Sign in
12 & 13 December 2012
Starting at 10:00 AM
Washington Mayfair Hotel London W1J 5HE
Advanced Search
1,714 lots found
Sort By
Hammer (Low–High)
Lot
The exceptional O.B.I. pair awarded to Subadar Oomraj/Umraz, 27th Regiment Native Infantry Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 6 clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, Jowaki 1877-8, Looshai (Sepoy Oomraj, 27th Regt. N.I.) clasps mounted in that order, claw refitted; together with a loose clasp, ‘Ali Musjid’, medal with contact marks and some edge bruising, nearly very fine; decoration nearly extremely...
£1,600–£2,000
An Albert Medal 2nd Class for Saving Life on Land awarded to Havildar Major Rur Singh, 48th Pioneers, for endeavouring to save a number of men swept away by a torrent in the Shahur Tangi, Chagmalai, Waziristan, 18 October 1921 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by His Majesty to Havildar Major Rur Singh, 48th Pioneers for Gallantry in Saving and Endeavouring to Save Life at Chagmalai on the 18th October...
£6,000–£7,000
Germany, Empire, Helvetia-Benigna Medal, 34mm., silver, reverse with brooch fitting for wear by ladies, in B. H. Mayer’s, Pforzheim fitted case of issue, extremely fine £300-400
£300–£400
A ‘Gallantry’ King’s Police Medal awarded to Head Constable Lalkhan Abdullakhan, Bombay Police King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Lalkhan Abdullakhan, Hd. Const. Bombay Police) on ‘Gallantry’ ribbon, some edge bruising and contact marks, about very fine £550-650
£550–£650
Pair: Private G. E. Pryce, Rifle Brigade British War and Victory Medals (S-29399 Pte., Rif. Brig.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (2) £30-50
£30–£50
Pair: Private R. L. Harburn, Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3669Pte., Monmouth. R.) Pair: Private C. Prosser, Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (15609 Pte., Monmouth. R.) very fine and better (4) £100-140
£100–£140
Pair: Private R. Venables, Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (227345 Pte., Monmouth. R.) Pair: Private G. Redmond, Monmouth. R.) British War and Victory Medals (3118 Pte., Monmouth. R.) good very fine and better (4) £100-140
Pair: Private S. W. Langton, 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (292028 Pte., Monmouth. R.) edge bruising Pair: Private H. Swannell, 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (290794 Pte., Monmouth. R.) nearly very fine and better (4) £100-140
Indian States, Bahawalpur, Good Service Medal - a white metal trial striking, without suspension, contact marks, very fine £40-60
£40–£60
International, Henry Dunant Commemorative Cross, bronze and enamel, unnamed, complete with brooch bar; Henry Dunant Commemorative Medal 1928, base silver, gilt and enamel, no ribbon, nearly extremely fine, scarce (2) £100-140
Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 1st type, silver, struck medal with swivel ring suspension, unnamed, with silver buckle on ribbon, minor scuffing and edge bruising, good very fine, very scarce £200-300
£200–£300
Five: Sergeant R. G. Bruce, Royal Highlanders and Corps of Military Staff Clerks, Indian Unattached List - a ‘double issue’ group 1914-15 Star (2)985 Pte. (A. Sjt.), R. Highrs.); another (No. 985 Sergt., Corps of Mily. St. Clerks I.U.L.); British War and Victory Medals (985 Sjt., R. Highrs.); Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sergt., I.U. List) engraved naming, mounted for wear, good very fine and better, rare and unusual (5) £350-400
£350–£400
Japan, Red Cross Order of Merit (2) silver and enamel, one with rosette on ribbon; Red Cross Medal (5) silver, with rosette on ribbon, with lapel rosette, in lacquer case of issue; another (3) silver, two with stick pins; another, aluminium, very fine and better (7) £180-220
£180–£220
Japan, Army Relief Association Badge, 59 x 59mm., silver and gilt base metal and enamel, pin-backed, in balsa wood case of issue; Patriotic Ladies Association Medal, silver base metal and enamel, in balsa wood case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80
£60–£80
Five: Acting Flight Lieutenant G. A. E. Craig, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Act. Flt. Lt. G. A. E. Craig, R.A.F.V.R.), mounted as worn, together with related Air Council forwarding and issuance slips, a companion set of miniature dress medals, his officer’s R.A.F. cap badge and button-sized escape-compasses (3), extremely fine (14) £300-350
£300–£350
Three: Serjeant W. Trigger, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914 Star (33376 Pte., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (33376 Sjt., R.A.M.C.) Three: Private H. T. Blackburn, Army Service Corps 1914 Star (M1-07537 Pte., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M1-7537 Pte., A.S.C.) good very fine and better (6) £160-200
£160–£200
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14168650 Sigmn. E. McCormack, R. Sigs.) in (damaged) named card box of issue, extremely fine £50-70
£50–£70
St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association Bravery Medal, for Saving Life on Land, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1913 (James Ferns) with ‘thistle suspension and clasp inscribed, ‘Paisley 12.11.34’, suspension slack, good very fine, scarce £650-750
£650–£750
Carnegie Hero Fund Medallion, 90mm., bronze, unnamed specimen, extremely fine £150-200
£150–£200
Pakistan, Medal of Performance (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) bronze and enamel, reverse centre impressed, ‘Lt. Col. Salah ud Din’, centres loose, incorrect ribbon, very fine £60-80
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (Private Appajef Marrick, 12th Regt. N.I.) long hyphen reverse, locally impressed naming, two edge bruises, otherwise extremely fine £1400-1800
£1,400–£1,800
Fleetwood Humane Society, reverse inscribed, ‘Awarded to John Robert Thomason by the Fleetwood Humane Society for Bravery Displayed on 7th Nov. 1890’, 38mm., gold, swivel ring suspension, with gold slip bar on ribbon, slight edge bruising, nearly extremely fine, extremely rare £1400-1800
Pakistan, Police Medal for Gallantry (Quaid-e-Azam) silver ((Late) Mr Sohail Shah, Assistant Sub-Inspector) unusually impressed on reverse, good very fine £120-160
£120–£160
Pair: Sapper G. J. Randle, Royal Engineers N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, unnamed; General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25055871 Spr, RE) mounted for display, extremely fine (2) £60-80
Port of Plymouth Humane Society, bronze cross, reverse inscribed, ‘Port of Plymouth Humane Society awarded Arthur Matthews for rescuing A. Pengelly, 18 April 1921’, with bronze buckle on ribbon, in case, extremely fine £200-250
£200–£250
Three: Surgeon Septimus Hibbert, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, killed in action on H.M.S. Formidable, 1 January 1915 1914-15 Star (Surg., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg., R.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £400-500
£400–£500
Mercers’ School Games Club Medal, obverse: school shield; reverse inscribed (part engraved) ‘Mercers’ School Games Club, to G. Thomas for Life Saving’, 51mm., silver, unmounted, good very fine £100-140
United Nations, Korea Medal, Thai issue, good very fine £100-140
General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24340096 Tpr. M. J. Burnett, 17/21 L.), extremely fine £70-90
Withdrawn
Royal Humane Society, large silver medal, by Pingo, reverse circumscription engraved, ‘Hoc pretivm civibvs servatis tvlit’, reverse centre engraved, ‘Dvci Iones vitas ob permvitas aqvis ereptas 1793’, edge inscribed, ‘Nvnqvam desperandvm est de vita’, with ornate silver suspension ring, very fine £160-200
A post-war O.B.E. and Second War ‘Salerno’ M.C. group of nine attributed to Colonel P. R. Sawyer, Hampshire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type; Military Cross, G.VI.R. the reverse with some rubbing and unofficially dated ‘1944’, 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, with 1st Army bar; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., Territorial, reverse dated ‘1947’,...
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) by Pistrucci, unnamed, unmounted, nearly extremely fine £100-140
Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 3rd type, bronze, unnamed, fitted with ring suspension, good very fine £100-150
£100–£150
Five: Police Constable William Braine, Bootle Police, late Carpenter’s Mate, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914-15 Star (Car. Mte., M.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Car. Mte., M.F.A.); Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, silver (To P.C. 34 (Bootle) William Braine, For Gallant Service, 26th Jan. 1912); Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, bronze (To P.C. 34 (Bootle) William Braine, For Gallant Service, 14th December 1910) very fine (5) £500-600
£500–£600
Coldstream Guards Warrant Officer’s Foreign Service Helmet Badge. Fine quality example in die stamped unmarked silver the raised central Garter Proper in red and blue flush enamels, two loop fasteners, excellent condition £150-250
£150–£250
A ‘Passchendaele’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. C. Freemantle, 14th Hampshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (380505 Sjt. J. C. Freemantle. 14-Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (380505 Sjt. J. C. Freemantle. Hamps. R.) extremely fine (3) £800-1000
£800–£1,000
The unique Boat Service medal which purports to have been awarded to Lieutenant Andrew Bulger, Royal Newfoundland Fencibles, for the capture of two American schooners in Lake Huron in 1814; he also received the medal for Fort Detroit and Chrystler’s Farm Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 3 & 6 Sep Boat Service 1814 (A. B...... Lieut. R.N. Fencibles) surname mostly erased but parts of some other letters discernible, ‘Fencibles’ engraved in contemporary serif capitals, the...
City of London Imperial Volunteers for South Africa 1899-1900, obverse, seated female figure with sword, presenting the freedom of the city to a uniformed man in the City Imperial Volunteers, reverse, in the centre on a hill guarded by two guns, the Union Flag and C.I.V. Flag flying from a staff, unnamed, 76mm., bronze medallion, good very fine £120-160
Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal, obverse: shield, ‘Borough of Portsmouth’, reverse inscribed, ‘Naval Brigade North China 1900’, 27mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, lacking ring suspension, enamel damage, nearly very fine £200-250
Royal Army Ordnance Corps Sweetheart Brooches. Two very fine quality cased examples, the first by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Limited is of the pin bar type and is in unmarked gold, enamels and diamond chips, the format is of the KC cap badge design and features the Garter Proper, a shield bearing the arms of Ordnance and the unit title. The second by Garrard and Co., in unmarked two tone gold, enamels and diamond chips features the QEC over entwined RAOC over a scroll ‘Sua...
£250–£350
Clicking the 'CONFIRM DELETE LIST' button below will delete this list and the lots contained within it.
This is non-reversible!
Share This Page