Auction Report

24 May 2023

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (24 May 2023)

Gross Total: £518,225 (£642,599 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots: 699
Sell-through rate: 96.9%
Exchange rate of the GB pound: US $1.23 and €1.15

Principal Lots
Lot no.
267. The Naval Small Gold Medal to Admiral of the Red Sir Thomas Pakenham, RN, ex Barnett, £65,000 (£80,600)
272. The Army Gold Medal for Toulouse to Lt-Col. James Hugonin, 4th Dragoons, ex Hamilton-Smith, £20,000 (£24,800)
1-70. Medals from the Royal Berkshire Collection (Part II), £13,830 (£17,149)
615. Portugal, Kingdom, Order of the Tower and Sword, 1st type, 1808-34, £13,000 (£16,120)
78. The West Africa 1898 DSO group of 11 to Major-Gen. Weir Williams, Hampshire Regt, £11,000 (£13,640)
404. The Naval GS medal with Yangtze 1949 clasp to AB Eric Saunders, RN, HMS
Amethyst, £8,500 (£10,540)
289. The Waterloo medal to Capt Robert Dudgeon, 1st Foot, ex Hamilton-Smith and Elson, £8,000 (£9,920)
502. The Royal Military College King’s Medal, 1902, to Lt-Col.Lord Kingsale, £8,000 (£9,920)
274. The Military GS medal with 10 clasps to Pte. Robert Beatty, 88th Foot, ex Dalrymple-White, £7,500 (£9,300)
311. The Defence of Lucknow Indian Mutiny medal to James Luffman, a scholar at La Martinière, £7,500 (£9,300)
501. The Relief of Wexford 1798 gold medal to Capt James Boyd, Wexford Cavalry, £7,500 (£9,300)
74. The CBE, DSO and DFC group of ten to Group Capt Oliver Donaldson, RAF, £6,500 (£8,060)
134. The MM group of five to Guardsman Brindley Davies, Welsh Guards, £6,500 (£8,060)
95. The Albert Medal 2nd Class for Land to AB John Ramsay, RN, £6,000 (£7,440)
275. The Military GS medal with 11 clasps to Drummer Thomas Ridley, 40th Foot, ex Payne and Elson, £6,000 (£7,440)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions:
None

Withdrawn Lots
The following lot was withdrawn before the auction:
33

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