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[Cassell], Cassell’s History of the War, France and Germany 1870-1871, Cassell & Co., 1899, 2 volumes; Mundell, Frank, Stories of The Victoria Cross and The Humane Society, Sunday School Union, London; Angolia, J. R., For Führer and Fatherland, Military Awards of the Third Reich; with a large quantity of military books, catalogues and journals, varied condition (lot) £70-90
Hammer Price: £65
Abbott, P. E. & Tamplin, J. M. A., British Gallantry Awards, Nimrod Dix & Co., London, 1981; Douglas-Morris, K. J., The Naval General Service Medal Roll 1793-1840, reprint; Gould, R. W. & Douglas-Morris, K. J., The Army of India Medal Roll 1799-1826, J. B. Hayward & Son, London; China, Rana, The Indian Distinguished Service Medal, Invicta, 2001; with other medal related books (10), good condition (14) £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
Afghanistan, Kingdom, Victory Star 1876, second reign of Sher Ali (1868-79), 41mm., silver, reverse engraved, ‘Shere Ali to his Soldiers 1876’, buckled and pitted, n.r., good fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £80
Germany, Prussia, Order ‘Pour le Mérite’, military neck badge, 53 x 52mm., silver-gilt and enamel, edge stamped, ‘JGUS 938’, later 20th Century manufacture, with neck cravat, in fitted case of issue, good very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £550
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1813, 1st Class badge, approx. 40 x 40mm., 14.54g., plain blackened iron centre within a silver frame and base, reverse arms each fitted with twin eyelets, unmarked, poorly assembled and finished, a later assemblage/copy, iron insert off-centre, obverse with signs of rusting and with some black wash lost, nearly very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £750
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1813, 2nd Class, 41 x 41mm., unofficial manufacture, silver frame crudely produced and finished, the blackened iron plate forming one arm of the cross is cracked and loose, fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £2,500
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1870, 1st Class badge, 42.5 x 42mm., 13.81g., silver and iron, reverse stamped, ‘I. Wagner & S 14 Löth’ and ‘WS’, with pin-fitting, a later assemblage/copy, in an unrelated fitted case bearing an ‘Iron Cross’ emblem, very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £240
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
A Prussian Iron Cross 1870 pair Prussia, Iron Cross 1870, 2nd Class, with 25th Anniversary oak leaves, suspension refitted; Campaign Medal 1870-71, 4 clasps, Wörth, Orleans, Le Mans, Spicheren, mounted German style as worn, good very fine (2) £320-360
Hammer Price: £390
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, modern copy breast star, 89 x 89mm., silver-gilt and silver, stamped, ‘800’ on reverse, with pin-fitting, in case, very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £300
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, 1st Class badge, convex shaped, silver, pin-fitting stamped, ‘800’, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
A Prussian Iron Cross 1914 group of three Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, 2nd Class; Order of the Red Eagle, 4th type, 4th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, with stippled arms, edge inscribed, ‘W’; Germany, Cross of Honour 1914-18, combatant’s, mounted German style, good very fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
Germany, Prussia, Goblet of Honour for Victory in the Air, silver Goblet, 190 x 95mm. (approx.), the stem bearing the inscription, ‘Dem Sieger im Luftkampfe’ and silver stamp marks (crescent moon. crown, ‘800’ and eagle), the underside of the base bearing the medallion, ‘Chef des Feldflugwesens’, minor indentation and scratches, good very fine £4000-4500
Hammer Price: £5,500
Germany, The Sinking of the Lusitania Medallion, by Karl Goetz, 56mm., bronze, bearing the corrected date, ‘7 Mai 1915’; another, a British copy, bearing the date, ‘5 Mai 1915’, this fitted with a suspension and contained in a fitted case, good very fine (2) £100-140
Hammer Price: £270
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
Hammer Price: £2,000
Germany, Third Reich, Merit Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross 1st Class / 3rd Class neck badge with swords, 50 x 50mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with ‘fan’ suspension ring stamped, ‘900 21’, with neck cravat, in (damaged) red leather case of issue, class designation on inside of lid too faint to read, enamel repair to obverse upper arm, some damage to reverse centre, very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £700
Germany, Third Reich, Merit Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross 2nd Class pin-backed cross with swords, 50 x 50mm., silver-gilt and enamel, pin stamped, ‘900 21’, in (slightly damaged) red leather case of issue, inside of lid imprinted, ‘Verdienstkreuz II. Stufe des Ordens vom Deutschen Adler mit Scwertern’, extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,100
Germany, Third Reich, German Order, reproduction 1st Class neck badge, 101 x 48mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat; together with Party Badge (2), 23mm. and 18mm., enamelled, pin-backed, in an unrelated case, neck badge nearly extremely fine (3) £200-250
Hammer Price: £210
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939 (3), Knight’s Cross reproduction neck badge, 48 x 48mm., stamped ‘925’ and ‘2’ below ring, with neck cravat; 1st Class pin-backed badge, 45 x 45mm., unmarked; 2nd Class breast badge, suspension ring stamped ‘128’, the three in fitted red leather case, some rusting, very fine and better (3) £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Knight’s Cross with oak leaves reproduction neck badge, 48 x 48mm., cross marked, ‘20’ on frame near suspension ring; oak leaves stamped ‘800’ on reverse, in case; War Merit Cross 1939, Knight’s Cross neck badge with swords reproduction, 52 x 52mm., 44.94g., silver, edge of suspension ring stamped, ‘900’, edge of lower arm stamped, ‘1’ and ‘900’ (partial ‘9’), with neck cravat; German Cross in Silver 1941, reproduction enamelled pin-backed badge, 62 x 62...
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, 1st Class pin-backed badge, flat, marked ‘65’ on pin, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
Germany, Third Reich, 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross 1914 (2), reproduction 1st Class, unmarked, pin-backed; another, reproduction 2nd Class, unmarked, prong fitting, the two in fitted red leather case; Reichsleiter’s Armband, reproduction, 405 x 143mm., red velvet with gilt bullion oak leaves, gilt wire and central gilt metal ‘pip’, the inside with hooks for attachment to cotton loops; Totenkopf Ring, reproduction, 25mm. external diameter., silver, ornamented with ‘death’s head’, oak leaves an...
Hammer Price: £160
A German Iron Cross 1939 group of four Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, 2nd Class; War Merit Cross 1939, 2nd Class with swords; Winter Campaign in the East Medal 1941-42; Commemorative Medal 1st October 1938, mounted German style for wear A German Iron Cross 1939 group of three Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, 2nd Class, slight loss of black wash; War Merit Cross 1939, 2nd Class with swords; German Defences Medal, mounted German style for wear, good very fine and better (...
A German Iron Cross 1939 group of four awarded to a Spanish Volunteer in Russia Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross, 2nd Class; Winter Campaign in the East Medal 1941-42; Commemorative Medal of the Spanish “Blue Division”, mounted German style for wear; Spain, Franco Period, Commemorative Medal of the “Blue Division”, complete with brooch bar, in card box of issue, some scratch marks and slight loss of black wash on Iron Cross, good very fine and better (4) £140-180
Hammer Price: £200
Germany, Third Reich, German Cross in Gold 1941, enamelled pin-backed badge, 63 x 63mm., 43.85g., 4 rivet construction, stamped, ‘20’ on pin, in (slightly damaged) case of issue, nearly extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,300
Germany, Third Reich, Tank Badge of the Condor Legion, silver metal reproduction, pin-backed; Wound Badge 1939, 1st type, black grade reproduction, pin-backed; Wound Badge 1944, silver grade, reproduction, 44 x 37mm., 40.11g., reverse stamped, ‘2’ and with a partial ‘800’ mark, pin-backed, in case of issue, Nuremberg Party Rally Badge 1929, non-wearable type, silver reproduction, 80 x 36mm., reverse stamped, ‘F. Hoffstatter Bonn 800’, in case of issue, very fine and better (4) £150-200...
Hammer Price: £360
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
Hammer Price: £2,900
Peru, Spanish Viceroy’s Medal for the Defence of Callao 1819, by A. Davalos, silver, approx. 39mm. diameter, obverse: a fire-ship approaching Spanish warships at anchor, reverse a five-line inscription within a wreath of oak leaves, fitted with ornate suspension, good very fine, rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £100
Spain, Kingdom, Royal and Military Order of Seville, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, neck badge, 69 x 46mm., silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, 79mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, n.r., minor enamel damage, nearly extremely fine (2) £250-300
A Spanish Civil War group of nine awarded to a ‘Nationalist’ officer Spain, Franco Period, Wound Badge, enamelled; Order of St. Hermenegildo, breast badge, gilt metal and enamel; Order of Military Merit, breast badge, gilt metal and enamel, obverse with red enamel arms, reverse arms without enamel, gilt slip bar on ribbon; Germany, Third Reich, Merit Order of the German Eagle, 3rd Class / 5th Class breast badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamel, stamp mark on suspension mount; Spain, Kingd...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to The Reverend John Cairns, Army Chaplains Department The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver (Major J. Cairns, C.F.); Volunteer Decoration, E.VII.R., hallmarks for London 1904, lacking top bar; Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R. (Chaplain, 4th V.B. Rl. Scots) impressed naming; Territorial Decoration, G....
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
Hammer Price: £880
Territorial Decoration (2), E.VII.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1909, with top brooch bar; another, G.V.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1921, lacking top bar, good very fine (2) £100-140
A Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Stewart Law, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut., R.A.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., unnamed, with top bar; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, with Second Award Clasp, reverse of both decoratio...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of ten awarded to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Robert Collins, Royal Garrison Artillery, late Imperial Yeomanry Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Pte., Imp. Yeomanry Bearer Coy.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major, R.G.A.) correction to init...
Hammer Price: £2,100
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Jones Whitla Alexander Cushing, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Territorial, with Second, Third and Fourth Award Clasps (all G.VI.R.), unnamed, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (5) £140-180
A Great War A.F.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Threlkeld Edwards, Royal Field Artillery, late Royal Flying Corps Air Force Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut. R. T. Edwards, Sea Patrol’; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse dated, in small numerals, ‘1937’ unnamed, mounted court style for wear, nearly very fine and better (6) £1200-1500...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Pair: Major R. A. Robinson, Royal Artillery Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse dated ‘1938’ in small numerals, top bar lacking pin; Royal Artillery Medal, oval, silver, 50 x 37mm., reverse inscribed, ‘Maj. R. A. Robinson, T.D. with sincere appreciation and best wishes of the Old Gunners Club, March 14. 1934’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1933, with brooch bar, good very fine (2) £100-140
Hammer Price: £130
Nine: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Thomas Bernardo Bignold-de-Cologan, Marques de Torrehermosa, 5th Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade); Commandant and Inspector of Army Bands, Royal Military School of Music, 1942-46 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. T. B. de Cologan, 5/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.A. T. B. de Cologan); Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1937; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., unnamed, with top bar; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, r...
Hammer Price: £1,000
Six: Major Richard Beaumont Pinney, Royal Army Service Corps, late 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse dated ‘1951’, unnamed; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (6791075 Pte., 28 Lond. R.) mounted for display, very fine and better (6) £140-180
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