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Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Laswarree, Capture of Deig (A. Graham, 8th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor edge bruise, otherwise toned, good very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,700
A Japanese sword, with exceptionally long and heavy Shin-Shinto Katana blade, the slightly curved 76.5cm blade of shinogi-zukuri form, the long nakago with a second mekugi-ana towards the jiri, signed Bakkashi Hosokawa Masayoshi and deeply stamped with a kao or seal, dated Kayai second year (1849) although blackened and discoloured overall, the hamon of a very deep chogi-midare pattern is clearly visible, retaining its shakudo habaki and long 28cm tsuka, the shakudo fuchi kashira decorated...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A good Algiers 1816 Naval General Service Medal awarded to Captain J. L. Clayton, Royal Navy, who was commended for his gallantry in sinking a burning vessel that threatened Lord Exmouth’s flagship Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (J. L. Clayton, Midshipman), original riband, minor edge bruising, very fine £1500-2000
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 4 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow, Central India (Corpl. John Enright, 1st Bn. Bengal Art.) very fine and rare £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,500
A rare Jameson’s Raider’s East & West Africa 1887-1900 Medal and British South Africa Company 1890-97 Medal pair awarded to Mr. H. L. Bernstein, an Armourer in the employ of the Maxim Company, attached West African Frontier Force 1897-98, late Lieutenant, Raaf’s Column British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (Lieut. H. Bernstein, Raaf’s Column); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Mr. H. L. Bernstein, W.A.F.F.), nearly...
Women’s Social and Political Union Medal for Valour, obverse inscribed, ‘Hunger Strike’, the reverse, ‘Marie du Sautoy Newby’, silver, 22mm., hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, the suspension bar inscribed, ‘March 4th 1912’ and brooch bar, ‘For Valour’, original ribbon in the Suffragette colours, in case of issue, silk interior lining of lid originally with gold blocked inscription, ‘Presented to Marie du Sautoy Newby by the Women’s Social & Political Union in recognition...
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Bagnall, Essex Regiment, late Yorkshire Regiment and Political Officer, Uganda Protectorate East and Central Africa 1897-99, 2 clasps, Lubwa’s, Uganda 1897-98 (Capt. C. E. Bagnall, 4/Yorks: Regt:); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Uganda 1900 (Capt: C. E. Bagnall, 4/Yorks. R.); British War Medal (Lt. Col. C. E. Bagnall); Zanzibar, Order of El Aliyeh, 4th class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the last with some minor enamel chips, edge...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A rare Burma-China frontier operations I.D.S.M. group of three awarded to Havildar Tirlok Singh, Burma Military Police, late Gurkhas Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (951 Hav. Tirlok Singh, B.M.P.); British War Medal 1914-20 (951 Nk. Trilok Singh, 2-39 Grks.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (951 Hav. Trilok Singh, S.S. Bn. B.M.P.), note spelling of first name on last two, generally very fine or better (3) £700-900
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 3 clasps, Mashonaland 1890, Matabeleland 1893, Rhodesia 1896 (Tpr. J. Birney, B.S.A.C.P.) small edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine and rare £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,300
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel J. De M. M. Prior, 12th Lancers South Africa 1834-53 (Capt. J. D. M. M. Prior, 12th Lancers); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. I. de M. Prior, 12th Rl. Lancers) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Captn. I. De M, M, Prior, 12th Lancers); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with scroll suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine or better (4) £1200-1400
A fine Great War Battle of Jutland D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain G. A. Coles, Royal Navy - as C.O. of the destroyer H.M.S. Ambuscade, he participated in three torpedo attacks on the German battle line Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. G. A. Coles, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Commr. G. A. Coles, R.N.); Russia, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge, with swords, bronze-gilt and enamel, together with...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A very rare S.E. Asia 1946 operations M.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Bombardier R. C. Gerbaldi, Royal Artillery, who was wounded in an ambush but continued to operate his wireless set until it was riddled with bullets Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1156347 L. Bmbr. R. C. Gerbaldi, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (1156347 Gnr. R. C. Gerbaldi, M.M., R.A.), good very fine and better (5) £1800-2200
A C.I.E. group of five awarded to Colonel J. H. Rivett Carnac, Ghazipur Light Horse The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 1st type breast badge with ‘India’ on the petals, gold and enamel, complete with brooch bar; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver, these unnamed; Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R.I. cypher, reverse engraved, ‘ Coll. J. H. Rivett Carnac, C.I.E., Hony. Comdt., Ghazipur Light Horse’, hallmarks for...
A ‘Koragh Defile’ Indian Order of Merit pair awarded to Sepoy Bagh Singh, 14th Bengal Infantry Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd / Class / Order of Merit’, lacking ribbon buckle, smaller than usual issue and with replacement suspension, centre re-fixed and re-enamelled; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895, also with clasp ‘Relief of Chitral...
Hammer Price: £3,100
A fine Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal A. H. Ford, West Yorkshire Regiment, who, as a member of his battalion’s “Guerilla Platoon”, regularly penetrated enemy lines in the Arakan Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4390907 L. Cpl. A. H. Ford, W. York. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp 8th Army; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (4390907 Cpl. A. H. Ford, M.M., W. Yorks), generally very fine...
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Lake Nyassa 1893 (G. Cheverton, Act. C.P.O. H.M.S. Pioneer) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise, nearly very fine and very rare £2500-3000
A rare Second World War Italy operations M.M. and Bar awarded to Lance-Sergeant J. N. Horne, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (1896145 L. Sjt. J. N. Horne, R.E.), extremely fine (5) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,000
Indian Mutiny Interest, a most interesting relic being a heavily worn and much repaired Union flag (150cm x 33cm), attached to one of the halyards is a silver oval plaque engraved, ‘One of the flags flown over the Residency Lucknow June - Nov 1857’. The style of engraving is of the period and wear to the engraving is commensurate with age but no further provenance is available, sold as found £400-600
A well-documented East Africa and Great War campaign group of four awarded to Squadron Leader M. G. B. Copeman, Royal Air Force, late Leicestershire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, onetime attached King’s African Rifles - his hitherto unpublished journal covering operations in East Africa 1912-14, and in particular the Dodinga Expedition, is an important addition to the K.A.R’s history in this period; so, too, his equally detailed manuscript covering the actions of the 1st Battalion,...
Pair: Private Thomas Hassal, 23rd Light Dragoons, a casualty of the regiment’s ill-fated charge at Talavera, where he was wounded and taken prisoner Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Talavera (Thomas Hassle, 23rd Light Dragoons); Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Hassal, 23rd Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, the second heavily polished and with mount marks in reverse exergue, overall edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine or...
A good Crimea D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour-Sergeant P. Read, 33rd Regiment, who was severely wounded in the attack on the Redan Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt. Philip Reid, 33rd Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Cr. Sergt. P. Read, 33rd Regt.), contemporary engraved naming; France, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Turkish Crimea, British issue (Philip Read, late Colour-Sergeant, 33rd Regt.), fitted with elaborate...
Hammer Price: £2,900
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Basque Roads 1809, Java (T. C. P. Morton, Midshipman) edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine £2000-2500
Germany, Third Reich, Goblet of Honour for Outstanding Achievement in the Air War, silver Goblet by Johann Wagner & Son, Berlin, 205 x 100mm. (approx.), named around the lower stem, ‘Oberfeldwebel Willi Hoinowski am 20. 6. 41’, the base with the inscription, ‘Für Besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg’, the underside of the base bearing the name of the manufacturer and silver stamp marks (crescent moon, crown, ‘835’ and eagle), nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Witu August 1893, Juba River 1893 (W. Edmonds, Sto. H.M.S. Blanche) very fine and rare £2000-2500
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895, bronze issue (Cook Bishen Singh, 14th Bl. Infy.) very fine £2000-2500
Five: Able Seaman G. A. Wightman, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Liwondi 1893 (G. Wightman, A.B. H.M.S. Herald); 1914-15 Star Trio (114871 G. A. Wightman, A.B. R.N.); Coronation 1902, bronze, mounted as worn, the first with old lacquer, otherwise good very fine and rare (5) £2500-3000
Five: Captain N. A. M. Balders, Suffolk Regiment, who died of wounds in Korea in February 1950, while attached to the Royal Ulster Rifles Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt., Suffolk); Korea 1950-53 (Capt., Suffolk); U.N. Korea 1950-54, the first three mounted as worn, generally extremely fine (5) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,800
A good Boer War Mounted Infantry operations D.C.M. group of three awarded to Colour-Sergeant J. H. Holland, Cheshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (4855 A. Serjt.-Maj. J. Holland, Cheshire Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (4855 Col. Sejt. J. H. Holland, Ches. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4855 Cr. Sjt. J. H. Holland, Cheshire Regt.),...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Maida (G. Mackay, Capt. 78th Foot) minor edge bruising, otherwise extremely fine £1600-1800
Pair: Colonel Charles Edward Montizambert, Royal Canadian Artillery Canada General Service 1866-70, 2 clasps, Fenian Raid 1866, Fenian Raid 1870 (Lt. Que. G.A.) impressed naming; North West Canada 1885, 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (Lt. Col., Regiment Canadian Artillery) privately impressed naming, first with light scratch to obverse, good very fine (2) £1200-1500
A fine Second World War Spitfire pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. D. Armstrong, Royal Air Force, who completed 60 sorties over North-West Europe in a Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (P.R.U.) of 2nd Tactical Air Force - his Mark IX aircraft, armed but otherwise stripped down for maximum speed, was painted pale pink, and carried the invasion stripes under the rear fuselage Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, in its Royal...
Hammer Price: £2,700
A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. R. Hutchinson, 41st Dogras, late 3rd Sikhs, a veteran of the storming of the Dargai Heights and the Abor operations of 1911-12, who was severely wounded at Festubert in May 1915 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. C. A. R. Hutchinson, 3rd Sikh Infy.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp,...
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Poona (T. Griffin, 65th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £2500-3000
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (T. Hamlin, 65th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise, very fine £3000-3500
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Allighur, Laswarree (T. Emery, 29th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly very fine £3000-3500
A fine group of six medals awarded to Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquis of Breadalbane, K.G., P.C., J.P., D.L., Brigadier-General of the Royal Company of Archers Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, silver, unnamed; Coronation 1902, silver; Visit to Scotland Medal 1903 (Marquess of Breadalbane President St. A.A.A.); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Col. The Hon. G. Marq. of Breadalbane, K.G., A.D.C., 5/V.B. R. Hdrs.) impressed naming; Royal Humane Society,...
Pair: Private W. J. Hart, Namaqualand Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (244 Pte. W. J. Hart, Namqlnd: T.G.); Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (W. J. Hart) good very fine and scarce (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,600
A rare C.I.E., Waziristan 1923-24 M.B.E., Afghanistan 1919 M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. I. Stevenson, 2-8th Gurkha Rifles and 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for 1919; Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. T. I. Stevenson);...
A rare Mohmand 1933 operations I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Temporary Lance-Naik Chanan Singh, 1-11th Sikh Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (5633 Tempy L.-Nk. Chanan Singh, 1-11 Sikh R.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (5633 Sep. Chanan Singh, 1-11 Sikh R.), minor edge bruising, very fine and better (2) £700-900
A fine Second World War North Africa operations M.M. group of five awarded to Private D. B. Clark, Royal Durban Light Infantry - ‘If I told him that there was a Panzer Division around the corner, he would tackle it with a rifle and bayonet without hesitation’ Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2650 Pte. D. B. Clark, 2 R.D.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, these last four all officially inscribed, ‘2650 D. B. Clartk’, mounted as worn,...
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