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[Nolan (Jim)] Brighton, 2010, (also Programme); Moonshine, 1992; Sky Road, 2007; The Salvage Shop, 1998; [O'Callaghan (Conor)] The Sun King, 2013; Seatown, 1999; Fiction, 2005, all 8vo Gallery Press, cloth & d.j., as a lot. (7)

A large Buckingham Palace garden party table, 20th century, the sectional top with a limed finish on ring-turned tapering legs, 308cm diameter 72cm high As featured on 'Salvage Hunters: The Restorers' (Discovery Network - Quest). Condition ReportExtensive restoration, as having been featured on Salvage Hunters: The Restorers. Old splits, breaks, repairs and replacements. Rubbing and wear to surface. Some loose elements. One leg with a rusted and seized nut and bolt, meaning that it does not currently attach properly. Some movement in joints and the whole piece is a little wobbly, so we would advise it being strengthened properly before use.

Architectural salvage, pair of metal framed windows with central stain glass panels of ships each approximately 120cm x 49cm

Vintage black and white portrait photograph of Commander Edward Ellsberg, U.S. Navy, housed in a marbled red frame. The image bears a handwritten dedication: "To the Drakes Well Museum, memento to the pioneer effort of a great industry." Below the photo is the inscription "Commander Edward Ellsberg, USNR." Known for his expertise in salvage engineering and diving operations, Ellsberg was a celebrated naval officer and author. The photograph includes a clear view of Ellsberg's uniform and medals, further enhancing its historical value. A rare signed piece linking naval history with the legacy of oil industry innovation preserved by the Drake Well Museum. Measures 6"L x 8"H.Issued: 20th century Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear.

The 1944 submariner's 'Far East' D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Stoker R. J. Phebey, Royal Navy, who had previously been 'mentioned' in 1943 for his services during Eastern Mediterranean war patrols in H.M.S. TaurusTaurus served in the Mediterranean and the Pacific Far East during the Second World War, sinking several Japanese merchant vessels including the Japanese submarine I 34 and later damaging Japanese submarine I 37Phebey had previously served on the mine-laying submarine Rorqual, the first submarine to carry supplies to the beleaguered island of MaltaDistinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Ch.Sto. R.J. Phebey P/KX 80408); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45 with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, very fine (7)D.S.M. London Gazette 25 July 1944, the original citation states:'For daring, endurance and resource in the conduct of hazardous and successful operations in His Majesty's Submarines against the enemy.'M.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1943.Richard John Phebey was born at Richmond, Surrey on 10 September 1910, the son of Richard and Maud Phebey. Educated at the Vineyard School, Richmond he enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd class on 5 August 1930 and was posted to the submarine base Dolphin on 13 March 1934. He was mostly shore based at submarine depots until 25 May 1939 when as Stoker Petty Officer he was posted to the mine laying submarine Rorqual.Rorqual - Mission Malta - Magic Carpet RunsSent to the Mediterranean in 1940, Rorqual began laying minefields and attacking enemy shipping. Amongst the shipping vessels lost to mines laid by Rorqual were the Italian merchants Loasso, Celio, Leopardi, and Salpi; the Italian Navy water tankers Verde and Ticino; the Italian pilot vessel F 34 / Rina Croce, the Italian torpedo boats Calipso, Fratelli Cairoli, Generale Antonio Chinotto, Altair and Aldebaran; the Italian auxiliary submarine chaser AS 99 Zuri, the German troop transport Ankara; the French merchant (in German service), P.L.M. 24; and the French fishing vessel Coligny. The Italian merchants Caffaro, Ischia and the brand-new Italian merchant Carbonello A. were damaged by mines laid by Rorqual. Rorqual was also active in attacking enemy shipping herself, torpedoing and sinking the Italian tanker, Laura Corrado; the Italian submarine Pier Capponi; the Italian merchants Cilicia and Monstella; the German tanker Wilhemsburg and the French merchant (in German service) Nantaise. Rorqual's torpedoes also damaged the Italian auxiliary cruiser Piero Foscari, unsuccessfully attacked an Italian submarine and the Italian merchant Securitas and sunk two Greek sailing vessels with gunfire.In August 1940 she attacked an Italian convoy, missing the Italian merchants Verace and Doris Ursino with torpedoes. Following this failed attack Rorqual was heavily depth charged by the Italian torpedo boat Generale Achille Papa.In January 1941 Rorqual attacked the tug Ursus and a floating battery mounted on a lighter. The lighter could not be torpedoed, as she was of too shallow draught for the normal depth setting of the torpedoes, and the only other weapon the Rorqual had was her single 4-inch gun. Rorqual surfaced at about 500 yards range. Her opening attack hit the Ursus and damaged the battery. Heavy fire from the damaged tug forced Rorqual to shift her fire from the battery and engage the Ursus again, forcing her crew to abandon her. Though badly damaged, the floating battery opened fire and forced the Rorqual to dive. She then fired a torpedo set to run on the surface, only to find that the torpedo developed a gyro failure and returned on its own tracks. Rorqual had to dive deep to avoid it. When last seen, the Ursus was sinking and the battery was on fire. The battery however did not sink and was later towed to Dubrovnik. Due to her large size and space within the mine casing, Rorqual was well suited to carrying stores and in June 1941, after loading at Alexandria, became the first submarine to carry supplies to the beleaguered island of Malta. In all she performed, at considerable risk to the submarine, 5 storing runs to Malta in 1941 from Alexandria and in 1942 from Beirut. These were known as "magic carpet runs".Phebey remaining in 'the silent service' was next posted to the T Class submarine Taurus (P 339) on 9 June 1942 shortly before her official launch on 27 June 1942.Taurus - an eventful period of serviceShe served in the Mediterranean and the Pacific Far East during the Second World War. Whilst serving in the Mediterranean, she sank the small French merchant Clairette, the Spanish merchant Bartolo, the Italian merchant Derna, the French tug Ghrib and two barges, the Portuguese Santa Irene, the small Italian tanker Alcione C., the Italian sailing vessel Luigi, twenty-eight Greek sailing vessels, and the small Greek ship Romano. She also damaged a further two sailing ships and the Greek merchant Konstantinos Louloudis. It was during this period off the Greek coast she had the unusual distinction of engaging a Bulgarian cavalry unit while bombarding a small port. Phebey received a 'Mention' for his service aboard her during her Eastern Mediterranean war patrols.Taurus transferred to the Far East on 9 September 1943 where she sank the Japanese submarine I 34 10 miles off Penang Island. On 11 January 1944 she joined the 14th Submarine Flotilla to operate against the Japanese in the Malacca Straits and west coast of Thailand where she sank two Japanese tugboats, a barge and the Japanese salvage vessel Hokuan I-Go. She also laid a number of mines, which damaged the Japanese submarine I-37 and sank the Japanese transport ship Kasumi Maru. Phebey was richly rewarded with the D.S.M. for the period January to April 1944 which was presented by the King on 17 October 1944.On 10 August 1945 he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. In an email which accompanies the group, Phebey's son confirms that his father lost his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal following a motorbike accident in 1956.Subsequent careerThe war over, Phebey undertook instructor roles within the service initially with Elfin and later several spells on Trenchant being discharged on 24 July 1956. Leaving the Navy Phebey worked initially for Johnson & Johnson at Hilsea before becoming a Royal Park warden at Richmond Park. His last role was as a boiler man at Stowe school.Phebey died at Aylesbury in November 1988; sold together with an extensive archive of copied research including his copied service papers, copy patrol reports for Taurus, 6 November 1943 to 27 April 1944 and the book 'Dark Seas Above' by J.F. Gibson.…

A marine chronometer signed by Furber and Sons Cheltenham, numbered 8282 to the silvered dial, with two day fusee movement, thirty six hour wind indication, made by Usher and Co and retailed by Furber, with Usher and Co split bimetal balance, various information available relating to the history and service of the chronometer from HMS Venus 1903-1906 to the RFA Sea Salvor in 1951 a sea salvage vessel, the dial 12cm diameter, in mahogany and brass bound case with associated lid. Further information available on request.Illustrated in Knirim (Konrad) British Military Timepieces page 75.

Three pieces of architectural salvage - the rectangular rainwater hopper 44.5 x 19 x 20 cm

Robbe - A built Robbe #1106 'Happy Hunter' 1:50 scale RC Dutch ocean-going salvage tug. The kit has been constructed to an very high standard and measures approximately 103cm (L) x 23.5cm(B) x 70cm (H), and comes with stand. Internal fixings include Futuba S3003 servo, Mtronics Viper Marine 15 & and 2x 25 speed controllers, Robbe #8369 multi switch 16 decoder, plus several motors. Overall the model appears to be in Excellent condition, and is slightly display dusty. The model comes with a Robbe plan. The vessel is unchecked for completeness. (2) (This does not constitute a guarantee) (K)

Blacksmith Salvage, Welsh bench, the seat made from a tree trunk, standing on tubular steel legs. 74cm long approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Architectural Salvage, a quantity of cast iron greenhouse/conservatory brackets.

Architectural salvage, two 19th century cast iron ceiling roses with pierced detail 87cm diameter (maximum) (AF) (2)

Page of Deal England's Glory back from Goodwin Sands watercolour and gouache, signed and titled lower right verso a pasted label inscribed in ink 'Back from the Goodwins - Plate III - Lugger, England's Glory, Deal, Kent. Crew - Adams, Parker, Thomas, Le Page, Williams, Johns, Ford' and a pencil inscription, 'Smugglers Boat 1873'. 12½ x 20¼ in. (32 x 52 cm) Condition - Some damage around the edges * 'England's Glory' was one of Deal, Walmer and Kingsdown's thirty or so 'Deal luggers', which operated until the beginning of the 20th century. It was one of Britain's most famous of Britain's beach boats because it had a reputation second to none for the saving of life at sea. About 40' long and with a beam of 13', luggers had a forepeak under which it was possible to sleep. They were used for salvage work of all kinds and at a time when Deal boatmen were acknowledged pilots they would also sail down to the West Country to find ships coming up Channel in need of a pilot. Being a crewman was hazardous - between 1860 and 1887 53 local boatmen lost their lives. 'England's Glory' received many awards for services rendered to ships in distress, off the the Goodwin Sands in particular. Crews were interchangeable and it is possible that the Adams listed in the key on the reverse of the painting was Thomas Adams, who was the only survivor of another lugger, the 'Pride of the Sea', which was driven on to rocks near Shanklin in hurricane force winds in the winter of 1887. 

Collection of over sixty metal badges Bridgend & District Darts League 1946-7, Rainbow League, Surrey Special Constabulary, Air Ministry Constabulary, Herefordshire, Somersetshire & Lincolnshire Constabularies, Metropolitan Police, Life Boys, City of Armagh R.S.C., Orpington Rovers FC, Barnardos, Manx Rally Marshall badge, NUPE, Liverpool Salvage Corps, Railway Service L.N.E.R, Red Cross Society, Ark Club, St. John Ambulance Association Great Western Railway Centre, National Union of Railwaymen, Railway Convalescent Homes, RSPCA, Boy Scouts, Boys Brigade, Royal Life Saving Society, Women's Royal Voluntary Service, Girls Friendly Society, A.C.C. for King & Country enamel award & ribbon and Man of Kent & Kentish Man enamel award & ribbon 

Wreck Salvage, Roland Morris collection.  Various salvage to include three various sized round shot, two manilla bangles, a small bell, two wreck coins, a divers wrist depth gauge and a divers wrist compass.  Condition report all with verdigris or concretions. Roland Morris was a well known maritime archeologist, historian, writer and entrepreneur based in Cornwall, particularly Penzance. His most famous discovery was the wreck of the Association also working on other major wrecks around the Cornish coast. He also opened the Admiral Benbow a much celebrated pub filled with nautical themed decoration. 

Wreck Salvage, Roland Morris collection. A forged brass hammer head of shipwrights design, length 18cm. A similar hammer head was sold and illustrated by W.H Lane Sale of Sunken Treasure Sept 26th 1975 lot 1295 page 105. Roland Morris was a well known maritime archeologist, historian, writer and entrepreneur based in Cornwall, particularly Penzance. His most famous discovery was the wreck of the Association also working on other major wrecks around the Cornish coast. He also opened the Admiral Benbow a much celebrated pub filled with nautical themed decoration.

Wreck Salvage, the Association Roland Morris collection to include copper fastenings one stamped Forbes and HMS Association, one Roland Morris Association label.  Condition report all with verdigris or concretions. Roland Morris was a well known maritime archeologist, historian, writer and entrepreneur based in Cornwall, particularly Penzance. His most famous discovery was the wreck of the Association also working on other major wrecks around the Cornish coast. He also opened the Admiral Benbow a much celebrated pub filled with nautical themed decoration.

Roland Morris collection.  H.M.S Colossus The Story of the salvage of the Hamilton Treasure Roland Morris first edition 1979 signed, together with another unsigned, five copies of 2006 reprint, a French version, The Treasure of the Assoiciation 2007 and Sunken Treasure by Roland Morris. Roland Morris was a well known maritime archeologist, historian, writer and entrepreneur based in Cornwall, particularly Penzance. His most famous discovery was the wreck of the Association also working on other major wrecks around the Cornish coast. He also opened the Admiral Benbow a much celebrated pub filled with nautical themed decoration.

Wreck Salvage, Roland Morris collection. A massive copper rivet or fastening, length 34cm 8cm diameter together with a large length of copper. Condition report, some verdigris and paint splashes. Roland Morris was a well known maritime archeologist, historian, writer and entrepreneur based in Cornwall, particularly Penzance. His most famous discovery was the wreck of the Association also working on other major wrecks around the Cornish coast. He also opened the Admiral Benbow a much celebrated pub filled with nautical themed decoration.

Industrial Salvage - a workshop trolley on castors, 72cm x 84cm x 46cm;  Tools - early 20th century fruitwood loppers,  a late 19th century vice, pillar drill base and drill bits

Local Industrial Salvage - various cast metal Donald Doncaster forge signage letters and numbers etc

Ecclesiastical salvage - various early 20th century church organ pipes, painted in slate blue,tallest approximately 4ft high

Industrial Salvage - four substantial factory lights

Budgie Toys pair of Commercials comprising of (1) Leyland Hippo Coal Truck and (2) Salvage Crane. Conditions are Excellent to Excellent Plus in Good boxes. 

Architectural Salvage - a marble sign, Cheshire

TWO SALVAGE METAL WARES comprising cobbler's last on stand, and metal / enamel vintage converted lampProvenance: deceased estate Conwy

A large and scarce sheet of Watermarked banknote paper, salvaged from the S.S. Breda in the 1990's, the S.S. Breda was sunk by German Bombers in Scotland in 1940, the paper is watermarked 'RESERVE BANK OF INDIA 10 RUPEES' and displays an image of George VI, the sheet measures approx. 60cms x 60cms when unfolded, in very good condition considering the many years underwater, included is a copy of a press release pertaining to the salvage

Ships Bell. Brass bell salvaged from SS Elrfida 1889, which sank off the North East Coast following a collision with SS Glenlee on December 1906. The Bell is lacking clapper. Comes with Salvage information and history of the original owners. height 32 cm, mouth 30cmSHIPPING £38.00 PLUS VAT (UK ONLY)

Ecclesiastical Salvage - an early 20th century pitch pine church pew, 81.5cm high, 197cm wide, 53cm deep

Architectural Salvage, eleven matching 19th century Art Nouveau ceramic tiles Reg design Number 52218, each approximately 15 x 15cm

James II (1685-88), silver Crown, 1687 TERTIO, second laureate and draped bust left, legend and toothed border surrounding, IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned cruciform shields, seven strings to Irish harp, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB REX., edge inscribed in raised letters, +.DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. . ANNO. REGNI. TERTIO.+, 30.19g (Bull 743; ESC 78; S.3407). Attractively toned and well struck on a broad flan for this issue, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU58.NGC certification 8368384-001.A major influx of silver came into the mint for coinage during 1687, as a successful sea salvage operation of a treasure from the Spanish ship the Nuestra Señora de la Concepcion had occurred off the East Coast of North America. Remarkable in that the ship had sank some forty years before and had broken up over the Ambrosia Bank Shoal. William Phips was in charge of the successful recovery and delivery of some 25 tonnes of silver, which was made to the Mint in June 1687. Two commemorative medallions were produced in connection with the event, the "Silver Shoals" medal depicting on the reverse the wrecked hull of the ship and the salvagers approaching, and a second medal depicting Lord Albemarle whose Treasure hunting company had financed the expedition, with Neptune on the reverse. Perhaps this is why much of the silver coinage of James II often shows haymarking and flaws, as the silver used had been immersed in saltwater for some 40 years before refining, annealing, and striking.The coins were also rushed in their production as 25 tonnes of silver amounting to £205,536 of coin, was to be processed making weaknesses prevalent across the larger denominations. This input from the salvage was four fifths of the silver output in coin for 1687.The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "James the Second by the Grace of God," and abbreviated on the reverse as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland." Additionally on the edge as "An ornament and a safeguard, in the third year of the reign."

OSTEN-SACKEN FABIAN GOTTLIEB VON: (1752-1837) Baltic-German Field Marshal and General of the Russian Army. He governed Paris during the city's brief occupation by the anti-French coalition in 1814 and a second time in 1815. A.L.S., `Sacken´, one page, folio, Paris, 7th June 1816, to Count Pierre Dupont de l´Étang, in French. Osten-Sacken asks for a favour to his correspondent regarding a person he wishes to recommend, stating `Monsieur le comte, J´ai l´honneur de vous prier d´écouter avec obligeance Monsieur de Beaudot, chevalier de St. louis et de le traiter aussi favorablement que vous pourrez; c´est la derniere preuve que j´aurai peut-être l´honneur de réclamer de Votre Excellence mais c´est celle à laquelle je tiens davantage puisque j´ai des obligations personnelles à la famille respectable à laquelle appartient Monsieur de Beaudot...´ (Translation: "Sir Count, I have the honour to ask you to listen kindly to Monsieur de Beaudot, Knight of St. Louis, and to treat him as favourably as you can; this is the last proof that I may have the honour of requesting from Your Excellency, but it is the one to which I hold more since I have personal obligations to the respectable family to which Monsieur de Beaudot belongs...") Bearing at the base a red wax seal in fine condition. Very small minor creasing to the deges, otherwise GPierre Dupont de l´Étang (1765-1840) French Army officer, Nobleman and Politician who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Dupont de l´Étang was defeated in the Battle of Bailen after his Swiss troops deserted and returned to their former allegiance. Painfully wounded in the hip, Dupont felt constrained to capitulate. Altogether 17.600 French soldiers laid down their arms in the disaster. Madrid fell to the resurgent Spanish forces and this soon compelled Napoleon to intervene with his Grand Army in order to salvage the situation. Dupont fell into the Emperor's disgrace. Dupont was sent before a cout-martial, deprived of his rank and title, and imprisoned from 1812 to 1814. Released only by the initial Restoration, he was employed by Louis XVIII in a military command, which he lost on the return of Napoleon during the Hundred Days. But the Second Restoration saw him reinstated to the army and appointed a member of the conseil privé of Louis XVIII. Between April and December 1814, he was Minsiter of war.

Architectural Salvage - A vintage floor mounted heated metal towel rail, 106.5cm high x 92.5cm wide.

The Second War bomb and mine disposal George Medal awarded to Lieutenant S. E. Jenner, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, whose gallant work encompassed the Coventry Blitz of November 1940 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Elec Lieut Stanley Edmund Jenner, RNVR.) mounted on original investiture pin, nearly extremely fine £2,800-£3,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Penrith Farmers and Kidds, March 2000. G.M. London Gazette 27 June 1941: ‘For gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty,’ The original recommendation states: ‘This officer in November 1940 rendered safe three unexploded enemy mines, two at Coventry and one near the R.A.F. Station, Wythall. One mine, which fell in Humphrey Barton Road, Coventry, called for particular courage and coolness. It first had to be towed out of a hole by rope before it could be dealt with, and this task was made more harassing by an unexploded bomb within 10 yards. During this operation Lieutenant Jenner was ably helped by A.B. Tuckwell, G.C., who showed his usual complete disregard of danger.’ Stanley Edmund Jenner was educated at St. Dunstan’s College, London, and was a playing member of Aldershot Rugby Football Club in the mid-1930s. Commissioned as an Electrical Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in September 1940, he was quickly enrolled as a bomb and mine disposal officer at the shore establishment H.M.S. Lucifer. An account of some of his subsequent ‘incidents’ appeared in the Reader’s Digest in September 1942: ‘The land [parachute] mine is wholly unpredictable. If one fails to explode in the usual 22 seconds, it is impossible to guess when its mechanism may suddenly start. Lieutenant Stanley E. Jenner, for example, once rushed off to deal with a mine which had crashed through two upper stories of a Birmingham flour warehouse and was lying on the sixth floor. “I didn’t like the situation at all,” he told me. “Moving it was out of the question and working on it there meant that I had no chance of escape if it should show signs of going off. “Well, I started to work and in about an hour the mechanism suddenly began ticking – the Nazi rattlesnake’s usual 22-second warning. I fell downstairs in a hurry, expecting next step would find me on my way to Kingdon Come in a cloud of flour. But nothing happened, so after a bit I went back upstairs and found that the ticking had stopped. Thirty minutes later the mechanism went into action once more. Again I moved out in a hurry. “This time, when nothing happened, I sat down and smoked a cigarette. I couldn’t leave the mine there, of course – flour is too valuable in England. So back I went for a third try. When the ticking started again 15 minutes later, I stuck on the job as though nothing was wrong. It stopped again and in two hours the mine was as innocent as a baby.” ’ The recommendation for Jenner’s G.M. refers to two parachute mines that he rendered safe in Coventry in November 1940, most likely after the most devastating Luftwaffe raid of them all on the night of the 14th-15th, when the city was attacked by 500 aircraft. But omitted from the recommendation is the following incident, as also described in The Reader’s Digest: ‘Sometimes a deactivating job can be completed in 30 or 40 minutes. Other mines require four of five hours of nerve-racking effort. In one mine that fell on Coventry, Lieutenant Jenner told me, gadgets were not where he expected to find them; the colour of the wires had been changed; things stuck; the whole internal set up seemed to have been altered – and there he was all alone with it in a vast area of gutted buildings. Suddenly the clock started ticking and Jenner raced towards an underground shelter which he had selected in advance. When the explosion came, he was completely buried but they dug him out unharmed.’ Jenner was advanced to Lieutenant in January 1941 and gazetted for his G.M. in June, but it would not be until May 1943 that he was able to attend an investiture. In the interim, for a subsequent act of gallantry in disposing of a UXB aboard the M.V. Empire Salvage, he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 2 September 1941, refers). The UXB may well have been one dropped by the Fleet Air Arm on 15 June 1941, when the ex-Dutch ship was in the service of the Kriegsmarine. She was then boarded and taken as a prize. Sold with his Royal Society of St. George membership certificate, dated 8 October 1941, and an original copy of the above quoted edition of The Reader’s Digest.

The extremely rare Second War ‘V.C. action’ honorary D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant E. Obelkevitch, United States Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the famous assault on Oran harbour in November 1942, when he saved numerous lives aboard the stricken ex-U.S. cutter H.M.S. Hartland Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Mr. E. Obelkevitch. Gnr. U.S.N. H.M.S. Hartland.) impressed naming; U.S.A., Medal for Military Merit; U.S.A., Purple Heart; U.S.A., Navy Long Service; U.S.A., Defense; U.S.A., Campaign; U.S.A., European, African and Middle East Campaign,with three bronze stars; U.S.A., War Medal, these seven American awards added for display purposes and mounted for display in precedence to the D.S.M., extremely fine (8) £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Just 17 honorary awards of the D.S.M. were made to the United States Navy in the Second World War. Such awards were not gazetted but the original recommendation signed by Admiral of the Fleet ‘ABC’ Cunningham at Algiers on 13 October 1943 states: ‘On 8 November 1942, H.M.S. Hartland, flying the British and United States Ensigns, entered Oran under heavy fire in an attempt to prevent the sabotage of the port. Gunner Obelkevitch was leader of a boarding party. When this unit was wiped out by the explosion of a shell, he attempted to organise a hopeless attempt to extinguish the fires. His courage and initiative were an outstanding example and inspiration. He was ultimately instrumental in saving many lives of wounded men and remained on board after the deck was red hot and the ship in danger of blowing up at any moment.’ Edward Obelkevitch was born in Dickson City, Pennsylvania on 13 August 1900, and joined the United States Navy in December 1918. A Gunner (T.) by the time of the Second World War, he was appointed to command a boarding party from the ex-U.S. cutter H.M.S. Hartland in the famous attack on the port of Oran on 8 November 1942, for which action Captain F. T. Peters, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N., overall commander of the operation in H.M.S. Walney, was awarded the Victoria Cross. Described as a ‘miniature Zeebrugge’ the assault on Oran resulted in terrible casualties, both Hartland and Walney being sunk by a torrent of point-blank fire. In his book The Turn of the Road, ex-naval officer Sir Lewis Ritchie describes the unfolding scene of carnage as Hartland came under withering fire, and pays tribute to Obelkevitch’s gallant deeds: ‘In the meanwhile, Hartland had been picked up in the searchlight and came under a devastating fire from the shore battery. The entire guns’ crews were wiped out and a steam pipe was severed, drowning everything in the noise of escaping steam. The Captain was temporarily blinded by a splinter and wounded in the leg, and before he could recover, Hartland struck the breakwater. Regaining the sight of one eye, he put the engines astern and manoeuvred his ship through the entrance, heading her for the appointed objective; this brought Hartland under point-blank fire from a French destroyer. Shells burst in the motor-room and all power failed; they also burst in the spaces where troops were waiting assembled to land, transforming them into a shambles. With fires raging fore and aft, Hartland’s way carried her alongside the mole. Lieutenant-Commander Dickey, U.S.N., calling on his men to follow him, leaped ashore to attempt to seize a trawler alongside. Only one unwounded man was able to follow him. The dead lay heaped so thick on the upper deck that the wounded could not get at the hoses to fight the fires. The First Lieutenant, Lieutenant V. A. Hickson, R.N., made a gallant effort to pass a wire ashore, but there was no one left to man it effectively. The wind now caught the ship and she began to drift helplessly out into the harbour. Lieutenant Hickson blundered forward through a tempest of machine-gun bullets and let go the anchor. The flames, funnel-high, lit the White Ensign and “Old Glory” at peak and masthead above the careless sprawling dead, and tinged the smoke rolling away to leeward across the quiet waters of the harbour with a fierce and bloody glare. As if appalled at the sight of this blazing sacrifice, the French at last ceased fire. Then, and not until then, Lieutenant-Commander Billot gave the order to abandon ship. The deck was red hot: blinded with blood and twice more wounded, he clung to the rail, summoning strength to leave the ship. Lieutenant E. G. Lawrence, R.N.V.R., and Gunner Obelkevitch, U.S.N., who had fought the fires almost single-handed to the last, swam ashore, seized the French trawler’s dingy by force, paddled her with floorboards back to where their Captain clung to a scramble net. They hauled him into the boat and he urged them in a whisper to pull for the open sea and freedom. He was fainting from his wounds; they had only the floorboards with which to row and were covered in every direction by rifles and machine-guns … they were taken prisoner as they landed.’ Obelkevitch was held by the Vichy-French until the advancing Allies liberated him a few days later, following which he was promoted to Chief Gunner and awarded the British D.S.M. A qualified diver, he was subsequently commissioned Lieutenant and served out the war as a salvage officer. Obelkevitch retired from the U.S. Navy in April 1949, and died in California in March 1971. Sold with extensive copied research.

The scarce Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Acting Flight Commander C. C. ‘Jumbo’ Carlisle, Royal Naval Air Service, late Merchant Navy, one of the more unusual characters of ‘The Spider Web’ Sea-plane Flight at Felixstowe Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Flt. S. Lt. C. C. Carlisle, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Flt. Cr. C. C. Carlisle. R.N.A.S.); Denmark, Medal for Heroic Deeds, silver, mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Butterfield’s Auction, U.S.A., June 2000. D.S.C. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For zeal and devotion to duty between 1 July and 31 December 1917.’ The original recommendation states: ‘This officer has served on this station [R.N.A.S. Felixstowe] since August 1915 and has been consistent in carrying out his varied duties in a thorough and capable manner. I consider his influence on this station to have been highly valuable to the Service and most deserving of recognition.’ Cyril Campbell Carlisle was born in Liverpool on 14 March 1880, and originally served in the Merchant Navy, having been apprenticed to Nicholson & McGill in February 1896. He was awarded the Norwegian Medal for Heroic Deeds in respect of the rescue of the crew of the barque Varuna in 1902 and he gained his 1st Mate’s Certificate in the following year. His subsequent Master’s Certificate was obtained at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in August 1906, but on joining the Royal Naval Air Service in May 1915, he listed his current employment as that of a manager of a petroleum company in West Africa. Having undertaken pilot training at R.N.A.S. Chingford - seemingly without success, one report stating ‘he will never improve as a pilot’ - Carlisle was posted to R.N.A.S. Felixstowe for duty as ‘senior watch keeper and motor boats’ in January 1916. Subsequently described as ‘an exceptional officer with great ability to command,’ he was advanced to Flight Lieutenant in October 1916 and given charge of ‘seaplane lighters and motor boats.’ And apart from his detachment to Houton Bay ‘in connection with the America Seaplane’ in April 1917, he appears to have remained likewise employed until the war’s end. Having been advanced to Acting Flight Commander in March 1918, he transferred to the Royal Air Force in the rank of Captain and served in 70 Wing and in France. Carlisle emigrated to Canada in the 1920s but died back in the U.K. at Brighton, Sussex, in July 1969. A much liked and unusual character, some of Cyril Carlisle’s antics are recounted in The Spider Web, The Romance of a Flying-Boat War Flight, by ‘P.I.X.’, published in 1919, an amusing account of R.N.A.S. Felixstowe during the war, but, as the following extracts might illustrate, ‘Jumbo’ had an important part to play: ‘C. C. Carlisle, the Old Man of the Sea, or Jumbo, as he was called, because of his appearance and methods on the football field, was an institution on the station. He was in charge of the working party which did all the pulley-hauley work, and of the piratical crews of the motor-boats who looked after the flying- boats when they were on the water of the harbour. He had all sorts of fascinating model sheerlegs and derricks for training his men, and on occasion headed the salvage crew or the wrecking gang. He was a merchant service officer who had spent thirteen years at sea, part of the time fetching oil from Patagonia, and it was rumoured that he had also fetched from that salubrious spot his picturesque language. Some weekend trippers to Felixstowe, standing outside the barbed wire enclosing the beach, after watching and hearing, with eyes popping out and ears flapping, the unconscious Jumbo handling a working party bringing In the Porte Baby, wrote an anonymous letter to the Commanding Officer complaining of the earache, and adding, “it was Sunday too." This effusion was signed " A Disgusted Visitor." It was quite evident that the writer had never been with our armies in Flanders.’ ‘The new year [1918] opened badly. On the 2nd, in a thirty-knot wind, Gordon took off the harbour in a new type boat. As he rose from the water a petrol pipe failed, and not having height to turn he landed her outside down wind. She touched the water at a rate of knots, her bottom split open, and she sank in shallow water. Before she sank Gordon and his crew were taken off by a motor-boat. The Old Man of the Sea organised a salvage party. Jumbo boiled about in the sheds setting alight his trusty henchmen, and collected an amazing assortment of wire cables, ropes, balks of timber, flares, anchors, and what else I know not. The station tug Grampus, the steam hissing from her safety-valve through the zeal of her fireman (for the usual unexciting job of the crew was to bring bread and beef from Shotley, and this was an adventure), took the O.M.O.T.S.'s pet, the flat- bottomed salvage barge, in tow. They took it out and anchored it to windward of the wreck, but nothing further could be done until low water, which was at nine o'clock. In the darkness of the night, in the shadow of the sheds, Jumbo collected his piratical crew and packed them into the Grampus. I asked to be taken along, and we all shoved out through the guardships into the open sea. We could not get near the barge owing to the shallow water, and Jumbo forsook us, climbing with five of his satellites into a small dinghy, which, perilously overloaded, bobbed away over the heavy sea into the darkness. A long wait. The tug was rolling and tossing in the steep waves. A drizzling rain was falling. There were no shore lights, and the night was pitch-black. And then there was a glare of light in the distance, Jumbo had lit one of the acetylene flares on the stern of the salvage barge. The glare increased, and presently a light came bobbing over the water towards the tug, - it was a lantern in the bow of the dinghy. I climbed across and was ferried to the scene of activity. It was a weird sight. Five hissing acetylene flares surrounded the wreck with a fierce glow. Intense darkness all around, and in the brilliant pool of light a section of tossing waves, the flying-boat with her lower wings showing on the surface of the water, and the oilskin-clad men working on her. The wind was dying down, and as the tide fell the force of the waves was broken by the shoals over which they had already passed and by the barge. Jumbo took a short wire rope, with a wire hawser attached midway between the two ends, and had it worked down from the bow beneath the flying-boat. The ends were made fast to the engine bearer-struts, the men tying the knots under water, as the tide was now rising. Other men had made and fitted a wire sling for each engine, and to these two lines were made fast and taken to the barge. The slack in the wire hawser and the two lines was hauled in, and as the incoming tide raised the barge the flying-boat was lifted clear of the bottom. As soon as the water was deep enough Jumbo had the anchor heaved up and two motor-boats took the barge in tow. The flying-boat, supported on the surface by its lower wings moving through the water, followed after. It was towed by the two lines attached to the engines, the wire bridle under the bow preventing it nose-diving. The Old Man of the Sea processioned into the harbour in triumph. First the Grampus, then the two motor-boats, then the barge, and finally the flying-boat....

Industrial Salvage - a pair of metal and formica folding workshop chairs

Industrial Salvage - four substantial factory lights

Architectural Salvage and Folk Art - a 19th century wrought iron well head superstructure, crested by a cockerel, flanked by spires and scrolls, wrythen, arched frame, 172cm high, 99.5cm wide overall

Industrial salvage - a Weiss, London wall mounted machinist's lamp, height and angle adjustable, 90cm high, the projecting arm extending to approx. 75cm; a Reif Dresden machinist's wall mounted scissor lamp; an E.D.L. Lens Lite wall mounted adjustable magnifying lamp (3)

A smoking stand carved from the timber of H.M.S. Warspite. H-19cm x 11.HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. During the Second World War, Warspite was involved in the Norwegian Campaign in early 1940 and was transferred to the Mediterranean later that year. The ship bombarded German positions during the Normandy landings and on Walcheren Island in 1944. These actions earned her the most battle honours ever awarded to an individual ship in the Royal Navy. For this and other reasons, Warspite gained the nickname the "Grand Old Lady" after a comment made by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in 1943 while she was his flagship. She was scrapped in 1947 and eventually broken up on Marazion beach. According to the contractors, it remains the largest salvage operation ever carried out in British waters.

A British Military ship's bell from the coastal salvage vessel Kinbrace, height 28cm, diameter 27cm

Architectural Salvage - Early 20th century cast iron feeding trough. Of rectangular form with twin sections having gallery ends of arched form. Measures approx: 22x84x33cm

A MODEL SALVAGE TUG BOAT, 'ZWARTE ZEE' OF ROTTERDAM of principally plastic construction, the superstructure painted white with sand yellow masts, the deck painted green, the hull painted black over red oxide, fitted with an electric motor, 88cm long, in a wood travel / storage case.

Military hand and pocket books, including R.A.F, Army and NavyField Service Pocket Book 1926 (corrected up to August 1925); with a War Establishments leaflet, City of Edinburgh (Fortress) Royal Engineers, 28 York Place, Edinburgh ink stamps, including several fold-out coloured plates clipped down board coversGunnery Drill Book (Book II) 1913, again with several platesR.A.F Pocket Book 1937, reprinted in India July 1942 by N.W.R. Printing Press, Moghalpura, named to F/Lt J.W. Lowcock 142 Repair and Salvage Unit (F.R.D)Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (D.E.M.S) Pocket Book stamped Maritime R.A.F 1942Handbook for the 13-Pr Q.F. Mark V. Gun on Mark 1 Mounting, 1916, inscribed to H.M Transport, F.M Phillips, Gunlayer, with red ink stamp for Naval Officer in Charge of Defensive Armaments, 10th May 1917, 53 Bothwell StreetHandbook for the 18-PR Q.F Gun, Landservice, 1913, reprinted with amendments 1914 (poor condition with loose bindings, tatty cover and dog-eared pages), stamped for 5 'B' Reserve Brigade R.F.ABritish Transport Commission Instruction in regard to Acceptance and Conveyance by Rail of Armoured Fighting Vechicles, revised edition cancelling April 1944 Booklet, March 1957Artillery Training Vol. II, Gunnery, 1934Textbook of Ballistics and Gunnery, Part 1, 1938 (9)

Architectural Salvage - A Renaissance 16th / 17th century hand carved stone fountain head. The fountainhead depicting a male bearded face to front with elongated vessel to back.Measures approx. 30cm x 70cm x 40cm.

Industrial Salvage - stage lighting - a pair of large Major lighting/spotlight rigs, each comprising nine lamps, approx. 188cm long (2)

Industrial Salvage - stage lighting - a large lighting/spotlight rig, comprising ten adjustable lamps, 207cm long; another, smaller, four light rig, 93cm long (2)

Retail Salvage - advertising - a large metal and perspex rectangular projecting shop wall sign, 'WATCH REPAIRS', red letters on opaque ground, illuminated interior, 46cm high, 131cm wide, 21cm deep

Maritime Salvage - a teak  letter opener made from the Teak of HMS Iron Duke, Admiral Jellicoe's Flagship at the battle of Jutland in 1916;  a Westmister School cane;  Automobilia Interest - three AA car badges;  another, Wales The 26 gun Eurydice sank off the Isle of Wight during a severe snow storm in 1878, with the loss of 317 out of 319 crew, making her loss one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in the Royal Navy's history

A cast bronze piece of architectural salvage depicting a classical lady, 18th/19th century, 31cm.

(Shipping Line Histories) A wonderful collection. Scarce works 'Bugsier, Reederei und Bergungs A. G. Shipping, Towage and Salvage Company, Hamberg. Nordischer Bergungsverein, Northern Salvage Association, Hamberg. W. Schuchmann, Bremerhaven,' printed paper wraps with small tears and nibbles, string bound, ex libris label Courtney Library, top fore edge corner dog eared throughout, forty seven b+w photographic illustrations tipped in, with descriptive text in German and English, three colour maps, good to very good, scarce, Drudkerei-Gesellschaft Hartung & Co, Hamburg, [c.1927]; 'Seventy Adventurous Years. The Story of the Bank Line 1885-1955,' Blue cloth, ex libris, illustrated throughout, fine, reprinted from The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph, Liverpool, 1956; A. H. John. 'A Liverpool Merchant House. Being the History of Alfred Booth and Company,' first edition, unclipped dj, ex libris, fine, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1959; George Blake. 'The Ben Line. The History of Wm. Thomson & Co. of Leith and Edinburgh, and of the Ships owned and Managed by them 1825-1955,' first edition, ex libris, clipped dj, plates, fine, Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1956; 'The Michail A Karageorgis Group of Companies,' full faux leather with gilt decoration to front board, ex libris, illustrated throughout, fine, rare, no imprint or date; With a large collection of other works including the Donaldson Line, Eagle Tankers, Canadian Pacific, Chapman of Newcastle, The Constantine Group, Cory Fleet, Rederiaktieselskabet Dannebrog &c. &c. too many to list. (30+)

Architectural salvage and Garden - a pair of large circular metal hanging baskets, 70cm diameter x approx. 24cm deep, (2).

Architectural salvage- antique cast iron grill cover, approx. 127 cm x 33 cm

A WWII brass tankard, from salvage metal from the battlefields of North Africa, engraved with a map of Africa showing the landings in 1942 in Morocco, through to the end of the African campaign on the 13th May 1943, 12cm high.

Corgi Juniors Chevrolet Vans, seventy plus examples, in various liveries including Jaws (5), Wimpy (4), Golden Eagle (5), Derendinger, Swissair, Rivella, Young's, Fire Ball (2), Fire Salvage (2), Superman (2) and others, three in original packaging, F-E, boxes F (70+)

Architectural salvage - a large collection of antique terracotta roofing tiles, many impressed Dreadnought. Approximately 200 + tiles. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Architectural salvage and Garden - a pair of large circular metal hanging baskets, 70cm diameter x approx. 24cm deep, (2).

Architectural Salvage - an arched pitch pine door, bold ironwork hinges, 195cm x 83cm

Architectural Salvage - an early carved softwood Corinthian column order capital fragment in the manner of a portico, Athens, picked out in gilt, 31cm x 28cm x 13cm

A Samsung Home Cinema System : Samsung QE75Q7FAMTXXU 75" television set (control box & separate screen), complete with One Connect cable, with smart remote control handset as well as standard remote control handset, together with a Samsung MS 750 soundbar, with remote control handset, also a Samsung UBD-K8500 Blu-Ray disc player, with remote control handset, with a Samsung No Gap Wall Mount model WMN-M21E and twin suspension brackets for the soundbar, complete with all fixings, cables and user manuals. CONDITION REPORT: Please Note : This is a salvage lot as the screen (not the separate control box) is currently faulted. Initially the screen went off and with a replacement main PCB and a replacement One Connect cable the screen came back on. After an hour the screen went off again and no further repairs were attempted. The soundbar and Blu-Ray player are in working order.