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Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regimental Prize Medal (4), silver, 1 clasp, Boxing-1922, the reverse inscribed ‘L/Cpl G. Booth’; another, silver, 1 clasp, E.E.F.Comd. Rifle Meeting, the reverse inscribed ‘Light Gun Competition No. 4963055 Pte. F. Rodgers’; another, silver, no clasp, reverse inscribed ‘Pte. W. Poundsford’; another, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘2nd. Vol. Battn. the Sherwood Foresters’ but otherwise unnamed, generally very fine (4) £120-160
£120–£160
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) £160-200
£160–£200
France, Fourth Republic, Legion of Honour, Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 85mm including wreath suspension x 63mm, gilt and enamel, unmarked; Star, 94mm, silver-gilt, with silver marks on retaining pin and two additional support hooks, with full sash riband, housed in an Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case, good very fine as issued (2) £400-500
£400–£500
Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Lieut. E. J. Ryan. S. & T. Corps.) later re-impressed naming, good very fine £280-320
£280–£320
A Great War M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal R. Parker, Machine Gun Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (86456 L. Cpl. R. Parker. 31/M.G.C.) good very fine £260-300
£260–£300
Three: Private J. G. Smith, Royal Army Medical Corps, later Royal Welsh Fusiliers and Lancashire Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (60133 Pte. J. G. Smith, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (60133Pte. J. G. Smith. R.A.M.C.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £80-120
£80–£120
Italian States, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Order of St. Januarius, Knight's set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 60mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Star, 65mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with full sash riband, minor white enamel restoration to badge, therefore good very fine, scarce (2) £1400-1800
£1,400–£1,800
Three: Canteen Manager H. S. F. Simpson 1914-15 Star (H. S. F. Simpson. Ctn. Mgr.); British War and Victory Medals (H. S. F. Simpson. Ctn. Mgr.) generally very fine or better (3) £140-180
£140–£180
Kuwait, Emirate, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade (12), bronze and enamel, all in cases of issue complete with riband bars, extremely fine (12) £70-90
£70–£90
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (R. Thompson. Coldstream Gds.) officially impressed naming, edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £800-1200
£800–£1,200
An interesting Great War campaign group of three awarded to Captain J. K. Watson, East African Motor Transport Corps, an architect, farmer, and pioneer of Kenya’s infrastructure 1914-15 Star (Dvr. J. K. Watson. E. Afr. M.T.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. K. Watson.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-300
£200–£300
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Merit Order of Adolph of Nassau, Military Division, Commander’s neck badge, 47mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver mark to suspension loop, with neck riband, white enamel restoration to reverse central medallion, nearly extremely fine £300-400
£300–£400
Royal Canadian Air Force Ops Wing with Bar, by Birks, for 45 Operations, gilt, in card box of issue, extremely fine condition A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Figurine, 120mm high, on wooded plinth, good condition(2) £80-120
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
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
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
Abyssinia 1867 (No. 4102 Private Hunajee Sablay 3d Bo. N.I.) suspension re-soldered, nearly very fine £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
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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
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
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