Medals to the 42nd and 73rd Regiments (Black Watch)

4 July 2001

Lot No 1

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (L. Kennedy, 42nd Foot) extremely fine £600-700

4 July 2001

Lot No 2

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (John Stewart, 42nd Foot) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £400-450

4 July 2001

Lot No 3

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (John Sutherland, 42nd Foot) small edge bruise and several small nicks, otherwise very fine £400-450

4 July 2001

Lot No 4

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Nivelle, Nive (Wm. Murray, 42nd Foot) good very fine £450-500

4 July 2001

Lot No 5

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca (Findlay Graham, 42nd Foot) two small edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £500-600

4 July 2001

Lot No 6

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Corunna, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (James Watt, 42nd Foot) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £550-650

4 July 2001

Lot No 7

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Pyrenees (James McKenzie, 42nd Foot) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £550-650

4 July 2001

Lot No 8

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Pyrenees (John Sutherland, 42nd Foot) minor surface nicks, otherwise good very fine £500-600

4 July 2001

Lot No 9

The Peninsula War Medal awarded to John McLean, 42nd Foot, one of the men who carried Sir John Moore’s body to the grave after Corunna Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (John McLean, 42nd Foot) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £2000-2500

4 July 2001

Lot No 10

Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Toulouse (J. McGregor, 42nd Foot) minor edge bruising and nicks, otherwise better than very fine £600-700

4 July 2001

Lot No 11

Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Serjt. Jas. Grant, 42nd Foot) rank neatly engraved before name, neat repair to carriage, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £600-700

4 July 2001

Lot No 12

Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Little, 42nd Regiment Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000

4 July 2001

Lot No 13

South Africa 1834-53 (Lieut. Edward Evans, 73rd Regt.) edge bruise, otherwise very fine £350-400

4 July 2001

Lot No 14

South Africa 1834-53 (John Casey, 73rd Regt.) very fine £180-220

4 July 2001

Lot No 15

South Africa 1834-53 (I. Thorndike, 73rd Regt.) very fine £200-250

4 July 2001

Lot No 16

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (J. McKillop, 42nd Regt.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £300-350

4 July 2001

Lot No 17

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Capt. I. G. Campbell, 42nd Foot) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, some minor scuff marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £300-350

4 July 2001

Lot No 18

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (John Gillespie, 42nd Highlanders) very fine £100-120

4 July 2001

Lot No 19

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Wm. Bryant, 73rd Regt.) very fine £80-100

4 July 2001

Lot No 20

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Ensn. F. G. Coleridge, 42nd Rl. Highlanders) very fine £350-400

4 July 2001

Lot No 21

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Piper A. McLeod, 42nd Rl. Highlanders) suspension claw re-fixed, edge bruise, otherwise very fine and rare £1200-1500

4 July 2001

Lot No 22

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (J. Dunns, 42nd Rl. Highlanders) nearly extremely fine £500-550

4 July 2001

Lot No 23

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (J. Eadie, 42nd Rl. Highlanders) good very fine £500-550

4 July 2001

Lot No 24

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (2225 Pte. A. Smith, 42nd Highds. 1873-4) nearly extremely fine £120-140

4 July 2001

Lot No 25

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (186 Pte. J. Beck, 42nd Highds. 1873-4) edge bruising and a little polished, therefore nearly very fine £100-120

4 July 2001

Lot No 26

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (1921 Serjt. P. Bateman, 42nd Highds. 1873-4) nearly extremely fine £200-250

4 July 2001

Lot No 27

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (1146 Pte. J. Buchanan, 42nd Highds. 1873-4) edge bruising and polished, therefore good fine £180-220

4 July 2001

Lot No 28

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (948 Pte. J. Skillings, 42nd Highds. 1873-4) lacquered, otherwise very fine £180-220

4 July 2001

Lot No 29

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1359 Pte. A. Stewart, 1/R. Hrs.) extremely fine £140-180

4 July 2001

Lot No 30

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut. J. N. E. F. Livingstone, 1/R. Hrs.) light pitting from star, otherwise very fine £300-350

4 July 2001

Lot No 31

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (792 Pte. T. M. Clark, R. Highrs.) small edge nick, otherwise extremely fine £400-500

4 July 2001

Lot No 32

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, El-Teb (2656 Pte. J. Cuthbertson, 1/Rl. Highrs.) light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine £140-180

4 July 2001

Lot No 33

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (2685 Corpl. R. Chapman, 1/Rl. Highrs.) details of regiment worn through contact wear and pitting, otherwise nearly very fine £120-140

4 July 2001

Lot No 34

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, El-Teb, The Nile 1884-85 (781 Pte. R. Harding, 1/Rl. Highrs.) light pitting from star and obverse polished, otherwise very fine £140-160

4 July 2001

Lot No 35

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (451 Pte. J. Clark, 1/Rl. Highrs.) good very fine £150-170

4 July 2001

Lot No 36

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai (232 Pte. H. Shepston, 1/R. Hrs.) good very fine £350-450

4 July 2001

Lot No 37

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, El-Teb, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (70 Pte. R. Flood, 1/Rl. Highrs.) edge bruising and light pitting from star, otherwise very fine £160-180

4 July 2001

Lot No 38

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1001 Pte. W. Major, 1/Rl. Highrs.) light pitting and the obverse a little polished, otherwise very fine £500-550

4 July 2001

Lot No 39

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (998 Pte. J. Flynn, 1/Rl. Highrs.) edge bruising and light pitting from star, the suspension a little slack, otherwise very fine £400-450

4 July 2001

Lot No 40

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (1080 Pte. J. Richardson, 1/Rl. Highrs.) light pitting from star, otherwise better than very fine £160-180