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#105 – Victorian 37th Middlesex Rifles (St Giles & St George’s Bloomsbury Rifles) Pouch Badge (Лот: 3325)
Victorian 37th Middlesex Rifles (St Giles & St George’s Bloomsbury Rifles) Pouch Badge, fine white metal example with two screw post fittings to the reverse. Accompanied by a brass glengarry badge of the 37th Rifle Volunteers Bloomsbury Rifles with two squashed lug fittings to the reverse. (2 items)
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#105 – Historically Important Great War Diary Grouping of Timothy Goddard Elliott from 1914-1918, Covering Many of the Major Actions of WW1 including the Battle of the Somme in 1916, Where he went Over The Top with 9th Battalion City of London Queen Victoria Rifles (Лот: 5102)
Historically Important Great War Diary Grouping of Timothy Goddard Elliott from 1914-1918, Covering Many of the Major Actions of WW1 including the Battle of the Somme in 1916, Where he went Over The Top with 9th Battalion City of London Queen Victoria Rifles, the diaries are extremely well written and give an insight into his time at the front lines on the Western Front after his enlistment in 1914. The diaries are accompanied by a archive of original ephemera and documents relating to him. You can see from the diaries that his enthusiasm for war changed as the war dragged on and he saw the horrors of the Western Front, however his descriptive writing gives you a sense of being present. The diaries begin in 1914 with his civilian life, he enlisted on 9th November 1914 and this is detailed in this diary, at the end of the 1914 diary he gives key dates for that year. In 1915 he starts to describe his training in more detail. He finally arrives in France in June 1915. He talks about the famous trench rats which plagued both the British and German soldiers on the Western Front. On 4th September 1915 he describes a German trench raid, ‘German attack at 8 pm, but repulsed (2 killed)’. In November 1915 he describes ‘Firing at Hun Aeroplane in afternoon’. Towards the end of 1915 he describes that the fire has intensified between both the British and Germans, he mentions casualties and also that the trenches have been blown in etc. In June 1916 he describes the accurate fire put upon his line by German trench mortars. As the Battle of the Somme approached he describes the shelling and also that troops were preparing for an attack, his entry for the first day of the battle is as follows, ‘Charged at 7-30am took 3 German lines. But retired in afternoon or rather the few who were left’, this last comment referring to the heavy casualties suffered on the 1st day of the battle. As the war continues in 1916, you get a sense that the war is starting to take its toll on him. On 8th September 1916, he was wounded in the face and was evacuated to a Military Hospital. His 1917 diary is a French diary, it begins with him being behind the lines, recuperating from his wounds. He details that drafts of fresh soldiers were arriving on the Western Front and you get a sense that he was feeling uneasy about being involved in another major action which was to come. He was behind the lines helping at a hospital and he met with many wounded German soldiers. In August 1917 he describes the terrible conditions in the front lines, ‘The mud is awful. Hardly any trenches just a mass of shell holes. The Hun artillery is playing hell with our lines’. The diaries continue to describe not only the conditions but casualties etc. His 1918 diary follows a very similar pattern to that of the other diaries, with many interesting and well written entries describing his war. On 11th November 1918, he describes having dinner at a Chateau, ‘Hurah! The war is over!’. The diaries continue into the 1919 period also. All the diaries are easy to read but have been compiled into a book titled ‘Tim’s Wars – The Psychology of War and Peace Through One Man’s Eyes’. These are a super set of diaries which really capture the feeling and the hardship of combat on the Western Front. So many diaries give very little combat detail but these diaries are full of interesting entries.
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#105 – Victorian Officers Glengarry Badge of the Volunteer Battalions of the Hampshire Regiment (Лот: 6008)
Victorian Officers Glengarry Badge of the Volunteer Battalions of the Hampshire Regiment, fine silver plated example of crowned strap with central Hampshire regiment tiger within laurel spray with Hampshire rose below. Brass backing plate and lug fittings. Late Rod Flood collection.
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#105 – WW2 German Luftwaffe 2nd Pattern Officers Dress Dagger with Engraved Rear Cross Guard by Alcoso, Solingen (Лот: 7294)
WW2 German Luftwaffe 2nd Pattern Officers Dress Dagger with Engraved Rear Cross Guard by Alcoso, Solingen, superb example of a 2nd pattern officers dress dagger with orange celluloid grip, having the original wire binding. Pommel with swastika to both sides, the cross guard in the form of eagle in flight. Reverse of the cross guard is beautifully engraved with winged swastika and Stuka dive bomber above. Attached to the grip is a officers dress knot / portepee. Complete with its original scabbard with two hanging rings. Near mint condition double edged blade which is engraved to the obverse ‘WILLIAM GÜNTHER, DRESDEN’ and the reverse with makers trademark. The blade measures 24 ½ cms, overall 43cms. An example with a similar style engraving can be seen on page 278 of ‘Exploring the Dress Daggers of the German Luftwaffe’ by Thomas T Wittmann, however this example has an engraved anti-aircraft gun.
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#105 – US SPANISH AMERICAN WAR ENGINEERS HAT (Лот: 7458)
US SPANISH AMERICAN WAR ENGINEERS HAT, a blue doeskin 3′ tall, has a black satin lining w/ a 1 ½’ wide brown leather sweatband, a black patent leather visor which is badly crazed w/ a matching chin-strap w/ eagle side buttons, has a 1 ¾’ wide brass castle emblem w/ its Compantg letter ‘B’ attached, other then the visor condition is VG+
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#105 – Great War Memorial Plaque 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 2nd Day of the Battle of the Somme 1916 Casualty (Лот: 8697)
Great War Memorial Plaque 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 2nd Day of the Battle of the Somme 1916 Casualty, the bronze memorial plaque awarded to ‘JOHN EDWARD CANTY’, in cardboard issue folder, some Verdigris to the base and reverse of the plaque. /8607 Private John Edward Canty served with the 4th Middlesex Regiment and died on the 2nd day of the Battle of the Somme, 2nd July 1916. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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#106 – Victorian Bloomsbury Rifles Officers Pouch Badge (Лот: 3326)
Victorian Bloomsbury Rifles Officers Pouch Badge, fine example of a silvered die-stamped pouch badge in the form of crowned scroll with ‘BLOOMSBURY RIFLES’; laurel spray enclosing a Maltese cross with circlet having ‘RIFLE BRIGADE’ and crowned strung bugle to the centre; lower scroll with ‘THE PRINCE CONSORTS OWN’. Four screw post fittings to the reverse and the original metal backing plate in place. Overall a very fine example.
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#106 – Rare WW2 German Luftwaffe 2nd Pattern ‘Funeral’ Dagger by Robert Klaas, Solingen (Лот: 7295)
Rare WW2 German Luftwaffe 2nd Pattern ‘Funeral’ Dagger by Robert Klaas, Solingen, interesting example of a 2nd pattern Luftwaffe dress dagger with the black grip having wire binding. Pommel with swastika to both sides, eagle cross guard. Officers dress knot / portepee attached to the grip. Complete with its original scabbard. Double edged blade with the makers trademark to the base. The blade measures 25cms, overall 42 ½ cms. The black grip Luftwaffe daggers by Klaas are known in collectors circles as the funeral dagger, but it is believed they were actually just a batch of daggers which had black grips which were painted white originally, some examples can be found with remains or all of the white paint finish.
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#106 – US CIVIL WAR PERIOD UNION INFANTRY OFFICERS M-1858 HARDEE HAT NICKNAMED THE ‘JEFF DAVIS’ HAT (Лот: 7459)
US CIVIL WAR PERIOD UNION INFANTRY OFFICERS M-1858 HARDEE HAT NICKNAMED THE ‘JEFF DAVIS’ HAT, a black felt standing 6 ½’ tall, has a 3′ brim w/ cloth trim, the 2 ¾’ wide brown leather trim has a fair amount of damage & some loss, has maker label inside ‘Hortmann Bros. & Co. 5th Cherry St. Phila. / Military Furnishers’, comes w/ an officers gold bullion hat cord , a 2 ¾’ wide gold embroidered Infantry bugle w/ metal Regiment # ‘1’ all an a black velour oval sewn on the front & on 1 side is a #’ x 2 ¼’ black velour oval w/ an elaborately embroidered eagle etc. in fine gold bullion, the other side has a black plume (feather) w/ an attached general service eagle button, one of the better examples I have seen, overall VG++ – EXC
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#106 – Great War Memorial Plaque 2/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1918 Casualty (Лот: 8698)
Great War Memorial Plaque 2/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1918 Casualty, bronze memorial plaque awarded to ‘DENNIS THORPE’, in cardboard folder of issue. 18-year-old Private Denis Thorpe died of wounds on 7th September 1918 serving as No. 43621, 2nd/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He is buried in Aire Communal Cemetery, France.