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Pair: The Reverend W. H. Holman, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Revd. W. H. Holman. H.M.S. Curaçoa) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, contemporary tailor’s copy, unsigned (Revd. W. H. Holman) both medals fitted with silver ribbon buckles and contained in an old fitted case, nearly extremely fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £360
Colonial and Dominion Buttons. A varied selection c. 1902 - 1960; together with a quantity of foreign military and court examples, good overall condition (200+) £100-150
Pair: Corporal H. J. Smith, 66th Company Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (12259 Cpl. H. J. Smith, 66th Coy. Impl. Yeo.); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry 1900-1902, 66th Company, South Africa 1900-1901 (12259 H. J. Smith) ref. Hibbard A. 31 (reverse 3), some edge bruising, good very fine and better (2) £300-360
Indian Army Hat Badges. Punjab Light Horse other ranks white metal cap badge slider fastener (Cox 2667), Assam Valley Light Horse two other ranks cap badges white metal with brass mount two loop fasteners (Cox 2662), Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway Volunteer Rifles hat badge die-stamped white metal (Cox 2688) three loop fasteners, Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion other ranks cast bronze hat badge slider fastener (variable pattern from Cox 2680), 61st King George’s Own Pioneers die-stamped brass...
Kolar Gold Fields Badges. Comprising a very fine officer’s gilt metal hat badge loop fasteners, a similar badge in silver plate (pin fastener) and one plated collar badge, all to the Watch Establishment, together with one small KC white metal collar badge to the Kolar Gold Fields Volunteers, good overall condition (4) £200-250
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State (12091 Tpr. W. A. Morgan, 65th Coy. 17th Impl. Yeo.) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £250-300
Three: Flight Sergeant H. M. Foskett, Royal Air Force, who flew operationally as a Navigator (Radio) in Mosquitoes of No. 96 Squadron 1943-44 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (3) £200-300
Hammer Price: £350
Richard Maximilian Dalberg Acton was born in August 1870, son of the 1st Baron and Countess Marie Arco-Valley of Munich. Completing his education at Magdalen College, Oxford, he entered the Foreign Office in 1894, and was appointed 3rd Secretary in the Diplomatic Service in Berlin in 1896 and 2nd Secretary in 1900. Having then succeeded to his father’s titles, becoming the 9th Baronet of Aldenham and 2nd Baron Acton in 1902, he was appointed 2nd Secretary in Vienna and thence, in the...
Spain, Military Orders of St. James of the Sword, Alcantara, Calatrava and Montesa, badge, 50 x 50mm., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse plain white enamel, n.r., good very fine £150-200
Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (402297 1-A.M. G. O. Morris, R.A.F.), very fine and scarce £350-400
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Wm. Flood, 97th Regt.) good very fine £260-300
The Q.S.A. awarded to Lieutenant J. R. Divino, 91st (Sharpshooters) Company, 23rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, mentioned in despatches for the ‘Victoria Cross’ action at Tafelkop, 20 December 1901 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. J. R. Divino, Imp. Yeo.) nearly extremely fine £250-300
Indian Army Head-dress Badges. Rajputana Rifles pin fastener, 125th Infantry (pin fastener broken), 8th Rajputs (pin fastener broken), 36th Sikhs (no fasteners), 24th Madras Infantry showing Imperial Victorian crown over a circle Seringapatam/Assaye with a central elephant, 3rd Sappers & Miners an officer’s very scarce hallmarked silver hat badge Birmingham 1912 pin fastener, a matching bronze cap badge blade fasteners, a bi-metal cap badge pin fastener and a pair of bronze collar badges,...
British Military Collar Badges. A varied selection including three pairs of Worcestershire Regiment osd, two pairs Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, a rare single to the Cameron Highlanders (c. 1900 - 1914), a pair Royal Scots Fusiliers osd, a pair HLI (QVC), a near pair Somerset Light Infantry osd, together with many other interesting singles; a rectangular waist belt plate to the Dunbartonshire Police, a die-cast silver coloured metal officer’s pouch badge to the Buffs, a good quality...
Hammer Price: £340
Three: Corporal D. Anning, Australian Army Vietnam 1964-73 (55690 D. Anning); South Vietnam Medal 1964, 1 clasp, 1960- (55690 D. Anning) mounted as worn; South Vietnam, Psychological Warfare Medal, ‘American’ type, enamelled, good very fine and better (3) £240-280
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (9643 Cpl. J. Ogilvy, 45th Coy. Impl. Yeo.) minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £140-180
Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4908 Sjt. J. Bonner, Kent R.F.A.) edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine £220-260
A post-war B.E.M. group of six awarded to Chief Petty Officer Writer W. E. W. Blair, Royal Navy British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.P.O. Wrtr. William E. W. Blair, P/MX. 46831); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX. 46831 W. E. W. Blair, C.P.O. Wr., H.M.S. Orlando), generally good very fine (6) £250-300
The 1939-45 campaign group of three awarded to Flight Lieutenant G. W. Puttick, D.F.C., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Spitfire P.R.U. pilot who was shot down and taken P.O.W. in May 1944 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original Air Ministry card forwarding box addressed to ‘F./Lt. G. W. Puttick, Slype Cottages, High Street, Milton, Cambridge’, with Air Council forwarding slip, entirely as issued to the recipient, extremely fine (3) £300-350
Four: Corporal W. J. Allen, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5187 Pte., 1st L.N. Lanc. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5187 Corpl., L.N. Lanc. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (37543 Cpl., L.N. Lan. R.); together with Silver War Badge (426416) good very fine (5) £250-300
Nine: Captain D. W. Boileau, Royal Army Service Corps 1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (Capt.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, very fine and better (9) £220-260
British Military Badges. A varied selection including an other ranks glengarry/shako badge to either the 49th Lanarkshire or Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, an officer’s waist belt clasp of a Scottish Rifle Volunteer Unit showing the Royal Crest of Scotland and ‘In Defence’ upon the circle, an other ranks waist belt clasp of the Dundee Rifle Volunteers showing central arms ‘Bon Accord’, a Scottish silver plated plaid brooch the quoit of rococo outline overlaid with a heavy cast metal...
Hammer Price: £330
Five: Sergeant G. W. Lazenby, Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in Blenheims and Liberators on the Burma front 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (5) £200-300
Four: Squadron Officer B. M. Jones, Women’s Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals, unnamed; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus (Flt. Off, W.R.A.F.) second clasp loose on ribbon; Coronation 1953, unnamed, good very fine (4) £240-280
Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (John Kirkpatrick, Wreck of the "Middleton" on the 18th November 1893) in case of issue, extremely fine £300-350
An inter-war Lloyd’s M.S.M. awarded to Captain W. Gilling, Merchant Navy Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Services, 3rd type, silver (Captain William Gilling, M.V. “Port Fremantle”, 28/29th January 1932), in its fitted case of issue, extremely fine £300-350
United Provinces Light Horse Badges. Comprising a die-cast bronze head-dress badge, one pair officer’s collars in silver plate and gilt, 1.5 pairs collars in white metal and two single shoulder titles in white metal 1/UPH and 2/UPH, the officer’s collars require careful cleaning otherwise good overall condition (8) £150-200
Indian Army Badges. Comprising two 41st Dogras cast silver plate hat badges (Cox 2442) lacking fasteners, 34th Sikh Pioneers hat badge in unmarked silver coloured metal (Cox 2430) two loop fasteners, 86th Carnatic Infantry two officers’ hat badges in unmarked silver coloured metal loop fasteners (Cox 2505A), 89th Punjabis die-stamped gilding metal hat badge one loop fastener missing (Cox 2509), 8th Rajputs die-stamped gilding metal head-dress badge pin fastener lacking (Cox 2391), good...
INDIAN ARMY ROYAL CYPHER BADGES. Five ‘VRI’ examples including two pouch badges and one pagri badge, nineteen ‘ERI’ including a waist belt plate, two horse harness badges, sundry pouch badges and head-dress badges, thirty one ‘GRI’ including a complete waist belt clasp, one horse harness badge and sundry pouch belt plates, pouch badges, head-dress and collar badges, some require cleaning, good overall condition (55) £120-160
Colonial Cap Badges. Including examples to 89th CEF, 75th CEF (damaged), Australian Commonwealth Forces (2), Saskatoon Light Infantry (KC), Le Regiment de Maisonneuve (KC), CANADA/KC/maple leaf (6), RWAFF (brass), Canadian Engineers (KC 2), 22nd Regiment Canadien Francais (KC), lion tusk/Rhodesia, 9th and 15th New Zealand Light Horse; single collar badges to 19th 72nd and 134th CEF battalions, 11th Taranaki Rifles, a pair Australian Commonwealth Military Forces (a.f.), two point five pairs...
Hammer Price: £320
A Second World War B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Greaser T. Marron, Merchant Navy British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Thomas Marron); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (T. Marron), these two late claims, circa 1945; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45, generally good very fine (7) £250-300
The R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving group of four awarded to Superintendent A. E. Murkin, Chelmsford Fire Brigade Defence, unnamed; National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal, 1 clasp, Five Years, with ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar (7439 Albert E. Murkin), bronze; National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal, 2 clasps, Twenty Years, Five Years (3625 Albert E. Murkin), silver; R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Supt. A. E. Murkin), complete with ‘For Humanity’ brooch bar, medals in modern...
Alison, Sir Archibald & Johnston, Alex Keith, Atlas to Alison’s History of Europe, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1875, containing 108 engraved maps with some colour embellishments, of the countries and towns, plans of battles and sieges of the period 1792-1815, from the time of the French Revolution to the battle of Wavre in 1815, original cloth with gilt titles, wear to spine and edges, interior maps in good condition £100-140
Greece, Kingdom, Order of Welfare, Silver Cross breast badge, 31mm., silver and enamel, with a length of ribbon, good very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £310
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (Sq. S. Mjr. W. Forrest, 2/Dns.) good very fine £100-140
A Second World War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain R. C. Breton, 14th Punjab Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £350-400
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (14176 Tpr. H. Grimwood, 47th Coy. 13th Impl. Yeo.) good very fine £140-180
A Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Chief Engineer Officer F. G. F. Joners, Merchant Navy, late Seaforth Highlanders The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; British War Medal 1914-20 (S-27974 Pte. F. G. Jones, Seaforth); Victory Medal 1914-19, erased naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, good very fine (7) £150-200
Canadian Military Badges. Comprising an Officer’s gilt and silver cap and collars to the Canadian Medical Corps, a similar set in bronze, a scarce pair of die stamped bronze collars to Canadian Divisional Cyclists, a single collar to the 160th Battalion CEF (no lugs), a single bronze KC over maple leaf badge with blade fasteners, sundry other Canadian items including a Brandon Police (Manitoba) KC hat badge in gilt and enamel; a small selection of WWI War Service lapel badges; a selection...
124th Baluchistan Infantry and 126th Baluchistan Infantry Pouch Belt Plates. The former in gilt metal displays a KC over laurel sprays with four battle honours enclosing a cross of the Order of the Bath in the centre 124 within a circle ‘Baluchistan Infantry’, at the base an honour scroll ‘British East Africa 1896’, complete with backing plate for the reverse of the pouch belt, four bolt fasteners, the latter originally gilt metal now down to the base metal of similar design with...
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