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A Second World War ‘Italy’ M.M. group of four awarded to Rifleman Jadu Gurung, 1st Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4525 Rfmn. Jadu Gurung, 5 R.G.R.) engraved naming; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed, first with minor edge bruising, good very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £750
Four: Warrant Officer Class 2 H. E. Woods, 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) 1914-15 Star (786 Sq. S. Mjr., 2-Co. of Lond. Y.); British War and Victory Medals (786 W.O. Cl. 2, 2-Co. of Lond. Y.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (786 Sjt., 2/Cnty of London (W.D.) I.Y.) good very fine (4) £450-500
Hammer Price: £720
The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Major-General Sir Harold Parsons, K.C.M.G., C.B., Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late West Surrey Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, badge, gold and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military), badge, gold and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-9; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State,...
Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Jeremiah Murphy 29th Regt.) edge bruise and contact marks, otherwise very fine £500-600
The C.B.E. and campaign group of five awarded to Major James Drogo Montagu, late Royal Irish Rifles The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. J. D. Montagu, R. Irish Rif.) some official corrections to naming; Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, the last four mounted as worn, very fine or better (5) £450-500
Pair: Private J. Cowan, 9th Lancers Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1912 Pte., 9th Lancers); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1912 Private, 9th Lancers) first with edge bruising, good fine; second good very fine (2) £450-500
Hammer Price: £700
Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (Wm. Tucker, 22nd Regt.) fitted with original steel clip and old replacement hinged-bar suspension, correct regimental naming but possibly with some corrections, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £400-500
Three: Private J. Davis, 81st Foot, late 4th King’s Own Regiment Abyssinia 1867 (500 J. Davis, 1st Battn. 4th the K.O.R. Regt.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (686 Pte. J. Davis 81st Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (12th Bde. 686 Pte. J. Davis, 81st Regt.), mounted as worn from a contemporary wearing bar, the first with repaired suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine or better (3) £500-600
A Second World War O.B.E. and Q.P.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Constable Thomas Biesley Humphrey, South Shields Borough Police, late Military Foot Police The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver base metal and enamel; Queen’s Police Medal, for Distinguished Service (Thomas B. Humphrey, O.B.E., Ch. Const. South Shields Borough...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Golden Prentice) good very fine £500-600
Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Bombardier James Wall, 4th Compy. 2nd Battn. Bengal Foot Arty.) fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, good very fine £500-600
France Colonial, Shanghai Service Medal, silver, good very fine, scarce £50-70
An Indian Police Medal awarded to Subedar Chanan Singh, Burmese Military Police Indian Police Medal, G.V.R., for Distinguished Conduct (Chanan Singh, Subedar, Burmese Military Police) good very fine £260-300
Greece, Medal for the Greco-Turkish War 1912-13, 3 clasps, ΑΕΤΟΡΡΑΧΗ, ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ, ΟΣΤΡΟΒΟΝ, War Cross 1916-17, in card box; Medal of Military Merit 1916-17; Victory Medal 1914-18, official type; Medal for the Struggle for Macedonia, Royal issue; Medal for the Struggle for North Epirus; War Cross 1940 (3), 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class, last with clasp, ‘1940’; Royal Navy Campaign Cross 1940-44, in card box of issue; Merchant Navy War Cross 1940-44, bronze; Air Force...
Four: Captain H. H. Brooke, Connaught Rangers, late Imperial Yeomanry, who was severely wounded on 2 November 1914 during the 1st Battle of Ypres and who died as a result his wounds on 19 February 1920 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Lieut., Imp. Yeo.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt., Conn. Rang.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) good very fine and better (4) £800-1000
The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, both pieces officially marked ‘405’ on reverse, good very fine (2) £500-600
Pair: Staff Sergeant H. Gilmore, Army Hospital Corps, late 43rd Foot New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (619 Sergt. Hy. Gilmour, 43rd Foot), note surname spelling; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1802 Sergt. H. Gilmore, A.H. Corps), contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (2) £400-450
Hammer Price: £680
Pair: Acting Leading Steward T. J. Perry, Royal Navy South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (Std. D177167F, H.M.S. Hermes); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (A. L. Std. D177167F, R.N.), mounted as worn, good very fine and better (2) £500-600
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Asst. Surgn. P. O’Brien, Benl. Medical. Dept.) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £300-350
Eight: Major J. M. Pye-Smith, Royal Air Force, late Royal West Surrey Regiment and Surrey Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut., Imp. Yeo,); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt., R.A.F.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major, Surr. Yeo.) gilded; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1920, lacking top bar, mounted as worn, good...
A ‘Gallantry’ K.P.M. awarded to Head Constable Lalkhan Abdullakhan, Bombay Police King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Laslkhan Abdullakhan, Hd. Const. Bombay Police) on ‘Gallantry’ ribbon, some edge bruising and contact marks, about very fine £350-450
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private H. McBain, 43rd Battalion Canadian Infantry, killed in action, 8 October 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (153771 Pte., 43/Can. Inf. Bn.); British War and Victory Medals (153771 Pte., 43-Can. Inf.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (153771 Pte. H. McBain, M.M.) extremely fine (4) £600-700
Imperial German Prussian Officer’s Pickelhaube. A good example, the black leather skull with standard eagle plate, all metal fittings present, the roundel at the base of the spike with age fracture, period cockades and chin scales, the leather sweatband part perished and shrinkage to the peak linings, some nuts incorrectly replaced, good condition £250-350
New Forest Coast Engineers 1915 Officers Bronze Cap Badge. A very fine die-cast example and featuring a crowned strung bugle horn, a stag trippant and 1915 within the strings, ‘New Forest’ on the body of the horn and dependent scrolls from the crown, ‘Coast Volunteers’; complete with JR Gaunt tablet and both original blade fasteners, excellent condition £100-150
North West Canada 1885, 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (George Farnham W.F.B.) a little polished, nearly very fine £500-550
A Romanian Officer’s group of eleven Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star, 1st type, 5th Class breast badge with swords, silver base metal and enamel; Order of the Star, 1st type, 4th Class breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel; Order of the Crown, 1st type, 5th Class breast badge with swords, silver and enamel, incorrect ribbon; Order of the Crown, 1st type, 5th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel; Officers’ L.S. Decoration, for 25 years, silvered and gilt metal; Medal...
Six: A. J. J. Barnard, South African Air Force War Medal 1939-45 (313329 A. J. J. Barnard); Africa Service Medal (313329 A. J. J. Barnard); Korea 1950-53, South African issue (P8355 A. J. J. Barnard); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed; South Korea, War Medal, unnamed; Permanent Force Good Service Medal, officially numbered ‘60’ on edge, nearly very fine or better (6) £400-450
Hammer Price: £650
A fine M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. C. L. R. Labelle, Royal Air Force, late Royal Canadian Air Force, who flew operationally in Wellingtons of No. 38 Squadron and Mitchells of No. 98 Squadron in the 1939-45 War, participated in the Berlin Airlift, and was decorated for his gallantry after his aircraft ditched in the sea west of Tangier in March 1951 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star;...
A Great War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Gunner B. Montagu, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (44715 L./Bmdr. B. Montagu, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (L-44715 Gnr. S. Montague, R.A.), the second with surname spelling ‘Montague’, polished, nearly very fine or better (3) £600-700
A scarce Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal A. H. Gaskon, 2nd South African Infantry, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a Lewis Gunner in the final Allied advance of 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (8130 Cpl. A. H. Gaskon, 2/S.A. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (Cpl. A. H. Gaskon, 2nd S.A.I.); Africa Service Medal 1939-45 (ACF 133719 A. H. Gaskon), somewhat polished, nearly very fine or better (4) £300-350
A ‘Gallantry’ K.P.M. awarded to Third Grade Inspector John Acton, Bombay Police King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (John Acton, 3rd Gr. Insp. Ahmedabad. Bombay Police) on ‘Gallantry’ ribbon, very fine £400-450
North West Canada 1885, 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (S’dt. R. Huot, 65 Bat.) nearly very fine £400-450
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Temporary Corporal W. W. Colvill, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (23768 Sapr. W. W. Colvill, 4 D.S. Coy. R.E.); 1914 Star (23768 Dvr. W. W. Colvill, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (23768 T. Cpl. W. W. Colvill, R.E.), together with a related prize medal, silver, the obverse engraved within laurel wreath, ‘23768 Corpl. Colvill, W.W., N.C.O. i/c.’, and the reverse , ‘XII Corps Horse Show, B.E.F., 12.8.1918, 1st Prize, Cable...
Pair: Major-General F. L. Alexander, Royal Marine Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff (Lieut. F. L. Alexander, RMA “Dauntless”); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, replacement swivel ring suspension, second with slight edge bruise, good very fine and better (2) £350-400
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow (Serjt. Josh. Farrell, 75th Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise, very fine £600-700
Netherlands, War Cross 1940, in Spink, London case of issue; Bronze Lion, later production; Cross of Merit, reproduction; Flying Cross, reverse stamped, ‘Sterling’; Resistance Star East Asia 1942-45, reproduction; Mobilisation Cross 1924; Mobilisation War Cross 1948; Commemorative War Cross (4), with various copy clasps; Air Raid Precautions Medal; Red Cross Medal, enamelled, with clasp, Indonesie 1945-1950; Pair: Commemorative War Cross, 2 copy clasps; Long Service Cross, for 25 years,...
General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Lebanon (ALSA P. J. Friend D150390C RN) extremely fine £700-900
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with a short length of ‘military’ ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue, cased scuffed and damaged, insignia good very fine (2) £450-500
A group of four Polish medals and British Pilot’s Log Book to Warrant Officer Antoni Seredyn, a ‘Battle of Britain’ Pilot Poland, Cross of Valour, W.W.2, unmarked; Cross of Merit, 2nd Class, silver base metal and enamel, modern production; Cross for Polish Forces in the West; War Commemorative Medal 1939, all unnamed, generally extremely fine (lot) £400-450
Hammer Price: £620
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (W. Banks, 24th Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise, nearly very fine £400-450
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