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18 September 1998
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Cork City Militia, centre from a shoulder belt plate (?), unmarked but probably silver, the reverse with original fittings comprising five lugs, extremely fine and scarce £100-150
Hammer Price: £330
Royal Albert Hall, Steward’s Badge, silver, monogram RAH with crown above, reverse with lapel stud fitting, the stud fitting twisted, otherwise very fine and scarce £20-30
Hammer Price: £10
Vatican, Castelfiardo Medal 1860, German silver, named on the edge (J. Power, I.P. Brigade 1860) lacking ribbon, very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £250
Execution of Sir Roger Casement 1916, cast bronze propaganda medal by Karl Goetz, 58 mm, good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £90
Lincolnshire Regiment Medal for Gallant Conduct in Ireland 1920, regimental medal in silver, 35 mm, the reverse inscribed ‘Pte. E. E. Bowes, for Gallant Conduct in Ireland. 20th December 1920’, with ring suspension, good very fine and very rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £500
Irish Red Cross, Nursing and Hospital Badges, silver and enamel (10), silver (2), and one in bronze, several named or numbered, two lacking brooch fittings, very fine or better (13) £30-40
Hammer Price: £220
Book of Common Prayer, pocket sized 1852 edition, bound in red leather with brass edges and locket, the front cover gold blocked ‘G. P. Houghton, 11th P.A.O. Hussars’, and inscribed in ink inside ‘G. P. Houghton, 11th Hussars’, good condition £100-150
Irish Republican and Unionist Medals and Badges, an interesting collection of medals, cap and lapel badges (approx. 70 pieces) including Dublin Regiment N.V., Waterford Regiment I.N.V. etc., and a gold Sword of Light badge dated 1916-1966, good overall condition (Lot) £50-100
Hammer Price: £650
8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Ceramic Coffee Pot, by Spode, decorated with a red and blue floral design with gilt highlights, each side with a painted regimental crest, overall height 210 mm, circa 1860-70, handle professionally repaired, otherwise good condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £520
An attractive watercolour on card of a mounted officer of the 14th Hussars, circa 1860-65, 19cm by 25cm, by Orlando Norie, good condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
An attractive watercolour of a mounted Trumpeter of the Scots Greys, 20cm by 25cm, by F. O. Bevine, good condition £200-250
£200–£250
An early watercolour of a 1798 Irish Rebel, 16cm. by 20cm; together with a water colour of a Sowar of the 29th Deccan Horse, this signed, W. E. Cramer Roberts 6/13, 21cm. by 34cm., good condition (2) £80-120
Hammer Price: £230
Medal Collector’s Cabinet, satin wood, 53cm across, 48 cm high, 27cm deep, two hinged panelled front-opening doors, contains nine shallow drawers (should be ten), suitable for storing medals, in good order but would benefit from some renovation £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
A rare Syria and Crimean War campaign group of five awarded to Captain T. L. Gaussen, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Mate) fitted with silver ribbon buckle; Crimea 1854-55, 3 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol, Azoff (Lt., “Agamemnon” 17 Octr. 1854 “Trenches”) contemporary engraved naming; Order of the Medjidie, 5th class, silver, gold and enamel, the reverse attractively inscribed (Medjidie Captn. Gaussen R.N. 1858) and fitted with brooch pin; St Jean...
Hammer Price: £1,050
A scarce Peninsula War and Waterloo pair awarded to Lieutenant Colonel James Sinclair, Royal Foot Artillery, Commanding Sinclair’s Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Corunna, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (J. Sinclair, Lieut. R. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (Capt., Royal Foot Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, the first good very fine, the second with contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) ...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Four: Private Luke Hannah, 71st Highland Light Infantry Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (71st Hd. Lt. Infy.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Central India (71st Highlanders. Lt. Iy.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (H.Ms. 71st Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, named, fitted with Crimea suspension, contact wear and edge bruising, therefore good fine (4) £240-280
Hammer Price: £400
Pair: Private D. McNab, 42nd Royal Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Balaklava (846, 42nd Royal High’s.), regimentally engraved; Army Long Service and Good Conduct, V.R., large letter reverse, with steel clip and straight bar suspension (846 Pt., 42 R.H.), engraved, very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £210
Pair: Private E. Lee, 13th Light Dragoons Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (13th Lt. Dragoon), edge bruising and contact marks; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, fitted with Crimea suspension; together with a Royal Tournament? bronze prize medal, good fine or better (3) £140-180
£140–£180
Five: Brigadier General T. S. Brown, 55th Regiment, later Brigade Commander Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, the backstraps of the first two clasps inscribed ‘Presented by Her Majesty in person’ (Captain) regiment indistinct through contact wear; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Major, H.M.’s 55th Regt.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Brigr. Genl.); Order of the Medjidie, 5th class, silver, gold and enamels, the reverse inscribed (Major, 55th...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A fine ‘Thin Red Line’ group of four awarded to Corporal Charles Inglis, 93rd Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (No.1559 Charles Inglis, 93rd Highlanders) regimentally engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Chas. Inglis, 93rd Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1559 Corpl., 93rd Foot); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (Corpl.) regimentally engraved naming, fitted with Crimea suspension, light contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £1,500
Three: Farrier Sergeant W. Moodie, 5th Dragoon Guards Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Inkermann, Balaklava, Sebastopol, unnamed, clasps mounted in this order; Army Long Service and Good Conduct, V.R., small letter reverse (1142 Far’r. Serjt. Wal’r. Moodie, 5th Dragoon Guards); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine (3) £250-300
Hammer Price: £410
Pair: Muleteer Mukunda Bhiwa, Commissariat Transport Department India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891, bronze issue (140 Muleteer, Com’srt. Trans. Dept.), officially re-impressed; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895, bronze issue (779 Mult’r, Coms’t.. Transpt. Dept.), generally very fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £85
Three: Colour Sergeant Martin Beatty, 27th Regiment, later Armagh Light Infantry Militia Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (1883 Cr. Sergt., H.Ms 27th Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1888 Color Serjt., 27th Foot); Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (C.Sjt., 27/Foot) together with Total Abstinence Medal, India, silver (Colr. Sergt., H.Ms 27th Regt. Nov. 4th 1864) the earlier medals with contact marks, nearly very fine, the M.S.M. nearly extremely fine (4) £250-300
Hammer Price: £420
Three: Leading Stoker A. R. Prince, Royal Navy South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (Lg. Stoker, H.M.S. “Euphrates”); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Lg. Stkr. H.M.S. “Bittern”); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £140-180
Hammer Price: £180
Five: Quartermaster Sergeant G. Goldsmith, Royal Engineers South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (12135 2nd Corpl., R.E.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Corpl., 24th Co. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (C.S.Maj. F. of Wks., R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., coinage head (Q.M.Sjt., R.E.); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks and pitting, otherwise nearly very fine, the M.S.M. extremely fine (5) £350-450
Hammer Price: £360
Pair: Private N. Graham, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (2911 Pte., 78th Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1888, Hazara 1891 (2911 Pte., 2d Bn. Sea. Highrs.) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £120-140
Hammer Price: £200
Three: Private B. Wynne, 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 4 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (1717 Pte., 72nd Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1717 Private, 72nd Highlanders); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1717 Pte., 1/Sea. Highrs.) contact marks and light pitting, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £400-450
Three: Private R. Grant, New South Wales Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (182 Pte., N.S.W. Infy.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6; Mayor of Sydney’s Medal for the Soudan 1885, the last heavily polished, therefore fine, otherwise good very fine (3) £700-900
Hammer Price: £700
Three: Petty Officer Joseph Shephard, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (A.B. H.M.S. “Superb”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (P.O. 1st Cl. H.M.S. Pembroke) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, good very fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
A rare Abu Klea pair awarded to Major A. C. Pearson, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 2nd in Command of the R.M. detachment and mentioned in despatches Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Captn. A. C. Pearson, R.M.L.I.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, nearly extremely fine (2) £800-900
Hammer Price: £1,450
A rare Naval Brigade pair awarded to Commander Edward Harvey, R.N., commanding one of the four Gardner guns at the battle of Tofrek Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (Lieut. E. Harvey, R.N. H.M.S. Dolphin) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £550-650
Pair: Private E. Pittis, 17th Company, Commissariat and Transport Corps Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Tel El Kebir, Suakin 1885 (3934 Pte., 17th Co. C. & T. C.), edge bruising and contact marks; Khedives Star 1884-6, nearly very fine or better (2) £100-130
Hammer Price: £110
Three: Private A. Boroman, Gordon Highlanders India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4450 Pte., 1st Bn. Gord. Highrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (Pte., Gordon Highrs.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Pte., Gordon Highrs.) toned, nearly extremely fine (3) £180-220
Hammer Price: £300
Seven: Private H. Green, 2nd Dragoon Guards, late Cameron Highlanders and 6th Inniskilling Dragoons Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2838 Pte., 1/Cam. Hdrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (Pte., 1 Cam’n Hdrs.); 1914 Star Trio (5273 Pte., 2/D.Gds.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (5365 Pte.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara (Pte., 1 Cam. Highrs.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and better (7) £250-300
Hammer Price: £350
Family group: Five: Sergeant Warder C. S. Lightening, Natal Police, later South African Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (2170 Tpr., Natal Police); Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Sgt. Wdr., Natal Police); British War and Victory Medals, bilingual issue (Pte., S.A.M.C.); South Africa Prisons Good Service Medal, type 1 (2880/N 2/Cl. Ch. Wdr.), edge bruise; together with S.A. Prison Service button Pair: Private E. C. D. Lightening, 2nd South African...
Hammer Price: £270
Pair: Corporal G. Handley, South Lancashire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (5112 Drmr., S. Lanc. Regt.) correction to regimental number; King’s South Africa, 1 clasp, S.A. 1902 (5112 Cpl., S. Lanc. Regt.) nearly very fine (2) £80-100
Pair: Private S. Smith, Gloucester Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (5908 Pte., Gloucester Regt.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Pte., Glouc. Regt.) contact marks and polished, therefore good fine (2) £50-60
Hammer Price: £70
A rare campaign group of seven to Warrant Officer E. Craft, Army Postal Department Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (457 Pte., Army P.O. Corps); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps (457 Corpl., A.P.O.C.); 1914 Star (27776 Sapr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (27776 W.O.Cl.II., R.E.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., crowned bust (Ernest Craft); Volunteer Long Service, E.VII.R. (5356 Cpl., 24/Middx. V.R.C.), mounted on a display...
Hammer Price: £340
Three: Sergeant E. Gaynor, 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, late South African Light Horse Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Belfast (1845 Farr.-Serjt., S.A. Lt. Horse); British War and Victory Medals (1022 Sjt., 3 Tun. Coy. A.I.F.) good very fine (3) £150-180
Three: Sergeant F.A.G. Quandt, South African Constabulary, later Zululand Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (62 Serjt., S.A.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps (62 Sjt., S.A.C.); Natal 1906, clasp, 1906 (Tpr. F. A. G. Quandt Von Eicholtz, Zululand Mtd. Rifles), contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £120-150
Hammer Price: £130
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