Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Gross Total: £946,560 (£1,173,734 including buyers' premium)
Number of lots: 730
Sell-through rate: 96.4%
Exchange rate of the GB pound: US $1.28 and €1.17

Principal Lots
Lot no.
201. The Great War VC and DCM group of five to Sgt Arnold Loosemore, 8th Bn, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt, £220,000 (£272,800)
209. The Afghanistan CGC group of four to Cpl Bradley Malone, 45 Commando, RM, £160,000 (£198,400)
1-100. The Paul Bentley Collection, £106,680 (£132,283)
264-335. A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals to Medical Services, the Church and the Press, £83,740 (£103,838)
437. The South Africa 1877-9 medal to Sgt John Key, 2/24th Foot, a Rorke’s Drift defender, £30,000 (£37,200)
76-175. The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Suffolk Regiment (Part I), £29,265 (£36,289)
408. The Field Officer’s Army Gold Medal for St Sebastian to Major Timothy Jones, 4th Foot, £24,000 (£29,760)
407. The Naval GS medal with 2 clasps, Mars 21 April 1798 and Trafalgar, to AB Charles Stewart, HMS Victory, £20,000 (£24,800)
326. The Boer War presentation belt from the Natal Carbineers to Nursing Sister Chrissie Thompson, £17,000 (£21,080)
695-730. A Collection of German Militaria (Part XIV), £10,340 (£12,822)
213. The MC and IDSM group of six to Jemadar Qaim Shah, 4th Bn, 12th Frontier Force Regt, £9,000 (£11,160)
227. The Easter Rising DCM group of four to CSM Samuel Lomas, 2/6th Bn, Sherwood Foresters, £8,500 (£10,540)
622. The Monte Cassino group of eight to Platoon Tomasz Widelski, 6th Armoured Regt, £8,000 (£9,920)
527. The Great War Memorial Plaque to Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, £6,000 (£7,440)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the printed catalogue descriptions:
40. The recipient confirmed as receiving the Central Africa medal with straight bar suspension and clasp
97. The lot is not sold with the original documentation
699. The items are Imperial German

Withdrawn Lots
The following lots were withdrawn before the auction:
None