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Zeppelin Relic, an ovoid ingot of melted aluminium, 60 x 40mm. (approx.), one side smooth and engraved with a representation of a zeppelin and inscribed, 'Potter's Bar Oct. 1 1916', some scratches and marks on the smooth side, good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £260
Great War Letters, a fascinating archive of letters, cards and donation receipts, addressed to Mrs Cara Broughton, wife of Urban Hanlon Broughton, dating from October 1914 to November 1915, the earliest 57 (approx.) are mounted in an album, 37.5 x 27.5cm. (approx.), the remaining 54 (approx.) are loose, some of the latter are complete with envelopes, some foxing to album leaves, generally in good condition (lot) £200-300
Hammer Price: £220
Indian Title Badge (3), G.V.R., Khan Bahadur, silver-gilt, rev. engraved, ‘Subadar Sultan Ahmed Khan, 1st Jany. 1921’; another; ‘Khan Sahib Inayatullah Khan, 1st Jany. 1916’; another, G.VI.R., Khan Sahib, silver and enamel, rev. engraved, ‘Subadar Mian Khan, 13th June 1946’, no ribbon, very fine and better (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £320
14th - 24th Punjabis Medal, obv. star with ‘14’ at centre, crown above and scroll below, inscribed, ‘24 Punjabis’ and engraved, ‘By Capt. Majid’, rev. blank, 31.5mm., silver, ring suspension; 58th Frontier Force Rifles Medal, obv. regimental motif, rev. wreath and engraved, ‘Centenary 1949’, 32mm., silver, ring suspension, edge bruise; Cawnpore Woollen Mills Medal, obv. breast star of the Order of the Star of India, engraved below, ‘5th/7th Rajput Regiment, Mhow’, rev....
Hammer Price: £80
Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay 1921, bronze, ref; Puddester 921.3; Prince of Wales Welcome Home Medal 1922, bronze, ref: Puddester 922.1; Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. W. Flight); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1902, by G. W. de Saulles, 31mm., silver, ref: Eimer 1871b; Coronation 1937, unofficial, white metal, last very fine, others, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-140
MacGregor Memorial Medal, silver, small type with ring suspension, 44.3mm (Awarded for 1924 to Havildar Rahmat Shah, N.W.F. Intelligence Corps for valuable reconnaissances performed at great personal risk) suspension ring distorted, edge bruises and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,800
Earl of Willingdon’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1931, (M. Rahim Bakhsh, Head Driver Government House Peshawar, April 1932) 51mm., silver, fitted with claw and swivel ring suspension, ref. Puddester 931.1, very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £210
Defence of the British Legations, Addis Ababa 1936, large silver medal, 53mm., ‘Presented to the British Legation Guard by the British Comunities at Addis Ababa to commemorate services rendered 2nd to 6th May 1936’; reverse with struck arabic inscription and additionally engraved, ‘8867 Sep. Kartar Singh’, edge bruising, very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £650
New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse with impressed naming, ‘34191 Pte. W. A. Bell’, extremely fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £50
Defence Medal 1939-45, brass dies for the obverse and reverse, both bearing a punch mark to prevent misuse, extremely fine (2) £100-200
War Medal 1939-45, brass dies for the obverse and reverse, both bearing a punch mark to prevent misuse, extremely fine (2) £100-200
An attractive portrait miniature depicting Second Lieutenant P. A. C. Everitt, Royal Norfolk Regiment, who died of wounds in German hands on 7 January 1940, thought to be the first B.E.F. officer casualty of the Second World War Portrait Miniature, attractive half length watercolour on ivory, 75mm by 95mm, depicting Second Lieutenant Everitt in khaki service dress, contained in original glazed brass frame, with stand and hanging loop to reverse, minor blemish to background colour in one...
Hammer Price: £240
The original flying log books (4) and other memorabilia appertaining to Wing Commander G. V. Fryer, O.B.E., A.F.C., the former covering the periods April 1935 to February 1937 (Egypt and U.K., with flights alongside instructors who later fought in the Battle of Britain, including F./Os G. E. T. Scrase and R. L. Glyde, both of whom were killed in action); March 1937 to May 1941 (U.K. and Canada, with flights instructing future Battle of Britain pilots, including P./Os N. G. Langham-Hobart, K....
Hammer Price: £290
The original pilot’s flying log books (2) appertaining to Squadron Leader F. C. MacDonald, D.F.C., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a veteran of the famous Peenemunde and Hamburg “firestorm” raids, the first with entries covering the period January 1941 to May 1944, including an operational tour with No. 620 Squadron, and the second the period June 1944 to September 1945, including further operational flying with No. 622 Squadron; together with his Pilot’s Notes for Lancaster I and...
Hammer Price: £600
The original “pro-forma - details of sorties” sheets completed by Squadron Leader “Dave” Shannon, D.S.O., D.F.C., the famous Australian pilot who participated in numerous wartime sorties, the “Dambuster” raid among them, comprising 2pp. with typed heading and explanatory notes, followed by Shannon’s handwritten entries for two operational tours, listing some 60 or more sorties from 25 June 1942 through to 25 June 1944, including “Operation Chastise” in May 1943, and noting...
Hammer Price: £300
Victoria Cross Autographs (13) ‘A. Carton de Wiart’, on card bearing recipient’s riband bar; ‘Gordon Campbell’, on a letter dated 19 December 1934; ‘A. F. B. Carpenter’, on a handwritten letter dated 28 December 1934; ‘Leonard Cheshire’, on a letter dated 19 january 1968; ‘D. J. Dean’, on a menu; ‘Thomas Dinesen’, on slip of paper; ‘Ian Fraser, V.C., D.S.C.’ (and Vera Lynn), on commemorative envelope; ‘Milton Gregg’, on a handwritten note; ‘C. N. Michell,...
St. Christopher Nevis Independence Medal 1983, cupro-nickel; Canada, Valcartier Camp Medal 1914, 42mm., silvered five-armed cross with inset gilt disk, obv. armed soldier, rev. The Lord’s Prayer, with ‘Canada’ brooch bar; Australia, Anzac Day Medal 1918, by Stokes, bust of soldier left, ‘Honor to the A.I.F.’, rev, engraved, ‘Gallipoli, France, Palestine’, 27mm., silver, with suspension eyelet, very fine and better (3) £40-50
Hammer Price: £30
Copy medals (7), Army Gold Cross, for Vittoria, Albuhera, Badajoz, Pyrenees, 1 clasp, Vittoria (Lt. Colonel Edw. B. Kenny, L.B. 7th Foot), 38 x 38mm., uniface cross, gilt base metal, with suspension and buckle; Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, with edge inscription, silver base metal; Military General Service 1793-1814 (2), 1 clasp, Fort Detroit; another, 3 clasps, Chrystler’s Farm, Chateauguay, Fort Detroit, both silver base metals; Military Cross, G.V.R., rev. embossed...
Victoria Cross, copy; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, lacking suspension; Royal Naval Reserve L.S.& G.C., E.VII.R. (E.1986 O. French, Sean. 1Cl., R.N.R.), lacking suspension; 1914 Star, copy; Visit of the Commonwealth Fleet to Sydney 1913, 28mm., brass; Nottingham School Board Attendance Medal 1895 ‘W. Holmes’, 41mm, bronze-gilt; Devon Country School Sports Medal, ‘Tug of War, Brereton, 1908’, 39mm., bronze, unmounted; Pair: Albert Sheraton, Guildhall School of Music, 25mm., silver; Newquay...
Hammer Price: £130
Renamed or otherwise defective medals (8), Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp ([?] Hasnaki, Corps of Guides (Cavy.)), lacking suspension, fire-damaged, poor; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jidballi (Dafdr. [?] Ram, 2nd Lancers), defective clasp and suspension, largely re-engraved naming, poor; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2) (Captn. H. W. W. Milthorp, M.G. Corps; 6 Cpl. H. Mathew, I.M.T.), the first with copy clasp and re-engraved naming, the second...
South Africa 1834-53 (John Jager, Cape Md. Riflemen) lacking suspension and brooch mounted on obverse, some edge bruising, nearly very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £85
Renamed and defective medals (7), comprising Indian Distinguished Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Jemadar Hazral Gul, 55th Coke’s Rifles) appears to be officially named but this man cannot be traced, either as a recipient of the I.D.S.M. or as a V.C.O. in the Indian Army; South Africa 1834-53 (R. Sinclair, 2nd Queen’s) renamed; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895, bronze issue (4434 Muleteer Ilmdin Bl Sappers & Miners) renamed; Jummoo & Kashmir Medal, Chitral 1895,...
Hammer Price: £720
Harris family group of miniatures: The mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to General P. H. F. Harris, Indian Army, Order of the Bath, Military Division, gold and enamel, bulbous centres, straight bar suspension and gold buckle on 24mm. wide ribbon; China 1857-60, no clasp; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; ribbon of the India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7, with Indian Mutiny miniature (lacking suspension rod) attached by wire, mounted as worn The...
Hammer Price: £410
A mounted group of nine miniature dress medals, Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue; British Empire Medal, Civil Division, E.II.R.; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 slip-on clasp, Palestine 1945-48; Civil Defence L.S., E.II.R.; St. John Service, 3 ‘silver’ bars, all base metal, mounted Court style for wear A mounted group of four miniature dress medals, Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R.,...
Hammer Price: £45
A mounted group of three miniature dress medals, Egypt 1882, undated, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir; Queen’s South Africa, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, mounted Court style for wear, good very fine (3) £20-30
Hammer Price: £65
A mounted group of five miniature dress medals attributed to Warrant Officer H. E. C. Strugnell, Royal Australian Air Force, Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45; General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 slip-on clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.; Air Efficiency Award, E.II.R., very fine (7) £25-35
Hammer Price: £25
An attractive mounted group of three miniature dress medals, Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 17 x 16mm., gold and enamel, the arms embellished with red stones, the apex, ball finials and inter-arm eagles set with diamonds; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 26 x 17mm. (excl. suspension ring), silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with arms and suspension ring embellished with diamonds; France, Academic Palms, 16 x 11mm., gold and enamel, set with diamonds, the three suspended from a...
Hammer Price: £1,000
U.S.A., Imperial Order of the Dragon (for China 1900), bronze, with gilt obverse dragon, remnants of original riband, good very fine and rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £390
Naval Sports medals (10), most with ship’s emblem on obverse: H.M.S. Cape Town, obv. engraved, ‘Bermuda’; rev. engraved, ‘Inter Part Cricket 1926, S. F. Sargeant’, 32mm., silver, in case; H.M.S. Delhi, rev. engraved, ‘L. Tel. J. Stewart, 1st L.C.S. K.G.V. Football Team’, 32mm., silver; H.H.S. Dolphin, obv. engraved, ‘Inter-Sub. & Unit Cricket Compt. 1931; rev. engraved, ‘Winners H.28 and H.31’, 32mm., silver; H.M.S. Excellent, obv. engraved, ‘L.S. House’; rev....
Hammer Price: £70
Naval Sports medals (10), most with ship’s emblem on obverse: H.M.S. Cardiff, rev. engraved, ‘Inter Part Water Polo, 1925, Stoker G. Brunton’, 37 x 32mm., silver; H.M.S. Ceres, rev. engraved, ‘1st Diving, L. Stokes, Sept. 1927’, 32mm., silver, suspension damaged, some edge bruising, nearly very fine; H.M.S. Despatch, rev. engraved, ‘Molly Kennedy’, 32mm., silver, in case; H.M.S. Eagle, rev. engraved, ‘Beresford Cup, May 1937, 32mm., silver; H.M.S. Ganges (2), rev. boxing...
Four: W. J. Parker, Submarine Flotilla Naval Prize Medal, obv. submarine; reverse: engraved, ‘1st Submarine Flotilla Football League, 1925, H.M. S/M K.26, W. J. Parker’, 32mm., silver; Fourth Submarine Flotilla Medal (2), rev. engraved, ‘1934 Inter-part & Inter-S/M Water Polo, W. J. Parker, H.M.S. Olympus’, 39mm., silver; another, rev. engraved, ‘Inter Submarine Rifle Competition H.M.S. Olympus, W. J. Parker’; Naval Prize Medal, rev. ‘C.F.W.P.A. 1934 Div. II Winners, W. J....
China Fleet Rifle Meeting (2), obv. crossed rifles, ‘rev. engraved, ‘Revolver 20 and 30 Yds. Rapid Class 1 1932, V. L. Sargeant’, 45mm., silver; another, star-shaped, silver, 43mm., rev. engraved, ‘1936 Dorward Cup, “Boys” D. Bell’, solder marks to reverse; Mediterranean Fleet Rifle Meeting, silver cross, 43 x 37mm., rev. engraved, ‘Under 18 aggregate 1928, W. J. Knowles, H.M.S. Barham’, with silver brooch bar; Mediterranean Fleet Medal (2), rev. engraved, ‘Med. Fleet...
Hammer Price: £60
Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers Medal, Half Battery Cutter Race, rev. inscribed (name engraved), ‘Won by left half battery L. Gr. A. E. Beer 1883’, 44mm., bronze, unmounted; Royal Naval Volunteers Medal, rev. engraved, ‘Signal Cup, Sig. D. Laker, 1913’, 26mm., silver; Royal Naval Training Establishment Shotley Medal, rev. engraved, ‘10 Lengths Championship, J. K. Urquhart, 1st Oct. 1914’, 29mm., silver; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Tyne Division Medal, rev. engraved, ‘G....
Royal Navy and Royal Marine Championships Medal, by Phillips, Aldershot, obv. Britannia with lion; rev. engraved, ‘Amateur Boxing 1938, Feather Wt. Runner-up Boy George’, 39mm., silver, ring suspension; Royal Navy Boxing Association Medal, lightly engraved, ‘J. Edwards’, 57mm., silvered bronze, pierced for ring suspension; Royal Navy and Army Boxing Association Medal, obv. engraved, ‘A. J. Hollington, Off. Std.’; rev. engraved, ‘1st Novices Feathers, H.M.S. Q.E., May 1918’,...
Hammer Price: £100
Wakefield R.A.F. Boxing Trophy (2), by V.& S., rev, engraved, ‘Officers Welter Weight Winner George James Rayner, Dec. 8th, 1921’, 42 x 44mm., 9 ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, in Skinner, London case of issue; another, rev. engraved, ‘Officers No.1 Group 8-4-1920 F/O T. H. MacDonald’, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, extremely fine (2) £100-140
Pair: Sergeant C. C. Willott, Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Rifle Association (2), rev. engraved, ‘363321 Sergt. Willott C.C. 31 (AC) Squadron’, edge engraved, ‘Rifle Championship 1st India 1934’, 44mm., silver; another, rev. engraved, ‘362231 Sgt. Willott C. C.’, edge engraved, ‘Command Cup Winners 1934’, 39mm., silver R.A.F. Iraq Rifle and Pistol Association, obv. ‘Victory’ presenting a wreath; rev. engraved, ‘Rifle Teams 1934, Winners, “C” Squadron Cpl....
Royal Air Force Cadet College (2), rev. engraved, ‘R.M.A. Woolwich v Cranwell 1921 Two Miles Winner G. K. Bourne R.M.A. Time 10 min 44 sec’; another, ‘Athletic Contest Jesus College Cambridge 1923 880 Yards Winner E. H. Fryer’, 45mm., silver base metal; R.A.F. Athletic & Cross Country Association, rev. engraved, ‘R.A.F. Egypt 1925 100 Yards L.A.C. Standing’, 51mm., silver; R.A.F. Athletic Association (2), North Western Area, rev. engraved, ‘League Football Final won by East...
Three: Sergeant F. G. Spurden, Royal Air Force India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (359221 Sgt., R.A.F.); R.A.F. India, Inter Command Rifle Shooting Competition, rev. engraved, ‘1935 Sgt. F. G. Spurden’, 32mm., silver; Western Command Small Arms Association India, rev. engraved, ‘1933 Sgt. Spurden’, 64mm., silver, pierced for suspension, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £170
R.A.F. Cadet Brigade, rev. engraved, ‘Cadet H. Hazlehurst, Nov. 12th 1918, Feather Weight Championship, 5th Wing R.A.F., Shorncliff’, 38mm., silver, in case; R.A.F. Prize Medal, rev. engraved, ‘A. E. W. Brewer, 274 Squadron “Tug of War” Midland Area’, 38mm., silver; R.A.F. Boxing Association, rev. engraved, ‘Sergeant F. J. Allan, R.A.F.’, 39mm., silver, in case; R.A.F. Prize Medal, rev. inscribed, ‘Charles Forte Cup 1956, Catering Comp. 5022966 A. C. Duffy’, 33mm.,...
Aldershot Command Athletic Association medals (12) - 10 silver, 2 bronze, all named, some cased, includes: Association Football Competition, ‘Pte. Mercer A.R., Lovat Scouts’; Lloyd Lindsay Inter-Troop Competition, ‘L/Cpl. Barr, O., 12th Res. Cav. Regt.’; Rifle Meeting, ‘Pte. C. W. Stewart, 3rd Coldm. Gds.’, these 38mm., silver; Command Annual Athletic & Cycling Championships August 1917, ‘1/4 Mile Cycle Race, 1st A.M. W. A. Hills’, 35mm., silver, very fine and better (12) ...
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