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Pair: Corporal John Crosby, Royal Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Trumpr. John Crosby, 6th Cy. 14th Bn. R.A.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (7507. Corpl. J. Crosby. H/1st Bde. R.A.) nearly very fine (2) £280-£320
Hammer Price: £500
3rd Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards Officer’s ‘Bone and Wooden back’ Coatee Buttons c.1770-80. Two very fine and rare variable pattern examples, both 23mm, with copper gilt faces, what is probably the first pattern shows the Prince of Wales’s badge and Motto, this in place of the coronet, ‘D’ and ‘G’ below the feathers, the whole within an inward facing circle of leaves, bone back with gut fasteners. The second displays the Badge in greater relief, the coronet now shown...
58th (Rutland) Regiment Officer’s Shako Plate 1822-29. A fine quality example, an eight-pointed die-cast gilt star mounted with a similar facetted silver star, this in turn mounted with a crowned and very ornate pierced gilt decoration, featuring laurel sprays, eight battle honours and central numerals, ‘LVIII’, the pierced area on a ground of black velvet, two loop fasteners (KK 41), good condition £300-£400
Three: Corporal S. W. Simmons, 13th Middlesex (Queen’s Westminster) Volunteer Rifles and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Lincolnshire Regiment and Second Lieutenant, South Lancashire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (315 Cpl. S. W. Simmons, C.I.V.); British War and Victory Medals (32757 Cpl. S. W. Simmons Linc. R.); together with nine Queen’s Westminster Volunteer Rifles sports medals (gymnastics,...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar pair awarded to J. E. Ridout, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (27084 Sjt. J. E. Ridout. 1/Midd’x R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (G-27084 Pte. J. R. E. Ridout. Midd’x. R.) good very fine (2) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £480
City of London Imperial Volunteers Flags. Two silk C.I.V. flags, the red Cross of St. George on a white background, with the crowned sword of the City of London in the top left quadrant, and ‘C.I.V.’ in the bottom left quadrant; together with a smaller flag of pennant size, with the arms of the City of London superimposed across the Cross of St. George; and the empty quadrants bearing the portraits of Colonel MacKinnon, Commanding the C.I.V., and Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. Pawle, Second...
Pair: Sergeant J. Mathison, 4th Middlesex (West London) Volunteer Rifles and City of London Imperial Volunteers, who was seriously wounded by shell-fire at Diamond Hill on 12 June 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (1507 Sgt.: J. Mathison, C.I.V.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (3324 C. Sjt: J. Mathison. 4/ Middx: V.R.C.); together with a Masonic Founder’s Badge of the Kensington Battalion, Lodge...
Five: Private F. H. Bailey, 3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Warrant Officer Class II, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Wittebergen, Diamond Hill, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (1363 Pte. F. H. Bailey, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (168, B.S. Mjr. F. H. Bailey, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (168. W.O. Cl. 2. F. H. Bailey. R.A.);...
City of London Imperial Volunteers for South Africa 1899-1900 Medallion, 76mm, bronze, the obverse featuring a seated female figure with sword, presenting the freedom of the city to a uniformed man in the City Imperial Volunteers, the reverse featuring the radiant sun of the British Empire shining behind a hill which is surmounted by a tall staff flying the Union Flag and C.I.V. Flag, guarded by two guns, the edge re-engraved in large capitals ‘In Memory of Lieut. W. B. L. Alt. City of...
English, Welsh, and Scottish Militia Officers Tunic Buttons. A card display of fifty-six fine quality examples 1855-81 only two of which are small, including a rare gilt to the South Gloucester, plated issues Bucks, Berks, Cheshire, Dorset, Glamorgan, 5th Surrey (two types), East Norfolk, West Norfolk (types), Royal Monmouthshire, 1st & 2nd Royal Lanark, Royal Aberdeen, Inverness-shire, 4th West York (two types) 5th & 6th West York &c., very good overall condition (56) £400-£500
Six: Private J. A. Houghton, 3rd City of London Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Sergeant, London Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (64 Pte. A, Houghton, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (3666 L. Sjt. J. A. Houghton, 3-Lond.R.) second digit officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (3666 Sjt. J. A. Houghton. 3-Lond. R.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R....
Five: Private F. C. W. Beart, 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Sergeant, 5th Battalion, London Regiment, Royal Flying Corps, and Royal Air Force Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (D47 Pte. F. C. W. Beart, C.I.V.); 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (6541 Sjt. F. C. W. Beart. 5/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6541 Sjt. F. C. W. Beart. 5-Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency...
Hammer Price: £460
Four: Corporal F. C. Austin, 20th Middlesex (Artists) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Major, North Staffordshire Regiment, who was wounded during the Great War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (11 Cpl. F. C. Austin, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (Capt: F. C. Austin. N. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major F. C. Austin.) good very fine (4) £240-£280
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (895 Tpr: J. H. Bunce. B.S.A. Police) last three clasps loose on ribbon, good very fine £280-£320
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1865 (Assist. Surgn. T. O. Hession, 70th Regt.) very fine £400-£500
77th Foot Medal 1818, silver, obverse: ‘77’ with Prince of Wales’s plume above and ‘Peninsula’ on branches of laurel below; reverse: engraved ‘Peninsula’, edge engraved in upright capitals (Daniel Mansergh) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising, nearly very fine £300-£400
The Q.S.A. awarded to Private L. A. A. Fitzclarence, Cape Mounted Rifles, the great-grandson of King William IV Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2493 Pte. L. A. A. Fitzclarence. Cape M.R.) very fine £200-£300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar awarded to Lance-Sergeant A. Fraser, 19th (2nd Public Works) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with copy Second Award Bar (PW-1789 L. Sjt: A. Fraser. 19/Middx: R.) polished, nearly very fine £240-£280
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith (4987 Pte. J. Richardson, 1: Leic: Regt.) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £240-£280
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (W. Johnson. 57th Regt.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £400-£500
Seven: Sergeant S. Betts, Middlesex Regiment and Machine Gun Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (829 A. Sjt. S. W. Betts. Midd’x R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (829 Pte. S. W. Betts. Midd’x R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (94355 Sgt. S. W. Betts. M.G.C.); Defence Medal; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (829 Pte. S. W. Betts. 9-Midd’x R.); Service Medal of the Order of St John (25219. D/Supt. S. W. Betts. No.1. Dist. S.J.A.B. 1942.);...
Three: Private Henry Rumsby, 77th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. Hy. Rumsby. 77th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming in the style of Hunt & Roskell; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse (Private . Henry . Rumsby . No. 785 . 77th Regt. 18..) regimentally engraved naming, date obscure by replacement silver bar suspension; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed and with partially deformed flan, edge bruising and contact marks,...
Harts Regiment of Militia, Officer’s Glengarry/Forage Cap Badge. A very fine quality item in die-stamped unmarked silver gilt, crowned strap, ‘Harts Regt. Militia’. In the centre a hart trippant with a copper gilt disc backing, original sprung clip fastener, very good condition £100-£140
Five: Private E. Tasker, 18th Middlesex (Paddington) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Company Quarter Master Sergeant and Regimental Sergeant Major, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (395 Pte. E. Tasker, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (3-5958 C.Q.M. Sjt. E. Tasker. D. of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5958 A.W.O. Cl. 1. E. Tasker. D.C.L.I.);...
Four: Private L. E. Lawton, 19th Middlesex (St. Giles’ and St. George’s Bloomsbury) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Sergeant, 9th (City of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment and Machine Gun Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (213 Pte. L. E. Lawton, C.I.V.); British War and Victory Medals (6019 Sjt. L. E. Lawton. M.G.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency...
Hammer Price: £440
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment Officer’s 1861-68 Pattern Shako. A fine quality example, the blue cloth ribbed body complete with patent leather peak, bottom bracing band and leather chinstrap, the two part copper gilt plate of crowned star pattern with Garter and stencilled numerals centre. correct pattern gilt metal plume holder and white over red ball plume. Buff leather sweatband and crimson silk lining, retailed by Hill Bros. 8 Old Bond Street London, minor stitching faults to the...
China 1842 (John Holland, 49th Regiment Foot.) original suspension, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, naming weak in places, worn £200-£260
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar awarded to Corporal A. Wallis, 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (7126 Cpl. A. Wallis. 12/Midd’x: R.) good very fine £400-£500
An Officer’s Gorget of Spurious Manufacture and Engraving. Made of Hall Marked silver, London 1825 by ‘TB’. Though with a lapped over edge there appears to be no wire frame, the lapping work crude. The obverse purports to show the pre 1801 Royal Arms, the legend, ‘XXth. Regt’. The upper areas with military trophies, chariot wheels &c. The assay cycle has wear commensurate with its age, all the engraving without any semblance of wear, as found in good condition £100-£140
Pair: Major A. C. Pine, 20th Middlesex (Artists) Rifle Volunteers, later Royal West Kent Regiment (Militia) Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (Major A. C. Pine, R.W. Kent Rgt:); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (Lt. A. C. Pine. 20th. Middx. (Artists) R.V.) engraved naming, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-£500
Five: Private E. G. Thompson, 17th (North) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later South African Constabulary and Sergeant, Royal Marines Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (246 Pte. E. G. Thompson, C.I.V.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2384 Pnr: E. G. Thompson. S.A.C.); 1914-15 Star (Deal 530-S-. Sgt. E. G. Thompson. R.M.); British War and Victory...
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Gunner J. R. Taylor Tr. “Patrick” I.M.S.) partially officially corrected, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £400-£500
Dumbarton Volunteer Infantry Officer’s Waist Belt Plate c.1804-14. The rectangular burnished gilt back plate bearing a silver mount comprising an elephant on ground, the beast complete with howdah cloth and castellated howdah, the loose ‘D’ end section not present, the back plate with some gilt loss and staining, otherwise good condition £100-£140
Pair: Private W. S. Ferguson, Queen’s Own Highlanders General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (23828537 Pte. W. Ferguson. Q.O. Hldrs.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (23828537 Pte. W. S. Ferguson. Q.O. Hldrs.) nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£260
Hammer Price: £420
77th (East Middlesex) Regiment Officer’s Shako Plate 1855-61. A fine quality example in gilt metal, crowned star back plate with pierced Garter mount, in the centre on a black leather ground, gilt numerals ’77’, two lug fasteners, very good condition £300-£400
Family group: The City of London Imperial Volunteers tribute medallions awarded to Baron Boxall, Honorary Solicitor, C.I.V., and Mrs Caroline Boxall, C.I.V. Ladies’ Committee City of London Imperial Volunteers for South Africa 1899-1900 Medallion (2), 76mm, bronze, the obverse featuring a seated female figure with sword, presenting the freedom of the city to a uniformed man in the City Imperial Volunteers, the reverse featuring the radiant sun of the British Empire shining behind a...
An Officer’s Gorget 1802-14 Militia or Volunteer Infantry. A fine quality example in copper gilt, the central area engraved with the uncrowned Arms of Great Britain 1802-14, the demi-supporters are couchant. Complete with original chamois liner, 86mm x 105mm, a minute crack central to the bottom edge, the gilt with only minute loss, overall good condition £400-£500
The original letter written by Lord Wolseley, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, accepting the Lord Mayor of London’s offer to raise a regiment and suggesting it be called ‘The City of London Imperial Volunteers.’ Sent from the War Office on 20 December 1899, on Commander in Chief headed paper, the letter begins: ‘My dear Lord Mayor, It gives Lord Lansdowne and myself great satisfaction to learn that the City of London, which is always ready to take the lead in patriotic movements,...
Channel Island Militia Buttons. A card display of twelve good quality examples, 1st or North West Jersey, 3rd Royal Jersey, 2nd Royal Jersey, Royal Jersey, Royal Guernsey, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (2), 5th Royal Jersey (the 3rd and one of the 4th are pewter), all shanks present, good overall condition (12) £200-£300
Pair: Private S. C. Rapson, 17th (North) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 19th (County of London) Battalion (St. Pancras) London Regiment, who was captured by the Boers at Britstown on 6 March 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (249 Pte. S. C. Rapson, C.I.V.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (793 Sjt: S. C. Rapson. 19/Lond: Regt.) very fine (2) ...
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