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Pair: Private A. W. Wood, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-15 Star (4-1198 Pte., R. Suss. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (1198 Pte., R. Suss. R.) Pair: Private L. G. Wanstaff, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M-298995 Pte., A.S.C.) good very fine (4) £40-50
Hammer Price: £40
Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C. J. Haynes, H Div.); Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Const. James Loramer); Special Constabulary Long Service, E.II.R. (George McL. Henderson), very fine and better (3) £30-50
Photographs (20), mostly Great War period; Hurlingham Club Programme, 23 May 1908, providing details of the programme of Polo and Music and the International Balloon Contest of 30 May 1908; the front of an envelope addressed to a resident of Bloemfontein, bearing a 1d stamp and the label, ‘V.R. Opened Under Martial Law’; Programmes (7), including ‘Garrison Sports’ at Umtata, 31 December 1883-2 January 1884; another, 5-6 January 1885; Theatre Royal, Umtata, 9 February 1886, fairly...
Hammer Price: £35
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £40-50
Six: Lance-Corporal A. C. Young, South African Corps of Signals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, all officially inscribed ‘73980 A. C. Young’, good very fine or better (6) £30-50
Rhodesia, General Service Medal (R101117T L. Cpl. E. Granger); District Service Medal (D.A/IINjanina V.); Three: Constable J. Kanyemba, Zimbabwe, Independence Medal (16048); Rhodesia, General Service Medal (26328 Cst.); Zimbabwe Long Service Medal, for 10 Years (26328 Cst.); U.S.S.R., 60th Anniversary Armed Forces Medal 1918-78; Medal for Irreproachable Service in the Armed Forces, for 10 years; Bulgaria, Peoples Republic, 25 Years Anniversary Medal 1944-69, gilt and enamel; other...
Three: Gunner W. Rishworth, Royal Artillery, late South African Infantry 1914-15 Star (Pte., 4th Infantry); British War and Victory Medals (152228 Gnr., R.A.), very fine (3) £40-50
Hammer Price: £30
A Battle of Jutland commemorative ink-blotter, with metalled plaque inscribed, ‘From the Teak of H.M.S. Iron Duke, Jellicoe’s Flag Ship, Jutland 1916’, 137mm. overall length £40-50
Pair: Private J. W. Ratcliffe, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-099402 Pte., A.S.C.), very fine or better Pair: Sapper R. R. Pearce, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (562875 Spr., R.E.), these with contact marks and polished, nearly very fine (4) £30-50
Christie’s Medal Auction Catalogues (29), 16 November 1982-10 November 1992, with prices realised, plus Beaufort Garter Jewels catalogue, very good condition (30) £30-40
Cuba, Republic, Military Merit Cross, breast badge, 79 x 52mm., silver-gilt and blue enamel, on blue ‘Good Conduct’ ribbon, slight enamel damage to reverse, good very fine £40-60
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Mr. A. E. Williams, Imp. Mil. Rly.), surname officially re-impressed, last clasp unofficially riveted and suspension claw re-pinned, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise good fine £40-60
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (L. 12311 A. Pinches, L. Std., H.M.S. Neptune) minor official correction, very fine £30-40
Royal Military College, silver prize medal, obverse, college arms, reverse engraved within laurel wreath, ‘Sword of Honour, ‘C’ Coy., September 1945, Officer Cadet P. J. Trafford, Irish Guards’, 45mm., edge bruising, nearly very fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £20
Laband, J., The Rise & Fall of the Zulu Nation, 1997; Morris, D. R., The Washing of the Spears, 1994, paperback; Glover, M., Rorke’s Drift, A Victorian Epic, 1980; Bancroft, J. W., Rorke’s Drift, 1998; Jones, A. B. & Stevenson, L., Rorke’s Drift by those who were there, 2003, paperback; Barthorp, M., The Zulu War, A Pictorial History, 1994, paperback; Lloyd, W. G., John Williams V.C., A Biography, 1993, signed by author; Videos (3) Zulu Dawn; Tribute to Bravery; The War against Ther...
Hall, Richard T., Prince Alfred’s Guard; its History, Port Elizabeth, 1906, 1st Edition, 421 pp., original paper cover, this damaged and repaired; Military History Journal (2), June; December 1997, fair condition (3) £15-20
Hammer Price: £5
Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal, corrosion, obliterating part of edge inscription, better than good fine £150-200
£150–£200
A British War Medal awarded to Captain S. H. Holland, Royal Air Force, late Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action in 1936 as a Pilot for the Communist forces during the Spanish Civil War British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. S. H. Holland, R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine £100-140
£100–£140
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Vittoria (Thomas Smith, Royal Horse Guards) suspension refitted, naming faint in parts, edge bruising, pitting, fine £500-600
£500–£600
Four: Leading Seaman H. A. Howes, Royal Navy, killed in action when H.M.S. Aboukir was torpedoed and sunk, 22 September 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Ord. H.M.S. Blanche) small impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (201629 L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (201629 L.S., R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Herbert Arthur Howes), this mounted on a wooden base, medals nearly extremely fine (5) £360-400
£360–£400
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (T. B. Ireland, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Forte) large impressed naming, good very fine £240-280
£240–£280
Four: Chief Armourer A. R. Thomson, Royal Navy, killed in action when H.M.S. Aboukir was torpedoed and sunk, 22 September 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Armr., H.M.S. Monarch) small impressed naming; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (340547 Ch. Arm., H.M.S. Highflyer); British War and Victory Medals (340547 Ch. Armr., R.N.); together with an erased 1914-15 Star, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (5) £ 440-480
£440–£480
Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Lieutenant Joh. Hr. Conr. Wynecken, Landw. Bat. Verden) fitted with replacement silver clip and bar suspension, contact marks, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
£1,000–£1,200
An original Flying Log Book appertaining to Lieutenant R. W. Rowan, D.F.C., South African Air Force, a long-served and gallant Mediterranean theatre of war Kittyhawk and Spitfire pilot who claimed several enemy aircraft as damaged prior to being killed in action in May 1944 South African Air Force (S.A.A.F.) Pilot’s Flying Log Book, commencing with training flights in Tiger Moths in September 1941 and ending in Rowan’s death in action as a Spitfire pilot in No. 4 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron...
£800–£1,000
General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo, M.I.D. oak leaf (21151797 Rfn. Narbahadur Gurung, 2/2 G.R. ) contact marks, very fine £140-160
£140–£160
Collins, J.L., and others, War in Peace, London, 1983-5, vols. 1-10, complete, 2,387pp + comprehensive index; other miscellaneous volumes (3) [13]. Publishers’ bindings £30-50
£30–£50
Orbis Publishing, Warplane, London, 1985-7, vols. 1-10, complete, 2,400pp including comprehensive index [10]. Publishers’ bindings £30-40
£30–£40
Warner, O., Great Sea Battles, London, 1970, 303pp, dj; Howarth, D., The Men-of-War, Amsterdam, 1978, 176pp; Whipple, A.B.C., Fighting Sail, Amsterdam, 1978, 184pp; Botting, D., The U-Boats, Amsterdam, 1979, 176pp; Gruppe, H.E., The Frigates, Amsterdam, 1979, 176pp; Howarth, D., The Dreadnoughts, Amsterdam, 1979, 176pp; together with other titles from the Seafarers series (8), all 1978-80 [14]. Publishers’ bindings £30-50
Glendining & Co [London], Spink [London], Bosleys [Marlow] and others, auction catalogues, mostly of the 1980s and 1990s, together with a few other references (148). All different and in excellent order £25-35
£25–£35
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 4th type (1945-47), Reward of Gallantry, silver, gold and enamel, lacking top suspension but fitted with three-pronged silver ribbon buckle, minor bruising to points, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £1000-1200
Commonwealth of Australia Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., Field Marshal’s bust (129 Sgt. Spooner W. E., R.A.E.) good very fine £350-450
£350–£450
Austria, Empire, Order of the Golden Fleece, a superb quality jewelled badge, 39 x 30mm., gold, 35.44g., with diamond studded sling, horns and hooves, unmarked, fitted with gold hook suspension, 19th Century, good very fine £3000-3500
£3,000–£3,500
New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R. (No. 121 Sgt. R. R. Godfrey, R.N.Z.A.O.C.) nearly extremely fine £350-450
France, Louis Philippe, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, some enamel damage to arms, very fine £80-100
£80–£100
Indian States, Bahawalpur, Victory Star 1939-45 (22), bronze, unnamed, with ribbon, good very fine and better (22) £120-160
£120–£160
Indian States, Bahawalpur, Pakistan Alliance Medal 1947 (20), unnamed, with ribbon, good very fine and better (20) £100-140
Pair: Lance-Bombardier R. L. Preston, Royal Artillery U.N. Medal, UNFICYP ribbon, unnamed; Iraq 2003, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (25115753 LBdr., RA) mounted court style as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £240-280
An Order of the Crown awarded to Don Pompeo Arrigoni Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage to obverse centre, nearly very fine £50-70
£50–£70
An Order of the Crown awarded to Vincenzo Miranda Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge, gold and enamel, extremely fine £65-85
£65–£85
A War Merit Cross awarded to Corporal Carlo Iermini, Bombardieri Regiment Italy, Kingdom, War Merit Cross, V.E.III., very fine £60-80
£60–£80
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