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4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards Other Ranks 1871 Pattern Helmet, a very fine quality example, the all brass skull complete with all fittings and frontal plate being a multi-rayed white metal elongated star overlaid with a brass Garter Proper enclosing a white metal ‘4’ on a japanned ground, complete with leather sweat band. The rear peak stamped on the inside ‘1.0 9 4.D.G 1083’, complete with white metal horse hair plume this with brass rose finial, very good overall condition ...
Hammer Price: £550
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1290. Pte. J. Doyle. 90th. Foot) pawnbroker’s mark to obverse field, edge bruise, good very fine £400-460
Three: Musician R. Elcock, Royal Marines Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (RMB/X.3008 R. Elcock. Musn. R.M.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (RM03008 R Elcock Musn RM); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (RMB/X.3008 Musn. R. Elcock. R.M. H.M.S. Ganges.) mounted as worn, contact marks overall, good fine or better (3) £380-420
Defective Medals (2): Military General Service 1793-1814, disc only (Matthew Kidd, 74th Foot.) correctly impressed naming; Military General Service 1793-1814, with suspension, no clasp (R. Smart Corpl. 85th Foot.) contemporarily re-engraved naming, the first with brooch marks to reverse, the second with soldered (fixed) suspension, both with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine (2) £200-300
Hammer Price: £500
Medal Clasps, a selection of 30 full-size medal clasps, including Phoenix 10 Augt. 1805, Salamanca, Poona, Aliwal, Mooltan, Sebastopol, Pekin 1860, Tel-el-Kebir, Witu 1890, Kachin Hills 1892-93, Liwondi, Juba River, Benin River 1894, Mashonaland 1897, Dongola, Khartoum, Kumassi, Relief of Pekin, China 1900, N. Nigeria, East Africa 1913-14, Waziristan 1925, Mohmand 1933, Radfan, and Northern Ireland, the majority tailor’s copies, together with 22 miniature medal clasps, including Brass...
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (Troopr. + H. F. Phipps S.R.) good very fine and rare £500-600
The Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Full Dress Bearskin c. 1900-08, a very fine example in dark brown bear skin complete with ornate frontal badge being a silver plated fused grenade, the ball with gilt mounts comprising laurel sprays, the Sphinx/Egypt and a scroll ‘3rd Volunteer Battalion’, to the left side a yellow cut cocks feather plume, a silver plated graduated chin chain, complete with a japanned metal carrying tin, this with illegible painted details but...
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking (132 Serjt: H. Miller. S. Rhod: Vols:) nearly very fine £300-360
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (1138 S.S. J. L. Ward. Imp: Lt. Horse) nearly extremely fine £260-300
Pair: Private G. Marshall, 60th Foot Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (2092. Pte. G. Marshall, 2/60th Foot.) edge details slightly worn in places; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (2092 Private Geo: Marshall 2/60 Foot) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £400-440
Wexford Militia Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1878-1881, an extremely fine example in silver plate of crowned star pattern back plate with laurel overlays, in the centre a circle ‘Wexford Militia XCIX’ enclosing the Harp and Maid on a ground of black velvet, complete with three loop fasteners, very fine condition £500-700
The South Cork Militia Officer’s Shako Plate 1855 Pattern, a very fine example in silver plate, the crowned star pattern back plate with circular mount ‘South Cork Militia’, in the centre on a domed background the VR cypher and a shamrock spray, complete with two loop fasteners, the bottom star point officially shortened for use on the 1861 pattern shako, very fine condition £500-700
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel P. A. Scott, Rifle Brigade and Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Capt. P. A. Scott. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. P. A. Scott.); Belgium, Order of Leopold, Knight’s breast badge with swords, silver and enamel, white enamel damage on two arms of cross; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A.I.R.’ cypher, otherwise good very fine (5) £400-500
Three: Private J. H. Parker, Essex Regiment, killed in action on the first day of the Gallipoli landings, 25 April 1915 1914-15 Star (10408 Pte. J. H. Parker. Essex. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10408 Pte. J. H. Parker. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (James Henry Parker) nearly extremely fine (4) £400-500
Cabul 1842 (G. F. Bailey Provost Marshal To The Army) contemporary cross-hatched engraved naming, with original steel clip and contemporary hinged straight bar suspension, remnants of lacquer, very fine £460-500
Irish Militia Buttons, eleven rare examples, all large size and comprising gilt coatees to the 107th Kerry Regiment (closed back) and 22nd Sligo (open back), silver plated coatees to the 110th Royal Cork City, the 101st Cavan, the 100th Loyal Dublin, the 114th Westmeath, the 98th King’s County, the 70th Carlow and the 102nd Donegal; two officers’ silver plated tunics to the Cavan and Roscommon Regiments, complete with original shanks, very good condition (11) £400-600
British Military Collar Badges c. 1874-1920, a carded display of good quality examples, pairs include 83rd Regiment of Foot plus two odds, 18th Hussars (bi-metal 1902-09), 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars three KC singles, Royal Irish Regiment two pairs of other ranks plus three odds, one only officer’s silver plate, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers & Royal Dublin Fusiliers, singles of the large gilt metal with silver mount pattern, Connaught Rangers single officer’s bullion Elephant...
British Army Officers’ Headdress Badges, four fine quality examples, Royal Dublin Fusiliers forage cap badge 1881-97, bullion with silver mounts (repaired and now mounted on a card backing), Connaught Rangers unmarked white metal QVC cap badge with pin fastener, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards service dress cap badge c. 1915-35 (bronze star with silver centre), 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards service dress cap badge c. 1902-28, all blade fasteners present on the last two items, very good...
Buttons of Irish Interest, an interesting selection including examples to The Royal Irish Constabulary (QVC and KC), the ‘1782’ Political Club, a George IV’s Visit to Ireland commemorative, 48th Thomas Davis Association, Bank of Ireland, Dublin Waterworks, King & Queen’s College of Physicians, the Kildare Street Club, Dublin Police, Queen Victoria’s Visit to Ireland (possibly the 1839 visit), ‘Fear God Honour the King’ (large and small), a Dublin Fire Brigade, a Viceroy of...
The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1881-1901, a very fine example of standard format complete with all gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate with central silver Wellesley crest and title scroll below ‘The West Riding Regiment’, buff leather sweat band and attached cotton lining and retailer’s label ‘Hobson & Sons, Little Windmill St., London’; together with an associated tin also by Hobsons, this with brass named plaque ‘Quarter...
An unusual pair of Life Saving Medals awarded to H. Hickson and J. Hobbs for saving the life of Lieutenant Ross off Upnor, Kent, in August 1855 Life Saving Medal (2), utilizing the Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840, with original naming erased, ‘Queen Victoria’ obverse erased to make way for an inscription, and fitted with a replacement swivel ring suspension; the reverse (formerly the obverse) inscribed, ‘Presented to Henry Hickson by the Inhabitants of Upnor for saving from...
A League of Neutral Countries Life Saving Medal group of Four awarded to Leading Telegraphist G. Lea, Royal Navy, for his assistance in rescuing the crews of six Dutch merchantmen attacked and sunk by a German submarine off the Isles of Scilly, 22 February 1917 1914-15 Star (J.23187 G Lea. Tel., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.23187 G. Lea. L.Tel. R.N.) unit officially corrected on BWM; League of Neutral Countries Life Saving Medal, bronze, 60mm, the reverse inscribed ‘The...
1st Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteers Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1878-85, an extremely fine example complete with all plated fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel overlays and circle ‘1st Brecknockshire R.V.’, in the centre on a ground of black velvet the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto and scroll ‘Gwell Angau Na Chwilydd’, complete with buff leather sweatband and attached brown silk lining, the plate original to the helmet, two minute moth nips at...
The Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c. 1883-1901, the rounded peak skull complete with all silver plated fittings, the helmet plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet the White Horse of Kent, on a scroll ‘Invicta’, a scroll above ‘Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt’, double scroll below ‘The Royal West Kent Regiment’ ‘1st Volunteer Battalion’, buff leather sweat band with...
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister H. F. Pocock.) very fine £360-400
Hammer Price: £480
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (398 Tpr. S. Beckingham. S. Rhod: Vols:) good very fine £300-360
Ecuador, Republic, National Order of Merit, 1st issue, Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash Badge, 83mm including wreath suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 75mm x 69mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, silver mark on retaining pin, with full sash riband, good very fine (2) £260-300
Cavan Militia Officer’s Helmet Plate 1878-1881, a very fine and extremely rare example in silver plate, the back plate of crowned star pattern with laurel overlays, these enclose a circle ‘Cavan Militia’ and in the centre the Maid and Harp on a ground of brown velvet (?) (congealed), complete with three loop fasteners, one ray tip with a slight buckle otherwise very good condition £500-700
Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (John Owen, 41st Regt.) fitted with unusual replacement heavy silver bar suspension, edge bruises, otherwise very fine £300-360
Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Rhodesia & Nyasaland (R 3176 Cpl. Toindepi) nearly very fine £140-160
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (4347. Driv: J. Nelms. 6th. Bde. R.A.) polished, nearly very fine £380-420
Sea Gallantry Medal, E.VII.R., small 2nd issue, bronze (John West. Wreck of the “Lizzie Lee” of Goole, on the 21st February 1905) extremely fine £400-500
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Acting Matron Miss Margaret A. Rennie, Order of St. John Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, reverse additionally engraved ‘M.A.R.’; British War and Victory Medals (M. A. Rennie. O. St. J.); together with British Red Cross Society Medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘22392 M. Rennie’, with ‘Proficiency in Red Cross First-Aid’ top riband bar, nearly extremely fine (4) £460-500
Pair: Colour Sergeant D. J. Moran, Royal Marines General Service 1962-2007, 4 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (RM.20700 D. J. Moran. Mne.R.M.) unofficial rivets between clasps, as issued, surname partially officially corrected; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (P020700K C/Sgt D J Moran RM) mounted as originally worn, generally very fine (2) £380-420
Hammer Price: £460
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking (172 Sapr. G. W. Goddard. S. Rhod: Vols:) very fine £340-380
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Shimber Berris 1914-15 (41 Sepoy Sher Mohamed. Ind: Con: K.A.R.) good very fine £200-240
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Second Lieutenant M. McLean, Highland Light Infantry, late Royal Glasgow Yeomanry Military Medal, G.V.R. (1790 Sjt: M. Mc.Lean. 1/1 R. Glas: Yeo:) good very fine, scarce to unit £400-500
Norway, Kingdom, Order of St Olav, 2nd issue, Military Division, Knight's breast badge, 67mm including crown suspension x 41mm, gold and enamel, crown surmounted by lion, crossed swords beneath, unmarked, restoration to white enamel on one reverse arm, otherwise nearly extremely fine £400-500
Seven: Captain and Quarter Master A. H. Dancer, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (272. S. Mjr. A. H. Dancer. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (272 W.O. Cl. 2. A. H. Dancer. R.A.M.C.); Jubilee 1935; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (437003 S. Sjt:- A.S. Mjr:- A. H. Dancer. 56/C.C. Stn: R.A.M.C.); Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, with integral ‘Territorial’ top riband bar; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (437003. Q.M. Sjt:...
British Army Officers’ Tunic Buttons 1856-81 All Large Size, 67 good quality examples all with original shanks, the following regiments are represented: 2nd, 8th, 11th, 50th, 86th, 87th, 89th, 100th, 15th, 16th, 21st, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 28th, 38th, 44th, 56th, 64th, 67th, 77th, 80th, 93rd, 101st, 103rd, 104th, 108th, there is considerable duplication, mostly in good condition when clean some are rubbed, (67 sold as viewed not subject to return) £400-600
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