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1 & 2 March 2017
Six: Private Victor Osborn, Welsh Guards, who afterwards transferred to the R.A.F. as Valet to the Duke of York British War and Victory Medals (2765 Pte. V. Osborn. W. Gds.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued; Belgium, Kingdom, Royal Household Medal, A.I.R., silver; Serbia, Kingdom, Royal Household Medal, gilt; Romania, Kingdom, Loyal Service Cross, gilt, mounted court style as worn, good very fine (6) £800-1200
£800–£1,200
10 & 11 May 2017
An interesting Great War group of five awarded to Sergeant J. E. Beswick, Royal Army Service Corps, who was the grandson of the founder of Beswick Pottery. He expanded his family business including securing the rights to produce Beatrix Potter character figurines, for which the company became famous. Despite contracting Malaria and Bronchitis during his military service, Beswick went on to make 58 appearances for Stoke City in the Football League British War and Victory Medals (M2-121934 S...
£800–£1,000
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (Dental Surgeon E. Mosely.) ‘Dental’ unofficially impressed, good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
Pair: Sergeant R. Russell, Royal Engineers Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (7747. Sergt. R. Russell. Rl. Engrs.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (Sjt. R. Russell. R.E.) extremely fine (2) £140-180
Hammer Price: £190
A Great War campaign group of five awarded to Airship Pilot, Second Lieutenant J. F. M. Phillips, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (J. F. M. Phillips. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, mounted court-style by Spink & Son, 1st two with official corrections, nearly extremely fine (5) £260-300
Hammer Price: £200
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Lieut: & Qr: Mr: A. H. C. McIntyre, R.E.) good very fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £220
The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals worn by Mr. V. Osborn, Valet to the Duke of York British War and Victory Medals; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Belgium, Kingdom, Royal Household Medal, A.I.R., silver; Serbia, Kingdom, Royal Household Medal, gilt; Romania, Kingdom, Loyal Service Cross, gilt; Norway, Kingdom, Royal Household Medal of King Haakon VII, silver-gilt, mounted court style as worn, good very fine (7) £200-300
Hammer Price: £240
Abyssinia 1867 (4120 Sergt. J. Hazzledine 33rd D.W. Regt.) suspension re-affixed, light contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £240-280
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (4830 Pte. H. Fletcher, Manchester Regt.) nearly extremely fine £180-220
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, 1893-94, 1892 (255. Pte. A. Thom. 1/W.I. Rgt) clasps mounted in this order, unofficial rivets, edge bruise, very fine £200-240
Hammer Price: £260
Pair: Second Lieutenant, The Reverend C. Buchan, Lancashire Fusiliers, later Private, Gordon Highlanders, who died of wounds, 2 December 1917 British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. C. Buchan.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Buchan) last in card envelope of issue, with enclosure, plaque with solder marks to reverse, otherwise good very fine (3) £260-300
Hammer Price: £280
Four: Nurse H. M. Rogers, Voluntary Aid Detachment 1914-15 Star (H. M. Rogers, V.A.D.); British War and Victory Medals (H. M. Rogers. V.A.D.); Order of the League of Mercy, silver-gilt and enamel, on bow riband, campaign awards mounted as worn, generally nearly very fine or better (4) £140-180
Hammer Price: £300
The Order of St. John group of three to Colonel A. Clark, Honorary Surgeon to the King The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia, neck badge and breast star, silver and enamel, slight enamel damage; Coronation 1911 (Col. Andrew Clark, V.D., K.H.S.); Volunteer Decoration, V.R., hallmarks for London 1892, reverse inscribed, ‘Brigade Surgeon Lt. Col. Andrew Clark, 4th Middx. Rifles, Presented by H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge, Decr. 19th 1892’, complete with brooch bar...
Hammer Price: £340
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Corpl. J. Pymm Rangoon Vol Arty.) minor edge bruising, very fine, rare £140-180
A poignant Great War casualty pair to a ‘Boy Soldier’, Second Lieutenant B. L. Lawrence, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action, 1 June 1915, aged just 17. As his father wrote to Lord Kitchener - ‘He went gladly, and I would have had my tongue taken out, rather than have breathed a word to stop him; he has done his duty, and died a noble death, but the fact remains he was only a child, anyhow in years.’ British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. B. L. Lawrence.) BWM double-struck in p...
An inter-War M.B.E., Great War ‘French Theatre’ M.S.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class I, Superintending Clerk, G. A. Woolgar, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1931; 1914-15 Star (11779 E.C.Q.M. Sjt. G. A. Woolgar. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (11779 T.W.O. Cl.1 G. A. Woolgar. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (18511489 T.W.O. Cl.1 G. A. Woolgar. R.E...
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel D. McCay, Indian Medical Service China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Lieutt. D. Mc: Cay. I.M.S.) engraved naming, surname partially officially corrected; British War Medal 1914-20 (Maj. D. McCay.) edge bruising to first, otherwise very fine or better (2) £280-320
Hammer Price: £360
Pair: Private S. John, Sierra Leone Battalion, West African Field Force East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (899. Pte. S. John. S: Leone F:P:C:); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kissi 1905 (899 Pte. Sorie John S.L. Bn. W.A.F.F) attempt to obliterate surname on last, and solder repair to claw, nearly very fine, scarce (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £400
A well documented Great War group of four awarded to Quartermaster and Lieutenant W. H. C. Giddy, Special List, employed at the British Resting Camp, Faenza, Italy British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. W. H. C. Giddy.); Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown of Italy, 5th class breast badge, gold and enamel, white enamel damage to one arm of cross; Italy, War Merit Cross, bronze; with Medal for the Battle on Asiago Plateau, 15 June 1918, silver, generally good very fine unless otherwis...
A Great War Serbian Oblitch Bravery Medal group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal F. Monk, Liverpool Regiment 1914-15 Star (14723 Pte. F. Monk, L’Pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (14723 Pte. F. Monk. L’Pool. R.); Serbia, Oblitch Bravery Medal, 30mm., bronze-gilt, unnamed, generally nearly very fine (4) £240-280
Hammer Price: £420
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Sub. Lt. E. W. Huntingford, 1st. W.I. Regt. 1873-4) surname partially officially corrected, extremely fine £400-500
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lieut: W. Cole, 1st W.I. Regt. 1873-4) suspension claw tightened, good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £440
Seven: Captain and Quarter Master A. H. Dancer, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (272. S. Mjr. A. H. Dancer. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (272 W.O. Cl. 2. A. H. Dancer. R.A.M.C.); Jubilee 1935; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (437003 S. Sjt:- A.S. Mjr:- A. H. Dancer. 56/C.C. Stn: R.A.M.C.); Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, with integral ‘Territorial’ top riband bar; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (437003. Q.M. Sjt: A. H....
Hammer Price: £460
Pair: Private G. Marshall, 60th Foot Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (2092. Pte. G. Marshall, 2/60th Foot.) edge details slightly worn in places; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (2092 Private Geo: Marshall 2/60 Foot) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £400-440
Hammer Price: £500
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel P. A. Scott, Rifle Brigade and Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Capt. P. A. Scott. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. P. A. Scott.); Belgium, Order of Leopold, Knight’s breast badge with swords, silver and enamel, white enamel damage on two arms of cross; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A.I.R.’ cypher, otherwise good very fine (5) £400-500
Cabul 1842 (G. F. Bailey Provost Marshal To The Army) contemporary cross-hatched engraved naming, with original steel clip and contemporary hinged straight bar suspension, remnants of lacquer, very fine £460-500
Four: The Honourable Olive Chetwynd, Voluntary Aid Detachment 1914-15 Star (O. Chetwynd, V.A.D.); British War and Victory Medals (O. Chetwynd. V.A.D.); Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver, with 2 additional service bars (O. Chetwynd), mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £360-400
Hammer Price: £550
Pair: Corporal W. O. Black, Kimberley Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Corpl: W. O. Black. Kimberley Town Gd:) Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed, with top riband bar, generally good very fine (2) £300-360
A scarce Great War and North West Persia campaign group of four awarded to Gunner R. C. Young, “E” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery - No. 4 Gun from “E” Battery fired the first shot of the British Expeditionary Force during the Great War 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (52856 Gnr: R. C. Young. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (52856 Gnr. R. C. Young. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N. W. Persia (1044096 Gnr. R. C. Young. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1044096 G...
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel P. MacDuff, Royal Highlanders, who, aged 58, commanded the 1/7th Battalion Black Watch in France throughout 1915 British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. P. MacDuff.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Major P. MacDuff. 6/V.B. Rl. Hdrs); Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1912, with integral top riband bar, generally good very fine (4) £280-320
Pair: Mr James Platten, Superintendent of Huts for Troops in South Africa Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Mr: James Platten.); Turkish Iftihar Medal, silver, the reverse inscribed in Arabic and additionally named in English ‘J. S. Platten 1899’, fitted with replacement bar suspension, nearly extremely fine and rare (2) £400-500
Four: Battery Sergeant Major W. E. Varney, Royal Artillery, late British Red Cross Society 1914-15 Star (51358 B. S. Mjr. W. E. Varney R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (51358 W.O. Cl. 2. W. E. Varney. R.A.); British Red Cross Society Medal for the Balkans Wars 1912-13, 1 clasp, Turkey, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse engraved ‘William E. Varney’, with integral ‘Balkan War 1912-13’ top riband bar, this loose, mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (4) £6...
Hammer Price: £600
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (13760. Sapper, R. H. Morris. R.E.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £380-420
A scarce Great War M.S.M. combination group of five awarded to Sergeant E. T. May, Royal Defence Corps, late Sergeant Bugler, 24th Post Office Rifles, and Drummer, Coldstream Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (30.. Drumr. E. May, 2/Cdm....); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Edwin Thomas May); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (652 Sjt. E. T. May R.D.C.); Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (2993 Sjt: Bugr. E. T. May 24th Midd....
Hammer Price: £650
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Lieut: F. R. W. Metxa, R. Scots Fus:) good very fine, scarce £600-800
Hammer Price: £750
An unusual Great War group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant G. J. Welsh, Royal West Kent Regiment, late Private 1/4th East Kent Regiment, and later Acting District Commissioner for Burao, Somaliland, 1929-36 1914-15 Star (2307 Pte. G. J. Welsh. K. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. J. Welsh.); Jubilee 1935; Ethiopia, Order of Menelik II, 5th Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, last in case of issue, medals mounted as worn, generally very fine (5) £300-400
A Great War M.M. and French Medaille Militaire group of five awarded to Private George Thomson, 1st Royal Highlanders Military Medal, G.V.R. (656 Pte. G. Thomson. 1/R. Highrs:); 1914 Star (656 Pte. G. Thomson. R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (656 Pte. G. Thomson. R. Highrs.); French Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt and enamel, the last lacking most enamel from reverse circlet, generally very fine and better (5) £400-500
Five: Colonel E. S. C. Kennedy, Bedfordshire Regiment, late West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Maj: E. S. C. Kennedy. 1/W.I.R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (Lt. Col: E. S. C. Kennedy, W. India: Rgt:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. Col: E. S. C. Kennedy, W. India: Rgt:) officially re-engraved naming; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Bt. Col. E. S. C. Ke...
A scarce Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain, late Sergeant, A. F. Davidge, 12th Lancers Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. F. Davidge.) good very fine (3) £600-800
Seven: Captain L. M. K. Neil, 12 London Regiment 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. L. H. K. Neil. 12-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt. L. H. K. Neil.); Denmark, Order of the Dannebrog, Frederick IX issue Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Belgium, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Italy, Republic, Order...
Hammer Price: £800
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