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Pair of 1790s Officers Pistols with brass barrels, in original case and fittings.
18/12/2024

Pair of 1790s Officers Pistols with brass barrels, in original case and fittings.

17th Century Royalist Painting for sale. Comes in antique style frame. Purchased direct from family upon the sale of Hay...
04/12/2024

17th Century Royalist Painting for sale. Comes in antique style frame. Purchased direct from family upon the sale of Hayton castle recently.

This chap is:

Sir Edward Musgrave 1st Baronet of Hayton Castle a ardent Royalist, he was a colonel at the battle of Preston. In 1648 he supplied the King with his own horse allowing him to escape.

Cromwell said to the duke "if he did not forthwith deliver ned musgrave then he would send a group of horse to storm his castle.

Painting is attributed to Jacob Huysmans

Fijan 'Kiakavo Clubs'
02/12/2024

Fijan 'Kiakavo Clubs'

08/08/2024

A decorative chiseled cup hilt north Italian rapier from the 17th century

A pair of Late 16th century gauntlets.
06/08/2024

A pair of Late 16th century gauntlets.

A Fantastic Medal Bar Grouping to Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews, VC (29 July 1911 – 30 March 1995) who...
04/08/2024

A Fantastic Medal Bar Grouping to Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews, VC (29 July 1911 – 30 March 1995) who was a British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry that can be awarded to British and the Commonwealth forces, for his actions during the Dunkirk evacuation in the Second World War. His medal group upon his death was given to the Lancashire regiment museum.

His Victoria Cross was awarded for the following:

War Office, 30th July, 1940.

His Majesty The KING has been pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned: —

Lieutenant (acting Captain) (now Captain) Harald Marcus ERVINE-ANDREWS, The East Lancashire Regiment.

For most conspicuous gallantry on active service on the night of the 31st May/1st June, 1940. Captain Ervine-Andrews took over about a thousand yards of the defences in front of Dunkirk, his line extending along the Canal de Bergues, and the enemy attacked at dawn. For over ten hours, notwithstanding intense artillery, mortar, and machine-gun fire, and in the face of vastly superior enemy forces, Captain Ervine-Andrews and his company held their position.

The enemy, however, succeeded in crossing the canal on both flanks; and, owing to superior enemy forces, a company of Captain Ervine-Andrews' own battalion, which was dispatched to protect his flanks, was unable to gain contact with him. There being danger of one of his platoons being driven in, he called for volunteers to fill the gap, and then, going forward, climbed onto the top of a straw-roofed barn, from which he engaged the enemy with rifle and light automatic fire, though, at the time, the enemy were sending mortar-bombs and armour-piercing bullets through the roof.

Captain Ervine-Andrews personally accounted for seventeen of the enemy with his rifle, and for many more with a Bren gun. Later, when the house which he held had been shattered by enemy fire and set alight, and all his ammunition had been expended, he sent back his wounded in the remaining carrier. Captain Ervine-Andrews then collected the remaining eight men of his company from this forward position, and, when almost completely surrounded, led them back to the cover afforded by the company in the rear, swimming or wading up to the chin in water for over a mile; having brought all that remained of his company safely back, he once again took up position.

Throughout this action, Captain Ervine-Andrews displayed courage, tenacity, and devotion to duty, worthy of the highest traditions of the British Army, and his magnificent example imbued his own troops with the dauntless fighting spirit which he himself displayed.

16th Century Cabbaset with a interesting repair at the front.
02/08/2024

16th Century Cabbaset with a interesting repair at the front.

A composite harqbusier armour from the 30yrs war, near the proof mark is an actual shotte which has nearly penetrated th...
26/07/2024

A composite harqbusier armour from the 30yrs war, near the proof mark is an actual shotte which has nearly penetrated through. A lot of these armours were sold for use in the English Civil Wars

Mk2 Martini Henry 1878
19/04/2024

Mk2 Martini Henry 1878

A composite harness with "swiss" pauldrons. Circa 1570ish. German made
14/04/2024

A composite harness with "swiss" pauldrons. Circa 1570ish. German made

A late 16th/ early 17th century continental cabbaset helmet with cheek plates
05/04/2024

A late 16th/ early 17th century continental cabbaset helmet with cheek plates

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