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The Bateman Family Group: Pair: Staff Commander Francis William Bateman, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Navarino, Syria (Actg. Master); St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, unnamed as issued, fitted with swivel-bar suspension and silver ribbon buckle Pair: Paymaster Walter Drake Bateman, Royal Navy China 1842 (Purser H.M.S. Dido); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued Pair: Paymaster George Frederick Collingwood Bateman, Royal Navy India General Service...
Hammer Price: £3,600
Waterloo 1815 (Lewis King, Drummer, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards) fitted with replacement silver clip and bar suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, therefore good fine £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £3,500
Six: Captain J. A. Orr, Cameron Highlanders, killed in action on 22 October 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Lieut., 1/Cam’n. Highrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lieut., Cam. Hrs); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt., Cam’n. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Coronation 1911, mounted for display, good very fine and better (6) £500-600
Hammer Price: £3,400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Fort Detroit (J. Coakley, 41st Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, better than good fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,300
An immediate Brest daylight raid D.F.C. group of nine awarded to Group Captain W. S. P. Simonds, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1941; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (F./O., R.A.F.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, M.I.D. oak leaf (F./L., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, Air Crew Europe; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A fine Second World War Coastal Forces D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer A. A. Hartland, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his bravery as coxswain of M.G.B. 76, part of “Hitch” Hichens’ flotilla, and afterwards mentioned in despatches for ten ‘vigorous’ engagements with enemy coastal craft in the wake of the Normandy landings Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J. 112346 A. A. Hartland, P.O.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,...
Waterloo 1815 (William M’Farlane, 1st Batt. 27th Reg. Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, nearly very fine £2000-2500
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Alex. Macpherson, 2nd Batt. 59th Reg. Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine £3000-3500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, The Potomac 17 Aug 1814 (David Lloyd) lacquered, otherwise extremely fine £3000-3500
A fine Second World War D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flying Officer J. K. Elliott, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, whose Hampden was ‘repeatedly hit by flak’ in a daylight strike against enemy capital ships at Brest on 24 December 1941 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (755862 Sgt. J. K. Elliott, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, Atlantic; Defence and War Medals; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R. (Fg., R.A.F.V.R.), mounted as worn, contact wear, generally very...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A superbly documented Boer War Honorary Serving Sister of the O. St. J., Great War German South-West Africa operations A.R.R.C. group of eight awarded to Matron J. C. Child, whose long and distinguished career in nursing encompassed active service in the Greco-Turkish War 1897-98, the defence of Kimberley and a trek through the Kalahari with a ‘tent hospital’ in the Great War Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The...
A Great War D.S.O., M.C. and Bar group of nine to Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Bodington, 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers, later Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Military Commander of Solingen Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with brooch bar, obverse centre a little depressed; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major), the British War Medal erased; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf;...
A fine Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. group of six awarded to Acting Chief Petty Officer L. H. C. Nicholson, Royal Navy, who served out in the Far East as coxswain of H.M. Submarine Thule: her story has been told by Alastair Mars, D.S.O., D.S.C.* in his wartime memoir “H.M.S. Thule Intercepts” Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A./C.P.O. L. H. C. Nicholson, D/JX. 150184); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45 good very fine...
Hammer Price: £2,900
Waterloo 1815 (George Curless, 6th or Inniskilling Drag.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £1400-1600
Pair: John Salter, 59th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, St. Sebastian (John Salter, 59th Foot); Waterloo 1815 (John Salter, 2nd Batt. 59th Reg. Foot) fitted with contemporary silver claw, wide suspension and uninscribed silver clasp to match the first, contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (2) £1800-2200
The unique “gold” R.V.M., Royal Household “Fifty Years” Long and Faithful Service Medal group of twelve awarded to John Pottinger, one of the longest served members of staff in the history of Royal Household, who was a Page of the Presence at the time of his retirement in 1947, after virtually 55 years of continuous employment Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., “gold”; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Jubilee...
Battle of German Town 1777, copper medal by John Milton, 44.5mm, obv. battle scene depicting American forces attacking the British held position at Chews Farm near Philadelphia, rev. within a laurel wreath german/ town/ octr. 4. 1777, pierced for suspension, some edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise about very fine with a good chocolate tone and extremely rare £2000-2500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chateauguay (Tier Sowenhese, Warrior) very fine and scarce £2000-2500
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann (Henry Horn, 4th Lt. Dragns.), officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
A rare Great War D.C.M., Russian Medal of St. George group of five awarded to Corporal G. H. Hubbard, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Ypres on 31 July 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9620 L. Cpl. G. H. Hubbard, 1/North’n R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9620 Pte., 1/North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (9620 Cpl., North’n R.); Russia, Medal of St. George, 4th class, the edge officially impressed ‘9620 Pte. G. H. Hubbard, 1/North’n R.’ and the...
Hammer Price: £2,800
Pair: James Ashton, Farrier, 1st Royal Dragoons Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Toulouse (James Ashton, 1st Royal Dragoons); Waterloo 1815 (James Ashton, 1st or Royal Dragoons) fitted with steel clip and contemporary German silver bar suspension, this very lightly inscribed ‘James Ashton, Farrier, 1st Royl,’ minor edge bruising, therefore very fine, the first brilliant extremely fine (2) £2000-2500
Waterloo 1815 (David Dallace, 1st or Royal Dragoons) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, nearly very fine £1200-1400
A Second World War Italian theatre M.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant A. J. Gauthier, 48th Highlanders of Canada, who was later mentioned in despatches for services in Korea with the Royal 22e Régiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (B.73900 L.Sjt. A. J. Gauthier, C. Inf. C.) minor official correction to rank; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; Canadian War Service Medal, with clasp; War Medal, these last three all silver issues; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue (SB.73900 A. J....
An exceptional Great War ‘Cambrai’ M.M. and ‘Big Push’ Bar group of three awarded to Sergeant B. Hunter, 6th Battalion, Tank Corps, Driver of Tank No. F.31 Fearnaught at Cambrai, this tanks name would later be taken as the motto of the Royal Tank Corps Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (201212 Cpl., ‘F’ Bn., Tank Corps); British War and Victory Medals (201212 Sjt., Tank Corps) nearly extremely fine (3) £1200-1500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 4 Nov 1805 (John O’Hara) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1600-1800
Pair: Lieutenant-General A. F. Richmond, Bengal Infantry, who was wounded during the Nepaul campaign and again at Bhurtpoor, and was awarded the C.B. for services during the Cabul campaign Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Nepaul, Bhurtpoor (Captn., 33rd N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued, with original steel clip and bar suspension, together with an original coloured portrait photograph laid down on card, extremely fine (2) £1500-2000
Five: Major E. L. Braithwaite, Imperial Yeomanry, late 71st Light Infantry and 13th Hussars Coronation 1902, silver; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Capt., 71st Foot A.D.C.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Capt., 13th Hussars); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Major, 4/Imp. Yeo.); Khedive’s Star 1882, the group on original Hunt & Roskell court mounting, good very fine (5) £1000-1200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Martinique, Busaco, Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Thos. Couse, Corpl. 7th Foot) very fine £1700-1900
Hammer Price: £2,700
The mounted group of five miniature dress medals attributed to Surgeon Major J. F. Lougheed, Army Medical Department, Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860; China, Empire, Gold Medal of Merit, 24mm., gold with blue glass centre stone, with chain and lotus flower pendalia; Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, mounted as worn (in this order) from a silver buckle, first and last...
A fine long service group of four to Private J. Round, 13th Regiment, who served for 18 years in the East Indies and was wounded at Jellalabad on 7 April 1842 Ghuznee 1839 (J. Round, 13th or P.A.L.I.), contemporary integral straight-bar suspension, the underside crudely engraved with his regimental number ‘426’ and ‘13’, the naming engraved in a recognised regimental style with flamboyant scroll work; Cabul 1842 (J. Round, 13th-P.A.-L.I), original steel clip and hinged-bar...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse (Wm. Serrell, 43rd Foot) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1800-2000
A superb 1914 operations Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. Halliwell, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action near Pilkem on 6 July 1915 Military Cross, G.V.R., in its case of issue; 1914 Star, with clasp (228 Sjt., 1/Rif. Bde.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (228 A.-W.O. Cl. 2, Rif. Brig.), with related Memorial Plaque (William Halliwell), extremely fine (5) £1800-2200
An exceptional Great War ‘Cambrai’ D.S.O group of three awarded to Major A. G. Pearson, No. 23 Company, ‘H’ Battalion, Tank Corps, for the successful attack on Fontaine Village on 21 November 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); together with original warrant for D.S.O., this giving unit as ‘Royal Berkshire Regiment, Special Reserve, and ‘H’ Battalion, Tank Corps’, the medals contained in a contemporary...
Hammer Price: £2,600
Pair: Colour-Sergeant William Beckham, Scots Fusilier Guards Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Nive (W. Beckham, Serjt. 3rd Foot Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (W. Beckham, Colour Serj. Scots Fus. Guards. 1842) fitted with replacement ring and deep square silver bar suspension inscribed ‘Peninsula’, both medals fitted with silver ribbon buckles, very fine (2) £1000-1200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Martinique, Busaco, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees (John Clayton, 7th Foot) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1400-1600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera (George Taylor, 29th Foot) very fine £1200-1500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (S. Kennedy, Serjt. 88th Foot) some edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1800-2200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (T. W. Taylor, Capt. 24th Dgns. & A.D.C.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine and unique to the regiment £1500-2000
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. D. Robinson, 13th Lt. Dragoons), officially impressed naming, last clasp unofficially riveted, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise about very fine £3000-3500
A Quantity of Fluted Armour in the South German, so-called Maximillian style, being basically a complete harness with the exception of the close-helmet and breast-plate which are not present, comprising, gorget, neck-guard, tassets, back-plate, arm defences of pauldron, rerebrace, elbow-cop and vambrace and a pair of gauntlets, leg defences of cuishe, knee-cop, greave and sabbaton, 19th Century, with extensive modern repairs and additions, varnished overall £250-300
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