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23 September 2011
Barnsley Tribute Medal 1902, circular silver medal, 42 mm, finely pierced and cut-out with the public arms of the town, the reverse with finely engraved inscription ‘Presented by the Mayor & Corporation of the Borough of Barnsley to [blank] for services rendered during the War in South Africa, Aug. 22. 1902’, with maker’s marks and hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, with ring suspension, extremely fine, rare £400-500 Ref: Hibbard A1. Hibbard knew of only one named example -...
Hammer Price: £1,600
Pair: Private W. Adams, 103rd (Warwickshire) Company Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (26338 Pte., 103rd Coy. Imp. Yeo.); Birmingham Tribute Medal 1899-1902, white metal, unnamed, complete with ‘1899-1902’ brooch bar and original ribbon, good very fine, scarce (2) £250-300 Ref: Hibbard A4.
Hammer Price: £310
Four: Private G. Hitchen, East Lancashire Regiment, killed in action, 14 March 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (6704 Pte., E. Lanc. Regt.); 1914 Star (6261 Pte., 2/E. Lan. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (6261 Pte., E. Lan. R.); Clitheroe Tribute Medal 1899-1901, obverse: castle with three towers, reverse inscribed (name engraved) ‘Presented by the Mayor & Corporation of Clitheroe to Pte. George Hitchens, South Africa...
Hammer Price: £1,900
Derby Tribute Medal 1901-02, six-pointed star, obverse: stag couchant facing left encircled by a fence, reverse inscribed, ‘Pte. F. W. Upton’, silver and silver-gilt, extremely fine, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £720
Doncaster Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse: arms of the city, reverse inscribed, ‘To William Burton from the Corporation of Doncaster’, 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, 17.10g., with ring suspension, in The City Jewelry Co., Doncaster fitted leather case of issue, lid inscribed, ‘South African War 1900-01’, extremely fine, rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,300
Doncaster Tribute Medal 1900-02, obverse: arms of the city, reverse inscribed, ‘To Samuel Stace from the Corporation of Doncaster’, 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1904, 17.06g., with ring suspension, extremely fine, rare £450-550
Hammer Price: £2,200
Ilfracombe Peace Celebrations Medal 1902, obverse, arms of the town, reverse, Ilfracombe Peace Celebrations June 2nd 1902, 19mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, unnamed, good very fine, scarce £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
Lewes Tribute Medal 1901, obverse: heraldic shield, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by the Town of Lewes to Capt. A. F. A. Howe (1st C.P.V.R.) on his return from Active Service in South Africa June 17th 1901’, 26mm., 15ct. gold and enamel, 9.30g., ring suspension, extremely fine, rare £800-900
Hammer Price: £3,500
City of London Imperial Volunteers for South Africa 1899-1900, obverse, seated female figure with sword, presenting the freedom of the city to a uniformed man in the City Imperial Volunteers, reverse, in the centre on a hill guarded by two guns, the Union Flag and C.I.V. Flag flying from a staff, unnamed, 76mm., bronze medallion, in (damaged) case of issue, medal extremely fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £180
City of London Imperial Volunteers for South Africa 1899-1900, obverse, seated female figure with sword, presenting the freedom of the city to a uniformed man in the City Imperial Volunteers, reverse, in the centre on a hill guarded by two guns, the Union Flag and C.I.V. Flag flying from a staff, unnamed, 76mm., bronze medallion, edge bruise, good very fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £110
Pair: Trooper W. Eyres, Border Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (358 Tpr., Border M.R.); together with a Lostwithiel Tribute Medal 1899-1902, obverse, three towers, ‘A Tribute of Gratitude from the People of Lostwithiel and Neighbourhood’, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Trooper W. Eyres, Natal Border Mounted Rifles, South Africa 1899-1902’, 52mm., silver-gilt medallion, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, in...
Hammer Price: £3,900
Melton Mowbray Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, a mounted trooper with a soldier standing by his side, ‘Transvaal War in South Africa 1900. 1901’, reverse inscribed (name, rank and unit engraved), ‘Presented by the Town of Melton Mowbray to R. B. Muir in recognition of his Patriotism & Valour in serving in the Transvaal War as a Captain in the 65th Com. Imp. Yeo.’, 38.5mm., silver, unmounted, extremely fine, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £920
Northwich Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, a mounted trooper with a soldier standing by his side, ‘22nd Cheshire Compy. Imperial Yeomanry & Volunteers’, reverse, inscribed (name and rank engraved) ‘Presented by the Town of Northwich to Pte. H. H. Heatley for Meritorious Service in South Africa 1900-1’, 38mm., bronze, unmounted, in Elkington, Manchester fitted case of issue, extremely fine, rare £450-550
Hammer Price: £580
Norwich Tribute Medal 1899-1901, obverse, shield bearing the city arms, ‘Presented by Mayor and Citizens of Norwich’, reverse, ‘Pro Patria Norfolk Volunteers South Africa 1899-1901’, unnamed, oval, 32 x 26mm., silver, with silver buckle on ribbon, nearly extremely fine, rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £340
Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, shield, ‘Borough of Portsmouth’, reverse, inscribed, ‘South Africa 1900-1’, unnamed, 27mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, good very fine £160-200
Hammer Price: £410
Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, shield, ‘Borough of Portsmouth’, reverse, inscribed, ‘South Africa 1900-1’, additionally inscribed, ‘W. Martell’, 27mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, some enamel damage, nearly very fine £160-200
Hammer Price: £270
Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal 1899-1900, obverse, shield, ‘Borough of Portsmouth’, reverse, inscribed, ‘Naval Brigade, South Africa 1899-1900; North China 1900’, unnamed, 27mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £360
Borough of Stafford Tribute Medal 1901, obverse, a castle with four towers, Stafford knots to each side, ‘Borough of Stafford, W. C. T. Mynors, Mayor’, reverse, a mounted trooper and a soldier knelt to his side, South African Campaign 1901’(Private G. H. Peach, 6th Co. Staffs. Imp. Yeomanry) 38.5mm., silver, ring suspension, in Mummery & Son, Stafford fitted case of issue, extremely fine, scarce £400-500
Winsford Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, a mounted trooper with a soldier standing by his side, ‘Transvaal War in South Africa 1900. 1901’, reverse inscribed (name, rank and unit engraved), ‘Presented by the Town of Winsford to Capt. Jas. A. Turner in recognition of his patriotism & valour in serving in the Transvaal War as an Officer in the Staff’, 38.5mm., silver, scroll suspension, virtually extremely fine, rare £450-550
Hammer Price: £2,100
Worksop Tribute Medal 1899-1902, obverse, conjugate heads of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, reverse inscribed (name engraved) ‘To commemorate services rendered in South Africa 1899-1902. Presented to G. H. Rawson by the Subscribers of Worksop’, 28.5mm., silver, with ring and silver brooch bar, edge bruise, good very fine, rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £850
Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (32282 Pte. E. J. Clarke) together with an Imperial Yeomanry cap badge mounted on a rosette, medal virtually extremely fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £350
Pair: Private H. Shaw, 66th Company Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (12311 Pte., 66th Coy. Imp. Yeo.); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry 1900-1902, 66th Company, South Africa 1900-1901 (12311 H. Shaw) with replacement straight bar suspension, good very fine and better (2) £350-400
Hammer Price: £390
Suffolk Yeomanry Tribute Badge 1900, silver shield, 33 x 33mm., hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, unnamed, pin-backed, extremely fine, rare £180-220
Hammer Price: £300
Dublin Yeomanry Tribute Badge 1901, openwork circlet inscribed ‘61st 2nd Dublin Yeomanry 1901’, surrounding a shamrock, inscribed ‘For Valour’, the whole surmounted by a crown, reverse inscribed ‘11244 J. W. Pratt, From their fellow countrymen’, with brooch fitting to reverse, this obscuring the word ‘their‘ and the ‘me‘ of countrymen, 9ct. gold, 5.10g., hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, 29 x 23mm., good very fine, rare £450-500
Irish Valour Medal 1900, by Johnson, Dublin, obverse, bust of Queen Victoria left, ‘Visit of H.M. Queen Victoria to Ireland 1900, reverse, inscription on scroll, ‘To commemorate Irish Valour’, 32mm., silver, unnamed, unmounted, good very fine £160-200
Ballater Tribute Medal, by Robb, Ballater, obverse, Stag’s head on coronet, ‘1 Co. 5th V.B.G.H. Ballater’ Bydand’, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by the people of Ballater & District to R. Milne’, 15ct. gold, hallmarks for Edinburgh 1900, with gold brooch bar, ‘S. Africa 1900-1’ and lion emblem on tartan ribbon, total weight 22g., in case of issue, extremely fine, rare £800-900
Hammer Price: £5,200
Campbeltown Tribute Medal 1900-1901, obverse, bust of Queen Victoria facing left in high relief, inscription engraved, ‘South African War 1900-1901’, reverse, arms of the town in high relief, inscription engraved, ‘Presented by the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of the Royal Burgh of Campbeltown, in recognition of services in the field; Private Thomas Moffat’, 58.5mm. dia., 5.5mm. thick, silver, hallmarks for Glasgow 1900, in Johnston & Co., Glasgow fitted leather case of...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Pair: Private W. Robertson, Royal Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4853 Pte., 2nd Rl Highldrs.); together with a related Dundee Tribute Medal, obverse, engraved coat-of-arms, reverse, engraved, ‘Dundee Volunteers service in South Africa, With Freedom of City 1900’, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, unnamed, unmounted, in fitted red leather case, Q.S.A. very fine; tribute medal extremely fine, rare (2) ...
Hammer Price: £1,400
Dundee Tribute Medal 1900, obverse, engraved cpot-of-arms, reverse, engraved, ‘Dundee Volunteers service in South Africa, With Freedom of City 1900’, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, unnamed, unmounted, good very fin, rare £300-350
Greenock Tribute Medal 1902, oval with an ornate border, 29 x 24mm., 9ct. gold, 9.24g., by ‘E. & F.B.’, obverse, an engraved three-masted sailing ship, with a quayside scene in the foreground, inscribed above, ‘God Speed Greenock’, lightly inscribed below, ‘D Mc L’; reverse: inscribed, ‘South African War 1902’, ring suspension, extremely fine, attractive, rare £700-800
Huntly Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, stag’s head within a wreath, reverse, inscribed (name and rank engraved), ‘Presented to Volunteer Pte. W. S. Chalmers, A Coy 4 V.B.G.H. by the Town of Huntly in recognition of his service with the Gordon Highlanders in South Africa 1900-1901’, 28.5mm., gold, 11.72g., with scroll suspension additionally fitted with a ring, extremely fine, rare £700-800
Partick Tribute Medal 1900, obverse, in relief the arms of the town, engraved, ‘Burgh of Partick 1852’, reverse engraved, ‘R. F. Smith, Volunteer to South Africa 1900’, 9ct. gold, 35 x 25.5mm., 8.08g., in Alexander Brown, Glasgow leather case, extremely fine, rare £700-800
Hammer Price: £4,100
Pair: Corporal J. Linton, Scottish Cyclist Company, later Special Constabulary Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (8505 Corpl., Scottish C.C.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., clasp, Long Service 1940 (John S. Linton); Selkirk Tribute Medal 1902, obverse with Virgin Mary in front of altar, arms of Scotland, inscribed around ‘Et Spreta Incolumem Vita Defendere Famam’, reverse inscribed ‘The Royal Burgh of...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Montgomeryshire Tribute Medal 1901, obverse, the arms of Mongomeryshire, ‘Mongomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry, reverse, a mounted trooper with a soldier knelt firing rifle at his side, ‘South African Campaign 1901, 38mm., bronze, unnamed, unmounted, extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £210
Penarth Tribute Medal 1902, obverse, coat-of-arms, reverse inscribed, ‘South African War Peace Declared 2nd June 1902, Penarth, Celebrations’, 29mm., silver, unnamed, unmounted, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £400-450
Siege of Beaconsfield Medal 1899-1900, obverse, shield, ‘Siege of Beaconsfield, 14 October 1899 - 15 February 1900, reverse, female figure of ‘Peace’, ‘Children’s Medal Presented by the Town Council 1900, Peace 1900’, unnamed, silver with ring suspension, good very fine, rare £700-800
Hammer Price: £2,700
Mayor of Kimberley’s Medal 1899-1900, silver, unnamed, good very fine, scarce £1000-1200
Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899 (letter ‘a’), reverse inscribed, ‘Pvt. W. R. Luscombe, N, Coy. K.T.G.’, lacking brooch bar, £100-140
Hammer Price: £190
Toronto Tribute Medal 1900, obverse, returning soldier welcomed by a woman and a dog, reverse, a sword with wreath and dove, and ‘Canada’s Brave Boys, South Africa 1900, Welcome Home’, unnamed, 38mm., silver, complete with original brooch bar, ‘Toronto Welcomes Her Sons’, attached by twin chains, good very fine, scarce £200-250
Pair: Orderly W. Thornton, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1702 Ordly., St. John Amb. Bde.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1702 Pte., Crewe Div.) first with some edge bruising, good very fine and better (2) £350-400
Hammer Price: £750
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