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A post-War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Evelyn H. E. Chiverton, Women’s Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (2024113 Sgt. Evelyn H. E. Chiverton, W.R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (2024113 Sgt. E. H. E. Chiverton. W.R.A.F.) minor edge bruise to BEM, good very fine or better (4) £440-500
£440–£500
A Great War ‘Festubert 1914’ D.C.M. awarded to Private W. Adams, 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers, killed in action, Gallipoli, 5 August 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13208 Pte. W. Adams, 2/S.W. Bord.); Bronze Memorial Plaque (William Adams) plaque with slight bruising, medal nearly extremely fine (2) £1800-2200
£1,800–£2,200
City of London Militia a Major’s 1869 Pattern Shako, of special pattern, the blue cloth body with a sunken black leather top and a similar broad bracing band round the lower part of the body, crowned frontal plate of star pattern overlaid with oak sprays, a strap ‘Domine Dirige Nos’ enclosing the Arms of the City of London, a broad silver lace Major’s lace band around the top, silver plated plume holder of 1861 pattern with black wool ball plume, buff leather sweatband and quilted...
£500–£600
Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, First Class Star, 86mm x 83mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, unmarked, with main retaining pin and two additional side pins, good very fine £400-500
£400–£500
A well-documented Great War pair awarded to Driver L. C. Venning, Honourable Artillery Company Artillery, who survived the sinking of the troopship Arcadian when she was torpedoed and sank within five minutes in the Mediterranean, 15 April 1917, with the loss of 279 lives British War and Victory Medals (624541 Dvr. L. C. Venning. H.A.C. -Art.-) in named card box of issue, with outer envelope addressed to Mr. L. C. Venning, 686 Holloway Rd., Highgate, London’, extremely fine (2) £140-180
£140–£180
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) Officer’s Full Dress Badger Head Sporran c. 1881-1914, the brown and white badger’s head is ‘set up’, six gilt metal tassel holders embossed with thistles and white horse hair plumes, plain gilt brass cantle and red moroccan purse (this presumably intact) now contained in a fine quality glazed frame, together with sundry notes concerning the sporrans of the regiment, very good condition £600-800
£600–£800
Pair: Private G. Grimsdale, 6th Foot, late 57th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pve. Geo. Grimsdale. 57th Foot) contemporary engraved naming, top left-hand lug missing; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (28th Bde. 98 Pte. G. Grimsdale, 1-6th Foot) suspension slack on last, minor edge bruising, therefore generally nearly very fine or better (2) £340-380
£340–£380
The Northamptonshire Regiment Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1881-1901, the blue cloth skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a silver two towered castle with scroll above ‘Gibraltar’ and a Key and scroll below ‘Talavera’, silver title scroll ‘The Northamptonshire Regiment’, buff leather sweatband and quilted ivory silk lining, the plate not original to the...
Yorkshire Hussars Full Dress Busby with Carrying Tin This Named to the Honourable Ralph Beckett c. 1890-1914, the busby of brown sable is complete with scarlet bag this with silver lace trim, triple sewn in silver lace cap lines and correct pattern plated chin chain, to the front a scarlet cloth boss mounted with the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto in silver and gold lace with a blue silk backing to the motto scrolls, brown leather sweatband and retailer’s label for ‘Cater & Co.,...
£400–£600
China 1857-60 (2), no clasp, unnamed as issued; 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1858, unnamed as issued, the first with re-fixed claw, very fine, the second good very fine (2) £200-260
£200–£260
The Royal Irish Regiment Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1881-1901, a good quality example, the skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of red velvet a crowned Harp with attendant shamrock sprays in silver, title scroll below ‘The Royal Irish’, red moroccan sweat band with attached silk lining, supplier’s trade label for Maxsted, Regent St., London, contemporary ink inscription...
£500–£700
Three: Captain B. Steel, Royal Naval Reserve, who as Marine Superintendent, White Star Line, at Southampton, was reputed to have been the last man to step off the R.M.S. Titanic having collected the vessel’s final muster list from Captain E. Smith prior to the start of her ill-fated maiden voyage East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Lieut. B. Steel, R.N.R., H.M.S. Forte.); Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (B. Steel.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration,...
£4,000–£5,000
Five: Attributed to Corporal A. J. Taylor, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 copy clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, nearly extremely fine (5) £80-120
£80–£120
Abyssinia 1867 (No. 4102 Private Hunajee Sablay 3d Bo. N.I.) suspension re-soldered, nearly very fine £280-320
£280–£320
Iraq 2003, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (MA1 J E Furber D240601T RN) in named card box of issue, extremely fine £100-140
Withdrawn
Russia, Empire, Kiev Officer Candidate School Jetton, silver and enamel, featuring a crowned Imperial Eagle with wings outstretched, bearing the date 1916, unmarked, multi-piece construction, with screwback suspension, extremely fine, scarce £300-400
£300–£400
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, D.B.E., Dame Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising shoulder badge and breast star, silver-gilt and enamels, with Military division display bow, nearly extremely fine (2) £600-800
Russia, Empire, Agriculture Economic Section Jetton, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, featuring a silver sheaf of wheat upon which has been superimposed an Imperial Eagle, surrounded by a rake, a hoe, and a scythe, with blue enamelled monogram of Nicholas II at centre, reverse named in Cyrillic, multi-piece construction, with pinback suspension, scratch marks to reverse centre, otherwise good very fine, scarce £240-280
£240–£280
Russia, Empire, Institute of Communications of Alexander Jetton, silver (84 zolotniki), featuring a laurel and oak leaves wreath upon which is superimposed a crowned Imperial Eagle, with central shield bearing St. George slaying the dragon, with crossed anchor and axe below, multi-piece construction, maker’s mark and silver marks to obverse, with pinback suspension, nearly very fine £160-200
£160–£200
Queen’s Westminster Volunteers Prize Cross 1896, bronze, unnamed; together with an Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company Medal 1954, unnamed; and a Sharpshooters Commemorative Medal 1900-2000, silver, reverse numbered ‘146’, very fine (3) £40-50
Hammer Price: £20
N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia (6), all in cases of issue complete with riband bars, extremely fine (6) £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
A Belgian Order of Leopold II attributed to Miss A. M. Jackson Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s badge, 62mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver and enamel, French motto, in Fisch, Brussels, case of issue, minor enamel chip to motto, otherwise nearly extremely fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £30
1st (The Royal) Regiment of Foot Regimental Medal of Merit c. 1884, circular format 4 cms in bronze, the obverse with the badge of the regiment in relief and title below ‘The Royal Scots’, the obverse with laurel sprays and engraved ‘Capt. C.H. Sanford’, complete with original case of issue but now contained in a glazed frame, very good condition £40-60
J. B. Hayward & Son, Orders, Decorations, Medals, August 1973; Hayward’s Gazette (11), No. 1 January 1964 - No. 11 May 1979, good condition Life Saving Awards Research Society, Journals (30), No. 1 October 1987 - No. 24 June 1995; No. 26 February 1996 - September 1997, good condition Kieran, B. L., Corunna 1809 (4), published 2011, excellent condition (46) £40-60
Four: Attributed to Seaman R. H. Thorpe, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘JX568997 R. H. Thorpe, 6 Meadow Road, Ripley, Derby.’, trace of verdigris to Italy Star, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £30-40
Venezuela, Republic, Cross of the Armed Forces of Cooperation, 70mm including wreath suspension x 53mm, gilt and enamel, unmarked, good very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £40
French Military Items, comprising the front only section of a French Artillery Officer’s flap pouch mounted with gilt brass badge comprising a fused grenade over crossed cannon barrels, a brass copy French gorget (mounted with a Grenadier Guards other ranks cap badge) and a pewter medal commemorating the Duke of Wellington’s funeral, sold as viewed not subject to return (3) £40-50
Light Division Centenary Medal 1908, bronze, the obverse featuring the badges of the Royal Horse Artillery, the 43rd and 52nd Regiments of Foot, and the Rifle Brigade, unnamed, housed in a slightly damaged glazed display frame, with section of riband, nearly extremely fine £40-50
Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Commemorative Medal 1820, on the occasion of the Presentation of Colours to the Regiment, bronze, unnamed; together with a Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry Centenary Medal 1895, bronze, unnamed, pierced for ring suspension; West Somerset Yeomanry Taunton Reception Committee Medallion, bronze, unnamed; and an Army Prize Medal, bronze, the reverse inscribed ‘6th. Inf. Bde. 1933 Runners-up 2/Som. L.I.’, generally very fine (4) £50-70
Mexico, Republic, Order of the Aztec Eagle, Officer’s breast badge, 40mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with rosette on riband, good very fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £45
22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot Medal 1785, 38mm, bronze-gilt, for seven years’ good conduct, obverse featuring Hercules crowning a Roman soldier, ‘Order of Merit Established MDCCLXXXV’ in exergue, the reverse inscribed ‘Reward of Military Virtue from Lt. Col. Crosbie’ within two palm branches, ‘XXII or Cheshire Regiment’ around, with loop suspension, minor test cut, the gilding rubbed on the high relief points, therefore very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £50
St. John Ambulance Association Examination Cross (5), bronze, ‘276201 Fred Ayre’, with a chain of 33 re-examination ‘date labels’, bronze, for the years 1928-1960, those up to 1948 all engraved ‘276201’ on reverse, those from 1949 unnumbered, with ‘20 Years’, ‘25 Years’, ‘30 Years’, and ‘35 Years’ long service bars, silver-gilt, the last engraved ‘Frederick M. Ayre’ on reverse; another, bronze, ‘382499 Lilian Blair’, with 13 loose re-examination ‘date...
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (... Pte Ta Motu Karen Levy Burma Mil. Police) traces of verdigris, suspension slack, area of erasure prior to naming, nearly very fine £70-90
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (2372 Sepoy Allam Sing Shan States Mily. Police Levy.) attempted erasure to part of surname, nearly very fine £70-90
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2668536 Gdsm, H. Blain, Coldm. Gds.) extremely fine £50-60
Four: Trooper E. S. Quick, Household Battalion British War and Victory Medals (750 Tpr. E. S. Quick. Household Bn.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Edgar S. Quick.) minor traces of verdigris, nearly very fine (4) £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
Pair: Private E. C. Blundell, 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex Duke of Cambridge’s Hussars) British War and Victory Medals (4198 Pte. E. C. Blundell 1 Co. Of Lond. Y.); with Middlesex Yeomanry Regimental Medal, oval, gilt metal, unnamed, with top riband buckle, generally good very fine (3) £60-80
Pakistan, Republic, Police Medal for Gallantry (Quaid-e-Azam), silver ((Late) Mr Sohail Shah, Assistant Sub-Inspector) unusually impressed on reverse; Medal of Performance (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) bronze and enamel, reverse centre impressed, ‘Lt. Col. Salah ud Din’, centres loose, incorrect riband; Indian States, Bahawalpur, Good Service Medal, the last a white metal trial striking, without suspension, this with contact marks, very fine and better (3) £70-90
Royal Sussex Militia Officer’s Scroll Pattern Hat Badge c. 1853-74, an excavated example but still complete with original lugs (bent over), standard die stamped white metal floreate scroll ‘Royal Sussex’, requires cleaning but otherwise good condition £60-120
Hammer Price: £60
Miscellaneous Militaria, comprising a WWI period French Adrian helmet complete with frontal badge and fractured leather chinstrap; a 1942 dated khaki canvas pistol holster; two khaki puttees; a single WWI period model soldier being a bugler in khaki uniform; plus a .303 bullet converted to a lighter, generally good condition overall (6) £60-100
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