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Ayres family group: A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private W. A. Ayres, 8th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, who died of disease on 22 July 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (14328 Pte., 8/R. Berks. R.); 1914-15 Star (14328 Pte., R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (14328 Pte., R. Berks. R.); Memorial Plaque (William Arthur Ayres) Three: Able Seaman J. Ayres, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.36953 A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.,...
Hammer Price: £780
A fine Second World War Italy operations M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Naik Dharamsing Gurung, 2/4th Gurkha Rifles - challenged by an enemy sentry he shot him dead, stormed the objective and, though wounded, refused to hand over command of his section Military Medal, G.VI.R. (46787 L.-Nk. Dharansing Gurung, G.R.), impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (6) £700-900
A King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom group of four attributed to Monsieur Frederic Fortoul France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, enamel damage; Croix de Guerre 1939-1945; Resistance Medal, these mounted together for wear, good fine and better; together with a King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, unnamed, in Royal Mint case of issue, this last extremely fine (4) £500-600
Hammer Price: £750
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (J. Prescott, 64th Foot) dark toning, very fine £750-850
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Gunner J. Sampson, Artillery) good very fine £550-650
Liechtenstein, Order of Merit, Grand Cross set of issue, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, this with replacement back-plate, n.r., nearly extremely fine (2) £400-500
U.S.A., Congressional Medal of Honor, Navy, 10th (current) type, gilt metal, unnamed specimen, with neck cravat, reverse pad with three support hooks, extremely fine £150-200
Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, light marks, otherwise very fine £600-800
Eight: Squadron Leader H. G. Goacher, Royal Air Force, who was awarded the M.S.M. for his services in South Russia in 1919 British War and Victory Medals (51210 Cpl. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.), both with officially re-impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (51210 Cpl. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (51210 Sgt. H. G. Goacher, R.A.F.), the Great War awards and M.S.M....
Hammer Price: £720
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel M. R. Pocock, D.S.O., Indian Army, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia 1917 Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (Lieut: M. R. Pocock. 27th Punjabis.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Captn. M. R. Pocock, 28th Panjabis) small official correction to unit, mounted as worn but ribbons frayed and second medal detached, toned, good very fine (2) £500-600
Four: Naval Airman J. R. Stevenson, Royal Navy General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, N. Iraq & S. Turkey (NA(AH)1 D195802B RN); Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (NA(AH) D195802B RN); Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, with riband bar in case of issue; Kuwait, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, with riband bar in box of issue, good very fine and better (5) £400-500
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Gunner R. Park, Arty.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £800-900
Hammer Price: £700
China 1842 (John Boyse, H.M.S. Dido) fitted with original straight bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £500-600
Three: Private J. McMurtrie, 42nd Regiment (Royal Highlanders) Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (J. McMurtrie, 42nd Regt.) officially impressed naming, suspension refitted; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Jas. McMurtrie, 42nd Foot); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, cleaned, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine (3) £500-560
Pair: Sergeant J. Vinson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, late Rifle Brigade Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1870 (1053 Corl. J. H. Vinson, RIfle Bde.) impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (420 Cr. Sergt. J. Vinson, K. Rl. Rif. C.) good very fine (2) £420-460
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (W. Ross, 93rd Regt.) contemporary engraved in capitals, edge bruising, badly worn through polishing, poor £200-250
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Drill Serjeant W. Lockyer, Artillery) minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £550-650
Three: Private W. F. Lakey, 10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (A.A.C.), who was killed in action at Arnhem in September 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, the first privately inscribed, ‘14272199 Pte. W. F. Lakey, 10 Para.’, together with the recipient’s illuminated Buckingham Palace memorial scroll in the name of ‘Private W. F. Lakey, Army Air Corps’, cleaned, good very fine or better (3) £150-200
Family group: Four: Staff Sergeant S. H. Longworth, Glider Pilot Regiment (A.A.C.), who participated in the D-Day, Arnhem and Rhine operations as a 2nd pilot in Horsas 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with a set of related miniature dress medals including the General Service Medal for Palestine 1945-48, an A.A.C. badge and an enamelled Glider Pilot Regiment sweetheart’s brooch, good very fine or better Three: Private H. Longworth,...
Imperial German Army Officer’s Saxony Pickelhaube good quality black leather example complete with brass peak trim chin scales, side ornaments, fluted spike and base, plated and gilt metal helmet plate, National and State cockades soft leather sweat band and silk lining, some crazing to the front and rear peaks otherwise in very good condition £500-700
Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch but lacking pin, very fine £650-750
The impressive group of twelve miniature dress medals attributed to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Laurence Field, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, gold and enamel, ring suspension; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, gold and enamel, ring suspension; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20, 5 clasps, North Sea 1915, North Sea 1916, Jutland 31 May ‘16, North Sea 1917, North Sea 1918;...
A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Bombardier T. Daly, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (36605 Bmbr., R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £500-600
42nd Foot (Black Watch) Portrait Miniature, c. 1808, attributed to William Dudman, a fine quality example (7.5 x 6.5 cm.) on ivory, the subject shown in full dress, scarlet with navy blue facings, single gold lace epaulette and oval gilt shoulder belt belt, contained in a glazed oval silver-gilt case, the reverse panel with folded lock of hair, in good overall condition £800-850
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (D. Webb, 64th Foot) toned, good very fine £650-750
Hammer Price: £680
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Capt. G. S. Twynam, 1st Bn. 13th Lt. Infy.) very fine £600-700
The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Bugler William Ward, 52nd Light Infantry, who was dangerously wounded at Delhi, 14 September 1857 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Bugler W. Ward, 52nd L.I.) nearly extremely fine £550-650
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea, naming almost completely erased but just discernable as ‘2155 Pte. J. McGrath, 5th Lancers’, otherwise good very fine £200-250
Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with brooch bar, in Garrard, London case of issue, some enamel damage and repairs, very fine £650-750
A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Serjeant T. Jenner, 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13980 Sjt. T. Jenner, 7/Som. L.I.) good very fine £550-650
Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze-gilt, named in neat serif capitals in reverse field ‘timothy dellany bellerophon’, contained in a contemporary hinged glazed watch case with integral suspension, very fine £500-600
Maida Gold Medal 1806, gilt-metal specimen of the gold medal by G. F. Pigeon, with lunettes, complete with swivel suspension and gilt ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £650
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (W. Lennox, 71st Foot.) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £700-800
Three: Assistant Surgeon A. E. T. Longhurst, 13th Light Infantry Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Asst. Staff Surgeon A. E. Longhurst) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Asst-Surgn. A. E. T. Longhurst, 1st Bn. 13th Lt. Infy.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (A. E. Longhurst Asst. Staff Surgeon) impressed naming, ‘eon’ of ‘Surgeon’ corrected, plugged and fitted with a (slack) ‘Mutiny’ style suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, fine...
Three: Lieutenant F. E. Lingeman, Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. F. E. Lingeman); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, bronze palm on ribbon Memorial Plaque (John Floris Lingeman) contained in wooden frame, 182 x 178mm., nearly extremely fine (4) £150-200
Three: Lance-Corporal G. Drage, 3rd King’s Royal Rifle Corps, mentioned in despatches for Gemaizah Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, Gemaizah 1888 (114 Lce. Corpl. G. Drage, 3/K.R. Rif. C.) official correction to number; Coronation 1911; Khedive’s Star 1882, name lightly scratched on reverse of star, mounted as worn, light pitting from star, otherwise very fine or better (3) £500-600
Pair: Gunner R. Southwell, 6/1st Scottish Division, Royal Artillery, servant to Lieutenant-Colonel Slade, Chief of Intelligence Department, at Kirbekan Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (25453 Gunr. R. Southwell, 6/1st Sco. Div. R.A.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, good very fine (2) £400-500
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (P. May, 64th Foot) contact marks, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £650-750
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (J, Simson. Civil Service) toned, good very fine £500-600
The impressive group of fifteen miniature dress medals attributed to Paymaster Rear-Admiral H. H. Share, K.B.E., C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold straight bar suspension and gold buckle on ribbon; The Royal Victorian Order, silver-gilt and enamel; Egypt 1882-89, dated reverse no clasp; 1914 Star; British...
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