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23 November 2009
Three: Sergeant J. V. Leahy, Australian Legion of Frontiersmen Australia Legion of Frontiersmen Medal for Merit, bronze (Sgt. J. V. Leahy L.F.); Legion of Frontiersmen Medal for Long Service and Efficiency, silver (A32166 Sgt. J. V. Leahy, L.F.); Commonwealth of Australia Legion of Frontiersmen Commemorative Medal 1907-1983, silver, good very fine Imperial Frontiersmen Medal for Imperial Meritorious Service, bronze (Capt. A. W. Bell), with silver suspension, very fine (4) £80-100
Hammer Price: £140
Ireland, Service Medal 1917-21, no clasp, unnamed, with brooch bar; Emergency Service Medal 1939-46, for The Defence Forces, 2 clasps, 1939-1946, with brooch bar, good very fine (2) £120-160
Hammer Price: £260
Ethiopia, Haille Selassie Military Medal, bronze with bronze palm on ribbon, in Mappin & Webb, London case of issue; France, Society for Wounded Soldiers 1864-66, silver; French Colonial, Cambodia Medal for Work, bronze; Greece, Merchant Navy War Cross, bronze; India, General Service Medal, 1 clasp, Goa 1961 (50338 ERA3 S. Singh, I.N.) suspension a little slack; Japan, Red Cross Membership Medal, aluminium; Serbia, War Commemorative Medal 1912, lacking suspension; Singapore, Armed Forces...
Hammer Price: £160
South African Memorial Plaque, bronze cross, 76 x 76mm., unmounted, reverse with screw fittings, with an associated bronze label inscribed, ‘Died on Service - World War 1939 1945 in oorlogsdiens gesterf-wereldoorlog 73104 Mskp. C. J. van der Heever 3 N.S.’, label also with screw fittings to reverse, very fine £60-80
£60–£80
Nelson and the Foudroyant 1897, obverse: uniformed bust of Nelson, three-quarters left; reverse: H.M.S. Foudroyant, 37mm., copper, in case, ref. Eimer 1813; ‘C.R.R.M.’ Prize Medal, crossed rifles, obverse inscribed, ‘1933’; reverse inscribed, ‘Peking Cup’, in Lane, Crawford, Hong Kong case of issue; Royal Naval Military and Air Force Tournament Medal, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘1919 Tug of War 130 Stone 2nd Prize won by B.S.M. J. Purcell (Coach) 9th Bgde. R.G.A.’, edge...
Hammer Price: £90
Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers Cross, 45 x 29mm., silver, obverse inscribed, ‘R.N.A. Volunteers, Heavy Gun, 2nd Prize, Sepr. 1880’, reverse inscribed, ‘R.N.A.V. 2nd Prize Heavy Gun at Sea. Gunner T. H. Wilkins, Septr. 1880’, with silver brooch bar, in case; Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers Medal, Half Battery Cutter Race, rev. inscribed (name and year engraved), ‘Won by left half battery L. Gr. A. E. Beer 1882’, 44mm., bronze, unmounted, good very fine (2) £60-80
Royal Norfolk Veterans Association Medal 1909, obverse: robed and crowned bust of Edward VII right; reverse: ‘To Commemorate the Inspection of the Royal Norfolk Veterans Association by H.M. King Edward VII, 25th October 1909’, 32mm., bronze, unnamed, with fragmentary ribbon; Empire Day Medal 1927 (2), obverse: bust of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII); Jubilee 1935, official silver medal, on bow ribbon; Coronation 1937, unofficial medal in white metal, good very fine (5) £60-80
Soldiers and Sailors Families Association Medal, 49 x 36mm., silvered metal; Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, Medal for Zeal, by Kenning, London, 38 x 28mm., silver, reverse inscribed, ‘C. M. Chapman, Queen Alexandra, Sept. 27th 1927’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919; Naval League Cross, 27 x 27mm., silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Miss Gibbons’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1938, with ‘Special Service’ brooch bar, good very fine and better (3) £70-90
Hammer Price: £220
‘W.F.A.T. Cross’, 31 x 31mm., silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut. A. M. Crosse’s Wharfside Wiseacre London 5/2/1919’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1916; Transvaal Scottish Volunteers Prize Medal, 36 x 35mm., silver and gold, reverse inscribed, ‘Col. Sergt. Adam’s Cup, 2nd Prize won by Lt. G. Begg’, good very fine (2) £50-70
Unofficial Medals (3): Bomber Command Medal 1939-45, unnamed, in case; Battle for Britain Medal 1939-45, 1 clasp, Coastguard, unnamed, in case; Royal Naval Patrol Service Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Victoria Cross, copy; George Cross, copy; Khedive’s Star, undated, with Tokar clasp, lead copy, last nearly very fine; others about extremely fine (6) £40-60
Hammer Price: £75
17 & 18 September 2009
A Great War M.B.E. pair awarded to Gunner A. V. Green, Royal Indian Marine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1917; British War Medal 1914-20 (Gnr., R.I.M.) good very fine (2) £120-160
Hammer Price: £200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Sub Lieutenant P. J. Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Military Cross, G.V.R. , reverse inscribed, ‘Sub. Lt. P. J. Smith, R.N.V.R., March 24th 1918’, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (L.Z.582L Sig., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt., R.N.V.R.) some contact marks, very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War ‘Submarine Service’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Engineer E. H. Hodgers, Royal Navy, for service aboard the K.7 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (272051 E. H. Hodgers, E.R.A. 2 Cl., Submarine Service 1917); 1914-15 Star (272057 E. H. Hodges, E.R.A. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Art. Eng. E. H. Hodges, R.N.) note different spelling of surname, good very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
A ‘Malayan Service’ B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 Raymond Henry John Hewitt, East Anglian Regiment, late Army Air Corps British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (22221487 Col. Sgt. Raymond H. J. Hewitt, 1 E. Anglian); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (149837 Cpl., A.A.C.); Coronation 1953, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue,...
Hammer Price: £1,300
Four: Chief Carpenter’s Mate John Richard Darby, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, with old ribbon, clasp loose, in damaged card box of issue; Abyssinia 1867 (J. R. Darby, Chf. Carprs. Mte., H.M.S. Vigilant); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, pierced with modern ring suspension, good very fine and better (4) £550-650
Hammer Price: £750
Pair: C. P. G. Smith, Royal Marines Crimea 1854-56, 5 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Azoff, Sebastopol (C. P. G. ....h, 33, 4 Coy. C.D., R.M., H.M.S. Algiers, 1854) engraved naming, second and fourth clasps are tailor’s copies; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (C. P. G. Smith, 33, 4 Coy. C.D., R.M., H.M.S. Algiers, 1854) engraved naming, fitted with ‘British Crimea’ style suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (2) £180-220
The unique group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Hippisley, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), one of two officers of the regiment to serve in the Zulu War, he subsequently commanded the detachment of the regiment at the battle of Abu Klea, and was decorated by the Czar of Russia upon his appointment as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Greys in 1894 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Lieut. & Adjt. W. H. Hippisley, 2nd Dgns.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile...
Hammer Price: £17,000
Pair: Labourer H. Williams Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Laborer (sic)); Khedive’s Star, 1884-86, unnamed, first with slight edge bruising, good very fine (2) £180-220
Pair: Private R. McMurray, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2543 Pte., 1/Cam. Hrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2543 Pte., 1 Cam. Highrs.) minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £420
Three: Private J. Lavery, 3rd Dragoon Guards, killed in action, 6 November 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (D-1906 Pte., 3-D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (D-1906 Pte., 3-D. Gds.); Memorial Plaque (John Lavery) nearly extremely fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £210
Three: Air Mechanic 1st Class T. A. Lewis, Royal Naval Air Service, late Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division 1914 Star (M5/114 A.B., R.N.V.R., Anson Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (F-18425 A.M.1, R.N.A.S.) extremely fine (3) £120-160
Hammer Price: £250
Pair: Lieutenant H. S. Mawbey, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914 Star (L7/3145 A.B., Hawke Bttn. R.N.D.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut., R.N.V.R.); together with a renamed British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut, R.N.V.R.) very fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £100
Six: Engineer Commander George Hull, Royal Indian Marine and Royal Canadian Navy 1914-15 Star (Engnr., R.I.M.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Engr. Lt., R.I.M.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, these three unnamed, very fine and better (6) £140-180
Hammer Price: £240
Six: Temporary Captain A. L. Povall, General Service Corps, late Royal Air Force and 3rd Mounted Rifles 1914-15 Star (Pte., 3rd M.R.); British War and Victory Medals (184054 Pte. 2, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War and African Service Medals, these four officially named (164795 A. L. Povall) good very fine (6) £70-90
A Naval M.S.M. group of five `awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer 1s Class W. Vivian, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (269058 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269058 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269058 William Vivian, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Blake); Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., ‘Admiral’s bust’ issue (269058 C.E.R.A. 1Cl., “Acorn” Mediterranean 1918) good very fine and better (5) £280-320
Hammer Price: £460
Four: Sapper F. Desbery, South African Corps of Signalling Company Royal Engineers, late 8th Infantry 1914-15 Star (Pte., 8th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Spr., S.A.C.S.C.R.E.); South Africa Medal for War Service 1939-45, unnamed, mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £50-70
Three: Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class W. C. Duncan, Royal Navy, killed whilst serving on the submarine C.33, 5 August 1915 1914-15 Star (272147 E.R.A.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (272147 E.R.A.2, R.N.); Memorial Plaque (William Charles Duncan) extremely fine (4) £140-180
Hammer Price: £290
Four: Acting Sergeant J. Fewell, Royal Canadian Regiment, killed in action, 23 August 1917 1914-15 Star (477300 Pte., R. Can. R.); British War and Victory Medals (477300 A. Sjt., R.C.R.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (477300 A-Sgt. J. Fewell) good very fine and better (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £350
Three: Air Mechanic 1st Class T. W. Sims, Royal Flying Corps 1914-15 Star (12654 2 A.M., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (12654 1 A.M., R.F.C.) extremely fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £190
Three: Lieutenant A. V. Warrington, Australian Imperial Forces 1914-15 Star (2333 Cpl., 28 Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., A.I.F.) last with correction to name and unit, good very fine (3) £280-320
Hammer Price: £380
Three: Private E. B. White, Bloemhof Commando 1914-15 Star (Pte., Bloemhof Cdo.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte., Bloemhof Cdo.) good very fine (3) £80-100
Three: Private A. N. Wyatt, South African Forces 1914-15 Star (Pte., 2nd F. Amb. S.A.M.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Pte., 4th S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Pte., 1st S.A.H.) Pair: Private Namate, King’s African Rifles 1914-15 Star (1467 Pte.,1/K.A.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (1467 Pte., 1/K.A.R.) very fine and better (5) £70-90
Hammer Price: £110
Three: Sepoy Fateh Khan, 1-67th Punjabis British War and Victory Medals (2493 Sepoy, 1-67 Pjbis); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (2493 Sepoy, 1-67-Punjabis) nearly very fine Three: Lance-Naik Kabul Khan, 33rd Punjabis British War Medal 1914-20 (2569 Sepoy Kabal Khan, 33 Pjbis.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan 1919, Burma 1930-32 (2569 Sepoy Kabul, 1/33/Pjbs.) unofficial connection between clasps; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (888...
British War and Victory Medal pairs (4) (Capt. A. G. Carment; 2 Lieut. G. A. Potter-Kirby; Flt. Lt. A. M. Kay, R.N.A.S.; R.M.A. 2698-S-Gr. E. C. Prentice) good very fine and better (8) £120-160
Pair: Lance-Duffadar Khan Mohammad Khan, 19th Lancers British War Medal 1914-20 (2251 L-Dfdr., 18 Lcrs.); Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2251 L. Dfdr., 18/19/(K.G.O.) Lcrs.) British War Medal 1914-20 (2252 L-Dfdr. Mohd. Khan, 18 Lcrs) very fine (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £180
Six: Water Carrier Naurata Singh, Rajput, late 1-11 Sikh Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (74 W-Carr., 1-11 Sikh R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal, these officially named (3028651 W/C Naurata Singh, Rajput R.); War Medal 1939-45, unnamed, first with some edge bruising, very fine (6) Four: Jemadar Raman Rana, 2-1 Gurkha Rifles, a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West...
Five: Havildar Padamsing Gurung, 8th Gurkha Rifles India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2392 Rfn., 1-8 G.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War and India Service Medals, these four officially named (2392 Hav., 8 G.R.) mounted court style for wear, very fine (5) £60-80
Hammer Price: £150
Six: Warrant Officer Class 1 J. R. Stone, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; U.N. Korea 1950-54, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (853058 W.O. Cl. 2, R.E.M.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (853058 W.O. Cl. 2, R.E.M.E.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £100-120
Six: Corporal W. L. Thorne, Canadian Forces 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue, silver, all unnamed, Canadian Decoration, G.VI.R. (Cpl. W. L. Thorne) mounted as worn Five: Telegraphist R. J. Watson, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, killed in action, 29 April 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian...
Hammer Price: £400
Six: Private C. C. Clerke, New Zealand Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; New Zealand Service Medal, all unnamed; New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (357 Pte. C. C. Clerke) Five: Corporal M. H. Cotterell, New Zealand Infantry 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand Service Medal, all unnamed; New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (68322 Cpl. M. H. Cotterell) this last in case of issue Five: Lance-Corporal R. A. Kent, New Zealand...
Hammer Price: £270
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