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The Second China War medal to Major W. A. Warren, Madras Artillery China 1857-60, no clasp (Lieut. W. A. Warren, 5 Bn. Madras Arty.) officially impressed naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, very fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £320
The Second China War medal to Quarter-Master George S. Page, Indian Navy China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Qr. Mr. Geo. S. Page, HMS. Coromandel I.N.) officially impressed naming, nearly very fine and scarce £350-400
Hammer Price: £480
The Second China War medal to Lieutenant G. F. Dowdeswell, 11th Bengal Cavalry (Probyn’s Horse) China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Lieut. G. F. Dowdeswell, 11th Bengal Cavy.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Second China War medal to Veterinary Surgeon John Field, Fane’s Horse China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Vety. Surgn. J. Field, Regt. of Fane’s Horse) officially impressed naming, edge bruise, otherwise better than very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £700
The important group of Orders and Medals to Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wylie Norman, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., C.I.E., Bengal Infantry, Adjutant-General at the siege of Delhi, for many years Military Secretary to the Governmenet of India and a Member of the Legislative Council of India, who refused the Viceroyalty of India on the resignation of the Marquess of Lansdowne and ended his days as Governor of Chelsea Hospital (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) G.C.B., Knights Grand Cross...
Hammer Price: £11,000
An interesting campaign pair to General Sir J. L. Vaughan, G.C.B., 5th Punjab Infantry (later Vaughan’s Rifles), a special correspondent for the Times during the second Afghan War (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Major I. L. Vaughan, 5th Punjab Infy.) (b) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, North West Frontier, Umbeyla (Lieut.-Col. J. L. Vaughan, Comndt. 5th Punjab Infy.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,100
The fine campaign group of four to General W. E. Mulcaster, Bengal Cavalry, who commanded the first and unsuccessful expedition to Bhootan in 1865 (a) Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Lieut. W. E. Mulcaster, 64th Regt. N.I.) (c) Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Capt. W. E. Mulcaster, 7th Irregular Cavy.) (d) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, North West...
Hammer Price: £2,600
The rare gold Albert Medal group of five awarded to Mr A. T. Shuttleworth, Deputy Conservator of Forests (Bombay District) late Indian Navy (a) Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, gold and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘No. 14’ and inscribed (Presented in the name of Her Majesty to A. T. Shuttleworth. Wrecks of the “Berwickshire” “Die Vernon” and “Terzah” 1866 and 1867) the reverse of the crown with maker’s cartouche ‘Phillips...
Hammer Price: £19,000
The exceptional Naga Hills 1875 Order of Merit and 7-clasp I.G.S. pair awarded to Subadar Heema Chund, 44th Gurkha Regiment of Bengal Infantry, who was killed in action at Manipur in March 1891 (a) Order of Merit, 3rd Class, the plain reverse officially inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class “Order of Merit”’, complete with silver ribbon buckle (b) India General Service 1854-94, 7 clasps, Bhootan, Looshai, Naga 1879-80, Burma 1885-87, Burma 1887-89, Chin-Lushai 1889-90, N.E....
Hammer Price: £6,200
The campaign pair to Colonel R. K. Ridgeway, V.C., C.B., 44th Gurkha Regiment of Bengal Infantry, awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Konoma in the Naga Hills when he was severely wounded (a) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, Naga 1879-80, N.E. Frontier 1891 (Capt. R. K. Ridgeway, 44th Bengal N.I.) (b) India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Lt. Coll. R. K. Ridgeway, V.C. I.S.C.) official correction to ‘V.C.’,...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The fine K.C.B. group to Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander George Ross, 1st Sikh Infantry (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) K.C.B., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, hallmarked London 1897, and breast star, silver, gilt and enamels (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Ensn. A. G. Ross, 35th Regt.) (c) Abyssinia 1867 (Lieut. A. G. Ross, 1st Sikh Infy.) (d) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8...
Hammer Price: £3,900
The Burma Wars C.B. group of three to Major-General R. G. Woodthorpe, Royal Engineers (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1887, complete with swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle (b) India General Service 1854-94, 3 clasps, Looshai, Burma 1885-87, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. R. G. Woodthorpe, Rl. Engrs.) clasps sometime soldered together to facilitate mounting but last two now detached...
Hammer Price: £3,500
The Second Afghan War medal to Private J. Swiney, 72nd Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 4 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (58/B583 Pte. J. Swiney, 72nd Highrs.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £450-550
Hammer Price: £680
The Second Afghan War medal to Lieutenant C. J. R. Hearsey, 9th Lancers, killed in action in the famous charge at Killa Kazi, near Kabul Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kabul (Lieut. C. I. R. Hearsey, 9th Lancers) some minor scuffs, otherwise, brilliant extremely fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £9,000
The Maiwand D.C.M. awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major William Paton, “E” Battery, “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (4198 By. Sgt. Maj. W. Paton, R.H.A.) edge bruisies and contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,400
The Second Afghan War medal to Lieutenant Hector Maclaine, “E” Battery “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, captured at Maiwand and murdered in Ayub Khan’s camp at the very moment of victory during the battle of Kandahar Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lieut. H. Maclaine, E. Batt: B. Bde. R.H.A.) some light surface marks, otherwise good very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Second Afghan War medal to Private John Eaton, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/216 Pte. J. Eaton, 66th Foot) toned, good very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,900
The Second Afghan War medal to Private John Hoare, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/1413 Pte. J. Hoare, 66th Foot) nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
The Second Afghan War medal to Colour-Sergeant Samuel Scadding, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1340 Cr. Sgt. S. Scadding, 66th Foot) good very fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £2,200
The Second Afghan War medal to Lieutenant R. T. Chute, 66th Foot, killed in the famous stand of the ‘Last Eleven’ in the walled garden near Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut. R. T. Chute, 66th Foot) sometime cleaned and polished, therefore nearly very fine £4000-5000 Ex Buckland Dix & Wood, May 1993, when sold along with the medals of his uncle, General Sir Trevor Chute, K.C.B., both lots from the Bill Land Collection.
Hammer Price: £7,000
The Second Afghan War Medal to Major-General Arthur Battye, 2nd (P.W.O.) Gurkhas, one of the ‘Fighting Ten’ Battye brothers, who was wounded at Kandahar, three times mentioned and awarded the C.B. for Afghanistan Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Kabul, Kandahar (Lt. Col. A. Battye, CB. 2nd Goorkha) minor nicks and bruises, otherwise toned, nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
The campaign pair to Colonel W. B. Aislabie, 3rd Sikh Infantry (a) India General Service 1854-94, 3 clasps, Umbeyla, North West Frontier, Jowaki 1877-8 (Lieut. W. B. Aislabie, 3rd Sikh Infantry) (b) Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Kabul, Kandahar (Maj. W. B. Aislabie, 3rd Sikh Infy.) about good very fine (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,700
The important Second Afghan War C.B. group to Colonel G. N. Money, 3rd Sikh Infantry, late Bengal European Fusiliers, a leading member of the storming party at Delhi, who commanded the Sikhs in Afghanistan and was repeatedly mentioned in despatches (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked, London 1881, fitted with later gold loop suspension (b) The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Commander’s neck badge, silver and enamel,...
The outstanding campaign group to General Sir E. F. Chapman, K.C.B., Royal Artillery, Lord Roberts’ Chief of Staff and Quarter-Master of the Kabul to Kandahar Field Force, who later introduced the brothel system for British soldiers in India and became Master Gunner of St James’s Park (a) The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Esquire’s breast badge, silver and enamel, maker’s mark AP, white enamel badly chipped (b) Abyssinia 1867 (Lieut. E. F. Chapman, 21st Bde. R.A.) (c)...
Hammer Price: £3,000
The important campaign group to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Durand Baker, K.C.B., 18th Royal Irish Regiment, commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Kandahar Field Force, later Adjutant-General in India (a) Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. T. D. Baker, 18th Royal Irish Regt.) contemporary engraved naming (b) New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated ‘1863 to 1865’ (Capt. & Bt. Mjr. T. D. Baker, 2nd Bn. 18th Rl. Irish Regt.) (c) Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lt. Col....
Hammer Price: £8,500
The Second Afghan War medal to Captain St J. T. Frome, 72nd Highlanders, who was killed in action at the battle of Kandahar Afghanistan 1878-80, 4 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (Captn. St. J. T. Frome, 72nd Highrs.) good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £5,200
The rare ‘Hazara’ C.S.I. group to Colonel E. L. Ommanney, Bengal Staff Corps, Superintendent of the ex-King of Delhi and his family, later Chief Political Officer on the Hazara Expedition in 1888 (a) The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s breast badge, gold, silver and enamels, with fine central cameo of Queen Victoria, the surrounding motto set with small diamonds, complete with gold top suspension bar (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut....
Hammer Price: £5,000
The Central Africa campaign medal to Sepoy Dasunda Singh, 23rd Bengal Infantry Central Africa 1891-98, no clasp, ring suspension (2833 Sepoy Dasunda Singh, 23d Bl. Infy.) nearly extremely fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £880
A scarce ‘Central Africa’ Order of Merit pair awarded to Sepoy Hakim Singh, 32nd Bengal Infantry (Sikh Pioneers) (a) Order of Merit, 3rd Class, the reverse with screw-nut fitting and officially inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’, central enamel chipped (b) Central Africa 1891-98, no clasp, ring suspension (2500 Sepoy Hakim Singh, 32nd Bl. Infy.) repair to ring suspension, therefore nearly very fine or better (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Defence of Chitral medal to Sepoy Gopal Singh, 4th Kashmir Rifles, killed in action on 3rd March during the initial disastrous reconnaissance that signalled the start of the epic defence of Chitral Fort India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (514 Sepoy Gopal Singh, 4th Kashmir Rifles) cleaned, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1400-1600
A rare bronze medal for the Defence of Chitral to Bhisti Galhodu, 4th Kashmir Rifles India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral, bronze issue (Bhishti Galhodu, 4th Kashmir Rifles) suspension slack, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,300
The magnificent ‘Koragh Defile’ Order of Merit group of five awarded to Jemadar Sundar Singh, 14th Sikhs, the senior Indian survivor of that disaster from which only one officer and 15 men emerged alive (a) Order of Merit, 3rd Class, the reverse with screw-nut fitting and officially inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class “Order of Merit”’, complete with silver ribbon buckle (b) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (569 Naick Sundar Singh, 14th Bl. Infy.) (c)...
Hammer Price: £12,000
The Relief of Chitral D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel R. C. Hadow, 15th Sikhs (a) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels (b) Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (Lt. R. C. Hadow, 15th Ben. N.I.) (c) Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut. R. C. Hadow, 15th Bengal N.I.) (d) Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (Captn. R. C. Hadow, 15th Sikhs.) (e) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (Major R. C. Hadow,...
A scarce Relief of Chitral pair to Naik Ram Singh, 1 Kashmir Mountain Battery (a) India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (71 Naick Ram Singh, No. 1 Kashmir Mtn. By.) (b) Jummoo and Kashmir Medal 1895, clasp, Chitral 1895 (Hdr 71 Ram Sing 1 KMB) correctly named in somewhat crudely impressed capitals, good very fine and a scarce pair (2) £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,500
The Jummoo and Kashmir medal to Havildar Makhan, 4th Kashmir Rifles Jummoo and Kashmir Medal 1895, clasp, Chitral 1895 (19 Havdr Makhan 4th Kashmir Rifles) correctly named in somewhat crudely impressed capitals, good very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £620
The Chitral campaign medal to Muleteer Sayyid Hussain, Madras Commissariat Transport Department India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895, bronze issue (321 Muleteer Sayyid Hussain, Comst. Transpt. Dept. Madras) nearly extremely fine £60-70
Hammer Price: £110
The Chitral and Punjab Frontier campaign medal to Mule Attendant Ghulam Muhammad, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, bronze issue (14 Mule Attendant Ghulam Muhammad, Q.O. Corps of Guides) cleaned and lacquered, otherwise nearly very fine £60-70
Hammer Price: £160
The remarkable campaign group of five to Mate Lalloo Hemow, Army Bearer Corps, formerly a Dooly Bearer in the Supply and Transport Corps (a) India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895, bronze issue (215 Dooly bearer Lalloo Hemow, C.T. Deptt.) (b) Queen’s Sudan 1896, bronze issue (58 Dooly bearer Lalloo Hemow, C.T. Dept.) (c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (425 Dhooly Bearer Lulloo Hemow, S & T. Corps) (d) India General Service...
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Punjab Frontier campaign medal to Private William Burton, 1st Royal West Kent Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3198 Pte. W. Burton, 1st Bn. Rl. W. Kent Regt.) very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
The Punjab Frontier campaign medal to Sweeper Labha, 25th Punjab Infantry India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, bronze issue (Sweeper Labha, 25th Pjb. Infy.) about nearly very fine £50-60
Hammer Price: £95
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