Auction Report

16 July 2025

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (16 July 2025)

Gross Total: £455,855 (£565,260 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots: 674
Sell-through rate 96.6%
Exchange rate of the GB pound: US $1.34 and €1.15

Principal Lots
Lot no.
278. The NGS with Trafalgar clasp to OS John Tart, RN, ex Clarke, £22,000 (£27,280)
1-23. A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers, £16,625 (£20,615)
100. The MGS with 7 clasps and Waterloo Medal pair to Major George Luard, 18th Hussars, £15,000 (£18,600)
203. The Great War ‘Lusitania’ casualty trio to Matron Anna Endersen, Mercantile Marine, £11,000 (£13,640)
34. The DSC group of 10 to Cdr Launcelot Kiggell, RN and RAF, £9,000 (£11,160)
109. The MGS with 12 clasps and Waterloo Medal pair to Cpl John Slater, 1/52nd LI, ex Hyde Gregg and Whitaker, £9,000 (£11,160)
548. China, Empire, Order of the Double Dragon, 3rd class, gold neck badge, £8,500 (£10,540)
277. The NGS medal with Trafalgar clasp to AB John Polglaze, RN, £8,000 (£9,920)
285. The NGS with 2 clasps, Trafalgar and Algiers, to LM Robert Crosby, RN, £8,000 (£9,920)
91. The MM group of six to Sgt Griffith Hughson, RE, £7,500 (£9,300)
524. Nelson’s Silver Medal to the Rifle Battalion for Copenhagen, 1801, £6,000 (£7,440)
24. The KCMG group of 11 to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Field, GCB, KCM, £5,500 (£6,820)
39. The MC group of five to Lt-Cdr Malcolm McLaren, RNVR, £5,000 (£6,200)
529. Indian Volunteer Rifle Association gold medal, 1902-3, £5,000 (£6,200)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions:
310. The medal is bronze, silver-plated
543. Some white enamel damage to tips of points of cross

Withdrawn Lots
The following lot was withdrawn before the auction:
99

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