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Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. B. St John, K.C.I.E., C.B.E., Indian Political Department, late 45th (Rattray’s) Sikhs India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. H. B. St John, 45th Sikhs); British War Medal (Lt-Col. H. B. St. John); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Major H. B. St. John, C.I.E., C.B.E. Ind. Poll. Dept.); Delhi Durbar 1903; Delhi Durbar 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, very...
Hammer Price: £920
Pair: Able Seaman A. J. Hooper, Royal Australian Navy H.M.A.S. Sydney - S.M.S. Emden Medal, 9 November 1914, silver Mexican Dollar dated 1886 , mounted by W. Kerr, Sydney, unnamed; Western Australia, Sydney - Emden Commemorative Medal, reverse inscribed (part engraved) ‘Presented by the People of Western Australia to A. J. Hooper, Able Seaman’, about very fine (2) £650-750
British Army Officers’ Tunic Buttons 1856-1881. A interesting carded selection with much duplication, not all regiments represented but including examples to the 101st, 103rd, 104th, 105th, 106th, 107th, 108th, and 109th Regiments, require cleaning but good overall condition (144) £250-350
Hyderabad 1843 (Patk. McNeil, 22nd Regt.) fitted with fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £700-800
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin Hills 1892-93, bronze issue (Hospl. Toty Gurva 30th Madras Infy.) good very fine and rare £600-700
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Patrick Robert Cadell, Bombay Volunteer Rifles British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt-Col.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (P. R. Cadell, I.C.S., Dec. 1911); Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse engraved, ‘Lt. Col. P. R. Cadell, C.I.E., Bom. Vol. Rfls.’, with top slip bar, mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (4) £260-300
Pair: Seedie Cammice, an African krooman serving in the Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, for Mwele 1895, 3 clasps, Witu 1890, Benin River 1894, Benin 1897, unnamed as issued to African kroomen; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Cammice, Seedie, H.M.S. Philomel) officially impressed naming, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (2) £500-550
Three: Able Seaman W. B. Knight, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (159700 A.B. W. B. Knight, H.M.S. Terrible) officially engraved naming; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (W. B. Knight, A.B. H.M.S. Terrible) together with Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal, 27mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, rev. impressed, ‘Naval Brigade / South Africa 1899-1900 / North China 1900’, good very fine (3) £500-600
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War ‘Evacuation of Gallipoli’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Petty Officer T. G. McNaughton, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (222292 P.O., Gallipoli Opns. 1915-6) official correction to ‘Gallipoli’; 1914-15 Star (222292 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (222292 P.O., R.N.) some contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £900-1100
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Captn. Archd. Neil Campbell, 18th Royal Irish Regt.) some edge bruises, otherwise very fine £500-600
Three: Trooper A. Atkinson, Imperial Light Horse, late Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles and Matabeleland Relief Force British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. A. Atkinson, M.R.F.); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte. A. Atkinson, D.E.O.V.R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (3134 Tpr. A. Atkinson, 1/Imp. L.H.), all official late issues, circa...
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (T. Wright, 14th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £880
Pair: Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Elliot Wood, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, who served as a Civil Surgeon at the Battle of Ulundi South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Civil Surgn. R. E. Wood); Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1919, with top brooch bar, mounted court style for wear, first with slight contact marks, very fine and better (2) £560-600
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (1949 Troopr. J. Steiner, B.B. Police) edge bruise, othewise good very fine £600-800
A C.I.E. group of seven awarded to Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel John Cadwgan Powell-Price, Indian Army Reserve of Officers and the Allahabad Contingent, Auxiliary Forces India The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E. Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., I.A.R. attd. Alwar I.S. Infy.); British War and Victory Medals (Maj.); Jubliee 1935; Coronation 1937, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India, reverse engraved, ‘Maj....
42nd Highlanders Medal 1801, silver circular engraved medal with raised rim (Balmer R329), 45mm, the obverse with standing figure of St Andrew, legend above ‘Forty Second Royal Highland Regt.’, in exergue ‘Battle of Alexandria 1801’; the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Andrew Dowie by Major Jas. Stirling A Reward for his Gallant conduct in assisting to Capture a Stand of Colours from the Enemy’, fitted with watch fob suspension, very fine and an important regimental award £300-500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain T. Russell, Royal Scots Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) mounted for wear, good very fine (3) £750-850
Hammer Price: £850
A flintlock blunderbuss, the heavy 38cm long plain barrel flared at the muzzle, plain tang, border engraved lock signed ‘Mead’, figured full stock with chequered grip, plain brass mounts including trigger-guard and butt-plate, later horn tipped ramrod, Birmingham proof marks, iron parts patinated overall £600-800
A brass-barrelled flintlock blunderbuss, the 36cm two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle border, engraved tang, octagonal breech engraved on the top flat ‘London’, flat bevelled border engraved lock, indistinctly signed, full stock, brass mounts comprising brass butt-plate engraved with foliate patterns at the tang, trigger-guard chased with floral patterns on the bow and pineapple finial, turned brass ramrod-pipes, vacant brass escutcheon, wood ramrod, iron parts lightly...
China 1842 (Edward Taverner, H.M.S. Cornwallis) the ribbon fitted with 2 clasps, ‘China 1842’ and ‘Canton 1857’, very slight traces of brooch mounting to the obverse, otherwise very fine and rare £600-800
An unusual scroll hilt sword for John Finnis, 5th. Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force, the 82.5cm blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, number 13548 for 1865, etched with crowned VR cypher amid foliate scrolls and within a cartouche the owner’s family crest and motto ‘Finis coronat opus’ and initials ‘JF’, steel scroll guard similar to that ordered for the Royal Engineers in brass, chequered back-strap and pommel, single piece chequered horn grip bound with brass wire,...
An M.V.O. group of five awarded to Sergeant Henry Gulliver Barrett, Royal Horse Artillery The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘589’, minor enamel damage; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (49234 Sgt., U Bty., R.H.A.); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (49234 Sjt., R.H.A.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver,...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (Joseph Bedder, 76th Foot) extremely fine £600-700
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Josh. Batten, Carpr’s Crew. Shannon) very fine £600-700
Pair: Naval Aircraftsman S. McDermott, Royal Navy South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (NA(AH)1 D14947K 848 Sqdn); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (LA(AH) D174947K RN) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £550-650
Hammer Price: £820
Four: Major Edward Joseph Soper, Malay States Volunteer Regiment, late Army Ordnance Department, interned by the Japanese in Singapore 1914-15 Star (Lieut., A.O.D.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse engraved, ‘Capt. E. J. Soper, M.S.V.R.’, with top brooch bar, mounted court style for wear, very fine and better (4) £250-300
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (Ensgn. A. Peel H.M. 101st Regt.) suspension a little slack, otherwise better than very fine £600-700
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hunza 1891 (668 Lce. Naick Tula Ram, 2d Kash. Infy. I.S.T.) very fine £400-500
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Jas. Sanderson, 93rd Highlanders) nearly very fine £550-600
A fine Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star group of fourteen awarded to Colonel J. Trimble Brown, United States Army Silver Star, edge numbered, ‘86419’; Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘J. T. Brown’; Bronze Star, reverse inscribed, ‘J. Trimble Brown’; Army Commendation Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘J. Trimble Brown’; American Defense Sevice Medal; American Campaign Medal; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal,...
Officers Mufti Buttons c1830-1850. An extremely fine and rare carded selection comprising 51 large and 19 small examples, in some instances there are two each of the larger examples, the regiments include Royal Horse Guards, 5th DGs, 12th Royal Lancers, 4th & 7th Light Dragoons, 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars, 10th Hussars, 11th Hussars, 13th LDs; 1st, 3rd, 10th, 12th, 43rd, 41st, 85th, 90th, 92nd Regiments of the Line, mainly near mint state a few require cleaning (70) £500-700
Hammer Price: £800
109th Bombay Infantry Officer’s 1869 Pattern Shako. A very fine and rare example to a Captain or below, of standard blue cloth covered stiffened cork with horizontal patent leather peak, the body with standard narrow gold lace trimming. The all gilt frontal plate of standard crown and laurels design the centre with a circular strap, “Bombay Infantry” enclosing the floreated numerals “109”, at the base of the inner laurels a scroll “Central India”; complete with correct pattern...
A rare Waziristan 1924 operations I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Sepoy Nand Singh, 2-3rd Sikh Pioneers Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1734 Sep. Nand Singh, 2-3 Sikh Pnrs.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (1734 Sep. Nand Singh, 2-3 S. Prs.), the first with officially corrected number, minor edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (2) £400-500
Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Inkermann (Serjt. Richd. Dunckley, 23rd Regt.) officially impressed naming, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £600-800
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, V.R., reverse impressed, ‘Lieut. Colonel H. R. Smith, Reserve of Officers’, hallmarks for London 1901, complete with top brooch bar, good very fine £220-260
Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Ernest Spencer, Ceylon Light Infantry, late 21st Battalion London Regiment and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut, 21/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Ceylon, reverse engraved, ‘Captain E. E. Spencer, C.L.I.’, mounted court style for wear, fine and better (7) £180-220
Eight: Major Charles Gordon Napier Milne, Canadian Engineers, late Gordon Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (8079 Pte., Gordon Highrs.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Can. Eng.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937; Colonial Auxiliary Force Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Major C.N.G. Milne, 2nd Fld. Trp. C.E.’, complete with top bar; Colonial...
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24286640 Sig R G Williams R Signals) in card box, extremely fine £500-550
Jersey Humane Society, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘J. De La Mare’, jeweller’s mark on reverse, edge bruising, nearly very fine £500-600
A C.B.E. pair awarded to John Powter, Director, Jamaica Government Railways, late District Traffic Superintendent, Nigerian Railways The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Garrard, London case of issue; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (J. Powter); together with a mounted pair of miniature dress medals, full-size A.G.S. with slight edge bruise and scratch marks to...
Hammer Price: £780
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