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Bonhams London, New York

Date of the auction: 29.01.2021

Lot number 25
DUNKIRK: A COLLECTION OF FLAGS FROM THE "LITTLE SHIP": PADDLE STEAMER...

[The blue ensign flag flown on board during the Dunkirk crossings, May 26th to June 4th. A fine...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 26
DUNKIRK GROUPING: THE STERN RED ENSIGN AND OTHER RELICS FROM THE SS ARULUEN.

Turner, Robert, Chief Officer SS Aruluen, during Dunkirk. [The red ensign flown from the stern of...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 27
WORLD WAR II: RAF SCRAMBLE BELL.

[British, manufactured 1939, and in use 1939-45.] A Cast Brass bell, with dark varnished wooden...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 28
WORLD WAR I: ROYAL AIR FORCE ENSIGN.

[Ministry of Defense, England]: dated [19]39. A woolen RAF ensign flown from RAF Debden, in Essex...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 29
WORLD WAR II: BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

40th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, 1940-1980. Bath: The Military Gallery, 1980. 4to, folder...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 30
GERMAN U-BOAT CHART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

Quadratkarte Nord Atlantischer Ozean. Nr 1870 G. Kartengruppe, Kriegsmarinewerft, Kiel: Dated 1938...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 31
WORLD WAR II: WALT DISNEY. "THE VANISHING PRIVATE."

Walt Disney Productions. Three preliminary pencil sketches of Donald Duck marching in uniform, taken...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 32
WORLD WAR II: BRITISH HOME FRONT PROPAGANDA POSTERS.

A collection of eight Home-Front British propaganda posters. Britain, Ministry of Health and Others...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 33
WORLD WAR II: US RADIO WAR NEWS BROADCASTS.

Raborg, Major Paul. 1886-1956. A volume of radio broadcast news scripts on the Progress of the War...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 34
STARS AND STRIPES NEWSPAPER, MEDITERRANEAN ISSUE.

Italy Issue: June 1 - November 9 1944. A Bound volume of c.130 issues of the Stars and Stripes, in...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 35
USAAF: THE NORDEN BOMB SIGHT.

A Mark XV model Norden Bomb Sight, M9 sighthead. Carl L Norden inc, USA: in production 1932-1950...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 36
D-DAY: HISTORIC 48 STAR AMERICAN FLAG. CARRIED BY EDWARD ZANE MCFADDEN...

McFadden, Edward Zane "Mack". 1922-2002. [carried by McFadden into Normandy late May 1944.] A...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 37
D-DAY: OMAHA BEACH VETERANS GROUPING.

A Collection of relics belonging to Alfred Wenham, a British sailor on a British LCA operating in...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 38
WORLD WAR II: 48 STAR US NAVY JACK FLOWN FROM LST 420 ON THE NORMANDY BEACHES.

[USA: c.1943-44.] A United States Navy Jack, woolen construction with 48 cotton stars, double...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 39
WORLD WAR II: THE US ENSIGN FROM USS PLUNKETT.

[USA: 1941-45.] A United States woolen Ensign (Stars and Stripes), from USS Plunkett DD-431, a...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 40
LIBERATION OF PARIS GROUPING.

A French National Flag and several booklets relating to the Liberation of Paris. [The flag reputed...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 41
WORLD WAR II: OMAR BRADLEY IN WESTERN EUROPE.

Cutler, Nathan, Official Photographer to Omar Bradley. The Nathan Cutler archive of Photographs of...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 42
BATTLE OF BASTOGNE: Acting Commander of the 101st Airborne defending Bastogne.

McAuliffe, Anthony Clement, 101st Airborne Division. 101st Airborne Shoulder Patch together with a...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 43
WORLD WAR II: BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

Directional road sign "BANDE 1K". [Belgium: Recovered from a cross roads near Bande after January...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 44
BATTLE OF THE BULGE: DIRECTIONAL ROAD SIGN, "NEUFCHATEAU 49K."

[Recovered from a road junction north of Neufchateau, in the German occupied sector of the Ardennes...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 45
WORLD WAR II: BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

Directional road sign "Libramont 3K." [Recovered from the area outside of Libramont, Belgium, after...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 46
BATTLE OF THE BULGE RELIC.

Stone, Charles Eber. Artist and cartoonist. 1923-2000. Cartoon of a German General and young...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 47
BATTLE OF THE BULGE: WATERCOLOR OF THE 17th AIRBORNE DIVISION'S ATTACK ON...

Blair, Robert Noel. Artist. 1912-2003. "Battle for Monte in the Ardennes." Painted in a Liege...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 48
48 STAR AMERICAN FLAG.

[Annin and Co.] with Sterling all wool bunting label, c.1940s. A World War II period 48 star woolen...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 49
WORLD WAR II RUSSIAN ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA POSTERS.

[TASS News Agency, Moscow: 1942-45.] A fine collection of 3 wartime Russian propaganda posters...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 50
WARTIME SECRET SERVICES: OSS EXPANDABLE STEEL SPRING BATON AND LEAD...

[USA: 1942-45.] An OSS (Office of Strategic services) expandable steel spring baton (cosh), with its...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 51
WORLD WAR II: AN OSS DUMMY "OTTAWA" FOUNTAIN PEN/DAGGER

A clandestine fountain pen, containing a steel spike weapon. [USA: 1942-45.]. A normal-looking...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 52
WORLD WAR II: A CLANDESTINE OSS WRISTWATCH WITH COMPASS.

An Office of Strategic Services compass/wristwatch. [USA: 1942-45.] An OSS wristwatch, with a false...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 53
WORLD WAR II: CLANDESTINE OSS PIPE DAGGER.

[USA: c. 1942-45.] An American OSS (Office for Strategic Services) secret agents' pipe dagger...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 54
GERMAN POLICE STAHLRUTE (steel whip).

[Germany; 1939-45.] Steel handle enclosing two steel coils with a weighted head, marked "Sipo" on...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 55
THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

Forrestal, James. Naval teletype message from SECNAV to ALNAV announcing the news of the death of...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 56
WORLD WAR II: THE FIRST SURRENDER OF GERMAN FORCES AT LUNEBURG HEATH.

An official British Signal informing the 21st Army Group to cease Offensive Operations immediately...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 57
PEARL HARBOR: A FRUIT BOWL FROM THE U.S.S. ARIZONA.

Newcastle, PA: [c.1930.] A Shenango China United States Navy fruit bowl from the USS Arizona, the...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 58
US JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT POSTER: CIVILIAN EXCLUSION ORDER.

Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration. Instructions to all...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 59
PACIFIC THEATER: RAF CBI BLOOD CHIT.

S.E. Asia: 1942-45. A rectangular white rayon cloth, printed on one side with the British Union Jack...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 60
PACIFIC THEATER: USAAF AIRMAN'S ESCAPE PACK.

[USA: 1942-45.] An interesting USAAF Airman's Escape pack, comprising: 1. A small brown canvas...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 61
THE IWO JIMA FLAG RAISING.

Rosenthal, Joseph. War Photographer. 1911-2006. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, with a mint sheet of...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 62
FELIX DE WELDON, SCULPTOR 1907-2003.

"The Flag Raising on Iwo Jima" Statue. [Italy: 1945.] A cast metal small statue of the first Iwo...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 63

A gold painted plaster bas-relief plaque of the Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima. [Washington: c...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 64

FELIX DE WELDON. SCULPTOR. 1907-2003. The plaster maquette model for one of the three figures in the...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 65
TWO 13-STAR US NAVY BOAT FLAGS.

[USA: first half of 20th century.] A large 13 star "boat" flag for naval use on launches and...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 66
48 STAR AMERICAN FLAG, FOR NAVAL USE.

[USA: 1940s.] A large 48 star American flag, for a capital ship. 1450 x 2870 mm. (57 x 120 inches...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 67
US NAVY UNION JACK AND CEREMONIAL US 48-STAR FLAG.

[1944-45.] A nylon late World War II period US Navy Union Jack, blue ground with 48 embroidered...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 68
JAPANESE TYPE 92 FIELD TELEPHONE.

[Japan: 1940-45.] A standard Type 92 Japanese military Field phone, with separata metal ear and...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 69
IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY: SHIN GUNTO OFFICERS SWORD.

A Type 98 Officers Shin Gunto sword. [Japan: 1943-44.] A ceremonial Japanese Army sword, with a...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 70
A JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY PARADE SWORD.

[Japan: 1940-44.] A Japanese Naval Officers sword, with dulled steel blade, without tsuba, a...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 71
IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY: A SUBMARINE FLAG FOR PERAK 131.

[Handed over by a Japanese Captain when he surrendered his vessel in 1945.] A white linen Japanese...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 72
JAPANESE ARMY WINTER MITTENS.

[Japan: 1941-45.] Two pairs of Japanese Army leather mittens, a winter pair for extreme cold, with...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 73
JAPANESE IMPERIAL MILITARY SAKE CUPS.

[Japan: 1920-45.] A Collection of approximately 128 small commemorative porcelain sake cups, in...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 74
JAPANESE IMPERIAL MILITARY LACQUERWARE.

[Japan: 1930-45] A Collection of red and black commemorative military lacquerware pieces, comprising...

Bonhams London, 29 Jan 2021
Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
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