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A Coronation Honours B.E.M. group of five to Warrant Officer Class 2 D. Comrie, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (2979203 W./O. Cl.2, A. & S.H.); Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (2979203 Sgt., A. & S.H.); Army L.S.& G.C., G.VI.R., Regular Army (2979203 Sjt., A. & S.H.) minor contact marks, very fine and better (5) £180-220
Hammer Price: £380
Original Letter certifying First Lieutenant Charles Richardson’s service aboard H.M.S. Circe; present during the Great Mutiny of 1797 Hand-written letter, approx. 21.4 x 17.5cm., contained within a glazed frame, 28 x 23cm., ‘These are to Certify the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland that Mr Charles Richardson served as First Lieutenant under my Command on Board his majestys ship Circe from the 13...
£140–£180
Map of the Battle of Waterloo, a contemporary sketch plan of the the battle made ‘on the spot’ by Sir John Morillyon Wilson, later commandant of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, approx. 440 x 330mm., the top half shows the disposition of the two opposing armies prior to the arrival of the Prussians, with infantry, cavalry, artillery and major landmarks all delineated and accompanied with a key; below the map in pencil are the words, ‘Sketched by me on the spot’ and initialled,...
Hammer Price: £330
Waterloo Letter, written by Ensign Charles Short, Coldstream Guards, aged 16 years, addressed to his mother and dated Monday 19th June, Nivelle; a single sheet, 420 x 330mm., with approx. 1800 words, written on both sides in a clear hand, in ink, now faded to sepia, in an easy descriptive almost matter of fact style Short describes the actions as he saw them at Quatre Bras, Genappe and Waterloo, a personal view of this climactic battle, with a tear and old repair, generally in good...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, very fine £350-400
The Expeditions of H.M.S. Challenger 1872-76 and 1886-95, Neptune, left hand holding a triangle and the right arm encircling a trident and resting on a wreath, below which, the helmeted bust of Britannia left, surrounded by dolphins and mermaids, with inscription on ribbon below, ‘Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, 1872-76’; reverse: armoured mediaeval knight left with gauntlet at his feet, a ribbon in part entwined around a trident bears the inscription, ‘Report on the scientific results of...
Hammer Price: £200
Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., bronze, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1929-34 (Duncan Kennedy) in case of issue, extremely fine and unique with these dates £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £2,400
H.M.S. Calliope at Samoa 1889, The Marquis de Leuville’s Presentation Medal, 30mm., pewter, obverse: ‘British Seamanship and Captain Kane of H.M.S. Calliope from an Admirer, The Marquis de Leuville’; reverse: arms of The Marquis de Leuville, pierced for ring suspension, ref. Milford Haven 642, very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £120
Photograph Album, inside cover inscribed in ink, ‘Snap shots taken during the Bechuanaland Campaign of 1897 etc’, 19 x 15cm. (approx.) cloth bound album with 25 card pages, bearing 185 mounted photographs, each approx. 47 x 40mm., most identified, some foxing to pages, cover worn and torn in places, generally in fairly good condition £200-300
Hammer Price: £310
Cherry Medal 1900-04, silvered bronze, unnamed as issued, complete with brooch bar, nearly extremely fine, rare £220-280
Hammer Price: £210
Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal, by W.J.D., reverse impressed, ‘Naval Brigade, South Africa 1899-1900, North China 1900’, 27mm., silver and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, unnamed, hallmarks very faint, otherwise good very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £160
VestA Case, 47 x 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Chester 1900, engraved on one side with a tiger, with ‘Hindoostan’ above and ‘XVII Leicestershire’ below; the other side engraved, ‘Presented to Pte. J. Goodband to commemorate his Patriotic Services, South Africa, A.D. 1900-1901’, very good condition £30-50
H.M.S. New Zealand Medal 1913, Arms of Auckland, ‘The Dominion of New Zealand’; reverse: the battlecruiser H.M.S. New Zealand, ‘To the Officers and Crew of H.M.S. New Zealand 1913’, unnamed, 35mm., silver, edge bruising, very fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £40
Duke of York’s Royal Military School Good Conduct Medal (2), silver base metal; another, bronze, both unnamed, with brooch bars; Girl Guides Star, by Melsom, Birmingham, 30 x 31mm., gilt base metal and enamel, with enamelled brooch bar; Medallions (2) - Earl Roberts V.C., 44mm., bronze; H.M.S. Amethyst, 38mm., base silver metal; ‘Order of Malta’, badge, 32mm. base silver metal maltese cross on an ornate 59mm. dia. circular gilt metal base, extremely fine (6) £40-50
Hammer Price: £45
Army Temperance Association: India, The Association Medal (A.T.A.I.14), silver; Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association, 4 year award, (S.T.A.2 with Excelsior bar), silver; Masonic, Peace Medal 1919; Duke of Connaught’s Jubilee Medal 1717-1917, silvered metal; another Peace Medal 1919, bronze, all unnamed, good very fine (5) £40-60
X Lincoln Regiment, Best Shot Medal, 39mm., silver, unnamed, straight bar suspension; 2nd Mountain Battery R.G.A. Shooting Medal, 31mm., silver, rev. engraved, ‘1913 Shooting, 5th, Gr. F. S. Cook’, ring suspension, very fine and better (2) £50-70
Hammer Price: £85
Ulster Unionist Convention 1892, by Gibson, Belfast, obv. Hibernia standing beside a lion, holding a pennant inscribed, '17 June 1892', a harp at her feet, above inscribed, 'Ulster Unionist Convention', a spray of shamrock in the exergue; rev. shields of Ireland, England and Scotland upon a wreath of rose, thistle and shamrock, with crown above and shield of Ulster below, 'Quis separabit 1892', 38mm., bronze, with brooch fitting to the reverse, Ref: B.H.M. 3433, Eimer 1773; Great Ulster...
Ulster Volunteer Force Headquarters Staff Arm Band, blue embroidered lettering with gilt wire bands on crimson silk, with cloth backing, fitted with gilt buckle and tape for wearing, good condition, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £320
Unionist Clubs of Ireland Secretary's Badge, by Neill, Belfast, 50 x 35mm., silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1912, pin-backed; Unionist Clubs of Ireland Badge, by Neill, Belfast, 32 x 24mm., silver and enamel, pin-backed, second with minor enamel damage, good very fine (2) £80-100
Ulster Women's Unionist Council Badge, by Neill, Belfast, 20 x 28mm., gilt metal and enamel, pin-backed; Ulster Day Badge, 28 September 1912, by Gibson, 30 x 26mm., gilt metal and enamel, with lapel fitting, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Ulster Day Committee Secretary's Badge, 28 September 1912, by Neill, Belfast, 44 x 30mm. (approx.) gilt metal and enamel, pin-backed, extremely fine £40-50
Ulster Volunteer Force Badge, 27 x 21mm., bronze, with lapel fitting stamped, 'Z25', good very fine £30-50
Suffragette Movement Badges (2), comprising, pin back tin badge inscribed ‘Votes for Women’; bronze and enamel badge, inscribed ‘National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies Constitutional Non Party’, with original brooch fitting to reverse; and a woven silk ribbon in W.S.P.U. colours, inscribed ‘Votes for Women’, generally good condition (3) £150-200
Hammer Price: £680
Women’s Social and Political Union Membership Card, the front of the card inscribed in ink ‘1/- entrance fee’, the return address on the reverse card inscribed in ink ‘Kensington, 143 Church St., Notting Hill Gate, W.’, a little worn around the edges and the perforations largely detached, but a rare survival £80-120
Hammer Price: £70
Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, obverse with partially clothed man and woman together with a naked skeletal figure; reverse: ‘N.U.W.S.S. 1914 Scottish Women’s Hospitals’, 32mm., bronze, with original plaid silk ribbon; John Pinches fitted case of issue; and small paper enclosure certificate, inscribed ‘Medal conferred by the Committee of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals on Miss Edith Palliser in recognition of her valuable services’, reverse of certificate inscribed...
Hammer Price: £270
Original Great War Observer’s flying log book, early white cover type, appertaining to Lieutenant A. V. Oliver-Jones, Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action with No. 21 Squadron in July 1916, covering the period 8 January to 15 July 1916, commencing with early training flights at Netheravon and ending with operational entries with No. 21 Squadron in France, including forced landings and crashes after reconnaissances over Lille and Cambrai in June and July, together with a quantity of...
£550–£650
Black Watch, The Wauchope Medal for Gallantry, silver, the reverse inscribed (Pte. T. Miller, for Conspicuous Gallantry in the Battle beyond Bagdad, March 14, 1917. Presented by Colonel A. G. Wauchope) with silver loop suspension and ribbon in regimental colours, good very fine and rare £400-500
Hartlepool Special Constabulary Medal 1914-1918, silver, 35mm, obverse with crest of Hartlepool, reverse inscribed ‘Borough of Hartlepool Special Constable, Bombardment 1914, Air Raids 1915-18, Zeppelin Destroyed 1916’, unnamed as issued, with original claw and straight bar suspension, edge bruise, otherwise very fine and scarce £250-300
Hammer Price: £300
Great War “Tribute” or similar awards (6), comprising: Dundee Masonic Lodge, attractive bronze issue, obv. a figure of St. Andrew with ‘For War Service 1914-18’ and wreath around, rev., masonic device with ‘Truth, Honour, Justice’ around, 40 mm., with integral loop and ring suspension, and upper and lower riband bars inscribed ‘Dundee No. 967’ and ‘Lodge Progress’ respectively; Corporation of Dundee, white metal issue, obv. City Arms, and inscription around to mark ‘The...
Hammer Price: £150
Great War Tribute Medal, in 9 carat gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, oval medal surmounted by thistles, 33 x 22mm., obverse inscribed ‘The War 1914-18 in Honour of William Paterson Kirkmaiden Parish’, reverse plain, polished and slightly buckled, therefore good fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £65
Australian Great War Welcome Home Medal, in 9 carat gold, 31mm by 40mm, obverse with crossed rifles surmounted by a crown above a shield engraved with recipients initials, reverse inscribed ‘Pres. to L. Cpl. B. C. Hutchings by his Bergalia and Turlingah friends as a token of esteem and appreciation on his return after 3 years service 1916-19’, very fine £50-70
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Albert Clark) good very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £370
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2) (Ernest McIntyre; James Ritchie) very fine (2) £60-80
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (George Ossory Taylor) good very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £290
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (3) (Bakhsh Mohmad; Khan Mohammad; Roshan Khan) first with slight edge bruise, very fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £90
Canadian Memorial Cross , G.V.R. (645520 Pte. W. T. Martin) good very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £55
Great War Illuminated Memorial Scroll, mounted on card, 268 x 162mm., named to ‘Col. Francis William Panzera, C.M.G., Commandant of Detention Camp, Isle of Man’, good condition (3) £100-150
Hammer Price: £620
Great War Commemorative Plaque, rectangular metal plate, approx. 220 x 127mm. set in a crudely carved wooden frame, approx. 283 x 260mm., the plate engraved, ‘Pte. R. Swyers, S.2527, 63rd R.N.D., Antwerp, Ancre. Gavrelle, Ypres, Aveluy Wood, Canal du Nord, Somme, Gallipoli, Vimy, Arras, Welsh Ridge, Ligny-Thilloy, Canal de le Scaut, Cambrai’, plate slightly damaged, fairly good condition £30-40
Zeppelin Relic, five small fragments of aluminium and one of wire contained in a Red Cross packet, 80 x 48mm., which reads, ‘Guarantee. This is a piece of the wire of the first Zeppelin brought down at Cuffley, Herts, September 3rd, 1916. The wire having been given to the British Red Cross by H.M. War Office, it is being sold to help the wounded at the front. Price 1/-.’, good condition £50-70
Hammer Price: £170
Zeppelin Relic, an ‘X’ shaped fragment of aluminium, approx. 100 x 100mm., the two pieces joined by aluminium rivets; a card label, 53 x 83mm., attached to the piece by ribbon reads, ‘A Portion of the Zeppelin brought down in Essex, September 23rd, 1916. Guaranteed Genuine. Sold in aid of British Red Cross at the “Daily Sketch” Needlework Exhibition, 7-10 November 1916.’, good condition £60-80
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