Auction Report

23 February 2022

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (23 February 2022)

Gross Total: £619,265 (£767,889 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots: 796
Sell-through rate: 99.2%
Exchange rate of the GB pound: US $1.35 and €1.19

Principal Lots
Lot no.
115. The Afghanistan 2013 CGC group of five to Cpl Josh Griffiths, 1/Mercian Regt, £130,000 (£161,200)
152-251. A Collection of Awards to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, £55,485 (£68,801)
1-100. Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (Part VI), £26,215 (£32,507)
739-800. A Collection of German Militaria (Part IX), £21,940 (£27,206)
101. The GCMG collar chain and associated insignia awarded to Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Moubray, RN, £17,000 (£21,080)
118. The Great War MC, DCM group of seven to RSM William Callaghan, Royal Munster Fusiliers, £11,000 (£13,640)
701. Germany, Third Reich, Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, neck badge by Otto Schickle, £9,500 (£11,780)
158. The Palestine MM group of seven to Sgt David Ritchie, REME, £8,000 (£9,920)
733. Germany, Imperial German Ehren Pokal attributed to Lt Hartmuth Baldamus, £8,000 (£9,920)
242. The Gulf War 1990-1 medal with 2 August 1990 clasp to WO Barry Wickett, REME, £7,000 (£8,680)
123. The Great War DCM, MM group of five to Cpl Sidney Nightingale, 9/Essex Regt, £6,500 (£8,060)
261. The S. Africa 1877-9 group of three to Conductor William Parsons, C. & T. Staff, £6,000 (£7,440)
145. The Queen’s Gallantry Medal to Constable John Young, Metropolitan Police, £5,500 (£6,820)
105. The CBE, OSJJ group of eleven to Acting Surgeon Captain William Gerard, RN, £5,000 (£6,200)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions:
451. The recipient died of cholera at Cawnpore on 5 November 1867
457. A duplicate IGS 1854 medal, named ‘2nd Lieut. E.M. Playfair, 2nd Battn. Arty.’ is known to exist

Withdrawn Lots
The following lots were withdrawn before the auction:
60, 73, 198 and 437

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