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James, William, The Naval History of Great Britain, Macmillan & Co, London, 1902, in six volumes, Vol. I, lvi, 456pp; Vol. II, viii, 483pp; Vol. III, x, 502pp; Vol. IV, viii, 484pp; Vol. V, viii, 458pp; Vol. VI, vii, 418pp., original cloth, covers worn and stained and damaged in places, fairly good condition; Hattendorf, J. B., et al, British Naval Documents 1204-1960, Scolar Press, 1993, xviii, 1196pp, boards, good condition (7) £70-90
Hammer Price: £55
Leary, F., The Earl of Chester’s Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, its formation and services, 1797 to 1897, Edinburgh, 1898, vi + 312pp, first free endpaper with dedicatory inscription to Trumpet-Major Yarwood from Lt-Col. de Tatton Egerton, June 1905; Freer, W.J., The Thirty-Eighth Regiment of Foot, Now the First Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment, London, 1916, 28pp, signed by the author; Wylly, H.C., History of the Manchester Regiment, vol. I, 1758-1883, London, 1923, xiv +...
Hammer Price: £80
Lee, A., The History of the Tenth Foot (The Lincolnshire Regiment), 2 vols, Aldershot, 1910-11, vol. I signed by the author to Minnie Thompson, January 1911; Webb, E.A.H., A History of the Services of The 17th (The Leicestershire) Regiment, London, 1911, xxvii + 322pp, presentation copy to C.E. Marriott from W.M. Rolph, Lt-Col of the Regiment 1890-4; Petrie, F. Loraine, The History of the Norfolk Regiment, 1685-1918, 2 vols, Norwich, 1924+, xx + 440pp, xix + 454pp; Wylly, H.C., History of...
Hammer Price: £130
Liddell, R.S., The Memoirs of the Tenth Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’ Own), London, 1891, xvi + 566pp, second title page signed by Colonel E.D. Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, late 14th (King’s) Hussars, with a summary of his career in the 10th; Arthur, Sir George, The Story of the Household Cavalry, 2 vols, London, 1909, xv + 777pp, many pages uncut; Barrett, C.R.B., History of The XIII Hussars, 2 vols, Edinburgh, 1911, xxi + 393, xviii + 442pp, signatures of A.H. Gaddum, 2/Lt, 13th/18th...
Hammer Price: £75
Low, Charles Rathbone, History of the Indian Navy (1613-1863), Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1877, two volumes, Vol. I, xx, 541pp; Vol. II, vi, 596pp, blue cloth, minor internal repair to vol. I, good condition (2) £80-120
Hammer Price: £100
Moorsom, W.S., Historical Record of the Fifty-Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from…1755 to…1858, 2nd edn, London, 1860, xvii + 455pp; Markham, C.A., The History of the Northamptonshire & Rutland Militia…1756 to 1919, London, 1924, viii + 224pp, ALSs to Markham from Stopford Sackville, the 11th Duke of Bedford, Hugh Hole and others pasted-in, together with a copy of the publisher’s circular, a good portrait photograph of the author and relevant newspaper cuttings; Gurney,...
Hammer Price: £85
Sargeaunt, B.E., The Royal Monmouthshire Militia, London, 1910, xii + 301pp (2 copies, one with dedicatory inscription on first free endpaper to Revd. Father Bernard Vaughan, S.J., from Lt-Col. Sir Arthur Leetham, Colonel of the Royal Monmouthshire Engineers, December 1919); Lomax, C.E.N., The History of The Welch Regiment 1919-1951, Cardiff, 1952, 337pp; Smith, J., The Yeomen of Yore, Cowbridge, 1966, 63pp [4]. Publishers’ bindings £40-60
Hammer Price: £110
Walrond, H., Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia, London, 1897, xv + 444pp; Powell-Edwards, H.I., The Sussex Yeomanry and 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-1919, 2nd edn, London, nd [1921], first free endpaper signed by the author, October 1936; Mundy, P.C.D. (ed), History of the 1/1st Hants Royal Horse Artillery during the Great War, 1914-1919, Southampton, 1922, viii + 81pp; Grey, W.E., The 2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War...
[Anon], Historical Records of the British Army: The 6th Dragoon Guards, London, 1839; The 12th Lancers, London, 1841; The 15th Dragoons, London, 1841; The 8th or King’s Regiment of Foot, London, 1844; The 9th or the East Norfolk Regiment of Foot, London, 1848; The 17th Leicestershire Regiment of Foot, London, 1848; The 20th or East Devonshire Regiment of Foot, London, 1848; The 7th or Surrey Regiment of Foot, London, 1849; The 53rd Shropshire Regiment of Foot, London, 1849 (2 copies) [10]....
Hammer Price: £160
[Anon], Official Army Register for 1846[-54], Washington, 1846-54; [Anon], Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, June 1873-June 1877, np, nd, original maroon half-morocco, marbled endpapers [2]. In good condition £30-40
Hammer Price: £20
[Anon], The New Army List, no. XIX, July 1843, London, 1843, 240pp; together with other miscellaneous references, etc (20), by Fox, Marden, Bacon, Lummis and Wynn, etc [21]. Publishers’ bindings £30-50
Hammer Price: £40
Auction catalogues (92), mostly 1980+, various houses [92]. Good condition £20-30
£20–£30
Medal rolls, Navy & Army Illustrated, etc (a quantity) [Lot]. Mostly in good condition £30-40
Hammer Price: £30
Prints, illustrations, etc (over 200), all on a military or naval theme, some taken from a wide variety of sources [Lot]. Mostly good condition, a few in card mounts for framing £50-100
Hammer Price: £65
Baronet’s Badge, of the United Kingdom (Hindley of Meads 1927) 22ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1929, with neck cravat, in case of issue; together with Grant of Arms, an original Illuminated Grant of Arms, on vellum, to ‘John Scott, Baron Hyndley’, from the Royal College of Arms, dated 4 March 1931, with appropriate signatures, complete with seal in case and contained in red leather box with gilt ‘GvR’ cyphers to lid, first extremely fine and the second in very good...
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, G.B.E. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, 2nd type breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash ribbon, extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £880
Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1926, in case of issue, extremely fine £240-280
Hammer Price: £240
Jubilee 1936; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, all unnamed, mounted as worn, in case, extremely fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £180
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris case of issue, damage to reverse blue enamel, good very fine £120-160
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, a superb quality Commander’s neck badge, in silver-gilt and enamel, with gold and enamel centres, finials set with diamonds, with a further diamond set on the apex of the wreath, with neck cravat, in case of issue, virtually extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £460
Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge, gold and enamel, in Gardino succ. Cravanzola, Rome case of issue, extremely fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £200
U.S.A., Medal of Freedom, with Gold Palm, bronze medal, unnamed, in case of issue, extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £410
The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals attributed to Vicount Hyndley of Meads Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.), silver-gilt and enamel; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 3rd Class, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Italy, Order of the Crown, silver-gilt and enamel; U.S.A., Medal of Freedom, with Gold Palm, mounted as worn, slight enamel damage, very fine (7) £100-140
Hammer Price: £260
Afghanistan, Kingdom, Order of the Star, 3rd type (1926-29), 4th Class breast badge, 80mm., silver base metal with bronze centre, with ornate brooch bar; Medal of the Order of Fidelity (2), 36mm., 2nd Class, silver; another, 3rd Class, bronze; Medal of Achievement, 36mm., 3rd Class, bronze, n.r., good very fine (4) £90-110
Afghanistan, Kingdom, Medal for the Suppresion of the Northern Insurrection 1930-31 (2), 52mm., silver, reign of Muhammed Nadir Shah (1929-33), n.r., with test and other marks, nearly very fine (2) £80-100
Afghanistan, Kingdom, Fidelity Medal 1903/04 (3), 32mm., silver, reign of Habibullah (1901-19); Service Medal 1919/20, 32mm., silver, reign of Amanullah (1919-29); Respect Medal 1919, 38mm., bronze, reign of Ammanullah, this last lacks suspension, n.r., fine and better (5) £120-160
£120–£160
Afghanistan, Kingdom, Fidelity Medal 1933/34 (2), 39mm., silver; another, bronze, this lacking suspension; Service Medal 1945/46 (2), 39mm., silver, reign of Mohammed Zahir Shah (1933-73), n.r., very fine (4) £120-160
Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of Military Merit, 3rd Class neck badge with war decoration, gilt base metal and enamel, with brooch bar in place of suspension loop, n.r., good very fine £100-140
Bulgaria, Principality, Order of St. Alexander, 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with replacement loop suspension, enamel damage to reverse centre; Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of Military Merit, 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, incorrect ribbon, some enamel damage to centres; Serbia, Red Cross Medal 1912-13, silver, lacking enamel, n.r., slight edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £100-140
£100–£140
Bulgaria, Boris Sarafov Medal 1904, bronze; Victory at Nish Medal 1915, silvered base metal; Victory at Ochrid Medal 1917, silver base metal; Slovenia, Independence Commemorative Medal 1918-19, gilt metal, issued c.1991, very fine and better (4) £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
China, Empire, Medal of the Order of the Dragon, for the Tai Ping Rebellion 1863, 29mm., silver, plain yellow ribbon, good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £500
China, Republic, Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain, 1st Class breast star, 95mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with central red cabochon and 18 pearls set around the central border, with Chinese plate on reverse, good very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,100
China, Republic, Order of the Striped Tiger, 5th Class breast badge, 61mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, two stars above centre, with Chinese stamp mark on reverse, lacking reverse rivet - centre a little slack, very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £700
China, War Lord, Wu Pei Fu Merit Medal, hexagonal medal, silver-gilt and enamel, with a photographic style portrait of the General on the obverse centre, very fine £120-160
Denmark, Slesvig Medal 1920, silver; France, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage; Medal of Honour, Ministry of Work and Social Security, 1st Class, gilt (Mme. T. Marmey, 1960) rosette on ribbon, in case of issue; Medal of the Military War Wounded Society, silver base metal, nearly very fine and better (4) £50-70
Egypt, Republic, Liberation of Kuwait Medal 1991, 41mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks on reverse, n.r., good very fine, scarce £80-100
Egypt, Sashes (9), Order of Mohammed Ali (3); Order of the Nile (2) - ‘Republic’ type, darker and heavier weave; Order of El Kemal (2), watered silk; Order of the Republic (2) - all are full sashes complete with bow; Order of the Nile, 4th Class, lengths of ribbon complete with rosettes (16), contained in two original card boxes, generally very good condition (lot) £160-200
Hammer Price: £320
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel with a gold and enamel centre and high relief suspension wreath, with neck cravat and lapel rosette, minor enamel damage, good very fine £150-200
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, slight enamel damage to reverse centre, otherwise good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
France, Third Republic, China 1900-01, 1 clasp, 1900 Chine 1901, 29mm., silver, incorrect ribbon, nearly extremely fine £40-60
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