A LURISTAN 'MASTER OF ANIMALS' BRONZE STANDARD FINIAL, IRAN, CIRCA 1000-650 BCThe tubular base surmounted by a stylized Janus-headed figure flanked on both sides by mythical beasts whose paws are placed together on the central figure's chest. The figure is boldly cast with detail work along the waist and legs. The face has a broad nose, large eyes, and prominent ears. The bronze has a naturally grown patina with malachite and cuprite encrustations.Provenance: Galerie Persepolis, Brussels, exhibited from 28 October to 13 November 1971. Collection of Monsieur H., Brussels, Belgium, acquired from the above. Collection Madame D.T., acquired from the above. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, few nicks, light scratches, minor losses, signs of weathering and corrosion, and encrustations.Weight: 263.2 g Dimensions: Height 14.7 cm (incl. stand), 12.2 cm (excl. stand) Luristan bronzes are small cast and decorated objects from the Early Iron Age (first millennium BC) which have been found in large numbers in Lorestan province and Kermanshah in western Iran. They include a great number of ornaments, tools, weapons, horse fittings, and a smaller number of vessels including situlae and are characterized by a wide range of idiosyncratic forms and a highly stylized conception of human and animal representation. Those from recorded excavations were generally found in burials. The ethnicity of the people who created them remains unclear, though they may well have been Indo-European, possibly related to the modern Lur people who have given their name to the area. Luristan bronze objects came to the notice of the world art market from the late 1920s onwards. They were excavated in considerable quantities by local people and are found today in many of the world's most important museums.The Master of Animals is a motif in ancient art showing a human between and grasping two confronted animals. The subject is widespread in the art of the Ancient Near East and Egypt. Although such figures are not all deities, the term may be a generic name for several deities from a variety of cultures with close relationships to the animal kingdom or in part animal form (in cultures where that is not the norm). These figures control animals and are responsible for their continued reproduction and availability for hunters. The Greek god shown as 'Master of Animals' is usually Apollo, one of the gods of the hunt. Shiva has the epithet Pasupathi meaning the 'Lord of animals', and these figures may derive from an archetype. Chapter 39 of the Book of Job has been interpreted as an assertion of the deity of the Hebrew Bible as Master of Animals.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related Luristan bronze standard finial, 19.2 cm high, also dated circa 1000-650 BC, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.76.97.91. Compare a closely related Luristan bronze standard finial, 20.5 cm high, also dated circa 1000-650 BC, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.76.97.94.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 9 June 2022, lot 24 Price: USD 31,500 or approx. EUR 29,000 converted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A Luristan bronze goddess, circa 9th-7th century BC Expert remark: Note the size (13.7 cm)Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 4 June 2015, lot 154 Price: USD 23,750 or approx. EUR 27,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A Luristan bronze goddess finial, circa 9th-7th century BC Expert remark: Note the slightly larger size (18.4 cm)
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A BRASS FIGURE OF DURGA MAHISHASURAMARDINI, INDIA, 16TH-17TH CENTURYWell cast to depict the eight-armed goddess Durga slaying Mahishasura just as the demon emerges from the decapitated body of the buffalo, all raised on a stepped rectangular base incised with cross-hatched lines. The goddess's right foot rests on the back of her lion vehicle, who roars in victory as the figure delivers the death blow with her trident while grasping the demon's head. Her radiating arms hold her attributes, the trident, club, lotus, sword, chakra, conch, bow and arrow. The brass with a rich, naturally grown, pale red patina. Provenance: From the private collection of Madeleine and Erich Dammann, no. 76, and thence by descent. Newlyweds Madeleine and Erich Dammann embarked on their first trip to India in 1950, driven by their curiosity about foreign cultures. Settling in Switzerland in 1963, Erich worked as a television editor and worked for Rundschau which specialized in reports from around the world, enabling him to travel extensively and collect art and objects from different cultures. Madeleine often joined him on these explorations. Over 50 years, their shared passion led to a diverse collection encompassing everyday objects, furniture, weapons, masks, musical instruments, jewelry, and more. The collection became an integral part of their family's life, shaping their home visually and emotionally. Condition: Very good condition with distinct old wear, mostly from extended worshipping within the culture, and expected casting irregularities, as well as small nicks, light scratches, minor dents. The aureole is lost.Weight: 1,275 g Dimensions: Height 17.8 cm The warrior manifestation of Adi Parashakti or Mahadevi (the Supreme Being in Shaktism) is represented in her most popular form as Mahishasuramardini (Slayer of the Buffalo Demon). Whilst representations of Durga can have between two and twenty arms, in medieval Indian art she is most often shown with only eight or ten arms.The weapons that Durga holds were bestowed upon her by male Hindu deities. Here, she holds Vishnu's conch (shankha) and disc-like weapon (Sudarshana Chakra) in her upper pair of hands, whereas her two principal, lower hands push Shiva's massive trident into Mahishasura's chest. The artist brilliantly captures the ultimate culmination of this fierce battle, when the powerful demon humbly realizes Durga's blatant superiority in the very moment of his death. The demon in human form emerges from the neck of his buffalo guise. The buffalo's body supports the foot of Durga's bent right leg, whilst the foot of her outstretched left leg rests on the back of her mount (vahana), a lion.Goddess Durga fought Mahishasura for 10 whole days. The shape-shifting demon was no match for the radiant and strong goddess. On the tenth day, she slayed him. The nine days of battle became what is celebrated today as Hindu festival of Navaratri, and the tenth day-the day of victory-is Vijaya Dashami.Durga's serene, calm and graceful face starkly contrasts with the lion's unleashed force and the demon's last rearing up. The crescent moon in her crown alludes to her association with Shiva, whose Shakti (female creative energy) is known in various manifestations, such as Sati, Parvati, Durga or Kall.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 20 March 2008, lot 345 Price: USD 5,000 or approx. EUR 6,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A brass figure of Durga slaying the buffalo, India, Orissa, 15th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and brass material. Note the size (14.9 cm).
A BRONZE STATUE OF VISHNU HOLDING THE INFANT BRAHMA ON A SHRINE, NAYAK PERIODSouth India, 17th century. The four-armed deity seated atop a lotus pedestal, holding the infant Brahma in his two main arms while the others hold chakra and conch, backed by a separately cast arch with beaded and foliate decorations, makara heads, and central kirtimukha. The bronze with a fine, chocolate-brown patina and scattered malachite encrustations. Provenance: Sotheby's London, 28 October 1993, lot 649. Collection Particuliere Française, acquired from the above. With an old Sotheby's label, '649. 28 Oct 1993'.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and casting irregularities, small dents, minuscule nicks, light scratches, encrustations.Weight: 384.8 g Dimensions: Height 11.8 cm Literature comparison:Compare a related brass figure of Vishnu holding baby Brahma, 11.9 cm high, in the Science Museum, London, object number A5428.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Bonhams San Francisco, 25 June 2019, lot 173 Price: USD 3,750 or approx. EUR 4,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A copper alloy figure of Vishnu and Lakshmi, South India, Nayak period, circa 17th century Expert remark: Compare the related composition, modeling, alloy, and manner of casting. Note the different subject and larger size (17.2 cm).
A PAIR OF SANCAI FIGURES OF PERSIAN AMBASSADORS, LATE MING DYNASTYChina, 16th - 17th century. Well modeled in mirror image, each standing on a shaped base holding a tributary vase in both hands, wearing elaborate robes secured with a belt and carved with floral and foliate designs, high boots, and tall caps. Their faces with curling mustaches and bushy eyebrows, their mouths agape. (2)Provenance: From an Italian private collection. Each with an old label to the base inscribed in Italian, 'Sancai (three color) pottery. Ming period (1368-1644). Candle holder - Turk with vase (180).' Condition: Expected old wear and firing flaws, small losses, few cracks, some glaze flaking, as well as minor old repairs and touchups. Please request a video of the present lot taken under strong blue light for more details. Weight: 2,923 g and 2,898 g Dimensions: Height 44.3 cm and 43.9 cm Throughout Chinese history, tributary states and tribes were required to periodically send their ambassadors to the Imperial court and pay tribute with valuable gifts. Drawings and paintings with short descriptions were used to record the tribute of these ambassadors and to document cultural aspects of these ethnic groups. Descriptions were written alongside these portrayals, which became later highly valued as historical sources regarding the international relations between China and the rest of the world. The Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang was painted by the soon to be Emperor Yuan of Liang, Xiao Yi (ruled 552-555 AD) of the Liang dynasty while he was a governor of the Jingzhou province as a young man between 526-539 AD, a post he held again between 547-552 AD. During his time as governor, he had the opportunity to meet many foreigners. One of his paintings depicts a Persian ambassador and likely served as the inspiration for these two figures.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 15 October 2021, lot 194 Price: EUR 15,168 or approx. EUR 17,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A rare sancai roof tile depicting a Persian ambassador, late Ming dynasty Expert remark: Compare the similar headdress and curly hair typical of depictions of Persians. Note the size (49 cm). 明末一對三彩波斯人俑中國, 十六至十七世紀。人俑造型精美，站在一個底座上，雙手拿著一個朝貢花瓶，穿著胡人外袍，用腰帶固定，上面刻有花卉和葉狀圖案，穿著高筒靴和高帽。臉上留著捲曲的鬍鬚和濃密的眉毛，嘴巴大張。 (2) 來源：義大利私人收。底座有標籤，可見義大利語“三彩，明代，蠟燭台"字樣。 品相：有磨損和燒製缺陷、小損失、少量裂紋、一些釉料剝落，輕微的舊修和補漆。請向我們索取在強藍光下拍攝的影片，以了解更多詳情。重量：分別爲2,923克與 2,898克 尺寸：分別高 44.3 厘米與43.9厘米 縱觀中國歷史，朝貢國和部落都被要求定期向朝廷派遣使者，並向朝廷進貢。帶有簡短描述的圖畫和繪畫被用來記錄這些使節的貢品，並記錄這些民族的文化。 這些描述後來成為有關中國與世界其他國家之間國際關係的歷史資料，受到高度重視。拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：Galerie Zacke，維也納，2021年10月15日，lot 194 價格：EUR 15,168（相當於今日EUR 17,000） 描述：明末罕見三彩波斯人俑 專家評論：比較相似的髮飾和標準的波斯人捲髮。請注意尺寸 (49 釐米)。
A LARGE AND RARE 'QILIN, MYTHICAL HOUND AND BUDDHIST LION' JAR, MING DYNASTY, JIAJING PERIOD, 1521-1567Expert's note: The combination of iron-red and green glazes was utilized primarily during the Jiajing period (1521-1567). According to Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt in Ming Porcelain, New York, 1978, page 164, in her discussion of the 'Red-and-Green' Group, this palette would come to dominate polychrome porcelains, eventually leading to the appearance of famille verte during the second half of the seventeenth century.China. The ovoid body is supported on a flat base and rises to a short and slightly flared neck with a lipped rim. Boldly painted in green, red, and aubergine enamels with three lobed panels enclosing a mythical hound, a Buddhist lion and a Qilin, each with a long snout and standing foursquare amid foliage and rockwork depicted in profile and facing the viewer, surrounded by floral sprays, all beneath a band of phoenixes and peony blossoms below the rim decorated with lingzhi sprays. Covered overall with a finely crackled transparent glaze of a pale-ivory tone, the interior with a dark brown glaze.Provenance: The J. M. Hu, Zande Lou Collection. An old, padded silk box fitted to the vase accompanies the lot. Jenmou Hu (1911-1995) was arguably the most important collector of Chinese ceramics in the last century. In both his personal collection and in his bequests to cultural institutions, J. M. Hu stood as a model of the modern scholar-collector. The eldest son of the influential banker Hu Chun, he was raised in an elegant private residence amongst his many stepbrothers and stepsisters. In keeping with tradition, he was given a rigorous background in the Chinese classics, supplemented by a Western-style education. He first encountered Chinese ceramics during his student years, when he purchased a nineteenth-century brush washer for his desk. This initial foray into collecting would become emblematic of J. M. Hu's poignant relationship with art: even amidst the upheavals of war and the evolution of his collection, the modest brush-washer stayed with him until his death in 1995. Hu's boyhood studies within the Chinese literati tradition greatly informed his philosophical approach to life and collecting; humble and erudite, he consistently affirmed that it was the visceral connection between a collector and his acquisitions that was of essential importance. True value, in J. M. Hu's estimation, lay far beyond monetary worth. A noted traditionalist, he went to great lengths designing wooden stands and fitted boxes to preserve and display his Chinese treasures and delighted in sharing the collection with fellow connoisseurs. For J. M. Hu, collecting was a serious, scholarly pursuit not to be taken lightly. The joy of art came with a responsibility to honor both the artist and the object. Hu often spoke of the three necessary criteria in collecting: zhen (authenticity), jing (rarity and quality), and xin (condition). Yet it was an individual's bond with a work of art, as evidenced in J. M. Hu's beloved brush washer, that was of fundamental significance. In handling and examining his ceramics, Hu sought that indefinable delight that could come only from the beauty of artistry. In the tradition of Chinese literati who bestowed symbolic monikers upon their studios, libraries, and collections, the name of J. M. Hu's studio, Zande Lou, referenced the influential Lanting Xu of the famed Jin dynasty calligrapher Wang Xizhi, a text that describes Zande as a person's inner happiness. Although J. M. Hu intended the meaning of Zande to express this fleeting happiness, which he experienced as a collector when examining an object, the word has also come to be interpreted as the inherently transitory nature of collecting and possessing fine art. J. M. Hu's collection of Chinese ceramics provided abundant opportunity for personal scholarship and historical investigation. As early as the 1940s, he longed for a welcoming social environment where like-minded collectors could share and discuss art and objects. Two decades later, he established the Min Chiu Society in Hong Kong alongside fellow collectors K.P. Chen and J.S. Lee. A noted cultural philanthropist, J. M. Hu gifted substantial groupings from his collection to the Shanghai Museum in 1950 and again in 1989. Many of these objects remain on view in the museum's Zande Lou Gallery. To this day, J. M. Hu remains a celebrated figure amongst collectors of Chinese art. Condition: Remarkably well preserved, commensurate with age. Expected old wear and firing irregularities, including some burst bubbles, firing cracks, tiny bumps, pitting, dark spots, and glaze recesses. Occasional light scratches. Minor chips to base, mostly smoothened over time. Small hairlines. Displaying exceptionally, due to its size and excellent condition.Weight: 13.5 kg Dimensions: Height 40 cm Literature comparison:Compare a related red and green enameled porcelain 'min yao' dish donated by R. Soame Jenyns, 30.3 cm in diameter, dated to the Ming dynasty, likely Jiajing, in the British Museum, registration number 1951,1010.1. Compare a related polychrome enameled jar decorated with horses, with a Jiajing mark and of the period, 18 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1991.253.58.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 24 March 2023, lot 1036 Price: USD 32,760 or approx. EUR 30,000 converted at the time of writing Description: A very rare green and red-enameled 'fish' jar, Ming dynasty, 16th century Expert remark: Compare the related form and decoration. Note the different motif and smaller size (24.8 cm high). 嘉靖開光麒麟太獅罐中國。罐小口，豐肩，鼓腹，平足。由于平台拍品叙述的长度限制，我们移除了中文叙述，完整中文叙述请至www.zacke.at查看
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'PHEASANT' BEAKER VASE, SHUNZHI TO KANGXI PERIODChina, mid-17th to early 18th century. Heavily potted, of waisted form, the exterior finely painted in shades of cobalt blue with a long-tailed pheasant perched on a rocky outpost standing tall amid thick shrubbery, peonies, prunus, and pine needles, all below a further pheasant flying above, framed by hatched bands above the foot and below the mouth.Provenance: From a private collection in Cotswold, United Kingdom, acquired in the 1920s or earlier, and thence by descent in the same family to the last owner. A copy of an inventory of the family collection, compiled in 1948 by local auctioneer and appraiser Alfred Bower, listing the present lot as no. 312, accompanies this lot. A copy of a private photo taken c. 1982 and showing a part of the collection on display in the family home, including the present vase, accompanies this lot.Condition: Magnificent condition with minor old wear and manufacturing irregularities, occasional light scratches, the rim with minute fritting, the foot with a shallow chip. No hidden damages, all visible on the images provided.Weight: 3,338 gDimensions: Height 43.5 cm Auction comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 November 2020, lot 432Price: HKD 119,700 or approx. EUR 19,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A blue and white beaker vase, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi periodExpert remark: Compare the closely related waisted form and cobalt blue decoration, as well as the related bird motif. Note the size (45.7 cm).Auction comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's Amsterdam, 5 October 2011, lot 477Price: EUR 32,200 or approx. EUR 43,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A pair of Chinese blue and white large beaker vases, Kangxi (1662-1722)Expert remark: Compare the closely related waisted form and cobalt blue decoration. Note the different motif, the size (44.9 and 55.3 cm), and that this lot comprises a pair. 順治至康熙朝大型青花花鳥筒花觚中國，十七世紀中期至十八世紀初。撇口、圓腹、腹下漸外撇。白釉地，青花描繪。上下邊緣分別飾簡介線條紋，外壁在構圖上，底有奇石，上立一隻冠鳥，兩旁花團景簇，鳥周圍花團錦簇，中間可見牡丹、假山、樹等，空中飛舞著第二只鳥。 來源：來自英國科茨沃爾德的私人收藏，購於 1920 年代或更早，並由同一家族傳承至最後一位擁有者。隨附一份家庭收藏清單的副本。清單由當地拍賣師兼估價師 Alfred Bower 於 1948 年編制，將本拍品列為第 312 號。隨附一份拍攝於1982年的可見家庭住宅中展出的部分藏品也包括這件花瓶的私人照片的副本。 品相：狀況極佳，有輕微磨損和製造不規則，局部有輕微劃痕，邊緣有微小的磨損，足部有淺缺口。沒有隱藏的損壞，所有損壞都在照片上可見。 重量：3,338 克 尺寸：高 43.5 厘米 拍賣比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：香港蘇富比，2020年11月27日，lot 432 價錢：HKD 119,700（相當今日EUR 19,000） 描述：清順治青花花鳥圖筒花觚 專家註釋：比較非常相近的腰部外形和青花紋，以及相近的鳥紋。請注意尺寸 (45.7 厘米)。 拍賣比較： 形制：相近 拍賣：阿姆斯特丹佳士得，2011年10月5日，lot 477 價錢：EUR 32,200（相當今日EUR 43,500） 描述：康熙一對青花花觚 專家註釋：比較非常相近的腰部外形和青花紋。請注意不同的主題 、尺寸 (44.9 and 55.3 厘米)，以及此為一對。
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, a pair of cabinet plates from the Aladdin & the Magic Lamp series, and a further example, Sinbad the Seafairer, no cracks or chips, each D: 16 cm (3), no apparent losses to paint, slight wear to gilt and surface marks to all plates, one plate appears to have a scrape to under the rim which is visible under UV light, no cracks or visible damages slight pitt marks to rim of one plate but overall good condition. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)
The ‘Jowaki 1877-8’ and ‘Peiwar Kotal’ campaign medals to Captain J. A. Kelso, Royal Artillery, who was killed in action at the Peiwar Kotal on 2 December 1878, shot through the head; General Roberts lamented, ‘Few men could have done what he did with his battery in so short a time, and I considered myself extremely fortunate in having him with my column’ India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (Captn. J. A. Kelso. R. Arty.) in its named card box of issue; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Peiwar Kotal (Captain. J. A. Kelso. R.A.) in its named card box of issue, both medals lightly polished on the obverse, otherwise good very fine (2) £2,400-£2,800 --- ‘John Andrew Kelso, who was killed at the Peiwar Kotal on the 2nd December, 1878, was the only son of the late John Kelso, Esq., of the Indian Civil Service, a gentleman who for many years had charge of the Government Revenue. Survey in the Province of Assam. The subject of this memoir was born on the 2nd February, 1839. After passing the earlier portion of his life with his parents in India, he proceeded to England, and studied for several years at King's College, London, from whence he entered Woolwich. Passing out from the Academy after the usual course, he was gazetted, in November, 1860, to the Royal Artillery, and, joining his battery in India shortly afterwards, did duty with it at various stations in the Bengal and Madras Presidencies for a period of seven years. In March, 1868, Kelso was posted Subaltern to No. 2 Light Field Horse Battery, Haidarabad. Contingent, and continued to serve with it until April, 1873, when he received his promotion and reverted to the regular service. After a twelve-months' interval, he was appointed Commandant of No. 2 Light Field Horse Battery, Punjab Frontier Force, which in January, 1877, was converted into No. I Mountain Battery, mules being substituted for horses. With this he served throughout the Jowaki campaign of 1877-78, obtaining the medal with clasp, and receiving honourable mention in Brigadier-General Keyes' despatches for the zeal and activity he displayed during the operations. Shortly after the conclusion of hostilities a severe attack of fever necessitated his proceeding on sick leave to the hill station of Murree. ‘In October, 1878, the battery was ordered up to Jamrud in view of the impending outbreak of war with Afghanistan, being detailed to Sir Sam. Browne's Division of the Army of Invasion, and Captain Kelso at once rejoined and resumed command of it. General Roberts, however, applying for its services, it was sent, a month later, to join the Kuram Force at Kohat, and proceeding from thence to Thal, took part in the subsequent advance of the division into the enemy’s country. It was during the assault of the Peiwar Kotal on the 2nd December, in the hour of victory, that Captain Kelso met a soldier's death, being shot through the head at the moment when - to quote the words of an eye-witness - he had "moved up the steep slope with incredible rapidity, and, wheeling to the right, formed up on the left of the Highlanders, and opened fire.” Captain Kelso was an officer of high repute in the service, and the sorrow caused by his death was both deep and wide-spread. After referring in his despatch to the assistance rendered by the battery in the advance, and to the determined manner in which the guns were fought, General Roberts, coupling the name of the deceased with that of the late Major Anderson of the 23rd Punjab Pioneers, wrote as follows: "The death of these officers is mourned by the whole force, for both were well known as brave and excellent soldiers;" and in a private letter, after expressing his great admiration for Captain Kelso's very soldierly qualities, the General added: "Few men could have done what he did with his battery in so short a time, and I considered myself extremely fortunate in having him with my column." Captain Kelso married, in January, 1867, at Trichinopoly, Marion, third daughter of the late W. H. Ranking, M.D., F.R.C.P.L., of Norwich. He leaves a widow, with one son and three daughters.’ (Ref The Afghan Campaign of 1878-1880, by S. H. Shadbolt.)
“A non-commissioned officer’s patrole (sic) of the 14th Light Dragoons and 1st Hussars, from Arevalo, took in Blasco Sancho, on the evening of the 25th., shortly after the King had left the place, 2 officers and 27 of the King’s cavalry, who had been left there to follow his rear guard.” Wellington’s despatch to Earl Bathurst from Olmedo, 28 July 1812 refers. The historic and unique Peninsula awards to Troop Sergeant-Major William Hanley, 14th Light Dragoons, who is the only known instance of an N.C.O. being mentioned by name in Napier’s History of the Peninsula War, for his gallant exploit at Blasco Sancho on 25 July 1812, when his patrol of three men of the 14th Light Dragoons and four men of the 1st Hussars of the King’s German Legion captured a piquet of French cavalrymen numbering two officers, two N.C.O.’s and 27 Dragoons; awarded a special Silver Medal by the Officers of the regiment at a full dress parade to commemorate his exploit, he was present in every engagement fought by the regiment in the Peninsula and in North America, and was afterwards appointed Foreman of Stores at the Tower of London until his death on September 1859 Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (W. Hanley, Troop Serjeant Major, 14th Light Dragoon) last letter of unit obscured by suspension claw; 14th Light Dragoons, unique silver medal for ‘Blasco Sancho 1812’, engraved, 38mm [Ref: Balmer R77], Obverse: within an engraved wreath ‘Fortitudine Blasco Sancho 26 July 1812. Peninsula.’ Reverse: within an engraved wreath ‘William Hanley Corporal 14th Light Dragoons’, with riveted silver clip and hinged straight bar and silver ribbon slide to contemporary original red ribbon with attached ivorine name label, minor edge bruise and very light contact marks, otherwise toned, good very fine (2) £14,000-£18,000 --- Provenance: Fleming Collection 1871; Seaforth (Stewart Mackenzie) Collection 1873; Eaton Collection 1880 (later Lord Cheylesmore) sold Glendining’s, July 1930; Leyland Robinson Collection, principally acquired and added to by F. J. Ridsdale of Johannesburg, and mainly dispersed by Spink & Son in the early to late 1970s; Alan Harrison Collection to present vendor. One officer and 17 other ranks of the 14th Light Dragoons received the maximum 11 clasps earned by the regiment, all with this same combination. (See Dix Noonan Webb, 17 February 2021, for the example to Sergeant George Kinch.)
 This unique pair of medals has not been offered for public sale since the dispersal of Lord Cheylesmore’s Collection at Glendining’s in July 1930 when it is believed they were acquired by Professor A. Leyland Robinson, of Liverpool, who amassed an impressively large collection of Peninsula War medals (over 700 individual lots including many pairs and groups as well as gold awards), some, but not all, of which was consigned to auction through A. H. Baldwin’s at Glendining’s in October 1952 (128 lots) and February 1953 (132 lots). A substantial part of the collection was acquired privately by Francis J. Ridsdale, of Johannesburg, who added further to it, particularly in regard to Officers’ Gold Medals and Crosses. The present cataloguer had the privilege of handling most of this collection when it was consigned to Spink and Son in the early 1970s for private disposal. It is notable, however, that the pair to Hanley were not at that time disposed of, Mr Ridsdale having then recently acquired some original manuscript accounts of the Blasco Sancho affair [sold with Lot] which gave new importance to Hanley’s awards and were the subject of a lengthy article by F. J. Ridsdale published in the Numismatic Circular in April 1974, as follows: ‘SERGEANT-MAJOR HANLEY AND HIS AWARDS By F. J. Ridsdale, Johannesburg. As all collectors know, there were no general awards for gallantry or distinguished conduct in being at the time of the Napoleonic Wars, but on very rare occasions Regimental Colonels or the Regiments themselves awarded or subscribed for individual awards. Times and customs have also changed very considerably, because I think there is only one instance in Napier's History of the Peninsula War where someone, not an officer, is mentioned by name; Vol. IV of Warne's Edition, 1886, at page 279. The man was Sergeant-Major Hanley of the 14th Light Dragoons, who with a small patrol captured 29 Frenchmen at Blasco Sancho on the 25th July, 1812. I have long had in my collection Sergeant-Major Hanley's Military General Service with 11 bars for Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca,, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivell, Nive, Orthes and Toulouse, which is the full tale of bars to the Regiment, and a Silver Medal presented to him by the Officers of the Regiment at a full dress parade to commemorate his exploit. The obverse has, within a wreath, "Fortitudine Blasco Sancho, 26th July 1812, Peninsula" and the reverse “William Hanley, Corporal, 14 Light Dragoons”. The medals were in the Stewart Mackenzie and Leyland Robinson collections, and the regimental medal is in Tancred at p. 311. Quite by chance I was able to purchase a short time ago, a letter written by the Duke of Wellington on the 5th May 1831 to Major, the Hon. W. F. de Roos which enclosed manuscript accounts, not only of that exploit, but of another which took place near Pamplona in July 1813. These read as follows: May 5th, 1831 My dear de Roos, Some time has elapsed since I ought to have returned you the enclosed papers. The man is a very good one, but I really do not know what I can now do for him. I have not the most distant recollection of the affair or of the Dispatch. The best thing to do would be to find the Dispatch; and then we will see how we can give the Man an authentic copy of it. Believe me ever yours most sincerely, Wellington (ENDORSEMENT) D. of Wellington Serjt Major Hanley Coventry Barracks 10th July, 1828 Honoured Sir, Agreeably to your desire I have the honour to transmit a Statement of the Capture of a Picquet of the Enemies Cavalry, consisting of Two Officers, one Serjeant and Twenty Six mounted Dragoons and one private Servant with Two Mules and Baggage at Blascho Sancho in Spain on the evening of the 25th July, 1812, by a Patrole under my command consisting of Four men 1st German Hussars, and four of the 14th Lt. Dragoons. As soon as the Brigade arrived at Arévola and Picquets posted, I was ordered to proceed with the Patrole as far as Blascho Sancho to ascertain the route of the enemy, my party being small and in an open country it was necessary to move with great precaution. I accordingly sent one Dragoon 200 yards to my right front, another as far to the left, and a third, one hundred yards in advance, ordering them to keep each other in sight as much as possible (and also the patrole) to circle when in sight of the enemy, or fire if suddenly attacked. The Dragoon on my right front (Private Luke Billington 14th Lt. Dn) owing to some accident discharged his Pistol, wounded his horse in the shoulder, and was consequently unfit to proceed. This happened about 7 miles from Blascho Sancho, he was replaced by one of my party and we proceeded until the advanced Dragoon circled; I trotted to the foot of the hill and dismounted the men, I walked to the top and placed myself behind a stone cross where I had a perfect view of a column of Infantry on parade. We waited some time till at length they marched off and disappeared behind an opposite hill. I mounted the Patrole and galloped for that part of the Town they had le...
Pair: Sergeant E. H. Guard, Devonshire Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (30405 Sjt. E. H. Guard. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (556 Cpl. E. H. Guard. Devon. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Ernest Henry Guard was born in St. Giles in the Woods, Devon, on 8 July 1889 and served with the 2/4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Great War. The Battalion served at Fort George, Madras, before leaving India on 15 October 1917 and landing at Suez on 26 October 1917, being placed under orders of Lines of Communication. Disbanded in Egypt in the autumn of 1918, it appears that Guard enjoyed a brief spell with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry before qualifying for a Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1925 whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.
Four: Able Seaman J. E. MacLeod, Royal Navy, later Mercantile Marine China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (J. E. Mc.Leod, A.B., H.M.S. Barfleur.); 1914-15 Star (193253, J. E. MacLeod, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (193253 J. E. Mac Leod. A.B. R.N.) light polishing throughout, nearly very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- John Evan MacLeod was born in Inverness on 6 November 1879. A telegraph assistant, he joined the Royal Navy on 19 April 1897, and witnessed extensive service aboard a host of ships including H.M.S. Barfleur from 1 October 1898 to 18 September 1900. In consequence, he was present on 9 June 1900 when a detachment from the Barfleur, led by Commander David Beatty, proceeded in an effort to relieve Pekin as part of a 2,000-strong Naval Brigade. The expedition witnessed severe fighting, casualties recorded at 2 officers and 63 men killed, 20 officers and 210 men wounded. Advanced Able Seaman 9 November 1899, Petty Officer Second Class on 1 September 1904, and Petty Officer First Class on 12 June 1908 whilst aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Triumph, MacLeod’s rise through the ranks hit a temporary snag in April 1911 when he was disrated for breaking out of ship. He remained in service with the Royal Navy during the Great War, the majority of time being spent aboard TB 29, before being shore pensioned on 17 December 1919. In need of further income, MacLeod took employment with the Merchant Navy before finally resolving to keep his feet dry and retiring home to Inverness in the early 1920s. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient as an Able Seaman in the Merchant Navy.
Pair: Private R. W. Salter, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14905178 Pte. R. W. Salter. DCLI.) latter in named card box of issue; together with a DCLI cap badge, extremely fine (2) £60-£80 --- R. W. Salter served with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in the Palestine operational area from 20 March to 12 July 1946. Sold with copied medal roll extract which states that the recipient’s G.S.M. was approved on 3 August 1967.
Three: Sergeant G. R. S. Jeram, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (38803 Pte. G. S. Jeram. D. of Corn. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (38803 Sjt. G. R. Jeram. D.C.L.I.) minor edge nicks, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- George Robert Sandell Jeram was born in Portsmouth in July 1899 and joined the Army on 8 March 1917. Mobilised into the Devonshire Regiment on 7 June 1917, he was subsequently posted to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1918. Demobilised, he re-enliisted on 11 February 1919, and saw further service in Mesopotamia in 1920, and was discharged at Exeter on 31 March 1921. He died in Hampshire on 18 February 1965. Sold with copied record of service, medal index cards, and other research.
Eight: Captain B. R. Vertannes, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Honourable Artillery Company, who subsequently served with the 18th Rangoon Battalion, Indian Defence Force 1914-15 Star (3639 Pte. B R. Vertannes. H.A.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. B. R. Vertannes. R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. B. R. Vertannes. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. B. R. Vertannes, 18-Rangoon Bn. I.D.F.) impressed naming, mounted court-style for wear, light pitting to BWM, generally very fine and better (8) £700-£900 --- Benjamin Raphael Vertannes, an Armenian, attested for the Honourable Artillery Company and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1915, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 5 April 1917, serving with 42 Squadron. A Member of the 18th Rangoon Battalion, Indian Defence Force in the inter-War years, he saw further service during the Second World War, being granted an emergency commission in the Army in Burma Reserve of Officers on 10 April 1942. Sold with typed extracts from the Squadron Record Book giving details of the recipient’s flying operations during the period 5 December 1917 to 9 March 1918.
Four: Sergeant H. McHardy, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (251030 Pte. H. McHardy. A. & S.H.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (3080 Pte. H. McHardy. A. & S.H.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (2069275 Sjt. H. McHardy. 6/A. & S.H.) mounted for wear, light contact marks, very fine (4) £260-£300 --- Hugh Mc Hardy served as a Bugler with 14th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Great War.
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Baines, Leicestershire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (6775 Pte. J. C. Baines. I: Leic: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. C. Baines.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major J. C. Baines. Leic. R.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top slip on brooch bar, mounted for wear; together with the related miniature awards, the D.S.O. in gold and enamel, these similarly mounted, and all housed in an ‘A. & N.C.S., London, fitted case; together with a small piece of shrapnel, this probably a memento of his being wounded, light contact marks, very fine and better (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 18 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer commanded the battalion during a week's fighting with great skill in difficult circumstances, having only joined it the day before. He was constantly in touch with them all, and kept the brigade well informed of the situation, besides filling up gaps with his reserve companies. On one occasion when the line was bent back he counter-attacked at once, restoring the situation. Owing to his close liaison with other units the relief of the brigade was much facilitated.’ John Cecil Baines was born at St. Peters, Leicester in 1876 and attested for the the Leicester Regiment on 26 January 1900, having previously served with the Regiment’s 1st Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War and was discharged on his return on 30 May 1901. His service papers show entitlement to the clasps for Laing’s Nek and Belfast; however, the medal rolls for the 1st Volunteer Battalion the Leicester Regiment confirm entitlement to all four clasps. Baines is shown in the November 1914 Army List as a Captain in the 4th (T.F.) Battalion, Leicester Regiment, with seniority from 14 May 1909, and as Instructor of Musketry. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 February 1917, and was also sometime attached to the 2/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, and the 14th Battalion, Leicester Regiment. He was promoted acting Lieutenant-Colonel whilst commanding a Battalion on 12 April 1918, and was wounded by gun shot to his left leg. Awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1919 (London Gazette 19 August 1919), he died at Leicester on 26 January 1928.
Four: Private A. C. Lightwood, East Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1811 Pte. A. C. Lightwood. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1811 Pte. A. C. Lightwood. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240313 Pte. A. C. Lightwood. 6/E. Surr. R.) mounted as worn in the incorrect order, light contact marks, good very fine (4) £220-£260 --- Archibald Charles Lightwood was born at Windsor, Berkshire in 1896. He served during the Great War with the 1/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, and later in Aden attached to the Machine Gun Corps, and was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 148 of April 1920. He died at Staines, Surrey in 1973.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5434601. Pte. H. J. Wheeler. D.C.L.I.) nearly extremely fine, scarce to unit £160-£200 --- Harold James Wheeler was born in Bridgewater, Somerset, on 15 April 1911 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Taunton on 2 May 1928. Transferring to the Reserve, he was recalled as a Section “A” Reservist in September 1936, and served as part of a draft from the Regiment attached to the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps in Palestine from 10 September to 16 November 1936. He transferred to the 4th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps, on 22 January 1941, and died in Taunton on 16 October 1988. Sold with copied medal roll extract and copied research.
Five: Sergeant T. E. Walsh, 9th Lancers, later Sub-Conductor, Indian Unattached List Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4077. Corpl. T. E. Walsh. 9/Lcrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4077 Corpl: T. E. Walsh 9th Lancers.); Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (4077 Sergt: T. E. Walsh. 9th Lcrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4077 S-Cond. T. E. Walsh. I.U.L.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.,1st issue (Staff-Serjt. T. E. Walsh. I.M.L) light contact marks, generally very fine, the Tibet Medal believed unique to unit (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- Thomas Edward Walsh was born in November 1876 and initially served with the 9th Lancers during the Boer War. Returning to India, he was posted on attachment to the Supply and Transport Corps, and served during the Tibet Campaign. He later transferred to the Remount Department and served with the Indian Unattached List during the Great War, with sole entitlement to the British War Medal. An active member of the 9th Lancers Old Comrades Association, Walsh returned from India during the 1920s and was soon appointed to the Committee of the OCA. He was latterly appointed as Hon. Treasurer - a role he held for some 15 years. He died in November 1950 and is buried in Harrow. Sold together with copied O.C.A. Committee photograph which includes the recipient; marriage certificate; and written copied obituary from The Delhi Spearmen.
Pair: Private M. Kempton, 59th Regiment of Foot Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1239, Pte. M. Kempton, 59th. Foot); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1239 Private Michl. Kempton 59th. Regt.) third digit of number over-struck on Star; light contact marks and wear to first, good fine and better and extremely rare to unit (2) £500-£700 --- British Battles and Medals states just 13 Afghan Medals with clasp Kandahar; and just 9 Kabul to Kandahar Stars awarded to the 59th Foot. Michael Kempton was born in Glasgow in 1850. He is recorded in the British Army, Worldwide Index 1871, as serving from 1 April 1871 to 30 June 1871 with the 59th Regiment of Foot at Mhow and Bombay, India. He later fought at the Battle of Kandahar on 1 September 1880, and was discharged to pension on 19 June 1883. He died in Gateshead in December 1913.
A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Corporal William Cookney for service with “Pom-Poms” Section, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (88540 Corpl: W. Cookney. R.A.) light surface marks, otherwise good very fine £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902: ‘Corporal W. Cookney, “Pom-Poms” Royal Artillery.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1902, Kitchener’s final despatch of 26 March 1902, as Corporal in “Pom-Poms”. William Cookney was born at Bermondsey, London, and served in the Royal Artillery from 19 January 1892 to 18 January 1904. He served in India from December 1892 to December 1897, and was wounded in the right cheek whilst on duty on 8 September 1897. He served in South Africa from October 1899 to August 1902 and is entitled to the Q.S.A. with 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, and the K.S.A. with 2 clasps.
A fine Great War ‘Battle of Jutland’ D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Yeoman of Signals W. W. Day, Royal Navy, who was decorated for gallantry aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Nestor as she attempted to lead a near-suicidal torpedo attack against the German High Seas Fleet Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (216047. W. W. Day, Yeo. Sigs. “Nestor” 31st. May-1st. June. 1916.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (216047 W. W. Day, Lg. Sig, H.M.S. Proserpine:); 1914-15 Star (216047, W. W. Day, Y.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (216047 W. W. Day. Y.S. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st type (216047. W. W. Day, Yeo. Sig. H.M.S. Victory) light contact marks throughout, otherwise nearly very fine (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 5 October 1918: ‘Additional Awards for Services in the Battle of Jutland on the 31st May, 1916.’ The official recommendation states: ‘H.M.S. Nestor, Battle of Jutland, 31 May-1 June, 1916. Whilst under heavy shell fire did carry out his duties with the greatest efficiency and coolness, although one of his staff was killed alongside him and he was handicapped by his halliards, semaphore and searchlight being shot away. Always a most zealous and capable Yeoman.’ William Walter Day was born in Bromley, Kent, on 25 October 1884. He joined the Royal Navy as a schoolboy on 25 July 1901, and witnessed rapid promotion in a little over a year from Boy 2nd Class to Signalman aboard H.M.S. Lion. Advanced Yeoman of Signals aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Venus on 1 February 1913, Day served at various shore establishments and depot ships from 1914 to 1916, before being posted to the destroyer H.M.S. Nestor on 25 May 1916, with less than a week to go before the largest fleet engagement of the Great War, the Battle of Jutland. To gain a real insight of the little destroyer’s part in the Battle, the following extract from Deeds that Thrill the Empire brings the story to life: ‘Some of our destroyers, too, had a busy and fruitful time during the run south. Nominally, they accompanied the battle-cruisers in order to protect them against submarine attack (in which they succeeded to perfection), but opportunity came to them for still more effective work. At 4.15 a division of these vessels, under the command of Commander The Hon. E. B. S. Bingham, in the Nestor, moved out towards the enemy with the object of delivering a torpedo attack. On the way they met a flotilla of hostile destroyers setting out towards our own battle line with a similar object, and a fierce fight ensued between the opposing craft, in which two of the enemy’s vessels were sunk without loss to us. The hostile attempt to attack our battle-cruisers was thus frustrated, and our boats pressed on with their original plan. The Nestor, Nomad and Nicator rushed in at the enemy under a terrific fire and discharged torpedoes at them. By all the rules of the game, they should have been sunk with every man on board, and, as it was, the only one of the three to escape was the Nicator, whose commanding officer, Lieutenant Jack Mocatta, was rewarded with the D.S.O. ‘The Nestor and Nomad were both disabled within easy reach of the enemy’s guns, and neither of them survived the experience, although, happily, many of those on board were saved by the enemy. These included Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield, in command of the Nomad, who was specially promoted to the rank of commander, and Commander Bingham, of the Nestor, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for “the extremely gallant way in which he led his division in their attack, first on the enemy destroyers, and then on the battle-cruisers. He finally sighted the enemy battle fleet, and, followed by the one remaining destroyer of his division (Nicator), with dauntless courage he closed to within 3,000 yards of the enemy in order to attain a favourable position for firing the torpedoes. While making this attack, Nestor and Nicator were under concentrated fire of the secondary batteries of the High Seas Fleet. Nestor was subsequently sunk.”’ Plucked from the choppy North Sea by the Germans, Day was landed at Wilhelmshaven on 3 May 1916. Transferred from a German P.O.W. camp to Holland on 30 April 1918, it was only then that official reports of his brave actions aboard Nestor reached the Admiralty in London; recommended for the D.S.M. and accelerated promotion, he was raised Chief Yeoman of Signals on 18 January 1921, before being shore pensioned in the summer of 1922. Day returned to service during the Second World War, but his time was cut short in June 1941 in consequence of mental health problems, most likely associated with the horrors witnessed at Jutland and the deprivations associated with two years as a prisoner of war. Sold with an original small Battle of Jutland 1916 Commemorative Medal, base metal with ring suspension, in Spink & Son Ltd. card box; a set of period silk ribands; and copied research.
Pair: Colonel J. F. Forster, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1884, The Nile 1884-85 (Major, J. F. Forster. 2/D of C.L.I.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, minor edge bruising and light pitting, generally very fine, the Suakin clasp rare to unit (2) £700-£900 --- One of only 6 ‘Suakin 1884’ clasps awarded to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, and the only Officer to receive the clasp. James FitzEustace Forster was born at Swords House, Swords, County Dublin on 27 September 1834, the only son of Joshua M. Forster of St. Croix, West Indies. He purchased a commission as Ensign in the Ceylon Rifles on 19 December 1862, and served in Ceylon from 30 March 1863 to 11 May 1866. On 14 September 1866, Forster next purchased a Lieutenancy in the 1st West India Regiment, with which regiment he served in Hong Kong, exchanging to the 4th West India Regiment on 30 March 1867, serving with them in the West Indies. He purchased his Captaincy in this regiment on 16 September 1868, only to be placed on half-pay on reduction of the unit on 30 December 1869. He was restored to the active list on 19 June 1872, when he joined the 46th Regiment of Foot, and was promoted Major in the 46th on 1 July 1881. Forster served with the 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (as the 46th Foot had become) during the Egypt Campaign of 1882, and took part in the reconnaissance in force from Alexandria on 5 August 1882. He also served in the engagements at El Magfar on 24 August and Tel-el-Maskhuta on 25 August, and in the famous night action at Kassassin on 28 August 1882, where he was severely wounded by gunshot to the thigh. For his services in this campaign he was awarded the Egypt Medal without clasp and the Khedive's Star. He saw further service in the Soudan Expedition of 1884, serving with the Transport Department, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 6 May 1884). He was promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 21 May 1884, and received the clasp Suakin 1884 to his Egypt Medal, the only officer from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry to receive this clasp. Forster rejoined his battalion and saw further service during the the Gordon Relief Expedition of 1884-85, taking part in the operations of the advanced column under Major General Earle, for which he was awarded the clasp The Nile 1884-85. He was promoted substantive Lieutenant Colonel on 30 November 1884, and Brevet Colonel on 21 May 1888, commanding the Battalion at some point. He retired on 27 September 1889. A Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for County Dublin, Forster died in Dublin on 1 April 1915, aged 81. Sold with a small Carte de Visite studio portrait photograph of the recipient; a photographic image of the recipient wearing his medals; and copied research.
Three: Private F. J. Nicholas, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (5841 Pte. J. Nicholas. Som. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1496 Pte. F. J. Nicholas. Som. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £160-£200 --- Frederick John Nicholas served in both 1/5th and 1/4th Battalions the Somerset Light Infantry. He was disembodied on 5 July 1919. Sold with a small photograph containing a small group of labourers or agricultural workers believed to include the recipient.
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (46354 Gunr. W. H. Joyce No. 1 By. 1st Bde. E. Dn. R.A.) unofficial attachment between clasps, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £200-£240 --- William Henry Joyce served as a Gunner with 1/1st Brigade, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery, in Burma from 1 May 1887 to 15 April 1888, and was invalided to England on 25 October 1889. Sold with confirmation of medal and clasps.
Four: Driver R. H. Chapman, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T4-212614 Dvr. R. H. Chapman. A.S.C.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (T4-212614 Dvr. R. H. Chapman. A.S.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (T4-212614 Dvr. R. H. Chapman. R.A.S.C.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Robert H. Chapman was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order No. 148 of 1920.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 4 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow, Central India (Store Lascar Luximon Rowjee.) locally impressed naming, unofficial rivets, a few marks, otherwise good very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- ‘Most four-clasp medals were awarded to 3 Company, 1 Battalion Bengal Artillery (approximately 48 and additional 23 to gun lascars) with 17 Light Field Battery (approximately 62 to other ranks, including 2 Europeans).’ (British Battles & Medals refers). A ‘store lascar’ may well have been employed in a powder store or shell magazine with the artillery.
A fine Great War 'Salonica' D.S.O., M.C., Al Valore Militare group of six awarded to Major R. H. Jones, King's Liverpool Regiment, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Hampshire Regiment, who repeatedly displayed marked leadership in patrol actions Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut: R. H. Jones. L'pool R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major R. H. Jones.); Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, unnamed as issued, gilding slightly rubbed on first, otherwise good very fine and better (6) £2,600-£3,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 February 1919: 'For conspicuous gallantry during an attack on an enemy position at White Scar Hill on September 18th, 1918. He was in charge of the attacking party, and, owing largely to his courage and determination, the enemy position was taken by assault. Under subsequent heavy shelling he held on to the position, and when ordered withdrew his force in order to our lines. His coolness and disregard for safety were most marked.' M.C. London Gazette 19 April 1917: 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He handled his party with great courage and initiative throughout. On one occasion he was in command of a party which accounted for eleven of the enemy.' Italian Al Valore Militare in silver, London Gazette 31 August 1917. Richard Hodkinson Jones was born in the parish of Westhoughton, Lancaster, on 18 May 1890. A schoolmaster, he was appointed to a Commission on 2 December 1914 as Temporary Second Lieutenant, 14th (Service) Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment. Serving as part of 22nd Division, he fought in Salonika from 6 November 1915 and took part in the action at Macukovo, where men of the King's Liverpool Regiment and Lancashire Fusiliers briefly captured a ruined village and killed over 200 of the enemy amidst brutal hand-to-hand fighting. Jones was subsequently awarded the Military Cross for a patrol action against the Bulgars at Cakli, and was wounded not long thereafter on 2 May 1917 at Pearse Ravine. Specially employed with the 12th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, from 13 July 1917, Jones was again conspicuous for his gallantry and devotion to duty at White Scar Hill. For this outstanding display of courage, he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and Mentioned in Despatches on 30 April 1919. Following steady promotion throughout the war years, on 12 April 1920 Jones was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel whilst commanding the 7th Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry as part of the Army of Occupation. He finally relinquished his commission a couple of months later and returned to his school master's duties, but satisfaction in civilian life was short lived. In 1921, Jones returned to the Army and the 2nd Battalion, King's Regiment, but further recognition and career progression was curtailed due to failing health. Forced to retire in the rank of Major on 15 July 1930, Jones died at the British Sanatorium, Montana, Switzerland, on 13 May 1931. Sold with copied research.
Four: Private E. Clemmet, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Lincolnshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14751665 Pte. E. Clemmet. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn, pitting and contact marks, especially to last, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Eric Clemmet was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, on 4 April 1926 and - having been called up on 20 April 1944 - was posted to the Lincolnshire Regiment. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Second World War in North West Europe from 2 November 1944 to 27 June 1945, and transferred to the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 24 August 1945, seeing further service with them in post-War Palestine. He was discharged, Class ‘Z’ Reserve, on 4 January 1948. Clemmet was called up for training duties at the height of the Korean War, but was not mobilised for active service. He was was finally discharged from the TA Reserve on 10 February 1954. He died in Bradford on 26 July 190. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Three: Colour Sergeant C. N. Glanfield, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (200359 C.Sjt. C. N. Glanfield. Devon.R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1922 A.Cpl. C. N. Glanfield. Devon.R.) light contact marks to BWM, otherwise very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Cecil Northcote Glanfield was born on 7 January 1895 and baptised at Tiverton. He was awarded the TFWM for service with the 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and was discharged on 24 August 1919.
Five: Private H. F. McCourt, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, who was killed in action during Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid, on 19 August 1942, and was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry during the raid 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1939, with bronze palm on riband; together with the recipient’s Birk’s Memorial Bar ‘Pte. H. F. McCourt, R.H.L.I., Died in his Country’s Service, 19 Aug. 1942’, about extremely fine (6) £400-£500 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 14 March 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services at Dieppe in August 1942.’ French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 25 November 1946. Hugh Francis McCourt was born at Eganville, Ontario, on 16 January 1921, and attested for the Canadian Active Service Force at Hamilton, Ontario, on 5 March 1940. He served during the Second World War as a Private with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry overseas from February 1941, and was killed in action in the Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, on 19 August 1942, for which he was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches. He is buried in Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, France. Sold with an R.H.L.I. cap badge and copied service papers.
General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24554963 Pte C L Harrop LI); together with a Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, representative of the recipient’s full entitlement; and cap badge, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Christopher L. Harrop was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in 1964, and attested for the Light Infantry in c.1980, serving initially as a Bugler, and latterly as Regimental Police. Sold with copied research, which indicates that the recipient was awarded the Jubilee Medal 2002 after having left the Army, and so presumably whilst serving with some other uniformed service, most likely the Police.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (2718 Pte. T. H. Baker. 1st. Bn. D.C.L. Infy.) edge bruise, suspension slightly loose, nearly very fine £120-£160 --- Thomas H. Baker attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Fort Tregantle, Devonport, on 7 July 1888, and served with the wing of the 1st Battalion as part of the Wuntho Field Force, under Brigadier-General Garnett Wolseley, in Burma in 1891.
A Second War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. A. Branch, Chief of Police, Leeward Islands, late Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and Durham Light Infantry, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving life on Anguilla in November 1931 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (410906 Pte. J. R. A. Branch. P.P.C.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. R. A. Branch.); War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Lt. Col. John R. A. Brnach.’, lacking integral top riband bar; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Captain J. R. A. Branch. 20th. Nov. 1931.) with integral top bronze riband buckle, the first nine mounted court-style as worn, the last loose; together with the related set of nine miniature awards (omitting the RHS Medal), the ED again lacking integral top riband bar, these similarly mounted, polished and worn, with almost all the gilding rubbed from the ED, therefore good fine and better (10) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1941: John Reginald Arthur Branch, Esq., Superintendent of Police, Leeward Islands.’ John Reginald Arthur Branch was born in St. John’s, Antigua, Leeward Islands, on 24 June 1894 and was educated at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Initially attesting for the 1st Universities Company, 38th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Montreal on 17 February 1915, he served with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 July 1915, before being commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry on 25 October 1916. Promoted Lieutenant, he was wounded on the Western Front on 23 September 1918. Following the cessation of hostilities, Branch returned to the Leeward Islands, and served with the Islands’ Police, ultimately rising to the rank of Chief of Police. For his gallantry in saving life at sea off Anguilla on 20 November 1931 he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal (R.H.S. Case no. 51,083), and was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1941 New Year’s Honours’ List.
Three: Major P. G. Baker, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and Middlesex Regiment 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; together with a Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Champion Recruit Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘1938 5437808 Pvt. [sic] P. G. Baker’; and the related group of three miniature dress medals, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 May 1945: ‘For distinguished services in Burma and on the eastern frontier of India.’ Patrick George Baker was born at Headley, Hampshire, on 16 April 1921 ands attested for the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1938, receiving a prize medal for Champion Recruit. He served in “B” Company, 2nd Battalion, during 1939, which included a period of garrison duty at the Tower of London, before proceeding for service in Burma. After attending an Officer Training Unit at Quetta, India, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 31 May 1941, and was promoted to War Substantive Lieutenant on 1 October 1942. For his services in Burma during the Second World War he was Mentioned in Dispatches; a photograph taken in Rangoon in 1945 shows him in the rank of Captain, and prior to his discharge he was promoted temporary Major. Post-War, Baker worked as a forest engineer in Burma, in charge of a labour force which included many elephants. He subsequently emigrated to Tasmania and was employed by the Hydroelectric Commission. He attested for the Australian Citizen Military Forces and was commissioned as a Captain on 9 September 1952 and was posted to 123 Independent Transport Platoon, Royal Australian Army Service Corps. He was ultimately promoted to Major and served as the Officer Commanding, 123 Independent Transport Platoon, R.A.A.S.C. A photograph shows them at Brighton Camp, Tasmania, in May, 1953. He transferred to the Reserve of Officers on 23 February 1955, and died in Launceston, Tasmania, on 23 June 1999, aged 78. Sold with a group photograph of the recipient with “B” Company, 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I., on garrison duty at the Tower of London; a group photograph of the recipient with other officers in Rangoon in 1945; an annotated group photograph of 123 Independent Transport Platoon, R.A.A.S.C., May 1953; two large portrait photographs of the recipient; riband bar; D.C.L.I., Middlesex Regiment, and R.A.A.S.C. cap badges; and copied research.
Pair: Captain and Quartermaster E. H. Noyes, Bombay Native Infantry, Indian Army, late Midshipman, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. E. H. Noyes, 10th. Bombay N.I.) minor contact marks and light polishing to second, very fine and better (2) £400-£500 --- Edward Herbert Noyes was born in 1835 and baptised in the Parish of Lindfield, Sussex. Educated privately, he served as Midshipman in the Royal Navy aboard H.M.S. Edinburgh from 1852 to 1855, qualifying for the Baltic Medal. Returned to land, he joined the Oxfordshire Militia from 20 October 1857 to 17 March 1858. He then qualified as musketry instructor at Hythe, before obtaining a commission in the Indian Army. Noyes went on to witness action during the Central Indian campaign, but his promising military career was cut short by cholera in July 1875 at Ahmedabad, whilst serving as Captain and Quartermaster of Her Majesty’s 3rd Regiment, Native Infantry.
The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant G. A. F. Dawkins, 15th Hussars, who was present at the Duchess of Richmond’s Ball on 15th June, and who was wounded at Waterloo on 18th June 1815 Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. G. A. F. Dawkins, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, the obverse with some light marks, otherwise good very fine and better £5,000-£7,000 --- George Augustus Frederick Dawkins was a peripheral member of the Dawkins family of Over Norton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He was appointed an Ensign in the 3rd Foot Guards on 1 February 1812, and transferred in the same rank to the 15th Light Dragoons on 3 June 1813. His name appears on the list of guests invited to attend the Duchess of Richmond’s Ball at Brussells on the eve of the battle of Quatre Bras. He was wounded at Waterloo on 18 June, and was placed on half-pay on 25 June 1816. He died on 14 November 1821, aged 30 years and four days, and is named on the Family Memorial tablet in St Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Family Group: A Second War ‘Internment Camp Commandant’s’ O.B.E. group of five awarded to Colonel E. D. B. Kippen, Veterans Guard of Canada The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. D. B. Kippen.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, mounted as worn, together with mounted companion set of miniature dress medals, good very fine 1914-15 Star (55084 Pte. A. Kippen. 19/Can: Inf:) reverse scratched overall in attempt to obscure naming, otherwise good very fine (6) £280-£340 --- O.B.E. (Military) Canada Gazette 8 June 1944: ‘Colonel Eric Douglas Bruce Kippen, Veterans Guard of Canada.’ The recommendation states: ‘This officer has completed over five year’s service as Officer Commanding Internment Camps of Prisoners-of-War, having in that period an enviable record of success in several military districts. His last command has been Camp 133, Lethbridge, Alberta, with a prisoner of war strength of upwards of 13,000. He has at all times displayed tact and fairness in dealing with his charges, but has been instrumental in fostering among them the ideals and practical machinery of democratic methods, by both precept and practice. His work has been voluntarily enlarged by exhibiting the same qualities in his dealings with the civil population adjacent to camps so that the relationship between them and the guards and other army personnel has been maintained on a basis of good will and courtesy. His service embraces also the war of 1914-1919 in which he served.’ Eric Douglas Bruce Kippen served in France in World War I, having been commissioned in 1916, severely wounded and taken prisoner in the battle of Cambrai in December 1917. The first three months of his captivity were spent in German hospitals, and then for over a year he was detained at four different camps in Germany until he was liberated in December 1918. Returning to Canada in May 1919, Kippen obtained his discharge and went into the investment business in Montreal and New York. In 1922 he launched his own investment firm, Kippen and Company, in Montreal. Anxious to serve his country again when the Second War started, the present commanding officer of Canada's largest Prisoner Of War camp volunteered his services, and in June 1940 became a major in the Veterans Guard of Canada. That same month he opened an internment camp at Lle-Aux-Noix, Quebec, for internees from England and received his first prisoners in July. He opened another camp at Farnham, Quebec, in October 1940. Early in 1942 he was posted to the P.O.W. camp at Espanola, Ontario, in command of a guard company, and after a short stay there was sent to the camp at Angler, Ontario. From Angler he went to the temporary camp at Ozada, near Banff, in the summer of 1942. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, Kippen was appointed commandant of the internment camp at Angler in September 1942, which was the camp detaining Japanese internees. The following February, Colonel Kippen organised and opened the Prisoner Of War camp at Grande Ligne, Quebec, for German officers, and received his first captives in June. He remained commandant of that camp until moving to Lethbridge Camp in October 1944, at the same time receiving his promotion to the rank of full Colonel. After the war he returned to his investment business, from which he retired as a Director in 1975. Colonel Kippen died at Toronto on 22 October 1988, aged 95. Arnold Kippen ‘is reported wounded again. He went overseas in May 1915. He was then a lance-corporal, but received his commission on the field [as Lieutenant]. He is 23 years old, and was employed at the Merchants Bank. This is his third time wounded. Last March he was severely wounded, and might have had light duty in England, but volunteered to go back on the firing line.’ (Copied news cutting refers). Sold with copied research and the book Prisoners of the Home Front, by Martin F. Auger, which contains numerous mentions of Colonel Kippen.
Six: Battery Quarter Master Sergeant R. Peters, Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (334038 B.Q.M. Sjt. R. Peters. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (334038 B.Q.M. Sjt. R. Peters. R.A.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal G.V.R. (334038 B.Q.M. Sjt. (A. B.S. Mjr.) R. Peters. R.G.A.) surname partially officially corrected; Service Medal of the Order of St. John (21843 Sgt. R. Peters. No. 9 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1940); together with St. John Ambulance re-examination sterling silver medallion, the reverse named ‘Richard Peters 296994 1932’, with 12 additional dated attendance at training ‘labels’ from 1929 to 1941 inclusive, these all in silver and all numbered ‘296944’, light contact marks, nearly very fine (7) £280-£340 --- Richard Peters served as Battery Quartermaster Sergeant of the 527th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, and was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 23 of 1 February 1920.
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Pair: Private J. Coldbeck, 7th Hussars, late 4th Light Dragoons Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (James Colbeck [sic]. 7th. Husrs.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Jas. Coldbeck, 7th. Husrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring suspension, minor edge nicks to first otherwise nearly very fine and better (3) £500-£700 --- James Coldbeck was born in Manchester and served with the 4th Light Dragoons in the Crimea from 25 May 1855. Transferred to the 7th Hussars at Aldershot on 1 August 1857, he served as a cavalryman throughout the Indian Mutiny and took part in the capture of Lucknow in March 1858. He died of cholera at Sealkote, India, on 20 May 1864.
Four: Sergeant W. Cross, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (142 Sjt. W. Cross. Devon R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (142 Cpl. W. Cross. Devon R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (200014 Sjt: W. Cross. 4/Devon R.) medals mounted for wear in the incorrect order, light contact marks, better than very fine (4) £260-£300 --- Walter Cross was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 236 of 1 August 1918, and the clasp in Army Orders in February 1929. He was disembodied on 2 June 1919. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar; a bronze National Rifle Association Rifle Clubs prize fob medal, unnamed; and a Territorial Army Rifle Association bronze prize medallion engraved to reverse ‘4th Battn. Devon Regt. won by Sergt. W. Cross “H.Q.” Wing 1924’.
Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Cartlidge, Driver, Royal Horse Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, a few light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Samuel Cartlidge served as a Driver in Ramsay’s “H” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, at Waterloo. He also served in the Peninsula with Bean’s “D” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, and received the M.G.S. medal for Vittoria and Toulouse.
Five: Colour Sergeant W. C. Little, 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment, later Warrant Officer Class II, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (1808 Pte. W. C. Little. 8-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1808 Pte. W. C. Little. 8-Lond. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5595515 Sjt. W. C. Little. 7/8 Lond. R.) number partially officially corrected; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with Second Award Bar (595515 C. Sjt. W. C. Little. 7-C. of Lond. R.) mounted for wear, light contact marks, very fine and better (5) £300-£400 --- William Charles Little served with the 8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 January 1917, and was awarded the T.E.M. in Army Orders in February 1923, as Sergeant 7/8 London Regiment. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal in May 1933, and the clasp in 1939, as a Warrant Officer Class II, Royal Engineers.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (299. H. Maxwell. H.Ms. 71st. Regt.) polished, nearly very fine £140-£180 --- Hugh Maxwell was born in Kirkintilloch, Dumbarton, around 1834, and attested for the 71st Regiment of Foot (The Highland Light Infantry) at Stirling on 17 June 1858. A habitual offender, he was tried and imprisoned for disgraceful conduct on 18 October 1858, and later deserted on 27 September 1865. Maxwell served overseas in the East Indies, Gibraltar, and lastly, on the island of Malta; it was here that he was discharged in consequence of lung problems in 1874.
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