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War Impressions (Boer War), Being A Record in Colour By Mortimer Menpes, transcribed by Dorothy Menpes, published by Adam & Charles Black, Soho Square, London, 254pp, original green cloth bindings, good condition £40-50
£40–£50
The History of Lumsden’s Horse, by Henry H. S. Pearse, published 1903, being a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment, 506pp, original red cloth bindings, good condition and scarce £80-100
Hammer Price: £90
South Africa and The Transvaal War, the standard six volume work, by Louis Creswicke, includes biographical records, casualty lists, chronological tables, etc., 48 colour plates, 144 full page black and white plates and portraits, numerous maps, 1231pp, all uniformly bound in 1/4 red leather, good condition (6) £80-100
The Standing Orders of The 1st Battalion, 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment, published 1882, 77pp, original red cloth covers, good condition £15-20
Hammer Price: £20
The Conquest of Scinde, Part I, by Major-General W. F. P. Napier, 196pp, original red cloth covers, the spine damaged, contents in good condition £50-60
£50–£60
Sudden Death, Sudden Glory, The 59th Regiment 1793-1830, by D. Ingham, 185 pages, hard covers, one of a limited edition of 400 copies, containing much biographical detail on the Regiment’s officers and other ranks, very good condition £25-30
£25–£30
In Adversity, by Squadron Leader N.G. Tucker, R.A.F., 337 pages, hard covers, one of a limited edition of 1,000 copies, containing details of gallantry awards, including M.I.D.’s to the R.A.F. Regiment and its associated forces 1921-1995, very good condition £25-35
Hammer Price: £35
Germany, Empire, Iron Cross 1870, 2nd class with 25 Year oak leaves; Iron Cross 1914, 2nd class; Franco-Prussian War Medal 1870, steel, good very fine (3) £180-220
Hammer Price: £240
Greece, Order of the Redeemer, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels, in its G. Pomonis, Athènes fitted case of issue, extremely fine £100-120
Hammer Price: £140
India, Patiala State, Order of Krishna, sash badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, extremely fine and of the highest rarity in gold £600-800
Hammer Price: £880
Italy, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus, Grand Cross sash badge, gold and enamels, 65mm, minor hairlines to white enamel cross and two small flakes to green enamel, otherwise extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £250
Italy, Order of the Crown, Grand Cross sash badge in gold and enamels, complete with full dress sash, extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £180
Liberia, Order of African Redemption, breast star by J. Godet & Sohn, Berlin, silver-gilt and enamels, chips to the points of three arms, otherwise good very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £60
An important St Andrew star attributed to the Emperor Nicholas I (1796-1855) when only four years old Russia, Order of St Andrew, a fine late 18th century reduced size tinsel breast star, 57 mm, the paper back with old inscription in ink ‘Nicholas 1st 4 Years Old’, cotton loop attached to one point of star, and contained in an old envelope with contemporary ink inscription ‘The Emperor Nicholas of Rufsia Star when only four years old’; together with a small portrait miniature of...
Hammer Price: £6,200
Russia, Order of St Anne, a superb First Class breast star by Pannasch 1827, silver with central medallion in gold and enamels, 78 mm, with applied Imperial Crown in gold and enamels, the reverse with maker’s mark IP of Emanuel Pannasch, St Petersburg hallmark, fineness mark 84 (zolotniki), and assayer’s mark MK, with date 1827, of Michail Michailovich Karpinskii (St Petersburg 1825-38), contained in its original fitted red leather octagonal case, this lacking retaining catch, otherwise...
Hammer Price: £5,800
Russia, Order of St Anne, First Class sash badge, circa 1830, gold and enamels, 50 mm, in the typical style of Pannasch, the reverse with maker’s mark EP under the red enamel, the top ring with St Petersburg hallmark, lacking suspension loop but sewn to its original full dress sash, very small chip to reverse centre, red enamel almost entirely lacking from two obverse arms and one reverse arm, the badge otherwise good very fine and rare £400-600
Hammer Price: £1,200
Russia, Order of St Stanislaus, Grand Cross set by Eduard, St Petersburg, comprising sash bagde in gold and enamels, 68mm, marks indistinct, and breast star in silver, gilt and enamels, the reverse with maker’s marks and assayer’s mark for St Petersburg 84 zolotniki, nearly extremely fine (2) £1400-1800
£1,400–£1,800
Allied Victory Medals (5), Belgium, official type 1; France, official issue; Italy, official type 1 by Sachini; Japan, official issue; U.S.A., official type 2, good very fine (5) £80-100
Hammer Price: £100
Three: Ship’s Cook George Smith, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Geo. Smith); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor type (George Smith, Ship’s Cook, H.M.S. Excellent. 20 Years); St. Jean d’Acre 1840, bronze but sometime silvered, the last good fine, otherwise good very fine (3) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,050
Pair: Captain Robert Jenner, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Robert Jenner, Mate); St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £500
Four: Paymaster and Purser John H. Greaves, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Paymaster & Purser); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Payr. H.M.S. London) contemporary engraved naming; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver (H.M.S. Hazard, Acre 3rd November 1840) fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, generally very fine or better (4) £500-600
Hammer Price: £750
Three: Able Seaman John Buddell, Royal Navy, later Commissioned Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (John Buddell); Baltic 1854-55 (H.M.S. Edfinburgh); St. Jean d’Acre 1840, bronze, generally good very fine (3) £350-400
Hammer Price: £430
A fine Napoleonic War pair awarded to Colonel John Enoch, 23rd Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), severely wounded at Salamanca and later Assistant Quarter-Master General Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca (Lieut., 23rd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. & Adjutant, 23rd Regiment Foot, R.W.F.) fitted with later silver bar suspension, rank and name contemporarily re-engraved; together with two contemporary portrait miniatures of Enoch and his...
Pair: Captain J. J. Dansey, Ross’s Camel Corps Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Ensign, 16th Regt. N.I.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn., Ross. Camel Corps) nearly extremely fine, the second very rare (2) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £920
Pair: Major-General John MacDonald, Bengal Staff Corps, head of survey operations on the Looshai Expedition Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Ensign, 18th Bengal N.I.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Looshai (Major, Bengal Staff Corps) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better and very scarce (2) £500-700
Hammer Price: £580
Pair: Sergeant William Smith, 97th Regiment Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (Grs. Corpl., 97th Regt.), regimentally engraved; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Sergt., 97th Regt.), very fine (2) £200-250
Hammer Price: £280
Five: Rigger Edward T. Ledger, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, loose on ribbon; Baltic 1854-55; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Canton 1857, Fatshan 1857, the second clasp loose on ribbon, these three all unnamed as issued; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated, 1860 to 1861 (Captn. F. Top, H.M.S. Niger); Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, some contact marks and edge bruises, generally very fine or better (5) £550-650
Hammer Price: £600
Pair: Paymaster Walter Burke, Royal Navy India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Paymr., “Hastings”); Baltic 1854-55, the edge attractively inscribed ‘Walter Burke, Paymr., H.M.S. Cressy’, fitted with a privately made plain clasp to compliment the Pegu clasp on I.G.S., nearly extremely (2) £230-260
Hammer Price: £310
Pair: Major P. Hodgson, Military Train India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Lieut., 22nd Regt. Bombay N.I.); China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Major, Military Train) naming possibly re-impressed on the second, light contact marks but generally very fine (2) £300-350
Three: Private Cornelius Reilly, 1st European Fusiliers and Waikato Regiment Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (1st Bombay Eurn. Fusrs.); New Zealand 1845-1866, reverse dated 1861 to 1866 (Corpl., 3rd Waikato Regt.); H.E.I.C. Long Service, 1st issue with company arms on obverse (Private, 1st Eur. Regiment Fusiliers) light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine and a rare group (3) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,700
Pair: Battery Sergeant Major J. Cockburn, Royal Artillery Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (285 Cpl., R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (B.S. Mjr., R.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £200-250
Hammer Price: £320
Pair: Lieutenant H.F. Head, Frontier Carbineers, formerly Kaffrarian Volunteer Artillery South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Corpl., Kaffrarian Vol. Art.); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Transkei (Lieut., Frontier Carbrs.) good very fine and a scarce pair (2) £450-550
Hammer Price: £450
Pair: Captain W. A. Chauncy, Yorkshire Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, no clasp (Capt. W. A. Chauncy, 1/Yorks. R.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, first with usual edge bruising and pitting from star, otherwise very fine or better (2) £180-200
Five: Chief Petty Officer A. C. Mansfield, Royal Navy, later 2nd Class Supervisor, Ashanti Field Force Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (A.B. H.M.S. “Inflexible”); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu August 1893 (C.P.O. H.M.S. Swallow); Ashanti 1900, no clasp (2nd Cl. Supervisor, A.F.F.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Captn. M. Top. H.M.S. Minotaur); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks, otherwise about nearly very fine and a very...
Hammer Price: £1,350
Three: Petty Officer J. Matthews, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tamaai (2 Captn. F. Top); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (P.O. 1st Cl. H.M.S. Victoria); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, pitting and contact marks from star, otherwise about nearly very fine (3) £150-200
Pair: Private H. Lock, Army Hospital Corps Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai (4290 Pte., A.H.C.); Khedive’s Star 1882, minor contact wear to first, otherwise good very fine (2) £200-250
Hammer Price: £210
Seven: Chief Petty Officer S. G. Lambert, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. St George); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Terpsichore); 1914-15 Star Trio, with M.I.D. oak leaf (187454 C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (C.P.O. H.M.S. Pembroke); French Medaille Militaire, contact marks and edge bruising but generally nearly very fine or better (7) £200-250
Hammer Price: £410
Three: Stoker Petty Officer C. Cross, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Benin River 1894, Brass River 1895 (Sto., H.M.S. Widgeon) one rivet replaced; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Lg. Sto. 1Cl., H.M.S. Rattler) official corrections to rate and ship; British War Medal (147017, S.P.O. R.N.); together with: Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (J. H. Cross, Stoker, H.M.S. Indus), and a National Temperance League-Royal Navy Branch, silver medal...
Hammer Price: £390
Three: Lieutenant H. F. Kirkham, Steinaecker's Horse, formerly Bechuanaland Border Police British South Africa Company Medal 1890 97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 2 clasps, Rhodesia 1896, Mashonaland 1897 (1764 Troopr., B.B. Police); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Transvaal (Lieut., Stein's Horse) naming officially re-impressed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt. & Qr. Mr., Steinaecker's H.) one or two light edge bruises, otherwise good very fine (3) £500-600
Hammer Price: £650
Pair: Corporal D. McLeod, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3499 Cpl., 1/Cam. Hrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £520
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