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Czechoslovakia, Republic, Army Medallion 1940, rectangular, approx. 47 x 31mm., bronze, ‘We March On, 28.ix.1940, Faithful to Ourselves Faithful to Britain, Czechoslovak Army’, in fitted case of issue by H. W. Miller Ltd., Birmingham, extremely fine; together with four R.A.F. and two other British regimental badges (7) £20-30
Hammer Price: £20
1914-15 Star (No. 2059 Sowar Natha Khan, Corps of Guides Cavy.) very fine £15-20
Victory Medal 1914-19 (D-7223 Pte. S. J. Williams, 6-D. Gds.) good very fine £20-30
India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (10820 Sepoy Bakhtawar Singh, 5-12 F.F.R.) officially corrected, edge bruising and minor contact marks, very fine £15-20
In Adversity, by Squadron Leader N. G. Tucker, R.A.F., xii, 337pp., hard covers, with dustcover, one of a limited edition of 1,000 copies, containing details of gallantry awards, including M.I.D.’s to the R.A.F. Regiment and its associated forces 1921-1995, very good condition £25-35
Hammer Price: £15
Middlesex Yeomanry a fine and scarce officer’s gilt cap badge c1908-1910 format similar to (KK1452) but with EVIIR cypher, mint state (1) £25-30
Rhodesia, General Service Medal (R4827 W.O. 2 Turgwi); Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980, officially numbered ‘54732’ extremely fine (2) £15-20
France, Kingdom, General Insurance Companies of Paris Medal 1818, by Barre, 33mm., octagonal, silver, pierced with ring suspension, good very fine £10-15
Hammer Price: £10
British and Irish Regimental and Volunteer Medals 1745-1895, by Major J. L. Balmer, Volume 1, Regular Army, 309pp., very good condition £20-30
War Medal 1939-45 (NMG 129 Zuma Z.) good very fine £10-15
Hammer Price: £5
St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association Long Service (W. Morris), together with gold London Midland and Scottish Railway (Ambulance Brigade) Long Service, the reverse engraved, ‘W. Morris, 1916’; an attractive gold and enamel presentation piece (Hallmarks for Birmingham, 1915), in the form of a Maltese Cross with inter-arm laurel decoration, the obverse with engraved central shield, ‘Won by William Morris’, and the plain reverse engraved, ‘Presented by Mrs. H. Walker to Best Section...
£140–£160
Ceylon Police Long Service and Good Conduct, G.VI.R. (594 Sgt. S. Sebastianpillai) some scratching to rim, otherwise nearly very fine and rare £250-300
£250–£300
Prince of Wales’ Visit to India 1875-76, gold, by Phillips Brothers, London, 55.5mm x 83mm, 96.3gms, the edge impressed ‘No. 25’, and additionally inscribed to ‘H.H. Maharana Nihal Sing of Dholepore’, good very fine and extremely rare £4000-5000
£4,000–£5,000
Prince of Wales’ Visit to India 1875-76, silver, by Phillips Brothers, London, 55.5mm x 83mm, the edge impressed ‘No. 169’, and additionally inscribed to ‘Commander Francis Durrant, Royal Yacht “Osborne” ’, polished, otherwise very fine £600-800
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An extremely rare Lake Tanganyika 1915-16 Expedition D.S.M. awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. E. Sims, Royal Navy, who was ‘the life and soul of the crews’ and, more unusually, served as Gun-layer of the loaned Belgian vessel “Vengeur” Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (199647 W. E. Sims, P.O., Tanganyika, 1915-16) minor official correction, contact marks, otherwise very fine £1800-2200
The Historical Records of The Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers, from their foundation as Wynne’s Dragoons (in 1689) to the present day, by Walter Temple Willcox, London, 1908, 287, lxvi pp., with illustrations and maps, original cloth, good condition £120-180
£120–£180
King George and Queen Mary’s Royal Visit to India 1911-12, small gold medal, 20mm x 24mm, with small ring for suspension, very fine and very rare £150-200
Seringapatam 1799, 21mm., silver, fitted with loop suspension, good very fine, rare £200-300
£200–£300
History of Friedrich II of Prussia called Frederick the Great, by Thomas Carlyle, London, 1869, in 7 volumes, ex-libris Armstrong College Newcastle, hard covers, some damage and repair with ‘History Library’ tape affixed to covers, fairly good condition (7) £30-40
£30–£40
The History of The Reign of the Emperor Charles V, by William Robertson, Edinburgh, 1819, in 4 volumes, half calf, marbled inside papers, ex-libris Armstrong College Newcastle, all covers present but detached, contents good (4) £30-50
£30–£50
Edwardes Medal 1848, 45mm., silver-gilt specimen, glazed, with silver frame and suspension ring, obverse: head of Queen Victoria facing left, reverse: embossed inscription, ‘From the East India Company to Lieutt. & Brevt. Major H. B. Edwardes, C.B. for his Services in the Punjab, A.D. MDCCCXLVIII’, in fitted case by Martin & Co., Cheltenham; together with a silver medal, 58mm., hallmarks for Birmingham 1860, reverse inscribed, ‘To Lieut Coll. Sir Herbt. Benjn. Edwardes, K.C.B., from...
£1,000–£1,200
An extremely rare posthumous London Blitz George Cross awarded to Ordinary Seaman Bennett Southwell, Royal Navy, a rating from the bomb and mine disposal team at Vernon, who was killed by the detonation of a parachute mine in the East End in October 1940 George Cross (O.S. Bennett Southwell, P/JX 294557, 23rd January 1941), in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £18,000-22,000
Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937, bronze, unnamed as issued, substitute ribbon, good very fine £80-100
£80–£100
Bombay Yacht Club Life Saving Medal 1849, silver, 64mm, lion walking left before palm tree, after Flaxman’s classic design, the reverse with 12-line inscription in an archaic Mahratti script which translates: ‘To Sinwar Koli. This seal has been issued by the Yacht Club, Bombay (owned by white sahebs who used to enjoy the sea air by sailing in boats) because, in 1849 [Hindu calendar Sakha 1771] in the rainy season, their boat named Wave capsized in which he and two Europeans were sailing....
World War 1, “Offensive Britannique 1917”, a large uniface cast bronze medal, 1921, by Séraphim Émile Vernier (1852-1927), taken from the working plaster of his famous medal, a Tommy wearing a helmet, advances to the right, his rifle at the ready, 222mm., mounted for display in a plain gilt frame. approx. 420 mm. square, a superb and softly sculpted medal, extremely fine £150-250
£150–£250
Pewter Tankard, with glass bottom, height approx. 120mm., diameter at base 100mm., embossed with badge of ‘A” Company Shanghai Volunteer Corps, ‘Shoulder to Shoulder, A. Company, M.H.L.R.’, engraved, ‘Presented to Sgt. R. N. Bryant by the members of “A” Coy. S.V.C. on his departure for active service, June 1941’, slightly buckled, generally good condition £40-50
£40–£50
Children’s Day in India, Birthday Souvenir 1913, gold medal, 38mm, 9 carat, 26.6 gms, obv: bust of the Viceroy between dates 1858 and 1913, ‘H.E. The Viceroy & Governor General of India’ around; rev: within a wreath ‘20 June 1913, Children’s Day in India. A thank-offering Birthday Souvenir in celebration of the recovery of H.E. The Viceroy Lord Hardinge. “Long may he live”, nearly extremely fine and rare £200-250
An Unusual Series of Original R.A.F. and Civil Flying Log Books, appertaining to Flight Lieutenant C. H. Ball, Royal Air Force, a Navigator who completed a tour of operations in Wellingtons of No. 70 Squadron in North Africa, and who afterwards worked with B.E.A., B.O.A.C. and Irish International Airways, notching up in excess of 19,000 flying hours by the time of his retirement in December 1973, comprising his R.A.F. Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, covering the period of...
£400–£500
Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver-gilt, 48mm., Soho Mint, fitted with gold loop and ornate gold scroll suspension and clasp inscribed ‘SERINGAPATAM’, with Bath ribbon and gold three-pronged ribbon buckle, very fine £450-550
Alexandra, Princess of Denmark, Visit to London 1863, a rare and unusual commemorative breast star, 74mm, silver, the pale-blue enamel centre with scalloped border of gold, superimposed with Prince of Wales’ feathers over reversed cypher ‘A’, the reverse plate inscribed ‘Royal Reception Committee. Daniel Cork, Esq., Dep., to commemorate the Public Entry of H.R.H. The Princess Alexandra of Denmark into the City of London, 7th March 1863’, and hallmarked London 1863, contained in its...
Germany, Prussia, War Commemorative Medal 1815, combatants, with squared arms, very fine £50-70
£50–£70
Ethiopia, Order of Menelik II, Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, 74 x 48mm. and breast star, 83 x 79mm., gilt metal and enamel, with full sash ribbon, in Arthus Bertrand case of issue, this scuffed and lacking internal pad, good very fine (2) £200-300
An O.B.E. and gold Kaisar-i-Hind group of four awarded to Sir Alfred Pickford, Kt., Member of the Legislative Council of India and a Major in the Calcutta Light Horse The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; Kaisar-i-Hind, G.V.R., 1st class, 2nd type, gold, complete with top suspension brooch; Delhi Durbar 1911; Indian Volunteer Forces Decoration, G.V.R., (Maj. A. D. Pickford, 3rd Cal. Lt. Horse...
Germany, Prussia, Remembrance Medal 1878, gold, 29mm., 20.74g., obv: crowned gothic ‘W’ cypher of Kaisar Wilhelm I; rev: ‘Erinnerung 1878’ within a wreath of oakleaves, unnamed, unmounted, in fitted blue velvet case with paper label on base numbered, ‘26’, extremely fine and rare £1400-1600
£1,400–£1,600
Germany, Third Reich, Minesweeping Badge, white metal, lacking pin catch; Civil Gliding Badge (2), ‘A’ certificate with one bird; another, ‘C’ certificate with three birds, both enamelled and numbered; Bamberg N.S. Flying Day Badge 1933, bronze, stick-pin; Nationale Front Badge, white metal, stick-pin, good very fine (5) £120-160
£120–£160
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (E. Woolley, 32nd L.I.) good very fine £600-700
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Bombr. M. M’Grath, 1st Bde. Bengal H. Art.) good very fine £500-600
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) £1200-1400
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut. G. A. Way, 3rd Punjab Infy.) naming a little off centre, otherwise good very fine £300-350
A Second World War Burma campaign I.D.S.M. awarded to Havildar Arjun Singh, 1-16th Punjab Regiment, for gallantry at Khudei Khunou, near Imphal Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (9414 Hav. Arjun Singh, 1-16th Punjab R.) lacking top suspension brooch, extremely fine £500-600
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