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

№ 917

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£480

Renamed and Defective medals (10), Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (St James W. Hart, Capt. Engineers Royal Artillery), renamed; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (J. Richardson, No.1567), renamed, worn; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1259 Pte. J. .... 15th Hussrs.), replacement suspension, copy clasp, signs of brooch mounting, edge pierced at 6 o’clock, naming mostly erased; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89 (2), dated reverse, no clasp (.(?). Doonder Sing, No.7 By. 1st Bde. (?) R.A.), later replacement suspension, worn; dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (41 Pte. John Duffy, 1st Batt. R. I. Fusiliers), renamed; East & West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1899 (2361 Sergt. H. D. Hutchings, Scottish Rifles), copy clasp, renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Tpr. Wm. Irwin, 31975, 17th Batt. N.I.Y.), renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02 (2), 2 clasps (3599 L. Cpl. A. McLean, Cam. Highrs.; 2586 Pte. F. Tomkinson, 1st S. Sta...), both renamed; China 1900, no clasp (Blakesley, Boy 1C. H.M.S. Gol...) suspension refitted and slack, renamed, very worn; the medals generally with contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine and better except where stated (10) £200-250