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Seven: Commodore B. K. Boase, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr., R.N.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Ottoman Empire, Liyakat Medal, 25mm., gold, pierced for gilt ring and straight bar suspension, mounted for display; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, Commander’s neck badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in van Wielik, The Hague case of issue; together with a ‘Jutland’ commemorative medal, by Spink,...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. R. Dunn, 5th Canadian Infantry Battalion, who was wounded in March 1917, decorated for bravery at Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917, and killed in action in the battle of Arleux-en-Gohelle on 28 April 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (424459 Pte. A. R. Dunn, 5/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (424459 L. Sjt. A. R. Dunn. 5-Can. Inf.) extremely fine (3) £800-1000
Pair: Line Sergeant William Stanley, Bombay Artillery India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Wm. Stanley. Corpl. Arty. Gd. “Moozuffer”); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Line Serjt. W. Stanley, Inf. Brigade) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and a rare pair (2) £1000-1200 Ten Pegu clasps awarded to the Bombay Artillery detachment aboard the H.E.I.C. steamer Moozuffer.
Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Mason, 1st Reg. Dragoon Guards) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and polished, otherwise about nearly very fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £1,900
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (W. Smith, Marine) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £1200-1400
Four: Private G. Hitchen, East Lancashire Regiment, killed in action, 14 March 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (6704 Pte., E. Lanc. Regt.); 1914 Star (6261 Pte., 2/E. Lan. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (6261 Pte., E. Lan. R.); Clitheroe Tribute Medal 1899-1901, obverse: castle with three towers, reverse inscribed (name engraved) ‘Presented by the Mayor & Corporation of Clitheroe to Pte. George Hitchens, South Africa...
Mayor of Kimberley’s Medal 1899-1900, silver, unnamed, good very fine, scarce £1000-1200
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
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
A fine Great War C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Rear-Admiral A. E. Wood, Royal Navy The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; China 1900, no clasp (Lieut., R.N., H.M.S. Alacrity); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf (Commr., R.N., H.M.S. Alert); 1914-15 Star (Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.N.); Sweden, Order of the Sword, Knight’s 1st...
A Great War D.S.O., O.B.E. group of six awarded to Colonel E. L. Hughes, Northamptonshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar, reverse cypher loose, some enamel damage to wreaths; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt., North’n. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Col.); Italy,...
Five: Warrant Officer F. H. Tilke, Devon Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Elandslaagte (4753 Cpl. F. H. Tilke, Devon: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (4753 Pte. F. H. Tilke. Devon: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (7490 Sjt. F. H. Tilke, Devon. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7490 W.O. Cl.2. F. H. Tilke. Devon. R.) generally good very fine and an extremely rare combination of clasps (5) £600-800
Carib War 1773, silver, cast and chased as usual, with fixed ring suspension, good very fine and rare £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Crawford, 23rd Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, overall contact wear, therefore good fine and better £1400-1600
Waterloo 1815 (William Harris, 51st Reg. Light Infantry) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1400-1600
A fine Great War German East Africa M.C. group of five awarded to Captain H. Swifte, South African Mounted Rifles Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lt. H. Swifte, 5th Mountain Battery S.A.M.R.’; 1914-15 Star (Cpl., S.A.M.R.-F.A.B.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lt.); Coronation 1937 (Capt. Swifte, S.A.A.) privately named, mounted as worn, very fine (5) £1800-2200
The impressive R.V.M. group of eighteen awarded to William Holloway, Page of the Backstairs to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh Royal Victorian Medal, E.II.R., silver, unnamed; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, E.II.R., dated ‘1949-1969’ (William Holloway); Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; Norway, Royal Household Medal, Olav V, silver; Sweden, Royal Household Medal, Gustaf VI Adolf, silver; Portugal, Visit of the President to London Medal 1955, silver; Italy, President’s Medal, gilt...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Battery Serjeant-Major W. G. Phillips, 28th Battery Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (51398 B. Sjt. Maj., 28th B. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (51398 Bty. S-Mjr., 28 B. R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (51398 Bty. Sjt. Mjr., R.F.A.) some edge bruising and contact marks, Q.S.A. with scratches to obverse, nearly very...
Hammer Price: £1,700
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hunza 1891, bronze issue (Bearer Nathu, 1st Bn. 5th Gorkha Regt.) some original lustre, very fine and very scarce £600-800
A scarce Second World War D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flight Sergeant A. Brown, Royal Air Force, who completed no less than 18 sorties to the “Big City” as a Mosquito Navigator Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (530644 F./Sgt. A. Brown, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, (copy) clasp, Air Crew Europe; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, generally good very fine (6) £1400-1600
Royal Regiment of Artillery Officer’s Shako Plate c. 1806 - 1812. A fine quality die stamped copper gilt example being the standard ‘trophy’ plate but with the title ‘Royal Regt of Artillery’ enclosing the central GR cypher and at the base a mortar with two piles or ordnance, four small holes for attachment to the shako (KK 798A), small surface crack to the lower left side otherwise in very good condition £800-1200
Hammer Price: £1,600
Barnsley Tribute Medal 1902, circular silver medal, 42 mm, finely pierced and cut-out with the public arms of the town, the reverse with finely engraved inscription ‘Presented by the Mayor & Corporation of the Borough of Barnsley to [blank] for services rendered during the War in South Africa, Aug. 22. 1902’, with maker’s marks and hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, with ring suspension, extremely fine, rare £400-500 Ref: Hibbard A1. Hibbard knew of only one named example -...
Dublin Yeomanry Tribute Badge 1901, openwork circlet inscribed ‘61st 2nd Dublin Yeomanry 1901’, surrounding a shamrock, inscribed ‘For Valour’, the whole surmounted by a crown, reverse inscribed ‘11244 J. W. Pratt, From their fellow countrymen’, with brooch fitting to reverse, this obscuring the word ‘their‘ and the ‘me‘ of countrymen, 9ct. gold, 5.10g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, 29 x 23mm., good very fine, rare £450-500
New Zealand Military Insignia. A large and interesting collection of mainly KC issues to The Mounted Rifles, Infantry and Corps but including interesting examples to Railway Battalions New Zealand Engineers, New Zealand Military Forces Motor Reserve, NZ Cyclists Corps, NZ Junior Cadets (GVR), an unfinished heavy die stamped Victorian issue to the 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles (no fasteners), NZ Staff Corps, inspection highly recommended, good overall condition (parcel) £400-600
A rare Great War O.B.E., M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Buckland-Cockell, Special List and H.Q. Staff The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Captain A. S. Buckland Cockell, Special List, General Staff, June 3rd 1916’; 1914 Star, with slide-on clasp (Captain A. S. Buckland-Cockell); British War and...
A Great War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Commander Daniel McDowell, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., reverse cypher loose; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. D. McDowell. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Commr. D. McDowell. R.N.); Defence and War Medals; French Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, with two bronze palms; Spain, Order of Civil Merit, Commander’s neck badge, silver and enamels, some enamel damage but generally very fine or better (8) ...
A rare Great War D.C.M. group of eight attributed to Lieutenant Josef Novak, a Czech Legionnaire Czechoslovakia, War Cross 1918; Revolution Medal 1918; Victory Medal 1918, official type 2; Volunteer Cross 1918-19; F.I.D.A.C. Medal for Veterans 1918-19; Zborov Commemorative Medal 1917-47; Volunteers Commemorative Medal 1918-38, with bronze emblem on riband; Great Britain, Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as issued to foreign nationals, generally good very fine (8) £1600-1800
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 W. Smithson, 1/7th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, killed in action, 20 September 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (2211 Sjt., 1/7 L’pool. R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (265497 Cpl., L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (2211 W.O. Cl. 2, L’pool. R.); Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society General Medal, bronze (To Walter Smithson for pluckily rescuing a Child from being run over by a Tram Car in Derby Rd....
A Great War I.D.S.M. group of three awarded to Rifleman Bhabajit Rai, Assam Rifles Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2729 Rflmn. Bhabajit Rai, 2/(Sadiya) Bn., Assam Rfls.) complete with brooch bar; British War and Victory Medals (2929 Rfmn. Bhabajit Rai, 2 Lakhimpur Bn.) note variation in service numbers, ‘Victory’ with slight edge bruise, nearly very fine and better (3) £600-800
Three: Colour Sergeant Alfred Merriman, 95th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Sejt. Alfd. Merriman. 95th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Serjt. Alfred Merriman, 95th Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1941 Color Serjt. Alfred Merriman 95th Foot); Turkish Crimea, French issue (Color Sergt. A. Merriman. XCV Regt.) depot impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very...
A Second World War D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant S. M. Masters, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with original Buckingham Palace forwarding letter for the D.F.C., in the name of ‘Flight Lieutenant Stanley Masters, D.F.C.’, generally good very fine and better (5) £1400-1600
Three: Serjeant H. L. Evitt, Essex Imperial Yeomanry, late City Imperial Volunteers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg (971 Pte., C.I.V.) mounted in that order; Defence Medal, unnamed; Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (661 Serjt., Essex I.Y.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £500-600
Waterloo 1815 (Corporal Thomas Leach, Royal Waggon Train) replacement steel clip and ring suspension, some edge bruising, good very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,500
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hunza 1891 (4163 Sepoy Khair Muhamad, 20th Bl. Infy.) minor marks, otherwise good very fine and scarce £500-600
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (D. Rewitt, 78th Highlanders) with silver buckle on ribbon, minor edge bruising, good very fine £850-950
South African Military Insignia. A very large quantity of head dress badges, collar badges and shoulder titles including some rare examples for instance 3rd Battalion Transvaal Cadets, Border Mounted Rifles, British South African Police, Southern Rhodesia Volunteers, Durban High School Cadets, Queenstown High School Cadets, Cape Town Highlanders, Natal Carabiniers, Kaffrarian Rifles, Natal Mounted Rifles, Prince Alfred’s Guard, Bechuanaland Rifles, Johannesburg Mounted Rifles, Khama’s...
A rare Malaya B.E.M. group of six awarded to Acting Warrant Officer J. G. Ledson, Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (548930 Sgt. Jack G. Ledson, R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (548930 Sgt. J. G. Ledson, R.A.F.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (548930 A./W.O. J. G. Ledson, L 0548930, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (548930 Sgt. J. G. Ledson, R.A.F.), contact marks,...
A fine Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant T. H. Harris, Royal Artillery, whose Observation Post was twice destroyed by direct hits and then overrun Military Medal, G.VI.R. (838216 Sjt. T. H. Harris, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, together with R.A. cap badge, extremely fine (6) £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £1,450
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (James Edgcombe) good very fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £1,400
Pair: Private W. Robertson, Royal Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4853 Pte., 2nd Rl Highldrs.); together with a related Dundee Tribute Medal, obverse, engraved coat-of-arms, reverse, engraved, ‘Dundee Volunteers service in South Africa, With Freedom of City 1900’, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, unnamed, unmounted, in fitted red leather case, Q.S.A. very fine; tribute medal extremely fine, rare (2) ...
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