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Lord Curzon’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1899, gold shooting prize medal, 51mm, 103gms, the edge inscribed ‘Won by Captain A. B. Ennis, B.P.R.A. 1901’, in its fitted Wyon case of issue, test scratch in obverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,500
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut. Wm. Crozier, 75th Regt.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly very fine £1600-1800
An emotive Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. P. R. Nichols, Royal Army Service Corps, who died after nearly three weeks adrift in a lifeboat from the Cunard White Star Line’s Laconia, which ship, when torpedoed and sunk in shark-infested waters in the South Atlantic in September 1942, had 1800 Italian P.O.Ws aboard: on learning of this, the U-Boat commander commenced rescue operations, but his admirable endeavours, and those of other U-Boats that joined the...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, St. Vincent (John Cooke) clasps sometime re-fixed, otherwise very fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,400
An interesting K.C.I.E. group awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir A. C. Talbot, Resident in Kashmir, late Royal Artillery The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, K.C.I.E., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, gold and enamels, and breast star, silver, gold and enamels, with full neck cravat in its R. & S. Garrard & Co. case of issue; Jubilee 1887, with clasp ‘1897’, silver; Order of the League of Mercy, silver-gilt and enamels; Lord Curzon’s Viceroy...
An extremely rare Iraq 1920 operations D.S.O., Second World War O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Colonel E. Bradney, Royal Engineers, who was also four times mentioned in despatches, twice for Waziristan Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military), 2nd type; 1914-15 Star (Capt., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Bt. Major); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq, M.I.D. oakleaf (Major, R.E.); India...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (M. Turner, 95th Foot Rifles) some heavy edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £1500-1700
Hammer Price: £2,300
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Laswarree (J. Kernon, 8th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, extremely fine £2000-2500
A K.P.M. pair awarded to Mr W. C. M. Dundas, C.I.E., Indian Police, Inspector General of Police, Assam King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (William Charles M. Dundas, C.I.E., Indian Police Service); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Abor 1911-12 (Mr W. C. M. Dundas, Political Dept.) good very fine (2) £450-550
A Second World War Immediate I.D.S.M. awarded to Subedar Karim Khan, 2-1st Punjab Regiment, who was subsequently awarded the Military Cross and Order of British India Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Jemdr. A-Subdr. Karim Khan, 2-1 Punjab R.) complete with top suspension brooch, good very fine £600-800
A gold Kaisar-i-Hind and K.P.M. group of three awarded to Mr W. H. Luck, Deputy Inspector General for Sind, Bombay Police Kaisar-I-Hind, E.VII.R., 1st class, gold, complete with top suspension brooch; India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Inspector W. H. Locke, Minbu Police) note spelling of surname; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (W. H. Luck, Dep. Insp. Gen. for Sind, Bombay Pol.) extremely fine and a scarce group (3) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,200
A good Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant Major E. Dickinson, Machine Gun Corps, formerly Lincolnshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3880 C.S. Mjr., 53/Coy. M.G.C.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (3880 C.S. Mjr., D.C.M., M.G.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7082 Sjt. (A.C.S. Mjr.), 1 Linc. R.) surname spelt ‘Dickenson’ on this medal; British War and Victory Medals (7082 W.O.Cl.2., Linc. R.); Army L.S.G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7807042...
Turkey, Visit of Kaisar Wilhelm II Medal 1889, 29.5mm., gold, complete with suspension and top bars and with original ribbon, extremely fine £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £2,100
A good Great War D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Major C. Alderson, 1/7th Lancashire Fusiliers, afterwards Gold Coast Local Forces Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; British War and Victory Medals (Major); Territorial Force War Medal (Capt., Lan. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., with ‘Gold Coast’ brooch bar the first chipped in places but generally good very fine and the last rare (10) ...
The mounted group of six worn by Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, K.G., P.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., I.S.O., Viceroy of India Imperial Service Order, E.VII.R., silver, gold and enamels; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, gold; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, all on contemporary ‘Court’ mounting as worn, and sold with his original full dress sash of the Order of the Garter, this a little frayed and faded in parts, otherwise extremely...
Hammer Price: £2,000
The mounted group of three miniature dress medals worn by Colonel J. C. Campbell Daunt, V.C., Bengal Native Infantry, comprising Victoria Cross; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp; China 1857-60, no clasp, scroll suspension, all worn from a silver triple brooch pin, very fine £1000-1200
An Interesting Collection of ‘Waterloo’ Relics France, First Empire, Legion of Honour, 2nd type, Chevalier’s breast badge, 56 x 37mm., silver, gold and enamel, unmarked, with old ribbon complete with rosette, buckled centres, one section of wreath missing, enamel damage, labelled, ‘Cross & Riband of the Legion of Honour’; together with a good length of old and faded Grand Cross sash ribbon, labelled, ‘The Cordon of the Legeon (sic) of Honor worn by a French General Officer in...
A poignant Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer S. H. “Sam” Dixon, Royal Navy, H.M. Submarine Splendid, one of few submariners to escape from a stricken submarine in the 1939-45 War, only to be taken P.O.W. and killed by Allied aircraft in February 1945, while being forced marched by his captors away from the advancing Russians Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX. 125574 S. H. Dixon, P.O.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp,...
A Second World War D.S.C. and Bar group of seven to Rear-Admiral G. C. Crowley, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’, hallmarks for London 1942, reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut. G. C. Crowley, R.N.’, with Second Award Bar; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. Oakleaf; United Nations Korea Medal, mounted Court style as worn, together with riband bar, very fine...
Hammer Price: £1,900
The Kaisar-i-Hind group of five to Winifred, Lady Hardinge of Penshurst Kaisar-I-Hind, G.V.R., 1st class, 1st type, gold, complete with gold suspension brooch; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, gold, these last three all mounted on ribbon bows; Turkish Iftihar Medal, silver, the reverse with Turkish inscription to Lady Hardinge with the Hijra date 10th November 1890, good very fine or better (5) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,800
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (J. Morris, 17th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000
A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant F. Burt, Warwickshire Yeomanry, attached 20th Hussars, formerly Leicestershire Yeomanry Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star (2094 Sdlr., Leic. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.); together with related 1914 Star (7555 Pte. G. A. Burt, 2/Wilts. R.) contact wear, generally nearly very fine (5) £1000-1200
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, West Africa 1908 (Dr. G. Beatty, Medical Dept. S.N.F.F.) minor contact marks, good very fine and rare £600-800
An unusual Army of India and First Afghan War pair awarded to Corporal Edward Cheston, 41st Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (E. Cheston, 41st Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Edwd. Cheston, 41st Regt.) fitted with silver clip and straight bar suspension, contact wear, otherwise better than good fine and a rare pair (2) £1000-1200
A very rare Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and two bars pair awarded to Corporal F. L. Heydon, Royal Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R., with two bars (6707 Pte., 9/R. Fus.) edge of medal additionally neatly inscribed ‘Hohenzollern Redoubt, 2nd March 1916’, and the reverse of the bars inscribed in a similar style ‘Houthoulst Forest, 14th Nov. 1917’ and ‘St Quentin (Front), March 21st to 27th 1918’ respectively; British War Medal 1914-20 (GS-6707 Cpl., R. Fus.) some edge...
Waterloo 1815 (Captain Francis Read, Royal Staff Corps) fitted with original steel clip, silver bar suspension and silver ribbon buckle, good very fine and rare £1500-1800
Hammer Price: £1,750
A rare Edward VII Sea Gallantry Medal pair to Aberdeen Fisherman C. Cay, for the rescue of the crew of the Danish steamship “Xenia” in 1903 Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, E.VII.R., large, bronze (Charles Cay, Wreck of the “Xenia” on the 1st February 1903), in its gold embossed case of issue; Denmark, Medal for Saving Life from Drowning, Christian IX, 2nd type, silver, 47mm, (Charles Cay), with fixed oval suspension, in original fitted case, second with...
Hammer Price: £1,700
The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 92mm x 80mm, silver-gilt and enamels; and breast star, 90mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, both pieces officially numbered ‘172’, complete in Collingwood (Jewellers) Ltd case of issue with full dress sash, good very fine £800-1000
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin Hills 1892-93, bronze issue (Lascar Sultan Ali, 30th Burma Infy.) good very fine and very rare £500-600
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Smitham, 8th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, “The Liverpool Irish” Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Major); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (19 C. Sjt., 5/L’pool Regt.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919) nearly extremely fine (5) £400-500
A scarce Indian campaign group of three awarded to Jemadar Shaik Muddar, 25th Bombay Native Infantry Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (Naique Shaik Mudar, 25th Regt.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Jemedar Shaik Muddar, 25th Regt. N.I.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Jemdr. Shaik Mudarr, 25th Reg. N.L.I.) all with impressed naming, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better and a scarce group (3) £600-800
An outstanding D.F.M. awarded to Flight-Sergeant V. H. Clare, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force, for gallantry when shot down over Germany and for successfully evading capture Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1605068 Sgt. V. H. Clare, R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine £800-1000
A most unusual Second World War B.E.M. and Presidential Gold Lifesaving Medal pair to Leading Fireman W. H. A. Crouch, Merchant Navy, the former for bravery under enemy fire during a rescue incident in the Channel in June 1944, some 25 years after receiving his American decoration British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Civil (William H. A. Crouch); American Presidential Gold Lifesaving Medal, the reverse officially engraved, ‘To W. Crouch, Seaman, of the British Tug Lady Crundall, in...
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 4th type (1945-47), Reward of Gallantry, silver, gold and enamel, complete with top suspension brooch, extremely fine and rare £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,650
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Ludolph Bening, Corpl. 2nd Line Bn. K.G.L.) light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £1,600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (A. McIntosh, Qr. Mr. 31st Foot) minor edge bruising and nicks, otherwise good very fine £1400-1600
The Right Honourable Sir Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., I.S.O., Privy Counsellor, Viceroy of India 1910-16 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, sash badge, silver-gilt, hallmarked 1906, and breast star in silver, gilt, gold and enamel, complete in Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue with full dress sash, extremely fine £1000-1200
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (347 Boatn. L. Zacharie, Ottawa Contgt.) better than very fine and scarce £600-700
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. L. Mursell, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (352128 Sjt. L. J. Mursell, 154/Hy. By. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (352128 Sjt., R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal (780 Gnr., R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (352128 Sjt., R.G.A.) note initials ‘L. J.’ on the first, minor contact marks, good very fine or better (5) £300-350
A scarce ‘Swift and Broke’ D.S.M. group of seven to Petty Officer A. Last, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (208689 P.O., H.M.S. Broke, 20-21 Apl. 1917); 1914-15 Star (208689 Act. Sh. Cpl.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (208689 P.O., R.N.); Defence and War Medals; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., Admiral’s bust (208689 P.O., H.M.S. Attentive), mounted for wear, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £1600-1800
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