Auction Lots

Country Pursuits, Sporting Guns, Taxidermy & Militaria

15/01/2021

Over three hundred lots including a most interesting collection of taxidermy, guns and shooting accessories from a private country pursuits museum. Edged weapons, sporting and collectable guns including a fine 20-bore double barrel flintlock gun by Rolfe of Birmingham estimated at £7000 – 9000, medals and other general militaria.

Lot 3002

Victorian Canada General Service Medal with Fenian Raid 1866 clasp awarded to Dr. J.G. MacFarland Ki...

Victorian Canada General Service Medal with Fenian Raid 1866 clasp awarded to Dr. J.G. MacFarland Kingston F.B. in original issue box with outer packaging

9007

SOLD £440

Lot 3003

Archive of material and ephemera relating to Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Lieutenant/Captain/Ma...

Archive of material and ephemera relating to Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Lieutenant/Captain/Major Dr. Maxwell Theodore MacFarland (1902-1996) including Canada Volunteer Service Medal with maple leaf clasp, boxed silver War Medal 1939-45 and Defence Medal, two silver lockets (one with enamel crest) containing photographs, tie-pin and cuff links, shoulder flashes, cap and other badges, cloth and metal pips, buttons, shirt and tie, signature rubber stamps, door name plate, RCAMC 1939 General Hospital manual, suture kit and other medical items, two Bibles, framed photograph in uniform, framed signed and inscribed photographs of his parents and boxed British Army Daylight Signalling Lamp Set with lamp, morse key and ground spike etc

10094

SOLD £170

Lot 3004

WW1 9ct gold Royal Flying Corps sweetheart bar brooch as a pair of pilot's wings L4cm; two RFC metal...

WW1 9ct gold Royal Flying Corps sweetheart bar brooch as a pair of pilot's wings L4cm; two RFC metal badges and two buttons (5)

9327

SOLD £120

Lot 3005

Collection of Glengarry and cap badges, shoulder titles, collar dogs, buttons etc mounted on two mil...

Collection of Glengarry and cap badges, shoulder titles, collar dogs, buttons etc mounted on two military belts, including rare Kitchener's Army Volunteer Training Corps Surrey 1915, two Ulster Volunteer Force (L6521 & L2007), Royal Irish, North Irish Horse, Inniskillings, Royal Irish Rifles, London Irish, London Irish Rifles, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Royal Scots, 9th Battalion (Glasgow) HLI, Royal Welch Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers, Church Lads Brigade, various regiments and corps, RUC and officer's training corps buttons etc

B14866

SOLD £340

Lot 3006

WW2 Kreigsmarine uniform accessories from prisoner of war U-boat Kapitanleutnant Gunther Lorenz comp...

WW2 Kreigsmarine uniform accessories from prisoner of war U-boat Kapitanleutnant Gunther Lorenz comprising cap badge, pair of epaulettes, thirteen buttons marked 1940 and roll of rank braiding and stars; together with copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. 1936 published by Zentralverlag Der NSDAP Munchen with German text.

9222

SOLD £170

Lot 3007

Scots Guards - hallmarked silver QE11 limited edition Jubilee Crown Dish D10cm London 1977, cased wi...

Scots Guards - hallmarked silver QE11 limited edition Jubilee Crown Dish D10cm London 1977, cased with paperwork to Captain H. Ellett-Brown; cased pair of cuff links; seventeen rank pips and thirteen buttons; three waistcoat buttons etc

9088

SOLD £80

Lot 3008

Three post WW2 1950s British Army Avon GD Mk.6 respirators...

Three post WW2 1950s British Army Avon GD Mk.6 respirators

10079

SOLD £55

Lot 3009

Large WW1 brass shell case dated 1918 with fitted suspension hook for use as a gong D17.5cm H72cm...

Large WW1 brass shell case dated 1918 with fitted suspension hook for use as a gong D17.5cm H72cm

B35729

SOLD £70

Lot 3010

Masonic Regalia - 9ct gold jewel by Vaughton & Sons Birmingham inscribed ' Yarborough Lodge N0.633 p...

Masonic Regalia - 9ct gold jewel by Vaughton & Sons Birmingham inscribed ' Yarborough Lodge N0.633 presented by the Brethren to Bro. Ernest Wallwork W.M. 1952-53 as a token of high esteem December 1953', gross weight 29.8gm; silver and enamel Yarborough Lodge 1954 medal also inscribed to Bro. E. Wallwork; gilt metal jewel; two aprons and sash etc

10071

SOLD £280

Lot 3011

WW2 German Iron Cross 1st Class, with pin back...

WW2 German Iron Cross 1st Class, with pin back

10084

SOLD £95

Lot 3012

WW1 bronze memorial plaque to Wilfrid (Wilfred) Harrison of Whitby in issue envelope with note, toge...

WW1 bronze memorial plaque to Wilfrid (Wilfred) Harrison of Whitby in issue envelope with note, together with scroll and note to Pte. Wilfred Harrison R.A.M.C. in card postal tube, newspaper cutting reporting the funeral with that of Pte. John Kipling also of Whitby; and war Graves certificate

B11443

SOLD £200

Lot 3013

WW1 Kingston-upon-Hull Despatch Riders badge dated 1915; City of Hull Star 1914; Athletes' Volunteer...

WW1 Kingston-upon-Hull Despatch Riders badge dated 1915; City of Hull Star 1914; Athletes' Volunteer Force 1914 badge; two Royal Engineers sweetheart brooches; other badges and buttons; booklets for The German Raid on Scarborough Dec.16th 1914 and The Opening of Bridlington Sea Wall 1928 etc

9203

SOLD £280

Lot 3014

WW1 pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 225268.2.A.M. P.M. Newt...

WW1 pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 225268.2.A.M. P.M. Newton R.A.F. in issue box with Army Will form, letter of entitlement, two booklets and group of four miniatures including WW2 War and Defence medals; together with WW2 War Medal, Atlantic Star and 1939-45 Star with slip in issue box

B5825

SOLD £170

Lot 3015

Cased display of twenty-two Glengarry and cap badges including Gordon Highlanders, Argyll & Sutherla...

Cased display of twenty-two Glengarry and cap badges including Gordon Highlanders, Argyll & Sutherland, Black Watch, Royal Scots, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Royal Highland fusiliers etc

10071

SOLD £75

Lot 3016

WW1 pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 74791 Gnr. S.B. Halder ...

WW1 pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 74791 Gnr. S.B. Halder R.A.

10071

SOLD £35

Lot 3017

Six WW2 German medals/decorations comprising Red Cross Social Welfare Medal, bronze RAD Long Service...

Six WW2 German medals/decorations comprising Red Cross Social Welfare Medal, bronze RAD Long Service award, German Defences Medal, War Merit Cross Second Class, War Merit Cross (Knight's Cross with Swords) and miniature Mother's Cross (6)

10084

SOLD £130

Lot 3018

WW1 pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 151870 Gnr. J.W. Wass R...

WW1 pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 151870 Gnr. J.W. Wass R.A.

10102

SOLD £55

Lot 3019

WW1 pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 1708 Pte.J.A. Hankins H...

WW1 pair of medals comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 1708 Pte.J.A. Hankins Hunts.Cyc.Bn.; two cap badges for Huntingdonshire and Royal Warwickshire 1st Birmingham Battalion; silver ARP badge; and Services Rendered badge No.B748 with photograph of recipient wearing it.

9057

SOLD £340

Lot 3020

Twelve metal cap badges including South Lancashire Prince of Wales Volunteers, Australian Commonweal...

Twelve metal cap badges including South Lancashire Prince of Wales Volunteers, Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, 10th Royal Hussars, Royal Warwickshire, The Royal Sussex Regt., RASC, REME etc

B5825

SOLD £65

Lot 3021

Thirty-seven various flags, pennants etc including Union flags, blue ensign, white ensign, Royal Sta...

Thirty-seven various flags, pennants etc including Union flags, blue ensign, white ensign, Royal Standard, Scottish Rampant, Wales, Old Canada red ensign, Australia and New Zealand, France, Germany, South Africa (1928-94), semaphore and signal flags, 'God Save The King' banner, bunting flags etc

10111

SOLD £340

Lot 3022

WW2 grey painted British Home Front steel helmet with original size 7 liner dated 1940 and marked BM...

WW2 grey painted British Home Front steel helmet with original size 7 liner dated 1940 and marked BMB (Briggs Motor Bodies) and webbing chin strap, rim pierced with two sets of three holes indicating unsuitable for front line use D30cm; and pair of WW1 trench art brass shell case vases with undulating rims, one inscribed 'Souvenir of Le Bassee', the other 'Souvenir of Mons', dated 1918, H13cm (3)

10028

SOLD £50

Lot 3023

19th century cocked hat, probably French Naval officers, with black moleskin finish and ostrich feat...

19th century cocked hat, probably French Naval officers, with black moleskin finish and ostrich feather edging L44cm; in original tin carrying box

9330

SOLD £150

Lot 3024

WW2 Military Wireless Remote Control Unit B ZA 7535, in green painted metal bound wooden carrying bo...

WW2 Military Wireless Remote Control Unit B ZA 7535, in green painted metal bound wooden carrying box with instruction plaque, No.9384 T.M.C. 1940 L32cm

10090

SOLD £40

Lot 3025

Asprey & Co. Ltd silver mess cigar lighter in the form of a globular grenade with gilded flambe fini...

Asprey & Co. Ltd silver mess cigar lighter in the form of a globular grenade with gilded flambe finial, hallmarked Birmingham 1928 H11cm

B35754

SOLD £280

Lot 3026

WW2 Third Reich Officer's Mess silver plated soup ladle, the terminal marked with an eagle, swastika...

WW2 Third Reich Officer's Mess silver plated soup ladle, the terminal marked with an eagle, swastika and capital M in an oblong frame, also marked V.S.F.90, L36cm

B14257

SOLD £160

Lot 3027

Charles De Gaulle, signed photograph, head and shoulder portrait in uniform wearing oak leaf decorat...

Charles De Gaulle, signed photograph, head and shoulder portrait in uniform wearing oak leaf decorated kepi 20 x 15cm, framed; with manuscript card of provenance from the French diplomat Ronald R. Ciccone in envelope marked '8 Cornwall Gardens London SW7 4AL'

B14257

SOLD £80

Lot 3028

Military style marching compass, unmarked but inscribed H.E.B for Harold Ellett-Brown., in leather c...

Military style marching compass, unmarked but inscribed H.E.B for Harold Ellett-Brown., in leather carrying case; and leather cased pair of similarly initialled hair brushes (2)

9317

SOLD £55

Lot 3030

WW2 pair of Royal Navy Barr & Stroud 7x CF41 binoculars, Admiralty Pattern AP1900A serial no.77771, ...

WW2 pair of Royal Navy Barr & Stroud 7x CF41 binoculars, Admiralty Pattern AP1900A serial no.77771, with later strap; and 19th century mahogany and brass two-draw telescope, the sliding lens cover inscribed Dolland London L25cm non-extended (2)

9317

SOLD £80

Lot 3031

Hitler Adolf: Mein Kampf. 1939 Hurst & Blackett. Two volumes in one. English text. Blue cloth/gilt b...

Hitler Adolf: Mein Kampf. 1939 Hurst & Blackett. Two volumes in one. English text. Blue cloth/gilt binding.

10029

SOLD £150

Lot 3033

Bairnsfather (Capt. Bruce) Fragments, edited by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1919, vol. 1, no. 1-19 ...

Bairnsfather (Capt. Bruce) Fragments, edited by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1919, vol. 1, no. 1-19 and Bairnsfather's Christmas Fragments 1919 (20)

B35731

SOLD £100

Lot 3034

Nineteen modern books including The Western Front Experience by Gary Sheffield in slip case, boxed s...

Nineteen modern books including The Western Front Experience by Gary Sheffield in slip case, boxed set of three on WW1 etc; together with a boxed set of 20th Century Warfare CD-ROMS etc

B35726

SOLD £40

Lot 3035

A mid-Victorian cast iron memorial portrait plaque, of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Mou...

A mid-Victorian cast iron memorial portrait plaque, of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Moulded by Johnsons's Litchurch Works, Derby, head-and-shoulders length and turned to dexter in profile, circular frame surmounted by a ducal coronet, D27.5cm, foundry marks and dated 13th November 1854 to verso; and gilt painted spelter figure of a cavalier on ebonised wooden socle base H48cm (2)

10085

SOLD £60

Lot 3036

Gilt painted spelter figure of Napoleon Bonaparte on rearing horse, mounted on a later fruitwood bas...

Gilt painted spelter figure of Napoleon Bonaparte on rearing horse, mounted on a later fruitwood base with titled plaque H35cm

9388

SOLD £55

Lot 3037

After Theodore Doriot, 19th century spelter figure of a barbarian warrior with spear and sword on a ...

After Theodore Doriot, 19th century spelter figure of a barbarian warrior with spear and sword on a rearing horse, with battle trophies on the naturalistic base, H64cm including later ebonised wooden base

B2196

SOLD £30

Lot 3038

Pair of stripped 19th century spelter figures of cavaliers with brass detailing, each standing with ...

Pair of stripped 19th century spelter figures of cavaliers with brass detailing, each standing with sword drawn and wearing a plumed hat and cape, on ebonised metal stepped base H52cm

10032

SOLD £45

Lot 3039

Victorian gilt metal portrait relief plaque of Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Welli...

Victorian gilt metal portrait relief plaque of Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, after Peter Rouw (1770-1852), late 19th century, portrayed looking to sinister, in full military costume and draped around the truncation, mounted on red velvet in a deep stepped gilt frame with outer simulated rosewood frame 43 x 38cm overall

9388

SOLD £140

Lot 3040

19th century gilt metal portrait plaque of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, looking to sini...

19th century gilt metal portrait plaque of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, looking to sinister, mounted on red velvet in deep stepped gilt frame with simulated rosewood outer frame 42 x 37cm overall

10079

SOLD £90

Lot 3041

After R. Nannini, large bronzed spelter head and shoulder bust of Napoleon wearing a laurel wreath, ...

After R. Nannini, large bronzed spelter head and shoulder bust of Napoleon wearing a laurel wreath, on variegated green marble base with gilt metal 'N' and eagle, bears signature and Paris France fabrication medallion H54cm

9157

SOLD £650

Lot 3042

Caricature wooden carving of two WW2 British officers, inscribed under the base 'Venice March 1946' ...

Caricature wooden carving of two WW2 British officers, inscribed under the base 'Venice March 1946' H13cm; and unmarked pair of binoculars (2)

9321

SOLD £25

Lot 3043

Six Phoenix World Reproductions bronzed figures of soldiers including Special Operations, Law firer,...

Six Phoenix World Reproductions bronzed figures of soldiers including Special Operations, Law firer, Jungle, radio carrier, Airborne etc, tallest H24cm; and oak Regimental plaque for 1st Bn The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment with strut support (7)

9338

SOLD £120

Lot 3044

WW1 Lincolnshire Regiment copper and brass bugle stamped Marne 1914 with broad arrow L29cm; and smal...

WW1 Lincolnshire Regiment copper and brass bugle stamped Marne 1914 with broad arrow L29cm; and small quantity of cap badges including Parachute Regiment, Welsh Fusiliers, Machine Gun Corps, Gurkha Rifles, RFC etc

9098

SOLD £170

Lot 3045

Victorian turned mahogany truncheon with brass mount 54cm ...

Victorian turned mahogany truncheon with brass mount 54cm

9375

SOLD £55

Lot 3046

Four various 20th century German police hats; peaked cap with Metropolitan Police badge; and three k...

Four various 20th century German police hats; peaked cap with Metropolitan Police badge; and three kukri knives

9078

SOLD £160

Lot 3047

Late 19th century African tribal short axe, the brass studded bulbous head inset with an iron axe bl...

Late 19th century African tribal short axe, the brass studded bulbous head inset with an iron axe blade, with plaited yellow metal band around the hardwood shaft L44cm

9321

SOLD £50

Lot 3048

19th century truncheon decorated with a crown above G.R. over a boar's head and the number '25', im...

19th century truncheon decorated with a crown above G.R. over a boar's head and the number '25', impressed 255, L42cm; and another unmarked truncheon (2)

9321

SOLD £60

Lot 3049

Victorian police truncheon with Crown above VR cypher and 'Police' in cartouche, stamped 'Field 233 ...

Victorian police truncheon with Crown above VR cypher and 'Police' in cartouche, stamped 'Field 233 Holborn' around the letter 'M' to pommel, L44cm

9321

SOLD £60

Lot 3050

British Fairburn-Sykes style fighting knife, the cross-piece marked Venture H.M. Slater Sheffield L2...

British Fairburn-Sykes style fighting knife, the cross-piece marked Venture H.M. Slater Sheffield L29.5cm, in leather sheath

10096

SOLD £75

Lot 3051

WW2 US Navy/US Marines RH PAL 36 fighting knife with aluminium top pommel marked 1944 and leather bo...

WW2 US Navy/US Marines RH PAL 36 fighting knife with aluminium top pommel marked 1944 and leather bound grip, 15cm blade, leather sheath marked 'WD BO RANDALL'; and US Schrade 497 fixed blade hunting knife with 11.5cm blade and simulated antler grip, in leather sheath (2)

10045

SOLD £220

Lot 3052

WW1 American Remington bayonet the 43cm single fullered steel blade inscribed 1913.9.17, in leather ...

WW1 American Remington bayonet the 43cm single fullered steel blade inscribed 1913.9.17, in leather scabbard L58cm overall

10062

SOLD £40

Lot 3053

French Model 1874 Epee bayonet the 52cm steel blade inscribed 'Mre. d'Armes de St. Etienne Janvier 1...

French Model 1874 Epee bayonet the 52cm steel blade inscribed 'Mre. d'Armes de St. Etienne Janvier 1880', in steel scabbard L66cm overall

9097

SOLD £60

Lot 3054

German parade dress bayonet, unmarked possibly Luftwaffe, the 25cm single fullered steel blade marke...

German parade dress bayonet, unmarked possibly Luftwaffe, the 25cm single fullered steel blade marked 'Original Eickhorn Solingden', with chequered black two-piece grip and dress portepee attached, in black painted metal scabbard 37cm overall

9375

SOLD £100

Lot 3055

British Fairbairn-Sykes type 3rd pattern Commando fighting knife with unmarked 17cm double edged bla...

British Fairbairn-Sykes type 3rd pattern Commando fighting knife with unmarked 17cm double edged blade, oval brass cross-guard and ringed grip, in brown leather scabbard 32cm overall

B35722

SOLD £200

Lot 3056

Indian jambiya type knife, 24cm single edged curved steel blade, shaped hardwood grip with scratch c...

Indian jambiya type knife, 24cm single edged curved steel blade, shaped hardwood grip with scratch carved detail and brass capped pommel, in brass and copper scabbard L41cm

10071

SOLD £40

Lot 3059

Continental hunting knife in the Khyber style with 49cm single edged steel blade and brass mounted s...

Continental hunting knife in the Khyber style with 49cm single edged steel blade and brass mounted stag antler grip, in brass banded wooden scabbard L61cm overall

9022

SOLD £75

Lot 3060

George V Army officer's dress sword with 89cm fullered steel blade inscribed Hobson & Sons Lexington...

George V Army officer's dress sword with 89cm fullered steel blade inscribed Hobson & Sons Lexington Street Golden Square to the ricasso, royal cypher and scrolls to both sides, three-bar hilt and copper bound fish skin grip, in polished steel scabbard L104cm overall

10062

SOLD £150

Lot 3061

WW1 period British Infantry officer's sword, the 60cm cut-down steel blade marked E. Thurkle Maker S...

WW1 period British Infantry officer's sword, the 60cm cut-down steel blade marked E. Thurkle Maker Soho London and decorated with VR cypher, black painted guard and wire bound fish skin grip, in compatibly cut-down scabbard L78cm overall; and two axes, one with Hults Bruk blade on later handle (3)

9202

SOLD £80