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Hartlepool Special Constabulary Medal 1914-1918, silver, the obverse featuring the crest of Hartlepool, the reverse inscribed ‘Borough of Hartlepool Special Constable, Bombardment 1914, Air Raids 1915-18, Zeppelin Destroyed 1916’, unnamed as issued, with original claw and straight bar suspension, edge bruising, very fine, scarce £300-£400
£300–£400
Great War Masonic Million Memorial Fund Jewel, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. E. C. Gravestock, Junr. No. 4048.’, in card box of issue with enclosure; Royal Masonic Hospital Jewel 1930, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. C. W. Cooper. No. 2343.’, extremely fine (2) £40-£50
£40–£50
Royal Berkshire Regiment Prize Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘Championship Boxing Tournament, Middle Weight 1926 Pte Nunns’, 32mm., 9ct gold, 12.76g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1925, in case of issue, good very fine £120-140
£120–£140
A rare 1919 North Russia Relief Force M.C. group of seven awarded to Colonel W. S. C. Curtis, Somerset Light Infantry, attached 46th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, for his gallantry in leading his platoon to capture a strong enemy position near the village of Borok during the ‘Dvina Offensive’ on 10 August 1919, shortly before being wounded, in what was the largest battle fought by British troops during the Russian Intervention; he was subsequently Mentioned in Despatches during the Second World...
£1,600–£2,000
The Haytor Volunteer Infantry Regimental Colour (Devon) 1803-1814, a very fine and rare item, the buff silk 6 feet square (c172cm) with painted decoration showing the flag of the first Union in the upper left canton, centrally the full Arms of Great Britain 1801-1813, below the Arms a scroll, ‘Haytor Rt. Volunteers’. In 1852 the Torquay Companies of the Devon Rifle Volunteers saw fit to further embellish this historic item with a further painted scroll (gold on dark green), ‘Torquay Companie...
£3,000–£5,000
Antigua & Barbuda, Order of the Nation, Knight Grand Cross sash badge, 90mm including crown suspension x 65mm, silver-gilt and enamel, embellished with one small diamond at base, silver mark to reverse, extremely fine £600-£800
£600–£800
Estonia, Republic, a scarce Baltic Regiment Jetton, silver, in the form of a sword surmounted on a shield, the reverse engraved ‘B.R.’, with screwback suspension, the screwplate embossed ‘O/Ü. I. Kopf, Tallinn’, very fine, scarce £200-£300
£200–£300
The City of London Imperial Yeomanry, (Rough Riders) Other Ranks Full Dress Lance Cap Plate 1907-1914, a good quality example in die-stamped brass of standard ‘sun-ray’ outline bearing the Imperial crown, a scroll ‘Rough Riders’ the Arms of the City of London set amongst oak sprays, honour scrolls ‘South Africa 1900-1902’, a multi-part scroll at the bottom, ’The City of London Imperial Yeomanry’, two screw post fasteners, with age patina, very good condition £200-£300
An outstanding Burma campaign M.C. group of seven awarded to Jemadar Shandi Gul, 50th Parachute Brigade Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (7136 Sep. Shandi Gul, 2-12 F.F.R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (7136 Sep. Shandi Gul, 2-12 F.F.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; India Service Medal; War Medal, nearly very fine and better (7) £1,200-£1,400
Withdrawn
Six: Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic P. A. Lines, Royal New Zealand Navy 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue, with M.I.D. oak leaf (P. A. Lines. C.P.O.S.M. NZ.12327); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (P. A. Lines. C.P.O.S.M. NZ.12327); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX.76501 P. A. Lines. S.P.O. H.M.S. Pembroke.) good very fine (6) £500-£700
£500–£700
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Northwest Frontier (Lieut. G. A. Way, 3rd Punjab Infy.) naming impressed a little off centre, otherwise good very fine £400-£500
A Rhodesian Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Merit and Independence Commemorative Decoration pair awarded to The Hon. R. T. R. Hawkins, M.P., Minister of Transport Rhodesia, Order of the Legion of Merit, Civil Division, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 48mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, with identical design to obverse and reverse, lacking neck riband; Star, 79mm, silver and enamel, with two reverse affixing screws, central medallion loose but present; Rhodes...
£400–£500
Four: Lieutenant K. E. Topp, South African Air Force 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘207150 K. E. Topp.’, with Union Defence Forces enclosure, in original transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mr. K. E. Topp, 9 Harlestone, 173 Riley Road, Durban, Natal’, good very fine (4) £80-£120
£80–£120
Rhodesia, Territorial Long Service Medal (T/Maj M. J. Huggett) very fine £200-£240
£200–£240
Four: Squadron Leader T. F. Moran, Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Flt. Lt. T. F. Moran. R.A.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted for display, generally good very fine (4) £700-£900
£700–£900
A rare Indian Mutiny medal to a civilian casualty awarded to Mr George William Bagley, who was wounded in the right hand at the battle of Sussia (Agra) on 5 July 1857; the remarkable events at Agra are recorded by his eldest son, Frederick Robert Bagley, who in March 1930, aged 78, published his reminiscences under the title “A small boy in the Indian Mutiny” for Blackwood's Magazine - he relates a story of horror and deprivation with an amusement and impishness that comes from the innocence...
£1,000–£1,200
2nd Life Guards Officer’s Cuirass, a very fine set, both back and breast plates complete with all brass studs and edging, lined with red moroccan and pleated blue velvet, the brass scaled fastening straps with distinctive brass finials, gold lace waist belt lined with red moroccan, sold together with illustrations showing the differences in the cuirass for the three regiments of Household Cavalry, very good condition £800-£1,200
£800–£1,200
Three: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant W. Walker, Royal Field Artillery, who died on the Western Front on 23 February 1917 1914 Star (27016 Sjt. W. Walker. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (27015 B.Q.M. Sjt. W. Walker R.A.) extremely fine (3) £160-200
£160–£200
Family group: Three: Private F. Playsted, 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who died on 13 April 1915 1914 Star (SR-1766 Pte. F. Playstead, 4/R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-1766 Pte. F. Playsted, R. Fus.) note minor variation in name, very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2868 Cpl. L. H. Playsted, 6-Lond. R.) suspension slack, very fine (4) £160-200
Germany, Third Reich, Admiral’s Visor Cap, late war non-bullion embroidered oak leaves to peak, tailor’s label for ‘von der Aa, Bremen’, very good condition £1,000-£1,500
£1,000–£1,500
Germany, Third Reich, Army General’s Visor Cap, no tailor’s mark, possibly a composite piece, very good condition £800-£1,000
£800–£1,000
Germany, Third Reich, Army General’s Visor Cap, with tailor’s mark to sweatband ‘Erel Stirnschutz’, very good condition and a fine example £1,500-£2,000
£1,500–£2,000
Germany, Third Reich, Army General’s Field Cap, possibly a composite piece, good condition £400-£500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal M. W. Jones, Rifle Brigade, who was taken Prisoner of War at Montescourt on 21 March 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-30915 L.Cpl. M. W. Jones. 9/Rif: Bde:); British War and Victory Medals (S-30915 Cpl. M. W. Jones. Rif. Brig.) good very fine (3) £400-£500
An unusual Waterloo medal awarded to Captain H. S. Blanckley, 23rd Foot, who served in the Peninsula and was employed as a military spy in Spain Waterloo 1815 (Capt. H. S. Blanckley, 23rd Regiment Foot, R.W.F.) fitted with replacement silver clip and silver bar suspension, edge bruising and light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £5,000-£6,000
£5,000–£6,000
Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R. (3), 1st issue (Albert Henry Pope) partially officially corrected; another, 2nd issue (2) (Ernest Edward Carroll; Frank Henry Butler) last in Royal Mint case of issue; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (1213555 Gnr Fateh Mohd R.P.A.); Nigeria, Republic, 10th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1963-73, bronze, unnamed as issued, generally very fine or...
£100–£140
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Henry Harris. 1st Bn. 23rd Regt.) suspension claw tightened, nearly very fine £400-£500
General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (S8407252 SAC S L Tierney RAF) mounted court-style as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature award, this similarly mounted, extremely fine £40-£50
Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R. (Col. Serjt. T. Daniels.) engraved naming, edge bruising, good very fine £50-£70
£50–£70
Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R., unnamed as issued, edge nicks, very fine £40-£50
A group of medals and badges awarded to Fireman W. J. M. Newson, London Private Fire Brigades Association London Private Fire Brigades Association L.S. & G.C. Medal, bronze, unnamed; National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal, with ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar and with loose ‘Five Years’ slip bar (2559 William J. M. Newson); Fire Brigade Prize Medal (2), bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘W. Newson, Leicester Bowl 1907’; another, reverse inscribed, ‘W. Newson, Hitchcock Shield 1908’; Leyton Fire...
£300–£360
The rare International Award of Valour in Sport awarded to Norman Croucher, a British mountain climber and double amputee International Award of Valour in Sport, by Garrard, London, 18ct. gold wreath, hallmarks for London 1979, approx 42g, 74mm x 100mm, reverse of suspension inscribed, ‘Norman Croucher’, with ribbon for neck wear, in its Garrard, London case of issue, extremely fine £1,200-£1,500
£1,200–£1,500
Siege of Ladysmith Commemorative Cross, ‘Siege of Ladysmith P. of L.T.S.’, ‘2.11.99 H.P.T. 28.2.1900’, 25 x 25mm., iron, with remnants of silvering, some oxidization, very fine £60-80
£60–£80
British Battles and Medals, by Hayward, J., Birch, D., and Bishop, R., 7th Edition, Spink 2006, 798pp, with index and two pull-out colour riband charts, cloth covers, very good condition Military and Naval Medal Magazine, by Glendinning, D., Volume I, 1895, reprinted by Picton Publishing 1992, 188pp, board covers, good condition Military and Naval Medal Magazine, by Glendinning, D., Volume II, 1896, reprinted by Picton Publishing 1992, 284pp, board covers, good condition Spink’s Stan...
Hammer Price: £30
3rd Foot Guards Signed Letter by Major General Maclean Clephane Dated 1803, a framed hand written letter, 32 x 19.5 cms, the gist of the letter being that Clephane who was also a Second Major of the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards is appointing agents to receive regimental monies. Signed by Clephane with his wafer seal and countersigned by John Litsher?, the reverse stated ‘Entered Off. And Public Accounts 1 June 1803 Thos. Gibbes’ now contained in a fine quality glazed frame, very good condition...
General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus, E.II.R., second clasp a tailor’s copy (J. E. Creagh.) officially re-impressed naming, good very fine £40-£50
Signed Document Addressed to Lieutenant General Thomas Hall, Colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Foot Recommending an Exchange of Commissions Between Two Lieutenants of the 3rd and 49th of Foot, c. 1800, foolscap, the content relates to J. Willington, Lieutenant 3rd of Foot wishing to exchange his Commission with Lieutenant Henry Lane of the 49th (or Berkshire) Regiment of Foot. He states that if permission be granted he will not either now or at any future time demand or accept any sum or sums of...
Hammer Price: £35
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Bhisti Tota, 45th Sikhs), bent suspension post, two or three severe edge bruises and polished, thus good fine £40-£50
India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (10854 Sep. Dilbar Shah, 5-1 Punjab R.) good very fine £30-£40
A Silver Cigarette Case, 115mm x 84mm, silver, hallmarks for Chester 1922, the top lid with engraved ‘Major H C B Wemyss DSO MC Sch of Sigs Uckfield 21/1/23’ within central roundel, the inside gilded, lacking internal elasticated fitments, otherwise good condition £40-£50
Hammer Price: £40
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