Sign in
Sold between 23 & 17 September 2004
3 parts
Brian Ritchie
Advanced Search
398 lots found
Sort By
Hammer (Low–High)
17 September 2004
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
A rare Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie medal to Gunner William Hunt, Bengal Artillery, who died at Candahar shortly afterwards Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Gunner William Hunt, 4th Compy. 2d Battn. Arty.) naming officially engraved in running script, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, minor nicks and bruises, otherwise good very fine and very rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £6,000
The outstanding ‘Tel-el-Kebir’ C.B. group of six awarded to Major-General John Upperton, Bengal Cavalry, who served with the Sikh Irregular Cavalry at Delhi, commanded the Tiwana Horse in the Oudh campaign, served with Fane’s Horse in China, and commanded the 6th Bengal Cavalry at Tel-el-Kebir (a) Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1881, complete with gold ribbon buckle (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut....
23 September 2005
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain John Moore, 32nd Light Infantry, the senior officer of his regiment massacred at Cawnpore Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. J. Moore, 32nd L.I.) small edge bruise and a little polished, otherwise very fine £5000-6000
2 March 2005
The C.B. group of four to Deputy Surgeon-General George Farrell, Indian Medical Service, Surgeon of Shannon’s Naval Brigade and later of the 5th Gurkhas during the Second Afghan War (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1880, lacking swivel-ring straight suspension and now fitted with fluted silver-gilt ring (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Relief of Lucknow (Asst. Surgn. G. Farrell) (c) India...
The superb silver Seringapatam Medal worn by Major-General Sir David Foulis, K.C.B., Madras Cavalry Honourable East India Company Medal for the Capture of Seringapatam 1799, silver, contained in a silver-rimmed glazed case, the edge inscribed ‘Lieutt. Colonel D. Foulis’, fitted with integral silver ball and swivelling bar suspension, the ribbon fitted with heavy silver four-pronged buckle inscribed ‘Seringapatam 4th May 1799’, together with seven original commission documents...
Hammer Price: £6,200
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,...
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...
The exceptional Naga Hills 1875 Order of Merit and 7-clasp I.G.S. pair awarded to Subadar Heema Chund, 44th Gurkha Regiment of Bengal Infantry, who was killed in action at Manipur in March 1891 (a) Order of Merit, 3rd Class, the plain reverse officially inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class “Order of Merit”’, complete with silver ribbon buckle (b) India General Service 1854-94, 7 clasps, Bhootan, Looshai, Naga 1879-80, Burma 1885-87, Burma 1887-89, Chin-Lushai 1889-90, N.E....
The Persian War C.B. group to Lieutenant-General Thomas Tapp, Poonah Irregular Horse, late Bombay European Regiment, who was severely wounded in capturing a gun at Mooltan, and later commanded the Poonah Horse in their famous charge at Khooshab in Persia (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1858, complete with gold swivel-ring suspension and ribbon buckle (b) Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Captn....
Hammer Price: £6,500
The fine Tirah D.S.O. group awarded to Brigadier-General F. G. Lucas, C.B., C.S.I., C.I.E., D.S.O., Gurkha Scouts, later Commandant 5th Gurkha Rifles (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co case of issue (b) The Most Exalted Order of The Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold, silver and enamels, with central cameo of Queen Victoria, the surrounding motto set with small diamonds,...
Hammer Price: £6,600
The Abyssinian C.B. group of four to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Chamberlain, Commandant 23rd Sikhs, youngest of the four Chamberlain brothers, who was wounded during the Mutiny and at the head of his regiment at Umbeyla, and eight times mentioned in despatches during his career (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge in 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1867, complete with gold ribbon buckle (b) India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Persia,...
Hammer Price: £6,800
The important campaign pair to Major-General Sir John McCaskill, K.C.B., K.H., 9th Foot, Commanding the 3rd Infantry Division in Sir Hugh Gough’s Army of the Sutlej and killed in action at Moodkee (a) Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845 (Major Genl. Sir John McCaskill K:C:B: K:H:) extremely fine (2) £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £7,000
The M.V.O. group of thee to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lascelles, The Rifle Brigade, formerly Aide-de-Camp to Sir William Peel as a fifteen year old Naval Cadet with Shannon’s Naval Brigade (a) The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O. (4th Class), silver-gilt, gold and enamels, the reverse officially numbered 434, in its Collingwood & Co case of issue, this also numbered 4/434 (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (H. A. Lascelles, Naval Cadet. Shannon) fitted with silver ribbon...
The Second Afghan War medal to Lieutenant R. T. Chute, 66th Foot, killed in the famous stand of the ‘Last Eleven’ in the walled garden near Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut. R. T. Chute, 66th Foot) sometime cleaned and polished, therefore nearly very fine £4000-5000 Ex Buckland Dix & Wood, May 1993, when sold along with the medals of his uncle, General Sir Trevor Chute, K.C.B., both lots from the Bill Land Collection.
A scarce American War of 1812 and Burmese War campaign pair to Sergeant William Craig, 89th Foot, wounded at Lundy’s Lane in 1814 (a) Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Chrystler's Farm (W. Craigh, Serjt. 89th Foot) (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Serjt. W. Craig, 89th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, professionally cleaned, minor edge bruising and handling marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £7,200
The Indian Mutiny medal to Lieutenant C. H. Mecham for services as Adjutant of the 7th Oudh Irregular Infantry, an original defender at Lucknow who survived the explosion of the only mine set off during the siege, and served afterwards with Hodson's Horse, a talented amateur artist responsible for Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Lieut. C. H. Meeham, 7th Oudh Irreg. Inf.) note spelling of surname, suspension claw slack,...
A rare 4-clasp medal for the Second Mahratta, Nepaul and First Burma Wars to Lieutenant-General T. P. Smith, Bengal Native Infantry Army of India 1799-1826, 4 clasps, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig, Nepaul, Ava (Lt. Coll. T. P. Smith, 49th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, extremely fine £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £7,500
The Sutlej medal to Colonel C. C. Taylor, 29th Foot, who was awarded the C.B. for the Canadian Rebellion 1837, was wounded at Ferozeshuhur in command of the 29th (Worcesters), and killed in action at Sobraon as Brigadier in command of the 3rd Brigade; as Sir Hugh Gough reported in his despatch, he was ‘one of the most gallant and intelligent officers in the army,’ who ‘fell in this fight at the head of his Brigade in close encounter with the enemy, and covered with honourable...
A rare 4-clasp medal for the Second Mahratta War to Trooper George Loder, 27th Light Dragoons Army of India 1799-1826, 4 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree, Capture of Deig (G. Loder, 27th Lt. Dragns) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, extremely fine and rare £8000-10000
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.)...
The unusual group of six to Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Shone, Senior Surgeon of Pearl’s Naval Brigade during the Mutiny (a) The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘Brigade Surgeon Lieut. Col. W. J. Shone 1896’ (b) Crimea 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Assist. Surgeon Wm. Jas. Shone, H.M.S. Furious) contemporary engraved naming, clasp loose on ribbon (c) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Asst. Surgn. Wm. Jas. Shone....
The Second Mahratta War medal to Captain John Ritso, 76th Foot, wounded at Allighur and later A.D.C. to the Marquess of Wellesley, the only combatant officer from Lord Lake’s ‘Handfull of Heroes’ to survive to claim his medal Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Allighur, Laswarree (Captn. J. Ritso, 76th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine and an important medal £7000-9000
Hammer Price: £7,800
The Army Gold Medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel George Gall, Commanding the Governor-General’s Bodyguard at the capture of Java where he was twice wounded Field Officers’ Gold Medal, the reverse inscribed ‘JAVA’ (Captn. G. H. Gall, Commanding Governor General’s Body Guard) complete with three-pronged gold ribbon buckle, both glass lunettes sometime expertly replaced, otherwise nearly extremely fine and unique to this regiment £5000-6000
The First Afghan War C.B. group of three to Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Taylor, C.B., K.H., who served with the 89th Foot at Chrystler’s Farm, was severely wounded at Lundy’s Lane in 1814, slightly wounded in Burma in 1824, Commanded the 9th (Norfolk) Regiment in Afghanistan and at Moodkee, after which he succeeded to the command of McCaskill’s Brigade and was killed in action at Ferozeshuhur (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge in 22 carat gold and...
The Defence of Jellalabad C.B. group to Major-General Augustus Abbott, Bengal Artillery, who commanded the artillery throughout the siege (a) Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1843, and unusually also punched with the standard mark on each of the lions in the angles of the cross, maker’s initials WN, complete with gold ribbon buckle (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieutt. A. Abbott, (1st) Regt. of Arty.)...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The Third Mahratta War medal for the Defence of Corygaum to Physician General John Wylie, C.B., Indian Medical Service, who led the Sepoys to charges with the bayonet in the closing stages of the desperate action and was one of only four European recipients of this clasp Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Poona, Corygaum (Asst. Surgn. John Wylie, M.D. Arty.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, suspension refixed, edge bruising and surface wear, otherwise about nearly very...
The important family group to Lieutenant-Colonel J. G. W. Curtis, C.B., Indian Army, and his wife Mary Grace who was one of the four ladies present at the battle of Maharajpoor and who received a special Gold Star from Lord Ellenborough (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, makers mark IE, with original wide swivel-ring suspension, ribbon buckle and suspension brooch (b) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed and...
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Brookes, who was killed in action whilst commanding the 24th Foot at the battle of Chilianwala in 1849, a veteran of the Peninsula Wars during which he was wounded on three occasions whilst serving with the 9th Foot Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (Lieut. Col. R. Brookes, 24th Foot) together with a fine portrait miniature of the recipient as a Major in the 69th Foot by James Warren Childe, circa 1826, on paper, 8x6 cm, in a...
The ‘Persia’ C.B. group to Major-General Charles Steuart, 14th Light Dragoons, who was wounded at Chilianwala, commanded a Cavalry Brigade in Persian Expedition and the 2nd Brigade of the Central India Field Force (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1858, maker’s mark WN, complete wtih gold swivel-ring suspension and ribbon buckle (b) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat...
The Crimea and Indian Mutiny campaign pair to Lieutenant Frederick Saunders, 84th Regiment, massacred at Cawnpore in the most horrible of circumstances - ‘Mr. Saunders was nailed down, hands, feet, and knees; and that these barbarians the first day cut off his feet and ears and nose, and so left him until the next day when some other pieces were cut off him, and he died. He had killed six men, and would have shot Nena Sahib also, that terrible ruffian, but his revolver did not go off’...
The Second Afghan War medal to Captain E. S. Garrett, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Capt. E. S. Garratt, 66th Foot) toned, good very fine £6000-7000
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 K.C.B. group to Lieutenant-General Sir G. C. Whitlock, Commanding the Saugor Division of the Central India Field Force during the Mutiny (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) K.C.B., neck badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, maker’s mark IN for John Northam, complete with full neck cravat with gold ribbon fitments; and breast star in silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, the reverse centre plate with maker’s mark WN and privately...
The important campaign group to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Durand Baker, K.C.B., 18th Royal Irish Regiment, commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Kandahar Field Force, later Adjutant-General in India (a) Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. T. D. Baker, 18th Royal Irish Regt.) contemporary engraved naming (b) New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated ‘1863 to 1865’ (Capt. & Bt. Mjr. T. D. Baker, 2nd Bn. 18th Rl. Irish Regt.) (c) Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lt. Col....
The rare medal for Kirkee awarded to Major Francis Hunter, 1st Madras Light Cavalry, captured the day following the action at Kirkee and imprisoned for five months in Wasota Fort, one of only five European recipients of this clasp Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee (Cornet F. Hunter, 1st Cavalry) long hyphen reverse, impressed naming, good very fine and extremely rare £10000-12000
Hammer Price: £9,000
The outstanding C.B., Dooranee Empire and early Indian campaign group to Major-General John Christie, commanding Christie’s Irregular Horse, later the 9th Irregular Cavalry (a) Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1843, maker’s initials WN, complete with gold ribbon buckle (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. J. Christie, 3rd Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming (c) Ghuznee 1839,...
The Second Afghan War medal to Lieutenant C. J. R. Hearsey, 9th Lancers, killed in action in the famous charge at Killa Kazi, near Kabul Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kabul (Lieut. C. I. R. Hearsey, 9th Lancers) some minor scuffs, otherwise, brilliant extremely fine £5000-6000
The rare Defence of Chitral Order of Merit group of three awarded to Naick Lal Singh, 4th Kashmir Rifles, for the initial disastrous reconnaissance with which the defence of Chitral commenced (a) Order of Merit, 3rd Class, the reverse with screw-nut fitting and officially inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’, lacking ribbon buckle (b) India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (393 Naick Lal Singh, 4th Kashmir Rifles) (c) Jummoo and Kashmir...
The Dargai D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant James Mackay, Gordon Highlanders, who was wounded in the thigh storming the heights in this historic Victoria Cross action (a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sergt. J. Mackay, Gord. High’rs.) (b) India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2465 Sgt. J. Mackay, 1st Bn. Gord. Highrs.) (c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg,...
Hammer Price: £9,200
Clicking the 'CONFIRM DELETE LIST' button below will delete this list and the lots contained within it.
This is non-reversible!
Share This Page