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Sudan 1896 - 1908 (19); Sudan 1910 - 22 (11); Africa General Service 1902 - 56 (23), finished and unfinished clasp facings including Firket, Nyima, Sudan1899 etc, Nyala, Fasher, S. Kordofan 1910 etc ; Uganda 1900, Arv 1901 - 02, N. Nigeria 1905 - 06, Nyasaland 1915, Somaliland 1920 etc, Some duplication, extremely fine (53) £100-120
£100–£120
Campaign Clasps (7), Minesweeping 1945-51, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-53, Near East (2), Brunei (2), Borneo, extremely fine (7) £40-50
£40–£50
Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue, good very fine (2) £50-60
£50–£60
Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue; Colonial Fire Brigades L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, good very fine (2) £50-60
A Second World War A.F.C. group of four awarded to Squadron Leader J. R. Ayling, Royal Air Force, a pre-War pilot who flew the first flight from mainland Canada to England Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Defence & War Medals, with Commendation oak leaf, together with original Commendation Certificate dated 1 January 1943, numerous letters, and two pre-War family photograph albums, good very fine (4) £600-800
£600–£800
An extremely rare Great War R.A.F. D.C.M. pair awarded to Second Lieutenant P. Spargo, Royal Air Force, who died of wounds in Salonika whilst flying with No. 17 Squadron Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1504 Sjt., R.A.F.); 1914 Star, with clasp (1504 2/A.M., R.F.C.) the star officially re-impressed, together with two original photographs of Spargo with Greek patriots, nearly extremely fine and one of only six D.C.M’s awarded to the R.A.F. in the Great War (2) £2500-3000
£2,500–£3,000
An exceptionally rare Fighter Pilot’s C.G.M. group of five awarded posthumously to Pilot Officer John Casson, No. 250 Squadron, Royal Air Force, together with the group of four awarded to his brother, Sergeant W. H. Casson, killed whilst serving with No. 102 (Ceylon) Squadron Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying), G.VI.R. (778890 F/Sgt. J. Casson, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal, these last four officially engraved as issued by the Rhodesian Government (P/O. J....
£5,000–£7,000
A rare ‘Irish Troubles’ K.P.M. pair awarded to Sergeant J. F. Maguire, Royal Ulster Constabulary, formerly Royal Irish Constabulary King’s Police Medal, G.V.R. (P.S. John Francis Maguire, Royal Ulster Constabulary); Visit to Ireland 1911, complete with top bar brooch (J. F. Maguire, R.I.C.) very fine or better (2) £800-1000
£800–£1,000
A Great War D.S.M. and Bar awarded to Petty Officer W. J. Adams, Royal Navy, for services in ‘Q’ Ships against enemy submarines Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (189087 W. J. Adams, P.O. 22 Oct. 1916) a replacement issue, the naming officially impressed in a later style, the reverse of the Bar undated, nearly extremely fine £500-600
£500–£600
Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (A.8654 J. Crorkran, Sea. R.N.R.-Mediterranean Sea 23 March 1918) suspension claw re-pinned, otherwise nearly very fine £180-220
£180–£220
The Cheshire (Earl of Chester’s) Yeomanry 1898-1967, by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Richard Verdin, original cloth bindings, 666pp, good condition £40-50
Detached Flight, The Book of No. 1 B.F.T.S., 4 vols, original blue cloth binding, being a photographic record of the staff, instructors and pupils who attended No. 1 British Flying Training School at Terrell, Texas, from 1941, many of the pilots going on to serve with distinction in the war, a scarce set in good condition (4) £80-120
£80–£120
Jugoslavia, Republic, Order of Military Merit, 1st class, breast star in silver, gilt and enamels, in case of issue, good very fine £120-140
£120–£140
Jugoslavia, Republic, Order of Military Merit, 2nd class, breast star in silver, gilt and enamels, together with a related gilt and enamelled badge, very fine (2) £60-80
£60–£80
Jugoslavia, Republic, Order of the People’s Army, 2nd class, breast star in silver-gilt and enamel, in case of issue, good very fine £100-120
Nepal, Tribhurana 25th Anniversary 1911-36, silver medal, no suspension; together with Prime Minister Sir Chandra Shamshere J.B. Rana, bronze medal, Order of the Moon, 3rd class, the first very fine, the second nearly extremely fine (2) £70-90
£70–£90
Oudtshoorn Rifle Volunteers, an extremely fine and rare officer’s two part silver plated star pattern helmet plate 1890-1899 (Owen270) excellent condition £250-300
£250–£300
South African Mounted Rifles, brass KC cap badge (Owen174) a brass KC martingale badge (Owen164) a part (?) pouch belt plate (?) in brass being a strung bugle horn with SAMR/ZABS scrolls within the strings all within a circular oak wreath three blade and hole fasteners two with crude additions; a thin brass die-stamped helmet plate ZAR (Owen type2012) and a pair of brass grenade artillery collar badges good overall condition (6) £25-35
£25–£35
South African Police an attractively mounted collection of 16 items c1913 to present day including large brass helmet plate (Owen1895) a smaller pattern (Owen1899) three KC caps (Owen1903) a pair of collar badges KC; three later cap badges (Owen1916-1917 1920); a brass waist belt clasp a brass s/title SAP and three buttons all mounted on a blue board cut to the shape of South Africa together with a coloured tapestry panel entitled ‘The King’s Dragoon’, very good overall condition (2) ...
£40–£60
Cavalry Flap Pouch, a fine officer’s silver flap pouch hall marked silver Birmingham 1891 the ‘D’ ends 1892 ‘J&Co’ the single gilt mount being a QVC over ‘VR’ cypher black moroccan leather pouch slight scuffing some gilt loss to the mount and pouch hall mark rubbed a good clean example £180-200
£180–£200
Pair: Corporal J. Smith, 24th Company, Royal Engineers Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (13482 Corpl., 24th Co. R.E.); Khedive’s Star 1882, nearly very fine (2) £120-140
York and Lancaster Regiment a group of cap badges etc, comprising an officers silver/gilt/enamel cap badge, gilt rubbed and now fitted with brooch pin; a WO’s polished bronze cap blades four other ranks bi-metal cap badges one with lugs one slider and broken sliders on the others; a dark brown plastic cap badge and a chromed cap badge all (KK 679); a pair of other ranks bi-metal collar badges and a single rubbed example; a pair of Y&I brass shoulder titles a white on red woven cloth...
£30–£40
Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment, regimental brooch in silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1890, brooch fitting to reverse, very fine £60-80
Sweetheart Brooches, Dorsetshire Regiment, an extremely fine gold blue and red enamel pin bar type 9ct by J Gaunt & Sons cased; Canadian Engineers a gold coloured metal pin bar type the fastener mount marked B14K, both very fine condition (2) £80-120
Sweetheart Brooches, Suffolk Regiment, a very fine gold and red/blue enamelled pin bar type 15ct by ‘CP&Co’; Royal Army Chaplain’s Department QEC silver gilt blue enamel pin and guard chain an adaption from an officer’s collar badge size, both excellent condition (2) £60-80
Sweetheart Brooches, group of four gold coloured metal pin bar types Royal Engineers GVR; HLI KC engraved on reverse ‘T. D. Brown 21/6/16’ ;DLI KC; RGA initials only (base metal pin) very good overall condition (4) £60-80
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (AS.28507 Pte. P. Qhosmela, A.P.C.) good very fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £15
Button Group, British and South African assorted large and small, mostly post 1901 some shanks missing (approximately 80) reasonable overall condition £20-30
National Fire Brigades Union Long Service, bronze (Keswick Fire Brigade, Joseph Watson) the edge numbered ‘4276’, very fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £20
British Overseas Airways Corporation, white metal cap badge, c.1950, reverse with two lugs, extremely fine and scarce £20-30
1914-15 Star (11591 Pte. J. Farmer, E. York. R.) nearly extremely fine £10-15
Coronation of King Edward VIII, small white metal medal, the reverse with the arms of the City of London, with small ring suspension, good very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
King’s Police Medal, E.VII.R., with large ring suspension, very fine £30-40
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R.; Great War Memorial Plaque, good very fine (3) £30-40
Group of badges, comprising Royal Munster Fusiliers bi-metal cap, loops (KK701); Cheshire Regiment, bi-metal cap, slider (KK621); Rifle Brigade, white metal cap (KK705) slider broken tip of crown bent; Durham Light Infantry, white metal cap (KK681) lugs clipped; RAMC, one only brass QVC collar badge; together with four reproduction cap badges, good overall condition apart from defects described (9) £20-30
Foot Guards Group Other ranks valise stars Grenadier Guards (VR) Coldstream fasteners crudely replaced Scots fasteners crudely replaced; Scots Guards other ranks brass waist belt clasp Grenadier Guards female portion with incorrect male section; Coldstream other ranks brass foreign service helmet badge Scots Guards brass cap badge; together with grenade and laurel ornament from a Royal Artillery officer’s pouch belt an other ranks bi-metal POW collar badge a cast silver plate cap badge...
Sweetheart Brooches, a group of five Royal Artillery KC pin bar and guard chain 9ct; RHA gold coloured metal initials on pin bar the pin of base metal; Hampshire Carabiniers a silver plate/gilt officer’s collar badge adaption pin bar; Royal Irish Regiment an officer’s mess jacket button QVC (worn) mounted on a pin bar; and a copper gilt kukri with horn handle and pin back, generally good overall condition (5) £30-40
Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (6288 Nk. Mardan Ali, R. Bombay S. & M.); Special Constabulary Medal, G.V.R., coinage head (Earl Earnshaw); St John Service Medal, silver (3774 G. F. Cherry, Auck. Dist. N.Z. S.J.A.B.O. 1943) very fine (3) £40-50
Hammer Price: £30
Pair: Private W. S. Castleton, 28th Battalion (Artists Rifles) London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (767480 Pte., 28-Lond. R.) nearly extremely fine (2) £15-20
Five: Sergeant J. Rule, Green Howards India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4386851 Sjt., G. Howards); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, the first medal marked ‘R’ for replacement and the Second War Stars also later issues, nearly extremely fine (5) £30-40
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