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Afghanistan, People’s Democratic Republic, Order of the Star, 3rd Class, silver; K.H.A.D. Long Service Medal, gilt and enamel; 10th Anniversary of the Revolution Medal 1988 (4), gilt; 70th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1990 (2), gilt; Medal for Good Conduct in Military Service (7), ‘double star’ type, gilt star on dark blue enamel; another, ‘single star’ type, gilt star on light blue enamel; another (5), ‘single star’ type, silver base metal with red enamel star centre, all...
Hammer Price: £50
France, St. Helena Medal; War Medal 1870-71; Cross for Voluntary Combatants of the Resistance; Ethiopia, Haile Selassie Coronation Medal, large silver, 41mm. (J. Jenkinson, Abyssinia, 1931), this last without ribbon, very fine and better (4) £50-70
Hammer Price: £45
China 1857-60, (Jas. Moffatt, 31ts Regt.), lacking suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, worn £30-50
Royal Artillery Swagger Sticks/Riding Crops, a very fine silver mounted black ebony senior NCO’s swagger stick, the top with badge and mottoes of the RA, a separate band engraved ‘From members of NCO’s Mess/ Sgt Jones/26 Fd Bde RA’, hallmarked Birmingham 1930, a small other ranks swagger stick with white metal top bearing double badges of the HAC (lacking base finial), three similar ones to the RA (two bulbous topped), a QEC white metal RA in simulated ebony, and two crops, one with...
National Artillery Association Territorial King’s Prize Awards, three large size examples bearing the ‘KC’, ‘R.G.A. Coast Defence 1909’, ‘R.G.A. Heavy Batteries’ 1910, and ‘R.H.A. and R.F.A.’ 1910, one fastener missing on the second item otherwise excellent condition (3) £60-80
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness King’s Prize Awards, three large size examples in silver coloured metal, all bearing the Imperial crown, ‘Garrison Artillery’ 1906, ‘Heavy Artillery’ 1907 and 1905, the latter engraved on the reverse ‘Recorder’ Br R. H. Marritt 4th By 1st Nfk R.G.A. (Vols)’, excellent condition (3) £60-80
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness King’s Prize Awards, three large size examples in silver coloured metal all bearing the Imperial crown, ‘Garrison Artillery’ 1907 and 1908, ‘Territorial R.H.A. and R.F.A.’ 1908, excellent condition (3) £60-80
Surrey Troop Prize Medal, silver straight-armed paty cross surmounted by an eagle, obv. inscribed, ‘Best Turned Out Corpl. S. Docking’; rev. inscribed, ‘Surrey Troop Sports 1896’, 44 x 28mm., stamped ‘Sterling’ on rev, nearly extremely fine £30-40
Royal Artillery, nine assorted modern embroidered arm and blazer badges together with a large parcel of assorted collar and cannon type sleeve badges crowns pips etc etc, (a parcel) £30-40
Hammer Price: £40
Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (127079 A. L. Cpl. A. E. Deal), in its case of issue, with attempted erasure of naming details and fitted with reverse brooch-pin for wearing, otherwise good very fine £20-40
Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937, bronze, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine £40-60
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness Queen’s Prize Awards, three fine large size standard examples in silver coloured metal ‘Position Artillery’ 1897 and 1899, ‘Garrison Artillery’ 1898, excellent condition (3) £60-80
1st Essex Volunteer Artillery, five very fine and scarce padded bullion and silk Stewards’ badges for the Annual Ball, four being dated 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1901, gilt metal ‘Steward’ bar, varying silk ribbons and varying design bases, excellent condition (5) £50-70
Pair: Private S. Holloway, Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2155 Pte., Monmouth. R.), edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £40-60
Afghanistan, People’s Democratic Republic, Medal for Good Conduct in Military Service (20), ‘single star’ type, for 5 years, silver base metal with red enamel star centre, mounted ‘Russian’ style, on incorrect ribbon, extremely fine (20) £40-50
Hammer Price: £35
Afghanistan, People’s Democratic Republic, Medal for Good Conduct in Military Service (20), ‘double star’ type, gilt metal, mounted ‘Russian’ style, on incorrect ribbon; with riband bars, extremely fine (20) £30-40
South African group of five: Pro Patria Medal (184858); Southern Africa Medal 1989 (003885); General Service Medal 1989 (047844); Defence Force Good Service Medal 1975, 3rd issue, silver (82862); another, bronze (100719), mounted court style for wear, last two with incorrect ribbon, Pair to V. Rathbone: South Africa Police Star for Merit 1963 (V. Rathbone), silver and enamel; Police Commemorative Medal 1913-88 (076041E T. Adj. Of. V. Rathbone) John Chard Medal (12711) Pro Patria Medal...
Royal Naval Training Ship Medal, obv. fouled anchor with crown above; rev. inscription in raised letters (name crudely engraved), within a wreath of laurel, ‘Presented to J. Parson (?) as a Reward of Merit’, 30mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension, good very fine £40-60
North-East London Rifle Volunteers Five Year Efficiency Medal, silver, reverse engraved, ‘H. Levi 1866’, replacement suspension; India Burma Ex-Soldiers Society Cross, silver, hallmarks for London 1913, unnamed, first very fine; second extremely fine (2) £40-60
National Artillery Association Shoeburyness Repository Prizes, three standard pattern silver coloured metal battery prize medals for 1895, 1898 & 1899, all with original loop fasteners, the 8th Lancashire AV won those for 1895 & 1898, very good condition (3) £60-80
Papers re. Private F. J. Ferriday, Norfolk Regiment, K.I.A. in Korea, including named Korea Medal condolence slip; Infantry Record Office letter to Mrs D. J. Ferriday, 63 Bracebridge Street, Aston, Birmingham, dated 14 November 1951, confirming an earlier telegram reporting the death; a letter from his commanding officer, Captain I. A. Haycroft, dated 13 December [1951]; Inventory of Soldier’s Effects; Divorce related papers (5); War Office letter to Mr H. Ferriday, 44 Valognes Avenue,...
Hammer Price: £30
Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R., unnamed as issued; attached to the ribbon is a silver paty cross, 20 x 20mm., engraved on one side with a rose? and on the other inscribed, ‘A Coy. won by Pte. J. M. Jack, 1882, 3rd L.R.V.’, cross very fine; medal nearly extremely fine (2) £30-40
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (963 Cook Ponnusami, 2 S&M.) nearly extremely fine £30-40
Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver, unnamed specimen, hallmarks for Birmingham 1953, nearly extremely fine £40-50
A small series of 1939-45 War period Soldiers’ Service and Pay Books (5) and other original related documentation, appertaining to 4686614 W. Palfreyman, K.O.Y.L.I. and K.R.R.C.; W/215781 M. S. Crawford, A.T.S.; B. 18071 J. M. Haines, Royal Canadian Artillery, together with his discharge certificate, dated 9 January 1946; 7365696 C. R. E. Humphreys, R.A.M.C., together with his Soldiers’ Release Book, dated 2 April 1946 and his wallet, containing several photographs and one or two 3rd...
Hammer Price: £25
1939-45 Star (13); Atlantic Star (14); Malawi Independence 1964; Malawi Republic Day 1966 (7); Malawi Regular Army Meritorious Service Medal (17), each with clasp, ‘Regular Army’, all with ribbon, Malawi miniatures with brooch bars, generally extremely fine (52) £25-35
Silver War Badge 1914-18 (180757); Loyal Service Badge 1939-45; A.R.P. Badge; Imperial Service Brooch; W.R.N.S. stick-pin, silver and enamel (lacking pin); riband bar; copy ‘Mons’ clasps (2), good condition (8) £15-20
Hammer Price: £20
Germany, Third Reich, Special Merit Plaque for Crete 1941, rectangular, 149 x 111mm., white metal with gilt eagle, reverse stamped, ‘7’, very fine £150-200
£150–£200
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt. S. Darling, 1st Btn. Coldstrm. G[ds.]) officially impressed naming, 3rd and 4th clasps loose on ribbon, heavy edge bruising, contact marks, good fine £500-600
£500–£600
Italy, Kingdom, Order of St Maurice & St Lazarus, Commander’s neck badge in gold and enamels, in its Raviolo & Gardino, successori D. Cravanzola case of issue, the lid embossed with the cypher of King Victor Emanuel III, nearly extremely fine £300-350
£300–£350
Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Private E. Davies, S.L.I.) edge bruising, very fine £900-1000
£900–£1,000
London Rifle Brigade (2), by W. J. Taylor, London, obverse: soldier standing on guard on the coast, above, ‘Defence not Defiance’; reverse: within a wreath of oak and laurel leaves a scroll bearing the inscription, ‘London Rifle Brigade, Enrld. 1859’ (Colr. Serjt. G. Stuckey, Best Shot in O Compy. 1864), impressed naming, 34mm., silver, ring suspension, with ribbon; another (Pte. W. S. Smith, Best Shot in D Company 1882), pierced for suspension, these with minor edge bruising and...
£100–£140
St. George Rifles or 11th Middlesex Volunteers, by C. E. Bryant, London, obverse: St. George on horseback with a dragon being trampled, enclosed by a garter bearing the legend, ‘Stare Super Vias Antiquas’; reverse: crossed muskets within a wreath of laurel leaves, ‘Winner of the Challenge Cup’ (W. Barrett, 1872), 51mm., silver-gilt, straight bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £80-100
£80–£100
Shooting Medal, obv. engraved, ‘Presented by Captn. W. H. Goff, E Coy. 2nd L.R.V. for the best Aggregate Shooting in year 1884’; rev. engraved, ‘Won by Pte. John Aitchison’, 53mm., silver, with ornate mount and ring suspension, in Thos. Ross & Son, Glasgow case of issue, nearly extremely fine £80-100
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Orderly D. R. Coutts, Imp. Hosp. Corps) nearly extremely fine £160-180
£160–£180
Visit of the Prince of Wales to Patna 1921, cast silver medal, obverse, Edward, Prince of Wales right, reverse, plain uninscribed centre with ‘Visit of His Royal Highness, Patna, 22nd Dec. 1921’, about very fine £80-100
Menu Cards (2), ‘Victory Day 8th June 1946, a Dinner given to the holders of the Victoria Cross by the Directors of the News of the World at the Dorchester Hotel, London, W1’, 228 x 152mm., inside bearing the signatures and entries of a number of V.C. recipients in pencil and ink: ‘R. F. J. Hayward, Lt. Col., V.C., M.C.’; 1st King’s Own R.L. Regt. A. Halton, V.C.’; ‘J. Halliwell, V.C., Lanc. Fusr.’; ‘J. Moyney, V.C., Irish Guards’; ‘Leonard Cheshire, R.A.F.’; ‘Sgt....
£250–£350
Highland Light Infantry Interest, a fine water-colour by Richard Simkin (22.5cm x 25cm), the full dress uniforms, c.1890, are depicted, two officers (front and rear) and a Piper in the foreground and a further nine figures in the background, including a Sergeant, signed and entitled ‘The Highland Light Infantry’ and with the number ‘113’, enclosed in an attractive double mount and framed and glazed, good condition £500-600
An early and particularly fine Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 C. Love, Monmouthshire Regiment, late South Wales Borderers, who was decorated for his gallant work in 1914 and beyond: his compelling account of his wartime experiences was published over 15 instalments in The Free Press of Monmouthshire in 1933 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2058 A. Sjt. C. Love, 2/Mon. Regt. - T.F.); 1914 Star, with clasp (2058 L. Cpl., 1/2 Mon. R.); British War and...
£2,000–£2,500
Kent Rifle Volunteers Interest, a fine quality baluster shaped pewter tankard with part glass base, engraved with a circular strap and inner legend ‘44th KRV Competed for by the 2nd Class Won by Sergt Hale 1862’; another pewter tankard with glass base and decorative banding, the central one engraved ‘1st KRV Band Prize John Scoles 1871’, the first item with accompanying handwritten and photostat notes concerning the 44th (Lamberhurst) Kent RVs, good condition (2) £60-80
£60–£80
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