A Collection of Eighteen Military Badges, comprising a Victorian Border Regiment bandsmans sheet music holder, a Border Regiment white metal and enamel cap badge, a Victorian 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot pin badge, a cap badge to the 3rd Volunteer Battalion the Border Regiment, two collar badge to the 1st and 2nd Volunteer Battalion the Border Regiment, a cap badge and pair of collar badges to the 4th Cumberland & Westmorland Border Regiment, two pre-1953 brass and a post-1953 staybrite cap badges to the Westmorland & Cumberland Regiment, a brass shoulder title to the Westmorland & Cumberland Territorial Yeomanry, a Cumberland National Reserve enamelled lapel badge, a white metal glengarry badge and a pair of brass shoulder titles to the Berwick Militia, and a white metal crossbelt badge to the 1st Westmorland Rifle Volunteers 1860, the reverse with two threaded fixing posts (18)
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A Rolex Military Top Wind Pocket Watch, the circular black enamel dial with gilt arabic numerals enclosing a subsidiary seconds dial, silvered hands and inscribed ROLEX A17256, the fifteen jewel bar lever movement numbered 540, in a nickel plated case, the screw-off back marked A.17256/G.S. MK.II and with broad arrow.In good clean working condition.
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Soady, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Capt. Fancis J. Soady, R.A.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. & Bt. Major, F. J. Soady, 11th Bde. Rl. Art.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class bears badge, silver, gold and enamel, the reverse backplate engraved ‘F. J. Soady Adjt. Scutari’; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, a fine quality contemporary tailor’s copy (Capt. F. J. Soady. Rl. Art.) nearly very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Frances James Soady was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 1 May 1846; 1st Lieutenant on 29 July 1846; Captain on 17 February 1854; Brevet Major on 6 June 1856; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1868; and Lieutenant-Colonel on 25 October 1868. Lieutenant-Colonel Soady served in the Crimean campaign from December 1854; in the Trenches with the siege train before Sebastopol; and at the bombardments of 9 April, and 6 and 17 June (Brevet Major, Medal with Clasp, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Soady also served in the Indian mutiny campaign of 1858-59, and commanded a Field Battery attached to the force under Lieutenant-Colonel Walker in the attack and defeat of the rebels occupying the fort and jungle of Bungaon in April 1859 (Mentioned in Despatch, Medal). Sold with copied image of the recipient in uniform wearing his medals.
A post-War C.B. group of nine awarded to Chaplain of the Fleet the Right Reverend Ambrose Weekes, Royal Navy, later Dean of Gibraltar and Suffragan Bishop in Europe The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with both full and miniature-width neck ribands, in Collingwood, London, case of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Chaplain A. W. M. Weekes R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (Chaplain A. W. M. Weekes. R.N.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Chaplain Revd. A. W. M. Weekes. R.N.) service officially corrected; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued; Malaysia, Federation, Pingat Jasa Malaysia, in case of issue, second to eighth mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, the NGS 1915-62 for Brunei inexplicably replaced with a GSM 1918-62 for Brunei, the first eight mounted as worn, the PJM loose in case of issue, contact marks to the Second War pair, otherwise generally good very fine (lot) £1,000-£1,400 --- C.B. London Gazette 13 June 1970. The Right Reverend Ambrose Walter Marcus Weekes was born in Queensborough, Kent, in 1919, and was educated at Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School, Rochester, and King’s College, London. He was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt. Rev. Christopher Chavasse, O.B.E., M.C. (and the twin brother of Noel Chavasse, V.C. and Bar, M.C.) on 31 May 1942, and Priest the following year, prior to joining the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a Chaplain. He served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Drake and during the Korean War in H.M.S. Triumph and, remaining in the Navy, rose through the ecclesiastical ranks, becoming Chaplain of the Fleet - the most senior Chaplain in the Royal Navy - in 1969. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1970 Birthday Honours List, Weekes retired from the Royal Navy in 1972, and was offered the Chaplaincy of Tangier in Morocco. The following year, he left Tangier to become Dean of Gibraltar, from which, in 1977, he was consecrated Suffragan Bishop in the newly created Diocese in Europe (the Diocese which was responsible for all of the Anglican Churches in Continental Europe). Over the next nine years he visited every Capital City in Europe (a large number of which were still behind the Iron Curtain), before retiring in 1986, and becoming the priest of the English Church in Montreux. Here his patch was equally large and diverse, and included the ski resorts of Verbier and St. Moritz (the latter a significant distance from the shore of Lake Geneva!). Finally retiring back to London, Weekes spent the last few years of his life undertaking various cruises, usually on the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2, visiting many of the places he had seen during his time in the Navy or as Bishop in Europe. He died in London on 24 April 2012. Sold with the recipient’s pre-1977 riband bar; Chaplain of the Fleet Badge; RN Officiating Chaplain Badge; identity disc; Royal Navy cap badge tally; two Archdeacon of the Royal Navy Certificates, both signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey; Freedom of the City of London Certificate; various photographs of H.M.S. Ark Royal; and a copy of the recipient’s memoirs: An Interesting Life, the Memoirs of Rt. Revd. Ambrose W. M. Weekes, CB, QHC, AKC, FKC, RN, which contain many photographs.
Three: Captain R. W. Piper, 46th Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. R. W. Piper 46th. Foot) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, unmarked; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, plugged and fitted with suspension claw and small fixed ring suspension, light contact marks, very fine and better (3) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Spink, November 2005 (when sold without the Medjidieh). Robert William Piper was commissioned Ensign in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 28 May 1842, and was promoted Lieutenant by purchase on 11 July 1845, and Captain by purchase on 23 April 1852.
The Spanish Orders of Civil Merit bestowed upon Don Pedro Reus Pujadas i) Spain, Franco Period, Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 71mm including wreath suspension x 49mm, gilt and enamel, unmarked; Star, 75mm x 73mm, gilt and enamel, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, unmarked, with full sash riband, in Villanueva y Laiseca, Madrid, case of issue, this lacking insert, the lid fitted with a name plate inscribed ‘Excmo. Sr. Don Pedro Reus Pujadas, 1968’; together with the related miniature lapel Star, good very fine ii) Spain, Franco Period, Order of Civil Merit, Commander’s Star, 75mm x 73mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, unmarked, in Villanueva y Laiseca, Madrid, case of issue, the lid fitted with a silver name plate inscribed ‘Ilmo. Sr. D. Pedro Reus Pujadas, Año 1960’, minor blue enamel damage to motto around central medallion, very fine (3) £240-£280
Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant F. A. Simpson, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose, as issued (578 Q.M.S. F, A. Simpson. 9th. Coy. 3rd. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1900-1901 (578 Q.M.S. F. A. Simpson) number and rank unofficially re-engraved on both, good very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Francis Arthur Simpson was born in Hull in 1871. A timber merchant, he attested at Sheffield for the Imperial Yeomanry on 6 January 1900 serving in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry from 28 January 1900 to 17 June 1901. Initially appointed Private, his Army Service Record notes that he was raised Corporal and saw action at Lindley, Oliphant’s Nek and at Rhenoster River. The latter held strategic importance as the location of a temporary railway bridge as well as being the location of food and ammunition stores; repeatedly attacked by the Boers, it proved a particularly tempting target which the British attempted to protect via a series of trenches and blockhouses. Further advanced Sergeant, Simpson was invalided home and discharged at his own request on 17 July 1901. There is no evidence that he ever held the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant. Sold with the original and rare Spink & Son fitted case of issue for the Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal, this damaged and separated at hinges, and a small Norton & District Cricket League 9ct. gold and enamel fob, by Fattorini, 6.16g, engraved to reverse ‘N & D C L 1909 D.G.N.’
United States of America, Purple Heart (3) (James A. Marzitello; James W. Seaton; Charles J. Szulewski) all in cases of issue, the first with re-engraved naming and enamel damage, generally very fine and better (3) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Charles J. Szulewski was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 27 August 1921, and enlisted in Boston on 20 September 1940, serving with the Army Medical Department in the Philippines. Sold with copied research.
The mounted group of four miniature dress medals worn by J. P. Orr, Esq., C.S.I., C.B.E., Indian Civil Service, together with an interesting archive of original documents and letters The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., 1st type badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on Military Division riband; Kaisar-I-Hind, V.R. 2nd class, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, mounted as worn on a Hunt & Roskell riband bar, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700 --- C.S.I. London Gazette 12 December 1911. C.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 8 January 1919. James Peter Orr was born at Bangalore, India in 1867. 20 years earlier, his grandfather had established the watch and clockmaking firm P. Orr & Sons at Madras, where it rapidly expanded into a flourishing jewellers and luxury goods business with warrants from the Prince of Wales and several Indian rulers. Educated at Hurstpierpoint College, Orr’s academic ability was such that he achieved the rare feat of passing the entrance examination for the Indian Civil Service while still at school, before going on to take a first class degree at Caius College, Cambridge. He returned to India to take up his I.C.S. place in 1889 and would spend the next 30 years working in its administrative branch in the Bombay Presidency. Besides his duties as Collector, Magistrate and Political Agent, he also concentrated on forest demarcation, suburban development and famine relief; his work in the latter sphere saw him included in the first list of recipients of the new Kaisar-I-Hind Medal for Public Service, in May 1900. In 1909 he was appointed Chairman of the Bombay City Improvement Trust and spent the next ten years working towards development of the city, particularly in housing, slum reform and town planning. He also served as an additional member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay and during the Great War visited war hospitals and organised the work of tracing missing and wounded of the Mesopotamia campaign. He was recognised by appointment as a Companion of the Order of the Star of India on the occasion of the King-Emperor’s visit to India for the 1911 Delhi Durbar, and as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919 for his war work. After retirement to England that year he took up the position of Director of Housing of London County Council. He died at Canterbury, Kent, in 1949. Sold with an archive of original personal correspondence and testimonials, including hand-written letters from three Governors of Bombay under whom Mr Orr served – Lord Northcote (afterwards Governor-General of Australia), Lord Sydenham and Lord Willingdon (later Viceroy of India); and a DVD of copied research. For the recipient’s full-sized C.B.E. and Delhi Durbar Medal, see Lots 272 and 654; and for the Kaisar-I-Hind Medal awarded to his wife, Mrs Amy Orr, see Lot 275.
The C.B.E. neck badge attributed to J. P. Orr, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, Chairman, City Improvement Trust, Bombay The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, nearly extremely fine £200-£240 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 8 January 1919: James Peter Orr, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, Chairman, City Improvement Trust, Bombay. Sold with the recipient’s British Passport, dated 1938, containing a photograph of the recipient in later life. For the recipient’s related miniature awards (including a full biography of the recipient) and Delhi Durbar Medal, see Lots 698 and 654; and for the Kaisar-I-Hind Medal awarded to his wife, Mrs Amy Orr, see Lot 275.
Earl of Willingdon’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1931, the obverse featuring conjoined busts of Lord and Lady Willingdon; the reverse featuring Lord Willingdon’s coat of arms, 51mm, silver, the edge engraved ‘Siraj Din, Head Mistry, 1936’, with silver ring suspension; together with an Indian Title Badge, G.V.R., Khan Sahib, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Khwaja Aziz-ul-Hasan Ghori 2nd. Jany. 1933’, the first with traces of having been held in a claw or vice at 3 o’clock, otherwise very fine; the Title Badge fair to fine (2) £120-£160
Salvation Army Long and Faithful Service Medal, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Mrs. Major Florence Dead, April 1915’, in case of issue; together with a R.A.O.B. Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. Derrick Heardman Raised 21-7-58 Enterprise Lodge 8629’, with integral top ‘Primo’ Buffalo riband bar; and a N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, bi-lingual issue, 1 clasp, Ex-Yougoslavie, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £50-£70
A fine Victorian C.B. group of four awarded to Brevet Colonel R. Chalmer, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who served as Brigade Major during the Second Afghan War, served with the Natal Field Force during the First Boer War in 1881, and commanded the 4th Battalion during the Manipore Expedition in 1891, being four times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1896, with integral silver-gilt riband buckle; Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (Captain Reginald Chalmer. 2/60th. Foot.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Capt. R. Chalmer 2/60 Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (Lieut. Colonel R. Chalmer 4th. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.) mounted court-style for display, light pitting from star, polished, nearly very fine, the CB good very fine (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 21 May 1898: Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Reginald Chalmer, half-pay. Reginald Chalmer was born in Stirling, Scotland, on 12 July 1844 and was commissioned Ensign in the 60th Regiment of Foot on 17 March 1863, being promoted Lieutenant on 21 February 1865, and Captain on 2 April 1874. He served with the 2nd Battalion, 60th Rifles in the Second Afghan War from February 1879 to November 1880 during the occupation of Kandahar, and as Brigade Major to Brigadier-General Barter’s Brigade, and was present in the engagements at Ahmed Khel and Urzoo near Ghuznee (Mentioned in Despatches), and in the subsequent operations in the Logar Valley. He then accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in the march to Kandahar as Brigade Major to Brigadier-General MacGregor’s Brigade, and was present at the Battle of Kandahar (Mentioned in Despatches, and Brevet of Major). He also served as Brigade Major to Brigadier-General MacGregor in the Mari Expedition (Mentioned in Despatches). Promoted Major on 2 March 1881, Chalmer served in the First Boer War with the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, as part of the Natal Field Force in 1881. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 October 1890, he then served in the Manipore Expedition in 1891 in command of the 4th Battalion, K.R.R.C. (Mentioned in Despatches). Promoted Brevet Colonel on 15 October 1894, he transferred to the half-pay list and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1898. He died in London on 28 December 1911.
Four: Major-General T. John, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late 2nd Regiment of Foot China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Lieut. Thos. John, 1st Bn. 2nd Regt.) officially impressed naming; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85 (Lt. Col. T. John, 2/D.C.L.I.); Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, Fourth Class breast badge, silver, gold, and enamel, with rosette on riband, suspension detached between star and crescent, chips to enamel; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn and housed in a fitted glazed display frame, nearly very fine (4) £1,500-£1,800 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Thomas John was born at Cork on 17 December 1835, and was commissioned Ensign in the 2nd Foot on 10 June 1853, becoming Lieutenant in December 1854. He served in China in 1860, at the capture of the Taku Forts and subsequent operations in the north of the country (Medal with clasp). He exchanged as Captain into the 46th Foot on 2 December 1862, gaining promotion to Major in July 1876, and to Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1881. He served in Egypt at El Magfar, Tel-El-Mahuta, Kassassin (28 August and 9 September, 1882), and commanded the battalion at Tel-el-Kebir after the commanding officer was wounded. He was mentioned in despatches by Major-General Graham, V.C., C.B. for the action at Kassassin on the 28th August 1882 (London Gazette 19 September 1882), received the medal with clasp, Fourth Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive’s Bronze Star. He also commanded the battalion on the Nile Expedition in 1884-85, and in the advance column under Major-General Earle (Clasp). Placed on half-pay in the rank of Colonel in September 1885, John received promotion to the rank of honorary Major-General in December 1885. He died in Bedford on 17 April 1898. Sold with copied research.
Four: Colonel H. F. Strange, C.B., Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lt. Coll. H. F. Strange. C.B. R.A.) contemporary engraved naming in the style of Hunt & Roskell; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, plugged at 12 o’clock and fitted with Crimean suspension, first with edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £400-£500 --- Henry Francis Strange was born on 28 May 1822, and was appointed a Gentleman Cadet on 6 February 1838, and subsequently;: 2nd Lieutenant on 19 June 1841; 1st Lieutenant on 7 April 1842; 2nd Captain on 30 June 1848; Captain on 30 May 1854; Brevet Major on 12 December 1854; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 2 November 1855; Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 April 1861; and Colonel on 19 March 1869. Colonel Strange served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the affairs of Bulganac and M’Kenzie’s Farm; the battles of Alma and Inkermann; the siege and fall of Sebastopol; in the trenches with the siege train, and at the bombardments of October, 6 April and 17 June; the assault and capture of “Mamelon” and “Quarries”; the assault of the Redan and Malakoff on 18 June and 8 September 1855. He appears in the London Gazette of 2 November 1855, in the despatch of Officer Commanding Siege Train dated 12 September 1855 (Medal for Crimea, Clasps for Alma, Inkermann and Sebastopol; 5th Class of the Medjidie; 5th Class Legion of Honour; Companion of the Bath, and Turkish Medal). Strange was later Assistant Adjutant General R.A. in Ireland, from 1 July 1863 until 31 August 1865. Colonel Strange died in London on 16 December 1870.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge and breast star, the badge in 18 carat gold and enamels by Garrard, hallmarked London 1882; the silver star with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, reverse fitted with gold pin for wearing, complete with full-length contemporary silk sash, the set contained in its original R & S Garrard, London fitted case of issue, white enamel outer border inlay partially lacking on one obverse arm, and with similar light enamel damage and cosmetic repair to two reverse arms, the star with small chips to green enamel stalks below the ‘Ich Dien’ scroll, otherwise nearly extremely fine and an impressive mid-Victorian set (2) £5,000-£7,000
Three: Private H. McKeon, 88th Regiment of Foot, who was awarded the French Medaille Militaire as a Sharpshooter before Sebastopol Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Priv. Heny. McKean. 88th. Reg.) engraved naming; France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage and the reverse central medallion replaced with a circular plate; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, plugged and fitted with an elaborate Crescent suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Provenance: McPeake Collection; Spink, July 1996. Henry McKeon was born in Galway in 1820 and attested for the 88th Regiment of Foot at Loughrea on 20 April 1837. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea before going sick to Scutari on 2 March 1855, and was awarded the Medaille Militaire as: ‘Sharpshooter. Showed general gallant conduct in the trenches.’ He returned to England on 13 June 1855, and was discharged at Colchester on 30 August 1859. Sold with copied Muster Roll details; medal roll extract; and other research.
Pair: Driver Robert Smeaton, ‘I’ Troop Royal Horse Artillery, awarded the Medaille Militaire for gallantly jumping into the river Belbec and rescuing a French soldier on 25 September 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Driver Robt. Smeaton Royal Artillery) depot impressed naming; France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, toned, good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Medaille Militaire: ‘Driver Robert Smeaton; present with the troop since its leaving Woolwich for service in the East; present at the battles of the Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Tchernaya, and siege of Sebastopol; on the 25th of September, 1854, this man gallantly jumped into the river Belbec [near Sebastopol], and succeeded in saving the life of a French soldier, who would have been drowned but for the timely assistance rendered by Driver Smeaton.’ Robert Smeaton was born near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Leicester on 21 December 1852, aged 19, a framework knitter by trade. Following his gallant service in the Crimea between June 1854 and June 1855, Smeaton was imprisoned on five occasions, varying in length from 30 days to 125 days, between August 1857 and November 1859. He deserted from Woolwich on 29 June 1860, then rejoined and was imprisoned from 14 November 1860 to 13 May 1861. He was imprisoned again from 4 October 1861 until 27 January 1862, and was discharged at Aldershot on the following day ‘as unworthy to remain in the Regiment.’ Sold with copied discharge papers and full confirmation of all clasps and medals.
Family Group: A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Miss Amy Kaye, later Mrs. Fisher, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who served at the Rawalpindi British Hospital, Wimereux, France, caring for the soldiers wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 10-13 March 1915 Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, mounted on original lady’s investiture bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Sister A. Kaye. T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister A. Kaye.); together with the recipient’s British Red Cross Society Proficiency Cross, gilt and enamel, with 'Trained Nurse' riband bar, the reverse engraved ‘531 Amy Kaye’, with top riband buckle; and a British Red Cross Society 'For Service' Lapel Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse numbered 19184, nearly extremely fine Three: Captain J. C. Fisher, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. C. Fisher. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. C. Fisher.) light contact marks, good very fine and better (lot) £700-£900 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 18 June 1918: Miss Amy Kaye, Matron, Loughborough General Hospital. Miss Amy Kaye, later Mrs. Fisher, was born in Linthwaite, Yorkshire, on 15 September 1877, and trained as a nurse at the David Lewis Northern Hospital, Great Howard Street, Liverpool, between August 1904 and August 1908, following which she became Outpatient Sister and then Housekeeping Sister at the same hospital. She joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 12 August 1909, and in 1912 was appointed Matron of the Cottage Hospital, Lytham, Lancashire. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Miss Kaye was mobilised by the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 12 August 1914 and sent as a Theatre Sister to the 1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool. On 10 February 1915 she was posted to the Rawalpindi British Hospital in Wimereux, France, where she cared for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10-13 March 1915). In May 1915 she was forced to resign from the Territorial Force Nursing Service because of a family crisis, the precise nature of which is unknown; she had also received a letter from the Hospital Board in Lytham saying that they had found it very difficult to manage with temporary matrons, and consequently she returned to Lytham as Matron for a short while. Miss Kaye re-enrolled in the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 7 March 1916, and her name was put on the waiting list of the Headquarters Reserve. At the same time she also applied for the position of Matron and Lady Superintendent of Voluntary Aid Detachments at Loughborough General Hospital. She was chosen from 31 applicants for the post and she took up the position on 17 April 1916. Loughborough General Hospital had been designated an Auxiliary Military Hospital and it included 80 beds accommodating wounded soldiers. For her services during the Great War she was awarded the Royal Red Cross (Second Class), and received her insignia from H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace on 31 July 1918. The following year she was also invited to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Following the cessation of hostilities, Miss Kaye remained as Matron in Loughborough until 1933. She then moved to Maidstone, Kent, and in 1934 married Dr. John Cecil Fisher. Dr. Fisher had previously been a visiting surgeon at the Cottage Hospital, Lytham, and had served with the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Captain during the war. Recorded in the 1939 Register as living in Maidstone, she died in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, on 5 October 1969, aged 92. Sold with a Presentation Key, 117mm long, silver-gilt and enamel, the face engraved ‘Miss A. Kaye, A.R.R.C., Matron. Reverse 1928-1933’, the edge engraved ‘*Loughborough General Hospital Extensions*’, in case of issue; a presentation wallet, front titled in gold lettering 'Loughborough & District Hospital Extensions, Miss A. Kaye, Matron’, containing two black and white pictures of the hospital in 1862 and with the extensions 1928-1933; and extensive copied research. John Cecil Fisher was born in Lytham, Lancashire, in 1868, and was educated at Warrington School, Charterhouse, and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was registered as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons on 21 February 1896, and prior to the Great War was a visiting surgeon at the Cottage Hospital, Lytham. He was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 17 July 1915, and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from October 1915, being promoted Captain on 17 July 1916. Dr. Fisher married Miss Amy Kaye in 1934, by which point he was practising at the General Hospital, Maidstone. He died in Maidstone on 15 July 1941. Sold with copied research.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s neck badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, an officially refurbished badge with replacement oak wreath gold ring, the inner lining partly detached and the ring distorted, the interconnecting gold ring stamped ‘18’, the reverse of the badge with replacement wreath and motto scroll, these devoid of enamel, with length of neck ribbon, reverse otherwise very fine, the obverse good very fine £2,600-£3,000
A Second War 1944 Posthumous Albert Medal for Sea group of five awarded to Lieutenant D. M. Connor, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, for his gallantry in trying to control and contain fire and explosions aboard a motor launch in Beirut harbour, 5 March 1944 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘Awarded by The King to the late Lt. Douglas Mortimer Connor, R.N.V.R. H.M. M.L. 387 for Gallantry in saving life at sea, 5th March 1944’; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, campaign awards impressed ‘Boots style’ ‘T/Lieut. Douglas M. Connor R.N.V.R.’, mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (5) £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Provenance: Sotheby’s, July 1981; Christie’s, November 1989. A.M. London Gazette 19 December 1944: ‘On 5th March, 1944, fire broke out in the starboard corner of the engine room of one of H.M. Motor Launches at Beirut. An explosion occurred immediately afterwards and the fire spread rapidly throughout the ship. Lieutenant Connor straightaway organised all the fire-fighting gear on board and sent a runner to inform Coastal Forces base and Naval Base so that the civilian and Naval fire-fighting organisation might be got into action as soon as possible. The heat from the burning ship was intense and it was well known that with the burning high octane petrol the ship was likely to blow up at any moment. The burning ship was a grave menace to other shipping berthed alongside and Lieutenant Connor made valiant efforts to make fast a tow line so that she could be towed out of the port. So great was the heat, however, that the tow line parted. At about 19.15 a third and more violent explosion occurred in which Lieutenant Connor lost his life. Lieutenant Connor well knew the risks involved, but sacrificed his life in an endeavour to prevent the spread of the fire which might well have become a major conflagration involving the loss of many lives.’ Douglas Mortimer Connor was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on 26 October 1910 and joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on 10 April 1941. Discharged to a commission, he was commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 14 May 1942, and was promoted Temporary Lieutenant on 14 August 1942. Posted to the command of H.M. Motor Launch 387, whilst borne on the books of H.M.S. Nile, on 1 January 1944, he was killed on 5 March 1944 after an explosion occurred on his vessel whilst she was berthed in Beirut harbour. ML 1007, ML 1143 (Free French), ML 1158 and ML 1164 (Free French) were engaged in the fire fighting. Sadly it was to no avail, as ML 387 blew up killing her commanding officer in the process. Four men were mentioned in despatches, and for his great gallantry Connor was posthumously awarded the Albert Medal. He is buried in Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon. Sold with copied research.
Four: Admiral Sir W. R. Mends, G.C.B., Royal Navy, Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons in the Crimea, later Director of Transports at the Admiralty for which services, especially in relation to the Egyptian War of 1882, he was advanced to G.C.B. Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (W. R. Mends. C.B. Capt. H.M.S. Agamemnon. 17th Octr. 1854.) contemporary engraved naming; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels; Ottoman Empire, Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimea suspension; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamel, with period silk neck cravat, the first three mounted on a contemporary pin bar as originally worn, the first with light contact pitting, the second with usual damage to enamels, especially points of the arms and reverse centre, otherwise nearly very fine or better and an attractive contemporary group (4) £2,000-£3,000 --- Admiral Sir William Robert Mends was the eldest son of Admiral William Bowen Mends (1781–1864), and nephew of Sir Robert Mends. He was born at Plymouth on 27 February 1812. In May 1825 he entered the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, and on passing out in December 1826 was shortly afterwards appointed to the Thetis, a 46-gun frigate, going out to the South American station. He was still in the Thetis when she was wrecked on Cape Frio on 5 December 1830. It was Mends's watch at the time the ship struck, but as the night was dark and thick and it was raining heavily, he was held guiltless, the blame falling entirely on the Captain and Master. Mends was considered to have behaved very well in a position extremely difficult for one so young and inexperienced, and several of the members of the court offered to take him with them. After passing his examination he joined the Actæon in the Mediterranean, which in 1832 was at Constantinople when a Russian army of upwards of twenty thousand men was there, consequent on the terrible defeat of the Turks by Ibrahim Pasha at Konieh. The intervention of the Western Powers demanded the withdrawal of this force, and Mends was deeply interested in watching its embarkation, making careful notes of their manner and methods of embarking the cavalry and guns. Men, horses, and guns, with all their stores and baggage, were got on board within 12 hours, and Mends treasured up the experience for future use. In the summer of 1834, the Actæon returned to England and was paid off; in January 1835, Mends was appointed to the Pique with Captain Henry John Rous. In July the ship was sent out to Canada, and on the homeward voyage, on 22 September, it struck heavily on a reef off the coast of Labrador. After several anxious hours she was got off, and, though she was much damaged and leaking badly, and her main and mizen masts were badly sprung, Rous determined to proceed. Five days later her rudder, which had also been injured, was carried away, and the ship left helpless in a heavy westerly gale. With admirable seamanship she was steered for several days by means of a weighted hemp cable towed astern and controlled by a spar lashed across the ship's stern. It was not until 6 October that they were able to ship a jury rudder; and on the 13 they anchored at St. Helen's after a voyage that has no parallel in the annals of the nineteenth century. Mends then learnt that he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 11 August. In December he was sent out to join the Vernon at Malta. A year later he was moved into the Caledonia and then to the Rodney. In July 1838, he went to be Flag-lieutenant of Sir John Louis, the second in command on the station and superintendent of Malta dockyard. He continued with Louis, sometimes afloat, but mostly at Malta, until July 1843. From November 1843 he was in the Fox frigate with Sir Henry Blackwood on the coast of Ireland and in the East Indies; on 2 January 1847, he received the news of his promotion, on 9 November 1846, to be Commander. In January 1848 he was appointed to the Vanguard, in which, a couple of months later, he had the misfortune to lose some of the fingers of his left hand, which was carried into a block and badly crushed. It was this, more than the loss of the fingers, which caused trouble; and for years afterwards he suffered from severe attacks of neuralgia. The Vanguard went home and was paid off in March 1849. In July 1850, Mends was appointed to the Vengeance, again with Blackwood, who died after a short illness at Portsmouth on 7 January 1851, and was succeeded by Lord Edward Russell. Towards the end of the summer the Vengeance went to the Mediterranean, but came home in December 1862, when, on 10 December, Mends was advanced to post rank in acknowledgement of the excellent order the ship was in. In October 1853 he was selected by Sir Edmund (afterwards Lord) Lyons to be his Flag-Captain in the Mediterranean, if Captain Symonds, then in the Arethusa, should prefer to remain in the frigate. If Symonds should prefer to join Lyons, it was understood that Mends should have the Arethusa; Mends accordingly took the Agamemnon out and joined the fleet in the Sea of Marmora on Christmas Eve, when, as previously arranged, he took command of the Arethusa. In her he took a particularly brilliant part in the bombardment of Odessa on 22 April 1854: 'we stood in twice,' Mends wrote, 'tacked close off the Mole and engaged the works on it in reverse . . . pouring in a destructive fire as we went about.' He was promptly recalled by the Commander-in-Chief, who seems to have considered that he was needlessly risking the ship. 'I expected a reprimand when I went on board the Admiral to report, but the enthusiasm of the fleet and the cheers given to us as we passed along the lines mollified the chief, and I was simply told not to go in again.' The French officers who had witnessed the manoeuvre called on Mends to compliment him on it; and many years afterwards a French writer in the 'Revue des Deux Mondes' referred to it as a brilliant tour de force. In June, Lyons and Symonds had found that they did not get on well together, and it was proposed to Mends to re-exchange into the Agamemnon, which he did. From that time his individuality is lost in that of the Admiral, except that, as chief of Lyons's staff, he had the direction of many points of detail on which much depended. By far the most important of these were the embarkation of the troops at Varna and the subsequent landing of them in the Crimea on 14 September. The whole thing was admirably done without a hitch and without loss; and though, to the world at large, it appeared to be done by Lyons, Lyons himself and the Navy fully recognised that the credit belonged to Mends. In February 1855, Lyons moved his flag to the Royal Albert, with Mends accompanying him. In all the operations of the year he had his full share; he was nominated a C.B. on 5 July, and in December was ordered to take the ship to Malta, the Admiral remaining in the Black Sea with his flag in the Caradoc. While crossing the Sea of Marmora, the stern-gland (the metal bearing of the screw-shaft as it passes through the stern-post) gave way, and an alarming rush of water followed. During the next day the ship pursued her voyage, the engines pumping the water out, but on 28 December Mends decided that it was necessary to beach the ship, which was cleverly done in Port Nicolo, in the island of Zea. There a cofferdam was built inside round the hole, and, the ship's safety being thus secured, she proceeded to Malta under sail, and arrived there on 7 January 1856. Mends continued in command of the Royal Albert till March 1857, when he was appointed to the Hastings, guardship in the Mersey, from which, four years later, he was appointed Deputy-Controller-General of the Coastguard at the Admiralty. He held this office for about a year...
Badge. Coldstream Guards Officer's waist belt clasp. Fine scarce interlocking example with matching number to both halves. Silver circlet inscribed COLDSTREAM GUARDS and ornamented with laurel sprays; seeded gilt centre mounted by silver Garter Star with pierced motto on blue enamel ground and central red translucent enamel Cross of St.George. Plain gilt ends. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Bedfordshire Regiment Victorian Officer's helmet plate circa 1881-1901. Fine gilt crowned star mounted with Garter and laurel sprays bearing silver scroll THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. Blue enamel centre mounted with gilt Maltese cross on silver star, centrally a hart crossing a ford. Three loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. 1st (Carlisle) VB Border Regiment Victorian Officer's helmet plate circa 1887-1901. Good scarce silvered crowned star mounted with Bath cross within laurels resting on THE BORDER REGT scroll over 1ST VOLUNTEER BATTALION. Centrally, within the Garter, a disc of dead white enamel over the China Dragon on red enamel. Three loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Coldstream Guards Victorian Officer's 1898 hallmarked silver pagri badge. A splendid scarce die-cast example by J & Co (Jennings). Facetted silver Garter Star mounted with a pierced Garter on a rich blue enamel ground; central Cross of St. George in translucent red enamel. Loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Border Regiment Officer's helmet plate circa 1901-14. Fine scarce gilt crowned star mounted with silver Bath cross within laurels resting on THE BORDER REGT scroll. The arms of the cross emblazoned with battle honours. Centrally, within a circlet ARROYO DOS MOLINOS 1811, a disc with CHINA on a dead white enamel over the China Dragon on translucent red enamel. Three loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) Victorian Officer's helmet plate circa 1881-1901. Fine scarce rich gilt crowned star mounted with laurel sprays bearing silver scroll SHERWOOD FORESTERS. and silver Maltese Cross with applied gilt oak wreath and scrolls THE DERBYSHIRE REGT to the arms of the cross. To the centre, a silver Stag lodged, set on blue enamel ground. Three loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot Georgian Officer's Regency shako plate circa 1816-29. An extremely fine and scarce example. Eight pointed square tipped silver star mounted with pierced gilt strap inscribed TARIFA VITTORIA ST.SEBASTIAN PENINSULA to the centre, silver Royal Crest over 47 with gilt laurel sprays below set on a rich blue translucent enamel ground. Two loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. 3rd (Bedford) VB Bedfordshire Regiment Victorian Officer's helmet plate circa 1887-1901. Fine silvered crowned star mounted with Garter and laurel sprays bearing scrolls THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT over 3RD VOLUNTEER BATTALION. Black velvet centre mounted with Maltese cross on star, centrally a hart crossing a ford on blue enamel backing. Three loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Bedfordshire Regiment Officer's helmet plate circa 1901-14. Fine gilt crowned star mounted with Garter and laurel sprays bearing silver scroll THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. Black velvet centre mounted with gilt Maltese cross on silver star, centrally a hart crossing a ford on blue enamel backing. Three loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. South Africa. Imperial Light Horse (1st Regt.) Boer War cast brass slouch hat badge. Good rare ILH example with black enamel between. Each letter finely engraved : I with Natal, L with Mafeking and Pretoria, H with Rustenburg 1900 Barberton. Original stout brooch pin. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. 2nd Bn. Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment Colour Belt Plate. Fine scarce large die-cast silver faceted multi pointed star bearing gilt battle honour overlaid on the principal rays and central laurel sprays over 82 with further honours and silvered Prince of Wales's plumes. Central oval strap 2ND SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT with translucent blue enamel domed centre mounted with gilt WATERLOO scroll, silver Sphinx on EGYPT and with inset P.W.V. Four screw posts complete with securing nuts. VGC. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Household Brigade Officer Cadet Battalion WW1 cap badge circa 1917-19. Fine scarce bronze crowned circlet bearing the entwined initials of each regiment in the Household Brigade on white enamel ground; central GvR cypher within a chain. Loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Coldstream Guards Officer Service Dress silver cap badge. Fine small facetted silvered star mounted with pierced Garter on a blue enamel ground; to the centre, the Cross of St. George in red enamel. Reverse impressed STERLING. JRG&S (JR Gaunt and Son) Stout loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Hampshire Regiment Officer's cap badge circa 1901-46. Fine scarce die-cast unmarked silver star mounted with pierced gilt crowned Garter on blue enamel and central red enamel rose. Crimson velvet crown insert, HAMPSHIRE scroll below. Loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Bedfordshire Regiment VB Victorian Officer's helmet plate circa 1883-1901. Fine silvered crowned star mounted with Garter and laurel sprays bearing THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT scroll. Black velvet centre mounted with Maltese cross on star, centrally a hart crossing a ford on translucent blue enamel backing. Three loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. 3rd Royal Surrey Militia Victorian Officer's helmet plate circa 1878-81. Fine rare silvered crowned star with faceted star overlay mounted with oak sprays and pierced title strap on blue translucent enamel. The black velvet centre bearing Garter Star with central red translucent enamel; Cross of St. George. Three loops. VGC Raised 26.3.1853; became 4th Bn The East Surrey Regiment on Friday 1.7.1881 with HQ at Kingston-upon-Thames. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. East Suffolk Militia Officer's belltop shako plate circa 1829-44. Fine rare large rich fire gilt die-stamped crowned star mounted by silver facetted star with gilt Garter, PRO ARIS ET FOCIS bipart scroll and strung bugle with ES monogram between the cords. Domed silver centre with translucent red enamel cross of St. George. Two horizontal loops to reverse. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. 2nd (Kendal) VB Border Regiment Victorian Officer's helmet plate circa 1887-1901. Fine scarce silvered crowned star mounted with Bath cross within laurels resting on THE BORDER REGT scroll over 2ND VOLUNTEER BATTALION. Centrally, within the Garter, a disc of dead white enamel over the China Dragon on red translucent enamel. Three loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Border Regiment Victorian Officer's helmet plate circa 1891-1901. Fine scarce gilt crowned star mounted with silver Bath cross within laurels resting on THE BORDER REGT scroll. The arms of the cross emblazoned with battle honours. Centrally, within a circlet ARROYO DOS MOLINOS 1811, a disc with CHINA on a dead white enamel over the China Dragon on translucent red enamel. Three loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry Edwardian Officer's cap badge circa 1902-08 Fine rare die-cast silvered and blue enamel example. Title strap surrounding a ten pointed star bearing crowned Ed VII cypher within a strap ARMA PACIS FULCRA. Loops. VGC Bob Betts Collection PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. South Africa. Transvaal Light Infantry helmet badge circa 1903-07. Good scarce short-lived die-stamped white metal title strap resting in a wreath and surmounted by an antelope; strung bugle to centre set on a blue enamel ground. Beneath the wreath, scrolls TAM MARTI QUAN MERCVRIO. (Owen 645) Original stout brooch pin. VGC Raised in 1903 and absorbed into the Witwatersrand Rifles in 1907. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
A sterling silver and engine turned enamel butterfly brooch, 4cm wide; a silver and enamel "Baby" brooch; a silver and enamel Royal Army Medical Corps pin badge; a silver goldstone metamorphic brooch/pendant and ring; a base metal and moonstone scorpion brooch; a silver and enamel pendant (7)
A George V silver engine turned rounded rectangular travelling pocket watch case, vacant cartouche, easel standing Morocco leather case, green satin and velvet lined, 11.5cm x 10cm; containing a silver plated Swiss Goliath pocket watch, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, Argenta, serial number 900068, 9.5cm over suspension loop, c.1900 (2)
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