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31 March 2010
The Crimea Medal awarded to Corporal John Sewell, 8th Hussars, who was severely wounded in the famous charge of the Light Brigade and died at Scutari eight weeks later Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Corpl. John Sewell, 8th Hussars), officially impressed naming, with contemporary riband buckle inscribed ‘Crimea’, better than very fine £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Boxer Rebellion Medal awarded to Private W. Turner, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was commended for his services at the defence of the Legations China 1900, 1 clasp, Defence of Legations (Pvte. W. Turner, R.M.L.I.), with old silver riband buckle and brass ‘R.M.L.I.’ badge, cleaned and lacquered, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine or better £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £9,800
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Private S. Sifton, who participated in the famous charge of the Scots Greys Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Sifton, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.), old silver hinged suspension bar, contact marks, edge bruising and polished, thus fine or better £3400-3800
Hammer Price: £5,100
An interesting Naval General Service Medal awarded to Commander G. Drew, Royal Navy, who, in addition to seeing active service off the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and Java in 1811, latterly served as a “Superintendent of Convicts” in Tasmania 1845-55 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (George Drew, Lieut.), suspension claw refixed, edge bruising and somewhat polished, thus nearly very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,600
The New Zealand Medal awarded to Private P. Flynn, 12th Foot, who is confirmed on the regimental musters as having been detached for service at Ballarat at the time of the contentious attack on the Eureka Stockade in December 1854 New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (3101 Pte. P. Flynn, 12 Foot), officially impressed in small capitals, nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,200
The India General Service Medal awarded to Sepoy Jagbir, 4th Kashmir Rifles, who was killed in action in the defence of Chitral in March 1895 India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (697 Sepoy Jagbir, 4th Kashmir Rifles), edge nicks, very fine £1800-2200
The Naval General Service Medal awarded to Ordinary Seaman J. Jones, Royal Navy, one of “The Few” who remained aboard H.M.S. Amethyst throughout the Yangtze incident after the evacuations carried out at Rose Island and Hsiao Ho Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/SSX. 855419 J. Jones, Ord. Smn., R.N.), edge bruise, otherwise better than very fine £1500-2000
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (W. Carlisle, 32nd L.I.), with decorative silver riband buckle, good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £2,800
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nagpore (Lieut. W. Langford, 12th N.I.), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, with silver riband buckle for wearing, edge nicks, good very fine or better £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,700
A rare Imperial Military Order of the Dragon awarded to Vice-Admiral Sir Theodore Hallett, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy U.S.A., Imperial Military Order of the Dragon (Lieut. Theodore J. Hallett, Royal Navy, No. 752), complete with “Pagoda” suspension bar and old (stained and frayed) silk riband, good very fine £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £2,100
Waterloo 1815 (Robert Offer, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards), with old (rusted) steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and heavily polished, thus fair to fine £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £1,900
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (H. Williams, 1st Rl. Dragoons), officially impressed naming, with Bailey, Coventry laurel riband brooch, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, Driefontein (5738 Pte. T. Holt, R.M., H.M.S. Powerful), last clasp loose on riband, very fine £800-1000
Arctic Medal 1818-55 (C. Gillett), old privately engraved naming, suspension neatly repaired, good very fine £450-500
Hammer Price: £1,600
An interesting Defence of O’okiep Medal awarded to Private A. Cameron, Namaqualand Town Guard, son of one of the first white settlers in that region Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of O’okiep, bronze issue (R. Cameron), light scratching over naming, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (M.E.M. (M.) 1 L. Pearce, D171866B, H.M.S. Ardent), in its card box of issue, good very fine £600-800
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1676 Pte. A. Harkness, 19th Hussars), edge nicks, very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Naval General Service Medal awarded to Able Seaman C. H. Brewis, Royal Navy, who was wounded aboard H.M.S. London during the Yangtze incident Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (C/JX. 278986 C. H. Brewis, A.B., R.N.), one or two edge bruises, contact marks, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,300
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nive, Orthes (Thos. Legg, 48th Foot), with a silver riband buckle for wearing, signs of fire damage and refurbished overall, contact marks, edge bruising and somewhat polished, thus good fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,200
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Capn. The Hon. G. H. E. Grant, 42nd Highrs.), contemporary engraved naming, with original silk riband and buckle, contained in an old fitted Hunt & Roskell leather case, trace of minor engraver’s correction to name, good very fine £600-700
Punniar Star 1843 (Private Peter Waters, H.M. 40th Regt.), original brass hook and old ring suspension, good very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £800
Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Serjt. John Ferris, 50th Regt.), with old silver riband buckle, signs of overall refurbishment, edge bruising and contact marks, thus fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £780
Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, silver, unnamed as issued, with original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £750
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (P. Singleton, 63rd Regt.), officially impressed naming, edge bruising and polished, good fine £500-600
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (R.(sic) Wilson, 9th Lancers), traces of fire damage and refurbished overall, otherwise better than good fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £720
India General Service 1854-95, 5 clasps, Naga 1879-80, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Chin-Lushai 1889-90, N.E. Frontier 1891 (Sepoy Jumman Sing Lama, 42d Regt. N.I.), minor official correction to name, edge nicks and traces of repair to suspension claw, otherwise very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £700
China 1842 (John Speed, H.M.S. Wellesley), edge nicks and contact marks, otherwise generally very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £650
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Goojerat, Mooltan, contained in an old silver glazed case, the edge of which is engraved, ‘Color Serjt. T. Wootton, 32nd Foot’, with decorated silver riband buckle, extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £580
Afghanistan 1878-80, 4 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (1629 Pte. G. Jennings, 72nd Highrs.), edge bruising and contact marks, good fine £400-450
China 1857-60, 5 clasps, China 1842, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860, unnamed as issued, good very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £520
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Maj. W. Goddard, C. in C. Bdy. Gd.), good very fine £400-450
India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Bhootan, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. S. B. Home, 6th N.I.), one or two edge bruises and minor contact marks, otherwise very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £500
Hong Kong Plague 1894 (Private J. Sowden, S.L.I.), renamed, edge bruising, very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £480
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (43 Tpr. F. Lane, Frontr. L. Horse), very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £430
Jummoo and Kashmir 1895, 1 clasp, Chitral 1895, the reverse of the latter impressed Gurney, London, unnamed, good very fine £250-300
Canada General Service 1866-70, 2 clasps, Fenian Raid 1866, Fenian Raid 1870 (Gr. C. Teasdale, Montreal G.A.), nearly extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £410
Hunza Nagar Badge 1891, the reverse impressed, ‘Gurney & Son, Woodstock Street, London’, complete with reverse fitments and double-pin for wearing, worn overall, good fine £250-300
Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 6 clasps, Firket, Hafir, Abu Hamed, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum, Arabic naming, clasps worn in this order, very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £400
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 3 clasps, 1893-94, 1887-8, 1892 (2627 Pte. C. Renford, 1/W.I. Rgt.), clasps arranged in this order, edge bruising, very fine or better £250-300
Hammer Price: £370
Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (John Thompson, 41st Regt.), old (rusted) steel clip and later ring suspension, contact marks, edge bruising and polished, thus fine £400-450
Hammer Price: £350
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