Auction Report

18 January 2023

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (18 January 2023)

Gross Total: £502,390 (£622,964 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots: 748
Sell-through rate: 99.0%
Exchange rate of the GB pound: US $1.23 and €1.14

Principal Lots
Lot no.
316. The Battle of the Nile Naval Small Gold Medal awarded to Davidge Gould, RN, ex Hamilton-Smith and Waite Sanderson, £100,000 (£124,000)
173. The China Wars pair to Sir Harry Parkes, British Consul at Shanghai, £30,000 (£37,200)
1-100. Medals from the Royal Berkshire Collection (Part I), £22,850 (£28,334)
158. The Gallipoli CGM group of five to Acting LS William Pearce, RNVR, £18,000 (£22,320)
172. The Burma and Afghan Wars group of five to QMS Joseph Heseltine, 13th PALI, £11,000 (£13,640)
696. Ottoman Empire, Order of Hanedani Ali Osman, collar badge to HH Prince Ömer Faruk, £11,000 (£13,640)
101. The G.C.I.E. set of insignia awarded to Charles, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, ex Magor, £9,500 (£11,780)
141. The AFC, AFM group of six to Master Engineer Peter White, RAF, £9,000 (£11,160)
319. Alexander Davison’s Medal for Trafalgar, £5,500 (£6,820)
145. The DCM group of three to QMS Instructor Samuel McConnell, Army Gymnastic Staff, £5,000 (£6,200)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions:
130. The clasp North West Frontier 1937-39 and the Second World War M.I.D.have both been added to the group since the medals last appeared at auction and are both unconfirmed

Withdrawn Lots
The following lots were withdrawn before the auction:
132 and 709

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