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Four: Major W. E. Brown, 57th Foot, later commanding 2/13th Light Infantry Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1861 to 1863 (Captn. Edwd. Brown. 57th Regt.); Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, lacking reverse back-plate; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £700-£900
Hammer Price: £3,400
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment, Officer’s Gorget c.1785-97. A good quality ‘semi-step’ copper gilt example correctly constructed on a wire frame, the lower central area engraved with the Royal Arms prior to 1801. The upper left area engraved with a festoon of weaponry, ‘57th’ and laurel sprays, the upper right area with similar decoration, the laurels enclosing, ‘Rt’, various minor dents and the gilt partially rubbed, otherwise good condition £400-£500
Nine: Warrant Officer Class II R. I. Furman, Middlesex Regiment, later a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (7373 L.Corpl: R. H. Furman. Midd’x. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (L-7373 T.W.O. Cl.I. R. I. Furman. Midd’x. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (A.W.O. Cl.1. R. I. Furman, Middx. R.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Pair: Private Sydney Bannister, 21st Lancers, a confirmed charger in “D” Squadron at the battle of Omdurman, 2 September 1898, who died of enteric fever at at Cairo on 15 October 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3798 Pte. S. Bannister. 21/Lancers.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3789 Pte. S. Bannister 21st Lcrs.) contemporary ‘dot’ engraved naming as frequently seen, the clasp rather crudely affixed, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200
A Second War ‘Sicily’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal F. Dean, 1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6199455 A, Cpl. F. Dean. Midd’x R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (7) £1,000-£1,400
Infantry of the Line Officers Coatee Buttons 48th Foot - 99th Foot c.1790-1855. A card display of ninety examples mixed large and small, not all regiments are represented. Fine quality plated examples include 52nd, 54th, 56th, 61st, 62nd, 67th, 68th, 72nd, 81st; gilts 48th, 49th, 55th (2), 65th (early), 69th, 77th (3), 80th, 82nd, 84th, 86th, 87th, 89th, 90th, 92nd, 93rd &c., some gilt and plating loss and many require cleaning otherwise good overall condition (90) £600-£800
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (J. Salisbury, 24th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light handling marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400
A rare Boer War R.R.C. pair awarded to Nursing Sister J. E. Skillman, Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister J. E. Skillman) together with Queen Alexandra’s Nursing Badge 1899-1902, silver-gilt and enamels, nearly extremely fine (3) £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £3,000
The Boer War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain E. G. Concanon, 16th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Lieutenant-Colonel, who commanded the 18th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) during the Great War Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, obverse centre slightly depressed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg,...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (William Barkley, 57th Foot.) old repair to side of first clasp carriage and with replacement rivets, otherwise very fine £2,400-£2,800
A City of London Imperial Volunteers Presentation Silver Cup and Cover presented to Captain E. G. Concanon, 16th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers A truly magnificent award manufactured by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, weighing approximately 1.88kg, hallmarks for London 1900, 340mm in height with the cover. A presentation panel enhanced by applied sprays of oak, ‘Presented To Lieut. E. G. Concanon D.S.O. Mounted Infantry C.I.V. By...
Hammer Price: £2,800
Pair: Private L. Chichester, 14th Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry, who was killed whilst gallantly defending a kopje at Middlepost Farm on 6 February 1902 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Belfast, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, date clasp block loose on riband (D117 Pte. L. Chichester, C.I.V.) and additionally engraved ‘Lieut. I.Y. 1901-1902’, and...
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895, bronze issue (Cook Chanai Singh 14th Bl. Infy.) light edge bruising and polished, therefore good fine and rare £1,800-£2,200
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Bar group of three awarded to Captain J. C. Lindsay, 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was thrice wounded and later joined the Royal Irish Constabulary Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, reverse contemporarily engraved ‘2/Lieut. J. C. Lindsay. Middlesex Regt.’; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. C. Lindsay.) very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600
Infantry of the Line Officers Coatee Buttons 1st Foot - 47th Foot, c.1790-1855. A card display of ninety-four examples, mixed large and small, not all regiments are represented. Fine quality examples include plated 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 14th, 17th, 24th, 33rd, 37th, 38th, and 43rd; gilts 1st Foot (GR & WR), 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 25th, 27th, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 37th, 40th, 41st &c. all shanks present, some in need of cleaning otherwise good overall condition (94) £600-£800
Four: Lieutenant-General Henry Kent, 77th Foot, who served as Colonel of the Middlesex Regiment 1900-20 Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Capt. H. Kent, 77th Foot) officially impressed naming; Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimean suspension, these three mounted as worn; Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, 1st Class set of insignia, silver, gold and enamels, complete with...
The 3rd Foot Guards, Officer’s Gorget c.1785-1801. A very rare ‘stepped’ pattern example in copper gilt. Correctly constructed on a wire frame, in the central area are engraved the Star of the Order of the Thistle over the Arms of Great Britain prior to 1810, 90mm x 102mm, the gilt rubbed down to the copper on the majority of the surface, otherwise sound condition £500-£700
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Boer War ‘Spion Kop’ D.C.M. awarded to Private W. Boyd, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was awarded a Second Award Bar for his gallantry whilst serving with the 4th Battalion during the Great War at Ypres in 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3495 Pte. W. Boyd, 2nd Middlesex Regt.) with later unofficial Second Award Bar on riband, this engraved ‘14th June - 1915’, nearly extremely fine £2,000-£2,400
Hammer Price: £2,400
Pair: Sergeant James Middleton, 77th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (J. Middleton, Serjt. 77th Foot.); 77th Foot Medal 1818, silver, obverse: ‘77’ with Prince of Wales’s plume above and ‘Peninsula’ on branches of laurel below; reverse: engraved ‘Badajoz Ciudad Rodrigo’, edge engraved in running script (Sergt. James Middleton. 77th Foot.) fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, edge bruises to the first, otherwise good very fine...
Four: Sergeant-Drummer James Deacon, 57th Foot and Middlesex Regiment, who was wounded at Ginginhlovo in April 1879, and went on to become the longest serving non-commissioned officer in the British Army, completing 48 years’ continuous service Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (945. Pte. J. Deacon. 57th Foot.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Sjt: Dmr: J. Deacon. Middx. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse...
A Boer War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Captain A. Reid, 1st Volunteer Battalion Middlesex Regiment and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Lieutenant-Colonel, Lancashire Fusiliers and Cheshire Regiment, who as the senior officer of his volunteer unit serving in South Africa during the Boer War, was decorated for his services as Commanding Officer of “A” Company, Infantry Battalion, C.I.V. Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband...
56th (West Essex) Regiment, Officer’s Gorget c.1785-97. A magnificent and most rare ‘stepped’ pattern example in silver coloured metal, correctly constructed on a wire frame, the central area engraved with the Royal Arms of Great Britain pre 1801, above this ‘Gibraltar’ surmounted by the Castle & Key. In the upper left area a festoon holding a laurel wreath enclosing ’56’, in the upper right the same decoration enclosing ‘Regt.’, maximum width 106mm, height 113mm,...
44th (East Essex) Regiment Officer’s Gorget 1790. An extremely fine and most rare silver example, London 1790 by Peter & Jonathan Bateman. Correctly constructed on a wire frame, the central area engraved with the Arms of Great Britain prior to 1801, the upper left area engraved with a festoon and laurel spray enclosing ’44’, similar decoration to the upper right area enclosing ‘Regt.’ The reverse is hall-marked for London 1790. Complete with only one yellow silk ribbon and...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Busaco, Albuhera, Vittoria, Toulouse (John Gimber, 57th Foot.) very fine £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £2,200
Six: Lieutenant-Colonel W. D. Ingle, Middlesex Regiment, the only officer in the regiment to serve on the Nile Expedition of 1898, when he acted as galloper to General Gatacre Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. W. D. Ingle, 2/Bn Midx. R:; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. W. D. Ingle, Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. W. D. Ingle.); Turkey, Order of the Medjidieh, 4th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, chips to centre and crescent suspension;...
Ston Easton Tribute Medal 1902, silver, 56x58mm. excluding loose ring, on a circular disc superimposed on an eight-pointed star, four points of which have a ball finial, a legend engraved in eight lines: ‘Presented to Albert Brown on his safe return from South Africa by the Parishioners Ston Easton August 18th 1902,’ the four main points of the star are engraved to represent rays of light; rev: plain except for hallmark at base for Birmingham 1902 and maker’s initials ‘M&B’, small...
The Second Afghan War medal to Private James Beard, 66th Foot, who was killed in action at the battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (850 Pte. J. Beard, 66th Foot) nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c.1782-90. A very fine and most rare example of this early period, of oval outline and in die-stamped copper gilt, 81mm x 60mm. On the seeded ground a crowned strap, ‘West Middlesex Regiment’ within the strap a shield bearing the County Arms and ’57’, complete with original leather liner, one hook and two stud fasteners, extremely fine condition £1,400-£1,800
Loyal Islington Volunteers Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate and Associated Buttons c.1803-14. A fine quality oval gilt metal example, within a decorated border the incised design of an elongated multi-rayed star bearing a crowned strap, ‘Loyal Islington Volunteers’ with the ‘GR’ cypher in the centre, one hook and two stud fasteners; two pairs of variably sized coatee buttons bearing script initials ‘I’ over ‘LV’, slight gilt loss to the plate otherwise good overall condition...
Hammer Price: £2,000
Household Cavalry Trumpet Banner 1801-13. Crimson damask silk embroidered overall in gold and silver wire and coloured silks (490mm x 470mm) the latter measurement includes the gold fringe. Featuring the then new Royal Arms of Great Britain and set within an all round border of Union emblems, roses and thistles. The item is now contained in a glazed front late Victorian wooden fire screen, this has an ornamental wooden cresting which includes a gilt civilian Court Dress button of the...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Major F. Allam, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, a long-time Quartermaster of the Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches for his services during the Boer War, and served throughout the Great War as the Quartermaster at the Regimental Depot Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (656 Q-Mr: Serjt: F. Allam. Midd’x Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith,...
Four: Colour-Sergeant Hance Carson, 57th Foot, who was severely wounded in the head in the trenches before Sebastopol Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1948 Serjt. Hance Carson 57th Regt.) regimental depot impressed naming; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (1948 Cr-Sergt. Hance Carson. 57th Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1948 Cr. Serjt. Hance Carson 57th Foot); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (No. 1948 H. Carson 57th...
First Regiment of Foot Guards Senior NCO’s Shako Plate 1800-12. A most rare fine quality example in die-stamped copper gilt, measuring 110mm x 65mm, the plate displays the crowned Garter Proper enclosing the Royal Arms of Great Britain 1801-13, two copper loop fasteners, the gilt fine but not of the highest quality as one might expect for such a plate, the loops with unnecessary small solder strengthening otherwise in very good condition £1,000-£1,400
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate HM Silver Dublin 1823. A very fine and most rare example of rectangular format in heavy gauge die-stamped silver, 95mm x 74mm. In relief therefore appear ‘Albuhera’, St. Edward’s crown, ’57’ and laurel sprays. Two hook two stud fasteners. Assay cycle on the reverse and the maker’s mark, ‘C.M’ (Charles Marsh). This plate is discussed in Parkyn p256, the 57th were gold laced throughout so the use of silver is...
City of London Imperial Volunteers Hall Marked Silver Scouting Figure. The famous pose of a scouting trooper, his left hand resting on a piece of rock, with his rifle in his right hand. Turned-up slouch hat and shoulder tabs all marked ‘C.I.V.’ Approximately 160mm in height, the figure stands on ‘ground’, this bears the assay cycle for London 1901/02, maker’s mark, ‘PW’ over ‘JW’. The figure mounted on a square three tier baluster mahogany base, very fine condition ...
Hammer Price: £1,900
Pair: Private George Sell, 16th Lancers Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private George Sell H.M. 16th Lancers) star fitted with a silver back-plate with bar suspension, the plate engraved identically with the star beneath, a small repair required to re-fix back-plate; Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Geo: Sell 16th Lancers) mounted on a contemporary silver brooch bar, lacking pin, and contained in a contemporary fitted case, polished with light edge bruising and contact pitting...
City of London Imperial Volunteers Ephemera. Comprising ten commemorative brooches mainly circular polychrome tin-pate embroidered &c., two base metal and enamelled fobs for the City Imperial Volunteers Old Comrades Association, a circular pleated linen white on red rosette bearing gilt brass letters ‘CIV’, two simple red white and blue linen ‘brooches’ with embroidered ‘CIV’, a pressed cardboard cheroot case with presentation details upon the return of the City Imperial...
Scottish Regimental Diamond Shaped Doublet Buttons. A card display of seventeen good quality examples, comprising Piper’s white metals to the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers and the 25th King’s Own Borderers, officers gilts to the 42nd (two patterns) 71st (large & small), 72nd, 74th (2), 78th, 79th, 91st (large & small), 92nd, 93rd and two plated examples to the Highland Borderers Light Infantry Militia, all shanks present, some plating loss on one of the last two items otherwise very good...
65th (2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment, Officer’s Shako Plate 1812-16. An extremely fine quality example in die-stamped copper gilt, of crowned standard pattern rococo outline the dimpled ground bears the ‘GR’ cypher over ’65’, original two loop fasteners, very fine condition £1,000-£1,400
Pair: Gunner J. B. Peters, ‘Q’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, who was severely wounded at Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (50235 Gnr: J. B. Peters, Q, B., R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (50235 Gnr: J. B. Peters. R.H.A.) mounted as worn from a contemporary silver brooch bar, polished, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) ...
Hammer Price: £1,800
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