The Carol Benton Collection of Miniature Medals

23 June 2005

Lot No 584

Order of St. Michael and St. George, gold and enamel, straight bar suspension, with gold buckle on ribbon, one arm with hairline crack to enamel, otherwise good very fine £40-50

23 June 2005

Lot No 585

Order of the Indian Empire, with ‘india’ on the petals, gold and enamel, ring suspension,...

23 June 2005

Lot No 586

Order of the Indian Empire, 18ct. gold and enamel, ring suspension, with gold slip bar, nearly extremely fine £80-100

23 June 2005

Lot No 587

Royal Victorian Order (2), silver-gilt, gold and enamel; another, M.V.O. 5th Class, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of the British Empire (4), 1st type, Civil Division, enamelled; another, O.B.E., Military Division, gold; another, silver-gilt; 2nd type, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamel, last with...

23 June 2005

Lot No 588

Distinguished Service Order (2), V.R., gold and enamel, one complete with gold top bar, enamel damage to green wreaths, very fine (2) £90-110

23 June 2005

Lot No 589

Distinguished Service Order, E.VII.R., gold and enamel, with gilt top bar, minor enamel damage to wreaths, good very fine £50-70

23 June 2005

Lot No 590

Distinguished Service Order (3), G.V.R. (2), gold and enamel; G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, all complete with top bars, good very fine and better (3) £80-100

23 June 2005

Lot No 591

Royal Red Cross, G.V.R., 1st Class (R.R.C.), gold and enamel; Imperial Service Order, G.VI.R., silver, gold and enamel; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, bronze, silver and enamel, good very fine and better (3) £50-70

23 June 2005

Lot No 592

Albert Medal, for Saving Life on Land, 1st Class, 18ct. gold and enamel, extremely fine

23 June 2005

Lot No 593

Albert Medal (2), for Saving Life at Sea, 1st Class, silver-gilt and enamel; another, for Saving Life on Land, 2nd Class, bronze, gilt and enamel, this last in Spink, London leather case, good very fine (2) £100-140

23 June 2005

Lot No 594

Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., reverse details engraved, edge engraved, ‘G. W. Burnett, R.M., “Essaman”’, silver, contact marks, edge bruising, fine £100-140

23 June 2005

Lot No 595

Conspicuous Gallantry Cross; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Military Cross (4), G.V.R. (3); G.VI.R., 1st issue; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., and bar; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Distinguished Conduct Medal (2), V.R.; another, G.VI.R.; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R.; Military...

23 June 2005

Lot No 596

Constabulary Medal (Ireland), 2nd issue, ‘Royal Irish Constabulary’, silver, nearly extremely fine £100-150

23 June 2005

Lot No 597

Medal of the Order of the British Empire 1917, Military Division ribbon, silver; British Empire Medal, G.V.R., Military Division; King’s Police Medal (2), G.V.R., general issue; Queen’s Police Medal (2), E.II.R., for Gallantry; another, for Distinguished Service; Queen’s Fire Service Medal, E.II.R., for...

23 June 2005

Lot No 598

Naval Gold Medal 1795-1815, gilt glazed medal within a gold frame, reverse engraved, ‘Horatio...

23 June 2005

Lot No 599

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 engraved clasp, Trafalgar, edge engraved, ‘John Parson,...

23 June 2005

Lot No 600

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 engraved clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Salamanca, contemporary struck piece, the disc set into a separate mount, with silver buckle on ribbon, very fine £250-300

23 June 2005

Lot No 601

Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive,...

23 June 2005

Lot No 602

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava, with silver buckle on ribbon, nearly extremely fine £70-90

23 June 2005

Lot No 603

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 engraved clasp, Bhurtpoor, a contemporary struck piece, the disc set into a mount, silver buckle on ribbon, good fine £50-70

23 June 2005

Lot No 604

Waterloo 1815, 20mm., dia., silver, ball mount and ring suspension, good very fine

23 June 2005

Lot No 605

Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, silver, with steel clip and ring suspension, extremely fine £150-200

23 June 2005

Lot No 606

Candahar Medal 1842, reverse engraved, ‘Candahar 1842’, swivel scroll suspension, good very fine £140-180

23 June 2005

Lot No 607

Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown, obverse and reverse inscription engraved, swivel...

23 June 2005

Lot No 608

China 1842 (2), a contemporary struck piece, the disc set into a mount, fixed straight bar suspension, fine; another, with 36mm. long swivel straight bar suspension, edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £100-150

23 June 2005

Lot No 609

Punniar Star 1843, silver and bronze, silver straight bar suspension, good very fine

23 June 2005

Lot No 610

New Zealand 1845-66 (2) undated, very fine and better (2) £40-60

23 June 2005

Lot No 611

Sutlej 1845-46, 4 engraved clasps, Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon, a contemporary struck...

23 June 2005

Lot No 612

Punjab 1848-49, no clasp, silver buckle on ribbon, edge bruise; South Africa 1834-53, very fine and better (2) £50-70

23 June 2005

Lot No 613

South Africa 1834-53, with silver buckle on ribbon, nearly extremely fine

23 June 2005

Lot No 614

Baltic 1854-55 (2), contemporary struck pieces, the discs set into separate mounts, one with contact marks; Crimea 1854-56 (3), no clasp, 14mm. dia.; 1 clasp, Sebastopol, milled rim, silver buckle on ribbon; 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, last with contact marks, fine; others nearly very fine and...

23 June 2005

Lot No 615

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol, a contemporary struck piece, the disc set into a mount, with silver buckle on ribbon, in leather case, nearly extremely fine £40-50

23 June 2005

Lot No 616

Turkish Crimea 1855 (3), British issue, swivel ring suspension; Sardinian issue (2), one with engraved edge, ‘W. Miller, Captain, Scots Greys’, scroll suspension, good very fine (3) £80-100

23 June 2005

Lot No 617

India General Service 1854-95 (5), 1 clasp, Persia; 1 clasp, North West Frontier; 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7; 1 clasp, Burma 1887-9, edge engraved, ‘Gerard F. W. Curtis, Lieut. Prob. I.S.C.’; 3 clasps, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891, Lushai 1889-92, generally good very fine (5) £140-180

23 June 2005

Lot No 618

Indian Mutiny 1857-59 (5), no clasp, fine; 1 clasp, Delhi, with silver buckle on ribbon; 1 clasp, Lucknow; 1 clasp, Central India; 2 clasps, Ref. of Lucknow, Lucknow, silver buckle on ribbon, very fine and better, except where stated (5) £70-90

23 June 2005

Lot No 619

China 1857-60 (4), no clasp; 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860; 3 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860; 4 clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, Taku Forts 1860, very fine and better (4) £100-140

23 June 2005

Lot No 620

Abyssinia 1867; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866; Afghanistan 1878-80 (2), 1 clasp, Ali Musjid; another, 1 clasp, Kabul, silver buckle on ribbon; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, very fine and better (5) £100-140

23 June 2005

Lot No 621

South Africa 1877-79 (3), 1 clasp, 1878-9; another, 1 clasp, 1879, silver buckle on ribbon; another, 1 clasp, 1880-81, with silver buckle on ribbon, last nearly very fine; others good very fine (3) £70-90

23 June 2005

Lot No 622

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie, milled rim; Ashantee 1873-74/East & West Africa 1887-1900, no clasp; East & West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897; another, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99; another, 2 clasps; 1897-98, 1898; Central Africa 1891-98, no clasp, swivel ring suspension, good very fine and better...

23 June 2005

Lot No 623

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89 (5), dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir; another, 3 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Tel-el-Kebir, El-Teb; undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85, edge bruising, contact marks; another, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885; another, 2 clasps, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, minor edge bruise;...