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
834 A copper vesta case in the form of a mouse 5cm x 2cm, the base marked Deponist? (tail missing), together with a Princess Mary gift tin 40-60
835 A Victorian metal seal with armorial decoration and carved bone stem 9cm x 1cm x 2cm 50-75
836 A curious lignum vitae carved figure of 2 back to back ladies, raised on a turned base 22cm x 5cm 40-60
837 A Roman style pottery oil lamp 2cm x 7cm x 6cm together with a ditto club shaped vase 6cm x 3cm 50-75
838 A Staunton chess set approx. 5cm h x 2.5cm diam. contained in a pine box 40-60
839 An inlaid Sorrento box containing a reproduction enamelled Southern Railways badge, 9 Brighton Bell Pullman 1937-1972 badges, a British Rail Southern badge and a reproduction Brighton Bell badge 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
852 A military style rectangular metal twin handled first aid box with hinged lid, the interior divided into 3 sections 21cm h x 50cm w x 30cm d 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
854 Two volumes "Artillery Training Volume 2 Gunnery 1934", four editions of "Pegasus, The Journal of Airborne Forces" comprising volume I July 1946, October 1946, and volume II January 1947, April 1947, together with various menus for 165 Field Regiment Royal Artillery reunion dinners and other related ephemera 40-60
855 A collection of ephemera, letters and postcards relating to the Second World War 30-50
856 A Nazi German Swastika paper flag 24cm x 17cm, ditto Japanese flag 14cm x 20cm, Airborne Forces guide to Greece 1940-45 and a small collection of ephemera 40-60
857 Ten editions of "8th Army News" 11th September 1943, 13th September 1943, 15th September 1943, 24th December 1943, 5th May 1944, 15th May 1944, 22nd, 26th May 1944, 27th May 1944 and 16th June 1944, 1 edition of "Crusader" 28th May 1944, 3 editions of "The Stars and Stripes" August 15th 1944, August 20th 1944 and May 2nd 1945, sixteen editions of "Union Jack" 26th May, 27th May, 16th August, 20th December, 21st December and 27th December 1944, 2nd February, 6th February, 6th March, 2nd April, 30th April, 1st May, 2nd May, 3rd May, 4th May, 6th May 1945 50-75
858 A pair of postal scales complete with weights, a pair of gilt and tortoise shell opera glasses (chip to rim), a Saquis Lawrence's knitting machine, a horn spoon and other curios 50-75