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Austria, Red Cross Honour Decoration 1864-1914 (2), Commander’s breast star, silver and enamels; Officer’s breast badge with war decoration, silver and enamels; Cross of Merit, 2nd type, silver and enamel, good very fine (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £190
Ethiopia, Order of the Queen of Sheba, breast star (2), both entirely gilt by B. A. Sevadjian; Order of the Star of Ethiopia, breast star (2), both by B. A. Sevadjian, and a large neck badge with neck ribbon, very fine or better (5) £100-150
Russia, Order of St Anne, 4th class breast badge by Kiebel, gold and enamels, lacking suspension loop, otherwise good very fine £180-220
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private G. Dewhurst, 27th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (31516 Pte., 27/F.A. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star Trio (Pte., R.A.M.C.) together with Silver War Badge, B.R.C.S. medal for War Service 1914-18, bronze A.T.A. medal, and a group photograph of the recipient and his section in uniform, very fine and better (7) £80-100
Three: Captain R. C. Sheen, 21st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, late 1/28th London Regiment (Artist’s Rifles) 1914 Star (978 C.Q.M.Sjt., 1/28 Lond.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) in original named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £180
French Medal of Honour (Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies), silver, 34mm, the reverse with struck inscription (A Isaac Bourner, Matelot du Brig Angls. Allerton Packet. Courage et Dévouement 1871) together with original diploma contained in a bound booklet setting out the regulations of the award, this a little distressed, the medal nearly extremely fine £100-120
Family group: Three: Colonel D. W. C. Jones, Royal Army Medical Corps, Medical Officer to the 28th London Regiment (Artist’s Rifles) 1914-15 Star (Capt., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Col.) Three: M. G. C. Jones, B.R.C. & St. J.J. 1914-15 Star Trio (B.R.C. & St.J.J.) together with two enamelled lapel badges, Australasian Medical Congress, 1927 and 1937 Pair: Lieutenant Thomas C. Jones Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (Successful), (Lieut. Thomas C. Jones,...
Four: Aircraftsman William Laws, Royal Air Force, late Sapper, Royal Marine Engineers and Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (Deal 5005-S Spr., R.M.); British War and Victory Medals (207760 Spr., R.E.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (342590 A.C.2, R.A.F.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £100-150
Miscellaneous Cap Badges, Buttons, Belt Buckles etc. (approx. 170), mostly military including some foreign (Lot) £80-120
Nine: Flight Lieutenant R. W. Stockwell, Royal Air Force, late Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3903 Pte., R.W. Kent.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (342440 Act. Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, with small oak leaf M.I.D. emblem; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (342440 Cpl., R.A.F.) contact marks to the earlier medals, therefore nearly very fine or better (9) £180-200
A post War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel O. W. Holleyman, Royal Artillery The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 2nd type; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Efficiency Decoration, Territorial, G.VI.R., 1st issue, the reverse dated ‘1947’, together with original award Warrant for O.B.E. and companion miniature medals, both sets mounted as worn, extremely fine (16) £200-220
Serbia, Order of Karageorge, Knight’s breast badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamels, lacking ribbon, good very fine £200-220
A Great War D.C.M. pair awarded to Sapper C. Lambert, 1st London Field Company, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2490 Sapr., 1/Lond. F.Co. R.E.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2490 Spr., R.E.) good very fine (2) £180-220
Royal Red Cross, R.R.C., 2nd class, G.V.R., silver and enamels, in case of issue; together with H.R.H. Princess Christian’s Trained Nurses long service medal, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘M. E. Richardson, October 1910 to October 1912’; Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. medal; The College of Nursing, badge in silver and enamel, the reverse numbered; and identity bracelet inscribed ‘M. E. Richardson, C of E, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.’, nearly extremely fine, the second very scarce (5) £130-150
History of the Indian Mutiny, by Charles Ball, two volumes, total of 1312pp, ‘giving a detailed account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India, and a concise history of the great military events which have tended to consolidate the British Empire in Hindoostan. Illustrated with battle scenes, views of places, portraits and maps, beautifully engraved on steel’, damaged bindings, but worthy of restoring £100-150
Three: Sergeant B. Brattle, 4th and 7th Dragoon Guards India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3760 Lce. Corpl., 4th Dragoon Guards); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3760 Cpl., 7/D.G.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (3760 Serjt., 7th Drgn. Gds.) contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £150-180
Hammer Price: £170
Three: Band Sergeant J. Kerwin, Middlesex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1681 Sgt., Middlesex Regt.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (1681 Band Serjt., Middlesex Regt.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, E.VII.R. (1681 Band-Sjt., Middx. Regt.), first two medals with re-pinned suspensions, good fine or better (3) £100-120
Hong Kong Police L.S. & G.C., current issue, unnamed, extremely fine £100-140
Royal Humane Society, Large Silver Medal (Successful), (R.H.S. Lt. W. Pearse, For Saving Several Lives, Dono Dat) fitted with rings for suspension, very fine £150-200
Abyssinia 1867 (W. Hughes, O.S., H.M.S. Argus) good very fine £120-140
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Private E. Chambers, 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (8560 Pte., 1/W. Yorks. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (8560 Pte., 1st W. Y. Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Pte., 1/W. Yorks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Pte., W. York. R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, the obverses heavily polished, therefore fine or better (6) £140-160
Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (1380 Bglr. W. Harley, Shrops. L.I.) good very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £160
Pair: Private H. W. Mott, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3495 Pte., 1st Bn. Gord. Highrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Belfast (Pte., Gordon Highrs.) edge bruises and light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £140-180
Four: Warrant Officer P. Phillips, Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (26370 Corpl., R.E.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Corpl., R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Sjt., R.E.) surname spelt ‘Phillp’ on these three; Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (26370 W.O.Cl.2, R.E.) the first three very heavily polished and worn on the obverse, the last with small correction to rank, otherwise extremely fine (4) £100-120
New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal, 2nd type (W.O.1. C. K. Patrick, N.Z.P.S.) very fine £100-120
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 June 1794 (May Jolly) renamed £200-250
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (Wm. Sexton, 42nd Regt.), officially impressed, nearly very fine £140-180
British War and Victory Medals (7693 Pte. J. P. Russell, 14-Lond.R.) with Bronze Memorial Plaque (James Passmore Russell); together with: 1914-15 Star (4976 Pte. H. Tagliaferro, 14-Lond.R.) nearly extremely fine (4) £50-60
North West Canada 1885, no clasp (Pte. W. Williamson, 91st W.L.I.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £130-150
Infantry Officer’s Sword, 1895 pattern, by Henry Wilkinson, numbered ‘44201’, G.V.R. cypher, etched on blade ‘Royal Engineers’ and owners initials ‘C. H. H. V.’, with steel scabbard, good condition £100-150
Royal Naval Air Service, a scarce Great War Pilot’s Flying Log Book, pilot’s name illegible, for the period December 1917 to December 1919, most entries relate to training but from July 1918 he was engaged in ferrying aircraft with 117 Squadron, and in September 1918 he went to France with 110 Squadron; in January 1919 he was attached to C9 Acceptance Park, Rely, as a Test Pilot, ‘testing Hun types’ including Fokker DVII and DVIII, Pfalz DXII, LVG 2 seater, Halbestaat, Rumpler, and...
Six: Acting Squadron Leader D. G. Rees-Griffiths, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (510887 L.A.C., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Act. Sqn. Ldr., R.A.F.) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £100-120
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal (5 Bty. Qr. Mr. Serjt. E. A. Harrison, Rhod. F.F. Art.) edge bruise, otherwise very fine £100-120
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1870, 2nd class, good very fine £100-120
Montenegro, Medal for Zeal, silver; Red Cross Medal 1912-13, silver with red enamel cross, the pair mounted as worn, very fine (2) £100-150
Spain, Military Order of St Ferdinand, small Knight’s breast badge, gilt and enamels; Order of Isabella the Catholic, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels; a silver and enamel star of the ‘Orden del 2 de Mayo 1808’, lacking reverse pin, and a gilt and enamel cross ‘Amadeo I a los Voluntarios de la Libertad 1868-1871’, the first lacking ribbon, good very fine, the last scarce (4) £140-160
Lean’s Royal Navy List, April 1908, the scarcer naval equivalent of Hart’s Army List, lists all commissioned officers, active and retired, with comprehensive war and meritorious services, including Chief Gunners and Gunners, Chief Boatswains and Boatswains, R. H. S. Medals etc., ships and vessels of the Royal Navy, 684 pp., bound in blue buckram, good condition £100-120
The Quarterly Indian Army List October 1899, a comprehensive indexed list with war services of Officers on the active Indian List, Indian Volunteer Forces, Unattached List and the Subordinate Medical Service, 973 pp., bound in brown buckram, scarce, good condition £120-150
Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as awarded to foreign nationals, good very fine £50-70
The War in Egypt and Soudan, by Thomas Archer, ‘being a descriptive account of the scenes and events of that great drama and sketches of the principal actors in it’, published by Blackie and Son, London 1887, 4 volumes bound as two, total of 1,120pp, 47 plates, attractive original dark blue tooled leather bindings and banded spine, the title tabs a little damaged but otherwise very good condition £100-150
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