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Marine Society Reward of Merit, (Alfred E. Stoker, April 1st 1919), swivel ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £260
Southern Railway St. John Ambulance L.S. Medal, silver (Peter Deacon, 1931), with ‘14 Years’ brooch bar; National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal, silver (2635 Vivian H. Howell), with ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar; R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Albert Edward Edwards), crudely engraved, lacking brooch bar; Loyal United West and East Ham Volunteers Medal 1799, silver, unmounted; 2nd Essex Volunteer Rifle Corps Medal, silver, unmounted; B.R.C.S. War Medal 1914-18; 1939-45 Star...
Hammer Price: £140
Army Riffle Association, Methuen Cup Medal, 1 clasp, 1939, 41mm., silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1938, unnamed, with buckle on ribbon, in fitted case of issue; Army Rifle Association Medal, obverse: lion; reverse inscribed, ‘1926 Bisley Britannia Trophy Runners up 2nd Bn. Rifle Bde. A/Cpl. P. Walbridge’, 33mm., bronze, in F. Phillips, Aldershot fitted case, unmounted; ‘Bisley 1936’, uniform sleeve badge, cloth, good very fine (3) £40-60
Hammer Price: £50
An album of 1939-45 War V.C. winner autographs and other related memorabilia, compiled via correspondence in the 1980s, several of those contacted having returned signed modern photographs, and / or in addition to a covering letter, the winners including Captain P. J. Gardner of the Royal Tank Regiment, Major-General H. R. B. Foote, also of the Royal Tanks, Admiral Sir B. C. G. Place, R.N., of Tirpitz raid fame, Flight Lieutenant J. A. Cruickshank of Coastal Command, Brigadier L. MacL....
Hammer Price: £420
An Impressive album of Battle of Britain aircrew autographs and other related memorabilia, most probably compiled around the time of the 50th Anniversary celebrations in 1990, many of the pilots having signed modern - and in a few cases older or even wartime vintage - photographs, and / or in addition to covering notes and letters, approximately 175 pilots being represented, many of course, now household names, in excellent condition and most interesting (Lot) £200-300
Hammer Price: £580
Two albums of American Congressional Medal of Honour winner autographs and other memorabilia, most likely compiled in the 1980s and 1990s, and representing approximately 75 recipients, from Second World War vintage through to Vietnam, including legendary U.S. Army Air Force pilot, General James Doolittle, in excellent condition and most interesting (Lot) £80-120
Hammer Price: £290
A quantity of original documentation appertaining to Surgeon Wing Commander (Surgeon) H. M. Stanley Turner, M.B.E., Royal Air Force, late Major, Falkland Islands Defence Force, including assorted notebooks (5), largely unused, one inscribed to him as a Major, R.A.F., and three as a Wing Commander, but the earliest, a white vellum bound book, as ‘Major H. M. Stanely Turner, Falkland Islands’; an old leather wallet similarly inscribed; together with four letters from the Office of the...
Hammer Price: £100
A Vietnam War photograph / scrap album compiled by First Lieutenant P. H. Mobley, Alpha Company, 1st U.S. Cavalry, subject matter largely circa 1965 and including a series of images from combat sorties, including helicopters in flight and enemy dead, together with Vietcong propaganda leaflets and several newspaper cuttings, one featuring the story of Mobley and his company in a “friendly fire” incident, together with a pair of pale blue Vietcong uniform epaulettes, presumably taken by...
£180–£220
A framed and glazed “tribute display” dedicated to the V.Cs of Rorke’s Drift, comprising two copy V.Cs flanking a reproduction cap badge of the South Wales Borderers, with photocopied portraits and citational details for all eleven recipients, together with two buttons, etc.; and another, dedicated to Private Alfred Hook, with modern striking dress miniature V.C., South Africa 1877-79 pair, reproduction South Wales Borderers and 2nd Warwickshire Regiment badges, copy portrait...
A framed and glazed “tribute display” dedicated to Boer War V.C. Winners, comprising: copy V.C. overlaid on a Caton Woodville bookplate depicting the deeds of Lieutenant F. W. Bell, Western Australian Mounted Infantry; Lieutenant W. J. English, 2nd Scottish Horse and Farrier-Major W. J. Handham, 4th New Zealand Contingent, with copied portrait photographs of all three V.C. recipients and relevant citational details, the whole surmounted by representative Australian, New Zealand and...
Hammer Price: £120
A selection of framed and glazed V.C. winner “tribute displays” dedicated to: Midshipman G. L. Drewry, V.C., Royal Naval Reserve, with set of 4 miniature dress medals, comprising modern V.C., 1914-15 Star trio, miniature reproduction Memorial Plaque, modern R.N. cap badge, and photocopied portrait photograph and biographical entry; Lieutenant-Commander I. E. Fraser, V.C., D.S.C., Royal Naval Reserve, comprising copy V.C., modern R.N. badge, autographed colour photograph and typed...
Hammer Price: £85
Army of India 1799-1826, unmounted silver-gilt specimen, unnamed, very fine £60-80
Specimen and Defective medals (10); Hunza Nagar Badge 1891, bronze, reverse impressed, ‘Gurney & Son, Woodstock Street, London’, additionally engraved ‘Specimen’, reverse fitted with twin loops; Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902, edge impressed, ‘Specimen. 68-Gen. No.-3653’; India General Service 1936-39, lacking suspension and clasps, edge impressed, ‘Specimen’; Pacific Star, reverse impressed, ‘Specimen’; Korea 1950-53, lacking suspension, edge impressed,...
Hammer Price: £320
Army Best Shot Medal, V.R., silver, edge engraved, ‘Specimen’, extremely fine, rare £180-220
Hammer Price: £310
Army Best Shot Medal, G.V.R., 1 clasp, 1933, silver, erasure on edge presumably for the word ‘Specimen’, nearly extremely fine, rare £180-220
Worn, Erased, Renamed or Otherwise Defective medals (25); Military General Service 1793-1814, lacking suspension and clasps (Benjamin Clark, Royal Artillery Drivers), renamed; Waterloo 1815, erased; New Zealand 1845-66, undated, lacking suspension, erased; India General Service 1854-95 (4) - two lacking suspensions and clasps, erased; another, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (2067 Gr. T. Weeks, I.C. R.H.A.), renamed; another, bronze issue, lacking suspension rod and clasp (Syce Bhagan No.9 By. 1st...
Hammer Price: £430
Renamed, erased and otherwise defective medals (4), Hyderabad 1843, naming indecipherable, crudely fitted replacement suspension, pitted and worn; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Central India, naming erased; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp, bronze (Cook Ram Bahsh, 14th Mule Corps) worn; 1914-15 Star, naming erased, very fine except where stated (4) £80-120
Hammer Price: £210
Renamed, Erased and Copy medals (3), Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (T. .... 46th Regt.) officially impressed naming, surname erased, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (128 Cr. Sergt. I. Kelly, Con. Ran.) renamed; Military Cross, G.V.R., marked copy on reverse, good very fine except where stated (3) £40-60
Defective medals (5), British North Borneo Company’s medal 1897-1915, 1 clasp, Punitive Expedition, fixed suspension, edge stamped ‘copy’; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Mahsud 1919-20, clasp loose on riband, erased (or possibly unnamed); British War Medal 1914-20, erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2), both erased, good fine or better (5) £20-30
Hammer Price: £130
A composite ‘cuirassier’ armour, comprising of a helmet probably Dutch mid-17th century with two-piece skull rising to a low comb, the peaked fall and lower bevor pivoting at the same points secured by a hook and catch on the right side, the face protected by a single bar rivetted on to the chin of the lower bevor, plain turns throughout and decorated with dome headed rivets and simple engraved lines, signs of old repairs and damage and lacking gorget plates, otherwise good condition....
£800–£1,000
A good Scottish officer’s sword, circa 1800, the wide single-edged blade with wide fuller, having the remains of blued and gilt decoration over two thirds of it’s length, including a crowned shield bearing the Scottish Lion surmounting two unicorns, Saint Andrew, a Highlander in full dress and a crowned garter containing the motto of the Order of the Thistle, a thistle appearing within, the blade additionally decorated with scrolls etc., the back edge engraved in script Woolley &...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Scottish basket hilted backsword, the 31 inch single-edged blade with wide fuller, steel basket hilt of two piece construction joined through the centre, composed of multi-bars and scrolls engraved with thistles, the central panel engraved with a crowned garter bearing the motto of the Order of the Thistle and B.F. 1st. Bn., squared fishskin covered grip bound with twisted brass wire, steel ferrules, bun shaped pommel with tang button, hilt retains original lining, lightly rust patinated,...
Hammer Price: £820
A Scottish basket hilted backsword, the 30 inch single-edged blade grooved at the back edge, etched within scroll Culloden, the steel guard of two piece construction joined through the centre, multi-bar basket with solid heart shaped centre panel engraved with a crown and thistles etc., spirally carved wood grip bound with copper ribbon, steel ferrules plain bun shaped pommel with tang button, good condition overall £200-250
A Scottish basket hilted backsword, the 32 inch single-edged blade with narrow groove at back edge, basket hilt of two piece construction joined through the centre, composed of bars and scrolls of thistles, the central panel engraved with star of Saint Andrew and number 116, squared fishskin covered grip bound with twisted copper wire, fluted steel ferrules and fluted domed pommel, blade with one area of deep rust pitting, some rust patination overall, otherwise good condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £850
A Scottish Highland regiment officer’s broadsword, the 33 inch, double-edged blade with central fuller, copper-gilt basket hilt of regulation pattern, squared fishskin covered grip bound with copper wire, hilt somewhat misshapen, blade worn and gilding rubbed overall £300-350
Hammer Price: £520
A mid 18th Century Scottish basket hilted broadsword, the heavy 34 inch double-edged blade of flat section, having multiple grooves for part of its length and engraved with an orb, steel basket hilt, the panels pierced with hearts and pellets and having scrolled edges, square hilt bars and plain bun pommel, plain wood grip, lightly age-pitted overall, otherwise good condition £550-600
Hammer Price: £750
A Scottish basket hilted broadsword, mid 18th century, the wide heavy 31 inch double-edged blade having three central fullers, struck with XX on both sides and a running wolf mark, steel basket hilt with panels finely pierced with hearts and pellets, side panels supported by saltires, fine line engraved decoration overall, half-round hilt bars, plain bun shaped pommel with tang button, spirally carved wood grip with original leather covering, brass ferrules, some light pitting to blade,...
Hammer Price: £900
A Scottish basket hilted backsword, the 30 inch single-edged blade with single narrow fuller at back edge, steel basket hilt having steel panels pierced with hearts and pellets and with scalloped and scrolled edges, the side plates supported by saltires, fluted squre section hilt bars and fluted conical pommel, spirally carved wooden grip covered with fishskin, bound with copper wire, silver ferrules, blade and grip probably associated, good condition overall £350-400
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Scottish Highland regiment officer’s broadsword, the 33 inch, double-edged blade with central fuller, regulation hilt of heavy silver plate, leather covered grip bound with gilt wire, hilt retaining original lining, minor wear overall otherwise good condition £250-300
Hammer Price: £450
A Scottish basket hilted backsword, the 33 inch single-edged blade with wide fuller, the back edge stamped Woolley & Co., the blade etched within scroll Culloden, steel basket hilt of two piece construction joined through the centre, with multi bars and solid centre panel engraved with thistles and crown etc., squared wood fishskin covered grip spirally bound with copper ribbon, steel ferrules and bun shaped pommel with tang button, some light rusting otherwise good condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £500
A Scottish officer’s sword of the 1st (or Royal) Regiment of Foot, circa 1800, the 32 inch double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, gilt brass hilt with knucklebow, the quillion decorated with acanthus leaves, fixed guard with regimental badges afixed thereon, facetted urn shaped pommel, blade worn and pitted overall, grip lacking silver wire binding, gilding polished off overall £200-250
A Scottish Lord Lieutenant’s courtsword, the 31 inch blade etched with thistles and foliage, and retailer’s name Holbeck & Son, Covent Garden, gilt hilt chased overall with foliage, fluted pommel, the shell guard with afixed silver thistle, copper wire bound grip, in its black leather scabbard, with three gilt mounts, gilding dulled overall, scabbard broken £120-150
Hammer Price: £200
Scottish Infantry officer’s Sword, fitted with the cruciform Field Service hand guard, GVR cypher to the blade and contained in a brown leather field service scabbard, sword frog, Sam Browne belt and spurs contained in a soft leather pouch, blade clean with only slight patches of surface rust some scuffing to the scabbard £100-120
Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, an officer’s full dress busby c1840-60 of dark brown fur with silver bullion sewn-in cap lines and silver plated chin chain and lion’s mask side ornaments, plain red cloth busby bag, no plume or holder, the fur quite good though worn around the lower rim the bag mothed and stained the plated areas sound but dirty, sound internally but some worm holes to the leather sweatband, worthy of careful restoration £300-400
Hammer Price: £300
4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars, a very fine and scarce officer’s full dress dark brown fur busby complete with gold gimp frontal boss, gold bullion sewn in cap lines, yellow bag with gold lace trim and gold gimp boss, correct pattern velvet lined gilt ribbed chin chain, correct red over red plume with gilt plume holder, the fur excellent small moth holes to the busby bag and the gold cord areas dull, whalebone plume base split at the bottom and the internal plume locating socket missing ...
The Leicestershire Regiment, an officer’s 1878 pattern home service blue cloth helmet, complete with all fittings and bearing the gilt and silver post 1902 helmet plate, this with green velvet centre backing indicating a TF battalion, retailed by H Rogers 5 London Road Leicester, the skull ‘soft’ on the rear peak the cloth dirty but in good condition, the spike and quadrant devoid of gilt the remaining fittings retaining some gilt under the surface grime, the front pewak trim with some...
Hammer Price: £360
The Norfolk Regiment, an officer’s 1878 pattern home service blue cloth helmet complete with all fittings and bearing the gilt and silver post 1902 KC helmet plate, retailed by Cater & Co., the skull sound but the cloth with some surface wear and three small moth holes, all fittings devoid of gilt, good condition internally though an extra fitting hole behind the crown area indicates a previous plate £220-250
Hammer Price: £240
The Lincolnshire Regiment, an 1878 pattern officer’s home service blue cloth helmet complete with all fittings and bearing the 1881 pattern QVC helmet plate, this with the short title scroll ‘The Lincolnshire Regt’, the skull sound but the cloth severely faded and worn, the fittings devoid of all gilt and the crown of the plate detached from the star, the chin chain leather/velvet lining partly detached, internally reasonably sound but with staining and evidence of a previous plate ...
The Leicestershire Regiment, 1st Volunteer Battalion, an officer’s 1878 pattern home service green cloth helmet complete with all plated fittings and bearing the silver plated and gilt helmet plate 1883-1901, the skull sound but the green cloth on the side and rear skull panels severely faded, the plating sound all round under surface grime, the chin chain leather/velvet lining partly detached, internally reasonably sound but with some wear to the green canvas lined peaks, the plate...
34th Sikh Pioneers, an officer’s side hat in navy blue cloth with yellow cloth crown and bearing a hall marked silver cap badge (Birm 1918 JRG &S) being a KC over a quoit over crossed axes centrally ‘34’ on a black enamel ground (crazed), two worn frontal buttons bearing KC over a quoit with SIKHS in the centre; 1st Afridi Battalion, an officer’s side hat in navy blue cloth with white cloth crown and piping, silver plated cap badge displays a two towered castle over a tri-part scroll...
Hammer Price: £600
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