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France, Kingdom, Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, Knight’s breast badge, 34mm., gold and enamel, with pointed finials, unmarked, nearly extremely fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £420
France, Kingdom, Order of the Lily (2), a fine quality reduced-size breast badge, 36mm including crown suspension x 16mm, silver, cross on top of crown slightly bent, with bow on riband; another, First Restoration 1814-15, Cross type, 35mm including crown suspension x 21mm, silver and enamel, bust of Louis XVIII facing right on obverse, minor enamel damage, good very fine, scarce (2) £140-180
Hammer Price: £160
France, First Empire, Legion of Honour (3), 2nd type, Knight’s breast badge, 52mm including crown suspension x 36mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, no wreath, reverse eagle facing left; another, 3rd type, 57mm including crown suspension x 37mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, reverse eagle facing left; another, ‘100 Days’ period, 4th type, Knight’s breast badge, 54mm including crown suspension x 37mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, reverse eagle facing right, significant enamel damage th...
Hammer Price: £600
France, First Empire, Legion of Honour, 4th type, a fine quality reduced-size breast badge, 43mm including crown suspension x 28mm, gold and enamel, reverse eagle facing left, minor enamel damage to central mottos, very fine, scarce £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,000
France, Kingdom, July Monarchy 1830-48, Legion of Honour, Knight’s breast badge, 65mm including crown suspension x 45mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, poincon mark to tassel at base of wreath, significant enamel damage to wreath, motto, and tips of arms, good fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £80
France, Second Republic, Legion of Honour (2), Knight’s breast badge, 56mm including crown suspension x 39mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, poincon mark to tassel at base of wreath; another, a reduced-size knight’s breast badge, 26mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, no crown, enamel damage to second, nearly very fine or better (2) £260-320
£260–£320
France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour (4), Knight’s breast badge, 61mm including crown suspension x 41mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, poincon mark to tassel at base of wreath; another, similar; another, reduced-size breast badge, 42mm including crown suspension x 28mm, silver, gold centre, and enamel, poincon mark to tassel at base of wreath; together with a miniature award, significant enamel damage to wreath and cross throughout, therefore good fine (4) £200-300
Hammer Price: £200
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour (2), Officer’s breast badge, 55mm including wreath suspension x 41mm, silver-gilt and enamel, poincon mark to tassel at base of wreath, with rosette on riband; another, Knight’s breast badge, 55mm including wreath suspension x 41mm, silver, gilt centre, and enamel, poincon mark to tassel at base of wreath, white enamel restoration to first, very fine (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £95
France, Legion of Honour (11), various defective, copy, and composite badges, all periods, comprising 2 Commander’s badges and 9 knights badges, silver and enamel, three lacking central medallions, enamel damage in parts, fine and better (11) £200-300
Hammer Price: £300
France, First Empire, a ‘triple order’ broad sash riband, combining the ribands of the Legion of Honour, the Imperial Order of Reunion, and the Order of the Iron Crown, excellent condition, rare £80-120
France, Second Empire, China Campaign Medal 1860, by Sacristian F., silver, with original riband, good very fine £200-260
Hammer Price: £480
France, Second Empire, Mexican Campaign Medal 1863-66, by Sacristian F., silver, with later embroidered riband, good very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £260
France, Republic, Order of Maritime Merit (2), Officer’s breast badge, 42mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; another, Knight’s breast badge, 42mm., silver and enamel, very fine (2) £70-90
Hammer Price: £140
France, Republic, Order of the Academic Palms, 3rd type, 2nd class 37mm x 28mm, silver and enamel; Medaille Militaire (2), Second Empire, silver and silver-gilt, with eagle suspension, in red leather case; another, Fifth Republic, silvered and gilt, with uniface trophy of arms suspension; Mexican Campaign Medal 1863-66, by Barre, silver, lacking riband; together with five unofficial or copy medals; five bronze clasps for the Crimea Medal; and lapel rosette for the Legion of Honour, minor enam...
Hammer Price: £240
France, Republic, Medaille Militaire (2), Third Republic, 3rd type, uniface trophy of arms suspension, silver and gilt; another, Fourth Republic, 2nd type, uniface trophy of arms suspension, silver and gilt; Geneva Cross 1870-71, bronze, with original embroidered riband; Commemorative Medal for the France-Prussian War 1870-71, 1 clasp, Engage Volontaire, bronze; Colonial Medal 1893-1962, 1st type, 1 clasp, de l’Atlantic a la Mer Rouge, silver; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, br...
France, Republic, Tonkin Medal 1883-85, Army issue, silver; China Medal 1900-01, 1 clasp, 1900 Chine 1901, silver, together with related miniature award; Indo-China War Medal 1946-54, 1 clasp, Indochine, bronze; nearly extremely fine (4) £70-90
Morocco, Order of Wissam al-Hafidian (1910-13), Commander’s neck badge, gold, silver-gilt and enamels 108 x 60mm, lacking neck ribbon but with four lapel ribbons and three lapel rosettes, extremely fine and very scarce £400-600
Ottoman Empire, Liyakat Medal, 25mm, silver, pierced with straight bar suspension; Karadag Medal 1861, silver; Japan, Russo-Japanese War Medal 1904-05, with clasp, bronze; Red Cross Medal, silver; together with a miniature Japanese Order of the Rising Sun; miniature Nepalese Order of the Goorkha Right Hand; and a group of five miniature medals comprising 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oakleaf; Jordanian Order of An Nahada; and Ottoman Gallipoli Star 1915, very fine...
Hammer Price: £460
Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli Star 1915, silver and enamel, reverse stamped ‘B.B.&Co.’, good very fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £150
An exceptional Rhodesian Bronze Cross group of four awarded to Lieutenant Moses Pongweni, Rhodesian African Rifles, who was decorated for his repeated acts of gallantry during the Rhodesian Bush War and was one of the first black offices to receive a commission in the Rhodesian Army Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980, officially numbered '09867'; Bronze Cross of Rhodesia, reverse inscribed, ‘641024 W.O.II M. Pongweni’; Rhodesian General Service Medal (R41024 Cpl. Moses); Exemplary Service Me...
Hammer Price: £2,600
Pair: Sergeant Ferrao, Rhodesia Police Rhodesia General Service Medal (13217 Sgt. Ferrao (Dup)); Rhodesia Police L.S. & G.C. (13217 Sgt Ferrao (Dup)) Pair: Constable Maliselo, Rhodesia Police Rhodesia General Service Medal (12878 Const. Maliselo); Rhodesia Police L.S. & G.C. (112878 Const. Maliselo) Rhodesia District Service Medal (122385B D. A. E. Chipiro); Rhodesia Law and Order Medal (6218 Wdr. Sunurayi); Rhodesia General Service Medal (21759 Const Mhara) minor edge bruising, good...
Hammer Price: £120
Russia, Medal of Zeal, Nicholas II, small, silver (174390. J. W. Samson. C.E.R.A. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Jupiter.) officially impressed naming, on ‘St. Stanislas’ riband, edge bruise, very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £400
Russia, A selection of 38 mainly copy and reproduction medals from both the Empire and Soviet periods, including a copy Cross of the Order of St. George; and a reproduction badge of a Hero of the Soviet Union; various campaign medals; and miniatures of both the Imperial Order of St. George, and Order of St. Anne, with swords, generally very fine or better (38) £100-200
Hammer Price: £2,000
Royal Naval Reserve Officer’s 1845 Pattern Sword, the 79 cm blade by Miller & Sons, London with single fuller and etched with the Imperial crown over RNR over a fouled anchor, the Royal Arms of Great Britain and panels of scrolling foliage, standard gilt brass hand guard, the cartouche shows St. Edward’s crown over a fouled anchor and RNR, wire bound fish skin grip, standard lion’s head pommel, complete with its gilt brass bound leather scabbard, slight rust nips to the blade and no gilt rema...
Hammer Price: £320
Victorian Period Infantry Officer’s Levee Pattern Waist Belt and Sash; a Late 19th Century British Society Sword, the waist belt of standard pattern being gold lace with central crimson silk line complete with both sword slings, the whole lined with red moroccan, gilt and silver waist belt clasp with central Victorian royal crest, the sash of gold and crimson lace lined with red moroccan. The Society sword with 79 cm straight blade by Stohwasser & Winter, 39, Conduit Street, London W, with s...
Hammer Price: £180
1908 Pattern Trooper’s Cavalry Sword Marked to the 7th Dragoon Guards, the 88 cm straight blade with single fuller marked at the forte with the broad arrow EFD crown over 36 over E and various other markings, the plated scabbard marked M 11.13 and 7/DG 232, complete with brown leather sword knot, the hand grip of chequered composition, good overall condition £100-150
Bayonets and Swords, five assorted bayonets, four with scabbards including a Chassepot, a 1907 Enfield, and two Martini Henry, a continental side arm with scabbard the 64.5 cm slightly curved blade without marking and badly pitted at the end, a reproduction Royal Naval cutlass, good overall condition (7) £80-120
Hammer Price: £750
Relic Assegai Spearheads, both heads 46 cms long were found in the garden of the last residence of a Major P. H. Browne and gifted to the vendor when researching the background and career of Major Browne, now contained in a glazed frame, conservation has taken place to prevent further deterioration (2) £50-80
Hammer Price: £440
1st Fifeshire Rifle Volunteers Plaited Hair and Double Award in Gold Dated 1883, the 36 cm plaited hair ‘chain’ is interspersed with copper gilt mounts and links, the two gold awards are engraved, the first with the Thane of Fife over C.Coy/1st FRV, the reverse with monogram J.S., the second shows the Thane of Fife over C.F.R.V/1883, the reverse with the monogram J.S, both stamped ‘D.D.’ and with ornate suspender holder (weight approx. 5 gms), very good condition £200-250
£200–£250
9th Queen’s Royal Lancers, 16th The Queen’s Lancers Post 1902 Other Ranks Lance Cap Plates, 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars a 2nd Lieutenant’s blue frock chain mail shoulder straps, both the lance cap plates in die stamped brass, both with two screw post fasteners, the first with honours to South Africa 1899 - 1902 and the second with honours to South Africa 1900 - 02, the epaulettes of regulation format mounted on blue cloth and displaying a single rank star and the brass title ‘VIIIH’, the f...
44th Bengal Native Infantry Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1840, an extremely fine example 10.3 x 8.4 cms, the rectangular gilt back plate with clipped corners bears silver mounts being St. Edward’s crown (Indian interpretation) over laurel sprays which enclose the title strap ‘Bengal Nat. Infantry’ with central ‘44’, below the laurel sprays a scroll ‘Deig’, all the mounts are attached via small screw posts and hand cut nuts, maker’s mark at the bottom is probably that of Ranken & Co, Calcu...
Hammer Price: £1,900
Georgian Period Other Ranks Brass Cross Belt Plate, a good quality period die cast brass example, the face engraved with St. Edward’s crown over script capitals ‘G.R.’ all within a narrow decorative border, one hook two studs to the reverse, the hook partly distorted otherwise in good condition for age £100-150
Hammer Price: £340
Dublin University OTC Cap Badge and Two Cap Badges to the 18th Battalion the London Regiment, the first of good quality in die stamped gilding metal shows the Imperial crown over a circle bearing the college motto and central arms and at the base a scroll ‘Dublin OTC University’, original slider fastener with a small hole and slightly bent; two standard pattern Irish harp cap badges to the 18th London one in blackened brass, one in white metal, good condition (3) £80-120
Pretoria Volunteer Rifle Corps Shako Badge and Helmet Plate, both items of similar format in bronzed brass, the first a smaller eight pointed star 5.5 cms square is overlaid with the arms and motto of the Boer Republic, two loop fasteners with period hand written detail ‘Chaco badge G.3863 Folio 129’, the second 11.3 cms square is mounted with the arms and motto of the Boer Republic lying upon crossed flags and surmounted by an eagle with outspread wings, two loop fasteners, this is annotated...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Other Ranks Brass Shoulder Titles 14 Variable Items, comprising scarce examples to West London Regt/V.T.C/Westminster, University/OTC/of London (three part plate with original backing plate), University/OTC/City of Dundee (three part item third section of larger lettering), T/OTC/Inns of Court, Bugle Horn/Durham (the bugle horn with applied white metal 3 possibly for the 3rd Militia Battalion), T/4/Queens, T/9/London, T/12/County of London (the T and 12 of different format), T/21/County of Lo...
10th (North Lincoln Regiment) Hall Marked Silver Mess Table Lighter, of ornate baluster form, 16 cms high and mounted on an square ebony base, the lower part is engraved with the Sphinx over laurel sprays these enclose H.M/X, Peninsular, Sutledge (sic), Punjab, the base engraved ‘Presented to the Officers 10th Regiment by Surgeon A. Wood, 10 Feb 1852’ (hall marks severely rubbed), the upper section which is most probably a replacement is hall marked London 1878, good condition £150-250
Hammer Price: £550
George IV Police Baton, of wooden cylindrical form 42 cms in length, upper and lower sections painted blue, the upper bearing St. Edward’s crown over IV over G.R these in gold and red paint, the lower again in gold features ‘R/20’, the central section with white painted finish, a good period item, slight wear to both ends otherwise good condition £60-100
Imperial German Pickelhaube Plates, nine standard issues for the Prussian Regiments all with elements missing, one larger white metal example with the overlay missing and the cross from the orb missing, as described (10) £50-80
Hammer Price: £130
Imperial German Pickelhaube Plates, basic Prussian issues all with defects, an officer’s gilt example overlaid with the Landwehr cross but lacking a leg and the orb, two State examples again with defects, as described (11) £50-80
First World War Maps and Trench Maps (18), comprising British (15), paper, 1:4500, Plan of Ypres; another, paper, 1:250000, March 1918, The Western Front from the Sea to Reims; another, paper, 1:5000, Thelus SW; another, paper, 1:100000, 1918, with markings showing advances late 1918, Germany Bovigny to Blankenheimer; another, canvas, 1:40000, September 1918, with markings and overlay Enemy rear organisation, East of Cambrai; another, canvas, 1:40000, November 1917, overlay Enemy rear organis...
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