CHATSWORTH SUMMER FINE ART SALE May 28th & 29th 2024

50 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 488. Militaria: An early 20th Century Naval Short Sword, the handle with ornate pommel leather and cross wire grip with cruciform bar inscribed ‘E. Prim’ and motif of anchor dated ‘1922’ issuing engraved steel blade housed in leather and metal mounted scabbard, approx. 48cms (19”). (1) €120 - €140 489. Militaria: - A 19th Century French M1831 Foot Artillery Short Sword, stamped Talabot, Paris, serial number ‘2775’ the brass handle of spiral form, and stamped ‘R’ on the ricasso, issuing long steel blade, housed in brass mounted leather scabbard, approx. 48cms (19”) long. (1) €150 - €200 490. Militaria: AWorldWar II Trench Dagger, with ebonised handle and leather scabbard with red thread, and inlaid motif of bird and snake on handle; together with another carved bone handled Trench or Hunting Knife, with shaped steel blade, stamped ‘ECO’, in tan leather scabbard, as a lot, w.a.f. (2) €100 - €150 491. Militaria: A U.S. Army Issue Trench ‘K’ Bar Dagger, the blade stamped ‘Rangers’ in original leather scabbard with turned ebonised handle, approx. 20cms (8”) long. (1) €180 - €220 492. Militaria: An early 20th Century Indian Long Dress Sword, the cruciform handle with each pommel and conforming hilt with cloth grip issuing steel blade, contained in decorative brass bound scabbard, approx. 72cms (28”); together with a 19th Century Indian steel ‘Katar’ (Dagger) with jointed double rail handle of plain design, with original wooden cloth covered scabbard, approx. 24cms (9”), as a lot. (2) €120 - €180 491 493. A late 19th Century Naval Officers Sword, retailed by James Cracknell, Queen Street, Portsea, the engraved blade with Central Royal motif, and the opposite side with crowned anchor, housed in leather and brass mounted scabbard. The hilt handle with hinge lock, and decorated with oval Naval motif, wire bound fish skin handle and lion head pommel, and decorated pommel, approx. 95cms (37½”) long. (1) Provenance: By Family Tradition, owned by Captain Septimus Moran, Royal Navy (friend of Lawrence of Arabia). €600 - €800 494. Militaria: A 20th Century Elkhorn, Solingen Army Issue Sword, the hilt with lion head with inset ruby type stone eyes, ebonised and wire grip, with acorn leaf moulding, with swastika mark and name “Dr. Becker,” approx. 81cms long (32”) with painted black metal scabbard. (1) Note: Peter Becker was a German neurologist who helped classify the muscular dystrophies, and described Becker muscular dystrophy and Becker myotonia. His involvement in National Socialism began in 1933, when he was compelled by his peers to join the SA (Brown Shirts). He later joined the Nazi party, the Nazi Doctors Association, and the Nazi Lecturers’ Association. He renewed his SA membership to maintain his position at a genetics institute. Colleagues stated postwar that he was not an active Nazi, and he was de- Nazified in 1947, and able to continue his career. Later, Becker admitted to most, but not all, of his Nazi memberships in his autobiography, and wrote 2 books exploring the origins of Nazism and racial hygiene. The “neurologic court of opinion”must weigh in on how we should best remember Becker, and at the very least, we as neurologists must learn the dangers of career opportunism at any cost. €400 - €600