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2 March 2005
The Second Afghan War medal to Private John Hoare, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/1413 Pte. J. Hoare, 66th Foot) nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,900
17 September 2004
Honourable East India Company Medal for Egypt 1801, silver, fitted with silver loop for suspension, good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £2,000
The battle of Maheidpoor campaign medal to Private Charles Feagan, 1st Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Maheidpoor (C. Feagan, 1st Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruise at 9 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine £2000-2500
The Indian Mutiny medal to General Thomas Carey, Bengal Native Infantry, attached Quarter Master General’s Department, sole survivor of the ambush and murder of Captain Fletcher Hayes, Lieutenant Barbor and Mr Fayrer Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Major T. A. Carey, Qr. Mr. Genl. Dept.) toned, about very fine £1500-2000
23 September 2005
The siege of Bhurtpoor campaign medal to Major G. A. Barbor, 8th Light Cavalry, who personally captured the usurper chieftan Doojan Sal at Bhurtpoor Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. G. A. Barbor, 8th Lt. Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, very fine £1500-2000
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
The Indian Mutiny medal to Gunner Patrick Loan, Bengal Artillery, an original defender at Lucknow where he was also wounded Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Patk. Loan, 4th Comy. 1st Batty. Bengal Arty.) good very fine and scarce £700-800
The Third Mahratta War medal for the capture of Nagpore to Private John Morris, 1st Foot, late 33rd Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nagpore (J. Morris, 1st Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,100
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant Wilmot Christopher, Indian Navy, mortally wounded during the siege of Mooltan Punjab 1848-49, 1 claps, Mooltan (Lieut. W. Christopher, Ind. Flot.) officially impressed naming, small collector’s number impressed by claw, edge nicks, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
An interesting campaign pair to General Sir J. L. Vaughan, G.C.B., 5th Punjab Infantry (later Vaughan’s Rifles), a special correspondent for the Times during the second Afghan War (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Major I. L. Vaughan, 5th Punjab Infy.) (b) India General Service 1854-94, 2 clasps, North West Frontier, Umbeyla (Lieut.-Col. J. L. Vaughan, Comndt. 5th Punjab Infy.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £1500-2000
Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-92, large silver medal for Jemadars, the edge straight grained, 42 mm, good very fine and very rare £2000-2500
Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, gold, fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising and nicks, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,200
The Third Mahratta War medal for the battle of Kirkee and capture of Poona to Private Joshua Foxwell, 103rd Bombay European Regiment Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (Joshua Foxwell, Eur. Regt.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £2500-3000
The unusual campaign group of five to Major-General Henry Francis, Bengal Artillery (a) Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (1st Lieut. Hy. Francis, 4th Battn. Artillery) slightly later impressed naming (b) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (1st Lieut. H. Francis, 4th Tp. 3rd Bde. H. Arty.) (c) Order of the Medjidie, 4th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, soldered repair to the reverse (d) Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, contemporary tailor’s copy,...
The Indian Mutiny medal to Major Edward Woolhouse, 84th Regiment, who was severely wounded and lost his arm on entering Lucknow with the 1st Relief Force Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Lieut. Edwd. Woolhouse, 84th Regt.) a little polished, therefore very fine £1400-1800
The Second Afghan War medal to Color-Sergeant John Bayne, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/640 Cr. Sgt. J. Bayne, 66th Foot) good very fine £1500-2000
The Second Afghan War medal to Colour-Sergeant Samuel Scadding, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1340 Cr. Sgt. S. Scadding, 66th Foot) good very fine £1400-1800
The Second Afghan War Medal to Major-General Arthur Battye, 2nd (P.W.O.) Gurkhas, one of the ‘Fighting Ten’ Battye brothers, who was wounded at Kandahar, three times mentioned and awarded the C.B. for Afghanistan Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Kabul, Kandahar (Lt. Col. A. Battye, CB. 2nd Goorkha) minor nicks and bruises, otherwise toned, nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
The Defence of Chitral medal to Sepoy Gopal Singh, 4th Kashmir Rifles, killed in action on 3rd March during the initial disastrous reconnaissance that signalled the start of the epic defence of Chitral Fort India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (514 Sepoy Gopal Singh, 4th Kashmir Rifles) cleaned, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1400-1600
Honourable East India Company Medal for the Capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon and Isle of France, gold, fitted with gold loop for suspension, an early Calcutta Mint restrike showing loss of detail to the obverse, test mark to the rim, otherwise good very fine and rare £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,300
The Second Mahratta War medal to Sowar Durmajee Row, 4th Madras Light Cavalry Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Assye (Durmajee Row 4th Light Cavy) long hyphen reverse, locally impressed naming, very fine £1200-1500
The Cabul and Defence of Jellalabad campaign medals to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Cunningham, Madras Infantry and Broadfoot’s Sappers, who won distinction as field-engineer in the defence of Jellalabad (a) Cabul 1842 (Lieut: Francis Cunningham, 23rd Madras Light Inf: Broadfoot’s Sappers) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension (b) Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Flying Victory (Lieut: Francis Cunningham, 23rd Madras Light Inf: Broadfoot’s...
The Indian Mutiny medal to General Sir Edward Greathed, K.C.B., who commanded the 8th Foot at the assault of Delhi, and subsequently a ‘moveable column’ and an Infantry Brigade, for which he received the C.B. Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Col. E. H. Greathed, H.M. 8th Foot) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, toned, nearly extremely fine £1500-2000
The Indian Mutiny medal to Lieutenant J. H. Worsley, 71st Native Infantry, who served with the Volunteer Cavalry at Chunhut and throughout the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Lieut. J. H. Worsley) nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
A scarce 3rd Class badge of the Order of the Dooranee Empire, instituted in 1839 by Shah Soojah-ul-Moolk Afghanistan, Order of the Dooranee Empire 1839, 3rd class badge, of ‘standard’ Afghan manufacture, 55 x 50 mm., gold and enamels, the central enamelled Persian inscription encircled by 15 small pearls, fitted with later gold ring and loop for suspension from the neck, chips to central inscription, otherwise very fine and rare £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Mahratta War medal to Captain Boyce Combe, 2nd Madras Native Infantry Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Asseerghur, Nagpore (Lieut. Boyce Combe, 2nd N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor nicks and bruises, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
The Burmese and Opium War campaign pair to Lieutenant Robert Ware, 38th and 49th Regiments (a) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Lieut. R. Ware, 38th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming (b) China 1842 (Robert Ware, Paymaster, 49th Regiment Foot) both fitted with silver ribbon buckles, minor handling marks, otherwise toned, extremely fine £1500-2000
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
The Punjab and Indian Mutiny campaign pair to Major C. D. S. Clarke, 1st Oudh Iregular Infantry, an original defender at Lucknow (a) Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Ensign E. D. S. Clarke, 73rd Bengal N.I.) note incorect first initial (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Lieut. C. D. S. Clarke, 1st Oudh Irreg. Infy.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £2000-2500
A scarce ‘Central Africa’ Order of Merit pair awarded to Sepoy Hakim Singh, 32nd Bengal Infantry (Sikh Pioneers) (a) Order of Merit, 3rd Class, the reverse with screw-nut fitting and officially inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’, central enamel chipped (b) Central Africa 1891-98, no clasp, ring suspension (2500 Sepoy Hakim Singh, 32nd Bl. Infy.) repair to ring suspension, therefore nearly very fine or better (2) £1200-1500
The Gwalior and Sutlej campaign pair to Private Thomas Brown, 16th Lancers, killed in their famous charge at Aliwal in January 1846 (a) Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private Thomas Brown, H.M. 16th Lancers) fitted with original brass hook, this neatly pierced at the bottom (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846 (Thos. Brown, 16th Lancers) nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,500
The 74th Regimental medal awarded to Sergeant John Morgan, 74th Foot, ‘wounded at the battle of Assaye and the capture of Cuidad Rodrigo - his conduct on the field was marked with bravery’ 74th Foot Regimental Medal 1814, silver, 1st Class for 11 actions, both sides with struck ‘74th’ and laurel wreath tied with ribbon at the bottom, the obverse centre engraved with six Indian honours for Assaye, Amednagur, Argum, Gilegur, Shandoor, and Gulnah; the reverse centre engraved with...
The Third Mahratta War medal for the capture of Poona to Private George Evans, 65th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Poona (G. Evans, 65th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, sometime cleaned and lacquered, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
The Third Mahratta War medal for the battle of Maheidpoor to Trooper John Handy, 22nd Light Dragoons Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Maheidpoor (J. Handy, 22nd Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor handling marks, otherwise extremely fine £2500-3000
The K.C.B. and Siege of Bhurtpoor group to Colonel Sir Proby Cautley, Bengal Artillery, Knighted for the construction of the Ganges Canal, completed in April 1854 (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Civil) K.C.B., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1851, maker’s mark RG for Robert Garrard; and breast star, silver, gold and enamels, the reverse plate inscribed Widdowson & Veale, Goldsmiths, 73 Strand, London, and stamped...
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
The Scinde campaign medal for the battle of Hyderabad to Acting Gunner Richard White, E.I.C. Steamer Meteor Hyderabad 1843 (R: White Act: Gr. E:I:C:Sr. Meteor) officially impressed naming, fitted with original German silver bar suspension, good very fine and rare £2500-3000
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 Scinde C.B. group of three to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Delamain, C.B., commanding the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge in gold and enamels, unmarked but of good quality unofficial manufacture, slightly smaller than standard, with gold swivel-ring suspension but lacking ribbon buckle (b) Ghuznee Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued (c) Hyderabad 1843 (Captn. C. H. Delamain, 3rd Lt. Cavy.) contemporary engraved naming,...
The Gwalior and Sutlej campaign pair to Lieutenant-General Sir John Littler, G.C.B., who commanded the 4th Infantry Division at Ferozeshuhur (a) Maharajpoor Star 1843, unnamed, fitted with reverse pin fitting and contemporary silver bar suspension and ribbon buckle (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845 (Major Genl. Sir J: H: Littler K:C:B: 36th Regt. N.I) with pin to reverse of scroll suspension and fitted with ornate contemporary ribbon buckle and top suspension brooch, very fine...
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