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Lot No 571
The Field Officer’s Gold Medal for Talavera awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Chamberlayne, 24th Foot, who succeeded to the command of the regiment at Talavera and commanded the regiment at Fuentes D’Onor Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, for Talavera (Major Thos. Chamberlayne, 2nd Bn. 24th) complete with orig...
Lot No 572
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (Fredk. Crofton, Lieut. 24th Foot) polished, therefore nearly very fine £600-800
Lot No 573
The Peninsula War Medal awarded to Lieutenant General John ‘Kotiya’ Fraser, Colonel of the 37th Foot, late 24th Foot and Ceylon Light Infantry, who distinguished himself at the siege of Burgos, where he led a Forlorn Hope on 4th October 1813 Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ci...
Lot No 574
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes (T. F. Smith, Lieut. 24th Foot) good very fine £1200-1500
Lot No 575
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Serjt. D. Riley, 24th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with silver ribbon brooch, good very fine £700-900
Lot No 576
Pair: Private John Barlow, 24th Foot, late Drum-Major 39th Foot, who was wounded at the battles of Maharajpoor in 1843 and Chilianwala in 1849 Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private, H.M. 39th Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (24th Foot) much edge bruising and contact wear, therefore good fine (2) £500-600
Lot No 577
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Brookes, who was killed in action whilst c...
Lot No 578
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Color Serjt. G. Hoare, 24th Foot) very fine £300-350
Lot No 579
Four: Sergeant John Brennan, ‘Bandmaster’ 24th Foot, and Trumpet-Major, East and North York Artillery Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Corpl., 24th Foot); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (3701 Sergt., 1st Bn. H.Ms. 24th Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (192 Trumpt. Mjr., E. & N...
Lot No 580
Pair: Major George Wedderburn, 7th Royal Fusiliers, late 24th Foot Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Goojerat (Ensign, 24th Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (Captn., H.Ms. 1st Bn. 7th Regt.) together with a contemporary copy letter written by him to the Army Purchase Commissioners in April 1875, and a...
Lot No 581
Pair: Captain A. C. Hallowes, 24th Foot, late 38th Foot Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Ens., 38th Regt.); Royal Humane Society, Small Silver Medal (Successful), (A. C. Hallowes 10 July 1854) nearly very fine (2) £250-300
Lot No 582
Three: Sergeant William Wadley, South Wales Borderers, late 45th Regiment Abyssinia 1867 (1246, H.M. 45th Regt.); South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1879 (1791 Cr. Sergt., 1-24th Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1791 Sergt., S. Wales Bord.) contact marks and wear, the first fine only, otherwise nearly...
Lot No 583
South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1877-8 (332 Sergt. T. Richards, 1/24th Foot) extremely fine £250-300
Lot No 584
The Zulu War Medal awarded to Private William Johnson, 1st Battalion, 24th Foot, one of the few survivors of the massacre at Isandhlwana, later Sergeant-Major and Drill Instructor to 7th T.F. Battalion Liverpool Regiment South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1877-8-9 (299 Pte. W. Johnson, 1/24th Foot) extremely fine and v...
Lot No 585
South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1879 (1812 Pte. J. Down, 1-24th Foot); together with the British War and Victory Medals awarded to his son (32670 Pte. L. W. Down, Hamps. R.) and related Bronze Memorial Plaque (Lewis Wilfred Down) the first good very fine, otherwise extremely fine (4) £350-400
Lot No 586
Pair: Captain P. T. Armitage, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1879 (2nd Lieut., 2-24th Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Captn., 2nd Bn. S. Wales Bord.) very fine (2) £650-750
Lot No 587
Pair: Major R. T. Anwyl-Passingham, O.B.E., Indian Army, late South Wales Borderers The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type; India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92 (Ltt. R. T. Passingham, 2d. Bn. S. Wales Bord.) good very fine (2) £250-300
Lot No 588
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (Lieut. G. A. Riddell, S. Wales Bord.) nearly extremely fine £100-150
Lot No 589
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (853 Pte. J. Withers, S. Wales Bord.) extremely fine £30-40
Lot No 590
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4462 Pte. J. Moody, S. Wales Bord.) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £80-100
Lot No 591
A fine Boer War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Major G. C. Palmes, South Wales Borderers Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1877-8 (Lieut., 1-24th Foot); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (Major, D.S.O., S. W...
Lot No 592
Three: Sergeant Master-Tailor Frederick Oliver, South Wales Borderers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (1107 Sgt., S. Wales Bord.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (1107 Serjt., S. Wales Bord.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1107 S.Mr. Tailor, S. Wales Bord.) good very fine (3) £...
Lot No 593
Three: Captain W. Taylor, late Regimental Sergeant-Major, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (2352 S. Major, S. Wales Bord.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (2352 Serjt.-Maj., S. Wales Bord.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2352 Sj...
Lot No 594
Three: Captain J. F. Bill, South Wales Borderers, killed in action in March 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., S. Wales Bord.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Lt., S. Wales Brd.); British War Medal (Capt.) very fine and better (3) £180-220
Lot No 595
Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, V.R., large letter reverse (William Minton, 24th Regiment Foot. 1845) fitted with original steel clip and small ring suspension, some edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £100-120
Lot No 596
Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R. (3006 Sjt/Bug. W. Lloyd, 3/V.B. S.W. Bord’s.) good very fine £30-40
Lot No 597
24th (Warwickshire) Regiment, a most important Georgian officer’s shoulder belt plate, the rectangular silver-gilt back plate with rounded corners is hallmarked Birmingham 1823-24, maker’s mark ‘H.S.’, the plate overlaid with faceted silver star with corresponding copper-gilt slip behind, with further copper-gilt mo...
Lot No 598
Souvenir of Rorke’s Drift, Jan. 22-23. 1879, a pocket-sized edition of the Old and New Testaments, the inside end-paper with printed presentation label from ‘The Ladies’ Rorke’s Drift Testimonial Fund 1879’, inscribed in ink to ‘Patrick Kears, No. 972 - 24th Regt.’, full leather binding with gilt embossed inscriptio...
Lot No 599
A Great War period portrait miniature attributed to Major H. H. Bromfield, D.S.O., Welsh Guards, formerly South Wales Borderers, hand painted on ivory, sitter in uniform, wearing Welsh Guards cap badge and medal ribbons for D.S.O., Q.S.A. and K.S.A., in brass-gilt oval glazed frame, 9.5cm by 8cm, very good condition...
Lot No 600
South Wales Borderers Regimental Prize Medal, in silver, the obverse engraved with regimental bad...
Lot No 601
24th Foot Illuminated Memorial Scroll, to the memory of the officers and men of the 1st and 2nd Battalion’s, 24th Foot who fell at Isandhlwana, listing the names of all individuals killed in this action, 61cm by 50cm, some creasing and tears, but neatly laid on card and an attractive and contemporary piece £100-150
Lot No 602
A Hand Coloured Pencil Sketch of an Ensign of The 24th Foot, contained in an elaborate moulded gilt frame, 58cm by 52cm, the top bearing a small silver badge in the form of the Sphinx surmounting ‘XXIV’, reverse of frame with an indistinct old paper label ‘This likeness is taken of an Ensign in H.M. 24th Regt in the...
Lot No 603
Victorian Cabinet Photographs of Men of The South Wales Borderers (9), six of them inscribed on the reverse with details of the sitter, good condition (9) £40-50
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