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A rare inter-war Albert Medal group of three awarded to Private W. H. Foster, Leicestershire Regiment, who was decorated for endeavouring to rescue a comrade during a serious fire in the Simla Hills, India in June 1931 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially inscribed, ‘Presented in the Name of His Majesty to Private William Henry Foster, 1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, for Gallantry in Endeavouring to Save...
Hammer Price: £11,000
A very rare Second World War battle of Crete M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal S. Markham, Leicestershire Regiment, who was hotly engaged against enemy parachutists in the defence of Heraklion airfield Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4855786 L. Cpl. S. Markham, Leic. R.) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £4,000
A fine Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Quarter-Master and Lieutenant J. Clay, Leicestershire Regiment, late Grenadier Guards: decorated for his bravery on the Somme as a Company Sergeant-Major, he was also a recipient of the Russian Medal of St. George for Bravery, 1st class Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (5805 Corpl., Gren. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa...
Hammer Price: £3,800
An impressive Second World War North Africa and North-West Europe operations immediate M.M. and Bar awarded to Lance-Sergeant N. French, Warwickshire Regiment, late Leicestershire Regiment: he was originally recommended for the D.C.M. on both occasions Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (4265478 Sjt. N. French, Leic. R.) edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,700
An early Second World War North Africa operations D.C.M. group of six awarded to Corporal T. S. Richardson, Leicestershire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (4854736 Cpl. T. S. Richardson, Leic. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, minor contact marks, generally good very fine (6) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,400
A fine Great War Neuve Chapelle 1915 D.C.M. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant T. Dooley, Leicestershire Regiment: he was killed in action a few weeks later - having been commissioned in the Field Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7149 C.S. Mjr. T. Dooley, 2/Leic. Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7149 C. Sjt., 2/Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.), good very fine or better (4) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,200
An inter-war C.B.E., Great War Somme Battalion Commander’s D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Colonel C. H. Haig, Leicestershire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., Leic. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A fine Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Quarter-Master and Major J. H. Greasely, Leicestershire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Transvaal (851 Q.M. Sejt., 1 Leic. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. & Qr. Mr., Leic. Rgt.); 1914 Star (Hon. Capt. & Q.M., Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Major); Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (851...
Hammer Price: £2,300
A Great War M.M. and Bar group of six awarded to Colour-Sergeant H. Dodd, Leicestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (7563 A. Sjt. H. Dodd, 1/Leic. R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7563 L. Cpl., 1/Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (7563 C. Sjt., Leic. R.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4848306 C. Sjt., Leic. R.), mounted as worn, contact marks but generally very fine (6) £600-700
A Crimea D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant-Major T. Pegg, 17th Foot Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Color Serjt. T. Pegg, 17th Foot); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Color Serjt., 17th Foot), regimentally engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Cr. Sergt., 17th Foot), contemporary engraved naming, the second with slack and partially flattened suspension claw and the last pierced at 12 o’clock but fitted with swivel suspension bar, edge bruising and contact...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. Godley, Leicestershire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (20005 Cpl. H. Godley, 1/4 Leic. R. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (14217 Pte., Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (14217 Cpl., Leic. R.), good very fine (4) £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,800
A rare Crimea Legion of Honour group of five awarded to Sergeant J. Plant, 17th Regiment, who was decorated for his bravery and leadership at the assault on the Great Redan in June 1855: he was later appointed to the Yeoman of the Guard Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (1699 Serjt. J. Plant, 17th Regt.), contemporary engraved naming in large capitals; Jubilee 1887, bronze, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1699 Cr.-Sjt., 1st Btn. 17th Regt.); French Legion of Honour,...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A Great War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Company Quarter-Master Sergeant M. Pywell, Leicestershire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6205 Pte. M. Pywell, 2/Leic. R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6205 Pte., Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (6205 C. Sjt., Leic. R.); Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6205 C.Q.M. Sjt., Leic. R.), mounted as worn, contact marks, about very fine or better (6) £800-1000
A fine Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private T. Lewis, Leicestershire Regiment: he held a sniper’s post for two days and put ‘many of the enemy out of action’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7920 Pte. T. Lewis, 2/Leic. R.); 1914 Star, with slide-on clasp (7920 Pte., 2/Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7920 Pte., Leic. R.), polished, generally about very fine (4) £1000-1200
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (W. Bawn, 17th Foot), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £500-600
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. G. Peevor, 17th Foot), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, suspension refixed and naming rubbed as a result of one-time being mounted in a glazed circular case, otherwise extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,600
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Nepaul, Bhurtpoor (G. Ross, 17th Foot), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, contact marks, edge bruising and lacquered, about very fine and scarce £600-800
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain A. S. Drewe, Leicestershire Regiment, one-time attached Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Oct. 1st 1917, Captain A. S. Drewe, The Leicestershire Regt.’; 1914-15 Star (Capt., Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Defence Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
A fine Great War Mesopotamia operations M.C. group of four awarded to Major A. S. McIntyre, Leicestershire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Major A. S. McIntyre’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major), mounted as worn, very fine and better (4) £800-1000
A Great War M.C. “Spring Offensive” 1918 group of five awarded to Captain H. N. Chart, Leicestershire Regiment, late Army Cyclist Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., A. Cyc. Corps); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); French Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, this last chipped in places but otherwise generally extremely fine (5) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Crimea War D.C.M. awarded to Private P. Huddleston, 17th Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Peter Huddleston, 17th Regt.), edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £1200-1500
A good Great War M.M. group of seven awarded to Private G. Robinson, Leicestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (2555 Pte. G. Robinson, 1/Leic. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (2555 Pte., 1 Leic. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2555 Pte., Leicester Regt.); 1914 Star (2555 Pte., 1/Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2555 Pte., Leic. R.); Army L.S. & G.C.,...
An immediate Second World War Gothic Line operations M.M. group of six awarded to Private A. Shiels, Leicestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3607097 Pte. A. Shiels, Leic. R.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, extremely fine (6) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Knight Bachelor’s group of four awarded to Colonel Sir C. F. Oliver, Leicestershire Regiment: he raised the 2/4th Battalion and commanded it during the Irish Rebellion of 1916 Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1934; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lt. Col., Leic. R.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1911, together with related dress...
Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, S. Nigeria 1902-03, S. Nigeria 1903 (Lieut. F. B. Adams, Leic. Regt.) nearly extremely fine and rare £600-800
A fine Second World War Italy operations M.M. awarded to Private J. H. Warwick, Leicestershire Regiment, who survived three days and nights in an isolated position behind enemy lines at Salerno under heavy fire Military Medal, G.VI.R. (14274312 Pte. J. H. Warwick, Leic. R.) nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,000
Ghuznee 1839 (Lieut. James Fitzherbert De Tessier, 17th Regt. Foot), engraved small capitals on reverse field but with regiment below on the edge of the reverse rim, swivel-bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £600-700
Pair: Private F. Gill, Royal Leicestershire Regiment Korea 1950-53 (22285441 Pte., R. Leicesters); U.N. Korea, extremely fine (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £920
A Great War Hindenburg Line M.C. group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant H. G. Fairall, Leicestershire Regiment, late Army Service Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Awarded by His Majesty King George V, Sept. 28th 1918, to 2nd Lieut. Harry Gustavus Fairall, 1/4th Battn. Leics. Reg., Territorial Force’, in its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.), generally extremely fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £880
Ghuznee 1839 (Lieut. J. T. Mauleverer, 17th Regiment), engraved in small capitals on reverse field, riveted loop and ring suspension, a contemporary good quality tailor’s copy of the so-called “Tall Tower” variety and similar to other examples named to officers of this regiment, edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £400-500
Pair: Captain E. J. Lees, 17th Regiment Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut., H.M. 17th Regiment), contemporary engraved naming in large capitals; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, Hunt & Roskell pattern, unnamed, mounted as worn from a Hunt & Roskell buckle-brooch-bar with gold pin, clasp loose on riband on the first, edge bruising and contact marks, about very fine and better (2) £600-700
Hammer Price: £800
Six: Major A. F. R. Colquhoun, Leicestershire Regiment and latterly a Military Knight of Windsor Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Natal, Transvaal (Lieut., Leicester Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt., Leic. Rgt.), single initial ‘F.’ on these two; British War and Victory Medals (Major); Jubilee 1935, privately engraved, ‘Major F. R. Colquhoun, Mil. Kt. of Windsor’; Coronation 1937,...
Hammer Price: £720
A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Private R. Flynn, Leicestershire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (19573 Pte. R. Flynn, 2/Leic. R.) lacquered, good very fine £500-600
A Great War M.M. awarded to Private J. Hutchinson, Leicestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (201163 Pte. J. Hutchinson, 4/Leic. R.), nearly extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £700
Five: Acting Regimental Quarter-Master Sergeant F. East, Leicestershire Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (4049 Sjt., 2/Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (4049 W.O. Cl. 2, Leic. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4049 Sjt., Leic. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4049 A.R.Q.M. Sjt., 2/Leic. R.) good very fine and better (5) £250-300
Hammer Price: £680
A Second World War Italy operations M.C. group of five attributed to Lieutenant G. A. Ryland, Leicestershire Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’ and privately engraved, ‘Gordon Ryland, 2/5 Leicesters, River Cosina, Italy, November 1944’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, extremely fine (5) £400-500
Hammer Price: £620
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. C. Mann, Leicestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (8-12182 L. Cpl. T. C. Mann, 8/Leic. R.); 1914-15 Star (12182 Pte., Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12182 Sjt., Leic. R.), nearly extremely fine (4) £400-450
Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ali Musjid, Kabul (1135 Lce. Corpl. J. R. Bird, 1/17th Regt.) edge nicks, very fine and rare £200-250
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Lieut. E. J. Harris, 2nd 17th Leicester Regt.), impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £600
Pair: Colonel C. F. W. Moir, 17th Regiment Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Capt., 1/17th Regt.); Jubilee 1897, privately engraved, ‘Colonel C. F. W. Moir’, this last with an edge cut, otherwise good very fine (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
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