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2 July 2003
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A pair of Viceroy presentation medals to Daftary Lachmi Singh, including the very rare Wavell medal Earl of Willingdon’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1931, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the edge ‘Lachmi Singh, Daftary, 1936’, fitted with claw and ring suspension; Field Marshal Viscount Wavell’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1943, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse ‘Lachmi Singh, Daftari’, fitted with claw and ring suspension, very fine and very rare (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Four: Serjeant W. J. Winter, Royal Fusiliers Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (6709 Pte., 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6709 Pte., 4 / R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6709 Sjt., R. Fus.), mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £650-750
An interesting O.B.E. and K.P.M. group of six awarded to Assistant Commissioner P. I. M. Irwin, Hong Kong Police The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Asst. Commr. Peter I. M. Irwin, Hong Kong Police); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, the last four plated, otherwise very fine (6) £500-600
A Second World War ‘Tobruk Run’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Engineman G. A. Jacobs, R.N.R., H.M. Trawler Wolborough Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (X.6102E.S. G. A. Jacobs, Engn. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, very fine (6) £700-900
Pair: Sergeant G. S. Osborne, Royal Artillery, attached Uganda Rifles East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (Srgt., Uganda Rif.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Lango 1901 (Serjt., Uganda Rifles) single initial ‘G.’ on the second, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally about very fine and rare (2) £600-800
A Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Able Seaman Hugh McCormick, R.N., H.M.S. Bicester, for the destruction of U-443 in February 1943 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.318156 H. McCormick, A.B.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, very fine (7) £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,150
Africa General Service 1902-56, 3 clasps, S. Nigeria 1902, S. Nigeria 1905-06, West Africa 1906 (A. A. Chichester) good very fine and rare £400-500
Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83, General Picton’s Medal, silver, an excellent example, nearly extremely fine and scarce £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,100
Norway, Order of St Olaf, Grand Cross (3rd type) set of insignia by Tostrup, comprising sash badge, 88mm x 63mm, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, 80mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with full dress sash and lapel rosette in its Tostrup case of issue, several points of star a little bent, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Canada, Order of Canada, Member’s (C.M.) breast badge, silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1977, reverse officially numbered, ‘485’, in Garrard, London case of issue, extremely fine £800-1000
Denmark, Order of the Dannebrog, Christian IX issue (1863-1906) Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, gold and enamel; breast star, silver, gold and enamel, unmarked, with full sash ribbon, in later fitted Grand Cross case, extremely fine (2) £1000-1200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. L. Dunlop, 108 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, 36th (Ulster Division), awarded for services related to the action of 1 July 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse neatly inscribed ‘Capt. J. L. Dunlop, R.A.M.C., 36th (Ulster) Division, 1st July 1916’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) all contained in a contemporary double fronted hinged display case, this a little...
A Great War M.C., M.M. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant H. Briggs, Royal Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Captain H. Briggs, R.A.’; Military Medal, G.V.R. (676545 Sjt. - A.B.S. Mjr. H. Briggs, 285/Bde. R.F.A. - T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.), the second with re-riveted suspension claw and the last officially re-impressed, generally good very fine (4) £500-600
An Indian campaign group of three awarded to Corporal George Woolner, Bengal Foot Artillery Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Gunner George Woolner, 3rd Compy. 4th Battn. Artillery) fitted with adapted silver bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Corpl. G. Woolner, 4th Batn. Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Corpl. Geo. Woolner, 1st Compy. 4th Bn. Art.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £600-800
The Buffs (Royal East Kent) Regiment a very fine bronze figure 22cms high of a Private on the march and equipped in Full Service Marching Order c1914, his equipment includes bandoliers water bottle rifle bayonet entrenching tool large pack and two other haversacks, headdress is the ‘soft’ ribbed peaked cap, mounted on a small bronze base which in turn is mounted upon a two tier simple wooden stand, a very well wrought figure, excellent condition £200-300
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Sirdar Peeroo, Lucknow Garison) naming officially re-engraved in running script, good very fine and scarce £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,050
A Second World War Immediate I.D.S.M. awarded to Sepoy Babu Singh, 11th Royal Sikh Regiment, for gallantry in Italy Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (19371 Sep. Babu Singh, 11 R. Sikh R.) complete with top suspension brooch, nearly extremely fine £500-600
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hunza 1891, bronze issue (2091 Muleteer Dowarka, Comst. Transport Deptt.) good very fine and very rare £500-600
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1899 (Capt. H. P. Gordon, Niger C.P. Force) minor contact marks and edge bruising, good very fine and rare £600-800
Binney Memorial Medal, bronze, 48mm. (Winifred Myers, 1955), in John Pinches, London case of issue, extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,000
Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 4th Class, gold, 36mm., complete with original chain and hook suspension, good very fine £1000-1200
A rare group of three Viceroy presentation medals to Heera Singh, C.I.E., Rana of Dhami in the Punjab Earl of Minto’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1905, silver, 52mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Rana Heera Singh of Dhami’, fitted with claw and ring suspension; Lord Hardinge’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1910, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘The Rana of Dhami’, fitted with claw and ring suspension; Lord Chelmsford’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1916, silver,...
Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Flying Victory, unnamed as issued, fitted with steel clip and straight bar suspension, good very fine £500-600
Spain, Kingdom, Military Order of St. James of the Sword, a superb breast cross, 70 x 57mm, gold, set with 77 cut red stones, with pin-fitting, inscribed, ‘Rafael López Suijarro 1875’, extremely fine £1200-1400
The Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle, K.T., Knight’s silver-gilt collar chain by Godet, Berlin, overall length approx. 150 cm., composed of 20 ‘thistle links’, enamelled green with dark pink thistle heads, and 21 ‘sprigs of rue links’, enamelled green, the reverse of each enamelled a creamy-yellow, central link with chain for badge (not included), manufacturer’s name appears on the connecting rod, one connecting ring lacking, slight enamel damage, good very fine ...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (W. McCoully, 12th Lt. Dragns.) good very fine £700-800
Hammer Price: £980
Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Private A. Smith, S.L.I.) brooch marks to the reverse and the edge bruised and rubbed from mount, otherwise nearly very fine £500-600
A fine D.C.M. for the campaign in Burma awarded to Company Sergeant Major V. G. Stevens, Seaforth Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (6098655 C.S.M. V. Stevens, Seaforth) naming officially engraved as usual for awards presented in the field in the Far East, good very fine £800-1000
Pair: Lieutenant A. Steward, Bulawayo Field Force, late Cape Mounted Rifles, the Pioneer Column, Salisbury Horse and Bulawayo Mounted Police Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 2 clasps, Transkei, Basutoland (Pte., C.M. Rifn.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Troop Sergt. Major, Salisbury Horse), together with lid of card box of issue for the second, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-450
Binney Memorial Medal, bronze, 48mm. (Frederick Charles Spencer Long, 1964), in John Pinches, London case of issue, extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £950
Waterloo 1815 (The Master of the Mint to The Rt. Hon. N. Vansittart) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, extremely fine and rare £600-800
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (Private Appajee Angrea, 12th Regt. N.I.) long hyphen reverse, impressed naming, very fine £600-700
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, El-Teb (923 Pte. W. Boycott, 1/Rl. Highrs.) extremely fine and a rare casualty £600-800
Three: Lieutenant C. G. Scott, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was killed in action in October 1916 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Charles Gordon Scott), contained within a contemporary circular metalled surround, with velvet backing and stand for display, and a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘252089’, extremely fine (5) £400-500
A Second World War M.M. group of six to Lance-Bombardier J. R. Millar, Royal Canadian Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (D7711 L. Bmbr., R.C.A.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, silver, last five in card boxes of issue, extremely fine (6) £400-500
Colony of Ceylon, Diamond Jubilee 1897, gold, by Phillips, 36mm., crowned and veiled bust left, rev., elephant before a Bhuddist stupa within circlet, inscription around, test marks to rim and suspension claw, otherwise extremely fine and rare £600-700
Pair: Assistant Store Keeper D. Lewsley / Lewsby, Cape Colony Ordnance Depot, late 24th Foot South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1337 Pte. D. Lewsby, 2-24th Foot); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Ast. Stre. Kpr. D. Lewsley, C.C.O.D.), note different surname, minor contact marks, very fine (2) £400-450
Hammer Price: £920
Sweden, Order of Vasa, Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 81mm x 54mm, gold and enamels, and silver breast star, 82mm, both pieces unmarked, complete with full length dress sash in its C. F. Carlman case of issue, nearly extremely fine £600-800
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (1090 Pte. J. Brophy, 1/York & Lanc. R.) extremely fine £600-800
Delhi Durbar 1903, gold, lacking ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine £700-900
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