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The South Atlantic Medal to Leading Cook M. P. Foote, killed in action during the sinking of H.M.S. Ardent, 21 May 1982 South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (ALCk M P Foote D150936G HMS Ardent) extremely fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £3,000
The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross breast star by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, silver, gold and enamels, 78mm. diameter, the reverse with maker’s name ‘Rundell Bridge & Rundell Jewellers to their Majesties & Royal Family London’ and additionally inscribed ‘From the King to the Earl of Erroll’, fitted with gold pin for wearing, legend lacking one ‘R’ in ‘Terrent’, some damage to left side of wreath, very fine £2000-2600
Hammer Price: £2,800
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 1st type breast badge with ‘INDIA’ on the petals (1878-87), gold and enamels, complete with gold top suspension brooch, a few small enamel chips to badge and loss to most of the ‘jewels’ of the crown, therefore very fine £2800-3200
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type (1837-1912), 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the plain solid reverse officially engraved on three lines 3rd Class “Order of Merit”, obverse lower point of the star hallmarked London 1858, maker’s mark ‘ISH’ for John Samuel Hunt, further hallmarks to the connecting ring and reverse of suspension bar, complete with silver ribbon buckle, the centre chipped and repaired, otherwise good very fine and scarce £1000-1200
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Maheidpoor, Ava (D. Donald, 1st Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £1800-2200
A Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Commander M. R. Cole, Royal Navy, for services whilst Gunner of H.M.S. Thrasher at the destruction of UC-39 off Flamborough Head in February 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1916 and additionally inscribed ‘Presented to Morris R. Cole, D.S.C., R.N., by H.M. the King April 4th, 1917’; 1914-15 Star (Gnr. M. R. Cole, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Mte. M. R. Cole. R.N.) mounted as worn,...
The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross sash badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, 110 x 74mm., unmarked, good very fine £2000-2600
Hammer Price: £2,600
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
An interesting Indian Mutiny medal awarded to Mr Edward Chamberland Nunn, Collector of Customs, whose adventures in the early days of the outbreak are well recorded, so too the miraculous escape of his wife and children Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (E. C. Nunn.) very fine £500-600
A ‘Battle of Inkermann’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private I. Church, Grenadier Guards, who lost his right arm during the battle Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (I..aac Church. 3rd Bn. Grenadr. Gds.); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Private Isaac Church Gr.. Gds) contemporarily engraved naming, suspension post re-affixed; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (I. Church, Gren. Guards) contemporary engraved naming, plugged with scroll suspension,...
An Egypt and Sudan D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal, later Colour Sergeant, W. Parker, Scots Guards, for gallantry at Abu Klea, 17 January 1885, during which battle he was shot through the chest Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (5325. C ... arker . 1st. Scots Gds. ... 1885.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (5325. Pte. W. Parker. 1/Scots ...); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, reverse impressed ‘5325 S. Gds.’, with...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Banks, West Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action whilst serving with the 14th Battalion, Mounted Infantry, near Lindley, 6 May 1902 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (5090 Pte. J. Banks. W. York: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (5090 Pte. T. Banks, W. Yorkshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5090 Pte. T. Banks. W....
Waterloo 1815 (James Cowell, 33rd Regiment Foot.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £2,400
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nagpore (J. Green, 1st Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruise and a few contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2000-2600
A good 1943 Second War ‘Mediterranean Operations’ D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Beaufighter Pilot, Flight Lieutenant W. Y. McGregor, 227 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, who was accredited with victories on land, sea and in the air, before being killed in action on a sortie to Kos, 2 September 1943 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; New Zealand Service Medal 1939-45;...
A Great War D.F.C. group of ten awarded Awarded to Air Commodore A. R. Churchman, C.B., D.F.C., Royal Air Force, late Royal North Devon Hussars and R.N.A.S., who received one of the very first awards of the newly instituted D.F.C. for his gallant and valuable work in directing artillery fire on enemy positions Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., the reverse arms inscribed ‘Allan Robert Churchman Capt. R.A.F. Awarded June 11th 1918. Presented July 24th 1919 by H.M. King George V’;...
Hammer Price: £2,200
The medically important Egypt medal awarded to Sergeant Charles Williams, Army Hospital Corps, who was awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry in the actions at Abu Klea and Abu Kru in January 1885, and whose private journal describes many incidents in the battles including the treatment of the seriously wounded men to whom ‘a merciful drug was administered that permitted them to die in peace’ Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (3520 Sgt. C....
A fine ‘last stand’ retrospective ‘Battle of Hazebrouk’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant T. R. Palethorpe, Grenadier Guards, for his conspicuous gallantry at Vieux-Berquin on 12-13 April 1918, when his battalion fought to a finish and ceased to exist as a fighting unit, only 20 men from his company surviving the action, all of whom, including Palethorpe, were taken prisoners of war. It was during this action that Captain T. T. Pryce was afterwards awarded a posthumous...
An early Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Gosford, Coldstream Guards, who was wounded in both the Boer War and in the Great War, and subsequently joined the New York Police Department Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lieut: A. C. M. B. Lord Acheson. C. Gds:), unofficial rivets between State and date clasps; 1914 Star (Lieut:...
Four: The Earl of Halsbury, 3 times Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, the compiler and editor of Halsbury’s Laws of England, and on his death aged 98 the oldest man to have ever sat in Parliament Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911; Worshipful Company of Saddlers Quarter Warden’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘The Right Honourable the Earl of Halsbury, Quarter Warden’ good very fine (4) £300-400
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (J. Whatmore, 65th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £2400-3000
Hammer Price: £2,000
The M.V.O. group of eleven awarded to Captain R. G. Bowes-Lyon, Royal Navy, who, having seen extensive action in the Dardanelles in the battleship Agamemnon 1915-16, and witnessed the destruction of the Zeppelin LZ-85 over Salonika, fought in the Baltic operations of 1919 and held seagoing command in the 1939-45 War: he was a first cousin of H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse...
Family Group: Pair: Captain R. L. Barnard, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. L. Barnard.) BWM partially officially corrected, very fine Three: Driver Eileen, the Honourable Mrs. Barnard, French Red Cross British War and Victory Medals (E. Plunket.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated ‘1914-1918’, with bronze star on riband, good very fine (5) £100-140
The Jubilee Medal pair awarded to Lady Fedora Gleichen, daughter of H.S.H. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a noted sculptor and the first female member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Jubilee 1887, gold, with lady’s narrow 1897 clasp (Countess Feodora Gleichen) on lady’s bow riband; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, with rosette on riband, extremely fine and rare (2) £1600-2000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (C. Caley, Midshipman.) with contemporary silver riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,900
Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Williams 2nd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) with original steel lip and later silver ring suspension, very fine £1200-1600
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (W. Partridge. Grenadier Gds.) officially impressed naming, toned, nearly extremely fine £800-1000
A Crimea D.C.M. pair awarded to Colour Sergeant J. Burgess, 97th Foot Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt. John Burgess. 97th Foot); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (John Burgess. Color. Serjt. 97th Foot.) regimentally impressed naming, edge bruising, therefore good fine (2) £1000-1400
The Royal Guelphic Order, K.C.H. (Military) Knight Commander’s reduced size breast star by Hamlet, silver, gold and enamels, 60mm. diameter, the reverse inscribed ‘Hamlet Goldsmith & Jeweller to their Majesties & Royal Family, Princes St. Leicester Sqe. London’, fitted with gold pin for wearing, lacking tip of one point at right and minor enamel loss to wreath, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £1,800
The Royal Guelphic Order, K.H. (Civil) Knight’s breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked on the ball points, London 1824, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, lacking original bar suspension and fitted with gold ring and loop, nearly extremely fine and rare £1800-2200
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type (1837-1912), 2nd Class, Reward of Valor, silver with gold and enamel centre, the plain solid reverse officially engraved on three lines 2nd Class “Order of Merit”, obverse lower point of the star hallmarked London 1858, maker’s mark ‘ISH’ for John Samuel Hunt, further hallmarks to the connecting ring and reverse of suspension bar, complete with silver ribbon buckle, chips to enamel, otherwise good very fine and rare £2000-2600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Sahagun & Benevente (Franz Steinweg, 3rd Hussars, K.G.L.) suspension claw tightened, nearly very fine £1400-1600
A Great War D.C.M., M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant George Blake, 28th Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (74310 Sjt: G. Blake. 28/Can: Inf:); Military Medal, G.VI.R. (74310 Sjt: G. Blake. 28/Sask: R.) good very fine (2) £1200-1400
A 1941 Second War ‘Coastal Command’ D.F.M. group of four awarded to Hudson Pilot, Pilot Officer G. R. Heppell, 220 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who contributed to the destruction of 2 enemy aircraft, including once when employed as Navigator he ‘fired several bursts from the side guns until a bullet from the enemy aircraft struck a marine distress signal which exploded and started a fire which Sergeant Heppell dived at and managed to extinguish with his helmet.’ He...
A Fine Second War ‘W.A.A.F.’s’ Military Division B.E.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant H. M. Terry, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, who as a Telephonist, had her gallantry recognised, for remaining at her switchboard during an intense enemy attack on R.A.F. Warmwell, 11 May 1941. She continued to connect urgent calls despite her post being bombed, and having to operate in pitch-black conditions, often only with the aid of a match stick British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R.,...
China 1900, no clasp (M. Pope, A.B., Victoria Nav. Cont.) official correction to ‘Victoria’; together with Victorian Naval Contingent Association gold and enamel medal, stamped 9 carat, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to M. Pope, President 1932-1937’; and ‘V.C.C.A.’ President’s badge, not hallmarked but probably 9 carat gold, unnamed, enamel chipped on the second, otherwise good very fine and scarce (3) £1400-1800
The Jubilee and Coronation Medal pair awarded to Her Serene Highness Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Jubilee 1887, gold, with lady’s narrow 1897 clasp (H.S.H. Princess Victor of Hohenlohe.) with double ring suspension; Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued, both on lady’s bow ribands, good very fine and extremely rare (2) £1800-2200
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s neck badge, 80mm including crown suspension x 62mm, silver-gilt and enamel; together with a reduced-sized G.B.E. Knight Grand Cross Star, 82mm x 68mm, silver and enamel, mounted for display purposes with small section on neck riband, nearly extremely fine (2) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,700
Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, mounted on original investiture pin, extremely fine £1400-1800
41st (Welch) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1829-31, an extremely rare and fine example, the rectangular gilt back plate with dimpled surface and burnished edges overlaid with a silver cut eight pointed star, this in turn with gilt overlays featuring the crowned Garter Proper, laurel sprays, five battle honours and the numerals ‘XLI’, in the centre a Union spray of a thistle and a rose, complete with two hooks and two stud fasteners, the original leather liner all but one...
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