Militaria Auction Spring 2016

RICHARD C. B. HAKING (1862 - 1945) British general, who commanded XI Corps in the First World War, perhaps unfairly remembered for the high casualties

ROBERT HILL British Vice Admiral and naval surgeon, the principal surgeon of the Grand Fleet during World War I. Fine oversize S.P., 14" x 19&q...

WILLIAM A. "BILLY" BISHOP (1894-1956) Canadian aviator of World War I, officially credited with bringing down 72 enemy aircraft. S.P. 7&qu...

WORLD WAR I PERSONALITIES Group of three World War I-related signed items. Includes: FELIX VON LUCKNER (1881-1966), commander of the German commerce r

MAPS USED BY GEN. JOHN PERSHING IN THE PLANNING OF THE ST. MIHIEL OFFENSIVE Historic group of four maps used by A.E.F. Gen. John J. Pershing in the pl

GEN. ROBERT C. RICHARDSON, JR. WORLD WAR I DIARY TRANSCRIPT Revealing T.Ms. (unsigned), 47pp. [n.p., n.d., ca. 1940], being then-Major Richardson...

WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS' LETTERS Large lot of 39 letters and two post cards, most one to two pages, 4to., written by Allied soldiers at the Western...

(CHINA) ANTI-JAPANESE ORIGINAL POSTER ART Original ink and ink wash poster by noted Philadelphia newspaper political artist GILBERT ALLAN GEIST (1895-

WORLD WAR I BLACK SOLDIER RECRUITING POSTER Rare color recruiting poster used to attract black American men to join the Army, a 16" x 20" ...

SUBMARINE "DEUTSCHLAND" GROUPING The Deutschland was a blockade-running German merchant submarine in action during World War I. She was on...

"STARS AND STRIPES" REPRINTED ISSUES OF WORLD WAR I Bound collection of reprinted, full-size and complete issues of "Stars and Stripe...

CAPTURE AND SINKING OF U-58 BY THE SS FANNING Scarce lithograph of a photograph of the crew of the German submarine U-58 and an American boarding crew

WORLD WAR I COMBAT PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of 12 5" x 4" second-generation (period) combat photographs, includes dead in the trenches, American as...

EARLY NAVY BUGLER'S PHOTOS Lot of about 80 original photographs owned by a Navy bugler, ca. 1920s, various subjects including images taken at se...

ITALIAN "MILITARY SUPPLIES" SIGN Enamel-coated iron sign, 9" x 10 3/4", advertising a supplier of military uniforms and equipmen...

LUSITANIA AND CUNARD LINE PROMOTIONAL EPHEMERA Lot of two items includes a 14pp. 8vo. photo illustrated brochure issued by Cunard showing their variou

WORLD WAR I ARTILLERY SPOTTER'S RANGE FINDING DRAWINGS Excellent grouping of nine different original pencil drawings of an artilleryman's vi...

WORLD WAR I ARTILLERY SPOTTER'S RANGE FINDING DRAWINGS Excellent grouping of nine different original pencil drawings of an artilleryman's vi...

WORLD WAR I FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF SOLDIER Photograph, 3" x 5" b/w showing a self-assured American soldier leaning against a railing in a st...

WORLD WAR I GERMAN SOLDIERS Group of about 55 original photographs contained within a single album, almost all about 3" x 5", most subject...

WORLD WAR I LANTERN SLIDES Wooden box containing 46 b/w 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" glass lantern slides. Photographs depict soldiers in trenches, bat...

WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTER American propaganda poster from World War I, 20" x 30", shows a soldier returning home to his family with a ...

WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTER Rare American propaganda poster from World War I, 22" x 28", shows an infant in a bassinette "saying&qu...

WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTER Scarce American propaganda poster from World War I, 28" x 41", shows a group of soldiers in a snowy forest e...

WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTER American propaganda poster from World War I, 28" x 42", shows three smiling servicemen with the caption: &qu...

WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTER World War I propaganda poster, 26" x 32", marked Babcock. Colorful image of an American sailor riding a torp...

WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTER American propaganda poster, 21" x 28", by Palenske. Poster features Uncle Sam selling a sheet of War Savings...

WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTER American propaganda poster, 20" x 30", by H. DeWitt. This poster features several large crosses marking grav...

WORLD WAR I PROPAGANDA POSTER American propaganda poster, 21" x 32", features Uncle Sam with his arms around the shoulders of an American ...

FRENCH PROPAGANDA POSTER World War I French propaganda poster, 31" x 45", Jules-Abel Faivre's famous 1915 image of a French poilu quot...

WORLD WAR I GERMAN MILITARY AVIATOR'S VISOR CAP World War I-era German military aviator's visor cap, black wool side panel and wool peaked u...

WORLD WAR I ROYAL NAVY OFFICER'S COCKED HAT AND EPAULETTES Pair of epaulettes, each approx. 7 1/2" x 5", and a black velvet cocked hat...

AMERICAN WORLD WAR I HELMET WITH U.S. 3RD INFANTRY INSIGNIA M1917 helmet which retains most of its original finish of crushed cork, as well as the ent

GERMAN WORLD WAR I HELMET German M1916 "Stahlhelm" issued to infantry soldiers during the latter half of World War I. The item bears most ...

OHIO "BUCKEYE" DIVISION UNIFORM Ohio National Guard "Buckeye" Division tunic, with (unmatched) pants and shirt, all in very good...

WORLD WAR I "DUG" INSIGNIA Lot of three pieces of insignia dug by an American official of the Office of Homeland Security employed at Brus...

WORLD WAR I US NAVY OFFICER'S JACKET Very dark blue wool U.S. Navy officer's jacket. The collar tabs each bear a fouled anchor insignia and ...

GOLD BRITISH SUBMARINE SERVICE LAPEL PIN A real British World War I rarity, a solid gold clasp depicting a British submarine, probably D-Class, undoub

CASED IRON CROSS AWARDED TO A NON-COMBATANT Scarce cased 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class with ribbon and case, awarded to a non-combatant. The medal, though

IRON CROSS, 2ND CLASS World War I-issue Iron Cross, 2nd Class, unmarked. Paint remains fine, in excellent condition.

IRON CROSS, 1ST CLASS World War I-issue Iron Cross, 1st Class, beveled pin on reverse, unmarked. Paint remains very good with only the slightest wear

WORLD WAR I RIBBON BAR WITH IRON CROSS Excellent original World War I German soldier's pin-back medal bar. The four medals tied together include...

WORLD WAR I IRON CROSS, FIRST CLASS Iron Cross, 1st Class, unmarked, slightly vaulted, black finish remains good, quite tarnished. Catch for pin was r

IMPERIAL GERMAN WAR ENSIGN War ensign of Imperial Germany, 32" x 48", dyed wool with a canvas reinforced hoist which still bears the origi...

IRON CROSS, 2ND CLASS World War I issue Iron Cross, 2nd Class, very good condition with excellent paint, with small replacement ribbon.

ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY MEDAL GROUP Lot of three medals named to British Gunner R. K. Hamper of the British Field Artillery includes the British Victory

1915 ROSENTHAL PORCELAIN RED CROSS PLATE Rare 1915 Rosenthal porcelain plate, 8 3/8" dia., issued to benefit the "Vaterlandischer Frauenve...

TRENCH ART SELF-PROPELLED CANNON One of the most involved pieces of trench art we have seen, an enormous tracked artillery gun measuring 40" lo...

WORLD WAR I MODEL 1917 C.T. BOLO KNIFE Large single-edged knife, 14 3/4" long, with a 10" blade. The blade, tang, and pommel are one piece...

ARAB TRENCH ART ON RUSSIAN SHELL CASING Attractive piece of trench art from a World War I battlefield in the Middle East, a 6" tall section of ...