A rare George VI issue ‘Crowned Head’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Squadron Serjeant-Major M. E. Swan, 1st Dragoons queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony (2852 Serjt., 1Dgns.) ‘Laing’s Nek’ clasp a contemporary copy; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2852 Serjt., Rl. Dragoons); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2852 Sq. Sjt. Maj., 1st Dragoons); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, ‘crowned head’ (Sq. S. Mjr., 1-Dns.), mounted as worn, first two with some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £1200-1400 The Army L.S. & G.C. was announced in Army Order 189 of 1905; the M.S.M. in Army Order 44 of 1942. Only about 55 G.VI.R. ‘Crowned Head’ M.S.M’s. were awarded. £1200-£1400
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A unique New Zealand M.B.E. and Long Service group of nine awarded to Captain and Quartermaster A. Mathieson, New Zealand Permanent Staff, late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (6533 Corl., A. & S. Highrs.), correction to service number; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (6533 Corpl., A. & S. Highrs.); War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; New Zealand Service Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Jubilee 1935, unnamed; New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal (W.O.1, N.Z.P.S.); Army L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, New Zealand (W.O.1, N.Z.P.S.); New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, ‘Crowned Head’ (W.O.1, N.Z.P.S.), the group unmounted, some with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £1200-1500 Ex Matthew Taylor Collection, Christies November 1990. m.B.E. New Zealand Gazette 10 June 1943. ‘Captain and Quartermaster Archibald Mathieson, New Zealand Permanent Staff, of Timaru’. archibald Mathieson was born on 7 June 1881 at Kaysmuir Duns in the Parish of Duns, Berwickshire. He was the son of John William Mathieson, a Journeyman Mason born in Dumfries, and Margaret nee Dunholm, born in Coldingham, Berwickshire. A Draper by occupation, he joined the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers at the age of 15 years, and three years later on 4 May 1898 he was attested for the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. On 27 October 1899 he was posted to active service in South Africa and took part in the battles at Modder River, Paardeberg, and Dreifontein. From South Africa (in 1902) he was posted to India for the next 4 years 8 months but his records do not give details of that service, except for receiving a bounty for the extension of his services to complete 12 years with the Colours. He was promoted to Corporal on 10 February 1906. He was posted back to South Africa on 19 December 1906. He was permitted to extend his service to complete 21 years on 1 September 1909 and was promoted to Lance-Sergeant on the same day. He returned to England on 27 January 1910 and took his discharge on 25 November 1910 after 12 years 206 days service. his parents had migrated to New Zealand c.1905 and he arrived to join them in 1911 and apparently took up farming for a short while in Timaru. During the First World War he served with the New Zealand Temporary Staff on 1 September 1915-24 May 1920 but was unable to be passed fit for active service due to bouts of asthma. He remained, however, at Trentham and Featherstone Camps, training personnel in musketry skills for the Expeditionary Force, Archibald joined the New Zealand Permanent Force on 20 July 1920. He was promoted to Staff Sergeant Instructor on 25 May 1923, to WO 2 on 25 May 1926, and Warrant Officer in July 1929. mathieson was recommended for the New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal in September 1931, receiving it on 20 July 1932 in Christchurch. He was recommended for the award of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 31 January 1934, which was approved on 20 February, and received it on 11 June 1934. On 6 May 1935 he received the Silver Jubilee Medal for the 25th Anniversary of the reign of King George V. In June 1940, after nearly 11 years as W.O. 1, he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Both the Award Notice and Defence Headquarter List for his New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal are annotated ‘now Lieutenant and Quartermaster’. This award was approved on 4 July 1941 and he received a piece of the ribbon issued on 21 September 1941 but it was almost 20 months before the medal was issued on 23 February 1943. captain and Quartermaster Archibald Mathieson was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in the King's Birthday Honours List of 1943. He was at that time holding a clerical and administrative appointment in the Permanent Staff at Timaru. He was discharged in Timaru as a consequence of reaching the age of retirement on 14 August 1946, and was posted to the Retired List on the same day. He retired to his home at 15 Lough Street, Timaru and died there soon after on 5 September 1947 in his 67th year. Sold with a quantity of copied research. £1200-£1500
Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (James Cullen, Serjeant, 81st Regment Foot 1836) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £600-700 the recipient was born in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim and served in the 81st Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) and the 3rd and 9th Royal Veteran Battalions. The medal was despatched to the Ballyshannon Chief Constable on 23 February 1838, for onward transmission to Cullen. The naming around the edge of the medal is illustrated in The Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1830-1848, by McInnes and Gregson, Plate iii. £600-£700
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., large letter reverse (James Barnett, Serjeant, Royal Artillery. 1846) fitted with steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, good very fine £200-250 James Barnett was born in Saint Werburg, Cheshire. A Tin-Plate Worker by occupation, he attested for service with the Royal Artillery at Chester on 20 October 1825, aged 18 years. Out of a total service of 21 years, he served in Gibraltar for 10 years, 5 months and in Jamaica for 4 months. He attained the rank of Colour Serjeant in July 1842 and was discharged on 13 October 1846 as being unfit for further service. sold with copied discharge papers. £200-£250
Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Australia (393 W.O.II E. M. Hill, A.I.C.) nearly extremely fine £180-220 Everard Michael Hill was born in Young, New South Wales on 21 July 1894. A Clerk by occupation, he enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force at Sydney on 2 August 1915. On 12 November 1915 he departed Sydney for Egypt as part of the 6th Reinforcement Group for the 18th Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Division. Posted to ‘C’ Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, on 14 February 1916, he embarked at Alexandria for Marsailles on 22 March 1916. Posted to northern France, he was slightly wounded at Pozieres on 18 August 1916. After a period of sickness he was present in the attacks at Passchendaele during the Autumn of 1917. He returned to Sydney in May 1919 and was discharged on 9 July 1919. On 6 April 1920 he enlisted into the Permanent Military Forces with the Instructional Staff in Sydney, becoming a Warrant Officer Class 1 in June 1937. On 15 December 1939 he was appointed Honorary Lieutenant in the Australian Instructional Corps and Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster of the 2nd Battalion. Further promotions followed, becoming a Temporary Major in August 1941. He died suddenly on 5 March 1943 at Kedron Camp and was buried at Luywych Cemetery, Queensland. In addition to his Long Service medal he was entitled to the 1914-15 Star trio, War and Australian Service Medals. Sold with copied service details. £180-£220
A rare long service group of four to Constable A. F. Clegg, British South Africa Police, late Rhodesian Native Infantry and South African Constabulary queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1325 Tpr., S.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1371 3-Sjt., Rhodesia N. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Southern Rhodesia (No.1371 Const. Alfred F. Clegg, B.S.A.P.), mounted for display, good fine and better, last rare (4) £1000-1200 Ex Upfill-Brown Collection, B.D.W. December 1991. only 130 Southern Rhodesia Long Service and Good Conduct medals awarded between 1923 and 1939. alfred Frederick Clegg joined the Royal Navy in 1907 following several years with the South African Constabulary, including service in the Boer War, but in 1910, after twice receiving voluntary discharge from the former service, he enlisted into the ranks of the British South Africa Police. With the exception of wartime employment in the Rhodesia Native Regiment, during which time he was wounded and taken prisoner, Clegg served 22 years with the B.S.A.P., and was commended for his 'promptitude and action in arresting two very dangerous criminals' on 19 April 1914. In light of a charge for drunkeness committed outside duty hours, Clegg had to personally apply for his L.S. & G.C. award which was finally granted in 1932. £1000-£1200
Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Somaliland Scouts, unnamed, nearly extremely fine, extremely rare £400-500 ex DNW September 1998. according to records at the Public Record Office, 10 medals with the suspension bar worded ‘Somaliland Scouts’ were ordered from the Royal Mint in 1954. British Somaliland ceased to exist shortly afterwards and this, therefore, is probably the rarest variety of this series. the Somaliland Scouts came in to being on 1st July 1943 and were transferred to the Somali Government on 26th June 1960 as the nucleus of a new national army. £400-£500
Indian Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, H.E.I.C. arms obverse (Sergeant John Lawler, Late of the 4th Battalion Artillery, 14th Octr. 1853) slight edge bruise, slight contact marks, very fine £300-400 Sergeat John Lawler, late of the 4th Battalion Artillery, was pensioned in Europe by Government General Order No. 476 of 4 August 1852. He was awarded the silver medal with a gratuity of £15 in addition to his pension, as a reward for meritorious service since enlistment. £300-£400
Indian Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, anchor reverse (Sejeant (sic) Clarence Linden, European Veterans), cleaned, possibly fire damaged, edge bruising, good very fine £300-400 Approximately 100 medals sent to India in 1859, by mistake, bearing the bust of Queen Victoria on the obverse and the Crown and Fouled Anchor on the reverse. £300-£400
Indian Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (803 Sepoy Ratnam Amos, 61st P. of W.O. Pioneers) some contact marks, very fine £60-80 The 61st Pioneers had the pre-1903 title of 1st Madras Infantry, became the 61st Pioneers in 1903, Prince of Wales's Own in 1906, and King George's Own in 1910. In 1922 it was re-titled 1st/1st Madras Pioneers (King George's Own). £60-£80
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, V.R. (Lieut-Col. R. Spencer Browne C.B. A.L.H. 12.8.05), with silver brooch bar (lacking pin), nearly extremely fine £200-250 M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February and 16 April 1901. colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 12 August 1905 ‘Lt. Col. Reginald Spencer Browne C.B. 13th A.L.H.R. (Qld. Mtd. Inf.)’. colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 7 March 1908. ‘Col. R. Spencer Browne C.B. 5th L.H.Bde.’ Reginald Spencer Browne was born at Oaklands, Appin, New South Wales on 13 July 1856. Educated at Appin and in England, he became a journalist, working for the Deniliquin Pastoral Times and the Albury Banner, becoming sub-editor of the Townsville Herald in 1877, editor of the Cooktown Herald in 1878 and editor of the Brisbane Observer in 1881. In 1882 he joined the Brisbane Courier. browne was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Queensland Mounted Infantry in 1887. Although sympathetic to unions, he commanded a flying column during the shearers' strike of 1891. Browne was promoted to Captain in 1891 and Major in 1896. He volunteered for service in South Africa, and sailed in November 1899 with the 1st Queensland Contingent. He was present at the relief of Kimberley, and operations in Orange Free State, February to May 1900; including operations at Paardeburg , 17-26 February. Actions at Poplar Grove, 7 March; Dreifontein, 10 March; Vet River, 5-6 May; and Zand River, 10 May. Operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, 29 May; Pretoria, 4 June; and Diamond Hill, 11 and 13 June. Operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 November, 1900, including action at Zilikat's Nek, 2 August. Operations in the Transvaal east of Pretoria, July to 29 November, 1900, including actions at Riet Vlei, 16 July. Operations in Cape Colony north of Orange River, 1899-1900. For his services, he was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath and mentioned in despatches and awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps. In Lord Robert’s despatch of 31 March 1900 it was recorded that ‘Mr. Carlisle assisted Major Browne to get six armed Boers out of a dark cave, 23rd April, near Krugersdorp’. He was invalided back to Australia in November 1900. In 1903 Browne became commanding officer of the 13th Light Horse Regiment with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Then in 1906 he became Commander of the 5th Light Horse Brigade and a full Colonel. He was transferred to the Reserve of Officers in 1911. browne joined the AIF on 16 March 1915 as Commander of the 4th Light Horse Brigade. This brigade was sent to Egypt, dismounted, and in August 1915 broken up. The 13th Light Horse Regiment was assigned to the newly formed 2nd Division, with which it served at Anzac; the 11th and 12th Light Horse Regiments were sent to Anzac where they were broken up into squadrons, with one squadron being attached to each of the six other light horse regiments from New South Wales and Queensland. On 28 August 1915, Browne was appointed officer commanding Australian Details Egypt, responsible for training reinforcements. Then in September Major General J. G. Legge sent for him to replace Colonel R. Linton, the commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade who had drowned following the torpedoing of the Southland. Browne took over the brigade on 8 September 1915 and served at Lone Pine and Quinn's Post but at 59 was simply too old for the rigours of the campaign. Nonetheless he stayed until he was evacuated on 10 December 1915. back in Egypt, Browne was transferred to the Training and General Base Depot at Tel el Kebir, Egypt. On 16 March 1916 he was promoted to Temporary Brigadier-General and appointed to command the Depot on 20 March 1916. When the Base moved to England, Browne went with it, taking command of the Training Depots in England on 14 June 1916. In both posts, Browne was responsible for a large and important training organisation. On 25 July 1916, his command was abolished and merged with the convalescent depots as AIF depots in the United Kingdom under Major General Sir N. J. Moore. Browne took charge of the 2nd Command Depot at Weymouth, England. This unit was responsible for receiving men unfit for service within six months and therefore to be returned to Australia. on 12 October 1917, Browne was declared medically unfit and listed for return to Australia. He paid a visit to France, and then embarked for Australia on 24 November 1917. On 10 February 1918, Browne was appointed to command the new Molonglo Concentration Camp near Canberra, where German internees were held. He was discharged from the army on 17 December 1918. From 1925 to 1927, Browne contributed weekly articles to the Courier on his memories of people and events in 19th century Queensland. These were collected and published as A Journalist's Memories in 1927. Browne died on 9 November 1943. £200-£250
Pair: Quartermaster Serjeant W. Pettigrew, 77th Foot army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1151 Qr. Mr. Sergt., 77th Foot), signs of brooch mounting on rev.; Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Q.M. Sjt., 77th Foot), first with slight edge bruising, about very fine and better (2) £260-300 William Pettigrew was born in the Parish of Kilarney, near the town of Saint Field, Co. Down. A Weaver by occupation, he attested for service with the 96th Foot at Glasgow on 25 March 1851, aged 21 years. He served as a Private in the 96th until 31 October 1854 when he volunteered to join the 52nd Foot. With the regiment he served during the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, receiving the medal with clasp for Delhi in the rank of Corporal to which rank he was promoted in March 1857. Promoted to Sergeant in November 1857, he was reduced to Private in June 1859. In October 1864 he volunteered for service with the 77th Foot and was promoted to Corporal in the same month, Serjeant in June 1865, Colour Serjeant in October 1865 and Quartermaster Serjeant in July 1866. Pettigrew was discharged at Portland on 27 July 1872 having served nearly 19 years in India. His intended place of residence on discharge was Mill Street, Warwick. He was awarded the M.S.M. and an annuity of £10 in July 1907. He died on 13 May 1913. sold with copied discharge papers. £260-£300
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2566 R.Q.M. Sjt. J. H. Roberts, Gds. M.G.R.) some contact marks, nearly very fine £100-140 M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War’. The recipient came from Chelsea. £100-£140
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (36555 Q.M. Sjt. H. J. Stark, No.40 F.A. R.A.M.C.) minor contact marks, very fine £80-100 M.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field during the present war’. m.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919 (Mesopotamia). 40 Field Ambulance served in Gallipoli and then in Mesopotamia where it participated in the attempted relief of Kut and entered Baghdad in March 1917. Sold with copied research. £80-£100
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (William Marr, 92nd Regiment Foot. 1845) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, small holes drilled in edge at 12 and 6 o’clock and rims slightly rounded from mount, naming unaffected, nearly very fine £80-100 William Marr was born at Cominston, Aberdeen, and enlisted into the 92nd Highlanders at Turriff on 21 September 1824, aged 21. He served in the Mediterranean, at Gibraltar and Malta, for 6 years and 8 months, and also in the West Indies for just under two years. He was discharged at Edinburgh Castle on 6 November 1845, and received his L.S. & G.C. medal on 29 July 1846. Sold with copy discharge papers and full muster details. £80-£100
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (360 Pte. J. Manchester, 5th Dragoon Gds.) edge bruising, good very fine £80-100 John Manchester was born in Liverpool. A Baker by occupation, he attested for the 5th Dragoon Guards at Dover on 10 December 1858, aged 19 years, 10 months. He was discharged at his own request on 16 September 1878. Sold with copied service papers. £80-£100
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (549 Tp. Sergt. Maj. W. Craig, 7th Dn. Gds.) good very fine £90-110 William Craig was born in Glasgow. An Engineer by occupation, he attested for service in the 7th Dragoon Guards on 28 January 1859, aged 19 years. He attained the rank of Troop Sergeant-Major in April 1874 and claimed his discharge on 3 February 1880. Sold with copied service papers. £90-£110
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1522 Sergt. T. Eveleigh, 13th Huss.) slight edge bruise, good very fine £90-110 Tom Everleigh was born in Exeter. A Tailor by occupation, he attested for service with the 13th Hussars at the Bow Street Police Court on 2 January 1874, aged 28 years. On the same day he was promoted to Sergeant Tailor. With the 13th Hussars he served in India, January 1874-November 1884 and in South Africa, November 1884-November 1885. He was discharged at his own request on 14 October 1899. Sold with copied service papers and an article on the medal and recipient. £90-£110
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (263 Corpl. J. N. Rownsley, 18th Hussars) edge bruising, very fine £80-100 John N. Rownsley was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the 18th Hussars at Westminster on 29 March 1858, aged 20 years. He was discharged being unfit for further service on 8 May 1877. His disability was chronic ulcers on his right leg - originating from a kick from a horse while on duty at Bangalore in 1872. Sold with copied service papers. £80-£100
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (4315 Pte. C. Brown, 44th Foot), claw tightened, good very fine £70-90 George Brown was born in Ogburn, Marlborough, Wiltshire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service with the 44th Foot at Westminster on 15 January 1855, aged 26 years. With the regiment he served in the Crimea, Malta, India and China - for which he was awarded the Crimea Medal with clasp for Sebastopol; Turkish Crimea Medal and China Medal with clasp for Taku Forts. He was discharged in 1876. Sold with copied service papers. £70-£90
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1302 Pte. W. Winterbottom, Sco. Rif.), claw tightened, edge bruising, nearly very fine £60-80 William Winterbottom was born in Preston, Lancashire. A Spinner by occupation, he attested for service with the 26th Foot on 27 October 1866. With them he served in India, October 1868-January 1875 and Malta, August 1880-April 1881. He was discharged in November 1887. Sold with copied service papers. £60-£80
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (987 Sergt. S. Baverstock, Glouc. R.) edge bruise, good very fine £70 -90 Samuel Baverstock was born in Andover. A Tailor by occupation he attested for service in the Royal Artillery on 15 October 1862. He re-engaged to serve in the 61st Foot in November 1876. Sold with copied service papers. £70-£90
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1101 Qr. Mr. Serjt. E. J. Holland, Essex Regt.) nearly extremely fine £80-100 Edward James Holland was born in Greenwich, London. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the Infantry on 3 August 1883. Posted to the Essex Regiment he served at Home until discharged on 19 December 1903. Sold with copied service papers. £80-£100
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1441 Pte. W. Taylor, Hamps. R.), claw tightened, edge bruise, very fine £70-90 William Taylor was born in Maldon, Essex. A Farm Labourer by occupation and a member of the East Essex Rifles Militia, he attested for service in the Infantry at Colchester on 11 June 1872, aged 19 years, 2 months. Posted initially to the 33rd Foot, he was transferred to the 67th in September 1872. With them he served in Burma, November 1872-March 1876 and India, March 1876-December 1878. He was discharged on 20 June 1896. Sold with copied service papers. £70-£90
Six: Gunner J. Lawrie, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 1st type, silver (James Lawrie), complete with ‘Gallantry’ brooch bar, in Elkington case of issue, extremely fine (lot) £300-350 Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, awarded 24 January 1934, ‘... in respect of the rescue by you of a boy from drowning in the River Clyde at Glasgow Green on 3rd September last’. the medals sold with a wealth of associated material. Includes: Second World War medals card forwarding box with partial address label - ‘Dagenham, Essex’; riband bar; Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal certificate of award (folded and repaired); Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve, dated 26 April 1946 - Gunner 1686706 James Lawrie, served in the R.A. L.A.A.; Day School Certificate, for attendance at Blantyre R.C. Public School; Transport and General Workers’ Union Membership Cards, 1940-49 (7); Amalgamated Engineering Union Membership Card, 1950; Amalgamated Engineering Union Shop Steward’s Credential Card, 1953 - recipient was a Shop Steward at the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham; pair of cufflinks in 10ct. white gold, 15.95g. - for 25 Years Service at Ford, in card box; sundry wartime photographs; other photographs in album (some loose), several recording his postwar visit to China; a number of postwar letters; Booklet: A Short History of the Seventh Armoured Division, October 1938-May 1943; Book (repaired), A Short History of the Seventh Armoured Division, June 1943-July 1945; Book: The British Army; several other booklets including; Trade Unions in People’s China (2); The Trade Union Law of the People’s Republic of China; Chinese Workers March Towards Socialism; Eyewitness! Poland. £300-£350
Six: J. Shenton, British Army, formerly a Boy Scout from Rugby 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, bronze (John Shenton, March 4 1921), complete with ‘For Humanity’ brooch bar, in Spink, London case of issue; Rotary Club, Past President’s Badge, Port Talbot branch (John Shenton 1957-58), silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1957, in Toye, London plastic wallet; Primrose League Badge, gilt and enamel, pin-backed, extremely fine (8) £180-220 extract from 1921 R.S.P.C.A. Annual Report: ‘Boy Scout John Shenton, Rugby, for saving the life of a runaway horse’. with copied extract from the Rugby Advertiser of 8 March 1921 which provides further details: ‘A Plucky Scout - On Friday afternoon a Boy Scout named John Shenton, of Lawford Road, aged 16, a member of the Lower School Troop, proved the value of Scout training, combined with grit, in a highly commendable manner. He was cycling from the town in the direction of Lower Hillmorton Road; and on reaching Whitehall Road noticed a run-away heavy horse, attached to a cart, the body of which was tipped and dragging along the road. The animal was galloping madly along the Lower Road, in the direction of the town. The Scout quickly dismounted his cycle, laid it aside, and, as the horse reached him smartly put into practice the Scout method he had been taught to adopt under such circumstances, caught the horse’s rein, and soon brought the excited animal to a standstill. A small crowd of onlookers immediately gathered, whom the Scout requested to lift the body of the cart. He then put right the disarranged harness, calmed the excited horse, and led it quietly back in the direction from which it had come until he met its driver, whom the horse had knocked down and slightly hurt in breaking away. The horse and cart were the property of Mr J. Durham, of West Street. It is highly probable that through this Boy Scout’s prompt and plucky action, serious damage to either person or property in the town was averted, and his performance on this occasion is highly creditable to both him and the troop to which he belongs’. second World War Medals in card box with forwarding slip; with riband bar and copied research. £180-£220
The mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Colonel E. A. Burrows, Royal Artillery order of St. Michael and St. George, gold and enamel, with gold buckle on ribbon; Jubilee 1897, silver; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Rel. of Ladysmith; Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State, Belfast, South Africa 1901, mounted as worn, first with slight enamel damage, very fine and better (4) £80-100 Edmund Augustus Burrows was born on 19 March 1855, the son of Canon Burrows of Rochester, Kent. He entered the Army in 1875 and was appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1900. He was awarded the C.M.G. in 1900 and the C.B.E. in 1919. Latterly a J.P. for Buckinghamshire and living at The Manor House, Long Crendon, Thame, he died on 19 May 1927. For his son’s full-size medals, see Lot 1214. £80-£100
Order of the British Empire (2), 1st type, C.B.E.+, Civil Division, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage; another, 1st type, M.B.E., Civil Division, silver; Military Cross, E.II.R.; Order of St. John, base silver metal and enamel; Waterloo 1815, modern striking; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24; War Medal 1939-45, silver; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., no clasp; Army L.S. & .G.C, V.R., very fine (10) £60-80 £60-£80
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