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A Swedish group of three awarded to Nils G. K. Bildt Sweden, Medal for Merit for the Swedish Militia, Gustaf V, silver, unnamed; Voluntary Automobile Corps Merit Medal, Gustaf V, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘’Nils Bildt’; Voluntary Motor Boat Corps Merit Medal, Gustaf V, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘N. G. K. Bildt’, mounted for wear with an empty space before the first medal, good very fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £80
Sweden, Order of the Sword, Medal of the Order, silver; Stockholm City Service Medal, silver-gilt, edge stamped, ‘MJV silver 1960’, on bow ribbon, medal detached from suspension; Örebro Home Guard Medal, silver, hallmarks for 1927; Austria, Empire, Red Cross Decoration, 2nd Class breast badge with war decoration, silver and enamel, in G. A. Scheid, Vienna case of issue, with detached bow ribbon, nearly extremely fine (4) £120-160
Hammer Price: £100
U.S.S.R., Order of the Badge of Honour, 4th Type breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘413706’; Medal for a Veteran of Labour (2) one in card box; Jubilee Medal for the Armed Forces (3), 1918-48; 1918-78; 1918-88; Jubilee Medal for the Great Patriotic War (3), 1945-65; 1945-85; 1945-05; Leningrad Liberation Anniversary Medal 1944-2004 (2) different strikings; Lenin’s Birth Anniversary Medal 1970, this with associated party membership record book; table...
Hammer Price: £110
A U.S.A. group of five named to Lawrence W. Martin Jr. Bronze Star, reverse inscribed, ‘Lawrence W. Martin Jr.’; Purple Heart, enamelled; National Defense Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; South Vietnam, Service Medal, enamelled, mounted on card U.S.A., Bronze Star, ‘V’ emblem on ribbon; Purple Heart (2), enamelled - one with riband and lapel bars in case of issue; Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, 2nd type; National Defense Medal; Vietnam Service Medal (3) two with riband bars in...
Hammer Price: £160
Yugoslavia, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 3rd Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with repaired neck cravat, in Huguenin, Le Locle case of issue, slight enamel repair and damage to reverse, good very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £240
Five: Patrol Officer Marimo Samasuwo, Zimbabwe Republic Police, late British South Africa Police Zimbabwe Independence Medal (10118); Zimbabwe Long & Exemplary Service Medal (15797 P.O. S.S. Marimo); Zimbabwe Service Medal (15797 P.O. Samasuwo); Rhodesia General Service Medal (15797 Const. Samasuwo); Rhodesia Police L.S. & G.C. (15797 Sgt. Samasuwo) Pair: Constable Bendala Kumpika, Rhodesia Police Rhodesia General Service Medal (15644 Const. Bendala); Rhodesia Police L.S. & G.C. (15644...
Hammer Price: £130
The 88th Foot Order of Merit awarded to Sergeant James Bowmer who was wounded in four different actions and taken prisoner at Buenos Ayres 88th Foot Order of Merit 1818, 1st Class Cross for 12 General Actions, 44mm, the reverse inscribed ‘Serjt. James Bowmer,’ fitted with straight bar suspension but this not inscribed ‘Peninsula’ as usual and possibly a later replacement, good very fine £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £3,000
The 88th Foot Order of Merit awarded to Private Thomas McKenna, ‘a brave and very good soldier’ who distinguished himself at Vittoria by the capture of a Gun and formed one of the storming party at the taking of Fort Picurina at Badajoz; he was severely wounded in the neck at Ciudad Rodrigo, in the legs at Badajoz, in the head at Salamanca, and in the hand at Vittoria 88th Foot Order of Merit 1818, 2nd class medal, 38mm diameter, the reverse inscribed with 10 battle honours for...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers Cross, an attractive engraved 9ct. gold cross, 32 x 26mm., 3.75g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1890, obverse inscribed, ‘RNAV’; reverse inscribed, ‘H.M.S. Drake 15 Nov 1890’, extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £340
Artillery Badge, silver badge in the form of a cannon, approx. 48 x 30mm., obverse inscribed, ‘Gibralter’ (sic), reverse inscribed, ‘Jn. Peck Capt. Marl. of Orde’ ‘1782’, with silver loop for suspension, very fine £60-80
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Worcester Tribute Medal 1899-1901, by Sale, Birmingham, obverse: embossed shield of the ancient arms of the city, in red and black enamel, with hallmarks for Birmingham 1901 below; reverse inscribed (name engraved) within a wreath of laurel, ‘Presented by the Citizens of Worcester to Sgt. J. Beale in recognition of his services with the Worcestershire Imperial Yeomanry South African War 1899-1900-1901’, medal fitted within a glazed gold frame with loop suspension, some wear to casing,...
Hammer Price: £900
Co-operative Wholesale Society Fire Brigade Medal, obverse, sheaf of corn; reverse inscribed, ‘1933’, silver, with brooch bar and dependent bars inscribed, ‘Fireman L. Marsden, 5 Years Service, Long Service’, slight edge bruising, good very fine £100-140
Millom Urban District Council Fire Brigade Medal, obverse: an ancient fire engine, exergue inscribed, ‘1927’; reverse inscribed, ‘Millom Urban District Council, Fireman W. H. Sharpe’, 37mm. dia., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1927, with ‘21 Years Service’ brooch bar and two ‘10 Years Service’ slip bars, in badly damaged J. Sheward, Millom case of issue, medal extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £190
Surrey Fire Brigades Association Star, 4 clasps, Five Years Service (loose), with ‘Ten Years Service’ brooch bar, engraved on reverse, ‘Edward C. Surridge, Sutton, Surrey’, five-pointed star, 45 x 45mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1896, good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £85
Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916, silver commemorative medal by Spink, London, 45mm diameter, contained in a Mappin & Webb fitted case, good very fine £80-100
Victoria Cross interest: ‘My Life Story’, by Rambahadur Limbu, V.C., booklet, with title page signed ‘R B Limbu V.C., 3 Dec 83’; Original photographs (2) of General Sir E. F. Chapman, Indian Army; another of Lieutenant-Colonel H. Lowther, Indian Army; Commission documents (2) appointing William Burrows a Quartermaster, South Wales Borderers, 8 November 1893; another appointing Ronald Despard Davies a 2nd Lieutenant, West Yorkshire Regiment, 6 April 1903; Award document, French,...
Hammer Price: £70
Bright, Joan (Editor), The Ninth Queen’s Royal Lancers 1936-1945, Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1951, xxxi, 359pp., plus plates and maps, with dustcover; Anon, Historical Record of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers 1945-1960, Wheatons Ltd., 1993, 74pp., with b/w photographs; Brockbank, Robin, A Short History of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) 1960-1985, 139pp., Charrington, Richard, Spearmen, The History of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, 256pp., with dustcover; Stewart, Captain P....
Colvin, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel F. F. & Gordon, Captain E. R., Diary of the 9th (Q.R.) Lancers during the South African Campaign 1899 to 1902, published by Cecil Roy, South Kensington, 1904, 1st edition, xiv, 304pp., with 41 photographs plus folding map in end pocket, , aeg., attractive original red and yellow coloured cloth bearing regimental badge, very minor wear, very good condition £50-70
Hammer Price: £95
Parritt, Brigadier B. A. H. & Waibel, J. M., A Dangerous Game, British Colonial Warfare on the Indian Sub-Continent 1854-1892, Loose Page Publishing, 2010, three of four volumes of set No. 50, Volumes I, 270pp.; II, 173pp., & IV, 156pp., each signed by Brigadier Parritt, card covers, very good condition, scarce and excellent resource (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £180
Reynard, Frank H., The Ninth (Queen’s Royal) Lancers 1715-1903, William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1st edition, 1904, xv, 258pp., colour and black & white plates, dark blue cloth with gilt titles and regimental crest, some signs of wear; Sheppard, Major E. W., The Ninth Queen’s Royal Lancers 1715-1936, Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1st edition, 1939, xxiii, 439pp., with plates, photographs, maps and sketches, rebound with half blue calf with gilt and ribbed spine and gilt...
Hammer Price: £170
Anon, Deeds That Thrill the Empire, Volumes I-V, 888pp., bound in one volume, The Standard Art Book Co. Ltd., Ludgate Hill, by arrangement with Messrs. Hutchinson & Co., with coloured and many black & white plates, original decorated blue cloth, this a little faded, good condition £40-60
Hammer Price: £140
[H.M.S.O.], The Official Army List (2), for the Quarter Ending 31 March 1885, rebound red boards; another, for the Quarter Ending 30 June 1909, red cloth with scroll work and gilt titles, ex libris Army and Navy Club, some damage; [H.M.S.O.], The Monthly Army List, October 1920, rebound red boards, ex libris Public Record Office; Debrett’s 1966; Durov, V. A., Russian and Soviet Military Awards, paperback; [Phillips Auctions], The Bullivant Collection of Armorial Porcelain, 22 March 1988,...
‘Twice in less than 23 years, Natal was saved from invasion by the gallant stand made by two small, vastly outnumbered detachments of British soldiers: the first was at Rorke’s Drift in 1879 and the second at Itala in 1901.’ M. C. Carter’s Itala - Monument to Valour, refers (South African Military History Society Journal, June 1971). ‘It is interesting to note that Major Bradley was a member of ‘the world’s most exclusive club’ - a club to which even His Majesty could...
Hammer Price: £180,000
‘During the Boer attack on Itala Camp on 26 September 1901, I called for volunteers to carry ammunition up the hill. In order to do this, a space of 150 yards swept by a heavy cross fire had to be crossed. Driver Lancashire and Gunner Ball attempted it, but had to drop the box half way across when Driver Lancashire was hit. Without any further orders from me, Driver Bradley (already recommended for the V.C.), and Gunner Boddy went out and succeeded in dragging the box under shelter of a...
Hammer Price: £6,000
‘When we heard that we were going to be attacked at Itala, I was sent right up to the top of the Itala Hill with about 90 men, to try and hold it, and prevent the Boers from attacking the camp from that direction. At about 2 p.m., on 26 September, they attacked my post five or six hundred strong. It was fairly dark, and the ground was covered with little rocks, which made it very hard to distinguish people. We kept up a heavy fire on both sides. They worked right round our right, and then...
Hammer Price: £17,000
The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Private C. Butt, Dorsetshire Regiment, who was killed in action at the defence of Fort Itala on 26 September 1901 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2251 Pte. A. Butt, Dorset Rgt.), good very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £600
The Anglo-Boer War Medal awarded to Burger J. J. Craig, a member of the Vryheid Commando who was present in the attack on Fort Itala on 26 September 1901 Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Burg. J. J. Craig), good very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £320
Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant A fine K.C.B. and early Indian campaign group awarded to General Sir Charles Foster, 16th Lancers, who commanded the regiment as Lieutenant-Colonel, 1859-62, and was Colonel of the regiment 1886-96 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia comprising neck badge in 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1877, complete with fill neck cravat and gold fitments, and breast star in silver, gold and enamels,...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A good inter-war K.C.B. group of eleven awarded to Admiral Sir Sidney Meyrick, Royal Navy, who served as Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station 1937-40 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with silver-gilt, gold and enamel appliqué centre, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. S. J. Meyrick, R.N.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £2,400
The outstanding post-war C.B., Greece 1945 operations C.B.E., North Africa operations D.S.O. and Italy operations Bar group of eleven awarded to Major-General O. de T. Lovett, Indian Army - thrice wounded on the occasion of winning his first D.S.O. as Commanding Officer of the 7th (Indian) Infantry Brigade at the battle of Wadi Akarit, he won a Bar for his sustained gallantry before Monte Cassino in early 1944 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck...
Hammer Price: £6,500
A fine Great War C.M.G. group of eight awarded to Colonel A. E. O. Congdon, Royal Munster Fusiliers The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. A. E. O. Congdon, 2nd Bn. R. Muns. Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major A. E. O. Congdon, R. Muns. Fus.);...
A good Great War monitor operations D.S.O., royal tour M.V.O. group of ten awarded to Captain N. C. Moore, Royal Navy, who added the Finnish Order of the White Rose to his accolades for subsequent services as a Naval Attache at Helsingfors in 1940 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class, the reverse officially numbered ‘1275’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. N. C. Moore, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak...
A good Great War M.V.O., O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain D. Faviell, Royal Navy, who commanded the dispatch vessel H.M.S. Oak for the entirety of the war, gaining a mention in despatches for Jutland The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘82’; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Cr....
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Major C. P. Parker, Royal Marines, late 5th Dragoon Guards The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., 5/Drgn. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major) mounted court style for display, good very fine (4) £500-600
Hammer Price: £500
A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Engineer Captain L. Gregory, Royal Navy, who saw extensive action off East Africa in 1915-16 and was present at the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for 1919; 1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. L. Gregory, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt. Cr. L. Gregory, R.N.); Africa Star; Defence and War Medals...
Hammer Price: £850
A Second World War ‘North Africa’ O.B.E. group of seven attributed to Colonel R. J. de C. Barber, Royal Corps of Signals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, reverse officially dated, ‘1943’, with three ‘G.VI.R.’ clasps, lacking top brooch bar, all unnamed,...
Hammer Price: £300
A rare Java 1945-46 operations O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Brigadier R. C. B. Bristow, Indian Army, whose long and distinguished career is described in his autobiography - Memories of the British Raj: Soldier in India The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (2 Lieut. C. R. Bristow, 2-9 G.R.), note initials; India General Service...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A post war O.B.E. group of six awarded to Captain T. C. Townsend, Merchant Navy, who survived the loss of two vessels in the War, the latter occasion, when he was Master of the S.S. Marylyn, resulting in him being awarded a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal...
A civil M.B.E. group of six awarded to Captain T. W. W. Langley, Cadet Forces, late Middlesex and London Regiments The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R. (Capt. T. W. W. Langley) mounted for display; together with Silver War Badge (260941) good very fine (7) £250-300
Hammer Price: £220
A military M.B.E. group of five awarded to Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander C. T. W. Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (B.Z.3893 C. T. W. Smith, A.B., R.N.V.R.); Defence Medal, unnamed; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (Ty. Act. Lt. Cdr.(SP) C. T. Smith, R.N.V.R.) note slight variation in initials, contact marks, nearly very...
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