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Oxfordshire Light Horse, a very fine and scarce trooper’s special pattern full dress helmet, the skull of pressed black felt with front peak of black leather, complete with all white metal fittings comprising a QVC over complex monogram (‘1’ ‘O’ double ‘L’ and ‘H’) with the county militia motto at base ‘Fortis Est Veritas’, pierced raised comb complete with red horse trailing plume, the front of the comb with fluted holder and short red horse hair brush, front peak...
Hammer Price: £500
Six: Painter 1st Class J. Trenaman, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (Ptr. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Boadicea); China 1900, no clasp (Pntr. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Bonaventure); 1914-15 Star (121527 Ptr. 1, R.N. ); British War and Victory Medals (121527 Ptr. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Painter 1st Cl., H.M.S. Lion), impressed naming, the last with slightly slack suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, about very fine and better (6) £350-400
Four: Petty Officer 2nd Class T. Poxon, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (Ord., H.M.S. Redbreast); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Lg. Sea., H.M.S. Cossack); British War Medal 1914-20 (145275 P.O. 2, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (145275 P.O. 2 Cl., H.M. Coast Guard), minor contact marks and edge nicks, very fine and better (4) £280-320
Ghuznee 1839 (Geo. Brooks, 2nd Regt.) impressed in reverse field as usual for this regiment, the rim also lightly scratched ‘GB 449’, presumably his initials and regimental number, fitted with replacement rings attached to original bar suspension, edge bruise and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £350-400
78th Highland Regiment (or Ross-shire Buffs), a good quality officer’s plaid brooch c1840-1881, the gilt quoit with silver mounts being the crown over ‘78’ with attendant thistle sprays and scroll at the base ‘Cuidich. N. Rhi’, original stout pin to reverse, slight gilt loss otherwise excellent condition £200-250
Three: Private W. Tester, Rifle Brigade 1914-15 Star (S-12012 Pte., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (S-12012 Pte., Rif. Brig.); Memorial Plaque (William Tester), extremely fine (4) £180-220
Three: Private T. Farmer, 71st Highland Light Infantry Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (71st Foot), officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (71st High. L.I.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, first with some contact marks, very fine and better (3) £400-450
Hammer Price: £520
A fine Great War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Signal Commander W. R. Paris, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Qd. Sig., H.M.S. Beagle); 1914-15 Star (Sig. Bosn., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Sig. Bosn., R.N.); Defence and War Medals, the second with officially corrected ship’s name and copy clasp, generally...
A Great War Eastern Mediterranean operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Ordnance Artificer 1st Class C. H. Hazell, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. 4491 C. H. Hazel, Armr. Mte., H.M.S. M. 32, E. Mediterranean), note surname spelling; 1914-15 Star (M. 4491 A. Ar. Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 4491 Act. Armr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M. 4491 O.A. 2, H.M.S. Pembroke), contact marks and edge bruising, and...
Pair: Quarter-Master T. W. James, Royal Navy Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lg. Seamn. H.M.S. Druid. 73-74); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Modeste) impressed naming, suspension detached on the first, otherwise about very fine (2) £300-350
Four: Chief Stoker J. Marles, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (123806 Ldg. Sto. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Redbreast); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Act. Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Redbreast); British War Medal 1914-18 (123806 Ch. Sto., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (279420 Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Indus), contact wear and edge bruising, generally very fine (4) £250-300
Pair: Leading Seaman J. Pyle, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Azoff (H.M.S. Agamemnon), contemporary impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, edge nicks, very fine and better (2) £300-350
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (No. 1176 Trumpt. Mjr. J. Dunn, 17th D.C.O. Lrs.) severe edge bruise, very fine £300-350
Pair: Ordinary Seaman E. Shergold, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (197214 Ord: H.M.S. Terrible) impressed naming; China 1900, no clasp (Ord. H.M.S. Barfleur) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £350-400
Six: Able Seaman E. C. Frampton, Royal Navy Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (217116 A.B., H.M.S. Philomel); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (217116 A.B., H.M.S. Philomel); 1914-15 Star (217116 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (217116 A.B., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (217116 A.B., H.M.S. Vernon), mounted for display, some contact marks, very fine and better (6) £250-300
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Pyrenees (William Kember, 32nd Foot) plugged below refixed claw, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine £600-700
Allied Subjects’ Medal, silver, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £300-350
Three: Private Thomas Mansell, Welsh Guards 1914-15 Star (463 L. Cpl., W. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (463 Pte., W. Gds.) extremely fine (3) £350-400
Hammer Price: £530
Six: Serjeant T. Ellison, Loyal North Lancashire and Manchester Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (468 Sergt., 2nd Bn. Manch. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6345 Serjt., L.N. Lanc. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (2902 Sjt., Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2902 Sjt., Manch. R.); Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (73 Sjt., 4/Manch. Regt.), slight contact marks, very fine and better (6) £380-420
Hammer Price: £550
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Gambia 1894, Brass River 1895 (S. Glover, Dom. 3 Cl. H.M.S. Raleigh) very fine and rare £300-350
Five: Captain F. Young, Hertfordshire Regiment, late Bedfordshire Regiment, father of Second Lieutenant F. E. Young, V.C. India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3292 Sergt., 1st Bn.. Bedford. Regt.); 1914 Star, with copy ‘slip-on’ clasp (3292 C. Sjt., 1/1 Herts. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (3292 A.W.O. Cl. 1, Herts. R.); Army L.S.& G.C., E.VII.R. (3292 C. Sjt., Bedford. Regt.) first and last with contact marks, nearly very fine and...
Pair: Able Seaman T. R. Thomas, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (196258 Ord:, H.M.S. Terrible) impressed naming; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (A.B. H.M.S. Terrible) copy clasp, not entitled, nearly very fine, the first rare as a single clasp (2) £400-450
Pair: Leading Stoker J. J. Moxley, Royal Navy India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (Stoker, H.M.S. Hart), second initial given as ‘H.’; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Leadg. Stoker, H.M.S. Forester), minor contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (2) £400-500
Pair: Boy 1st Class P. C. Livermore, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (193646 Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Terrible) officially engraved naming; China 1900, no clasp (A.B. H.M.S. Terrible) contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £300-350
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain R. C. Vernon, G.H.Q. Signal Company, Royal Engineers, formerly Royal Engineer Motor Cyclist Section The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with contemporary copy bar (28173 Cpl., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); together with recipient’s named Ceylon Great War Voluntary Services Medallion, bronze,...
Family group: China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857 (Edwd. Pyle, Capt. Cox.), contemporary engraved naming, contact marks and edge bruising, good fine Pair: Petty Officer 1st Class E. Pyle, Royal Navy Egypt 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai (Ord. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Hecla); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks and edge bruising, about very fine or better and rare (3) £350-400
Family group: Three: Serjeant Drummer W. C. Dyer, Bedfordshire Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (6689 Sjt. Dmr., 2/Bedf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (6689 Sjt., Bedf. R.) Pair: Colour Serjeant Instructor W. Dyer, Bedfordshire Regiment Army L.S.& G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1348 Cr. Sgt., Bedf. R.); Army Meritorious Service, G.V.R., 1st issue (C. Sjt. Instr., Bedf. R.) extremely fine (5) £340-380
Three: Private C. S. Merrett, North Somerset Yeomanry 1914 Star (548 Pte., 1/1 N. Som. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (548 Pte., N. Som. Yeo.) nearly extremely fine (3) £160-200
Three: Serjeant C. Simpson, Welsh Guards 1914-15 Star (274 Sjt., W. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (274 Sjt., W. Gds.) good very fine (3) £300-350
Five: Petty Officer D. M. Fielder, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (236701 L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (236701 P.O., R.N.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, G.V.R. (236701 A.B., H.M.S. Implacable, 1912, 12 Pr. Q.F.); Russia, St. George Medal for Bravery, 4th Class, rev. impressed, ‘No.1272768’, unnamed, last two with contact marks, very fine and better (5) £400-500
Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (J. Scotcher, Serjeant 16th Regiment Foot 1836) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension and scroll-engraved ribbon brooch, one of the first medals to this regiment, nearly extremely fine and scarce thus £400-450
Hammer Price: £580
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (J. Edwards, 78th Highlanders) contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine £400-450
Six: Chief Petty Officer S. Bennion, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J. 102723 P.O., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 102723 P.O., H.M.S. Gallant), extremely fine (6) £300-350
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Gambia 1894, Benin River 1894 (J. C. L. Dimond, Pte. R.M., H.M.S. Alecto) very fine and rare £300-350
General Service 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Palestine (3525343 A. E. Ritchie, Lan. Fus.; 2979758 Pte. J. Scott, A.& S.H.) first with slight edge bruise, good very fine (2) £160-200
An Immediate I.D.S.M. for Italy awarded to Lance-Naik Bhagtabahadur Thapa, 1/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (3635 L-Nk. Bhagtabahadur Thapa, 1-5 RGR) very fine £500-600
Family group: Four: Chief Petty Officer A. Tett, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (A.B., H.M.S. Woodlark); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (A.B., H.M.S. Woodlark); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (A.B., H.M.S. Woodlark), impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1884, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine or better and a very rare run of awards for service in the same ship Three: Chief Petty Officer W. Tett, Royal...
An outstanding Arakan campaign Immediate M.M. awarded to Naik Mohammed Yaqub, 4/14th Punjab Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (8915 Naik Mohammed Yaqub, 14 Punjab R.) nearly extremely fine £400-500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Nive (James Thorpe, 84th Foot) edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine £500-600
Irish Guards, a good side drum in brass and wood c1901-1903, (no South African honours)the front panel decorated with the title ‘1st Battn Irish Guards’ ‘ER’ cypher the Royal Arms and the regimerntal badge couched in sprays of shamrock, complete with plaited lines and tensioning cords, one end ‘skin’ only, good condition £400-600
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