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26 March 2009
Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Malta (18132425 Sgt. G. Zammit, KOMR.) minor edge bruise, good very fine, scarce £350-400
Hammer Price: £850
Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Mauritius (MR/389 C.Q.M.S. F. Lamy) naming rubbed, minor edge bruise, good very fine, scarce £300-350
Hammer Price: £620
Seven: Major James Stobo, Southland Regiment War and New Zealand Service Medals, unnamed; Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Coronation 1953, unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., New Zealand, reverse inscribed, ‘Maj. J. Stobo, Southland Rgt.’; New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal, 2nd issue by White, unmarked (Maj., Southland Rgt.); New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue by Wright (Maj., Southland Rgt.) mounted court style for wear, nearly extremely fine (7) £300-350
Hammer Price: £750
Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., New Zealand, unnamed specimen, nearly extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £60
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, New Zealand, unnamed specimen, nearly extremely fine £80-100
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, New Zealand (S/Sgt. L. R. Dunstall, R.N.Z.A.) good very fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £120
Six: Captain Richard James Derrom, 3rd Auckland Regiment and New Zealand Expeditionary Force British War and Victory Medals (45310 Capt., N.Z.E.F.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Capt. R. J. Derrom, 3rd (Auckland) Regt. (C.R.O.)’, hallmarks for London 1912, with brooch bar; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Capt., 3rd (Auckland) Regt. (1913)); New Zealand Volunteer Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Lieut., Victoria Rifle Vols....
Hammer Price: £820
Four: Lieutenant Archibald Stanley Allen, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (9636 Sjt., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Nigeria, reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut. A. S. Allen’, nearly very fine, scarce (4) £260-300
Hammer Price: £370
Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Nigeria, reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut. H. L. McCullagh, The Nigeria Regiment’, good very fine, scarce £200-250
Hammer Price: £230
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Nigeria (Capt. Robert H. T. Burgess, S.R.N.R.) erroneously named on the upper edge, this largely erased and correctly named on the lower edge, good very fine, rare £350-400
Hammer Price: £380
Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Sierra Leone, reverse inscribed, ‘Capt. L. P. John, 1st Batt. R.W.A.F.F.’, good very fine, rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £270
Four: Major Leslie Arthur Cox, Cape Cyclists, late Kimberley Regiment and Kitchener’s Horse Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Cpl., Kim. Reg.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (3029 O.R. Sjt., Kitchener’s Horse) last two clasps unofficially fitted; British War Medal 1914-20 (Major) late issue; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Lieut., 9th Inf. (P.W.O.R.,...
Hammer Price: £550
Three: Captain Samuel Taylor Gillespie, Southern Rhodesia Rifle Volunteers, late Rhodesia Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (438 Tpr., Rhodesia R.) late issue, service number re-impressed; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Capt., S. Rhod. T.F. Res.); Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Southern Rhodesia, reverse inscribed, ‘Capt. Samuel Taylor Gillespie’, mounted for wear, good very fine and better (3) £400-460
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (5573 Rfmn. Charles W. R. Southey, S. Rhod. T.F.) nearly extremely fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £100
Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Trinidad & Tobago, unnamed, nearly extremely fine, rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £190
Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Trinidad & Tobago, unnamed specimen, edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £160-200
Hammer Price: £150
Nine: Major Mark Leslie Maughan, Transvaal Scottish, late Labour Corps and Rand Light Infantry British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star, these officially impressed (126303 M. L. Maughan); Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Africa Service Medal (126303 M. L. Maughan); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Major, 1st Bn. T.S.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Union of South Africa, reverse inscribed, ‘Maj. M. L. Maughan-T.S.’,...
Hammer Price: £350
Three: Temporary Captain N. Wilson, South African Air Force War and Africa Service Medals (203235 N. Wilson); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Union of South Africa, reverse inscribed, ‘T/Capt. N. Wilson, S.A.A.F.’, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (3) £120-160
Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Union of South Africa, reverse inscribed, ‘Lt. F. J. van der Sande, V.S.V.’, good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £90
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Union of South Africa (Capt. D. M. C. Johnson, SACS.) nearly extremely fine £50-70
A remarkable M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Alfred Evans, Dean’s Verger at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor - having participated in the Perak operations as a Naval rating in 1874-76, he went on to qualify for the Defence Medal in the 1939-45 War The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘599’; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (A. Evans, Ord., H.M.S. Modeste); Defence Medal...
Hammer Price: £1,400
An M.V.O. group of three awarded to Henry Joist, a Clerk and Accountant in the Lord Chamberlain’s Office The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘542’; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911 (H. J. T. Joist), engraved naming, mounted court-style with new ribands but original wearing bar, good very fine (3) £200-250
Six: Captain R. Gache, Royal Irish Regiment, late Grenadier Guards Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4703 Cpl. R. Gache, 1/Gren. Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (4703 Serjt. R. Gache, Gren. Gds.); Coronation 1911 (4703 C.S.I.M. R. Gache, The King’s Coy. Grenr. Gds.), engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4703 C. Sjt. I.O.M. R. Gache, G. Gds.); Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., silver, with 1st type ‘E. May 1910 R.’ Bar (Sergt. R....
Hammer Price: £920
Three: Acting Sergeant E. P. Dickinson, Royal Irish Constabulary Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., silver (Evelyn P. Dickinson, R.I.C., 27 April 1900), contemporary and very likely officially engraved naming; Visit to Ireland 1900 (A.S. (M.) E. P. Dickinson, R.I.C.); Visit to Ireland 1903 (A.S. E. P. Dickenson, R.I.C.), note surname spelling on the last, traces of repair to suspension on the first, the second somewhat polished and thus nearly very fine, the others rather better (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £1,300
Six: Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 J. P. Ellis, Royal Irish Fusiliers, late Grenadier Guards 1914 Star (6310 C.S. Mjr. J. P. Ellis, 1/G. Gds.); British War Medal 1914-20 (6310 A.W.O. Cl. 1 J. P. Ellis, G. Gds.); Victory Medal 1914-19, this named to another recipient, a Private in the R.A.M.C.; Coronation 1902, the reverse field engraved, ‘No. 6310 Lce. Sergt. J. Ellis, King’s Coy. Gren. Gds.’ ; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6310 C.S. Mjr. J. P. Ellis, G. Gds.); Royal...
Eight: Driver A. A. Pulham, Royal Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (28108 A. Br. A. A. Pulham, 38th Bty. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (28108 Bomb. A. A. Pulham, R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (28108 Dvr. A. A. Pulham, R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (28108 Dvr. A. A. Pulham, R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (28108 Dvr. A. A. Pulham, S. R.H.A.), engraved naming; Royal Victorian Medal,...
Six: Superintendent Walter Kemish, a long-served detective in the Midland Railway Police who rose to the command of the Southern Division at St. Pancras - where he had charge when the Royal Train was travelling and was personally known to the King and Queen: he had earlier served in the Boer War in the Railway Pioneer Regiment and was awarded the Coronation Medal for representing his regiment in the celebrations of 1902 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free...
A Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of seven awarded to acting Warrant Officer Class 2 A. J. Nutting, 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), who was thrice honoured in the Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Military), unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (161 A.W.O. Cl. 2 A. J. Nutting, 16-Lond. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (161 Sjt....
Hammer Price: £980
Five: Harry Payne, a long-served valet and butler to royalty and the aristocracy, so, too, to Wallis Simpson, at the height of the abdication crisis - ‘it was a busy time 1914-15 Star (GS-14590 Pte. H. Payne, 4-D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-14590 Pte. H. Payne, 4-D. Gds.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, silver, with its original Royal Mint case of issue and forwarding box; The Netherlands, Silver Medal of the Order of Orange Nassau, together with a set of...
Three: William Oakes, State Coachman Victoria Faithful Service Medal, V.R. (To Mr. William Oakes, Coachman, for Faithful Services to the Queen during 39 Years Service, 1899); Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze, new ribands but otherwise mounted court-style as worn, with Hunt & Roskell label on reverse, contact marks, good very fine (3) £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,100
Six: George Stratton, Head Groom and afterwards a King’s Messenger Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1893-1913’, with Bars for “Thirty Years” and “Forty Years” (George Henry Stratton); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935, new ribands but otherwise mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (6) £350-400
Eight: Charles Bland, a long-served Life Guardsman who was later appointed a King’s Marshalman Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1910-1930’, with “Thirty Years” Bar, the reverse of which is officially engraved ‘G.R. VI’ (C. Bland); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1358 Pte. C. G. Bland, 2nd Life Guards); Italy, Royal Service Medal, Victor...
Hammer Price: £950
Eight: J. E. Weatherly, a Livery Porter at Windsor Castle and late 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver; Coronation 1911, Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1911-1931’, with Bars for “Thirty Years” and “Forty Years”, the reverses of which are officially inscribed ‘G.R. VI’ (J. E. Weatherley),...
Eight: Thomas Bridges, Sandringham Estate, and a Warrant Officer Class 2 in the Royal Norfolk Regiment (Territorials 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R., suspension dated ‘1917-1937’ (Bridges, Thomas); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Bar (5768621 Sjt. T. R. Bridges, 5-R. Norf. R.), mounted court-style for display, minor contact marks, good very fine (8) £300-350
Hammer Price: £700
Four: Mrs. Elizabeth Gray, a Coffee Room Maid, Windsor Castle Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R., suspension dated ‘1947’ (Gray, Elizabeth), all on their original Lady’s bows for wearing, good very fine and a most unusual single date Household award (4) £250-300
Pair: Kathleen Gillson, a Bothy Attendant on the Sandringham Estate Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, E.II.R., suspension dated ‘1937-1957’ (Kathleen Gillson), on Lady’s bow in its Royal Mint case of issue; Coronation 1953, on Lady’s bow in its card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £200-250
Hammer Price: £340
4 & 5 December 2008
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., a proposed medal, 31mm., silver, unnamed specimen, extremely fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £220
Naval Engineers Good Conduct Medal, 1875 restrike, unnamed, extremely fine £100-140
Pair: Sergeant William Henniker, Royal Marines Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse, reverse inscribed, (W. Henniker, Serjeant, Chatham Division, Royal Marines, 22 Years, January 1840), fitted with scroll suspension; Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, V.R., dated ‘1848’ below the bust (Serg. W. Henniker, R.M. 16 Jan. 1849) officially engraved naming, mounted for wear, heavy contact marks, good fine, rare (2) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £5,800
Pair: Sergeant Samuel Nosworthy, Royal Marines Light Infantry Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Sl. Norsworthy, Sergt., 75th Co. R.M.L.I. 21 Yrs.) engraved naming; Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Samuel Nosworthy, Sergt., 75th Company R.M.L.I.) impressed naming, mounted for wear, note varied spelling of surname, first with slight contact marks, very fine and better (2) £900-1000
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