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Germany, Prussia, Pour le Merite, a fine quality c.1918 ‘Museum’ uniface copy, gilt and enamel, with Oak Leaves, and neck riband, in case, very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £180
Germany, Third Reich, War Merit Cross, 1st Class pin-back badge, with swords, silver, reverse of pin stamped ‘65’, in Klein & Querizer, Idar-Oberstein box of issue; War Merit Cross, 2nd Class breast badge, with swords, bronze; East Medal 1941-42, zinc; together with an Austrian bronze plaque, portrait bust of the Emperor Karl on obverse, and his Coronation crown and regalia on the reverse, guarded by a female allegorical figure, and dated 1916, good very fine (4) £140-180
Germany, Third Reich, Police Long Service Cross for 18 Years, silver, with original embossed riband, in slightly damaged case of issue, nearly extremely fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £110
Greece, Kingdom, Cross of the Bavarian Volunteer Corps 1837, bronze, good very fine, scarce £200-300
£200–£300
Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, 3rd Class neck badge, 88mm including crown suspension x 54mm, gold and enamel, with neck riband, in Raviolo e Gardino, Rome, case of issue, slight dinting to crown, otherwise nearly extremely fine £200-240
Hammer Price: £260
Italy, Kingdom, China Campaign Medal 1900-1901, bronze, no clasp, ‘S.J.’ below bust for Stefano Johnson, with ribbon, good very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £400
Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, with later ring suspension, edge bruising, nearly very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 1st Class sash badge, 91mm including tower suspension x 71mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver marks to suspension ring, with full sash riband, crown suspension detached from main badge, otherwise good very fine £100-140
Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 2nd Class set of Insignia, by E. Gardino, Rome, neck Badge, 75mm including tower suspension x 56mm, gilt and enamel; Star, 74mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, maker´s cartouche on reverse and silver mark on retaining pin, with neck riband, gilding somewhat rubbed, very fine (2) £200-240
Hammer Price: £200
Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 3rd Class neck badge, 76mm including tower suspension x 57mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Johnson, Milan, case of issue, good very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £80
Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 4th Class breast badge, 60mm including tower suspension x 46mm, silver and enamel, with rosette on riband, in Johnson, Milan, case of issue, good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Italy, Republic, Commune of Milan Medal, silver, obverse showing Palazzo Marino, the reverse with the Milan coat of arms and engraved ‘a Sir Robert Mayer’, silver marks below, in fitted case, nearly extremely fine £30-40
Italian States, Duchy of Parma, Order of Constantine, 3rd Class neck badge, 47mm, gilt and enamel, no crown, with neck riband, in Casazza, Rome, case of issue, good very fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £140
Latvia, Order of Vesthardus, Civil Division, 5th Class breast badge, by V. Millers, Riga, 60mm including coat of arms suspension x 44mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s name and silver marks to reverse, good very fine, rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £700
Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, 3rd Class neck badge, 80mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 64mm, silver and enamel, lacking reverse central medallion, with neck riband; Order of the Medjidieh, 3rd Class neck badge, 82mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 67mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, unmarked, top suspension broken, lacking neck riband, otherwise generally good very fine (2) £150-200
Hammer Price: £340
An extremely rare Silver Cross of Rhodesia group of three awarded to Colour-Sergeant J. “Jock” McKelvie, Support Commando, 1st Rhodesian Light Infantry, late Royal Marine Commandos Silver Cross of Rhodesia (727700 Sgt. J. McKelvie); General Service 1962, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (RM. 22353 J. McKelvie, Mne., R.M.); Rhodesia General Service (727700 Sgt. McKelvie, J.), this last an official replacement stamped ‘(R..)’, generally good very fine (3) £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £4,800
Russia, Empire, Order of St. Andrew, a Replica set of insignia, comprising Collar Chain, gilt and enamel, made up out of 23 medallions in pre-1850 arrangement, comprising 8 black enamel double-headed eagles with red enamel centre portraying St. George slaying the dragon; 8 red enamel medallions superimposed with a blue cross of St. Andrew and the letters S.A.P.R.; and 7 white enamel trophy of arms with blue centre bearing the monogram of Peter the Great topped by the Imperial crown, with...
Hammer Price: £600
Russia, Empire, Order of St. Anne, Medal of Distinction for Foreigners, a composite piece composed of a gold disk, 27mm, upon which has been attached a silver-gilt cross of the order with swords, disk reverse inscribed, ‘Order of St. Anne Presented on the 2nd November 1915 to W. E. Lowrey by The Czar of Russia’, with crown suspension, eyelet stamped with ‘56’ gold and other marks, suspension loop with stamp mark, one sword blade missing, good very fine, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £2,600
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Great Patriotic War, 3rd type, 2nd Class badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘2291595’, with reverse screw-plate, good very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £55
Union of Soviet Socialist Countries, Medal for Distinguished Labour, silver and enamel, unnumbered; Defence of Leningrad Medal, bronze; Defence of Stalingrad Medal, bronze; Defence of Moscow Medal, silvered; Defence of the Caucasus Medal, bronze; Medal for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45, bronze; Jubilee Medal for the 20th Anniversary of the Great Patriotic War 1965, bronze; Jubilee Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the Great Patriotic War 1975, bronze; Jubilee Medal...
Hammer Price: £100
Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, 3rd issue, 5th Class breast badge, 67mm including crown suspension x 42mm, silver-gilt, gilt, and enamel, Bishop with green robes, lacking riband, minor enamel damage to top arm of obverse cross, otherwise very fine £60-80
South Africa, Republic, Decoration for Meritorious Service, neck badge, 128mm including wreath suspension x 78mm, gold, silver, and enamel, with 5 diamonds around central medallion, 175 grams, reverse engraved ‘Bernard Albert Armitage 22 Maart 1984’, and officially numbered ‘92’, second digit of number officially corrected, gold marks (.750) to reverse, with full neck riband, in fitted case of issue with lapel rosette, about extremely fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,600
Spain, Second Republic, Fascist Party Member’s Medal, bronze and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Exp 15421 Jose Agusti Garcia 1935’, with original embroidered riband and integral top riband bar, some black enamel flaking, very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
Uruguay, Republic, General Artigas Brooch Badge, gold (18 ct., 25.21g) in the form of an eight pointed rayed star, with central citrine stone and surrounded by eight small amethysts at tips of star, the motto reading ‘General Jose Artigas, Protector de los Pueblos Libres’, with gold mark and retaining pin to reverse, about extremely fine, rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £750
Vatican, Holy See, Order of Pius, 3rd Class neck badge, 56mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with neck riband, good very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £120
Venezuela, Republic, Order of Simon Bolivar, 3rd Class neck badge, 53mm x 48mm, silver-gilt and enamel, lacking neck riband, extremely fine £200-300
Yugoslavia, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Huguenin, Le Locle case of issue; France, Fifth Republic, Medal of Honour for Regional Communal Departments, in plastic case of issue; Kenya, Republic, Distinguished Service Medal, Arap Moi, in Spink, London card box of issue; Poland, People’s Republic, Concentration Camp Cross, silvered and enamelled, in box of issue; Romania, Kingdom, Loyal Service Cross, gilt, in box of issue; Thailand, Kingdom,...
Hammer Price: £95
International, Military & Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, collar chain, 1045mm, gilt and enamel, comprising of 5 medallions with the cipher JSL, and four medallions with the cross of St. Lazarus, two of the medallions with additional securing pins, with ring links, the Badge Appendant 66mm, gilt and enamel, unmarked, extremely fine and rare £300-400
£300–£400
International, Military & Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia, neck badge, 113mm including trophy-of-arms suspension x 64mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Star, 86mm, gilt and enamel, traces of verdigris to both, therefore very fine (2) £120-160
International, Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, Knight of the Companionate of Merit’s neck badge, with crossed swords, 68mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband, extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £70
The superb silver-gilt presentation sword and other items relating to the early history of the H.E.I.C.’s Steam Navy and, more specifically, the celebrated paddle sloop Hugh Lindsay, and her master Commander John Henry Wilson An exceptionally fine and ornate silver-gilt presentation sword for Captain Jonathan Henry Wilson of the East India Company Navy, the 80 cm ‘Prosser’ style pipe-back blade finely frost-etched for its entire length including the following, the full Royal Arms...
Hammer Price: £4,600
An 1827 Pattern Royal Navy Officer’s Sword for an officer of the East India Company Navy, the slightly curved 83 cm pipe-back blade etched with the Royal Arms and the rampant lion of the East India Company above a fouled anchor, copper-gilt solid half-basket guard, folding side-guard, the cartouche filled with the lion and fouled anchor of the East India Company, faceted back-strap and fine cast and chased lions head pommel, white fish-skin covered grip bound with gilt wire, complete with...
A good silver-plated 1827 pattern light infantry presentation sword for Alfred Lyon, Captain Commandant 25th. Cheshire Rifle Volunteers, the slightly curved 82 cm blade by J. & W. Wood of Manchester, finely etched with strung bugle etc. within floral sprays and within an ornate central panel the presentation inscription ‘Presented to Alfred Lyon Esqr. Captain Commandant as a mark of esteem and respect by the non-commissioned officers privates and band of the XXVth. Cheshire Rifle...
Hammer Price: £800
An unusual presentation sword for Cornet H. W. Whiteway of the First Devon Light Horse Volunteers, the deeply curved 90 cm blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No. 10222 (for 1860) having double fullers, one extending to within 10 cm of the point, the other to within 3 cm, from which point the blade becomes back-edged, the blade is undecorated but for the maker’s details and the presentation inscription which fills an ornate central panel ‘This sword was presented to Cornet W.H....
£700–£800
A scarce silver-hilted presentation sword for William Hopkinson, Castle Baynard Company London Rifle Brigade, the slightly curved 81 cm blade intricately etched for its entire length with the regimental devices of the London Rifle Brigade, family crest and motto ‘Look forward’ all surrounded by scrolling strap work and within a cartouche the presentation inscription ‘Presented by Castle Baynard M Company L.R.Vols. to Captn. W.Hopkinson in the 7th. year of his command Jany. 1866’, the...
A fine presentation sword for Captain Charles Whiteway Hazlehurst, Earl of Chester’s Rifles, the slightly curved 89 cm blade retailed by Hobson & Sons, Little Windmill Street, London, finely etched with crowned VR cypher, light infantry strung bugle, the Regimental device and legend of Chester Rifles, family crest and motto ‘Omne bonum desuper’ of the Hazlehurst family and within a scrolling entwined ribbon the presentation inscription ‘Presented to Captn. C.W.Hazlehurst. J.P. by the...
A good French silver-hilted small-sword circa 1750, the 84 cm blade of triangular section etched with a stand of arms etc. double shell-guard pierced and chased with trophies of arms, knucklebone decorated en-suite, hollow urn shaped pommel pierced and faceted, wood grip covered with russet iron ribbon inset with gilt roundels alternating with rows of steel studs, small area of light pitting to blade otherwise good condition £300-350
Hammer Price: £320
A good English chiselled steel hilted small-sword circa 1760, the 81 cm colichimarde blade etched with foliate patterns, double shell-guard intricately pierced with a repeat pattern of spirals and trophies of arms to each edge set within a gadrooned border, knuckle-bow, quillons and pierced olive shaped pommel decorated en-suite, grip bound with alternate bands of steel ribbon and plaited steel wire, complete with its original velum covered scabbard with geometric tooled decoration,...
Hammer Price: £280
A English chiselled steel hilted small-sword circa 1760, the 84 cm colichimarde blade etched with foliate patterns, double shell-guard intricately pierced with a pattern of large and small foliate spirals set within a gadrooned border, knuckle-bow, quillons and pierced olive shaped pommel decorated en-suite, grip bound with alternate bands of silver and gilt ribbon, silver Turk’s heads, complete with its original velum covered scabbard with geometric tooled decoration, retaining its...
Hammer Price: £240
An unusual Indian built 1796 light cavalry officer’s sword mounted with an heavy Indo-Persian blade, the deeply curved 73 cm watered blade of typical form with short ricasso, unsigned, steel stirrup guard with beveled edges plain round quillon and no langets, unusually shaped ferule rounded back-strap and elongated pommel the whole forming the shape of a tulwar hilt, polished ribbed horn grip bound with twisted silver wire, the mounts of plain but fine quality Indian craftsmanship, lacking...
Hammer Price: £360
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