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Some of the items already entered into

Thursday 15th & Friday 16th September Sale

 


 

 

 1894 Hong Kong Plague medal awarded to Major A Chapman

Lt.Col.A Chapman when a major was awarded this medal for his efforts in the 1894 Great Hong Kong Plague. 
A Justice Of The Peace for the Colony, he was one of the first civilians to volunteer for the plague  and a respected member of the Masonic Eothen Mark Lodge Hong Kong

One of his sons D. G. Chapman the youngest member represented Team GB and Hong Kong as an athlete in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam

The other son Ben Fletcher Chapman won the Taipoo shooting competition and whilst serving as an officer in WW1 with the Hong Kong and Singapore Camel Corps in Egypt 1916-1917 met Lawrence of Arabia
He was tragically killed at the Battle of Magdhaba when shot through the lens of his field glasses

 

 

   

                       Items from the estate of the late Right Honourable Lord Denis Healey 

 

       
 Japanese Carved Ivory and sWooden Figures  Selection of Shelley Art Deco Trios

One Owner

1957 BSA Bantam Major 150cc motorbike

1952 Green BSA Bantam 125cc motorbike

 

 Selection of Chinese Jade Jewellery
 Zsolnay Floor standing Vase    Carltonware tutankhamun dish        
     
Further entries welcomed until Friday 19th August