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Sweetheart Brooches, a Kiwi bird in 9ct gold set within a jade ring pendant and guard chain; a heart shaped piece of jade mounted with a gold coloured metal fern leaf and ‘NZ’ motif, both excellent condition (2) £100-150
£100–£150
Three: Private W. Hall, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (6329 Pte., 1/L.N. Lanc. Regt.) renamed; British War and Victory Medals (6329 Pte., L.N. Lan. R.) together with original parchment discharge certificates, Small Book and other documents, polished, therefore good fine and better (3) £40-50
£40–£50
Second War Period Carved Wooden Plaque, 18cm by 13cm, depicting Colonel Stanislawowki Krajewskiemu, 15th Polish Infantry Regiment, 5th Polish Division, the obverse being a well executed head and shoulders bust, signed and dated ‘F.B. 1941’, the reverse inscribed with three facsimile signatures and ‘Kochanemu Panu Putpownikowi Stanislawowi Krajewskiemu swietlica 15p.p., Tatiszczewo 13-XI.1941r.’, very good condition and an attractive piece £60-80
£60–£80
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (R I Goodwin MOD Public Relations) extremely fine and rare £200-300
£200–£300
The Dorsetshire Regiment three interesting group photographs showing officers of the 2nd Battalion at Kasr-el-Nil 1893 some named two portrait photographs of the same officer in the blue frock coat c1904 and another full length portrait of an officer in the Egyptian Service c1900 (6); a fine officer’s forage cap badge c1881-1897 for the 2nd Battalion silver Castle & Key gilt and green enamel scroll above ‘Primus in Indis’ and a similar scroll below ‘Montis insignia calpe’ the dependent gilt /...
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24604918 Gdsm R I Roberts WG) together with Welsh Guards cap badge, good very fine £400-450
£400–£450
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24179388 Sgt G M Bonner RE (SAS)) good very fine and rare £1600-1800
£1,600–£1,800
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge officially converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co case of issue but interior pad lacking, good very fine £300-350
£300–£350
Coronation 1902, Colony of Natal, large silver medal; together with similar but smaller silver medal, the second polished, otherwise very fine (2) £100-120
£100–£120
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Benevente, Orthes, Toulouse, Corunna (Jonathan Brown, 7th Hussars) last clasp unofficially attached, contact marks, otherwise very fine and excessively rare £6000-8000
£6,000–£8,000
Family group to Brothers: Three: Second Lieutenant C. F. Sworder, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, late H.A.C., killed in action in July 1916 1914-15 Star (2860 Pte., H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut.) Pair: Private J. L. Sworder, 2nd Battalion, The Honourable Artillery Corps, killed in action in March 1917 British War and Victory Medals (9098 Pte., H.A.C.-Inf.) together with two small lockets, one containing photographs of the two brothers, the second containing p...
£500–£550
Three: Captain A. S. Churchyard, Rifle Brigade, and Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (Capt., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), good very fine (3) £300-350
Pair: Warrant Officer C. W. Hagues, Royal Artillery Regular Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (728750 Sjt., R.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (728750 W.O. Cl.2, R.A.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £120-140
£120–£140
Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (E. Cole, Mounting Gun. Eupatoria. Augt. 12. 1854) contemporary re-engraved naming; together with a National Rifle Association bronze shooting medal, unnamed, very fine (2) £40-60
£40–£60
Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), V.R. (Corpl.T. Carrick, Great Indian Peninsula Ry. Volr. Corps) initial corrected, otherwise good very fine £80-100
£80–£100
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1963’, mounted with Defence and War Medals as worn, all unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £100-120
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. J. Mc Mahon, 41st Foot) contemporary engraved naming, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £300-350
Pair: Corporal W. F. Woolven, King’s and Queen’s Dragoon Guards General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R., 1st issue (23787325 Tpr., K.D.G.) official correction to first two digits of regimental number; General Service 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (22787325 Cpl., Q.D.G.) note slight variation in regimental numbers, mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £80-100
Boer War Commemorative Medal, ‘F.M. Lord Roberts V.C.’, reverse ‘Pretoria 1900’, white metal with small rings for suspension, very fine £20-25
£20–£25
Royal Engineers Balloon School, Medallion, struck in bronze, 32mm, obverse with conjoint busts of King Edward VIIR and Queen Alexandra, the reverse with depiction of a balloon hovering over a city, and inscribed ‘Balloon School Royal Engineers’; together with a large engraved white metal sports prize medal, 58mm, obverse with depiction of a castle on a mountain top; the reverse with a Rhino jumping over a hurdle, and inscribed ‘No. 1 Light Field Ambulance, Montescaglioso Athletic Meeting, Ju...
Four: Flying Officer R. D. Drife, No. 570 Squadron, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals; together with, R.C.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Book, for the period July 1942 to April 1946, detailing seven operational sorties as pilot of a Stirling bomber in late 1944 and early 1945, but also a large number of entries for Air Lifts and Glider Towing; together with two badges and several photographs, the medals and badges mounted in a glazed display frame, good co...
£200–£250
11th Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment, a magnificent presentation photograph album, containing some 59 captioned portrait photographs, mounted two per page, each one depicting a non commissioned officer of the regiment, full leather covers, the inside cover with applied gilt blocked red leather label inscribed ‘To Colonel W. N. Davis, V.D. from the Sergeants of the 11th Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), on his retirement, May 1912’, good condition £300-400
£300–£400
Eight: Commandant W. D. S. Marais, South Africa Air Force Korea 1950-53, South African issue (Kapt.); Union Medal, E.II.R., officially numbered ‘131’; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal; Africa Service Medal, these last four all officially named; U.N. Korea; South Korean Korea Medal, mounted as worn, very fine or better (8) £800-1000
£800–£1,000
Three: Trooper B. D. Tomkinson, 16/5th Lancers General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24801166 Tpr., 16/5 L.) rank officially corrected; Gulf 1990-91, clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24801166 Tpr., 16/5 L.); U.N. Cyprus; together with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Liberation medals, nearly extremely fine (5) £300-350
Woolwich and Sandhurst Prize Medal, struck in bronze, 50mm, obverse with coat of arms, and inscription ‘Woolwich and Sandhurst Athletics’, reverse with wreath, inscribed within ‘N. M. Teacher, High Jump’, good very fine £50-60
£50–£60
Regimental Prize Medal for Bayonet Fighting, ornate bronze shield shaped medal with ring suspension, the reverse inscribed ‘Bayonet Fighting, Pte. Dearmer, Cambs. & Suffolk Regt., 2nd Team 1918’, very fine £20-30
£20–£30
A First China War C.B. group of four awarded to Major-General T. S. Reignolds, 49th Regiment, later commanding 18th Royal Irish Regiment during the Burmese War of 1852-53 and in the Crimea The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1828, complete with original wide swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, part of ‘rose, thistle and crown ‘ device lacking from reverse centre; China 1842 (T. S. Reignolds, C.B., Ma...
£4,000–£4,500
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Staff Comdr. G. J. Hirtzel, R.N. H.M.S. “Monarch”) suspension claw re-fixed, otherwise nearly extremely fine £200-250
Caterpillar Club Badge, presented by the Irving Air Chute Company Ltd, gold caterpillar pin brooch with ‘ruby’ eyes (F/O. I. Stephenson. Pres. by Irving Co.) a rare early issue, good very fine £400-500
£400–£500
G.Q. Parachute Company Gold Badge, inscribed on the reverse ‘F/Lt. R. W. Millward, 7th Dec. 1970’, and numbered ’671’, hallmarked 9 carat gold, Birmingham 1952, extremely fine and scarce £400-500
A Second War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Captain J. N. Farrar, late Cheshire Regiment, British Vice-Consul in Patras, Greece, prior to the German invasion The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) 2nd type; 1914-15 Star Trio (9435 Pte., Ches. R.) these three marked ‘Replacement’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence & War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, good very fine (9) £180-220
£180–£220
R.A.F. Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, for the period October 1943 to December 1945, kept by Sergeant N. Newman, No. 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force, together with a good wartime photograph album containing 46 photographs, mostly of aircraft, including several aerial shots, good condition (2) £300-400
A Letter of Condolence From Guy Gibson, a single typewritten sheet dated 30th May 1943, sent to a mother who had lost a son, commenting, ‘I am so glad that I have been able to revenge his and many others who have been lost in this war...’, signed in blue ink, 17.5cm by 22cm, left edge slightly trimmed and with folding creases, otherwise good condition £1500-2000
£1,500–£2,000
Guy Gibson Signature, comprising two pages from the Pilots Flying Log Book belonging to Squadron Leader David Maltby, D.S.O., D.F.C., dealing with the week of 20 April 1943 to 27 April 1943, and detailing eleven of the pre Dam Buster Raid training flights, e.g., ‘night X country dummy attacks, low level-dummy bombing, local low level - air firing’, etc., including original ink signatures of Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Flight Lieutenant David Maltby, very good condition £500-600
£500–£600
Two Maps Signed By Various Victoria Cross Holders, Dam Busters and Other Aircrew, comprising a Bomber Command operational map of Frankfurt, compiled 1940, with 24 signatories, including Leonard Cheshire, V.C., Bill Reid, V.C., Norman Jackson, V.C., Roderick Learoyd, V.C., together with five Dam Busters signatures, including Mick Martin and David Shannon, Mick Martin’s signature over written; together with another of the Strait of Dover, marked R.A.F. (War), signed and inscribed by Mick Martin...
Dam Busters Limited Edition Print, after Keith Broomfield, published by the R.A.F. Museum, entitled ‘The Dam Busters Wartime Survivors of No. 617 Squadron, Royal Air Force’, being a coloured reproduction of Lancaster ED392, G-George, with eighteen original signatures including, Arthur T. Harris (faded), Leonard Cheshire, David Shannon, William Reid, Len Sumpter and Willy Tait, framed and glazed, 55cm by 37cm, very good condition £250-300
£250–£300
Arnhem 50th Anniversary Medal 1994, in its Spink case of issue; together with ‘British Forces Falkland Islands’, large bronzed medal inscribed ‘Ex Quick Kill, 1st Rifle, Aug 86’, in presentation case; and an American Purple Heart, in case of issue, extremely fine (3) £40-50
Military General Service 1793 - 1814, 45 silver unfinished clasp facings including Talavera, Roleia, Corunna, Vimiera etc, some duplication, extremely fine (45) £100-120
Naval General Service, 1793 - 1840, 8 unfinished clasp facings, Trafalgar (4), Syria (4), extremely fine (8) £40-50
India General Service 1854 - 95, 22 finished clasp facings, five with carriage, including Naga 1879 - 80, Hunza 1891, Sikkim, Persia etc, no duplication, extremely fine (22) £60-80
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