Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Defective and Copy Medals (19): Victoria Cross, this a cast copy; Military Medal, G.V.R. (10588 Sgt. C. Farrell. R. Dub. Fus.) renamed; British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue, unnamed, this a cast copy; India General Service 1854-95 (3), 1 clasp, Northwest Frontier (1245 Pte. John Way 1st. Bn. 19th. Regt. Foot.) renamed; another, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (No.258 Pte. Geo: Merry. 2.D.G. Queen’s Bays. 1863.) renamed; another, 1 clasp, Naga-1879-80 (Sepoy Ramdul Thappa 44th. Regt. N.I.) partially renamed, suspension claw re-affixed; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 copy clasp, Central India (1396. Pte. R. Sugden, 80th. Foot.) renamed, this a cast copy; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (2) (413 Gnr. C. Blake R.A.; Thomas Joyce. 407 Regiment. 67th.) both spuriously named; South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (In Mem of Lt. Elves C.G.) renamed, with unofficial ‘1881’ riband bar and top brooch bar; Afghanistan 1878-80 (5B/823 Pte. M. Casey 1/25th. Regt.) suspension re-affixed with traces of brooch mounting to obverse; British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, 1 clasp, Punitive Expeditions, bronze issue, suspension broken and clasp detached but present, the whole a cast copy; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (22376 C.Q.M.S. A. G. Randall. R.E.) renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, naming erased; Defence Medal (2), suspension broken on both; War Medal 1939-45 (3), suspension broken on all three; generally nearly very fine or better (19) £180-£220

Sold together with the remnants of a ‘J. B. Hayward & Son’ keyring, in the form of a reduced-size Victoria Cross.