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Pair: Private T. Lewis, 46th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (46th... Thomas Lewis 3576...) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (No. 3576. T. Lewis Regt. 46th.) contemporarily impressed naming, pierce with ring and silver straight bar suspension, heavy edge bruising and contact marks to Crimea Medal, this fair to fine; the Turkish Crimea Medal better (2) £180-£220
Hammer Price: £240
Cases of Issue (10): The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (3), D.B.E. Dame Commander 1st type, an early case, by Garrard, London; C.B.E. (Military) Commander 1st type, by Garrard, London; C.B.E. (Military) Commander (Lady) 2nd type, by Garrard, London; Royal Red Cross (4), 1st Class (R.R.C.) (2), both by Garrard, London; 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), by Garrard, London; another, unmarked, by Garrard, London; Jubilee 1897, Mayor’s and Provost’s issue; Jubilee 2002, card box, by Royal...
Three: Private A. L. Tate, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action at the Battle of Poelcapelle on 9 October 1917 - for his gallantry that day Sergeant J. Molyneux, of the same Battalion, was awarded the Victoria Cross 1914-15 Star (L-15226 Pte. A. L. Tate. R.Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (L-15226 Pte. A. L. Tate. R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Lewis Tate) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240
Three: Lance-Sergeant W. E. Thorne, 24th (2nd Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 November 1916 1914-15 Star (3264 Pte. W. E. Thorne. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (Spts-3264 Cpl. W. E. Thorne. R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (William Edwin Thorne) good very fine (4) £160-£200
A post-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain (Quartermaster) G. J. Gillings, Royal Signals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2317281 W.O. Cl.2.G. J. Gillings. R. Signals.) mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £240-£280
The Victory Medal awarded to Naval Chaplain the Reverend H. D. Dixon-Wright, M.V.O., Royal Navy, who was mortally wounded in H.M.S. Barham at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 and died the following day, 1 June 1916, one of nine Chaplains who died at Jutland Victory Medal 1914-19 (Chapn. H. D. Dixon-Wright. R.N.) extremely fine £140-£180
A Second War Air Medal group of four awarded to 1st Lieutenant Arthur Bert Crawford Jr, 845 squadron, 489th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, who in 1944 piloted B-24 Liberator Heavy Bombers for 23 missions over heavily defended targets in Germany United States of America, Air Medal, bronze, with two oak leaf cluster emblems on riband, wrap brooch; American Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze, crimp brooch; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, bronze, crimp brooch; Victory Medal...
Hammer Price: £250
Pair: Able Seaman J. P. Forbes, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (J. P. Forbes, A.B., H.M.S. Undaunted.); British War Medal 1914-20 (104504 J. P. Forbes. A.B. R.N.), good very fine (2) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £260
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, clasp loose on riband (E. Haslar. 46th. Reg.) officially impressed naming, minor edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine £200-£240
A Selection of Miscellaneous Medals, including a Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service cape badge, silver; a Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge, silver; a St Andrew’s Ambulance Corps Jubilee Medal 1904-54, unnamed; two Army Temperance Association: India Medals, silver, for 8 and 12 Years’ Abstinence respectively; an Army Rifle Association Methuen Cup Prize Medal, silver-gilt and enamel, with four date bars, for 1904, 1905, 1907, and...
Three: Lance-Corporal J. Harris, Worcestershire Battalion, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 September 1915 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9434 Pte. J. Harris. 2/Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9434 Pte. J. Harris. Worc. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Harris) in OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mr. J. R. Freeman, Webleys Row, Bilson Green, Cinderford, Glos.’, good very fine (4) £240-£280
Pair: Sub-Lieutenant A. J. Robertson, Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 4 January 1918 British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. A. J. Robertson. R.N.V.R.) VM officially re-impressed, very fine (2) £100-£140
Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany, with replacement ring suspension, good very fine £160-£200
Five: Petty Officer M. J. Frayne, Royal Navy Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (M. J. Frayne, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Perseus.); 1914-15 Star (174621, M. J. Frayne, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (147621 M. J. Frayne. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (174621 M. J. Frayne, P.O., H.M.S. Gagnes.), contact marks, very fine (5) £200-£240
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant A. McHattie, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Military Medal, G.V.R. (375005 Sjt. A. McHattie 2/R. Scots.) minor official correction to unit, good very fine £240-£280
Hammer Price: £280
Newport, Monmouthshire, Returned Prisoners of War Cross 1914-19, 33mm, gold (9ct, 12.48g, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918), the obverse depicting Britannia, with the shield of Newport, greeting a returning infantryman outside the City Hall, with the dates ‘1914’ and ‘1918’ above and below, the reverse featuring the arms of Newport, ‘Prisoner of War, Newport is Proud of You’ around, unnamed, with loop suspension, suspension loop slightly bent, otherwise good very fine £280-£320
Trallwn, Pontypridd Great War Tribute Medal, silver, hallmarks for Chester 1917, the obverse depicting Britannia presenting a laurel wreath to a returning infantryman, with the King and Queen looking on, ‘To commemorate the splendid devotion & as a tribute to the nation’s gratitude to those who enlisted & fought in the Great War’ around, the reverse depicting the Welsh dragon and both the Old and Victoria Bridges across the River Taff, ‘Lce. Cpl. W. Hocking’ engraved in centre,...
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, clasp loose on riband (Isaac. Iles. 46th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, toned, extremely fine £200-£240
Five: Chief Stoker J. R. I. Parry, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX.80957 J. R. I. Parry. Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Onslow.) nearly extremely fine (5) £80-£100
Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Azoff, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, Sebastopol clasp loose on ribbon as issued, light contact marks, otherwise very fine £180-£220
An unattributed Second War group of four 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all unnamed as issued and mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £200-£240
Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Military), unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £160-£200
Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (2762 Pte. A Trimby. Rl: W. Kent Regt.) minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £200-£240
Six: Major H. Railston, Indian Army Ordnance Corps, late Mercantile Marine, who commanded the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s vessel Mysore during the Second World War, and was Mentioned in Despatches British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Harry Railston); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, nearly very fine and better (6) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Corporal J. W. Ridley, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (1529 L. Cpl. J. W. Ridley. 1/4 Nth’d: Fus:) nearly very fine £240-£280
Royal Marines Band Insignia. Comprising a Portsmouth Division helmet plate, of standard pattern with mounted Prince of Wales cypher 1905-23; another with silvered GVR and EIIR cyphers mounted 1947-55; another 1952-; a Plymouth Division helmet plate of standard pattern with mounted Prince of Wales cypher 1923-47; another 1952-; a cap badge RMLI with separate Prince of Wales cypher and royal cypher 1920-23; another 1947-52; a Royal Marine divisional band helmet plate standard pattern with...
Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, fitted with replacement silver clip and bar suspension, traces of brooch marks to reverse, otherwise nearly very fine £300-£360
Pair: Private A. W. Hayes, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-077941 Pte. A. W. Hayes. A.S.C.); together with the recipient’s Trallwn, Pontypridd Great War Tribute Medal, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1916, the obverse depicting Britannia presenting a laurel wreath to a returning infantryman, with the King and Queen looking on, ‘To commemorate the splendid devotion & as a tribute to the nation’s gratitude to those who enlisted & fought in the Great War’...
Pair: Farrier Major Muhamman Khalil, 20th Lancers Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1001 Far-Maj. Muhd. Khalil, 20 Lcrs.); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2491 Farrier Muhammad Khalil, 14/Jat Lcrs.) both with corrections, nearly very fine £50-£70 (2) £50-£70
Medical Medals awarded to Major A. Dingwall-Fordyce, Royal Army Medical Corps Edinburgh University Prize Medals (3), 52mm, bronze, named ‘Practice of Physic, 1896-97, A. Dingwall Fordyce’; ‘Mental Diseases, 1897, A. Dingwall Fordyce’; and ‘Medicine, 1897-98, A. Dingwall Fordyce’ respectively; Edinburgh University Mouat Medal, 58mm, bronze, named ‘A. Dingwall Fordyce, 1898’, generally very fine (4) £80-£100
Three: Second Lieutenant W. G. J. Pratt, 23rd (1st Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, late 5th Dragoon Guards, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 28 September 1917 1914-15 Star (D-9461 Pte. W. G. J. Pratt. 5th. D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. G. J. Pratt.); Memorial Plaque (William George James Pratt) about extremely fine (4) £240-£280
The Navy and Army Illustrated. A Complete Set of Volumes I to XV (1895-1903), edited by Commander Charles N. Robinson, published by George Newnes, all 15 Volumes uniformly bound in original green cloth covered boards with gilt illustrations to front boards, heavy scuffing to covers and damage to extremities of spines, therefore fair condition (15) £80-£100
Hammer Price: £320
Renamed and Defective Medals (2): Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842, naming erased, fitted with standard late 19th Century silver straight bar suspension; Meeanee Hyderabad 1843, naming erased, fitted with IGS-style suspension, generally very fine (2) £160-£200
Three: Second Lieutenant J. M. Kent, Durham Light Infantry, who died of wounds in August 1915 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. J. M. Kent Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. J. M. Kent.) extremely fine (3) £80-£100
A Second War Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal group of six awarded to Major Orlando Cartford Asper, a B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’ pilot United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross, bronze, slot brooch, in case of issue, with enamelled lapel miniature riband bar; Air Medal, bronze, with 3 clusters on riband, wrap brooch, in case of issue, with enamelled lapel miniature riband bar; American Campaign Medal 1941-45, bronze, crimp brooch, in box of issue; European African...
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3) (222074 Michael Hanby, P.O. H.M.S. Colleen; 300770. R. W. C. Roberts, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Erin.; 176633. J. J. Richards, Ldg. Stoker. H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert.) the first with crudely re-affixed non-swivel suspension, nearly very fine or better (3) £100-£140
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3) (350078. George Statham, Sh. Cpl. 1Cl. H.M.S. Africa.; 355962. Lawrence Buttigieg, Off. Ck. 1Cl. H.M.S. Glorious.; 183812 George Walker, C.P.O. (Tel) H.M.S. Victory VI.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (3) £100-£140
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with full neck cravat, minor chipping to both centres and a very small flake to one arm, otherwise good very fine £300-£400
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Edwd. McKinlay, 71st Highd. L.I.) polished, better than good fine £180-£220
Eight: Able Seaman F. Skelley, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve British War and Victory Medals (J.59481 F. Shelley [sic]. Boy. 1 R.N.) light attempted erasure of rate on BWM; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.59481 (Ch.B.219995) F. Skelley. A.B. R.F.R.); Italy, Kingdom, War Cross, bronze, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, generally very fine (8) £80-£100
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