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A Great War ‘Mine Clearance’ O.B.E. group of four awarded to Commander R. C. Clavell, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.) some contact marks, very fine (4) £300-360
£300–£360
Blackburn Volunteers, an engraved silver prize medal, 60mm. diameter, no hallmarks, Obv. a crowned military trophy with a central oval shield inscribed, ‘Best Shot’s Prize’, above a crown, below inscribed, ‘Blackburn Volunteers Higher Division 1810’; Rev: inscribed, ‘August Shooting Match won by John Lingfield’, fixed ring suspension, very fine £260-300
£260–£300
Bromley Volunteer Infantry Corps 1801, an engraved silver medal with decorated rim, 58mm. diameter, no hallmark, Obv. a figure of Justice holding sword and scales with the circumscription, ‘Bromley Volunteer Infantry Corps 1801’; Rev. inscribed, ‘To Mr John Evans from Nathaniel Stonard, Major Commandant, A reward for his very Excellent Conduct During the period of his membership of the Corps’, ring suspension, good very fine £260-300
Knight Marshals Volunteers (London) 1801, an engraved silver medal, 52mm. diameter, no hallmark, Obv. crowned ‘GR’ cypher, with circumscription, ‘Knight Marshal Volunteers 1801’; Rev. inscribed, ‘Sir Jas. Bland Burgess Bart. Major Commandant to Mr Ed. Saville for Merit’, with fixed oval loop suspension, minor edge bruising very fine £260-300
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809 (John Butt.) extremely fine £2000-2600
£2,000–£2,600
St. Olave’s Volunteers (London) 1798, engraved silver-gilt prize medal with ornate borders, 40mm. diameter, hallmarked for London 1797, Obv. a crown enclosed by a garter, inscribed, ‘St. Olaves Volunteers’, enclosed by the legend, ‘Pro Rege et Patria’ above and a spray of laurel below; Rev. the inscription, ‘Henry Strange Captain Green commanding, May 1798’ enclosed by the inscription, ‘Best Shot at Ball Practice The Light Company’, ring suspension, good very fine £260-300
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, St. Domingo (John Purvis.) nearly extremely fine £3800-4200
£3,800–£4,200
Royal Westminster Regiment of Volunteers 1804, engraved silver-gilt medal, 56mm. diameter, hallmarked for London 1803; Obv. ‘R.W.R.V.’ above a portcullis with chains; Rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to the 7th Company by Major Twining Won May 15th 1804 by Corporal Edmonds’, pierced with ring suspension, good very fine £260-300
5th Foot Order of Merit 1805, for 21 years service, obverse: St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, in exergue: ‘Revived Apr. 23, 1805; reverse: ‘Vth Foot Merit’, in exergue: ‘March 10th, 1767’ (J. Heyden), 34mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension, with ornate silver buckle bar, ref. Balmer R.174a, Tancred p.316, H.I. p.242, Payne p.199, very fine £200-240
£200–£240
Northumberland Fusiliers Order of Merit 1836, for 21 years, obverse: St. George on horseback slaying a dragon; reverse: ‘V Northumberland Fusiliers Merit’, in exergue: ‘March 10th, 1767’ (R. White, Pte., 1809, 5th Fusiliers), 34mm., silver, with steel clip and straight silver wire suspension, with ornate silver brooch bar, ref. Balmer R.178a, H.I. p.242, Payne p.199, good very fine £200-240
Irish Valour Medal 1900, by Johnson, Dublin, obverse, bust of Queen Victoria left, ‘Visit of H.M. Queen Victoria to Ireland 1900, reverse, inscription on scroll, ‘To commemorate Irish Valour’, 32mm., silver, unnamed, ring suspension, good very fine £200-260
£200–£260
Pair: Armourer’s Crew J. D. Stock, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.29553 Ar. Cr., R.N.) Pair: Chief Motor Mechanic C. A. Goold, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (M.B.649 C.M.M., R.N.V.R.) both rare ranks, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-120
£100–£120
A Crimean War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Serjeant J. Ross, 41st Regiment and West Yorkshire Militia Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Colr-Serjt. J. Ross, 41st Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (St. Mr. J. Ross, 41st Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1858 Serjt. J. Ross, 5th West York Militia); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, plugged and fitted with a ‘British Crimea’ style suspension, edge...
£1,800–£2,200
A rare Great War D.S.M. awarded to Boatswain W. Gallagher, Mercantile Marine, whose ship, the S.S. William Middleton, was fired on by a German submarine, abandoned, then re-boarded when the submarine was driven off Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (Boatswain W. Gallagher, Bristol Channel, 23 Dec. 1916) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £800-1000
£800–£1,000
British Army of the Rhine Berlin District Headquarters Flag, an exceptionally large example in navy blue, red and black cotton, central black and red roundel with sewn on red on black cotton section ‘BERLIN’, very good condition £200-300
£200–£300
Portrait Miniature on Ivory of an Officer on the Half-Pay or Unattached c. 1830-40, the small oval shaped portrait (5.5 x 4.5 cms) shows the officer wearing a double breasted scarlet coatee with gilt epaulettes and buttons, stand-up blue collar this with thin corded lace strips terminating in gilt buttons, the sitter wears the Waterloo Medal and his hair style suggests the period 1830-40. Now laid down on card and covered with a gilded brass frame stamped on the reverse ‘I. Price,...
£300–£500
Four: Private R. G. Home, 1st Royal Natal Carbineers, who was wounded at Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, all officially inscribed, ‘4249 R. G. Home’, mounted as worn, good very fine Four: Gunner H. J. Wagenaar, South African Artillery, who was wounded at Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, all officially inscribed, ‘104446 H. J....
Four: attributed to W. K. Foulkes, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed, nearly extremely fine (lot) £160-200
£160–£200
Rhodesia 1980, unnamed, usual rhodium plate finish, extremely fine £260-300
Withdrawn
Three: Squadron Leader B. J. L. Greenland, A.F.C., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a graduate of the Empire Test Pilots School and the United States Navy Air Test Centre Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Flt. Lt. B. J. L. Greenland, R.A.F.), together with M.I.D. oak leaf representative of the recipient’s King’s Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air, good very fine (4) £500-600
£500–£600
Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar, obverse centre recessed and off-centre, enamel damage to wreaths, otherwise very fine £800-1000
Pair: Driver T. Marriott, Royal Army Service Corps, who served as an Air Despatcher in the Brunei and Borneo operations General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (T/23903090 Dvr. T. Marriott, R.A.S.C.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (T/23903090 Dvr. T. Marriott, R.A.S.C.), minor official correction to surname on last, contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (2) £300-360
Pair: Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets James Vaughan, Royal Navy China 1842 (James Vaughan, Surgeon, H.M.S. Calliope) original straight bar suspension; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £1500-1800
£1,500–£1,800
Three: Captain A. R. Peel, South Wales Borderers, attached Nigerian Mounted Infantry, killed in action at Kosseoa, Cameroons, 17 November 1914 1914-15 Star (Capt. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) nearly extremely fine, rare casualty (3) £600-700
£600–£700
France, Medal of Honour (2), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, by Borrel, 27mm., silver (A. J. B. Bouvet 1913; M. H. Dubois 1928); Medal of Honour (2), Ministry of Work and Social Security, by Borrel, 27mm., silver (Mme. L. Havard 1954; J. Sorlin 1958); Medal of Honour, Ministry of Public Transport, by Roty, 33mm., silver, unnamed; Medal of Honour (2), Ministry of Public Transport, for Railway Workers, by Roty, 33mm., silver, with railway engine emblem on ribbon (Chery Joseph 1924; Prou...
£70–£90
Four: Mulazim (Lieutenant) T., 8th Battalion Egyptian Army Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 2nd issue, 3 clasps, Fasher, Nyima 1917-18, Aliab Dinka, unnamed; 1914-15 Star (5-Bn. E.A.), renamed, gilded; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Mulazim T. 8-Bn. E.A.) good very fine and better (4) £500-600
Three: Ordinary Seaman 1st Class R. F. Owens, Royal Navy, among those lost when H.M.S. Goliath was sunk off Cape Helles in May 1915 1914-15 Star (364772 R. F. Owens, O.S.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (364772 R. F. Owens, O.S.1, R.N.), nearly extremely fine (3) £180-220
£180–£220
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 14 March 1795, Copenhagen 1801 (John Johnson.) minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200
£1,000–£1,200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Basque Roads 1809, Anse La Barque 18 Decr 1809, Guadaloupe (James G. Gordon, Lieut.) good very fine £6000-8000
£6,000–£8,000
Russia, Order of the White Eagle, breast star by Keibel, St. Petersburg, 88mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with manufacturer’s name, double-headed eagle and ‘84’ silver mark on reverse, pin-backed, nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
£3,000–£3,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (William Stewart, Gunner.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £2600-3000
£2,600–£3,000
Royal Field Artillery Carded Display of Items, comprising a pair of mid blue cloth epaulettes these with narrow silk ribbon near the shoulder ends overlaid with brass RFA shoulder titles, two enamelled badges for ‘Gough’s Fifth Army Comrades’ with central running fox design, the other again features a fox a five pointed star and ‘Fifth Army Old Comrades Association’; other items include an enamelled Signallers arm badge, a wound stripe, two Overseas Service chevron arm badges in...
Hammer Price: £30
A mounted group of six miniature dress medals attributed to Captain F. O. Philpott, South Wales Borderers Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed, mounted (incorrectly) as worn, extremely fine (6) £40-60
Hammer Price: £35
Pair: 2nd Lieutenant J. L. Ellis, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. J. L. Ellis), polished, otherwise very fine (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
An original Second World War pilot’s flying log book appertaining to 1606085 Sergeant D. F. Baker, Royal Air Force, comprising R.C.A.F. Pilots’ Flying Log Book (Form R. 95 type), with entries covering the period August 1943 to June 1945, the whole as a pupil pilot in Canada and the U.K., together with inserted group photograph, covers a little worn but generally in good condition £40-60
Pair: Corporal (Airwoman) D. E. Nunn, Royal Canadian Air Force War Medal 1939-45, in silver; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, together with identity discs (2) to ‘CAN W306205 Airwoman D. E. Nunn, R.C.A.F.’, and discharge and R.C.A.F. Reserve lapel badges, extremely fine (6)
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (George Walford Giles) very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £50
Bank Book, with leather cover, approx. 155 x 105mm., inscribed in gilt lettering, ‘Vice Admiral The Hon Sir Edward S. Fitzherbert. K.C.B.’, additionally bearing the stamp mark of the London Joint City & Midland Bank Ltd., 69 Pall Mall, SW’, the book contains entries for the years 1920-22, good condition £60-80
Barrett, C.R.B., The 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars, R.U.S.I., 1914, Vol. II (1818-1913) viii, 450pp., plus colour and b/w plates, with useful appendices of officer’s services, three quarter blue calf with gilt titles, front cover with water staining, minor foxing, contents good £20-30
Cooke, J. H. (Compiler), 5,000 Miles with the Cheshire Yeomanry in South Africa, - ‘illustrated by one hundred and sixty plates, photographs and portraits’, Mackie & Co. Ltd., Warrington & Phillipson & Golder, Chester, 1913-14, 1st edition, xxxiii, 434pp., inc. b/w plates, with map in rear pocket, 500 copies of the book stated to have been printed, signed by the compiler, boards and damaged dust jacket; Bastick, Desmond, Trumpet Call, The story of the The Duke of Lancaster’s Own...
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