Auction Catalogue

23 September 2005

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 870

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£310

Nelson plaque, 80 x 67mm., black plaster, uniformed bust of Nelson in high relief; Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariner’s Benevolent Society 1843, by Davis, Birmingham, obv. uniformed bust of Nelson left, 44mm., white metal, Ref. Eimer 1378; Greenwich Hospital School, obv. head of Nelson left; rev. ‘Greenwich Hospital School, To reward [blank]’, 27mm., silver, pierced; British & Foriegn Sailors’ Society Centenary of Trafalgar 1905 (5), 29mm., bronze, two pierced; others (6), - two designs featuring H.M.S. Victory, bronze, with ring suspension; others (1), H.M.S. Victory, bronze, with pin-fitting; Siege of Acre 1799 (Mudie series 1820), obv. uniformed bust of Sir Sidney Smith left; rev. lion protects camel from a menacing tiger, 41mm., silver, Ref. Eimer 906; Bombardment of Algiers 1816,(Mudie series 1820), uniformed bust of Lord Exmouth right; rev. Neptune subduing a seahorse, 41mm., bronze, Ref. Eimer 1085; Surrender of Napoleon 1815 (Mudie series 1820), obv. uniformed bust of Napoleon right; rev. fully rigged British ship, 41mm., silver, Ref. Eimer 1078; other items (4), generally very fine or better (22) £150-200