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Belgium, Order of Leopold I (6), Officer’s breast badge, unilingual, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon, enamel damage to wreath; Officer’s breast badge, bilingual, gilt base metal and enamel, rosette on ribbon; another, Officer’s breast badge with swords, bilingual, gilt base metal and enamel, rosette on ribbon; another, Knight’s breast badge, unilingual, silver, gilt and enamel, enamel damage; Knight’s breast badge, bilingual, silver and gilt base metal and enamel;...
Hammer Price: £200
Belgium, Order of the Crown, Grand Officer’s breast star by G. Wolfers, Brussels, 79 x 78mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, slight enamel damage to one arm, very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £750
Belgium, Order of the Crown, Grand Officer’s breast star by Heremans, Brussels, 85 x 84mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage, good very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £190
Belgium, Order of the Crown (5), Commander’s neck badge, gilt base metal and enamel; another, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; another, Knight’s breast badge, silver and gilt base metals and enamel, crossed swords on ribbon; another, Medal, silver; another, Academic palms, gilt, very fine and better (5) £120-150
Hammer Price: £280
Belgium, Order of Leopold II, Grand Cross sash badge, bilingual, 82 x 50mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with a length of sash ribbon, good very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £160
Belgium, Order of Leopold II, Grand Cross breast star by P. De Greef, Brussels, bilingual, 95 x 90mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine £180-220
Belgium, Order of Leopold II, Grand Officer’s breast star by J. Fonson, Brussels, unilingual, 85 x 85mm., silver, gilt and enamel, extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £220
Belgium, Order of Leopold II (7), Commander’s neck badge, unilingual, silver-gilt and enamel, in E. van Larebeke case; another, Officer’s breast badge, unilingual, gilt base metal and enamel, rosette on ribbon; another, Knight’s breast badge (4), unilingual, enamelled, three with ‘A’ palm, ‘L’ palm or black bar on ribbons; another, Medal, unilingual, gilt, slight enamel damage to two, very fine and better (7) £100-140
Hammer Price: £180
Belgium, Order of Leopold II (6), Commander’s neck badge, bilingual, gilt and enamel, with neck cravat; Officer’s breast badge, bilingual, gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon, reverse centre loose; Knight’s breast badge (2) bilingual, enamelled, one with crossed swords and ‘40-45’ emblem on ribbon; Medals (2), gilt; another, silver base metal; Royal Order of the Lion (2) Knight’s breast badge, silver and gilt base metals and enamel; another, Medal, gilt, very fine and better...
Belgium, Croix de Guerre (2) ‘A’ cypher, one with black bar and ‘A’ palm; the other with ‘A’ palm; Yser Medal; Yser Cross; Croix du Feu; King Albert Medal (2) - one on ‘political prisoner’ ribbon; Queen Elizabeth Medal (2) - one with enamelled cross; Combat Volunteers Medal 1914-18; War Medal 1914-18 (2) with bars on ribbon, one with red cross emblem; Victory Medal 1914-18; African Campaign Medal 1914-17, 1 clasp, Mahenge; Deportees Cross 1914-18; Medal of the National...
Hammer Price: £320
Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘L.II’ cypher, with ’L’ palm on ribbon; Armed Resistance Medal 1940-45; Cross for Political Prisoners of War 1940-45, enamelled; Civic Decoration, 1 clasp, 1940-1945, gilt and enamel; Civic Medal, 1 clasp, 1940-1945, gilt; Escaper’s Cross; Volunteers Medal 1940-45; War Commemorative Medal 1940-45; Prisoner of War Medal; Maritime Medal 1940-45, crossed anchors on ribbon; Abyssinia Campaign Medal 1941 (2), one with 1 clasp, Abyssinie; African War Medal...
Belgium, Croix de Guerre 1954; Overseas Operations Medal (3) - one with clasp, Coree-Korea; U.N. Korea Medal, unofficial French issue, 1 clasp, Coree-Korea; Volunteers Medal (2) - one with clasp, Pugnator; Civic Decoration (2), enamelled; Civic Medals (6) - one with swords, various metals and ribbons; Military Cross, enamelled; African Star of Service, 2 clasps, ‘A’ cypher obverse, enamelled; Red Cross Decoration (2) enamelled; Decoration for Industry and Agriculture (2) 1st & 2nd...
France, Legion of Honour, Second Restoration, Knight’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon, some enamel damage, very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £120
France, Legion of Honour (3), Reign of Louis Philippe, Knight’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, some enamel damage and damage to one ball finial; another, Second Republic, Knight’s breast badge, ‘small head’ obverse and reverse inscription below flags, silver, gold and enamel, enamel damage; another, Second Empire, Knight’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, enamel damage and one finial bent, generally nearly very fine (3) £220-260
Hammer Price: £340
France, Legion of Honour, Third Republic, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, good very fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £170
France, Legion of Honour, Third Republic, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon, minor enamel damage, good very fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £100
France, Legion of Honour (5) Fourth Republic, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat; another, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; another; Knight’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; together with two miniature dress medals, with rosettes on ribbon, some enamel damage, generally very fine (5) £100-140
France, Legion of Honour (4) Fifth Republic, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in older ‘Commander’s’ case by Mauclerc, Paris; another, Officer’s breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel, rosette on ribbon, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris case of issue; another, Knight’s breast badge (2), silver, silver-gilt and enamel, some enamel damage and repairs, very fine and better (4) £100-140
France, National Order of Merit (4) Grand Officer’s breast star, 87mm. dia., silver; another, Commander’s neck badge, gilt base metal and enamel, with neck cravat; Officer’s breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel, with rosette in ribbon, with lapel rosette in Arthus Bertrand case of issue; another, Knight’s breast badge, silver base metal and enamel, last with enamel damage, nearly very fine; others extremely fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £240
France, Order of Social Merit (4) Commander’s neck badge, gilt base metal and enamel; another, Officer’s (2) breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel, with ball finials; another, without ball finials, this with enamel damage, both with rosette on ribbon; another, Knight’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel, nearly very fine and better (4) £100-140
Hammer Price: £110
France, Order of Agricultural Merit (3) Commander’s neck badge, silver, gold and enamel; another, Officer’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon; another, Knight’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of Maritime Merit (2), Commander’s neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat; another, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Order of Artisans’ Merit, Officer’s breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel, rosette on ribbon,...
France, Medal of Honour (16), Ministry of War, bronze (F. Ardoin 1918) in named case of issue; Ministry of War, for Epidemics, bronze; Ministry of the Interior, bronze; Ministry of the Interior, for Public Assistance, bronze (Mr Houssaye (Paul) 1905); Ministry of the Interior, for Communal Employees, silver; Ministry of Work & Social Security (2) gilt (P. Bonnet 1944; P. Claisse 1958) with rosette on ribbon; Ministry of Work and Social Benefits (3) gilt; silver; bronze; Railways (3) 1st...
France, Medaille Militaire (5), Second Empire (2), 2nd type, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, obverse re-enamelled; another, Second Empire, 2nd type, lacking enamel; another, Third Republic, enamelled; another, Fourth Republic, enamelled; another, 5th Republic, enamelled, fine and better (5) £100-150
A French Great War Medaille Militaire group of six awarded to Henry Pigezom, 1st Regiment Colonial Infantry, killed in 1915 France, Medaille Militaire, enamelled; Croix de Guerre; Croix du Combatant; Victory Medal 1918; War Medal 1914-18; Verdun Medal 1915, the medals mounted in an attractive oval wood frame, 46.5 x 36.5cm., pierced for hanging, glazed, within the frame are two photographs of the recipient and a hand-written statement of service in French - an approximate translation reads,...
France, St. Helena Medal 1857; Italy Campaign Medal 1859, by Barre, silver; Tonkin Medal 1883-85, for Army units, silver; War Commemorative Medal 1870-71; Cross for the Assistance of War Wounded 1870-71; Maroc Medal 1909, 2 clasps, Maroc, Oudjda; Levant Medal (2) - one with clasp, Levant; Croix de Guerre (4) 1914-1915 (2); another, 1914-1916; another, 1914-1918, with various emblems on ribbon; War Commemorative Medal 1914-18; Dardanelles Medal 1926; Eastern Medal 1926; Victory Medal 1914-18,...
Hammer Price: £360
France, Order of the Liberation; Croix de Guerre (4) 1939 (2) one with gold star on ribbon; another, 1939-1940, gilt, on ‘Vichy’ ribbon; another, T.O.E., star on ribbon; Resistance Medal; Cross of the Combatant Volunteers of the Resistance; Medal of Liberated France; Medal for Voluntary Service in Free French Forces; Medal for Italy 1943-44; War Commemorative Medal (2) one with 3 clasps, France, Liberation, Allemagne; Medal for those Deported or Interned for Resistance Activities (2) one...
France, Legion of Honour, Third Republic, silver, gilt and enamel, some enamel damage; Academic Palms, enamelled; National Order of Sporting Merit, Officer’s badge, gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; ‘Societe d’Encouragement au Devouement’ (2) neck badge, gilt and enamel, with neck cravat; another, breast badge, gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; ‘Grand Prix Humanitaire’, breast badge, gilt and enamel; Wound Medal, combatant (2); non-combatant (1), enamelled; Veterans; Medal...
Hammer Price: £140
France Colonial, Order of the Black Star of Benin, breast star, 84 x 82mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, pin-backed with twin prong supports, nearly extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
France Colonial, Order of the Black Star of Benin (3), Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, enamel repair to one black star; another, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon, slight enamel repair; another, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel, last two with some enamel damage to wreath, very fine and better (3) £180-220
France Colonial, Order of the Star of Anjouan, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon, extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £80
France Colonial, Order of Nichan El-Anouar, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel, minor enamel damage, very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £95
France Colonial, Order of Saharan Merit, Knight’s breast badge, silver base metal, extremely fine, scarce £70-90
Hammer Price: £60
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, 1st Class, pin-backed, unmarked, very fine £80-100
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914 (3), 1st Class, convex, pin-backed, unmarked; another, 2nd Class (2); Army Wound Badges (8) various - three reduced size; Naval Wound Badge, ‘black’ grade; ‘Kryffhäuser’ War Veterans Medal 1914-18; Germany, Cross of Honour 1914-18 (3) with swords; another, without swords; another, for next of kin; together with a miniature Prussian Cross of Merit for War Aid, nearly very fine and better (17) £120-160
Three: Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, 2nd Class; Württemberg, Military Merit Medal, Wilhelm II, silver; Germany, Cross of Honour 1914-18, with swords, crossed swords on ribbon, mounted as worn Three: Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, 2nd Class; Cross of Merit for War Aid; Germany, Cross of Honour 1914-18, with swords, mounted as worn Three: Prussia, War Commemorative Medal 1870-71, combatants; Centenary Medal 1897; Long Service Cross, for 15 years, mounted as worn Pair: Bavaria, Military Merit...
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939 (2), 1st Class, unmarked; another, 2nd Class, damaged; War Merit Cross 1939 (4), 1st Class with swords, pin stamped, ‘15’; another, 1st Class without swords, pin stamped, ‘L15’; another, 2nd Class (2) with and without swords; War Merit Medal 1939, very fine except where stated (7) £180-220
Hammer Price: £300
Germany, Third Reich, 1939 Clasp to the 1914 Iron Cross (2), 2nd type, 1st Class, pin stamped, ‘L21’; another, 2nd Class, with four prongs to reverse, very fine (2) £200-250
Germany, Third Reich, Commemorative Medal 1 October 1938, with ‘Prague Castle’ bar; Commemorative Medal 13 March 1939; Commemorative Medal 22 March 1939; German Defence Medal; Winter Campaign Medal 1941-42; Armed Forces L.S. Medal (2) for 12 years; another, for 4 years, both with eagle emblem on ribbon; Wound Badges (5) various; Faithful Service Decoration (2), 1st Class; another, 2nd Class; Cross of Honour of the German Mother (3), 1st, 2nd & 3rd Classes, enamelled; Eastern People’s...
Hammer Price: £600
Japan, Order of the Golden Kite, 1st Class copy sash badge, gilt base metal and enamel, in fitted balsa wood box, with a short (26cm.) length of sash ribbon, nearly extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £70
Japan, Order of the Golden Kite, 5th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, four-screw reverse, extremely fine £220-260
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