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A Prussian Iron Cross 1870 group of six Prussia, Iron Cross 1870, 2nd Class; Order of the Red Eagle, 4th type, 4th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, with stippled arms, edge of lower arm stamped, ‘FR’; Order of the Crown, 2nd type, 3rd Class breast badge, gold and enamel, edge stamped, ‘Zehn’; Campaign Medal 1870-71, combatant’s; Centenary Medal 1897; G.B., Jubilee Medal 1887, bronze, mounted German style as worn, good very fine (6) £500-550
Hammer Price: £680
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hunza 1891, bronze issue (Kahar Guran, Medl. Dept.) very fine and rare £600-700
Pair: Captain J. R. Hobday, Bengal Staff Corps Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. J. R. Hobday, Bl. S.C.); India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92 (Captain J. R. Hobday, B.S.C.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £500-550
Three: Muleteer Shaikh Vazeer, Madras Sappers and Miners India General Service 1895-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98, bronze issue (465 Muleteer Shaik Vazir, Comst. Transpt. Deptt. Madras); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98, bronze issue (467 Muleteer Shaikk Vazeer, 1/Madras S&M); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, bronze issue, unnamed, good very fine (3) £400-450
Hammer Price: £650
Five: Flight Lieutenant B. A. O’Callaghan, Royal Air Force, a Spitfire and Tempest pilot who flew 34 operational sorties over North-West Europe 1944-45: in a post-war career that saw his total flying hours pass the 5000 mark, he won a Queen’s Commendation after being compelled to abandon his Meteor 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, generally very fine and better (5) £400-500
A C.M.G. group of three awarded to Mr C. W. Leese, Colonial service The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (L.Cpl. C. W. Leese, Nig. L. Ctgt.); Jubilee 1935, the first chipped on reverse centre, otherwise good very fine (3) £600-650
Three: Surgeon Charles Arthur Owen, Indian Subordinate Medical Department and Punjab Volunteer Rifles Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1st Cl. Asstt. Surgn., I.S.M.D.) officially engraved naming; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers Decoration, E.VII.R., reverse engraved, ‘Surgn-Maj., 3rd Punjab Rifles I.D.F.’, with top slip bar; Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Sgn. Captn., 1st Pjb. Voltr. Rfls.) officially engraved naming, mounted court style for wear, good very...
Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Mamelon Vert, Sebastopol, small slip-on French style clasps, unnamed as issued, very fine, the first clasp scarce £140-160
Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, Grand Cordon set of insignia by Lattes, Cairo, sash badge, 63mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, 95mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash ribbon, in case of issue (catch damaged), extremely fine (2) £350-400
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (W. McFarlane, 78th Highlanders) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £400-450
The Second Afghan War Medal awarded to Captain S. A. Swinley, 11th Bengal Lancers, who died of typhoid in May 1879 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Capt. S. A. Swinley, 11 Ben. Lans.), nearly extremely fine £400-500
A Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Colonel Frederick Grace Smith, Ceylon Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Ceylon, reverse engraved, ‘Major F. G. Smith, C.M.C.’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Ceylon (Lieut. Colonel, O.B.E., E.D., C.M.C.) engraved naming; Ceylon Armed...
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (33382 Sgt. W. Gray, 14th Bty. R.F.A.) extremely fine £400-500
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (3108 Serjt. A. Thomas, S. Lanc. Regt.) nearly extremely fine £600-700
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (343011 Cpl. C. W. Wilson, R.A.F.) good very fine £600-700
Royal Horse Artillery Rocket Troop, silver medal for Vittoria and Leipsic 1813 (Balmer R119), fitted with small loop and ring for suspension, very fine £200-250
Three: Sergeant A. T. Webster, Kimberley Volunteer Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (111 Serjt. A. T. webster, Kimberley Vol: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (111 Sjt. A. T. Webster, Kimb: Vol: Regt.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, good very fine (3) £400-450
Hammer Price: £620
Militia Officers Tunic Buttons 1856-1881 England Wales & Scotland. A fine carded selection of 48 large examples all different including First Derby, West Kent, Second Somerset, North Durham, Royal Cheshire, Northumberland, Second Royal Surrey, First Devon, Oxford, Worcestershire, Fourth West York, 2nd West York, Sherwood Foresters, Westmoreland LI, Royal Anglesey LI, Royal Glamorgan, Royal Guernsey, KOLI, 5th Royal Middlesex, Leicester, Royal South Lincoln, Renfrew, Inverness, etc., very...
British Yeomanry & Corps Buttons. Two carded selections the former include officers examples to the North of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry, North Devon Mounted Rifles, Lymington (mounted crowned cross pattern), Northumberland & Newcastle Volunteer Cavalry, South Salopian Yeomanry, Montgomeryshire YC, Castlemartin YC, etc.; The Corps card includes coatees to the Commissariat Staff, Medical Staff and General Officers, tunics to Barrack Master, Military Purveyor, Military Store and Military Store...
Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Husar Heinrich Wiebe, Hus. Rgt. Herzog v. Cumberland) steel clip and replacement ring suspension, edge bruising, very fine £350-400
Eight: Lieutenant-Colonel G. West, Burma Auxiliary Force, late Suffolk Regiment 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Burma, reverse engraved, ‘Lt-Col. G. West, B.A.F.’, mounted court style for wear, very fine, rare (8) £350-400
A scarce British South Africa Company’s 1890-97 Medal awarded to Private F. Hutley, West Riding Regiment who, on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Occupation of Matabeleland in 1953, was presented with the very rare “Pioneer Axe British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (1614 Pte. F. Hutley, 2nd W. Rid. Regt.), with lid of original card box of issue, nearly extremely fine, together with related 40th Anniversary of the Occupation of...
Seven: Warrant Officer Class 2 A. Westerby, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (91724 Gnr., 2nd Bty. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (51286 B.S. Mjr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (51286 W.O. Cl. 2, R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (91724 Cpl., R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (51286 W.O. Cl. 2, R.A.); Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher, nearly very fine...
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, slight enamel damage to obverse; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; a mounted set of four miniature dress medals, Order of the British Empire, Officer’s breast badge; British War Medal 1914-20; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, very fine and better (6) £300-400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Private C. Hill, Suffolk Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (3-10107 Pte., 8/Suff. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5820681 Pte, Suff. R.) very fine (2) £280-320
Hammer Price: £600
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Amethyst Wh. Thetis, Amethyst 5 April 1809 (James Gould) edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £3000-3500
Three: Trooper William Barnard, Royal Horse Guards and Kings’s Marshalman Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1913-1933’ (W. Barnard); Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Army L.S. &.G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2175 Tpr., R.H. Gds.) mounted court style for wear, slight contact marks, very fine and better (3) £320-360
Three: Bandmaster J. Johnson, 90th Regiment (Winnipeg Rifles), late 24th Regiment and Royal Marine Light Infantry Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (James Johnson, Private, 37th Co. R.M.L.I.) engraved naming; Colonial Auxiliary Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (Warrant Officer J. Johnson, 90th Regiment) impressed naming; Canadian Army & Navy Colonial Forces Veterans Association Medal 1901, silver, unnamed, claw tightened, mounted court style for wear, some contact marks, very...
A military O.B.E. group of four awarded to Major Walter Scott Blackett, Ceylon Mounted Rifles The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1927; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt., I.A.R.O.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse engraved, ‘Capt. & Quarter Master Walter Scott Blackett, Ceylon Mounted Rifles’, hallmarks for London 1918 (?), scratches to reverse, with top...
An interesting Matabele Rebellion British South Africa Company’s 1890-97 Medal awarded to Surgeon Captain A. W. Hogg, Victoria Column, a talented artist whose drawings and account of the early conduct of the campaign were published in the Illustrated London News - he afterwards lent valuable service during the course of the plague epidemic in Cape Town in 1901 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (Surgn. Captn. A. W. Hogg, Victoria Column),...
Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, with silver buckle on ribbon, suspension refixed, contact marks, about very fine £450-550
Four: Squadron Leader H. H. Lowe, Royal Air Force, who was taken P.O.W. after his Mosquito was damaged by flak in an anti-shipping strike with the famous Banff Wing in March 1945 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with his R.A.F. Halton Barrington-Kennett Trophy Medal, silver, with bronze clasps for ‘Boxing Junior 1930’ and ‘Boxing Junior Feather Wt. 1930’, the reverse officially inscribed ‘562178 A./A. Lowe, H.’, in its fitted John...
Hammer Price: £580
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar awarded to Acting Corporal Arthur William Brown, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (266053 Pte-L. Cpl., 6/Notts. & Derby. R.) Note: the Second Award Bar is lacking, edge bruising, contact marks, fine £300-400
WW2 Lapel and Cap Badges, a very fine selection representing many home based civilian units and others for the Free Forces of the oppressed nations including caps for the Free Norwegian Army in HM silver 1942, a scarce Polish unit of triangular outline (French ‘hall marks’), City of London Special Constabulary in gilt and blue enamel, a very fine cap badge for the City of London in unmarked silver and double vitreous enamels, four variable badges for ENSA bronze, plated, white metal,...
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Malta (392 Cpl. A. Caruana, K.O.M.R.) impressed naming, extremely fine, scarce £350-400
A cut-steel hilted officer’s mameluke, the 80cm pipe-backed blade back-edged for the last 25cm, retailed by Hebbert & Hume, Pall Mall East, London, the blade undecorated but for retailers details and the crowned royal cypher for William IV and legend ‘Warranted’, cut-steel cross-guard with scalloped edges, the quillons terminating in ball finials, back-strap cut with panels, ivory grip plaques set with cut steel rosettes, complete with its steel scabbard with two hanging rings, blade...
Six: Arthur Sidney Warren, Livery Porter Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1910-1930’ (A. Warren); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911, silver; Jubilee 1935, silver, these unnamed, mounted court style for wear, some wear, contact marks and edge bruising, fine and better (6) £450-550
Russia, Medal for Zeal (2), Alexander III, small silver medal; another, Nicholas II, small silver medal, n.r., good very fine (2) £120-160
Cabul 1842 (Simon Jacob, 3rd Lt. Dragns.) impressed naming, steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruising, good very fine £400-500
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (W. G. Elkes, Py. Offr. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Active. 73-74) suspension claw re-fixed with some periphery damage and fitted with cast copy suspension bar, otherwise very fine £450-500
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