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Addiscombe Military Seminary, Pollock Medal, 1st type (1848-55), by B. Wyon, obverse: bust of Major-General Sir George Pollock facing left, in uniform, wearing the star of the Knight Grand Cross of the Bath and the Cabul Medal 1842, with a circumscription in four bands, (inner ) ‘Major General Sir George Pollock G.C.B. Bengal Artillery’; (intermediate 1) ‘Treachery avenged - British honor vindicated - Disasters retrieved - British captives delivered’; (intermediate 2) ‘Kyber Pass...
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Silver Star, eight-pointed, 60mm., silver, obverse finely engraved with a central Victorian crown enclosed by the legend, ‘TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO’, bearing the manufacturer’s mark, ‘R.J.’ and hallmarks for London 1865, reverse plain, good very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £70
26th Foot Medal 1823, by Narcisse, obv. ‘Religion’ seated on a rock presenting a medal to a soldier, legend ‘Thou Art Worthy’ and in exergue, ‘Be Thou Faithful Unto Death’; rev. crown above crossed regimental colours, inscribed, ‘Cameronian 26th Regt.’ and the battle honours, ‘Egypt, Corunna’, in exergue ‘1823’, manufactured by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, 43mm., silver, unnamed, straight bar suspension (Balmer R.265a), some edge bruises, otherwise very fine £80-100
£80–£100
Notification of Commissions Document, dated, ‘War Office, 7th October 1801’, ‘Gentlemen, His Majesty having signified His Pleasure to me that commissions be presented to Him for the following Gentlemen to be Officers as undermentioned ...’ 22 names follow; the document signed by ‘C. Yorke’, ‘Secretary to the Right Honble. Lord Pelham, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State’, some discoloration and fold marks, generally good condition £30-40
Hammer Price: £20
Postmarked Letter, from Alexander Campbell, 78th Regiment in India, to Dougald and Lettie McFaidan of Greenock, by Glasgow, dated 6 December 1804, recalling his voyage to, and first sights of, India, part torn, some repairs, discoloration and fold marks, fairly good condition £30-40
Hammer Price: £60
Postmarked Letter, from A. Anstruther of Madras to Captain de Havilland at Seringapatam, dated 11 July 1809, concerning the collection of a certain property, part torn, fold marks, good condition £20-30
Hammer Price: £50
Postmarked Letter, from J. Field, an army officer in India, aboard the Madagascar, to his brother Edward Field, R.N. of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, dated 1 October 1845, largely espousing Christianity, the script covers the sheet both horizontally and vertically, part torn, fold marks, fairly good condition £30-40
Postmarked Letter, from Colonel George Jervis to Messrs. Newton Gordon Cossait & Co, Madeira, via H.M.S. Ranger, dated Bombay, 11 May 1848, concerning the delivery of goods, part torn, good condition £20-30
Letter and Postmarked Envelope, from Joseph S. Dunn, War Correspondent for the Central News to John Burton Esq., The Old Curiosity Shop, Falmouth, England, dated ‘Ladysmith, Natal, Jan. 26th 1900’, in addition to the address the envelope is inscribed, ‘Ladysmith Siege no stamps obtainable’ and is postmarked, ‘Ladysmith, Natal, 1 Feb. 1900’, good condition (2) £40-50
Hammer Price: £85
2nd Norfolk Artillery Volunteers’ Medal, obv. four artillerymen standing by a cannon with regimental standard; rev. 'Hony. Member 2nd Norfolk Artillery Volunteers' surrounded by a wreath, unnamed, 32mm., silver diameter, fitted with scroll suspender, complete with stick-pin, extremely fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £40
Battle of Balaklava Medal 1854, by Messrs. J. Pinches, obv. view of the cavalry charge; rev. a sixteen line inscription listing the regiments present, 41mm., white metal, in original gilt case of issue, ‘Pinches & Co. Medallists, By Appointment, Crystal palce Sydenham’, ref. Eimer 1491, mint £40-60
1st East Riding Artillery Volunteers’ Medal, obv. head of Victoria left; rev. crowned wheel with crossed cannon, ‘Enrolled December 13th 1859, Burlington’, unnamed, 39mm., white metal, pierced with ring suspension, some contact marks, nearly very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £25
3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers’ Medal, by W. S. Taylor, London, obv. soldier standing by cannon, tents in background, ‘1864’ engraved in exergue; rev. engraved ‘3rd Middlesex Artillery, Capt. Tolme’s Challenge Vase, Presented by the Shooting Committee to Sergt. T. Tucker the Winner’, 38mm., bronze, swivel ring suspension, bronze bucle on ribbon, nearly extremely fine £50-70
Inverness Artillery Volunteers 5th Battery, a large silver internal merit medal dated 1866 the obverse engraved with part unit title and a mounted cannon the reverse engraved with remainder of unit title and the names of the winners from 1866 to 1875 complete with ornate suspender and ring, very good condition £50-70
Pair: Private T. Baxendale Shooting Medal, obv. soldier knelt firing rifle, ‘In Defence’, engraved, ‘Challenge Medal No.5 Coy.’; rev. within a laurel wreath, engraved, ‘1868 Priv. T. Baxendale, 1869 Priv. T. Baxendale’, circular, 39mm., silver, silver buckle on ribbon; another, star shaped, obv. as above, rev. engraved, ‘Challenge Medal No.5 Coy., 1870 Pvt. Baxendale, 1871 Pvt. Baxendale’, 45mm., silver, with ‘V.R.’ suspension, good very fine (2) £70-90
£70–£90
1st Renfrewshire Artillery Volunteers Medal, obv. cannon and balls; rev. ‘1st Renfrewshire Artillery Volunteers, No.2 Battery, Presented by Lieut. Archd. Adam for attendance in 1872, Won by B.S. Major Miller’, 45mm., engraved silver medal fitted within silver frame and fitted with ornate suspension, very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £75
Ashantee 1874, proposed design for Ashantee War Medal or Decoration by J. S. Wyon, silver, reverse plain, in its original Wyon fitted presentation case, extremely fine and hitherto unrecorded £500-600
Hammer Price: £920
Pair: Sergeant-Major T. Garner, Cheshire Artillery Volunteers Cheshire Artillery Volunteers’ Medal (2), 31mm., silver cross, in centre a cannon, balls, drum and flags, ‘In Defence’; rev. inscribed, ‘2 C.A.V. Corpl. Thomas Garner, 1866, winner of Challenge Cup’; another, similar, 41mm., silver cross, rev. inscribed, ‘2nd Cheshire Earl of Chester Artillery Volunteers Prize for Attendance at Drill, presented by Chas. Jas. Blelock, Mayor of Chester, to Sergt. Major T. Garner, A.D....
Hammer Price: £140
The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Award Medal, in the form of a silver shield decorated with roses, thistles and shamrocks and with applied ‘gold’ crest, rev., engraved ‘Won by Sergt. C. Bintcliff, 1896’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1896, manufacturer’s mark ‘JF’, 55 x 40.5mm, suspension loop and ring, nearly extremely fine £80-120
£80–£120
7th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, a large and very fine merit medal for ‘Repository’ (Exercises) dated 1886 the Imperial QVC over a a pierced disc embellished with oak sprays date and unit initials ‘VII LAV’ and with large mounted crossed cannon barrels the reverse blank other than hall mark cycle for Birmingham 1886 by JM, very good condition (1) £40-60
Hammer Price: £55
Patriotic Badge and Medals, Earl Kitchener, colour photograph contained within a glazed oval silver frame, 44 x 38mm., inscribed, ‘Do not Forget my Boys’, rev. with a patriotic illustration, ‘Their Sight for Us, St. Dunstan’s, Our Help for Them’, with a pin-fitting for wear; Medals (2), obv. photographs of Queen Victoria, rev. Field Marshal Lord Roberts, glazed, within 21mm. dia. 9ct. gold frame, hallmarks unclear; another, photographs of Queen Victoria and Field Marshal White,...
Boer War Presentation Vesta Case, 47 x 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Chester 1900, engraved on one side with a tiger, with ‘Hindoostan’ above and ‘XVII Leicestershire’ below; the other side engraved, ‘Presented to Pte. J. Goodband to commemorate his Patriotic Services, South Africa, A.D. 1900-1901’, very good condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
Gold Volunteer Artillery Merit Medals, a fine 15ct example for the 1st LAV 1891 presented by Lieutenant-Colonel JR Stewart for the Carbine Club Challenge Cup won by Sergt C Leggatt, of cross and circular form and of hollow construction complete with suspender and ring Birmingham 1891; a fine solid 9ct example for the Top Score Aggregate Shooting Prize 2nd West York Vol Artillery 1900 Won by Sergt R Gadie an ornate cruciform the obverse with central disc mounted with crossed carbines...
Hammer Price: £130
Royal Artillery (India) Merit Medals, an interesting group including a badge in bronze and silver award for 1912 ‘Viceroy’s Competition’ awarded to the unit whose soldiers were adjudged to be wearing the smartest uniform, won by IVRA; a fine silver award for 1906 Signaller 21319 Gr J Birmingham 61 Coy RGA ‘Distinguished’ another large silver for RA Inter Battery Sports Ceylon Feb 1932 15 Bty R Coombs a silver football medal Nizam Shield 26th Battery 1912 a large silver medal...
Silver Presentation Box, for tobacco ?, by Hamiltons, Calcutta, oval, 96 x 70 x 18mm. (approx.), hallmarks for Chester 1911, lid inscribed, ‘To Capt. G. H. Phillips from some officers of the Black Watch, Jan. 1913’, slight dents, good condition £30-40
H.M.A.S. Sydney - S.M.S. Emden Medal, 9 November 1914, silver Mexican Dollar dated 1892 , mounted by W. Kerr, Sydney, very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £460
The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Sir Charles Wakefield’s Gold Medal for the Shooting Down of Zeppelin ‘L15’ (Gunr. J. Young), hallmarks for Birmingham 1916, in Mappin & Webb, London case of issue, extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £600
Women’s Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Hannah Owen) extremely fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,700
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Richard St. George Daly) good very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £80
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2) (Lowden Dearden; Henry John Lewis Stokes) second in card envelope, good very fine (2) £60-80
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2) (Albert Parke; William Hargreaves), second in card envelope, very fine and better (2) £60-80
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Edward William Johnson) pierced at 12 o’clock, otherwise generally very fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £35
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (2) (Frederick James Pepper; Robert Layland) good very fine (2) £50-70
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Harry Wells) good very fine £60-80
£60–£80
Memorial Plaque 1914-18, reduced size, 82mm., unnamed; Caledonian Society of London Medal, silver, hallmarks for Edinburgh 1933, unnamed, in case of issue; Lusitania Medal 1915; Sports medals (5), some named, all in cases of issue; miniature medals (12); other medals (7); coins (5), varied condition (32) £70-90
Hammer Price: £95
Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed ‘18832 Pte. H. Trecy’, very fine £40-60
Canadian Memorial Cross , G.VI.R., the reverse officially inscribed ‘W. E. Richardson, E.R.A. 4th Class, R.C.N.V.R.’, in its box of issue, good very fine £60-80
Cadet Norfolk Artillery Tribute Medal 1914-18, obv. cannon; rev. wreath, ‘For Services Rendered during the Great War’, and engraved, ‘1919’ (243 Gunr. C. M. Rudrum), 39mm., bronze, swivel straight bar suspension, complete with brooch bar, extremely fine £50-70
Documents re. Captain H. L. Everitt, A.F.C., Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, fairly good condition £20-30
Zeppelin Relic, a shaped flat piece of aluminium, approx. 94 x 40mm, with engraved inscription, “Zeppelin L 33 Billericay Sep 24th 1916 by Capt. Sowrey”, together with brass ‘On War Service’ badge, 1915, mounted in an amateurish glazed oak frame, carved with branch design to either side, 155 x 180mm., good condition £120-150
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