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Hunt Buttons. Two card displays containing one hundred and thirty examples, the vast majority fox hunts but a few harriers included, very little duplication, two lacking shanks otherwise good overall condition (130) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,300
An Officer’s General Pattern Gorget c1750-70. A very rare good quality example in copper gilt correctly constructed on a wire frame, the central area engraved with the Royal Arms prior to 1801 and ‘G R’. The upper areas with repousse simple leaf and flower head embellishment, 122mm x 135mm, the gilt rubbed overall, otherwise good condition £700-£900
Four: Private Robert Lane, 57th Foot, later Army Service Corps South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (50/951. Pte. R. Lane. 57th Foot.); 1914-15 Star (SS-8139 Pte. R. Lane. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SS-8139 Pte. R. Lane. A.S.C.) mounted as worn, the first with light pitting from star, otherwise good very fine (4) £500-£600
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1887-8 (Lieut: Col: C. J. L. Hill. 1/W.I. Rgt.) virtually Mint state £500-£700
Three: Driver W. E. White, Army Service Corps, a rare European civilian recipient of the Q.S.A. in bronze for services in South Africa as private servant to 2nd Lieutenant Lord Brooke (later 6th Earl of Warwick), 1st Life Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (W. White); British War and Victory Medals (T-424477 Dvr. W. E. White. A.S.C.) good very fine (3) £500-£600
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1865 to 1866 (Ensign J R K. Tredennick, 57th. Regt.) edge bruise, nearly very fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,200
Five: Private H. G. Challen, 20th Middlesex (Artists) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Major, 12th (City of London) Battalion (Kensington), London Regiment, who, with command of the Battalion devolving on him, was severely wounded at the Second Battle of Ypres leading a critical counter attack, 8 May 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (31 Pte. H. G. Challen, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (Major...
Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (6789 Pte. C. Walker 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.) good very fine £600-£700
The important Ashantee War medal awarded to Lieutenant G. S. Smith, Royal Navy, who landed from Druid to serve with the Naval Brigade at Coomassie, and was afterwards murdered by natives at Ukerewe, on Lake Victoria Nyanzia, in 1877, when leading the first contingent of missionaries sent by the Church Missionary Society to Uganda Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lt. G. S. Smith, R.N., H.M.S, Druid, 73-74) lightly polished, otherwise good very fine £1,200-£1,500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain C. W. Hammerton, 3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, late Private, 13th Middlesex (Queen’s Westminster) Volunteer Rifles and City of London Imperial Volunteers, and Imperial Yeomanry, who was wounded on 9 October 1917 at the Battle of Poelcapelle Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa...
A Second War M.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Major (Quartermaster) R. T. Guscott, Middlesex Regiment, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal during the Great War, and was taken Prisoner of War following the fall of Hong Kong, 25 December 1941 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (L.11350 C.Q.M. Sjt. R. T. Guscott. Midd’x. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak...
Army Best Shot Medal, V.R., silver (1965 Pte. H. Morgan 77th. Foot) engraved naming, edge bruise, good very fine and a unique award to the Regiment £1,200-£1,600
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel B. A. Thompson, Middlesex Regiment, late West Yorkshire Regiment Ashanti Star 1896 (2nd. Lt. B. A. Thompson 2. W. Yorks R.) reverse inscribed in the usual Regimental style; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Capt. B. A. Thompson, Middx. Rgt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Major B. A. Thompson. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. B. A. Thompson.) traces of verdigris to first, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400
Royal North Lincoln Militia Officer’s Gorget c.1780-1801. A very rare example in copper gilt, correctly constructed on a wire frame, the Arms of Great Britain prior to 1801 are engraved in the central area, both upper areas engraved in script capitals, ‘RNLM’, complete with its original chamois liner, a crack in the frame above the crown of the Arms, the gilt rubbed overall, otherwise good condition £400-£500
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (979 Bugr. A. T. Lambert. C.I.V.); together with a London Borough of Willesden Tribute Medal, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘A. T. Lambert. C.I.V. 21st. Middlesex Regt.’, with integral ‘1899 South Africa 1900’ suspension bar, minor blue enamel damage to last, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £500-£700jjkkk
A Military O.B.E. Medal group of four awarded to Acting Company Sergeant-Major W. S. Wallis, Postal Section, Royal Engineers, believed to have been an award for bravery in Ireland Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Military) unnamed as issued, in its John Pinches, London case of issue; 1914-15 Star (30742 Spr: W. S. Wallis. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (30742 Sjt. W. S. Wallis. R.E.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Walter Sidney Wallis.) in its fitted case of...
Local Militia Buttons 1808-16. A card display of seventeen fine quality examples including, Aberdeenshire (R1), Glamorgan, Eastern Regiment Royal Perth, 2nd Argyll, Royal Eastern Montgomery, East Stafford, Wirksworth, Northampton (R100), Morley, West Monmouth (2 large 1 small) pewter, 3rd West Norfolk, &c., all shanks present, generally very good condition (17) £200-£300
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1175 Pte. G. S. Stainsby, 2-24th Foot.) small official correction to regimental number, good very fine £600-£800
An Other Ranks Shako Plate 1800-12. A good quality example of the ‘trophy plate’ in thin gauge die-stamped brass, the crown Garter & ‘GR’ cypher, trophies of arms, flags and musical instruments, the crowned Lion, four small holes for attachment purposes. The plate has evidence of genuine service and period wear, very good condition £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,100
Six: Corporal W. A. Bodger, 1st Essex Artillery Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Warrant Officer Class II, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (916 Cpl. W. A. Bodger, C.I.V.) minor official correction to surname; 1914-15 Star (3. Whlr. Q.M. Sjt. W. A. Bodger. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (3 W.O. Cl. 2 W. A. Bodger. R.A.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R....
The Q.S.A. awarded to Private M. W. Holland, 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, who was killed in action at Brandfort on 3 May 1900, one of only two men from the Mounted Infantry, C.I.V. to be killed during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (1488 Pte. M. W. Holland, C.I.V.) mounted for display in glazed silver frame, 83mm x 133mm, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, bearing a silver plaque...
The mounted group of twenty miniature dress medals attributed to Private J. L. Sleeman, 21st Middlesex (Finsbury) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Sir James Sleeman, Colonel, Royal Sussex Regiment, and Chief of Staff of the New Zealand Forces The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Civil Division, silver-gilt; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military...
Irish Militia Buttons c.1800-55. A card display of thirty examples including five small size. Scarce examples include gilt North Cork and 107 Kerry, silver plated, an early Londonderry, Prince William Henry’s Tipperary or Munster, Prince of Wales’s Longford, mostly officers, two with poorly replaced shanks otherwise generally very good condition (30) £300-£400
Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann (John Tribe. 6th Dragns.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £600-£800
English, Welsh, and Scottish Rifle Volunteer Buttons c.1860-1908. Two card displays containing one hundred and ten examples only four of which are small size, all shanks intact, officer’s and other ranks’, very little duplication, scarcer types include 8th & 3rd Northants, both large, 4th Northants, small, 33rd Middlesex large mounted, Chester, black metal, four variable Hampshire, 78th, 81st Lancs, Liverpool Press Guard, 6th & 19th Lanark, 2nd Lincs, gilt, 7th Lincs; includes also two...
The Royal Navy, Flag Rank, Executive Officers, Departmental, Half-Pay, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Air Service, Fleet Air Arm, and Royal Dockyard Battalions Buttons. A card display of forty-nine good quality items, the Royal Navy section c.1790-1902, one Sailing Master (excavated), three Pursers (two excavated), Engineer Officers c.1842 all three sizes, large and small Half-Pay, good run of Royal Naval Reserve, a scarce Royal Naval Air Service in leather, first and second patterns...
Bank of England Volunteers Shoulder Belt Plate c.1803-14. A good quality example in die cast coppered brass or bronze, of rectangular outline (67mm x 52mm), the design features laurel sprays and the standing figure of Britannia holding a spear and a shield, this embellished with a Medusa’s head, one hook and two stud fasteners, very good condition £300-£400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Private A. W Parks, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was also Mentioned in Despatches Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (43520Pte. - L.Cpl. - A. W. Parks. 1/Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (5890 Pte. A. W. Parks. Midd’x R.); Defence Medal good very fine (4) £600-£800
An Order of St. John group of three awarded to Sergeant Samuel Kingston, St John Ambulance Brigade, who served as an Orderly aboard the American hospital ship Maine during the Boxer rebellion The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamels; China 1900, 1 clasp, Taku Forts, copy clasp and not entitled (117 Orderly S. Kingston. St John Amb: Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, both copy clasps and not...
Hammer Price: £1,000
Three: Private Henry Gould, 4th Light Dragoons Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (H. Gould. 4th Lt. Dragns.) officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1206 Henry Gould 4th Hussars); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, plugged and fitted with Crimea suspension, the Crimean medals mounted on an ornately engraved silver brooch bar, the L.S. & G.C. separately on another silver brooch bar, heavy edge bruising and...
The Q.S.A. awarded to Major, later Lieutenant-Colonel, J. R. Fraser, C.M.G., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who commanded the Beaconsfield Town Guard during the siege of Kimberley Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major J. R. Fraser, 1st L.N. Lanc. Regt.) good very fine £500-£700
Dublin Volunteers 1780, engraved oval silver medal with scalloped border, 38x32mm.; Obv: Standing Volunteer aiming musket to left, legend above ‘Pro Aris Et Focis’; Rev: ’No 4 Presented by Captn. H. Monck to Edwd. Drake as best Marksman of the 1st Compy. of Dublin Volunteeers 12th Augst. 1780’, with integral loop, very fine
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (6929 Corpl: C. J. Ridout. Middlesex Regt.) edge bruising and heavy contact marks, nearly very fine and a unique combination of clasps to the Middlesex Regiment £300-£400
City of London Imperial Volunteers Insignia. Comprising a single khaki cloth epaulette with red embroidered ‘CIV’, two sets of brass ‘CIV’ letters being the other ranks slouch hat badges, two conjoined brass ‘C.I.V’ officers’ slouch hat badges, a single red on khaki smaller embroidered other ranks shoulder title and five buttons, some fraying to the small cloth s/title otherwise good overall condition (11) £160-£200
An Officer’s 1797 Pattern Gorget. A very fine quality example in copper gilt, correctly constructed on a wire frame, the central area engraved with the crown, ‘GR’ cypher and attendant laurel sprays. Complete with its original leather liner, this bearing the trade label for ‘Salter, Sword Cutler Laceman & Jeweller to HRH the Duke of Sussex. Corner of the Adelphi Strand London’. The label also displays a Royal Ducal coronet. Of larger depth than the standard type, the gilt all...
British Infantry Other Ranks Tunic Buttons 1855-73. Two card displays of one hundred and seven examples only two of which are small size, excepting the 60th and the Rifle Brigade they are all brass. The following regiments are not represented, 51st, 67th, 89th & 95th, all shanks appear to be present, good overall condition (107) £500-£700
Volunteer Infantry, Associations, and Fencibles Buttons c.1794-1814. A card display of thirty-one good quality examples including St. Helens Volunteers, West Halifax, 1st & 2nd Royal Edinburgh, St. George’s Volunteers, a very rare Forfar Volunteers, Arbroath Company gilt example, Edinburgh Independent Pikemen, Portchester Volunteers (excavated), Kelso Volunteers and Northern Fencibles (both excavated), Liverpool Independent Volunteers, Fraser Fencibles, SLA & CLA, Loughside Volunteers,...
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieutt. Hugh Chichester 3d Co: 3d Bn. B. Arty.) naming officially engraved in running script, and housed in a fitted red leather display case, toned, nearly very fine £400-£500
3rd Foot Guards & 51st Regiment of Foot Officers ‘Bone back’ Buttons 1770-80. Two extremely rare examples, the first 24mm, flat, shows in low relief, ‘Gds.’ over ‘3’ within a lined border of florets, the bone back retains the original gut fastening, the second 16.5mm, flat with ’51’ within a French circle and a plain circle in low relief, the bone back retains the original gut fastening, the second with some discolouration to the gilt otherwise very good condition (2) ...
Ghuznee 1839 (Bugler Wm. Pryor 13th Regt.) naming impressed in reverse centre, original suspension and fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £950
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