S.Nr.: 9708 q (nummerngleich). Kal.: 9mm LugerSehr seltene und schön erhaltene 08 Pistole mit 98% im Original erhaltener Brünierung. Die Anbauteile wie Riegel, Abzug, Sicherung usw. noch fast komplett mit den originalen Anlassfarben versehen. Das Gabelstück mit Aussparung an der Oberseite, da dieses für die Verwendung bei der L.P. 08 vorgesehen war. Im Weiteren befindet sich linksseitig die S.Nr. 9708 sowie auf der Oberseite das Fertigungsjahr 1914 und an der rechten Seite der zeitgenössische Beschuss in Form eines stilisierten Adlers drei militärischen Abnahmen Krone über gotischem Buchstaben. Der Verschluss weist wie üblich den Hersteller, Krone über ERFURT auf dem Mittelgelenk sowie den militärischen Beschuss am Vordergelenk und die letzten zwei Ziffern der Seriennummer an den drei Gelenkteilen, auf. Am Griffstück befindet sich an der Vorderseite die komplette S.Nr. 9708 q. Der Lauf trägt die Kaliberangabe 8,82, die S.Nr. 9708 sowie den zeitgenössischen militärischen Beschuss in Form eines stilisierten Adlers und eine militärische Abnahme sowie "RC" für die Revisionskommission. In der Waffe befindet sich ein sehr gut erhaltenes, so gut wie neuwertiges, gefalztes Magazin mit Holzboden und der S.Nr. 484 a. Die Pistole weist an den üblichen Stellen und Kleinteilen die S.Nr. und ggf. diverse Abnahmen auf. Waffe befindet sich in schöner nachträglich geschwärzter zeitgenössischer 08 Pistolentasche deren Rückenteil aus einer Revoler M 83 Tasche stammt. Der Deckel der Tasche weist innseitig eine Herstellerangaben auf, sowie nachstehende zwei Truppenstempel auf: J.R.118 und R.J.R.118. Erlaubnispflichtige Schußwaffe. Militärische Ordonanzwaffen Deutschland - Kurzwaffen (militärisch) : Semi-automatic pistol Mod.: P. 08 Manufactured by ERFURT. Year of manufacture: 1914 P.No.: 9708 q (matching numbers). Caliber: 9mm LugerVery rare and beautifully preserved 08 pistol with 98% original finish. The attachments such as bolt, trigger, safety etc. still almost completely in the original tempering colors.The fork piece with recess on the top, as this was intended for use with the L.P. 08. Also on the left side is the serial no. 9708 as well as the year of manufacture 1914 on the top and on the right side the contemporary proof mark in the form of a stylized eagle with three military acceptance marks crown above a Gothic letter.As usual, the slide bears the maker's mark, the crown above ERFURT on the middle joint as well as the military proof mark on the front joint and the last two digits of the serial number on the three joint parts.The complete serial no. 9708 q can be found on the front of the grip frame.The barrel bears the calibre designation 8.82, the serial no. 9708 as well as the contemporary military proof mark in the form of a stylized eagle and a military acceptance mark as well as "RC" for the Revision Commission.The weapon contains a very well preserved, as good as new, rebated magazine with wooden base and S.No. 484 a.The pistol shows the serial no. and various acceptance marks in the usual places and on small parts.The weapon is in a beautiful, subsequently blackened contemporary 08 pistol holster whose back part comes from a Revoler M 83 holster. The lid of the holster has a maker's mark on the inside, as well as the following two troop stamps: J.R.118 and R.J.R.118. Gun license required. Please check the regulations in the country you live in. Erlaubnispflichtige Schusswaffe / License requiredPlease note bidders should check if the item is permitted in their country of origin prior to bidding.All guns are antique firearms as described

Guns / Rifles/ Erlaubnispflichtige Feuerwaffen (Militärische Ordonanzwaffen) - Militärische Ordonanzwaffen Deutschland : SS - Gewehr Kar. 98 k Herst.: bnz 4 (normal großes bnz ohne Punkt) Single Rune (SS-Fertigung) S.Nr.: 3128 nrgl. Kal.: 8 x57mm ISBis auf Verschluss nummerngleicher Karabiner Mod. 98 k der Steyr - Werke von 1944. Brünierung an der Waffe insgesamt noch fast vollständig erhalten minimal etwas abgegriffen. Gehäusebeschriftung an der Waffe wie folgt:Linke Seite vom Laufansatz an ausgehend: WH - Beschuss Adler HK sowie händisch eingeschlagenen S.Nr. 3128 und "Mod. 98".Rechte Seite: militärische Abnahme stilisierter Adler über 77 ( Abnahme stellte bei Single Rune - Karabinern eine Ausnahme dar).Oberseite: "bnz" über "4" und dazwischen "S " - Rune (Sig - Rune) in gerader Ausführung.Der Lauf weist linksseitig zwischen Visier und Gehäuse in Schussrichtung den WH - Beschuss Adler HK sowie ein gegen die Laufrichtung angebrachtes großes H auf.Die bei Steyr für die SS gefertigten Karabiner 98k weisen alle neben der Single - Rune (Sig - Rune) den WH - Beschuss Adler HK auf, haben jedoch keinen Suffix (Buchstaben) hinter der Seriennummer.Nur die von den Steyr Werken, den Gustloff-Werken und in Dachau instandgesetzten Karabiner behielten im Normalfalle die Seriennummer mit Buchstaben und erhielten bei Steyr nach der Instandsetzung noch zusätzlich die Singel Rune (Sig Rune). Sie sind an einigen ganz typischen Originalitätsmerkmalen zu erkennen.Der mit der Waffe nicht nummerngleiche Verschluss mit der S.Nr. 2495 h stellt eine Fertigung der FN - Werke dar und weist an der Unterseite des Kammerstengelansatzes die militärische Abnahme stilisierter Adler über 140 auf.Der gefräste Zubringer wie auch der Schlosshalters ohne Bezeichnung und Abnahmen.Das Schiebevisier trägt nur die Seriennummer. Die Anbauteile wie Magazinkastendeckel und Oberring in gefräster Ausführung wobei der Unterring und der Magazinkasten in Blechprägeausführung gefertigt sind.Der Magazinkastendeckel weist nur die militärische Abnahme der Mauser - Werke Oberndorf stilisierter Adler über 135 auf, wobei der gefräste Magazinkasten nur die S.Nr. 3128 aufweist.Der etwas gebrauchte Schichtholzschaft mit breiter Schaftkappe und geprägter Stempelplatte im Kolben äußerlich ohne Seriennummer und Stempelungen.Die Waffe ist mit Seitengewehrhalterung ausgestattet, dieser ebenfalls ohne Seriennummer und Abnahme.In diesem Zusammenhang muß angemerkt werden, dass nach dem kriegsbedingten Ausfall der Radom - Werke die Magazinkästen, Magazinkastendeckel und weitere Kleinteile von den Mauser - Werken in Oberndorf an die Steyr - Werke geliefert wurden.Interessanter nummerngleicher Karabiner Mod. 98 k im authentischen Zustand wie er bei der kämpfenden Truppe der Waffen - SS ab dem Jahr 1944 eingesetzt wurde.Absolut authentisches Stück von großer Seltenheit.Erlaubnispflichtige Schußwaffe.  Guns / Rifles/ Military Firearms (purchase license rquired) - Militärische Ordonanzwaffen Deutschland : SS - Rifle K 98 k Prod.: bnz 4 (normal large bnz without dot) Single Rune (SS-Fert.) S.Nr.: 3128 nrgl. caliber: 8 x57mm ISExcept for bolt, matching-numbered carbine mod. 98 k by Steyr works from 1944. Bluing on weapon almost completely preserved, minimally somewhat worn. Inscription on the weapon as follows:Left side starting from the base of the barrel: WH - Beschuss Adler HK (swastica eagle) as well as hand stamped S.Nr. 3128 and "Mod. 98".Right side: military acceptance mark stylized eagle above 77 (acceptance mark was an exception for single rune carbines).Top: "bnz" above "4" and in between "S " - rune (Sig - rune) in straight version.On the left side of the barrel, between the sights and the receiver in the direction of fire, is the WH - Beschuss Adler HK as well as a large H against the direction of fire.The 98k carbines manufactured by Steyr for the SS all have the WH proof eagle HK (swastica eagle) next to the single rune (Sig rune), but have no suffix (letter) after the serial number.Only the previously issued carbines by other makers repaired by the Steyr, the Gustloff factory and in Dachau normally retained the serial number with letters and were also marked with the single rune (Sig Rune) by Steyr after repair. They can be recognized by some very typical original features.The slide with serial number 2495 h, which is not identical to the weapon, was manufactured by the FN works and bears the military acceptance mark of a stylized eagle above 140 on the underside of the bolt handle.The milled feed ring as well as the bolt carrier without inscription and acceptance marks.The sliding sight only bears the serial number. The attachments such as the magazine box cover and upper ring are milled, while the lower ring and the magazine box are made of stamped sheet metal.The magazine box cover only shows the military acceptance mark of Mauser - Werke Oberndorf stylized eagle above 135, whereas the milled magazine box only shows the serial no. 3128.The somewhat used laminated wood stock with broad butt plate and stamped stamp plate in the butt stock without serial number and stamps on the outside.The weapon is equipped with a sidearm mount, also without serial number and acceptance.In this context, it should be noted that after the Radom works went out of business due to the war, the magazine boxes, magazine box covers and other small parts were supplied to the Steyr works by the Mauser works in Oberndorf.Interesting matching-numbered carbine mod. 98 k in authentic condition as it was used by the fighting troops of the Waffen - SS from 1944.Absolutely authentic piece of great rarity.Gun license required. Please check the regulations in the country you live in. Erlaubnispflichtige Schusswaffe / License requiredPlease note bidders should check if the item is permitted in their country of origin prior to bidding.All guns are antique firearms as described

Guns/Rifles/Erlaubnispflichtige Feuerwaffen (Militärische Ordonanzwaffen) - Militärische Ordonanzwaffen Deutschland : Scharfschützengewehr Mod. G 98 Ambergfertigung aus dem 1. W.K. mit passendem nicht zur Waffe nrgl. ZF der Firma Emil Busch Rathenow. S.Nr. 3702 o.Sehr gut erhaltenes, nummerngleiches Scharfschützengewehr Mod. 98 des kaiserlichen Heeres mit über 90% originaler Brünierung. Lediglich leichter Abrieb an den Ringen. Seitengewehrhalterung, Gehäuse, Verschluss und Visierskalierung sind blank gehalten. Schlösschen und Sicherungsflügel am Verschluss an der Oberseite mit kleinen unwesentlichen, unauffälligen Narben.Der Kammerstengel wurde vom Büchsenmachermeister entsprechend der Vorschriften gebogen. Die ist bestätigt durch ein eingebrachtes Zeichen des Büchsenmachers an der rückwärtigen Seite des Kammerstengelansatzes. Der Lauf ist blank, etwas rau und weist zwischen Visier und Gehäuse an der Oberseite ein ?S? für Patrone mit Spitzgeschoss. An der linken Seite Seriennummer 3702 mit darunter angebrachtem "o".Das Gehäuse linksseitigmit dem bayrischen Löwen mit Zepter als militärische Abnahme, darunter versetzt die Seriennummer 3702 mit Buchstabe ?o? und "Gew. 98". Seriennummer mit Abnahmen auf allen Teile entsprechend der Stempelvorschrift.Der Nußbaumschaft ist so gut wie neuwertig erhalten. Er trägt neben der Seriennummer und diversen Abnahmen entsprechend der Stempelvorschrift an der rechten Kolbenseite, den Brandstempel der EWB (Einwohnerwehr Bayern).Die Waffe besitzt bereits eine Stempelplatte mit Demontagebohrung, was auf eine Fertigung ab 1916 schließen läßt.Bayrische dreifüßige Einhack - Zielfernrohr - Montage mit Druckknopfarretierung. Hinterer Zielfernrohrfuss mit seitlicher Stellschraube, welche mit Vierkantschlüssel zu bedienen ist.Das Zielfernrohr, mit der in der Höhe verstellbaren Visierung von 1 ? 10 an der rechten Seite, ist klar und scharf. Dazu besitzt es ein funktionales Absehen mit vier Strichen, und ist wie folgt signiert:EMIL BUSCH A - GRATHENOW?VISAR? 2¾ xGewehr No 8720dDie Waffe ist in dem Scharfschützenbuch ?The German Snipers 1914 ? 1945? von Peter R. Senich auf Seite 46 abgebildet.Ein sehr schön erhaltenes und original-zeitgenössisches Scharfschützengewehr der bayrischen Truppen im 1. Weltkrieg und später bei der Einwohnerwehr Bayern eingesetzt.Extrem seltene in der fachliteratur publizierte Waffe.Erlaubnispflichtige Schußwaffe.Guns/Rifles/ Military Firearms (purchase license rquired) - Militärische Ordonanzwaffen Deutschland : Sniper rifle Mod. G 98 Amberg production from the 1st World War with original scope of the Emil Busch Rathenow company.Very well preserved, matching-numbered sniper rifle mod. 98 of the Imperial Army with over 90% original finish. Only slight wear on the rings. Sidearm mount, receiver, bolt and sight scaling are bright. Lock and safety wing on top of breech with small, insignificant, inconspicuous scars.The bolt handle was bent by the master gunsmith in accordance with the regulations. This is confirmed by a gunsmith's mark on the rear side of the bolt handle attachment. The barrel is bright, somewhat rough and has an "S" for cartridge with pointed bullet between the sights and the receiver on the upper side. On the left side serial number 3702 with "o" underneath.The receiver on the left side with the Bavarian lion with sceptre as military acceptance mark, below offset serial number 3702 with letter "o" and "Gew. 98". Serial number with acceptance marks on all parts according to the stamp regulations.The walnut stock is as good as new. In addition to the serial number and various acceptance marks on the right side of the butt according to the stamp regulations, it bears the branding stamp of the EWB (Bavarian Army).The weapon already has a stamp plate with a disassembly hole, which indicates that it was manufactured from 1916 onwards.Bavarian three-foot single-pivot scope mount with push-button lock. Rear scope base with lateral adjusting screw which can be operated with a square spanner.The riflescope, with height-adjustable sights from 1 - 10 on the right-hand side, is clear and sharp. It also has a functional reticle with four lines and is signed as follows:EMIL BUSCH A - GRATHENOW"VISAR" 2¾ xRifle No 8720dThe weapon is illustrated in the sniper book "The German Snipers 1914 - 1945" by Peter R. Senich on page 46.A very beautifully preserved and original contemporary sniper rifle of the Bavarian troops in World War 1 and later used by the Bavarian Army.Extremely rare weapon published in the profound reference book by Senich.Gun license required. Please check the regulations in the country you live in.Erlaubnispflichtige Schusswaffe / License requiredPlease note bidders should check if the item is permitted in their country of origin prior to bidding.All guns are antique firearms as described

Original Scripts, Screenplays, and a related TLS. comprises: Bloodline (1978) Revised Second Draft Screenplay by Laird Koenig from the novel by Sidney Sheldon, Geria Films, Paramount Pictures, bound within red spring back folder, dated September 8, 1978 on first page, one hundred and fifty one pages on white sheets; a one-page typescript letter dated September 21, 1978, sent to publicist, John Willis, by Tom, a colleague at Paramount Studios in America . . . Im delighted that you will be able to work with me on Bloodline . . Tom updated John on who they planned and hoped to cast in the principal roles, outlined the synopsis, characters, and the specific interviews he would like John to line up, such as with James Mason, Lighting Cameraman, Freddie Young, and the films director, Terence Young . . . the godfather of the James Bond films and, among other things, taught Sean Connery to eat properly with a knife and fork . . . Sheldon did very well in England with The Other Side of Midnight and this one should do better; with three Production Unit Lists, and a two-page list of Production Offices; Murphys War (1971) Third Revised Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, dated January 8, 1970, red card covers, 121-pages including coloured revision sheets; together with, Toomorrow (1970) Final Screenplay by Val Guest, dated June 23, 1969, bound within blue card covers with film title and printed ownership label of John Willis on front cover, one hundred and fifty-nine-pages including coloured revision sheets; a one-page Cast List and a two-page Unit List both typed on pictorial production headed paper; together with, a buff coloured card folder containing a quantity of Production and Publicity documents relating to the 1970 British science-fiction musical film produced by Harry Saltzmann, starring Olivia Newton-John. (Qty). Provenance: The Collection of John Willis, Publicity Director for Disney, Columbia, United Artists, The Rank Organisation, and 20th Century Fox from 1960-1972. Willis worked on Casino Royale (1967) and several other films in the James Bond series, as well as The Battle of Britain, Heroes of Telemark, Living Free, and In Search of Castaways.

Group of WWII medals, believed to be Herring, William R including The Italy Star, The France and Germany Star, The 1939-45 Star, The Defence Medal, War Medal, Normandy Campaign medal and clasp nr 15850 and a replica La France A Ses Liberateurs medal. This lot includes a Royal Engineers badge, National Registration Identity Card, Ration Book Supplement and a copy of a letter from the Commander-in-Chief General B.L Montgomery to 21 Army Group. 

Autograph Album: containing Autograph Letters Signed by Winston Churchill, Alice Balfour, and Francis Curzon, with approx. 134 signatures of Political and Theatrical interest c. 1894-1936 A red leather-bound album, with printed ownership label of John H. Keeling on front pastedown, gilt patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, and a corresponding index to the signatures in Keelings hand on front free endpaper, the letters include: Winston Churchill (1874-1965). Three Typed Letters Signed, tipped-in, written to J.H. Keeling, the first letter: 1pp., 4 lines, sent from his home at Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, dated October 6, 1935 . . .Dear Mr Keeling, Alas, I fear that I am too much pressed at the present to undertake to speak on this extremely difficult subject to the members of the Junior Carlton Club . . .; The second letter: 1pp., 3 lines, written from 11, Morpeth Mansions, Westminster, SW1, dated July 16, 1936, , . . . I do not desire to make any more engagements at present, but perhaps you would write to me about the middle of September, I might be able to give you a more definite answer . . .; The third letter: 1pp., 5 lines, sent from 11, Morpeth Mansions, Westminster, SW1, dated October1, 1936, Churchill writes to thank Mr. Keeling for his renewed invitation to dine with the Political Committee . . .but as I am so pressed with work, I cannot make any engagement at present . . .. ; Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Alice Balfour (1850-1936). Autograph Letter Signed, tipped-in, 3pp., 36 lines, written to J.H. Keeling from Whittingehame, Prestonkirk, [East Lothian, Scotland] dated Feb 6/05, Dear Mr. Keeling, We are getting on with the preliminary arrangements of the Canvassing Committee . . .I hope good work with be done before the General Election is upon us. . . Alice Balfour agreed with Keeling about some sort of decoration for certain kinds of philanthropic work . . it is absurd that people should get all sorts of decorations for trifling services, & that a person like Miss Nightingale [Florence] should have none. I should like her to have the Order of Merit . . .. .; In 1907, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) became the first woman to be receive the Order of Merit, awarded for her service to social reform and the foundation of modern nursing. Alice Blanche Balfour was a Scottish entomologist, naturalist, scientific illustrator and one of the earliest pioneers in the science of genetics. She was the sister of Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902-1905. Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe (1884-1964). Two Autograph Letters Signed, tipped-in, the first letter: 4pp., 35 lines, written from Curzon House, Mayfair, marked Private, dated Jan. 23. 1908, on 22, Norfolk Street headed paper edged in black with armorial crest; Lieutenant Viscount Curzon writes to Keeling to let him know that he is looking into the matter of National flags in which they were both interested and will speak to some friends and see if anything can be done . . . it seems as if we really have no National flag like for instance, the Americans & the French . . . I understand the Union Jack can only be flown on land, by the Lieutenant of this Senior funeral in Camp . . .; the second letter: 2pp., 10 lines, dated May 19, 1908, informed Captain J.H. Keeling that in a few days he hoped to let him know what can be done regarding the National flags. Francis Curzon, styled asViscount Curzonfrom 1900 to 1929, was a British naval officer,member of Parliament, motor racing driver and promoter. The signatures are mostly cut out from letters and pasted down on one side of a single-leaf, with a few signed directly onto one side of a single-leaf, they include, Mary Carlisle, British painter; actresses of stage and screen including, Sybil Carlisle, Marguerite Brandon Thomas; Olga Brandon, Vane Featherstone; Lena Ashwell, actress and theatre manager; Gertrude Kingston, actress and agent; Florence Hayward, critic; and numerous politicians of the day, including, Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour, British Prime Minister from 1902-1905; Henry Duke Lord Merrivale, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1916-1918; Sir Samuel Roberts MP; Sir John Lawson, Barrister and Liberal politician; Lord Lansdowne; Sir William Bull; Viscount Hailsham; Alfred Duff Cooper; and many others. (1) Provenance: written and initialled by Captain John H. Keeling on preliminary leaf, 'All signatures from letters are from letters personally to me except Ld. Lansdowne, who was through Ld. Islington, J.H.K'Condition Report: rubbing (with some loss) to red leather binding, spine ends and corner bumped, some toning to a few of the signatures and internal pages, otherwise mostly internally clean with strong signatures. Winston Churchill letters - with some light foxing to the letters dated October 6, 1935, and October 1, 1936 foxing, with heavier foxing to his letter of July 16, 1936.Alice Balfour and Francis Curzon letters overall good conditions.

NO RESERVE Anglican Missionary during the Japanese attack on Papua New Guinea in the Second World War.- Redlich (Vivian) Autograph letter signed "Vivian" to his father, Rev. Can. E.B. Redlich, 2pp. & envelope, in pencil, sm. 4to, As from A.M. Sangara, 9 Papuan Administrative Unit Port Moresby Papua [New Guinea], 14th April 1942, "The country is now under a military administration, and the only civilians left are missionaries. We are all carrying on - tho' at times we feel the people are a bit jittery - or have been. At Buna they tried to shoot up the Bishop, who was out in a launch - but only spoilt the launch and the Bishop Office book. I'm on my way home now from Kokoda now - I've been up there for Easter Communions for Fr Holland who has not been too fit - it's 2 days walk each day. We can do quite a lot of thinking on the track... . We seem from the news to have held the Japs in these parts...", folds, some yellowing and staining; and another, a letter from Rev. E. Basil Redlich, v.s. (2).⁂ Redlich, the son of an Anglican vicar, grew up in Leicestershire and was ordained in 1932 in Wakefield Cathedral. He received a call to missionary work, joining the Bush Brotherhood in Australia. After five years he moved to Papua New Guinea and in 1941 was appointed priest in charge of the Sangara district. Hard work and tiredness led his Bishop to suggest he have a break in Dogura, New Guinea in early 1942. During the break he became engaged to Sr May Hayman, a missionary nursing sister in a mission station about 30 miles away. He travelled back to his mission during the Japanese invasion and refused to leave. For a long time it was assumed that he had been beheaded by the Japanese, but in 2005 it emerged that he was speared to death by a group of non-christian tribesmen.

Letters of a British Soldier in Ireland and India (Second Anglo-Sikh War).Binkley (George C.) [John Curtis], A superb collection of sixty-eight letters written by a soldier of the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot between 1843 and 1849. Most letters are addressed to his sister in Nottingham and give an interesting and detailed account of life in the army at that time, unusually from an enlisted soldier’s perspective. Binkley, a Nottingham man, had left work in Birmingham due to illness and in 1843 moved to Cork where poverty drove him to enlist in the 35th Foot. The countryside was ‘in an uproar’ and he witnessed hangings and floggings. Drafted for India, he unsuccessfully tried to persuade doctors that he was unfit for overseas duty. He was transferred to the 61st Foot in 1844 and set sail only to be diverted back to Ireland after 44 days at sea, in 1845 he sailed again from Cork to Calcutta, arriving on October 29th. On the 622 mile march from Calcutta to Cawnpore, 3 to 4 men died every day, increasing on some days to 8 or 9 men, women or children, most deaths arising from ‘brain fever’ as well as cholera and ‘cramps’. Camels and Elephants carried the baggage. On the way he witnessed an arranged tiger fight which lasted 2 hours until one was killed.In 1846 he was promoted sergeant and in 1846 was given charge of the Officers’ Mess with 64 black servants under his command. He reports that since arriving in India, the Regiment has lost 242 men, women and children.In 1847 he married Louisa, the widow of the regimental tailor.In 1848 he took part in the Second Sikh War, describing a number of battles including Runge Nunle and Marrarah where forts was taken and destroyed and Ramnagar where the enemy ‘proved almost too much for us and in about one hour we lost two of our ammunition wagons and one cannon and about 40-50 of our men killed and wounded’. Moving on to Mukeawall, the British lost about 70-80 killed and wounded. In February 1849, he wrote of Chillianwallah where, against the Sikhs, ‘we fought the hardest battle that was fought in India and in 3 or 4 hours thousands and thousands lay dead and dying on the fields. The British Army lost 2,357 fighting men, killed and wounded on that day’. The enemy were thought to have lost, killed and wounded, some 26-27 thousand. Darkness prevented retrieval of the dead and wounded ‘and in the morning these were missing and most likely were carried away by wolves, jackals or some other beasts of prey’. In May 1849, he gave details of the battle of Goojrat, estimating not less than 10 or 12 thousand dead or dying over the part of the field he crossed. He discusses the 14th Light Dragoons who after a very brave charge at Chillianwallah, appeared to have lost their nerve and ‘turned 2 or 3 times but were afraid to retreat on account of some artillery who were behind them and who swore they would fire grape into them if they turned again.’ ‘I have frequently spoken to one or other of them and they all appear to be in the same cry that the Sikhs are too good horse and swordsmen for them. And their swords have an edge as sharp as any razor and the weight of them would take a man’s head off without applying the least weight to it.’ Binkley arrived in Peshawar on the 28th May 1849 where the heat (117*F in the shade) caused many deaths. He received news that his wife had given birth to a daughter but fell ill with a liver abscess and died on December 4th 1849 at the age of 29 having never seen his daughter (who died the following year). There is also a letter from Binkley’s Sgt. Major advising of his death and four letters from his wife.Manuscript ink on paper, seventy-two letters:, three one-page, nine two-page, forty-five three-page, thirteen four-page, two five-page. Eight letters from Birmingham, two franked lettersheets (FL) and six stamped and franked lettersheets (SFL), Thirty-two letters from Ireland (Cork, Youghall, Templemore, Cashel, Buttervant and Dunmanway), twenty FL, ten SFL, one with franked envelope.One letter from the Northern Atlantic, on board the Duke of Bedford.Twenty-six letters from India (Dum Dum, Cawnpore, Tuttyghur, Umbellah, Jullunder, Pershawar), sixteen FL. One letter with original artwork depicting a sergeant under the battle colours of the South Goucestershires, sent after his promotion to sergeant, signed lower corner. Sgt. Major’s Letter, Peshawar, black edged.Wife’s letters, one FL.Eleven India franked envelopes loosely inserted.Letters stitch-bound on tabs in large folio.Note: Early letters are signed G. C. Binkley or Geo. C. Binkley, in later letters after October 1846 the first letter of the signature changes, possibly to 'J'. A paper on the letters, titled ‘The Letters of John Curtis Binkley, 1843-1849’ was written by Dr Peter Beattie and appeared in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol 61, No. 245 (Spring 1983). Letters, draft papers and offprints are included with the lot.

Medals of 8463 and 18453 Private T O'Brien of the Volunteer Company King's Own Scottish Borderers and the Northumberland Fusiliers comprising Anglo-Boer war Queen's South Africa medal (3rd type reverse) with five clasps SOUTH AFRICA 1902; SOUTH AFRICA 1901; ORANGE FREE STATE; CAPE COLONY; TRANSVAAL [8463 PTE T O'BRIEN VOL COY K O SCOT BORD], WWI war medal, victory medal and 1914-15 star [18453 PTE T O'BRIEN NORTH'S FUS], the four medals mounted together on dress bar, also a National Service medal [4180798 SAC O'BRIEN T W 1956-1959 RAF] in issue case, printed letter from King George V from Buckingham Palace, dated 1918 and reads 'The Queen joins me in welcoming you on your release from the miseries and hardships which you have endured with so much patience and courage. During these many months of trial, the early rescue of our gallant officers and men from the cruelties of their captivity has been uppermost in our thoughts. We are thankful that this longed for day has arrived and that back in the old Country you will be able once more to enjoy the happiness of a home and to see good days among those who anxiously look for your return. George RI', driving safety awards etc.

Kahnweiler (Daniel-Henry). Juan Gris, His Life and Work, translated by Douglas Cooper, 1st English edition, Lund Humphries, 1947, tipped-in colour plate, monochrome illustrations, original cloth, 4to, together with:Bardi (P. M., introduction). Marino Marini, Graphic Work and Paintings, 1st English edition, Thames & Hudson, 1960, colour and monochrome plates, original cloth in dustwrapper (designed by the artist), square 4to, plusKlee (Paul). Paul Klee: the thinking eye, the notebook of Paul Klee edited by Jurg Spiller, 1st English edition, Lund Humphries, 1961, original cloth-backed boards, small square 4to, with typed letter signed from Norbert Lynton to Lawrence Gowing dated 8 April 1960, writing in detail about Paul Klee, loosely inserted, and others on 20th-century European art and artists, including Roseline Bacou, Odilon Redon Pastels, 1st edition, Thames Hudson, 1987, Peter De Francia, Fernand Leger, Yale University Press, 1987, Louis Aragon, Henri Matisse, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, 1972, Kenneth Silver, Esprit de Corps, The Art of the Parisian Avant-Guarde and the First World War 1914-1925, Princeton University Press, 1989, etc., mostly original cloth including many paperbound editions and catalogues, some in dustwrappers, 4to/8voQTY: (5 shelves)

* Piper (John, 1903-1992). Two Autograph Letters Signed, 'John Piper', Fawley Bottom Farmhouse, nr Henley-on-Thames, 9 November 1940 & Pentre, Bethesda, Bangor, 17 January 1946, both to William [Scudamore Mitchell], the first beginning, 'John brought your letter with him this week which we found v enjoyable, if much of the life it described sounded otherwise. I send a photo [not present here], of water-colour of Hamsey Ch[urch], in case it amuses you. "Plain Oak Seats: Art, but decent" I see I have noted in my sketchbook - but "I took the liberty of expunging them from the drawing" as Sidney Pitcher F.R.P.S. of Gloucester once said to me about the fir-trees at the Rollright Stones - introducing a singularly bare-looking photo... ', recounting how he visited Hamsey at the beginning of the war and saying that William is doing 'invaluable work on our hatchment heritage' and hoping Sir Harry and Sir Charles will remember him when they get into parliament, 'as advisors on Historical Monument Preservation to the New Era Government' , a little spotting and some creasing and one short tear to right margin, 2 pp., 8vo, the second letter beginning, 'It was an enormous pleasure - series of pleasures - to see you posted in the Times alive and well, as we did, then to hear you were home from John, now to hear from you in person. Your letter is fascinating and it will be even more fascinating when we meet again... ', saying that 'For our own part we have had fun and hell during the war but nearly all fun, and we have taken the first opportunity of escaping from our beam ends at Fawley Bottom to come to the frozen mountains of Cambria where we have taken this house (no modern conveniences whatever: hip bath in front of kitchen fire, the size of an occasional table) in order - ostensibly - for me to paint frozen mountains. It is far too cold of course to do that... ', telling William to take time to look at some churches before he goes to Austria and telling him not to go abroad for too long, 'The country needs you', a couple of minor spots, 3 pp. on 2 sheets of letterhead, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:William Scudamore Mitchell (1912-1987), advertising manager at Shell prior to the Second World War. Mitchell worked with John Betjeman and John Piper on the Shell Guides series, and was himself the author of East Sussex, A Shell Guide (Faber & Faber, 1978). During the war, Mitchell was sent to Singapore where he was interned by the Japanese, as a prisoner-of-war on the Burma Railway. His account of the experience was published in 1996 as The Setting Sun, An Account of Life in Captivity under the Japanese. Mitchell later worked as advertising manager for the Egg Marketing Board until his retirement. He stayed at Fawley Bottom with John and Myfanwy Piper on numerous occasions, and owned several works by Piper.

* Eliot (Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965). Two Typed Letters Signed, ‘T. S. Eliot’, Faber & Gwyer and Faber, London, 6 February 1929 and 7 December 1944, the first a brief letter to Miss Phare [later Mrs Duncan-Jones], expressing his honour for her renewed invitation but regretting he is unable to accept, ‘I am afraid that I should be ill advised to make any arrangements at Cambridge of Oxford for another two terms. I wish I could do so but I am gradually coming to learn my limitations’, and sending best wishes for her Society, 1 page on publisher’s letterhead, 4to; the second to Austin E. Duncan-Jones, ‘… I think that I met your wife in Cambridge a number of years ago…’, and saying that he know her work, and knows his father and who Austin is, then proceeding to give his thoughts about Duncan-Jones’s proposal for a new education journal, ‘… What you have in mind is rally a technical educational journal, though I should imagine it might overlap in a slight extent with “Scrutiny”, and I really don’t feel that any observations of mine could have much value. I feel sure, however, that there ought to be a place for a magazine devoted to the serious problems of higher education…’, then referring to the Times Educational Supplement, encouraging him to continue to explore the possibilities but saying that ‘it is very unlikely that Faber and Faber will want to undertake any periodicals after the war’, referring to their own experience with Nursing Mirror and Criterion but saying that besides the difficulty in knowing what the conditions will be after the war, in their experience magazines are generally ‘better handled by separate organisations’, and concluding that he would be happy to meet and talk it over if he still thinks he can make a useful contribution, one word corrected in ink in Eliot’s hand, 2 pages on letterhead, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Austin Ernest Duncan-Jones (1908-1967) was a British philosopher. He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham from 1951 until his death. He was the founding editor of Analysis, president of the Mind Association in 1952 and president of the Aristotelian Society for 1960-61. In 1933, Duncan-Jones married the literary scholar and playwright Elsie Elizabeth Phare. She had attended Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was president of the college's undergraduate literary society. Among her society’s notable guest speakers was Virginia Woolf – see below.

Paine (Thomas). Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation. By Thomas Paine, Secretary For Foreign Affairs To Congress In The American War..., London: H. D. Symonds, 1792, 40 pp., some spotting, 20th-century brown half morocco, title in gilt to spine, 12mo, (ESTC T143008, Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 15483), together with:Paine (Thomas). The Case Of The Officers Of Excise; With Remarks On The Qualifications Of Officers; And On The Numerous Evils Arising To The Revenue, From The Insufficiency Of The Present Salary: Humbly Addressed To The Hon. And Right Hon. The Members Of Both Houses Of Parliament, circa 1772, 22 pp., some toning and spotting, 20th-century brown half morocco, title in gilt to spine, 12moQTY: (2)NOTE:The first work is the scarce 1792 edition of Paine’s passionate pamphlet and one of the earliest printings of his work, often referred to as the third part of The Rights of Man.

Φ John Nash RA (1893-1977)Winter in a BeechwoodSigned John Nash (lower left)Oil on canvas66.4 x 76.1cmTogether with two signed letters from John Nash, dated 2nd January 1967 and 31st January 1967 (3)Provenance:Purchased by Mr Massey in Harrow-on-the-Hill, in the 1950s, either from a junk shop, or a house sale of a Mr Acton-Davies;His mother, Mrs Massey, by 1967;By family descent to the previous owner;By whom sold Bonhams, Knightsbridge, Modern Pictures including East Anglian Pictures, 15 November 2011, lot 83, where purchased by the present private collectorLiterature:Andrew Lambirth, John Nash: Artist & Countryman (Norwich, Unicorn Press, 2019), p.262Exhibited:London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of paintings and drawings by John Nash, 1967, no.9The present work was painted by John Nash at Whiteleaf, Buckinghamshire, c.1930, and is described by the artist himself as 'a good example of a certain period', in the accompanying letters. The letters are written to a Mrs Massey, whose son Nash had met at The Crown at Long Melford, where the present work had been hanging. The first letter is a request from Nash to borrow Winter in a Beechwood, for the retrospective of his work that was held at the Royal Academy in 1967. The second letter conveys an offer from a collector friend of Nash's, to purchase the work for £200 'in the event of your ever wishing to sell'. In fact, Nash's annotated copy of the Royal Academy exhibition catalogue reveals that this friend was Robert Alexander Bevan (1901-1974), often known as Bobby Bevan, and who was the son of Robert Polhill Bevan (1865-1925). Nash writes that the painting 'Used to hang in the Crown, Long Melford. Her son bought it in a junk shop in Harrow! Much coveted by RA Bevan who tried to buy it from her. She refused offer'. Although Nash mentions a junk shop, the 2011 auction catalogue suggested that the painting instead came from a house sale in Harrow.The beech woods at Whiteleaf, in the Chilterns, became a favourite subject of Nash after the First World War. He first painted them in 1919, and he became known for his depictions of the area. Robert Polhill Bevan once wrote to his son Bobby, 'I see the Chilterns quite differently since John Nash started painting them. And that doesn't happen with many landscape painters'.

Important Day Family Archive Co. Kerry:  An Archive, mainly pictorial, of the Day family, descendants of the Rev. John Day, Rector of Kiltallagh (d. 1817), assembled by Kathleen Mary Agnes Day.  Born in 1881, the fourth child and only daughter of the Rev. Maurice Day and Charlotte Ottley of Moyola, Co. Antrim, she lived with her parents until her father’s death in 1923, and spent much of her later life in Windsor, where she died unmarried.  The distinguished lawyer and politician Robert Day (1746-1841) was a collateral ancestor; but the Days were above all stalwarts of the Church of Ireland: Kathleen’s grandfather was Dean of Ardfert; her father was Bishop of Clogher; her brother was Bishop of Ossory and ultimately (but briefly) Archbishop of Armagh; a grand-uncle was Bishop of Cashel and Waterford; and a cousin was Dean of Waterford. The collection comprises photograph albums of places where the family lived or went on holiday, sketchbooks, topographical drawings, genealogical information, news cuttings, and a large assortment of loose family photos (most of which have been captioned by Kathleen Day), some mounted and framed, some printed on glass or tin. Highlights include: ·       A framed series of 7 silhouettes, with at centre Kathleen’s great-grandmother Arabella Day (née Godfrey), surrounded by six of her children, all identified on the back. ·       A collection of miniatures and silhouettes of members of the Day family. ·       Album bound in red-brown morocco with gold tooling (18th century?), 53 x 39 cm, containing 3 illuminated addresses to the Rev. Maurice Day, acknowledging his services as pastor, regretting his imminent departure, and congratulating him on his new appointment: (1) from the parishioners of Killiney, March 1894, with Celtic scrolled borders and vignette of the church. Published by the Royal Irish Association for Employment of Women; (2) from the parishioners of St Luke’s [Cork], 28 February 1870, with elaborately decorated borders with the Day coat of arms, Celtic scrolls, flowers and beasts; (3)from the St Matthias’ Young Men’s Christian Association, February 1873. Also news cuttings, photos, drawings, a large genealogical table of the Day and Ottley families, a watercolour of Ballybrack Church by C.B. Harcourt, 1881, and many loose items. ·       Album bound in green morocco with gold tooling, 35 x 28 cm.  Illuminated address to the Dean of Ossory, 1905, from the parishioners of St Matthias Church, Dublin, with decorated borders and Day coat of arms.  List of subscribers. 6 pages. Published by J.A.S. McConnell, Dublin.   ·       Certificate presented to Mrs Charlotte Day [Kathleen Day’s mother] by the Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England, in recognition of her valuable services rendered during the War, 1914-1919. Signed by Queen Alexandra and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. ·       Scrapbook (disbound), 24 x 19 cm. Commonplace book, 19th century, containing news cuttings, holy verses, topographical prints (black & white), some pencil sketches, many loose items, photos, and the charming first letter of Kathleen’s cousin Maurice William Day, written in 1865, when aged seven. ·       A diary for 1864, written by J.E. Day, civil engineer, re work done in Fermanagh, and religious notes and quotes by his sister Eleanor F. Day. ·       Album compiled by Kathleen Day during her war work in 1917 at the Soldier’s Home, Bapaume, Rouen, including photos of Rouen, sketches of personnel, autographs, etc. ·       Visitor’s book kept by the Day family at successive ecclesiastical residences, and later by Kathleen Day in Windsor, 1897-1946. * An important and mixed collection, principally relating to the Day Family, but one which would reward much further research. As an Archive, w.a.f. (1) Julian Walton, 2023

A set of eleven prints of China after drawings by William Alexander,published by G. Nicol, London, 1796, each in an ebonised and beaded frame,smallest 21.5 x 25cmlargest 39 x 48cm (11)Provenance: Private collection, Mayfair, London W1.Condition ReportAll measurements plate size. Three: 'Punishment of the Tcha', 'View in Turon Bay', 'Natives of Cochin-China, Playing at Shittle Cock with their Feet' - 21.5 x 25cm. 'Instruments of War used by the Chinese' - 39 x 48cm. Five: 'View oof the Tchin-Shan, or Golden Island in the Yang-Tse-Kiang, or Great River of China', 'Chinese Barges of the Embassy preparing to pass under a Bridge', 'View of the Tower of the Thundering Winds on the border of the Lake See-Hoo, taken from the Vale of Tombs', 'View of the Lake Pao-Yng where it is separated from the Grand Canal by an embankment of Earth', 'A View near the City of Lin-Tsin on the Banks of the Grand Canal' (unglazed) - 34 x 48cm. Two (unglazed): 'A Chinese Military Post', 'A Quan or Mandarin bearing a Letter from the Emperor of China' - 30 x 39cm.

[L'EVEQUE, Henry].- Campaigns of the British Army in Portugal, under the command of General The Earl of Wellington.- London: Published by W. Bulmer & Co., and published (for the proprietor) by Messrs. Colnaghi and Co., 1812.- [8], 18 p.: 1 retrato, [1], 17 gravuras; 57 cm.- E., Henry l'Évêque (1769-1832), painter, miniaturist, watercolorist and above all engraver, born in Geneva, was part of a group of artists who, following the French Revolution, wandered around Europe accompanying armies on campaign, recording for the posterity the most famous battles of the Napoleonic Wars. Complete copy, consisting of a title page, a portrait of Wellington next to the title page (Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington..., with the inscription: Painted and engraved by H. L'evêque — Pubd. 1815 for the proprietors by Messrs. Colnaghi & Co. ), two preliminary leaves (author's dedication to Wellington and list of subscribers), a leaf with the description of the Prince Regent's departure to Brazil, in 1807, and respective engraving (with the letter B), 18 pages of text (numbered) with descriptions of the 17 engravings that are found at the end of the volume. The 17 large-format (41x57 cm) copperplate prints (numbered 1 to 17) represent scenes of battles and troop movements during the Peninsular War. Prints with slight browning, almost always confined to the margins; Portrait with light handling. Recent binding (with protective case), full red shagreen (signed Império Graça), with ornamental gold borders on the covers, closed panels in gold on the smooth spine, double fillet in the thickness of the boards (filets de coupe) and roll on the squares . Duarte de Sousa, 139.

A collection of ephemera to to include a photo album that belonged to Col. Philip Reginald Astley of the Lifeguards, photos to include that of The Pipe Bands of the Gordons, Seaforths and Royal Scots Fusiliers before the 1918 War Memorial in Rome; a meeting between General Mark Clarke and the British General Gambier-Parry; further pictures of General Mark Clark in Rome; Photos of the capture of Aquino; the Gurkhas in action in Aquino; two letters of dispatch relating to Lt. Col Astley; photos of Winston Churchill holding a press conference; two photos of Musolini's corpse; a photo of the presentation of the sword of Stalingrad to Marshall Stalin during the playing of God Save the King in 1943; a photo of Winston Churchill next to Roosevelt and Stalin at his birthday dinner part in Tiran at the British Embassy, a photo of Shango-Kai-Shek; a photo of General Adrian Carton De Waiart VC; photos of the public relations and war correspondence in Italy; the Prime Minister Winston Churchill saluting on leaving the parade ground with General Sir H R Alexander; together with two letters of correspondence between Philip Astley and Field Marshall Sir Harold Alexander and an original copy of the order of service for Winston Churchill's funeral and a letter from George VI bestowing the Military Cross to Philip Astley (see lot 52 from The Mallams Collectors sale 2021 for the medal to which the letter refers).Photo album has lost its bindings but photos generally in good condition as is Order of Service and correspondence

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Manuscript letter dictated & signed by Napoleon, addressed to General Clarke, Minister of War, 28 November 1813. This important piece of correspondence sheds new light on the intended breaking of capitulations, giving the order that "the soldiers returning with Marshal Saint-Cyr will serve." The letter reveals Napoleon's inner thought processes at subterfuge, attempting to trick the Coalition during an exchange of soldiers - something the Coalition forces rightly suspected. It is one of Napoleon's last letters before abdication and exile. Neatly clerk-written by Claude-François de Méneval [Napoleon's private secretary] on four sides of two leaves, 23 x 18.5cm (when folded), the paper bearing a French Imperial Eagle watermark. The addendum and calculations are both in Napoleon's hand. The letter has been researched for the vendor by the Fondation Napoléon, and copies of email correspondence between the vendor and François Houdecek are included. The letter has now been documented & published in the 14th volume of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon, edited by the Fondation Napoléon [37313]. Also included is a transcript of the letter (French & English) with footnotes to explain the historical context of key phrases. Purchased by the vendor from Cherrystone Auctions, New York. Together with a stipple-engraved portrait of Napoleon

A collection of silver and silver mounted items, to include letter opener topped with Scottish war figure, bookmarks, 950 stamped ring and fob. Total weight: 136g.

Walter Edwards (1871-1956) - a circa 1915 Arts and Crafts oak coffer decorated with hammered copper panels, its top panels decorated with a Tudor rose; four barley-twist corner columns and bun feet. (LWH 85.8 x 47 x 39 cm). To be sold with biographical notes which allude to Edward's design of the Cadbury's 'A Glass and a Half' mould, the 1919 oak and copper war memorial tablet at Bourneville and pieces commissioned by Lichfield Cathedral. Provenance: By descent through the family to a granddaughter. Made, retained and used by the craftsman himself.  Walter Charles Edwards was a founding member of the Chipping Camden Guild and School of Handicraft, and worked in copper and silver under and alongside Charles Robert Ashbee. In 1942 he wrote in a letter of condolence to Ashbee's widow: 'As a young married man, by accident, I heard [the] Guild of Art Workers was moving from the East End of London to Chipping Campden. I asked leave to join. From the minute I walked down the beautiful sleepy street of Campden ...  [there were craftsmen] turning out work equal to anything in the middle-ages. Industry meant something different, and from that time I have enjoyed every minute of my workday life.'  * Condition: In good condition overall and very original. The exterior has good, even colour with no fading or damage to the finish. The structure is very solid with firm hinges and no movement. There are some old shrinkage cracks to the pine lining to the interior of the coffer, but there are no splits or cracks to the exterior oak. The copper panels are in good condition, with no damage, dents or splits. There is some polish residue to the edges and corners. Please note that the lock does not function and is purely decorative.

Fritz Wotruba 1907 Wien - 1975 Wien Genius. 1929. . Bleiguss mit schwarz-brauner Patina. Breicha 24 (mit 'Verbleib unbekannt' gelistet). Nur ein Abguss im Fotoarchiv des Künstlers dokumentiert. Zudem handelt es sich laut einem Brief des Künstlers an den ehemaligen Besitzer der Skulptur um einen unikaten Abguss (Wotruba-Archiv, Wien). Höhe: 110,4 cm (43,4 in). [JS]. • Eine der stärksten Schöpfungen aus Wotrubas bildhauerischem Frühwerk. • Außergewöhnlich sind die stark überlängten Körperformen, die neben Wotrubas Lehmbruck-Begeisterung seine Auseinandersetzung mit der bildhauerisch bedeutenden Tradition der Kreuzigung dokumentieren. • Unikat. Lebzeitguss. • Wotruba zählt zu den bedeutendsten europäischen Bildhauern des 20. Jahrhunderts. • Bereits 1959 zeigt das Museum of Modern Art, New York, Wotrubas Skulpturen in der Ausstellung 'New Images of Man' neben Arbeiten von Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet und Wilhelm de Kooning. PROVENIENZ: Sammlung Dr. Herbert und Agnes Simons, Düsseldorf/London (1931 direkt vom Künstler erworben). Privatsammlung London (1956 durch Erbschaft von den Vorgenannten). Privatsammlung Norddeutschland (Ende der 1970er Jahren erworben). Seither Familienbesitz. 'Als Wotruba als Künstler begann, war der mitteleuropäische Expressionismus abgeebbt, aber auch die neue Sachlichkeit (wie alles übrige) für den jungen Wotruba keine erspriessliche künstlerische Möglichkeit. Wenn er an etwas Mass genommen hat, so an Wilhelm Lehmbruck [..], einem Ausdruckskünstler besonderer Art, also an einem, der seinerseits nirgends dazugehörte, unverwechselbar eigentümlich, wie er war, von spröder Faszination, auf die auch Wotrubas Arbeit eingestimmt ist.' Otto Breicha, Fritz Wotruba. Werkverzeichnis, St. Gallen 2002, S. 8. In 'Genius', einer der stärksten Schöpfungen aus Wotrubas bildhauerischem Frühwerk, verschmilzt der Künstler seine formale Begeisterung für die überlängten Formen Wilhelm Lehmbrucks mit der Auseinandersetzung mit der wohl bedeutendsten Motivik der christlichen Ikonografie: der Kreuzigung. Nicht nur die stark überlängten Gliedmaßen des gestreckten männlichen Aktes verweisen auf die lange ikonografische Tradition des gekreuzigten Christus, sondern zudem auch die schräg gestellten Füße auf der stark nach vorne geneigten Sockelplatte. Wotrubas 'Genius' wirkt somit auf der Standfläche fixiert, während er seine frei nach oben gestreckten Arme, gefolgt von seinem flehenden, suchenden Blick, kraftvoll gen Himmel wendet. Die Kreuzigung als das Ende der christlichen Passion wird hier zum Sinnbild des geschundenen künstlerischen Genius, der sich, aus seinen irdischen Fesseln befreit, einer Entgrenzung im Metaphysischen zuwendet. Wotruba beginnt mit 19 Jahren sein Studium in der Fachklasse für Bildhauerei an der Kunstgewerbeschule in Wien. Bis 1928 ist er Student Anton Hanaks, in dessen Klasse er seine zukünftige Frau Marian Fleck kennenlernt. Anschließend besuchen beide die Klasse Eugen Steinhofs, mit dem sich die künstlerischen Auseinandersetzungen fortsetzen, die bereits in Hanaks Klasse begonnen hatten. Im Mai 1929 eröffnet die Kunstgewerbeschule schließlich ein Disziplinarverfahren gegen den jungen Wotruba, da er sich unaufgefordert in eine Auseinandersetzung zwischen Marian und Steinhof eingemischt habe. Wotruba erhält Hausverbot, wird für den Rest des Studienjahres beurlaubt und zum Ende des Schuljahres 1929 von der Schule verwiesen. Der aufstrebende, sich scheinbar aus den Fesseln windende 'Genius', den Wotruba in eben diesem Jahr geschaffen hat, ist also zugleich ein Sinnbild für Wotrubas künstlerisches Selbstverständnis, das sich dem klassischen Weg einer autoritären akademischen Ausbildung entzieht. [JS] Aufrufzeit: 08.12.2023 - ca. 13.05 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten, Folgerechtsvergütung fällt an.ENGLISH VERSIONFritz Wotruba 1907 Wien - 1975 Wien Genius. 1929. Sculpture. Lead cast with black brown patina. Breicha 24 (listed 'Verbeib unbekannt'(whereabouts unknown). The artist's photo archive only provides proof of one cast. According to a letter from the artist to the sculpture's former owner, this is a unique cast (Wotruba Archive, Vienna). Height: 110.4 cm (43.4 in). [JS]. • This is one of the strongest creations from Wotruba's early sculptural period. • The unusually overlong limbs deliver proof of Wotruba's fascination for Lehmbruck as well as of the occupation with the important sculptural tradition of the crucifixion. • Unique object. Lifetime cast. • Wotruba counts among the most important European sculptors of the 20th century. • The Museum of Modern Art, New York, showed Wotruba's sculptures alongside works by Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet and Wilhelm de Kooning in the exhibion 'New Images of Man' as early as in 1959. PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Herbert and Agnes Simons, Düsseldorf/London (acquired from the artist in 1931). Private collection London (inherited from the above in 1956). Private collection Northern Germany (acquired in the late 1970s). Ever since family-owned. 'When Wotruba's artistic path began, Central European Expresionism had already waned, and New Objectivity (like everything else) had nothing to offer for a young aspiring artist. If there was one model for him, it was Wilhelm Lehmbruck [..], an especially expressive artist, one who didn't belong anywhere, unmistably unique as he was and characterized by an austere fascination that is also reflected in Wotruba's work.' Otto Breicha, Fritz Wotruba. Catalogue raisonné, St. Gallen 2002, p. 8. In 'Genius', one of the strongest creations from Wotruba's early sculptural work, the artist merges his formal enthusiasm for Wilhelm Lehmbruck's elongated forms with an examination of what is probably the most important motif in Christian iconography: the crucifixion. Not only the strongly elongated limbs of the stretched male nude refer to the long iconographic tradition of the crucified Christ, but also the slanted feet on the strongly leaning base plate. Wotruba's 'Genius' thus appears to be fixed on the base, while his arms are stretched upwards, followed by his pleading, searching gaze, powerfully turned towards heaven. The crucifixion as the end of the Christian Passion becomes a symbol of the maltreated artistic genius who, freed from his earthly shackles, turns towards a dissolution of boundaries in the metaphysical. Wotruba began his studies in the sculpture class at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna at the age of 19. Until 1928, he was a student of Anton Hanak, in whose class he met his future wife Marian Fleck. They both then attended Eugen Steinhof's class, with whom they continued the artistic discussions that had already begun in Hanak's class. In May 1929, the School of Arts and Crafts finally initiated disciplinary proceedings against the young Wotruba for intervening in a dispute between Marian and Steinhof without being asked. Wotruba was banned from the school, given leave of absence for the rest of the academic year and was eventually expelled at the end of the 1929 school year. The aspiring 'genius' that Wotruba created that year, seemingly wriggling out of his shackles, is thus also a symbol of Wotruba's artistic self-image, which eludes the classic path of an authoritarian academic education. [JS] Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 13.05 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist´s resale right compensation is due.

Karl Hofer 1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin Mädchen vor Architektur. 1949. Öl auf Leinwand. Links unten monogrammiert (in Ligatur) und datiert. Auf dem Keilrahmen betitelt '2 Frauen vor Architektur'. 101 x 70,5 cm (39,7 x 27,7 in). Das Werk ist auf einer Fotografie des Berliner Kunstfotografen Ewald Gnilka dokumentiert, mit dem Karl Hofer etwa ab Mitte der 1940er Jahre zusammenarbeitete, Archiv-Nr. 25620. [CH]. • Eines der bedeutenden und gesuchten Paarbilder des Künstlers. • Mit der hellen, reduzierten Farbpalette, dem klaren Formenrepertoire und dem ungewöhnlichen, die Figuren einrahmenden architektonischen Hintergrund gelingt dem Künstler eine besonders moderne, zeitlose Darstellung. • Die für Hofers Œuvre charakteristischen, nur auf den ersten Blick verletzlich wirkenden, in sich gekehrten Frauenfiguren zeigt Hofer hier durch ihre Größe, körperliche Verfassung und selbstbewusste Ausstrahlung als starke Persönlichkeiten. • Moderne Weiterentwicklung der Motivik des früheren Gemäldes 'Zwei Freundinnen' in der Hamburger Kunsthalle (1923/24). • In diesen Nachkriegsjahren kann Hofer an seine Erfolge anknüpfen, bspw. sind seine Figurengemälde 1957 auf der legendären Ausstellung 'German Art of the 20th Century' im Museum of Modern Art, New York, ausgestellt. PROVENIENZ: Galerie A. M. Bänninger, Berlin/Zürich. Galerie K. Meissner, Zürich. Privatsammlung Schweiz. Galerie Salis & Vertes, Salzburg. Privatsammlung Süddeutschland (vom Vorgenannten erworben). AUSSTELLUNG: Retrospektiv. Karl Hofer 1878-1955, Baukunst-Galerie, Köln, 27.1.-15.4.1967, Kat.-Nr. 60 (m. Abb.). Gedächtnisausstellung Karl Hofer 1878-1955, Kulturamt der Stadt Salzburg / Museum Carolino Augusteum, Museumspavillon im Mirabellgarten, Salzburg, 4.7.-31.8.1975, Kat.-Nr. 19 (m. Abb.). LITERATUR: Karl Bernhard Wohlert, Karl Hofer. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Bd. 3, Köln 2007, S. 66, WVZ-Nr. 2207 (m. SW-Abb.). Doris Schmidt (Hrsg.), Briefe an Günther Franke. Porträt eines deutschen Kunsthändlers, Köln 1970, S. 122, Karl Hofer an Günther Franke, Brief vom 22.12.1951 (Fußnote 4). Christie's, London, German and Austrian Art, 11.10.1995, S. 210, Los 197 (m. Farbabb.). 'Seine Figuren drängen sich aneinander, wie um sich gegenseitig Schutz zu geben, mit furchtsamen, ahnungslosen oder introvertiert abwartendem Ausdruck.' Dr. Frank Schmidt, damaliger Direktor der Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2012, in: Ausst.-Kat. Karl Hofer. Von Lebensspuk und stiller Schönheit, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2012, S. 90. Aufrufzeit: 09.12.2023 - ca. 19.16 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten, Folgerechtsvergütung fällt an.ENGLISH VERSIONKarl Hofer 1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin Mädchen vor Architektur. 1949. Oil on canvas. Lower left monogrammed (in ligature) and dated. Stretcher titled '2 Frauen vor Architektur'. 101 x 70.5 cm (39.7 x 27.7 in). The work is documented on a photo shot by the Berlin art photographer Ewald Gnilka, with whom Karl Hofer worked together as of the mid 1940s, archive number 25620. [CH]. • One of the artist's most important and sought-after couple paintings. • With the bright, reduced color palette, the clear repertoire of forms and the unusual architectural background framing the figures, the artist achieves a particularly modern, timeless quality. • The introverted female figures, characteristic of Hofer's oeuvre, only appear vulnerable at first glance, here he shows them as strong personalities thanks to their size, physical condition and self-confidence. • A modern development of the motif in the earlier painting 'Two Girlfriends' in the Hamburger Kunsthalle (1923/24). • In these post-war years, Hofer was able to build on his success; hi paintings were part of the legendary exhibition 'German Art of the 20th Century' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1957. PROVENANCE: Galerie A. M. Bänninger, Berlin/Zürich. Galerie K. Meissner, Zürich. Private collection Switzerland. Galerie Salis & Vertes, Salzburg. Private collection Southern Germany (from the above). EXHIBITION: Retrospektiv. Karl Hofer 1878-1955, Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne, January 27 - April 15, 1967, cat. no. 60 (fig.). Commemorative Exhibition Karl Hofer 1878-1955, Kulturamt der Stadt Salzburg / Museum Carolino Augusteum, Museumspavillon im Mirabellgarten, Salzburg, July 4 - August 31, 1975, cat. no. 19 (fig.). LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert, Karl Hofer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 3, Cologne 2007, p. 66, no. 2207 (black-and-white illu.). Doris Schmidt (ed.), Briefe an Günther Franke. Porträt eines deutschen Kunsthändlers, Köln 1970, p. 122, Karl Hofer an Günther Franke, letter from December 22, 1951 (foot note 4). Christie's, London, German and Austrian Art, October 11, 1995, p. 210, lot 197 (color illu.). 'His figures huddle together as if to give each other protection, with fearful, unsuspecting or introverted, waiting expressions.' Dr. Frank Schmidt, then director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2012, in: ex. cat. Karl Hofer. Von Lebensspuk und stiller Schönheit, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2012, p. 90. Called up: December 9, 2023 - ca. 19.16 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist´s resale right compensation is due.

A family group of three WW I medals to include a British War and Victory pair, naming 392042 PTE. F.G. SELL. 9-LOND. R. and a single Victory medal, 13215 PTE. F.J. SELL. ESSEX R. with an accompanying letter from the Records Office conferred upon 13215 Pte Sell after his death dated 23rd April, 1921. (4)13215 Private Frederick James Sell of Newport, Essex was killed in action 11/04/1916 France and Flanders.

A WW II pair to include Defence and War medal, with Ministry of Defence Medal Office letter addressed to Mr H. Hogarth, together with various other medals to include Defence, War, British Red Cross, U.S. Good Conduct, Ed. VII Coronation, an RAF cap badge and bullion badge. (10)

A Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in fitted case of issue and card outer box with compliment slip naming Major Leonard J.O. Walker, The Queen's Royal Regiment, together with a replacement group of medals to include 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, Italy Star, Defence medal, War medal and oak leaves, boxed with corresponding letter and one other letter relating to a duplicate oak leaf emblem dated 1944.

[GREAT WAR]: CONFIDENTIAL 'WAR INSTRUCTIONS FOR BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS', AUGUST 1917 - a rare first edition copy of the Admiralty's official publication C.B. (Confidential Book) 415, individually numbered Copy No. 227, containing secret instructions issued as a precaution against the German navys attempts to sink allied shipping, August 1917, with printed note to front pastedown This book is weighted with lead, and if thrown overboard will sink, 86 pages, plus two Addenda, and numerous 'Convoy Zig-Zag' diagrams, allied and enemy submarine silhouettes, and black and white photographic plates of mines and torpedoes, original blue buckram with lead-weighted covers (for rapid disposal at sea), 8vo; together with, a loosely inserted one-page typescript letter on Admiralty Staff headed notepaper and a Receipt form for Secret Book The Mercantile Marine and Submarine Warfare C.B. 721/a, the letter (unsigned) dated February 19, 1919, was sent to an unknown recipient from (Sgd.) Alan Hotham, Director of Trade Division, Hotham announces with honour that copies of another Secret Book, C.B. 721 (2) are to be issued through the Shipping Intelligence Officers, two copies thereof will be issued in exchange for the attached Form of Declaration and receipt duly completed . . . copies may be lent to Masters and Officers of the Mercantile Marine for perusal only . . at other times these books should be kept under lock and key, and under no circumstances should they be taken to sea. (3) Condition Report: light creasing to a few leaf edges, otherwise overall good condition with clean bright binding.

JENNY MONTIGNY (1875-1937) 'Hyde Park, Londres 1918' Woman and children enjoying a bright day, signed lower right, further signed, dated and titled verso, oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cmProvenance: The Collection of the ArtistThe Collection of Louis Montigny, the brother of the Artist and his wife Lilian Attneave and thence by descent.Note: The area of Hyde Park depicted in this work is known as ‘Rotten Row’, a fashionable place for upper-class Londoners to be seen from the 17th century onwards.Jenny MontignyA pioneering female impressionist, Jenny Montigny was a founding member of the luminist group of Belgian artists‘Vie et Lumière’.Born in Ghent where her father was a law professor at the city's university, Montigny's early interest in art was fuelled by an early encounter with 'The Kingfishers' by Emile Claus (1849-1924) housed in the Museum of Fine Art (MSK) in Ghent. This pivotal experience led her to take private lessons with Claus at his country home Villa Zonneschijn in 1893. Despite the fact that Claus was married and twenty-six years her senior, they began a relationship that lasted until his death in 1924.Unsupported by her parents, who disapproved of her artistic interests, Montigny dared to be independent, and settled at Villa Rustoord in nearby Deurle in 1904. While a number of other female artists emerged at this time, notably Anna de Weert (née Cogen), Montigny was unique in living on her own, with neither a husband nor her parents.At the outbreak of World War I, she fled to London, where her brother Louis Montigny was living with his wife, Lillian Attneave. Claus and his wife Charlotte Dufaux also came to London and it is often insinuated that Jenny deliberately followed Claus, but in reality Claus only stayed in the capital for a few weeks before travelling to Wales. On 5th November 1914 Claus wrote to Cyriel Buysse in The Hague that he had left London. “I’ve run away from London: too many refugees of all kinds.” In the same letter, Claus asked about the whereabouts of friends and acquaintances, including that of ‘J.M.’. It is clear that in the first chaotic period of the war, Claus and his pupil had no contact and no idea about each other’s whereabouts. Artistically, Montigny flourished during her time in London. She exhibited in several London galleries, including the Dowdeswell Gallery, the Grafton Galleries and the New English Art Club. Her name appeared in many exhibitions for and by the Belgian artists in exile, well known all the way to Rotterdam. She joined the Women’s International Art Club, exhibiting with other artists such as Amy Katherine Browning (1881-1978) and Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955).After the war, she returned to Belgium and, finding it necessary to sell her villa, moved into a more modest home. In 1923, she joined the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. After Claus’ death, she found herself in worsening financial straits. Her painting style was no longer popular and it was necessary to accept charity from family and friends. She was largely forgotten after her death until 1987, when exhibitions were held in Deurle and Deinze. In 1995, a major retrospective took place at the Musée Pissarro in Pontoise.Jenny Montigny died of cancer on 31 October 1937, in her house in the Pontstraat in Deurle at half past one in the morning. As with so many female artists of the period, Montigny suffered from a lack of exposure due to being a woman, but in recent years her work has been enjoying renewed and deserved attention internationally. In 2019 the city of Ghent even named a street after her.