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Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (P. Haines, 59th Foot) good very fine £800-900
Hammer Price: £900
Defence of the British Legation, Addis Ababa 1936, large silver medal, 53 mm, the obverse with struck inscription ‘Presented to the British Legation Guard by the British Communities at Addis Ababa to commemorate services rendered 2nd to 6th May 1936’, the reverse with struck Arabic inscription and additionally engraved with recipient’s details ‘7592 L/D Bakhshish Singh’, with ring for suspension, good very fine and very rare £900-1200
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Allighur, Bhurtpoor (Seid Hussein, 31st N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially re-impressed naming, edge bruising and polished, therefore good fine £600-700
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (2578 Corpl. of Ord. J. J. White, B.S.A. Police) good very fine £400-500
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type (1837-1912), Reward of Valor, 2nd Class, silver, gold and enamel, an earlier type flat-backed badge without retaining nut, the reverse officially engraved in three lines ‘2nd Class Order of Merit’ and additionally inscribed ‘Havildar Cawder Bux’, complete with silver ribbon buckle, this lacking central prong, small chip to central enamel, otherwise good very fine and rare £600-800
Pair: Chief Armourer W. McMahon, Royal Navy, the recipient of a rare Army M.S.M. Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (277215 Chief Amr., Rl. Navy); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (277215 Ch. Armr., H.M.S. Jupiter) contact marks and edge bruising, generally very fine and excessively rare (2) £600-800
Three: Sergeant Modota, King’s African Rifles Central Africa 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (59 Cpl., 2nd B.C.A. Rif.); Ashanti 1900 (59 Cpl., 2nd C. Africa Regt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (59 Sjt., 2nd K.A. Rif.) contact wear, edge bruising and polished, generally good fine and rare (3) £600-800
A rare German East Africa 1914 operations King’s African Rifles D.C.M. awarded to Company Sergeant George Williams, 3rd K.A.R., who was afterwards recommended for the V.C. for an action at Jasin in January 1915 King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1925 C. Sjt. George Williams, 3/K.A.R.) contact marks, very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £880
Pair: Captain Richard W. Litton, 31st Regiment Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieutt. Richd. Weld Litton, 31st Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy (R. Litton, Capn. XXX Regt.) together with related miniature medals and the central mount from the regimental shoulder-belt plate, battle honours to ‘Sevastopol’ and ‘Taku Forts’, the reverse complete with all mounting lugs, all contained in a contemporary...
Pair: Lance Serjeant F. Shepard, Royal Fusilers Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (4473 L. Cpl., 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.); Army L.S.& G.C., E.VII.R. (4473 L. Sjt., R. Fus.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £500-600
A C.I.E. pair awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. J. Macleod, Behar Light Horse The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 2nd type breast badge, gold and enamel, complete with top suspension brooch in its R. & S. Garrard & Co. case of issue; Volunteer Officer’s Decoration, V.R.I. cypher, the reverse hallmarked Birmingham 1894 and inscribed ‘Major J. J. Macleod, Behar Light Horse’, complete with top suspension brooch, nearly extremely fine (2) £500-600
An important Great War Victory Medal to Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum who was lost at sea when H.M.S. Hampshire struck a mine in June 1916 Victory Medal 1914-19 (F.M. Earl Kitchener, K.P. G.C.B. O.M.) extremely fine £500-700
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Acting-Serjeant J. Baughn, The Queen’s Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (8888 L. Cpl. J. Brughn, 1/The Queen’s R.), note different spelling of surname; 1914 Star, with clasp (L-8888 Pte., 1/ the Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-8888 A. Sjt., The Queen’s R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (6076194 Pte., The Queen’s R.) together with Church Lad’s Brigade Cross, 2 bars, 1905, 1906, and related...
Pair: W. C. Syer, Colonial Service, Nigeria and latterly British Resident of that country at the time of the 1918 operations Africa General Service 1902-56, [E.VII.R.], 3 clasps, Aro 1901-1902, S. Nigeria 1903-04, S. Nigeria 1904 (Ast. Dist. Commr. W. C. Syer, Aro. F.F.); Africa General Service 1902-56 [G.V.R.], 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (W. C. Syer) one or two edge bruises, otherwise generally good very fine and a most unusual ‘double issue’ (2) £800-1000
Three: Pilot Officer F. A. Creighton, Royal Air Force, a gallant Tomahawk and Kittyhawk pilot who was killed in action over the Western Desert in June 1942, after participating in over 100 operational sorties and claiming several damaged or probable enemy aircraft 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, in original card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mrs. Creighton’ at Farnborough, Hampshire, with Air Ministry condolence slip, extremely fine (3) £400-500
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War D.C.M. group of seven to Captain J. Clews, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, late South Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (I-9059 Sjt., 8/ S. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £500-600
Waterloo 1815 (William Swanson, 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot), later clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and generally rubbed details, possibly as a result of old circular mount, contact marks and polished, fair to fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £820
Family Group: Three: Colonel William Terry, late Oxf. & Bucks. Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Col. W. Terry); British War and Victory Medals (Col. W. Terry) together with related group of miniatures, both sets mounted as worn, extremely fine Three: Colonel W. E. C. Terry, Oxf. & Bucks. Light Infantry 1914 Star (Lieut., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major) mounted court style and lacquered, the star gilded, in initialled Spink case,...
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, S. Nigeria 1903-04 (W. E. B. Copland-Crawford, S.N. Regt.), with silver Spink & Son riband brooch for wearing, very fine and rare £300-350
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private C. H. Mazzey, 7th (Princess Royal) Dragoon Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (D-3784 Pte., 7/D. Gds.); 1914 Star (3784 Pte., 7/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (D-3784 Pte., 7-D. Gds.); together with a small circular gilt metal pendant containing a coloured photograph of recipient in uniform, nearly extremely fine (5) £350-400
Kaisar-I-Hind, E.VII.R., 1st class, gold, void arches to crown, complete with top suspension brooch; together with Order of St John, Commander Sister’s breast badge, gold and enamels, the last with enamel chip to lower reverse arm, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce (2) £600-700
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, Nile (James Cummings) brooch marks to reverse and suspension re-fixed, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine £800-1200
Hammer Price: £800
Three: Private J. Brinklow, Royal Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5703 Pte., 2nd Rl. Fus.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5703 Pte., Rl. Fusiliers); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (5703 Pte., 1st Bn. Ryl. Fusrs.), slight edge bruising, contact marks, about very fine (3) £600-700
Honourable East India Company Medal for Java 1811, silver, fitted with loop for suspension, overall signs of wear, otherwise nearly very fine £500-600
A Second World War ‘Italian East Africa’ Immediate I.D.S.M. awarded to Subedar Nawab Khan, 4-10th Baluchi Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Subdr. Nawab Khan, 4-10 Baluch R.) complete with top suspension brooch, this lacking reverse pin, otherwise extremely fine £500-600
A Second World War carrier operations D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Shipwright J. P. Johnson, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ch. Ship. J. P. Johnson, R. 221129); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45 generally good very fine (6) £600-800
A Great War M.M. group of four to Serjeant F. S. Batson, 9th Norfolk Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (20966 Sjt., 9/Norf. R.); 1914 Star (6346 Pte., 1/Norf. R.), silver rosette on ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (6346 Sjt., Norf. R.) very fine (4) £350-400
Emin Relief Expedition Star 1887-89, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1889-90), two arm points slightly bruised, otherwise extremely fine and rare £300-400
Three: Captain L. H. D.’O Moule, East Lancashire Regiment, attached Southern Nigeria Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., E. Lanc. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt., E. Lanc. Rgt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, S. Nigeria 1902-03 (Lieut., S.N. Regt.) minor contact marks and one or two edge bruises, very fine and better, scarce (3) £400-500
Three: Private T. Paxton, Royal Marine Light Infantry Abyssinia 1867 (R.M., H.M.S. Dryad); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (Pte., R.M.L.I.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, last with edge bruising, generally good very fine (3) £300-360
Hammer Price: £780
Pair: Major A. F. Redfern, 7th Gurkha Rifles, late Devonshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Lieut., Devon Rgt.); Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Lieutt., 7th Goorkha Rifles) good very fine (2) £500-550
Six: Major R. Chew, 15th (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, formerly 12th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps 1914-15 Star (Major, 15/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Coronation 1911; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917; Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (Captain, 12/Middx. V.R.C.) generally good very fine or better (6) £400-500
Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (7789 Sep. Indar Singh, 1-11 Sikh R.) lacking top suspension brooch, good very fine and scarce £400-500
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Sikkim 1888, Lushai 1889-92, bronze issue (Muleteer Ilahi Baksh, No. 3 (Peshr.) Mn. By.) very fine and scarce £180-220
Four: Captain C. J. Slabbert, South African Air Force South African Medal for Korea 1950-53 (Capt.); South African Permanent Force Good Service Medal, the edge officially numbered ‘1120’; U.N. Korea, officially inscribed ‘Kapt. C. J. Slabbert’; South Korean Service Medal, mounted as worn, one or two edge bruises, generally good very fine and rare (4) £300-400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (E. Hudson, Corpl. R. Arty. Drivers) edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £750
Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, silver, fitted with replacement silver claw and straight bar suspension, good very fine £450-500
Kaisar-I-Hind, V.R.,1st class, gold, hallmarked London 1900, complete with top suspension brooch, extremely fine and scarce £500-600
An extremely rare German East Africa 1917 operations West African Frontier Force D.C.M. awarded to Acting Sergeant A. Kontagora, Nigeria Regiment Artillery, who was also mentioned in despatches in March 1918, shortly before his death at sea West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (16 A. Sjt. Ali Kontagora, No. 1 By. Art. Nig. R.) nearly extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £720
Earl St. Vincent’s Testimony of Approbation 1800, silver, nearly extremely fine £400-450
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