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Delhi Durbar 1903 Presentation Silver Box, by Carrington’s, Regent St., London, 186 x 93 x 45mm. (approx.), silver, hallmarks for London 1902, lid set with the disk of the Delhi Durbar Medal 1903, inscribed, ‘Delhi Durbar 1903’ and engraved with two crowned ‘C’ monograms, ‘medal’ a little worn, otherwise very good condition £1800-2200
£1,800–£2,200
Women’s Suffrage Badge, by W. O. Lewis, Birmingham, 32mm., gilt metal and enamel, pin-backed, in case, good very fine £340-360
Hammer Price: £360
Dardanelles Tribute Medal 1915, by I.C.W., Sydney, 28mm., 9ct. gold, obverse: Australian serviceman advancing with rifle at the ready, legend ‘Imshi Yalla’; reverse: the setting sun, ‘Dardanelles, April 25 1915’, good very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £100
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2) (Michael McCabe; Charles Haddon), second with screw and bolt fitting at 12 o’clock, very fine (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £70
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2) (Francis Mullinder; Vincent Mullinder) good very fine (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (John Sylvelter (sic)), in card envelope, good very fine £40-50
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Walter Campion) good very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £160
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Harry Walker) very fine £25-35
Hammer Price: £40
A rare mould for a Great War Memorial Plaque, of heavy metal construction, having provision for the alteration of the name for the individual casting of each personalised plaque, a rare survival, and the only example seen by the cataloguer, minor wear and polishing £150-200
Hammer Price: £1,100
Glasgow Special Constabulary Medal 1914-1919, 25mm., silver, with ‘4 Years’ brooch bar, medal reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by the Corporation of Glasgow to James C. Ireland, Special Constable in Acknowledgement of Services Rendered’, good very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £30
Ceylon Tribute Medal 1914-19, bronze (K. B. Appu), unmounted, nearly extremely fine £80-120
National Pigeon Service Lapel Badge, by Gaunt, London, 25 x 20mm., gilt metal and enamel, numbered, ‘13432’, nearly extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £75
Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937, bronze, unnamed as issued, no ribbon; together with a related group of four: 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal; Coronation 1937, all unnamed, mounted for display, good very fine (5) £70-90
Hammer Price: £80
Southern Rhodesia Defence Force Spoons (2), silver, one with hallmarks for Birmingham 1937, the other for 1940, both with handles formed of crossed rifles and bearing the ‘lion’ crest of the unit, excellent condition (2) £20-30
Original R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Books, appertaining to Acting Squadron Leader D. V. W. Francis, Royal Air Force, a Beaufort pilot who was killed in action in December 1940, comprising one privately leather-bound volume with continuous entries for the period May 1935 to December 1940, commencing with his pilot training at R.A.F. Netheravon and ending with his death in action with No. 22 Squadron after 24 operational sorties, and the period in between with interesting attachments to...
Hammer Price: £650
Original R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Book, appertaining to Flight Sergeant H. G. Webster, Royal Air Force, a Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot who was killed in action over North Africa in April 1941, covering the period October 1938 to April 1941, from his training days as a Cadet to operational flying in Hurricanes of No. 73 Squadron in the Fall of France and the Battle of Britain, in which latter he was shot down and baled out, to hectic activity over North Africa and his death in action,...
Hammer Price: £1,700
Original Air Forces in India Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, appertaining to J. A. Heaney, covering the period June 1945 to March 1946, with opening endorsement, ‘Previous log book lost in a/c crash at Shaibal, 26.7.45’, and mainly comprising flights in Halifaxes of No. 298 Squadron as a Wireless Operator / Air Gunner out in India, in good condition £40-60
Hammer Price: £25
Caterpillar Club Badge, gold caterpillar with ruby eyes, the reverse inscribed, ‘F / O F. Fahy’, pin-backed, good very fine £350-380
Hammer Price: £380
Caterpillar Club Badge, gold caterpillar with ruby eyes, the reverse inscribed, ‘P / O. J. Green’, pin-backed, good very fine £350-380
The Original Tunic Ribbons of Group Captain W. D. “Hurricane” David, C.B.E., D.F.C. & Bar, A.F.C., the famous Fall of France and Battle of Britain ace, comprising Order of the British Empire (Military Division) C.B.E., type 2; Distinguished Flying Cross, with rosette for Bar; Air Force Cross; 1939-45 Star, with rosette for Battle of Britain clasp; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf; General Service 1918-62; Coronation 1953,...
‘Battle of Britain’ R.A.F. Biggin Hill First Day Cover, 18 September 1965, bearing the signatures of six ‘Battle of Britain’ personalities and aces: “Don” Kingaby, “Al” Deere, “Johnnie” Johnson, “Pete” Brothers, “Jimmy” Rankin and Brian Kingcome, the envelope bears the 1/3, 9d and six 4d ‘Battle of Britain’ postage stamps, good condition £30-50
Hammer Price: £90
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 £25-35
Cigarette Box, 178 x 90 x 44mm., silver, with hallmarks for Birmingham 1961, wooden interior and base, lid engraved with the R.A.M.C. crest and inscribed, ‘Presented to Colonel R. C. Webster T.D., from the R.A.M.C. Officers Mess T.A. Manchester on his retirement as A.D.M.S. 42 (Lancs) Division 15.11.62’, very good condition £40-50
Hammer Price: £35
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Diamond Jubilee China Plate, commemorating the foundation of the Order, 1917-1977, 27.5cm. dia., the badge of the Order forming the central motiff, attractively edged in purple and gold, with wall mount, excellent condition £15-20
Victoria Cross, a good quality copy, unnamed, unmarked; Burma Star, very fine and better (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
Renamed, Erased or Otherwise Defective Medals (9) Military Medal, G.V.R. (6832 N. Kelly, Yorks.), lacks suspension rod, renamed; Baltic, unnamed, lacks suspension; India General Service 1854-95 (3), 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7, naming erased, worn; others (2), lacking suspension rods and clasps, erased naming, one worn; Egypt, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir, erased naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (C. Walker, .... M.F.A.), partly erased; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan...
Hammer Price: £240
Renamed medals (2): British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896 (Cpl. H. Clark, B.S.A.P.), renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (1988 H. Ealdon, 5th Drag.), renamed, last with contact marks, about very fine (2) £50-70
Hammer Price: £130
Erased Medals (3): British War and Victory Medals; Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., mounted for display with 1914 Star ribbon with bar; R.M.P. and City of Chichester March Medal, gilt; Guards Depot Medal, ‘Commandants March & Shoot’, enamelled; Royal Tournament Medallion, 38mm., silver, ‘1978 Field gun Comp.’; British dress miniatures (8), in two mounted groups, good very fine and better (14) £30-40
Campaign Medal Clasps (18), 1887-8, Witu 1890, 1891-2, 1892, Witu Aug 1893, Liwondi 1893, Juba River 1893, Lake Nyassa 1893, 1893-4, Gambia 1894, Benin River 1894, Brass River 1895, 1896-98, Niger 1897, 1897-98 - this with backstrap, 1898, 1899, 1900, all faces only except where stated, about extremely fine (18) £150-200
£150–£200
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross, original case of issue by R. & S. Garrard, 25 Haymarket, London, c.1860-1911, complete with interior fitted pad, minor scuffs, good condition £40-50
Hammer Price: £95
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross, original case of issue by Garrard, 24 Albemarle St, London, 1911-52, complete with fitted interior pad and ‘Collar Days’ slip, good condition £40-50
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross, original case of issue for the Collar Chain by Garrard, 24 Albemarle St., London, all catches complete, slight wear to lid, good condition £40-50
Hammer Price: £150
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross, original case of issue for star and badge, by Garrard, 24 Albemarle St., London, complete with fitted interior pad and ‘guide to wearing’ slip, very good condition £40-50
Medal Cabinet, a modern cabinet, 68 x 63 x 43cm. (approx.), containing 17 drawers, 2.5 x 47 x 28.5cm. (approx.), most with a velvet covered base, the drawers fronted by two doors with lock and key and brass fittings; the cabinet with a separate stand approx. 56cm. high, well constructed, in a mahogany finish, very good condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £370
Captain Robert Edward Angus, Ayrshire Yeomanry, and an original member of No. 64 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, killed in aerial combat over Cambrai 20th November 1917 1887 pattern Heavy Cavalry officer’s sword, blade 87cm retailed by Hamburger Rogers, King Street, Covent Garden, London, etched with VR cypher, foliage &c., scroll steel guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, the guard engraved ‘Lieu. [sic] R. E. Angus 1st. Ayrshire Yeo.’, in its leather covered field...
Hammer Price: £180
Major Foster Swetenham, 2nd Dragoons, The Royal Scots Greys, killed in action 28th August 1914, near St. Quentin during the retreat from Mons 1887 pattern Heavy Cavalry officer’s sword, blade 89cm by Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall,London, (No 34217) etched with VR cypher, Royal Arms, foliage &c., steel scroll guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, in its steel scabbard, the blade neatly sharpened for field service, cleaned overall, minor dent to scabbard, otherwise very good...
Hammer Price: £680
Major-General Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.B.E., K.C.B., first Commander of the Royal Flying Corps, Chief of Air Staff &c., formerly a Major in the 15th Hussars 1887 pattern Heavy Cavalry officer’s sword, blade 89cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 38887) etched with ERVII cypher, Royal Arms, foliage &c., also owner’s monogram ‘FHS’ within a cartouche, plated steel scroll guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, in its leather covered field...
Hammer Price: £900
Lieutenant Frederick Henry Norris Lee, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, mortally wounded 18th June 1916 1854 pattern Irish Guards officer’s sword, blade 83cm by Henry Wilkinson (No 50707) etched with regimental badge, GVR cypher ( the battle honour scrolls empty, as sometimes found on swords of this period, perhaps a wartime expedient ) plated steel guard with regimental device, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, with it’s leather covered field service scabbard, blade retains...
Hammer Price: £310
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Collyer Lloyd, 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards, killed in action at Boesinghe 31st July 1917 1854 pattern Scots Guards officer’s sword, blade 83cm retailed by Cater & Co., Pall Mall, London, etched with GVR cypher, Scots Guards regimental badge, battle honours to South Africa 1899-1902 all amidst foliage, and within a cartouche the owners initials ‘E.A.C.L.’, plated steel guard with regimental device, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, leather...
Hammer Price: £330
Captain William Moon Upjohn, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, killed in action at St. Leger 24th August 1918 A scarce 1854 pattern Welsh Guards Officer’s sword, blade 82cm of Levée pattern by Henry Wilkinson (No. 53330) etched with GVR cypher, Welsh Leek & motto ‘Cymru Am Byth’, and correct vacant scrolls for battle honours, all amidst foliage, plated steel guard with regimental device, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, leather covered field service scabbard, blade...
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