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Germany, Third Reich, Wound Badge, 1939 1st pattern badge in silver, pin-backed, good very fine £150-200
£150–£200
Germany, Third Reich, Tank Assault Badge in Silver, for 100 engagements, ‘hollow’ type, gilded and grey metal, 58 x 49mm., with pin-fitting but this now detached, good very fine £1000-1200
£1,000–£1,200
Germany, Third Reich, Badge for Single-Handed Destruction of a Tank, blackened metal, with prong attachment to silver and black braid, with backplate, one prong missing, very fine £300-400
£300–£400
Germany, Third Reich, Army Marksmanship Lanyard, 1st Pattern, 5th Grade, base silver metal badge, on 57 x 42mm., on silver cord lanyard, nearly extremely fine £80-120
£80–£120
Germany, Third Reich, Luftwaffe Pilots Badge, plated tombak, 65 x 53mm., pin-backed, very fine £350-450
£350–£450
Germany, Third Reich, SS Honour Ring, silver, the Himmler signature and name of the recipient on the interior are heavily worn and no longer legible, worn condition £1200-1500
Withdrawn
Indian States, Bahawalpur, North West Frontier Medal 1914-19 (1061 Naick Budhan Khan, Bahwlpr. Transt. Cps.); Bahawalpur-Pakistan Alliance Medal, this with ribbon; Golden Jubilee Medal 1955/56, silver base metal, very fine and better (3) £60-80
£60–£80
A most impressive Italian ‘Al Valore Militare’ group awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Quirino Gamba, Italian Army Italy, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge, gold and enamel, in Cravanzola, Rome case of issue; Al Valore Militare, silver, obverse marked, ‘F.G.’, reverse inscribed, ‘Assaba 23-Marzio-1913 Gamba Quirino’; another, bronze, unnamed; Africa Campaign Medal 1894, no clasp, bronze; China Campaign Medal 1900-01, no clasp, by Reggia Zecca, bronze, with ‘Cina...
£2,500–£3,000
Japan, Order of the Rising Sun (2), 8th Class breast badge, silver, one in hinged lacquer case of issue; War Medal 1904-05; Manchurian Incident Medal 1931-34; China Incident 1937 (2), one in case of issue; the other with incorrect ribbon; 2,600 National Anniversary Medal, in case of issue; Red Cross Membership Medal (2) silver, one in balsa case; War Medal 1904-05 - suspension and bar only; Order of the Sacred Treasure - damaged with parts missing; lacquer case (1); Unknown medal (1); cap...
£120–£160
Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, 8th Class, in hinged lacquer case of issue; War Medal 1904-05; China Incident Medal 1937, in damaged case of issue; Red Cross Membership Medal, silver, on bow ribbon, with lapel stick-pin, in case; Retired Soldiers Badge, in card box; 2600th National Annivesary Commemorative Medal, 60mm., bronze, in damaged balsa case of issue, good very fine and better (6) £70-90
£70–£90
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Thompson, 27th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Maida (C. Thompson, Capt. 27th Foot) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1600-1800
Malaysian States, Sarawak, The Most Illustrious Order of the Star of Sarawak (2) 4th Class (Bentara Bintang Sarawak (B.B.S.)) breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Grand Medals Jewellers, Singapore case of issue; another, (Ahli Bintang Srawak (A.B.S.) breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Grand Medals Jewellers, Singapore case of issue, extremely fine (2) £80-100
£80–£100
A Second World War B.E.M. awarded to Henry Calcott, a retired Royal Marine who was recalled for services as a D.E.M.S. gunner - and quickly saw action against a U-Boat off Morocco in November 1939 British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Henry Calcott), in its card box of issue, extremely fine £300-350
£300–£350
Royal Army Ordnance Corps Presentation 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword, the 82 cm bright blade by Wilkinson Sword Ltd., (89140) with single fuller etched with the EIIR cypher R.A.O.C. insignia and presentation panel ‘2nd Lieutenant M.R. Nixon Winner R.A.O.C. Prize R.M.A. Sandhurst December 1966’ together with scrolling foliate panels regulation sheet metal handguard incorporating the EIIR cypher wire bound fish skin grip brown leather sword knot contained in its leather covered...
£200–£250
Singapore, Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Pingat Gagah Perkasa) silver, unnamed; together with a miniature dress medal, extremely fine (2) £150-200
39th (The Garhwali) Rifles Regiment 1822 Pattern Rifle Officer’s Sword, the 82.5 cm bright blade with single fuller etched with a QVC foliage sprays a strung and coiled bugle horn ‘XXXIX’ within the coil crossed colours and ‘William Smith XXXIXth Hony. Surgeon’ regulation handguard incorporating a Guelphic crown over a coiled bugle horn with XXXIX within the coil, wire bound fish skin grip complete with its steel scabbard, very good condition £300-400
1822 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer’s Sword (Although Described as Regular Infantry in the Wilkinson Sale Register), the 84 cm bright blade with single fuller by Henry Wilkinson, London (21565) etched with the family crest and name E.Vansittart would appear to be a custom made weapon as it is devoid of all other decoration, triple bar steel handguard, wire bound fish skin grip, complete with its leather covered wooden service scabbard, considerable wear to the fish skin grip otherwise very...
Cossack Officers’ Papakha, c.1900, the top in red cloth crossed with gilt, white and black braid, with gilt button bearing the double-headed Romanov eagle at the apex, sides lined in black wool, interior pink silk, this badly frayed, signs of wear to the wool band, fair condition £3000-3500
£3,000–£3,500
A group of three awarded to a Gurkha Lance-Corporal Deoman Limbu, Singapore Police Force Singapore Long Service Medal, silver, reverse impressed, ‘4946 LCp Deoman Limbu’; Singapore Police Force L.S. & G.C., with 2nd Award bar (20 years service), silver and gilt, unnamed; Singapore Police Force Good Service Medal, silver, unnamed, mounted as worn, extremely fine (3) £150-200
James Warren, 40th Foot Waterloo 1815 (James Warren, 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1600-1800
£1,600–£1,800
John Anderson, 42nd Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (John Anderson, 42nd Foot.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
Singapore, Armed Forces Tsunami Relief Operations Medal 2004, rhodium plated brass, reverse impressed, ‘Pte Jermaine Cheah’; together with miniature dress medal and riband bar, in E.L.M., Singapore case and card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £120-160
Singapore, Armed Forces Overseas Service Medal (Operational), 1 clasp, Saudi Arabia, cupro-nickel, with miniature dress medal (clasp uninscribed), in plastic case of issue, extremely fine £80-100
Singapore, Armed Forces Overseas Service Medal (Non-operational), 1 clasp, Namibia 1989, cupro-nickel, unnamed, in plastic case of issue, extremely fine £70-90
India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Waziristan 1901-2 (332 Sepoy Nikku, 1st Pjb. Infy.) very fine £120-160
A Second World War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Pumpman and Engine Room Storekeeper M. Readon, Merchant Navy, late Royal Garrison Artillery, in which latter capacity he was awarded the M.M. and Bar in the Great War British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Matthew Reardon); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45. extremely fine (4) £250-300
£250–£300
The Queen’s Sudan Medal awarded to Sergeant J. Malone, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action at the battle of the Atbara on 8 April 1898 - the regiment’s only fatality on that date Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3133 Sgt. J. Malone, 1/Linc. R.), extremely fine £1800-2200
£1,800–£2,200
U.S.S.R., Order of the Red Banner of Labour, 6th type, silver, gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘795007’; Order of the Badge of Honour, 4th type, silver, gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘900733’; Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, 3rd type, enamelled, reverse inscribed, ‘1649118’, screw-backed, lacking clutch plate; Medal for Combat Service (3), all unnumbered; Birth of Lenin Anniversary Medal 1870-1970; Motherhood Medal, bronze-gilt and enamel; Chernobyl Medal,...
£100–£150
U.S.S.R., Defence of Leningrad Medal (3); Defence of the Caucasus Medal (3); Liberation of Warsaw Medal (3); Liberation of Prague Medal (1), suspension repaired; Victory over Germany Medal 1945 (11); Victory over Japan Medal (1) incorrect ribbon; Medal for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War (4), most mounted Russian style, includes some modern productions, very fine and better (26) £100-150
The Royal Artillery Officer’s Shako Plate 1832 - 1837 (excavated) & a Framed Collection of Northern Rhodesian Police Badges QEC Period, the first a good quality heavy die stamped coppered brass example featuring the Royal Arms of Great Britain 1813 - 1837 a cannon and the mottoes granted to the Royal Artillery in 1832, no gilt remains the reverse heavily reinforced with lead, no fasteners; the frame of badges features chromed and blue enamel cap and collar badges, a smaller pair of silver...
U.S.S.R., Ribbon - various lengths of a wide range of modern produced ribbons of the U.S.S.R., all identified; together with a number of Soviet medal riband bars; also with a book - McDaniel, Paul & Schmitt, Paul J., The Comprehensive Guide to Soviet Orders and Medals, published by Historical Research, Arlington, Virginia, 409pp., with many colour plates, with dust jacket, title page signed by Paul McDaniel, very good condition (lot) £50-80
£50–£80
Nazi Close Combat Breast Badge in Gilded Metal, a fine and rare example, the obverse showing the eagle swastika crossed bayonet and stick grenade, the side panels ornamented with oak sprays, original pin back and inserted black metal panel, very good condition £2000-3000
£2,000–£3,000
The Association of Chief Police Officers, The Provincial Police Award for Brave Assistance to the Police, 9ct. gold medal, 51mm., 67.97g., hallmarks for London 1971, unnamed, in John Pinches, London case of issue, extremely fine £800-1000
£800–£1,000
Police Essay Competition Medal, G.V.R., crowned bust by Bertram Mackennal, reverse: crossed maces, 45mm., bronze gilt, unnamed, edge stamped ‘specimen’, unmounted, extremely fine £40-60
£40–£60
A Securicor Bravery Medal pair awarded to Armoured Van Driver Charles Percival, who was shot and wounded whilst fighting off two bandits Securicor Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘For Bravery C. Percival’, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1977; Securicor Medal, unnamed, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1973, extremely fine (2) £300-400
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 14 March 1795, Trafalgar, Algiers (William Spencer.) fitted with engraved silver ribbon buckle, toned, good very fine £3000-4000
An unofficial group of four awarded to Trooper J. E. Chadbourn, 13/18 Hussars General Service Cross, silver (23870498 Tpr. J. E. Chadbourne, 18/18H (QMO)); Voluntary Service Medal (23870498 Tpr. J. E. Chadbourne, 13/18H (QMO).); British Army of the Rhine Medal, silver (23870498 Tpr. J. E. Chadbourne, 13/18H (QMO).); Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal 2002, gilt (23870498 Tpr. J. E. Chadbourne, 13/18H (QMO).) mounted as worn, extremely fine (4) £80-100
Scottish Masonic Jewel, bronze-gilt oval starburst, 42 x 38mm., bearing the figure of St. Andrew on his cross, the cross arms with a green wash (some lost), ring suspension; Commemorative Medal, 33mm., gilt, obverse: a sailing vessel adjacent to a city wall with tower, reverse embossed, ‘Du Pont-Euxine aL’or d’Odessa. Instal. par la Gr. Prle. de Russie le 12e J. du xe M. 5817’; Bronze plaque, uniface, oval with beaded border, 74 x 58mm., obverse: city gates, ‘Libertas et Natale...
Farndale, General Sir Martin, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Western Front 1914-18, Henry Ling Ltd., The Dorset Press, 1986, 421pp; Farndale, General Sir Martin, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, The Forgotton Fronts and the Home Base 1914-18, Henry Ling Ltd., The Dorset Press, 421pp.; Anon, List of Officers taken prisoner in the various Theatres of War 1914-18, modern reprint; Adler, Rev. Michael (Editor), British Jewry Book of Honour, Naval & Military Press edition,...
Hammer Price: £10
[War Office], The Official Army List, for the quarter ending 31st March 1897, 1687pp., contains war services of officers of the army, rebound with dark red boards, very good condition £20-30
Hammer Price: £15
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