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Lot 251
Indian Army. 40th Pathans Officer's 1922 HM silver cap badge. A very fine London hallmarked example by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company. Circular shield with four bosses superimposed on two crossed Pathan knives; scroll between the handles inscribed PATHANS. Usually sewn on, now with padded pin fitting. VGC 1st Bn. 40th Pathans became 5th Bn 14th Punjab Regt. in 1922.
Lot 59
Indian Army. Coorg & Mysore Rifles 1888 HM silver head-dress badge & collar badges Good die-stamped British made examples bearing Birmingham hallmarks. Large horned buffalo head resting on a title scroll. Four loops ... matching pair of 1887 HM horned buffalo head collar badges each on two loops. VGC (3 items) TBW (T.B. Wilkins)
Lot 286
Indian Army. 1st PWO Sikhs, 12th Frontier Force Regiment Officer's 1925 HM silver cap badge. A fine die-cast silver-gilt example by WD & S (William Dowler & Son) bearing Birmingham hallmarks. Prince of Wales's plumes within a crowned circlet FIRST PWO SIKHS resting on a scroll 12TH FRONTIER FORCE REGT. Loops. VGC
Lot 306
A GERMAN ARMY PANZER ASSAULT BADGE, this one was awarded for those who took part in twenty five engagements and it has the makers mark JFS on the reverse, the pin is slightly bent and it weighs approximately 35.4g, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request
Lot 530
BBC Marconi Ribbon Microphone, BBC-Marconi Ribbon Microphone, Type AX, Inst. no 309047 P.S. 11780 A, with label Patent No 429307 & ZI/ZA 299 (possibly army designation). Iconic BBC broadcast microphone. Good condition, with one or two tiny bumps to base and wear on bracket. Housed in original wooden carry case, stamped, ‘LON - Obs, B B C’, includes looped BBC logo badge; untested.
Lot 160
Grouping of British Badges and Insignia, including other ranks Northumberland Fusiliers busby grenade, Birmingham Mint West Yorkshire regiment officers cap badge, RTR beret hackle, Army Physical Training Corps cap / beret badge on embroidered cloth backing, brass SAS cap / beret badge, 23rd Hussars beret badge, various metal shoulder titles, etc. 17 items
Lot 64
A Small Quantity of Militaria, including a post-1953 officer's No.1 dress cap to the Royal Corps of Transport, a similar stable belt, another stable belt, a No.2 service dress cap to the Royal Army Service Corps, a Second World War leather waist belt set with a white metal pouch badge to 8th Battalion P.W.O. West Yorkshire Regiment and fourteen various glengarry, cap and collar badges, a small box of various rank pips and buttons, a binoculars case, a black tin trunk stamped MINE A.T. MK.V. 1943, a folding campaign chair, a billy can, books including The Story of the Royal Army Service Corps 1939-1945, a winter service sheepskin hat, a pre-1953 scout shirt, whistle and lanyard etc
Lot 29
A Collection of Approximately Seventy Cap, Glengarry, Collar and Other Badges, including British Asian Squadron brass cap badge, Gloucestershire Regiment officer's bronzed service dress cap badge, three Royal Army Chaplain's cap badges, a Victorian King's Own Scottish Borderers white metal glengarry badge, a copy of a Border Regiment white metal Home Service helmet plate, shoulder titles and lapel pins etc; a Glazed Display Frame, containing twenty two brass Glider Pilot Regiment tunic buttons, five various cap badges and a cloth insignia; a Display Frame, containing a collection of twenty various Second World War tunic buttons collected by Bombardier J. Milligan in France and Germany 1939-45 (3)
Lot 193
Small Selection Of Paperwork Including Home Frontincluding 3 x instruction diagrams of German incendiary, phosphorous and HE. Â Complete in issue postage packing dated 1943 ... 2 x military UK maps ... Royal Berkshire glass badge picture ... 1941 diary to an RAF Armourer ... Polish Army in Italy, 1946 book.
Lot 708
WW2. Field Marshall Montgomery's Metal 'Fear Naught' Army Hat Badge. Included is a COPY of Instrument of Surrender of all German armed forces in Holland, with Copy of his signature and other surrenders. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
Lot 2610A
A WW2 POLISH/BRITISH MEDAL GROUP AND ARCHIVE OF PERSONAL EFFECTS BELONGING TO THE LATE CAPTAIN JOZEF KALEBA OF THE 3rd CARPATHIAN RIFLE DIVISION The medal group comprising War Medal, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star and Italy Star; alongside Polish Army Medal 1939-1945, Monte Cassino Cross, Silver Cross of Merit with Swords and Cross of Valour, with corresponding ribbon bars, the Polish medals all having miniatures; also, a selection of later-issued medals including a Tobruk Siege 1941 medal with name engraved verso and associated neck tie. In addition: a Captain's service dress tunic, with bullion-embroidered epaulette rank insignia, Doctor's velvet collar pennants and ribbon bars for medals above listed; corresponding brown leather Sam Browne belt and document case; a tropical tunic in khaki cotton twill; a field surgery kit, housed in a black painted tin; a folio of period documents, tobacco pipe hand-engraved "Egipt, Tobruk, El Gazala, Derna, Cyrena"; dog tags; and a copy of Kaleba's autobiography in the original Polish, together with a typed English translation, a photograph of Kaleba in military uniform, an oak-cased Busch microscope belonging to him and a series of original cartoon postcards, dated 1939-1940, by Kaleba's friend Maciek Piotrowski, who in later years worked as an graphic artist in the movie industryCondition Report:"Monte Cassino Cross is numbered 48930.Please note the inclusion of the breast eagle and Carpathian badge with the lot, alongside the related prayer book and scarab bead (a souvenir of Kaleba's time in Egypt). All are shown in photographs."
Lot 692
Selection of British Military Miniature Medals, British Army insignia relating to Manchester Regiment & Reconnaissance Corps, Veterans Association badges including 'Old Contemptible's Association' badge, Royal Army Medical Corps badges and insignia (framed) and Prussian helmet plate, Cross of Honour, Bundeswehr Jager cap badge and Lusitania medallion. These items are listed on the basis they are illustrative of a bygone culture in which there were different social norms. We understand the potential controversy surrounding this type of item but believe that providing transparent information about historical context fosters greater understanding of our complex cultural history.
Lot 661
British Army Coldstream Guards Themed Collection, including framed titled cloth insignia (55cm x 45cm), statuette of charging soldier (detached from plinth), plaque, belt buckle, peaked cap, framed presentation minature bayonet and cap badge, Union Flag Coffin drape, ephemera and other miscellaneous items.
Lot 652
Mixed Lot of Items and Ephemera Relating to The Career and Family of C/JX654540 Able Seaman I.H Moffat, including an identity card, ration books and railway company employees cloth badge, metal badges and whistle, also Czechoslovak Army badge, RAF sweetheart badge and a WWI Honorable Discharge Certificate.
Lot 306
MILITARIA - A GREAT WAR PAIR OF MEDALS TO PRIVATE A. ASHTON, ARMY SERVICE CORPS comprising the British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (both T4-197799 PTE. A. ASHTON. A.S.C.), officially impressed, each brooch-mounted for wearing; together with an A.R.P. lapel badge; Home Guard lapel badge; (later) Royal Engineers cap badge; and Royal Anglian cap badge, all contained in a Classic Flake tobacco tin, (7).
Lot 53
A Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Briggs, Army Service Corps, late Sergeant, 1st Dragoons The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, first (CC) and last (LN) clasps both tailor’s copies (3341. Serjt. W. Briggs. 1/Rl: Drgns.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3341 Serjt: W. Briggs. Rl: Dragoons.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut: W. W. Briggs. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. W. W. Briggs.) light contact marks, generally very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Salonika.’ Warwick Wellington Briggs attested for the 1st Royal Dragoons and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, being present at the Relief of Ladysmith, including the operations on Tugela Heights; the operations in Natal, including the action at Laing’s Nek; and operations in the Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal. He was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 10 August 1914, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914, as Adjutant of the 8th Divisional Train, British Expeditionary Force. He subsequently served in Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey, and the Islands of the Ægean Sea from 23 February 1916 to the end of the War, latterly in command of the 22nd Divisional Train in Salonika. For his services during the Great War he was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel, was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 22 June 1915 and 30 January 1919), and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Lot 55
A Second War ‘Burma operations’ O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. Eversden, Indian Army Ordnance Corps
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, in a damaged Garrard & Co. 1st type case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, these last three in their original card forwarding box addressed to ‘Lt. Col. W. Eversden, O.B.E., 262 Manley Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester’, with Army Council forwarding slip, extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 15 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ The recommendation states: ‘Arakan/Burma. Lt. Col. W. Eversden has been A.D.O.S. of this Division since 5 October 43. He has been indefatigable in his work, and in his determination to ensure that the Division has been properly equipped and clothed. He has worked with great zeal and energy, and has been of the greatest personal help to Comds of every grade, with whom he is very popular and greatly respected. His loyalty, drive and unselfish devotion to this Division, are exceptional, and have acted as a great tonic. It is very largely due to this Officer’s exceptional ability, energy and patience that the ORD services within my Division have always worked with complete smoothness and efficiency. During the planning and carrying out of recent Combined Operations, Lt. Col. Eversden’s keenness, sense of anticipation, and hard work have been invaluable, and have ensured the success of the Service for which he is responsible. His services merit the award of the O.B.E., for which I very strongly recommend him.’ William Eversden also won a ‘mention’ for Burma (London Gazette 5 April 1945 refers). Sold with the recipient’s original O.B.E. warrant and M.I.D. certificate, in the name of ‘Lieutenant-Colonel (Temp.) W. Eversden, Indian Army Ordnance Corps’; a printed ‘Farewell Address’ on the recipient’s departure from an appointment at Jamalpur in July 1943; and several wartime portrait photographs, two of which show a 26th Indian Division shoulder flash on his uniform.
Lot 56
A Great War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain A. Hudson, Royal Engineers, late 15th Battalion, London Regiment, who served during the Boer War with the Telegraph Battalion, Royal Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9956 Spr: A. Hudson, Tel: Bn: R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. Hudson.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (113 Sjt: A. Hudson. 15/Lond: Regt.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Italian Altipiani Regimental medal, silver, generally good very fine (8) £500-£700 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Italy.’ Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Alfred Hudson attested for the Royal Engineers and served with the Telegraph Battalion, R.E., in South Africa during the Boer War. He subsequently served with the 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Territorial Forces), and was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 288 of October 1912. Hudson was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 9 November 1915, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 June 1916, being Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 May 1917). Proceeding to the Italian theatre, he was advanced Captain and was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
Lot 60
The post-War M.B.E., Second War ‘Chindit operations’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain H. C. Marshall, Border Regiment: during the course of prolonged operations behind enemy lines, his platoon once accounted for 25 of the enemy in a 48-hour period
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt. H. C. Marshall, M.C., Border.) mounted court-style, extremely fine (8) £12,000-£16,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby, September 1992; Ron Penhall Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006. M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1981. M.C. London Gazette 5 October 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘Lieutenant Marshall led his platoon by forced marches over the most difficult country to intercept the Japs retreating from Kohima and on 28 June 1944 reached a position astride the road east of Furong. Here he started ambushing and searching out the Japs who approached their area. These operations were led with great dash by Lieutenant Marshall who showed exceptional determination and cool leadership. In two days his platoon killed 25 Japs and took five prisoners for no losses to themselves. Lieutenant Marshall’s determination to close with the enemy made the Jap retreat and break up into small, disorganised parties.’ Harry Charles Marshall was born in South London in December 1916 and was educated at St. Dunston’s College prior to entering Weatherby’s, the Controllers of Horse Racing, in 1938. At the time of the Munich Crisis in 1938, Marshall joined the London Scottish but on the outbreak of hostilities - and as a holder of an ‘A’ Certificate from his O.T.C. days - he was sent north to the O.C.T.U. based at Dunbar, being commissioned into the newly formed 4th Battalion of the Border Regiment, in which unit he fought in North Africa before being evacuated from Tobruk to Bombay in 1942. In India, his unit discovered it was to form part of the 23rd British Infantry Brigade and Orde Wingate’s celebrated Chindit Force, later being titled 55 Column. Marshall and his men were duly prepared for jungle warfare before being posted in readiness for their first operational outing, but in the interim, in August 1943, Marshall contracted amoebic hepatitis - and very nearly died. On recovery, however, he rejoined his unit, winning the M.C. for the success of his platoon’s subsequent excursion behind enemy lines from April to July 1944. As part of the 23rd Brigade, his platoon set off from its base in the Bhrama Putra Valley, completing many miles of marching with full-kit in uncharted regions of the Naga Hills, advancing from the North towards Kohima and thence to Ukruhl, all the time engaging Japanese personnel and supply lines. Of his platoon’s running battle with Japanese stragglers on 28-29 June 1944, Marshall later wrote: ‘Hardly were we in position when I heard voices and two Japs came around the corner of the road about 60 yards ahead of us and moved up the hill. I allowed them to pass through as I was keen to catch as large a party as possible. From then on there was an almost continual stream of enemy passing by us. They all came along in ones, twos or threes and at no time was there an organised party. As they drew level with us, the majority of them sat down on the roadside to rest. The whole time we were in position there were some sitting only a few yards from us. I never quite knew how many there were for as some arrived others moved on. We could see them plainly and hear them laughing and talking amongst themselves. We had little cover in the bright moonlight and I don’t know how we were never spotted. We must have got into position about 9 p.m. and at about 1145 hours the moon was just about to disappear and set. I decided that we must do something soon or we might lose the opportunity altogether. I crawled up to Sergeant Nelson, who said that he thought there must be about 20 of them below us. He had a grenade in his hand and I told him to throw it to set the ball rolling. We heard it land on the road and then following the bang all the L.M.Gs opened up. Many grenades were thrown and all landed on the road. 6 Section had several Japs right in the line of the L.M.G. sights. Private Dunford crawled to the side of the road, saw three Japs lying dead and four crouching together under cover of the bank. He had a grenade in his hand and threw it amongst them, thereby killing the lot. Altogether we counted 10 dead bodies but there must have been several more killed or wounded. I decided not to remain in position any longer and accordingly I blew my whistle and the Platoon collected a little way back as pre-arranged ... I decided to remain in the area till daylight and we moved down back towards the bridge. Here two lone Japs were spotted and both were killed by rifle fire, thus bringing the total bag to 12 ... We moved as fast as we could and after about a mile we came across the track junction which the Naga said was where the Japanese party would come out. After a quick look round I decided to lay the ambush on a stretch of open track about 300 yards long. 6 Section and Sergeant Nelson I put on a small knoll nearest the approaching enemy, 5 Section in the middle with its L.M.G. right on the roadside and 8 Section with myself at the front of the ambush. I was to spring the trap. We were just getting into position when word was passed up that the Japs were coming. Indeed I was still talking to Corporal Williams when the first of them appeared about 15 yards ahead of us. He was a big strapping fellow with a determined and wary look on his face. He was closely followed by some others. When we opened up with everything we had got, they were away in no time. Although the ambush was about 300 yards long, only seven enemy had got into the box. Of these we had killed four and others must have been wounded. Shots were fired from other enemy following these up but no damage was done and no other offensive action was taken by them. One wounded Jap was reaching for his rifle but we caught him in time. After searching the dead, I decided to withdraw to the bivouac ... ’ Returning to his former employment after the War, Marshall was awarded his M.B.E. in 1981 in respect of his services as the Secretary of the Jockey Club Licensing Committee.

Sold with a highly impressive array of original documentation and related artefacts, including: i) A remarkable series of photographs taken by the recipient during the Naga Hills and Kohima operations of April-July 1944 (approximately 85 images), each with captioned reverse and numbered sequence of events, one of the last of them taken one day before his M.C.-winning exploits and, like the majority, deep inside enemy held territory.
ii) The recipient’s handwritten account of the same Naga Hills and Kohima operations, bound in 2 volumes (approximately 150pp), providing a hitherto unseen and fascinating record of a highly successful Chindit column in action, with other features including maps, list of column personnel / components, general operational statistics, field orders and photographic inserts.
iii) A Japanese “Hokobukuro” ensign (“Prayer Flag”), in silk, as taken by the recipient in the above related operations.
iv) An interesting series of wartime manuals, among them issues 1-6 of the Special Force Commander’s Training Notes, together with No. 19 of Notes for Theatres of War, Burma 1943-44, a Soldier’s Guide to the Japanese Army, Jungle Jottings, 1945 and Warfare in the Far East 1944, in addition to Military Training Pamphlet No. 52, t...
Lot 604
British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. S. Michalson.) nearly extremely fine £40-£50 --- Abraham Samuel Michalson was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in January 1891. He was serving with the 17th Duke of York Canadian Hussars when he attested for the Canadian Army Service Corps in May 1915. Michalson was promoted to Corporal and then Sergeant while still in Canada. He embarked for England in June 1915, advanced to Staff Sergeant in August, and served in the French theatre of war from 12 September 1915. Michalson was discharged to Commission in May 1916 and sent to the Officer training school at Curragh Camp, Ireland. In April 1917 he was struck off strength of the CEF and transferred to the Royal Fusiliers. Michalson was subsequently attached to the King's African Rifles and served with them in German East Africa, where he was wounded (right arm shattered - entitled to a Silver War Badge). Lieutenant Michalson returned to Canada, and died in January 1974.
Lot 669
The important Founder’s Maquette of ‘Troopie’, the Regimental Memorial of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, presented to Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. W. Aust, the last Commanding Officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry Founder’s maquette in resin used by the Fiorini Foundry in the design and casting of The Trooper ('Troopie'), the full-size bronze Regimental Memorial of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, 1978-79, the statue 235mm in height, mounted on a wooden plinth 115mm x 110mm x 60mm high, with plaque inscribed ‘Presented to Lt. Col. J. C. W. Aust, MLM, last Commanding Officer the Rhodesian Light Infantry From the Regt. - October 1980’, surmounted by the Regimental badge, the reverse of the plinth with a plaque inscribed ‘”The Troopie” Original Miniature Statue by Fiorini’, extremely good condition £3,000-£5,000 --- The 1st Battalion, Rhodesian Light Infantry was formed in 1961 in Bulawayo and moved to the Cranborne Barracks in Salisbury (now Harare) a year later. It became part of the Southern Rhodesian Army in 1964, before being reformed almost immediately into a commando battalion. When prime minister Ian Smith declared Rhodesian independence in November 1965, the Bush War that had been fought over control of the country had already been prosecuted for over a year. Smith’s minority-led government forces, which were not recognised internationally, found themselves up against the military wing of Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union and the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army under Joshua Nkomo. By the time the future direction of the country was settled with the Lancaster House agreement in December 1979, Smith had been replaced by Bishop Abel Muzorewa, and the ensuing elections swept Mugabe to power in April 1980. During the 15-plus years of conflict before it was disbanded in October 1980, the Rhodesian Light Infantry had played a vital role, chiefly in putting down the counterinsurgency and ultimately serving under the Zimbabwe Rhodesia government in 1979, and then the new Mugabe government in 1980. The nature of the war meant that many of the Rhodesian Light Infantry’s actions had to be launched from the air, and in 1976 it became a parachute regiment. Its experience and effectiveness in counterinsurgent operations later provided vital lessons in tactics and planning for anti-terrorism forces across the world. In its almost 20 years of service, the Rhodesian Light Infantry suffered around 100 men killed in action, 85 of whom are listed on the Regimental Association’s Roll of Honour as being lost between March 1968 and December 1979. It was to the memory of these fallen that the Regiment decided to commission what was to become ‘The Trooper’ or ‘Troopie’ (a name given to Rhodesian Light Infantry servicemen by the Rhodesian media): a bronze of a standing Rhodesian Light Infantry soldier. Co-ordinated by the Rhodesian Light Infantry Association, whose supporters helped raise public funds to finance the project, the commission went to soldier and artist Captain Mike Blackman, who was at that time the editor of the Association magazine The Cheetah. Blackman had to work quickly in order to ensure that the statue could be cast and in position for Regimental Day 1979 at Cranborne Barracks. Indeed, it was in position that year - an especially important achievement bearing in mind that, with the handing over of power to President Robert Mugabe in 1980, ‘Troopie’ was to survive only one more Regimental Day in place. In October of the same year, the Rhodesian Light Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. W. Aust, was disbanded. At the final parade the Regimental Colours were laid to rest and taken for safekeeping to the Salisbury Cathedral, and after 20 years the undefeated Battalion marched into history. At that final parade on 17 October 1980, Aust gave the following address: ‘In a few minutes’ time this Battalion known to the country and to the world for a short but golden period of history as the 1st Battalion The Rhodesian Light Infantry, will march off the square and into history. To mark this dramatic and to many of us heart-rending occasion, we will shortly pay a last tribute and say farewell to our Colours, which we have carried aloft with such pride and honour for more than 14 years of war. There is so much that one can say at a time like this, yet it is a sacred moment, a moment for personal meditation and reflection. There is little I can say to alleviate our sorrow. If the world neither knows nor mourns our passing, let us rest assured that the great captains of history and those who study military affairs will know that a fine regiment is lost to the honourable profession of arms this day. I should simply add that we, the final team of this wonderful regiment, must leave the square not only in grief but with intense pride, dignity and honour. We have much to be grateful for. I am eternally grateful to those fine men who served these Colours before we did; to those among us who have lost loved ones; to those who to this day bear the scars of war received while fighting under these Colours; to those friends - and there are many of them - who have stood by us in adversity; to those who fought with such courage beside us, I’m grateful that we can shout to the world this day, There are our Colours - they are unstained, undefeated, triumphant. They are covered in glory! I would like to think that those of our number who lost their lives are paraded with us this afternoon. I believe they would be proud. We have not let them down. We know that in years to come we will say to our children and to our loved ones with the greatest pride, I served in the Rhodesian Light Infantry. Finally, I offer a personal and humble prayer: May God bless our beloved Regiment and those who on this day and in the past have served her with such honour. I thank God that we have done our duty.’ After independence in 1980 - and very aware of the sensitivity of the ‘Troopie’ - Aust, together with a small select team, dismantled the statue and it was clandestinely spirited out of the country. Some time later, the statue was transferred to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol, England. Eventually, the Marquis of Salisbury offered the grounds of his estate at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire as a permanent home for ‘Troopie’. Lord Salisbury had a close connection with the Rhodesian Light Infantry as his brother, the journalist Lord Richard Cecil, had been killed while reporting alongside them on the Bush War in 1978, aged 30. Lieutenant-Colonel Aust’s family were among the original Rhodesian settlers who arrived in the country in 1892, and his personal heritage was embedded in the country. Regrettably, after losing his farm in 2001, he left his beloved country and was never to return. Treasured since the disbanding of the Regiment was the original miniature of the statue cast by the bronze founder Fiorini. In October 1980 this was presented to Aust by the Rhodesian Light Infantry Regimental Association in appreciation and recognition of his leadership and unswerving loyalty to the Battalion. ‘Troopie’ remains in the grounds of Hatfield House to this day, having been rededicated on 30 October 2010. Sold together with the ‘Souvenir Edition’ of The Cheetah magazine, 31 October 1980, which features ‘Troopie’ on the front cover; and the 60th Anniversary Souvenir Edition of The Cheetah magazine, 1 February 2021, which contains a full account of the ‘Troopie’ story, including a transcript of Lieutenant-Colonel Aust’s speech at the rededication of ‘Troopie’ at Hatfield House in ...
Lot 717
The group of eight miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Norman G. Scorgie, Controller, H.M. Stationery Office The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s badge, silver and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, gilding almost all rubbed on the Orders, otherwise very fine (8) £100-£140 --- C.V.O. London Gazette 3 June 1934. C.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 3 June 1927. O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919. Sir Norman Gibb Scorgie was born on 6 October 1884 and was educated at Cambridge. He served during the Great War with the Army Stationery Service on the Western Front and in Italy (Mentioned in Despatches three times, London Gazettes 29 May 1917, 6 January 1919, and 10 July 1919, and awarded the O.B.E.), and was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel. He was appointed Deputy Controller of H.M. Stationery Office in 1919, and was advanced Controller, H.M. Stationery Office in 1942. He was knighted in 1945, and retired in 1949. He died on 26 March 1956.
Lot 718
An unattributed V.C., O.B.E. group of eleven miniature dress medals Victoria Cross; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1935, North West Frontier 1936-37 [sic]; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue, mounted court-style for display, the VC, China, 1914 Star, and IGS all of more recent manufacture; the rest of contemporary manufacture, generally very fine An unattributed V.C., M.C. group of five miniature dress medals Victoria Cross; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, South Afirca 1901, South Africa 1902; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted court-style for display, generally very fine (16) £80-£100
Lot 75
A fine O.B.I. group of eleven awarded to Subadar Major (Hon. Captain) Bakhshish Singh, 2/2nd Punjab Regiment (late 69th Punjabis) Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel; 1914-15 Star (No. 1785 Nk. Bakhshish Singh, 1/69/Punjabis.); British War and Victory Medals (1785 Nk. Bakhshish Singh 1-69 Pjbis.); India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1935, with M.I.D. oak leaf (1785 Havr. Bakhshish Singh, 1/69/Pjbs.); India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (1090 Subdr. Maj. Bakhshish Singh, 2-2 Punjab R.); War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; India Service Medal (IO 2173 Sub/Maj. Bakhshish Singh, 2 Punjab R.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these last three unnamed as issued, the last ten mounted court-style, nearly very fine or better (11) £1,400-£1,800 --- Bakhshish Singh joined the 1/69 Punjabis as a Sepoy on 1 August 1910, and served the War of 1914-21 at the following: Shaik Said, 10 November, 1914; Egypt, 19 November 1914 to 28 April 1915, and 16 December 1915 to 12 January 1916; Gallipoli, 1-15 May 1915; France and Belgium, 30 May to 3 December 1915; Aden, 19 January 1916 to 11 November 1918; Afghanistan N.W.F., 1919; Waziristan, 1921-23 (Despatches London Gazette 18 November 1924). He also served at: North West Frontier of India (Mohmand), 1935; North West Frontier, 1936-37; Jemadar, 17 January 1924; Dubadar, 1 July 1931; Subadar-Major, 1 July 1937; O.B.I. 2nd Class (Bahadur), 11 May 1937; O.B.I. 1st Class (Sardar Bahadur) 1942. In 1943 he was appointed Honorary Captain and Aide-de-Camp to General Officer C-in-C North Western Army. Sold with full research.
Lot 76
An interesting Order of St. John group of nine awarded to Surgeon W. R. Haigh, Serbian Relief Fund The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, gilt and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; British War and Victory Medals (W. E. Haigh.) VM officially re-impressed; British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service, bronze; Montenegro, Principality, Order of Danilo, 1st type, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel, unmarked; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel, bishop in green robes, unmarked; Order of the White Eagle, Knight’s breast badge, Civil Division, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Red Cross Society Cross, silver and enamel; Serbian Red Cross Society of London, silver medal for service to Serbia during the War 1914-1918, unnamed, mounted for display purposes, good very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000 --- William Edwin Haigh ‘was born on 29 August 1878 and received his medical education at University College, London, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying in 1909. After resident appointments he took the D.T.M. of Liverpool in 1910 and the F.R.C.S. of England in 1911. Thereafter he had a colourful career, for after working at the Wesleyan Mission Hospital in Hankow he served as a medical officer in the Balkan War. During the Great War he was seconded to the Serbian Army and received several Serbian decorations. Afterwards he became a member of the medical staff of the League of Nations and carried out some important investigations, the most impressive being his inquiry into the severe incidence of typhus fever in Poland and Russia. He was also the author of a report on malaria in Albania. Soon after taking the D.P.H. in 1926 Haigh joined the public health staff in Derby, arriving there with a richly deserved reputation as an epidemiologist. He is remembered in Derby mainly for the organisation of the immunisation services, which he raised to a high degree of efficiency. He became deputy medical officer of health in 1941, holding this post up to his retirement in 1946. He was a man of restless energy, whose vital interests in research and quest for perfection were fully sustained. Among his many successes was the award of the Neech prize in 1930 for a thesis on the ventilation of the Derby cinemas: it was probably the first time that the kata thermometer had been used for such a purpose. Dr. Haigh had a wonderful memory and possessed great integrity, knowledge, and professional skill, and his opinions were always greatly valued. Although essentially a quiet man, he was always friendly, and without doubt he was very much liked and respected by all who knew him. His death, in Geneva on 29 November 1961, has evoked many expressions of admiration from his former colleagues.’ (the recipient’s obituary in the British Medical Journal, 13 January 1962, refers). Haigh served as a Surgeon with the Serbian Relief Fund during the Great War in Serbia from 7 March to 1 August 1915 (not entitled to a 1914-15 Star)
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