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The rare silver medal presented to Major-General Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Colonel-in-Chief 21st Foot, Governor of the Ionian Islands, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary Jubilee Celebrations of his Imperial Highness Archduke Carl Ludwig as a Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa in 1843; this medal was presented to all living holders of Order, of which Adam was made a Knight for his services at Waterloo where the rout of the Old Guard by his Brigade was the...
Hammer Price: £2,800
Six: Petty Officer Henry W. Davey, Royal Navy, whose services in H.M.S. Nottingham during the war, included the battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland; he subsequently survived her sinking by the U-52 in August 1916, on which occasion he was awarded the silver Al Valore Militare for ‘manning and working the 6” gun, and firing at the periscope which had appeared. He did not leave the forecastle until the water was above his knees.’ Africa General Service 1902-56, 1...
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (665 Pte. E. Donegan, 1/60 Rifles) officially impressed naming as for Canadian issues, dark toned, good very fine £2000-2600
A scarce Second War ‘North West Europe’ 1944 M.M. group of five awarded to Private S. Clark, Suffolk Regiment, who, after his Company had suffered heavy casualties during the attack on Overloon, 12 October 1944, volunteered as company runner, and despite being subjected to heavy fire for over six hours ‘never failed to deliver a message’ Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5127289 Pte. S. Clark. Suff. R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2...
The Boulton’s Trafalgar Medal together with an unusual collection of items belonging to Able Seaman Thomas Fletcher, H.M.S. Defence, including what is believed to be the oldest known ships’ biscuit i. Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal, unnamed, contained in a removable hinged gilt-metal watch-type case, now lacking suspension loop and one glass, some damage to edge affecting inscription, otherwise good very fine ii. Manuscript Booklet, predominantly in...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gaieta 24 July 1815 (Wm. Dalmahoy.) nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
A fine 1950 ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Lance-Sergeant R. Butler, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, who accounted for 2 ‘bandits’, one of whom was pinning down the Platoon from an entrenched position, during a contact in the Sungkai area south of Tapah, 28 May 1950. Butler’s platoon suffered 2 wounded and 1 killed before he managed to dash across open ground, and finally silence the ‘bandit’ lying underneath a large tree stump Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2671321...
A good 1951 ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Private P. Gilmour, Seaforth Highlanders, attached 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, who was leading scout throughout ten months of continuous anti-bandit operations, and was present in that capacity for at least 7 contacts with the enemy, accounting for at least 1 ‘bandit’ killed and 1 wounded Military Medal, G.VI.R, 2nd issue (22233520 Pte. P. Gilmour. Seaforth.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22233520....
A 1957 ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. pair awarded to Corporal Indrabahadur Gurung, 2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles, who was a successful reconnaissance patrol commander - locating enemy caches of weapons, personally accounting for at least 3 ‘bandits’, and leading his patrol during the capture of an enemy camp, 21 July 1957 Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (21136391 A/L/Cpl. Indrabahadur Gurung. 6 G.R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21136391 Rfn. Indrabahadur....
A fine Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander W. H. Demel, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Manchester Regiment, who served as a Flight Commander with No. 149 Squadron and successfully completed 44 night bombing raids over Belgium and Northern France between June and November 1918; he subsequently served with the Auxiliary Air Force during the Second War, and was twice recommended for the O.B.E. Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.,...
Three: Captain of the Forecastle James Thompson, Royal Navy, a member of Shannon’s Naval Brigade Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (James Thomson. C.F.C. H.M.S. Simoom) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, pierced with rings for suspension; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Jas. Thompson, Capt. Forecastle. Shannon) mounted in this order from an attractive floral-engraved silver bar as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £1000-1200
Pair: Captain T. G. Tyson, Kimberley Town Guard, late Diamond Fields Horse, close friend of Cecil Rhodes, secretary of the Kimberley Club and organiser of the soup-kitchen during the siege of Kimberley South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Capt: T. G. Tyson, Diamond Fds. Horse) fitted with large rectangular silver ribbon buckle; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Capt: T. Tyson Kimberley Tn: Gd:) extremely fine (2) £2000-2600
A 1952 ‘Malaya operations’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Lance-Corporal Kabiraj Thapa, 2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles, for his tenacity whilst commanding a Scout group looking for a hidden ‘bandit’ camp. Through his persistence, and despite a designated guide being unable to help, the camp was found and successfully captured - resulting in the death of 4 bandits, the capture of 3 others and a quantity of important documents and weapons Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue...
Hammer Price: £3,000
The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Corporal W. Ferry, Mafeking Town Guard, who was a member of the Railway Division and in a daring exploit at the start of the Defence of Mafeking drove a train with two trucks of dynamite out of Mafeking and into the Boer position, 13 October 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Mafeking (Corpl: W. Ferry. Mafeking Town Gd:) nearly extremely fine £1400-1800
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Mafeking (1890 Tpr: D. Francis. B.S.A. Police) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
A fine Great War 1917 D.S.C. group of four awarded to Squadron Leader W. T. S. Williams, Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., silver, hallmarks for London 1917, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Flt. S. Lt. W. T. S. Williams. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Flt. Lt. W. T. S. Williams. R.N.A.S.) mounted court-style as worn, VM officially re-impressed naming, as relatively common to RNAS and RFC, toned, nearly extremely fine (4) ...
A Second War A.F.C., 1943 D.F.M. group of six awarded to Lancaster Sergeant Pilot, later Squadron Leader, G. O. McGregor, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who carried out 6 anti-submarine patrols whilst at an O.T.U., and flew in at least 24 operational sorties with 106 Squadron, January - March 1943. After serving as a flying instructor he was commissioned and posted for service with 463 Squadron, R.A.A.F. Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1946’; Distinguished...
A Crimea ‘Battle of Inkermann’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private I. Church, Grenadier Guards, who lost his right arm during the battle, 5 November 1854 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Isaac 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...
A Sudan pair awarded to Sergeant G. Lelliott, 21st Lancers, who took part in the celebrated Charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2836 Srgt. G. Lelliott 21/L/Crs); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (2836 Sergt. G. Lelliott 21st. Lcrs.) engraved in sans serif capitals, nearly extremely fine (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,200
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (1117. Sergt. W. Fraser. 1/60 K.O.R.) officially engraved naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine £2000-2600
A Second War ‘North Africa’ 1942 M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal D. Lenton, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, for his gallantry in rescuing the loader from his burning tank during the attack on the Deir el Agram Ridge, 1 September 1942, in his Regiment’s first action as an Armoured unit Military Medal, G.VI.R. (555555 Tpr. D. Lenton. Notts. Yeo.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (555555 Cpl. D....
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees (P. Francis, 24th Foot.) nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (Lieut: Hon: J. S. H. Petre, Thorneycroft’s M.I.) officially impressed naming but part renamed with second two initials and surname engraved, contained in contemporary Carrington & Co. fitted leather case with silver label inscribed ‘S.A. Medal of The Honble. J. S. H. Petre, Captain Suffolk Yeomanry, attached Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry during the South African War Killed in Action at Spion Kop. 24 Jan. 1900.’, the...
48th Foot Regimental Medal 1819, 38mm, silver, inscribed on obverse scroll ‘R. Derbyshire’; reverse inscribed with 10 actions: ‘Talavera, Albuera, Rodrigo, Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyroneers [sic], Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse’, fitted with a hinged ring suspension, very fine and rare, one of Australia’s earliest recognised pieces of silver £3600-4400
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Bar, Second War K.P.F.S.M. group of six awarded to R. L. Murray Esq., County Inspector, Royal Ulster Constabulary, who served as a Captain in the Royal Artillery during the Great War, and as County Inspector of the City and County of Londonderry during the Second World War Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (Ronald L. Murray. County...
Five: Major Luke Tunnard, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Capt: L. Tunnard. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. L. Tunnard.); Egypt, Order of the Nile, 4th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels; Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 2nd issue, 1 clasp, Zeraf 1913-14 (Capt. L. Tunnard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) officially impressed naming, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine and rare (5) £1200-1500
3rd Royal Jersey Militia Officer’s 1844 - 1855 Pattern Shako, a good quality ‘untouched’ example, the black beaver body with flush black leather top bound front and rear peaks complete with the very fine gilt and silver shako plate, this a crowned eight pointed star overlaid with laurels, a roped strap ‘Jersey Royal Militia’ enclosing ‘3’. Correct pattern ribbed and graded chin chain with rosette side supports all white ball pattern plume (lacking holder). Internally complete...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (James Kerrison.) nearly extremely fine £1800-2200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Orthes (A. Dufief, Lieut. Chas. Brit.) original ribbon, edge bruise, otherwise toned, nearly extremely fine and very rare £2200-2600
English and Welsh Militia Buttons, Volunteer Buttons c. 1794 - 1820, the majority unexcavated include large plated examples to Derby Militia, Bristol Volunteers, 4th Blything Hundred Volunteers, West Kent Yeomanry, DV (?), Liverpool Fuzileers, Worcestershire Militia, Northampton Fencibles, SWV (?), Royal Carmarthen Fusiliers, Cambridgeshire Militia; large gilts include Royal North Lincoln Militia (2), 1st West York Militia (2), South Hampshire Militia (2), Nottingham Militia, Loyal...
A good Korea ‘stretcher bearer’s’ M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Corporal J. Oven, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, who was originally recommended for the D.C.M., for repeated gallantry under sniper and mortar fire during a Chinese attack, 3 January 1951 Military Medal, G.VI.R, 2nd issue (1427036 L/Cpl. J. Oven. R.N.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (1427036 Fus. W. [sic] Oven. M.M. R.N.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, generally good very fine...
Pair: Captain George Macleod Baynes, Royal Field Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse (G. M. Baynes, Lieut. R. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Geo. Macleod Baynes, Royal Field Artillery) fitted with replacement silver clip and bar suspension, both medals fitted with silver ribbon buckles, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £2600-3000
Nine: Captain A. C. W. Domvile, Royal Navy, Gunnery Officer of Malaya at the battle of Jutland Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Midsn. A. C. W. Domvile, H,M.S. Gibraltar.); 1914-15 Star (Lt-Commr. A. C. W. Domvile. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. A. C. W. Domvile); Defence and War Medals; Chile, Order of Merit, 1st Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, minor defects to one arm; France, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gilt and...
Hammer Price: £3,600
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Full Dress, Mess Dress & Undress Part Uniforms. Comprising two Full Dress scarlet tunics in the rank of Lieutenant (pre 1904), complete with all gold lacing and gilt buttons; two Mess Dress jackets in the same rank complete with all gold lacing, teat buttons etc. A curious Mess jacket of the same period, the body as per the preceding pair but the sleeves are of scarlet light weight linen, perhaps for wear in Hot Climate Stations. An officer’s blue cloth and...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Edwd. W. Hayes, Midshipman.) nicely toned, brilliant extremely fine £3600-4000
An ‘El-Teb’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Colour Sergent F. Webb, York and Lancaster Regiment, later Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2170 Sergt. F. Webb. 1/York & Lanc: R. 29th. Feb: 1884); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (2170 Sergt. F. Webb. 1/York & Lanc: R:); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (C. Sjt. F. Webb. Y. & L.R.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2170. Cr. Sergt. F. Webb. Manch...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 12 Octr. 1798 (John Meade, Midshipman.) original ribbon, very minor edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Jeremiah Sullivan, 1st Batt. 27th Reg. Foot.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine and a rare casualty for Maida 1806 £2400-3000
The important Sierra Leone C.M.G. and Royal Service M.V.O. group of four awarded to Rear-Admiral Peyton Hoskyns, Royal Navy The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse unnumbered; East & West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Commr: P. Hoskyns, H.M.S. Blonde);...
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Yarborough, 11th Hussars, later Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut: Hon: S. G. Pelham. 11/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. Lord Worsley.); Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, very fine (5) £1200-1600
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