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Three original P.O.W. drawings by Ronald Searle as given to Lieutenant E. N. Dickinson, Indian Army Service Corps, who was onetime incarcerated in the same camp as the artist, comprising ‘Prisoners at Work on a Cutting’, signed ‘Ronald Searle, Thailand 1943’; ‘Thai Bullock Cart’, signed and dated as before; and ‘Natives Going Up Country’, signed and dated as before, all in pencil, charcoal and crayon, and approximately 200mm. by 125mm., generally in good condition;...
Hammer Price: £3,300
A rare Great War Palestine operations M.C. group of six awarded to Wing Commander S. G. Kingsley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in ‘X’ Flight, No. 14 Squadron, in support of Lawrence of Arabia’s forces 1916-17, in which period he was shot down and wounded - so, too, grounded on a patrol by engine trouble, when his Observer managed to keep the enemy at bay with accurate machine-gun fire Military Cross, G.V.R.,...
The Egypt and Sudan campaign medal to Major W. H. Atherton, 5th Dragoon Guards, who was killed in action at Abu Klea Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Capt: W. H. Atherton, 5th Dn. Gds.) clasps with unofficial rivets, minor pitting from star, otherwise good very fine £2000-3000
Lieutenant John Ackland, 9th Foot, who was slightly wounded at Salamanca and severely wounded on the retreat from Burgos Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Salamanca (J. Ackland, Lieut. 9th Foot.) good very fine £2500-3000
Pair: Private J. Hackett, 95th Regiment Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees (J. Hackett, 95th Foot, Rifles.); Waterloo 1815 (Joseph Hackett, 2nd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot) replacement steel clip and ring suspension, first medal with edge bruising and contact marks, fine; second medal with edge bruising, details worn through polishing, poor (2) £2200-2600
Hammer Price: £3,400
Lieutenant William Cannon, 94th Foot, who was mentioned in despatches for his conduct at the defence of Fort Matagorda in 1810, was severely wounded at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo and slightly wounded at Vittoria Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (W. Cannon, Subtn. 94th Foot.) polished, nearly very fine £3000-3500
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross breast star by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, of the large type from the foundation of the Military division, circa 1815, silver with gold and enamel appliqué centre, no pin fitting, the eight principal points pierced for attachment, 116mm diameter, the reverse back-plate inscribed ‘Rundell Bridge & Rundell, Jewellers TO THEIR MAJESTIES, His Royal Highnefs the PRINCE REGENT, AND THE ROYAL FAMILY.’, some damage to...
Hammer Price: £3,600
Lieutenant Patterson O’Hara, 59th Foot, who was wounded at Vittoria, received two wounds at St Sebastian, and was severely wounded at Nive Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (P. O’Hara, Lieut. 59th Foot) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, very fine £2500-3000
An extremely rare Great War relief of Kut operations D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman H. Blanchard, Royal Navy, one of 15 men who volunteered to man the river steamer Julnar on a suicidal mission to get supplies through to Kut in April 1916, an extraordinary episode that resulted in the award of two posthumous V.Cs, a D.S.O., three C.G.Ms and ten D.S.Ms - and the cold-blooded murder of Lieutenant-Commander C. H. Cowley, R.N.V.R., the “Pirate of Basra” Distinguished Service...
Hammer Price: £3,700
Daniel Wilton, 40th Foot, who also served in South and North America, and was wounded in the foot at Badajoz and in the hand at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse (Daniel Wilton, 40th Foot) contact marks, otherwise generally very fine £2500-3000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Copenhagen 1801, Martinique, Algiers (Josh. Groscott.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £3000-3500
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the Order set in rose diamonds, suspended from a five-pointed silver star, with evening collar, in Garrard, London case of issue, lacking ring suspension, therefore nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,800
Pair: Alexander White, 79th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nive, Toulouse (Alexr. White, 79th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Alexander White, 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, nearly very fine, the first good very fine (2) £3500-4000
The Egypt 1801 N.G.S. medal awarded to Commander Charles Fox, Royal Navy, whose service included a period under the intrepid Lord Cochrane in the Speedy frigate Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Egypt (Geo. Fox, Lieut. R.N.) nearly very fine £4000-5000
A rare Scinde War C.B. pair awarded to Colonel W. T. Whitlie, Bombay Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold, hallmarked London 1816, fitted with narrow swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, some enamel loss to wreaths; Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (Captn. W. T. Whitlie. 2nd Battn. Arty.) fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, reverse with light pitting, nearly very fine, obverse good very fine (2) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,900
James Cain, 88th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (James Cain, 88th Foot) minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £3000-3500
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Allighur, Laswarree (Cornet W. Baillie, 4th Lt. Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, brilliant extremely fine with original frosted finish £4000-5000
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, K.C.I.E., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, gold and enamel; breast star, silver, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, in Garrard, London case of issue, extremely fine (2) £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Lieutenant-Colonel William Ross, Royal Welch Fusiliers, who served with the 17th Foot in India under Lord Lake, with the 14th Foot in the Waterloo campaign, and commanded the 23rd Foot in Canada during the rebellion in 1838 Waterloo 1815 (Captain William Ross, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver ball and bar suspension, contact marks to the obverse, nearly very fine, reverse better £4000-5000
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, maker’s mark ‘IE’ for John Edwards, complete with wide neck cravat but no fastening clasps; and breast star by Hamlet, silver with gold and enamel appliqué centre, circa 1815, 78mm diameter, the reverse centre inscribed with maker’s name ‘HAMLET, JEWELLER to their Royal Highnefses THE PRINCESES Augusta Elizabeth...
Hammer Price: £4,100
A fine Great War ace’s M.C. group of three awarded to Captain J. H. T. Letts, Royal Air Force, late Lincolnshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who, having taken over as a Flight Commander from Captain W. Leefe-Robinson, V.C., in No. 48 Squadron, claimed 13 victories in Bristol Fighters inside six months: famed for his aggression in combat, he twice returned to base with dead Observers, was himself shot down and wounded by Leutnant Maashoff of Jasta 11, and was killed rolling his...
Pair: Nathaniel Deighton, 40th Foot, who was badly wounded in the foot at the first siege of Badajoz Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Nathanl. Dighton, 40th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Nathaniel Deighton, 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and bar suspension, this inscribed on one side ‘Peninsula’, light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £3500-4000
Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83, General Picton’s Medal, silver, the edge engraved in contemporary upright serif capitals (To Ensign D. Latimer Tinling, 12th Regt. From M. General Picton, Colonel 12th Regt. Foot. 1783) fitted with large ring for suspension and full length red silk neck cravat, contained in an old fitted case with hinged lid for display, nearly extremely fine and a very rare attributable example £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,200
James Paterson, 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys), who attended the wounded horses after Waterloo Waterloo 1815 (James Paterson 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, nearly very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,300
Lieutenant F. J. Douglas, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, who distinguished themselves in the fighting at Hougoumont Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. F. J. Douglas 2nd Batt. Coldstream Gds.) fitted with replacement silver ring and bar suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise better than good fine £4000-5000
Pair: Sergeant Alexander Menzies, 71st Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (A. Menzies, Serjt. 71st Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Alex. Menzies, 1st Batt. 71st Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement silver bar suspension, several letters of surname retouched, edge bruising and contact marks, the second good fine, the first better than very fine (2) £3500-4000
A fine Egypt and Sudan group of five awarded to Captain M. A. C. B. Fenwick, Royal Sussex Regiment, late Royal Lancashire Regiment - Winston Churchill in The River War wrote that it was said of him ‘that he was Twice a V.C. without a Gazette’ Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (2nd Lieut., R. Lanc. R.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Capt., R. Sussex Regt.); Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon, minor enamel...
Hammer Price: £4,400
Germany, Third Reich, Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, neck badge, by Steinhauer & Luck, silver frame, stamped, ‘800’ on reverse below eyelet and on suspension loop, otherwise unmarked, in untitled black case of issue, with a short length of ribbon, good very fine £3000-4000
Pair: David Milne, 92nd Highlanders, who was wounded in France and at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (David Melne, 92nd Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (David Milne, 1st Batt. 92nd Highlanders.) fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, the second with light edge bruises and contact marks, otherwise very fine, the first good very fine (2) £3500-4000
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (Lieut. John Laurie, Arty.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,500
Pair: Thomas Frith, Royal Horse Guards, who was wounded at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Toulouse (Thomas Firth, Royal Horse Guards.) note spelling of surname; Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Frith, Royal Horse Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, light edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £3500-4500
Jeremiah Healy, 5th Foot, whose nine clasps represent a unique combination to the regiment Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca (Jeremiah Healy, 5th Foot) good very fine £2500-3000
‘Eustace was No. 1 of the gun. Nothing ruffled him. Just how many tanks he accounted for is impossible to say. But when one of them passed him at a few yards’ range he swung his gun through almost a complete circle, engaged it and knocked it out. With his gun spattered with bullet holes, with an A.P. round lodged in the carriage and assisted only by a gunner from a disabled Bofors, he fought his gun until the remaining enemy had withdrawn. Then he reverted to a field role in answer to...
Hammer Price: £4,600
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Knox, 31st Foot, who was severely wounded at Rosetta in 1807, slightly wounded at Albuhera in 1811, and again severely wounded at Garris in 1814, losing his right arm Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (Edward Knox, Capt. 31st Foot) good very fine £3500-4500
Hammer Price: £4,700
Lieutenant James Johnston, 40th Foot and 5th Portuguese Infantry, later a Major in the 99th Foot, who was wounded severely at the storming of Monte Video in 1807, and again severely at Albuhera in 1811, and distinguished himself at Vittoria Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle (J. Johnston, Lieut. 40th Foot & 5th Portse. Infy.) last clasp slightly creased, light marks overall, otherwise good very...
Richard Smyth, 61st Foot, who was wounded in the head at Salamanca, took part in every action in which the regiment was engaged in the Peninsula and ‘always conducted himself gallantly’ Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Richd. Smyth, Serjt. 61st Foot) a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,800
Ensign George Drury, 33rd Foot, who was severely wounded at Waterloo Waterloo 1815 (Ensign George Drury, 33rd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and straight silver bar suspension with silver Rose, Thistle and Shamrock ribbon fitting, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £3500-4500
Hammer Price: £4,900
An Indian Mutiny C.B. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General Edward Wray, R.A., late Bombay Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1859, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, small chips to white enamel on top arm and minor loss to wreaths; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Major E. Wray, Bombay Arty.);...
Hammer Price: £5,000
The Persian War C.B. pair awarded to Major-General H. W. Trevelyan, Bombay Artillery, commanding the Artillery of the Persian Field Force The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1857, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Lt. Col. H. W. Trevelyan, C.B. Arty.) extremely fine (2) ...
Hammer Price: £5,200
A Second Afghan War C.B. group of three awarded to Major-General J. H. P. Malcolmson, Sind Horse, late Bombay Horse Artillery; he commanded the Sind Horse at Maiwand and was twice wounded during the War The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1859, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and replacement gold ribbon buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp,...
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