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A Churchill Collection with an Australian Connection. - Large…
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Melbourne
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30-Jun-2015
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A Churchill Collection with an Australian Connection. - Large bronze medal (113 mm) engraved 'Salute the Great Coalition 1940 - 1945 / To Walter Meyer From Winston Churchill 1953'. - Large bronze (73 mm) medal Louis XIX/Versailles 1687. 'The Form and Order of the Service 2 June 1953 - The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II' hard-bound, red cloth with gold embossed title and coat of arms; 61pp. A cigar humidor stamped inside the lockable lid for presentation to Winston Churchill from the Cuban Delegation to the 1948 Olympics in London. - A timber cigar humidor/presentation box from the Philippines, with the initials 'Wc' engraved on the lid. (clasps broken at rear) - Churchill, Winston S. Photo portrait signed ('Winston S. Churchill'), mounted, signed at bottom edge of mount, 'Vivienne 20th century Studios' stamp on verso, A Fine Later Image of Churchill. - Churchill, Clementine. A fine studio portrait signed and endorsed at bottom edge 'To Walter, with good wishes for a happy future, Clementine S. Churchill, November 1953. - Autographed letter sheet on 10 Downing Street note paper; dated 23 November 1953 and signed by Winston Churchill: 'Walter Meyer has been in my household since April 1949, first as Butler, and for the last eighteen months as my Personal Valet. In both these posts he has shown great ability, diligence, and thoroughness, and he is conscientious and willing. I wish him good luck for the future.' - Autographed letter sheet on 10 Downing Street note paper; dated 1st April 1952 and signed by Clementine N. Churchill: 'Walter Meyer has been Butler in my household since April 1949.....In addition to his normal duties as Butler, he has looked after my Husband whenever his valet has been away from the house.....' - Two photographs from Alamein, signed and endorsed by Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery. - A painting ('Villa on the French Riviera', signed and dated lower right 'E. Murray, '53'. [Edmund Murray was Churchill's bodyguard, who accompanied him on painting expeditions) - A folio of original photographs recording life at 10 Downing Street and at other places; painting expeditions, formal and informal meetings, etc. Also included are a number of invitations, menus, programmes and other relevant documents. An unique collection recording the period during which Swiss born Walter Meyer [1925-2002] was in the employ of the Churchills, a period coinciding with Churchill's 2nd Prime Ministership, 1951-55. During this period, Meyer travelled with Churchill to the USA, France, Jamaica and Eastern Europe. Whilst in Churchill's service he met Stalin, Tito, Eisenhower and De Gaulle. Following this period, Meyer and his wife Hilda migrated to Australia where they found employment as butler and cook, firstly for Sir Norman Myer, then for George Nicholas and finally for Stanforth Ricketson before they purchased their own guesthouse at Mt Macedon, which they ran successfully until the Ash Wednesday fires of 1983. Provenance: The Meyer family, by descent.
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