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Three: Orderly T. Schofield, St. John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1285 Ordly., St. John Amb. Bde.); St. John Service Medal, silver (2375 Sgt., (Haslingden Cps.) No. 4 Dist 1921); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1285 Pte., Haslingden Corps) mounted for wear in incorrect order, very fine and better (3) £380-420
£380–£420
Pair: Corporal C. H. Steele, Gloucestershire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (5131 Pte., C. H. Steele, Glouc. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5131 Corpl. C. Steele, Glouc. Regt.) last with suspension re-pinned but still a little slack, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-150
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Romania, Kingdom, Red Cross Decoration 1941, 37 x 37mm., bronze-gilt and enamel, reverse numbered, ‘0551’, pin-backed, minor enamel damage, very fine £60-80
£60–£80
Five: Staff Sergeant W. Jones, Military Provost Staff Corps 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (7717037 S. Sjt. W. Jones, M.P.S.C.), lacquered, very fine and better (5) £140-180
£140–£180
Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (133848 Dev.A.2..4 J. J. Ryan, P.O., R.F.R.) an edge bruise obscures part of number; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Cpl. E. A. Ryan, E.B. Ry. Bn., A.F.I.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (1074132 Sgt. J. Ryan, R.A.F.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Sergt. Joseph A. Ryan); India General Service 1854-95, disk only (2616 Sergt. J. Wardwick, H.Ms. 81st Regt.);...
£80–£100
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (754 Pte. J. Whealing, R. Lanc. Regt.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £300-350
£300–£350
Five: Sergeant M. A. Wiltshire, Royal Army Medical Corps N.A.T.O. Medal, clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Iraq 2003, no clasp (24766898 Cpl. M. A. Wiltshire, R.A.M.C.); Operational Service Medal 2000, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (24766898 Cpl. M. A. Wiltshire, R.A.M.C.); Jubilee 2002; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (Cpl. M. A. Wiltshire, R.A.M.C., 24766898), mounted court-style as worn, good very fine and better (5) £550-650
£550–£650
U.S.S.R., Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, 1st type, variation 3, breast badge, silver, silver-gilt , gold and enamel, reverse numbered, ‘31826’, with screw-backed rectangular suspension, badge and suspension reconstituted, scratch marks on suspension, very fine £300-350
U.S.S.R., Strengthening the Combat Community Medal, mounted as worn, in its case of issue, extremely fine and rare £800-1000
£800–£1,000
An O. St. J. Knight of Justice group of four awarded to Colonel F. W. Pixley, 1st Cadet Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Justice set of insignia (1912-26 type) neck badge, 57mm. dia. and breast star, 57mm., dia., silver-gilt and enamel, in a later case, neck badge with minor enamel damage; Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed; Volunteer Decoration, V.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1919, complete with top bar; St. John Service Medal (Colonel...
£550–£600
An important post-war C.B., Second World War D.S.C. group of nine attributed to Rear-Admiral D. R. F. Cambell, Royal Navy, a gallant and distinguished Fleet Air Arm pilot who, in a career encompassing ‘many self-inflicted near-misses and other close contacts with the Grim Reaper’, revolutionised aircraft carriers with his invention of the angled flight deck The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co....
£4,000–£5,000
Belgium, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, several point finials bent, good very fine £60-80
Belgium, Order of Leopold II (9), Chevalier’s breast badge, enamelled; another, an unauthorised Chevalier’s breast badge with swords, enamelled; Medals, gilt (4) - one in card box of issue; one with gilt stripe on ribbon; one with ‘Dutch’ inscription; another Medal, silver/silver-gilt; another, bronze, these all unilingual in French except where stated; together with a miniature dress medal of the Order, silver and enamel, in Wolfers, Brussels leather case, good very fine...
£120–£160
Three: Lieutenant L. Blumfeld, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who died on active service in July 1918 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. L. Blumfeld, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L. Blumfeld, R.N.), mounted as worn, presumably by his mother, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-350
Three: Lieutenant W. F. Wilson, Royal Navy, whose promising naval career was brought to an end with his tragic death in August 1921 1914-15 Star (Mate, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); together with a 1914-15 Star (63111 Pnr. A. H. Wilson, R.E.) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-300
£200–£300
Belgium, Medal of Gratitude, table medal by G. Devreese, 79mm., bronze, unnamed, in Fonson case of issue, good very fine £100-150
£100–£150
India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Capt. W. G. Judge, 2d Bn. K.O. York. Lt. Infy.) scratch to obverse left field, minor contact marks, very fine £250-300
A rare Great War West African Frontier Force D.C.M. pair awarded to Corporal Awdu Kano, Nigeria Artillery West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8 Cpl. Awdu Kano, Nigeria Art.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (312 Bmbr. Awdu Kano, No. 2 B.A. N.N. Regt.), good very fine (2) £2000-2500
£2,000–£2,500
A Waziristan operations I.D.S.M. group of three awarded to Subadar Sohawa Singh, 34th, late 32nd Sikh Pioneers Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Subdr. Sohawa Singh, 3/34/Sikh Pnrs) small correction to battalion number; Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (3040 Lce. Nk. Sohawa Singh. 32d Sikh Pioneers); British War Medal (Jemdr. Sohawu Singh, 32 Sikh Pnrs.) nearly very fine (3) £700-900
Belgium, Order of the Crown, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel, in Walravens, Brussels case of issue, attributed to C. Katterfeldt, Belgian Consul at Hamburg Deportees Cross 1914-18, attributed to Emile Heeren King Albert Commemorative Medal 1909-34; with associated dress miniature medal; U.F.A.C. Veteran’s Medal 1940-45, attributed to Premier Sergeant-Major Louis A. Masset, Belgian Army Industrial Decoration, 1st and 2nd Classes, bilingual, enamelled, in card...
£160–£200
British Military Badges, an interesting selection of good quality items comprising a fine quality gilt overlay for the officers’ 1844 pattern shako plate to the 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry (lacking central numerals and has had two lugs soldered onto the reverse), a rare osd cap/collar badge to the 3rd Militia Battalion The Border Regiment 1903 - 1908 (loop fasteners), cap badges to Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Cheshires (first pattern), the Queen’s (first), Middlesex with South Africa...
Royal Naval Interest and Military Lapel and Sweetheart Brooches, comprising Service Certificate of Alan John Bibby RN 1933 - 1948 together with associated KC cloth badges and two photographs of RN ships. Sundry sweetheart brooches and pin back buttons in base metal and enamels, another small selection with mother of pearl backs, sundry WWI and WWII lapel badges. Three brass valise badges to the Worcestershire Regiment and two Warrant Officers’ khaki drill rank wrist badges, good overall...
British Military Cap Badges Post 1902 Issues, including The Royal Scots (2), The Buffs, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (3), Royal Fusiliers (10 all KC), King’s Liverpool (2nd), Devons, Suffolk, SLI (beret, slider reduced), Bedfordshire, Beds & Herts (3), Royal Scots Fusiliers (2), Cheshires (2nd), Royal Welch Fusiliers (2), SWB (3), Worcestershire (2nd x 2), East Lancs, Border (2), Hampshire (2, slider reduced on one), Dorsetshire (2), Dorset, Essex (3), East Surrey, KSLI, KRRC (3),...
A rare Napoleonic Wars Guelphic Medal group of four awarded to Corporal Frederick Armstadt, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion, for gallantry at the bridge of Gallegos in July 1810 and also at the battle of Toulouse in April 1814 Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Ferdinand Almstedt, Corporal im 1t. Hus. Rt. K.D.L. zu N’olle), a few letters of naming obscured through contact wear; Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria,...
£18,000–£22,000
The Wiltshire Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Helmet Plate c. 1883 - 1901, plated white metal, a crowned star pattern backplate overlaid with similar laurel sprays and Garter Proper, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a silver cross pattee, this mounted with a royal ducal coronet and interlaced cypher ‘AE’, double silver scroll below the garter ‘The Wiltshire Regiment the 1st Volunteer Battalion’, two loop fasteners present out of three, good overall...
Pair: 2nd Lieutenant C. Sunderland, Royal Air Force, late West Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who flew operationally as an Observer in No. 4 Squadron in March-August 1918, claiming at least one enemy aircraft out of control British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. C. Sunderland, R.A.F.), the first with official correction to surname, nearly extremely fine (2) £250-300
£250–£300
A rare group of three awarded to Subadar Rup Singh, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides, late 5th Goorkhas, who was promoted for gallantry in the field at Delhi and killed in action on the Asmai Heights, Kabul, in December 1879 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Havildar Roop Singh Poonan 5th Goorkha Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Naick Roop Sing Corps of “Guides”); Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ali Musjid, Kabul (Subr. Rup Singh Corps of Guides...
£6,000–£8,000
A Great War M.M. awarded to Lance Corporal H. S. Crews, 6th London Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (2311 L. Cpl., 6/Lond: R.) good very fine £350-400
£350–£400
A fine Second World War D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. H. R. Price, an Air Gunner and Battle of Britain veteran who achieved notable success in low-level attacks in the Middle East Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (970175 F./Sgt. J. Price, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, contact marks, generally very fine (7) £4000-5000
Five: Officer’s Chief Steward J. F. Marshall, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1885 (Capt. Servt., H.M.S. Iris); British War Medal 1914-20 (117997 Gl. Msmn. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (117997 Off. Ch. Std., H.M.S. Victory); Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (5324 Q.M. Sjt., 16/Middx. V.R.C.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, 1882, unnamed, mounted as worn, first pitted, some edge bruising and contact...
Pair: Private T. Lodge, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3233 Pte: T. Lodge 1/Cam: Hrs:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3233 Pte. Lodge 1 Cam. Highrs) good very fine (2) £350-400
Waterloo 1815 ([Lieut. Jo-- Cox] , 1st Batt. 95th Regt. Foot) original name erased but the rim retains a ghosted image as indicated in brackets, fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, fine £1500-1800
Commission Document, appointing Frederick Baldwin Childe, a Second Lieutenant, Coldstream Guards Supplementary Reserve of Officers, 30 May 1930, good condition £30-40
£30–£40
Waterloo 1815, a rare unnamed and unmounted contemporary specimen, contained in an old circular leather case, nearly extremely fine £400-500
The Imperial Service Order, G.V.R., silver, gold and enamels, unnamed, in Elkington, London case of issue, some blue enamel lost, very fine £160-200
Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, straight bar suspension, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18722’, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £200-250
£200–£250
Letter, dated 4 June 1916, from a worker at the Royal Aircraft Factory to his sweetheart - hand-written on three sides of two sheets of ‘R.A.F. Farnborough, Hants’ headed paper - the writer makes a passing reference to the losses suffered at the battle of Jutland, good condition (2) £10-20
Hammer Price: £15
O.M.S.A., The Medal Collector, official publication of the Orders and Medals Society of America, Jan/Feb. 1960-Dec. 1964, bound in one volume; Jan. 1965-Nov. 1967, bound in one volume; May 1982-Dec. 1984, bound in one volume; Jan/Feb. 1985-Dec. 1987, bound in one volume; Dec. 1992-Aug/Sept. 1995, bound in one volume; others unbound: March 1968-June 1972; Dec. 1975-Oct. 1981; Mar. 1988-Nov. 1992; Oct. 1995-Dec. 1997 (these with date gaps, not complete); The Journal of the Orders and Medals...
Pair: Stoker 1st Class Y. Cox, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (K.34936 Sto. 1, R.N.) very fine (2) £30-50
Hammer Price: £20
Khaki Uniform, a Major’s khaki tunic with the left breast bearing a QEC bullion and embroidery brevet to the Army Air Corps, the right arm with an embroidered Parachute Wings badge, the anodised buttons show the QEC within an eight pointed star, the left cuff bears an embroidered QEC Air Despatch badge, complete with trousers; together with a Parachute Officer’s four pocket blue frock this complete with QEC anodised buttons and similar collars, the upper right arm with bullion...
Hammer Price: £25
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