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The Defence of Corygaum campaign medal to Guide Walli Dull Sing, attached Madras Artillery Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Corygaum (Guide Walli Dull Sing, Attd. Madras Artillery) short hyphen reverse, naming officially engraved in running script, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £3,000
The rare naval campaign pair to Captain George Tincombe, Royal Navy, promoted to Commander for services during the Burmese War from where he returned with Despatches (a) Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Egypt (G. Tincombe, Midshipman) (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (1st Lieut. G. Tincombe, R.N. Actg. Captn.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light handling marks, otherwise extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £5,800
A scarce American War of 1812 and Burmese War campaign pair to Sergeant William Craig, 89th Foot, wounded at Lundy’s Lane in 1814 (a) Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chrystler's Farm (W. Craigh, Serjt. 89th Foot) (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Serjt. W. Craig, 89th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, professionally cleaned, minor edge bruising and handling marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £7,200
The Waterloo and Bhurtpoor campaign pair to Private Benjamin Smith, 14th Foot, one of the Waterloo veterans who formed the front rank at the storming of Bhurtpoor (a) Waterloo 1815 (Benjamin Smith, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (B. Smith, 14th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming (c) together with a Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (Benjamin...
Hammer Price: £3,800
The Bhurtpoor campaign medal to Corporal Benjamin Coldron, 59th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Corl. Benjn. Coldron, 59th Ft.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming, contact marks, nearly very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £700
Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, gold, fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising and nicks, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,200
Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, silver, fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, very fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £680
Honourable East India Company Medal for the Coorg Rebellion 1837, gold, 3rd class medal as awarded to Parpattigars, 45.29 grams, with integral gold loop for suspension, a rare original medal, one of only 20 awarded in this class, with overall signs of wear, otherwise very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,600
Honourable East India Company Medal for the Coorg Rebellion 1837, silver, a slightly later striking, the obverse die distorted but not yet cracked, fitted with silver claw and ring suspension, good very fine5000 £300-400
Hammer Price: £280
Honourable East India Company Medal for the Coorg Rebellion 1837, silver, a slightly later striking, the obverse die in a similar state to the previous example, fitted with silver loop suspension, very fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £450
The Napoleonic War medal to Lieutenant-Colonel P. J. Willats, who fought with the 77th Foot in the Peninsula War and commanded a detachment of the 48th Foot in the Coorg Rebellion of 1834 Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (P. J. Willats, Lieut. 77th Foot) polished, therefore nearly very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,900
The Ghuznee medal to Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. Thomas, 48th Bengal Infantry, who was awarded the 3rd Class of the Dooranee Empire for his services at the capture of the Fortress Ghuznee 1839 (Major R. A. Thomas, 48th Regt. Bengal Infry.) contemporary engraved naming in the reverse field, fitted with original suspension and ribbon, good very fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £950
An interesting and rare group to Lieutenant Robert Pigou, Bengal Engineers, one of the Engineers at the Cabul Gate during the storming of Ghuznee, who later died whilst attempting to reduce a fort in Afghanistan when, having cut his fuse too short, he was blown up and his body thrown a distance of eighty yards by the sudden explosion of the powder bags (a) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, with original suspension (b) Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (Successful), (R. Pigou...
A scarce 3rd Class badge of the Order of the Dooranee Empire, instituted in 1839 by Shah Soojah-ul-Moolk Afghanistan, Order of the Dooranee Empire 1839, 3rd class badge, of ‘standard’ Afghan manufacture, 55 x 50 mm., gold and enamels, the central enamelled Persian inscription encircled by 15 small pearls, fitted with later gold ring and loop for suspension from the neck, chips to central inscription, otherwise very fine and rare £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Ghuznee and Sutlej campaign pair to Veterinary Surgeon Isaac Bicknell, Governor-General’s Body Guard (a) Ghuznee 1839 (Vety. Surgeon J. Bicknell, Bengal Light Cavalry) contemporary engraved naming in the reverse field, fitted with an attractive wide silver bar suspension (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Aliwal, Sobraon (Vety. Surgn. J. Bicknell, G.G.B.G.) note initial ‘J’ on both medals, a common ocurrence at this period caused by confusion between the letters...
Hammer Price: £1,600
The outstanding C.B., Dooranee Empire and early Indian campaign group to Major-General John Christie, commanding Christie’s Irregular Horse, later the 9th Irregular Cavalry (a) Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1843, maker’s initials WN, complete with gold ribbon buckle (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. J. Christie, 3rd Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming (c) Ghuznee 1839,...
Hammer Price: £9,000
The Defence of Jellalabad medal to Private Henry Palmer, 13th Light Infantry, mortally wounded in the famous sortie of the 7th April by which the ‘Illustrious’ garrison brought the siege to a close Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown (Heny. Palmer, 13th Regt.) correct regimentally impressed anming in obverse field and on lower rim, fitted with original suspension, extremely fine and rare £1200-1500
The Defence of Jellalabad C.B. group to Major-General Augustus Abbott, Bengal Artillery, who commanded the artillery throughout the siege (a) Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1843, and unusually also punched with the standard mark on each of the lions in the angles of the cross, maker’s initials WN, complete with gold ribbon buckle (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieutt. A. Abbott, (1st) Regt. of Arty.)...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A rare Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie medal to Gunner William Hunt, Bengal Artillery, who died at Candahar shortly afterwards Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Gunner William Hunt, 4th Compy. 2d Battn. Arty.) naming officially engraved in running script, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, minor nicks and bruises, otherwise good very fine and very rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £6,000
A scarce Candahar campaign medal to Private George Reynolds, 40th Foot Candahar 1842 (Private George Reynolds, H.M. 40th Regiment) naming officially engraved in running script, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, good very fine and very scarce £500-700
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Cabul 1842 campaign medal to Brevet Major Charles Shaw, 31st Foot, a veteran of Albuhera in 1811, and a survivor of the burning of the East Indiaman Kent in 1825, who died on campaign in Afghanistan in July 1842 Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, extremely fine, together with eight original parchment commission documents relating to himself, his two brothers and his father, all of whom were officers in the regiment, a fine silhouette...
Hammer Price: £1,000
An interesting Cabul and Gwalior campaign pair to Captain George Reid, 1st Bengal Cavalry, who accompanied the Buffs into action at Punniar, was A.D.C. to three Governor-Generals, and died whilst Superintendent of the Mysore Princes (a) Cabul 1842 (Captain George Reid, 1st Light Cavy. Depy. Afst. Qr. Master General) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension and ribbon fitments (b) Punniar Star 1843 (Captain George Reid, 1st Light Cavalry)...
The unique Napoleonic and early Indian campaign group of five to Lieutenant James Foster, Veterans Department, late Governor-General’s Body Guard and formerly Regimental Sergeant Major of the 11th Light Dragoons (a) Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (J. Foster, Serjt. Majr, 11th Lt. Dgns) (b) Waterloo 1815 (Serjt. James Foster, 11th Regiment Light Dragoons) renamed, fitted with later silver bar suspension (c) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Sergt. J....
Hammer Price: £4,500
The Scinde campaign C.B. pair to General Thomas Conway, 22nd Regiment, who commanded the Light Company of the 22nd in the defence of the Residency at Hyderabad, and was wounded at the battle of Meeanee (a) Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1843, maker’s initials WN, complete with gold ribbon buckle (b) Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (Captn. J. C. Conway, 22nd Regt.) correctly engraved in the regimental style, fitted with...
The Sutlej medal to Colour-Sergeant John Whyte, 50th Regiment, mortally wounded at Moodkee Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845 (Color Serjt. John Whyte, 50th Regt.) good very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Sutlej medal to Major Robert Codrington, 49th Bengal Native Infantry, a distinguished veteran of the First Afghan War, severely wounded at the battle of Moodkee Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845 (Major R. Codrington, 49th Regt. N.I.) good very fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £920
The Sutlej medal to Private Edward Poulton, 31st Regiment, killed in action at Ferozeshuhur Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 1 clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Edward Poulton, 31st Regt.) a few surface marks, otherwise good very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £880
The Gwalior and Sutlej campaign pair to Private Thomas Brown, 16th Lancers, killed in their famous charge at Aliwal in January 1846 (a) Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private Thomas Brown, H.M. 16th Lancers) fitted with original brass hook, this neatly pierced at the bottom (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846 (Thos. Brown, 16th Lancers) nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,500
The Sutlej medal to Colonel C. C. Taylor, 29th Foot, who was awarded the C.B. for the Canadian Rebellion 1837, was wounded at Ferozeshuhur in command of the 29th (Worcesters), and killed in action at Sobraon as Brigadier in command of the 3rd Brigade; as Sir Hugh Gough reported in his despatch, he was ‘one of the most gallant and intelligent officers in the army,’ who ‘fell in this fight at the head of his Brigade in close encounter with the enemy, and covered with honourable...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The Sutlej medal to Private Samuel Rose, 31st Regiment, who later drowned Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Samuel Rose, 31st Regt.) minor marks and bruises, otherwise good very fine £700-800
Hammer Price: £1,050
A fine Indian campaign group of four to Private James Plant, 9th Lancers, representing every campaign fought by the regiment in that period (a) Punniar Star 1843 (Private James Plant, H.M. 9th or Queen’s Royal Lancers) fitted with contemporary replacement bar suspension (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Jas. Plant, 9th Lancers) (c) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (J. Plant, 9th Lancers) (d) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow...
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Punjab and Indian Mutiny campaign pair to Colonel A. J. Macpherson, 24th Foot, who was severely wounded at Chilianwala, and published his memoirs in Rambling Recollections of the Punjaub Campaign (a) Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (Lieut. A. J. Macpherson, 24th Foot) (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn. A. J. Macpherson, 1st Batn. 24th Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and better £2500-3000
The scarce ‘Anchor reverse’ H.E.I.C. long service medal to Sergeant-Major Alexander Munroe, 23rd Regiment Light Infantry Honourable East India Company L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1859 issue with obverse bust of Queen Victoria and Anchor reverse (Sergt. Major Alexr. Munroe, 23rd Regt. L.I.) the obverse scratched below the Queen’s eye, otherwise toned, extremely fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £650
The unique campaign and long service group of four to Sergeant-Major James Woods, 1st Bombay European Fusiliers (a) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Serjt. Jas. Wood, 1st Eur. Fusiliers) (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Serjt. Major Jas. Wood, 1st Bombay Eurn. Fusrs.) (c) Honourable East India Company L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1859 issue with obverse bust of Queen Victoria and Anchor reverse (Serjeant Major J. Wood, 1st European Regt. Fusilier) (d) Honourable East India...
The battle of Khushab V.C. group of five awarded to Major-General Arthur Thomas Moore, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, for his famous charge which broke the square of Persian infantry (a) Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar inscribed ‘Lieut. Arthur Thomas Moore, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry’, the reverse centre of the cross dated ‘Feby. 8, 1857’ (b) Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, date letter indistinct, complete with gold ribbon...
Hammer Price: £150,000
The Persia campaign medal to Major-General Ross Moore, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, who was recommended for the Victoria Cross for his gallantry in the famous charge at the battle of Khushab India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Persia (Capt. R. B. Moore, 3rd Lt. Cavy.) edge bruising, therefore very fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £3,100
A scarce campaign group of four to Duffadar Rumjan Khan, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry (a) India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Trooper Runjan Khan, 3rd Regt. Light C.) (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Tr. Rumjan Khan, 3rd Regt. By. Cavy.) (c) Abyssinia 1867-68 (Sowar Runjan Khan) impressed naming but no unit given (d) Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Duffr. Rumjan Khan, 3d Regt. Bo. Light Cavy.) suspension repaired on the third, contact marks,...
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain Melville Clarke, Adjutant of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry at the time of the ‘first outbreak’ at Meerut in May 1857 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. M. Clarke, 1st Eurn. Lt. Cavy.) good very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Gwalior and Indian Mutiny campaign pair to Captain Fletcher Hayes, 62nd Bengal N.I., Military Secretary to Sir Henry Lawrence, murdered by mutineers on 1st June 1857 (a) Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Lieutt. Hayes, Late A.D.C. to Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.B.) the central silver star hand tooled, the reverse with replacement suspension and fitted with small eyelets at four points, one eyelet now mostly lacking (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn. F. C. C. Hayes, 62nd Bengal Native Infy.)...
The Indian Mutiny medal to General Thomas Carey, Bengal Native Infantry, attached Quarter Master General’s Department, sole survivor of the ambush and murder of Captain Fletcher Hayes, Lieutenant Barbor and Mr Fayrer Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Major T. A. Carey, Qr. Mr. Genl. Dept.) toned, about very fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,000
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