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King Edward VIII interest: Empire Day Medal (3) 33mm., bronze, with brooch bar ‘1929’; another, with brooch bar ‘1931’ and 3 slip bars, 1932, 1933, 1934; another, 5 slip bars, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, these ref. W. & E. 6228.B.1; Empire Day Medal 1927 (2) 39mm., bronze; another, white metal, ref. W. & E. 6220.1 & 2; Visit of the Prince of Wales to South Africa 1925, 28mm., bronze, ref. W. & E. 6200.E.1; Visit of the Prince of Wales to Hull 1926, presented by the ‘Hull Daily...
Hammer Price: £80
Doncaster Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse: arms of the city; reverse inscribed, ‘To George H. Booth from the Corporation of Doncaster’, 32mm., 9ct. gold and enamel, 15.98g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, some enamel damage, with ring suspension and with 13g. gold chain; together with St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘434131 George Booth’, with date label, ‘1939’; and an unnamed small silver medal, very fine (3) £800-1000
£800–£1,000
Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal 1900, obverse, shield, ‘Borough of Portsmouth’, reverse inscribed, ‘Naval Brigade North China 1900’, unnamed, 27mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, lacking suspension ring, ref Hibbard, A21, rev. 3, good very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £150
Bristol City Police Good Service Medal, silver, mounted as worn; Plymouth City Constabulary Good Service Medal, silver, mounted as worn; County Borough of Grimsby Police Good Service Medal, bronze; together with an associated Defence Medal, all unnamed, good very fine and better (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £360
Four: attributed to Special Constable William Griffiths, Birmingham Special Constabulary Birmingham Special Constabulary L.S. Medal 1916, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘H. W. Griffiths’, with integral brooch bar; Birmingham Special Constabulary Water Works Guard Medal 1917-18, bronze, unnamed, with integral brooch bar; Birmingham Special Constabulary Reserve Lapel Badge, by Gaunt, London, reverse numbered, ‘587’, silver and enamel; Birmingham City Police Special Constable 1914, cap...
Hammer Price: £90
Blackpool Special Constabulary Services Rendered Medal, obverse: arms of the city; reverse inscribed, ‘For Services Rendered’ and additionally, ‘Constable 446 D. Ainsworth’, 25mm. dia., 9ct. gold and enamel, 5.81g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Cardiff City Special Police Medal 1914-19, bronze, unnamed, mounted as worn; Edinburgh City Special Constabulary L.S. Medal 1914, bronze, unnamed, with integral brooch bar; Glasgow Special Constabulary Services Rendered Medal 1914-19 (2), silver, reverse inscribed, ‘David Gibson’, with ‘1 Year’ brooch bar; another, reverse inscribed, ‘Robert Bonnington’ with ‘2 Years’ brooch bar; Glasgow Special Constable, lapel badge, enamelled; Glasgow Children’s Fete (2) souvenir medals,...
City of Coventry Special Constabulary L.S. Medal 1914, obverse: arms of the city; reverse inscribed, ‘J. Smith’, 32mm., silver, with integral brooch bar, good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £50
Hartlepool Special Constabulary Medal 1914-1918, obverse: crest of Hartlepool, reverse inscribed ‘Borough of Hartlepool Special Constable, Bombardment 1914, Air Raids 1915-18, Zeppelin Destroyed 1916’, 35mm., silver, unnamed as issued, with original claw and straight bar suspension, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine, scarce £300-400
Hammer Price: £380
Leith Burgh Special Constabulary Medal 1914-18, obverse; coat-of-arms; reverse: inscription in raised letters, ‘For Long and Continuous Service 1914-1918’, 35mm., bronze, unnamed, complete with brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
National Fire Brigades Association Medal, for Services Rendered, silver, gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1925, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Chief Officer W. L. Bradley, Vice-Chairman of Council , Vice-Chairman of South Eastern District 1926’, complete with ‘For Services Rendered’ brooch bar, extremely fine £80-100
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Thomas Stares) very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £140
Memorial Plaque (3) (George Charles; Percy Draper; Edward William Johnson) last pierced at 12 o’clock, good very fine (3) £120-160
South African Memorial Plaque, Jewish issue, metal ‘Star of David’ plaque, with inscription on metal label below, ‘Died on Service - World War 1939 1945 33573 Pte. J. Wasserman 1 R.L.I. in oorlogsdiens gesterf-wêreldoorlog’, on wooden plaque, 140 x 107mm., with stand, good very fine and rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £280
ANZAC Commemorative Medal, bronze, 75 x 50mm., obverse scene depicting Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, 3rd Field Ambulance, A.I.F., with donkey, with the legend ‘1915 ANZAC’, reverse with an outline of Australia and New Zealand, with the ‘Southern Cross’, engraved, ‘R H Munro’ in fitted case of issue, with associated slip named to ‘6/2207 R. H. Munro’; another, reverse engraved, ‘J W H Frazer’ - no case; together with a lapel badge, extremely fine (3) £150-200
Hammer Price: £260
Independence Medals (6), Fiji; Malawi; Papua New Guinea; St. Christopher Nevis; Solomon Islands; Uganda, all with ribbons, good very fine and better (6) £180-220
Hammer Price: £420
Independence Medals (7) Fiji; Guyana; Malawi; Nigeria (no ribbon); Papua New Guinea; Tanganyika - on ‘Prison Service’ ribbon; Uganda, with ribbon except where stated, good very fine and better (7) £140-180
Hammer Price: £220
India Independence Medal 1947 (SR-194430 Hav. Pritam Singh, A.S.C.); India 25th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1972; India 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1997, naming erased; Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (1203733 Boy Mohd. Ashraf, R.P.A.) one letter overstruck; Ceylon Independence Medal 1948, incorrect ribbon; Ghana Republic Day Medal 1960; Kenya 25th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1988; Malawi Jubilee Medal 1989; Nigeria Independence Medal 1960; Papua New Guinea 10th...
The Noble Order of British Spitfires (N.O.B.S.), lapel badge, as issued to patriotic subscribers to a fund raising campaign raised in Shanghai 1940-41, enamelled R.A.F. roundel with central propeller, Chinese maker’s mark to reverse, very fine and most unusual £80-120
Hammer Price: £65
An original pair of Napoleonic War Militia “call up” certificates appertaining to Richard Dyson of Hertfordshire, comprising printed notice of his call to arms in the Hertfordshire Militia, signed by the Constable of the Parish of Chesthunt, dated 14th March 1804, in which he is instructed to report to the ‘Half Moon Inn’ at 11 a.m. on Wednesday 21st March to be sworn in as a member of the local militia before the Deputy Lieutenant and Justices of the Peace - or to provide a fit...
An original Napoleonic War letter from Captain W. G. Eliot, Royal Artillery, ink, four sides on a single sheet of white paper, folded to form the envelope addressed to his wife, ‘Mrs. Wm. Eliot, Majr. Genl. Mann’s, Plumstead, near Woolwich, England’, dated at ‘Bremen Bough, January 17th 1806’, the content discussing the poor local conditions and the lamentable weather: ‘ ... The country all round as far as you can see is inundated from violent rains. The only roads are raised...
Hammer Price: £110
An original Napoleonic War letter from Lieutenant John Stedman Christie, 79th Foot, ink, four sides on a single sheet of white paper, folded to form an envelope addressed to his father, ‘Capt. Christie, 55th Militia, Mufsleburgh, Edingh.’, and bearing two red stamps and one black ‘ship’ postal stamp, together with remnants of red wax seal, dated at ‘Fredericksbourgh, 27 Aug. 1807’, the contents discussing the 79th’s disembarkation and advance on Copenhagen, with several lively...
Hammer Price: £300
An original illustrated letter from Alfred Buston, H.M.S. “Rota”, describing the siege of Cadiz in March 1810, ink, four sides on a large sheet of white paper, folded to form the envelope addressed to ‘Dr. Hull, Stevenage, Herts.’, dated aboard ‘H.M. Ship Rota, Cadiz harbour, 2d March 1810’, with a fascinating round-up of recent events and a hand-coloured map detailing ship and land battery positions, thus commentary on the appalling state of our prison ships: ‘The French...
Hammer Price: £200
An original Peninsular War letter from Captain John Campbell, 57th Foot, ink, four sides on a single sheet of white paper, folded to form the envelope addressed to a relative, ‘Capt. J. Campbell, Ormsdale, by Dunoon, North Britain’, with single red postal stamp and annotation to say taken by hand to England by a Colonel W. C. Spring, dated at ‘Portalegre, 30th November 1811’, the content discussing various issues, among them his regret at having received such little mail, a round-up...
£150–£200
A pair of original Peninsular War letters from Captain William Wainman, 14th Light Dragoons, in ink, three sides on single sheets of white paper, the remaining sides being folded for use as an envelope, the first dated ‘on the River Odour, Jany. 14th 1814’ and the second likewise on ‘Jany. 14th 1814’, and both addressed to ‘Walter Haines (?), Lower Gower Street, Bedford Square, London’, single black postal stamps and one with traces of red wax seal, the contents discussing his...
Hammer Price: £180
A collection of Peninsular War documentation appertaining to Charles Stuart, Ambassador to Portugal, 35 documents in total, largely comprising clerical copies of letters received by him in the period 1810-13, together with accounts, invoices, etc., his correspondents including John Croft, Richard Crompton, Lt. Colonel H. W. Ellis, Royal Welch Fusiliers, Jno. Jeffrey, Major-General Warren Peacocke, the Commandant of Lisob, and ‘Ripon’, generally in good condition (Lot) £150-200
An original admittance ticket for the Duke of Wellington’s funeral and related correspondence in respect of Lieutenant-General Sir George Scovell, K.C.B., the ticket, numbered ‘170’, for a seat in the south side of the centre section ‘under the Dome’, being accompanied by a printed notice for ‘Persons going to the Procession, or holding Tickets of Admission to St. Paul’s’ and a letter from Horse Guards, dated 15th November 1852, instructing the General to report directly to...
A quantity of original pamphlets and newspapers regarding the Duke of Wellington’s death and funeral, comprising a pamphlet, The Complete Guide to the Lying-in-State of the Duke of Wellington at Chelsea Hospital, with Account of Death, Sketch of Life and Portrait, by Charles Maybury Archer (Published by E. Appleyard, 86, Farringdon Street, London; printed by J. Gannon, 279, Strand); a printed notice, The Funeral of Wellington, Thursday, November 18th, 1852 - Official Programme of the Order...
Original letters and a commission warrant in respect of Lieutenant (afterwards Colonel Sir) H. F. B. Maxse, Coldstream Guards, late 13th Light Dragoons and 21st Regiment, who served as an A.D.C. to Lord Cardigan in the Crimea and participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade, comprising a letter addressed to his father at ‘Martinshune, Bracknell, Berks.’, written aboard ‘H.M.S. Agamemnon, Varna,’ and dated ‘August 30th 1854’, ‘Here we are embarking troops as hard as possible...
Hammer Price: £550
‘You may imagine then with what distaste I view the prospect of returning to harness under the same yoke which has galled me so deeply … ’ An important hand written draft letter from Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air, dated at ‘3 St. Mary’s Road, Wimbledon, October 28th 1941’, blue ink, two sheets of A4, with corrections and annotation: ‘Dear Sir Archibald Sinclair I promised to write to you today and tell you...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Original booklets and pamphlets relating to Tanks of the Great War (14) Tank Corps, Provisional Handbook of the Chaser Mark I (Whippet), booklet, 29 pages; Instructions for the Training of the Tank Corps in France, 1917, booklet, 48 pages; Tanks and their Employment in Co-operation with other Arms, 1918, booklet, 18 pages; Tank Corps Journal (4), April, May, June and December 1919, magazines, each approx. 28 well illustrated pages; Tank Coloured Disc and Light Code, folded card; Lewis Gun...
Hammer Price: £400
Family group: The mounted group of three miniature dress medals attributed to Commander Squire Thornton Stratford Lecky, Royal Naval Reserve Egypt and Sudan 1882-98, dated reverse, no clasp; Portugal, Kingdom, Military Order of Christ, gold and enamel, minor enamel damage; Khedive’s Star 1884, mounted as worn, in Spink, London brown leather case The mounted pair of miniature dress medals attributed to Engineer Commander Charles Beresford Lecky, Royal Navy Italy, Order of the Crown,...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A mounted group of four miniature dress medals The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, gold and enamel, straight bar suspension, complete with gold buckle on ribbon; Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (4) £140-180
Hammer Price: £240
A mounted group of eight miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., 18ct. gold and enamel, some enamel damage to wreaths; Military Cross, G.V.R.; India General Service 1895-1902, E.VII.R., 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp, silver; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Egypt, Order of the Nile, 4th Class, silver and enamel, rosette on ribbon, mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (8) £180-220
Hammer Price: £320
Australia, Order of Australia (2), Officer & Member; Star of Courage; Bravery Medal; Commonwealth of Australia M.S.M. (2), G.VI.R. & E.II.R.; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Australia; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Australia; 1914-15 Star; Australia Service Medal; General Service 1962, 1 clasp, South Vietnam; Vietnam Medal 1964-73; Vietnam Logistic & Support Medal 1993; Active Service Medal 1991, 1 clasp, Kuwait; Australian Service Medal 1991, 1 clasp, Kuwait; Defence Force Service Medal;...
Easton, G. D. M., The Distinguished Service Cross 1939-2012 (Revised edition; G. D. M. Easton Publishing, Glasgow, 2015), a complete alphabetical roll of recipients with rank, service, ship or unit, London Gazette date and type of investiture, together with introductory statistics and tables, xvi + 332pp., blue binding, gilt title, signed by the author, in excellent ‘as new’ condition £40-60
Tamplin, J. M. A., The Lambeth and Southwark Volunteers, Trustees of the Regimental Historical Fund 1965, xv, 500pp., plus plates, signed by the author, with dustcover, no. 373 of 600 copies published; Wollaston, G. W. and others, Knights Bachelor, A List of existing recipients of the Honour of Knighthood (3) 1939-1946, 397+pp; another, 1949-1950, 395+pp; another, 1964-1965, 171+pp, each with additional pages displaying the Armorial Bearings of a number of Knights Bachelors, red cloth and...
Hammer Price: £40
VC Winner’s Presentation Kukri, Rifleman Kulbir Thapa, 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles, a curved 23 cm silver blade and ivory handle contained in a velvet lined leather covered box, the lid with applied silver plaque ‘Rfm KULBIR THAPA V.C/3rd QAO/GURKHA RIFLES/1915’, the handle now cracked in several places otherwise in good condition £650-750
Hammer Price: £1,400
An interesting Royal Naval officer’s smallsword, circa 1800, the undecorated 79cm blade of flattened oval section, copper-gilt hilt mounts with engraved foliate borders, the knuckle bow with loose ring for a sword-knot, urn pommel and disc guard the latter struck with maker’s mark FT, for Francis Thurkle, reeded ivory grip inset with oval cartouche engraved with crowned anchor and PVO, gilding polished overall otherwise good condition £300-350
Hammer Price: £480
An 1821 pattern heavy cavalry officer’s sword, by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No.19031 for 1873, the slightly curved 89cm blade unusually undecorated but for the Wilkinson proof mark and address legend, regulation steel scroll guard, chequered pommel and backstrap, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its steel scabbard with two hanging rings, blade retaining almost all its original finish, hilt and scabbard lightly patinated overall £200-250
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