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A group of eleven First and Second World War medals to 2nd Lieutenant (later Brigadier) H.P. Gardham, Suffolk Regiment, comprising - C.B.E. (Military - Third Class) 1914-15 Star, 1914-1918 War Medal, Victory Medal (with oak leaves), 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Defence Medal, U.S.A. Legion of Merit, and French Croix de Guerre (C.B.E. in Garrard & Co leather covered case of issue with neck ribbon, and remaining group of medals in maroon leather cloth covered case) £300-500 plus 24% BP*
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A group of three George V First World War medals to 358148 Sgt. A. H. Wibrew, Kent R.G.A.", comprising - Military Medal, 1914-18 War Medal, and Victory Medal £250-350 plus 24% BP*
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A pair of Queen Victoria and Edward VII Boer War medals to - 310 Cpl. E.L. Roberson, Prince Alfred Ordnance - Cape Artillery, comprising - Queen South Africa, three bars, Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State, Queen South Africa with two bars, South Africa 1901 and 1902, with a pair of miniatures, and a George V Royal Warrant Holders Association to Charles L.Roberson £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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A group of eight George VI Second World War medals to Capt. J.L. Gordon, Royal Army Medical Corps, comprising - O.B.E., George VI India General Service Medal, 1936-1939 with two bars "North West Frontier 1936-37", and "North West Frontier 1937-39", 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with Eighth Army bar, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal and an Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, and group of miniatures of same, and an Army Medical School bronze Medallion - "Parkes Memorial Medallion to Lieut. J.L. Gordon - Junior Officers Course August - September 1935, in leather covered case, and one other bronze medallion dated 1894-95 given for Surgery to Jas. L. Gordon, and a selection of pocket books and training manuals of medical and surgery interest £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A framed display of five Victoria, George V and George VI Boer and First and Second World War medals to 20555 Srgt. H.B. Kelsey, 33rd Company Imperial Yeomanry, comprising - Queen South Africa with four bars, "Cape Colony", "Orange Free State", "Transvaal" and "South Africa 1901", three George V First World War medals to 2121 Pte. R.B. Kelsey, Royal East Kent Yeomanry, comprising 1914-15 Star, 1914-1918 War Medal and Victory Medal, and George VI Defence Medal, mounted on board with badge, Sergeant stripes, buttons and flashes, a black and white photograph of St. George's troop, Folkestone 1906, and a leather bound album of autographs, verses, and illustrations relating to the East Kent Yeomanry and the Waldershare Troop, etc £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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A small collection of Apsley Pellatt & Co Pottery transfer printed in blue with the crest of the Royal East Kent Regiment, the Buffs, with dark blue border to rim within two gilt concentric circles, comprising - two 7.25ins side plates, four 10ins dinner plates, four 9ins soup bowls, and four A.B.J. Grafton bone chine for Apsley Pellatt & Co en suite coffee cups and saucers £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A late 19th/early 20th Century leather bound album, containing a selection of black and white photographs of groups of men and officers at The School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent, March 1878, views of St. Helena and Ascension Island, views of Rorke's Drift and Buffalo River South Africa, Zulu Women, etc (binding split and damaged) £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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A small quantity of World War I artillery items, comprising - three shells, one mortar, one shell timer, and two cast metal Continental powder bottles £150-250 plus 24% BP*
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A regimental banner of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, a blue silk banner, 30ins x 17ins, bearing the badge of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, embroidered in gold bullion with gold bullion fringing, mounted on a soft wood pole with spear tip, 48ins overall £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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A military side drum of the First Battalion The Suffolk Regiment, 14ins diameter, decorated with a regimental crest and battle honours, painted top and bottom tension rings (tension ropes missing), in non-original carrying case £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A large black leather trunk, 36ins wide x 22ins deep x 14ins high, containing the dress and undress uniforms plus other military clothing and ephemera, belonging to the late Brigadier H.P. Gardham of the First Battalion the Suffolk Regiment £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A dress helmet of the First Battalion the Suffolk Regiment, the former property of the late Brigadier H.J. Gardham, in fitted metal case engraved with owners name and regiment £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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A late 19th/early 20th Century Austrian Voluntary Fireman's dress parade helmet of steel, leather and brass from the municipality of Muggendorf (Lower Austria), with chin strap £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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A late 19th/early 20th Century Continental steel, leather and brass Fireman's helmet with applied crest of fireman's helmet over ladder, robe, axe and hooked pole within a leaf cartouche, and with chin strap £200-250 plus 24% BP*
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A Second World War German SS Officer's visor cap, black with white piping, bearing German eagle over swastika, and death's head motif to front, synthetic visor, stamped "R.Z." over lightning flashes over "M", brown leather headband, brown waterproof lining bearing gold stamped with lightning flashes under celluloid cover, leather chin strap (headband measures 24ins exterior) £1600-2000 plus 24% BP*
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A good Second World War German SS steel helmet, model M40, with single lightning flash decal, interior of helmet stamped "N.S.64" over "D.422", original leather lining, bearing name "Lt. Slerbeitz. H." original leather strap £600-800 plus 24% BP*
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A First World War German steel helmet, interior stamped with "ET64", finished in later green paint £70-100 plus 24% BP*
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A Second World War British infant gasmask (gas hood), metal framework bearing mark "PPJ1941", with original canister filter, 20ins overall, and a Second World War style German Luftwaffe visor cap, no visible markings, Luftwaffe badge to front, blue silk lining £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A pair of late 19th Century Continental brass mounted sword hilt candle sticks, 12.25ins high £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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A World War I eight bolt wooden four blade propeller hub from B.E.2c aircraft, fitted with Smiths mechanical clock, the hub stamped "Wolseley-T7448-RAF 1A-100 HP-BE2C", and "No. 113", on mahogany stepped base, 13.25ins wide x 10.25ins deep x 16ins high
Note: The Bi-plane was built by the Royal Aircraft Factory and served both as a light bomber, night fighter, trainer and coastal patrol aircraft, some 3,500 were built, being introduced in 1912 (RFC) and retired in 1919 (RAF) £300-500 plus 24% BP*
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A World War I laminated wood two-blade propeller No. P3012, originally fitted to the "Bristol Scout", the hub with registration numbers and "monosoupape", 100.5ins overall
Note: This Lot comes with a letter from the Royal Air Force Museum dated 12th May 1987 £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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A good early 19th Century Kinjal dagger, with 12ins double edged bright steel blade, bone hilt, with a leather scabbard and ornate bright steel fittings, 18ins overall, and one other North African dagger £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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A good early 19th Century French artillery short sword (Gladius), the 19ins bright steel double edged blade with indistinct engraving, cast brass hilt and cross guard, 24.5ins overall, with a brass and leather scabbard £150-250 plus 24% BP*
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A 19th Century French Cavalry sword, the 37ins bright steel double fullered blade with "Saint Etienne" engraved to spine, heavy brass guard stamped "728" under previously obliterated number, leather wire bound grip, steel scabbard with two hangers, 54ins overall £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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A 19th Century French Calvary sword, 37ins bright steel double fullered blade, heavy brass guard stamped "114" under obliterated earlier stamp, brown leather wire bound grip, steel scabbard with two hangers, 45ins overall £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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A Second World War German Luftwaffe Officer's dress sword by Gaesler of Steinbach, the 27ins bright steel double edge blade bearing makers mark and number 212, blue leather grip with wire binding, swastika to pommel and ricasso, the cross guard in the form of wings, in contemporary leather and white metal scabbard, 35ins overall £350-450 plus 24% BP*
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A Second World War German Officer's brass hilted dress sword, the 29ins bright steel fullered blade with brass "P" shaped guard with lion's head pommel, black composite grip with wire binding, black painted scabbard, 36ins overall £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A good officer's address sword by Henry Wilkinson of Pall Mall London, Serial No. 55679, the 32ins bright steel blade embossed with Royal Cypher, foliate work and the regimental crest of the First Battalion the Suffolk Regiment, plated metal guard bearing Royal Cypher crown over "GR" with wire bound shagreen grip. The sword, formerly the property of the late Brigadier H.P Gardham First Battalion the Suffolk Regiment, is complete with leather scabbard, sword belt and hangers, dress sword belt and hangers, dress plated scabbard, dress sword knot, and shoulder boards relating to the owner £150-250 plus 24% BP*
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A Victorian Infantry Officer's sword, the 29ins bright steel fullered blade marked "94BDN017" to the spine, brass guard bearing Royal cypher crown over "V", shagreen grip, leather and brass scabbard, 35ins overall £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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A George V officer's dress sword by J.R. Gaunt & Son, London, the 35ins bright steel blade with foliate etching depicting crown over "GR", makers name and address to hilt, plain steel guard with a shaped wire wrapped shagreen grip, 41ins overall with scabbard (damaged), and an Indian light cavalry sabre the 30ins bright steel blade bearing Indian armoury mark, brass (non-original) guard bearing Royal cipher crown over "VR", wood grip, 35ins overall £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A 20th Century Japanese Officer's sword, 30ins bright steeled fullered blade stamped with number "20793", plain steel guard with imperial army mark, chequered steel grip with hardwood inserts, steel scabbard with single suspension ring, 36ins overall £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A 19th Century Naval cutlass, plain steel curved blade, solid brass grip and hilt, bearing marks crown over "WC", and crown over "D", integral brass grip and guard, 29ins overall, one other Naval sword and one unidentified sword £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A late 18th/early 19th Century Indian Tulwar, the 33ins curved fullered blade with plain steel hilt, pommel and cross guard, 37ins overall, and one other 19th Century Tulwar £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A late 19th/early 20th Century Ottoman cavalry training sword, the 28ins bright steel blade with bone grips and brass cross guard, 33.5ins overall, a Far Eastern short hunting bow, 45ins overall, and bamboo quiver containing five arrows £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A late 19th/early 20th Century Indian sabre with 24ins carbon steel blade, silvery metal guard and fittings decorated with lotus motif, the black leather scabbard with decorated mounts, 31ins overall £60-80 plus 24% BP*
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Two 20th Century Middle Eastern Infantry swords, each with 27ins plain steel blade, decorated with Arabic characters, brass "D" guards with hardwood grips, one has steel scabbard being 31ins overall £70-100 plus 24% BP*
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A pair of 19th Century .60 calibre percussion cap travelling pistols by R.S. Clark of London, each with 3.5ins browned steel octagonal barrels signed "London", plain steel locks with foliate work signed "R.S. Clark", hardwood stock and fore end with chequered grips, ramrods present, each 9ins overall, in a non-original fitted case bearing a modern John Manton & Son trade label £2000-3000 plus 24% BP*
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A Continental six shot .320 (British) calibre pocket revolver, Serial No. 9526, the 2.25ins blued steel barrel with blued steel action and cylinder bearing proof mark crown over "R", hardwood chequered grips with lanyard ring, 6ins overall
Note: No licence is required to purchase this item £350-450 plus 24% BP*
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A 19th Century .36 calibre Continental six shot percussion revolver in the Colt manner, Serial No. 4567, 4.5ins hexagonal plain steel barrel, bright steel cylinder and action marked crown over "R" and star over "L", horn grips, 11ins overall £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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An early 2ins bore cast iron mortar barrel, the 12ins barrel with cast trunnions stamped to the front face with the No. 8, rear touch hole with cast igniter pan, 8ins diameter x 12ins high £250-350 plus 24% BP*
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A .577 calibre Sneider two band rifle, dated 1861, the 30ins barrel fitted with elevating sight and bayonet lug, plain steel lock bearing Royal Cypher crown over "VR", hard wood stock and fore end stamped broad arrow over 1861, N broad arrow Z, 88 over 16, brass butt plate and trigger guard, cleaning rod present, 49ins overall £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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A 19th Century .31 calibre Martini action Tribesman's rifle, the 21ins plain steel barrel with elevating sights, plain steel box lock underlever action, hard wood stock and fore end, steel butt plate, embellished with silvery metal fittings in the native style, 37ins overall £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A 19th Century Continental 28 bore side by side muzzle loading percussion cap fowling piece, the 28ins plain steel barrels are fitted with V and bead sides, plain steel action, brass butt plate and trigger guard, ramrod present, 54ins overall, and one other similar (in poor condition) £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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An 18th Century Indian percussion cap musket, the 58ins unmarked barrel with fluted muzzle, hardwood full length stock, brass butt plate and trigger guard (ramrod and hammer missing), 74ins overall £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A late 18th/early 19th Century flintlock Blunderbuss by Peacock, the 14ins Damascus steel barrel with hexagonal breech, plain steel lock engraved with foliate work and makers name, plain steel butt plate and trigger guard, hard wood stock with chequered grip, 29.5ins overall (part of Flintlock missing) £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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A late 18th/early 19th Century flintlock Blunderbuss by Fisher of Bristol, the 12ins plain brass barrel with spring loaded flip-over triangular bayonet, barrel marked "Bristol", plain steel lock with scroll work engraving and makers name, hard wood stock and fore end with chequered grip, brass butt plate and trigger guard, 27ins overall (lacking hammer and ramrod) £600-800 plus 24% BP*
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A good English leather and brass double gun case bearing trade label for "Holland & Holland of London", 34ins x 14ins £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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A good .22 calibre (5.5k) air rifle by Weihrauch, the 20ins blued steel break barrel fitted with elevating rear sight and hooded front sight, blued steel cylinder with scope groves, hard wood stock with a rubber butt pad, 45ins overall £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A 20 bore single barrel shotgun by AYA, Serial No. 157365, with 28ins blued steel barrel, plain action bearing makers name, walnut stock and fore end with chequered grips, 45ins overall
Note: You must be in possession of a current Shotgun Certificate to purchase this item £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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