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A MEZZOTINT OF LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1799
engraved by J. Young after the oil by Guzzardi and printed by M.H. Keymer, Yarmouth from a Portrait by a Celebrated Artist at Palermo, Portrait-Painter to the King. and inscribed in title Admiral Lord Nelson of the Nile, Pl. - 12½ x 9¼in. (31.5 x 23.5cm.) framed and glazed
£200-400
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'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, GIVING HIS LAST ORDERS TO CAP. HARDY..'
hand coloured print published by J. Hinton, London, 21 November 1805, Pl. - 13½ x 9¾in. (34 x 24.7cm.) together with a small framed print of Nelson issued by Baxter; another of Maurice Suckling (probably a book plate); and three other loose images of Nelson
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£200-400
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'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, K.B. AND THE VICTORY OF THE NILE'
coloured proof published by G. Riley, Old Bailey, London, March 25th, 1799, depicting Nelson in cartouche with the battle progressing under and L'Orient exploding to the left, Pl. - 16½ x 10½in. (42 x 26.5cm.) framed and glazed
£200-400
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A LARGE PAPIER-MÂCHÉ TRAY COMMEMORATING LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1820
with geometric gilt border, and portrait after Lemuel Abbott, framed within gilt laurel wreath - the tray 30in (76cm.) wide
£600-800
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A WHITE PARIANWARE BUST OF LORD NELSON
after Flaxman, impressed R&L [for Robinson & Leadbetter] behind shoulder - 8in. (20.3cm.) high
£100-150
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A BILSTONWEAR SNUFF BOX CELEBRATING LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1800
depicted half-length with mast and rigging behind, inscribed Adl Nelson top right, hinged to mauve box - 2¼in. (5.7cm.) wide
£300-500
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δ GEORGE HORACE DAVIS (BRITSH, 1881-1963)
Cutaway profile of H.M.S. 'Victory'
Watercolour and gouache
Signed and dated 'G.H. Davis 1946' (lower right)
23Ό x 64in. (59 x 162.5cm.)
£400-600
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A 19TH CENTURY ROYAL NAVY TOMAHAWK PATTERN BOARDING AXE
with heavily pitted flared head secured to plain wooden shaft, drilled for loop - 23in (58.5cm.) long overall
£300-500
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A FINE CADET GUNNERY TRAINGING NOTE BOOK FROM H.M.S. EXCELLENT, CIRCA 1862
kept by J.W. Biggs in a neat copper plate hand over 213 pages of ruled laid paper, twenty-seven section index to front, finely realised watercolour title page inscribed NAVAL GUNNERY / As Taught On Board / H.M.S. EXCELLENT. / Written by / J.W. Biggs. / 1862 / READY AYE READY., three sepia toned photographs and numerous fine technical diagrams throughout, signed on fly as 'approved' by the Commander and Senior Lieut., bound in quarter calf marbled boards - 9½ x 8in. (24 x 20cm.)
£500-800
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD
with 28½in curved steel blade, ebonised ribbed grip with decorative brass guard (lacking scabbard) - 34in. (86.5cm.) long
£150-250
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FOLLOWER OF ARTHUR J. W. BURGESS (BRITISH, 1879-1957)
The British India liner 'Rohilla' serving as a troop ship
Oil on panel
14½ x 20½in. (37 x 52cm.); together with a postcard of painting
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Built at Harland & Wolff in 1906, this 7,409 ton liner was taken over early in the Great War for use as a hospital ship. On October 30th, 1914, between Leith and Dunkirk to evacuate wounded, she hit rocks half a mile off Whitby and, with a full gale blowing quickly foundered, the area mistakenly believed to have been mined. 82 lives were lost but Capt. Nielson and all the crew survived. This painting appears to be the original artwork for a post-card, an example of which is included with this lot.
£200-400
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A QUANTITY OF NAVAL EPHEMERA
including a letter to Queen Victoria alluding to Admiral Cochrane's 'War Craft' patented for use in South Africa during the Boer War, written from Osborne House 1899; together with RUSSIA, AL.s by Melville requesting and allowing the Grand Duke Nicholas (later Czar Nicholas II), to examine the British Fleet, 1p.; THOMAS LUDWIGE, AL.s. 2pp., describing a black boy aboard, and mentioning 1100 barrels of rice and references to Samuel Bowman, 2pp., framed and glazed; two photographic portraits of H.R.H. Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary), both signed and dated 1901, Malta; and a small quantity of letters and ephemera including a few letters from Captain Bastard
(A lot)
£300-500
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NAVAL GUNNERY, CIRCA 1915
a comprehensive guide to naval gunnery, 151pp, 107 hand-coloured technical pen and ink drawings, numerous pencilled drawings in the text, fine pen and ink drawing of a light cruiser loosely inserted, original half-buckram (rubbed) - 14¾ x 9½in. (37.5 x 24.5cm.)
An extraordinarily detailed description of all the functions and workings of ships' guns. A few of the chapters or sub-chapters are entitled Hydraulics, Bogey and Safety Gear, Main Hoist Unlocking Gear, Cut Off Compensating Gear, 1/5" Hand Control Power Gear, Types of Director Sight, All Guns 12" V Upwards, Small Type Training Receiver, the Lewis Automatic Gun and Tasks of Variations of Range
£300-500
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WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931)
The Q-Boat 'Merope' sinking a U-Boat
Signed in pencil 'W.L. Wyllie' (lower left)
Etching
Pl. 6¾ x 9in. (17.5 x 23cm.)
£100-150
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A BAROGRAPH FROM CAPTAIN SCOTT'S BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1901-04
heavily constructed in brass with maker's plate to top signed and inscribed ANT : EX : 1901 / H.O. ↑ 14. / M.O.9. / SHORT & MASON / LONDON, hinged front-glazed top with leather handle to recorder drum with clockwork movement, eight-atmospheres acting on cup pen and inkwell, mounted on solid case brass feet. Overall measurements - 7¼ x 10¼ x 5in. (18.5 x 26 x 12.5cm.)
Provenance: Acquired 2003 at a local rooms near Portsmouth from the estate of a collector of clocks, watches, instruments and mechanical items, and where the significance of the maker's plate (and provenance) had not been identified.
Founded in 1845, by the early 20th Century Short & Mason were leading suppliers of instruments for work in the field and supplied several barographs to both the Scott and Shackleton expeditions where they were used aboard ship and ashore and found to perform reliably at all times.
£2000-4000
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STUDIO OF HERBERT G. PONTING
A Weddell Seal
Silver gelatine print with studio stamp embossed lower right, contained within original wooden frame with remnant Fine Art Society label to verso
22¾ x 29in. (58 x 74cm.) (including frame)
Herbert George Ponting, FRGS (1870-1935) accompanied Captain Scott on his 1910-13 Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole as expedition photographer and cinematographer.
£400-600
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Ø A MALACCA WALKING STICK PRESENTED TO AN OFFICER OF H.M.S. TERRIBLE, 1902
the polished shaft with gold-plated 'buckle' London marked '18ct G.P.' inscribed From The DAILY EXPRESS to Mr. T.C. Cole Souvenir of Reception to Men of H.M.S. TERRIBLE October 25th 1902, complete with tortoiseshell handle and brass ferrule - 36in. (91.5cm.) high
£200-400
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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, CIRCA 1880
twenty-five mainly large, mounted photographs mounted of naval interest, bound with original roan gilt, gilt edges (rubbed), including H.M.S. Lord Clyde, H.M.S. Iron Duke, H.M.S. Dwarf, H.M.S. Collingwood and H.M.S. Colossus; together with another album containing 33 actual photographs mounted, 20 of nautical interest, one dated 1893, original half roan (worn), also containing three photographs of a bullfight
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£200-300
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MIDSHIPMAN'S JOURNAL FROM H.M.S. MINOTAUR, 1914-1915
kept by Mr Lloyd between 25th July 1914 and 28th July 1915, nine pen and ink maps and plans, all but hand-coloured in outline, two technical pen and ink drawings, eight pen and ink silhouette drawings of the various classes of the British Navy, numerous overslips for the most part, detailing the loss of Allied and Central Powers shipping, original buckram (rubbed)
For the Minotaur, this was truly a world war with the maps showing all parts of the globe. This was one of the last logbooks to be written, with an entry after the final date stating that the keeping of log books was banned with immediate effect.
£200-300
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A RARE UNOFFICIAL SHIP'S BADGE OF H.M.S. BARHAM [1914]
cast in brass and depicting a liion rampant surrounded by fleur-de-lys, and mounted on a shaped section of circuit board with brass plate inscribed H.M.S. Barham 1935-7; together with a brass ship's badge of H.M.S. Cheviot; four painted alloy badges and a sailor-made copper duplicate badge for Barham
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£150-250
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δ JOHN SMITH (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY)
The Mighty 'Hood'
Signed 'J.S. Smith' (lower right)
Oil on board
23½ x 35½in. (60 x 89cm.)
£200-400
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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
322 actual photographs mounted including a portrait of George V, 92 of naval interest, original reverse calf with 'World Cruise of the British Special Service Squadron, 1923-24' in gilt on front cover, together with two other albums
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£200-300
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δ GREGORY ROBINSON (BRITISH, 1876-1967)
An Atlantic convoy with escorts
Signed in pencil 'Gregory Robinson' (lower right)
Watercolour and gouache
7½ x 15in. (19 x 38cm.)
£150-250
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δ GEORGE HORACE DAVIS (BRITSH, 1881-1963)
Cutaway of H.M.S. 'Daring' with cartouche comparison of 'Daring' (1893)
Signed 'G.H. Davis 1954' (lower right)
Monochrome and gouache
18 x 29½in. (46 x 75cm.)
£150-250
Reproduced in the Illustrated London News 11th September 1954
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δ GEORGE HORACE DAVIS (BRITISH, 1881-1963)
A section drawing and tank test for a R.N. destroyer
Signed 'G.H. Davis 1949' (lower right) and inscribed by diagrams with technical data
Monochrome and gouache
17 x 29in. (43 x 73.5cm.)
£200-400
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A 1920S NOVELTY INKWELL CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM H.M.S. TIGER
modelled as a double gun turret, with lid to two inkwells inscribed Cast From Metal Ex-H.M.S. Tiger, Thomas W. Ward Albion Works, Sheffield, Dismantled 1932, and mounted on swivelling base - 7½in. (19cm.) wide overall
£200-300
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A UNUSUALLY LARGE ENGINEER'S MODEL OF A T-CLASS SUBMARINE, CIRCA 1938
constructed from solid brass with fore and aft planes, air tanks, conning tower with snorkel, periscope and quick firing gun, twin prop-shaft with propellers and rudder, mounted through the keel to two rubber grommets on section of circuit board with rubber feet - 5½ x 21in. (14 x 53.5cm.) overall
£500-800
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A RARE GERMAN SILVER MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE SINKING OF THE HOGUE, ABOKIR & CRESSY BY U-9, 1914
depicting an eagle clutching a laurel, initialled 'F.H.' lower right; the reverse inscribed U 9 vernichtet am 22.Sept. 1914 3 engl. Kreuzer Abukir Hogue u. Cressy - 1¼in. (3.2cm.) diameter
It's understood that only thirty of these medals were struck in silver.
£600-800
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A CONTEMPORARY SAILOR'S WORK ALUMINIUM PROFILE MODEL OF THE U-20
depicted on a painted sea with sky and cloud background within original wooden frame, overall 14 x 21½in. (35.5 x 55.5cm.)
U-20 under the command of Capt. Schwieger was responsible for the torpedoing and sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania in 1915
£150-250
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THE BELL FROM THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-44, 1939
cast in iron, the front with embossed eagle emblem over gothic 'U44', moulded rim and shoulder, single crown suspension with threaded hasp and clapper, finished in grey paint overall - 9¾ x 11in. (24.5 x 28cm.)
A Type IX submarine of 1032 tons ordered in 1936, the U-44 was laid down in November 1938, launched in August 1939 and commissioned on 4th November for crew training. Departing Wilhelmshaven on 6th January 1940, her first patrol lasted until 9th February and could be counted a great success: eight allied merchant ships totalling 30,885 tons were sunk over the thirty-five days and her commander, Kapitänleutnant Ludwig Mathes, was praised by Admiral Dönitz for having "perfectly executed" the fifth most successful mission of the War to date. Refitted and rearmed, U-44 embarked on her second mission on 13th March 1940 - but later the same day she hit a British mine off Holland and sank with all 47 hands. Second World War German U-Boat bells are rarely seen and, whilst in peacetime bells were fitted and used as in the traditional navy, they were removed on active service as submarines maintained silence to evade the increasingly sophistication sonar detection systems developed by the Allies. It has been further speculated that many bells for lost submarines were recycled later in the War as metals became acutely short in supply.
£6000-8000
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A PRESENTATION MODEL FOR THE U-192, 1942
cast in base metal, possibly German silver, the conning tower engraved 'U192' with snorkel and periscope, deck guns, gratings, fore-and-aft planes and rudder, mounted on metal sea-form base with plate (recipient's name obliterated) on an ebonised wooden display base with eagle and oak leaf plate to front. Overall measurements - 7¼ x 13½ x 5¼in. (18.5 x 34.5 x 13.5cm.)
U-192 was a type IXC/40 submarine, displacing a little over 1200 tons she was armed with 22 torpedoes in addition to 44 mines and two deck guns. Capable of 19 knots on the surface (7.3kts submerged), she could safely dive to 755 feet (230 meters) and her extended range of 13,850 miles meant that she was capable of reaching the Atlantic 'box' - the area where spotter aircraft from the UK and US couldn't operate and so was much safer. Launched on 31st July 1942, she was commissioned that November and trained her crew until 30th April 1943. The very next day she was dispatched on her first mission under the command of Werner Happe but, just five days later on the 6th May, she was depth charged and sunk by the corvette H.M.S. Loosestrife with the loss of all 55 hands.
£1000-1500
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A PAIR OF 7 X 50 KAISERMARINE BINOCULARS BY CARL ZEISS, JENA, CIRCA 1914
stamped on the back plate with maker's name and numbered '431429', Bakelite twist-focus eyepieces, leather covered tubes with splash cuffs and leather strap, contained within original leather case with elastic securing strap - 11½in. (29cm.) high
£400-600
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A PAIR OF 7 X 50 FIXED FOCUS BINOCULARS BY LEITZ, WETZLER, CIRCA 1944
stamped on the back plate with maker's code and '469546' rubber back plate and eyepiece covers, crackle finished tubes with rubber ended objectives, contained fitted leather case of issue, embossed with Kriegsmarine marks to lid and dated 1944 to edge - 10in. (25.5cm.) high
£500-700
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A PAIR OF 7 X 50 KRIEGSMARINE OFFICER'S BINOCULARS BY LEITZ, WETZLAR, 1942
stamped and numbered on the back plate 'beh 453718' and contained in leather case of issue counter-marked and dated on rim with naval emblem to lid - 10in. (25.5cm.) high
£500-800
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A PAIR OF 7 X 50 KRIEGSMARINE OFFICER'S BINOCULARS BY LEITZ, WETZLER CIRCA 1942
stamped on the back plate with maker's code and Kriegsmarine marks '25583N', Bakelite eyepiece cover, crackle finished tubes contained within original leather case with embossed lid and sprung leather securing strap - 12in (30.5cm.) high
£500-700
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A PAIR OF 10 X 50 'RABBIT'S EAR' PERISCOPE BINOCULARS BY CARL ZEISS, JENA, CIRCA 1910
signed on the underside as per title, adjustable eyepieces, and bubble level with micrometer scale, green-painted tubes with detachable shade cuffs, contained within original leather-covered wooden box of issue with adjustable and lockable micrometer mount for tripod securing with folding magnifier - 18 x 9 x 9in. (46 x 23 x 23cm.) cased overall; together with a telescopic gun sight dated '1944'
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£350-450
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING MARINE TELESCOPE BELIEVED FORMERLY OWNED BY GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DÖNITZ
with 2½in. lens numbered '274', four oxidised brass draws with threaded adjusting tube between 1 and 2, signed and inscribed around main lens housing Apochromat N2 274. Carl Zeiss, Jena, splash cuff, tapering leather-covered main tube and dust-slide, contained within fitted lined leather tube of issue with securing straps - 13in. (33cm.) long, closed in tube
Provenance: Given to vendor in early 1950's by an R.N. Officer who recovered it from Bremerhaven at the close of WWII.
Karl Dönitz (1891-1980) succeeded Erich Raeder as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine on 30th January 1943 and quickly developed the infamous 'wolfpacks' of submarines used to persecute allied convoys. This was met with considerable initial success and allied losses rocketed until new methods of detection - aided by the breaking of naval enigma code - redressed the balance. With Hitler's suicide on April 30th 1945, Dönitz was, briefly, Chancellor of the crumbling Reich until the arrest of the Flensburg Government on 23rd May. Sentenced to ten years imprisonment for war crimes at the Nuremburg Trials, he lived quietly thereafter in a village near Hamburg until his death aged 91. Zeiss confirm that this instrument was made between 1900 and 1906 so may have been given to Dönitz when he was commissioned as an acting sub-lieutenant in 1913. The apochromatic telescope is an improvement on the standard achromatic type by using a secondary lens to align coloured light even more closely; they are generally more compact and far more expensive for the results yielded.
£1000-1500
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A PAIR OF 7 X 50 ZEISS FIXED FOCUS U-BOAT BINOCULARS CAPTURED AND USED BY FIGHTER ACE WING CMDR 'BILL' BRUEN, FLEET AIR ARM, CIRCA 1940
stamped with maker's code 'blc' and numbered '219451' on right back plate, thick rubber insulators and eye-pieces, finished in green with added rope work grips and leather strap - 8in. (20.3cm.) high
Provenance: Cmdr J. M. 'Bill' Bruen and thence to his son, Cmdr N.A. Bruen M.B.E. D.S.C. W.K.h.M. R.N./R.N.O., who used them during his thirty year career in the Royal Navy and the Royal Navy of Oman; specifically during operations in the Falklands War; the first Gulf War; the Gulf of Suez mine-clearance operations (1984); and subsequently in the Omani tall-ship Shabab Oman
Cmdr J. M. Bruen D.S.O. D.S.C. M.I.D. R.N. (1910 - 1966) commanded 803 Squadron during WW2 when they were engaged in operations in the Mediterranean protecting convoys for Malta. During this time he took part in the Battle of Matapan and, in order to distract attention from the attacking Swordfish torpedo bombers, flew 'strafing runs' at and past the Italian Battleship Vittorio Venito - despite the fact that the magazines were empty in his Seafire airplane. For this action he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and was presented with these U-boat binoculars by his squadron comrades in 1941
£700-900
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A KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT CLOCK
the 6¼in. silvered dial marked with Kriegsmarine device, black spade hands with sweep seconds (replaced) and slow/fast [V / N] lever by '2', winding arbor to 7-day going barrel movemement, hinged glazed face plate with locking arbor, bulkhead case with three suspension points, the black-painted back numbered '4605' and scratch marked 'C988/32649' - 8in. (20.5cm.) diameter overall
£800-1200
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A UNION FLAG LANDED WITH THE 3RD CANADIAN DIVISION AT JUNO BEACH, D-DAY 6TH JUNE 1944, CARRIED BY 'P' COMMANDO SUB-LT. ALAN DALTON R.N
stitched bunting, the canvas sleeve stencilled 3YD JACR [?], with rope lanyard (tattered edge and wear to top by sleeve) - 68½ x 36in. (174 x 91.5cm.); together with a brass plate inscribed S/LT. Dalton led the commando team that the cleared the beaches prior to the landings; and a later plate inscribed The first Union Jack to be flown on the 'D' Day beaches. Hoisted by S/LT. Now Sir Allan [sic] Dalton; historical data.
Provenance: Sir Alan Dalton to family friend, Cornwall
Sir Alan Dalton C.B.E. D.L. (1923-2006) joined the Royal Navy in April 1943 and, as soon as basic training was completed, volunteered for the R.N. Commandos (not to be confused with Marine Commandos) created specifically for the invasion of Europe, and was posted to their depot, H.M.S. Armadillo at Loch Long, 45 miles north-west of Glasgow. From September 1943 he was posted to 'P' Commando (originally known as R.N. Beach Commando 'Peter') and trained with Force 'J' for operation Neptune (the naval element of the Normandy landings). In March 1944 he was promoted Sub-Lt. and commenced training with the Canadian 3rd Division which was moved to the South Coast in stages. On D-Day the unit was landed just before 07.30 (a delay of half and hour because of strong winds and tide) and Dalton guided this division (numbering some 14,000 men in total) across the beachhead carrying this flag. 'P' Commando suffered heavy casualties in the intense fire fight and were reinforced by 'W' (Canadian) Commando on D-Day+3. The unit then remained at the beach command post for 6 weeks to supervise the follow up troops. In July 1944 'P' Commando was returned to the UK and Dalton brought this flag back as a souvenir - the unit was disbanded in October 1944 and Dalton released from Naval Service in July 1945 - H.M.S. Armadillo was also paid off that September. In his post-War career Dalton became the highly successful chairman of English China Clay based at St. Austell in Cornwall, was made C.B.E. in 1969 and knighted in 1977
£3000-5000
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A PAIR OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY NAPOLELONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR STRAW WORK PICTURES
each depicting the L'lle d'Ville [Elba]; and Une Vue de L'isle St. Helene [St Helena], contained in original flame mahogany frames - overall inc. 15½ x 20in. (39.5 x 51cm.)
(2, a pair)
£800-1200
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A QUANTITY OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE SPINNING JENNIES AND PARTS
comprising a single two-character and two single-character partially complete spinning jennies; together with a small quantity of associated parts
(A lot)
£400-600
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED POWDER HORN
decorated in the round and depicting a man o' war and floral and fauna including a serpent, grouse, scorpion, alligator and a palm tree, inscribed in laurel cartouche R. CLACK R A terminating in a wooden spout with plug (old wear) - 17in. (43cm.) overall
£300-500
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Ø A RARE MARINE IVORY AND BALEEN TOBACCO CUTTER, CIRCA 1850
the marine ivory handle carved with a heart inscribed 'L' and 'N N' under, the ends plugged with ebony inlaid with bone, the baleen blade decorated with plants, and crossed U.S. flags inscribed N.W. Norton under - 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high
£400-600
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Ø A SMALL 19TH CENTURY SAILOR-WORK PAINTED SCRIMSHAW PAN BONE
depicting a three masted barque underway with two pierced holes to top - 3 x 5in. (7.5 x 12.5cm.)
£200-300
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A SAILOR'S HALF MODEL OF A FULLY RIGGED SHIP, CIRCA 1890
the caved wooden hull ebonised below the waterline with copper chain plates, carved wooden sails, bow sprit and dolphin striker mounted on a painted display board with frame - 21½ x 39½in. (54.5 x 100.5cm.)
£150-250
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILOR-WORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised over both sides and depicting an armed cutter of the Royal Navy firing towards a small frigate - 6in. (15cm.) high, loosely mounted on wooden plinth stand.
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£600-800
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Ø AN AMERICAN SAILOR-WORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH, CIRCA 1840
worked in the round and depicting an American whaler in full sail with a masonic eye over and inscribed Deus Meum Que Jus ('God And My Right'), the reverse with a partially clad lady in hat with ringlet curls numbered '33' over - 6in. (15cm.) high
£400-600
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Ø A SAILOR-WORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH, CIRCA 1840
depicting a full-length figure of a fashionable lady in bonnet; and some flowers - 5½in. (14cm.) high
£300-400
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
principally decorated on one side with a heavily incised market scene with town beyond and sailor nailing Stars & Stripes to a flag staff above banner inscribed LIBERTY; the reverse with unfinished profile design, possibly later - 4in. (10cm.) high; 354g
£250-350
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