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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Private P. Thomsett, 23rd (2nd Football) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (202923 Pte. P. Thomsett. 23/Middx: R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £950
Pair: Lance-Corporal H. W. Millidge, 15th Middlesex (Customs and Docks) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (436 Pte. H. W. Millidge, C.I.V.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (4943 L. Cpl. H. W. Millidge. 15/Middx: V.R.C.); together with a presentation decorated silver cigarette case, hallmarks for London 1896, the front centrally engraved ‘Presented to...
Four: Surgeon-Captain E. W. St. Vincent-Ryan, 16th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served as Medical Officer of the Infantry Battalion, C.I.V., and died of tuberculosis contracted at Cremona on the Italian Front in 1918 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Sgn: Capt. E. W. St. V. Ryan. C.I.V.);...
An unattributed Crimean War period mounted group of six miniature dress medals The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) gold and enamel; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, silver, gold and enamel; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, silver and enamels; Sardinia, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, Spedizione D’Oriente 1854-1856, silver; Great Britain, Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, Azoff; Baltic 1854-55, mounted on two triple-buckle contemporary silver...
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (W. Middleton, 24th Foot.) good very fine £600-£700
English, Welsh, and Scottish Other Ranks Militia Buttons 1855-81. Two card displays containing eighty-six large size different examples, mainly white metal, some are tinned pewter (open back) and black composition for the Rifle regiments, not all regiments are represented but rarities include Royal Ayrshire Rifles, South Durham Fusiliers, Royal Perthshire Rifles, Royal Radnor Rifles, Rutland Militia and 3rd Staffordshire. The Royal 2nd Lancashire example is a coatee button, generally very...
City of London Imperial Volunteers Commemorative Tobacco Jar, Pipes, and Inkwell. The first in pottery in the form of a head and shoulders portrayal of a City Imperial Volunteers officer, possibly the Earl of Albemarle (Infantry Battalion Commander), wearing a slouch hat with ‘CIV’ in relief, khaki tunic, the hat being the sprung lid of the jar, impressed mark on the base ‘8160’. Approximately 160mm in height. A carved fine quality briar pipe, the bowl being a ‘CIV’ marked...
Hammer Price: £900
City of London Imperial Volunteers Ephemera. A folder containing a large quantity of C.I.V. ephemera, including letters, postcards, orders of service, photographs, cigarette cards, dinner invitations, song sheets, concert invitations, reception passes &c.; illuminated C.I.V. roll of honour, 36cm x 54cm; deep red leather writing case inscribed ‘The City of London Imperial Volunteers 1900 For Service in South Africa, presented by Watkins and McCombie, Limited. “God save the Queen”’...
An inter-War ‘Civil Division’ C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Sergeant A. A. Oliver, 12th Middlesex (Civil Service) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Major, 2/15th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles), who was twice Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War in connection with services in Salonika and Palestine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type...
Five: Sergeant W. R. Hurst, 16th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), London Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (117 Sgt. W. R. Hurst, C.I.V.); British War and Victory Medals (2279 Sjt. W. R. Hurst. 17-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2279 Sjt. W. R. Hurst. 17-Lond. R.); Territorial...
1st & 2nd Regiments of Foot Guards Officer’s Gorget 1802-14. A very fine and rare example in copper gilt with a cast silver mount. Correctly constructed on a wire frame the central area is mounted with the period Arms of Great Britain, the Hanoverian escutcheon being surmounted by an Electoral bonnet, the mount secured by thin gauge ‘knock-over’ wires, gilt loss to the top edge of the frame and three very small patches elsewhere, otherwise extremely fine £1,000-£1,400
British Militia Regiments Early Period Buttons. A card display of sixteen good quality items variable sizes, fine quality examples to Argyllshire, 1st Tower Hamlets, 2nd Shropshire (1st Supplementary) 1st West York (gilt and silver plate), Royal Air, East York, King’s Own Stafford, Surrey, Northumberland, Pembroke, South Hants, a later large pewter to either Galway or Galloway Militia, the Pembroke, South Hants and Galway have poor replacement shanks, otherwise very good condition (16) ...
3rd Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards and 21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Officers ‘Bone back’ Buttons c.1770-80. Two extremely rare examples, the first 23mm very slightly convex, shows in low relief the Prince of Wales’s Badge & Motto, the motto sited where the coronet would usually be, below the feathers ‘D’ and ‘G’, all within an elaborate inward facing circle of leaves, the bone back retains the original gut fastening, the second 25mm flat shows in very low relief...
Pair: Captain E. M. Armstrong, 55th Regiment, who was severely wounded at the Alma and received his Crimea medal from the hands of the Queen at Hyde Park on 18 May 1855 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (Captn. Armstrong. 55th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming and additionally inscribed in small serifed capitals ‘Presented by her Majesty in person 18th May 1855’; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, plugged at 12 o’clock and fitted with swivel-ring suspension, both fitted...
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private H. G. Broughton, 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (265239 Pte. H. G. Broughton. 9/Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (265239 Pte. H. G. Broughton. Midd’x R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1211 Pte. H. G. Broughton. Midd’x R.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £850
A post- War ‘Dutch East Indies’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Major P. James, Middlesex Regiment, later Intelligence Corps, who served during the Second War attached to the Tripura Mahabir Legion, and was Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine...
A Second War ‘Civil Division’ C.B.E., Great War ‘Military Division’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Private J. B. L. Monteith, Queen’s Edinburgh Volunteers (Royal Scots) and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Major, Gordon Highlanders, and Chairman, Lanarkshire War Agricultural Executive Committee The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; The Most Excellent Order of the...
Five: Private S. J. Pye, 1st Essex Artillery Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Battery Quarter Master Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (927 Pte. S. J. Pye, C.I.V.); British War and Victory Medals (820987 B.Q.M. Sjt. S. J. Pye. R.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (820987 B.Q.M. Sjt. S. J. Pye. R.F.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (2...
An Officer’s 1797 Pattern Gorget, Militia, Volunteer Infantry. A fine quality example in silver coloured metal correctly constructed on a wire frame, the central area engraved with the crown over ‘GR’ and attendant sprays of laurel. Complete with black silk rosettes and long ribbons, these for securing the gorget with a knot at the back of the collar, very fine condition £500-£700
Four: Private L. R. Evans, 22nd Middlesex (Central London Rangers) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Colour Sergeant, Royal West Kent Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (424 Pte. L. R. Evans. C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (2780 Sjt. L. R. Evans, R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2780 C.Sjt. L. R. Evans. R.W. Kent R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) ...
An Officer’s 1829 Pattern Part Shako Plate. Comprising the large crowned gilt star back plate, this mounted with an elongated silver star. Central elements missing but those of the 98th Regiment of Foot (KK72) could well fit; together with an officer’s 1844 pattern part shako plate being the crowned eight-pointed star back plate. The absence of battle honours on the star points and the size of the frontal left to remain ungilded could well indicate an English Militia regiment, both...
Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel L. C. Dams, Middlesex Regiment 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. L. C. Dams. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. L. C. Dams.); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top riband bar; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Czechoslovakia, Republic, Order of the White Lion, Civil Division, Fifth Class breast...
An impressive City of London Imperial Volunteers newspaper cuttings album. A very large album of C.I.V. newspaper cuttings spanning the duration of the C.I.V’s campaign in South Africa. Thought to have been compiled by Colonel Mackinnon’s daughters, this unique and very comprehensive collection of cuttings covers the entirety of the C.I.V’s existence from its initial formation and embarkation through the campaign in South Africa, including detailed reports of many actions fought, and...
Hammer Price: £800
A C.M.G. group of three awarded to Major-General E. Bell, Worcestershire Regiment and Worcestershire Yeomanry, later Remount Service, who served as Adjutant Captain of the City of London Imperial Volunteers Mounted Infantry The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, top suspension loop somewhat bent to facilitate mounting; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein,...
Five: Private W. F. Gray, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was one of only four men from the Regiment to receive both the Queen’s and Khedive’s Sudan Medals Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (870. Pte. W. Gray. 2/Bn. Midx. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (870 Pte. W. Gray, Middx: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (870 Pte. W....
77th (East Middlesex) Regiment Officer’s Shako Plate Battalion Companies 1844-55. A very fine quality example, crowned eight pointed star back plate, four of the principal star points with battle honours, central mount comprising laurel and palm sprays enclosing a strap, ‘East Middlesex’ in the centre on a domed ground the engine turned numerals ’77’, above the strap the Prince of Wales’s Badge & Motto, two loop fasteners and the remains of the fixing wires behind the crown, the...
Family Group: A Great War M.B.E. pair awarded to Second Lieutenant E. M. L. Ainslie, 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, later Major, Royal Air Force, who was also twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. E. M. L. Ainslie. Midd’x R.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Miss Audrey Charlesworth, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps British War...
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (4841 Pte. W. H. Saunders. 2d Suffolk.) officially re-engraved naming, mounted on pin brooch, good very fine and rare £300-£400
India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (2245 Sergt. A. Blinco, 2d Bn. Middlesex Regt.) nearly extremely fine and unique to the regiment £500-£600
Family Group: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (3), 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901, top clasp loose on riband (6543 Pte. W. Fisher, 27th Coy. 7th Imp: Yeo:); 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (185 Pte. G. E. Fisher, C.I.V.); 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Belfast (179 Pte. T. Fisher, C.I.V.) minor edge bruising to last, this nearly...
A Great War ‘Russian Intervention’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private T. H. Bonner, No. 1 Special Company, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (15050 Pte. T. H. Bonner. Midd’x R.); 1914-15 Star (L-15050 Pte. T. H. Bonner. Midd’x R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (L.15050 Pte. T. H. Bonnor [sic]. Midd’x R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (L.15050 Pte. T. H. Bonner. Midd’x R.) nearly very fine (4) £400-£500
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 inscribed in large capitals ‘F. G. [sic] Cousens, Captn. C.I.V.’, nearly...
Livery Buttons of the British Peerage. Three card displays of very fine examples with all ranks of the peerage represented, 89 large 11 small, all shanks appear to be present, good overall condition (100) £200-£300
Irish Militia Officers Buttons 1855-81. A card display of twenty fine quality silver plated examples, three small size, Royal Meath, Armagh Regiment, Queen’s Own Royal City of Dublin, North Tipperary, Wexford (2), Royal South Down, North Mayo, Londonderry &c., all shanks present, slight plating loss to the high points on a few, otherwise good overall condition (20) £200-£300
A Great War 1914 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant C. C. Richardson, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, for his gallantry in rescuing a wounded man at La Boutillerie on 12 November 1914; he was subsequently killed in action on 25 November 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8683 Sjt: C. C. Richardson. 1/Middx: Regt.); 1914 Star (L-8683 Cpl. C. C. Richardson. 1/Middx: R.) good very fine (2) £800-£1,200
An Inter-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Corporal H. T. Argent, 2nd Volunteer Battalion Essex Regiment and City of London Imperial Volunteers, who was severely wounded as a Captain of the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment at Gallipoli in 1915 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (820. Cpl. H....
Hammer Price: £750
Four: Corporal D. G. Brodie, 19th Middlesex (St. Giles’ and St. George’s Bloomsbury) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Sergeant, Wellington Infantry Regiment, who was killed in action at Gallipoli with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 24 November 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (236 Cpl. D. G. Brodie, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star, naming erased; British War and Victory Medals (10/2488 Sjt. G....
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant F. Dickinson, 13th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 25 March 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4635 Sjt: F. Dickinson. 13/Middx: R.) extremely fine £600-£800
Four: Lance-Corporal E. Burford, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action in the gallant defence of the Somme Crossings on 25 March 1918, on which date the 2nd Battalion suffered over 300 casualties 1914 Star (L-12360 Pte. E. Burford. 2/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L.12360 Pte. E. Burford. Midd’x. R.); Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, bronze, unnamed as issued; together with the recipient’s Memorial Plaque (Edward Burford) good very fine (5) £140-£180
Six: Regimental Sergeant-Major C. S. Shakespear, Middlesex Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (4596 Sergt. C. Shakespeare 1st Bn. Middlesex Regt.) officially re-engraved naming, together with a second medal officially engraved in running script (4596 Sgt. C. Shakespeat, 1st Middx R.) note spelling of surname; 1914 Star, with clasp (L-4596 C.S. Mjr. C. Shakespeare. 1/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L. 4596 W.O. Cl. 2. C. Shakespeare. Midd’x...
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