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Seven: Petty Officer 1st Class S. G. Reed, Royal Navy, killed in action aboard H.M.S. Defence at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Ord., H.M.S. Monarch) small impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (193627 P.O.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (193627 P.O.1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (193627 P.O., H.M.S. Vivid); Royal Humane Society Medal, small, bronze, successful (Sydney G. Reed. R.N. Nov. 10 1900); Royal...
Hammer Price: £900
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Captn. H. J. Darell, 1st Bn. 60th R. Rifles) minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £600-700
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Brass River 1895 (B. E. Prichard, Mid. R.N., H.M.S. St. George) very fine £500-600
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (William Raymond) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £880
Royal Marine Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (William Giles, Colr. Sergt., R.M.L.I. 1st February 1906) officially impressed naming, contact marks, nearly very fine £500-600
Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant W. V. Quarterman, Royal Marines Light Infantry Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. V. Quarterman, Sergt. No.1681 Po. R.M.L.I.) officially impressed naming; Royal Marine Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., Admiral’s bust (Depot 60 Q.M.S. W. V. Quarterman, 3.5.29) officially impressed naming, first pitted, good fine; second nearly extremely fine (2) £380-420
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Serjeant F. J. Smith, 14th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (15153 L. Cpl., 14/Hants. R.); British War and Victory Medals (15153 Sjt., Hamps. R.) mounted court style for wear, slight contact marks, very fine (3) £700-900
Three: Warrant Officer 1st Class Henry Fretwell, New Zealand Permanent Staff New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal (S.S.M. W.O.1), N.Z.P.S.); Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (S.S.M. (W.O.1), N.Z.P.S.); New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., Field Marshal’s bust (W.O.1, N.Z.P.S.) first with edge bruise, very fine (3) £800-1000
Lithuania, Order of Vytautas the Great, 3rd Class neck badge, 65 x 48mm., silver-gilt and enamel, n.r., crown lacking stones, minor enamel damage, good very fine, scarce £500-600
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain F. Ward, Scots Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, bronze star on ribbon, mounted for wear, fine and better (4) £700-900
A good Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Petty Officer Telegraphist J. Lilly, Royal Navy, who served on the Staff of Admiral Sir Charles Ramsey, K.C.B., Commodore of Convoys Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P.O. Tel. J. Lilly, P./J. 84401); British War and Victory Medals (J. 84401 B. Tel., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage bust (J. 84401 L. Tel., H.M.S. Douglas), the second with re-riveted but...
Five: Private J. Miller, Royal Marine Light Infantry, wounded at Graspen and killed in action when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U.9, 22 September 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Belmont (7086 Pte., R.M., H.M.S. Powerful) large impressed naming; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Pte., R.M., H.M.S. Perseus); 1914-15 Star (Ch.7086 Pte., R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch.7086 Pte., R.M.L.I.) first two with...
Hammer Price: £850
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (187369 A.B. E. A. Archer, H.M.S. Powerful) large impressed naming, extremely fine £300-360
South Atlantic 1982, with small rosette (Ck S J Roche D176311N HMS Plymouth) in its named card box of issue, good very fine £350-400
Pair: Guardsman K. T. Davies, Welsh Guards South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24418996 Gdsm., WG); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24418996 LCpl., WG) mounted court style as worn, extremely fine (2) £700-900
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (John T. Tippins A.B. H.M.S. ‘Castor’) officially re-impressed naming, nearly very fine £400-500
Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, China 1900 (A. M. Rait, In Command) good very fine £800-1000
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. J. Price, Grenadier Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (15637 Pte., 4/G. Gds.); 1914 Star (15637 Pte., 1/G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (15637 Pte., G. Gds.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £400-450
A rare Great War M.M. pair awarded to Lance-Corporal T. Simm, Royal Marines Medical Unit, attached 63rd Royal Naval Division Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-3337 Pte. T. Simm, Med. Unit R.M.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Deal 3337 - S - L. Cpl., R.M.), one or two edge bruises, otherwise very fine and better (2) £450-500
The Afghan Medal to Captain C. J. R. Fulford, 26th Bengal Native Infantry, who was shot by an assailant on 20 April 1882 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Capt., 26th Regt. Ben. N.I.) good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £820
Pair: Sergeant-Major W. Sergeant, 65th Foot Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1912 Cr. Serjt. Wm. Serjeant, 65th Foot); Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Sgt. Maj. W. Sergeant, 65th Foot) note spelling variation of surname, good very fine (2) £320-360
Three: Sergeant D. Ryder, 47th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (47th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (3106 Sgt., 47/Lan. R.) engraved naming; Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Sergt., 47/Foot); together with a renamed Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Sergt., 47th Regt.) and a renamed Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Regt. No. 3106 Sergeant, 47th Regt.), swivel ring...
A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major St. J. E. Montagu, Northumberland Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., North’d. Fus.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Cpt., Northd. Fus.); 1914 Star (Capt., North’d. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals,...
Four: Bugler H. T. R. Porter, Royal Marines East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (Bugler, R.M., H.M.S. Raleigh); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (Bugler, H.M.S. Naiad) large impressed naming, clasps loose on ribbon; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Bugler, R.M., H.M.S. Naiad); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Po.5547 Bugler, R.M.L.I.) contact marks and some edge bruising, good fine and better...
Six: Chief Engine Room Artificer T. Dyer, Royal Navy, killed in action on H.M.S. Black Prince at the Battle of Jutland, 1 June 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (E.R.A. 4 Cl., H.M.S. Terrible) large impressed naming; China 1900, no clasp (E.R.A. 3 Cl., H.M.S. Terrible), these both slightly later issues; 1914-15 Star (269017 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269017 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269017 Thomas Dyer, C.E.R.A. 1Cl.,...
Hammer Price: £800
Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (2097 Pte. G. Morgan, 92nd Highrs.) contact wear, good fine £400-450
Pair: Rear-Admiral A. D. S. Denison, Royal Navy China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Fatshan 1857 (Lieut. Hon. A. D. S. Denison, R.N.) engraved naming; Royal Humane Society Medal, large, silver (Hon. A. D. S. Denison, Mate, R.N., 15 Novr. 1856) contact marks mainly to first, nearly very fine and better (2) £350-400
An extremely rare Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Trooper M. S. Thring, Steinaecker's Horse, a “National Scout” who had previously fought for the Boers in the Swaziland Commando Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Transvaal (1467 Tpr. M. S. Thring, Steinacker’s Horse) nearly extremely fine £600-800
Three: Captain Heneage Greville Finch, Lord Guernsey, Irish Guards, late Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action, 14 September 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Lieut. H. G. Lord Guernsey, Wilts Rgt.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Lieut. Lord Guernsey, Ir. Gds.); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed, mounted for wear, good very fine and better (3) £600-800
A rare King’s African Rifles D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal Misesa, 2/2 King’s African Rifles King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2571 L. Cpl. Misesa, 2/2 K.A.R.); British War and Victory Medals (2571 L/C Misesa, 2/KAR) all but regimental details erased from the B.W.M.; Nyassaland Badge of Certificate of Honour, G.VI.R., bronze with ring suspension, this nearly very fine, otherwise severely polished and worn (4) £800-1000
Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (6062 Pte. F. Arnold, Tel. Deptt.) initial corrected, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce £400-500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, St. Sebastian (W. Robertson, Serjt., R. Arty.) suspension rod loose, clasp loose on ribbon, otherwise nearly extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £780
Five: Petty Officer 2nd Class A. Stevens, Royal Navy, killed in action on H.M.S. Good Hope at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Ord., H.M.S. Terrible) small impressed naming; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (A.B., H.M.S. Terrible); 1914-15 Star (190224 P.O. 11 (sic), R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (190224 P.O. 2, R.N.) first two with contact marks, nearly very fine; others good very fine (5) £650-750
A scarce Second World War and South-East Asia group of six awarded to Squadron Leader E. H. Busfield, Southern Rhodesia Air Force and Royal Air Force, a pilot who completed a tour of operations in Hampdens prior to becoming personal pilot to Lord Mountbatten 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Sqn. Ldr., R.A.F.), together with a set of related miniature dress medals, extremely fine (12) £400-500
Pair: Master-at-Arms D. E. F. Edgar, Royal Navy South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (MAA D E F Edgar D066179T HMS Bristol); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (MAA D E F Edgar D066179T RN) nearly extremely fine (2) £450-500
An unusual M.B.E. group of five awarded to Chief Engineer B. K. Finnimore, M.I.C.E., Public Works Department, Bengal, later County Quartermaster, Surrey Special Constabulary The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (B. K. Finnimore Esq. Supdg. Engr. P.W.D.); Delhi Durbar 1911; Coronation 1937, privately named (B. K. Finnemore, Co. Qtrmr. S.S.C.); Special Constabulary Medal, G.V.R., coinage head (Co. Qmr....
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private T. Coonan, Grenadier Guards, killed in action in 1918 with the Guards Machine Gun Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (18123 Pte., 5/G. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (18123 Pte., G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (18123 Pte., G. Gds.) edge bruise to first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £800-1000
Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Faehnrich Heinrich Schwarze, Landwehr Bat. Salzgitter) fitted with steel clip and silver ring suspension, edge bruise and light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £760
Four: Stoker 1st Class W. A. Angus, Royal Navy, who died of wounds at Gallipoli, 27 May 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (292071 Sto., H.M.S. Doris) large impressed naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (292071 Sto. 1Cl., Hood Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (292071 Sto. 1, R.N.) extremely fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £750
Four: Acting Leading Seaman C. Connor, Royal Navy, who was killed in action on S.S. Formby, 15 December 1917 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Diamond Hill, Belfast (142561 A.B., H.M.S. Tartar) large impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (142561 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (142561 Act. l.S., R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Christopher Connor) good very fine and better (5) £300-350
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