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† AN INDIAN SILVER SALVER by Hamilton & Co, Calcutta (probably), shaped circular with a moulded everted rim, with presentation inscription dated 1979, engraved with the post-1947 regimental badge of the Indian Army 1st Horse "Skinner's Horse". 26.5cm diameter, 13.9 troy ouncesThe Light Dragoons RegimentPresentation inscription: PRESENTED TO / LT COL G MCL STEPHEN & ALL RANKS / THE 13TH/18TH ROYAL HUSSARS (Q.M.O) / FROM / LT COL G S SOMAL & ALL RANKS / THE SKINNER'S HORSE / ON BARNSLEY DAY / SEPTEMBER 1979 / HIMMAT-I-MARDAN MADAD-I-KHUDA

Great War Royal Army Medical Corps Medal Pair, comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, named to 98467 PTE H NEWTON RAMC t/w Canadian Issue WWII silver Defence Medal and RAMC cap badge.-

Quantity of 12 British and Commonwealth WWI/WWII cap badges to include Royal Flying Corps, V Force, 2 x South African Airforce, WWII, Royal New Zealand Airforce RNZAF cap badge, West Yorkshire, Lancashire Fusiliers, Royal Army Medical Corps, The Devonshire Regiment, Suffolk Regiment, Lincolnshire Regiment (12)

* Home Guard. A WWII archive relating to 2nd Lieutenant A.R.G. Collins circa 1943-44, a Caversham man who served with The 7th Berkshire (Reading) Battalion, Home Guard, including printed and annotated mobilisation maps of Caversham Park and surrounding area, showing boundaries and rendezvous points, 25 x 33 cm, another for 'W' Detachment Home Guard Area, a large scale map for Essential Traffic Routes of Great Britain, 5th Edition dated 1943, Secret Reports to O.C. "B" Coy, 7th Berks (Reading) Bn, H.G. dated 1 October 1943, various training manuals and battalion orders including Regulations for the Home Guard 1942 Volume I & II, Pocket Guide to the A.R.P. Arrangements in Reading, Notes on Map Reding 1929, Hints on Map Reading 1943, two black and white photographs of the Home Guard training, 13 x 21 cm, a framed black and white photograph of No 3 Platoon Aerodrome Coy, 6th Berkshire Regiment Home Guard, frame size 17 x 26 cm and other items, contained in a portfolio for important documents inscribed with owners nameQTY: (1)NOTE:The 7th (Reading) Battalion, Berkshire Home Guard was affiliated with the Royal Berkshire Regiment. The battalion was formed in May 1940 by the redesignation of the Local Defence Volunteer company and was made up of platoons men in reserved occupations and those under age to serve in the armed forces. The battalion wore an army-style khaki uniform which boasted the cap badge of the prestigious Royal Berkshire Regiment and was equipped with rifles.

WW2 Spanish Civil War Period German Condor Legion Wound Badge. The badge being a voided gold 1st Class example depicting a German imperial helmet with Swastika emblem. The Condor Legion was a unit composed of military personnel from the air force and army of Nazi Germany, which served with the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. The medal awarded to wounded German soldiers.

Ephemera, Women in Wartime, a collection of ephemera and books to include National War Savings Committee stamps (60), postcards showing hospital staff, Boer War nurses, WAAFs at work etc. Women's Land Army badge, 8 books all relating to women during wartime plus some other modern ephemera (gd)

A mixed lot of Regimental silver items, comprising: a pair of menu card holders, The 1st Life Guards, by The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London 1918, circular disc form, engraved with the regimental badge, diameter of base 3.1cm, plus a late-Victorian Regimental silver menu card holder, The East Yorkshire Regiment, no apparent maker's mark, London 1885, on a wooden base, and a Regimental electroplated menu card holder, The Royal Army Medical Corps, (RAMC), height 4.8cm. plus a George III Regimental silver King's pattern table fork, the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, by S and J Blake, London possibly 1817, with the regimental crest, approx. total weighable 4.3oz. (5) In 1918 the 1st Life Guards was converted to the 1st battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. In 1919, it was reconstituted as Cavalry. In May 1922 the 1st Life Guards amalgamated with the 2nd Life Guards to form The Life Guards. In 1881, the 15th (York East Riding) Regiment of Foot became the East Yorkshire Regiment. After various amalgamations it is now part of the Yorkshire Regiment. In 1898 the RAMC was formed from the Medical Staff Corps and the Medical Staff.

Framed and mounted Royal Artillery display with George VI regular army long service and good conduct medal awarded to 102707 Bmbr. F. Jackson R.A, associated buttons and cap badge

Selection of British military cap badges, emblems etc with some world and civilian, examples inc. early C20th Kings Own Yorkshire LI enamel badge , REME ergt. Association badge, Army Apprentice School etc

A post-War K.C.M.G., Second War C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Sir A. John Gardener, H.M. Diplomatic Service, who served as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War, and as a Political Officer (with the rank of Colonel) during the Second World War in the Syrian Campaign; he later served as Ambassador to Afghanistan and Syria The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; and breast Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, with both full and miniature width neck ribands, in Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co., London, case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2. Liut. A. J. Gardener.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (10) £1,800-£2,200 --- K.C.M.G. London Gazette 10 June 1954: Alfred John Gardener, Esq., C.M.G., C.B.E., Her Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Damascus. C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1949: Alfred John Gardener, Esq., C.B.E., Head of the Establishment and Organisation Department of the Foreign Office. C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944: Alfred John Gardener, Esq., His Majesty’s Consul at Shiraz. Sir (Alfred) John Gardener was born in Exeter on 6 February 1897 and was educated at Heles School, Exeter, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He attested for the Army Service Corps in 1916, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from that year, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery (Special Reserve) on 31 August 1917. He joined the Consular Service in 1920, and served in various posts in the inter-War years in South Persia, Morocco, Syria, and the United States of America. In June 1941 Gardener served as Political Officer during the Syrian Campaign with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was subsequently promoted Colonel. Post-War he served in the Foreign Officer from 1946 to 1949, before being appointed H.M. Ambassador to Afghanistan 1949-51, and to Syria 1953-56. He retired in 1957 and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in Devon in 1959. He died on 16 March 1985.

A Victorian C.B. group of three awarded to Colonel T. W. R. Boisragon, 30th Bengal Native Infantry, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18ct gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1879, with integral gold riband buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. T. W. R. Boisragon, Nusseeree Batn.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Col. T. W. R. Boisragon. 30th. Ben; N.I.) light contact marks, very fine and better (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 1 March 1881. Theodore Walter Ross Boisragon was born in India on 19 May 1830 and was commissioned into the Indian Army on 2 September 1846. He first saw service with the Nusseeree Battalion during the Great Sepoy Mutiny (Medal), before he was appointed Commandant of the 30th Bengal Native Infantry on 16 August 1861, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 2 September 1872, and Colonel on 2 September 1877. He saw further service during the Second Afghan War (Medal), and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He retired with the rank of Major-General on 2 September 1881, and died in Bedford on 21 September 1882.

A Victorian C.B. pair awarded to Colonel T. Higginson, 1st Punjab Infantry, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18ct gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1886, with integral gold riband buckle; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Maj: T. Higginson. 1st. Punj: Inf:) nearly extremely fine and better (2) £2,600-£3,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 3 June 1893. Theophilus Higginson was born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Ireland, on 4 April 1839, and was commissioned Ensign on 26 June 1856. Appointed a Wing Commander, 1st Punjab Infantry, on 13 August 1875, he was Promoted Major on 26 June 1876, and served as Second in Command of the 1st Punjab Infantry during the Second Afghan War. He was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 26 June 1882, and was appointed Commandant of the 1st Punjab Infantry on 1 April 1884. Promoted Colonel on 26 June 1894, he died in Farnham, Surrey, on 30 August 1903.

A Boer War C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel The Honourable R. T. Lawley, 7th Hussars, who commanded his regiment in South Africa and was later 4th Baron Wenlock The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: Hon: R. T. Lawley, 7/Husrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt: Col: Hon R. T. Lawley, C.B., 7/Hrs:); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, the second with contact pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine (4) £2,600-£3,000 --- Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock, was born on 21 August 1856, second son of Beilby Richard, 2nd Baron Wenlock of Escrick Park, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Colonel of the Yorkshire Hussars, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was brother of Sir Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock, Governor of Madras (1891-96), whom he succeeded in 1912 as the 4th Baron Wenlock. He was educated at Eton (1870-74) in the Rev. William Wayte’s House where, although not academically gifted, he was a successful cox. He entered the army in 1875, serving throughout with the 7th Hussars, retiring as Colonel of the Regiment in 1904. He served throughout the Nile Expedition of 1884-85 with the Light Camel Regiment, in which the 7th Hussars detachment comprised three officers and 44 other ranks, and took part in the operations of the Desert Column including the engagement at Abu Klea Wells, 16 and 17 February 1885. After service in Egypt, Lawley served in the Boer War, sailing for the Cape on board the S.S. Templemore, and commanded the 7th Hussars in South Africa from 20 December 1901 to 22 January 1902, after which he commanded a column composed of the Queen’s Bays, 7th Hussars, two guns and a pom-pom from 39th R.F.A., formed at Winburg and operating towards Senekal from 23 January to 31 May 1902, to clear the country in that district of cattle and provisions. He was present during operations in the Transvaal from March to 31 May 1902; Orange River Colony from January to March, and May 1902; Cape Colony from December 1901 to January 1902. He was mentioned in despatches London Gazette 17 June 1902, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath ‘in recognition of services during operations in South Africa’, London Gazette 26 June 1902. Following a posting at Aldershot, he retired on 2 November 1904. He was married in 1909 to Rhoda Edith, a daughter of Canon Knox-Little. He succeeded his brother as 4th Baron Wenlock in 1912, and died at Hestercombe, Devon, on 25 July 1918. Sold with full research including various copied photographs together with medal roll and gazette entries saved to CD.

A rare Second War ‘North-West Europe operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Commander (E.) G. P. Blake, Royal Navy, a Fleet Air Arm pilot who served ashore in 1944 as a Forward Air Control Officer and thence in support of carrier operations off Korea - a distinguished career that was tragically curtailed in early 1953 when his Sea Vampire crashed into the ground near the R.N.A.S. Culdrose The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; France and Germany Star, 1 clasp, Atlantic; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Cdr. (E.) G. P. Blake O.B.E. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, the fist six mounted court-style as worn; the last two loose, good very fine or better (8) £800-£1,000 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1945: ‘For services in the Allied Expeditionary Air Force.’ George Peter Blake, who was born in South Africa in February 1914, entered the R.N.C. Dartmouth in August 1930 and the R.N.E.C. Keyham in January 1935, and was confirmed in the rank of Sub. Lieutenant (E.) in September 1938. Having then seen active service in destroyers, he undertook pilot training in the Fleet Air Arm and received his first posting in April 1941, when he joined No. 881 Squadron. In the following year he took up an appointment at R.N.A.S. Yeovilton, but his career took on a more operational footing with his appointment to the staff of the Flag Officer Naval Air Stations (F.O.N.A.S.) in the summer of 1944, in which role he was embarked for France as a Forward Air Control Officer for the Allied Expeditionary Air Force, a spell of active service that was rewarded by his O.B.E. in January 1945. Then in May of the latter year, he was ordered to the Far East, where he joined the carrier Indomitable, in which capacity he remained actively employed until the Japanese surrender, including operations against enemy suicide boats off Hong Kong in August 1945 and, subject to the exact date of his joining the ship, in the operations against the Ishigaki and Miyako Islands, during the course of which Indomitable was struck by a kamikaze aircraft just below her flight deck. Having then returned to the U.K. and been employed at R.N.A.S. St. Merryn, Blake was embarked in the carrier Unicorn on the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, and he served as C.O. to the Air Engineering Department at Sembawang, Singapore - later renamed H.M.S. Simbang - until late 1952. As related in a letter written by a fellow Naval officer, he also made visits to forward areas, including one to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders at Imjin River en route to visiting No. 77 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, on which occasion he wore ‘his naval brass hat, a submarine sweater, an Army parka and boots, plus his own blue trousers - unconventional but very practical in snow and mud’. Returning to the U.K. in early 1953, Blake joined R.N.A.S. Culdrose, and it was in this capacity that he was killed in a flying accident on 5 February, when his Sea Vampire crashed at high speed among houses at Trevarrick, St. Austell, some witnesses stating that it had just gone through the sound barrier. Be that as it may, there were no civilian casualties, even though the point of impact left a crater 20 feet deep and 30 feet wide. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s original Commission Document; Admiralty named condolence slip in respect of his Korea Medals; and a fine array of career photographs.

A Second War ‘Burma Operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. K. Willans, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Artillery and Royal Indian Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (2 Lieut. C. H. K. Willans, R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. C. H. K. Willans, R.I.A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major C. H. K. Willans, R.A.S.C.) generally good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2016 (when sold without the India Service Medal). O.B.E. London Gazette 17 January 1946. Charles Harte Keatinge Willans was born in December 1907 and was originally commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in September 1927, in which capacity he served in the North-West Frontier operations of 1930-31, gaining advancement to Lieutenant in September of the former year and secondment to the Indian Army Service Corps in January of the latter year. Having then been present in the Mohmand operations of 1933, he was advanced to Captain in September 1936, the same year in which he participated in further operations on the North-West Frontier. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 February 1938). Having then attended Staff College and been advanced to Major, Willans was appointed a Staff Officer in November 1940 and saw further action with the R.I.A.S.C. in Burma 1944-45, for which services he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He reverted to the Royal Army Service Corps after Indian Independence and was again Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the Malayan Emergency (London Gazette 30 October 1953). Subsequently placed on the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, he ceased to belong to the Reserve in December 1962, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Sold with copied research.

An inter-War M.B.E., Great War ‘1916’ M.S.M. group of eleven awarded to Colonel (Quartermaster) F. W. Price, Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with clasp (S-21925 Sjt. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S-21925 W.O. Cl.1. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S-1010 S. Sjt. F. W. Price. R.A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-21925 Sjt: F. W. Price. A.S.C.); France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, Gold Medal, with swords and laurel wreath, silver-gilt, silver mark to edge, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn and housed in a glazed display case, light contact marks, good very fine and extremely rare to rank (11) £800-£1,000 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 July 1926. M.S.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. French Medal of Honour London Gazette 29 January 1919. Frederick Walter Price attested for the Army Service Corps at York, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1914, and subsequently as a Staff Sergeant-Major on the Quartermaster-General’s Staff. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1926 Birthday Honours’ List, and was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the Royal Army Service Corps on 14 January 1931. He was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel in 1943, and retired on 12 March 1947, being granted the honorary rank of Colonel, the first Quartermaster of the Royal Army Service Corps to be so honoured. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

A post-War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster) A. M. Lambert, Royal Corps of Transport, late Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (T/22811780 Sgt. A. M. Lambert. R.A.S.C.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Capt (QM) A M Lambert MBE RCT); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Capt (QM) A. M. Lambert MBE. RCT.) mounted court-style as worn, and housed in a glazed display frame together wit ha set of Royal Corps of Transport cap and collar badges, edge bruise to GSM18, otherwise extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 2 June 1973. The original Recommendation state: ‘22811780 Warrant Officer Class I Arthur Melville Lambert, Royal Corps of Transport, has been employed as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport since February 1971. His duties within the regiment are considerable, dealing as he does with all aspects of administration and discipline in a unit which is heavily engaged in training and equally heavily committed in the local community and youth activities. Throughout this period he has performed his duties with exceptional efficiency, loyalty, and devotion. As the Regimental Sergeant Major he spends many hours in the planning and organisation of unit activities and he consistently maintains the very highest standards of personal conduct, bearing and integrity. In consequence he sets a fine example to the permanent staff and junior leaders alike. He was instrumental in the planning and organisation of a Royal Visit earlier in the year, and its success was in no small way due to his diligence, hard work, and unfailing attention to detail. In the sphere of assistance to the civilian community, Mr. Lambert has been involved in the planning and organisation of numerous activities for both handicapped and disabled persons: the Somerset County Handicapped Persons Rally, the South West Regional Spastics Games, and the Mentally Handicapped Sports are but three of the many activities sponsored by the regiment during the year in which he has taken an active and responsible part. In addition, he has worked tirelessly in organising local youth and old age pensioners’ activities. His efforts have done much to ensure the success of all these ventures and have brought great credit upon the Army. Warrant Officer Class I Lambert is an outstanding Warrant Officer who never fails to give of his best and his work has been carried out in a manner vastly superior to that which could normally be expected. His exceptional and outstanding services have been an inspiration to his comrades and a fine example to all with whom he has come into contact.’ Arthur Melville Lambert attested for the Royal Army Service Corps, and having transferred to the Royal Corps of Transport was advanced Warrant Officer Class I (Regimental Sergeant Major). He was commissioned Captain (Quartermaster) in the Royal Corps of Transport on 25 April 1974, and was promoted Major (Quartermaster) on 25 April 1982, and Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster) on 11 September 1986. He retired on 8 June 1990.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private G. Dewhurst, 27th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (31516 Pte. G. Dewhurst. 27/F.A. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (31516 Pte. G. Dewhurst. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (31516 Pte. G. Dewhurst. R.A.M.C.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘440351’; a British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18, bronze; and a Army Temperance Association Six Month Medal, silvered, mounted as worn, very fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, February 1999. M.M. London Gazette 28 July 1917. Gilbert Dewhurst attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with the 27th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 May 1915. Sold with a group photograph of the recipient with his section, in uniform, and mounted in a small display frame.

Family group: A Great War Western Front M.M. group of four awarded to Private W. Waring, Canadian Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (32908 Pte W. Waring. Can: A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (32908 Pte W. Waring. Can. A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (32908 Pte. W. Waring. C.A.M.C.) mounted for wear, with Canadian Medical Corps cap badge and C.E.F. For Service at the Front lapel badge, generally good very fine Pair: Private R. Waring, 1st Battalion (Ontario Regiment), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action at the Battle of Mount Sorrel, 13 June 1916 British War and Victory Medals (163952 Pte. R. Waring. 1-Can. Inf.) good very fine (6) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919. William Waring was born in Belfast, County Antrim in June 1893. He resided with his mother at 99 Bartlett Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Waring served during the Great War with the 1st Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps on the Western Front. Robert Waring was born in Belfast, County Antrim in February 1896. He was the younger brother of the above, and also resided at the same address as his mother. Waring served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was killed in action at the Battle of Mount Sorrel, 13 June 1916. Private Waring is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Three: Private G. Bateman, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Gheluvelt, 31 October 1914, and spent the rest of the Great War in captivity 1914 Star, with clasp (L-8195 Pte. G. Bateman. 1/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-8195 Pte. G. Bateman. The Queen’s R.) all in named card boxes of issue, the last two with outer envelopes addressed to ‘Mr. G. Bateman, 7 St. Ann’s Gardens, Kentish Town, London, NW.’, extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- George Bateman was born in Marylebone, London, in 1885, and attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment at Guildford on 25 October 1904, whilst currently serving in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. Posted to the 2nd Battalion on 13 February 1905, he transferred to the 1st Battalion on 25 November of that year, for service in India. Returning home on 21 February 1910, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 24 October 1913. Recalled to the Colours following the outbreak of the Great War, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. He was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Gheluvelt on 31 October 1914, during which battle the Battalion was virtually wiped out, suffering 9 officers and 624 other ranks either killed, wounded, or missing. However, their sacrifice was not in vain, for despite their heavy losses they prevented the enemy from taking Ypres and being able to advance on the channel ports. As Field Marshal Sir John French said: ‘31 October and 1 November will remain forever memorable in the history of our country, for, during those two days, no more than one thin and straggling line of tired-out British soldiers stood between the Empire and its practical ruin as an independent first-class Power.’ Bateman was one of those reported missing during the defence of Gheluvelt. Having been taken Prisoner of War, he spent the remainder of the War in captivity, including at Hähnofersand Lager P.O.W. camp. He was repatriated on 31 December 1918, and was discharged on 31 March 1920, after 15 years and 159 days’ service, of which 4 years and 62 days were spent in captivity. Sold with the recipient’s identity tag; cap badge; ‘Old Contemptibles’ lapel badge; a Queen’s Regiment ‘Prisoner of War Welcome Home Medal’, bronze; and two Regimental prize medals, both silver, these last three in cases of issue; a copy of ‘The Prisoner of War in Germany’, a booklet containing approximately 250 photographs from German Prison Camps, the inside page inscribed ‘Cpl G. Bateman 8195, “Queen’s” Regiment, Hähnofersand Lager, Germany, 26.5.1917’; various other ephemera; and copied service papers and a large quantity of copied research.

Five: Attributed to Corporal G. Bonsall, Royal Tank Regiment, formerly 13th and 11th Hussars 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; all privately named in small neat impressed capitals ‘Corporal G. Bonsall., mounted as worn in the incorrect order; together with the riband bar for the first three; cloth corporal’s stripes; Royal Armoured Corps King’s Crown cap badge in white metal; cloth Royal Armoured corps tank sleeve badge; a scarce 23rd Armoured Brigade embroidered cloth formation badge; and Royal Tank Regiment Old Comrades Club lapel badge, enamelled base metal with white metal applique tank to centre, generally very fine 1939-45 Star (4); Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star; Italy Star (2); Defence Medal (2); War Medal 1939-45 (6), all unnamed as issued, with various named card boxes of issue and a Royal British Legion lapel badge, generally good very fine and better (21) £70-£90 --- George Bonsall was born in Ripley, Derbyshire, and first attested for service in the 13th Hussars, at Nottingham on 10 June 1919, at the age of 18. He transferred to the 11th Hussars in February 1921, and served in Egypt and India. He re-engaged for service in June 1931, being re-numbered 535571. He again re-engaged in June 1935, and was transferred to the Army Reserve in 1939, but was recalled for service in the Royal Tank Regiment in the Second World War.

A post-Revolution Ottoman Order of Hanedani Ali Osman Collar Badge, privately manufactured and presented by H.M. King Farouk of Egypt to the exiled Ottoman Prince Ömer Faruk as a token of Friendship and Esteem Ottoman Empire, a post-Revolution Order of Hanedani Ali Osman (Order of the Illustrious Ottoman Dynasty) Collar Badge, 87mm including Star and crescent suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, the gold centre with the toughra of Abdul Hamid II, the border around bearing the dates AH 699 (1299 AD, the date of the founding of the Ottoman Empire) and AH 1311 (1895 AD, the date of the foundation of the Order), the reverse bearing the Ottoman imperial arms, a crowned cypher of H.H. Prince Ömer Faruk, and maker’s name Naguib Bey, Cairo, about extremely fine, rare £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Presented by King Farouk of Egypt to Prince Ömer Faruk, and thence by descent. The Order of Hanedani Ali Osman was instituted by Abdul Hamid II in 1895 and was awarded in one class only. It was exclusively reserved for members of the Imperial Family and for foreign Royalty (with the single exception of the Grand Vizier Tewfik Pasha). The Order was awarded on only 50 occasions in total, and became obsolete following the abolition of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1924. His Highness Prince Ömer Faruk (1898-1969) was an Ottoman prince and the only son of the last Caliph of Islam Abdulmejid II, and the nephew of Sultan Mehmet VI. He served during the Great War as an Officer in the Imperial Army, and having been awarded the Order of Hanedani Ali Osman wore the Collar Badge as his principal neck decoration whilst in uniform. Photographs of the recipient in his uniform prior to the revolution clearly show him wearing the Collar Badge as a neck badge. Following the exile of the Imperial Family in March 1924, during which all his Orders and Decorations were left behind, Prince Ömer Faruk moved with his family to Nice, before moving to Egypt in 1938. There he became close to H.M. King Farouk, who had the court jewellers Naguib Bey manufacture the Badge in this lot, as a replacement of the original, and presented it to the exiled prince as a token of friendship and esteem (letter included with lot refers). The exact date of manufacture and presentation is unknown, but presumably happened sometime in the 1940s, before King Farouk himself was exiled in July 1952.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Red Banner, Monetny Dvor mint mark and reverse numbered, 270197, indicating an award dated in the second half of 1945; Order of the Badge of Honour, ‘hollow back’, Monetny Dvor mint mark and reverse numbered 673940, indicating an award dated in 1971, lacking the first applied ‘C’ of C.C.C.P.; Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Monetny Dvor mint mark and reverse numbered 591676, indicating an award in the late 1960’s; Order of the Patriotic War, Second Class, screwpost fitting, Monetny Dvor mint mark and reverse numbered 564877, indicating an award made in 1945; Order of the Red Star, Monetny Dvor mint mark and reverse numbered 1081293, indicating an issue date in the second half of 1944; together with a modern Soviet submariner’s badge with red star and screw post fitting; a large gilt-metal commemorative medallion celebrating the life of Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky; a Veteran of Labour Medal; a Commemorative Medal for the 40th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of the U.S.S.R. 1918-1958; a Soviet Guard Badge; a Soviet Badge to a member of the Komsomol Submarine Service, of the Soviet Union of Kazakhstan; a Red enamelled gilt star pin back badge, with the applied head and shoulders of Lenin in white metal; and a Soviet Army Officers Parade Cap badge, gilt alloy badge with wreath and cockade and central red star with hammer and sickle motif, two thin prong fittings, generally very fine £100-£140

Miscellaneous Militaria. A miscellaneous selection, comprising various Cloth badges, including an embroidered Royal Air Force Queens Crown bullion blazer badge; a Fleet Air Arm Observer Rating sleeve badge, King’s Crown; a Royal Navy Seaman Torpedoman trade badge, bullion wire on black felt; a Royal Air Force padded cloth wings badge, Queen’s Crown; and a United States Navy nuclear weapons Petty Officer 1st Class Sleeve badge; various military and civilian badges and buttons, including a 1st Royal Dragoons Collar badge; 3 Royal Marines plastic wartime collar badges with blade fittings; a Royal Army Service Corps brown plastic wartime cap badge with blade fittings; a Parachute Regiment Old Comrades Association lapel badge; a Civil Defence Corps King’s Crown gilt metal and enamel lapel badges; an Army Catering Corps Regimental Association lapel badge; and 7 Royal Air Force King’s Crown uniform buttons; together with a small selection of lapel an buttonhole ‘sweetheart’ badges, including Royal Corps of Signals, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Royal Air Force, and South Lancashire Regiment, all four with mother of pearl backing discs; an empty Princess Mary’s Christmas 1914 Gift Tin; a Great War Ordnance Survey Trench Map of the Ploegsteert Sector, 28 SW 4. Edition 5A, dated July 1917, with trenches corrected to 18 July 1917. 1:10,000 scale, covering Ploegsteert, Messines, Wulverghem and Warneton; and various other ephemera, including a trench art style bullet case with copper cross inserted and a pair of court-mounted miniature medals, generally good condition (lot) £80-£100

A small group of military-related items, including a Birmingham silver pillbox with RAF badge, a brass cigarette paper holder with applied RAAF badge, the back edge engraved '420427 Flight/Sgt W.E. Barr Dec 44', a menu for the 236 Wing Army Signals dinner, dated '1946', a Royal Air Force Service Book, issued to Leslie Robinson, No. 4094524, and a collection of badges and buttons.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

A small collection of early to mid-20th century military-related items, including various brass shell cases, one engraved 'Reims', a group of various cap badges, including Canadian Scottish, Canadian Army Service Corps and Saint John Fusiliers (some restrikes), a 1940 Mk III field compass and a Second World War period 2nd Polish Corps Italy badge.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

A 1939-45 Star, an Italy Star, a Defence Medal and a War Medal, with Army Council forwarding slip confirming four awards, box of postage, addressed to 'Major A.F.W. Sanson', and the corresponding four dress miniature awards, mounted on a bar, together with various unofficial commemorative medals, dress miniatures, a Veteran badge and a few mostly British coins, including a Victoria Jubilee Head crown 1890, a half-crown 1915, a florin 1915 and a William IV fourpence 1834.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

Two service dress hats, a 43rd/52nd and a side hat. The first in green wool, with silvered cap badge named Peninsula, by Herbert Johnson, another khaki wool army hat and an Army side service cap, also Herbert Johnson

A 43rd/52nd army red dress mess jacket and white mess jacket. The red jacket with brass buttons and applique crown and badge to shoulders, 56.5cm long, the white jacket by Sandon & Co. (London), 58cm long

A silver A.R.P badge and a silver Regular Army Reserve badge.

Articles of 1960s British Army uniform:a No. 2 Dress tunic, trousers and tunic-belt (missing buckle) - the tunic with Warwickshire Regiment buttons, WO2 badge and six ribbons (B.E.M., K.M., U.N.S.M.K, G.S.M. 1918 and 1962 and N.M.S.M.);a mess coat;four shirts.

World War II US Army Air Force wartime issued sterling silver navigators badge

MILITARY INTEREST - British Army swagger stick, malacca shaft, nickel pommel with Gibraltar Royal Marines badge, 68cms L, a British Army swagger stick with ebonised shaft, nickel pommel with Royal Corps of Signals crest, another swagger stick with nickel pommel, 68cms L, an Indian sword stick, the ebony handle with brass lion mask pommel and hardwood scabbard, bone inlay, 37cms steel blade, 59cms overall, and a three piece mahogany gun cleaning rod with brass fittings, 87cms L

A pair of WWI general service medals, awarded to M-273958 Acting Sergeant H. Giles, Army Service Corps, and a Hampshire Regiment cap badge.

A collection of British Police insignia, buttons, numerals, enamel badges etc to include: a Greater Manchester Police tie with enamel badge pre 1995: early Securicor cap badge: HM Prison Service cap badges and shoulder titles: rank insignia, stripes, pips and crowns: helmet comb: Kings Crown Buttons: Kings Crown Enamel badges for Met Police Bowling Association, No3 District Sports Club MPAA: Enamel RCMP Pin, Cook Islands Police pin, Royal Papua New Guigea Constabulary pin, Fort Worth Texas tie clip, WW1 British Army RFA shoulder title, etc

A MIXED LOT OF MILITARIA, to include an army bed, a whistle, pump, tankard and cap badge, the bed looks to be WWII or possibly post war, the pump is green in colour and is attached to a bracket, the whistle is attached to a white metal chain

A COLDSTREAM GUARDS FULLY ENAMELLED SWEETHEART STYLE BADGE, together with a Coldstream Guards Cap badge, an Army Veterinary Corps Cap badge, and a WW1 Services rendered blazer badge numbered on reverse, B270807 awarded to Frank Bentley 535603 Labour Curps.

THREE SWAGGER/PARADE STICKS, to include Royal Army Medical Corps, Repton OTC & Royal West Surrey Regiment, all three sticks are of different ages and the RAMC has got a white metal buckle or band part way down, the Repton OTC cane is in good condition apart from some of the outer coating has split, the black Royal West Surrey Regiment has been polished but the naming on the badge and South Africa are still visible

Medical Interest, Military Buttons,a set of eight 19th century Royal army Medical Corps brass buttons, by Hawkes & Co, Piccadillt, London W, 2.4cm diameter, with a silver Cauceus badge or plaque, stamped 'STERLING' on the reverse, 4.4cm across

Various mixed army surplus pouches and belts, in green, etc., Civil Defence Corps Kangol beret 7/8, with Civil Defence Corps badge, various other items, etc. (a quantity)

A post WWI First World War Imperial German Army Zeppelin badge. Horizontal oval shape with an airship facing left superimposed on a wreath and joined by a bow at the top. Marked to the back 800.

A pre WWII Second World War / Spanish Civil War period German Condor Legion wound badge. The badge being a voided gold 1st Class example depicting a German imperial helmet with Swastika emblem. The Condor Legion was a unit composed of military personnel from the air force and army of Nazi Germany, which served with the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. The medal awarded to wounded German soldiers. Note; from a large private collection of militaria. Due to the nature of some items, buyers are reminded for the need to satisfy themselves as to originality / origin / condition prior to bidding, irrespective of any description. No guarantees are implied nor offered and all lots remain sold 'as is'.

A WWII Second World War Third Reich Nazi German / Young Russian Cossacks badge. The badge depicting x2 crossed Cossack sabres mounted on an eagle with out stretched wings, atop a Swastika. The badge worn by Young Cossacks fighting in the Cossack Corps alongside the German Army. Note; from a large private collection of militaria. Due to the nature of some items, buyers are reminded for the need to satisfy themselves as to originality / origin / condition prior to bidding, irrespective of any description. No guarantees are implied nor offered and all lots remain sold 'as is'.

A collection of assorted British Military (and other interest) badges to include; WW1 First World War ' Battle of Jutland ' silver plated commemorative medal by Spink & Son 1916, silver hallmarked Royal Army Service Corps sweetheart pin badge, Junior Imperial and Constitutional League political badge, Northamptonshire Regiment badge and others. All badges contained within a King Edward VII tobacco tin.

A Cold War period East German Army / DDR Officers peaked uniform cap. The grey cap with white piping and a central badge depicting the national hammer and compass emblem surrounded by oaks leaves. Size 57.

A WWI First World War Imperial German / Prussian Army pilots badge. The centre of the badge featuring a mono plane surrounded by a wreath with joined by a bow to the bottom and Prussian crown to the top. Hollow back. Boxed.

A 19th Century Victorian 1868-1901 Bangalore Volunteer Rifles white metal pouch plate badge. Featuring the Guelphic Crown to top, with surround of leaves and central emblem. Screw threads remain to rear. The Bangalore Rifle Volunteers was an auxiliary infantry unit raised on 31 November 1868. The regiment served under the administrative control of the Madras Army of Madras Presidency. On 21 November 1884, a number of detached companies of the unit were used to raise the Coorg and Mysore Rifle Corps. It eventually merged with the Coorg and Mysore Rifles on 1 April 1917 and was designated as the 6th Bangalore, Coorg and Mysore Battalion. It was again renamed as the Bangalore Battalion on 1st October 1920. The motto of the unit was 'Defence not Defiance'.

A WWII Second World War US United States Army Major Officers M1 steel combat helmet. Swivel bale example with front split seam and a Major's rank brass oak leaf badge to the front. Makers mark S for Schluter to the front rim.

A collection of assorted First and Second World War medals / militaria items comprising; WWI First World War British War Medal awarded to one Pte 2141 J. C Cridland of the R.A.M.C Royal Army Medical Corps, WWII Second World War Medal, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star and Atlantic Star suspended on original ribbons and medal bar along with a Home Guard enamel pin and Kings badge for Loyal Service. 

A post war vintage Royal Army Service Corps officers dress uniform peaked cap. Dark blue twilled wool with white piping and a central Army Service Corps badge with Queen Elizabeth II crown. Retaining original patent leather strap above the peak.

A post war vintage Royal Army Service Corps officers dress uniform peaked cap. Khaki twilled wool with a central Army Service corps badge and Queen Elizabeth II crown. Retaining original leather strap above the peak and Herbert Johnson issue box.

A Second World War Military Medal group and ephemera, awarded to 5121638 Lance-Corporal James Reed Duffy, M.M., Royal Engineers, comprising: Military Medal, War Medal, War Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, and Campaign medal roll paper awarded 8th Army clasp to Africa Star (now missing); also includes Royal Engineers cap badge, original medal box, a selection of military portrait and family photographs, flyer to Eight-Army 'Personal Message from the Army Commander'; letter from War Office dated 8th February 1946 informing Duffy's mother of his approval of Military Medal; original copy of The London Gazette no.36168 second supplement naming Duffy as recipient; letter from Royal Engineers Record Office of condolence on the death of Duffy; another giving his death on 5th February 1945 as 'the result of an accident which occurred in the forward Battle Area'; letters of condolence from Officers and men, the King (facsimile signature); a letter from Buckingham Palace for attendance at ceremony; photographs of grave site; and other ephemera; his father's First World War medals awarded to 21-1069 Private Arthur Joseph Duffy, Northumberland Fusiliers; and other ephemera, silks and items.Note: Military Medal citation reads:On the 6th April 1943, Sapper Duffy was one of a minefield gapping party near the Djebel Roumana. The party was subject to heavy rifle and machine gun fire from a range of about three hundred yards, but Sapper Duffy with amazing coolness continued to work his mine detector. Later, his party working on the anti-tank ditch were forced into it by heavy fire, but Sapper Duffy remained working in an exposed position. Seeing that the tapes marking the edge of the gap had been badly cut by the shellfire, he ran back by himself from cover and repaired them so that the tanks could cross. When his platoon officer was wounded he ran back two hundred yards with another supper over ground swept by fire to bring up a stretcher and helped to carry him back to safety. Throughout the operation his complete disregard of danger and initiative were outstanding and a magnificent example to the remainder of his party.

WW2 German Badges: WW2 German army tropical helmet eagle decal, cap cockades ,NSDAP party badge, HJ badge and other organization badges, most with no fixings to back. 10 item

WW2 German Army/SS General and Infantry Assault Combat Badges: General assault badge solid type with no fixings to back and stamped out type with pin and catch to back , Infantry assault no fixings to back. 3 items

WW2 German Luftwaffe Car Pennant and Badges: Both sides of Luftwaffe pennant cut eagles , stitched with backing cloth and army sports vest eagle with sports badge.4 items

3 Kitcheners Army 15th Service Bn Durham Light Infantry WW1 DLI formation signs. 3 good rare examples removed from tunic. Each comprises an olive green inverted triangle embroidered with pinky red small DLI cap badge. Battalion formed Newcastle September 1914. Formation signs adopted November 1915. One worn below collar on reverse of tunic and one on each arm. Served in France. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

South Wales Borderers Silver cap badge plus others. Comprising: South Wales Borderers Stamped STERLING ... WW1 General Service Button converted to cap badge with slider (Kitchener Army) ... RAMC by E E Woodward ... RAF ... RCAF. All complete with fittings. (5 Badges). PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

25th Tank Brigade / Leeds Rifles WW2 insignia. Good interesting lot comprising post 1944 25th Army Tank Brigade Engineers diablo formation sign ... another 25th Army Tank Brigade diablo epaulette slide ... Leeds Rifles cap badge on slider ... 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment pair of green over black cotton epaulette slip-ons... together with FLAME THROWER Corgi paperback by Andrew Wilson and six black and white postcards of Rome and Naples. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

Rhodesian Signals, Chaplains, Army Service Corps 50 items of insignia. Board with good display of metal and cloth badges including scarce Southern Rhodesia No.1 Signal Company WW2 silver collar badge. Most complete with fixings. (50 items) Bob Betts Collection PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

WW1 London Irish, RFC, RAF Officer Group of Medals. Awarded to Lieutenant Bertie Ernest Turney who was commissioned into the 18th Bn London Irish London Regiment and qualified as a Pilot with the Royal Flying Corps in August 1916.Comprising: British War Medal, Victory Medal LIEUT B.E. TURNEY RAF. This pair is contemporary mounted on a bar with the ribbons of the Territorial Force War Medal and the Territorial Efficiency Medal. Accompanied by a corresponding group of four miniature medals Uniform medal ribbon bar Also a RFC OSD Cap Badge blades absent. (4 parts) Bosleys have been unable to find any reference to the TFWN and TEM having been issued and would explain the ribbons only. Lieutenant Bertie Ernest Turney was commissioned into the London Irish, before been attached to the RFC qualifying as a Pilot on the 1st August 1916 He served with 47 Squadron and 55 Squadron and transferred to Egypt. He was posted to the RAF unemployed list in May 1919, but appears to returned to the London Irish, where the Army list of 1921 shows him serving as a Major. On the 26th October 1929 he was flying as a passenger on an Imperial Airways Short Calcutta which crashed of the coast of Italy All the crew and passengers drowned. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY