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An 1897 pattern infantry officer’s presentation sword for a Victoria Cross winner, the 82cm dumbbell section blade etched with crowned Royal Arms, ‘Royal Tank Corps’, regimental badge and motto ‘Fear naught’ and within a panel the presentation inscription ‘Presented to Lt. Col. H.R.B. Foote V.C. D.S.O. From the officer’s and men, Royal Tank Regt. Dec. 1944’ regulation plated steel guard incorporating the crowned royal cypher GVIR, fully chequered back-strap, fish-skin covered...
Hammer Price: £1,200
Pair: Private John Male, 1st Royal Dragoons Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Male. 1st Rl. Dragoons.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (John Male Royal Drags.) contemporary engraved naming, suspension re-fixed on the first, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine or better (2) £600-800
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (173 Pte. T. Gibbs, 1/24th Rgt.) good very fine £800-900
Seven: Private H. Lamb, Grenadier Guards Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (7722 Pte., Gren. Gds.); Denmark, Medal of Recompence, Christian IX, silver, unnamed; Italy, Royal Household Medal, Vittorio Emanuel III, silver, unnamed, mounted as worn, contained in fitted leather case; 1914 Star (7722 Pte., 2/G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (26116 Pte., G. Gds.) first...
Three: Driver T. Jackson, Army Service Corps 1914 Star, with copy clasp (CHT-463 Wgnr., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (CHT-463 Dvr., A.S.C.) very fine (3) £100-140
Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (Captn. G. L. S. Ward, 8th Gurkha Rifles) slight edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,100
Queen’s Medal for Champion Shot in Canada, E.II.R., 1 clasp, 1954 (Capt. D. C. Lawford, C.D. 1-St. Can. Inf. Sigs. Regt.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine, rare £600-800
Fitments: gold ribbon buckles (5) 42 x 13mm.; 41 x 13mm.; 40 x 11mm.; 39 x 13mm.; 33 x 14mm., unmarked, all with pin fittings, circa 34g., all dimensions/weights approximate, good condition (5) £600-700
Waterloo 1815 (Edw. Drinkwater, Gunner, Royal Foot Artillery) with steel clip and replacement ring suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine £1000-1200
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Birchall, Durham Light Infantry, awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in 1917 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. H. Birchall, Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. A. H. Birchall) very fine (3) £300-350
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant W. A. Murgatroyd, 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action, 20 March 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal (17650 L. Cpl., 2/R. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (17650 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-17650 Sjt., R. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
Pair: Sub-Conductor J. C. Stone, Ordnance Commissariat Department, late Sergeant, Horse Artillery Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Serjt., H. Arty.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Sub Conductor, Ord. Comt. Dept.) edge bruising, contact marks, very fine (2) £1000-1200
Three: Corporal D. W. Watt, Royal Engineers, who was commended in Regimental Orders for his services in Zululand in 1879 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (14585 Lce. Corpl. D. W. Watt, R.E.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (14585 Corp. D. W. Watt, 17th Co. R.E.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, good very fine (3) £600-700
Three: D. Harwood, Australian Forces, late York and Lancaster Regiment General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (22849215 Pte. D. Harwood, Y. & L.); Vietnam 1964-73 (311541 D. Harwood) bronze emblem on ribbon; South Vietnam, Service Medal, 1 clasp, 1960-, reverse inscribed, ‘311541 D. Harwood’, mounted for wear, very fine (3) £240-280
Three: Lieutenant E. D. Jones, Royal Air Force, late Army Cyclist Corps and Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action while serving as a pilot in No. 10 Squadron in Flanders on 2 April 1918 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., A. Cyc. Corps); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); Memorial Plaque (Evan Davies Jones) extremely fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,000
King’s Messenger Badge, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with pendant silver greyhound, badge numbered, ‘42’ on reverse, with neck cravat, in Garrard, London case of issue, nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
Four: Able Seaman W. Botley, Royal Navy, served on H.M.S. New Zealand at the battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland; later served as part of the seamen storming parties that landed on the Mole in the Zeebrugge Raid, participating in the V.C. ballot for the latter action 1914-15 Star (J.12351 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.12351 A.B., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (J.12351 (Dev.B.12624) A.B., R.F.R.) contact marks, nearly very fine...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (Joseph Stephens) jeweller’s mark(?) on edge near suspension, good very fine £1200-1500
A Second World War ‘Burma Campaign’ M.C. group of five attributed to Lieutenant L. O. Pearce, Royal Tank Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1944, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed; together with a mounted group of five miniature dress medals and cloth ‘14th Army’ patch, very fine and better (11) £800-1000
Liverpool Fuzileers Other Ranks Shoulder Belt Plate 1803 - 1808, a good quality plated cast brass example, the incised design featuring a crowned title strap enclosing the ‘GR’ cypher complete with hook and stud fasteners, the plating worn to the central area otherwise in good condition £400-600
A Second World War Sidi Rezegh operations M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal E. Coe, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2041302 Cpl. E. Coe, R. Tank R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (7) £800-1000
A Second World War North Africa operations M.M. awarded to Lance-Sergeant J. L. M. Marshall, 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, who was decorated for his gallantry in early January 1942, when he accounted for two enemy guns - he was subsequently killed in action Military Medal, G.VI.R. (843866 L./Sjt. J. L. M. Marshall, R.A.), in its (damaged) named card box of issue, extremely fine £800-1000
Pilot Officer L. J. Barnes, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died of wounds after baling out of his blazing Hurricane over Egypt in September 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed, nearly extremely fine (4) £260-300
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (David Slidders, 42nd Foot) edge bruising, good very fine £700-800
Hammer Price: £950
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Serjeant-Major T. Lister, West Riding Regiment and South Wales Borderers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (34647 C.S. Mjr., 4/S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (28954 Sjt., S. Wales Bord.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (6815 Sergt. T. Lister, West Riding Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6815 C.S. Mjr., D.C.M., W. Rid. R.) mounted as worn, dark toning, good very fine (5) £850-950
Abyssinia 1867 (2107 W. Brien, H.M. 108th Regt.) suspension refitted, damage to crown reverse, contact marks, nearly very fine, scarce to unit £260-300
Five: Hon. Colonel C. Routh, Indian Volunteer Forces, senior A.D.C. to the Governor of Bengal and onetime C.O. of the Assam-Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Mr. Claude Routh); Delhi Durbar 1911; Indian Volunteer Forces Officer’s Decoration, G.V.R., silver, silver-gilt (Lieutt. Colonel (Honorary Colonel) C. Routh, Assam Bl. Ry. Vol. Rifles); Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt;...
Four: Sergeant W. Millner, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action piloting a Hurricane of No. 73 Squadron in France in June 1940 India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (580106 Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed, nearly extremely fine (4) £400-500
Four: Able Seaman A. G. Jordan, Royal Navy, served aboard H.M.S. Vindictive in the Zeebrugge Raid, participating in the V.C. ballot for that action British War and Victory Medals (189437 A.B., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (189437 (Ch.B.6607) A.B., R.F.R.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, star on ribbon, good very fine and better (4) £ 300-400
Hammer Price: £900
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (George Leggatt) very fine £1000-1200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (H. Holder, 14th Foot) minor edge bruising, good very fine £700-800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (T. Peacock, 14th Foot) very fine £700-800
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (G. Alcock, Grenadier Gds.) officially impressed naming, slight contact marks and edge bruising, very fine £700-800
A post-war ‘China Service’ military B.E.M. group of six awarded to Chief Petty Officer S. E. G. Cunningham, Royal Navy British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (C.P.O. Sidney E. G. Cunningham, C/JX.128890); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star, stars gilded; Defence and War Medals, these four named, ‘C.P.O. Sidney E. G. Cunningham C/JX.128890’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (JX.128890 S. E. G. Cunningham, P.O., H.M.S. Euphrates) mounted as worn; together with a similar...
Six: Colonel R. P. Freeman-Taylor, Royal Norfolk Regiment, who was attached as Second-in-Command - and then C.O. - of the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment in Burma 1944-45: he subsequently commanded the 1st Royal Norfolks in Berlin at the time of the famous airlift India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Capt. R. P. Freeman-Taylor, R. Norf. R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, together with a set of related miniature dress...
The Boer War pair awarded to Colonel C. J. Vines, Gloucestershire Regiment, who commanded the 1st and 2nd Battalions during the conflict Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Natal, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Major C. J. Vines, Glouc. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Col. C. J. Vines, Glouc. Rgt.), one or two edge nicks, very fine or better (2) £600-700
A regimentally unique Boxer Rebellion and Boer War campaign pair awarded to Private H. Pawsey, 7th Dragoon Guards, the regiment’s only other rank so entitled as a result of his employment as a personal servant to Captain W. D. McSwiney Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4191 Pte. H. Pawsey, 7th Drgn. Gds.); China 1900, no clasp (4191 Pte. H . Pawsey, 7th Dragoon Gds.), contact marks and occasional...
Three: Lieutenant A. L. Johnston, 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, late 28th Battalion London Regiment, who was killed in action, Flanders, 22 April 1916 1914 Star (1638 Pte., 2-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (4) £400-460
General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., 3 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus, Arabian Peninsula (22249018 Pte. G. B. Jarvis, Green Howards) mounted as worn, very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £850
Pair: Private W. E. E. Milsom, 2/10th Battalion Royal Scots, killed in action, North Russia, 10 October 1918 British War Medal 1914-20 (377059 Pte. W. E. E. Mison, R. Scots); Victory Medal 1914-19 (377059 Pte. W. E. E. Milson) mounted court style for wear; Memorial Plaque (William Ewart Emmott Milsom) this last in card envelope, note variation in spelling of surname; together with a Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue (William Milsom), nearly extremely fine (4) £180-220
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