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The impressive inter-war C.B., Baltic 1919 operations O.B.E. group of fourteen awarded to Vice-Admiral E. J. Hardman-Jones, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1932; 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 (Commr. E. J. Hardman-Jones, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. E. J....
Hammer Price: £1,300
An Officer’s 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Sabre, the curved 82 cm bright blade by ‘Osborn Warranted’ with single fuller and with blue and gilt decoration extending 29 cms from the forte, the decoration displays the crown over GR over a mounted cavalryman, the Royal Arms of Great Britain pre 1801, trophies of arms and an Eastern style helmet and drapery, plain steel stirrup hilt langets and quillon, silver wire bound leather hand grip complete with steel scabbard, very slight pitting to...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant H. N. P. Sloman, Rifle Brigade Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘H. N. P. Sloman, 11th Bn. The Rifle Brigade, August 14th 1917’; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Harold Sloman) good very fine (4) £1500-1800
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major W. Haynes, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (80436 Serjt., R.F.A.) suspension slack; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (80436 (Sgt., 17th Bty. R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (80436 B.S. Mjr., R.F.A.) contact marks, edge bruising, good fine and better (3) £1400-1800
1st Goorkha Light Infantry Officer’s Hall Marked Silver Pouch Belt Plate Together With a Hall Marked Silver Whistle Guard Chains and Whistle, the extremely rare first item is of two part construction and displays the Imperial crown over a five pointed elongated star and circular battle honour background, ‘Bhurtpore, Aliwal, Sobraon, Afghanistan’, the star is overlaid with a circular disc ‘Goorkha Light Infantry’ and enclosing ‘1’ over crossed kukris, complete with three screw...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant-Major W. J. Gilchrist, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (53545 Q.M. Serjt. W. J. Gilchrist, R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (53545 Qr-Mr. Serjt. W. J. Gilchrist, R.A. Staff); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (53545 Qr. Mr. Serjt. W. J. Gilchriest, R.G.A.) unit re-impressed; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (53545 Sjt. Mjr. W. J. Gilchriest,...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (D. Mothershed, Serjt. 69th Foot) very fine £1000-1200
China 1842 (Henry T. Laye, Lieut., H.M.S. Endymion) replacement straight bar suspension, very fine £1000-1200
China 1842 (F. W. Whitehurst, 3rd Offr., H.E.I.C.S. Nemesis) old but replacement straight bar suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, very fine, rare £800-1000
Five: Chief Petty Officer A. Newbery, Royal Navy South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (A. Newbury, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Boadicea); 1914-15 Star (97886 A. Newbery, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (97886 A. Newbury, C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R. (A. Newbery, Gr’s Mte., H.M.S. Excellent), note variations in surname spelling, the first and last with contact marks, otherwise very fine or better and a rare combination of awards (5) £350-400
Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (W. Roberts, A.B. I.N.) officially impressed naming, good very fine and rare £500-600
A Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society / Royal National Institute for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck pair awarded to Thomas Lewis, Chief Mate, S.S. Earl of Erne Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 1st type silver medallion, 56mm. dia., obverse frosted, glazed with a silver band inscribed, ‘Mr Thomas Lewis Chief Mate Steam Ship “Earl of Erme” for gallantly jumping into Clarence Basin & saving a Man & Boy Feby. 1858’; Royal National Institute for the...
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Lieut. G. F. Russ, C.M. Rifles), good very fine £500-600
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2270 Pte. W. Walsh, 17th D.C.O. Lrs.), very fine £400-500
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1840-1855, an extremely fine example, the burnished gilt rectangular back plate mounted with the Royal Crest in silver above the engine turned numerals ‘28’ these again in silver and riveted to the back plate, minute edge knocks otherwise in very fine condition £800-1000
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. J. W. Binstead, N.S.W.M.R.) nearly extremely fine £ 500-600
A fine and interesting 1821 pattern solid-patent tang light cavalry officer’s presentation sword for an officer of the 49th. Regiment, the 87cm slightly curved blade of flat-solid section, back-edged, by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No. 5898 (for 1855) finely etched on one side with crowned VR cypher, and within a garter ‘49th. Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Regiment.’ a dragon and ‘China’ and within scrolling ribbons the battle honours for ‘Egmont-Op-Zee’,...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Dublin Yeomanry Tribute Badge 1901, openwork circlet inscribed, ‘61st 2nd Dublin Yeomanry 1901’, enclosing a shamrock, inscribed, ‘For Valour’, the reverse inscribed, ‘P. Lane, from their fellow countrymen’, the whole surmounted by a crown, 23mm. dia., 9ct. gold, 4.31g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1914’, good very fine, rare £800-1000
A Second World War ‘Burma’ I.D.S.M. group of six awarded to Subadar Ali Bahadur, Royal Pakistan Artillery, late 5th (Bombay) Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (37876 Hav. Ali Bahadur. 5 Mtn. Bty., I. Arty.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal; India Service Medal, these late four unnamed as issued; Pakistan Independence 1947 (PJO-2506 Sub Ali Bahadur R.P.A.) first with edge bruise, very fine and better (6) £600-800
Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Soldat Heinrich Dening, Leichte Batt. Luenburg) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £500-600
China 1842 (W. T. Alexander, Actg. Asst. Surgn., H.M.S. Wanderer) original straight bar suspension, with silver brooch bar, inscribed, ‘China’, nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
Three: Acting Petty Officer T. A. Jerromes, Royal Navy General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (075383 Ord. Sea. R.N.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (LS(S) D075383B HMS Active); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (APO D075383B HMS Vernon) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £500-600
Three: Sergeant H. Quinn, 43rd Foot South Africa 1834-53 (H. Quinn, 43rd Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Corpl. Hy. Quinn, 43rd Lt. Infy.); New Zealand 1845-66, undated reverse (2526 Sergt. Hy. Quinn, 43rd Foot), the second with slack suspension claw, edge bruising, contact marks and polished, fine or better and a rare combination of awards (3) £800-1000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Talavera (Roger Price, 61st Foot) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £600-800
Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (T. Kelson, 24th Foot.) extremely fine £800-1000
Eight: Quartermaster and Captain W. D. Woollen, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Gloucestershire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2119 Sgt. W. D. Wollen, 16/Bn. E.A.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (2119 Col: Sgt. W. D. Woollen, Gloucester Regt.) renamed in running script; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State (2119 Col Sejt. W. Woollen, Glouc:...
Three: Captain G. F. Gardiner, Gloucestershire Regiment, late West Yorkshire Regiment Ashanti Star 1896 (Lieut. G. F. Gardiner 2, W. Yorks R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Relief of Ladysmith (Captain G. F. Gardiner. Glouc: Rgt.) unofficial rivets between top two clasps, last clasp not confirmed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Cpt. G. F. Gardiner. Glouc: Rgt.) contact marks,...
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Geo. Pullen, A.B. Shannon) some edge bruising, very fine £700-800
Five: Leading Seaman J. Horner, Royal Navy, a recipient of the Russian Medal of Zeal for his services in H.M.S. Jupiter in 1915 1914-15 Star (203902 J. Horner, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (203902 J. Horner, L.S., R.N.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (203902 J. Horner, A.B., H.M.S. Cornwall, 1910, 3 Pr. Q.F.); Russia, Medal of Zeal, Nicholas II, small, silver (203902 J. Horner, A.B., H.M.S. Jupiter), rate officially corrected on the fourth, contact marks, generally...
A post-Second World War O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Chaplain H. M. Harris, Royal New Zealand Navy, late Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Australian Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Sub. Lieut., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Australia Service Medal, these five officially impressed, ‘H. M. Harris, R.N.R.’; Royal...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A post-war M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander E. A. H. Hines, Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in Sunderlands during the Korean War and Malayan Emergency The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (1715053 F. Sgt. E. A. H. Hines, R.A.F.); Korea 1950-53 (1715053 F. Sgt. E. A. H. Hines, R.A.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted...
An A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Nursing Sister Harriet Frances Wells, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on bow ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister, Q.A.R.N.N.S.) extremely fine (3) £200-260
The Manchester Regiment 4th Reserve Battalion Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet and Tin Named to Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby 1908-14, an extremely fine blue cloth example complete with all gilt metal fittings, the helmet plate of crowned eight pointed star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre the arms of the city of Manchester in silver and a silver scroll below ‘The Manchester Regiment’, internally in excellent condition and retailed by F.W.Flight,...
A Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Hon. Brigadier A. D. Bridge, Coldstream Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. A. D. Bridge, C. Gds.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. D. Bridge); Victory Medal 1914-19, erased naming; Jubilee 1935; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (7) £600-800
A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Company Serjeant-Major F. E. Greene, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (49007 Serjt., R.G.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (49007 Sejt., 14 S.D., R.G.A.) contact marks especially to second, nearly very fine and better (2) £1200-1500
Three: Second Lieuteant M. D. Jones, Tank Corps, late Glamorganshire Yeomanry - a Welsh International and British Lions Rugby Union player British War and Victory Medals (2-Lieut.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1297 Pte., Glam. Yeo.) nearly extremely fine (3) £300-400
Brunswick Waterloo 1815 (Andr. Prahmann. 1. Lin. Bat.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, very fine £400-500
‘Up to that time [in early 1941] the people of Northern Ireland had only known about air raids from the newsreels in the cinema, or from newspapers and the radio. When the first flares or Verey lights dropped on Belfast on the night of Easter Tuesday 1941, people stood around in amazement (and amusement) at the brightness of these strange lights. It was almost like watching a fireworks display. One man remembers being in a group of fellow university students reading the Belfast telegraph...
Pair: Chief Engineer C. H. Houghton, Royal Navy China 1842 (3rd Enginr., H.M.S. Vixen) original straight bar suspension; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, contact marks on first, nearly very fine and better (2) £1200-1400
Four: Quartermaster H. C. Shute, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (H. C. Shute, A.B., H.M.S. Bellerophon) contemporary engraved naming, clasp loose on ribbon; China 1857-60, 4 clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed, last clasp loose on ribbon; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, naming erased, fitted with a ‘British Crimea’ style suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, last good fine; others about very fine...
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