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The Chitral campaign medal to Private T. Jones, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was mentioned for his distinguished conduct during the wreck of the Warren Hastings in January 1897; he was subsequently killed in action at Spion Kop during the Boer War India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (6064 Pte. T. Jones, 1st Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps) very fine £400-450
Hammer Price: £420
Four: Major B. D. A. Corbet, Life Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt. B. D. Corbet, 1st Life Guards) naming engraved in large capitals either side of suspension but believed to be as issued; 1914-15 Star (Major B. D. A’ Corbet, L. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Major B. D’ A. Corbet) mounted as worn; together with a mounted group of four miniature dress medals, all held in a Spink, Piccadilly...
A 1912 pattern cavalry officer’s sword for Frank Bernard Lane, OBE, 4th. Cavalry, Hodson’s Horse, the straight 89cm regulation blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, number 60161 for 1924, etched with crowned GVR cypher and royal arms, foliate strapwork etc., makers details including ‘By warrant’ the back edge etched ‘London Made’ regulation plated bowl guard and stepped pommel, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, complete with its wood scabbard covered with...
WWII Period and Later Emroidered Insignia, five Parachutists brevets one white on khaki the other four pale blue on khaki, a good selection of arm badges to a variety of units; a scarce embroidered white and yellow on khaki displaying a Lewis gun (some mothing), a similar scarce item featuring an early railway engine in black on khaki, a very fine embroidered and gold thread example featuring a KC royal crest over K.C.L, a faded red embroidered RNAS eagle on navy cloth, an unpadded RFC...
Coronation 1911, Police Ambulance Service (Dr. E. S. Tait) nearly extremely fine, scarce £400-460
Cuba, Victory Medal 1918, official type, with Chobillon stamp mark and ‘Bronze’ on edge, good very fine £300-360
France, Legion of Honour, Third Republic, breast star, 93mm., silver, stamp marks to pin, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris case of issue for a Grand Officer’s set of insignia, extremely fine £200-250
A Second World War armed merchant cruiser operations D.S.M. awarded to Leading Seaman L. R. V. White, Royal Fleet Reserve, late Mercantile Marine and Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the famous South Atlantic clash between the Carnarvon Castle and the enemy raider Thor Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (L.S. L. R. V. White, P/J 49705), an official replacement, the edge stamped ‘R.’, in its Royal Mint case of issue, virtually in mint state £300-350
Hammer Price: £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...
Family group: Four: Serjeant W. Hewlett, The Queen’s Regiment, late Somerset Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (4775 Corl., Somerset Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4775 Serjt., Somerset L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (44275 Sjt., The Queen’s R.) first two with edge bruising and contact marks Four: Private P. D. Hewlett, Royal Sussex Regiment 1939-45...
An unusual custom built 1821 pattern light cavalry officer’s sword, the straight double-edged 83cm blade of flattened diamond section, by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, Number 30080 for 1890, blade undecorated except for makers cartouche and proof mark which in this case is an ornate etched ‘W’ within the usual cartouche, regulation three-bar steel guard, chequered pommel, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its steel scabbard with two hanging rings, grip...
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister J. E. Phillips), edge bruising, otherwise very fine £200-250
Four: Acting Chief Petty Officer W. Dixon, Royal Navy - who served on H.M.Y. Osborne British War Medal 1914-20 (147040 Act. C.P.O., R.N.); Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (147040 Walter Dixon, A.B. Rigger, H.M.Y. Osborne) mounted for wear, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £240-280
Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Isaac Gibson 29th Regt.) nearly extremely fine £360-400
Austria, Empire, Order of Franz Joseph, Knight’s breast badge, bronze-gilt and enamel, unmarked, in case of issue, enamel damage to one arm; Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class, silver and enamel; Cross of Merit (3) silver and enamel (2); another, without crown, base gilt metal and enamel; Iron Cross of Merit 1916 (2) white metal, one with crown - this with depressed centre, Jubilee Medal 1908; Commemorative Cross 1912-13; Karl Cross 1916; Veteran’s Cross 1914-18, nearly very fine and better...
Austria, Empire, Teutonic Order, Marianer Cross, breast badge, silver and enamel; Red Cross Decoration, Knight’s breast badge with war decoration, silver and enamel; Hungary, Order of Merit, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on ‘military’ ribbon, good very fine (3) £200-260
Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of St. Alexander (3), 1st type, 5th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel; another, Silver Cross with swords, silver base metal; another, 2nd type, 5th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel, good very fine (3) £120-160
Bulgaria, Kingdom, Military Order for Bravery (2), dated ‘1879’, 3rd Class breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel; another, dated ‘1941, 4th Class Grade 2 breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel, minor enamel damage; Military Bravery Cross, dated ‘1915’, silver base metal, very fine and better (3) £140-180
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (J. Alexander, Color Serjt. 56th Coy. R.M. 21 Yrs.) engraved naming, some contact marks, very fine £360-400
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (T. Baker, 23rd Regt.) officially impressed naming, with ornate silver slip bar, unofficial connection between 1st & 2nd clasps, slight edge bruising, good very fine £260-300
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Chas. Catchpole, 1st Bn. Rifle Bde.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £400-460
Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (87 Cpl. S. Archer, Derby I.Y.) contact marks, nearly very fine £360-400
Hammer Price: £380
Family group: A civil C.B. group of four awarded to Sir Friston Charles How, formerly a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1947, with neck cravat and evening collar, in Garrard, London case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.M.) in (damaged) named card box of issue; Coronation 1953, unnamed, in card box of issue; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress...
Pair: Private G. Goom, 60th Foot, late Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (82 Pte., 60th Foot) late issue impressed naming, contact marks, about very fine (2) £200-240
Zanzibar, District Headman’s Badge, obverse: Sultan’s monogram, ‘Zanzibar Government’; reverse Arabic cypher, ‘Chake Chake District’, 57mm., bronze, unnamed, fitted with a brass loop and a heavy bronze chain for neck wear, good very fine £400-500
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
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea, naming almost completely erased but just discernible as ‘2155 Pte. J. McGrath, 5th Lancers’, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £200-260
Pair: Private G. Gilbert, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai (4182 Pte., 3/K.R. Rif. C.); Khedive’s Star, 1882, unnamed, slight edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (2) £300-360
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, good very fine £350-400
Four: Gunner C. J. Simmons, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-15 Star (32841 Gnr., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (32841 Gnr., R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (32841 Gnr., R.G.A.) good very fine (4) £160-200
A scarce 1821 pattern light cavalry sword for an officer of the North West Provinces Police, the straight 89cm blade by R B Rodda & Co. Calcutta, etched on both sides with crowned badge containing VR cypher, and ‘N.W.P. & Oudh Police Force 1857-58’, amid floral scrolls, regulation steel 3 bar guard, chequered pommel and partly chequered backstrap, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its wood scabbard covered with brown leather, steel top locket and chape, some...
A scarce regimental special pattern solid patent tang cavalry sword for a native officer or trooper of the 3rd. Bengal Cavalry, Skinner’s Horse, the heavy wide straight 91.5cm blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, numbered on the back edge 469, fully 40cm wide at the shoulder, back-edged and spear-pointed, solid steel guard undecorated but for the regimental device ‘3 BC’ in the form of a large brass badge secured to the guard by three small internal rivets, the number 469 again struck...
A Japanese sword, Wakizashi, the 39cm blade with midare hamon, unsigned, shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with gold vines and flowers, shakudo and gilt floral menuki, iron tsuba decorated with gold and silver flowers, shakudo kozuka, complete with its black lacquer saya, blade rubbed and with minor chip otherwise good condition £200-250
A Russian kindjal, the curved 24cm multi-fullered blade struck with a gold maker’s mark filled with Arabic script, the fullers to one side of the blade partly blued and with a bright foliate pattern, characteristic hilt with two horn grips secured by three steel rivets, complete with its wood scabbard covered in black leather the reverse panel of red leather, lacking the scabbard finial otherwise good condition £200-250
China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (28699 Sapr. G. Flack, R.E.) edge bruise, very fine £300-360
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (4420 Pte. T. Finnigan, 11th Hussars) good fine, clasp rare to regiment £200-260
Indian, Pakistani and Oman Military Badges, a large quantity including seven carded displays and a quantity of loose items including duplications mainly post Independence, the majority of the badges are of low quality cast metal, parcel sold as viewed not subject to return £100-150
Five: Captain E. A. Walton, Royal Artillery Defence and War Medals, unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (Capt., R.A.); Coronation 1953, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (818669 W.O. Cl. 1, R.A.) very fine and better, third scarce to Royal Artillery (5) £200-260
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Wm. Belfourd, 32nd Foot.) edge bruise and contact marks, otherwise very fine £360-400
Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of St. Alexander, 2nd type, 3rd Class neck badge, 94 x 50mm., silver-gilt and enamel, in case of issue, incorrect ribbon, good very fine £200-300
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