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74th Foot Medal 1814, struck in silver, 29mm., for seven actions, obverse engraved, ‘Busaco, Fuentes, C. Rodrigo’, reverse engraved, ‘Badajos, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthez’ (I. Howard) pierced with ring suspension, ref. Balmer R.468b, nearly very fine, scarce £300-340
£300–£340
31st Regiment of Leicestershire Rifle Volunteers Medal, obverse: diademed head of Queen Victoria left, by W. J. Taylor, London; reverse: crown with crossed muskets below and engraved, ‘10 Compy.’ (Samuel Davis, 1861), 38mm., silver, scroll suspension, with ribbon, good very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £110
North-East London Rifle Volunteers Five Years Efficiency Medal, 30mm., silver, reverse inscribed, ‘R. Draper, 1869’, with silver loop and ornate oak leaf suspension, good very fine £80-100
£80–£100
National Rifle Association Medal, 48mm., silver (Won by Corpl. Carter, Colonial Prize Firing 1872) edge bruising; Volunteer Shooting Medal, 45mm., silver eight-pointed star with gilt centre, unnamed; Corps of Commissionaire’s Medal, bronze and enamel, unnamed, some enamel damage; Indian Recruiting Medal, G.VI.R., silver and bronze (3993); Territorial Army Nursing Service Cape Badge, silver, unnamed; Rhodesia, General Service Medal (R43093 Pte. Mutanda); South Vietnam, Campaign Medal 1960,...
Hammer Price: £130
Prize Medal 1883, oval neck medal, 62 x 48mm., silver, inscribed, ‘Col. Sergt. R. R. Daily, L. Corpl. John Semple. Finally Won by Col. Sergt. R. R. Daily, 1883’, and ‘C. Coy. 4th L.R.V. Challenge Plate. Won by Col. Sergt. R. R. Daily, 1881; Lieut. F. B. Reid; Corpl. A. Dunlop; Col. Sergt. R. R. Daily; Corpl. A. Dunlop, 1882; Sergt. A. Bell, L. C. W. Campbell; Col. Sergt. R. R. Daily’, with ornate suspension mount, extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £80
A Set of Four Superb Menu Holders of the 1st Royal Cheshire Militia, each in the form of a regimental badge, with prince of Wales feathers to centre and inscribed around ‘1st Royal Cheshire Militia’, the feet inscribed ‘Presented by Major E. Harrison 1885’, both sides of identical form and with matching inscriptions, 115mm high by 100mm wide, good condition £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,000
Earl of Elgin’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1894, silver , 51mm, contact wear and test cut to rim, otherwise good very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £90
Cherry Medal 1900-04, silvered bronze, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £300
A most interesting collection of memorabilia appertaining to Company Sergeant-Major A. T. Green, Yorkshire Regiment, a noted shot who served with distinction in the 6th Battalion in Gallipoli: assorted presentation pieces, comprising teapot, maker’s initials ‘C. E. P.’ and hallmarks for Sheffield 1906, approx. 190mm. overall height; milk jug, maker’s initials ‘J. & T.’ and hallmarks for Sheffield 1924, approx. 80mm. at highest point; and plated sugar bowl, the front with...
£400–£500
Royal Engineers Balloon School Medal [1907], 32mm., copper, by A. Fenwick, conjoined busts of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra left; reverse: an airship over the town of Farnborough, unnamed , unmounted (B.H.M. 3697; D.F.358.4); Brighouse, Great War Tribute Medal, ‘A Token of Gratitude from Brighouse 1914-1919’ (Gnr. A. Firth 167754 R.F.A.) with ribbon embroidered with the arms of Brighouse and ‘Victory’ top suspension bar; War Commemorative Medal 1919, bronze, unnamed, with...
2nd Cruiser Squadron South Africa and South America 1908 Medal, 9 clasps, Durban, Ladysmith, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Simonstown, Capetown, St. Helena, Rio de Janeiro, unnamed, slack suspension claw and clasps a little bent in places, otherwise good very fine £160-180
Hammer Price: £250
Photograph, of two German aviators aboard an early aircraft, contained within a glazed silver frame, 164 x 116mm., this inscribed, ‘Oberrheinflug Mai 1911’, ‘Der glückliche Gervinner des prachtvollen Pokuls Eurer Hoheit In untertänigster Dankbarkeit Walter Markenthun’, minor dents to frame, good condition £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
The Great War Memorial Plaque to Major P. J. V. Lavarack, who was awarded the M.C. and Bar for his gallant services in No. 12 Squadron, R.F.C. in 1917 Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Philip James Vaughan Lavarack) extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £400
A Great War Memorial Plaque to Lieutenant F. B. Smith, Royal Air Force, who won an M.C. in the Royal Naval Division prior to his transfer to the R.F.C. and death in a flying accident in May 1918 Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Francis Beacroft Smith), good very fine £100-150
The Great War Memorial Plaque to Corporal P. C. Thompson, Royal Flying Corps, who died on active service in No. 24 Kite Balloon Section in December 1917 Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Percy Charles Thompson), good very fine £80-100
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (William Boyce Graham) pierced at 12 o’clock, very fine £50-70
Great War Memorial Medallion, by A. Drury, obverse: Minerva tending a fallen naked male figure, reverse: a soldier and sailor with arms reversed, by a plaque, inscribed, ‘Robert Lyon, M.A. LL.B., younger son of Sir Alexander & Lady Lyon, Captain 5th Gordon Highlanders, killed in action in France 30th July 1916’, 80mm., silver, very fine £50-70
Great War Memorial Medallion, by A. Drury, obverse: Minerva tending a fallen naked male figure, reverse: a soldier and sailor with arms reversed, by a plaque, crudely inscribed, ‘Norman H. Fisher, Lieut., L.N.L., 16 July 1917’, 44mm., silver-gilt, good very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £45
Great War Tribute Plaque, base metal shield, 172 x 145mm., embossed (rank and name engraved), ‘Presented to Private S. Finney by the Inhabitants of Oakamoor for Services Rendered to King and Country in the Great War 1914 1918’, mounted on a wooden shield-shaped base, 270 x 245mm., with fitting for wall hanging on reverse, good condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Durham Miners’ Association Memorial Plaque, base metal plaque147 x 111mm., embossed (name engraved), ‘Durham Miners Association Boldon Lodge in Honour of the Memory of Daniel Temple who made the supreme sacrifice for his Country in the Great War 1914 1919’, this fitted on to a wooden base, 175 x 137mm., fitted with a hinged stand on reverse, very good condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £75
Wilmslow District Memorial Plaque, circular base metal plaque, 160mm. dia., inscribed, ‘Pte. Thmas Burgess 8th C.R. who died for his King and Country in the Great War’, mounted on a wooden wall shield, 240 x 223mm., good condition £70-90
Rugeley Traders Association Tribute Plaque, shield in white metal and enamel, 130 x 106mm., embossed (name engraved), ‘Awarded to H. C. James, R.E. for services rendered during the Great War 1914 1919’, set on a wooden base, 190 x 150mm., good condition £50-70
A Great War period Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry sweetheart’s brooch, gold and enamel, minor enamel damage, very fine or better £150-200
£150–£200
Sudan Defence Force General Service Medal 1933 , silver, unnamed as issued, n.r., very fine £160-200
Hammer Price: £160
The commando “fighting knife”, miniature dress medals and other memorabilia appertaining to Captain G. J. Jones, No. 6 Commando, late Hampshire Regiment, the former by Wilkinson, by appointment to E.II.R., with scrolled blade inscriptions, ‘No. 6 Commando’ and ‘Capt. G. Jones’, complete with metal-tipped leather scabbard; together with his dress miniature medals (6), comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf,...
Tenants of the Estates of Mossknowe & Wyseby Boer War Tribute Scroll to Lieutenant W. A. Graham, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, being a hand-illuminated address on vellum, signed by five representatives of the district (‘We are proud of your record at the Front and of the high esteem in which you were held by your superior officers, both as a soldier and a gentleman ...’), in its red leather, gilt decorated box, but lacking lid; together with related Matriculation of the Arms of Graham...
Photograph Album, containing 25 photographs taken during the Tibet Expedition, the album is inscribed, ‘Photographic views of Tibet taken by Sgt. Rayment 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers’ and was the property of ‘Gladys Bellamy, 17 Gladstone St., Langley Mill, Notts.’, one photo loose, leather covers worn, leaves discoloured and torn, some photographs faded, rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £500
The original Great War pilot’s flying book appertaining to 2nd Lieutenant R. Littlejohn, Royal Flying Corps, the front cover ink inscribed, ‘Littlejohn, R., 2/Lieut., General List’, being the white cover edition with entries from training flights in November 1916 through to his final operational entry in March 1917, water damage to lower covers but contents generally good; together with his Gunnery Card and Transfer Card, and Royal Flying Corps Loose-Leaf Note Book, this last with a...
Hammer Price: £200
Illuminated Certificate of Appreciation awarded by the Swinton & Pendlebury Urban District Council to ‘Sergt. Alfred Whitehead, D.C.M., Medaille Militaire & Military Medal, No.91955, 8th Tank Battalion, (B. Coy.) of 511, Bolton Rd., Pendlebury’, dated 9 December 1918, the illuminated document, 335 x 218mm. (approx.), contained in a glazed dark wood frame, 414 x 312mm., very good condition £140-160
Hammer Price: £170
Original pilot’s flying log books appertaining to Warrant Officer S. W. Eckersley, Royal Air Force, comprising Royal Air Force (Form 414) examples (2), the first covering the period October 1941 to March 1943, and the second the period April 1943 to September 1945, generally in good condition (2) £150-200
Commission warrants and a Mention in Despatches certificate appertaining to Captain F. R. Sillitoe, Royal Marines, the former for the ranks of 2nd Lieutenant, dated 16 February 1944, and Lieutenant, dated 25 July 1950, the last signed by Mountbatten of Burma; and Mention in Despatches certificate in the name of ‘Captain Frederick Roy Sillitoe, R.M., 42 Commando, Royal Marines’, dated 13 June 1957, this last framed and glazed, in excellent condition (3) £100-120
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp, a later unnamed specimen, good very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £85
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (8062 Pte. H. Hallsworth, Rl. Lanc. Regt.) suspension post broken and claw with signs of repair, otherwise very fine; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (310166 S. Atwill, S.P.O., H.M.S. Colleen), together with metalled Petty Officer’s badge, suspension post repaired and fixed, very fine; Delhi Durbar 1911 (No. 245 L.-D. Bahadur Khan, V.B.G.), contemporary engraved naming, very...
Cannon, R., Historical Records of the British Army: The Third Regiment of Foot (The Buffs), London, 1837-9, 12 + xiv + 281pp, modern marbled boards; Cannon, R., Historical Records of the British Army: The First or The Royal Regiment of Dragoons, 1837-40, viii + viii + 133pp, later decorated cloth; Bickersteth, J.B., History of the 6th Cavalry Brigade 1914-1919, London, nd [1920], xii + 124pp, dedicatory inscription dated January 1920 on first free endpaper; Inglefield, V.E., The History of...
Hammer Price: £120
Chichester, H.M., and Burges-Short, G., The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army, 2nd edn, London, 1900, xv + 942pp, many newspaper cuttings, etc, tipped-in; Werlich, R., Orders and Decorations of All Nations, Washington, 1965, 328pp, roneod valuation sheets tipped-in; Mericka, V., Orders and Decorations, London, 1969, 316pp, dj; Hayward, J.B., and others, British Battles and Medals, 7th edn, London, 2006, xix + 798pp; other medal books, catalogues, etc (11), by...
Conan Doyle, A., The Great Boer War, London, 1900, viii + 554pp; Owen, H.C., Salonika and After, London, 1919, viii + 295pp; Wavell, A.P., The Palestine Campaigns, 3rd edn, London, 1933, xiv + 259pp; Aspinall-Oglander, C.F., Military Operations, Gallipoli, vol. I, London, 1935, xii + 377pp; together with other miscellaneous books, references, etc (19) [23]. Publishers’ bindings £40-50
Davis, J., Historical Records of The Second Royal Surrey or Eleventh Regiment of Militia, London, 1877, xxii + 468pp, some engraved illustrations, maroon leather, ribbed and gilt spine, all edges gilt, signed presentation copy from the author to Field Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, ALS from Gerald Rickword, 5.vii.1953, tipped-in; Fyler, A., The History of the 50th…Regiment…to 1881, London, 1895, xviii + 380pp (2 copies, one with dedicatory inscription to Mr James Robson from Major...
Hammer Price: £95
Everard, H., History of Thos. Farrington’s Regiment, subsequently designed The 29th (Worcestershire) Foot, 1694 to 1891, Worcester, 1891, xvii + 598pp; Adderley, H.A., History of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, Warwick, nd [1896], 200 + xvii; Barrett, C.R.B. (ed), The 85th King’s Light Infantry, London, 1913, xx + 551pp (2 copies, one with spine damaged); L., Q., The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1794-1913, Devizes, 1914, xii + 238pp; Wyrall, E., The Gloucestershire Regiment in...
Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1715-1886, 4 vols, Oxford, nd, x + 1,632pp [4]. Publishers’ blue cloth £30-40
Hammer Price: £20
Gretton, G. le M., The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1684 to 1902, Edinburgh, 1911, xi + 462pp, cancelled library stamps; Graves, C., The Royal Ulster Rifles, vol. III, Mexborough, 1950, 345pp, dj; Oatts, L.B., Proud Heritage: The Story of the Highland Light Infantry, 4 vols, London, 1952-63, xvi + 256, xii + 386, ix + 404, xi + 490pp, title pages signed by the author [6]. Publishers’ bindings £40-50
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