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17 September 2004
The fine campaign group of four to Major-General C. W. Campbell, Bengal Army, an original defender at Lucknow who was severely wounded and promoted for gallantry whilst serving with the Volunteer Cavalry at Chinhut, again wounded during the siege, served with Fane’s Horse in China and commanded the 2nd Bengal Cavalry in Egypt (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Ens. C. W. Campbell, 71st Regt. N.I.) (b) China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Lieut....
Hammer Price: £4,800
The Indian Mutiny medal to Surgeon-Major G. M. Ogilvie, Bombay Medical Service, awarded the C.B. for his services as officiating Sanitary Commissioner and Superintendent of Jails during the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Surgn. G. M. Ogilvie, Supt. of Jails) nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £2,500
The Punjab and Indian Mutiny campaign pair to Gunner Alfred Pearce, Uncovenanted Service, late Bengal Artillery, an original defender at Lucknow (a) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Gu---r A. Pearce, 3rd Cy. 1st Ba--n. Arty.) attempted erasure with some loss to rank and unit (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Alfred Pearce)contact marks, otherwise very fine and better £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Indian Mutiny medal to Mr A. H. Bryson, ontime Sergeant Major of the 16th Lancers, a civilian volunteer acting as Sergeant of the Volunteer Cavalry at Chinhut, and killed in the subsequent defence of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Mr. A. H. Bryson) slightly later impressed naming, fitted with contemporary silver ribbon brooch, lightly toned, extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,900
The Indian Mutiny medals to Signor Stefano Barsotelli, a Florentine alabaster merchant who served with distinction throughout the defence of Lucknow, probably the only Italian present (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Signor Barsotelli) (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Signor Stefano Barsotelli) this with repaired suspension claw and post, good fine, both medals with correct officially impressed naming, the first very fine and extremely rare ...
Hammer Price: £3,500
A rare Defence of Lucknow 1st Class Order of Merit awarded to Subadar-Major Ummer Singh, 13th Native Infantry Order of Merit, 1st Class, gold and enamels, the reverse officially inscribed in three lines’1st Class “Order of Merit“’, and additionally inscribed ‘Subadar Major Ummer Singh, 13th N.I.’, complete with gilt (as usual) ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine and very rare £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £8,500
The Indian Mutiny medal to Private Richard Sutcliffe, 90th Light Infantry, a member of the First Relief Force, killed in action at Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (R. Sutcliffe, 90th Lt. Infy.) extremely fine £800-1000
The Indian campaign pair to Colonel W. J. Hicks, 22nd Bengal N.I., who served with the First Relief Force at Lucknow and afterwards with Barrow’s Volunteer Cavalry, and later commanded the 44th Assam N.I. in the Bhootan and Looshai Expeditions (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Capt. W. J. Hicks, 22nd N.I. Supt. of Bazaar) (b) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, Bhootan, Looshai (Lt. Col. W. J. Hicks, 44th Regt. N.I.) good very fine £2000-2500
The Indian Mutiny medal to Private Joseph Allpress, 5th Fusiliers Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (W. Allpress, 1st Batn. 5th Fusrs.) note incorrect initial, nearly extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £520
The Indian Mutiny medal to Paymaster William Comerford, Royal Navy, Paymaster to Shannon’s Naval Brigade Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Asst. Paymr. Wm. T. Comerford, Shannon) nearly extremely fine and rare £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £3,800
The Indian Mutiny medal to Boatswain’s Mate John Harrison, Royal Navy, a member of Shannon’s Naval Brigade, awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous gallantry at Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (John Harrison, Boatsn’s Mate. Shannon) nearly extremely fine £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £19,000
The ‘Mutiny Anniversary’ C.B. group of four to Paymaster-in-Chief T. H. L. Bowling, Royal Navy, Clerk of Pearl’s Naval Brigade (a) Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with swivel-ring bar suspension but lacking ribbon buckle (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Thos. H. L. Bowling, Clerk. Pearl) (c) China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued (d) Abyssinia 1867-68 (Paymaster T. H. L. Bowling, H.M.S. Octavia) light contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £6,200
The Indian Mutiny and Second China War pair to Lieutenant F. A. Lawford, Hodson's Horse and 1st Sikh Cavalry (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. F. A. Lawford, 2nd Regt. Hodson’s Horse) (b) China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Lieut. T. A. Lawford, 1st Regt. Sikh Cavy.) note error to first initial, generally good very fine and rare £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £4,100
The Indian Mutiny medal to General Sir Richard Meade, K.C.S.I., commanding Meade’s Horse 1857-60, who orchestrated the capture of Tantia Topi in 1859, and was later Resident Governor of Hyderabad Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Captn. R. I. Meade, Meade’s Horse) very fine and rare £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £5,800
The highly important group to General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.B., 9th Lancers, who had command of the Cavalry Division at Delhi and of a whole Division at Lucknow, and was Commander of the British Forces in the China campaign of 1860 (a) Order of the Bath (Military) G.C.B., Grand Commander’s set, comprising sash badge in 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1866; and silver breast star with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, the reverse centre inscribed ‘R. & S....
Hammer Price: £68,000
The campaign group of three to Colonel E. P. Mainwaring, an infant survivor of the terrible retreat from Cabul and a prisoner of Akbar Khan during the First Afghan War, an officer of the 4th Goorkha Regiment, who later raised the 1st-39th Garwhal Rifles (a) India General Service 1854-94, 3 clasps, North West Frontier, Looshai, Burma 1889-92 (Captn. E. P. Mainwaring, 4th Goorkha Regt.) (b) Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Ali Musjid, Kabul, Kandahar (Maj. E. P. Mainwaring, 4th...
Hammer Price: £3,000
The Peiwar Kotal Victoria Cross group of three awarded to Major John Cook, 5th Gurkhas, who was subsequently mortally wounded at the assault on the Takht-i-Shah (a) Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar inscribed ‘Captain John Cook, Bengal Staff Corps’, the reverse centre of the cross dated ‘2nd DECr. 1878’ (b) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, Umbeyla, North West Frontier (Lieut. J. Cook, 3rd Sikh Inftry.) (c) Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Peiwar Kotal,...
Hammer Price: £82,000
The campaign group of three to Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Cook, 3rd Sikh Infantry, brother of John Cook V.C., severely wounded at Arghandi and himself recommended for the Victoria Cross (a) Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Ali Musjid, Kabul, Kandahar (Lt. W. Cook, 3rd Sikh Infy.) (b) Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut. W. Cook, 3rd Sikh Infantry (c) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-87, Burma 1887-89 (Captain W. Cook, S.C.) light contact marks, otherwise good very...
An outstanding ‘Mangiar Defile’ Order of Merit group of four awarded to Havildar Jagat Sing Rana, 5th Gurkhas (a) Order of Merit, 3rd Class, the reverse with screw-nut fitting and officially inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’, and additionally inscribed ‘Sepoy Juggut Sing, 5th Goorkhir Regt.’, complete with silver ribbon buckle (b) India General Service 1854-94, 3 clasps, Jowaki 1877-8, North West Frontier, Umbeyla (Sepoy Juggut Sing, 5th Goorkha Regt.)...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The Second Afghan War medal to Gunner Hugh Adams, Royal Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul (6774 Gr. H. Adams, G/3rd R.A.) extremely fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £480
The Second Afghan War medal to Colour-Sergeant John Yule, 72nd Highlanders, mentioned in despatches for being ‘first man up’ in the assault on the Takht-i-Shah, when he captured two enemy standards, and killed in action on the following day Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (1400 Cr. Sgt. J. Yule, 72nd Highrs.) hairline scratch in obverse field, otherwise brilliant extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,000
The Second Afghan War and ‘Afghan Boundary Commission’ group of three to Captain A. F. Cotton, Bengal Staff Corps (a) Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (Lt. A. F. Cotton, Bl. S.C.) (b) Izzat-i-Afghania, gold medal, instituted in 1885 by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan for award to members of the Russo-Afghan Boundary Commission, reverse plain (c) Afghanistan, unidentified silver medal, probably awarded on the same occasion, good very fine and very rare £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,400
The historically important group to The Rt. Hon. Sir Mortimer Durand, G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., ‘Boundary-Maker’ and ‘Peace-Maker’, and architect of the Durand Line which finally settled the frontiers of the Indian Empire with Afghanistan (a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising collar chain, silver-gilt and enamels; sash badge, large type, silver-gilt and enamels; and breast star, silver-gilt and...
Hammer Price: £12,000
The Second Afghan War medal to Gunner Alfred Roberts, “E” Battery “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (4455 Gunr. A. Roberts, E. Batt. B. Bde. R.H.A.) extremely fine and a rare casualty £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £1,900
The historic and poignant campaign pair to Major G. F. Blackwood, Royal Horse Artillery, Commanding “E” Battery “B” Brigade at the battle of Maiwand, wounded early in the day and later killed in action in the walled garden where the last stand of the 66th Foot was fought (a) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Looshai (2nd Capt. G. F. Blackwood, Peshawur Mountn. By.) (b) Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Maj. G. F. Blackwood, E. Batt. B. Bde. R.H.A.) the pair contained in an...
Hammer Price: £18,000
The Second Afghan War medal to Gunner F. J. Naylor, “E” Battery “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, wounded at Maiwand and with Sergeant Mullane when he won the V.C. for rescuing a wounded Driver Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (3493 Gunr. F. J. Naylor, E. Batt. B. Bde. R.H.A.) suspension slack and polished overall, otherwise about nearly very fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Maiwand D.C.M. group of four awarded to Driver James Bishop, “E” Battery “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3426 Driv. J. Bishop, R.H.A.) (b) Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (3426 Driv. J. Bishop, E. Batt. B. Bde. R.H.A.) (c) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, Chin-Lushai 1889-90, Burma 1889-92 (Sergt. J. Bishop, Comt. Dept.) (d) Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (Sergt. J. Bishop, Comt. Transpt. Dept.)...
The Second Afghan War medal to Private Patrick Foley, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/1491 Pte. Pte. P. Foley, 66th Foot) nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,000
The Second Afghan War medal to Private Alfred Northcott, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (973 Pte. A. Northcott, 66th Foot) nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
The Second Afghan War medal to Subadar Rumzan Khan, 30th Bombay N.I. (Jacob’s Rifles), wounded at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Jemr. Rumzan Khan, 30th Regt. Bo. N.I.) fitted with replacement suspension claw, nearly very fine and scarce £400-500
Hammer Price: £700
The campaign group to General W. G. Mainwaring, C.I.E., late Scinde Irregular Horse and 1st Bombay Europeans, Commanding the 30th Bombay Rifles at Maiwand (a) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (b) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Persia (Lieut W. G. Mainwaring, Scinde Irreg. Horse) (c) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. W. G. Mainwaring, 1st Bombay Eurn. Fusrs.) (d) Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. Col. W. G. Mainwaring, 30th Bo. N.I.) the first with naming...
Hammer Price: £4,300
The magnificent ‘Defence of Sadon 1891’ D.S.O. group awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir George MacMunn, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.S.O., Royal Artillery, later Commander-in-Chief in Mesopotamia and Quarter-Master General in India (a) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch (b) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Chin Hills 1892-93 (Lieut. G. F. Macmunn, No. 6 Bo. Mt. By.) (c) India General Service 1895-1902, 3...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The scarce camapign medal for the Defence of Chitral to Sepoy Khem Singh, 14th (Ferozepore Sikh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (1858 Sepoy Khem Singh, 14th Bl. Infy.) nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,800
The Chitral campaign medal Naik Sham Singh, 14th (Ferozepore Sikh) Regiment of Bengal Infantry, wounded at the Koragh defile and awarded the Order of Merit India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (1577 Naick Sham Sing, 14th Bl. Infy.) the clasp a contemporary copy, see note below, good very fine £1500-2000
A Relief of Chitral D.S.O. group of five awarded to Major H. E. S. Abbott, C.B.E., D.S.O., Royal Engineers (a) Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels (b) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, small white enamel flake to one reverse arm (c) Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut H. S. Abbott, R.E.) (d) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, Hazara 1888, Hazara 1891 (Captn. H. E. S....
Hammer Price: £2,800
A ‘Dargai’ Order of Merit awarded to Jemadar Waryam Singh, 15th Sikhs, who was severely wounded whilst carrying other wounded men to the rear (a) Order of Merit, 3rd Class, the reverse with screw-nut fitting and officially inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’, lacking silver ribbon buckle (b) India General Service 1895-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Jemdr. Waryam Singh, 15th Bl. Infy.) enamel chipped...
Hammer Price: £3,200
An extremely rare 2nd Class Order of Merit group of six awarded to Subadar-Major (Hony. Captain) Mit Singh, Sardar Bahadur, 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force), formerly 3rd Sikh Infantry, for gallantry at Gumatti in 1902, promoted from the 3rd Class for his gallantry in Tirah 1898, later A.D.C. to His Excellency the Viceroy (a) Order of Merit, 2nd Class, silver, gold and enamels, the reverse with screw-nut fitting and officially inscribed on three lines ‘2nd Class Order of Merit’, lacking...
China 1842 (John Hughes, Sergeant, 18th Regiment Foot) minor edge bruising, very fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £550
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