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Five: Chief Steward E. Masters, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914-15 Star (....ters, Sh. .... F.A.) naming mostly erased; British War and Victory Medals (Ch. Std., M.F.A.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Ernest Masters); Italy, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver (Ernest Masters) this last in case of issue; together with a mounted set of five miniature dress medals, nearly extremely fine (10) £200-250
£200–£250
Three: Private W. T. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (2270 Pte., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2270 Pte., R.A.M.C.) Three: Driver C. Harris, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (347 Dvr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (347 Dvr., R.E.) these with some edge bruising, some marks from adhesive, very fine (6) £50-70
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Four: Captain W. T. Carter, East Surrey Regiment, late Indian Army British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. T. Carter); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Capt. W. T. Carter, 120-Inf.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. W. T. Carter, 120-Inf.), generally very fine and the third rare (4) £600-700
£600–£700
Pair: Captain C. A. Cooper, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); together with a mounted set of three miniature dress medals: Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., 2nd type, military; British War and Victory Medals; Royal Engineers cap badge (2) British War Medal 1914-20 (37942 Pte. H. P. Price, Som. L.I.) medals nearly extremely fine (lot) £200-250
Seven: Staff Sergeant J. B. P. Wylde, Parachute Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., Territorial, with 2 Bars (23478742 S. Sgt. J. B. P. Wylde, Para.), generally good very fine (7) £400-500
£400–£500
Six: Major D. C. Palmer, Royal Artillery, who later served as a Pilot Officer in the Air Force of the Defence Forces of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. D. C. Palmer, R.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. D. C. Palmer, R.A.), together with the recipient’s silver identity bracelet, ‘226059 D. C. Palmer, Blood Group A. II’, mounted as...
£350–£400
Five: Serjeant D. C. L. Monro, Royal Engineers, who died as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese, 26 April 1943. General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (1872541 Spr., R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, nearly extremely fine (5) £200-250
An M.V.O. pair awarded to Frederick James Dadd, Civil Service The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘744’, in Collingwood, London case of issue; Defence Medal, unnamed; with a Borough of Bermondsey Coronation Medal 1902, white metal, unnamed; together with a Swagger Stick, c.93cm. long, with a silver knob engraved, ‘Presented to F. J. Dadd Esq., as a mark of appreciation from the members of...
There has been some speculation in the Indian press that these medals were reported stolen in 2002. As stated from the outset in this catalogue description, included with the medals is a sworn affidavit by the widow of Naik Kirpa Ram, Smt Brami Devi, relinquishing ownership of the George Cross and other medals to another party. It can be seen that this affidavit, which bears her fingerprints, is dated April 2000, some two years before the report of the theft. We take very seriously any...
A rare Russian Civil War, Baltic Sea 1919 D.S.O. group of five awarded to Engineer Commander Henry Bumstead McGhie, Royal Navy, for a surface action with a Bolshevik battleship and destroyer in which H.M.S. Walker was twice hit by enemy shellfire Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with brooch bar, slight enamel damage to wreath; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Asst. Engr. H.B. McGhie, R.N., H.M.S. Forte); 1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. Cr. H. B....
£3,000–£3,500
Royal Scots Prize Medal, circular, 9ct. gold, 16.3g., obverse engraved with the regimental emblem, reverse inscribed, ‘1st Bn. The Royal Scots, Rifle Meeting 1912 Championship won by L. Cpl. J. Thompson’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1910; Prize Medal, maltese cross, 9ct. gold, 9.25g., obverse inscribed, ‘Bisley 1897 Rossall E. C. Highest Score 61’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1897, good very fine and better (2) £180-220
£180–£220
Three: Color Sergeant J. Smith, Seaforth Highlanders Seaforth Highlanders Prize Medal, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘1896 Regimental Shield won by “A” Company Score 614 Sergt. I. Smith, 75’; another, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, reverse inscribed, ‘Regimental Shield, 1901, 2739 Sergt. J. Smith “A” Co.’; another, 9ct. gold, 21.5g., unmarked, reverse inscribed, ‘1st Seaforth Highlanders Cabar Feidh Rifle Club, Highest Score in Regimental Shield 1909, Color Sergeant...
£160–£200
Australia, Defence Force Service Medal 1982, no bar, unnamed; National Medal 1975, no bar, unnamed; G.B., National Rifle Association King’s Trophy Competition Medal, 51mm., silver, unnamed, in case of issue; College of Arms Quincentenary Medal 1484-1984, obverse: bust of King Richard III, 62mm., gilt base metal, in case of issue, extremely fine (4) £60-80
£60–£80
An excessively rare Second World War Italy operations M.M. awarded to Corporal M. Ali, Cyprus Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (CY. 15683 Cpl. Mehmet Ali, Cyprus R.), loose suspension claw, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine £1800-2200
£1,800–£2,200
Ireland, 1916 Medal, bronze, 30.51g., unnamed, late unissued specimen, with a length of modern ribbon, no brooch bar, good very fine £400-500
Crimea 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed, replacement claw fitting, some contact marks and edge bruising, very fine £70-90
£70–£90
Nepal, Tibet Medal 1854-56, silver, lacking suspension and ribbon, very fine £100-140
£100–£140
Nepaul Foot Artillery Officer’s Full Dress Sabretache and Shoulder Belt Pouch, a pair of superb and extremely rare late 19th century examples, the sabretache with standard blue cloth face and ‘artillery pattern’ train lace, on the face in gold bullion and red velvet the Royal crown of the kingdom of Nepal over a crescent (silver lace) and the sun with a face, laurel and oak sprays, a gilt metal cannon and a triple scroll at the base, ‘Nepaul Foot Artillery’, complete with three...
5th/1st Punjab Regiment Silver Marriage Salver, a very fine and large example with four scroll feet, the raised reeded edge of rococo style, the central reserve engraved with the Elephant/Assaye badge and title of the regiment and dedication, ‘Presented to / Lt-Col. N. R. C. Cosby / 5th Bn. 1st Punjab Regiment / By / His Brother Officers / On the Occasion Of His Marriage / 1938’ plus 14 facsimile signatures of the officers (56oz 580g) by ‘A Bros. Ltd.’ Birmingham 1937, very good...
£700–£900
Military Prints, two large coloured prints, ‘Bird’s Eye View Of The Battle Of Tamanieb’ and ‘Bird’s Eye View Of The Battle Of El-Teb’, both approx 63 x 40cm, some biographical details on the reverses, contained within grey card mounts set into reeded oak frames, good condition (2) £250-300
£250–£300
Irwin, D.H., War Medals and Decorations issued to the British Military and Naval Forces and Allies from 1588 to 1910, 4th edn, London, 1910, [x] + 536pp, 18 plates. Original decorated cloth; some minor wear and a few pages slightly spotted, otherwise a fine copy of the best edition £40-60
£40–£60
Luard, J., A History of the Dress of the British Soldier, London [1852], the 1971 reprint, xxiv + 171pp, 50 engraved plates, copy no.385; Johnson, S.C., The Medal Collector, London, 1921, 320pp, 24 plates; Gillingham, H.E., Spanish Orders of Chivalry and Decorations of Honour, New York, 1926, ANS NNM 31, 165pp including 39 plates; Gillingham, H.E., South American Decorations and War Medals, New York, 1932, ANS NNM 56, 178pp including plates; Gillingham, H.E., Ephemeral Decorations, New York,...
£30–£40
Mayo, J.H., Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, 2 vols, London, 1897, lxxxviii + 618pp, 55 plates, other illustrations in text [2]. Original red cloth with bevelled edges, t.e.g.; some wear at extremities and backs faded, internally very fine and clean £50-70
£50–£70
Mayo, J.H., Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, 2 vols, London, 1897, lxxxviii + 618pp, 55 plates, other illustrations in text [2]. Original red cloth with bevelled edges, t.e.g.; some wear at extremities, backs faded and stained, internally very fine and clean £40-50
£40–£50
Tancred, G., Historical Record of Medals and Honorary Distinctions conferred on the British Navy, Army and Auxiliary Forces, from the earliest periods, London, 1891, xvi + 483pp, 23 plates, some in colour. Neatly bound in later maroon cloth, gilt spine erroneously lettered VOLUME II, all edges gilt, a very fine copy £50-70
[H.M.S.O.], The Army List (4), Spring 1970, Part I; Spring 1970, Part II, Officers in receipt of Retired Pay; Autumn 1973; 1993 Part III Biographical; [H.M.S.O.], The Army Gradation List 1970, all with original paper covers, the last in worn condition, the others good (5) £25-35
£25–£35
Four: Armourer Thomas H. Mortimer, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (T. H. Mortimer, Armourer) officially impressed naming; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1864 (T. H. Mortimer, Armr., H.M.S. Esk); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Ts. H. Mortimer, Armourr. H.M.S. Excellent 21 Yrs); Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, edge bruising and contact marks to the first, nearly very fine, otherwise very fine or better (4) £2000-2500
£2,000–£2,500
Captain Sir Edward Headlam, C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., F.R.G.S., Royal Indian Navy Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Star of India; Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; China 1900; Naval General Service 1915-62; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1911, ribbons a little faded, fairly good condition £20-30
Hammer Price: £10
Brigadier-General Charles Edward Every Francis Kirwan Macquoid, C.I.E., D.S.O., Indian Army Riband bar, pin-backed (lacking pin), bearing the ribbons: Order of the Indian Empire; Distinguished Service Order; India General Service 1895-1902; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; 1914 Star, with silver rosette; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India General Service 1908-35; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, good condition £20-40
Brigadier-General John Byron, C.B., C.M.G., Royal Artillery Riband bar, buckram, mounted on card, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath; Order of St. Michael & St. George; India General Service 1895-1902; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Italy, Order of St. Maurice & St. Lazarus; Italy, War Cross; with cloth badge, good condition £20-30
Hammer Price: £15
Midshipman Thomas C. Armstrong, Royal Navy, C.S.C. Riband bar, with pin-fitting, bearing the ribbons: Conspicuous Service Cross; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19, 1914-15 Star ribbon a little frayed, fairly good condition £20-40
Hammer Price: £20
Lance-Sergeant Robert Bennett, M.M., B.E.M., Special Air Service, late Grenadier Guards Original riband bar (in three strips) bearing the ribbons: Military Medal; British Empire Medal, 2nd issue, military; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62; Army L.S. & G.C.; Imperial Service Medal, fair condition £20-40
Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Edwards, C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D., D.L., J.P., Welsh Horse, late 15th Hussars, 6th Baron Kensington Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Territorial Decoration, good condition £30-40
Dame Leslie Whateley, D.B.E., Director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, late Chief Controller of The Army Territorial Service Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; France & Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration; France, Legion of Honour; France, Resistance Medal; U.S.A. Legion of Merit, with gilt Officers’ emblem; together with a miniature riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the...
Hammer Price: £25
British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (332353 S.M. 1 A. Irish, R.A.F.; 10770 Pte. C. West, Essex R.), this last with Corps of Commissionaire’s badge, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed, ‘C. West’, very fine or better (3) £20-30
Hammer Price: £30
Indian Recruiting Badge, G.VI.R., breast badge, silver and bronze, the reverse officially numbered ‘1955’, lacking top suspension brooch, nearly very fine £30-40
Colonel John Herschel Glenn, Jr., United States Marine Corps, the first American to orbit the Earth Ribbons mounted for display, to represent those of the recipient: U.S.A. Distinguished Flying Cross, with silver oak leaf cluster; Air Medal, with three silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters; Navy Unit Commendation ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; American Campaign Medal; Victory Medal 1945; China Service Medal 1937-57; National Defence Service Medal; South Korean unknown; Korean...
Hay, Commander The Hon. Sereld, History of the R.N.V.R., South African Division, Juta & Co., Cape Town, 1920, 1st edition, xv, 193pp., plus b/w plates, with original boards and white cloth spine, browned throughout, boards scuffed and worn but internally generally good, scarce £60-80
Pair: Sapper W. Harfield, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (174922 Spr., R.E.) nearly extremely fine (2) £30-40
Hammer Price: £35
Edward Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay 1921, oval bronze medal, obv. head of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), surmounted by Prince of Wales’ feathers; rev. inscribed, ‘Visit of His Royal Highness, Bombay, November 1921’; together with an unofficial bronze commemorative medal for the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902, very fine (2) £20-30
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