Denhams Auction Catalogue

for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction held on Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th of September 2020

Lot No Description Est Image
770 A Second World War Air Ministry magneto switch box 2 way isolation marked Air Ministry Ref no. 5G1540 NB. These were used in Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancaster bombers 50-75
828 Two Second World War service respirators, 2 civilian respirators contained in a metal canisters and 1 other in a leather cloth case 40-60
829 A Second World War Air Raid Wardens helmet marked 1939 G34RMB complete with liner, 1 other helmet marked O34 1939 complete with liner (chin strap f), 1 other black painted steel helmet marked 1946 U30, a Civil Defence respirator and a civilian ditto 40-60
840 Six Second World War Parachute Regiment shoulder flashes, 2 ditto cloth shoulder titles, 4 cloth airborne shoulder flashes and 13 parachutists wings 100-150
841 Four Royal Artillery Anti-tank cloth shoulder titles, 4 Royal Artillery cloth shoulder titles, 2 pairs of officer's cloth rank shoulder slides - Captain and Major, various pips and badges 40-60
842 A Second World War Nazi German cloth eagle badge together with a belt buckle marked Gott Mit Uns 40-60
843 Two Second World War plastic Parachute Regiment cap badges together with a ditto Army Air Corps 40-60
844 A 1942 Captain's Denison (Airborne Troops) smock size 2, dated 1942 and marked Skaife, WD7 with broad arrow, together with a steel helmet complete with liner, the leather liner marked BMB 1943 7 1/3 together with a pair of Denison trousers no.2 size 8, dated 1939 and a lightweight battle dress blouse (some paint stains) 500-700
845 A quantity of various Second World War military webbing relating to Captain J Skaife D'Ingerthorpe comprising pair of puttis (some moth), 3 pairs of gaiters, 3 webbing belts, 2 ammunition pouches, a map case dated 1944, webbing collapsible bowl, respirator case, 5 webbing bags, webbing housewife (no contents) and 2 canvas kit bags 50-80
846 A metal uniform trunk marked J D Skaife D'Ingerthorpe containing 2 Second World War Thermos food flasks, a civil defence respirator, a civilian respirator, water bottle, flags etc 50-75
847 A First World War Martino cartridge belt marked Martino Birmingham 1916 no.1 50-75
848 A Second World War Royal Artillery parachutists beret with name tag Skaife D'Ingerthorpe (some moth) together with 1 other dated 1942 (no badge), a War Office Medical Division first field dressing, 1 other field dressing dated 1940, tin of sterilising outfit for use with water bottle in a metal case, tin of ointment "antigas no.2" and 2 tubes of Solution of Morphine Tartrate 100-150
849 Three Second World War parachutists escape saws, a parachute buckle release, scout whistle, section of perspex, Metropolitan Patent police whistle, lanyard compass and 2 sets of dog tags to 1081726 Skaife JD and 212920 Skaife JD 40-60
850 A Second World War escape and evasion compass 1.5cm together with 3 escape maps 43/A - France Northwest, Belgium West and Central Holland part of, 43/C - Holland, Belgium except West Coast, France North East, Germany West and Central, 43/E - Germany, Protectorate, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and 1 other S2/S3 - Turkey and Greece 40-60
851 A Second World War Royal Artillery steel helmet with flash, painted to the side, together with a black painted Second World War steel helmet 40-60
853 A black and white group photograph of 64 Airborne Landing Light Battery Royal Artillery Airborne, Wilts October 1945 together with 1 other 300 Independant Air Landing Anti-Tank Battery RA, Airborne Wilts September 1945 28cm x 70cm, admission ticket to War Crimes Court 12th February 1946, a German pass, 2 identity cards, photograph of a German officer and other items of ephemera 40-60
855 A collection of ephemera, letters and postcards relating to the Second World War 30-50
859 A pair of Second World War Dienstglas 6x30 binoculars 122136 Dym Plus together with a pair of Carl Zeiss 7x50 binoculars in leather case 80-120
888 A circular Trench Art vase formed from the cooling pipe of a Spitfire Mk 5 and made at the No.7 School of Technical Training 8cm h x 6.5cm diam., a WWI Trench Art vase formed from a brass shell case 8cm h x 9cm diam. base marked AC&C no.112M 30-50
892 A steel shell cone head 23cm x 6cm diam. together with a pair of Second World War 75mm shell cases marked "1 of the last pair of shell cases cut down to make ashtrays, fire in Greece in World War Two from 75mm airborne pack Howitzer commanded by Captain J D Skaife D'Ingerthorpe" 40-60
914 A collection of newspapers relating to World War Two and various editions of Punch and other magazines etc 30-50
921 Four Continental brass shell cases complete with nose cones 23cm x 6cm and 2 others dated 1899 and 1904 16cm x 4cm 40-60
929 A large brass shell case, base marked 1939, 67cm h x 13cm diam. 40-60
935 A Continental 90mm brass shell case together with 3 other brass shell cases 30-50