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South Africa 1834-53 (Staff Surgn. D. McDonald) slight contact marks, good very fine £500-600
£500–£600
Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (Actg. Surgn. G. H. Rentzsch, Ott. Med. Staff) officially impressed naming, heavy contact marks and edge bruising, fine £100-150
£100–£150
An extremely rare Second World War B.E.M. and Bar group of six awarded to Donkeyman Mahomed Tabet, Merchant Navy, his second award stemming from his gallantry on the occasion his ship was torpedoed and sunk on returning from Normandy in early July 1944 British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (Mahomed Tabet); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Mohamed Tabet); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as...
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A rare post-war B.E.M. for Gallantry awarded to Native Officer Class II Jarit Meluda, Sarawak Police British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R., with gallantry emblem (Jarit Meluda), good very fine £800-1000
£800–£1,000
An exceptional R.V.M. group of twenty-five awarded to J. R. R. Ainslie, Steward at Buckingham Palace, late Corporal in the 1st County of London Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals (4224 A, Cpl., 1 Co. of Lond. Y.); Defence Medal; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R., ‘1926-1946’, with ‘Thirty Years’ clasp (Ainslie, James R.R.) mounted court style as...
£1,600–£2,000
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Alexr. Ferris, 54th Regt.) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £600-700
£600–£700
Abyssinia 1867 (H. Guy, Gunrs. Mate, H.M.S. Nymphe) suspension refitted, scratch on Queen’s cheek, otherwise very fine £240-280
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 1st type breast badge with ‘INDIA’ on the petals, gold and enamel, complete with gold brooch bar, extremely fine £1600-2000
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (1764 Pte. D. Campbell, Scots Gds.) top clasp slightly bent, slight edge bruise, very fine £120-160
£120–£160
Three: Apothecary Thomas Murphy, 61st Regiment Cabul 1842 (Ast. Steward Thomas Murphy, H.M. 3rd Light Dragoons) steel clip and replacement straight bar suspension, engraved naming; Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 1 clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Hospl. Steward T. Murphy); India Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Apothy. Thos. Murphy, 61st Regt.) good very fine (3) £900-1200
£900–£1,200
Three: Sepoy Haj Ahmad, 2-127th Baluchis British War and Victory Medals (1422 Sepoy, 2-127 Baluchis); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (1422 Sepoy, 2-127 Baluchis) good very fine (3) £100-140
£100–£140
A rare Russian intervention group of five awarded to Captain W. F. Richardson, Royal Engineers, late Royal Warwickshire Regiment and Middelsex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. F. Richardson); Russia, Order of S. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge, with swords, by W. Keibel, St. Petersburg, 38 by 38mm., gold and enamel, with manufacturer’s mark and ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet; Russia, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 35 by 35mm., gold and...
£8,000–£10,000
Pair: Nursing Sister L. B. A. Drury, Army Nursing Service Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp Nursing Sister L. B. A. Drury); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister L. B. A. Drury) edge bruising, some contact marks, about very fine (2) £550-650
£550–£650
British War and Victory Medal pairs (5) (K.47709 T. E. A. Watts, Sto. 1, R.N.; 60037 Pte. H. Ramsden, North’d. Fus.; 52336 Pte. G. Blundell, L’pool. R.; 94405 Pte. E. G. Mellor, M.G.C.; 45977 Pte. F. G. Sylvester, M.G.C.) very fine and better (10) £160-200
£160–£200
British War and Victory Medal pairs (5) (305704 T. Cpl. R. Sutton, Hamps. R.; 18676 Pte. H. Moss, R. War. R.; 70006 Pte. H. Lowe, L’pool. R.; 137408 Pte. E. Orrell, M.G.C.; 67701 Pte. J. E. Sheppeck, M.G.C.) very fine and better (10) £180-220
£180–£220
British War and Victory Medal pairs (5) (3871 Pte. A. Johnston, North’d. Fus.; 240838 Pte. R. Livesay, Bedf. R.; 64292 Pte. E. Coleman, Durh. L.I.; 116505 Pte. G. J. Dunford, R.A.M.C.; SE-26607 Pte. G. E. Cooper, A.V.C.) very fine and better (10) £180-220
A well-documented Coastal Command pilot’s Second World War campaign group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant F. Hughes, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed around 50 operational sorties in Sunderlands and Swordfish of Coastal Command 1943-45, in which period his aircraft attacked U-Boats on at least two occasions - he was subsequently killed in a flying accident 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display but...
Three: Lieutenant J. H. Thomas, Royal Air Force, late Liverpool Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who served as a pilot in No. 8 Squadron 1916-17 1914-15 Star (2108 Sjt. J. H. Thomas, L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. H. Thomas, R.F.C.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (3) £300-350
£300–£350
Four: Flight Lieutenant E. K. Heywood, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Spitfire pilot who was shot down and killed over Normandy 23 June 1944 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals, together with named Air Council condolence slip in their card box of issue addressed to his widow, box a bit tatty, otherwise extremely fine (4) £600-800
£600–£800
The Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem Certificate for Distinguished Services, certificate mounted in a wooden frame, 400 x 268mm., reads, ‘... Extract from the Minutes of a Meeting of the Chapter-General held on the 20th of May, 1953, at St. John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, London. Resolved that the Special Thanks of His Royal Highness The Grand Prior and the Chapter-General be hereby conveyed to Leslie Arthur Harris, Div. Supt. Warlingham Division, No. 1 (Prince of...
£200–£300
Continental and USA Military Buttons. A collection of 190 plus items, some identified on cards. A card of badges and buttons pertaining to San Marino with a covering letter from Peter Thorneycroft, House of Commons, 27.9.1963, good overall condition (190+) £100-200
£100–£200
Military Pictures. JOHN SCOTT two very rare water colour drawings heightened with gold, depictions of a mounted and a dismounted soldier c. 1800, both signed 'John Scott, delin'. Though typed labels on the reverses state 'c. 1790 1st Bt. Volunteers Regt. Light Dragoons' both pictures clearly illustrate the uniform of the London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers. Both figures wear the Tarleton crested helmet with red turban and white feather plume, short tailed blue jackets with gold...
£300–£500
Imperial German Naval Dress Epaulette and a 2nd Uhlanen Regiment Officer’s Undress Shoulder Board. The first of very fine construction, the strap of purple velvet edged with silver lace, the crescent of raised silver lace, within the crescent in silver plate crossed anchors overlaid with the Imperial German Eagle. The long unboxed bullions of broad gauge, no finial button. Lined with purple velvet and black patent leather, the odd minor sprain to the bullions. The second has a strap of red...
Portrait Medallion of a Victorian Army Officer, coloured bust of the officer in uniform wearing medals, 30mm., silver and silver-gilt, stamped ‘925’, enclosed by 33 paste stones, reverse hinged, ornate suspension fitted with a further 4 stones, good very fine £400-500
£400–£500
Royal Naval and Military Tournament Chairman’s Badge, gold and enamel, the reverse inscribed, ‘Major General Hon. Sir F. W. Stopford, K.C.M.G., C.B.’, in its Carrington & Co. fitted case of issue, extremely fine £470-520
£470–£520
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (John Stanley Guy) nearly extremely fine £40-60
£40–£60
An M.V.O., M.B.E. group of four attributed to Rosina Davies The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘4L’, mounted ‘bow and tails’ in Collingwood, London case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1928, mounted ‘bow and tails’, in Garrard, London case of issue; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R.,...
A Great War D.C.M. pair awarded to Lance-Serjeant A. E. Collins, 23rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11874 Cpl.-L. Sjt., 23/North:d. R.) final two letters of unit are overstrikings; British War Medal 1914-20 (11874 Cpl., North’d. Fus.); together with an erased Victory Medal 1914-19, good very fine (3) £700-800
£700–£800
A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Serjeant A. Bagnall, 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who in addition was awarded the M.M. & Bar Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13080 Sjt., M.M. 10/-S-Bn. North d Fus.) fitted with a replacement straight bar suspension, edge bruising, nearly very fine £600-700
Glasgow Franchise Demonstration Badge 1884, ornate oval, 100 x 50mm., silver base metal, bearing the Arms of Glasgow and the cypher ‘GLA’ (Glasgow Liberal Association) pin-backed, good very fine, scarce and interesting £150-200
£150–£200
A Waziristan I.D.S.M. awarded to Sepoy Gul Zadha, Tochi Scouts Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (5312 Sep. Gul Zadha, Tochi Scouts) slight edge bruise, very fine £600-800
A first edition print entitled “Spitfire” by Robert Taylor, depicting Douglas Bader and Johnnie Johnson in their Spitfires over the coast, published by Universal Promotions Ltd. (Military & Marine), Bath, England, 1979, 41cm. by 53cm., signed by Bader and Johnson in pencil on titled border, mounted on board, generally in excellent condition £180-220
Pair: Private T. Pratt, 68th Regiment Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (T. Pratt, 68th Regt.) officially impressed naming, replacement carriages; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, pierced with replacement ring suspension, slight edge bruising, good very fine (2) £400-500
Knolly, Lieut-Col., The Victoria Cross, in the Crimea, in New Zealand, Andaman Islands, Abyssinia, Ashantee, Bhootan etc.; in India, Deeds of Daring Library, Dean & Son, 160A Fleet Street, London, vi, 127; 84; and vii, 142pp, plus black and white plates, bound in one volume, full calf, a Stubbington House Prize for Mathematics, 1892, good condition, scarce £60-80
£60–£80
Tancred, George, Historical Record of Medals, Spink, London, 1891, xvi, 483pp., with plates, a.e.g., red half calf, cover scuffed and worn; Irwin, D. Hastings, War Medals and Decorations, 4th Edition enlarged and corrected, 1910, 536pp., plus plates, original covers; Hawkins (Compiler) Franks & Grueber (Editors) Medallic Illustrations of British History, Spink reprint 1978, 2 volumes, xxiii, 724 & 866pp.; Johnson, Stanley C., The Medal Collector, Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1921, 320pp.,...
£50–£70
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Private G. Constable, Royal Army Medical Corps; awarded a M.S.M. for his service as a Prisoner-of-War Military Medal, G.V.R. (16224 Pte., R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (16224 Pte., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (16224 Pte., R.A.M.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (16224 Pte., M.M., R.A.M.C.) good very fine (5) £450-550
A rare 1920 ‘Army of the Black Sea’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major E. U. Grimshaw, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. U. Grimshaw. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major E. U. Grimshaw), mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £1600-1800
£1,600–£1,800
Belgium, Medal of Gratitude, table medal by G. Devreese, 79mm., bronze, unnamed, in Fonson case of issue, good very fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £25
China, People’s Republic, Medal for the struggle against the United States in Korea (2) bronze and enamel; other Chinese medals (6) bronze, generally nearly very fine (8) £30-50
Mayo, John Horsley, Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Archibald Constable & Co., 1897, Vol. 1 only, lxxxviii, 278pp., plus colour and b/w plates, rebound red quarter morocco; Gordon, Major L. L., British Battles and Medals, Spink, 1979, 5th edition revised by E. C. Joslin; Everson, G. R., The South Africa 1853 Medal; Farrington, Anthony, Indian General Service Medal 1895 Casualty Roll, softback; Hibbard, M. G. (editor) South Africa Field Force Casualty List 1899-1902; The...
Hammer Price: £30
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