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A Great War Presentation Pocket Watch, gold plated, the watch by M. G. Howe, Regina, the outer case inscribed, ‘Presented to E. Howe by Lumsden Friends for War Services 1914-18’, movement in working order, minor cracks to face, good condition £50-70
Hammer Price: £75
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Sydney George Haffenden) good very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £45
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2) (John Thomas Spencer; Henry George Tanner) good very fine and better (2) £60-80
Memorial Scroll, ‘Coy. Qr. Mr. Serjt. Bertram Warner, Wiltshire Regiment’, together with Buckingham Palace accompanying slip, mounted in a glass-fronted framed, 58 x 29cm. (approx.), good condition £20-30
Hammer Price: £25
British Red Cross Society medals (4), War Service 1914-18 (2); Proficiency Cross, enamelled, slip-bar, ‘Medical Officer’ (Dr. J. F. Williams), with gilt buckle; L.S. Medal for 3 Years Service, enamelled, with ‘3 years Service’ slip-on bars, unnamed; St. Andrew’s Ambulance Corps Review Medal 1954, silver base metal, unnamed; Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital Medal, enamelled, with slip bars ‘1911’ and ‘1912’ and ‘Queen Alexandra League of Children’ brooch bar; Masonic medals...
Hammer Price: £160
Indian Recruiting Badge, G.V.R., neck badge, bronze, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse numbered, ‘2211’, nearly extremely fine, scarce £80-100
£80–£100
Indian Army Overseas Service Badge (10), bronze, unnamed, pin-backed, good very fine and better (10) £40-60
Hammer Price: £55
Perth Children’s Hospital Presentation Key, 56 x 20mm., 15ct. gold, one side of the bow bearing the arms of Western Australia, the other inscribed, ‘Children’s Hospital, Perth, Presented to the Hon. N. J. Moore, C.M.G., M.L.A., Premier, as Souvenir of Opening, 30.6.09’, extremely fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £180
Pair: 2nd Lieutenant D. M. King Liverpool Regiment Army Rifle Association, The Queen Victoria’s Cup Medallion, awarded to Winners, obverse: Wellington mounted on his charger; reverse inscribed, ‘1st Bn. The Kings (Liverpool Regiment), 2nd Lieutenant D. M. King, Captain of the Team’, 53mm., silver; Gymnastics Prize Medallion, by Pinches, London, obverse: coat-of-arms; reverse: a naked youth throwing a discus (D. M. King, Gym. VIII, 1903), 44mm., silver, second with some edge...
Hammer Price: £85
Church Lads Brigade medals (3) - different; Church of England Temperance Society Medal, white metal, with enamelled ‘Captain’ brooch bar; British Red Cross Society War Service Medal 1914-18 (2); Silver War Badge 1914-18 (2), numbered; Indian Overseas Service badge, bronze, lacking pin fitting;Territorial Rifle Association Medallions (3), silver, one inscribed, ‘Lord Lieutenants’ Challenge Shield 1925, Sergt. Offield’; Lusitania Medallion 1915, British copy; Jutland Medallion 1916,...
Hammer Price: £110
Three: J. R. Hemmings Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs Cross (3), reverse inscribed, ‘J. R. Hemmings, 1926-27’, 26 x 22mm., 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1926; another, inscribed, ‘O.R.C. J.R. Hemmings, 1927-28’, 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1928; another, inscribed, ‘O.R.C. Championship J. R. Hemmings, 2nd, 1928-29’, silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1929, first and third with ribbon mounted as worn, all in individual cases of...
Hammer Price: £95
The Royal Aero Club Medal, by F.H.& S. Ltd, Mercury adjusts his sandals; rev. wreath and legend, unnamed, 37mm., silver, hallmarks for London 1934, extremely fine; Royal Flying Corps Pilot’s cloth wings (2), army and navy issue; R.F.C. button and R.A.F. Sweetheart Brooch, 9ct. gold, very fine and better (5) £40-60
Aviation Award Medals (6), all unissued specimens and undated, (?) by John Pinches, The Institution of Aeronautical Engineers Medal (2), initials ‘IAeE’ on globe, eagle below; rev. blank, 51 and 45mm., silver, matt surface; The Helicopter Association of Great Britain, Henry Alan Marsh (1901-1959) Medal, bust left; rev. legend, 50mm., silvered bronze; The Geoffrey de Haviland Trophy, bust left; rev. legend, 50mm., bronze; The Air League Founders’ Medal ‘For the Most Meritorious...
Hammer Price: £65
Original Great War Pilot’s Flying Log Book (Army Book 425 Type), appertaining to 2nd Lieutenant R. E. H. Springett, Royal Air Force, late Army Service Corps and Royal Flying Corps, with entries dating from first days of training in November 1917 through to graduation in November 1918; together with his original loose-leaf lecture notes from assorted flying courses, the majority handwritten in ink and including engine sketches, etc.; three contemporary photographs, all of them featuring the...
Hammer Price: £260
Original Pilot’s Flying Log Book (New Zealand Military Forces Book - N.Z. 33), appertaining to J. B. Stratton, covering the period January 1931 to August 1934, the majority being pupil pilot entries at the Hawke’s Bay Aero Club but ending with U.K. flights of a simllar nature, generally in good condition and rare £60-80
An original Second World War pilot’s flying log book (R.C.A.F. type) and other memorabilia, appertaining to Flying Officer R. C. Lake, D.F.C., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who participated in 11 sorties to Berlin in the winter of 1943-44, covering the period from training days in November 1941 through to October 1945, via a tour of operations with No. 625 Squadron, with a few subsequent entries on light aircraft for the period 1951-52; together with other related memorabilia,...
Hammer Price: £450
Royal Canadian Air Force, Pilot’s Flying Log Book for Flight Sergeant Herbert Arden Woodhead, for the period April 1943 to August 1945, the entries all concerning flying training, largely in Arizona U.S.A., no operational sorties; together with U.S.A.F. khaki side cap with ten ink signatures of fellow American students, log book with some loose pages, otherwise good condition (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Original post-war Pilot’s Flying Log Books (5), appertaining to Flight Lieutenant D. S. Ryles, Royal Air Force, covering the periods August 1952 to October 1955; November 1955 to May 1958; June 1958 to April 1962 (this an R.C.A.F. issue); May 1962 to March 1969; and February 1982 to May 1985, spines worn, otherwise in good condition (5) £200-250
Malawi Independence Medal 1964; Fiji Independence Medal 1970; Papua New Guinea Independence Medal 1975; Solomon Islands Independence Medal 1978, generally extremely fine (4) £80-120
Hammer Price: £80
Victoria Cross Autographs (7), ‘M. Dunbar-Nasmith’, letter on stationary of H.M.S. Iron Duke, Mediterranean Fleet, dated ‘Malta, 22.3.23’; ‘Gordon Campbell’, on a letter dated 19.12.34; ‘A. F. B. Carpenter’ on a letter dated 28.12.34; ‘Freyberg’ on stationary of the Lieutenant Governor’s Office, Windsor Castle, dated 20th June 1959; ‘Leonard Cheshire’ on a letter dated 19th January 1968; ‘Godfrey Place’ signed below a photograph; ‘Charles Upham, Captain,...
Hammer Price: £200
George Cross, reverse embossed, ‘copy’; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, silver; Jutland Medallion 1916 (3), by Spink, 45mm., silver, unmounted; another (2) 22mm., silver, fitted with eyelets for ring suspension, third with edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £30-50
Hammer Price: £50
South Africa 1834-53, erased naming, minor edge bruising, very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £140
Defective medals (3), Baltic 1854-55, unnamed, signs of brooch mounting to obverse, pierced with ring suspension; Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (Jas. Browning, Coldsm. Gds.), officially impressed naming, signs of brooch mounting to obverse, damaged suspension refixed; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Private Bhanya Sing, 1st Batt. Bl. Mily Police) engraved naming, suspension refixed, all with edge bruising, contact marks, good fine (3) £100-140
Copy, Erased, Renamed and otherwise Defective medals (28): India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7, erased; South Africa 1877-79 (2), no clasp, erased, incorrect suspension; another, no clasp (Pte. H. Willmers, K.W.Tn. Vetn. Volrs.), renamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, silver, arabic inscription, suspension slack, edge bruising, fair; Ashanti Star 1896 (2) copies; Pair: Sergeant Major E. A. Legge, 18th Hussars, Queen’s South Africa, no clasp; King’s South Africa,...
Hammer Price: £520
Belgium, Order of Leopold I, unilingual, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, Order of the Crown, 3rd Class neck badge, gilt base metal and enamel, lacking neck loop; Escapers’ Cross 1939-45, bronze, very fine and better (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £90
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, stamp marks on suspension loop, with neck cravat, nearly extremely fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £100
Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit, Grand Cross of Merit with Star and Sash set of insignia by Steinhauer & Luck, Ludenscheid, sash badge and breast star, gilt metal and enamel, complete with lapel badge and full dress sash in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £210
Great Britain, The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia by Spink, London, sash badge, 105 x 75mm., silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, 90mm., silver, silver-gilt, gold appliqué and enamel, with gold pin, with full dress sash, in case of issue, minor damage to badge centres, good very fine and better (2) £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £1,300
Iceland, Order of the Icelandic Falcon, 2nd type (post-1944) Grand Cross set of insignia by K. Asmundson, Reykjavik, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse stamped, ‘KA 9255’, with full dress sash, in case of issue, both with damage to blue enamel obverse centres, very fine (2) £400-600
Hammer Price: £1,000
Italy, Republic, Order of Merit, Grand Cross set of insignia by A. Pozzi, Rome, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full dress sash, in S. Johnson, Milan/Rome case of issue, extremely fine (2) £180-220
Luxembourg, Order of the Oak Crown, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, neck badge, 50 x 50mm., silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, 66 x 66mm., silver, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, some enamel damage to star wreath, good very fine and better (2) £200-250
Luxembourg, Order of Merit, Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge and breast star, gilt metal and enamel, with full dress sash, in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £200-250
Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, Grand Cross set of insignia by Roelof Citroen, Amsterdam/The Hague, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full dress sash, in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £470
Norway, Order of St. Olaf, 2nd type (1906-37) Grand Cross set of insignia by Tostrup, Kristiania, sash badge, gold and enamel; breast star, silver, gold and enamel, with a length of sash ribbon, nearly extremely fine (2) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,500
Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Christ, 2nd Class breast star by F. da Costa, Lisbon, 75mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, in case of issue, extremely fine £60-80
Portugal, Republic, Order of Merit, Grand Cross set of insignia by F. da Costa, Lisbon, sash badge and breast star, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash ribbon and enamelled lapel rosette, in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £160-200
U.S.A., Medal of Freedom, without palm, bronze; Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, gilt, with lapel rosette, in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £30-50
Presentation Silver Bowl, by Wolfers, 308mm. dia., with rope edge and base ornamentation, inscribed around the circumference, ‘To Andre de Staercke Dean of the North Atlantic Council pour ses vingt ans dans l’organisation, December 1969’, interior of bowl bearing many signatures (of his fellow ambassadors?), with the N.A.T.O. symbol in the centre, the name ‘Wolfers’, silver and other stamp marks on base, excellent condition £60-80 ...
Argentina, Order of San Martin, breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, in Ricciardi, Buenos Aires case of issue, good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £120
Australia, copies, together with associated miniatures (17) produced by W. G. Cary & Co., Sydney: Cross of Valour; Star of Courage; Bravery Medal - each with associated dress miniature medal, riband bar and lapel badge; Commendation for Brave Conduct Emblem; Order of Australia (11), Knight’s set of insignia, neck badge and breast star; Companion’s neck badge on military ribbon; Lady Officer’s shoulder badge; Lady Member’s shoulder badge on military ribbon; Medal of the Order breast...
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