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Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Asst. Surgn. D. Murray, M.D., 16th Lancers) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, traces of brooch marks to obverse, medal re-constituted and parts of naming retouched as a result, otherwise very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £500
An fine immediate Burma M.C. group of seven awarded to Major S. H. Payne, 7th Rajput Regiment, late Rifle Brigade Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1945; British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence & War Medals, very fine or better (7) £600-800
Turkey, Imtiaz Medal 1882 (2), 38mm., silver-gilt, unnamed; another, 1 clasp with swords, 1333 (in Arabic = 1915 A.D.) 37.5mm., silver, unnamed; Sanayi Medal 1884 (3), 31mm., silver-gilt, unofficial, unnamed; another, 31mm., silver, inscribed in Arabic on reverse; another, 31.5mm., silver, unnamed Liyakat Medal 1890 (3), 25mm., silver-gilt, pierced, with ring and straight bar suspension; another, 25mm., silver; another, 26mm., bronze, European made, very fine and better (8) £120-160
Three: Private C. E. Glanville, City of London Imperial Volunteers and Metropolitan Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (122 Pte., C.I.V.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C., G Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.S.) together with Freedom of the City of London, parchment certificates of Discharge and Character, New Testament with C.I.V. embossed on front cover, and ‘Rules for the Conduct of...
Greece, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Grand Cross sash badge, 110 x 72mm., gold and enamel, with old full sash ribbon, one or two hairline cracks to arms and slight enamel damage to obverse centre, good very fine £400-600
Four: Corporal D. J. Young, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Gr. & Dr., 1st Batn. Rl. Ar[ty.]), officially impressed naming, single initial ‘D.’; New Zealand 1845-1866, reverse undated (1973 Gunr., Royal Arty.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (8979 Corpl., Cst. Bde. R.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (R.A.), depot impressed naming, single initial ‘D.’, contact wear and edge bruising, the latter obscuring part of unit on the first, the...
Five: Sergeant Farrier R. Frame, Royal Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (5625 Far. Sergt., 1/8th [?] R.A.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (17891 Farr. Sergt., 7/1st Bde. R.A.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (17 [891 Sergt.] Farrier, No. 7 By. [R.A.]); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (17891 Sgt. Farr., R.A.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, the third with re-soldered suspension claw, most with contact marks and edge bruising, the...
British Commissioner’s Badge of Office, a highly attractive and finely detailed breast badge, 65 x 30mm., gold and enamel, obverse depicting the Royal Coat-of-Arms enclosed by the garter and motto of the Order of the Garter, surmounted by a crown, suspended from a gold and enamel brooch bar inscribed, ‘British Commissioner’, faint numbers on reverse of crown, extremely fine £400-500
Oman, Order of Oman, 1st Class breast star, Military Division, 95mm., silver and enamel, unmarked, extremely fine, scarce £150-200
Hammer Price: £490
Pair: Colour-Sergeant P. Power, 52nd Light Infantry Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (52nd L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2846 Colr. Sergt., 52nd Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (2) £250-300
The Wisbech Humane Society’s Silver Medal for Lifesaving, the reverse officially engraved, ‘George Porter for rescuing Walter Lenton from drowning in [the] river Nene’, one or two edge bruises, otherwise extremely fine and rare £250-350
Four: Corporal B. Daldry, 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade 1914 Star, with clasp (9759 Pte., 1/Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (9759 Cpl., Rif. Brig.); Russian Cross of St George, 4th class, the reverse numbered ‘127 276’, good very fine (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £480
Four: Acting Sergeant E. G. Markwick, 24th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade British War and Victory Medals (562 A. Sjt., Rif. Brig.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21, with small M.I.D. oak leaf (206657 A. Sjt., Rif. Brig.) official correction to surname; Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (206657 Pte. (A. Sjt.), 24/Rif. Brig.) nearly very fine or better and scarce (4) £250-300
Brazil, Empire, Medal for Uruguay 1865, 25 x 20mm., bronze (Gillingham p.83); Naval Medal for Riachuelo 1865, 43 x 26mm., bronze with crown suspension (Gillingham p.86); Bravery Medal 1868, no bars, dated ‘23 de Marco de 1868’, 32 x 25mm., bronze (Gillingham p.87); Naval Medal for Humaita 1868, 66 x 35mm., bronze, complete with original brooch bar suspension surmounted by crown (Gillingham p.88), good very fine (4) £200-250
A B.E.M. group of six awarded to Staff Sergeant G. Boulton, Royal Army Pay Corps, late 18th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) British Empire Medal, G.VI.R. (Military) 1st issue (7658463 S/Sgt.); British War and Victory Medals (594314 Pte., 18-Lond. R.); Defence & War Medals; Efficiency Medal, Militia, G.VI.R., 1st issue (7658463 S.Sjt., R.A.P.C.) good very fine (6) £140-180
A Second World War period C.M.G. group of four awarded to G. S. Wodeman, Ceylon Civil Service and Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., a later and unofficial neck badge, gilt and enamels; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Medal, Ceylon, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars (Sgt., C.P.R.C.) good very fine and better (4) £180-220
Five: Private H. L. Stokes, 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3763 Pte., 2/R. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Transvaal (3763 Pte., Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3763 Pte., Rifle Brigade); Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R., unnamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed, the clasp a contemporary tailor’s copy, contact marks, otherwise very fine or better...
Hammer Price: £470
Six: Captain C. H. Sell, London Rifle Brigade 1914 Star, with clasp (8298 L.Cpl., 5/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut.); Defence & War Medals; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with additional service bar (8298 Cpl.-L.Sjt., 5-Lond. R.) together with silver London Rifle Brigade shooting medal (H.Q. Wing, Sergt., 1925) very fine or better (7) £160-180
A good captioned photograph album compiled by Captain Marmaduke Whitaker, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1923-1929, containing over 400 captioned snapshot photos covering voyage to India, home leave in U.K. (inc. R.W.F. Depot, Wrexham) and voyage back again, the majority being in India itself. (Whitaker & other officers (inc. F. M. Sir William Birdwood), natives, scenery, forts, hill stations, camps, baggage convoy etc.) Also 23 large professional photos, 12 views (Simla, Lahore, Amritsar etc.)...
Hammer Price: £460
A Great War M.M. and Russian Medal of St George pair awarded to Private T. Shirley, 3rd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade Military Medal, G.V.R. (5148 Pte., 3/Rif. Bde.); Russian Medal of St George, 4th class, the reverse numbered ‘165157’ and officially named (5148 Pte., 3/Rif. Bde.) very fine (2) £200-250
Three: Private E. W. Cook, 8th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) British War and Victory Medals (5696 Pte., 8-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (5696 Pte., 8-Lond. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-100
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. R. Hinde, S.C.A.) very fine and rare £400-450
Four: Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 W. Cameron, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (51099 Pte., P.P.C.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (51099 A.W.O. Cl. I, P.P.C.L.I.), ‘Cl.’ of rank omitted from the last; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (51099 Pte. - A.S. Mjr., P.P.C.L.I.) minor contact marks, very fine and better, rare (4) £180-220
Greece, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Grand Cross breast star, 96mm., silver, gold and enamel, stamp marks on pin, nearly extremely fine and attractive £180-220
Four: Naick Makka, Royal Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ali Musjid, Kandahar (Driver, 11 Bty. 9 Bde. R.A.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Driver, No. 11 Mn. By. 9th Bde. R.A.), usual engraved naming; India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Hazara 1891 (103 Naick, No. 1 By. 1st Bde. E. Dn. R.A.), surname spelt ‘Mackar’; Indian Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (103 Naick, No. 9 Mn. By. R.A.) the third with slack suspension and, excepting the last, with...
Pair: Sergeant G. Barnett, 3rd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith (4277 Sgt., K.R.R.C.) extremely fine and scarce (2) £350-400
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Bugler Jas. Willis, 2nd Bn. Rifle Bde.) suspension claw loose, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £200-250
Pair: Private W. Breadon, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Talana, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5336 Pte., Rl. Dublin Fus.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5336 Pte., Rl. Dublin Fus.) the first with officially corrected surname, one or two edge bruises, very fine or better (2) £120-150
Russia, Bokhara, Medal of Merit 1885, 45mm., silver and enamel, with hinged loop suspension, slight enamel damage, very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £450
Cabul 1842 (Jas. Batho, 3rd Lt. Dragns.), regimentally impressed naming, slightly rubbed as usual, original steel clip and straight bar suspension, slight edge bruising, good very fine £350-400
Spain, Kingdom, Order of Maria Louisa, shoulder badge, 53 x 32., gold and enamel, c.1880, excellent quality, extremely fine £500-600
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (... D. C. Price, 19th Hussars) regimental number and rank erased, edge bruise, otherwise better than very fine £400-450
Denmark, Order of the Dannebrog, Christian IX issue (1863-1906) Commander’s neck badge, gold and enamel, stamp mark on suspension loop, slight enamel damage to red surround, good very fine £300-350
Three: Sergeant Cook A. Morgan, Royal Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (5275 Gunr., 11/9th Bde. R.A.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (5275 Gunner, 11th Battery 9th Bde. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (29847 Sgt. Cook, R.A.) the first with unofficial clasp rivets, heavy contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally good fine and better (3) £350-400
A rare Great War M.M. Group of five to Sapper A. Stewart, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (19505 Sapr. A. Stewart, 9/F. Coy. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (19505 Sapr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (19505 Spr., R.E.); French Medal of Honour, bronze, with swords, the reverse engraved, ‘19505 Spr. Stewart, A., 9th Fld. Co., R.E.’ polished, about very fine or better (5) £250-300
Indian States, Bikaner, Order of the Star of Honour, Commander’s (2nd Class) breast star by Spink, London, 74mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘pattern’, good very fine, scarce £140-180
Three: Second Lieutenant H. E. Williams, 1st Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut., 1/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.); together with memorial plaque (Harold Edward Williams) and illuminated memorial scroll, the medals and plaque contained in an attractive contemporary glazed frame, extremely fine (4) £400-450
Hammer Price: £440
The Gascoigne Collection, three large ledger books, all quarter-leather, comprising Volumes I and II, Army and Naval Medals, 1930, and Volume III, Regimental Medals, 1927, together with much inserted ephemera and letters of equal interest, the whole providing an important unpublished record of one of the best collections formed in the last century, generally good condition (3) £200-300
Five: Major D. R. Hacker, M.V.O., M.B.E., Royal Engineers Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt., M.B.E., R.E.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (Major, M.V.O., M.B.E., R.E.); Ghana, Republic Day Medal 1960, together with a set of six miniature dress medals, consisting of the M.V.O. and M.B.E. with the four British medals as above, mounted as worn, with riband bar and buttons etc, good very fine and better (11) £350-400
Militia L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (547 Pte. W. Henry, 4th R. Dub. Fus. Mil.) polished, about very fine £150-170
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