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An outstanding Peninsula group of three to General Sir Robert Harvey, Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General to the British Army, Quarter-Master General and Second-in-Command under Marshal Beresford of the Portuguese Army Field Officer’s Gold Medal, for Orthes (Lieut. Coll. R. Harvey, Asst. Qr. Mr. Genl. Portug. Tps.) complete with gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse...
Hammer Price: £15,000
Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze-gilt, the medal set in gold glazed frame with gold ring and suspended from a long length of wide ‘Naval’ ribbon, fitted with silver-gilt ribbon slide surmounted by Egyptian Sphinx, and another slide fitted with a gilt naval button by Firmin & Langdale, London, contained in a contemporary red leather silk lined fitted case, the outer lid embossed in gold lettering ‘Nile Medal Captain Compton Royal Navy’, the case scuffed, small...
Hammer Price: £13,000
Portugal, a rare pair awarded to Lieutenant John Seaton, Royal Navy, later Inspector of Convicts, Norfolk Island, Australia King John VI’s Gold Medal, H.M.S. Lively, Third Class, 44mm x 30mm, gold, the obverse central medallion with high relief portrait bust of the King, enclosed by 18 rose-cut diamonds, set upon crossed fouled anchors and suspended from a crown; the reverse centre inscribed ‘Lt. John Seaton 3’ surrounded by struck gold band ‘lively’ above a wreath of laurel,...
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Peninsula pair awarded to Captain Charles Eaton, 2nd Battalion, 95th Foot, severely wounded at the battle of Nivelle in 1814 Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Barrosa, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Chas. Eaton, Subn. 95th Rifles); Waterloo 1815 (Captain C. Eaton, 2nd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot) fitted with steel clip and silver bar suspension, minor surface marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,200
An extremely rare Great War C.M.G., Edward VII Aden operations D.S.O. group of four awarded to Brigadier-General F. P. English, Royal Dublin Fusiliers The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, E.VII.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Talana, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Lt. Col., Rl. Dub. Fus.); King’s...
Hammer Price: £7,500
Russia, Order of St. Andrew, sash badge by Wilhelm Keibel, St. Petersburg, 84 x 62mm., gold and enamel, manufacturer’s initials and double-headed eagle on reverse of cross and suspension loop, c.1860, with old full sash ribbon, reverse motto with traces of restoration, usual enamel damage to blue enamel scroll, otherwise good very fine, rare £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £7,200
An outstanding Crimean War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant-Major John Breeze, 11th Hussars and Yeoman of the Guard, who lost his arm at the battle of Inkermann Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt. John Breeze, 11th Hussars); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Sergt., 11 Hussars) contemporary engraved naming; Jubilee 1887, bronze; Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, the first two with contact marks and edge bruising, and sometime silver plated,...
Hammer Price: £7,000
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Civil), an important Royal Presentation diamond set breast star, silver on gold, and enamel, 80mm x 76mm, the rays and centre completely set with more than 350 circular-cut diamonds, the motto set with rose-cut diamonds on a red enamel ground, the centre with three gold and enamel crowns, the reverse gold plate inscribed ‘The Lord Wigram from King George & Queen Mary 1935’, in Garrard & Co. case of issue, extremely fine and of the highest...
Hammer Price: £6,500
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel James Fullarton, C.B., K.H., second in command of the 3rd Battalion, 95th Rifles, and wounded at Waterloo Waterloo 1815 (Lt. Col. James Fullarton, 3rd Batt. 95th Reg. Foot) fitted with contemporary hinged gold bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, last letter of christian name and whole surname re-touched, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise better than good fine and scarce to this battalion £3000-4000
A C.B., C.M.G. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General E. R. Courtenay, 11th Hussars, late 20th Hussars The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (Lieut., 20th Hussars); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 1 claps, The Nile 1884-85 (Capt., 20th Hussars); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £6,200
The Peninsula pair awarded to Lieutenant William Chapman, 1st Battalion, 95th Foot, late Captain, 1st Caçadores, wounded at Redinha in 1811 and at Quatre Bras in 1815 Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Busaco (W. Chapman, Lieut. 95th Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. William Chapman, Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, some light contact marks and edge nicks, otherwise good very fine (2) £3500-4500
Hammer Price: £6,000
An inter-war industrial incident G.C. (exchange E.M.) group of three awarded to Robert Pearson, a labourer at Messrs. H. Marsland Ltd. of Stockport, and formerly a Corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps George Cross, the reverse officially engraved, ‘Robert Pearson, 1925’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (112592 A. Cpl., R.A.M.C.) very fine and better (3) £2500-3500
Hammer Price: £5,500
The unique ‘Lango 1901’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major G. M. N. Harman, The Rifle Brigade, killed in action at Levantie in November 1914 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Lango 1901 (Capt., Rifle Bde.); 1914 Star (Major, D.S.O. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Delhi Durbar 1911, nearly extremely fine (6) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £5,300
Russia, Order of St. Catherine, Lesser Cross by Julius Keibel, St. Petersburg, 62 x 57mm. (excl. susp.), gold, silver and enamel, obverse oval medallion depicting the Saint, enclosed by 17 rough-cut diamonds (some replaced) with a single small stone set in the centre of both obverse and reverse medallions; the medallions set within a gold filigree cross, each arm bearing 6 rough-cut diamonds, with a gold filigree suspension loop, 39 x 15mm., set with a further 5 rough-cut diamonds; the...
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Military) sash badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London, 1814, nearly extremely fine, scarce £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,500
A fine Great War Givenchy 1915 operations D.S.O., probable Mons 1914 operations M.C. group of six awarded to Brevet Major M. R. Wingate, Royal Engineers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., in silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse of the suspension bar privately engraved, ‘Lieut. M. R. Wingate, R.E., 11-3-1915’; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘2nd Lieut. M.R. Wingate, R.E., 18-2-1915’; 1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals,...
An outstanding Boer War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Colonel W. M. Sherston, The Rifle Brigade, a veteran of the 1st Boer War and Abu Klea who commanded a squadron of Naval Armoured Cars during the Great War Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Lieut., 2/Rifle Bde.) clasp backstraps reduced to facilitate court mounting; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieutt., Rifle Bde.)...
Hammer Price: £4,400
An exceptional Great War M.B.E., M.C., D.C.M. and M.S.M. group of eight awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major Frank Hedges, 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, and Royal Tank Corps The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (29 C.Q.M. Sjt., 1/Rif. Bde.); 1914 Star (29 C.Q.M. Sjt., 1/Rif. Brig.) also entitled to clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (29 T.W.O. Cl.1, Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. &...
Hammer Price: £4,300
The fine group of orders and medals awarded to Major-General Sir William Western, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal West Kent Regiment, who was wounded in 1897 on the Punjab Fontier and again during the Great War The Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G., neck badge and breast star in silver, gilt and enamels, minor chipping to centre of badge and suspension ring a replacement, Order of The Bath (Military) C.B., neck badge in silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt 1882-89, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85...
Russia, Order of the White Eagle, sash badge by Albert Keibel, St. Petersburg, 88 x 62mm., gold and enamel, suspension loop with manufacturer’s initials, double-headed eagle and 56 zolotniki gold kokoshnik mark for 1896-1908, with further stamp marks on eagle’s talons, the blue enamel scroll restored in places, otherwise good very fine £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £4,200
Five: Captain H. G. Majendie, The Rifle Brigade, Egyptian Army and Robert’s Light Horse, mortally wounded at Dekiel’s Drift in February 1900 India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92 (Lieut., 4th Bn. Rif Brig.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Cpt., 4/Bn. E.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Capt., Robert’s Light Horse); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 3 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum, Sudan 1899, unnamed as issued; Order of the Medjidie,...
Hammer Price: £3,700
A fine C.M.G., C.B.E. and Boer War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Baron Bentinck, The Rifle Brigade The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels; The Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 1st type neck badge; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, usual chipping to wreaths; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A fine C.B. and Crimean Al Valore Militare group of five awarded to Major-General F. W. Fremantle, Coldstream Guards, late Rifle Brigade, severely wounded when in command of the ‘Woolsack’ party of the Light Division in the assault on the Redan The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1886, complete with gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Ensign, 2nd Bn....
Hammer Price: £3,500
Four: Major R. H. Leeke, The Rifle Brigade and King’s African Rifles Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, East Africa 1913, East Africa 1914 (Capt., 4/K.A.R.); 1914-15 Star (Capt., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Major) nearly extremely fine and extremely rare (4) £900-1200
Hammer Price: £3,400
A fine C.B., C.M.G., Defence of Ladysmith group of eight awarded to Major-General G. H. Thesiger, The Rifle Brigade, killed at the Battle of Loos in September 1915 whilst commanding the 9th (Scottish) Division The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle, ‘triple crown’ device lacking from obverse centre; The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with...
Four: Sergeant W. Cullum, 9th Lancers Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (9th Lancers); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (9th Lancers); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (9th Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (Corpl., 9th Lancers) the campaign awards with contact wear and edge bruising, otherwise generally about very fine, the last rather better (4) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,300
A fine Great War East Africa operations C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Colonel C. U. Price, Indian Army, C.O. of Jacob’s Rifles and a successful Column Commander whose forces captured Dar-es-Salaam in September 1916 The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (Lieut., 3/Baluch L.I.); China 1900, no clasp (Captain, 30/Baluch L.I.); 1914-15 Star (Lt....
Hammer Price: £3,200
Pair: Captain Robert Harding, Gardiner’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Orthes, Toulouse (Lieut. R. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut., Royal Horse Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, the second with light marks to obverse, otherwise good very fine (2) £2500-3000
Spain, Kingdom, Order of Charles III, a rare and attractive diamond set breast badge, 58 x 40mm., silver, gold and enamel, cross interior set with pale blue stones, the obverse central surround, borders, finials, fleur-de-lis, and wreath all set with diamonds, faint stamp marks to suspension eyelet, c.1830; fitted with a later gold and enamel brooch in the form of a bow set with a single diamond, with a connecting loop to badge set with a further three diamonds, reverse stamped ‘19’,...
Hammer Price: £2,900
An outstanding Great War M.C. and double-M.S.M. group of eleven awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major William Lawrance, 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Sgt. Major, 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade (P.C.O.)’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State (5262 Corpl., Rifle Bde.) the last clasp with unofficial rivets; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps,...
Hammer Price: £2,800
Four: Colonel C. P. Cramer, C.B., King’s Royal Rifle Corps South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Capt., 3/60th Foot); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Major, 3/K.R. Rif. C.); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891 (Colonel, 1st Bn. K.R. Rif. C.) the Hazara clasp a contemporary tailor’s copy; Khedive’s Star 1882, nearly extremely fine (4) £1200-1500
Portugal, Kingdom, Royal Volunteers Decoration for Montevideo 1815-17, for Officers, seven pointed star, 44mm., gold, obverse: head of King John VI of Portugal facing right, enclosed by the legend, ‘voluntarios reaes d’el rey’ and wreath of laurels; reverse: ‘montevideo’, within a wreath of laurels, unmarked, with gold straight bar suspension and ornate slip bar on ribbon, nearly extremely fine and excessively rare £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,700
Russia, Order of St. Anne, 1st Class sash badge by Edouard, St. Petersburg, 52 x 52mm., gold and enamel, manufacturer’s name on reverse, kokoshnik mark for 56 zolotniki gold on eyelet, c.1910, with full sash ribbon, nearly extremely fine £700-800
Hammer Price: £2,600
Brazil, Empire, Imperial Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Dignitary’s set of insignia, badge, 87 x 62mm., gold and enamel, surmounted by a Pedro II type silver-gilt crown, with replacement gold suspension loop for neck wear; breast star, 79 x 67mm., gold, silver-gilt and enamel, surmounted by a Pedro I type gold crown, unmarked, good very fine, rare (2) £2000-3000
France, First Empire, Imperial Order of the Reunion, Chevalier’s breast badge, 61 x 37mm., gold and enamel, with ‘rooster head’ stamp mark (1803-19), rosette on ribbon, some enamel damage, mainly to white rays, good very fine and very scarce £1600-1800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (W. Parkinson, 95th Foot, Rifles) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, edge bruising and nicks, otherwise nearly very fine £900-1100
Austria, Empire, Order of the Iron Crown, 1st Class set of insignia by C. F. Rothe, Vienna, sash badge, 78 x 46mm., gold and enamel with ‘iron crown’ insert, 18ct. hallmarks for Vienna, 1872-1921; breast star, 88mm., silver, gold and enamel, pin stamped with assay marks and manufacture’s name, with full sash ribbon, minor enamel damage, nearly extremely fine (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,500
Pair: Colonel Manners C. Wood, 10th Hussars, commanding the Regiment 1892-96, and later commanding the troops in Rhodesia Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Capt., 10th Rl. Hussars); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal (Colonel, Staff) together with small silver medal of H.R.H. Prince of Wales’ visit to India 1875-76, a silver brooch bar inscribed ‘Afghanistan 1879’, and original Illustrated London News illustration of the incident at Fattehabad...
The Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism, the reverse officially engraved, ‘To the Widow of A. Huckerby, Jan. 3rd 1932’, good very fine and very rare thus £600-800
An impressive inter-war C.I.E., Great War Balkans operations D.S.O., O.B.E. group of fourteen awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel L. H. Kirkness, a senior officer of the Indian Railways, late Auxiliary Forces of India and a volunteer Motor Cyclist The Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type breast badge,...
Hammer Price: £2,400
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