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British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (575SA. A. E. Cogswell, 2 Hd., R.N.R.; M. 19019 F. Duerden, V.A., R.N.) the first with replacement suspension, generally very fine (2) £30-50
£30–£50
Four: Private A. Woodhead, West Yorkshire Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (6430 Pte. A. P. Woodhead, 1st W.Y. Regt.), minor correction to unit; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (6430 Pte., 1/W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (6430 Pte., W. York. R.) good very fine (4) £260-300
£260–£300
Family group: A particularly fine Second World War Blenheim pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant A. B. “Ben” Broadley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew alongside Wing Commander H. I. “Hughie” Edwards in the daring and costly low-level daylight strike against Bremen on 4 July 1941, which resulted in the latter’s award of the V.C.: shortly afterwards, Broadley was brought down by flak over the Mediterranean, rescued by Italian launch, and...
£3,500–£4,000
An Attractive Water-Colour Painting of Captain C. C. Saxton, Royal Artillery, half-length with sitter in uniform wearing his China 1857 and Abyssinia 1867 campaign medals, painted on card, with indistinct signature to lower right corner, 255 x 210mm, contained in an attractive composite ‘bronzed’ moulded frame, 440 x 395mm, the sitter identified by an old ink inscription to reverse board, good condition and an appealing portrait £500-600
£500–£600
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
General Service 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (23470227 Tpr. J. T. H. Antill, QDG) suspension loose, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £100-120
£100–£120
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
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
Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Flying Victory (Michael Connolly, 13th Regt.), officially impressed naming, fitted with a ‘China 1842’ style straight bar suspension, some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £1300-1400
£1,300–£1,400
Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Harry Wells) good very fine £60-80
£60–£80
Holiday, Gilbert, Horses & Soldiers, A Collection of Pictures, a subscribed edition published privately by Gale & Polden Ltd, Aldershot [1938], 75 plates from Holiday’s paintings and drawings, including 21 in colour, original grey cloth, good condition £50-70
£50–£70
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (John Williams, 23rd Regt.) officially impressed naming, suspension re-fixed and edge rubbed from onetime circular mount, nearly very fine £200-300
£200–£300
A fine North-West Europe M.M. group of six awarded to Pioneer Sergeant W. J. P. Evans, 4th (Llanelli) Battalion, The Welch Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3958804 A/Sjt. W. J. P. Evans, Welch. R.) official correction to middle initial; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, Territorial, G.VI.R., with additional service bar (3958804 Cpl. W. J. P. Evans, M.M. Welch) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £2000-2500
£2,000–£2,500
Cross & Cockade Great Britain Journal, of the Society of World War I Aero Historians (90), Vol.1, No.1, 1970-Vol.23, No.4, 1992, good condition (90) £200-300
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (C. Harris, 1st Bn. 20th Regt.) nearly extremely fine £400-450
£400–£450
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, breast star, 94mm., silver, lightly gilt, French stamp marks on pin, several ‘test’ marks, numeral ‘1’ missing from ‘1870’, about very fine £140-180
£140–£180
Pair: Private J. Panton, Highland Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1332 Pte., High. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1332 Pte., High. L.I.), good very fine Pair: Corporal C. Halliday, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (785192 Cpl., R.A.), nearly extremely fine (4) £40-50
£40–£50
Three: Private S. W. Durston, Somerset Light Infantry British War Medal 1914-20 (1583 Pte., Som. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1583 Pte., Som. L.I.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240258 Pte., 5/Som. L.I.) good very fine (3) £250-280
£250–£280
Netherlands, Flying Cross 1941, reverse stamped ‘Sterling’, with ribbon, good very fine £70-90
An important and rare Great War D.S.M. group to Major-General George S. Farnsworth, Commander of the 37th United States Infantry Division which served with distinction in France, a graduate of West Point and a veteran of the Spanish American War U.S.A., Army Distinguished Service Medal, numbered on the edge ‘1728’; Silver Star, named on the reverse ‘Charles S. Farnsworth’, numbered on the edge ‘6223’, the reverse suspension marked ‘BBB Co/Phila.’ for Bailey Banks & Biddle;...
£6,000–£8,000
A mounted group of ten miniature dress medals, Order of St. Michael and St. George, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of St. John, silver and enamel; British War and Victory Medals; Territorial War Medal 1914-18; Defence; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, very fine (10) £40-50
Four: Trooper G. E. Newman, 7th Dragoon Guards, late 21st Lancers 1914-15 Star (L-1816 Pte., 21st Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (L-1816 Pte., 21-Lrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (314988 Tpr., K.D.G.), contact marks, particularly to the second, which also has slack suspension, thus generally good fine or better (4) £220-250
£220–£250
Four: Acting Sergeant E. N. G. Payne, 21st Lancers, latterly Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (2120 Pte., 21-Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2120 Cpl., 21-Lrs.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, unnamed, the first three with officially impressed naming but slightly later issues, generally very fine (4) £180-220
£180–£220
A mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals, Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, M.B.E., Civil Division; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Canadian Corps of Commissionaires Medal for Service and Efficiency, 1 clasp, Labor Omnia Vincit, bronze; Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus (2), with swords, enamelled, mounted court style as worn, good very fine (12) ...
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (13400 Tpr. . Stapylton, 68th Coy. 19th Impl. Yeo.), note no initial, good very fine £240-280
£240–£280
Rescue Medal, circular silver medal by Fattorini, Birmingham, obverse with leather facing inscribed in gilt lettering, ‘To Gilbert Torrance, Esq. from the Survivors of the “Glen Mona” Expedition, for extreme bravery shown in their rescue. July 29th, 1897’, 48mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1897, ring suspension, very fine and unusual £120-160
£120–£160
Pair: Private J. Hawke, 21st Lancers British War Medal 1914-20, unnamed Indian Mint issue; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2087 Pte., 21 Lrs.), the first with re-pinned suspension claw, generally very fine (2) £140-160
£140–£160
Pair: Second Lieutenant T. C. Hine, 20th (Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, killed in action on 20 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) good very fine (2) £180-220
City of Philadelphia, Public Ledger Medal of Merit, by Hoover & Smith, Philadelphia, obv. a mounted knight armed with a lance, in raised letters above, ‘The Public Ledger Medal of Merit’, engraved below, ‘Robert Wiley’; rev. two coats-of-arms, ‘City of Philadelphia, Police, Fire’, additionally engraved, ‘Aug. 5th 1929’, 30mm., 14kt. gold, ring suspension, fitted with watch chain, with damaged case, extremely fine £300-400
£300–£400
Presentation Cigarette Case, 109 x 83 x 8mm., silver, with gilt interior, hallmarks for Birmingham 1955, interior of lid inscribed, ‘Presented by G. F. Sleight & Sons Ltd. Grimsby. As an expression of their gratitude & admiration to Mr G. Giblin, a voluntary member of the boats crew of the S/T “Ben Meidie” which went to the rescue of the crew of the S/T “Remindo” wrecked at Faroe 28th April 1955’, very good condition £100-140
£100–£140
Presentation Cigarette Box, 114 x 84 x 37mm., silver, with wooden interior and base, hallmarks unclear, side inscribed, ‘Presented to J. E. Palmer in recognition of Lifesaving Services’, lid inscribed, ‘M/T. St. Finbarr 25th December 1966’, one side slightly buckled, good condition £120-160
Presentation Cigarette Box, 144 x 85 x 30mm., silver, with wooden interior and base, upper left corner of lid set with an enamelled pennant bearing the letters ‘D.S.’, the lid interior inscribed, ‘In Remembrance of Valuable Assistance to M/S Vingnes 1959’, velvet on case underside in part detached, good condition £100-140
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (3345 Pte. D. Ross, Royal Scots) some edge bruising, good very fine £360-400
£360–£400
Windsor & Eton Humane Society, bronze, obv. within a laurel wreath impressed, No. XIII’; rev. within a wreath of laurel and oak engraved, ‘For Saving Three Lives in the Thames’, 38mm., claw and ring suspension, good very fine, rare £200-250
£200–£250
Six: Leading Aircraftsman C. E. Thomas, Royal Air Force, later British Overseas Airways Corporation 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, unnamed; together with R.A.F. cap badge, medals extremely fine £80-100
Seven: Sergeant R. Emery, Army Air Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Arabian Peninsula (14235885 Sgt. R. Emery, A.A.C.) nearly very fine or better (7) £400-450
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Bhisti Tota, 45th Sikhs), bent suspension post, two or three severe edge bruises and polished, thus good fine £30-40
£30–£40
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2620 Sepoy Nur Dad, 45/Sikhs), edge nicks, very fine £40-50
Four: Havildar Ram Singh, 45th Sikhs 1914-15 Star (No. 4893 Sepoy Ram Singh, 45 R. Sikhs); British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (4893 Havr. Ram Singh, 45 Sikhs); Delhi Durbar 1911, point of right hand arm of the first lacking, edge cut to third, contact marks, otherwise generally about very fine or better (4) £40-60
£40–£60
A Great War Mesopotamia operations I.O.M. group of five attributed to Naik Chanan Singh, 45th Sikhs, who was decorated for his bravery in the costly action at Shatt El Hai on 1 February 1917 Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 2nd type, 2nd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, with riband buckle; 1914-15 Star (No. 525 Sepoy Chanan Singh, 45 R. Sikhs); British War Medal 1914-20 (525 Havr. Chanan Singh, 45 Sikhs); Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D. oak leaf, erased naming; Indian Army...
£1,400–£1,600
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