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British Army Officers’ Tunic Buttons 1856-1881. A very fine wooden framed collection, all regiments represented with the exception of the 50th, additionally the 18th is an other ranks and the 94th is a small example, there are variants for the 1st, 5th, 8th, 21st, 42nd, 43rd and 99th Regiments, some regiments with duplication, very good condition (140) £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Third Afghan War M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. C. Scudamore, Indian Army, who was serving in the 11th Rajputs at the time of winning his decoration Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lt. P. C. Scudamore, 11/Rajputs); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. P. C. Scudamore); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. P. C. Scudamore, 11 Rajputs); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse (Wm. Wilson, 43rd Foot) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1600-1800
Germany, Third Reich, Merit Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross with Star, breast star with swords, 75mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, pin stamped ‘900 21’, in (slightly damaged) red leather case of issue, inside of lid imprinted, ‘Stern des Deutschen Adlerordens mit Schwerten’, toned, gilding weak, extremely fine £1400-1800
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, 1892, 1893-94 (Lieut. P. C. E. Macdonald, 1/W.I. Rgt.) nearly extremely fine and a rare casualty £2000-2500
Four: Major A. J. Nixon, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, attached to Ross’ Camel Corps in India Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (A. J. Nixon, Lieut. 2nd Batt. Rifle Brigade) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Lucknow, Central India (Major A. J. Nixon, 2nd Bn. Rifle Bde.); Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, the first three mounted from silver triple brooch bar with...
Pair: Private J. Corfield, Shropshire Light Infantry Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Private, S.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (2800 Pte., 2nd Shropshire Lt. Infy.) good very fine (2) £1200-1600
Pair: Shipwright Edward Fisher, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1898 (E. Fisher, Car. Mte., H.M.S. Heron); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (E. Fisher, Caulk’s Mte., H.M.S. Opal) impressed naming, extremely fine and rare (2) £800-1000
A Second World War D.S.C. group of five attributed to Sub. Lieutenant (A.) A. W. D. Beale, Fleet Air Arm, who was decorated for his part in the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941, on which occasion he made a solo attack at 50 feet and 800 yards range - the sea around him ‘lashed with shot and fragments’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., hallmarks for London 1940, the reverse officially dated ‘1941’ and privately engraved, ‘A. W. D. Beale, R.N., H.M.S. Ark Royal’, in its...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Waziristan 1923 operations M.C. group of six awarded to Brigadier A. E. Clarke, Indian Army, who was serving in the 2-18th Garhwal Rifles at the time of winning winning his decoration Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with (gilded) clasp (Lt. A. E. Clarke, 2/39/Garhl. Rfls.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. E. Clarke); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. A. E. Clarke, 2-18 R. Garh. Rif.); Coronation 1937, mounted as...
A rare North West Frontier 1930-31 operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. McIntyre, Indian Army, who was serving in the 2-17th Dogra Regiment at the time of winning his decoration Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. F. McIntyre); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. H. F. McIntyre, 2-17 Dogra R.), mounted as worn, somewhat polished but otherwise generally very fine (4) £1600-1800
A rare Second World War escaper’s M.M. group of four awarded to Sapper R. W. Shears, Royal Engineers: having escaped in June 1940 - by knocking out his sentry - he reached the U.K. in March 1941, but not before further periods of incarceration in Vichy France and Spain Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6913697 Spr. R. W. Shears, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, contact marks, otherwise generally good very fine (4) £1600-1800
A good Georgian Irish volunteer officer’s sword, by Brady of Dublin, the 70cm deeply curved flat solid section blade, back-edged for the last 24cm with blued and gilt decoration including stands of arms, victory etc., all amid foliate sprays and wreaths, the blade retaining around 60% of its finish, copper-gilt hilt with ornate knucklebow, the quillon terminating in a scrolling acanthus leaf, the langets cast and deeply chased again with acanthus leaf decoration, lions head pommel and...
A South Africa Medal 1877-79 awarded to Private Samuel Dunning, 94th Regiment, killed in action at Bronkhorst Spruit, 20 December 1880 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (837 Pte. S. Dunning, 94th Foot) minor edge bruising, good very fine £1000-1200
Pair: Paymaster-in-Chrief F. R. C. Whiddon, Royal Navy, a recipient of the ‘Witu 1890’ clasp to his Ashantee Medal Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (F. R. C. Whiddon, Asst. Payr. R.N. H.M.S. Himalaya. 73-74); British War Medal (Payr. in Ch. F. R. C. Whiddon, R.N.) nearly very fine or better and rare (2) £900-1200
A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Colonel Owen Richards, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Garrards, London case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar, slight enamel damage to wreath; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (O. Richards, Civ....
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Second World War Normandy landings D.S.M. awarded to Sick Berth Attendant S. G. Willmott, Royal Navy, attached 559th (Landing Craft) Flotilla Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (S.B.A. S. G. Willmott, C/MX. 111823), extremely fine £1400-1600
A Waziristan 1923 operations M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. H. Pringle, Indian Army, who was attached to the Tochi Scouts at the time of winning his decoration Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed ‘Capt. J. H. Pringle, Tochi Scouts’; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. H. Pringle); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lieut. J. H. Pringle, 104 Rfls.), minor official correction to unit on the...
A Waziristan 1923 operations M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant B. P. Ross-Hurst, Indian Army, who was attached to the Tochi Scouts at the time of winning his decoration Military Cross, G.V.R.; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lt. B. P. Ross-Hurst, Recruiting Corps); Jubilee 1935, very fine and better (3) £1600-1800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca (James Shea, 30th Foot) extremely fine £1000-1200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Sahagun, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (James Simpson, 15th Hussars) nearly very fine £1400-1600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse (James Cooke, 50th Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (Thos. Munn, 57th Foot) suspension claw tightened and carriage fractured on one side between first two clasps, otherwise nearly very fine £1600-1800
A good regimental pattern levee mameluke for an officer of the 15th (The King’s) Hussars, the 83cm flat solid-section blade back-edged for the last 30cm, by Hawkes & Co, London, Manufacturers to the Queen, etched with regimental device of a crown within a sunburst surmounting the legend ‘King’s Hussars’ within panels, ornate cast and chased copper-gilt cross-guard of regimental pattern chased with floral scales, the quillons terminating in acanthus sprays, back-strap chased with...
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (J. Smith, 93rd Regt.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £500-600
Pair: Joseph Julian Kanné, Director of Continental Journeys Jubilee 1887, silver, unnamed; Victoria Faithful Service Medal, with ‘10’ year bar, silver, reverse officially engraved, ‘To Joseph Julius Kanné Esq. Director of Continental Journeys for Faithful Services to the Queen during 14 Years. 1874’ minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £900-1100
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (G. Bowers, 32nd L.I.) suspension slack, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (725 Corpl. E. Davis, 66th Foot) reverse suspension claw rivet defective, otherwise good very fine £1400-1600
North West Canada 1885, 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (Daniel Hurst Str. Northcote) naming engraved in the correct style particular to this vessel, very fine and rare £1200-1400
Eight: Captain Robert Keith Valentine, Hong Kong Defence Force, late Middlesex Regiment and Labour Corps, a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese 1914-15 Star (1217 L. Cpl., Midd’x. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Hong Kong, unnamed, mounted court style for wear, nearly very fine and better (8) £320-360
Mayor of Kimberley’s Medal 1899-1900, unnamed as issued, good very fine £600-800
Four: Colonel J. F. Brough, Royal Artillery, late Peshawur Mountain Battery India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Looshai (Lieut J F. Brough Peshr. Mn. By.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Capt: J. F. Brough, 1/1st Bde. R.A.); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Col. J. F. Brough); Khedive’s Star, undated, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (4) £700-800
Pair: Gunner W. A. Herlihy, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 3 clasps, Gambia 1894, Benin River 1894, Brass River 1895 (W. A. Herlihy, Actg. Gunr. R.N. H.M.S. Widgeon); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Gunner W. A. Herlihy, R.N. H.M.S. Highflyer) good very fine and rare (2) £1400-1600
A fine Great War O.B.E., M.C. group of nine awarded to Brigadier D. V. M. Balders, Suffolk Regiment, who was twice wounded in 1915, on the latter occasion at the battle of Frezenberg Ridge, when, ‘amid the roar of battle vile yellow-green poison gas floated like a spectre through the British lines, and before it men reeled back, livid, choking and blinded The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for...
Hammer Price: £1,700
British Army Officers’ Tunic Buttons 1856-1881. A very fine carded selection with all regiments represented except for the 14th, 15th, 18th, 54th, 75th, 80th, and 95th; there are variants for the 31st, 42nd, and 99th Regiments and the 7th is a mounted coatee pattern, very good condition (105) £1000-1200
A rare Third Afghan War M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal C. Bryant, Yorkshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (9745 Cpl. C. Bryant, 1/York. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (9745 T. Cpl. C. Bryant, York. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (9745 Cpl. C. Bryant, 1-York. R.), very fine or better (3) £1200-1500
Livery Button Collection. A fine carded collection comprising 185 different large examples to the peerage carded according to rank 4 Royals, 16 Dukes, 15 Marquesses, 68 Earls, 14 Viscounts, 62 Barons, and 6 Peeresses, together with over 230 large commoners and 17 ladies plus a selection of small examples in most sections, collected over many years the condition varies but generally good overall (430+) £700-900
WW1 On War Service Lapels, Railway Service Lapels & Ordnance Factory Lapels. Good carded selections the former includes standard circular oval and triangular issues 1914-15-16, plus scarcer issues for the 6th Recruiting Area (Warwicks) Ruston Lincoln James Edgar & Co. Down Bros London Smith Parfrey & Co Ltd HF & Co. D.Napier & Son Ltd. R.Greg & Co. Ltd Stockport S.O.T.B. Co. Ltd. Regent Carriage Co. Ltd Derbyshire National Shell Factory City of Wakefield War Service and many more. The...
A fine silver mounted Victorian officer’s presentation sword of the Droitwich & Hanbury Company, Worcestershire Rifle Volunteers, the slightly curved 83cm blade back-edged and spear-pointed, etched with crowned VR cypher above a strung light infantry bugle, a shako and crossed rifle, etc., all within finely etched foliate patterns and wreaths, the presentation inscription appears within a central panel ‘Presented to Captn. Blick by the Non-Commissioned Officers & Privates of the...
A Great War M.C. group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Ewart Marnham, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut., R.A.); Defence; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., unnamed, lacking top bar; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, with Second Award Clasp, both dated ‘1952’; Belgium, Order of Leopold, 5th...
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