Lot: 1
Selection of ink-signed Photos (18) and programmes (2) including Tom Walls, Richard Tauber, Reginald Dixon (2), Robert Taylor, Jessie Matthews, Rosalind Russell, George Formby, Will Hay, Ivor Novello and Harry Roy; plus few with printed/stamped signatures. PC size to 9 x 7”. VG/VF
Lot: 19
Walter Reder and Herbert Kappler (senior commanders in the Waffen-SS) a full-page typed letter ink-signed at foot by both, written at Gaeta Military Prison, Italy, in 1976, where they had been imprisoned for war crimes, together with original envelope. Plus supporting biographical details.
Lot: 20
German Knights Cross winners, WW2, a selection of autographed cards with signatures of Helmut Wandmaker, Walter Schinler, Horst von Schroeter, Gerhard Fleschsig, Karl Rammelt and Heinz Rokker. Fine. (6)
Lot: 21
Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, pair of Special Messages issued October 1942 to the Officers & Men of the 8th Army ahead of the Battle at Al Alamein, both ink-signed by Montgomery in 1970, together with a further Message issued in November 1942, unsigned, and few related items. These messages were the property of the late J. Dixon, a signaller in the 8th Army, who was able to meet Montgomery in 1970 and obtained Monty’s signatures in person. 19x12cm and 19x16cm, some creasing, laid down on thin card. VG
Lot: 42
Cricketers from the West Indies, 1950, souvenir tour programme issued by Playfair, ink-signed internally by 13 team members including Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, John Goddard and Alfred Valentine. Front cover creased, VG internally.
Lot: 137
Kishtwar 1985 Himalayan Mountaineering Expedition PPC to UK with special Base Camp handstamp, autographed by 9 expedition members. VG condition.