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Framed Badges, a small collection comprising the other ranks cap badges for the five Regiments of Foot Guards, and seventeen assorted other ranks buttons to the same; another frame containing fourteen other ranks metal cap badges WWII period, Queen’s, RNF (copy), Royal Welch Fus., R Norfolks, Beds & Herts, The Welch, King’s (Liverpool), Cheshires, Worcs, Black Watch, The Loyals, Inniskilling Fus, Manchesters, Rifle Brigade; and a brass other ranks last pattern shako plate for the 53rd...
£80–£100
Victory Medal (6795 Pte. D. Ring, R. Mun. Fus.) good very fine £20-30
£20–£30
74th (Highland) Regiment, a very scarce heavy die-struck brass other ranks cross belt plate, c1800-1817, rectangular with high relief design of the crown over ‘74’, two hook and two stud fasteners of the right style and attachment for the period, excellent condition £100-150
£100–£150
Pair: Private E. Fitzpatrick, Royal Munster Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6164 Pte., Munster Fus.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (6164 Pte., 1st Rl. M. Fus.) first medal polished, therefore good fine, second medal very fine (2) £100-130
£100–£130
Haultain’s Navy List 1843, lists all R.N. and R.M. officers including, Masters, Medical Officers, Pursers, Chaplains and Schoolmasters, with dates of entering service, commissions, current employment etc. Distinguishes those with Orders and Medals and most importantly gives war services where available from Admirals to Pursers. A complete list of all officers in commission with their ships, stations, date of appointment and rates of pay, together with interesting notes. Also includes...
£60–£80
Haultain’s Navy List 1844, as useful and as comprehensive as the previous volume, 327pp, old blue cloth binding, good condition and scarce and scarce £60-80
Haultain’s Navy List 1845, similar to the previous lot, 326pp, bound in blue buckram, good condition and scarce £60-80
Lean’s Royal Navy List, April 1902, lists alphabetically all R.N. and R.M. officers, Chaplains and Naval Instructors, Paymasters to Assistant Clerks, Chief Gunners and Gunners, Chief Boatswains, Chief Carpenters and Carpenters, Officers of the Coast Guard, Royal Indian Marine, Royal Naval Reserve etc., Active and Retired, together with comprehensive war and meritorious services, Orders and decorations, including R.H.S., R.N.L.I., Lloyds and Liverpool Shipwreck Medals; Steam Ships, Sailing...
£80–£120
Lean’s Royal Navy List and Naval Recorder, January 1908, embraces the contents of the previous volume and increases the extent with new features, including commissions and services of first and second class ships, Notable Naval Events 1213-1906, Bibliography of Naval Literature, the record of war and meritorious service of officers now occupies over 200 pages, over 720pp, good condition and a scarce volume £120-150
£120–£150
Poles in Uniform, sketches by Aleksander Zyw and text by Edwin Muir, containing numerous sketches of the Polish Army, Navy and Air Force during the Second War, the fly leaf with inscription ‘To F/O D. F. Taylor with best wishes and thanks from the Polish officers of ‘C’ flight, No. 3 Squadron, August - November 1943’, 128pp, with original dust wrapper, the dust wrapper damaged, otherwise good condition £20-30
History of The Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia (4th Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry) 1778-1900, by Lieut. Col. Frank Willan, 185pp; together with, Chindwin to Criccieth, The Life of Colonel Godfrey Drage, by Charles Drage, 158pp; Seymour Vandeleur, The Story of a British Officer, by Colonel F. I. Maxse, 287pp, all with original bindings, generally good condition (3) £40-60
£40–£60
Annals of An Active Life, by General The Rt. Hon. Sir Nevil MacReady, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., Volume II, 694pp; together with, From Private to Field Marshall, by Field Marshall Sir William Robertson, 396pp; I Escape, by J. L. Hardy, 260pp; Geoffrey Keyes, V.C., by Elizabeth Keyes, 278pp; miscellaneous volumes of military interest (6), generally good condition (10) £50-80
£50–£80
Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus, Proof of Service at a Wreck, bronze medallion, extremely fine £30-40
£30–£40
S.S. Maine American Ladies Hospital Ship Fund 1899, white metal medallion, nearly extremely fine £40-80
£40–£80
Germany, 3rd Reich, Marinehelferin Embroidered Cuff Title; together with Second War Infantry Assault badge and a Great War Tank Crew badge, the last piece a reproduction, good very fine (3) £40-50
£40–£50
Italy, Al Valore Militare, silver, mintmark crowned ‘Z’, unnamed, very fine £80-120
Great War Presentation Cigarette Case From the Town of Bradford, Yorkshire, in silver-plate, 135mm by 85mm, with applied oval enamelled panel, decorated with arms of Bradford and legend ‘With best wishes from the citizens of Bradford, as an appreciation, 1914-1919; together with an oval brass hinged tobacco box, the outer lid with applied enamelled badge, with arms of Bradford, surrounded by inscription ‘In honour of Bradford Territorials 1914-5’, some enamel damage to first, otherwise...
Hartlepool Special Constabulary Medal 1914-1918, silver, 35mm, with original claw and straight bar suspension, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine and rare £300-400
£300–£400
Republic of South Africa, Pro Patria Medal (6), 1st type (2), 2nd type (4), all officially numbered on the reverse, one with damaged enamel, otherwise very fine and better (6) £30-40
A Group of Three Medals Attributed to Miss Edith Palliser, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, comprising, Scottish Women’s Hospitals War Service Medal 1914-1918; Serbian Order of St Sava, 5th class breast Badge, in silver-gilt and enamels; Serbian Red Cross Medal, in silver and enamels, all three medals contained in their original fitted cases of issue, the first also with named award certificate, inscribed ‘Medal conferred by the committee of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals on Miss Edith...
£150–£200
A Good Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private L. Day, Royal Munster Fusiliers, subsequently taken prisoner of war during the German Spring Offensive Military Medal, G.V.R. (15004 Pte., 1/R.M. Fus.) good very fine £250-300
£250–£300
Three: Ordinary Seaman Edward Newman, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, clasp loose on ribbon as issued; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, the first two with contemporary silver ribbon brooches, all unnamed as issued but sold with the recipient’s original vellum ‘Continuous Service Certificate’, this contained in its scarce original metal Admiralty slip case, good very fine (3) £150-200
National Rifle Association, Hon. Life Member’s badge, circular bronze badge with pin fitting, the reverse impressed ‘Capt. C. Lodge’, good very fine £30-40
Easington, Durham, 32mm by 26mm, in 9 carat gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, obverse attractively engraved with recipients initials ‘W.D.’, reverse engraved ‘Presented by the inhabitants of Easington Colliery for services rendered during the Great War 1914-1919’, with double loop suspension, good very fine £80-120
Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, 28mm by 24mm, in 9 carat gold and enamels, obverse centre with dove of peace, below which is a laurel, inscribed ‘W.M.C. Heckmondwike welcome home’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to H. C. Brooke for meritorious service to your country, Great War 1914-19’, with ornate scroll and loop suspension, some enamel damage to wreath, otherwise nearly good very fine £100-150
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (C.Sjt. H. Evans, Essex R.) extremely fine £140-180
£140–£180
Marsden, Durham, 27mm, in 9 carat gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, obverse view of Marsden rock with inscription around ‘Marsden Miners Welcome Home’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Nicol Wood as a token of gratitude European War 1914-1919’, with integral loop suspension, test mark to reverse, otherwise good very fine £100-150
Muirkirk, Ayrshire, 32mm by 25mm, in 9 carat gold and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, obverse angel holding a shield, with blue enamelled circlet inscribed ‘Parish of Muirkirk’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to James Halliday in appreciation of his services during the Great War 1914-1918’, integral loop suspension, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Shildon, Durham, 28mm by 24mm, in 9 carat gold and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, obverse with profile of soldier to centre, surrounded by enamelled inscription ‘For services rendered in the Great War 1914-19’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to J. Jackson, by the Shildon Club & Inst. Ltd.’, with ornate scroll and double loop suspension, good very fine £100-150
Tynemouth, Northumberland, 32mm by 24mm, in 9 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked, date letter indistinct, obverse view of Tynemouth castle and inscribed ‘For war service 1914-1919’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to J. Raynes by Tynemouth Village’, ornate suspension with double loop, good very fine £100-150
Winlaton, Durham, 25mm, in gold and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, obverse with dove and enamelled inscription ‘Peace 1919’, surrounded by ‘Winlation Welcome Home Fund’, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to (unnamed) as a token of gratitude for services rendered, European War 1914-1919’, with double loop suspension, nearly extremely fine £80-120
Great War Tribute Medal, 31mm by 23mm, in 9 carat gold and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, obverse with blue enamelled shield to centre, with initials ‘CBR’, surrounded by inscription ‘Great European War 1914-1919‘, reverse inscribed ‘Presented to (unnamed)’, extremely fine £80-120
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, no clasp, undated reverse, naming mostly erased but from what remains appears to have been awarded to John Murphy, Captain of the Main Top, H.M.S. Serapis; Africa General Service 1902-56, lacking clasp (2616 Pte. Musah Mendi, S.L. Bn. W.A.F.F.) the first nearly very fine, the second with re-fixed suspension, good fine (2) £70-90
£70–£90
1st/60th Duke of York’s Own First Rifle Corps, an excessively rare silver (not HM) pouch belt plate for the period 1825-1829, crowned cross pattern with Peninsula below the crown and the Peninsula battle honours occupying the four arms of the cross, in the centre a strung bugle horn with ‘1st’ over ‘60’ within the strings, title on circle, ‘DUKE OF YORK’S OWN. FIRST RIFLE CORPS’, two bolt fasteners to reverse with contemporary nuts, a very early repair between the top arm of...
£400–£600
Ashanti 1900, clasp, Kumassi (461 Pte. Ajala, W.A.F.F.) good very fine £300-350
£300–£350
Tibet 1903-04, clasp, Gyantse, silver issue (188 Sepoy Wariam Singh, 19th Punjabis) light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £100-120
£100–£120
A Knight Bachelor’s C.B.E. and Great War group of four awarded to Sir Arthur Kelly, Clerk of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. A. J. Kelly, R.A.F.), extremely fine (4) £500-550
£500–£550
A Naval Schoolmaster’s M.B.E. group of five awarded to Instructor Lieutenant-Commander K. J. B. Topley, Royal Navy The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 2nd type, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence & War Medals, the last four mounted as worn, together with related group of five mounted miniatures, original Warrant for the M.B.E., and statutes of the Order, very fine (10) £180-200
£180–£200
An M.B.E. group of three awarded to Lady Constance Cripps, Gloucester County Vice-President, St John Ambulance Organisation The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) 2nd type; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer, silver and enamel; Defence Medal, mounted as worn, together with original named Buckingham Palace transmission slip for the M.B.E., good very fine (3) £150-180
£150–£180
A Great War D.S.O., M.V.O. group of eight awarded to Major E. G. Sheppard, commanding 3rd Army Signal Company during the King’s Visit to the Army in the Field in 1916 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., 4th Class, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse numbered ‘931’; 1914-15 Star (Major, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); Coronation 1911; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1919, mounted...
£1,200–£1,500
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