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The Knight Bachelor’s badge awarded to Sir Jocelyn Field Thorpe, C.B.E., F.R.S., a distinguished chemist Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse hallmarked London 1938, and inscribed ‘Jocelyn Field Thorpe Kt. Cr. July 13th. 1939’ in its Royal Mint fitted case, repairs to red enamel, otherwise good very fine £140-£180
Hammer Price: £280
Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, mounted on original bow and investiture pin in its Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue, hinge damaged on this, otherwise nearly extremely fine £100-£140
Hammer Price: £360
Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked, London 1918, mounted on original investiture pin in its Garrard, London, case of issue, connecting ring neatly re-fixed to top arm of cross, otherwise good very fine £500-£600
Hammer Price: £550
Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1937 in small numerals, test mark to obverse cipher, very fine £600-£800
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s), shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, on lady’s bow riband; together with the related miniature award, similarly mounted on lady’s bow riband, good very fine (2) £50-£70
Hammer Price: £65
Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint case of issue and outer card box, extremely fine £100-£140
Hammer Price: £170
Baltic 1854-55 (Honble. Frederick Amherst H.M.S. Royal George.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with Hunt & Roskell silver ribbon buckle, contact pitting overall and attempted scratching to remove naming £240-£280
Pair: Lieutenant The Hon. William Archer Amherst, Coldstream Guards who was severely wounded at the battle of Inkermann, and afterwards succeeded to the title as 3rd Earl Amherst Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lieut. The Honble. Wm. Amherst, Coldsm. Gds.) contemporary Hunt & Roskell style engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, unnamed, light scratching through name on the first, edge bruising and...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Pair: Captain The Hon. Hugh Amherst, Coldstream Guards, who served in the Guards Camel Regiment at Abu Klea, and afterwards succeeded to the title as 4th Earl Amherst Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Lieut: Hon: H. Amherst. Coldm. Gds.) official correction to initial which also affects the letter on either side; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, mounted as worn, edge bruising at 6 o’clock, otherwise good very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400
Hammer Price: £3,000
Pair: Private John Keay, 92nd Highlanders, who was wounded in Spain in 1813, and again at Quatre Bras in 1815 Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees (J. Keay, 92nd Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (John Key, 1st Bat. 92nd Highlanders.) fitted with a replacement straight bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Pair: Sergeant John French, 4th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian (J. French, Serjt. 4th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (John French, 1st Batt. 4th Reg. Foot.) name and ‘4th’ re-engraved, fitted with original steel clip but no ring, mounted on old frayed ribbons, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £2,800
Pair: Boatswain’s Mate William Biddlecombe, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (William Biddlecombe.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (W. Biddlecombe. Bosns. Mate. H.M.S. Falcon 22 Ys) the first nearly very fine, the second dark toned, very fine £1,200-£1,400
Three: Private J. F. Jones, 9th Lancers Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (Jas. Fred: Jones 9th Lancers); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (J. F. Jones, 9th Lancers.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Jas. F. Jones, 9th Lancers) the first two with edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine, the last nearly very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £1,700
The important Meritorious Service Medal group of three awarded to Colour-Sergeant Bernard Kilkeary, Mid-Ulster Artillery, Auxiliary Forces, late 73rd Regiment, a prominent survivor from the loss of the troopship Birkenhead off South Africa, who saved many lives in one of the ship’s cutters while carrying out Colonel Seton’s famous order “Women and children first!” - the King of Prussia ordered that the account of the sinking be read to every regiment in his army as an example of...
Hammer Price: £5,000
Pair: Captain Edward Stanley 57th Foot, killed in action at the battle of Inkermann Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Captn. Edward Stanley 57th Foot) contemporary Hunt & Roskell style engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (Captn. Edwd. Stanley 57th Regt.) with replacement rings for suspension, some edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £900-£1,200
Pair: Private A. Sharples, 97th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (No.3853. A. Sharples. 97 Foot.) Regimentally impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Abm. Sharples. 97th. Regt.) edge bruising, polished and worn in parts, therefore nearly very fine (2) £340-£380
Hammer Price: £440
Pair: Piper A. Gibson, 42nd Royal Highlanders Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Piper A. Gibson, 42nd. Rl. Highlanders); Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (4042, Piper, A. Gibson, 42nd. Highds. 1873-4) suspension claw and post tightened on first, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine, scarce (2) £1,400-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,300
Pair: Petty Officer Theophilus R. Leaman, Royal Navy China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Theophilus R. Leaman. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Cambridge. 22 Yrs.) impressed naming, scarce variety with Years on edge, very fine (2) £600-£700
Hammer Price: £950
Pair: Boatswain’s Mate William Breen, Royal Navy China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Wm. Breen Boatsns. Mate. H.M.S. Ganges. 20 Yrs.) engraved naming, scarce variety with years on edge, very fine (2) £600-£700
Hammer Price: £600
Three: Gunner Frank Pennell, Royal Marine Artillery China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1858 (F. Pennell, Gunr. R.M.A. H.M.S. Cormorant); Abyssinia 1867 (F. Pennell Gunr. R.M.A. H.M.S. Satellite); Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (F. Pennell. Gunr. R.M.A. H.M.S. Simoom. 73-74) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £500-£600
Hammer Price: £750
Pair: Private H. Hutchinson, Rifle Brigade India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (1978 Pte. Henry Hutchinson. 4 Bn. Rifle Bde.); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (1978. Pte. H. Hutchinson. 4th. Bn. Rifle Bde.) contact marks and edge bruising, polished and worn, therefore fine (2) £360-£440
Hammer Price: £340
Pair: Lieutenant A. Eyre, Salisbury Field Force, late Cape Mounted Rifles South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Pte. A. Eyre. Cape Mounted Rifles.) contemporary re-engraved naming; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (Lieut. A. Eyre. Salisbury Fld. Fce.) the first very fine, the second nearly extremely fine (2) £600-£800
Hammer Price: £800
Pair: Trooper T. A. Swailes, 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry, later Private Port Elizabeth Town Guard South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Tpr. T. A. Swailes 1st Cape Yeory.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (639 Pte. T. A. Swailes. P. Elizbth. T.G.) minor edge bruise to QSA, very fine (2) £400-£500
Four: Private D. Wilsden, Seaforth Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (1922 Pte. D. Wilsden. 72nd. Highrs.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1922. Pte. D. Wilsden 1/Sea. Highrs:); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1922 Pte. D. Wilsden. Sea: Highrs.); Khedive’s Star 1882, reverse contemporarily impressed ‘1922 Pte. D. Willsden [sic] 1/Sea: Hrs.) contact marks and heavy pitting from star, good fine and better...
Hammer Price: £420
Four: Petty Officer T. Rogers, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Tel-El-Kebir, second clasp loose on riband (T. Rogers. A.B. H.M.S. “Superb”.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Thos. Rogers, P.O.1st. Cl., H.M.S. Penelope.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued; Marine Society Reward of Merit, silver (Thomas Rogers) fitted with straight bar suspension, very fine or better (4) £400-£500
£400–£500
Pair: B. Leete, a civilian recipient Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (B. Leete.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £180-£220
Pair: Paymaster-in-Chief R. J. M. Macleod, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (R. J. M. Macleod, Payr. R.N. H.M.S. Arab.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1884, unnamed, mounted as worn, together with companion miniature medals, the Egypt with dated reverse, the Khedive's Star undated, dark toned, good very fine (4) £200-£300
Hammer Price: £850
Pair: Private W. Wells, 20th Hussars Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (2171. Pte. W. Wells. 20th Husrs.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, the reverse impressed ‘2171 20 H’, this lacking its crescent suspension, edge bruising and contact pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £180
Three: Private W. Kennard, Royal Sussex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1123. Pte. W. Kennard. 1/Rl. Suss: R.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (...W. Kennard. 2nd. Bn. R. Su...); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, reverse impressed ‘1123 W.K. R S R’, heavy pitting and contact marks, therefore good fine and better (3) £340-£380
Three: Private C. J. Pratt, Royal Sussex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1143 Pte. C. Pratt, 1/Rl. Suss: R.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (1143 Pte. C. Pratt 2d. Bn. R. Suss. R.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light pitting, very fine (3) £300-£340
Hammer Price: £380
Pair: Private E. Money, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (719. Pte. E. Money. 2/Essex R.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, good very fine (2) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £240
Five: Chief Petty Officer R. Johnson, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (R. Johnson, Ord., H.M.S. Brisk); 1914-15 Star (142780. R. Johnson, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (142780 R. Johnson. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Richard Johnson, C.P.O., H.M.S. Speedy.) contact marks, very fine or better (5) £280-£320
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. Warwick, Devonshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Lieutt. C. S. Warwick 1st Bn. Devon: Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. C. S. Warwick, 1st Bn. Devon: Regt.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (Capt. C. S. Warwick. Devon. Rgt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South...
Three: Private John Stinsin, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action at Spion Kop on 24 January 1900 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3348. Pte. J. Stinson. 2/Lan: Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (3348 Pte. J. Stinson. Lanc: Fus:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3348. Pte. J. Stinson. 2nd L.F.) nearly extremely fine (3) £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £2,400
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Walker, Bombay Infantry Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. H. G. Walker. Asst. Supt. A. Sign.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (Captn. H. G. Walker, 9th Bob: Inf:) official correction to first initial; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £500-£700
Six: Bandsman W. N. McKenzie, Griqualand West Brigade, Kimberley Volunteer Regiment, and later 7th South African Infantry Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Bandsn. W. N. McKenzie. Griqld. W. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (162 Bandsman W. McKenzie. Kimberley Vol: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Pte. W. McKenzie 7th Infantry) British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. W. McKenzie. 7th Infantry; Mayor of Kimberley’s Star...
Five: Chief Blacksmith S. Colwill, Royal Navy, who served with H.M.S. Phoebe during the 1897 Benin Expedition and was on the crew of the battlecruiser H.M.S. New Zealand during its involvement in the Battles of Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank, and the German raid on Scarborough on 16 December 1914 East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (S. Colvill, Acg. Blk., H.M.S. Phoebe.); 1914-15 Star (340495, S. Colwill, Blk., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (340495 S. Colwill....
Hammer Price: £400
Six: Chief Petty Officer Charles Stephens, Royal Navy and Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who was interned in Holland for the duration of the war after the retreat from Antwerp in 1914 East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (254240 Ld: Sm: C. Stephens, H.M.S Fox); China 1900, no clasp (C. Stephens, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Wallaroo); 1914 Star, with clasp (154240. C. Stephens, Act. C.P.O. Hawke Bttn R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (254240 C. Stephens....
Hammer Price: £1,400
Five: Chief Petty Officer J. H. Stanger, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (J. H. Stanger, Ord. H.M.S. Barracouta); 1914-15 Star (191410, J. H. Stanger, P.O.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (191410 J. H. Stanger. P.O.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (191410. J. H. Stanger, P.O. 1Cl, H.M.S. Andes.) contact marks, good very fine (5) £200-£240
Five: Chief Stoker W. H. Winter, Royal Navy, who was commended for good services on the occasion of the mining of H.M.S. Conquest in July 1918 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. H. Winter, Lg. Sto. 1st Cl. H.M.S. Forte); 1914-15 Star (166442, W. H. Winter, Ch. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (166442, W. H. Winter, Ch. Sto., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (166442. W. H. Winter, Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Pembroke.) light contact marks, nearly extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £260
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