Militaria, Medals and Awards

A japanned metal helmet case by Jones, Chalk & Dawson, 6 Sackville St, London, with applied brass plaque, engraved 'S.J. Sassoon 6th Inniskilling Dragoons', together with printouts of e-mails from a relative, stating that Sassoon Joseph Sassoon was first cousin to the Great War poet Siegfried Sassoon, and from the National Army Museum, stating brief details of S.J. Sassoon's service from 1907 to 1919, when he left the army with the rank of Captain.

A post-1952 R.A.F. navigator's mess dress, comprising jacket, waistcoat and trousers (some wear).

A Second World War period R.A.F. sergeant's uniform, comprising jacket, trousers and side cap, tunic label dated '1945', contained in a period cardboard box.

A pair of Goertz centre focusing binoculars with strap, contained in their velvet lined leather case, the lid with applied white metal plaque, engraved 'Enemy Glasses taken 9 April 1917 in Battle of Arras during advance of 35th Inf. Bde. XII Div.'.

The upper section of a gold topped presentation walking cane, the knop inscribed 'Presented to Wm. Henry Smith by Officers U.S. Navy Portsmouth 1888 "The Kearsarge"', overall length approx 38cm (cut down), together with details of the cane and Quartermaster W.H. Smith. Note: Quartermaster Smith was awarded the United States Navy's highest award, The Medal of Honour, in December 1864 for his role in an action of 19th June 1864, when the U.S.S. Kearsarge encountered the Confederate States' ship C.S.N. Alabama in the English Channel.

A lifebelt taken from the Imperial German battleship S.M.S. Kaiserin, finished in maroon with white lettering, diameter approx 75cm, together with service details of the Kaiserin, including Battle of Jutland and Second Battle of Heligoland. Note: S.M.S. Kaiserin was scuttled in June 1919, raised in May 1936 and subsequently broken up for scrap.

A collection of eight photograph albums, including photographs taken in India, parades, armoured cars and other transport, circa 1930, tiger hunting 1927, family photographs in India and nurses, together with an invitation to Major General and Mrs F.J. Alfieri from His Excellency the Viceroy to attend an investiture in New Delhi on 10th March 1945.

An interesting photograph album/scrapbook compiled by James J. Robertson, appointed Midshipman on His Majesty's ship New Zealand on 18th January 1919, with photographs and cuttings from Lord Jellicoe's tour, mainly captioned, Crossing the Line booklet, various loose photographs, postcards, etc.

A First World War period photograph album, compiled by Arthur Stiebler of the Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 42, containing 114 photographs, mainly groups with guns in snow, some showing accommodation, ruins, etc, a few captioned, mainly Western Front, some in Montenegro.

A collection of approximately 300 black and white photographs taken by Captain B. St. C. Tony Rutherford, group photographer of the 53rd Welsh Division, from late June in Normandy to Hamburg May 1945, many used to illustrate 'The History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division in the Second World War', including Courselles sur Mer, Crossroads South of Granville, Carrier Casualty Falaise Area, Pillbox on Wessem Canal, Blown Carrier, Snipers in the Docks, Bomb Damage in Hamburg, A Direct Hit, Royal Tiger Tank at Falaise and Snow in the Ardennes, many numbered and relating to typed index list, contained in three card photo boxes (faults), together with a paper-backed aerial photograph.

A small group of cap badges, collar badges, uniform buttons and further items, including a Canadian cap badge detailed 'New Brunswick North Shore', another cap badge detailed 'Royal Canadian Engineers', and two officer's buttons of the Worcestershire Regiment.

Two R.A.F. cloth wing badges, a small group of U.S. forces badges and sundry.

A 1914-18 British War Medal and 1914-19 Victory Medal to 'GS-74768 Pte. A.E. Parsons. R. Fus.', two silver Safe Driving awards, both detailed 'A.E. Parsons', four bars, dated 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936, two London County Council Punctual Attendance Medals, both detailed 'F. Parsons', three Canadian British Columbian dollars 1958, three silver threepences and a Christmas 1914 Queen Mary's brass gift tin.

A silver gilt oval Pitt Club badge, the obverse mounted with an oval cameo portrait of William Pitt in the style of Tassie, within a Latin inscription 'Non Sibi Sed Patriae Vixit' beneath a wreath and bow surmount, the reverse engraved 'John Topliss Esqr' 'Pitt Club', within a memorial inscription 'In Memory of the Rt Honble Wm Pitt Died 23 Jany 1806 Aged 47', length approx 4.5cm.

A collection of military badges, including ERVII Royal Engineers, Royal Welch Fusiliers plastic, Afrika Korps tropical helmet eagle badge, T.A.S.C. London title, cloth marksman's badge, French helmet grenade and Gordon Highlanders, some collars and buttons, etc (approx 50).

A First World War British War Medal and Victory Medal to '28991 Gnr. A.J. Evans R.A.', mounted with a further British War Medal to 'Major R.W. Allen, four Second World War medals, comprising British War Medal, Defence Medal and two France and Germany Stars, with box of postage and Army Council forwarding slip (box name indistinct), and a leather Sam Browne belt with twenty-one badges (some damaged).

A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot's flying log book to Farrow N.S., covering the period May 11th to October 20th 1943, 101hrs training at No. 4 E.F.T.S. Brough and No. 1 B.F.T.S. Terrell, Texas, a Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot to N.S. Farrow, covering the period December 30th 1943 to May 30th 1946, various interesting comments including 'Dessau starboard wing damaged by Ju88', 'Rotterdam "Spam" food supplies Op "Manna"', 'Exodus 24 Ex. P.O.W. Base - Brussels, Brussels - Wing, Wing - Base', total hours 569.4 mins, mainly as air bomber, together with four Second World War medals, comprising 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal and 1939-45 War Medal, unnamed, mounted on a bar, a ribbon bar, four accompanying dress miniature medals, further items including a 101 Squadron R.A.F. blazer badge, a bomb-aimer's badge, an Operation Manna April-May 1945 circular cloth badge and commemorative medallions, a colour print of a 101 Squadron Lancaster with five crew positions signed, two unsigned, various items of ephemera relating to Operation Manna, a sergeant's mess one pint glass tankard, four items of commemorative China, etc.

A 1914-18 British War Medal and 1914-19 Victory Medal to '2316 Tpr. E. Lunn. Household. Bn.', a 1914-18 British War Medal to 'F. 36399 H. Williams. A.M.1. R.N.A.S.', with the original box of issue and named 'Certificate of Transfer to Reserve on Demobilization', two groups of four Second World War awards, comprising two 1939-45 Stars, two France and Germany Stars, two Defence Medals and two War Medals, with one Army Council forwarding slip confirming four awards and a box of postage addressed to 'Mr D.F. Steadman', various badges and cloth badges, including two cap badges, R.A.O.C. and R.E., and a quantity of banknotes, including Germany and France.

A collection of fifty-six British cap badges, helmet plates and further headdress badges, mostly reproductions, displayed on five cards.