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A magnificent Napoleonic Eagle of the First Empire A so-called ‘Ship’s Pattern’ of 1804, the Imperial eagle cast in bronze, of high quality manufacture, very similar to the regimental model of 1804, but of considerably larger size, measuring 350mm in height by 305mm wide, identical in all respects with the known eagle of Le Tonnant (Musée de L’Empéri, Salon de Provence, France), mounted on a stepped plinth 155mm long x 83mm wide x 20mm deep, over a rectangular tablet 128mm long x 56mm wide...
Hammer Price: £40,000
The Zulu War medal to Captain G. V. Wardell, 1/24th foot, who was killed in action at the battle of Isandhlwana, 22 January 1879; during the battle he made a most desperate and gallant stand, and when the dead were buried five months later it was reported that his remains, together with two other Officers who could not be identified, were found in one spot with the bodies of 60 men of his regiment South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Capt. G. V. Wardell. 1-24th Foot.) extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £36,000
The South Africa 1877-79 War medal awarded to Private Thomas Moffatt, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot, who served in “B” Company at the defence of Rorke’s Drift South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (968. Pte. T. Moffatt. 2-24th Foot.) edge bruising and a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine £26,000-£32,000
Hammer Price: £28,000
The Field Officer’s Gold Medal awarded to Captain Joseph Marke, 57th Foot, who succeeded to the command of the regiment at the battle of Nivelle and commanded it at the battle of the Nive Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, for Nivelle, 1 clasp, Nive (Captn. Josh. Marke, 1st Bn. 57th Foot) complete with gold ribbon buckle and contained in a contemporary fitted case, extremely fine £14,000-£18,000
Hammer Price: £19,000
The important Afghanistan medal to Lieutenant E. G. Osborne, “E” Battery “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, who with selfless bravery at the battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880, on seeing a British officer being attacked by the Ghazis and certain to be killed, mounted a horse and charged at the enemy and with his sword cut down and killed many of them and saved the officer’s life; this act also distracted the enemy and allowed the guns and men to withdraw - this act of courage cost Osborne his l...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The unique and outstanding ‘Battle of Imphal’ G.M. group of five awarded to civilian Volunteer N. M. Gilliam, American Field Ambulance, attached to 3/3rd Gurkha Rifles, whose commanding officer recommended him for the Victoria Cross, endorsed by General Slim whose recommendation was for the George Cross, and by other General officers for ‘the highest award for a civilian who is not a British subject’; the only known instance of the award of a George Medal resulting from an original V.C. recom...
Hammer Price: £15,000
A silver and enamelled ‘Freedom’ Casket presented by the Carpenters’ Company to Colonel the Earl of Albemarle in recognition of his services with the City of London Imperial Volunteers A magnificent example of cylindrical form highly decorated overall, the top mounted with a kneeling figure of a Boer War soldier, slouch hat, bandolier, rifle at the ready. The figure supported on two sides with richly enamelled shields, that of the Carpenters’ Company and that of Albemarle’s Family (Keppel)...
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Defence of Legations medal awarded to Mr B. L. Simpson, Chinese Customs, who was mentioned in despatches for ‘exceptionally good service during the siege and attack on the Legation quarter from 20th June to the 14th August’; better known by his pen-name ‘B. L. Putnam Weale’ he wrote a number of books on Far Eastern affairs, notably Indiscreet Letters from Peking, and appears to have meddled in Chinese politics to an extent that led to his assassination at Tientsin in November 1930 Chin...
A Boer War C.B. group of three awarded to Colonel A. W. Hill, 57th Foot and Middlesex Regiment, who commanded the 2nd Battalion at Spion Kop, 24 January 1900 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, unmarked, lacking integral gold riband buckle; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Lieut. A. W. Hill. 57th. Foot.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal,...
Hammer Price: £8,000
An extremely rare Second War 1941 ‘Defence of Hong Kong’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant A. D. Manning, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war at the fall of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941, and died in captivity on 2 September 1942 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6201417 Sjt. A. D. Manning. Midd’x. R.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare (4) £5,000-£7,000
Maharajpoor Star 1843 (2nd Lieutenant G. F. Atkinson Engineer Department of the Army of Gwalior) fitted with adapted bar suspension with additional ribbon fitments, original ribbon very distressed, otherwise good very fine and very rare £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
A ‘Koragh Defile’ Indian Order of Merit pair awarded to Sepoy Jodh Singh, 14th Bengal Infantry Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type (1837-1912), 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse with screw-nut fitting and inscribed on three lines ‘3rd / Class / Order of Merit’, complete with ribbon buckle; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (778 Sepoy Jodh Singh, 14th Bl. Infy) the first lacking most enamel from centre, nearly very fine...
77th Foot Medal 1818, gold, 31.04g including steel clip, obverse: ‘77’ with Prince of Wales’s plume above and ‘Peninsula’ on branches of laurel below; reverse: engraved ‘Seringapatam’, edge engraved in running script (Serjeant T. Marshall. 30 Years Meritorious Service.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine and extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £6,500
A rare Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie medal to Gunner Joseph Martin, Bengal Artillery, who was mentioned in Artillery Regimental Order of 20 July ‘for good service at Kelat-I-Ghilzie’ Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Gunner Joseph Martin, 4th Company 2nd Batt. Arty.) naming officially engraved in running script, fitted with steel clip and silver bar suspension, very fine and better £5,000-£6,000
A rare Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and two Bars group of four awarded to Corporal E. J. Cousins, 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, the first for his gallantry at the attack and capture of Thiepval on 26 September 1916, when, urged by their Commanding Officer ‘not to stop or retire a yard, but to be out to kill and get Thiepval on our Colours’, the battalion suffered 432 casualties, but achieved their targets, their victory that day being gilded by the award of two Victoria Crosses Mil...
Hammer Price: £5,500
An exceptional Boer War ‘Doorn Kop and Diamond Hill’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant-Major T. P. Smith, 7th Middlesex (London Scottish) Rifle Volunteers, and City of London Imperial Volunteers, who was especially selected by General Sir Henry McKinnon to serve as Sergeant Major of the City of London Imperial Volunteers in the South African War. A career soldier with the Gordon Highlanders, he took part in their famous action at the Dargai Heights, 20 October 1897, and as a Major dur...
Reign of Queen Anne, an Officer’s First Pattern ‘Uniform’ Gorget 1702-07. An excessively rare example in gilt brass correctly constructed on a wire frame and thus setting the standard for all successive patterns in the British Army. Of very large proportions (132mm x 150mm), the majority of the ornament is engraved with the Stewart period Royal Arms, military trophies including a cannon barrel, a drum, a keg of gunpowder, musical instruments and flags. The Arms are quartered, England and Fr...
Hammer Price: £5,000
City of London Imperial Volunteers Memorial Tablet, commemorating Private E. L. York, 21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (Finsbury Rifles) and City of London Imperial Volunteers, who died at Bloemfontein on 7 May 1900 A cast bronze Memorial Tablet, 2 feet 9 inches in width, to commemorate the life of a soldier in the City of London Imperial Volunteers. Below the pediment are two lines of the inscription ‘The City of London Imperial Volunteers’ and ‘dulce et decorum est pro patria mori’ a...
Hammer Price: £4,800
Marine Companies, Officer’s Gorget, c.1785-97. An extremely fine and rare silver ‘stepped’ pattern example, correctly made on a wire frame, the lower central area engraved with the Arms of Great Britain prior to 1801. An engraver’s rare error in this instance as the ‘G R’ element to the sides of the crown lacks the ‘R’. Engraved above the Arms on the ‘step’ are laurel sprays enclosing a fouled anchor. Complete with the original blue silk rosettes and suspension ribbons, 100mm x 123mm, two ve...
A Boer War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Captain J. F. Waterlow, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Colonel, Border Regiment Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Capt. J. F. Waterlow. C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. J. F. Waterlow, D.S.O. Bo...
The important Q.S.A. group of four awarded to General Sir W. Henry Mackinnon, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., who served as Colonel Commandant of the City of London Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Maj. Genl. W. H. Mackinnon. C. of L.I.V.); Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine and an important group to...
Hammer Price: £4,600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Busaco, Albuhera (W. Saddler, Drumr. 57th Foot) edge bruise, otherwise very fine £3,000-£3,600
A Boer War C.M.G. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General A. A. Garstin, 57th Foot and Middlesex Regiment- a veteran of both the Zulu War, he served as Deputy Assistant and Adjutant General with the Suakin Expeditionary Force in the Sudan in 1885, and having Commanded the 2nd Battalion, served on the Staff in South Africa during the Boer War, additionally being Mentioned in Despatches The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gil...
Hammer Price: £4,400
Pair: Private Andrew Hanley, 40th Foot, who was severely wounded at the storming of Badajoz and slightly wounded at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Andrew Hanly, 40th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Andrew Hanley, 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and silver bar suspension inscribed ‘Peninsula’ as often found to this regiment, attempted erasure o...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (P. Aubin, Ensn. 57th Foot.) nearly extremely fine £2,000-£2,600
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., Second War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel S. Chart, London Regiment, late Private, 22nd Middlesex (Central London Rangers) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Town Clark and Air Raid Precautions Controller, Mitcham Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-g...
The Regimentally important Second War K.C.B., Great War ‘Western Front’ C.M.G. group of fifteen awarded to Colonel Sir Edwin J. King, 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who served with the Colonial Forces whilst still an undergraduate during the Boer War; commanded the Battalion on the Western Front during the Great War, for which he was three times Mentioned in Despatches, and later served as Honorary Colonel of the Regiment from 1925 to 1949. In addition, he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to H....
Hammer Price: £3,800
A post-War ‘Malaya’ M.M. pair awarded to Corporal D. F. Clark, Middlesex Regiment, attached Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (22249439 A/Cpl. D. F. Clark. Mx.); General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Malaya, Near East, Cyprus, G.VI.R. (22249439 Cpl. D. F. Clark. Mx.) unofficial retaining rods between clasps, mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £2,600-£3,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Busaco, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (D. Cope, Corporal, 57th Foot.) small erasure or test mark after naming, otherwise very fine £2,800-£3,200
Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel William Jesser-Coope, Brabant’s Horse, late 57th Foot and 7th Royal Fusiliers; he served at the siege of Sebastopol in 1855, was later a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Imperial Ottoman Gendarmerie, being taken prisoner in the Russo-Turkish War in 1877-78, and commanded ‘B’ Squadron of Brabant’s Horse throughout the siege of Wepener in 1900, before his appointment as Commandant of Boer prisoners of War at Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Capt...
Hammer Price: £3,600
City of London Imperial Volunteers Statuette. A very finely modelled and impressively large silver-plated figure of a standing C.I.V. Private by Mappin & Webb, London, 46cm overall including base, rifle sling detached at one end, otherwise very good condition and rare £400-£500
A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant P. S. Taylor, Honourable Artillery Company and City of London Imperial Volunteers, almost certainly for his gallantry at Barkin Kop on 3 July 1900, where he and Sergeant Dixon of the C.I.V. Battery fought their guns back to back and drove off a Boer Commando, before recapturing three guns of the 38th Battery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (1028 Serjt: P. S. Taylor. C.I.V.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Witte...
7th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, Cadet Company Cased Hall Marked Silver Presentation Bugle 1861. A magnificent example manufactured by Messrs. Kohler, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London. The body of the instrument engraved with an ornate badge featuring, sprays of oak and laurel enclosing the motto, ‘Arma Pacis Fulcra’ ‘7th Middlesex’, in the centre a castle and the letters ‘I S L N’ (Islington). Below this, ‘Presented To The Cadet Company Of The 7th Middlesex (Islington) Rifle Volunteer...
India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (1804 Sepoy Partap Singh 14th Bl. Infy.) suspension a little slack, otherwise better than very fine £1,200-£1,500
A Boer War ‘Diamond Hill’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant F. C. Stevens, Royal Garrison Artillery, who served as the senior N.C.O. of the Machine-Gun Section, City of London Imperial Volunteers; later Captain, Royal Field Artillery, he was killed in action on the Western Front on 31 July 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt: F. C. Stevens. R.G.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (76033 Sgt. F. C. Stevens...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Three: Private F. C. Carter, Grenadier Guards, Batman to Captain E. H. Trotter, Grenadier Guards, who served as Staff Captain of the City of London Imperial Volunteers Mounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (6590 Pte: F. Carter. 1/Gren: Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6590 Pte. F. C. Carter, Grenadier Gds.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clas...
A scarce City of London Imperial Volunteers Carl Zeiss Jena Monocular Telescope. 'Dosenfernrohr grosses Modell No 39', circa 1897-1900 - [Tin Can Telescope] [Large Model] with three eye pieces which by rotation may be placed as required in the path of the light in order to give different magnification, this type of telescope was used by the Army and Navy for observation purposes, maximum overall length 58cm, the main body with two engraved inscriptions: ‘The City of London Imperial Volunteer...
10th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Hackney) King’s & Regimental Colours, 1912-20. Unique and most rare, both of silk, the King’s Colour of crimson silk ground with sewn on panels of white, blue and crimson silks to form the Union Cross, in the centre the Imperial crown in multi coloured silk embroidery over a gold metal thread circle, ‘The London Regiment (County of London)’ enclosing ‘Hackney Battalion’. In the upper canton a gold metal thread embroidered ‘X’. The Regime...
City of London Imperial Volunteers Flag. A very rare printed linen example probably used to determine Company Lines when in camp. Approximately 870mm x 470mm the white and red cross of St. George also bears St. Edward’s crown over the sword from the Arms of the City in the first quarter and large ‘C.I.V.’ in the third quarter. The fly strengthened with coarser linen, small holes and fraying but generally in good condition overall £300-£400
A good Second War ‘Sicily’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Private P. J. Crowhurst, 1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, for his gallantry during the attack and capture of Francoforte on 13-14 July 1943; a pre-War regular, he was subsequently killed in action in North West Europe whilst serving with the 1st Battalion on 16 September 1944 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6200558 Pte. P. Crowhurst. Midd’x. R.) on original mounting pin; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; It...
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