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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...
£800–£1,000
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.,...
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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
£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
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