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Pair: Private J. Helme, 11th Hussars, captured at Busigny, 26 August 1914 British War and Victory Medals (9445 Pte., 11-Hrs.); together with a copy clasp for a 1914 Star, good very fine (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £65
U.S.S.R., Order of the Badge of Honour (3) 4th type, silver, gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘657227’, ‘680667’, ‘765951’, good very fine (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
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
1914 Star (4953 Pte. M. Wallace, R.A.M.C.) good very fine £50-70
General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24181059 Gnr. J. Turnbull, RA.) nearly extremely fine £60-80
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
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gluckstadt 5 Jany 1814, Algiers (Thos. Saxton) nearly extremely fine £6000-7000
£6,000–£7,000
Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, 2nd type, 3rd Class breast badge with swords, 40 x 40mm., silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, obverse centre refitted, very fine £300-360
£300–£360
The Army L.S. & G.C. Medal awarded to Sergeant J. L. Davies, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in an I.R.A. ambush in July 1921 Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3846619 Sjt. J. L. Davies, Loyal R.), number officially corrected, good very fine £350-400
£350–£400
Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1920; Roman Catholic Army Chaplain’s Medal, gilt and enamel; Poland, People’s Republic, Order of Military Virtue, 5th Class; Order of Poland Restored 1944, 5th Class breast badge, gilt and enamel; Cross of Merit, 1st Class, gilt and enamel; Cross of Valour 1944; Partisan’s Cross 1945, gilt, modern; Silesian Uprising Cross 1946; Wielkopolski Uprising Cross 1957, enamelled; Concentration Camp Cross, enamelled; Romania, Bene Merenti Royal House Order, 4th...
£100–£140
Police Long Service Medal (3), G.VI.R. (Const. Albert E. Holden); another, E.II.R., 1st issue (Const. Thomas G. Clarke); another, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sergt Alan Holt); Special Constabulary Long Service (7), G.V.R. 1st issue (William L. Ashton); another, 1 (loose) clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Richard Wakefield); another, 2 clasps, Long Service 1929, The Great War 1914-18 (Inspr. Harold V. Stevens); another, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Charles A. F. Rushforth); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frank R....
£160–£200
An interesting and rare group to Lieutenant Robert Pigou, Bengal Engineers, one of the Engineers at the Cabul Gate during the storming of Ghuznee, who later died whilst attempting to reduce a fort in Afghanistan when, having cut his fuse too short, he was blown up and his body thrown a distance of eighty yards by the sudden explosion of the powder bags (a) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, with original suspension (b) Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (Successful), (R. Pigou...
£2,600–£3,000
U.S.A., Victory Medal 1918, official type 2, 1 clasp, Siberia, full wrap brooch, very fine £100-140
A post-war R.R.C. group of six attributed to Matron and Hon. Major Margaret Whamond, Territorial Army Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, the reverse of the lower arm officially dated ‘1948’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with oak leaf, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine or better (6) £400-450
£400–£450
Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Sepoy Goor Ditta, 30th Regt. N.I.) re-fitted with cast copy claw and suspension, better than good fine £150-200
£150–£200
Visit of the Prince of Wales to New Zealand 1920, by Elkington, obverse: crowned plumes within a Garter and the collar chain of the Order of the Star of India; reverse: legend within a wreath of laurel, 51mm., silver, unnamed, pierced for a ring suspension, ref. W. & E. 6140; Giordano 59a, some edge bruising, very fine, rare £200-300
£200–£300
Family group: A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. Elsbury, Tank Corps, late 1st South African Infantry and 7th Battalion London Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (Pte., 1st Infantry); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut); together with an erased Victory Medal 1914-19, mounted for display Pair: Serjeant W. H. Elsbury, 5th Company Army Service Corps, Australian Imperial Forces 1914-15 Star (182 5 A.S.C. A.I.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (182...
£900–£1,000
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
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major G. Bishop, The Rifle Brigade Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3272 C.S. Mjr. G. Bishop, 13/Rif. Brig.); 1914 Star, with (copy) clasp (3272 Pte. G. Bishop, 2/Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (3272 W.O. Cl. 2 Bishop, Rif. Brig.), polished, thus fine or better (4) £1500-1800
£1,500–£1,800
Pair: Private H. Clacey, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85 (11 Pte., 2/D. of C.L.I.); Khedive’s Star, 1882, reverse depot impressed, ‘11 H.C.’, first with some pitting, about very fine and better (2) £240-280
£240–£280
Khedive’s Star, 1882, reverse privately impressed, ‘J.E. 1977 1st Bn. The R.S. Regt.’, very fine £80-100
£80–£100
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...
Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, 1 clasp, Nigeria, bronze issue, the edge officially numbered ‘1975’, nearly very fine £460-500
£460–£500
The Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle, K.T., Knight’s breast star, silver, gold and enamels, 106 x 76mm, unmarked but probably manufactured by C. F. Rothe, Vienna, 20th century, good very fine £1200-1500
£1,200–£1,500
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.B., Knight of the Bath, a magnificent large gold Collar Badge, circa 1780, 62mm x 43mm excluding large suspension ring, extremely fine and extremely rare £8000-10000
£8,000–£10,000
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.B., Knight of the Bath, a superb hinged Breast Star in silver, gold and enamels, circa 1800-05, 125mm x 112mm, good very fine and rare £8000-10000
Three: Lieutenant J. T. Waite, 1/5th Battalion East Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia, 21 January 1916 1914-15 Star (Lieut., E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (3) £400-450
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 3rd type (1939-45), 2nd Class, Reward of Gallantry, silver and enamel, the reverse with screw nut fitting and officially impressed on two lines ‘2nd Class Order of Merit’, lacking ribbon buckle, chips to central enamel, otherwise very fine £350-400
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 4 Novr 1805 (William Black, Lieut.) with fragmentary remains of original ribbon and contained in an old case with family inscription in ink, good very fine £5000-6000
£5,000–£6,000
Field Marshal Lord Roberts Memorabilia, comprising an exceptionally fine circular scroll container (now empty) 54 cms long x 20 cms diameter in ebony, the body mounted with an ornate unmarked silver and silver gilt shield engraved ‘Presented to Field Marshal Lord Roberts VC, PC, KP, GCP, GCSI, GCIE, LL.D, DCL by the Natal United Irish Association Durban Dec. 5th 1900’ this set within silver gilt shamrock sprays, the ends of the body with similar unmarked silver bands marked ‘List Bros....
£300–£500
Six: Stoker 1st Class C. W. Giles, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (K.49530 Sto. 2, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (K.49530 (Ch.B. 16600) Sto. 1, R.F.R.) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (6) £100-140
Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Thomas Percivale, 3rd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot.) fitted with contemporary silver hinged suspension, very fine and scarce £3200-3800
£3,200–£3,800
Commemorative and Nazi Items comprising a small silver Jamaican Hotel teaspoon, a bronze medallion for the Cuban Fireman’s Convention of 1931, a 1939 2nd class Iron Cross and three variable party badges, good overall condition (6) £50-70
£50–£70
Waterloo 1815 (William Granger, Royal Staff Corps) fitted with silver clip and ring suspension, letters ‘ff’ and ‘Co’ of unit re-engraved, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine and rare £1400-1800
£1,400–£1,800
‘Well, Mum and Dad, I can’t think of anything else to say, except about the war but I don’t want to write about that. Let’s forget it.’ From a letter written by Sergeant O. V. Houghton at R.A.F. Gravesend on Sunday 1 September 1940, less than a week before he was shot down and killed. A well-documented and poignant Battle of Britain group of three awarded to Sergeant O. V. Houghton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Hurricane Pilot who was killed in action while serving...
£4,000–£5,000
Five: Corporal A. Cook, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - wounded in action, battle of Gazala, 27 May 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Albert Cook) this in Spink, London case of issue; with Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘A. Cook, July 1936’, in case of issue; Swimming Medal, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘Tiverton Swimming Club, A. Cook, 1934’; together with two...
Pair: Lance Corporal D. A. Crowe, Army Air Corps General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24123898 L./Cpl. D. A. Crowe, A.A.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24123898 L. Cpl. D. A. Crowe, A.A.C.), very fine and scarce (2) £300-350
£300–£350
Pair: Mr J. E. Barrow, British Aerospace, late Sergeant, Royal Air Force Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (Mr J. E. Barrow, BAE); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (H1926606 Sgt. J. E. Barrow, R.A.F.) both in named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (2) £200-260
£200–£260
A rare Iraq Medal and American Bronze Star pair awarded to Lance-Corporal T. E. Bond, Royal Tank Regiment Iraq 2003, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (25062151 L. Cpl. T. E. Bond, R.T.R.); United States of America, Bronze Star, unnamed as issued, in its case of issue, extremely fine (2) £1800-2200
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Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (Richd. Serjent, 7th Regt.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £360-400
£360–£400
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