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Colonel Joseph Cowie Nichols, C.B.E., V.D., J.P
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29 June 2006
The Zulu War medal awarded to Corporal James Bushe, 2nd Battalion 24th Foot, who was wounded in the nose during the defence of Rorke’s Drift, by a bullet which had just killed Private Cole, and mentioned by Chard in his account of the action specially written for Queen Victoria South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (2350 Lce. Corpl. J. Bushe, 2-24th Foot) minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine and a rare casualty £18000-22000
Hammer Price: £31,000
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860 to 1861 (George Marey, Stoker, Colonl. Ship Victoria) officially impressed naming, light contact marks and wear, otherwise very fine and very rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £10,000
The Light Brigade charger’s medal awarded to Sergeant John Pyne, 17th Lancers, who was wounded at Balaklava Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Corpl. J. Pyne, 17th Lancers) officially impressed naming, the first and third clasps rather crude by comparison and possibly contemporary copies, light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £9,500
The Defence of Legations medal to Private J. G. Howard, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was commended for his services at Pekin and received his medal from the King China 1900, 1 clasp, Defence of Legations (Pvte. J. G. Howard, R.M.L.I.) official correction to first initial, otherwise nearly extremely fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £8,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (James Easman) edge bruising and polished, therefore good fine £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £5,200
New Zealand Cross, in silver and gold, engraved ‘specimen’ in reverse centre, with gold buckle on ribbon, in its original Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, London fitted case, extremely fine and rare £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £3,100
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878 (259 Pte. J. Robinson, 80th Foot) nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,000
Pair: John Quinn, Petty Officer, H.M.S. Hazard China 1842 (John Quinn, Petty Officr., H.M.S. Hazard); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (J. Quin, Boatswns. Mate, H.M.S. Hazard) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine (2) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,900
Russia, Order of St. Anne, breast star, 81 x 80mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, original twin-prong pin-fitting, non-Russian manufacture, nearly extremely fine £700-800
Hammer Price: £2,550
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (R. Poole, 4th Lt. Dragns.) officially impressed naming, minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Prussian group of eight: Prussia, Iron Cross 1870, 2nd Class; Order of the Red Eagle, 4th type, 4th Class with swords, with plain arms, silver, gold and enamel, enamel damage; Order of the Crown, 2nd type, 4th Class with swords, gilt and enamel; War Medal 1870-71, combatant’s; War Cross 1866, for ‘Der Treuen Kriegern’; War Medal 1864; Russia, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class breast badge by Julius Keibel, St. Petersburg, 35 x 35mm., gold and enamel, with manufacturer’s mark on...
Hammer Price: £2,300
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse (Christ. Schaffer, Kings, Ger, Arty.) one side of carriage broken between third and fourth clasps, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,100
China 1842 (Tom Liverpool, H.E.I.C.S. Nemesis) good very fine £500-550
Hammer Price: £1,900
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (1514. Thos. Welton, 96th Regt.) officially impressed naming, extremely fine and extremely rare £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Pair: Colour-Sergeant James White, Royal Marines Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (James White); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (J. White, C--. ---t. R.M., H.M.S. Osprey) officially impressed naming, rank mostly erased and naming otherwise rubbed on the second, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £900-1200
Military Medal, G.V.R. (4047 Pte. J. Gallagher, 6/Conn. Rang.) extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,700
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (H. Capon, Captn. F. Top, H.M.S. North Star) officially impressed naming, extremely fine £550-650
Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Private W. H. Tippler, S.L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,600
A ‘Thin Red Line’ D.C.M. awarded to Corporal William Sinclair, 93rd Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Corpl. William Sinclair, 93rd Highlanders) suspension soldered and no longer swivels, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (Nicholas Wheeler) good very fine £800-1000
China 1842 (T. V. Anson, Commander, H.M.S. Pylades) very fine £1200-1500
Pair: Private William Staden, 11th Hussars Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (William Staden, XI.th. P.A.O. Hussars) regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (870 W Staden XI PAO Hussars) regimentally impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £900-1200
Hammer Price: £1,400
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (Dresser Pir Bakhsh, S.M. Deptt.) official correction to unit, nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (15 Tpr. A. E. Murdoch, Protect. Regt. F.F.) extremely fine £800-1000
China 1842 (E. Roberts, Actg. Master, H.E.I.C.S. Sesostris) good very fine £800-1000
China 1842 (A. Cops, 1st Officer, H.E.I.C.S. Hooghly) fitted with contemporary replacement silver swivel-ring bar suspension, good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,300
China 1842 (G. Todd, H.E.I.C.S. Pluto) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £500-550
Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Edward Jennings, 50th Regt.) good very fine £600-700
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (Frs. Armstrong) minor edge bruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (James Bradley) nearly extremely fine £600-700
China 1842 ([R.] M. Whichelo, Purser H.M.S. Blenheim) fitted with replacement silver swivel-ring bar suspension which obscures first initial, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £600-700
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse (Thomas Baker, Master at Arms, H.M.S. Ocean, 22 Years, 3 Sepr. 1835) the date added privately, pierced with ring and straight bar suspension, slight edge bruising, good very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,100
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (1029 Pte. G. Fitzgerald, 1-24th Foot) edge bruise, otherwise very fine £400-450
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (T. Good, 38th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000
Pair: Sergeant Michael Cahill, 99th Regiment New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (1403. M. Cahill, 99th Regt.) officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (No. 1403 Serjt. Michael Cahill) light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £400-450
Hammer Price: £1,000
India General Service 1854-95, 4 clasps, Hazara 1888, Hazara 1891, Hunza 1891, Waziristan 1894-95 (Bugler Resar Thapa, 1st Bn. 5th Goorkha Regt.) naming weak in parts from contact wear and polished, therefore good fine £400-500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (Francis Heath) small edge bruise and rim scratched at 9 o’clock, otherwise good very fine £600-700
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (T. Chuck, 14th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
China 1842 (C. Neale, Color Serjt. H.M.S. Apollo) good very fine £500-550
Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (John Fortune, 22nd Regt.) fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £600-700
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