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Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (733622 Pte. G. A. Doucette) in case of issue, good very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
Order of St. John Reward of Merit Badges (2), both silver, with a skeletal Maltese Cross to the centre, engraved ‘Reward of Merit 1895 E. Merritt. St. V. St. Elmo’ and ‘Reward of Merit 1897 E. Merritt. St. VII. St. Elmo’ respectively, good very fine, scarce (2) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £80
A group of three miniature medals attributed to Paymaster H. South, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55; Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, all privately engraved ‘Henry South’ in serif capitals, good very fine (3) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £180
Army Temperance Association India Three Year Medal, silver, unnamed; Army Temperance Association Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal, silver, unnamed; a cast Army Temperance Association King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Cross, original naming details on the reverse obscured in the casting process; together with a pre-1901 K.O.Y.L.I. glengarry badge; two K.O.Y.L.I. sweetheart brooches; five 51st Foot/ K.O.Y.L.I. buttons; two items of cloth insignia; and a privately produced identity...
Hammer Price: £95
Gordon Highlanders Photographs. A selection of four mounted photographs of groups of Officers of the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, taken at Aldershot 1897, three of which are annotated, and amongst those featured in Colonel Cunyngham, V.C., wearing his medals; together with two further unmounted photographs, generally good condition (6) £40-£50
Riband: A large quantity of both British and World riband, including partial rolls of the 1914 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; General Service 1918-62; 1939-45, Atlantic, Pacific, Burma, Italy, and France and Germany Stars; as well as a comprehensive selection of lengths of medals riband, including various British orders and decorations (especially the Order of the British Empire and the Order of St John); campaign medals from 1850-2000; Coronation and Jubilee medals...
Hammer Price: £260
Cases of Issue. A large selection of cases of issue, including The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military), by Garrard; Associate of the Royal Red Cross, A.R.R.C., 2nd Class, by Collingwood; an unmarked case for the Medal of the Order of the British Empire, by John Pinches; various cases for the Order of St John of Jerusalem; a Serbian Order of St Sava V Class; and a large quantity of empty Second World War card boxes of issue, generally good condition (lot) £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
Cases of Issue (4): The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) 2nd type, Royal Mint fitted case; Order of St John, Knight of Grace, the pad fitted for neck badge and large breast star; Efficiency Decoration, Royal Mint fitted case; together with a French case by Monnaie de Paris, probably for Legion of Honour breast badge, good condition (4) £80-£100
Hammer Price: £50
Specimen Medal: Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan, unnamed, the edge heavily laser etched to prevent re-use, in its Medal Office plastic case of issue, extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £85
Copy Medals (7): Victoria Cross; George Cross, central medallion detached but present; Royal Victorian Order, Member’s breast badge; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; Edward Medal (Mines), G.V.R., 1st issue; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence Medal; together with an almost entirely erased 1914-15 Star; and a partially erased British War Medal 1914-20 to a Corporal in the Rifle Brigade, generally fine and better (9) £60-£80
Hammer Price: £200
Renamed and Defective Medals: Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, this a cast copy, with broken (but present) suspension; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Pte. R. Williamsson. Rifle Brigade.) rank and name unofficially renamed (the unit correctly named) nearly very fine (2) £50-£70
Hammer Price: £70
Renamed and Defective Medals: 1914-15 Star, naming neatly erased; British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased; together with a cast copy British War Medal 1914-20; and the lady’s bow riband for a 1st type Military Division M.B.E., suspension broken on VM, otherwise good very fine (4) £60-£80
A Selection of Books on the Victoria Cross. The Story of the Victoria Cross 1856-1963, by Brigadier Sir John Smyth, Bt., V.C., Frederick Muller, 1963, 596pp, with photographic plates and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, reasonable condition For Valour - The Victoria Cross, Courage in action, by John Percival, Thames Methuen, 1985, 257pp, with photographic plates and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, reasonable condition The Bronze Cross, by Gordon Roe, P. R. Gawthorn Ltd., London,...
History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France 1807-1814, by W. F. P. Napier, C.B., in 6 volumes, published by Thomas & William Boone, London, 1838-50, hardbound, with original board covers, all with Ex Libris stamps for Roderick Dow, the first three Volumes in good condition (and possibly therefore restored); the last three volumes with damaged spines, with covers detached but present, overall reasonable condition and an important standard reference (6) £180-£220
A Selection of Books on the Battle of Waterloo 1815. Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars, by Brigadier-General Vincent J. Esposito and Colonel John Robert Elting, published by Faber and Faber, London, 1963, with 169 maps andcharts and 13 half-tone illustrations, hard back, in outer card case, very good condition Waterloo, by Commandant Henry Lachouque, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1975, 202pp, with numerous illustrations, hard-back, in dust-jacket, good...
Hammer Price: £220
Military Tailor’s Club Colour Sample Book. By James & Edwards Ltd., containing regimental silk ribbon bar size examples of Cavalry, Infantry, London Regiment, Yeomanry, Indian Army, and other Colonial Units; and also School Old Boys, Oxford and Cambridge Colleges, Sporting Clubs and London Hospitals, very good condition and a fascinating record £60-£80
Austria, Empire, Honour Decoration of the Red Cross, Silver Medal, silver and enamel, on bow riband, in card box of issue, nearly extremely fine France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, in Aucoc, Paris, case of issue, minor enamel damage to tips of points, good very fine Poland, People’s Republic, Order of Polonia Restituta, Fourth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, nearly extremely...
Hammer Price: £140
Belgium, Kingdom, Golden Palms of the Order of the Crown, gilt, in Gustave Wolfers, Brussels, case of issue, extremely fine France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre (3), bronze, reverse dated 1914-1915, with bronze palm on riband; reverse dated 1914-1918, with silver star on riband; reverse blank, very fine Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine (5) £60-£80
The French Franco-Prussian War Medal and British Baltic Medal pair attributed to Lieutenant C. A. Trudon des Ormes, 48th Regiment of Infantry of the Line, who died for France in 1870 France, Third Republic, Franco-Prussian War Medal 1870-71, bronze; Great Britain, Baltic Medal 1854-55, silver, unnamed as issued, contact marks to latter, generally very fine (2) £200-£240
Hammer Price: £130
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, mounted with a superb quality 1939 Bar, this with 2 top horizontal pins and 2 bottom horizontal pins, attached to Austrian-style riband mounting of the type typically worn by Austrian veterans of the Great War serving in the Second World War, extremely fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £360
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked; together with a Verdun 1914-18 Meal with crossed swords; a lapel miniature group of three comprising the Iron Cross 1914; the War Honour Cross with swords; and the Ottoman Gallipoli Star; and a locally made sweetheart broach in the form of an Iron Cross with 1914 to the centre, good very fine (4) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £100
Germany, Third Reich, Spanish Cross in Silver without Swords, not maker marked, with original flat tapering pin, the end very slightly twisted, slightly toned patina and slight signs of wear, especially to the pin, nearly extremely fine £800-£1,000
£800–£1,000
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, maker marked number ‘6’ to the wide tapering pin, with original pin, hook, and hinge; War Service Cross, First Class, without swords, silver, maker marked number ‘15’ to the wide tapering pin, with original pin, hook, and hinge, finish on both somewhat lacking, nearly very fine (2) £160-£200
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, maker marked number ‘4’ to the wide tapering pin for Steinhauer & Luck, Ludenscheid, with original pin, hook and hinge, in rather tired and scuffed presentation case of issue, the push button missing, good very fine £160-£200
Hammer Price: £320
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, maker marked to the exterior of the wide tapering pin ‘15’ indicating the Company of Friedrich Orth of Vienna, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £200-£240
Hammer Price: £400
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, ring numbered ‘44’ for Jakob Bengel of Idar-Oberstein; East Front Medal, bronze, in its original titled packet with the maker’s name of ‘Rudolf Bachter’ on the reverse side; West Wall Medal, bronze; War Service Medal 1939, bronze; Mother’s Cross, Third Class in bronze and enamel, an unusual variation with the date ‘16th December 1933’ with the signature of Adolf Hitler in raised relief;...
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unnumbered; East Front Medal, silvered zinc; National Faithful Service Medal (2), gilt and enamel; silvered and enamel, generally good very fine (4) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £170
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, ring numbered ‘65’, which is the Company of Kein & Quenzer; together with a Wound Badge in silver with virtually all the finish missing, with its original pin hook and hinge; and a Wound Badge in black, hollow type with most of the finish remaining, good very fine (3) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £160
Germany, Third Reich, 1939 Bar to the Great War Iron Cross Second Class, 30mm wingspan, four fixing pins all in place, good very fine £100-£140
Hammer Price: £150
Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross, First Class with swords, zinc, maker marked number ‘4’ for Steinhauer & Luck, Ludenscheid, on the reverse side wide tapering pin, with original pin, hook and hinge, housed in its original presentation box of issue, all silver frosting finish lacking, therefore nearly very fine £120-£160
Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross First Class, with swords, silver, non maker marked with its original pin, hook and hinge, good very fine £100-£140
Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross First Class, without swords, silver, maker numbered ‘50’ to the pin for the manufacturer of Karl Gschiermeister of Vienna, with its original pin, hook and hinge, good very fine £100-£140
£100–£140
Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross Second Class (2), with swords, bronze; without swords, bronze; War Service Medal, bronze; West Wall Medal, bronze, very fine (4) £80-£100
Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross, Second Class (9), with swords (5); without swords (4), bronze, generally very fine (9) £180-£220
Germany, Third Reich, Entry into Austria Medal 1938, in original case of issue; together with a Luftwaffe cap eagle with both prongs present; a Luftwaffe cap cockade with one pin missing; and a Chinese wax seal medallion, in case, nearly extremely fine (4) £70-£90
Germany, Third Reich, Armed Forces 18 Year Long Service Medal, silver, complete with outstretched winged eagle and swastika army motif device on riband; Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal 1938, bronze; together with an Italian Africa Medal; a nice quality tinny heavy quality construction for Gau Westfalen North with its full maker’s name on the reverse side and tinny type suspension; and a Hitler Youth Proficiency Badge with the original owner’s name of ‘E.Keck’ with his Bahn number...
Germany, Third Reich, Mothers Cross (3), First Class in Gold, gilt and enamel; Second Class in Silver, silver and enamel; Third Class in Bronze, bronze and enamel, minor enamel damage to second, otherwise good very fine (3) £70-£90
Ireland, Free State, Merchant Marine Service Medal 1939-46, with 1 Additional Award Bar, lacking integral top riband bar, in card box of issue, extremely fine £600-£800
£600–£800
Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed, edge bruise, very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £55
Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Sixth Class breast badge, 67mm including paulownia flowers x 46mm, silver and enamel, with red cabochon in centre, with original riband with hook and eye suspension, in rio-nuri lacquered case of issue, extremely fine £60-£80
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