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2 July 2003
The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 92mm x 80mm, silver-gilt and enamels; and breast star, 90mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, both pieces officially numbered ‘172’, complete in Collingwood (Jewellers) Ltd case of issue with full dress sash, good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,700
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace, set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 80mm x 57mm, silver and enamel; and breast star, 55mm, silver and enamel, with gold pin for wearing but retaining hasp lacking, otherwise extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £430
The mounted group of six worn by Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, K.G., P.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., I.S.O., Viceroy of India Imperial Service Order, E.VII.R., silver, gold and enamels; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, gold; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, all on contemporary ‘Court’ mounting as worn, and sold with his original full dress sash of the Order of the Garter, this a little frayed and faded in parts, otherwise extremely...
Hammer Price: £2,000
Austria, Empire, Order of Leopold, Grand Cross set of insignia by Rothe, comprising sash badge, 89mm x 49mm, gold and enamels, the integral loop stamped with ‘F.R’ Tax Release mark, ‘750’ and Chamois head fineness marks (period 1866-72), and breast star, 93mm, silver, gold and enamels, the pin stamped with import mark for 1872-1902, complete with full length dress sash in its Rothe, Kohlmarkt 7, Wien fitted case of issue, the lid gold embossed, the case with a few scuff marks,...
Hammer Price: £3,700
Denmark, Order of Dannebrog, Grand Cross set of insignia, Frederick VIII (1906-1912), comprising sash badge, 75mm x 38mm, gold and enamels, and breast star, 80mm x 84mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with full length dress sash, extremely fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,400
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Grand Cross set of insignia by Arthus Bertrand, Beranger & Magdelaine, comprising sash badge, 92mm x 62mm, gold and enamels, and silver breast star, 92mm, complete with full length dress sash in its fitted case of issue, enamel chip to one leaf of wreath, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,350
Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 82mm, gold and enamels, ‘W’ inscribed on lower arm, and breast star, 90mm, silver-gilt and enamels, ‘W’ inscribed below retaining hasp on the reverse, complete with full length dress sash in its fitted case of issue, the case a little scuffed and some very minor hairlines to the white enamel of the badge, otherwise extremely fine and very scarce £3500-4000
Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, Grand Cross set of insignia by Georges Pomonis, comprising sash badge, 88mm x 57mm, gold and enamels, and breast star in silver, gold and enamels, the reverse with maker’s nameplate, complete with full length dress sash, extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £720
Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown of Italy, Grand Cross set of insignia by Cravanzola, comprising sash badge, 51mm, gold and enamels, and breast star, 90mm, silver, gold and enamels, the reverse with maker’s nameplate, complete with full dress sash in its Cravanzola fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £680
Norway, Order of St Olaf, Grand Cross (3rd type) set of insignia by Tostrup, comprising sash badge, 88mm x 63mm, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, 80mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with full dress sash and lapel rosette in its Tostrup case of issue, several points of star a little bent, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,100
Portugal, Kingdom, Order of Villa Vicosa, Grand Cross set of insignia comprising sash badge, 85mm x 63mm, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, 90mm x 75mm, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with full length dress sash, good very fine £500-600
Russia, Empire, Order of St Alexander Nevsky, Grand Cross set of insignia by Edouard, St Petersburg, comprising sash badge, 53mm, gold and enamel, maker’s mark beneath enamel on the reverse and ‘56’ zolotniki mark on ring, and breast star, 88mm, silver with silver, gilt and enamel centre, gilt reverse with maker’s marks and St Petersburg ‘84’ zolotniki kokoshnik mark, assayer A. Rikhter, complete with full length dress sash in its damaged red leather case of issue, the badge...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Russia, Empire, Society of the Red Cross, badge in silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse with St Petersburg ‘84’ zolotniki kokoshnik mark, assayer A. Rikhter; together with Red Cross Medal for the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05, silver and enamel, good very fine (2) £200-250
Hammer Price: £200
Spain, Kingdom, Order of Charles III, Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 65mm x 40mm, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star by G. Yraburo, 86mm x 77mm, silver, gilt and enamels, the reverse stamped with maker’s name, complete with full length sash in its Cejalvo y Garcia case of issue, this with damaged hinge and generally scuffed, small chip to blue enamel circlet on star, otherwise good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £580
Sweden, Order of Vasa, Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 81mm x 54mm, gold and enamels, and silver breast star, 82mm, both pieces unmarked, complete with full length dress sash in its C. F. Carlman case of issue, nearly extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £920
Lord Hardinge’s Preservation 1913, Hyderabad, gold medal, 31.5mm, 26.5 gms including ribbon, obv: Viceregal Arms of Lord Hardinge; rev: around border ‘H.H. The Nizam’s Dominions . Hyderabad Deccan’, in centre ‘June 20th 1913 In commemoration of their Excellencies Lord & Lady Harginge’s merciful preservation at Delhi on 23rd Decr. 1912’, edge milled, fitted with gold claw and ring suspension and engraved gold ribbon suspension brooch, extremely fine and extremely rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,500
Hardinge’s Birthday 1913, an interesting locally made gold presentation medal, 25mm, 13.8 gms including cord, obv: an Indian deity; rev: bust of the Viceroy, ‘Lord Hardinge - Birthday Present 20.6.1913, V.Y. Gayatonde, Mamlatdar Sampgaom’ around, fitted with small loop suspension and original gold-wire cord and tassle, good very fine and rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £620
Children’s Day in India, Birthday Souvenir 1913, gold medal, 38mm, 9 carat, 26.6 gms, obv: bust of the Viceroy between dates 1858 and 1913, ‘H.E. The Viceroy & Governor General of India’ around; rev: within a wreath ‘20 June 1913, Children’s Day in India. A thank-offering Birthday Souvenir in celebration of the recovery of H.E. The Viceroy Lord Hardinge. “Long may he live”, nearly extremely fine and rare £200-250
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Marriage of Princess Marie and Ferdinand Crown Prince of Romania 1893, silver, 50mm, by A. Scharff, obv: busts of the Princess and Crown Prince with their titles around; rev: Cupid with conjoined arms of the United Kingdom and Romania with a scroll bearing the dates 29 Decembre 1892 - 10 Januarie 1893, nearly extremely fine and scarce £80-120
Hammer Price: £80
The Imperial Order of the Crown of India awarded to Winifred, Lady Hardinge of Penshurst The Imperial Order of the Crown of India, oval breast badge, 67mm x 40mm, in gold, the central Royal Cypher set alternately with diamonds, pearls and turquoises, encircled by a pearl set border, the whole surmounted by Imperial Crown with red enamelled caul, the band set with emeralds and rubies, the orb set with a pearl, mounted on original ribbon bow with gold suspension brooch, one pearl...
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Kaisar-i-Hind group of five to Winifred, Lady Hardinge of Penshurst Kaisar-I-Hind, G.V.R., 1st class, 1st type, gold, complete with gold suspension brooch; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, gold, these last three all mounted on ribbon bows; Turkish Iftihar Medal, silver, the reverse with Turkish inscription to Lady Hardinge with the Hijra date 10th November 1890, good very fine or better (5) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,800
A rare Royal Household Badge for a Lady of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra worn by Winifred, Lady Hardinge of Penshurst Badge of a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra, gold and enamel cross of the Dannebrog, on each arm the crowned reversed cypher ‘A’ in gold, superimposed with the letter ‘A’ crossed and reversed and set with diamonds, the whole surmounted by a gold and enamel crown set with diamonds in the arches, fleur-de-lis and cross patee, and with...
Hammer Price: £8,500
Turkey, Order of Nishani-Shefkat, 2nd class breast badge, 62.5mm excluding crescent suspension, gold and enamels, set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, central enamel circlet badly damaged and lacking one planchette, otherwise very fine and rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £600
A rare Royal Household Badge for a Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, presented to The Honourable Lady Mary Hardinge Badge of a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra, the oval gold pendant inset with a portrait miniature of the Queen in court dress and wearing a tiara, surrounded by a border of alternate pearls and diamond-set Maltese crosses, suspended from diamond-set hook, the reverse engraved ‘Coronation Day, August 9th 1902, from Alexandra’, 38mm x 29mm...
Hammer Price: £3,500
Alexandra, Princess of Denmark, Visit to London 1863, a rare and unusual commemorative breast star, 74mm, silver, the pale-blue enamel centre with scalloped border of gold, superimposed with Prince of Wales’ feathers over reversed cypher ‘A’, the reverse plate inscribed ‘Royal Reception Committee. Daniel Cork, Esq., Dep., to commemorate the Public Entry of H.R.H. The Princess Alexandra of Denmark into the City of London, 7th March 1863’, and hallmarked London 1863, contained in its...
£400–£500
The outstanding Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant the Honourable E. C. Hardinge, 15th Hussars, who won probably the first D.S.O. of the war for a daring reconnaissance on 22nd-23rd August and for gallantry on 27th August, 1914, when he was mortally wounded in assisting the Munster Fusiliers during their legendary withdrawal to Etreux Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. Hon. E. C. Hardinge, 15/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut....
Hammer Price: £18,000
A fine Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross group of three awarded to Colonel J. C. Campbell Daunt, Bengal Native Infantry, for two acts of conspicuous gallantry in October and November 1857 Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar inscribed on two lines ‘Lieut. J. C. Campbell Daunt, 11 (late 70) Bengal Native Infantry’, the reverse centre dated on three lines ‘Oct. 2. & Nov. 2. 1857’, fitted with ribbon buckle, reverse pin broken on this; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut....
Hammer Price: £110,000
The mounted group of three miniature dress medals worn by Colonel J. C. Campbell Daunt, V.C., Bengal Native Infantry, comprising Victoria Cross; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp; China 1857-60, no clasp, scroll suspension, all worn from a silver triple brooch pin, very fine £1000-1200
An interesting Afghan Boundary Commission and ‘Great Game’ group of five awarded to Mr E. H. S. Clarke, C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Political Department The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 2nd type breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch, this converted for mounting; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, complete with ribbon buckle; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Mr. E. H. S. Clarke, Polal. Dep.); Afghanistan, Order...
A rare Naga Hills D.C.M. group of three awarded to Acting Bombardier John Watts, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Actg. Bombr. J. Watts, R.A. 22nd Novr. 1879); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Naga 1879-80 (1783 Bombr. John Watts, R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (23379 Sergt. J. Watts, 6th Bde. Sco. Div. R.A.) contact marks, otherwise very fine and very rare (3) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,000
A fine C.M.G. and gold D.S.O. group of five awarded to Colonel Alfred Keane, Royal Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamels; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut. Alfred Keene, R.A.); India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-87 (Captn. A. Keene, R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (5) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,100
A gold Kaisar-i-Hind and K.P.M. group of three awarded to Mr W. H. Luck, Deputy Inspector General for Sind, Bombay Police Kaisar-I-Hind, E.VII.R., 1st class, gold, complete with top suspension brooch; India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Inspector W. H. Locke, Minbu Police) note spelling of surname; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (W. H. Luck, Dep. Insp. Gen. for Sind, Bombay Pol.) extremely fine and a scarce group (3) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,200
A rare I.O.M. pair for gallantry at Kisungale, on Lake Nyassa, awarded to Havildar Jhanda Singh, 32nd Sikh Pioneers Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’, lacking ribbon buckle, test cut to reverse of one point of star; Central Africa 1891-98, ring suspension, no clasp (1179 Havr. Jhanda Singh, 32d Bl. Infy.) officially engraved naming, minor correction to...
A fine Defence of Chitral I.O.M. pair awarded to Naick Bhola Singh, 14th Sikhs, for gallantry at the firing of the Gun Tower, 7th April 1895, on which occasion he was very severely wounded Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (1501 Naick Bhola Singh, 14th Bl. Infy.) the pair mounted on a silver...
Hammer Price: £5,200
A rare ‘Lubwa’s Fort’ Indian Order of Merit pair awarded to Sepoy Sahib Singh, 15th Sikh Regiment Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class Order of Merit’, complete with silver ribbon buckle; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Lubwa’s (3036 Sepoy Sahib Singh, 15: Sikhs Regt.) officially impressed naming, extremely fine 2) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,100
An interesting K.C.I.E. group awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir A. C. Talbot, Resident in Kashmir, late Royal Artillery The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, K.C.I.E., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, gold and enamels, and breast star, silver, gold and enamels, with full neck cravat in its R. & S. Garrard & Co. case of issue; Jubilee 1887, with clasp ‘1897’, silver; Order of the League of Mercy, silver-gilt and enamels; Lord Curzon’s Viceroy...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A C.I.E. pair awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. J. Macleod, Behar Light Horse The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 2nd type breast badge, gold and enamel, complete with top suspension brooch in its R. & S. Garrard & Co. case of issue; Volunteer Officer’s Decoration, V.R.I. cypher, the reverse hallmarked Birmingham 1894 and inscribed ‘Major J. J. Macleod, Behar Light Horse’, complete with top suspension brooch, nearly extremely fine (2) £500-600
Hammer Price: £880
A scarce Edward VII I.D.S.M. awarded to Jemadar Chattar Singh, 32nd Sikh Pioneers, for services in the Tibet Campaign for which he was mentioned in despatches Indian Distinguished Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Jemdr. Chattar Singh, 32d Sikh Pioneers) complete with top suspension brooch, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,300
A K.P.M. pair awarded to Mr W. C. M. Dundas, C.I.E., Indian Police, Inspector General of Police, Assam King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (William Charles M. Dundas, C.I.E., Indian Police Service); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Abor 1911-12 (Mr W. C. M. Dundas, Political Dept.) good very fine (2) £450-550
Hammer Price: £2,300
An unusual K.P.M. group of four to Rai Sahib Ganesh Dass, Inspector of Police, Quetta City, Baluchistan King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Rai Sahib Ganesh Dass, Inspector City Police (Baluchistan)); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Indian Title Badge, G.V.R., Rai Sahib, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Lala Ganesh Dass’; Prince & Princess of Wales’ Visit to India 1905-06, silver, by Elkington & Co., 51mm (Puddester 905.1.6, only 70 medals presented) with claw and large...
Hammer Price: £520
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