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LOT 2141
German Badge, Medal and Other Item Group
MID-LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 14 1/2 in. (118 grams total, 1.4-37 cm).
Including WW1 Saxony Friedrich August Medal Silver FA Medaille; on watch chain with black enamelled cross marked '1914'; Crimean War Society pin badge; Red Cross service badge with ribbon; reproduction Blue Max 'Pour Le Merite' WW1 Medal; and other items. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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German WWI 'Constantin Cigaretten' Tin with Two Kriegsmarine Plates
1914-1918 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Tinplate container with printed design for 'Constantin Kaiserpreis'; printed instruction plate for 'Apparat 84I'; square cast plate for Selbstanlaser 'automatic starter'. 274 grams total, 8.6-15 cm
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Naval Leather Binocular Case
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Moulded case with lid and strap handle, the lid with a stamped M beneath a crown and flanked by handwritten numbers 2 and 7. 705 grams, 19.2 cm wide
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson. -
German WWI SM U-120 U-Boat Clock, Flag Sock and Flags
1918 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Comprising: naval timepiece in watertight casing with substantial pierced lugs for attachment, manufactured by Franz Happe, Kiel and with issue no. M4923 on the dial; two printed cloth ensigns with halyard and D-ring clip, each with Nordic cross in black on a white field, a black-edged disc in the centre with Prussian splayed and crowned eagle, and black-white-red tricolor in the canton with an Iron Cross, blue anchor below and to the reverse manufacturer's label 'J. Haller / Fahnen Manufactur / Stettin N. Konigsstr. 5'; canvas sleeve with inked notation 'German ensign from "UB120" 24-Nov-1918'. 3.32 kg total, 22-152 cm
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
SM U-120 was a Type UE II long-range minelayer submarine of the Imperial German Navy. She was built at Hamburg, Germany, by Aktiengesellschaft Vulcan and launched on 20 June 1918. She was commissioned in the Imperial German Navy on 31 August 1918 with Kapitänleutnant Hans von Mellenthin in command. She was surrendered to Italy on 22 November 1918.
