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Able Seaman Samuel Butler, who took part in Sybille’s stubborn but successful contest with La Forte, captured in the Hooghly River, Bay of Bengal, in March 1799 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Sybille 28 Feby 1799 [12] (Samuel Butler.) very fine £6000-8000
£6,000–£8,000
A scarce Khedive’s Sudan medal awarded to Leading Seaman Alexander Asher, Royal Navy Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (Alexander Asher, Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Melita.) engraved naming, good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £300
The Burma campaign medal awarded to Chief Engineer Henry Bush, for service aboard the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s steamer Pulu India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Chief Engineer Henry Bush I.F Coy’s Str. Pulu) official correction to part of Christian name, very fine £260-300
Hammer Price: £420
The Burma campaign medal awarded to Chief Officer William Wright, for service aboard the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s steamer Palow India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Chief Officer W. Wright I.F. Co’s Str. “Palow”) nearly extremely fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £500
The Burma campaign medal awarded to Chief Engineer S. Gaks, for service aboard the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s steamer Rangoon India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Chief Officer S. Gaks I. F. Co’s Str. “Rangoon”) good very fine £260-300
The Burma campaign medal awarded to Commander Ray Fenton, for service aboard the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s steamer Colonel A. Fytch India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Comr. Ray Fenton I.F. Co’s Str. “Col. A. Fytche”) together with companion miniature dress medal, good very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £600
The Burma campaign medal awarded to Commander Charles Vince, for service aboard the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s steamer Yankeentown India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Commander Chas. Vince I.F Coy’s Str. Yankeentown) very fine £260-300
Hammer Price: £700
A scarce New Zealand medal dated ‘1865’ awarded to Boy 1st Class Martin Swain, H.M.S. Eclipse New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1865 (Mtn. Swain, Boy 1st Cl., H.M.S. Eclipse) officially impressed naming, good very fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £950
A scarce 3-clasp East & West Africa medal awarded to Able Seaman S. Harris, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 3 clasps, Gambia 1894, Benin River 1894, Brass River 1895 (S. Harris, A.B. H.M.S. Widgeon) good very fine £600-700
The South Atlantic medal awarded to Submariner (SSM) M. Rigg, who served in H.M. Submarine Splendid during the Falklands War South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (S (SSM) M Rigg D190965A HMS Splendid) mounted as worn, good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Crimean War pair awarded to Midshipman Martin Tracey, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff (Midsn. M. Tracey, R.N., H.M.S. Vesuvius.) officially impressed naming in the style of Naval Long Service medals circa 1910; Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, breast badge in silver, gold and enamels, extremely fine (2) £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,200
A 2-clasp Transport medal awarded to T. J. Grier, Master of the British India Steam Company Lawada Transport 1899-1902, 2 clasps, China 1900, S. Africa 1899-1902 (T. J. Grier, In Command.) officially impressed naming but lightly rubbed overall, very fine £800-1000
A rare 8-clasp Queen‘s South Africa medal awarded to Stoker A. T. Sutton, H.M.S. Doris Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (149160 Sto: A. T. Sutton, H.M.S. Doris) large officially impressed naming, minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,400
The South Atlantic medal awarded to Acting Leading Cook K. P. Franks, who served in H.M. Submarine Onyx during the Falklands War South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (ALCK K P Franks D114835S HMS Onyx) good very fine £600-800
A scarce Canada General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant John Holland, Royal Marine Light Infantry Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Lieut. J. Holland Royal Marines) officially impressed naming, good very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,500
“GCHQ has been by far the most valuable source of intelligence for the British Government ever since it began operating at Bletchley during the last war. British skills in interception and code-breaking are unique.” Denis Healey, House of Commons, 27 February 1984. The important and unique Falklands War “code-breakers” O.B.E. awarded to Miss Maureen Jones, an original member of G.C.H.Q. from Bletchley Park and one of only 26 women honoured for the South Atlantic operations The Most E...
A South Atlantic pair awarded to Warrant Officer R. T. Morris, R.N., who served in H.M. Submarine Courageous during the Falklands War South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (LS (TS) (SM) R T Morris D156146T HMS Courageous); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (WO (OPS) (TS) (SM) R T Morris D156146T RN) mounted as worn, the last with minor official correction to number, good very fine or better (3) £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £1,600
The Zulu War medal awarded to Writer 1st Class E. Pepperell, H.M.S. Forester South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-9 (“Forester” E. Pepperell. Writer 1st Cl: H.M.S.) good very fine and, although not entitled, a very rare clasp £600-700
Hammer Price: £2,000
Quarter Gunner John Matthews, who served in the boats of Bacchante in an attack by a British and Russian flotilla against Prussian troops inland from the Gulf of Riga in September 1812 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 29 Sep Boat Service 1812 [25] (John Matthews.) pawnbroker’s mark on edge, otherwise very fine £2600-3000
Hammer Price: £2,200
The East & West Africa medal awarded to Boy 1st Class James Luscombe, Royal Navy, with the very rare ‘1892’ clasp in a unique 3-clasp combination East and West Africa 1887-1900, 3 clasps, 1892, Witu August 1893, Benin 1897 (J. Luscombe, Boy 1st Cl., H.M.S. Sparrow.) good very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,600
The East & West Africa medal awarded to Chief Engine-Room Artificer H. F. S. Payne, H.M.S. Heron, with the rare ‘1898’ clasp East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1898 (H. F. S. Payne, Ch. E.R.A., H.M.S. Heron.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
The South Atlantic medal awarded to Submariner (SSM) N. A. Webster, who served in H.M. Submarine Conqueror during the Falklands War South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (S(SSM) N A Webster D182629J HMS Conqueror) together with its named card box of issue, good very fine £1200-1400
The North West Canada medal awarded to D. McGillivray, Deck Hand aboard the steamer Northcote North West Canada 1885, 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (D. McGillivray Str. Northcote) naming engraved in the correct style particular to this vessel, extremely fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £2,800
The North West Canada medal awarded to Daniel Hurst, Assistant Engineer aboard the steamer Northcote North West Canada 1885, 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (Daniel Hurst Str. Northcote) naming engraved in the correct style particular to this vessel, very fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £3,000
Caulker’s Mate Peter Pike, who served at the capture of Java in 1811 and at the battle of Navarino in 1827 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Java [684], Navarino [1142] (Peter Pike.) light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine £2000-2400
The very rare officially impressed Central Africa medal awarded to Able Seaman David, an African serving with the Royal Navy Central Africa 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (A.B. David. R.N.) officially impressed naming, extremely fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £4,000
Landsman Thomas Wilson, who served in the boats of the Volontaire in two successful actions in November 1809 and May 1813 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809 [110], 2 May Boat Service 1813 [48] (Thos. Wilson.) together with original Admiralty transmission letter, dated 13 Decr. 1849, and accompanying envelope with Admiralty wax seal addressed to ‘Thomas Wilson, 17 Ship Alley, St Georges in the East’, minor edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A rare campaign pair awarded to Captain C. H. Berthon, Indian Navy, second in command of the Indus Flotilla at Mooltan China 1842 (C. H. Berthon, 1st Lieut. H.E.I.C.S. Atalanta); Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Lieut. C. H. Berthon, Ind. Flot.) good very fine (2) £1500-1800
A rare Queen’s Sudan medal awarded to Chief Engine-Room Artificer S. G. Milton, Royal Navy, who served aboard Lieutenant David Beatty’s Nile gunboat El-Fateh in the Nile Expedition of 1898 and at the battle of Omdurman Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (128,934. C.E.R. Artifr. S. G. Milton. R.N.) officially engraved naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £4,400
A rare Boer War and Great War group of three awarded to Chief Boatswain C. G. Reypert, R.N., which includes one of only 33 K.S.A.’s awarded to the Royal Navy or Royal Marines Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Btswn: C. G. Reypert, R.N., H.M.S. Doris) large officially impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Boatswain C. G. Reypert, R.N.) officially impressed naming; British War Medal (Ch. Bosn. C. G. Reypaert. R.N.)...
The 9-clasp specimen Naval Medal presented by the Master of the Mint to the United Service Institute Naval General Service 1793-1840, 9 clasps, 1 June 1794, St. Vincent, Nile, Egypt, Copenhagen 1801, Trafalgar, Algiers, Navarino, Syria ([Fr]om the Master of the Mint to the United Service Institu[te]) officially impressed naming, a few letters obscured by suspension claw, clasp carriage bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18964’, extremely fine £3000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,800
Able Seaman David Evans, who was present in Blanche at the capture of the Guerriere in July 1806, was wrecked in the same vessel and made a prisoner of war in March 1807, and subsequently served in America where he was again taken prisoner at the battle of Craney Island in June 1813 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Blanche 19 July 1806 [22] (David Evans.) a few marks in obverse field and minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
Able Seaman David Wilson, present in the boats of the 16-gun sloop Pylades in the attack against Dutch vessels off the island of Schiermonnikoog in August 1799 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Schiermonnikoog 12 Aug 1799 [10] (David Wilson.) edge bruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Commander Thomas Strover, R.N., who served in the lower decks of the Centaur 74 as a young boy in two fine actions before receiving his deserved promotion to Lieutenant Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 16 July Boat Service 1806 [51], Centuar 26 Augt 1808 [41] note error in spelling of clasp (Thomas Strover.) mild edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £5000-6000
Able Seaman James French, who served as a Landsman in the Mercury when she assisted in the capture and destruction of several vessels off the town of Rota, near Cadiz in April 1808 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Off Rota 4 April 1808 [19] (James French.) nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
A fine campaign group of three awarded to Captain W. H. Blake, R.N., who was dangerously wounded and promoted for gallantry in New Zealand, and died of ‘african fever’ whilst on the Ashantee campaign of 1873-74 Baltic 1854-55 (Lieut. W. H. Blake, R.N. H.M.S. Duke of Wellington) contemporary engraved naming; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860 (Lieut. W. H. Blake, H.M.S. Niger) officially impressed naming; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Capt. W. H. Blake, R.N. H.M.S. Druid 73-74) good very...
Able Seaman Henry Banister, H.M.S. Illustrious, who served on shore attached to the Army at the capture of Java Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java [10 RN] (Henry Banister.) nearly extremely fine £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £7,000
Captain of the Forecastle Thomas Melvill, who participated in the boats of the Bacchante in three hard-fought boat actions which resulted in the capture of thirty-three enemy vessels on the Adriatic coast Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 & 18 Sep Boat Service 1812 [21], 6 Jan Boat Service 1813 [26] (Thomas Melvill.) contact marks to edge, nearly very fine £6000-8000
Able Seaman Robert Harrett, who was wounded in the sanguinary action between the Victorious 74 and the French 74-gun Rivoli Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, St. Domingo [396], Victorious with Rivoli [67] (Robert Harrett.) good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £7,500
Ordinary Seaman John Finch, who was severely wounded on board the San Fiorenzo during her epic three-day action with and capture of the French frigate Piémontaise in March 1808 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, San Fiorenzo 8 March 1808 [16] (John Finch.) good very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £8,000
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