1848 'YOUNG IRELANDERS REBELLION': AN IRISH PIKE BY DAVID HYLAND OF DUBLIN, 183cm h x 18cm w The pike with original ash handle, the head stamped clearly 'HYLAND'. The Young Irelanders' pikes were made in the same way as those of 1798. In Dublin, Hyland, the best known of all the pike makers, had ' several men constantly employed in manufacturing pikes ' Hyland produced what were undoubtedly the best weapons of their kind ever to be made in Ireland. 'Pike maker, by appointment, to the Castle,' The Nation called him, in ironical allusion to the Government discomfiture over a bogus order given him as a test of his activities by an official. It has to be said about the only weapon which might typically deserve the name of 'Irish Pike ' was this type, made by Hyland especially for the 1848 Rebellion.

A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER MEDAL (DSO) IN ORIGINAL GARRARD AND CO CASE, along with a territorial George VI medal and six miniature medals to include the DSO. Medals awarded to Mr Bernard Shattock, London

A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF MEDALS, RECORDS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, DIARY ENTRIES AWARDED TO ROYAL AIR FORCE CORPORAL COLIN GREGORY 'PIB' PIBWORTH (1928-2001), Including a wartime 'collection of notes and facts' by Pibworth from 1943-44. Fascinating maps, coded messages and diary entries of military activity in London. One entry from 29th June 1943 'Streatham, July 3rd 1943: About 1000 Canadian Army lorries passed through Streatham today, with about 300 motor cyclists. The lorries were towing 6 anti-tank guns, bofors and 25-pounders'. After the war, Pibworth lived near Caernarfon and spent the majority of his working life in the RAF, dedicated to mountain rescue. Over the years Pibworth trained hundreds of young airmen, took part in the 1951 Black Easter rescue on Snowdon, helped build a runway in Guam and set up a Desert Rescue Team. He was aware the British Empire Medal in 1973. Corporal Pibworth was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1960, as well as the Campaign Service Medal for Malaya and Saudi Arabia, as well as the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct. Pib worth was also the Mountain and Desert Rescue Team at RAF Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Pib worked and travelled widely overland in the Trucial States and Muscat and Oman on training missions. He also advised many servicemen, civilians and would-be 'deserteers' from his considerable experience, and trained many Gulf aircrew in desert survival techniques in the periodic survival courses run by the Mountain and Desert Rescue Team. Possibly related medal here awarded to Pibworth from 'Federation Iranienne de La Montagne' Pibworth was also awarded the Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals medal for Animal Life Saving. Awarded for his courage and humanity in rescuing two ewes from a mountain ledge, Pen Y Cae, Glamorgan, 1968. Co Literature: Read the memoirs and achievements below of Colin 'Pib' Pibworth https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2002_files/AJ%202002%20230-236%20Card%20Pibworth.pdf

VICTORIA CROSS MEMORABILIA: AN ORNATE 15CT GOLD POCKET WATCH FOB WITH CENTRAL RED CARNELIAN INTAGLIO ENGRAVED FOR VICTORIA CROSS AND 'CHARLES DAVIS LUCAS 21ST JUNE 1854' 17cm in length Weight 24gms Rear Admiral Charles Davis Lucas VC was an Irish-born Royal Navy officer whose gallantry in 1854 was the earliest action that led to the award of the Victoria Cross, the highest British award, which is for gallantry in the face of the enemy. He reached the rank of rear admiral during his time in the navy. Lucas was born in Druminargal House, County Armagh, on 19 February 1834. He enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1848 at age 13, served aboard HMS Vengeance, and saw action in the Second Anglo-Burmese War of 1852–53 aboard the frigate Fox at Rangoon, Pegu, and Dalla. By age 20, he had become a mate. For his gallantry during the Battle of Bomarsund of the Crimean War, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for the following deed: On 21 June 1854 in the Baltic, HMS Hecla, with two other ships, was bombarding Bomarsund, a fort in Åland off Finland. The fire was returned from the fort, and at the height of the action a live shell landed on Hecla's upper deck, with its fuse still hissing. All hands were ordered to fling themselves flat on the deck, but Lucas with great presence of mind ran forward and hurled the shell into the sea, where it exploded with a tremendous roar before it hit the water. Thanks to Lucas's action no one on board was killed or seriously wounded by the shell, and accordingly he was immediately promoted to lieutenant by his commanding officer. Lucas was personally presented with the Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria at the first VC investiture held at Hyde Park, London, on 26 June 1857.

MARITIME INTEREST: AN 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY PAINTED PUB SIGN 'THE ROBERT BRADFORD', Naive school painting, double sided, depicting a large green painted ship on choppy waters. Frame looks to be original. There is a possibility of later restorations or additions, E.G the Robert Bradford. 83cm x 73cm x 7cm