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Five: Private David Legg, 93rd Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (1965., 93 Sutherland Highlanders) regimentally impressed naming, suspension soldered and no longer swivels; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (93rd Highlanders); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (1965., H.M. 93rd Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1965., 93rd Foot); Turkish Crimea, British issue, crudely named, fitted with Crimea suspension,...
Hammer Price: £750
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Kurdistan (507271 L.A.C. C. J. Luxton, R.A.F.) nearly very fine and scarce £600-700
A Great War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. F. Lawson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and Warwick R.G.A. Air Force Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Capt., Oct. 1918’, in its John Pinches case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.F.C.) with corresponding miniatures, very fine and better (6) £700-900
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Mafeking (A. Campbell, Mafeking Town Gd.) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £500-550
Hammer Price: £780
A Boer War ‘Driefontein’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private T. Fagg, East Kent Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2660 Pte. T. Fagg, E. Kent Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (1st Bn. East Kent ..) parts of regimental number and rank worn from contact wear; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (2660 Pte., E. Kent Regt.) initial shown as ‘G’ on the last, contact...
A Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonal F. C. Dundas, 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp (Major, A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £600-700
Sutherland Highlanders, a magnificent and rare large-size William IV officer’s silver plaid brooch, 97mm., hallmarked Edinburgh 1836 (Pattern introduced 1836, Bloomer page 112), ornate raised Thistle pattern with unit title ‘Sutherland Highlanders’ within, voided centre, with original pin back, near mint condition £500-800
Hammer Price: £800
Pair: Lieutenant Colonel G. Downing, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, S.A. 1902 (Capt. & Adjt., R. Dub. Fus.); Delhi Durbar 1911, the edge inscribed ‘Lt. Col. G. Downing, Commd’g. 1st Battn. R. Dub. Fus’rs.’; together with a good quality contemporary tailor’s copy Delhi Durbar 1911, the edge inscribed ‘Mrs Geoffrey Downing, Delhi 1912’; and a large silver table medal, the obverse depicting General Gordon astride a...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Broadwell, Durham Light Infantry, later killed in action Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (53745 Pte., 15/Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (53745 Pte., Durh. L.I.); together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Albert Broadwell), this contained in its card packet of issue, good very fine or better (4) £300-350
A North West Europe M.C. group of five awarded to Major Sir J. E. Backhouse, 179 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, who died of his wounds in August 1944 Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, the last four privately inscribed (Capt. (Temp. Maj.) Sir J. E. Backhouse, Bart., Royal Artillery) together with named condolence slip, Buckingham Palace condolence latter, and copy citation with envelope addressed to Lady...
A Rare Privately Issued Australian Life Saving Award, in silver, comprising of a central disc, 38mm, obverse inscribed ‘In commemoration of his exertions to save the crew of the Barque Eleanor Lancaster during the storm of the 7th Novr., Newcastle N.S.W. 1856’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Alexr. Burgess’, the disc surrounded by an intertwined silver frame, including suspension loop, this representative of a rope knot, contained in a contemporary glazed hinged display box, very...
Seven: Armourer Quarter Master Sergeant J. H. Bird, Royal Army Ordnance Corps Ashanti 1900, clasp, Kumassi (908 2nd Cl. Armr.-Serjt., A.O.C.) high relief bust; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (908 2nd Cl. Ar. Sjt., A.O.C.); 1914 Star (A-908 Ar. S.Sjt., A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-908 W.O.Cl.2, A.O.C.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (A908 A.Q.M.S., 1 K.D. Gds.); Army L.S. &...
Hammer Price: £820
A family group of seven awarded to Flight Sergeant J. W. Pearson, Royal Air Force, and his brother, Sergeant G. W. Pearson, No. 501 Squadron, Royal Air Force, a Hurricane pilot who was killed in action during the Battle of Britain Three: Defence and War Medals; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (134388 F/Sgt. J. W. Pearson, R.A.F.); Four: 1939-45 Star, with copy clasp, Battle of Britain; War Medal; Barrington-Kennett Trophy, R.A.F. Halton, silver medal (A/A Pearson, G. W.) with ribbon...
Four: Armourer Staff Sergeant J. Bird, Army Ordnance Corps, who died on active service in the Sudan in May 1916 1914-15 Star (A.1185 Armr. S. Sjt., A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (S.Sjt., A.O.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Fasher, Darfur 1916, unnamed as issued, together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Joseph Herbert Bird) extremely fine and rare (5) £350-450
Hammer Price: £880
Punniar Star 1843 (Major G. L. Christie, H.M. 3rd Regt.) fitted with contemporary silver ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £900
The Q.S.A. awarded posthumously to Private J. Boyle, Royal Marine Light Infantry, killed during the Naval Brigade’s epic action at Graspan Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Belmont (8034 Pte. J. Boyle, R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Doris) minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £600-800
A rare ‘East Africa’ K.A.R. D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Nyambe, King’s African Rifles King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1247 Sjt., 1/2 K.A.R.); 1914-15 Star (1247 Pte., 2/K.A.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (1247 Sgt., 2/K.A.R.) name spelt ‘Niambi’ on trio, generally very fine, a rare group, in unusually good condition £600-800
The Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., 1st type breast badge with INDIA on the petals, gold and enamels, complete with gold top suspension brooch in its original Garrard & Co. case of issue, some trivial enamel damage to some of the ‘stones’ and ‘pearls’ surrounding the base of the Crown, otherwise extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £920
A ‘River Pescia’ Immediate M.C. group of nine awarded to Major T. Dixon, Royal Sussex Regiment, attached 5th Buffs Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1914-15 Star Trio (9316 Cpl., Worc. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, good very fine or better (9) £600-800
Hammer Price: £950
Three: Deputy Surgeon General H. B. Franklyn, Army Medical Department Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Asst. Surgn. Rl. H. Art.); Italy, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus, 5th class breast badge, gold and enamels; War of Independence Medal 1860, silver, good very fine and a most unusual group (3) £450-550
A Second World War D.S.C. for the destruction of the U-390, awarded to Lieutenant-Commander Frank Ardern, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Tavy Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn together with related group of four miniatures, D.S.O. case of issue, named Buckingham Palace transmission letter for D.S.C., original Commission document as Temporary...
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Alex. Sword, 1st Batt. 91st Reg. Foot) fitted with an unusual silver ball and heavy silver bar suspension, some edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,000
A rare ‘Alloa’ Boer War Tribute medal group of three to Sergeant John Allan, 7th Volunteer Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (7249 Pte., V.Co. A. & S. Highrs.); Alloa Tribute Medal 1900, 9 carat gold, the reverse inscribed (For Active Service South Africa 1900, 7th V.B. A. & S.H. to L.Corpl. Jn. Allan from Alloa); Alloa Tribute Medal 1902, 9 carat...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Lewis, East Kent Regiment, for gallantry at Bakenlaagte in October 1901 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (4496 Pte. A. Lewis, E. Kent Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Transvaal (4496 Pte., E. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (4496 Pte., E. Kent Regt.) initial shown as ‘W’ on the last, mounted as worn, nearly very fine (3) £1000-1200
A very good ‘anti-shipping’ D.F.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant (Pilot) N. Baron, No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, later killed in action Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (758054 Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal; together with named condolence slip and box of issue addressed to his mother at Blackpool, Lancashire, extremely fine (4) £800-1000
A fine Second World War ‘North Africa’ George Medal group of four awarded to Major F. V. Platel, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, captured in Greece in 1941, and died as a prisoner of war in Germany in March 1944 George Medal, G.VI.R. (Capt. Francis Vittery Platel, R.A.O.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal, extremely fine (4) £900-1200
Hammer Price: £1,050
Three: Captain Henry G. C. Burningham, The Buffs Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Capt., The Buffs) contemporary engraved naming; Order of the Medjidie, 5th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian reverse, officer’s pattern by ‘J.B.’, together with three companion miniature medals, the Crimea inscribed on the edge (Capt., The Buffs. 30th Novr. 1855), a set of three continental sized miniature medals mounted on a triple ribbon brooch, three...
Four: Private F. J. Williamson, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Kama River Flotilla, Siberia 1919 1914-15 Star Trio (Ply.15043 Pte., R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., Admiral’s bust (Ply/15043 Pte., R.M.L.I. “Kent” Kama River May 1919) nearly extremely fine and rare (4) £500-600
A fine Great War D.S.O., M.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Captain J. F. C. Cameron, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut., A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) the Victory Medal with naming erased, very fine and better (5) £700-900
A rare ‘silver’ Edward Medal for Mines awarded to Jeffrey Fletcher for a pit rescue in Monmouthshire Edward Medal (Mines), G.V.R., Silver (Jeffrey Fletcher), extremely fine £800-1000
U.S.A., Military Order of the Dragon, China 1900 (Capt. E. C. Tylden-Pattenson, R.E. No. 142) complete with Pagoda top suspension brooch and original ribbon, nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,100
Six: Armourer Quarter Master Sergeant A. W. Strong, Army Ordnance Corps East and Central Africa 1897-99, no clasp (731 Armr. Serjt., A.O.C.); Ashanti 1900, no clasp (Armr.-Serjt., A.O.C.) high relief bust; 1914-15 Star (A-1357 Armr. Q.M. Sjt., A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-1357 W.O.Cl.1, A.O.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (731 Ar. Q.M.Sjt., A.O.C.) light contact marks to the first two, otherwise nearly extremely fine and a rare combination (6) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,150
The campaign pair awarded to Captain H. W. James, Royal Navy, thrice Mentioned in Despatches for his services during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Lieut., R.N. H.M.S. Tartar); Africa General Service, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (Commr., R.N. H.M.S. Proserpine) extremely fine (2) £800-1000
Four: Private George Glen, 42nd Highlanders, Staff Orderly in the Crimea and possibly the only recipient of a four clasp medal in the regiment Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (42nd Royal Highlanders) regimentally engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (42nd Rl. Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2134., 42nd Foot); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (2134, 42nd Royal Highlanders) all fitted with contemporary silver...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant Major W. H. Cooke, 2nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment, attached 1st Mounted Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2531 Serjt.-Major W. H. Cook, 2nd E. Kent Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, S.A. 1901 (2531 C.Sgt., E. Kent Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2531Sjt. Mjr., E. Kent Regt.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) ...
Five: Brigadier-General D. J. Glasfurd, Commanding 12th Australian Infantry Brigade, late Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, who died of wounds in November 1916 Coronation 1911; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Modder River, Paardeberg, Transvaal (Capt. & Adj., A. & S. Highrs.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Jubaland, Somaliland 1902-04 (Capt., A. & S. Hdrs.) high relief bust; 1914-15 Star (Major, 1 Div. H’Q A.I.F.); British War Medal ( T-Brig-Gen., A.I.F.) the...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A fine Great War M.C. and Bar group of six awarded to Captain J. Sedgewick, Durham Light Infantry, late Squadron Sergeant-Major, 2nd Dragoon Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (3946 Serjt., 2nd Drgn. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (2DG-3946 Sq.S.Mjr., 2-D.Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3946 Sq. S. Mjr., 2/D. Gds.)...
Hammer Price: £1,250
A fine Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Major G. A. M. Praed, 5th Light Infantry, Indian Army, late South Wales Borderers and East Kent Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (5845 Cpl. G. A. M. Praed, 2/E. Kent Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (2nd Lieut., 2/S. Wales Bord.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (2nd Lieut., 2/S. Wales Bord.); Natal 1906, clasp, 1906 (Lt., 5th Light. Inf. Regt. Indian...
A rare M.M. group of four awarded to Staff Sergeant G. C. J. Johnson, 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Machine Gun N.C.O. who fought in the legendary rear-guard action at Etreux during the retreat from Mons, was taken prisoner, and awarded the M.M. for this action under Army Order 193 of 1919 Military Medal, G.V.R. (9118 S/St. G. C. J. Johnson, 2/R. Muns. Fus.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9118 Sgt., R. Muns. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9118 S.Sgt., R. Mun. Fus.) rank rather...
A fine Northern Ireland B.E.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. Worthy, The Queen’s Regiment, formerly The Buffs British Empire Medal, E.II.R. (Military) for Meritorious Service (23534329 Sgt., The Queen’s Regt.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (23534329 Pte., Buffs); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Borneo, Northern Ireland (23534329 Sgt., Queen’s Own Buffs); Regular Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (23534329 S.Sgt., BEM, Queens) nearly extremely fine ...
Hammer Price: £1,300
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