Auction Catalogue

27 June 2002

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 869

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27 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£920

Renamed or Otherwise Defective Medals (8), Waterloo 1815 (Pat. T.M. Egan (?), Wheeler, Royal Artill.y.), replacement clip and straight bar suspension, partially renamed, some contact marks, nearly very fine; Army of India, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Sepoy Chope Sing, 23rd N.I.), short hyphen reverse, engraved naming, clasp backstrap inscribed, ‘copy’, renamed, good fine; South Africa 1834-53 (Gunr. & Dr. A. Edmonston, Rl. Arty.), claw refixed, signs of brooch mounting on to obverse, officially renamed; China 1842 (...., H.M.S. Samarang), replacement straight bar suspension, partially erased, very fine; Hyderabad 1843 (G. Sim, H.C.V. Comet), replacement clip and straight bar suspension, impressed in incorrect style, good very fine; Egypt 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (502 Sgt. W. Macey, 1/R....), edge bruising, contact marks, fine; Khedive’s Star 1882 (502 Sergt. W. Macey), heavy scratches on reverse, nearly very fine; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (3860 Corpl. G. Arnull, 1st Bn. Northn. Regt.), renamed, contact marks, very fine (8) £400-500