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Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver, 48mm., Soho Mint, contained in an attractive glazed case, the surround with raised bands of floral decoration and matching integral loop for suspension, and clasp for ‘Seringapatam’, the inner band of the case with contemporary engraved naming ‘Lieut. W. G. Pearse, Artillery’, complete with further ring/loop and bar suspension, extremely fine and a most attractive named example £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Lissa, Navarino (William Rishen) minor marks, otherwise good very fine £2500-3000
An R.N.L.I. / Indian Chief Medal pair awarded to Stoker George Woodward of the tug Vulcan for the rescue of the Indian Chief, 5/6 January 1881 - one of the greatest rescues performed during the ‘Victorian’ age Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Mr George Woodward, Voted 3rd March 1881) with ‘double dolphin’ suspension; Indian Chief Medal, obverse: scene of the Vulcan towing the life-boat Bradford towards the wreck of the Indian Chief; reverse inscribed, ‘Ramsgate...
The Indian Mutiny Medal to Robert Tudor Tucker, ‘the glory of the Bengal Civil Service’, who made a gallant single-handed defence of Futtehpore in June 1857, killing sixteen and wounding many more before falling pierced by both spears and bullets Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Robt. T. Tucker, Bengal Civil Service) ‘handling’ marks, especially to the obverse, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
A rare Second World War Coastal Forces D.S.M. awarded to Stoker 1st Class E. Baynes, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry ashore during the fall of Tobruk in June 1942 - a crew member of M.T.B. 309, he undoubtedly saw much action at sea in the same period and was likely present in “Operation Agreement”, the disastrous attack on the same town that September Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (KX. 127770 E. Baynes, Sto. 1), in its case of issue, extremely fine £1200-1500
A rare ‘Isles of Scilly’ Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck Medal in Gold to Captain Charles Steel, H.M. Coast Guard Royal National Institute for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, G.IV.R., gold (Mr Chas. Steel, voted Mar. 4 1841), fitted with original gold band with integral eyelet and ring suspension, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £2000-2400
Hammer Price: £2,900
Scottish National Red Cross Hospital and St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association Tribute Medal 1900 (Margaret B. Alexander) 30 x 20mm., gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine, rare £800-1000
A rare Palestine 1917 operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander Sir Melvill Ward, Bt., Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. M. W. Ward, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Commr. M. W. Ward, R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., coinage bust (Cmdt. Melville W. Ward), the earlier awards mounted as worn, generally good very fine (5) £2000-2500
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Poona (Lieut. W. Wilkins, 4th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (Thos. Hurdle, 2nd Lieut. R.M.) edge bruise to reverse rim and light contact marks, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,100
A rare Great War submariner’s D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman S. Wilson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for gallant deeds in the E. 12 in the Sea of Marmora Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 1582 S. Wilson, A.B., H.M. Submarine E. 12); 1914-15 Star (J. 1582 S. Wilson, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 1582 S. Wilson, A.B., R.N.), one or two edge bruises, generally very fine or better (4) £2500-3000
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. V. Hugo, Indian Medical Service, who distinguished himself throughout the defence of Chakdara Fort, Malakand, in 1897, recognised by some as the ‘Rorke’s Drift’ of the North West Frontier The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Surgn....
A fine Edward Medal for Mines in Silver awarded to John Jones for gallantry at the Witwatersrand gold mine, Johannesburg, 14 January 1909 Edward Medal (Mines), E.VII.R., silver (John Jones) in damaged case of issue, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,200
Pair: Lieutenant The Hon. W. G. Osborne, 26th Foot, late 16th Lancers Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Cornet W. G. Osborne, 16th Lancers) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, correction to ‘L’ of ‘Lancers’; China 1842 (Lieut. The Hon. W, G. Osborne, 26th Foot) original straight bar suspension, good very fine (2) £3000-3500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 4 Nov 1805 (Charles Cumby, Lieut.) nearly extremely fine £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £3,400
Gunnedah and District Boer War Tribute Medal, a mounted trooper below crossed swords; reverse inscribed, ‘S. Africa Active Service 1900-1 Presented to W. O. Arnold, D.S.M. (sic) by the Residents of Gunnedah and District’, 35 x 29mm., 15ct. gold, extremely fine, rare £1200-1500
A extremely rare Russia 1919 operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Gunner C. W. Clarke, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in command of the armed-barge Suffolk in the Kama River Flotilla, Siberia Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (235903 C. W. Clarke, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. C. W. Clarke, R.N.), mounted as worn, together with Osmotherley Great War Tribute Medal, silver, named to ‘C. W. Clarke,...
A fine Crimean War ‘Medaille Militaire’ group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant John Coughlan, 57th Regiment, who rescued a captured French officer from two Russian officers, both of whom he killed Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1569 Colr. Serjt. John Coughlan 57th Regt.) regimentally impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1569. Cr. Serjt. John Coughlan, 57th Foot); Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt and enamel, badly chipped;...
A fine O.B.I. and North West Frontier I.D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Subadar Dost Muhammad, 5/12th Frontier Force Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides) Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel; Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Subdr. Dost Mohd. 5-12 F.F.R.) suspension rod replaced; British War and Victory Medals (342 Nk. Dost Mohd., 1 Bn. Cps. Guides) the Victory medal with naming erased; India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps,...
Hammer Price: £3,500
‘I have been on the staff of Admirals, I have been an Admiral myself, I have been an A.D.C. to the King and, at my time of life, you ask me to be on the staff of a Brigadier-General. No sir, thank you!’ Cresswell Eyres contemptuously dismissing an offer of advancement to Colonel on the Staff The outstanding Great War D.S.O., inter-war O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Admiral C. J. Eyres, Royal Navy, who, having first seen action as a 15-year-old Midshipman in the engagement with the...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Waterloo and Bhurtpoor campaign pair to Private Benjamin Smith, 14th Foot, one of the Waterloo veterans who formed the front rank at the storming of Bhurtpoor Waterloo 1815 (Benjamin Smith, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (B. Smith, 14th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; together with a Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (Benjamin Smith, 14th...
A good Second World War D.S.M. and Bar group of eight awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer H. J. Otley, Royal Navy - the Bar for service on H.M.S. Enterprise in ‘Operation Stonewall’ which resulted in the sinking of three German destroyers Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (X.47750 A/C.E.R.A.Ty.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Royal Navy...
Hammer Price: £3,800
The important Peninsula War medal awarded to General Sir Howard Douglas, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Colonel of the 15th (East Yorkshire) Regiment of Foot, later Governor of New Brunswick and Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (Sir H. Douglas, Bart. G.C.B. Asst. Qr. Mr. Genl.) contained in an old fitted case, nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Asseerghur, Nagpore (Lieut. Boyce Combe, 2nd N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, claw tightened, minor nicks and bruises, very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,100
An important C.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. A. Whitlock, Royal Engineers - who was in charge of operations in the Sonkwala District of West Africa , 11-31 December 1908 - one of the few occasions in which British and German soldiers have fought on the same side The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in case of issue; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem,...
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/SSX. 815328 E. Saunders. A.B. R.N.) good very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross breast star, 80mm. diameter, silver, gold and enamels, circa 1830-36, the reverse inscribed ‘RUNDELL BRIDGE & Co. Jewellers To their Majesties and all the Royal Family Ludgate Hill London’, and fitted with gold pin for wearing, scratch to white horse and minor damage to wreath, otherwise good very fine and scarce £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,300
A fine Second World War Arctic convoys D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander P. G. Satow, Royal Navy, who survived the loss of the destroyer Wild Swan and was also twice mentioned in despatches, once for gallantry in “The Battle of Barents Sea”, the famous action in which the destroyers Orwell and Onslow repelled the mighty Hipper - a V.C. action and classic ‘David and Goliath’ contest that caused an enraged Hitler to order the scrapping of his High Seas Fleet Distinguished...
Hammer Price: £4,400
The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, K.P., a fine Victorian Knight’s badge, 58 x 30mm. including suspension loop, gold, enamelled both sides, circa 1850, extremely fine £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £4,500
The Waterloo medal to Lieutenant E. J. Peters, 7th Hussars, who was taken prisoner at Genappe on 17th June but escaped to fight on the 18th at Waterloo when he was severely wounded Waterloo 1815 (E. J. Peters, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, see note below about absence of rank on medal, some edge bruising, the obverse with contact marks from tunic button?, therefore very fine, the reverse nearly extremely fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 1st type breast badge with ‘INDIA’ on the petals (1878-87), gold and enamels, complete with its gold top suspension brooch and contained in its very rare R&S. Garrard & Co first type ‘Imperial Purple’ velvet fitted case, extremely fine, an exceptional example £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £6,000
A fine Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Private Lewis Polson, 42nd Royal Highlanders, who was wounded in the head at Toulouse and in the left knee at Quatre Bras Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (L. Polson, 42nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Lewis Polson, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry.) fitted with steel clip and contemporary replacement bar suspension, the second with minor edge bruising and contact wear, very fine, the first nearly...
The unique Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant Thomas Baynes, 39th Foot, who served as A.D.C. to Major-General Sir John Lambert at Waterloo, where he had two horses killed and two wounded under him Waterloo 1815 (Lieutenant Thomas Baynes, 39th Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and swivel-bar suspension, overall contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine and rare £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £6,800
A rare Great War Mespotamia operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Commander G. A. Feilman, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the gunboat Tarantula on the Tigris during the advance on Baghdad in early 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Lieut. G. A. Feilman, R.N.V.R., Mesopotamia, 22nd February 1917’; British War Medal...
The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Civil) a magnificent Knight Grand Cross sash badge, 108 x 74mm. excluding suspension ring, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked on top loop and in reverse centre, London 1835, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, small chip to blue enamel before obverse motto and some very minor loss to wreaths, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £7,200
A fine ‘Old Contemptibles’ Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Lee-Warner, Royal Artillery, who won early recognition for his gallantry as a Forward Observation Officer around Rue du Bois in May 1915: adding the M.C. to his accolades for further acts of bravery under intense fire in early 1916, he also collected no less than five wounds during the course of his wartime career - but ‘returned to duty each time’ Distinguished Service Order,...
The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, K.P., an attractive jewelled Knight’s breast star, 84 x 72mm., silver, gold and enamels, the centre set throughout with small diamonds, the reverse inscribed ‘C. F. HANCOCK JEWELLER 39 BRUTON STREET LONDON’, and fitted with gold pin for wearing, good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,500
‘With my usual luck I met three different salvoes and am wounded as follows: upper and lower lips torn to pieces (since sewn together); three teeth removed; shrapnel hole through the throat - about the size of a 4/- piece; splinter hole in the right forearm and right ear cut; shot or splinter in the right chest; left hand burned ... ’ Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield, late C.O. of H.M.S. Nomad, writing from captivity after Jutland The outstanding Great War Jutland D.S.O.,...
Hammer Price: £9,800
Sold by Order of a Member of the Family ‘Throughout the expedition Launcelot was a strong and moral force, helping it to be an extraordinarily happy party despite its poverty of resources. Physically tough, he was the only member who, for a little bet, swam across the ice-infested creek at the Debenham Islands. Already referred to by some as the “Bishop”, he held a formal parish covering the entire British-claimed Antarctic Territory, of enormous size and utterly empty of people...
Hammer Price: £11,000
Russia, Order of St. Anne, Medal of Distinction for Foreigners, 1911 pattern, 41 x 27mm., gold and enamel, suspension eyelet bearing the ‘56’ gold mark for St. Petersburg (1908-17) and the mark for Varvara Dietwald of Edouard, St. Petersburg, complete with suspension loop, nearly extremely fine and rare £12000-15000
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