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A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Gunner R. Twomey, 11th Siege Battery, 14th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (39722 Gnr: R. Twomey. 11/Sge: By: 14/Bde: R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (39722. Gnr. R. Twomey. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (39722. Gnr. R. Twomey. R.A.) nearly very fine (4) £800-1000
£800–£1,000
A Great War D.S.M. awarded to Chief Petty Officer Peter Lourie, Royal Navy, for operations on the Belgian Coast in 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (178721. P. Lourie. C.P.O. Belgian Coast. 1917.) nearly very fine £600-700
£600–£700
The rare Suez Crisis ‘Operation Toreador’ D.S.M. group of three awarded to Able Seaman R. J. Loader, Royal Navy, a Bofors Gunner aboard the frigate H.M.S. Crane who was decorated for his gallantry as part of Task Force 324 during the ‘blue on blue’ aircraft strike by Mystere jet fighter-bombers of the Israeli Air Force - The first action in which modern swept-wing supersonic jet aircraft had ever attacked a naval vessel and the first time that such an aircraft had been destroyed by...
£14,000–£18,000
History of the Russian War, 2 Volumes, by Dr. E. H. Nolan, published by James S. Virtue, London, 1857, 1584pp, illustrated with various maps and several engravings, leather binding with marbled boards, Royal octavo, scuffing to covers, the first 15 chapters missing from Volume I, fair condition (2) £20-30
Hammer Price: £20
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp c. 1881-1901, of standard 1855 pattern, in the centre the Royal Crest in silver of a gilt metal and enamelled rose, on the circle ‘Loyal North Lancashire Regiment’, matching benchmarks (Ryan 213), the tip of the lion’s tail is missing otherwise very fine condition £40-80
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (2), G.VI.R., 1st issue (Alec Haxby.) officially re-impressed naming; another, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Samuel A. Turner) in named card box of issue, spot to obverse on first, otherwise extremely fine (2) £40-50
Hammer Price: £25
Germany, Third Reich, East Medal 1941-42, zinc, in original paper envelope of issue, extremely fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £30
Life Saving Awards Research Society Journals (73), a good run comprising issues No. 1 (October 1987) to No. 3 (July 1988) (these bound as a single volume); No. 7 (October 1989) to No. 24 (June 1995); No. 32 (January 1998); and No. 34 (September 1998) to No. 84 (November 2015), very good condition (73) £40-50
RAF and RN Badges, a KC period Royal Naval Officer’s bullion cap badge still on the hat band; a three part metal KC RAF Warrant Officer’s cap badge; an RAF Flying Officer’s KC brevet (removed from the uniform); an other ranks KC cap badge and cloth arm badge, good overall condition (5) £60-100
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp c. 1881-1902, a good quality example, in the centre on a gilt ground the Prince of Wales’s badge and motto laurel sprays the honour Albuhera and a county shield with eastern crown above. On the circle ‘The Duke of Cambridge’s Own’ matching benchmarks (Ryan 225), very good condition £60-100
Hammer Price: £35
British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. N. A. Doggart. R.A.F.) extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £40
Yugoslavia, Social Federal Republic, Order of Brotherhood and Unity, Second Class ‘Star’ badge, silver, gilt, and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘57273’, silver marks to reverse, with screwback suspension; Order of Partisan Star, Third Class ‘Star’ badge, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘23086’, silver marks to reverse, with screwback suspension; Best Shot Medal, bronze; together with an Allied Cross, gilt and enamel, generally good very fine (4) £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (4856 L/Cpl. Saul. Rh. A. R.) nearly extremely fine, scarce to unit £40-50
Hammer Price: £50
Memorial Plaque (Lawrence Parsons) nearly extremely fine £40-50
The Campaign in the Crimea, by George Brackenbury, being an Historical Sketch, First Series, published by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co, London, 1855, 112pp., with 40 plates being drawings taken on the spot by William Simpson, Royal octavo, rebound but the outer boards and spine incorporating the original blue and gilt cloth covers, generally good condition £60-80
Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, contact marks, nearly very fine £50-70
ARP HM Silver Badges & Miscellaneous Buttons. Three ARP badges of standard format, two London 1936, one London 1938; buttons include 18 Royal Naval officers’ good quality gilt examples c.1860-1901; a large white metal for Bradford Electricity Corporation; and a selection of excavated examples, these last in poor condition and mainly lacking shanks, otherwise generally very fine (40+) £30-40
Four: Chief Petty Officer A. Rehman, Royal Pakistan Navy Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (2240 C.P.O. A. Rehman RPN.) officially impressed naming; Pakistan Republic Medal 1956; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45, these last three unnamed as issued, very fine and scarce (4) £30-40
Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, both unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £30-40
New Zealand Police L.S. & G.C., unnamed specimen, minor edge nicks, good very fine £50-70
France, Kingdom, Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce Medal, 51mm, bronze, the obverse with a bust of Louis XVIII, the reverse inscribed ‘la Chambre de Commerce de Bordeaux à Pierre Desse Capitaine du Bruik Français la Julia. Le Capitaine et l’équipage de la Julia au risque de leur vie ont sauvé quatre vingt onze personnes près de périr su la vaisseau Hollandais le Columbus. Le 15 Juillet 1822.’ unmounted, good very fine £60-80
France, Third Republic, Leuville Life Saving Brigade Bravery Medal, silver, reverse engraved ‘To W. J. Cairns’, with top silver riband bar, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £50-70
France, Fifth Republic, Legion of Honour, Fourth Class badge (2), gilt and enamel, both with rosettes on riband, extremely fine Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosettes on riband, extremely fine (3) £20-30
Hammer Price: £55
Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold I, c.1880 Chevalier’s breast badge with ‘élargi’ style crown, silver, gold and enamel, French motto, with custom-made silver suspension and brooch bars, in fitted case of issue, enamel damage, nearly very fine £50-70
Three: Leading Seaman A. O. Snowden, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (A. 4192, A. O. Snowden, Smn., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (4192A A. O. Snowden. L.S. R.N.R.) generally good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (GS-67777 Pte. F. G. Stannard. R. Fus.) good very fine (4) £30-40
Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Fourth class breast badge, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband, in Cravanzola, Rome case of issue, slight enamel damage, very fine £60-80
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (2) (21145563 Rfn. Chhamersing. Rai. 10 GR; 21132857 Spr. Bhupalsing. Thapa R.E. GUR) 1st good very fine, last with minor official correction to unit, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £40-50
Northern Counties Life Saving Medal, 45mm, silver, the obverse featuring the shields of the County Towns of Lancaster, York, Chester, and Stafford, with roses, thistles, and shamrocks between, the previous embossed inscription (Northern Counties Athletic Association (?)) erased and subsequently neatly engraved ‘Presented to Samuel Blyde for saving two boys in the Ship Canal July 18. 1903.’, the reverse engraved with intertwined initials ‘S.B.’ within wreath, with scroll suspension,...
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23360630 Pte. J. Watson. R.A.V.C.) good very fine, scarce to unit £40-50
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22800405 Sgt. R. T. Hanney. R.A.E.C.) light scratches, generally good very fine, scarce to unit £40-50
Hammer Price: £60
Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (D/SSX.652717 G. Coates A.B. R.N.) partially officially renamed, contact marks, nearly very fine £50-60
1914-15 Star (602 Pte. R. May. 1/Aust: Vet: Sec:) good very fine, scarce to unit £60-80
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, good very fine £50-70
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (NRA31410 Pte. Chieshe. Mutale. N.R.R.) good very fine £60-80
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Tpr. A. J. Webster. Adelaide D.M.T.) heavy edge bruising, nearly very fine £50-70
H. Y. Usher 1897-1975 Militaria Collection, a Period Photographic Record Contained in a Gold Blocked Custom Made Album, a splendid record of this famous Lancastrian Collector of Militaria, Medals and Arms, comprising 245 plates and covering every aspect of his eclectic obsession, very good condition £100-200
Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue (22443966 Pte. J. Queen. R.A.M.C.) suspension loose, edge bruising, good fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £65
A French Great War group of four attributed to Pierre Reygasse, 11th Regiment of Infantry, wounded on 16 February 1916 France, Third Republic, Croix du Combatant; Victory Medal 1918; War Commemorative Medal 1914-18; Wound Medal, enamelled, good very fine (4) £50-70
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (90 Tpr: A. Liebenberg. Warrenton D.M.T.) heavily cleaned, edge bruise, nearly very fine £50-70
Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R. (268 Sgt. H. Elgar, 1st Cinque Ports V.R.C.) impressed naming, good very fine £60-80
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