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Order of the Bath, G.C.B. sash and other ribbons belonging to Field Marshal Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan (1788-1855), comprising full dress sash for a G.C.B., unusually formed with ties for securing beneath the width of the strap of a pre-1855 General’s or Field Marshal’s epaulette; length of ribbon for an Army Gold Cross or Gold Medal, 290x39 mm; and good length of neck ribbon for the Russian Order of St George, 450x55 mm., the last a little faded, otherwise good condition for age...
Hammer Price: £800
Ribbon: a roll of old Air Force Cross, 2nd type ribbon, good condition £50-70
Hammer Price: £130
Ribbon: War Medal 1939-45, two rolls of contemporary W.W. 2 weave ribbon, unused, good condition (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £220
Ribbon: a large quantity of mainly modern British medal ribbon, sundry lengths include various Victorian campaign medals, Naval General Service 1793-1840 to Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; together with some of orders, decorations, coronation, jubilee and long service medals; foreign ribbon, includes Prussia, Pour le Merite and Order of the Red Eagle; Italy, Messina Earthquake; Turkey, Order of Osmania and Japan Order of the Sacred Treasure; also with some ‘used’ ribbon including Order...
[Anon], The Roll of Honour, Volume IV; Joslin, E. C., Litherland, A. R., Simpkin, B.T., British Battles & Medals, Spink, London, 1988; Joslin, E.C., The Standard Catalogue of British Orders Decorations and Medals (2), 1972 & 1976 editions; Sainsbury, Col. J. D. (Compiler), Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Honours and Awards; Cooper, Dave, The Staffordshire Regiments: Imperial, Regular & Volunteer, 1705-1919, “Knotted Together”; [Anon], The Story of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal...
£100–£140
Balmer, Major J. L., British and Irish Regimental & Volunteer Medals 1745-1895, Volume 1, Regular Army, Laglands, 1988, 309pp., with text plates, red boards; Balmer, Major J. L., British and Irish Regimental and Volunteer Medals, Part 2, The Militia, Fencibles and Volunteer Army of the British Mainland, draft copy (never published), 279pp., photocopied pages and images, paper covers; Balmer, Major J. L., British and Irish Regimental & Volunteer Medals 1745-1895, Part 3, Irish Medals, draft...
Hammer Price: £190
[Imperial War Graves Commission], The Register of the Names Inscribed on the Naval Memorial Erected at the Port of Chatham, Memorial Register number one, 1924, 497pp., plus b/w plates; The Register of the Names Inscribed on the Naval Memorial Erected at the Port of Plymouth, Memorial Register number two, 1924, 428pp., plus b/w plates; The Register of the Names Inscribed on the Naval Memorial Erected at the Port of Portsmouth, Memorial Register number three, 1924, 572pp., plus b/w plates,...
£180–£220
Li Gongqing, China Qing Dynasty Medals, Toronto, 2010, 138pp., with good quality pictures of medals, in English and Chinese, gilt and yellow brocade hardback cover; Atkinson, James J., Australian Contingents to the China Field Force 1900-1901, New South Wales Military Historical Society booklet, 69pp., this good condition; first nearly new (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £90
Mayo, J. H., Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, 2 volumes, London, 1897, lxxxviii, 618pp., plus 55 plates, original red cloth with bevelled edges, t.e.g., some wear at extremities, cloth faded and stained, internally very good; [Spink], The ‘Victorian’, catalogue for War Medals, unused, original covers; Statutes of the Order of the British Empire 1948, 26pp, plus indices and 5 b/w plates, paper covers; Werlich, Robert, Jettons of Imperial Russia, 1st edition, 1985,...
Hammer Price: £40
[Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation], Roll of Honour of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets 1939-1945, in three volumes, Volume I, Names on the Tower Hill Memorial Parts I-VIII (A-K), p.1-562; Volume II, Names on the Tower Hill Memorial, Parts IX-XVI (L-Y, plus supplement), p565-1133; Volume III, Names commemorated elsewhere than at Tower Hill, Parts XVII-XXIII (A-Z, plus supplement), 1-463+, first volume inscribed, ‘Presented to The National Union of Seamen by The Minister of...
£200–£260
[The Society of World War I Aero Historians], Cross & Cockade Journal 1970-1992 (91), Vol. 1, Nos. 1 & 4, plus index; Vol. 2, No. 1 - Vol. 23, No. 4 (Vol. 8, No. 4 is a photocopy) good condition (91) £ 80-120
Hammer Price: £300
Sotheby catalogues (6) Orders, Decorations, Medals, etc. granted to General Viscount Hill, G.C.B., 19 April 1910; Regimental Badges, Plates, and other Ornaments ... property of the late S. M. Milne, Esq., 18 June 1913; Medals & Plaquettes of the Italian Renaissance, 10/11 May 1921; Collection of War Medals and Decorations formed by the late Colonel John Murrey of Polmaise and ... the late Major A. B. Murrey, 10-14 May 1926; Catalogue of the Huth Collection of Coins and Medals, 4-7 April...
Hammer Price: £150
Thorpe, A. Winton (Editor), Burke’s Handbook to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, containing biographies, a full list of persons appointed to the Order ...., The Burke Publishing Co., First Edition, 1921, 704pp., with coloured plates, original red pebbled boards with gilt decoration and titles; Wilkins, Philip A. The History of the Victoria Cross, being an account of the 520 acts of bravery for which the decoration has been awarded and portraits of 392 recipients, Archibald...
Hammer Price: £50
Wallace, Nesbit Willoughby, A Regimental Chronicle and List of Officers of the 60th or The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, formerly the 62nd or The Royal American Regiment of Foot, 1st edition, Harrison, London, 1879, viii, 312pp., with plates, original green cloth with gilt titles etc, spine damaged, some internal damage; Rigaud, Major-General Gibbs, Celer et Audax, A Sketch of Services of the Fifth Battalion Sixtieth Regiment (Rifles) during the Twenty Years of Their Existence, 2002 reprint;...
Annals of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps - five volumes: Butler, Lewis, The Annals of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Volume I “The Royal Americans”, Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1913, xxiv, 379pp., plus maps and plates; Butler, Lieut-Col. Lewis, The Annals of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Volume II “The Green Jacket”, John Murray, London, 1913; xxiii, 348pp, plus maps and plates; Butler, Lieut-Col. Lewis, The Annals of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Volume III “The 60th: The...
Hammer Price: £120
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle (65) a complete run for the years 1901-1965, all with dated, red paper covers, good condition, an excellent resource (65) £150-200
Hammer Price: £240
52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) Regiment Officer’s Short Tailed Service Coatee and Wing Epaulettes c. 1820-22, a most rare example, the coatee of scarlet cloth with buff facings and turn backs these embellished with silver bullion strung bugle horns, the 7.9 cm stand up collar with single buff lace cord decoration and small silver plated finial buttons these are open back, the breast of the coatee set with 2 x 10 plated buttons placed in pairs, these are closed back and bear the back...
£4,000–£5,000
3rd Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps Officer’s Grey Cloth Helmet, a very fine example, the grey cloth skull embellished with blackened silver mounts comprising ribbed chin chain, rose side ornaments, spike and quadrant QVC cross pattern helmet plate ‘Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps’ enclosing a strung bugle horn with a ‘3’ lodged in the centre, complete with original sweat band (some perishing) and retailer’s label ‘Pipe & McGill, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden’, the plate is original...
Hammer Price: £540
10th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers Officer’s Green Cloth Helmet, a very fine example, the green cloth skull complete with all plated fittings comprising chin chain and rose side ornaments quadrant and spike QVC star pattern helmet plate this with laurel overlays and title strap ‘10th Lancashire Rifle Vols’, in the centre on a ground of dark green velvet a silver and red enamelled rose, the plate is original to the helmet, original leather sweat band and perished elements of the attached...
Hammer Price: £600
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Ceremonial Head Dress 1913, this extraordinary head dress constructed of pleated blue velvet with very wide and dished brim, the front of the brim turned up and embellished with an ornate gold lace panel, the edge of the brim trimmed with black ribbon, the inside of white silk and bearing trade label ‘W. Cater & Co., 56, Pall Mall, London, SW’, together with two examples of three plume egret feathers to be worn behind the turned up front brim. ...
£500–£700
2nd County of London Imperial Yeomanry Officer’s Miniature Pattern Helmet, a well constructed model, the white metal skull with brass overlays, brass chin chain and rosettes, brass plume holder, the helmet plate of brass with white metal and brass overlays, purple coloured nylon hair plume, helmet lining of thin black leather, good overall condition £240-300
Hammer Price: £360
French Republic Officer’s Shako 1st Light Infantry, of bell top shape, the body being of black cloth on buckram is 23.5 cm in height, the base being 17.5 cm and the crown 26 cm, the crown of slightly sunken black leather, the top of the shako with a 4 cm band of black velvet (faded), the base of the body with a 2.8 cm black leather bracing band, the front peak of leather with silver plate trimming, the shako plate comprises a large coiled bugle horn in silver plate with a metal figure...
£2,000–£3,000
56th (West Essex) Regiment Officer’s Shako Plate 1829-44 and a Regimental Embroidered Padded Oval Badge, the first a very fine and rare example to the Battalion Company officers gilt crowned eight pointed star overlaid with a multi rayed silver star in the centre of which and on a ground of blue enamel gilt laurel sprays enclosing a castle and key for Gibraltar, on two of the arms of the silver star are gilt battle honours ‘Moro’ and ‘Gibraltar’, below the gilt laurels a small oval...
York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st Hallamshire Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Helmet Plate, fine quality silver plated example of crowned star and garter pattern with double title scroll, central rose in silver and gilt on a black velvet backing c. 1885-1901 complete with three original loop fasteners, very good overall condition £300-400
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1878-81, a fine quality and scarce example crowned star and garter pattern with central numerals ‘95’ on a ground of black leather, complete with three loop fasteners, age wear to the black leather centre and some slight buckling to two of the star points, the gilt in very good condition £300-400
Northumberland Hussars Officer’s Full Dress Sabretache 1876-1901, a very fine example, the red cloth face edged with silver train lace the face with a gold lace guelphic crown over a double VR cypher Alnwick Castle below and decorated scroll ‘Northumberland Hussars’ this on a ground of blue velvet; red moroccan bag complete with three D ring fasteners and both retaining straps, together with its original foul weather cover, the reverse of the cover with a little staining otherwise very...
Yorkshire Hussars Officer’s Full Dress Sabretache c. 1860-1901, a very fine example, the red cloth face edged with padded silver train lace the face with large St. Edward’s crown in silver and gold lace with various coloured silks and purple velvet cushions, below a large silver bullion lace rose this with gold lace centre and adorned with green silk leaves, red moroccan bag (the bottom retaining stud lacking) but with all three D ring fasteners these fitted with buff leather and cast...
Hammer Price: £1,300
2nd Cheshire Rifle Volunteers Officer’s Full Dress Levee Pattern Flap Pouch, a fine quality example, the blue velvet face edged with silver and crimson lace embroidered mounts comprise the Prince of Wales’s crest and motto over ‘2’ and tripart scroll below ‘Cheshire Rifle Volunteers’, silver bullion on purple velvet ground, sky blue silk backing to the Prince of Wales’s motto, complete with plated carrying rings, very good condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £420
22nd (Cheshire) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1845-1855, an extremely fine example, the rectangular burnished gilt backplate overlaid with a faceted silver star, this in turn overlaid with a crowned circle enclosing floriate numerals ‘22’ within oak sprays, this on a ground of blue enamel, below the star three battle honour scrolls conjoined ‘Scinde’, ‘Meeanee’, ‘Hyderabad’, complete with standard hook and stud fasteners, very fine overall condition £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
Indian Army Other Ranks Cross Belt Plate c. 1840 - 55, rectangular back plate with clipped corners in heavy brass with plated finish, this mounted with cast brass laurel sprays enclosing an Indian katar, two hook and two stud fasteners, good overall condition £200-300
£200–£300
St. Martin’s Volunteers Pouch Belt Plate, a good quality example, the rectangular burnished gilt back plate with cut corners, this with copper gilt mount showing St. Martin giving half his cloak to a beggar, a scroll below ‘St Martins’, the reverse with four screw post fasteners. This pattern of plate was initially adopted c. 1794 and worn until c. 1814 by the original London Volunteer Unit, the plate was used again by the very short lived 25th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and worn as a...
£80–£120
Queen’s Own Royal Regiment of City of Dublin Militia Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1856-1881, of special 1855 pattern the side panels comprising shamrocks, in the centre on a gilt ground the three fiery castles from the city arms and silver title surround ‘Queen’s Own Royal Regiment’, the gilt dull otherwise in good overall condition £300-400
Hammer Price: £340
West Indian Regiment Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp c. 1875-1901, a fine quality gilt example of special pattern, side panels of oak sprays with central disc mounted with laurel and palm sprays, in the centre the Garter Motto enclosing ‘WIR’ in script capitals, extremely fine condition £140-200
Hammer Price: £140
Riding House Department of Her Majesty’s Ordnance Brass Harness Badge, of crowned oval outline with a raised centre, this features a tethered rearing horse to two poles over a shield bearing the Arms of Ordnance around the surrounding strap ‘Riding House Department of Her Majesty’s Ordnance’, the reverse lacking fasteners and lead filled, slight dent to the title strap and some service wear to the raised centre otherwise good condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Officer’s Forage Cap Badge 1881 - 1897 and Other Good Quality Military Items, the first in gold embroidery with central green velvet disc this mounted with a silver rose, a die cast bronze large ‘smasher’ hat badge, a good quality example of the 1st Armoured Motor Battery cap badge, an officer’s shoulder title 4 CLY, an officer’s small size hall marked silver cap badge to the Machine Gun Corps Birmingham 1918 complete with all three blade...
British Military Badges, better quality examples including caps to Derbyshire (QVC), Border (KCOSD with blades), Sedbergh OTC, Suffolk (all brass), Tyneside Scottish (two feet on tower with pin fastener), South Lancs, Herefordshire Regiment, Green Howards (with KC), Glider Pilot Regiment, Fyfe and Forfar Yeomanry (now with pin back), Dorsetshire (c.1950s), Notts & Derby (KC), RASC and General Service (both bakelite, the latter lacking one blade), London Scottish, Black Watch (no scrolls),...
Hammer Price: £260
Reproduction or damaged British Military Badges, sundry caps and collar badges all reproduction, a pre 1855 period Light Company officer’s guard chains and whistle - the whistle lacking mounts and the guard possibly re-gilded, a made-up shoulder belt plate of the 2nd Madras (European) Regiment, sold as viewed not subject to return (18) £60-80
Reproduction Military Badges, 50+ items (some broken), sold as viewed not subject to return £60-80
Victoria Cross Recipient’s Silver Sports Trophy Eton 1905, an octagonal shaped cup with similar base hall marked London 1789 but given as an award at various times, first competed for in 1901, the initial engraving indicates it was the House Sports Challenge Cup won in 1907 by Neville Bowes Elliott-Cooper who subsequently won the VC, DSO, MC and as Lieut. Col. 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers he died in a Prisoner of War Camp in 1918. Other winners include Sir Eugen Millington-Drake involved...
Sergeant William Shearman 3rd/95th Regiment Presentation Tobacco Box 1816, constructed of sheet copper and of elliptical shape measuring 11.5 x 7.5 x 5.2 cms, the lifter lid with remains of original metal liner is engraved ‘Sgt Wm Shearman/A token of esteem from his friends/95th Regt/April 10th 1816’, good overall condition £ 260-360
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