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Three Emergency Issue Hong Kong Government $1 notes overprinted on Chinese 5 yuan banknotes all running in sequence B045651,B045653, B045652. The notes were issued in 1941 shortly before the surrender of British forces to the Japanese Army. The vendor's father Ronald Sleap was based on Hong Kong from 1938 working for AS Watson. During the war he was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Artillery Battalion of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence force. Interred by the Japanese in 1941 in Civilian Camp N (a postcard by Mr Sleap from the Internment Camp sold at Spinks for $2200HKD - auction CSS68 lot 615), later released in 1945 he remained in Hong Kong until 1968.
SOLD FOR £3000
Three Emergency Issue Hong Kong Government $1 notes overprinted on Chinese 5 yuan banknotes all running in sequence B045651,B045653, B045652. The notes were issued in 1941 shortly before the surrender of British forces to the Japanese Army. The vendor's father Ronald Sleap was based on Hong Kong from 1938 working for AS Watson. During the war he was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Artillery Battalion of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence force. Interred by the Japanese in 1941 in Civilian Camp N (a postcard by Mr Sleap from the Internment Camp sold at Spinks for $2200HKD - auction CSS68 lot 615), later released in 1945 he remained in Hong Kong until 1968.
Butler & Co a Second World War R.A.F folding survival machete, blade marked Butler and arrow above 1945, 25cm l / total 39cm l £50-70
SOLD FOR £80
Butler & Co a Second World War R.A.F folding survival machete, blade marked Butler and arrow above 1945, 25cm l / total 39cm l £50-70
Map, a Second World War German invasion map S.W.London Und Windsor, England scale 1:5000 Platt Nr.114 dated 1941 74cm x 101cm
SOLD FOR £240
Map, a Second World War German invasion map S.W.London Und Windsor, England scale 1:5000 Platt Nr.114 dated 1941 74cm x 101cm
Of aviation/military interest, an album of 118 black and white and coloured postcards of military and civil aircraft together with an album of 156 First World War postcards including shell damaged towns
SOLD FOR £80
Of aviation/military interest, an album of 118 black and white and coloured postcards of military and civil aircraft together with an album of 156 First World War postcards including shell damaged towns
A group of 4 medals to 3341 Leading Stoker, later Stoker Petty Officer T Lewis Royal Navy, comprising a 1914-15 Star, British War medal, Victory medal and Imperial Russian Order of St George
SOLD FOR £560
A group of 4 medals to 3341 Leading Stoker, later Stoker Petty Officer T Lewis Royal Navy, comprising a 1914-15 Star, British War medal, Victory medal and Imperial Russian Order of St George
A Second World War Sniper's observer telescope marked Telescope OBS M4 no.3013R.Z.C 1.1.1 1942 with leather carrying case
SOLD FOR £70
A Second World War Sniper's observer telescope marked Telescope OBS M4 no.3013R.Z.C 1.1.1 1942 with leather carrying case
Glenister, a War Office issue elm Windsor hoop back dining chair marked Glenister Makers Wycombe 1915 with crows foot mark and W121S and 1 other marked Ben Goodear & Sons 1916 JB, crows foot mark and W 85cm h x 38cm w x 44cm d (seat 26cm x 35cm d)
SOLD FOR £65
Glenister, a War Office issue elm Windsor hoop back dining chair marked Glenister Makers Wycombe 1915 with crows foot mark and W121S and 1 other marked Ben Goodear & Sons 1916 JB, crows foot mark and W 85cm h x 38cm w x 44cm d (seat 26cm x 35cm d)
A post war Webley and Scott Senior .22 break barrel air pistol, no serial, batch 188 (Webley impress to slanted grip)
SOLD FOR £140
A post war Webley and Scott Senior .22 break barrel air pistol, no serial, batch 188 (Webley impress to slanted grip)
A pre war Webley and Scott Senior .22 break barrel air pistol serial S17868 batch 898 (no Webley impress to slanted grip)
SOLD FOR £140
A pre war Webley and Scott Senior .22 break barrel air pistol serial S17868 batch 898 (no Webley impress to slanted grip)
A group of 5 medals to 1437778 Flight Sergeant Edward Sutton Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve comprising George VI issue Distinguished Flying Medal (London Gazette, 17th October 1944), 39-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with bar France and Germany, Defence and War medal, the Air Crew Europe and 39-45 Star have been mounted on the wrong ribbons
SOLD FOR £1200
A group of 5 medals to 1437778 Flight Sergeant Edward Sutton Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve comprising George VI issue Distinguished Flying Medal (London Gazette, 17th October 1944), 39-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with bar France and Germany, Defence and War medal, the Air Crew Europe and 39-45 Star have been mounted on the wrong ribbons
A group of 6 medals to 108036 Flight Lieutenant W.B Kirkwood-Hackett Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, comprising George VI issue Distinguished Flying Cross privately engraved and dated 7th December 1943, 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with clasp France and Germany, Burma Star, Defence and War medal with MID, mounted with Air Gunners half wing, Volunteer Reserve collar dogs, together with a reprint photograph of 97 Squadron
SOLD FOR £1250
A group of 6 medals to 108036 Flight Lieutenant W.B Kirkwood-Hackett Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, comprising George VI issue Distinguished Flying Cross privately engraved and dated 7th December 1943, 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with clasp France and Germany, Burma Star, Defence and War medal with MID, mounted with Air Gunners half wing, Volunteer Reserve collar dogs, together with a reprint photograph of 97 Squadron
A group of 3 medals to 10693 Private S G Evans, Royal Army Medical Corps, comprising 1914-15 Star, British War medal and Victory medal together with a 9ct Royal Army Medical sweetheart brooch
SOLD FOR £65
A group of 3 medals to 10693 Private S G Evans, Royal Army Medical Corps, comprising 1914-15 Star, British War medal and Victory medal together with a 9ct Royal Army Medical sweetheart brooch
A France and Germany Star, a 1939 British War medal, 2 Defence medals, an RNVR cap tally and an HMS Royal Sovereign cap tally
SOLD FOR £100
A France and Germany Star, a 1939 British War medal, 2 Defence medals, an RNVR cap tally and an HMS Royal Sovereign cap tally
An album of various mint and used world stamps including Germany, Italy, Norway and a collection of stamped envelopes including Second World War on active service and an exercise book of loose used stamps
SOLD FOR £55
An album of various mint and used world stamps including Germany, Italy, Norway and a collection of stamped envelopes including Second World War on active service and an exercise book of loose used stamps
A World War II second pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Wilkinson Sword fighting dagger, the blade etched Wilkinson Sword London and FS Fighting Knife complete with leather scabbard and brass grip
SOLD FOR £200
A World War II second pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Wilkinson Sword fighting dagger, the blade etched Wilkinson Sword London and FS Fighting Knife complete with leather scabbard and brass grip
A group of 6 medals to Squadron Leader, later Wing Commander William C Blair comprising A Most Excellent Order of The British Empire Officer's Breast Badge Military Division 2nd type, 1939-45 Star, France and German Star, Defence and War medal, Army RAF General Service medal 1918, 1962 Elizabeth II issue 1 bar Cyprus, named to Squadron Leader W Blair RAF, mounted for wear, together with 6 RAF pilots flying log books 1940 to 1968 flying Tiger Moths, jets
SOLD FOR £340
A group of 6 medals to Squadron Leader, later Wing Commander William C Blair comprising A Most Excellent Order of The British Empire Officer's Breast Badge Military Division 2nd type, 1939-45 Star, France and German Star, Defence and War medal, Army RAF General Service medal 1918, 1962 Elizabeth II issue 1 bar Cyprus, named to Squadron Leader W Blair RAF, mounted for wear, together with 6 RAF pilots flying log books 1940 to 1968 flying Tiger Moths, jets
A British War medal and Victory medal to 37707 Pte. F. Brockbank Durham Light Infantry comprising British War medal and Victory medal, brass shoulder title and 2 collar dogs
SOLD FOR £60
A British War medal and Victory medal to 37707 Pte. F. Brockbank Durham Light Infantry comprising British War medal and Victory medal, brass shoulder title and 2 collar dogs
A group of 4 medals to 169229 T Pattison Blacksmith late Chief Blacksmith Royal Navy comprising 1914-15 Star, British War medal, Victory medal, Edward VII issue Naval Long Service Good Conduct medal named to Blacksmith HMS Tenedos
SOLD FOR £130
A group of 4 medals to 169229 T Pattison Blacksmith late Chief Blacksmith Royal Navy comprising 1914-15 Star, British War medal, Victory medal, Edward VII issue Naval Long Service Good Conduct medal named to Blacksmith HMS Tenedos
A family group of medals, Father, Son, Daughter and Son-in-Law. A group of 4 medals to 1958 Sergeant, later Major Arthur Hearsey 1st Royal West Kent Regiment and Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry comprising Egypt Medal 1882-1889 with 1 bar The Nile 1884-1885, named to Sergeant, India General Service medal 1896 with 2 bars Punjab Frontier 1897-1898 and Tiraha 1897-1898, privately engraved and possibly re-named to Lieutenant A Hearsey 11DCLI, Khediv's Star 1884-86 complete with ribbon bar, Baltic medal 1856 un-named as issued, a posthumous group of 3 medals to 1585 Private Harold Garnet Hearsey 4th Battalion Australian Imperial Force comprising 1914-15 Star, British War medal and Victory medal, together with Death plaque (killed in action at Gallipoli) a pair to E Hearsey VAD comprising British War medal and Victory medal in original paper carton, a pair British War medal and Victory medal to 13941 R Trememan deck hand Royal Naval Reserve, complete with 2 portrait photographs of the Major Hearsey, 2 portrait photographs of R Trememan and a small collection of research and photographs
SOLD FOR £1950
A family group of medals, Father, Son, Daughter and Son-in-Law. A group of 4 medals to 1958 Sergeant, later Major Arthur Hearsey 1st Royal West Kent Regiment and Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry comprising Egypt Medal 1882-1889 with 1 bar The Nile 1884-1885, named to Sergeant, India General Service medal 1896 with 2 bars Punjab Frontier 1897-1898 and Tiraha 1897-1898, privately engraved and possibly re-named to Lieutenant A Hearsey 11DCLI, Khediv's Star 1884-86 complete with ribbon bar, Baltic medal 1856 un-named as issued, a posthumous group of 3 medals to 1585 Private Harold Garnet Hearsey 4th Battalion Australian Imperial Force comprising 1914-15 Star, British War medal and Victory medal, together with Death plaque (killed in action at Gallipoli) a pair to E Hearsey VAD comprising British War medal and Victory medal in original paper carton, a pair British War medal and Victory medal to 13941 R Trememan deck hand Royal Naval Reserve, complete with 2 portrait photographs of the Major Hearsey, 2 portrait photographs of R Trememan and a small collection of research and photographs
A Rolex World War II metal cased, mechanical military pocket watch, with seconds at 6 o'clock, the 50mm case stamped A.11907.G.S.MK.II, the movement inscribed Rolex 447, the interior case stamped 31 Records Universal Geneve Swiss Rolex
SOLD FOR £160
A Rolex World War II metal cased, mechanical military pocket watch, with seconds at 6 o'clock, the 50mm case stamped A.11907.G.S.MK.II, the movement inscribed Rolex 447, the interior case stamped 31 Records Universal Geneve Swiss Rolex
United Kingdom, George III, 1820 silver Medal for Napoleon Bonaparte's surrender to H.M.S. Bellerophon 1815 (des, Brenet for Mudie). 41mm, 36.0g. Obv: Uniformed bust of Napoleon, right / Rev: Ship of war sails set, another at rear, sails furled.
SOLD FOR £460
United Kingdom, George III, 1820 silver Medal for Napoleon Bonaparte's surrender to H.M.S. Bellerophon 1815 (des, Brenet for Mudie). 41mm, 36.0g. Obv: Uniformed bust of Napoleon, right / Rev: Ship of war sails set, another at rear, sails furled.
Judaea, 66-70 AD (First Jewish War) 20mm, bronze coinage, Obv: Ritual chalice with pearled rim / Rev: Lulav branch flanked by two etrogs. F.
SOLD FOR £260
Judaea, 66-70 AD (First Jewish War) 20mm, bronze coinage, Obv: Ritual chalice with pearled rim / Rev: Lulav branch flanked by two etrogs. F.
Judaea, Jerusalem, 66-70 AD (First Jewish War) 23mm, 14.23g, silver Shekel, Obv: Ritual chalice with pearled rim, Hebrew year 2, above, and shekel of Israel / Rev: Three pomegranates on stalk terminating in pearl. VF.
SOLD FOR £3900
Judaea, Jerusalem, 66-70 AD (First Jewish War) 23mm, 14.23g, silver Shekel, Obv: Ritual chalice with pearled rim, Hebrew year 2, above, and shekel of Israel / Rev: Three pomegranates on stalk terminating in pearl. VF.
The Brettii, Bruttium, Second Punic war period, c. 216-214 BC, 20mm, silver Drachm, Obv: Veiled head of Velia, sceptre over shoulder / Rev: Zeus standing to left, right foot on Ionic capital, holding sceptre, eagle to left holding wreath. VF.
SOLD FOR £300
The Brettii, Bruttium, Second Punic war period, c. 216-214 BC, 20mm, silver Drachm, Obv: Veiled head of Velia, sceptre over shoulder / Rev: Zeus standing to left, right foot on Ionic capital, holding sceptre, eagle to left holding wreath. VF.
A post-war miniature Schuco style mohair teddy bear with double revolving head 9cm
SOLD FOR £60
A post-war miniature Schuco style mohair teddy bear with double revolving head 9cm