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Dundee Tribute Medal 1900, obverse, engraved cpot-of-arms, reverse, engraved, ‘Dundee Volunteers service in South Africa, With Freedom of City 1900’, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, unnamed, unmounted, good very fin, rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £340
Greenock Tribute Medal 1902, oval with an ornate border, 29 x 24mm., 9ct. gold, 9.24g., by ‘E. & F.B.’, obverse, an engraved three-masted sailing ship, with a quayside scene in the foreground, inscribed above, ‘God Speed Greenock’, lightly inscribed below, ‘D Mc L’; reverse: inscribed, ‘South African War 1902’, ring suspension, extremely fine, attractive, rare £700-800
Hammer Price: £3,400
Huntly Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, stag’s head within a wreath, reverse, inscribed (name and rank engraved), ‘Presented to Volunteer Pte. W. S. Chalmers, A Coy 4 V.B.G.H. by the Town of Huntly in recognition of his service with the Gordon Highlanders in South Africa 1900-1901’, 28.5mm., gold, 11.72g., with scroll suspension additionally fitted with a ring, extremely fine, rare £700-800
Hammer Price: £3,900
Partick Tribute Medal 1900, obverse, in relief the arms of the town, engraved, ‘Burgh of Partick 1852’, reverse engraved, ‘R. F. Smith, Volunteer to South Africa 1900’, 9ct. gold, 35 x 25.5mm., 8.08g., in Alexander Brown, Glasgow leather case, extremely fine, rare £700-800
Hammer Price: £4,100
Pair: Corporal J. Linton, Scottish Cyclist Company, later Special Constabulary Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (8505 Corpl., Scottish C.C.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., clasp, Long Service 1940 (John S. Linton); Selkirk Tribute Medal 1902, obverse with Virgin Mary in front of altar, arms of Scotland, inscribed around ‘Et Spreta Incolumem Vita Defendere Famam’, reverse inscribed ‘The Royal Burgh of...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Montgomeryshire Tribute Medal 1901, obverse, the arms of Mongomeryshire, ‘Mongomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry, reverse, a mounted trooper with a soldier knelt firing rifle at his side, ‘South African Campaign 1901, 38mm., bronze, unnamed, unmounted, extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £210
Penarth Tribute Medal 1902, obverse, coat-of-arms, reverse inscribed, ‘South African War Peace Declared 2nd June 1902, Penarth, Celebrations’, 29mm., silver, unnamed, unmounted, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £400-450
Hammer Price: £1,400
Siege of Beaconsfield Medal 1899-1900, obverse, shield, ‘Siege of Beaconsfield, 14 October 1899 - 15 February 1900, reverse, female figure of ‘Peace’, ‘Children’s Medal Presented by the Town Council 1900, Peace 1900’, unnamed, silver with ring suspension, good very fine, rare £700-800
Hammer Price: £2,700
Mayor of Kimberley’s Medal 1899-1900, silver, unnamed, good very fine, scarce £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,900
Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899 (letter ‘a’), reverse inscribed, ‘Pvt. W. R. Luscombe, N, Coy. K.T.G.’, lacking brooch bar, £100-140
Hammer Price: £190
Toronto Tribute Medal 1900, obverse, returning soldier welcomed by a woman and a dog, reverse, a sword with wreath and dove, and ‘Canada’s Brave Boys, South Africa 1900, Welcome Home’, unnamed, 38mm., silver, complete with original brooch bar, ‘Toronto Welcomes Her Sons’, attached by twin chains, good very fine, scarce £200-250
Hammer Price: £350
Pair: Orderly W. Thornton, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1702 Ordly., St. John Amb. Bde.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1702 Pte., Crewe Div.) first with some edge bruising, good very fine and better (2) £350-400
Hammer Price: £750
Pair: Orderly J. Cooper, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (65 Ordly., St. John Amb. Bde.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (65 Pte., Walton-le-Dale Div.) good very fine £340-380
Hammer Price: £470
London Hospital Tribute Cross 1900 (Queen Alexandra’s Cross), 37 x 21mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Alexandra Princess of Wales, Faith, Hope and Charity 1900’, unnamed, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine, rare £250-300
Pair: Private G. H. Avery, Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff and National Fire Brigades’ Union Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Pte., I.Y. Hp. Staff); National Fire Brigades’ Union Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (G. Avery, Cockington) second with some contact marks, very fine and better, rare (2) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £5,200
Durham Volunteer Artillery Boer War Tribute Medal, an engraved gold fob, marked 9ct., in the form of a shield, 28 x 23mm, the obverse with artillery cannon, below which is inscribed ‘1st Durham Volunteer Artillery’, a masonic coat of arms and latin inscription; the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Driver Charles Collins by the officers of the 1st Durham Volunteer Artillery as a souvenir of his services in South Africa 1900-1901’, with single loop suspension, good very fine and rare ...
Hammer Price: £2,500
Durham Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, shield and crossed rifles, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Pt. J. Wilson, 3rd D.L.I. For Services in South Africa 1900-01’, 31mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, ring suspension, good very fine, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £2,300
1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry Medal for Good Conduct in South Africa 1899-1902, obverse, Britannia standing, holding a trident presenting a wreath, soldiers, wagons and mountains in the background, ‘South Africa 1899 to 1902’, reverse, a hunting horn, ‘1st Battn. Oxfordshire Light Infantry’ ‘For Good Conduct in the Field’, 36mm., silver, unnamed, straight bar suspension, extremely fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £1,200
2nd Volunteer Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, shield about which is engraved, ‘Fortis est Veritas, South Africa 1900’, reverse, engraved, ‘2nd V.B. Oxf. Lt. Infy. 1900-1901 South Africa, W. H. Barson’, 26mm., 18ct. gold, 7.31g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, ring suspension, good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £3,000
3rd Volunteer Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Tribute Medal 1900-02, obverse, a Welsh Dragon, ‘S. Africa 1900-02’, reverse, engraved, ‘7513 Bugler E. Doyle, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 3rd Vol. Battn.’, 26.5mm., 9ct. gold, 7.07g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, ring suspension, good very fine £300-400
Boer War Commemorative Medals (2) ‘The British Soldier (& Sailor) Thanks You’, 28 x 26mm., bronze-gilt and enamel; another, ‘Wiping Something off the Slate’, reverse, ‘Dundee, Elandslaagte, Kimberley, Paardeberg, Ladysmith’, 20 x 18mm., silver; Victoria Cross, stamped ‘copy’ on reverse, fine and better (3) £20-30
Hammer Price: £160
A Boer War City Imperial Volunteers silver Tea Spoon, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, the stem in the form of intertwined rifles and flags, surmounted by a soldier in the uniform with slouch hat, below which are the initials ‘C.I.V.’, in its original fitted case, very good condition £120-160
Hammer Price: £150
A Boer War Commemorative silver Tea Spoon, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, the stem in the form of intertwined rifles and flags, surmounted by a sailor in the uniform, below which is inscribed ‘The Handy Man’, in its original fitted case, very good condition £120-160
Hammer Price: £110
A Boer War Commemorative Tea Spoon, hallmarks for Birmingham 1912, the inside of the bowl decorated with a field gun and ‘Kimberley, Long Cecil’, the stem surmounted by an enamelled coat of arms, with legend ‘Spero Meliora’, good condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
Match Case, 55 x 40mm. (approx.), silver, hallmarks for London 1902, front engraved with the regimental emblem of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion East Lancashire Fusiliers; back inscribed, ‘Presented to Bugr. H. Leonard by Col. Haworth and the Officers in commemoration of active service in South Africa 1902’, good condition £80-100
Hammer Price: £410
The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, K.P., Knight’s mantle star, approx. 222 x 220mm., cloth bullion, silver and gilt wire and sequins, paper backing deteriorated, considerable wear to points and elsewhere £400-500
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross, embroidered sequin, wire and cloth investiture star, approx. 118 x 97mm., with paper backing but no manufacturer’s label, damage to points, nearly very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £370
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with full neck cravat in its Garrard & Co Ltd case of issue, minor enamel blemishes, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the Order set in rose diamonds, suspended from a five-pointed silver star and ring suspension, complete with length of neck ribbon in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue, nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,600
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £80-100
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, together with Buckingham Palace transmission letter named to ‘Tom Makemson, Esq., M.B.E., 17th April, 1947’, extremely fine £50-60
Hammer Price: £95
Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar, some enamel damage to wreaths, very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,300
Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, top suspension brooch adapted to slide fitting for mounting, gilt a little worn, otherwise good very fine £650-700
Hammer Price: £800
Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue, gilt a little worn and some minor chips to wreaths, otherwise good very fine £700-750
Hammer Price: £950
Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, good very fine £380-420
Hammer Price: £460
Military Medal, G.V.R., naming erased, very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £220
Allied Subjects’ Medal, silver (M. Mayer) slight scratch to obverse, good very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £600
Allied Subjects’ Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £380
King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £330
King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, unnamed as issued, with French import stamp mark on edge, with bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £220-260
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