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The important campaign pair to Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Cotton, G.C.B., 22nd Regiment, later Colonel of the 10th Foot and Governor of Chelsea Hospital, who commanded two punitive expeditions on the North West Frontier and ruthlessly suppressed the mutinous uprising in the Punjab in 1857 (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (M. Genl. Sir S. Cotton, K.C.B. Commg. Peshawor Divn.) (b) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Mr. Gl. Sir S. J. Cotton, Comg. Sitana....
Hammer Price: £3,700
The North West Frontier campaign medal to Major-General L. S. Cotton, 22nd Regiment, who served as Aide-de-Camp to his father on the North West Frontier India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Captn. & A.D.C. L. S. Cotton, 22nd Regt.) very fine £400-450
Hammer Price: £600
The Punjab and Indian Mutiny pair to Major-General Sir Robert Honner, K.C.B., Indian Army, Brigade Commander in Persia and with the Central India Field Force (a) Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Major Robert Wm. Honner, Comg. 4th Regt. N.I.) (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Brigdr. R. W. Honner, C.B. Rajpootana Fd. Force) both medals fitted with contemporary gold ribbon buckles, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,500
The ‘Persia’ C.B. group to Major-General Charles Steuart, 14th Light Dragoons, who was wounded at Chilianwala, commanded a Cavalry Brigade in Persian Expedition and the 2nd Brigade of the Central India Field Force (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1858, maker’s mark WN, complete wtih gold swivel-ring suspension and ribbon buckle (b) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The campaign pair to Lieutenant Charles Combe, 3rd Light Cavalry, recommended for the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the battle of Khushab (a) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Persia (Cornet C. Combe, 3rd Lt. Cavy.) (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lt. C. Combe, 3rd Bombay Cavy.) very fine (2) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,000
The Indian Mutiny medal to Doctor John J. Halls, Civil Surgeon, one of the gallant defenders of Arrah in 1857 and author of the best contemporary account of the affair Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Dr. John A. Halls) note incorrect second initial, extremely fine and very rare £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Indian Mutiny medal to Private John Overmass, 32nd Light Infantry, massacred at Cawnpore Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (J. Overmass, 32nd L.I.) edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine and rare £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,800
The Crimea and Indian Mutiny campaign pair to Lieutenant Frederick Saunders, 84th Regiment, massacred at Cawnpore in the most horrible of circumstances - ‘Mr. Saunders was nailed down, hands, feet, and knees; and that these barbarians the first day cut off his feet and ears and nose, and so left him until the next day when some other pieces were cut off him, and he died. He had killed six men, and would have shot Nena Sahib also, that terrible ruffian, but his revolver did not go off’...
The rare Delhi D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant-Major J. H. Robinson, 8th Regiment, severely wounded in the assault of that city (a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sjt.-Mjr. J. H. Robinson, 1st Batn. 8th Regt.) (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Serjt. Major Jas. Hy. Robinson, 1st Bn. 8th Regt.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (2) £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £10,000
The campaign pair to Lieutenant Duncan Charles Home, V.C., Bengal Engineers, Hero of the Kashmir Gate at the assault of Delhi who was killed in an explosion shortly afterwards (a) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (2nd Lieut. D. C. Home, Engrs. 3rd Cy. Sappers) (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lt. D. C. Home, Bengal Engrs.) the first with some edge bruises and surface marks, very fine, the second nearly extremely fine (2) £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £13,000
The Indian Mutiny medal to General Sir Edward Greathed, K.C.B., who commanded the 8th Foot at the assault of Delhi, and subsequently a ‘moveable column’ and an Infantry Brigade, for which he received the C.B. Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Col. E. H. Greathed, H.M. 8th Foot) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, toned, nearly extremely fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,300
The Indian Mutiny medal to Colonel William Wilson, Bengal Horse Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Lieut. W. Wilson, Bengal Horse Arty.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,700
The C.B. group of three to Major-General H. M. Wemyss, 1st Bengal Fusiliers, who was severely wounded in the attack on the Lahore Gate at the assault of Delhi (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1856, maker’s mark WN, complete with swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut. Hy. Manly Wemyss, 1st Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.) (c) Afghanistan...
Hammer Price: £3,800
The Indian Mutiny medal to Lieutenant D. F. Sherriff, 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers, mortally wounded in action before Delhi Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut. D. F. Sheriff, 2nd European Bengal Fusrs.) good very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,500
The Indian Mutiny V.C. group of seven awarded to Trumpet-Major Robert Kells, 9th Lancers, later Yeoman Bed Hanger of the King’s Body-Guard at the Tower of London (a) Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar inscribed ‘Lance. Corpl. R. Kells, 9th Lancers’, the reverse centre of the cross dated ’28 Sep 1857’ (b) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat ([Tru]mpr. R. Kells, 9th Lancers) first three letters of rank obscured through contact wear (c) Indian...
Hammer Price: £130,000
The Indian Mutiny medal to Major David O’Brien, 84th Regiment, an original defender commanding the small 84th detachment and severely wounded during the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Capt. & Bt. Major David O’Brien, 84th Regt.) very fine £3000-3500
The Indian Mutiny medal to Gunner Patrick Loan, Bengal Artillery, an original defender at Lucknow where he was also wounded Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Patk. Loan, 4th Comy. 1st Batty. Bengal Arty.) good very fine and scarce £700-800
Hammer Price: £2,000
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain James Alexander, Bengal Artillery, wounded during the defence of the Residency at Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Lieut. I Alexander, Bengal Arty.) nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,900
The Indian Mutiny medal to Major-General Thomas Wilson, C.B., C.I.E., 13th Bengal N.I., Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief Staff Officer to both Sir Henry Lawrence and Brigadier John Inglis, whose own diary of The Siege is one of the most widely quoted works in all the main histories of the Indian Mutiny Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Capt. T. F. Wilson, Dy.A.A. Genl.) minor surface marks, otherwise good very fine £2500-3000
The Indian Mutiny medal to Lieutenant J. H. Worsley, 71st Native Infantry, who served with the Volunteer Cavalry at Chunhut and throughout the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Lieut. J. H. Worsley) nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
The Punjab and Indian Mutiny campaign pair to Major C. D. S. Clarke, 1st Oudh Iregular Infantry, an original defender at Lucknow (a) Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Ensign E. D. S. Clarke, 73rd Bengal N.I.) note incorect first initial (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Lieut. C. D. S. Clarke, 1st Oudh Irreg. Infy.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Indian Mutiny medal to John Forrester, Uncovenanted Civil Service, who was wounded during the siege whilst acting as Deputy Head Clerk at the Lucknow Residency Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (John Forrester) very fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Indian Mutiny medal to Master Walter Smith, one of the ‘Ragged Fusiliers’ of La Martinière College during the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (W. Smith) very fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Indian Mutiny medal to Sergeant William Hilton, Superintendent and Drill Instructor at La Martinière College, later described in the Bengal Directory as one of the ‘Illustrious Citizens of Lucknow’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Serjt. Hilton) small edge bruisie, otherwise extremely fine £2000-2500
The Indian Mutiny medal to George Schilling, Principal of La Martinière College throughout the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (G. Schilling) edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £3,300
The Indian Mutiny medal to Major Edward Woolhouse, 84th Regiment, who was severely wounded and lost his arm on entering Lucknow with the 1st Relief Force Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Lieut. Edwd. Woolhouse, 84th Regt.) a little polished, therefore very fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £2,200
The Indian Mutiny medal to Sergeant Edward Berrills, Barrow’s Volunteer Cavalry, a member of the 1st Relief Force at Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Edwd. Berrills, Barrow’s Voltr. Cavy.) good very fine £1200-1500
The Indian Mutiny medal to Lieutenant Percy Smyth, 97th Regiment, mortally wounded at Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. P. C. Smyth, 97th Regt.) nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
The M.V.O. group of thee to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lascelles, The Rifle Brigade, formerly Aide-de-Camp to Sir William Peel as a fifteen year old Naval Cadet with Shannon’s Naval Brigade (a) The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O. (4th Class), silver-gilt, gold and enamels, the reverse officially numbered 434, in its Collingwood & Co case of issue, this also numbered 4/434 (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (H. A. Lascelles, Naval Cadet. Shannon) fitted with silver ribbon...
Hammer Price: £7,000
The C.B. group of four to Deputy Surgeon-General George Farrell, Indian Medical Service, Surgeon of Shannon’s Naval Brigade and later of the 5th Gurkhas during the Second Afghan War (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1880, lacking swivel-ring straight suspension and now fitted with fluted silver-gilt ring (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Relief of Lucknow (Asst. Surgn. G. Farrell) (c) India...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The unusual group of six to Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Shone, Senior Surgeon of Pearl’s Naval Brigade during the Mutiny (a) The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘Brigade Surgeon Lieut. Col. W. J. Shone 1896’ (b) Crimea 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Assist. Surgeon Wm. Jas. Shone, H.M.S. Furious) contemporary engraved naming, clasp loose on ribbon (c) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Asst. Surgn. Wm. Jas. Shone....
Hammer Price: £7,500
The campaign group of three to Private Henry Novell, 14th Light Dragoons, recommended for the Victoria Cross in Central India when he charged alone into a village and killed one of the enemy under a heavy fire (a) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (H. Novell, 14th King’s Lt. Dgns.) contemporarily renamed in upright capitals (b) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Persia (H. Novell, 14th King’s Lt Dgns.) (c) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (H....
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Indian Mutiny C.B. group of four to Major-General Arthur Scudamore, 14th Light Dragoons, who was dangerously wounded at Goojerat and commanded a wing of the 14th Light Dragoons in the campaign in Central India (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1859, maker’s mark WN, complete with swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle (b) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, fitted with contemporary scroll...
Hammer Price: £4,600
The Crimea and Indian Mutiny group of three to Captain Neville Glastonbury, Royal Engineers, killed in action at Barodia in January 1858 (a) Crimea 1854-55, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (Glastonbury Neville, Royal Engineers) contemporary engraved naming (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Capt. G. Neville, Royal Engrs.) (c) Legion of Honour, Knight’s badge, silver, gold and enamels, the white enamel heavily lacquered and yellowed, otherwise good very fine or better...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain John Cockerel, Hodson’s Horse Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. I. Cockerell, 1st Regt. Hodson’s Horse) nearly very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,300
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain F. W. Dobree, Golconda Local Corps Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. F. W. Dobree, Golconda Local Corps) good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £480
The Indian Mutiny medal to Corporal Francis Thomas, 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Corpl. Frans. Thomas, 1st Bn. 23rd R.W. Fusrs.) good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £550
The Indian Mutiny medal to Private Patrick Mullane, 53rd Regiment Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Patk. Mullane, 53rd Regt.) very fine £200-250
A rare 4-clasp Indian Mutiny medal to Gunner William Boyle, Bengal Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 4 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow, Central India (Gunner W. Boyle, 1st Batt. Bengal Artillery) contact marks, otherwise very fine and very rare £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,100
The Indian Mutiny and China campaign pair to Captain C. F. Battye, 22nd Punjab Infantry, one of the ‘Fighting Ten’ Battye brothers, four of whom were killed in action (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. C. F. Battye, 22nd Punjab Infy.) (b) China 1857-60, no clasp (Lieut. C. F. Battye, 22nd P.N. Infy.) contemporary engraved naming, nearly extremely fine (2) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,000
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