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Sudbury Ontario: September Roadshow - Treasures Archive 2008
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Our thanks goes to the Greater Sudbury City Council for inviting us to Sudbury for a two day Sell Out event in the old market in down town Sudbury. Here are a few of the treasures Sudbury turned up.
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Lalique - The Magic of Art Nouveau A rare Lalique Bowl. |
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We know what's special about this rare Lalique Bowl . Rene Lalique (1860-1945) was one of the most famous names in the French Art Nouveau movement. Lalique glass is lead based and either mold blown or pressed. Generally the glass is crystal combined with acid-etched relief. Coloured pieces are especially prized by collectors. By the 1930's, Lalique was world renowned as the most important glass designer of his time.
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The Great Escape - Stalag Luft III, Sagan March 24/25th, 1944 - Poland
But what's so special about this movie theatre poster for the Great Escape?
The Great Escape autographed poster Nothing particularly special about this Great Escape poster at first sight. Just a movie poster which showed up in Sudbury on a Sunday morning. After all, the Great Escape was just a movie made in 1963 starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, James Coburn, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson and in this film, in one of his greatest roles Donald Pleasance. The Great Escape was all about a daring escape from a German prisoner of war camp. The significant twist: This very poster contains the autographs of all the surviving members of the real prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft III on which the Great Escape is based, including its heroes, escapees, officers and men. Their signatures collected at a dinner in their honour in Germany through the Royal Air Forces Ex-POW Association. Now value that! Astoinishing.
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Stunning Royal Bonn Vase |
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P Hardy 1924: Magnificent nickel presentation trophy of a beaver Awarded to the Coniston office on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Mond Nickel Company 1900 -1925from nickel mined at Worthington and refined at Consiton Photograph: Jackie Freeman Photography
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Sudbury Royal Bonn Vase This Art Nouveau vase by Royal Bonn is an excellent example of the work created by Franz Anton Mehlem. FAM operated from the pottery in Bonn, Germany from 1836-1931. This Royal Bonn pottery vase was bought by Villeroy & Boch in 1921 and subsequently closed in 1931.
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Henry George Trott: Survivor of the India Campaign, the Boer War and World War I Photograph: Jackie Freeman Photography
Henry Trott's India Campaign, Boer War and World War I Medals
A young Englishman called Henry George Trott ( 1875 -1940 ) enlisted in the British Army to serve his Queen on January 4th 1894 at the age of just 19 and joined the 2nd Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment. By the year 1897 serving in the Chitral India Campaign, he had been awarded the India Medal 1895 with two clasps, the Punjab Frontier clasp 1897-98 and Tirah clasp 1897-98 A little about the Chitral campaign: Tribesmen in Chitral which is a district in northernmost Pakistan, remained vehemently hostile to the British, who had entered the area and established an agency there in 1889. In 1895, a coup d'etat in Chitral cost the life of the ruling chief and the victors attempted to drive out the British representative. This necessitated the dispatch of a 16,000 - man British expedition of which young Henry Trott was a member, sent there to reduce the rebels. The Tirah clasp was awarded to all troops forming part of the Tirah Expeditionary Force, including the Kurram Moveable Column and the Peshawar Column, who proceeded beyond either Kohat or Peshawar between 2nd October, 1897 and 31st January, 1898, inclusive. And the Punjab Frontier clasp was given to commemorate the actions of all troops forming part of the Tirah Expeditionary Force, who proceeded beyond either Kohat or Peshawar between 2nd October, 1897 and the 6th April, 1898.
Henry George Trott went on to serve dutifully in South Africa during the Boer war and was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal (QSA) 1899 - 1902 with four clasps, This in itself is an astonishing achievemen,t as poor logistics and terrible disease made the South African campaign a tough one for the British soldier to survive. With men often having to go without basics such as food and water and enteric fever killing many thousands. This combined with having to fight a guerrilla war against a disciplined and capable enemy as the Boer who were excellent horsemen and marksmen, made this a hard won medal. The Boer war was fought between the British colonialist in the Southern portion of Africa and the Boers of South Africa. The most modern published casualty rolls run to over 50,000 names and many more unpublished casualties remain to be found.
Mr Trott's Medal Clasps: Wittebergen clasp Awarded to all troops who were inside a line drawn from Harrismith to Bethlehem, thence to Senekal and Clocolan, along the Basuto border, and back to Harrismith, between lst and 29th July,1900, both dates inclusive. Transvaal clasp Awarded to all troops in the Transvaal at any time between 24th May, 1900 and 31st May, 1902, inclusive who had not received a clasp for a specific action in the Transvaal. Modder River clasp Awarded to all troops under Lieut. General Lord Methuen's command who were north of Honey Nest Kloof (exclusive) and south of the Magersfontein ridge (exclusive) on 28th November, 1899. Belmont clasp Awarded to alltroops under Lieut. General Lord Methuen's command who were north of Witteputs (exclusive) on 23rd November, 1899. He also was awarded the South Africa medal 1901 Awarded to all troops who served in South Africa between 1st January, 1901, and 31st December, 1901, both dates inclusive, who were not eligible for the King's South Africa Medal and the South Africa 1902. This was given to all troops who served in South Africa between 1st January, 1902, and 31st May, 1902, both dates inclusive, who were not eligible for the King's South Africa Medal.
Henry Trotts distinguished and some might say unbelievably lucky survival during the terrible years of his career in the army, when at any time his chances of survival through any of his battles and encounters was virtually nil, gave way to a further magnanimous period serving in Europe fighting for his King and country.This time in the trenches of the Somme. For which he was awarded the Great War medals and also the Distinguished Service Medal. In 1915, whilst serving in the trenches at Ypres, Henry Trott fell as a result of a chlorine gas attack by the Bosch, the effects of which he carried with him for the rest of his life.
His military campaign medals are proudly owned and kept by his family and we were both humbled and privileged to see and be a part of his remarkable story thanks to the Sudbury Town Council.
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Victorian Scrapbook of a tour taken in 1887. Photograph: Jackie Freeman Photography
Photographs: ©Jackie Freeman Photography 2008 Articles by Maureen Wickham and David Freeman ©2008
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