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2 March 2005
The Indian Mutiny medal to Sergeant Edward Berrills, Barrow’s Volunteer Cavalry, a member of the 1st Relief Force at Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Edwd. Berrills, Barrow’s Voltr. Cavy.) good very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Central Africa and North West Frontier campaign pair to Naik Kishan Singh, 25th Punjabis (a) Central Africa 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (1548 Sepoy Kishan Singh, 25th Bl. Infy.) (b) India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (1548 Naick Kishen Singh, 25th Pjbis.) small official correction to naming, light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better and a most unusual combination (2) £450-550
The rare 6-clasp Boer War medal to Jemadar Yusaf Ali Khan, 33rd Queen’s Own Light Cavalry (late 3rd Bombay Cavalry), one of Lord Roberts’ Indian Orderlies on the Army Head Quarters Staff in South Africa Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (2366 Dafr: Yusaf Ali Khan, Head-Qr: Staff) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and extremely rare £600-700
17 September 2004
Honourable East India Company Medal for the Capture of Seringapatam 1799, silver, contained in a silver-rimmed glazed case with integral silver ball and ring suspension, an exceptional specimen, extremely fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,500
23 September 2005
The Nepaul War medal to Major-General H. F. Caley, 1st Grenadier Battalion Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. H. F. Caley, 1st Grenr. Bn.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming, fitted with silver ribbon brooch, edge bruise at 6 o’clock, otherwise nearly extremely fine £900-1200
The Scinde campaign medal for the battle of Meeanee to Private John McDonald, 22nd Regiment Meeanee 1843 (John McDonald, 22nd Regt.) naming engraved in the correct style, fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, very fine and rare £800-1000
The Gwalior and Sutlej campaign pair to Major C. E. Mills, Bengal Horse Artillery, Orderley Officer to Sir Henry Hardinge and later his A.D.C. (a) Maharajpoor Star 1843 (1st Lieutt. & Brevt. Capt. C. E. Mills, 2d Troop 3d Brigade Horse Artillery) fitted with original brass hook suspension (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Capt. C: E: Mills Artillery) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £1200-1500
The Cabul and Sutlej campaign pair to Sergeant James Hipwell, 31st Regiment, severely wounded at Sobraon (a) Cabul 1842 (No. 1428 James Hipwell, Pt. HMs. 31st Regt.) correctly engraved in the regimental style with additional eight-point stars before and after the naming, fitted with original steel clip and wide bar suspension (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Serjt. James Hipwell 31st Regt.) contact marks, otherwise very fine £1200-1500
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Miller, 10th Foot Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Major Thos. Miller, 10th Foot) contact marks, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry V. Brooke, C.B., Commanding the 32nd Foot Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan,Goojerat (Lt. Col. H. V. Brooke, C.B. 32nd Foot) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1500-2000
A scarce Relief of Chitral pair to Naik Ram Singh, 1 Kashmir Mountain Battery (a) India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (71 Naick Ram Singh, No. 1 Kashmir Mtn. By.) (b) Jummoo and Kashmir Medal 1895, clasp, Chitral 1895 (Hdr 71 Ram Sing 1 KMB) correctly named in somewhat crudely impressed capitals, good very fine and a scarce pair (2) £500-600
Honourable East India Company Medal for Nepaul 1814-16, silver, fitted with silver loop for suspension, a fine example without the usual obverse die-crack, good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,600
The Ghuznee and Sutlej campaign pair to Veterinary Surgeon Isaac Bicknell, Governor-General’s Body Guard (a) Ghuznee 1839 (Vety. Surgeon J. Bicknell, Bengal Light Cavalry) contemporary engraved naming in the reverse field, fitted with an attractive wide silver bar suspension (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Aliwal, Sobraon (Vety. Surgn. J. Bicknell, G.G.B.G.) note initial ‘J’ on both medals, a common ocurrence at this period caused by confusion between the letters...
The Defence of Jellalabad medal to Private Henry Palmer, 13th Light Infantry, mortally wounded in the famous sortie of the 7th April by which the ‘Illustrious’ garrison brought the siege to a close Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown (Heny. Palmer, 13th Regt.) correct regimentally impressed anming in obverse field and on lower rim, fitted with original suspension, extremely fine and rare £1200-1500
The Third Mahratta War medal for the battle of Kirkee to Sepoy Nadir Rai, 12th Bombay Native Infantry Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee (Sepoy Nadir Rai, 12th Bombay Native Infantry) short hyphen reverse, naming engraved in running script, nearly very fine and rare £2000-2500
The 1st Class badge of the Order of British India awarded to Subadar Major Shaik Muddar, 25th Bombay Infantry Order of British India 1837, 1st Class, gold and enamels, the reverse attractively engraved in running script ‘Subhedar Major Shaik Muddar, 25th Bombay Native Infantry 1st Jan. 1877’, complete with full neck cravat and gold ribbon fitments, extremely fine £500-600
The unusual campaign pair to The Reverand F. W. Ellis, Chaplain at the siege of Delhi and later with the Bhootan Field Force (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (The Rev. F. W. Ellis, Chaplain of the Force) (b) India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Revd. F. W. Ellis, Chapn. Bhootan Fd. Force) lightly polished, otherwise very fine or better and a rare pair £1500-2000
The Gwalior campaign star to Major G. L. Christie, 2nd in Command of the 3rd Foot at the battle of Punniar Punniar Star 1843 (Major G. L. Christie, H.M. 3rd Regt.) fitted with a contemporary silver ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
The Punjab campaign medal to Private David Evans, 14th Light Dragoons, one of only four men of the regiment to be killed at Chilianwala Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (David Evans, 14th Lt. Dragns.) brilliant extremely fine £1500-2000
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain Alexander Skene, Political Agent at Jhansi where he perished along with the rest of the European men, women and children Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Captn. A. Skene) unit details erased, suspension claw repaired, otherwise very fine £2000-2500
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain George Hare, C.B., Hyderabad Contingent, assassinated by a fanatic in December 1858 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Capt. G. Hare, 5th Infy. Hd. Cont.) good very fine £2000-2500
The Defence of Chitral campaign medal to Sepoy Sir Khan, Punyal Levy India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (Sepoy Sir Khan, Punyal Levy) good very fine and very rare £800-1000
The Scinde campaign medal for the battle of Hyderabad to LMajor-General Alexander Woodburn, 25th Bombay Native Infantry, who was awarded the C.B. for services in the Scinde Hyderabad 1843 (Major A. Woodburn, 25th Regt.) engraved naming, fitted with original silver clip and bar suspension, about good very fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,650
The Indian Mutiny medal to Allan Octavian Hume, C.B., Indian Civil Service, Magistrate and Collector, who had an outstanding record of ‘military’ service in Agra during the mutiny, and who was a founding member and longtime General Secretary of the Indian National Congress Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (A. O. Hume, Civil Service) nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,700
The First Burma War medal to Major-General William Cotton, 10th Madras Native Infantry Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Lieut. W. Cotton, 10th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, some surface and edge nicks, otherwise better than very fine £800-1000
An interesting Sutlej and Crimean War group to Paymaster John Cornes, 79th Highlanders, late 53rd Regiment, who was wounded at Buddiwal commanding the rear-guard in defence of the baggage when cut off and attacked by the enemy (a) Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Qur. Master John Cornes, 53rd Regt.) (b) Crimea 1854-55, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pay Mr. J. Cornes, 79th Foot) officially impressed naming (c) Turkish Crimea, British issue (Pay Mr. J....
The Indian Mutiny medal to Colonel William Wilson, Bengal Horse Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Lieut. W. Wilson, Bengal Horse Arty.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000
The campaign pair to Colonel W. B. Aislabie, 3rd Sikh Infantry (a) India General Service 1854-94, 3 clasps, Umbeyla, North West Frontier, Jowaki 1877-8 (Lieut. W. B. Aislabie, 3rd Sikh Infantry) (b) Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Kabul, Kandahar (Maj. W. B. Aislabie, 3rd Sikh Infy.) about good very fine (2) £1200-1500
A scarce Afghan War and Scinde campaign pair to Major R. B. Brett, 1st (or Leslie’s) Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery (a) Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Lieutt. R. B. Brett, 1st Troop Horse Brigade Bombay Arty.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension (b) Hyderabad 1843 (Lieutenant R. B. Brett, 1st or Leslie’s Troop H.A.) fitted with silver clip and steel bar suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,800
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
The Second Afghan War medal to Private Shadrack Shelly, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/1426 Pte. S. Shelly, 66th Foot) obverse bust a little polished, otherwise good very fine £1200-1500
The Napoleonic War medal to Lieutenant-Colonel P. J. Willats, who fought with the 77th Foot in the Peninsula War and commanded a detachment of the 48th Foot in the Coorg Rebellion of 1834 Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (P. J. Willats, Lieut. 77th Foot) polished, therefore nearly very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,900
An interesting and rare group to Lieutenant Robert Pigou, Bengal Engineers, one of the Engineers at the Cabul Gate during the storming of Ghuznee, who later died whilst attempting to reduce a fort in Afghanistan when, having cut his fuse too short, he was blown up and his body thrown a distance of eighty yards by the sudden explosion of the powder bags (a) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, with original suspension (b) Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (Successful), (R. Pigou...
An interesting Cabul and Gwalior campaign pair to Captain George Reid, 1st Bengal Cavalry, who accompanied the Buffs into action at Punniar, was A.D.C. to three Governor-Generals, and died whilst Superintendent of the Mysore Princes (a) Cabul 1842 (Captain George Reid, 1st Light Cavy. Depy. Afst. Qr. Master General) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension and ribbon fitments (b) Punniar Star 1843 (Captain George Reid, 1st Light Cavalry)...
The Indian Mutiny and North West Frontier campaign pair to Brigadier-General O. E. Rothney, C.B., C.S.I., 4th Sikh Infantry (late Rothney’s Sikhs), Commandant of the 5th Gurkhas 1860-73 (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Bt. Major O. E. Rothney, 4th Sikh Infy.) suspension claw tightened but still slack (b) India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Major O. E. Rothney, 4th Sikh Inftry.) overall contact wear and pitting, therefore good fine and better ...
The First China War medal to Commander T. E. Rogers, Bombay Marine, thanked by Government and presented with a 100 guinea sword for his services in command of the Atalanta in China China 1842 (T. E. Rogers, Commander H.E.I.C.S. Atalanta) nearly extremely fine £800-1000
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
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 Private Alfred Vernum, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/531 Pte. A. Vernum, 66th Foot) good very fine £1200-1500
The Second Afghan War medal to Private John Eaton, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/216 Pte. J. Eaton, 66th Foot) toned, good very fine £1200-1500
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